Correspondence April-May 1936 2506 Brook Road Richmond, VA April 1, 1936 My dear Mrs. Terrell, On behalf of the Richmond Unit of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, I extend to you a cordial invitation to be our guest- speaker at the public meeting of the sorority's annual May Week celebration. This meeting will be held in Coburn Chapel, Virginia Union University, Friday morning, May 8, at eleven o'clock. A period of from twenty minutes to a half-hour will be allotted the II speaker. The subject may be any you think fitting for a group largely composed of college students. We shall appreciate it if you let us know, at your earliest convenience, whether it will be possible for you to comply with our request. We should also like to know approximately what your expenses will be so that we may include that in our May - week budget. Sincerely yours, Alice C. Jackson for the Richmond Unit Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, New York Beatrice Doerschuk Director of Education Telephone Bronxville 0700 April 1, 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Spring vacation this week is the first opportunity I have had to answer your letter of February 24. I am glad to have the enclosures you sent me. In the meantime I have had an opportunity to talk with the President, and I am fully convinced that the influence which you consider to have been so strong in opposition to you has been greatly overestimated by you, and had very little, if any affect on the actual procedure. I hope you will accept the simple statement of those of use to whom you have spoken and belive that really no member of the group thinks anything but highly of you; that the decision which was made like other decisions in regard to the same matter was on the basis of an impartial ballot on many more names than places. I am truly convinced of this after my inquiry, and am sure that the incident which so offended you (with due cause in my judgment) was really not used as evidence. It has been a satisfaction to me to follow this matter through further and assure myself that no injustice had been either intended or done except in this one incident which, I am now confident, did not enter into the total picture. It was my pleasure to see you again this winter, and I hope we may meet again soon. Sincerely yours, Beatrice Douerschuk Director of Education National Association of Colored Women, Inc. Organized 1896 AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN MAINTAINS FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL HOME, WASHINGTON, D.C. Office of Mrs. A. L. Spaulding, Chairman National Exposition of Negro Progress and Achievement 510 Morris St. Charleston, W. Va. April 2 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I an see from your letter that you are proceeding along the right lines, and am definitely encouraged. Enclosed you will find letters from Atlanta officials and organizations. I thought these letters would be of help to you in approaching the Senators and Congressmen from Georgia. In a conference, some time ago, Senator Ramspeck, of Georgia, advised us that it would be necessary for us to get the endorsement of the Negroes of Atlanta. The enclosed letter from Atlanta Negro Chamber of Commerce, complies with that request. With reference to the news articles about which I wrote you, - Mr. John W. Davis suggested some time ago that I get Dr. Woodson to write a series of articles to create public interest in the Exposition. When Dr. Woodson came to West Virginia State College, recently, Mr. Davis suggested I have a conference with him and make the request. I had in mind, articles for the Negro press, however Dr. Woodson thought that such articles printed in the Washington Star would reach the eyes of the Congressmen more readily than they would if printed by the Negro press. I think Mr. Davis suggested Dr. Woodson because he is a recognized authority on Negro History and this Exposition will portray the important facts in the historical background of the Negro, as well as his present achievements. I should like to add, however, that any articles you may deem it wise to publish will be of equal strengh, c[a]oming, as they will, from the first President of the National Association, and one thoroly familiar with the aspirations and achievements of the Negro. I can think of no further suggestions at this time. With every good wish for your success, I am Sincerely yours, Jane E. Spaulding Mrs. A. L. Spaulding S C Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs "Step By Step We Reach The Heights" President---Grace Wilson Evans, 458 So. 16TH ST., TERRE HAUTE 1ST VICE PRES.---MRS. E. HEROD INDIANAPOLIS 2ND VICE PRES.---MRS. E. ALSUP FORT WAYNE. CHR. OF EX. BOARD---MRS. Z. SMITH SOUTH BEND REC. SECRETARY---MISS M. HOFFMAN LAFAYETTE. COR. SECETARY---MRS. M. HILL LOGANSPORT. AUDITOR---MRS. M. J. CAMPBELL GARY. ST. ORGANIZER---MRS. J. JEFFERSON INDIANAPOLIS. TREASURER---MRS. H. JEFFERSON INDIANAPOLIS PARLIAMENTARIAN---MRS H. BROWN EAST CHICAGO STATISTICIAN---MRS. E LESTER LAFAYETTE. CHAPLAIN---MRS. M. WICKLIFFE FORT WAYNE. CHR. HOUSE COM.---MRS R. JACKSON INDIANAPOLIS. My dear Mrs. Terrell, Thanks a lot for your letter of April 2, and for the compliment you paid me. Now to answer your questions and make suggestions. There were a large number of our people who voted the Democratic ticket in the 1932 campaign. But according to the returns of the colored precincts where we are thickly populated the majority of the colored vote went Republican. I feel that there will be a large number of colored people to vote the Democratic ticket again unless there are some radical changes. Our women are interested in politics in both parties in the state. I am a Republican and will be until the Democratic party changes its ideals and principles. I have been the woman to handle the affairs of our women in the state headquarters for several years. Now I don't exactly understand your other inquiries. You asked me, "if it would help any to have the principle points in conditions now prevailing discussed by someone capable of doing so." You also asked me to make a few engagements in the state for a good speaker. I am quite sure that I could arrange such engagements but I would have to know very definitely who the speaker was coming into the state in the interest of. I most certainly am not for Mr. Borah and unless he publically changes his attitude where the Negro is concerned. I would appreciate it very much if you would be perfectly frank with me and tell me just what it's all about. I usually play organization politics and it would mean a great deal to me to be able to cooperate with you in politics. You may depend on me to keep everything you tell me in confidence. Please let me hear from you immediately. Very sincerely yours, Grace Wilson Evans Grace Wilson Evans GWE:MEE LAW OFFICES COBB, HOWARD & HAYES 613 F STREET NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, D.C. JAMES A. COBB PERRY W. HOWARD GEORGE E.C. HAYES JAMES G. EATON ANDREW J. HOWARD CABLE ADDRESS "COHOHA" NATIONAL {0364 {2702 {2703 April 7., 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Pursuant to our conferences touching the political situation with particular reference to your desire to be of service to the Republican Party, I beg to advise that I know of no lady in our entire racial group who could render a larger service among the colored electorate than you, because of your thorough training, experience and the high regard that the race has for you in this Country. I would suggest, if you could possibly arrange it, that you cover our Elk's State Conventions, which are held between April and July, a list of which you can get from Grand Exalted Ruler, J. Finley Wilson, and which will begin to meet in a very few days. I am general counsel for the Order of Elks of the World, and I know the Exalted Ruler as well as the delegates to these conventions will consider it an honor to have you