CORRESPONDENCE March 1951 PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND SAFETY OFFICE IN MORSE SCHOOL R STREET BETWEEN NEW JERSEY AVENUE AND FIFTH STREET NW. WASHINGTON 1, D.C. HEAD OF DEPARTMENT DIVISIONS 10-13 March 1, 1951. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Enclose check for $5. for the treasury of the Anti-Discrimination Group to use for further education of the public. Also here is a letter from Mrs. Tryon who works with us a great deal in Arlington County. After you have read it kindly return it to me. The doctor has ordered me to cut out all meetings until my next X-rays- about six weeks from now. I was meeting all about Fairfax County and Washington almost every night in the week. I wish I had your stamina. You are certainly doing a great work, and how I wish we could stimulate more of our people to lend themselves to this effort. Truly yours, E.B. Henderson 410 So. Lee Highway Falls Church, Va. THE BISHOP OF WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL CLOSE MOUNT SAINT ALBAN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE SEAL OF THE DIOCESE OF WASHINGTON MDCCCXCV March 1, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: I write to invite you to join me in being a Sponsor of a group which is putting brotherhood into practice in our nation's capital in a very real and effective way. The Washington Fellowship, established six years ago as the Interchurch Fellowship, is promoting the inter-racial and inter-faith understanding not by talking about it but by giving people of different groups a chance to meet together on an informal basis and to do things together - to sing, eat, work, and play in a fellowship which recognizes no barriers. The Washington Fellowship, finding itself unable to meet the community demand with a program operated in its present small rented quarters, is about to engage in a campaign for funds with which to purchase and equip a Fellowship House. Like the famous Fellowship House in Philadelphia, it is hoped that this house will serve as a tangible expression of the steadily increasing feeling that Washington must truly be a City of Brotherhood if America is to exert moral leadership in the world today. The distinguished group of citizens whom I am inviting to become Sponsors will serve to indicate that the regular activities of the Fellowship as well as the Fellowship House campaign are endorsed by responsible people and worthy of wide popular support. A Sponsor need feel no greater sense of financial obligation toward the Fellowship than he would otherwise have. I should be pleased to have you raise any questions which this brief letter and the enclosed leaflet do not answer. Miss Williams or Miss Forbes at the Fellowship Office, or David H. Scull, its President, will be glad to assist you. Will you let me know in any event your response to this invitation? For your convenience and to insure that we have your name just as you would wish it used, a reply card and envelope are enclosed. Sincerely yours, Angus Darr Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington , D. C. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE DOROTHY B. FEREBEE Founder, President Emeritus National President FAITH . LEADERSHIP. CULTURE National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Affiliated with the National Council of Women of the United States, Inc. and International Council of Women of the World) 1318 VERMONT AVENUE, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 5 D.C. Telephone: COlumbia 4434 March 1, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street SW Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: For sixteen years the National Council of Negro Women has been endeavoring to integrate Negro women into national and international programs of women to unite the spirit and energies of women of all races, creeds and colors, thus building finer and deeper understanding. Furthering this effort, Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, President of the Council, has been designated as a representative to the International Council of Women of the World meeting in Athens, Greece, in March. Following the conference, Dr. Ferebee has been appointed to serve as a member of the International Commission to Study Conditions of Women in Germany, under the auspices of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor, in cooperation with the State Department. A Tea to wish Bon Voyage to Dr. Ferebee will be held on Sunday, March 11th, from 3 until 6 o'clock in the Governor Room of the Governor Clinton Hotel, 7th Avenue and 31st Street, New York City. We would be honored indeed to list you as a Patron of this affair even though it may not be possible for you to come. Patrons are those who contribute $5 or more to be used to help make possible the Council's representation and for the extension of its work. Your contribution will enhance the significance of this occasion for interpreting the role of women in international affairs and for gaining support for the work of the National Council of Negro Women. Thank you for letting us know on or before March 9th whether we may count on you. Cordially yours, Please address your reply, Daisy S. George and make your checks payable to: Daisy S. George, Chairman Dorothy I. Height, Treasurer Bon Voyage Sponsoring Committee 464 W. 152nd Street #23 Dorothy I. Height New York, New York Dorothy I. Height, Treasurer Telephone-WA 6-8134 WOMEN UNITED . . . "A Magazine Dedicated to all Women Everywhere" March 2nd, 1951 Organized 1896 National Association of Colored Women, Inc. Incorporated 1904 Affiliated with the National Council of Women U.S.A. Inc. 1900 Maintains Frederick Douglass Memorial Home and Property - 1916 Established National Scholarship Fund and National Headquarters 1114 O STREET, N.W. TELEPHONE DEcatur 8160 WASHINGTON 5, D.C. President MRS. ELLA P. STEWART Toledo, Ohio First Vice-President MRS. ANNETTE HARRIS OFFICER East St. Louis, Illinois Second Vice-President MRS. GENEVIEVE M. WEAVER Muskogee, Oklahoma First Recording Secretary MRS. IRENE McCOY GAINES Chicago, Illinois Second Recording Secretary MRS. MARY GAINES Topeka, Kansas Third Recording Secretary MRS. INEZ TINSLEY Boston, Massachusetts Treasurer MRS. ELLIS BLOCKSON Sewickley, Pennsylvania Chairman of Executive Board DR. CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN Sedalia, North Carolina Secretary of Executive Board MRS. BILLY ASHBY Tulare, California Parliamentarian MRS. THELMA BURKE Forrest City, Arkansas Statistician MISS SUSIE F. JONES Brooklyn, New York Auditor MRS. H. CORRIEN LOWRY Denver, Colorado Chaplain MRS. ELIZA McCABE Tacoma, Washington Elected Members of Administrative Board MRS. M.J. BROCKWAY Oklahoma City, Oklahoma MRS. H.H. GIBBS Montgomery, Alabama MRS. OMEGA MASON Salem, New Jersey MISS GLADYS WATTS Quincy, Illinois MRS. LUCY HARTH SMITH Lexington , Kentucky Past Presidents MRS. MARY CHURCH TERRELL *MRS. JOSEPHINE SILONE YATES *MRS. LUCY THURMAN MRS. ELIZABETH CARTER BROOKS *MRS. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON *MRS. MARY B. TALBERT *MISS HALLIE Q. BROWN MRS. MARY McLEOD BETHUNE MRS. SALLIE W. STEWART DR. MARY F. WARING *MRS. ROBERT R. MOTEN *MRS. ADA BELLE DeMENT MRS. CHRISTINE S. SMITH *Deceased March 2nd, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 - S Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Co-Worker: We are attempting to assemble material for a Radio Broadcast, "Reminescing Program," and it is hoped that in the very near future, you will send to us a history of your administration as President of the National Association of Colored Women. It is possible, also, that you can help us out in the matter of locating our seal, or a bona fide copy of same. Mrs. Stewart suggested that you, as a past president, would have some knowledge of the seal or its whereabouts. With best wishes for your health and happiness, I am, Yours for Lifting as We Climb, I W Rowan (Mrs.) I. W. Rowan Administrative Secretary and Field Representative IWR/elw Oberlin College Alumni Club Washington, D.C. March 2, 1951 [*Dear Mrs. Terrell: Hope you can be with us. Carroll Shaw] The Washington Alumni Club has been extremely fortunate in arranging for a concert by the Oberlin A Capella Choir to be held on Thursday, April 12, 1951, at the First Congregational Church, 10th and G Streets, Northwest, at 8:30 p.m. The sponsoring of this event - the first undertaking of its kind here in Washington in many years - adds much to the successful spring tour of the choir and to the prestige of Oberlin College in this metropolitan