NAACP PARLEY GEARED TO FUTURE OF SOUTH
By DR. J. BUSTEE DAVIS
'President Raleigh CiaiicH XAACP)
Vi TuaHy ail ol :he st -si my and panel di-teussioii.":
of the X AA'i'P Southeastern Regional eonfei <-i-ce
Group's 40-Y ear
History is One
Os Racial Gain
Til • 'forty year lusto: v < " 100
National A- -iat.i- a fat th -\
Vuncement (.1 Copied Pc up! ■
one el service, of constant vp
banco and of determined ffo t
to do v. .'.at its name anphm, tc
iruprevo the lot of the Ncgm m
th- United St at:
On 1. i.n<: ’’i ■ bit th.lav. loriy
yeai:» ago. a group <;i ahi to area
.Near.) citizens met. and aypa'led
at the injustice-; and Liequalu,
tu whah Neg:'.ies ‘. ' .a snbit'C'Sed,
iSSUed a call t : natiOfl : eee
!,-•. r, v for the nev. al .'■ to
tr.iXi.de !•; ..’it and p iilH’.u
liiberty".
This marked t s • beginning oi
the NAACP. Fd-> th>e. a- .ant
pign-Ki tiie m ii-mat ca I i winch v\ an
an: we red by Aiin i u.-ii) ■ from ah
part; r.t tin country.
A DREAM REALIZED
Te.. ,!! •a.T, :,f the ortßmai sign
, f :’ a 'laid anj w:Wi-mi;l
V.d\ of ( li/.-ii-" to fight for
equal right;; has pee ;mo a reahtv
in a measure fas great: r than ar.'.
of the :vt t raid nave flivei ill d.
On ;t t«*t Urth ;mnivci sivry, x <;
NAACP ; a nation wide rn: iss •>:
i ~ni/ a ■■ X mm: • • ,
Halt .i inn.: a AmeHcJiv: ot e\
... race. tvcfrJ and color, nurr
sentiiia can- oi the m - : t ,v; t
forcer c£ I or generatem in sup
t . rt ot on u n.r.hta.
It- fnrty year icce d e! < ear.
pitiOi 11 ; till- N', : ee ■ 'ill' : ....
e bidi il - niliciintjy ■a- i»?
peers of me ;,e •• dUfim.; die re'
".e.J'f of ! * e . o.tuur
Throneh it.: 1600 brni <■ in
}5 state-. Di. *: .ot of hum
bin m I a- T’ei’i’Ltory eMU aV:
the NAA ’P oar: ie; on there:,
day st; i; le of tin i-t.L'jO.UO'j ••
gioe . i equal a.me jr> 1
iigh.Tr, !v le-gc--- end i«•: p, c
■ Pes i t Am -rican eiti/ensiun
THE ANTI LYNCHING DRIVE
Striking '>>r.tr.»M n; tee etas
of Nog; o me- t -h*.
compared with t -nshti > b>*-ty
years at.a it' ideitr aiapnw.Hh
the c-ffcctiven ; of the A
-turn's vi-jfilar.ee it > 'Oitar-i
cnri.pa „•< • i - ,-K ! ‘ e
i'.an. at 1 t ' • NAACP'
:.ustnirn ,i do, i,-. 1 doe! am.
Synch;-:;: - . fa n. tin anna, t
numb-: -e! deal V- by moo vie
ir-nc -l e at-- dea-.t ic.'l.dy redo
f: ■ j <.01 iti lin'd turn- to to i
last vear.
- C’eTiU: aa at ail pee.C T 0
NAACP NATIONS!
OFFICERS FOR 'AS
ART!ILK it hBIN GAELS
Chmetli.'M ol the Bl nil!
OR LOUIS T. VVKIGMT
V a- 'Alea
MRS MAR\ Met.ROD JtKTHCNE
iNANNTI. H BUftiiOttGllS
GODFREY i.OWEU CABOT
vIARR N am i ifT
RON HARRY !r DAVIS
DOUG 1., AS t- FA! ; 'ONI-.!;
Bl'F-.i 1. G (.lAS.IAGHfo
REV id!; N A ( = HKG<J
DR. WILLIAM Li OVD IMPS
HON FRA W it AVNE
ISA DO HE UARTIN
HON NEW HOI L ■!( >:RFS
T C. NIFTTER
•REV A (.'LA'.TON POWELL
A PHH.U* HANIrOI !-i!
