Correspondence April 1951 1000 ROOMS CHALFONTE-HADDON HALL THE BOARDWALK SEAWATER IN ALL BATHS LEEDS AND LIPPINCOTT COMPANY AT NORTH CAROLINA AVENUE FIREPROOF GARAGE ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. AMERICAN AND TELEPHONE 4-0141 April 2, 1951 EUROPEAN PLANS Mrs. Mary Church Terrell; 1615 S St., N. W., Wash, DC It was a pleasure to receive your request for reservations during the meeting of the AAUW at the Chalfonte Hotel. We are reserving for: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, April 9th to April 14th: Single room with running water at $4 daily, 1 person, European plan Should you desire the American Plan, the additional charge for meals would be $6.00 per day per person. Reservations are held until 6 p.m. only, unless notified of a later ar- rival hour. We do not require a deposit but rely upon you to keep up advised of any change in your plans. You can readily appreciate the difficulties if changes or cancellations were not sent to us immediately. Thanking you for this reservation, we are, Cordially yours, LEEDS AND LIPPINCOTT COMPANY, Robert M. Barbee Robert M. Barbee, Chalfonte Hotel RMB:mem WHEN MAKING RESERVATIONS, PLEASE INDICATE CHALFONTE OR HADDON HALL, IF THERE IS A PREFERENCE Washington Fellowship Fund [Apr 3, 1951] Paul D Wayles Ralph J Bunche Angus Dun Erhard Van Arkel Herbert H Leaman Modcair Johnson Mrs. Wm O. Douglas Dear Mrs. Terrell: The signatures written here belong to a group of distinguished Americans who have recently become Sponsors of the Washington Fellowship. We are proud to have these leading citizens support our growing program. Won't you add your signature to the list of Fellowship members who are helping to strengthen the program. Whether you work 100 hours, 10 hours or 1 hour a month in the Fellowship your membership pledge helps tremendously to build our program. Fill out the enclosed pledge cared and mail it today to the Washington Fellowship. Your membership will make a real difference. Cordially, David H. Scull David H. Scull President Howard University Faculty Wives Club The Regular Meeting of the Howard University Faculty Wives Club will be held on Tuesday April 3, 1951 at Miller House, Corner 94th and College Sts., N.W. Final business meeting for the year. Annual dinner for husbands and wives is May 10. $2.75 each. Mrs. Calvin B. LeCompre, President Aurelia Franklin, Corresponding Secretary American Veterans Committee Home Rule for Washington Chapter 1751 New Hampshire Avenue, N. W. Washington, D. C. April 5, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: The Home Rule Chapter, AVC, cordially invites you to a reception in honor of Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue, to be held April 19th at the AVC Clubhouse, 1751 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. The reception will begin with cocktails at 5:30, to be followed by dinner at 7:30. For dinner reservations ($2.20 per person), please contact Robert Phillips, 1630 R St., N.W., Du. 6500, or Edith Back, 3401 N St., N.W., Co. 1173, on or before April 12th. We recall with pleasure your last visit with us and hope that you will be able to attend on the nineteenth. Sincerely yours, Edith B. Back Secretary apr 6, 1951 apr 6, 1951 Dear Mrs Terrell, I appreciate your letter very much, and will keep it in my memory box- Thanks for the contribution I know just So far as my doings, please remember that the little that I can do, is not much when you consider the great sins of my race toward yours- With deep affection Arline Hoys how you feel I always think that you give so much of yourself, that financially we ought bear the brunt. 117 West 13th Street New York, N.Y. April 9, 1951 Dear Mrs Terrell: Will you join us in asking several hundred women to sign the enclosed appeal to President Truman for the life of Willie McGee. Will you let us know as soon as possible. For your convenience we provided space at the bottom of the appeal for you to sign and return in the enclosed envelope. Your sincerely, SHIRLEY GRAHAM MRS. ROBERT GWATHMY ALICE JAYSON MRS. MILLARD LAMPELL HELEN PHILLIPS HELEN ROSEN ELLA WINTER P.S. We just learned that the new execution date is set for May 8, 1951. Among the many who have already protested against the death sentence of McGee are: William Faulkner, Nobel Prize winner; Senator William Langer of North Dakota, State Senator Earl Chudoff of Pa. , Senator Ray J. Madden of Ind. , State Senator Gettleman of Wisc., Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Lawyers Guild, the Baptist Ministers Conference of Phila., the A.M.E. Bishops Council, representing two million Negroes in the nation; the National C.I.O., hundreds of locals of such national unions as the United Steel Workers of America, United Automobile Workers of America, Packinghouse Workers, Fur Workers and the Mine, Mill an dSmelter Workers of America. Vincent Sheean Twin Farms South Pomfret, Vermont April 10th, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: The "restoration of normal relations" with Franco Spain; i.e., the appointment of an American ambassador to Madrid, seems to be leading to a military alliance with Franco's regime. In the desire to bring about some expression of opposing opinion, the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee has asked me to sign, and to ask others to sign, an open letter to the President. A copy of this is attached. The Franco question is a test question, and is so regarded throughout Europe and Asia. it is quite useless for us to spend fortunes on radio propaganda about democracy if we are going to make a military alliance with Franco. Citizens who have spoken out on the Spanish question for years past may not be permitted, for much longer, to say what they think. In this juncture it appears to me that we should speak our protest. it is impossible to tell what effect this letter will have, if any, upon the President or his advisors. But it will at least enroll the names of some citizens who understand how foolish and damaging to the United States such a policy of alliance with the Hitler-Mussolini offspring would inevitably be. I am asking a number of prominent Americans who have expressed themselves on Spain in the past to join me in signing this letter. Your support would be of inestimable value. I therefore hope you will find it possible to return the enclosed card authorizing inclusion of your name among the signatories of the statement, even though you may feel, as I do, that all the weight of ignorant opportunism is on the other side. Sincerely, Vincent Sheean vs:fc enclosures 117 West 13th Street, New York, N.Y. April 9, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: Will you join us in asking several hundred women to sign the enclosed appeal to President Truman for the life of Willie McGee. Will you let us know as soon as possible. For your convenience we provided space at the bottom of the appeal for you to sign and return in the enclosed envelope. Yours sincerely, SHIRLEY GRAHAM MRS. ROBERT GWATHMY ALICE JAYSON