area. However, the success of this concert, and the presentation of more such events, require the active support of each Oberlin alumnus. You may express your support by contributing one dollar or more for each of the enclosed sponsor cards. Since the concert is being held in a church, no admission charge can be made. This venture requires a budget of $500-$600 which has to be raised by voluntary contributions. Therefore, we wish to extend an invitation to you and your friends to join in sponsoring this concert. We hope especially that you will invite prospective Oberlin students to attend this concert. Overnight accommodations and breakfasts will be needed for about fifty members of the choir. If you have an extra bed and care to put up one or more guests, please indicate below. Keep these sponsor cards as a reminder of the time and place for this unusual and outstanding concert. Please furnish information requested below and return this letter, together with your contribution, in the enclosed envelope by March 17th. Any checks should be made payable to Carroll K. Shaw. We are looking forward to your joining your Oberlin friends at this concert--- and the social hour and refreshments which will follow. Very truly yours, Larry Imhoff Lawrence E. Imhoff, Pres. (Please detach here and return) I am contributing $_____ for _____ sponsor cards. I cannot use _____ cards and return them herewith. I would like _____ more sponsor cards. I can furnish accommodations for _____ male student(s) _____female student(s) Please write your phone number here __________ Dr. Mary C. Terrell 1615 S. St. N.W. Washington, D.C. (9) Oberlin A Cappella Choir Robert Fountain, Director The Oberlin A Cappella Choir is a group of approximately fifty singers carefully selected from a student body of over two thousand students. Mr. Robert Fountain, the Director, was graduated from The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and is now professor of voice on the Oberlin Conservatory of Music faculty. He has had much experience with choral groups in the Middle West, and under his dynamic and inspiring leadership the Oberlin Choir has reached new heights of perfection in performance. The Oberlin Choir has a long and successful history under the direction of such well-known men as Olaf Christiansen and Arthur Poister, and today the choir is continuing and expanding the standards of excellence which are part of its heritage. The works which are performed include the greatest choral music, both sacred and secular, of the past five centuries. To give a sample of the 1949-50 repertoire, the choir performed works by Palestrina, J.S. Bach, and Paul Hindemith. Each year the choir sings in many churches throughout Ohio and at various College functions in Oberlin, and during the spring vacation of the College they tour for a week. For available concert dates and other information contact: Mr. Robert Shepard, Bus. Mgr. 73 South Professor Street Oberlin, Ohio or Mr. Robert Fountain Warner Hall Conservatory of Music Oberlin, Ohio From the press: Buffalo Evening News...persuasive spirit...nice variety of intermediate tonal hues...diction was good. Buffalo Courier-Express...beauty of vocal line...dramatic intensity...Bach Cantana Number 135 "Ach Herr Mich Armen Sunder" lifted to glorious heights. Mar 15 1951 This is the copy-as per your request E.L.W. March 2nd, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 - S Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Co-Worker: We are attempting to assemble material for a Radio Broadcast, "Reminescing Program," and it is hoped that in the very near future, you will send to us a history of your administration as President of the National Association of Colored Women. It is possible, also, that you can help us out in the matter of locating our seal, or a bona fide copy of same. Mrs. Stewart suggested that you, as a past president, would have some knowledge of the seal or its whereabouts. With best wishes for your health and happiness, I am, Yours for Lifting as We Climb, (Mrs.) I. W. Rowan Administrative Secretary and Field Representative IWR/elw OKLAHOMA STATE FEDERATION OF COLORED WOMEN Organized 1910 Lifting as We Climb Mildred P. Williams, President 1055 N. Lansing St., Tulsa, OKLA. Myrtle Ollison, Corresponding Secretary 424 S. Bell St., Shawnee, OKLA. OFFICERS Jessie M. Hughes, First Vice President Ellen E. Roberson, Second Vice President Edna Tucker, Recording Secretary C. L. Armstrong, Assistant Recording Secretary Geneva B. Faver, Treasurer Jessie M. Hibbler, Chairman Executive Board J. A. Johnson, Historian G. A. Boyd, Statistician A. B. Hollis, Chaplain Ida M. Brown, Parliamentarian Katherine H. Cooper, Music Moxie W. King, Credentials PAST PRESIDENTS Harriet P. Jacobson Judith Horton Anna H. Cooper Nellie Weaver Greene Ardelia Young Lucy Elliot Hutton Maude J. Brockway Lula E. Kiff Genieve M. Weaver March-2-51 Dear Mrs. Terrell, We are preparing to publish our state Journal, "Sooner Woman," Will you please send us the article you spoke of publishing sometimes ago- will be happy to publish it. Would like for you to send us a picture or a cut of yourself. Our state work is progressing nicely. War situation is now demanding every one's attention. Kindly send your article as soon as you can. Sincerely yours, Mildred P. Williams P. S. We would like to publish our Journal the latter part of March. 1615 S Mar 4 1951 Miss Dorothy Height Treasurer Bon Voyage Sponsoring Com 464 W 152nd St, New York 23, NY Dear Miss Height Your letter requesting me to be a Patron of the Bon Voyage Tea given in honor of Dr Dorothy Ferebee has been received As the first colored woman to represent colored women in Europe, as the first President of the National Association of Colored Women, I am glad to be a Patron of a Tea given in honor of Dr. Ferebee who is going to Greece to perform the same important mission that I did nearly fifty years after that historical event in Berlin Germany when on June 13, 1904 I delivered an address in 3 languages German French & English on the the Progress & Problems of Colored Women in the United States. We are very fortunate in having such a fine representative of our group as Dr. Ferebee Sincerely yours, Mary Church Terrell National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Affiliated with the National Council of Women of the United States, Inc. and International Council of Women of the World) 1318 Vermont Avenue, Northwest Washington 5, D. C. Mary McLeod Bethune Founder, President-Emeritus Dorothy B. Ferebee National President Telephone: COlumbia 4434 March 6, 1951 Dear Subscriber: Editorial difficulty has forced us to suspend publication of WOMEN UNITED for the present. We hope to have our editorial department permanently set up within the next couple of months, and to resume publication. We are holding your subscription to WOMEN UNITED and guarantee that as soon as publication is resumed, you will receive your copies. We appreciate your patience and beg your indulgence for a while longer. Very sincerely yours, Dorothy B. Ferebee Dorothy B. Ferebee President Board of Charities, The Evangelical Lutheran Church 421 South Fourth Street * Minneapolis 15, Minnesota * Magnus A. Dahlen, Executive Secretary March 8, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street N.W. Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I note from your letter that you have been in these parts of the country before as far back as 1900 when you were here on a very special mission and were so well received according to the Minneapolis Tribune. Now I am wondering if you are ever contemplating a trip to these parts again. I would certainly like to show you some of our activities and especially take you to Ames, Iowa, where we have a project in which I know you would be interested. It happens that we have a very fine children's home there and I was very pleased to learn that sometime ago they had taken in a negro lad to give him shelter and all the things necessary for a proper adjustment. I know you have always been crusading for this very thing and great things are happening these days for which we are all very thankful. Kindly let me know if the book that you wrote at one time entitled, A Colored Woman in a White World, is still available. With cordial greetings, I remain Yours in Him, M. A. Dahlen M. A. Dahlen Executive Secretary mad/ls "The Temple Which Is Called Beautiful" Church Phones: NAtional 0009 - EXecutive 9808 Study Phone: NAtional 0009 Parsonage: 1914 11th Street, N. W. - Phone MIchigan 1222 Established by Foundry Church, 1836 Asbury Methodist Church 11th and K Streets, N. W. Washington 1, D. C. Miss Henrietta L. Jackson Secretary MINISTERS Rev. Robert Moten Williams. D.D. Rev. T. S. Tildon Assistant Minister Rev. Arthur Breece Donald Ford Pastor, Junior Church Mrs. Alice B. Carr Social Worker and Director, Community Center Miss Catherine McKenzie Director, Social Activities Mr. Wallace P. Gant Chairman, Steering Committee March 10 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 "S" Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Asbury Church is dedicating its new Community Center Holy Thursday, March 22 at 6 P.M. Bishop Alexander P. Shaw will dedicate the building. This comes to invite you to be the guest at a dinner given in honor of our Bishop and Mrs. Shaw at 5 P.M. on the same day at the Center, 10th & L St., N.W. Following the dedication the Wesleyan Choir will render the "Crucifixion" at 7 P.M. at the Church in honor of Bishop Shaw and at 8 P. M. the bishop will preach the sermon of dedication. If you have time after the dedication, we cordially invite you to attend the services named above. Sincerely yours, Robert M. Williams Robert M. Williams RMW:hlj BULLETIN of the ATOMIC SCIENTISTS 956 East Fifty-Eighth Street Chicago 37, Illinois Board of Sponsors J. Robert Oppenheimer Institute for Advanced Study Chairman Harold C. Urey University of Chicago Vice-Chairman H. A. Bethe Cornell University P. W. Bridgman Harvard University Detlev W. Bronk Johns Hopkins University A. H. Compton Washington University E. U. Condon National Bureau of Standards Farrington Daniels University of Wisconsin Lee A. Du Bridge California Institute of Technology James Franck University of Chicago Samuel A. Goudsmit Brookhaven National Laboratory Thorfin R. Hogness University of Chicago F. Wheeler Loomis University of Illinois Phillip M. Morse Massachusetts Institute of Technology H. J. Muller University of Indiana Linus Pauling California Institute of Technology G. B. Pegram Columbia University I. I. Rabi Columbia University Julian Schwinger Harvard University Cyril S. Smith University of Chicago Leo Szilard University of Chicago Edward Teller University of Chicago V. F. Weisskopf Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sewall Wright University of Chicago Jerrold Zacharias Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional affiliations for identification purposes only March 16, 1951 Dear Friend: Since 1946, scientists have published the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists as a record of the impact of modern science on the grave issues of our times. The enclosed editorial from the January 1951 issue summarizes the thinking of many scientists "Five Years After." It reviews our struggle to assure that the great new discoveries in the field of atomic energy will be used for the benefit of mankind and not for world destruction. The editorial admits the temporary defeat of the effects to establish international control of atomic energy. However, it finds the justification for past efforts on behalf of this cause, and an impelling reason for continuing the work, in our belief that without a political leadership fully aware of the implications of modern science, and an enlightened public opinion ready to support a bold policy based on this realization, mankind cannot hope to avoid catastrophe--even if the present crisis should be successfully resolved. We remain animated by the conviction that "mankind is ready and must be willing to terminate the endless sequence of wars, and to create new forms of social organization under which the limitless human capacities for effort and sacrifice will be directed in a rational way toward constructive ends. Over the years we have been aided by the financial contributions of thousands of socially minded men and women who wished to help in this attempt to clarify and publicize the issues in the field of atomic energy. We now ask your financial help in raising a $25,000 Fund to assure the continued publication of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists during 1951. Scientists have worked without compensation on this enterprise, with the conviction that sympathetic members of the public would make a comparable financial sacrifice to permit publication to go on. We hope that you are equally convinced of the value of this work, and will join other friends who have urged us to continue. Your favorable response to this appeal will be deeply appreciated. Sincerely yours, James Frank Linus Pauling Harold C. Urey James Frank Linus Pauling Harold C. Urey Published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. [3-18-51] 4863 Potomac Avenue, N. W. Washington 7, D. C. March 18th Dear Mrs Terrell, I will enclose for your corrections or approval a copy of the invitations for the tea. When I receive your reply by phone of mail I will send the copy to the printers. We are looking forward with pleasure to having you preside and introduce the speakers. Mrs. Haywood has an engagement at 5 o'clock so we will have the speaking before we take tea. I thought of asking Mrs. Thompson to pour at one end of the table and would like your suggestion for the other end. I have been in New York recently and hope to see you at our next meeting. You are always an inspiration to one a guiding light for one to follow. Sincerely Arline D. Hays 4863 Potomac Avenue, N. W. Washington 7, D. C. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell cordially invites you to a tea at the home of Mrs. Arline Hays 4863 Potomac Ave N. W. on Sunday April first at 4 o'clock. The work of the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D. C. anti discrimination laws will be discussed by Mrs. Margaret Haywood (over) Mrs. Alice Hunter and Mrs. Annie Stein R.S.V.P. 1838 Eye St. N.E. March 19, 1951 Dear Mrs Terrell, Maybe you have forgotten me but you let me come by one evening to talk with you about my troubles. I do hope your daughter didn't feel I might have imposed upon your goodness and kindness. It was as I told you. Pressure. Let me thank you again for allowing me the privilege 2 of talking with you. With every good wish for you and your dear ones. Most Gratefully Ruth Davie SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOUSE 501 Second Street, S. W. Washington 4, D. C. March 19 1951 Dear Member: The regular meeting of the Board ofDirectors of Southwest Community House will be held at 7:30 P. M. Monday, March 26, 1951 at 12th Street Y.M.C.A. You are requested to attend. A. Joseph Edwards President Ernest S. Jenkyns Secretary UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES of Washington MEMBER NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY CHEST FEDERATION 1101 M ST., N.W., WASHINGTON 5, D. C. DECATUR 7330 OFFICERS LEE D. BUTLER President CHARLES C. GLOVER, III 1st Vice President G. HOWLAND SHAW 2nd Vice President DR. GARNET C. WILKINSON 3rd Vice President MRS. HENRY GICHNER Secretary F. ELWOOD DAVIS Treasurer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HUGH K. DUFFIELD VICTOR H. EVJEN W. HERBERT GILL MRS. EBERHART HAYNES JANE M. HOEY COL. CAMPBELL C. JOHNSON PRESTON B. KAVANAGH MRS. PEARL B. KLEIN FRANCIS H. MCGUIGAN JEROME S. MCKEE WILLIAM J. MCMANUS HERMAN L. NEUGASS CLIFFORD H. NEWELL JUDGE CLARENCE V. OPPER DR. JOHN R. PATE DUANE M. PAUL MRS. CHARLES RUNYON, III MRS. MAXWELL STOKES MRS. HESTER G. STOLL JOHN W. THOMPSON, JR. WALTER TOBRINER GLENN E. WATTS MRS. THEODORE O. WEDEL ROBERT W. WILSON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARTHUR H. KRUSE ASST. EXEC. DIRECTOR FERDINAND V. GRAYSON January, 1951 To The Board Members: Enclosed herewith is a statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements for the year ended December 31, 1950 of the agency shown at the top of the attached sheet. The Bookkeeping for the agency is done by the United Community Services. Attached to this statement is an analysis, of the actual revenue and expenditures for the year as compared with the detailed budget items for the calendar year 1950. On a pro-rata basis, it cane seen that some budgetary items are under-spent and others are over-spent. Very truly yours, [signed] John J. Shinker Controller PLANNING FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH, WELFARE, AND RECREATION Southwest Community House Cash Receipts and Disbursements January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1950 Cash Balance January 1, 1950 Specified Funds $ 62.50 General Funds 270.66 $333.16 Receipts United Community Services $19,223.51 Other Income 9,386.65 Total Receipts 28,610.16 Total Funds Available $28,943.32 Disbursements $28,943.32 Cash Balance December 31, 1950 $ -0- Comparison of Budgeted Items Income Budget Actual Over or Under United Community Services $19,556.67 $19,223.51 $333.16 Net Proceeds From Real Est. 225.00 225.00, -0- Local Indiv. or Corp. 50.00 50.00 Designated Gifts 400.00 400.00 Endowment 50.00 50.00 Membership Dues 50.00 50.00 Membership Dues for Inst. 50.00 50.00 Fees for Classes 25.00 25.00 Nursery Fees 7,150.00 8,761.65 -1,611.65 Sale of Products 50.00 50.00 Admission Fees for Entertainment 200.00 200.00 $27,406.67 $28,610.16 $-1,203.49 Southwest House Continued Disbursements Budget Actual Over or Under Operating Salaries-Professional $15,371.20 $16,228.03 $-856.83 Salaries-Clerical & Maint. 