REV. JAMES H i-'OBINSON
OSWALD < . A!: HI Sr N ViI.i.AHD
BISHOP \V J WALLS
DR. Aid.AN KNIGHT CHALMERS
As- Tn a.- u' Ct
DR uVaNNING II TOBIAS
Si t i t t a ry
WALTER WHITE
Ar-istant SuM-ter.)
r.dilul The G i-;
ROY WILKINS
MAhh-iN S JONHS
iiu ni.sl.i :itive A.v e.n ot
spf-t iii! C :i:i: I I
TMLFR O; )D MARSH Aid
FtOIL i.d L. CARTER.
J.iAf N WYNN PERRY
FRANKLIN H WILLIAMS
KDWARD R. I)t. DLEY - ui .■ nvv>
A
LKSL'jV S. PEER V Adminirt . in. ■
A* - suit W.i liingti n Ravea'.
Gf.OSIER B. CCRR’-NT. Dire.a.
ai BrsiTiclKs
LF-HOY K CARTER
Iti ■-: V Ain
DANIEL K. HYfii)
A.N NF BROW N
Li IE l i !t *>: HAILE ’,
A- istnnt Field Seci’t- tu>
DONALD JONES, Smiitiweit Re
gional SC’crttai-y
N W. GRIFFIN. West Coast Hr
gional ScrTClai'v
LUCILI E BLACK, Mt-mbc-rship
.Secretary
RUBY HURLEY Y-nnh Serreim-v
CLARENCE M. MJ'TCHE)JR .
Labor Secretary
WALTER J\ OFFUTT. JR Church
Shi rt t.ary
HEMRY LEE MOON, Director of
Public .Relations
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SEVER FOUNDERS
ARE DOW LIVING
! 'il: NAACP .'-.an i . all, ini; i
.Men m. Mm Whit . o-.-ingte.n
I V . ' I i.i Ca ■ earn
V.!;:. I lyaiHt nj th Dei vßm
Mi a Ai- i.-t.i,:mt. V/iUinrn L’av I
' (Jan icHi ,way sim-jv.-'i by 51 othtM*
l oducH't* f iii)*l it :als. n*'c i’il wu* l
. i Os :h 51! ; - -11 id .-:... ’seven svr
’’save ling :n rukiitn-n u, Miss
] Ovmglun and Mr ViL. d Pro'.
.Ti.hn Derr V. Di \V K 1C Du
Lui.r. D-. Hum: a H it. ti eR. v
John Hay tier: H arms and Ratiht
, Sl.a.ihi n S \V:-.-
Serviny the A-muemtion ow r
I th.- veart, nv.-ntix’t!? of the
1 i.d Im. i ' ire ’
OT n .-.ch-' ■: ol I H-.'d 1 ; r. 11 ■ ;,- •
ntmn out trmding Anmru
:e;i.ns, !u:tn Ne.;i > and white. Th"
I b'a i ii r. ah , : j■, : , in it.-
: inrauj- rrJiip snm,- -,,f the most,
ini*>n >;sive naim • n American
.fe All n) : 1a- -e ;i;; , ■ I :
. i Moorh Irl Shv-v, the l’n.-st jues;
! nent of 1a ■ A. . .hi ,au
. ; t-eJSvH’K. toe SprilTgurii b' ilthe ...
! fan 1 !• and Ai l a;r B ; Senate
j. thu. Car.per Jane Adda ms,
j Chimes Edward Rus.v-11, Mary B.
T.’vit fJ:-;> r> Jnhn Hitr.M, Li!
!.an IT W..1 i. Chatining H Tobiua.
j Klefitl..:' Roust.-ve!*.. A. Philip Harm
Id; tot,. Ge'dhey LuwdJ Cabot.
;Phi!in "M ji; ;iv. Rev A. Clayton
j Ptnve-i], Sr.. Ohie State Senator
: Harry E. Davis. D., Iv.ruir T.
j Wright du iir ' Chare-.- F„ Tnn(-V.
iJudge Ira W. Jayne. Prof S.
!Ka’n.h liar! rv. Waller Retitihe l *.
j.ludee Jan ■> Bolin and Bishop
i John A Gregg.