come and address them. In this way, you can reach the leaders from the various communities in these States and drop with them information and propaganda that will help the cause immeasurably. There will be two of the largest conventions in the Country beginning the 1st of May - the General Conference of the M.E. Church, at Columbus, Ohio, and the General Conference of the A.M.E. Church in New York City. Just think of the opportunity that you will have there among these leaders of thought and opinion for the Republican cause. I place this high appraisal upon your services because of the splendid work, and the work of such a high and effective order that you have done heretofore in heading up the Colored Women's Bureau of the National Republican campaigns. I am leaving on a speaking tour and also to hold my Republican Conventions in the South, all of which will take me out of the city until after the 25th instant. Upon my return here I shall be glad to confer with you from time to time. JAMES A. COBB PERRY W. HOWARD GEORGE E.C. HAYES JAMES G. EATON ANDREW J. HOWARD CABLE ADDRESS "COHOHA" NATIONAL {0364 2702 2703 LAW OFFICES COBB, HOWARD & HAYES 603 F STREET, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON, D.C. #2 I shall soon have a bulletin of other important meetings, such as the National B.Y.P.U., and kindred organizations that will be in session soon. With best wishes and much delight that we are going to have your fine services and co-operation, I am Cordially and sincerely yours, Perry W. Howard Perry W. Howard PWJ: TH INTERNATIONAL GRAND GUILD Heroines of Templar Crusades Prince Hall Affiliation Alzada Freeman, International Grand Princess Captain H.T.C. 431 First Street, S. E., Washington, D.C. Phone, Atlantic 3063-J Elective Officers 1935-1936 Frances M. Jones, Pennsylvania International Grand Assistant P.C. Henrietta Berry, Washington, D.C. International Grand First Lieutenant Lillian Scruggins, Pennsylvania International Grand Second Lieutenant Em. Sir W. M. Jones, Illinois International Grand R.A. Roberta C. Lyle Pennsylvania International Grand Secretary 144 Julius Street, E. E., Pittsburgh, Pa. Phone EMerson 2045 Em. Sir J. D. Norris, Pennsylvania International Grand Assistant R. A. Nannie Washington, Pennsylvania International Grand Treasurer Washington. D. C. April 10th. 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street. N.W. Dear, Mrs. Terrell;- As a reminder, at the testimonial Banquet Tuesday March, 31st to Grand Master. Louis W. Roy. and the Worthy, Grand Matron, Mrs. Anna Brooks at Asbury M.E. Church, I extended a invitation to you to address our Women Day service at St Paul A.M.E. Church, 8th Street between D and E. Street, S.W. sunday April 19th. we would certainly appreciate if you honor us with your presence on that day we would like for you to address us at the morning service if you can make it convenient, if not in the morning at 3.P.M. or at night 8.P.M. We are putting every effort forward to make the occassion of the day a success, we know your presense will add a good deal to the occassion. Hoping to hear from you. I remain Yours truly, Alzada Freeman Alzada Freeman Chairman. United States Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads KENNETH McKELLAR, TENN., CHAIRMAN PARK TRAMMEL, FLA. CARL HAYDEN, ARIZ. JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY, N.C. W.J. BULOW, S. DAK. JAMES F. BYRNES, S.C. M.M. LOGAN, KY. FRED H. BROWN, N.H. JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, WYO. JAMES E. MURRAY, MONT. EDWARD R. BURKE, NEBR. DENNIS CHAVEZ, N. MEX. RUSH D. HOLT, W. VA. LYNN J. FRAZIER, N. DAK. ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE JR., WIS. W. WARREN BARBOUR, N.J. JAMES J. DAVIS, PA. ERNEST W. GIBSON, VT. April 14, 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I have your letter of April 12, with the enclosures. I suggest you come to see me next Thursday or Friday morning. With kind regards, Very sincerely yours, Kenneth McKellar IMPROVED BENEVOLENT and PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD Office Of Grand Exalted Ruler J.Finley Wilson POST OFFICE Box 1824 Telephone, Potomac 1171 Washington, D.C. J. Finley Wilson, Grand Exalted Ruler 1813 Vernon Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. James E. Kelly, Grand Secretary 800 Twelfth Street, North Birmingham, ALA. Edward W. Henry, Grand Treasurer 758 South Martin Street Philadelphia, PA. Dr. S.H. George Grand Esteemed Leading Knight 9th & Tenn Sts., Paducah, KY. Roy S. Bond Grand Esteemed Loyal Knight 14 E. Pleasant Street, Baltimore, MD. Joseph A. Brown Grand Esteemed Lecturing Knight 30 Hamilton Place, New York City John F. Ross Grand Inner Guard 516 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. John Freeman Grand Esquire 703 S. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Claude S. White Grand Tiler 901 West 26th Street, Indianapolis, IND Hon. Perry W. Howard Grand Legal Advisor 613 F St., N.W. Washington, D.C. Rev. W. Geo. Avant, Grand Chaplain 305 Pine St., Durham, N.C. WM. C. Hueston Commissioner Of Education GRAND TRUSTEES Col. John R. Marshall, 3630 Calumet Ave., Chicago, ILL. Brazil J. Bryant, 2634 E. Lafayette Ave., Detroit, MICH. Gray Hoyt, 1613 Artic Ave., Atlantic City, N.J. George Milliner, 838 Ave. C., Norfolk, VA. Edward W. Simons 266 West 139th St., New York City GRAND AUDITORS James B. Allen, 37 West 130th Street, New York City James T. Copper, 4953 South Parkway, Chicago, Illinois Samuel B. Mitchell, 37 West 130th St., New York City Walter Land, Director Civil Liberties 424 Cove St., Norfolk, VA. Dr. William J. Thompkins, Chairman Of Health Commission, 412 5th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Dr. Chas. B. Fisher, Grand Medical Director, 1500 Tea Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. W.T. Meade Grant, Director Junior Elks, 1116 Vallence St., New Orleans, LA. J.T. Rhines Director Of Athletics, 3rd and I Streets, S.W., Washington, D.C. W.W. Barnum, Chairman Publishing Board, 41 Bethel Street, Hagerstown, MD. William H. Vodery, Grand Bandmaster, 1893 7th Avenue, New York City C.C. Valle, Grand Organizer 1920 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA. William E. Hamilton Grand Master Of Social Sessions 228 W. 140th Street, New York, N.Y. April 15, 1936. Mrs Mary Church Terrell 1615 S St N.W. Washington D.C. My dear Dt Terrell: Your very fine letter just received and I am glad to know that you are willing to enter the field and help us change conditions by preaching the good old doctrines which made this Republic and redeemed it in the sixties. I know of no woman in America who could better fill the niche so well as you. I believe if you were to contact our State Conventions and deliver the messages as only you can deliver, on account of your superior training and race devotion, the results would be seen and felt next November at the polls, and if you believe you could spare the time from your busy life in this crisis, I would be happy to have you to appear on the program at the several conventions and tell the story as only you can and will tell it. And again, by we all doing our part we can chase these money changers from the Temple next November and finally take care of the "forgotten man" after the first of January, when we come into power. Please find enclosed the list of these conventions and the dates, and again thanking you for your letter. I remain Yours fraternally & sincerely, J F Wilson J. Finley Wilson Grand Exalted Ruler. JFW.r Alabama State Ass'n April 26th-27th-28th Dothan Ala. Florida State Association April 26-27-28 Tampa Florida Georgia State Association April 27-28-29 Savannah Ga. Kentucky State Ass'n May 17th, 18th, 19th Winchester Ky Virginia State Ass'n May 19th, 20th, 21st Portsmouth Va. North Carolina State Ass'n May 26th, 27th, 28th Washington N.C. New York State Ass'n May 29th, 30th, 31st, June 1st Yonkers N.Y. Ohio State Ass'n June 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th Dayton