Correspondence May 1951 North American Headquarters Christian Children's Fund, Inc. Formerly China's Children Fund, Inc. An International, Interdenominational Missionary Association Administering to the Physical, Mental and Spiritual Needs of Children of All Races and Creeds. Member of the Foreign Missions Division National Council of Churches of Christ in U.S.A. China Building Richmond 4, Virginia Phone: Dial 2-4013 Cable Address: Chinachild May 2, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: There are more hungry children in the world today than at any time within the last 100 years. In Korea intensive bombing has completely destroyed whole villages and towns, without a single house left standing. Almost the whole population of South Korea are homeless refugees. So many children have been made orphans. They are sickly, sore infested, "skeleton" children. The American soldiers have learned to love them and share their food but there are so many they do not meet. The UN Command is helping. Christian Children's Fund had five Korean orphanages before the fighting started and has just expanded to two more orphanages in Pusan. But there are many children, still grieving for their parents, wandering about hopelessly. Famine stalks in India. Hunger was the chief factor in China's collapse before Communism and it may means India's. The present poverty of India is a wretched business. I have seen small rooms where as many as fifteen men and women slept on the floor with hardly an inch of space between them. It is their only home, without a stick of furniture and no sanitary arrangements whatever. Others, even men who have work, have no home at all. They never expect to sleep any where but in the streets. In the Calcutta Railroad Station and yards there are at times as many as 17,000 refugees, some so weak from hunger that they never will leave until they are carried away dead. Our five orphanages in India have very loveable and fine children in them. They would have all died if we had not taken them in. Even in Japan there is extreme poverty. The bodies of abandoned babies are often found deserted by distracted mothers in the alleys and dead-end streets of Tokyo. Our eighteen Japanese orphanages save as many as funds permit. As for China, ninety percent of the people are opposed to Communism. Ruthlessly the Chinese Communist puppets are shaving down the population by letting millions die of starvation. Former leading citizens and prominent Christians are being weeded out. Thousands are being lined up and shot. Incidentally, the Communist leaders compel the school children to witness the public executions. Some Chinese have been able to escape over the border. Obliged to leave all their worldly possessions behind them, they landed, destitute, in places like Hong Kong. Among them are children who liberty loving parents did not survive the rigors of the journey. CCF is placing as many as possible in its fifteen Chinese orphanages in non-Communist territory. Guns alone can not win the war against Communism. Bread is needed, too. The world can never know peace while little children die of hunger in city gutters and country ditches. I have never known of such great needs in a lifetime spent trying to help children. Sincerely yours, J. Calvitt Clarke [*Communism takes over, Mrs. Terrell, when Democracy fails to give a helping hand. J.C.C.*] Masses & Mainstream 832 Broadway New York 3 GRamercy 3-5145 May 2, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: You have probably made it a point to see the films dealing with American Negro life that Hollywood has released during the last two years. No doubt also, you have read the many reviews which acclaim these productions as fundamentally new approaches by the film industry in its portrayal of the fifteen million Negro people. We believe, therefore, that you will be interested in the very different appraisal made by V. J. Jerome, distinguished Marxist author and scholar, in the booklet, The Negro In Hollywood Films. In this work, a copy of which we are mailing you under separate cover, and which has been read and commented on throughout the world. Mr. Jerome presents convincing proof that the new "Negro interest" films, whatever their other qualities, represent tactical changes by the economic interests controlling industry to preserve the present strategical pattern of discrimination and national oppression. This is the first