5,989.62 5,881.40 108.22 Retirement 522.00 522.00 -0- Bookkeeping 275.00 275.00 -0- Telephone & Telegraph 170.00 150.81 19.19 Printing & Stationary 70.00 105.83 -35.83 Postage 10.00 17.72 Other office Supplies 40.00 68.64 - 28.64 Carfare 20.00 12.15 7.85 Express, Freight, Storage 25.00 30.84 - 5.84 Rent 772.00 772.00 -0- Light, Power, Water 80.00 89.01 - 9.01 Heat 240.00 277.68 - 37.68 Taxes 60.00 65.20 - 5.20 Insurance 206.00 234.71 - 28.71 Dues 76.02 166.73 - 90.71 Repairs to Furn. & Equip. 75.00 176.04 - 101.04 Replacements, Furn. & Equip. 25.00 230.08 - 205.08 New Equipment 100.00 555.84 - 455.84 Repairs to Building 200.00 81.57 118.43 Spec. Pub. or Educ. Proj. 75.00 27.53 47.47 Travel or Conventions 85.00 86.00 - 1.00 Publication Subscriptions 20.00 23.61 - 3.61 Food 2,208.73 2,027.30 181.43 Clothing 200.00 200.00 Household Supplies 200.00 271.07 - 71.07 Laundry Sent Out 257.75 - 257.75 Educational Supplies 200.85 215.24 - 14.39 Bank Service Charge 1.00 - 1.00 Medical & Dental Supplies 30.00 31.83 - 1.83 Nursing Supplies 10.00 10.00 Entertainment 50.25 42.96 7.29 Petty Cash Loss 17.75 - 17.75 $27,406.67 $28,943.32 $-1536.65 Total Income $27,406.67 $28,610.16 $-1203.49 Total Expenses 27,406.67 28,943.32 $-1536.65 Excess of Income Over Expenses $- 333.16 $ 336.16 Cash Balance January 1, 1950 333.16 Cash Balance December 31, 1950 $ -0- OPERATING COST OF THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOUSE January 1, 1950 through December 31, 1950 CAPITULATION: Actual Budget Cash Balance January 1, 1950 ......... 333.16 Nursery Fee Intake ............................... 8,761.65 7,150.00 Proceeds From Real Estate ............... 225.00 225.00 Designated Gifts ................................... 400.00 - National Capital Housing (Estimate).... 3,707.50 - Penny Milk Program (Estimate) .......... 561.50 - Total Non-Chest Income ..... 13,988.51 7,375.00 Appropriation From The Chest ......... 19,223.51 19,556.67 Grand Total Income .... $ 33,212.02 26,931.67 Total Expenses ........ $33,212.02 6,280.35 1950 DEPARTMENTALIZE BUDGET FOR RECREATION AND GROUP WORK OPERATING COST January 1, through December 31, 1950 INCOME: Cash Balance January ................................... $ 333.16 Designated Gifts ............................................. 400.00 Proceeds From Real Estate ......................... 225.00 Appropriation From The Chest ................. 9,449.08 Total Income ..................................................... $ 10,457.24 Expenditures ..................................................... 10,457.24 DISBURSEMENTS: Salaries ................................................................ $ 7,328.27 Retirement ......................................................... 201.25 Bookkeeping ..................................................... 75.00 Telephone .......................................................... 75.41 Printing & Stationary ..................................... 62.91 Postage ............................................................... 8.86 Office Supplies ................................................. 34.32 Carfare ................................................................. 6.08 Express & Freight ............................................ 10.00 Rent ...................................................................... 760.00 Light, Power, Water ........................................ 89.01 Heat ...................................................................... 277.68 Insurance ............................................................ 117.35 Taxes ..................................................................... 65.20 Dues, National and Local ............................. 83.36 Repairs to Furniture and Equipment ....... 115.34 Replacement of Furniture and Equipment ... 200.08 New Equipment ............................................... 530.84 Repairs to the Building ................................. 81.57 Educational Projects ...................................... 13.00 Travel and Conventions ................................ 43.00 Publication Subscriptions ............................ 11.80 Food For Cooking Classes ........................... 27.30 Household Supplies ....................................... 71.07 Laundry Send Out ........................................... 20.00 Educational Supplies ..................................... 107.62 First Aid Supplies ............................................ 10.00 Entertainment .................................................. 21.48 Miscellaneous Supplies ................................ 9.44 Total ..................................................................... $ 10,457.24 1950 DEPARTEMENTALIZED BUDGET FOR THE NURSERY SCHOOL OPERATING COST OF THE NURSERY January 1 through December 31, 1950 INCOME: Nursery Fees Intake ....................................................................................... $8,761.65 National Capital Housing (Est.) ................................................................. 3,707.50 Penny Milk Program (Est.)............................................................................ 561.20 Appropriation From the Chest................................................................... 9,724.43 Total Income......................................... $ 22,754.78 Expenditures .................................................................................................... 22,754.78 DISBURSEMENTS: Salaries ............................................................................................................... 14,881.16 Retirement......................................................................................................... 320.75 Bookkeeping.................................................................................................... 200.00 Telephone ........................................................................................................ 75.40 Printing and Stationary ............................................................................... 42.92 Postage............................................................................................................... 8.86 Office Supplies................................................................................................ 34.32 Carfare................................................................................................................ 6.07 Express or Freight.......................................................................................... 20.84 Rent..................................................................................................................... 12.00 Fuel, Light, Gas, Water and Repairs........................................................ 3,707.50 Insurance.......................................................................................................... 117.36 Dues National and Local............................................................................. 83.37 Repairs to Furniture and Equipment...................................................... 60.70 Replacements Furniture and Equipment.............................................. 30.00 New Equipment............................................................................................. 25.00 Special Publications..................................................................................... 14.53 Travel and Conventions.............................................................................. 43.00 Publication Subscriptions.......................................................................... 11.81 Surplus Commodities (Penny Milk)........................................................ 561.20 Food................................................................................................................... 2000.00 Household Supplies..................................................................................... 