Ohio Tri State Ass'n June 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th Baltimore Md Louisiana State Ass'n June 14th, 15th, 16th Lake Providence La New England States Ass'n June 19th, 20th, 21st Worcester Mass Penna State Ass'n June 19th, 20th, 21st Miss. State Ass'n June 21st, 22nd, 23rd 24th Tupelo Miss New Jersey State Ass'n June 21st, 22nd 23rd, 24th Trenton N.J. Pacific States Ass'n June 28th, 29th, 30th, July 1st Oakland Calif. Mid West States Ass'n July 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th.16th Denver Colo Great Lakes States Ass'n Chicago 21-22-23 West Virginia State Ass'n, Tenn. State Convention Asbury Will Celebrate Its Centennial Anniversary--January 1, 1936 - December 31, 1936 Established by Foundry M.E. Church, 1836 PARSONAGE: 1914 11TH ST., N.W. CHURCH PHONE: METROPOLITAN 6809 TELEPHONE: NORTH 1233 STUDY PHONE: METROPOLITAN 3285 Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church 11TH AND K STREETS, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. "National Church Of Negro Methodism" MINISTERS REV. ROBERT MOTEN WILLIAMS, D.D. MISS HENRIETTA L. JACKSON REV. E.J. GREEN SECRETARY REV. LANNEAU L. WHITE April 20, 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I have been extremely busy since our Annual Conference which met at Metropolitan M.E. Church, Baltimore and also have extremely illness in my family I have not had an opportunity to write and thank you for the splendid article you wrote regarding our Centennial Celebration. We want you to know that we greatly appreciate your deep interest in our Church and the friendship which you have shown to it through the years. This article has been widely read and we have received many favorable comments. Thanking you again and wishing you every success. Sincerely yours, Robert M. Williams RMW:HLJ Jane Addams Memorial Fund Hull-House Eight Hundred South Halsted Street Chicago April 23rd, 1936 Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen President and Treasurer Grace Abbott Vice-President Charles Hull Ewing Secretary Henry P. Chandler Assistant Treasurer Board of Trustees Sewell L. Avery Mrs. Wm. McCormick Blair Harrison A. Dobbs William H. Regnery and the officers Mrs. Mary Church Teriell c/o Dr. Geo. Herriott, Cor. 13th & U. Streets, N.W. Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Teriell: After the death of Miss Addams there were suggestions from different friends that a fund should be raised to perpetuate her work in Hull-House, and a number of substantial contributions were volunteered. The Trustees of Hull-House have carefully considered the situation and have concluded to give an opportunity to the multitude of friends of Miss Addams throughout the country and supporters of her ideas to express their faith through gifts toward a fund to be known as the Jane Addams Memorial Fund to be used to sustain and, we hope as the years go on, to extend the service of Hull-House. It has been decided to lay the matter before the friends of Miss Addams in different cities and invite their cooperation in an undertaking to raise a fund sufficient to guarantee the maintenance of Hull-House on a worthy scale. It is our plan to address to address to selected contributors to appeal for funds, with a statement of Miss Addams' contribution to our period and the reasons for our belief that her aims should receive support at this time of misunderstandings and distrust. A draft of such an appeal is enclosed. It is our desire to have it sponsored by representative men and women of the country coming from different walks of life and holding different points of view, but united in their belief in the ideals of Miss Addams and desirous to further them. We shall be very happy if you will become one of the general committee which is being formed for this purpose and authorize the use of your name on the appeal. Your assistance will be most gratefully appreciated by the Board of Trustees of Hull-House which is endeavoring to meet the new responsibilities resulting from the loss of our great leader, and so to provide that her service of understanding and reconciliation will go on. Sincerely yours, Henry P. Chandler Henry P. Chandler for the BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROOF Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. Calvin Coolidge The Hon. W. L. MacKenzie King Mr. Herbert Hoover Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen Mr. Edward A. Filene The Hon. Ramsey MacDonald Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow The Hon. Newton D. Baker Mr. Gerard Swope Miss Grace Abbott Mrs. Julius Rosenwald Mr. Sewell L. Avery extend this invitation to to join them in honoring the memory of JANE ADDAMS Pioneer in Social Relations Jane Addams founded Hull-House nearly a half century ago, and focused the eyes of her world upon the conditions then existing among the poor of our great cities: poverty, sweatshops, child labor, bad housing, neglected children, and exploitation of women and immigrants. Her world responded with movements establishing relief, settlements, municipal playgrounds, juvenile protection, and legislation to improve tenements and to safeguard the welfare of women, children, and friendless. National Committee ... Jane Addams Memorial Fund Sewell L. Avery, Chairman Miss Grace Abbott Miss Helen Hall Miss Helen B. North Dr. James R. Angell Dr. Alice Hamilton Mrs. Caroline Goodwin O'Day Mr. Newton D. Baker Mr. WIlliam Hard Dr. Marion Edwards Park Mr. Francis Biddle Mr. Royal A. Hauer Mr. George Foster Peabody Mrs. Emmons Blaine Dr. James B. Herrick Hon Frances Perkins Mrs. William McCormick Blair Mr. Sidney Hillman Gov. Gifford Pinchot Mrs. Edward Bok Dr. John Haynes Holmes Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen Mr. Herbert C. Hoover Miss Jeannette Rankin Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis Gov. Henry Horner Mr. William H. Regnery Dr. Albert Britt Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes Mrs. Kenneth F. Rich Mr. Edward E. Brown Mr. Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. Mr. Raymond Robbins Mr. Henry Bruere Mrs. Hannah Clothier Hull Miss Josephine Roche Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler Dr. Robert Maynard Hutchins John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Dr. Richard C. Cabot Mr. B. Edwin Hutchinson Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Hon. Harold L. Ickes Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Dr. Gordon Keith Chalmers Sen. Hiram W. Johnson Mrs. Julius Rosenwald Mr. Henry P. Chandler Dr. James Weldon Johnson Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald Mr. Stuart Chase Dr. Rufus M. Jones Mme. Ernestine Schumann Heink Mr. William L. Chenery Very Rev. Msgr. Robt. F. Keegan Dr. Walker Dill Scott Dr. Ada L. Comstock Miss Helen A. Keller Hon. Murray Seasongood Dr. James B. Conant Mr. Nicholas Kelley Mr. Ellery Sedgwick Mrs. Albert Sprague Coolidge Mr. Paul U. Kellogg Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Mr. George W. Kirchwey Hon. Alfred E. Smith Sen. James Couzens Col. Frank Knox Dr. Robert Gordon Sproul Mrs. Nancy Cox-McCormack Mr. Fritz Kreisler Miss Ellen Gates Starr Gen. Abel Davis Mr. Thomas W. Lamont Mr. Alfred K. Stern Mr. Frederic A. Delano Dr. John A. Lapp Mrs. Edgar B. Stern Dr. John Dewey Miss Katharine F. Lenroot Mr. Gerard Swope Mr. Harrison A. Dobbs Dr. Dean De Witt Lewis Mr. Charles P. Taft Mr. Clarence Phelps Dodge Judge Ben B. Lindsey Mr. Lorado Taft Dr. John L. Elliott Mr. Walter Lippmann Mrs. Frederick J. Taussig Dr. John Erskine Hon. Frank O. Lowden Dr. Graham Taylor Mr. Charles Hull Ewing Judge Julian W. Mack Countess Alexandria Tolstoi Mr. Edward A. Filene Bishop Francis J. McConnell Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Dr. John Huston Finley Mr. Chauncey McCormick Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard Mr. Henry Ford Mr. Cyrus H. McCormick Dr. George E. Vincent Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick Bishop Wm. Fraser McDowell Sen. Robt. F. Wagner Dr. Glenn Frank Mrs. Edwin D. Mead Miss Lillian D. Wald Mr. James R. Garfield Dr. Adolf Meyer Mrs. J. Paul Warburg Mr. Walter S. Gifford Dr. Broadus Mitchell Mr. William Allen White Mr. William Gillette Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow Mr. Daniel Willard Miss Elizabeth Gilman Dr. Robert R. Moton Rabbi Stephen S. Wise Mr. John M. Glenn Dr. Herbert Vincent Neal Dr. Leo Wolman Mrs. John M. Glenn Dr. William A. Neilson Miss Mary E. Woolley The widening breach between factions, classes, races, and religions Jane Addams recognized, and threw into it her love for humanity, her faith in her fellow man and her vision for a better future. Jane Addams' work of social pioneering is not yet finished. Discord and distrust still mock her faith in universal brotherhood. But her spirit lives on in those institutions it fostered. It lives on in Hull-House, "Cathedral of Humanity," her laboratory for setting forth the truth of her belief "that the things which make men alike are finer and better than the things that keep them apart." Through its clubs and classes, as well as in its other activities for good citizenship, Hull-House continues to serve and to reveal that universal fellowship which is the hope of a stable civilization. Those of us who knew Jane Addams and who recognize in her the pioneer of a new and better day in social relations have organized to co-operate with the Trustees of Hull-House to establish a Jane Addams Memorial Fund to continue her work there. A sum is to be raised, the income of which will replace Miss Addams' financial contribution, personal or obtained through friends, to the work she founded and loved and with which her life has been most intimately associated. Thus may we accept the privilege of her leadership and help spread her doctrines at a time when they are sorely needed. This requires ten thousand FRIENDS OF JANE ADDAMS contribute an average sum of one hundred dollars. In this memorial to her we see the opportunity to pay in the most effective manner our debt of gratitude for the heritage of good will that she has left us. The names of Friends of Jane Addams who join us will be entered in a bound roster, without reference to the amount of the individual gift, and will become part of the permanent records of Hull-House. In accepting this invitation, please make the accompanying check payable to Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen, Treasurer, 800 South Halsted Street, Chicago, Illinois. The favor of a reply is requested. Mrs. Annette S. Morgan 645 N. Fourth Ave. Ann Arbor, Michigan April 25 - 1936 Dear Mrs. Terrell - I am writing you at this time in order to make a correction as to your appearance on program of Convention of Michigan State Association of Colored Women. The Convention will convene, June 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st and 1st of July. You are scheduled for the Mass meeting, Sunday - 3:00 P.M. 2 June 28th. Our last executive board of this administration convened today. I learned of this mistake and therefor make haste to inform you of the same. The terms are the same as presented to Mrs. Lindsay. Hoping this will meet with your approval, and deeply regret the error. Will you kindly answer letting me know you received this letter. I will endeavor to mail you a program as soon as they are off the press. Yours Lovingly as we climb, Mrs. A. Morgan METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH BISHOP'S OFFICE TEN FORTY RUSSELL AVENUE COVINGTON, KENTUCKY U.S.A. April 30, 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrill 1615 S. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. My very dear Friend: Thanks many, many times for your gracious remembrance of me. In these parts I find myself striving to do my humble bit. I thank God for friends and continued good health. General Conference carries such a crowded program it is next to impossible to bring in any side issues. The door is securely guarded by a Courtesy Committee. Were it at all possible I would be happy to have you presented. Blessings upon you with the smiles of the Lord and regards from Mrs. Calir, I am Most sincerely, M.W. Clair M W C B ALDERSGATE - MAY 24, 1738 "THIS DAY IN THE LFE OF JOHN WESLEY MEANT MORE TO ENGLAND THAN ALL HER VICTORIES UNDER PITT." - LECKY, THE HISTORIAN TELEPHONE EMERSON 6005 May 2, 1936 "HILLANDALE" 3905 RESERVOIR ROAD WASHINGTON, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell, After talking with Mme Cantacuzene yesterday we decided that it would be well if you could go to Columbus Ohio for one week to the A.M.E. Convention and one week in New York for the M.E. Convention - Fifty dollars $(50.00) per week to cover all expenses except R.R. tickets. If you agree to this will you please sign enclosed form and send it to me. Yours truly Anne Archbold The National Committee of Negro Americans An Harbinger of Interracial Goodwill 721 Faile Street NEW YORK ADVISORY COMMITTEE John Henry Adams, Chairman Emory Jackson, New York, Sec’ y. Dr. J. R. E. Lee, Florida Dr. S. Means Plair, S. C. Dr. M. W. Dogan, Texas Roscoe Dunjee, Oklahoma Dr. E. T. Belsaw, Alabama Bishop W. J. Walls, Illinois Father S.B. Pritchett, Ga. Dr. Rivers Frederick, La. W.P. Evans, N.C. Dr. Mary M. Bethune, Fla. May 2,1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Washington , D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: At the inception of the National Committee of Negro Americans to sponsor a message of goodwill for President Roosevelt, a letter was addressed to you. In all probability the letter has not reached your attention or has been deferred for further consideration. However, you will find herewith just what we are doing and invite your participation. You will find here five Recommendation slips to be used at your discretion. May we have the pleasure of receiving your response? Thank you. Yours Truly, John Henry Adams John Henry Adams, chairman ACJ 2506 Brook Rd. Richmond, VA May 3, 1936, My dear Mrs. Terrell The Deltas in Richmond are looking forward with much enthusiasm to your visit with us on Friday morning. Will you kindly let us know the exact hour of your arrival? Do you plan to come by car or train? We would also appreciate it if you could let us have the subject of your address. Very sincerely yours, Alice C. Jackson Dear Cousin Mollie: The investigation made of the enclosed schools, by the Asson. for the Handicapped, is the direct reason why we are determined to have colored representation on our School Board. P.S. Please send your "Cut" to the Forum Office 1627 Druid Hill Ave., for advertisement. Association for the Handicapped (Incorporated) (Y.M.C.A. Building) 1619 Druid Hill Ave, Baltimore, Md. OFFICERS: William H. Langley, President Rev. Daniel W. Hayes, 1st Vice President Mrs. Lovey E. Husketh, 2nd Vice President George S. White, Secretary Dr. James E. Bell, Treasurer Dr. Francis M. Wood, Ass't. Treasurer Robert W. Coleman, Manager 1145 Myrtle Ave. EXECUTIVE BOARD: Rev. A.J. Greene, Chairman Rev. George F. Bragg Rev. Ernest Lyon Miles W. Connor Rev. John O. Spencer Josiah Diggs Attorney W.A.C. Hughes, Jr. Mrs. Vivian G. Alleyne Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Harry O. Wilson Rev. A.J. Mitchell Mrs. Lula Richardson May 5, 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1516 S. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Enclosed you will find a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Forrest Bramble, President of the Board of School Commissioners, together with reports included therein. Please be kind enough to read this letter and the reports carefully and co-operate with us in an effort to ameliorate the conditions outlined herein. Thanking you, I am. Very truly yours, Robert W Coleman Robt. W. Coleman 1145 Myrtle Ave., Note: A copy of the letter to Mr. Bramble, under date of May 5th, with the report of the "Strayer Survey" and the repoty of the Schools made by the Association for the Handicapped was enclosed and similar letters were sent to following persons. From: "Report of The Survey of The Public School System of Baltimore, Maryland." School Year 1920-1921, Vol. I Buildings George D. Strayer, Director. SCHOOL NO. 107 (Now No. 127) (Biddle St) This building is totally inadequate for school purposes and is located in a totally inadequate site, with only 8 square foot of play space per pupil. Its outside toilets located in dungeon-like structures without artificial and natural light, and its class rooms defective in every particular are reasons for immediate abandonment. A classroom on the first floor has, for example, three windows to the rear, so that the 40 children seated there have light coming from the rear only. Two inadequate gas lamps are provided and a coal stove at the rear cuts off much of the room. The teacher's desk is jammed in between the pupils' desks, giving very little space and compelling her constantly to face the light. This building should be abandoned early in the building program. The manual training center in the rear of this building is a mere makeshift. Provision for this work should ultimately be made in each of the schools from where those children come. SCHOOL NO. 109 (Gold & Calhoun Streets) This building has absolutely no redeeming elements. It is a fire trap, where teachers and children work under the greatest difficulties. It is located on a very unsatisfactory site and should be abandoned as soon as possible and a new and more adequate site should be selected when the new building is planned for this section. The score of the building indicates that it is one of the poorest in the city. SCHOOL NO. 109 Branch This consists of two small frame buildings placed on a slope of a hill by the side of a ravine. There is little evidence that anybody had given this building and its site any attention, but there is much evidence that it has been neglected to the utmost. A high-grade school site should be selected and a new building planned for these children. SCHOOL No. 131 This very old structure should be abandoned as soon as possible. No money should be spent in putting it in a state of repair. The site is totally inadequate, with only 2.1 square feet per pupil. Artificial light is lacking, and natural light is largely from the rear of the room, the rooms are very congested and the situation presents a very unfortunate housing spectacle. Baltimore, Maryland December 11, 1935 School No. 131 On the above date a committee for the Association for the Handicapped, met at the School for the mentally Handicapped, located at Druid Hill Avenue and Biddle Street at 9:30 A.M. We were very cordially greeted by the principle, Mrs. Martha B. Warsoma, and shown through the building. And the Committee made the following observations: 1. A two story building of 12 rooms of a very antiquated type. Six rooms on the first floor, 4 used for class rooms and two rooms not in use because of the unsuitable condition. Therefore, they were used as storage rooms. The entrance to the second story was by steps outside of the building. This building has been closed for three years because it was not fit for use, and was only put in operation to accommodate this group of children. 2. There was a coal stove in each room, which necessitated the carrying of coal upstairs and into each individual room. 3. Walls of the rooms were in a very unsanitary condition, for the want of paint or whitewash and plastering. 4. About one-fourth of the front basement is dug out for a cellar. 5. Outside toilets of cast iron stools. Old time lavatory. No wash basins or bowls. 6. The teachers were unusually earnest in the work with the children, and there seemed to have been something more than the ordinary teaching interest, which bordered on paternal love. 7. The pupils were strikingly orderly in their general deportment, and seemed absorbed in their work in spite of the presence of the visiting committee. 8. There were exhibits of exceptionally well made handicraft work by girls and boys. 9. There were three major types of classes; primary opportunity classes, intermediate opportunity classes and special center classes. 10. The location of the building is in a section of the city surrounded by poolrooms and taverns. Men standing around on corners create a bad environment. (2) COMMITTEE: Mr. Robert W. Coleman, Chairman Rev. A. J. Mitchell Rev. D. W. Hayes Rev. L. S. Tilden Rev. E. D. Halls Rev. Geo. F. Bragg Rev. W. D. Yerby, Secretary. Dr. James E. Bell. Baltimore, Maryland December 18, 1935 School No. 109 On the above date a Committee from the Association for the Handicapped visited the school for the Mentally Handicapped located at Calhoun and Gold Streets, and the following observations were made: A very antiquated two story building of 6 rooms, which was at one time the old tin factory. The ceiling had rafters which were badly in need of paint. The whitewash was so old that it was falling off the ceiling. The toilets were in a very unsanitary condition, the odor could be detected from them in the class rooms. The pupils were very restless, which was said to have been prevalent among them due to their low mentality. These children were said to have been of the lowest mentality handled in the school system. About 90% of them were from the Cheltenhem Training School. The entrance to the second floor was by outside covered steps. School No. 127 At the school on Biddle Street near Pennsylvania Avenue, we found a 12 room building, 2 stories. 6 rooms on the first and 6 rooms on the second floor. The building is very poorly lighted and heated by coal stoves which give off coal gas. There was no cloak room which made a very unsanitary condition by piling the wraps all together for the whole day or while not in use by the children. There were outside toilets of the old type and only four for 196 girls which created quite a problem in rainy weather. A continuous dripping from the drainage pipes create a damp condition on the toilet floors. The building was badly in need of paint. School #127 was built in 1870. COMMITTEE Attorney William I. Gosnell Rev. R. F. Coates Rev. A. J. Payne Rev. G. J. Garnett Dr. W. H. Watts Mrs. Elvira Bond Mrs. Lillie Mae Jackson Dr. R. L. Jackson The Washington Post Washington, D. C. May 7, 1936. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: A meeting of the Board of Founders of The Washington Criminal Justice Association will be held, Thursday evening, May 14, at 8:30 P.M., at the home of Mr. Eugene Meyer, 1624 Crescent Place, Northwest. The purpose of the meeting is to consider the proposed articles of incorporation, proposed by-laws, report of the membership and finance committee, and the election of officers of the association. Will you be kind enough to sign and mail the enclosed postal card, signifying whether or not you will be able to attend? Very sincerely, C. F. Moore Secretary, Pro Tem. C.F. Moore/el Hull-House 800 South Halsted Street Chicago May 8th, 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street, NW Washington, DC. Dear Mrs. Terrell: The Trustees of Hull-House Association gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your contribution of $5.00 for the Jane Addams Memorial Fund. Louise de Koven Bowen Mrs. Joseph T. Bowen Treasurer Room 1101A 485 Madison Avenue New York City Wickersham 2-3624 May 8th, 1936 Mrs. Terrill: Thank you for your letter of May 3rd. I was also very much interested to meet and talk with you. I am enclosing copies of the plans of the proposed organization I talked with you about, also the pledge. You will understand after reading them that no definite organization will be formed until after the Republican Convention. We will probably be in touch with you shortly before that time. Very cordially, Mabel Jacques Eichel (Mrs. Mabel Jacques Eichel) Mrs. Mary Church Terrill 1615 S. Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. May 9, 1936 My dear Mrs. Terrell, In appreciation for your kindness of speaking to us on the occasion of our annual May Week celebration, we, the members of The Richmond Unit of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority do heartily thank you. Sincerely yours, Richmond Unit of Delta Sigma Theta Society Alice C. Jackson - treasurer Phone NATIONAL 4686 Terrell & Little Incorporated Real Estate and Insurance Brokers 1206 18th Street, Northwest Longfellow Square Washington, D.C. May 9, 1936 My dear Friend: The enclosed is a copy or the Finding submitted to the Conference by the Joint Committees. Owing to Mr. Collins' illness these did not get here in time to call our committee together. The writer went over them carefully and approved them after some changes. They were then submitted to such of our committee who were at the Conference. Please study them so that we decide how best to use them. Our committee will be called together soon. Yours truly Norton M. Little Chairman - 1 - The Findings and Recommendations of the SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE of the Middle Atlantic Conference of Congregational and Christian Churches The First Congregational Church Washington, D. C. Friday, May 8, 1936 - The Social Action Committee presents these findings and recommendations to the churches of the Conference for such acceptance and use as the local churches themselves may determine. It is hoped that many congregations will find it possible to approve and follow some of the suggestions offered. The Committee offers its counsel and cooperation and will appreciate reports of progress from our churches. Respectfully submitted, The Co-Chairmen, Norton M. Little, for the Washington Area. Clifford Wesley Collins, New Jersey Area - 2 - I We recommend that our churches assume, or re-affirm, responsibility both for the improvement of personal Christian character and for the promotion of a civilization embodying ever more fully the ideals of Jesus. II We suggest that such responsibility be recognized by an examination and evaluation of the church's present aims, objectives and program, as revealed by the church's membership requirements and expectations and by the church's fellowship, worship, study, service activities and influence. III We suggest that such an evaluation be followed by a formulation of the church's aims and an improvement of its activities that shall make the church's two-fold responsibility clear and effective. IV As an incentive and aid to such study, evaluation and improvement, and in order that social idealism and action may spring from strong roots of knowledge and experience, we recommend an organized study and investigation of the following: 1. The personal and social implications of the teachings, attitudes and activities of the Hebrew prophets and of Jesus and Paul. 2. The progress of human relations and of social institutions during the Christian era. 3. The twentieth century statements of the social ideals of contemporary religious denominations and of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. 4. The purpose, policies and program of the Council for Social Action of the Congregational and Christian Churches and of similar agencies and departments in other denominations. 5. The work of local, regional, national and international agencies for the amelioration of social evils and for the improvement of human relations. 6. The social concern and interest of contemporary Christian preaching and teaching, and of recent Christian literature and drama. 7. Present trends in the interpretation of religion and in the theory and practice of religious education. V We recommend an examination or survey of the civilization and environment in which we are living, or trying to live, and in which we are asking our children to grow up as Christians. An outline of such a survey might include the following: 1. Social areas such as economic life, family life, education, citizenship, international relations, race relations, and others, which need to be "Christianized" - 3 - 2. Varieties of specific problems within these general areas or fields of interest, and their complexity of cause, character and effect. 3. Common characteristics of social problems and their interdependence and close relationship. 4. Social responsibility in individual character and also in social patterns and systems. 5. Social tragedy in the impossibility of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" for many, in a denial of the "abundant life" Jesus desired all to share, and in the hindrance to spiritual experience and personal salvation suffered even by those contributing indirectly or unknowingly to social injustice and human misery. VI We recommend that the survey of social problems be supplemented and followed by a frank and friendly examination of solutions already offered by Christian groups and individuals, so that we may improve in our churches the spirit of open-mindedness and of respect for opinions differing from our own, and in order that we may know the points of view being advocated by others. Sources for such an investigation might include the following: 1. Publications and personal representatives of social agencies, educational institutions, peace organizations, labor unions, interracial committees, and various special interest groups. 2. Publications and personal representatives of the Federal Council of Churches, the Council for Social Action, the Commission on Missions, the Congregational Education Society, and of similar agencies in other denominations. 3. Literature in fields of social interest, books such as those available at the Carroll Memorial Library at M.A.C. headquarters, 44 Brick Church Plaza, East Orange, and magazines such as our own "Advance", "Social Action", "The Missionary Herald", "The Pilgrim Highroad" and others such as "The Survey", "The Christian Century", "Christendom", "The International Journal of Religious Education", ["The World Tomorrow"],"Fellowship", "Peace Action", and others. "Foreign Affairs" "World Affairs" 4. Speakers and discussion or forum leaders from churches, schools, colleges, welfare agencies, community organizations, state institutions, labor organizations, peace organizations, and other agencies. VII We recommend the formation of social action committees in our local churches for the planning and leadership of educational and service activities in the interests of social action, for the furtherance of such suggestions as have just been presented, for cooperation with our Conference social action committee, and for cooperation with the Council for Social Action. - 4 - VII We recommend that local churches formulate and officially express an attitude of cooperation with our Council for Social Action, approving its general purpose and program and reserving the right to act with the Council to such extent and in such manner as the local church may deem best, thereby encouraging the difficult work of the Council and at the same time making it clear that the Council cannot speak [fully] for all our churches and individuals. We suggest sending with such an expression of cooperation the names of the local social action committee members through whom the Council for Social Action can have contact with the local church. IX We recommend that in the examination of solutions offered for social problems especial attention and study be given to the cooperative movement because of its vital relationship with economic security, world peace, and the Christian ideal of brotherhood. [We suggest that an interest so dear to the heart of Toyohiko Kagawa, Japan's great Christian leader, is deserving of our consideration and study.] X We recommend that social studies in our churches be frequently followed by definite social action in the form of influences brought to bear on other groups or on legislators by resolutions or petitions, but that such resolutions should be sent from the individuals willing to lend their signatures to the petitions rather than