comprehensive analysis made, within a broader social background than abstract "good will," of films like "Pinky," "Lost Boundaries," "Home of the Brave," and "Intruder in the Dust." In addition, the pamphlet analyzes the development of Negro thematic material from the very beginning of film making during the era of the Spanish-American War. We would be very grateful if you would extend us the courtesy of writing us your opinion of Mr. Jerome's criticism after you have read it. Cordially, Masses & Mainstream Samuel Sillen, Editor NATIONAL WOMEN'S APPEAL FOR THE RIGHTS OF FOREIGN BORN AMERICANS 23 WEST 26th STREET NEW YORK 10, N. Y. MURRAY HILL 4-3457 Honorary Chairmen Mrs. Charlotta Bass Dr. Dorothy Brewster Prof. Louise Pettibone Smith National Chairmen Uta Hagen Ada Belle Jackson National Secretary Belle Bailynson Sponsors Bella S. Abzug Helen L. Alfred Robenia Anthony Alice Prentiss Barrows Mary Berger Lena Borchardt Sarah Cleghorn Jeanne Cole Muriel Draper Mary E. Dreier Susan D'Usseau Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Blanch Freedman Fanny Golos Muriel Gravelle Catherine Gyarmaty Rachel B. Huntington Grace Hutchins Esther Johnson Mary Kaufman Margaret Maltz Eve Merriam Halois Moorhead Dr. Mary W. Newson Emily Nunn Irma C. Otto Louise Thomson Patterson Anna M.W. Pennypacker Marion H. Pollak Anna Norma Porter Dr. Bertha C. Reynolds Anne Rochester Rose S. Rosenberg Dr. Annette T. Rubinstein Rose Russell Prof. Vida D. Scudder Viola Brothers Shore Prof. Ellen B. Talbot Mary Church Terrell Dr. Bernice A. Torin Dr. Lucia Trent Jeanette S. Turner Clara M. Vincent Dr. Gene Weltfish Maxine Wood Susan Woodruff Persis Maran Yelle May 3, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 8th St., N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Enclosed you will find a letter addressed to women's organizations, which is self-explanatory. It would be tremendously important if we could get your participation on this May 17th delegation to Washington, as one of the sponsors of the National Women's Appeal. Please let us know as soon as possible, if you will be able to join us there. With many thanks for your cooperation in our work. Sincerely yours, Belle Bailynson Belle Bailynson, National Secretary. BB/ol dpowa enc. "SAVE THE TWENTY-EIGHT" NATIONAL WOMEN'S APPEAL FOR THE RIGHTS OF FOREIGN BORN AMERICANS 23 WEST 26th STREET NEW YORK 10, N. Y. MURRAY HILL 4-3457 Honorary Chairmen Mrs. Charlotta Bass Dr. Dorothy Brewster Prof. Louise Pettibone Smith National Chairmen Uta Hagen Ada Belle Jackson National Secretary Belle Bailynson Sponsors Bella S. Abzug Helen L. Alfred Robenia Anthony Alice Prentiss Barrows Mary Berger Lena Borchardt Sarah Cleghorn Jeanne Cole Muriel Draper Mary E. Dreier Susan D'Usseau Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Blanch Freedman Fanny Golos Muriel Gravelle Catherine Gyarmaty Rachel B. Huntington Grace Hutchins Esther Johnson Mary Kaufman Margaret Maltz Eve Merriam Halois Moorhead Dr. Mary W. Newson Emily Nunn Irma C. Otto Louise Thomson Patterson Anna M.W. Pennypacker Marion H. Pollak Anna Norma Porter Dr. Bertha C. Reynolds Anne Rochester Rose S. Rosenberg Dr. Annette T. Rubinstein Rose Russell Prof. Vida D. Scudder Viola Brothers Shore Prof. Ellen B. Talbot Mary Church Terrell Dr. Bernice A. Torin Dr. Lucia Trent Jeanette S. Turner Clara M. Vincent Dr. Gene Weltfish Maxine Wood Susan Woodruff Persis Maran Yelle Dear Friend: On May 17th, a delegation of women will go to Washington, D.C. to demand a halt to the current deportation proceedings against 28 women and other McCarran Law victims. Our plans are to confer with the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, and present an Open Letter to the President of the United States. More than 170 non-citizens of long residence in the United States are threatened with exile and separation from their families. Among them are 28 women. They are victims of the current deportation hysteria which is aimed at non-citizens who have participated in building trade unions, who have fought for equal rights for the Negro people, who have sought to stamp out anti-Semitism, and who have generally tried to help their fellow Americans in the betterment of their living and working conditions. We invite the participation of your organization through the election or assignment of one delegate (or more) to go to Washington. Please advise us within the next week the name and address