MRS. MILLARD LAMPELL HELEN PHILLIPS HELEN ROSEN ELLA WINTER P.S. We just learned that the new execution dat is set for May 8, 1951. Among the many who have already protested against the death sentence of McGee are: William Faulkner, Nobel prize winner; Senator William Langer of North Dakota, State Senator Earl Chudoff of Pa., Senator Ray J. Madden of Ind., State Senator Gettlemam of Wisc., Congressman Adam Clayton Powell of New York, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Lawyers Guild, the Baptist Ministers Conference of Phila., the A.M.E. Bishops Council, representing two million Negroes in the nation; the National C.I.O., hundreds of locals of such national unions as the United Steel Workers of America, United Automobile Workers of America, Packinghouse Workers, Fur Workers and the Mine, Mill an dSmelter Workers of America. Vincent Sheean Twin Farms South Pomfret, Vermont April 10th, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: The "restoration of normal relations" with Franco Spain; i.e., the appointemt of an American ambassador to Madrid, seems to be leading to a military alliance with Franco's regime. In the desire to bring about some expression of opposing opinion, the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee has asked me to sign, and to ask others to sign, an open letter to the President. A copy of this is attached. The Franco question is a test question, and is so regarded throughout Europe and Asia. It is quite useless for us to spend fortunes on radio propaganda about democracy if we are going to make a military alliance with Franco. Citizens who have spoken out on the Spanish question for years past may not be permitted, for much longer, to say what they think. In this juncture it appears to me that we should speak our protest. It is impossible to tell what effect this letter will have, if any, upon the President or his advisors. But it will at least enroll the names of some citizens who understand how foolish and damaging to the United States such a policy of alliance with the Hitler-Mussolini offspring would inevitably be. I am asking a number of prominent Americans who have expressed themselves on Spain in the past to join me in signing this letter. Your support would be of inestimable value. I therefore hope you will find it possible to return the enclosed card authorizing inclusion if your name among the signatories of the statement, even though you may feel, as I do, that all the weight of ignorant opportunism is on the other side. Sincerely, Vincent Sheean vs:fc enclosures Draft Open Letter To President Truman Last fall the United States delegation to the General Assembly of the United Nations persuaded a majority of member nations to lift the diplomatic ban imposed on Franco Spain in 1946. The principal argument, voiced by the U.S. Secretary of State, was the desirability of re-establishing "normal relations" with the Franco regime. The success of this move was due largely to several assurances. First, condemnation of the Franco regime would remain on the books of the United Nations; namely, "as a fascist regime, patterned on, and established largely as a result of aid received from Hitler's Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Fascist Italy." Second, the resumption of ambassadorial relations with the Franco regime implied neither approval nor disapproval. The developments following the swift appointment and arrival in Madrid of a new American ambassador are disquieting because they go far beyond any normal relations with a regime universally condemned. Considered in the light of the recent action of the population of Barcelona, the widely reported discussions between Franco and U.S. Ambassador Stanton Griffis must be shocking to most of the American people. The prospect of a military alliance with the Franco regime, and of furnishing U.S. arms to its fascist troops--the subject of discussions which the State Department has characterized as part of a "new phase" in relations with Spain, must come as a shock not only to the American people. To people in every section of the world who fought and sacrificed heavily to wipe out fascism, this prospect will be interpreted as a promise of betrayal. The nature of our relations with Franco Spain, Mr. President, is one of the sternest tests of the morality of our thinking. We cannot believe that the Franco regime, the last avowed fascist dictatorship in Europe, fits into a sound American program for national security and world peace. To arm Franco now, and to continue extending him loans and credits, will strengthen the hand of his dictatorship at the very moment when, after twelve years, the heroic Spanish people show the strongest signs of challenging his fascist rule. In the self-interest of democracy and national security, we therefore petition you, Mr. President, to bar any military aid to our alliance with fascist Spain, and to ban any further economic aid or comfort until such time as the people of Spain can decide their own destiny. Date Mr. Vincent Sheean c/o Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee 23 West 26th Street New York 10, N.Y. I hereby authorize the affixing of my signature to the open letter addressed to President Truman on the subject of Franco Spain, text of which you sent me on April 10th. Name Address [*Send Letter to President Spain*] Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1616 S St., Northwest Washington, D. C. RACE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION DIVISION BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, CONGREGATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES FISK UNIVERSITY OFFICE NASHVILLE 8, TENNESSEE April 11, 1951 Dear Instituter: Once again, the Institute of Race Relations is preparing to open its doors to community leaders and students throughout the country. As the enclosed announcement indicates, the summer's session covers the two weeks of July 2-14. From year to year we look to you for lending new vitality to the Institute's significance. Plans for this summer incorporate a number of your past suggestions on programming. We would likewise benefit from your recommendations of friends and colleagues who would profit from Institute participation, passing on its findings to their local community work. If you will just note their names and addresses on the enclosed postcard, we will be happy to follow through with an invitation to them. It would be good to have you with us again this summer. Continued reminders of your dynamic share in Institute proceedings assure you a warm welcome here at Fisk. Very best regards. Cordially yours, Herman H. Long Herman H. Long Enclosure HHL:jc The Eighth Annual INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS July 2-14, 1951 RACE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION FISK UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE 8, TENNESSEE INSTITUTES SELF-SURVEY TO SEEK THE FACTS - TO ACT - TO CHANGE Announcing . . . " . . . the ripples of influence from this annual meeting