from the church as a body. XI [We heartily endorse the appointment and election of Mrs. Mantie R. Brown as Conference Superintendent, and express our gratitude for her educational, missionary, and social action interest, sincerely hoping that she may be frequently used as a social action problems when members of the Conference social action committee are not available.] Washington Tribune PUBLISHED SEMIWEEKLY BY THE WASHINGTON TRIBUNE PUB. CO., INC. _________ 920 U STREET N.W. PHONE POTOMAC 1667 WASHINGTON. D.C. VOICEOF157,000 NEGROES IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. May 10, 1936 Mrs Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, Northwest Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs Terrell; This is to remind you of your promise to write an article for our Feature Section. May we hear from you soon? Very truly yours, Beatrice M. Murphy Beatrice M. Murphy Feature Editor N. V. T. _____________________________________________________ PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FRANKLIN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING THIRTEENTH AND K STREETS NW. WASHINGTON, D. C. GARNET. C. WILKINSON FIRST ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT May 13th 1936 Mrs Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, Northwest Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: On behalf of the principals of the elementary night schools, I have the honor to extend to you a cordial invitation to deliver the commencement address to the graduating classes of the elementary night schools on Thursday evening, May 28, 1936, at eight-thirty o'clock, in the auditorium of the Armstrong High School. I sincerely trust that you will find it convenient to accept this invitation. Very sincerely GC Wilkinson First Assistant Superintendent of Schools. g 599- Chandler Ave Detroit Mich. Mar. 14- 1936 Mrs. M. C. Terrell - Dear Madam- your letter of the fifth of this month stating you could arrange to come to our city the latter part of June next - was very appreciative news to us - the local commitee - In getting everything ready for this summer we were afraid to wait until after our state Executive board meeting to write you - for fear you would by that time be other wise engaged. our state chairman will be in the city the latter part of next week Although most of the members of the Executive board are in Detroit where the larger number of clubs are yet we dont want the out in state members to feel We did not let them know our plans. We have no one else in mind for our guest speaker but you. our Board meets In April; the latter part. and there will still be time to arrange all particulars with you. so please hold the 28th and 29th of June open for us Even if you can not stay throughout the convention with us. We will write you as soon as the State Board meets if not before. Very Sincerily Yours Mrs. Sadie L. Lindsay Chrm'n Local Commitee Delta Sigma Theta Rho Chapter NEW YORK CITY 213 West 138 ST. New York, N.Y. May 14, 1936. Dear Soror Terrell: Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta cordially invites you to attend its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 19, at 7:30 PM, at my home. We enjoyed having you with us so much last year and hope that it will be convenient for you to be with us again on Tuesday evening. Fraternally yours, Thelma Carter Corresponding Secretary Rho Chapter Member Of The Young Women's Christian Association Of The United States Of America Agency Of Washington Community Chest Phyllis Wheatley Young Women's Christian Association 901 RHODE ISLAND AVE., N. W. TELEPHONE N. 0191 Washington, D.C. May 14 - 1936 My dear old friend Mollie / If you can weave this into any sort of an obituary here goes: never mind date of birth Graduated from Normal High Columbus Ohio Taught two years - Came to Washington - There joined Mr. Orpheus M. McAdoo's Jubilee Singers - Was abroad in less than three months after joining Co. Made for Scotland & did the whole of British Isles then sailed for South Africa - Married in Johannesburgh Transvaal So. Africa. - A child a son was born in Pietermaritzburg Natal So. Africa. Remarried in this country 3 years, Sailed then for Australia after doing the entire South - Toured Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania - Another son born in Hobart Tasmania - After three years travel in this country Mr McAdoo's health failed & the company returned to the states. Lived quietly until the war, after which went into YWCA work & been engaged in same until present moment - Not starting by any manner of means but I think you can do more than any one whom I know. in making as Hites of Community Chest says: A good story. Hear you have gone off on a trip for a fortnight - I do not count up on any thing these days. Terrible to get old isn't it? Perhaps you haven't felt it yet - With love & best wishes in the world Martha A. People's Congregational Church M Street, bet. Sixth and Seventh, N. W. ARTHUR FLETCHER ELMES, Minister Church Phone Met. 2203 Residence: 116 Seaton Pl., N. W. North 5900 May 15, 1936 Mrs Mary Church Terrell; 1615 S. Street N.W. My dear Mrs Terrell; Sunday June 21st is Women's Day at our church and the organization in charge of the day's programs has requested that you be invited to make the principal address at the morning service. On behalf of the women of our church as well as on my own behalf I am doing so. We would be very happy if you could do us this service and shall eagerly wait your acceptance by letter or phone call at your earliest convenience. With very good wishes, Yours sincerely, A.J. Elmes. National Association of Colored Women, Inc. Organized 1896 Affiliated With National Council of Women Maintains Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Washington, D.C Room 165 State Capitol. West Va Relief Ad Office of Mrs. A.L. Spaulding, Chairman National Exposition of Negro Progress and Achievement 510 Morris St. Charleston, W. Va. May 15 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington D.C Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am very hopeful of the success of our Exposition bill. Mr W.C. Easley, an official of our State Government has just informed me that he had a conference with Senator Neely on Friday at Bluefield and that he informed him that he was going to push the bill through. He told Mr. Easley that he had directed the bill to the Appropriations Committee because he wanted the bill to get their attention as it had to be brought before them at some time. He said that he did it intentionally and that it was a wise political move. I believe that Senator Neely will do as he promised. He went over big in the primary election here on May 12th. We are going to bring all the pressure possible on him from this end. Please get the copies of the letters from the Atlanta organizations in the hands of Senator O'Mahoney as he requested. I have had the State President of Wyoming who lives in Cheyenne, the home town of Senator O'Mahoney, write and thank him for the courteous manner in which he conducted the subcommittee hearing; she has sent me a copy of her letter to him in which she asked his continued cooperation and support of the bill. I sent the letters out immediately upon my return asking the persons listed in the syllabus to serve on the General Commission. The responses have been most gratifying. All I have heard from this far have not only consented to serve but have lauded the proposition and have asked me to write them just what they could do to help in the movement. The publicity Mrs. Lampkin gave us has been very helpful to the movement; considering the whole situation I am definitely encouraged and feel that we shall be able to push the bill through. National Association of Colored Women, Inc. Organized 1896 Affiliated With National Council of Women Maintains Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, Washington, D.C Office of Mrs. A.L. Spaulding, Chairman National Exposition of Negro Progress and Achievement 510 Morris St. Charleston, W. Va. Mrs. Terrell- 2 Mrs. Terrell, please do not let up on that end. I enjoyed being with you; it is a great pleasure and privilege to work with you. I think that I have caught some of that indomitable spirit that radiates from you; it makes me very happy to know that I have your help in this work. Sincerely yours, Jane E. Spaulding Mrs. A.L. Spaulding S C May 19, 1936 "Hillandale" 3905 Reservoir Road Washington, D.C. Telephone Emerson 6005 Dear Mrs. Terrell, I am glad to hear from your letters, they have all reached me, that you are having such a succesful time. I wish I could have attended the meeting on the 16th. I think the Republicans are steadily gaining. Thanks for your letters. Yours truly, Anne Archbold [*ca. 5 - 23 - 36?