SAY YOU SAW IT IN
[ | THU CAROLINIAN
which will e-e heici iii linh-iah this w v(?.k-< nd wni Ik*
cose’y identified with pia-bicm which m . *ir' :m I wtil
continue to m t-upv attention of the S ml!, 10. many
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TO SPEAK Hid V. .L-- -
Widu- vi;uie>.:d i-xcn-.aive mmre
t;i;• r the N .’ .. : A: >k iai. n
NAACP HEAD HAS HELD POST
FOR; NEARLY TWO DECADES
LAWMAKERS LAUDED
FOR JIMCROW BAN
New Y,.: a.- Kcvtv gr-itna a
Hen a! tile unanimous pasaip ■ ;-v
! .U- C •"!’,( ct;. . ; 1: «;C ai. .- of a
bill prohibiting racial s-igrcg-ation
in the ..tat* Nu:■ -m l Gua' dv. '■>
- W’.liter VV'.m .
see:-, t.mv u: W a., A a-:
Colcrij People.
"Otda r das - and indc-.I the
Congress of the United States
.‘could Ji- pa'.: : a;;i the ex
ample el ly. < mne<ticut k.’.v
niak,i!i I:;r ,-j Mm White.
Terming tin action a **tr> m- :;d m
stop ior-ivard.’' th.. NAACP see
:etarv yommi nci 1 t.nr-v. ( hi.-ter
Bowles "tor he, tonh; , . ’ st m 1
in -urgir.,- the* a 1 ..an .i• i■; r. -
■mt mbei's a! Pie Connect cut i.
cisiaUU'e •fur airmaunaj; pait>
eifi'err;u cr t-> d.-al this r.-’-dy nlm.v
,against r a rim oise: on a.op i
j without a -i; nt n.r-; v. L-
Gove .'!»<’•!• Fu:V.’,s till
I - -
I WILKINS TO ADDRESS
MIDWEST PARLEY
sen TR BEND. Jnd.—An appral
jto NAACP rnorruitVY in (he,
I civil rights pro r T:tm with ri-nPivori;
vlg.tr in :.r effort to c< nib.it sel
jbitfks toy fallhro of the Senate to i
j adopt an >: i'feetlvo ant: iiltbosi. r;
: rule will lip jit ode b> Boy WiikioL, ■
NOT SÈE
moke Em- .m gregntion ban imnv-d- ;
a p • .• eifrettve. ;ttiled as he si«e.
id no Lid: 'The action of our'
Connecticut. : gislature is pa : ':.
; cuUe iv iu-arlenmg since it cosnc.-.'
: i a time when a stubborn griv-.'h
e! n ))a:v hye.'ato! ,11 t'..
U. n;m . ..1 the Up;:, i Stales j,
Wiiying a violent war against
■a,-. ;Km T ruoan's civil ;u; d '
g-ani. J hope that some ot toe
nortnern enutem who arc su;>
fxrtinv. the Dixiecrais :u la-s;
fight will .he<d the meaning if t ,
,vha' we F.iVc accoiripTished i 1
Connecticut It shc-u-UI be a .van
ing to thma th d decent Arm-ri
cans I ■ isuaari ve I o I}n• p! ill
iMe. 'hat ■ i richt to deny t
N. g?•:> ,m ful v.ilace in our
••. an > Hi: .vc have little w i
..r a n who w.,uld bat gain away
the 'ivii sd. of any American
mi:,-, t i.,- partK.au tx-iitical ad i
: w.’-.tllgo *'
. assistant' secretary 'of the National i
[ Asy.'cir-tion jor the Advat.cement;
c f Colored Pc pie. nl ~ .\'l;dv' £ t
• f : ■• i. a I training eonfe. core of hi<v
i Association to be held here. Apt tl •
; 9-50.
(Continued, on p ; >se fc.. teetion 3> ’
Those problems, .sha.'jtly pointed up by the past,
election and the .subsequent filibuster over Senate
rules eh,-mires to open the way for enactment of the
civil rights program advocated by President Truman,
■ , jo voting schi doled to be held .
.- : the R,heigh Memc.ria! Auditor;'.mi
■ ; : San;;. - alTernoon at 3 p m .
vi ar; mo Walter White
s;->.TOC..ied Weldon Inhn-on
•.'xccnlivv secretary . f die Na
i!'■:irii ;ociatii.n tor Itk Atr. ,ir.ee-
Yr.cut oi C •. a* People.