lap steadily against the rocks of prejudice and discrimination in America." EIGHTH ANNUAL INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATIONS July 2-14, 1951 Fisk University Nashville, Tennessee Purpose The Institute is a laboratory in human relations of seven years' standing. Each summer, for two concentrated weeks, it offers responsible citizens the educational tools to help free our local, national and international patterns from the knots of discrimination and segregation. Its aims are: training local leaders in the methods for community integration and action; applying the findings of social science to the down-to-earth problems of man's living with man; mapping out the course and strategies for social change in intergroup relations. Method Leading social scientists and well-known men of action form the faculty of lecturers, consultants and clinic moderators. Under their able guidance, Institute members discuss, analyse, exchange ideas and weigh experiences on immediate issues. Informal get-togethers, a natural phase of group living, enrich the program of lectures and discussions. Clinical workshops focus on specific, local problems— what to do and how. The congenial fellowship of the Institute in this Southern city brings to life the very goals of sound human relations. Lecturers and Consultants (at previous Institutes, partial list) Will Maslow, American Jewish Congress T. V. Smith, Syracuse University Gordon W. Allport, Harvard University Thurgood Marshall, NAACP Counsel Lester Granger, National Urban League Ashley Montagu, Rutgers University Brooks Hays, Congressman from Arkansas Helen V. McLean, Psychiatrist Willard S. Townsend, C.I.O. John LaFarge, SJ., America Mrs. M. E. Tilly, President's Committee on Civil Rights John Mason Brown, Saturday Review of Literature V. K. R. V. Rao, United Nations Sub-Commission John E. Ivey, Jr., Southern Regional Education Board Eduard C. Lindeman, New York School of Social Work George Schermer, Detroit Interracial Committee John C. Rainer, Congress of American Indians W. W. Alexander, Southern Regional Council Ralph Helstein, Packinghouse Workers Union Russell Greenman, General Cable Corporation Who Attends Civic and youth leaders, teachers and students, social and religious workers, trade union members and employers, volunteers and staffs of human relations committees and government agencies—800 of them have come to the Institute from 200 communities in 36 states and 6 foreign countries. THAT MEN MAY WALK WITH FREEDOM IN THEIR EYES This Summer's Institute When: July 2-14, 1951 Where: Fisk University—Nashville, Tennessee Cost: $80.00 for tuition, room and board during the two- weeks' session. Credit: College students may earn three-semester hours of academic credit toward their undergraduate or graduate degree. Date_____________________________________ Please send me: additional information on the Institute of Race Relations an application for admission Name_____________________________________ Address___________________________________ City______________Zone___State____________ Organization or Agency___________________ Occupation________________________________ RETURN TO: JEANNETTE HARRIS RACE RELATIONS DEPARTMENT AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION FISK UNIVERSITY NASHVILLE 8, TENNESSEE Conducted jointly by the Race Relations Department of the American Missionary Association and Fisk University, the Institute is directed by Charles S. Johnson, president of Fisk. What They Say About the Institute MABEL CARNEY (Teachers College, Columbia University)— " . . . one of the best I have ever attended in my long experience of conferences, seminars, institutes . . . " VIRGINIA COFFEY (Cincinnati Mayor's Friendly Relations Committee) —" . . . a rare and edifying experience . . . " MRS. CARL AUGUST VOSS (Churchwoman)—"If we could only have more institutes of that calibre throughout the country!" MARJORIE PENNY (Philadelphia Fellowship House)—" . . . the meeting of deeply concerned Americans of so many backgrounds . . . itself an achievement . . . " SALLY SHIMINAKA (Student)—" . . . challenging, factual and oh! so vital." ESSIE L. MAGUIRE (Y.W.C.A. Secretary)—" . . . increasingly a resource on race relations to people all over the country." WILLIAM H. FORT (School Teacher)—" . . . progressive step in the field of social engineering . . . " MARION EDMAN (Wayne University)—" . . . remarkable opportunity to hear from authorities . . . the many facets of this intricate and complex social phenomenon." L. HERBERT HENEGAN (Farm Security Administration)—" . . . techniques and discussions . . . extremely timiely in light of what has happened . . . and what continues . . . " SAVILLE R. DAVIS (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR)—" . . . a quiet scene, and yet this is the center of the world for a moment." HEMPHILL PRESS CABLE ADDRESS: NACAPEOPLE. N.Y. LONGACRE 3-6890 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 20 WEST 40TH STREET NEW YORK 18, N.Y. April 12, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am enclosing a copy of a statement setting forth the reasons why the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People opposes the appointment and continuance in office of Millard F. Caldwell, Federal Civil Defense Administrator. There is also an excerpt from Mr. Caldwell's testimony before the sub-committee of the Senate Armed Services Committee in response to our charges against him. If, on the basis of his record, you feel as strongly as we do that Mr. Caldwell should be removed from office, may we suggest that you write to the President and tell him so. It would also be very helpful to write to your county and state Democratic leaders and to send copies of your letter to the President to these leaders. It is important that they know your reaction in order that they, too, may transmit to the Administration your deep resentment against the Caldwell appointment. We would be very happy to send out with our regular releases excerpts from you letter to the President if you will be kind enough to send us a copy. This is the time for all of us to unite in the fight against what appears to be a trend toward appeasement of Dixicrats and other reactionaries. Every sincerely, Walter White Executive Secretary Mrs. Mary C. Terrell American Association of University Women 1615 "S" Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. ww/tj Enc. 42nd ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Atlanta, Georgia, June 26-Jul1 1, 1951 inclusive Official Organ: The Crisis WHY NAACP OPPOSES MILLARD F. CALDWELL NOTE TO EDITORS: The following is background information on the NAACP flight against the appointment and continuance in office of Millard F. Caldwell as Federal Civil Defense Administrator. On January 15, Clarence Mitchell, director of the Washington Bureau of the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People, appeared before a subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee and testified in opposition to the confirmation