200.00 Laundry Send Out........................................................................................ 237.75 Educational Supplies.................................................................................. 107.62 Medical Supplies.......................................................................................... 21.83 Entertainments.............................................................................................. 21.48 Miscellaneous Supplies.............................................................................. 9.31 Total........................................... $ 22,754.78 THE WASHINGTON FELLOWSHIP a fellowship in racial and religious understanding 1408 17th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C. ADams 0270 NOrth 1997 Jean Joan Williams Executive Secretary March 20, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell, I want to thank you very much for your generous pledge toward the Fellowship House fund. We now have $2188. in pledges and contributions, $718. of which came from the Dinner appeal. I wish I could have been there at the Dinner - I was most sorry to get sick and miss it - but I want to thank you for your help in making the appeal. I hear you did a grand job. We now have a number of new sponsors' acceptances to Bishop Dunn's letter, you might be interested in knowing who you have so far as co-sponsors - they are: Ralph Bunche, Senator Paul Douglas, Melvin Hildreth, Coleman Jennings, Mordecai Johnson, Senator Herbert Lehman, Congressman Jevits, Gerhard van Ankel, Mrs. William D. Douglas, and Elisabeth Houghton. We are hoping to have a second meeting of the House Committee in the next week or two and I hope you will be with us then. I'll let you know when we set the date. Cordially, Anne Forbes 1103 Trenton Place S.E. Washington, 20, D.C. March 20, 1951 Dear, dear Mrs. Terrell [*Talk given Sunday, March 17*] I want to thank you again for that wonderful address you gave over the radio If you have a copy of it I would very much appreciate having it so that I can type up several. Much of the material in it can be used in press releases, statements, etc. I think a great deal of good was done by that talk. The volunteers with whom I have spoken recently were all equally enthusiastic. Here are several matters I want to report: 1. McBrides on H St. N.E. IS SERVING! The threat of a picket line was just too much for him and starting yesterday, Monday, he has served our checkers with courtesy and despatch. It is almost a month since you and Mr. Blackwell and I first saw him. 2. I have made a copy of Dr. Henderson's letter for our files and I am returning the original to you. I am also returning the check, which needs to be endorsed by you. There is enclosed a stamped envelope addressed to Mr. Pinkson, our treasurer. Would you mind endorsing the check and mailing it to Mr. Pinkson in that envelope? I don't think its fair to burden you with these secretarial details, but it will save time if it goes straight to Mr. Pinkson, now that I have a copy of the letter. 3. I spoke to Mr. Al Sweeney of the Afro-American today about why people are still standing up at those Jim Crow counters in the dime stores. He thought it would be a good plan for you to write a letter to the Afro raising the question of why people are reluctant to use the sit-down counters and explaining why it is important that they do sit down. He said he would write a news story about it when they receive your letter and perhaps that will bring attention to this problem? Don't you think that it is a good plan? Now that McBrides is out of the way, we will have to go after Murphy's and Neissners seriously. I am trying to make appointments with both of them and will let you know what luck I have. The minutes of the last meeting ought to be ready in another day or so. Isn't it dreadfully hard to wait for the Court's decision? We ought to be used to waiting by now. Much love, As ever, Annie Mary Church Terrell Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin Organized November 9, 1933 Member: Wisconsin State Association of Colored Women National Association of Colored Women March 20, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Washington D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: On Tuesday, March 27th at six o'clock at the Hillside Crest Dining Room, 504 W. Galena Street, the Mary Church Terrell Club is having a Progress Dinner at which time former Mayor Daniel W. Hoan will be the speaker. Because of our club's work and experience since our organization in 1933, we realize the necessity of a club house as headquarters for our work. We have grown too large and the problems of the neighborhood are too complex and aggravated to handle successfully at semi-monthly meetings in the living rooms of our homes, so we have set out to purchase a club house. The Progress Dinner is being held to report what we have accomplished and to publicize our coming finance drive. Last June, we paid $3500.00 as down payment on the spacious old brick house at 614 W. Galena Street which is large enough for club activities and to serve as a residence for twenty employed girls. The purchase price of the house was $11,500.00. Since the lease of the present occupant has a few more months to run, we are launching a drive for $15,000.00 which would enable us to clear the mortgage, renovate and furnish the house. Our first reason for writing this letter is to ask if you would please send us a message of encouragement to be read at our dinner March 27th? We are enclosing an air mail special envelope if you find this at all possible. Now our second reason for writing this letter. In 1933, there were eight of us young women from Milwaukee who attended the National Association in Chicago. It was our first meeting and we were so impressed with it and with you that we came straight home and organized the MARY CHURCH TERRELL CLUB. It was at the 1933 meeting that you told about the early attempt to work with the white federated women and the rebuff we suffered right here in Milwaukee. Both Negro and white women have been asking why we need and N.A.C.W, this bit of history would help us all understand. Hoping we may get a note of inspiration from you for our March 27th Progress Dinner and trusting you can find time in the very near future to tell us about the N.A.C.W.-General Federation incident, and wishing you continued success and good health, we are Sincerely yours THE MARY CHURCH TERRELL CLUB Mrs. Susie V. Ellis, President Bernice C. Lindsay (Mrs.) Bernice C. Lindsay, Club House Chr. 4851 N. 44th Street. Motto: Lifting as We Climb Washington Branch AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, N. W., Room 116 Washington 6, D. C. Phone NOrth 1518 March 26, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: This is to inform you officially that you were among the delegates elected at the meeting on March 5, 1951, to represent the Washington Branch at the National A.A.U.W. Convention, to be held at Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 9-13. Sincerely yours, Charlotte A. McGuire Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington 9, D. C. 2141 Wyoming Avenue Washington 8, D.C. March 26, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am mailing my very formal acceptance to Mrs. Hays' address. But I want to thank you for this lovely invitation and the opportunity to hear the news re the restaurants and your suit. From the newspaper story of the Courts ruling I could not understand the status of the suit. Always devotedly Yours Edith Goode March 27, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell:: Some of your friends at the Board meeting last night were worrying about your not having a room in the headquarters hotel, and suggested that you ask the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall to keep you on a waiting list in case there are cancellations, which of course is not unusual. Also there is a very good chance that one of the other delegates,who has a single room at the Chalfonte, can arrange to xxxx share a roomwith someone - which shex would just as soon do - and then you could have hers. Can you come to a meeting of our delegates this Friday evening at 7 o'clock at the Branch headquarters, 1785 Massachusetts Ave., Room 116? There are various things to discuss. Dorothy R. Swift MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE Founder, President Emeritus DOROTHY B. FEREBEE National President National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (Affiliated with the National Council of Women of