In the .veara which have passed
nee, Ins name and effort•: have
‘become «(( closely identified v.-ah
the NAACP that to think of one
u think of the uthir
Veer. prior t being named head
1 ■ l life association, Mr White had
'worked with the organization since
thus, whin tv* left hi.' birthplace in
Atlanl: itla as-ii a background of
racial ....trite anil oppress.on to ae
on ement where ''paydays were a '
I problem”,
A graduate of Atlanta Univer
sity 0916), he has also done post
'laduste v. oi k m econoniJc, arid '
. so( i-.'logy. 11 wait! University in :
hr'ill amt Atlanta University in !
1 i>-53 conferred upon him the hon
o:ary degree of Doctor of Laws.;
hi 1948 he became the first re- 1
,eipienl of the Sir James .lea; -
| Award by the New don Junior i
• Conn.) College.
! A:, in NAACP official ho has in
iVi -ligated -It h uchinßs; and tv.« I\ e •
: race .tots ami tins v. ritten exten- ;
.tiviiv c.ii mob violence in the Ua.-.i-
A-d State.;. In 1931, he succeeded
James Weldon Johnson os the .As
••■•( ; turn's executive secretary.
A- the executive bead of the N.
A. C P. hr has served up m 1
j -Many official, semi-official and pn-;
•rat rtmMnis&Ums and committee;;!
i on various aspects of the race and;
(Other problems
These ;n.-hided service a-' a con
yol'ant at the nrganiXinv r •r.fc-r- '
‘nee of the (Jnd«l Nation- in Son 1
•Continued on page 8, section If) •
climax to the NAACP S o a.,.-:
! cm Regional Confert.-nc, v.-htd’
! will i.,0 ac,d m Rale f;h i-u S.ai
NAACP Raps Mayor
For Housing Ban Aid
Now York lnto; volition bv
M.iyo, Martin 11 Kmtv 1-Iy of
Chicago to defeat the Carey ro
i solution to ban segregation and
discrimination in public and .semi
■ public housing in that city was.
today -branded bv Waiter Whit:,
NAACP .eeretary. as a breach of
iuith with ill(‘ p] t ■ of (’]ji ct\g o .
To a letter adihv.- d to sir-
Mayor, Mr White cites t a- f
mer'» testimony that ho intended
"to keep faith with the- people of
Chicago" and asks "Is theft no
in-! ;ail obligation So keep faith
• with the Negro eitizi n.v oi you
, city who were persuaded to ■
port this program with the under
' .-landing that housing to he da
,v< Mood under it would be on -■
non-discriminatory basis?''
• M ■ White ehuUenftes Mnv.ir
Konnelly's>tti nipt, to evade -pub
responsibility for hou-iny :•>
'be developed with joint public
and private ftin-ds. Pointing .-vt
th.tt the city imposed certain
girlations upon tiueh projects, the
NAACP official inquires: -Why
'fun ran is not require that. ikk
•, housing be mode equally avail
aide to citizen • irrerpt'etive of
j race, color, creed or national mi
yin?"
He further challenges the v.<
lidiiv of the Mayor’s statement
, that imposition of a non-discriin
i inatory police would ‘'retard if
not romp.’etelv prevent the re
' buildtpg oi Ciiit.if.'.o slums und r
are eiostiy linked with the i'utjire, not only of Negro
(itiz< ns, ie.it of the entire South.
Action on tin* part of the suite and i’odt al gov
ernment-: as veil as decisions .;)' the courts of the land
:• J ". •;/ ;M-d Subi'jv. tfor ivUlntk in
u i 1 ip u -Pi i.< •ni , oH*nce rei story
'•••■ op-. !K;O id ill >:ectiun 3‘.
• t-jis program.'’ The .letter remind.-.
I the Mayor that he gave no ao
thorny and cited no precedent
! :,<r such a -tat. men!.
The rcia Union. introduced by
C uncilnian Archibald Carey, vva;
, beli< vod to nave an even chance
f, n.-u-tme-m until the May.:- ■
a lined again.- 1 it. It was d"
V. ;,! d hy a vc.te of 31 to 13 after
*v].i... - Kennedy tv.lined.