of Millard. F. Caldwell, Jr., former governor of Florida, for the post of Federal Civil Defense Administrator. In his testimony, Mr. Mitchell charged (1) that the appointment of Caldwell was "an attempt by the Democratic Party to appease the Dixiecrats," (2) that Caldwell is one of "the top officers" among "those who are leading a tremendous fight against human rights in the United States," (3) that he consistently refuses to address Negros with common courtesy titles, (4) that, following the Supreme Court decision outlawing the "white primary," he called upon white southerners to resist this decision "with well directed energy." (5) that he "was the chief architect of the plan to establish regional schools...for the purpose of getting around the Supreme Court decision" which held that colored and white students must have equality of educational opportunities within the boarders of the several states, (6) that as governor of Florida he failed to take effective steps against lynchers and to provide protection of Negro citizens against unlawful arrest and abuse by police, and (7) that on the basis of his record he could be expected to set up Jim Crow bomb shelters. The following excerpts are from Mr. Caldwell's testimony in reply to Mr. Mitchell's charges: Mr. Caldwell. "To be very brief, I should like to say, first that in my public life I have never appealed to any group. I am not impressed with groups. The only thing I have been interested in has been with reference to the people, as people, and as citizens of my State and the Nation, and I have said to many groups that I am not concerned with them as groups. "Now, briefly, I will run through the statement and comment upon several things. "I note a reference to the so-called Dixicrats, of which I have never been a part. It just happened that I subscribe to the theory that, as a member of a party, I should stay with my party and have the fights in the primary. "Next, on the question of salutations, I reserve the right to address any person, whether he be a citizen of my State or any other State, in such manner as I please, and in accordance with my own views. "There are many white people for whom I do not reserve the title of 'mister.' "As for the comment about the decision fo the United States Supreme Court in the Texas primary case, I expressed my views there, and I have no reason to recede from those views. I happen to believe that a group of people voluntarily in an association should have the right to select the membership of that association. "The Supreme Court held to the contrary and, as the Governor of my State, I would like for the record to show that in the entire 4 years, acting under directions from the Governor's office, the peace officials of that State saw to it that there was not one single incident in the voting of the colored people, and that without exception all who wished to vote were accorded the privilege and they did so peacefully and without objection. "Next, I note a reference to the Payne case in which the witness referred to the killing and lynching. I might say that it was not a lynching, and that in a legal dispute growing out of that question, I recovered a judgement against one of the popular magazines in the sun of $237,500, and that case was later settled for a substantial cash settlement and the proceeds were turned over to the Florida College for Negroes, the A. & M. College. "I did not remove the sheriff, as has been stated, for the very sound -2- Why NAACP Opposes Millard F. Caldwell reason that he would have been reinstated by the senate, would have been martyrized and reelected. I castigated him and, as a result of the castigation, the people of the country defeated him and a better sheriff was elected. "Reference is made to the Bradwell case. The individual in question returned to that county and became involved in a highly questionable situation. The peace officers, acting again under very stringent directions from Governor's office that there should be no violence, took the man into custody, and with the knowledge of his mother persuaded him to leave the county and avoid trouble. There never was a time when the family did not know exactly where he was, and a serious situation was avoided. "I note the regional education plan is referred to. I should like for the record to show that in that connection that plan was devised for the purpose of making available to all of the students of the South the best in education to be found in the South; that one of the tenets upon which it was established was that we had nothing to do with the question of segregation, intended to have nothing to do with it; we would not be made a part of a program to either abolish it or to continue it." (NOTE: Underscoring is ours.) 1829 E. Lexington St. Norfolk Va. April 12, 1951 My dear Mrs. Terrell, I am writing to tell you of my progress in joining the A.A.U.W. Well it is interesting to say that I joined the group here which is composed of all white women without any opposition. I asked to join and they accepted me. I am now a full fledge member. I don't know whether other women of our race are planning to join or not. The week of the 31st of March the Norfolk Journal and Guide ran my picture my credentials and a statement on my accomplishment in being accepted in the local branch. Well we can see some signs of progress in breaking down some of the prejudice that we as Negros face, I appreciate your interest and will be very glad of the time when I can meet so fine a person as you face to face. I read all of the fine things you've done and all about the excellent preparation you have made for your life's work. When ever you are in Norfolk I shall try to see you and have you visit the school I am now teaching. It is the last word in modern building. The city of Norfolk point to it with pride. Thank you again and best wishes Sincerely yours, Viola P. Cousins Mrs. Melnea Cass, Executive Secretary 135 Harold Street Roxbury 19, Mass. Miss Susie F. Jones, President 438 Grand Avenue Brooklyn 16, N.Y. Miss S. Ella Wilson, Treasurer 4 Pelham Street Worchester, Mass Motto- For God And Humanity Northeastern Federation of Women's Clubs, Inc. Organized July 1896, Boston, Mass. Affiliated with the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Mrs. Inez W. Tinsley, Vice-Pres. at Large 144 Blue Hill Ave., Roxbury 19, Mass. Mrs. Dora N. Lee, Chairman, Exec. Board 2415 Snyder Ave., Brooklyn 26, N. Y. Mrs. Aileen Wooders, Asst. Rec. Sec'y 1618 No. Main St., Waterbury, Conn. Mrs. Satyra P. Bennett, Fin. Sec'y 26 Mead St., Cambridge, Mass. Miss Beatrice Coleman, Asst. Fin. Sec'y 17 Halsey St., Providence, R. I. Mrs. Bessie H Payne, Parliamentarian R.F.D. 20, Chatham, N.Y. Mrs. Carrie Salterwhite, Statistician 355 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, Mass. Mrs. Ethel J. Minton, Organizer 132 Remington Place, New Rochelle, N.Y. Mrs. Camella Lockwood, Auditor 205 Union Landing, Riverton, N.Y. Mrs. Viola P. Allen, Historian 5536 Poplar St., Philadelphia 31, Pa. Mrs