the United States, Inc. and International Council of Women of the World) 1318 VERMONT AVENUE, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 5, D.C. Telephone; COlumbia 4434 March 27, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: We are deeply grateful for your contribution which helped make possible an outstanding expression of bon voyage to Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee, President of the National Council of Negro Women. As you know, Dr. Ferebee will represent the Council at the Triennial Conference of the International Council of Women of the World, meeting in Athens, Greece, March 28- April 10. Following the conference, Dr. Ferebee will go into Germany. At the invitation of the High Command of Occupied Germany, the NCNW is one of the twelve non-governmental organizations which has been designated to send a representative to study conditions of women in occupied Germany and to interpret the role of women's organizations in a democracy. Under the exchange program, the Council, like the other non-governmental organizations, shares responsibility for sending its representative to Germany. Your contribution has helped make possible the representation of the National Council of Negro Women in significant international projects and the extension of its work in international affairs. Thanks again, Dorothy I. Height Dorothy I. Height, Treasurer Bon Voyage Sponsoring Committee DIH/rt WOMEN UNITED... "A Magazine Dedicated to all Women Everywhere" 29 March 1951 My dear Mrs. Terrell: Thank you for your kind invitation to the tea at Mrs. Hays next Sunday. I can come only in spirit for it will be impossible to be there in body. Due to my husband's long hospitalization-- although he has been home for nearly two months now-- I have not been in circulation for almost a year-- have not even been to our new AAUW offices as yet. And I live practically within walking distance. The subject of the promised discussion at the tea is one in which I am vitally interested and I am sorry not to be able to be with you. I have telephoned Mrs. Hays. With best wishes and kindest personal regards. Sincerely, Myrtle Bell COMMITTEE Daisy S. George, Chairman Mabel K. Staupers, Vice Chairman Hortense R. Tate, Vice Chairman Olivia P. Stokes, Secretary Dorothy I. Height, Treasurer Catherine Alexander Helen Meade Rosa Blocker Golda Moody Eunice Hunton Carter Louise MacDonald Josephine Carroll Lucille Norman Albertine Edmonson Maudesta Newton Alonsita Flood Gertrude Robinson Hilda O Fortune Dorothy Spaulding Inez Glover Odile Sweeney Bebe Hyslop Maude L. Watkins Alma V. Johnson Bertell C. Wright Ada Fisher Jones Alma West [Photo] BON VOYAGE To DR. DOROTHY BOULDING FEREBEE President, National Council of Negro Women Sunday, March 11, 1951 Hotel Governor Clinton New York City BON VOYAGE To DR. DOROTHY BOULDING FEREBEE President, National Council of Negro Women Sunday, March 11, 1951 Hotel Governor Clinton New York City Committee Daisy S. George, Chairman Mabel K. Staupers, Vice Chairman Hortense R. Tate, Vice Chairman Olivia P. Stokes, Secretary Dorothy I. Height, Treasurer Catherine Alexander Rosa Blocker Eunice Hunter Carter Josephine Carroll Albertine Edmonson Aloncita Flood Hilda O. Fortune Inez Glover Bebe Hyslop Alma V. John Elizabeth Johnson Ada Fisher Jones Helen Meade Golda Moody Louise MacDonald Lucille Norman Maudesta Newton Gertrude Robinson Dorothy Spaulding Odile Sweeney Maude L. Watkins Mirita Williams Bertell C. Wright Alma West Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Mrs. Ralph J. Bunche Honorary Co-chairmen Mrs. Mary McLoud Bethune Founder-President Emeritus National Council Negro Women Mrs. Thomas Evans President National Council of Women of the U.S.A. M. George B. Kapsambelis and Mme. Kapsambelis Minister Plenipotentiary Alternate Representative to the United Nations from Greece Louise Burge, Contralto Elaine Jones, Timpanist Mary W. Johnson, Pianist Gerri Major Mistress of Ceremonies Dr. Ferebee will represent the National Council of Negro Women at the Triennial Conference of the International Council of Women of the World which meets in Athens, Greece, March 27 - April 6. Following the conference, Dr. Ferebee will serve as a member of an international commission to study conditions of women in Germany, under the auspices of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor, in cooperation with the State Department. PATRONS Hortense Aiken Wilhelmina Adams Jeanette Amos Virgia Augustine Mrs. Arthur Forest Anderson Catherine T. Alexander Mrs. Walter J. Bacon Dr. Joseph J. Bennett The Rev. Shelton Hule Bishop Mrs. Charles H. Burney Rosa Blocker Thelma Boozer Mrs. Benjamin Taylor Mrs. Edwards L. Cleveland Pauline Watkins Cambell Joint Council-Chicago Delta Sigma Theta Wilhelmina M. Crosson Mrs. Lisle Carter Dr. & Mrs. W.C. Carrington Inez Charles Mrs. Edward C. Carter Marie Daniels Dr. and Mrs. John Eckles Albertine T. Edmondson Elizabeth Featherston Helen M. Meave Louise F. Morris Louise MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Curtiss McLane The Rev. & Mrs. Walter McLane Capitola Newburn Dr. W. Russell Nelson Mrs. Fred Norman Maudesta Newton Estelle M. Osborne Nan Perry Margaret Parkins Fannie Ayer Ponder Mrs. Olive B. Queen Planned Parenthood Federation of America Dr. Janet Robb Dr. M. E. Ross Helen Rowe Gertrude Robinson Fannie E. Robinson Mrs. Dewitt Stitton Hilda Fortune Daisy S. George Mrs. Bertrand W. Green Inez Glover Shellie Northcut Grossley Janet A. Hamilton Mrs. Roger Henderson Bebe L. Hyslop Sylvia Howard Mrs. M. A. Hauser Dorothy I. Height Lucy Henson Clarence Holte Juanita Hall Mrs. Henry A. Ingraham Dr. and Mrs. John B. Jones Ella Jackson Kay's Florist - Long Island, N.Y. Alberta T. Kline Sara Lyon Dora Lee Dollie Lowther Lucille P. Langston Lena J. Lawson Les Sieze Club, Inc. Mrs. Alfred E. Mudge Bernice Matthews Elizabeth MacDouglad Mildred Meyer Oralee B. Mitchell Sara Pelham Speaks Carmen Shepperd Mary K. Simkhovitch Mable K. Staupers Mr. Isaac Strahl Olivia P. Stokes Dorothy Spaulding Odile Sweeney Hortense R. Tate Olivia B. Terrell Mary Church Terrell Sue Bailey Thurman Bessie Vann Mr. William Trent Winnifred Wygal Rowena Warren Bertell Collins Wright Marion Wallace Josephine Walker Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Whigham Mr. & Mrs. Roger Wiley J. Marita Williams Maude L. Watkins Alma West Mrs. L. A. Brown Dallas Council Dorothy Bostic Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Mrs. Ralph J. Bunche Honorary Co-chairmen Mrs. Mary McLoud Bethune Founder-President Emeritus National Council Negro Women Mrs. Thomas Evans President National Council of Women of the U.S.A. M. George B. Kapsambelis and Mme. Kapsambelis Minister Plenipotentiary Alternate Representative to the United Nations from Greece Louise Burge, Contralto Elaine Jones, Timpanist Mary W. Johnson, Pianist Gerri Major Mistress of Ceremonies BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE INDICTMENT OF DR. W.E.B. DU BOIS AND HIS ASSOCIATES OF THE PEACE INFORMATION CENTER BASIS OF THE INDICTMENT The Foreign Agents Registration Act forms the basis for the indictment handed down against Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois and four other officers of the Peace Information Center. The ostensible purpose of the Foreign Agents Registration Act is stated to be the identification of agents of foreign principals who might spread foreign propaganda within the borders of the United States. The act defines an "agent of a foreign principal" to be: 1) "Any person who acts or agrees to act, within the United States, as, or who holds himself out to be whether of not pursuant to a contractual relationship, a public relations counsel, publicity agent, information service, employee, servant, agent, representative, or attorney for a foreign principal; 2) "Any person who within the United States collects information for or reports information to a foreign principal; or who solicits or accepts compensation, contributions, or loans, directly or indirectly from a foreign principal, or solicits, disburses, dispenses, or collects such money for a foreign principal; or who acts at the order, request or under the direction of a foreign principal." ANSWER TO THE CHARGES The initial reaction to the Peace Information Center and its officers, on being informed on August 11, 1950, by the Justice Department that they were required to register pursuant to the terms of this Act was that by no stretch of the imagination could this organization be considered to fall within the definition of "agent of a foreign principal." A brief of the