H\\\ nationai.lv
KNOIN FHrl RES IN
SFRViLi; 0L NAACP
Among nationally known
persons who l ave worked on
the NAACP staff are Dr,
Dußois. the first 'editor o i
••Tho Crisis ’ and later direc
lot of special research: James
1 Weldon John sen. the erudite
diplomat, poet and song-writ
ei: William Pickens, the fam
oui orator; Charles Houston,
th*? brilliant lawyer who
served as the- Association's
fir-;1 full time special counsel:
and Mrs. Daisy Lumpkin, for
19 years an effective organis
or for the Association. The
present staff is headed by
Walter White, who has been
ihe executive secretary since
1931,
during ‘ii • ~.•« a. <h cade have been,
not lie- cause but, the indication,
c* thankin'' viewpoint.'-' regalding
liic- ,-ights of the Negro.
S'-.iticdny and Sunday : confer,
mce 'tons v.-Pl be devoted to
an. evaluation or the r.rc; nt situ
ation and ! ; dove-lot ment and
e\p; ; sutler. of nu t < fiocm e
-id - hie VC t'.e
greatest possible pi - grt - . for 'both
: acini grciict.'. the South and Iho
nation with tic- i< , t p,.s-ude fide
tion.
The national picture, which
; hoc, 1 d,< n m mue. educati. n
• al, oalitical and i ;e: type:; of
discrimination providing im-y.iv •
rrou'dable -■ sb - -st■ f v otic out
of c L \ ry ten citi/em; is s -fi.HH.
T’o- southern picture, which
.‘•hows tin- .'nine and in >,t serious
i harriers fho.wn admit one fourth
i tfi a ne halt of the region’s res'-
dints is even mow so
Until tie f iiaeklt - movf j
tern com - t': our ci i/eos, they
will continue to imp. A-- the pre.
j gre-’s of all U cair ciliz.-n.-..
Wen the. Oi 1; i tile Raif igh
‘.Thant h NAACP .-dft • a .t«--.c t!.*•!*
'■ e. ■ 1 i !; 1 ut ie- Re-
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Ro-. Wilkins NAACP •- f-.t
--vrereTaiy .. i;U or ti , po- - i
i ' A A ACT’ poUleau-.ii, wt.. 0
bo the pi ...eip.d f.cCake: at teO
iv. a i ioii V Midw- v. Re
!: tonal C nit l'Pncf which wtb be
held during the irn nth e-i April.
l! ANQITKT SPEAKER- P, -beet
Carter assistant spena! imiv-.e).
who .vil! dfsicios civil eight.'. tei’t--
iiiqut. a and legal re arcs.- t. - on
• ncr meeting of tbs corderc-nec
I which vll be held on s .Itsraey
i vc.ilng at 7:30 e rn. durim: the
t->. c AACd Soußi-aatern
IP, . .1,1 vo t t be held n 1!
SEEKS MILLION
DOLLAR FUND TO
CONTINUE EIGHT
ii-. legislative pro a ram. thu
■\ \* C P 'iv' n (‘Std j(ii civil
; right. 1 ’, and other social well are
VRislation and jia <?pea rhe..uied
tht' i;. Ijj an; bpeilt id C>i'll
1 I p,'i Vi'; st v : UC t.-IV
i in 1 such lepislat-'.n
T't; -u'-.b: youth program. R
’ b;,s ■-•!..-■! 11;: •i■ j ,n Training
young pc- ip'.' t' - ! tidershi.p. In
, its cnurch pi •M*r.-tn'i. it nas pro
; rooted thf. cooperat- >n -d' church
;'fireu,ps 1 1n NAACP In n
- comm. «n program #- we 'al we!-
i 'arc,
Intcrrmionqlly, th < Assoc ia
• tion bo-, optpo:- d impi.' ini ism in
ictci v lurm and wr • rep relented
b\ os secretary, Walter White,
i as a non gov. to mental adviser to
tii;. United Staler delegation to
the Parr; srsmn .•! the lbifeted
• Nations General Assembly.
j I.r its. 4Uth anniversary year, the
I NAACP, which has derived its fU
• nancial support from memnyr
le-hios an f small eonfPhut ions -is
TA.kmy a MiHion Dollar Funk: to
! insure the continuance ami cv
uonsd'.n - f the program om isien.
l-Cbtitinoed or page 8. wetton 3)