Jessie Moore, Chaplain 337 1/2 Fourth St., Rankin, Pa. Scholarship Loan Mrs. Elizabeth C. Brooks, Chairman 211 Park St., New Bedford, Mass. Scholarship Loan Mrs. Ann W. Rice, Treasurer 54 Williams St., Newport, R. I. Supervisor of Girls Mrs. Irene Canada 298 Mansfield St., Sharon, Mass. Department Directors Arts and Crafts, Mrs. Elizabeth Crichlow 19 Bainbridge St., Roxbury 19, Mass. Education, Mrs. Ethel V. Tavernier 28 Olive St., Springfield, Mass. Mother, Home and Child, Mrs. Nellye J. Windford 101 John St., Newport, R. I. Music, Miss Katherine Morgan Ellington Ave., Rockville, Conn. Phyllis Wheatley, Mrs. Sarah Lee Fleming 216 Dwight St., New Haven, Conn. Public Relations, Temperance, Mrs. Dora Williams 515 Huntington Ave., Providence, R. I. Resolutions, Mrs. Marion J. Clinton 5 Clay St., Hartford 5, Conn. Family Life, Mrs. Nan E. Trapp 8 Mills St., Roxbury 19, Mass. Vocational Guidance, Mrs. Pearl Winters 107 No. 58th St., Philadelphia 39, Pa. Inter-Racial, Miss Mabel E. Diggs Blaisdell Rd., Box 95, Hingham, Mass. Parent-Teachers' Association, Mrs. Mildred R. Seption Honorary Presidents *Mrs. Mary H. Dickerson Newport, R. I. *Mrs. Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin Boston, Mass. *Mrs. Alice Wiley Seay Brooklyn, N. Y. *Mrs. Ciclely S. Gunner Hillburn, N. Y. Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Brooks New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. Minnie T. Wright Boston, Mass. Miss Reberta J. Dunbar Providence, R. I. Mrs. Bessie H. Payne Chatham, N. Y. *Deceased Office Of President April 17, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell, I fully intended to have written you before this but I have been so busy preparing so many matters relative to our Annual Convention that this is my first opportunity. Because of so many angles concerning the Convention, I have arranged to be in D.C. this coming Saturday, April 21st to talk over matters with Mr. Washington, at which time I hope final matters can be arranged, shall contact you before I leave D.C. and thank you personally for your great assistance. I understand that the D.C. Federation has already held its Annual meeting. Sorry I did not know of the same. And, too, the other ladies wonder why (since we are sponsoring our own Convention) D.C. cannot assist us in some little manner but things will go that way, Hoping to see you soon, "Covering A Continent" The American News Company, Inc. 131 Varick Street New York 13, N. Y. April 17, 1951 Mary C. Terrell 1615 S. Street N. W. Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: Our Pittsburg branch reports that they have yet to receive their order 1D1077 which included one copy, "A Colored Woman In A White World." If you find this has not gone forward, please ship immediately. If unable to supply report accordingly. May we please have a reply concerning this matter? Very truly yours, Kenneth J. Hanlon Department Of Books KJH:FD and with all good wishes, I am Sincerely yours, Susie F. Jones ______ 2138 Presstman Street Baltimore 17, Maryland April 19, 1951 Miss Mary Church Terrell Washington, D. C. Dear Miss Terrell: Would it be possible for you to speak at our Mother-Daughter luncheon on Saturday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m.? We are anxious to hear you talk on any subject of your choosing and assure you that all of your expenses will be cared for. If you accept this invitation, I shall forward you the place for the meeting. Thank you for your consideration. T. T. B. O. D. Rebecca Carroll Epsilon Sigma Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority John S. Branom Chairman, Deacon Board Dr. Theo. R. George Chairman, Trustee Board C. J. Givens Chairman, Finance Committee William Baylor Pres., Usher Board A. H. Smith Supt., Sunday School Frank S. Reid, Jr. Church Clerk Frederick G. Sampson John Cooper, Jr. McKinley J. Hamilton WM. J. Stroud Eugene Tillman Assistants to Pastor Mrs. Beulah J. Murphy Church Secretary W. Austin Williamson B. T. U. Director Miss Sarah R. Whetts Pres., General Missionary Society Shiloh Baptist Church Ninth and P Streets, N.W. Washington 1, D.C. Earl L. Harrison, B. TH., D. D., Pastor Residence: 1337 Kearny Street, N.E. Residence Phone: LA. 6-4729 Church: Adams 6667 Study: Dupont 2046 April 22, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell, Thank you for sending me the information about your activities as I requested. Thank you too for promising to participate on our Women's Day Symposium at Shiloh on next Sunday, April 29. As a reminder, the time will be 8 P.M., and the subject is "The Christian Woman in the World Today." Your specific talk will be "The Christian Civic Leader." Other speakers will discuss "The Christian Professional Woman" and "The Christian Mother." The time limit for each speaker is eight minutes. Our committee is very grateful to you, Mrs. Terrell, and our church looks forward to hearing you next Sunday night. Respectfully, (Mrs.) Doris [?]uander New York N.Y. Apr 22 5:30PM 1951 Hotel Chesterfield 49th St. just East of Broadway, New York 600 OUTSIDE ROOMS AND BATH Beautifully Equipped Centrally Located, One Block from Radio City and Shopping District Dear Friend, Mrs. Terrell Am enjoying the sights of this big city for a week with my cousin Eva Brown. Having a wonderful time attending the shows afternoon & night. Almost the beach season - do you say? Will be seeing you. Sincerely Ethel Francis Mrs. Mollie C. Terrell 1615 - "S" St. N.W. Wash. D. C. 1838 Eye St N.E. Washington 2. DC. April 23, 1951 Dear Mrs Terrell I can never tell you how deeply grateful I am to you for your concern for me and the interest you have shown in my request to you I have been waiting for this Prayer that I ordered to send to you for you life is definitely parallel to that of Saint Francis I am sure you have read this before but I want you know that I know your life is a true likeness of his Prayer. Mrs Terrell, I was able to get a part of that money from the Credit Union. I am very grateful to you (photo: Hotel Chesterfield - 49th Near Broadway, New York City) for your kindness. Most Sincerely Ruth Davie [4-23-51] Dear Friend Please come & sit with the club (you are a honorary member) Sun. 29th 11 A.M. Special speaker & 3 solos by very fine artists. We sit down front on left side in a body. The Carpenters Lincoln Congressional Temple [Eleventh And R Streets, N.W.] Washington 1, D.C. 2605 11 St. N.W. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. St. N.W. Freedom Rally, Inc. "Toward a Free Washington" 1532 U Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. ADams 8088 Officers Rev. Smallwood E. Williams Chairman Herbert M. Hadley Dr. Edwin B. Henderson Rev. William H. Jernagin Chas. N. Mason, Jr. Miss Florence K Nierman Dr. John J. O'Connor David Scull Dr. Emerson A. Williams Vice-Chairmen Dr. Paul Cooke Secretary Rev. L. Maynard Catchings Assistant Secretary Rev. T. Ewell Hopkins Corresponding Secretary Dr. Aaron S. Russell Treasurer Elmer W. Henderson Assistant Treasurer Dr. Stephen G. Spottswood Financial Secretary John B. Duncan Coordinator STAFF Olivia R. Williams Executive Secretary Rosalie Levinson Assistant Executive Secretary Wash. D. C. April 23, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: This is to extend to you, on behalf of the Board of Directors of Freedom Rally, our appreciation for your acceptance and willingness to serve as a Campaign Sponsor for the drive to be undertaken soon by Freedom Rally, Inc. While the list of Campaign Sponsors is not complete, we are enclosing a list of most of them, together with a list of the Board members. With our sincerest appreciation, I am, Sincerely yours, John B Duncan John B. Duncan Coordinator Enclosure Freedom Rally Marches Freedom Rally Board members have carefully studied the situation and find that adequate legal redress and defense as outlined will cost approximately $40,000. Board members have already given the money (for two months' expenses) to open an office and employ an Executive Secretary in the preperation and launching of this campaign. Freedom Rally will not be just another organization. It will raise and administer funds for such legal redress and defense of justice and freedom as can be effective. It will not duplicate--but rather will reinforce--the fine work of groups already active in the cause of freedom and justice. It will focus public attention and action upon the desperate need for concerted financial effort. FREEDOM RALLY seeks the moral and financial support of every citizen concerned with freedom and equality of treatment in our Nation's Capital city. FREEDOM RALLY includes men and women of all races and religions. It earnestly solicits the help of all loyal Americans. Join Freedom Rally. Towards a Free Capital City YOU CAN HELP BY: 1. Making your own financial contribution according to your ability and you desire that our children live in a free city. 2. Helping to develop and carry out the plans for this important effort. 3. Coming to the office and registering as a worker for FREEDOM RALLY. 4. Signing up for volunteer work such as distribution of material; talks to churches, neighbors, other groups, typing; mimeographing; offering suggestions; and attending report meetings. 5. Bringing your friends to the necessary public meetings which will be scheduled. 6. If you do not live in Washington, you can make a financial contribution and bring FREEDOM RALLY to the attention of your community, for Washington is the Capital of our Nation and belongs also to you. FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S JOB! Send your Contribution to: FREEDOM RALLY 1532 U Street, N.W. Washington 9, D. C. ADams 8088 toward a Free Capital City Freedom Rally Marches Our Nation's Capital is a symbol of freedom to all men everywhere! That symbol will endure only if made a living reality. Remember, we are judged by our deeds, by what we do unto each other, by whether our acts square with our words. So long as inequality of opportunity and racial restrictions exist here, it is easy for other to doubt our sincerity. Enforced segregation and discrimination divide our people at a time when unity is more vital than guns. If you live in Washington you know, for example that: Our children are segregated in the public schools; Families are segregated by race in public housing; Our children are segregated by race on public playgrounds, or must play in the streets; You or some of your friends and associates can't buy and enjoy a meal in many places; Some of us, because of race or religion, have less chance to get a good job. Toward a Free Capital City FREEDOM RALLY proposes to rally those who would work to ensure equality of treatment to all in Washington; work to make our Nation's Capital a free city in which all Americans share--and share alike--the same rights and responsibilities. The success of FREEDOM RALLY can only serve to confound our critics and hearten our friends abroad, to give renewed confidence in our Nation's leadership to peoples everywhere in search of freedom. Making Democracy Work Is the Business of Every Citizen Fortunately for us, a most effective way to fight for freedom and equality of treatment in our country is through our courts--the bulwark of justice in preserving individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution. Moreover, when any specific discrimination or injustice is opposed through court action, people read about it; their conscience may be awakened; they may try to do something about it; they may free their city. Justice Under Law Even though public spirited lawyers give their services free in the cause of justice, the many court costs to be met in cases involving inequalities are usually far beyond what the persons involved can pay. Lack of funds has prevented a number of such cases from going beyond the Court of Appeals. These might have won favorable decision in the U.S. Supreme Court. Freedom Rally Marches FREEDOM RALLY proposes that all of us, together, create a fund with which to ensure justice--the results of which can lead our capital city toward freedom and equality of treatment in these five major areas of community life: Education--Legal redress and defense in two law cases would aim to eliminate segregation and to ensure equality of treatment in the elementary, junior and senior high schools and the colleges of the District of Columbia. Housing--One such case would aim to make it possible in Washington for any eligible family, on the basis of need, to occupy public housing without regard to race, creed, color or national origin. Recreation--Another such case would aim to open all places of public recreation without regard to race, creed, color or national origin in the District of Columbia. Places of Public Accommodation--Here, the aim would be to make it possible for all citizens to secure food and lodging without discrimination in our Nation's Capital Employment--Here, it is proposed to develop ways and means of making more effective two of the President's Executive Orders: Fair Practice in Federal Employment; Non-discrimination in Employment by Contractors for Government Orders. HON. MELVIN D. HILDRETH, PRESIDENT . DON L. YOUNG, SECRETARY The Robert H. Terrell Law School 1922 THIRTEENTH STREET, N/W/ WASHINGTON, D.C. TELEPHONE: HUDSON 8444 GEORGE ARTHUR PARKER, DEAN April 25, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Co-worker: A special meeting of the Trustees of this school has been called by the President for Wednesday, May 2, at 7:30 P.M., at the Law school building. Very important matters regarding the closing of the school will be presented for your consideration as well as the liquidation of our assets and liabilities. Please be prompt so that the meeting can be adjourned by 9 0'clock. BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT Very truly yours, George A. Parker, Dean Honorable Melvin D. Hildreth, President Don L. Young, Secretary GAP:mot DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER 2138 Presstman Street Baltimore 17, Maryland April 26, 1951 Mar. Mary C