facts and the law were submitted of the Justice Department by the attorney for the Peace Information Center stating that: 1) no agency relationship existed at any time between the Peace Information Center and any person who could be a foreign principal; 2) that to attempt to apply the Act to the Peace Information Center would so warp and distort the Act as to interfere with and burden the rights of this organization protected by the First Amendment to speak freely and associate freely with any person, group or association of people; and 3) that the inference which the Department of Justice makes that the organization is an agent of a foreign principal was founded only on the fact that there are people throughout the world who may have, and be expressing ideas and concepts similar to those expressed by the Peace Information Center. ACTION TAKEN BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT These arguments were rejected by the Justice Department, and Dr. Du Bois requested of both Mr. William E. Foley, chief of the Foreign Agents Registration Section of the Department of Justice and Attorney General J. Howard (more) BON VOYAGE To DR. DOROTHY BOULDING FEREBEE President, National Council of Negro Women Sunday, March 11, 1951 Hotel Governor Clinton New York City Dr. Ferebee will represent the National Council of Negro Women at the Triennial Conference of the International Council of Women of the World which meets in Athens, Greece, March 27 - April 6. Following the conference, Dr. Ferebee will serve as a member of an international commission to study conditions of women in Germany, under the auspices of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor, in cooperation with the State Department. Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman Mrs. Ralph J. Bunche Honorary Co-chairmen Mrs. Mary McLoud Bethune Founder-President Emeritus National Council Negro Women Mrs. Thomas Evans President National Council of Women of the U.S.A. M. George B Kapsambelis and Mme. Kapsambelis Minister Plenipotentiary Alternate Representative to the United Nations from Greece Louis Burge, Contralto Elaine Jones, Timpanist Mary W. Johnson, Pianist Gerri Major Mistress of Ceremonies COMMITTEE Daisy S. George, Chairman Mabel K. Staupers, Vice Chairman Hortense R. Tate, Vice Chairman Olivia P. Stokes, Secretary Dorothy I. Height, Treasurer Catherine Alexander Rosa Blocker Eunice Hunton Carter Josephine Carroll Albertine Edmondson Aloncita Flood Hilda O. Fortune Inez Glover Bebe Hyslop Alma V. John Elizabeth Johnson Ada Fisher Jones Helen Meade Golda Moody Louise MacDonald Lucille Norman Maudesta Newton Gertrude Robinson Dorothy Spaulding Odile Sweeney Maude L. Watkins Mirita Williams Bertell C. Wright Alma West PATRONS Hortense Aiken Wilhelmina Adams Jeanette Amos Virgia Augustine Mrs. Arthur Forest Anderson Catherine T. Alexander Mrs. Walter J. Bacon Dr. Joseph J. Bennett The Rev. Shelton Hale Bishop Mrs. Charles H. Burney Rosa Blocker Thelma Boozer Mrs. Benjamin Taylor Mrs. Edwards L. Cleveland Pauline Watkins Campbell Joint Council-Chicago Delta Sigma Theta Wilhelmina M. Crosson Mrs. Lisle Carter Dr. & Mrs. W.C. Carrington Inez Charles Mrs. Edward C. Carter Marie Daniels Dr. and Mrs. John Eckles Albertine T. Edmundson Elizabeth Featherston Louise F. Morris Louise MacDonald Mr. & Mrs. Curtiss McLane The Rev. & Mrs. Walter McLane Capitola Newburn Dr. M. Russell Nelson Mrs. Fred Norman Maudesta Newton Estelle M. Osborne Nan Perry Margaret Parkins Fannie Ayer Ponder Mrs. Olives B. Queen Planned Parenthood Federation of America Dr. Janet Robb Dr. M.E. Ross Helen Rowe Gertrude Robinson Fannie E. Robinson Mrs. Dewitt Stitton Hilda Fortune Daisy S. George Mrs. Bertrand W. Green Inez Glover Shellie Northcut Crossley Janet A. Hamilton Mrs. Roger Henderson Bebe L. Hyslop Sylvia Howard Mrs. M.A. Hauser Dorothy I. Height Lucy Henson Clarence Holte Juanita Hall Mrs. Henry A. Ingraham Dr. and Mrs. John B. Jones Ella Jackson Kay's Florist - Long Island N.Y. Alberta T. Kline Sara Lyon Dora Lee Dollie Lowther Lucille P. Langston Lena J. Lawson Les Sieze Club, Inc. Mrs. Alfred E. Mudge Bernice Matthews Elizabeth MacDougald Mildred Meyer Oralee B. Mitchell. Helen M. Heade Sara Pelham Speaks Carmen Shepperd Mary K. Simkhovitch Mable K. Staupers Mr. Isaac Strahl Olivia P. Stokes Dorothy Spaulding Odile Sweeney Hortense R. Tate Olivia B. Terrell Mary Church Terrell Sue Bailey Thurman Bessie Vann Mr. William Trent Winnifred Wygal Rowena Warren Bertell Collins Wright Marion Wallace Josephine Walker Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Whigham Mr. & Mrs. Roger Wiley J. Marita Williams Maude L. Watkins Alma West Mrs. L.A. Brown Dallas Council Dorothy Bostic Background Material on Indictment Page 2 McGrath that he be given an opportunity to discuss further this matter. Dr. Du Bois was not honored with the courtesy of a reply to this request. Without any notice, toward the end of January, 1951, the Department of Justice empanelled a grand jury to investigate violation of the Act by the Peace Information Center. When this was called to the attention of Dr. Du Bois, he, secure in the knowledge that his organization had never violated nor intended to violate the Act, still sought to meet with the Department of Justice. His request was again denied by Mr. Foley and on February 9 the indictments in question were returned. The arraignment of Dr. Du Bois and the other officers followed on February 16. STATEMENT OF DR. DU BOIS AT TIME OF ARRAIGNMENT At the time of his arraignment, Dr. Du Bois made the following state- ment. "It is a curious thing that today I am called upon to defend myself against criminal charges for openly advocating the one thing all people want -- Peace. For 83 years I have worked and studied hoping that in some way I might help my people and my fellowmen to a better way of life, free of poverty and injustice. "My interest in world affairs is long standing. For two years, from 1892 to 1894, I studied at the University of Berlin and travelled in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Italy and France. I attended the World Races Congress in 1911 in London. I organized the Pan-African Congress in Paris, London, Brussels, and Lisbon in 1919, 1921, and 1923. I was in consultation in 1919 and 1921 with the founders of the League of Nations. I attended the first meeting of the League Assembly in Geneva and met with the Directors of the Commission on Mandates and the International Labor Organization. In 1928 I had the honor of serving as Special Minister from the United States to Liberia. In 1936, as a Fellow of the Carl Schurz Foundation, I spent five months in Germany and then went on to China, Japan, Manchuria and Russia. I was appointed special consul- tant and attending the founding conference in San Francisco of the United Nations. Later, in 1945, I attended the Pan-African Congress in London. I cite these facts simply to indicate that my personal concern and activities for peace these last few years are fully constant with my entire life interest in the cause of pro- moting peace through understanding among the peoples of the world. "With me today are three of my coworkers in the Peace Information Center, persons of integrity and principle who share with me the deep moral conviction that differences between nations must not be allowed to bring about the destruction of the human race. "It is a sad commentary that we must enter a courtroom today to plead Not Guilty to something that cannot be a crime -- advocating peace and friend- ship between the American people and the peoples of the world. These indict- ments are a shameful proclamation to the world that our Government considers peace alien, and its advocacy criminal. In a world which has barely emerged from the horrors of the Second World War and which trembles on the brink of atomic catastrophe, can it be criminal to hope and work for peace? (more) PAN AMERICAN SANITARY BUREAU REGIONAL OFFICE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington 8, D.C. HUDSON 5280 March 29, 1951 MEMO TO OUR READERS Enclosed is the March issue of the WHO Newsletter in which you will read about the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION's malaria con- trol operations in Afghanistan, and other recent WHO activities throughout the world, in its continued effort to bring to all peoples "the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health". The monthly WHO Newsletter is being sent to you regularly and we trust you find it of interest. We are in the process of revising our mailing list. If you wish to be