*] May 23 "Hillandale" 3905 Reservoir Road Washington, DC Telephone Emerson 6005 Dear Mrs. Terrell. I am glad to hear that the meetings have been so successful. I hope to see you when you return to Washington and hear about it. I enclose R.R. fare money. Yours truly, A. Archbold SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH BISHOP WILLIAM ALFRED FOUNTAIN. PRESIDING BISHOP 242 BOULEVARD. NORTHEAST PHONE WALNUT 3919 ATLANTA, GA. CONFERENCES NORTH GEORGIA GEORGIA SOUTH GEORGIA ATLANTA, GEORGIA CONFERENCES MACON, GEORGIA SOUTHWEST GEORGIA AUGUSTA, GEORGIA AMERICUS, GEORGIA MAY 25, 1936 Mrs. A. L. Spaulding 510 Morris Street Charleston West Va. Dear. Mrs. Spaulding: I think the idea of holding a National Exposition of Negro Progress and Achievement is quite suggestive, and backed by such leaders as your letter suggest, I see no reason for failure. I shall be pleased to cooperative in any way possible for success. Thanking you and your committee in advance for an opportunity to serve. Sincerely yours, W A Fountain, Sr. William Alfred Fountain, Sr. WAF/w Indiana State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs "Step By Step We Reach The Heights" President --- Grace Wilson Evans, 458 So. 16th St., Terre Haute. 1st VICE PRES --- MRS. E. HEROD INDIANAPOLIS 2ND VICE PRESIDENT --- MRS. E. ALSUP FORT WAYNE CHR. OF EX. BOARD --- MRS. Z SMITH SOUTH BEND REC. SECRETARY --- MISS M. HOFFMAN LAFAYETTE. COR. SECRETARY --- MRS. M HILL AUDITOR --- MRS. M. J. CAMPBELL GARY ST. ORGANIZER --- MRS. J. JEFFERSON INDIANAPOLIS TREASURER --- MRS. H. JEFFERSON INDIANAPOLIS PARLIAMENTARIAN --- MRS. H BROWN EAST CHICAGO STATISTICIAN --- MRS. E. LESTER LAFAYETTE CHAPLAIN --- MRS. M WICKLIFFE FORT WAYNE CHR. HOUSE COM --- MRS. R. JACKSON INDIANAPOLIS May 27 - " 36 My dear Mrs. Terrell, The Indiana State Federation, meets in Indianapolis the week of July 6 -9. I would like very much to have you as our guest speaker, of course you know that we do not have much money, but I think that railroad rates are reduced, to such an extent that we might be able to pay that, and of course entertain you while in our State; should you come for such a small consideration, and help us out here in Indiana, you would mean so much to us? Please do not think that it is lack of appreciation of what you have meant to us, and what you still mean to us, it simply[by] means that we are hard up and cant do any better. Please let me hear from you at once, I am or shall hold my programs from press until I hear from you. Sincerely your friend, Grace Wilson Evans. Law Offices G. Edward Dickerson N. W. Corner 16th and Bainbridge Streets Philadelphia Addie W. Dickerson Real Estate Broker Notaries Public Telephone KIN 2715 May 1936 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: I am enclosing you a circular or two of the Emergency Peace Campaign, because I was so surprised the other night at your lack of keen interest in world peace. Everybody knows that both you and I are real fighters, but I do think we should want the world to be at peace. Too, I feel that in sending speakers into the large white colleges on certain definite platforms we should have just your type as speaker, and so you see you knocked my plan and proposal “sky high.” I am in receipt of a letter from Mr. Hikida, who is talking of having his printing done in Japan. I do not know that that will make his book more expensive, but I am not so sure of the new sentiment that will surround such a setting. What do you think about it? Give me your reaction on both of these questions. I remain, Very sincerely yours, Addie W. Dickerson (Mrs. G. Edward Dickerson) AWD:F Encs. National Sponsors For Emergency Peace Campaign Harry Emerson Fosdick, Chairman, Pastor Riverside Church, New York City Grace Abbott, Former Director U. S. Children's Bureau Bishop James Baker, Methodist Episcopal Church, San Francisco Dr. Henry Kendall Booth, Pastor First Congregational Church, Long Beach General Smedley D. Butler, (Retired) U. S. Marines Allan Knight Chalmers, Pastor, Broadway Tabernacle, N. Y. C. Stuart Chase, Author Ben Charrington, Director, Foundation for Advancemt.of Social Sciences, Denver President George W. Coleman, Babson Institute Norman F. Coleman, Professor, Reed College, Portland, Ore. Henry H. Crane, Pastor, Scranton, Pa. Henry L. Dennison, Manufacturer Professor John Dewey, Columbia University Addie W. Dickerson, President International Council of Women of Darker Races Paul H. Douglas, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Professor W. E. B. DuBois, Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. President D. Shaw Duncan, University of Denver Sherwood Eddy, Author Charles G. Fenwick, Bryn Mawr College, President Catholic Assoc. for Int. Peace Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Author Bishop James E. Freeman, Protestant Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. E. A. Fridell, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Seattle Zona Gale, Author Frank E. Gannett, Editor & Publisher Dean Charles W. Gilkey, University of Chicago Chapel President Frank P. Graham, University of North Carolina John Haynes Holmes, Minister, The Community Church, N. Y. C. President Hamilton Holt, Rollins College President Ivan Lee Holt, Federal Council of Churches Clark Howell, Editor, Atlanta, Ga. Hannah Clothier Hull, Nat'l. President, Women's Internat'l. League for Peace & Freedom Professor James Weldon Johnson, Fisk University President Mordecai Johnson, Howard University M. Ashby Jones, Clergyman, Atlanta, Ga. Paul Jones, College Pastor, Antioch College Rufus K. Jones, Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College Frederick P. Keppel, President, Carnegie Corporation Bishop Paul B. Kern, M. E. Church, South, Greensboro, N. C. Eduardo C. Lindeman, N. Y. School of Social Work President W. O. Mendenhall, Whittier College George Fort Milton, Editor, Chattanooga News Charles Clayton Morrison, Editor, Christian Century John R. Mott, President, International Y. M. C. A. Professor Reinhold Niebuhr, Union Seminary Kathleen Norris, Author President Albert W. Palmer, Chicago Theological Seminary Bishop Edward L. Parsons, Protestant Episcopal Church, San Francisco Grace Morrison Poole, Past President, General Federation Women's Clubs E. McNeill Poteat, Pastor, Baptist Church, Raleigh, N. C. --2-- A. Philip Randolph, President, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters President Aurelia H. Reinhardt, Mills College Elbert Russell, Dean, School of Religion, Duke University John Bevin Sayre, Chairman, Fellowship of Reconciliation Roy L. Smith, First Methodist Church, Liz Angeles, Cal. Louis J. Tabor, Master, National Grange Charles P. Taft, II, Lawyer Graham Taylor, Sociologist Norman Thomas, Author & Publicist Ernest Fremont Tittle, Pastor, First Methodist Church, Evanston, Ill. Mary Van Kleeck, Russell Sage Foundation Lillian D. Wald, Formerly Head Resident, Henry St. Settlement, New York President James P. Warbasse, Cooperative League of U. S. A. William Allen White, Editor, Emporia Gazette Stephen S. Wise, Rabbi, Free Synagogue, New York April 9, 1936 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.