Terrell 1615 -S- Street, N.W. Washington 9, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Thank you so much for accepting the engagement to speak at our Mother-Daughter Luncheon on Saturday, May 19, at the Douglass Memorial Church Parlor, Madison and Lafayette Avenues. Our executive committee saw fit to change the time of the luncheon to 12:00 o'clock. Please write and advise me concerning the time of your arrival and station. Mrs. Vashti Murphy has expressed the desire to meet you so you will be made as comfortable as possible during your stay in Baltimore. May we look forward to hearing from you? Yours truly, Rebecca E. Carroll Chairman REC:P Non-Partisan Defense Agency of the Labor Movement Workers Defense League NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS: 112 EAST 19th STREET NEW YORK 3 ALGONQUIN 4-4953 REV. DONALD HARRINGTON National Chairman WILL STERN Chairman, Action Committee GEORGE S. COUNTS Treasurer ROWLAND WATTS National Secretary ALBERT K. HERLING Assistant National Secretary FRANK McCALLISTER Southern Chairman April 26, 1951 Dear Friend, Groveland, Florida, is back in the news. Last week the United States Supreme Court reversed the rape convictions of Walter Irvin and Samuel Shepherd. The Workers Defense League is proud of the assistance it has been able to give the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in these cases. Our knowledge and experience in the area has made it possible to carry on the basic investigation which is essential to the ultimate establishment of the innocence of the men. They are not yet free. They must again stand trial for their lives. We will continue our investigations and will cooperate closely with the NAACP on the new trial. But Groveland is more than a traditional Southern "rape" case. It is a manifestation of a situation we have been exposing in central Florida for many years. It cropped up in 1945 when Lake County Sheriff Willis McCall made his vicious attack on Mack Fryar while trying to force him to work in the packing plant. It crops up continually in the efforts to perpetuate peonage in the turpentine camps. It cropped up at Groveland with the white mob terrorism and the burning of the homes of the more prosperous Negro residents. Laboriously, the Negro has been reclaiming the swampland, planting his orange grove, cultivating his crop -- a true pioneer. Central Florida real estate is booming on the wave of the frozen fruit industry's success. Wages are going up. Slowly but surely, the Negro has been gaining independence through this raising of his economic status. Tenaciously, this trend is being resisted. This resistance breaks out in new techniques of peonage, in the importation of labor to work at depressed standards, in new forms of discrimination, and finally, in physical intimidation and violence. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD Chairman: REV. DONALD HARRINGTON - Vice-Chairman: JAMES B. CAREY - HUGO ERNST - SAMUEL B. EUBANKS - REV. ARON S. GILMARTIN - SAL B. HOFFMANN - REV. LAURENCE T. HOSIE - LAYLE LANE - NATHANIEL M. MINKOFF - A. PHILIP RANDOLPH - National Counsel: MAX DELSON - JOHN F. FINERTY - FRANCIS HEISLER - WILLIAM BECKER - JAMES T. FARRELL - ISRAEL FEINBERG - SAMUEL H. FRIEDMAN - REV. OWEN GEER - HAROLD J. GIBBONS - RABBI ROLAND B. GITTELSOHN - PATRICK GORMAN - SIDNEY HERTZBERG - O. A. KNIGHT - MARTIN C. KYNE - ALFRED BAKER LEWIS - EMIL MAZEY - FRANK McCALLISTER - MORRIS MILGRAM - ABRAHAM MILLER - H. L. MITCHELL - VON D. MIZELL - REV. A. J. MUSTE - ROSE PESOTTA - LAWRENCE ROGIN - JOSEPH SCHLOSSBERG - CLARENCE SENIOR - WILL STERN - NORMAN THOMAS - PEARL L. WILLEN - ARNOLD S. ZANDER -2- April 26, 1951 To prevent this violence is our job. It can only be done by continuing painstaking investigation and relentless exposure. Violence is accelerating. Our work likewise must be speeded up. We need your immediate support so that we can again have a full-time man in the field, so that we can go ahead with our planned Florida peonage hearings, so that we an defend each individual as the cases come up. Sincerely yours, Donald Harrington Donald Harrington National Chairman Workers Defense League DH : d oeiu-153 Enc. P.S. As this was being written, the urgency of the new Groveland investigations became apparent. Our special investigations are working there now. But our funds are very low, and only if you rush your contribution can we help them on the job. Won't you send it to us today? D.H. "Put NAACP In Your Budget For Freedom" ...National Association For The Advancement of Colored People... District of Columbia Branch 961 Florida Avenue, N. W. Washington 1, D. C. Telephone: Michigan 2320 Stephen G. Spottswood President Edwin B. Henderson Vice President Executive Committee Andrew L. Lindsay Chairman Membership Committee Director 1951 Campaign Thomasina J. Norford Secretary Thomas J. Frazier Treasurer Bryon Allen C. Reginald Audrick Garner L. Bishop William M. Brewer Dillard H. Brown Rufus G. Byars Leon Calhoun Mildred Carr Eugene Davidson Thurman L. Dodson John B. Duncan Rev. A. Joseph Edwards Marie Funches Margaret Garrity Joseph H. Greene George E. C. Hayes Charles S. Hill Anna A. Hedgeman Ellis O. Knox Emmer M. Lancaster Belford V. Lawson, Jr. C. Herbert Marshall Frank Reeves Ida G. Reid Helen R. Sugland Leon A. Thompson Mrs. Oliver Thornton Smallwood Williams April 27, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: On Thursday Evening May 3, at the John Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church, the N.A.A.C.P. is staging another of its gigantic Membership Campaign Mass Meetings. Our feature speaker will be Mr Jimmie Hicks of New York City, nationally known Newspaper Columnist for the Afro-American Newspapers. You have been selected, and we do hereby request that you be one of our platform Guest. May we have your response by return mail or telephone. Very Truly yours, A. L. Linsday A. L. Lindsay, Champaign Chairman [Apr 30, 1951] Dear Mrs. Terrell: Here are the drafts of the letters to go out to our mailing list on Wednesday. I plan to stencil them on Tuesday night, so I hope you get them in time to call me sometime Tuesday. Enclosed also is a check for THIRTY DOLLARS from the Federation of Civic Associations, which needs your endorsement. A return envelope is enclosed. Would you get it back to me very soon, because I will need it to pay the printer. Isn't that a wonderful response? The Federation also voted to sponsor the boycott and to urge its member associations to take favorable action. We are meeting on Wednesday night to get out the mailing. Since we will just be addressing and stuffing envelopes, I won't ask you to give up the evening. The boycott is catching on much more quickly than we had hoped...Perhaps this won't have to be a long drawn out battle. (How many times have we said that before- nothing ever seems to happen fast) Much love Annie DRAFT OF LETTER TO GO TO INDIVIDUALS ON THE HECHT BOYCOTT COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS Chairman: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1103 