continued on our list, will you kindly fill out the attached form and return it to us at your earliest opportunity? We would also appreciate receiving your comments on the usefulness of the WHO Newsletter. Sincerely yours, [signature] Harold Ballou, Chief Office of Public Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office of Public Information Pan American Sanitary Bureau Regional Office of the World Health Organization 2001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. Date ____________ I would like to have my name retained on the mailing list of the Office of Public Information to receive the monthly WHO Newsletter. COMMENTS: _________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Name ________________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________ City________________________________ State_____________________ BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE INDICTMENT OF DR. W.E.B. DU BOIS AND HIS ASSOCIATES OF THE PEACE INFORMATION CENTER BASIS OF THE INDICTMENT The Foreign Agents Registration Act forms the basis for the indictment handed down against Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois and four other officers of the Peace Information Center. The ostensible purpose of the Foreign Agents Registration Act is stated to be the identification of agents of foreign principals who might spread foreign propaganda within the borders of the United States. The act defines an "agent of a foreign principal" to be: 1) "Any person who acts or agrees to act, within the United States, as, or who holds himself out to be whether or not pursuant to a contractual relationship, a public relations counsel, publicity agent, information service, employee, servant, agent, representative, or attorney for a foreign principal; 2) "Any person who within the United States collects information for or reports information to a foreign principal; or who solicits or accepts compensation, contributions, or loans, directly or indirectly from a foreign principal, or solicits, disburses, dispenses, or collects such money for a foreign principal; or who acts at the order, request or under the direction of a foreign principal." ANSWER TO THE CHARGES The initial reaction to the Peace Information Center and its officers, on being informed on August 11, 1950, by the Justice Department that they were required to register pursuant to the terms of this Act was that by no stretch of the imagination could this organization be considered to fall within the definition of "agent of a foreign principal." A brief of the facts and the law were submitted to the Justice Department by the attorney for the Peace Information Center stating that: 1) no agency relationship existed by any time between the Peace Information Center and any person who could be a foreign principal; 2) that to attempt to apply the Act to the Peace Information Center would so warp and distort the Act as to interfere with and burden the rights of this organization protected by the First Amendment to speak freely and associate freely with any person, group or association of people; and 3) that the inference which the Department of Justice makes that the organization is an agent of a foreign principal was founded only on the fact that there are people throughout the world who may have, and be expressing ideas and concepts similar to those expressed by the Peace Information Center. ACTION TAKEN BY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT These arguments were rejected by the Justice Department, and Dr. Du Bois requested of both Mr. William E. Foley, chief of the Foreign Agents Registration Section of the Department of Justice and Attorney General J. Howard (more) 16-18 West 29th St., Rm. 311 New York 1, N.Y. Murray Hill 5-1783 March 29, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1619 S St., N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am enclosing the draft letter with some slight revisions which I read to you over the phone the other day, and a statement of background material which it is proposed to send out to those invited to join the National Defense Committee for Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois. As one who has been a close contemporary of Dr. Du Bois these many years, we feel very deeply that having you as one of the initiators of the committee is of great significance. The others who are being asked to be initiators are Dr. E. Franklin Frazier, Rev. Sandy Ray, Mr. J. Finley Wilson, Dr. Robert Morss Lovett and Dr. Mary Van Kleeck. I hope we can have your acceptance as an initiator as quickly as possible. We are anxious to get the letter out the first of next week. I therefore enclose a stamped, addressed envelope for your convenience in writing to me. You may reach me at the above address. Sincerely yours, Louise T. Patterson dpowe encl. Page 3. Background Material on Indictment "We feel now as we have always felt that our activities for peace, and in particular, the outlawing of atomic warfare cannot conceivably fall within the purview of a statute such as the Foreign Agents Registration Act. As Chairman of the Peace information Center during its existence, I can categorically state that we were in an entirely American organization whose sole objective as Americans was to secure peace and prevent a third world war. "It is revealing that the Justice Department can find no statute which provides protection for the Negro people from such outrages as the execution of the Martinsville Seven, yet it displays great ingenuity in distorting legislation to make it apply to advocates of peace. "A great demand for peace is being voiced throughout the country. Men and women everywhere are questioning our tragic military adventure in Korea and the prospect of war with China. There is deep apprehension at the thought that an atomic war may be unleashed. In the light of this, the shabby trick of branding those who seek peace as 'aliens' and 'criminals' will not stem this tide. I am confident that every American who desired peace, Negro and white, Catholic, Jew and Protestant, the three million signers of the World Peace Appeal and the tens of millions more will join us in our fight to vindicate our right to speak for peace." NEXT STEPS IN THE CASE The attorneys representing Dr. Du Bois and his associates - Cobb, Howard and Hayes; Parker and Parker and Joseph Fanelli of Washington, D. C.; and Miss Gloria Agrin and Stanley Faulkner of New York City - will present their motions to dismiss the indictment, and answers to the charges at the beginning of April. The District Attorney's office may then file its reply to these motions. The trial, in event indictment is not dismissed, can come in May or later. EDITORIAL COMMENT ON CASE "Dr. Du Bois is no criminal. He is no traitor to this country. Dr. Du Bois represents Negro leadership at its best and strongest. This has been true for half a century....whatever forces he has sought to bring to bear on our social and economic ills have been for the benefit of his people and his country. Now a government which has found itself unable to protect the rights of an entire people against criminal intrusion of a prejudiced majority finds the means to HANDCUFF the man who has fought most insistently for those rights. The handcuffs on Du.Bois are meant to serve as a GAG on any Negro leadership that is disposed to 'shoot the works' for freedom." P. L. Prattis, Pittsburgh Courier, March 3, 1951 "...Does the government seek to argue that Americans do not desire peace; that the hatred of war and all of its kindred evils are the exclusive privilege of aliens? "We believe Dr. Du Bois tells the truth when he insists that....he was acting only as an American citizen whose 'sole object was to secure peace and prevent a third World War'....The vim and vigor with which Dr. Du Bois for more than half a century has attacked racial prejudice and segregation cannot be regarded of itself as evidence of collaboration or collusion with a foreign power...." Afro-American, Editorial, Febuary 24, 1951 dpowa 917 N. Carolina Ave. SE Washington 3, D.C. March 30, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell, I regret very much that I shall be unable to accept your kind invitation to tea this Sunday. As I am studying for comprehensive exams for a master's degree in sociology, I am denying myself all social engagements. You are to be congratulated on your success at Kresge's. Let us hope fervently for a favorable legal decision. My very best wishes to you. Sincerely Margery Taylor Ware Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.