Trenton Place S.E. Washington, 20, D.C. April 30, 1951 Dear friends, On May first, the coordinating Committee is launching a boycott of the HECHT CO., both the 7th St and Silver Spring stores because of the determination of the company to continue its policy of segregating its customers by color at the basement lunch counter. Ever since Feb. 26th, following a full page advertisement by the HechtTCo. declaring itself in favor of brotherhood "in our neighborhoods, communities..day by day and year by year" representatives of the Committee have been negotiating with the officials of the store to bring its professed belief in brotherhood to bear on its own lunch counter policy. On April 11, Mr. Harry Schwartz, personnel director of the company, declared that his policy would not change. Mrs. Charles B. Dulcan, general manager of the store, reinforced this stand by refusing even to meet with representatives of the committee. We ask you NOT TO BUY ANYTHING AT HECHTS until their lunch counter policy changes. If you are a charge customer, will you attach one of the enclosed stickers to your bill stub each time you pay off your bill. Address your check to Mrs. Chas. B. Dulcan. Will you also, if you are either a cash or charge customer, sign your name to the enclosed pledge card and send it off to the company. A thousand stickers a month is our goal to make the Hecht Co realize that segregation is bad business as well as bad morals. We need your help is getting others to close their accounts or keep their accounts inactive. Additional stickers are enclosed for your friends' use. Will you help us by making a financial contribution so that we can print more pledge cards and more stickers? Make your check out to Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, chairman, or to the Coordinating Committee and mail it to the above address. If you want to serve on the Hecht Boycott Committee, please call Mrs. Alice Trigg, at Ho. 3391. Our economic strength won outstanding victories last year at Kann's and at Kresge's. Your cooperation will assure a victory at Hechts. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Chairman Mrs/ Alice C Trigg, Hecht Boycott Comm. Chairman Secy: Mrs. Annie Stein JO-2-6932 DRAFT OF COVERING LETTER TO GO TO ORGANIZATIONS ON THE HECHT BOYCOTT COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1103 Trenton Place S.E. Washington, 20, D.C. April 30, 1951 Dear friends: On May first, the Coordinating Committee is launching a boycott of the HECHT CO, both the 7th St. and Silver Spring stores, because of the determination of the company to continue its policy of segregating its customers by color at the basement food counter. Ever since Feb. 26th, following a full page advertisement by the Hecht Co. declaring itself in favor of brotherhood "in our neighborhoods, communities, ...day by day and year by year", representatives of the Coordinating Committee have been negotiating with the officials of the store to bring a bit of its professed brotherhood to bear on its own lunch counter policy. On April 11, Mr. Harry Schwartz, personnel director of the company, declared that his policy would not change. Mrs. Charles B. Dulcan, general manager of the store, reinforced this stand by refusing even to meet with prominent representatives of the committee. The members of your organization, who have taken a stand against segregation in the nation's capital, will, we are sure, want to make their economic voice felt in convinving Hects that segregation is a bad business policy. We urge that your organization take these steps to help the boycott campaign. 1. Send a letter from your organization to Mr. Charles B. Dulcan, General Manager of The Hecht Co., informing him that you are urging your members not to patronize Hechts until their policy of segregation at the lunch counter is ended. 2. Ask you members to STOP BUYING ANYTHING AT HECHTS: to paste a sticker on the bill every time they payy off their charge accounts; to fill out and mail in the Boycott Pledge Card enclosed. Please call JO-2-6932 for additional stickers and pledge cards to supply your numbers. 3. Make whatever financial contribution you can to help the committee print more stickers and pledge cards. Will you make your check out either to Mrs. Mary Church Terrell or to the Committee at the above address. Our economic strength won outstanding victories last year, proving that segregation is bad business as well as bad morals at Kann's and at Kresge's where successful boycotts were conducted. We count on your cooperation to assure a victory at Hechts. Sincerely yours, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Chairman Mrs/ Alice C Trigg, Hecht Boycott Comm. Chairman Secy: Mrs. Annie Stein JO-2-6932 DRAFT OF COVERING LETTER TO GO TO CHURCHES ON THE HECHT BOYCOTT COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS Chairman: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1103 Trenton Place, S. E. Washington, 20, D.C. April 30, 1951 Dear Friend: On May first, the Coordinating Committee is launching a boycott of the Hecht Co., both the 7th St. and Silver Spring stores, because of the determination of the company to continue its policy of segregating its customers by color at the basement food counter. Ever since Feb. 26th, following a full page advertisement by the Hecht Co. declaring itself in favor of brotherhood in our neighborhoods, communities, ... day by day and year", representatives of the Coordinating Committee have been negotiating with the official of the store[s] to bring Hechts practice into confirmity with Hecht's preaching. On April 11, Mr. Harry Schwartz, personnel director of the Company, declared that his policy would not change. Mr. Charles B. Dulcan, general manager of Hechts, reinforced this stand by refusing even to meet with an inter-faith committee. We hope that you will bring the strength and influence of your Church to hearto the aid of our committee in its efforts to convince the Hecht Co. just as we have convinced Kann's and the Kresge Co. that segregation and discrimination are bad business policy as well as an intolerable violation of the moral code. Will you urge your congregation to keep its patronage from Hechts until their policy is changed. For charge account customers we are urging that accounts be kept inactive, and that stickers (like those enclosed be pasted on the bill head every time a payment is made. For both charge and cash customers pledge cards are available informing Hechts that we will withhold our patronage until all are served without discrimination. [If you are in a position to,] Will you ask your Church to make a financial contribution to help print more of the stickers and pledge cards. Hecht's travesty on Brotherhood is a challenge to all of us. With your support and your guidance, we are confident of victory. Sincerely yours, Mary Church Terrell, Chairman Alice C. Trigg, Hecht Boycott Chairman Secy: Mrs. Annie Stein JO-2-6932 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.