of the person you have selected to represent your organization. With many thanks for your cooperation and participation. Sincerely yours, Belle Bailynson Belle Bailynson National Secretary bb/ol dpowa "SAVE THE TWENTY-EIGHT" Mrs. Walter L. Smith [5-5-51] Ardwick My dear Mrs. Terrell, I am asking the Atlantic City group of delegates, A.A.U.W., to my home on next Saturday, May Twelfth, to have a pleasant get-together. I hope you can come. The time is from six to eight p.m., or later. If you'll let me know, I'll be glad to see that you are brought out by one of the members. I hope you will be free to come. Sincerely, Elsie Brown Smith May fifth [*1951*] Warfield 2586 or La6-5877 COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT of the D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS 1103 Trenton Place S.E. Washington, 20, D.C. Johnson-2-6932 Chairman: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street N.W. May 6, 1952 Dear Friend: You are invited to attend the next regular meeting of the Coordinating Committee MONDAY, MAY 12, 1952 at 8:15 PM Cafeteria Union Hall 1015 M Street N.W. IMPORTANT BUSINESS SHALL WE PICKET MURPHY'S DIME STORE? HOW CAN WE STOP H.R. 1758-the Unlawful Entry Bill now in Congress REPORT ON THE FIRST GAINS IN THE DRUG STORE CAMPAIGN LATEST NEWS ON THE COURT CASE. Please come yourself or send a representative of your organization to help decide these urgent questions. Sincerely yours, Annie Stein Annie Stein, Secy Do we have your correct address + phone no.? The Washington Post 1337-43 E. St. N.W. Washington 4, D.C. Eugene Meyer May 8, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: This country - and indeed the world in general - is in a state of suspicion, anxiety and unrest. Even the wise and experienced cannot see far ahead. More than ever before in our history, it is important that young people should have steady support and guidance in the ways of stability and good citizenship. Compare an evil and vicious criminal to a cheerful and healthy citizen. Isn't it strikingly clear that one is an expensive and increasing liability, and the other an asset of increasing value? Both from a humane and economic point of view, no expenditure of money or care brings greater reward and profit than the work of an association which serves the needs of youth and the prevention of delinquency on a nationwide basis. Such an organization is the National Probation and Parole Association. Effective probation changes potential human liabilities to national and community assets. Effective parole - stripped of its abuses - puts back into community circulation another useful, paying citizen. I ask your thought - and its vital counterpart - your generous contribution to the continuation of the services of this Association. It is urgently needed and will be greatly appreciated. Please make check payable to the National Probation and Parole Association and send it to me in the enclosed envelope. Whatever you give - as you may feel able to share - will be deeply appreciated. Sincerely yours Eugene Meyer P.S. - Your former contribution was $1.00 WASHINGTON, D.C. 18 MAY 10 3:30 PM 1951 This side of card is for address Mary Church Terrell 1615 S St N W Washington D C Washington Chapter Americans For Democratic Action 1740 K Street N. W. EX 6194 May Membership Meeting Time: Thursday, May 17, at 8:15 p.m. sharp Place: Pierce Hall, 16th and Harvard Streets, N.W. Subject: WHAT CAN LIBERALS LEARN FROM MacARTHURISM? Speakers: Pro-Administration--Senator Kerr of Oklahoma Anti-Administration speaker to be announced Chairman: Rev. A. Powell Davies, of All Souls Unitarian Church Business: Nominating Committee Report, nominations from the floor, for 1951-52 Board and Officers (The program portion of this meeting will be conducted jointly with AVC, so please come on time for the business session.) FLASH:! ADA's annual family picnic will be held on Sunday, May 27, in Rock Creek Park. Details will follow. 1103 TRENTON PL., S.E. WASH. 20, D.C. WASHINGTON, D.C. 18 MAY 11 8:30 PM 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. St. N.W. D.C. COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS: 1103 Trenton Pl. SE. Dear Friend: We hope you will be able to attend the next meeting of the Coordinating Committee to be held WEDNESDAY, MAY 16th 8:15 P.M. at Cafeteria Hall: 1015 M Street N.W. SUBJECT: THE HECHT BOYCOTT Progress reports and future plans Sincerely, Annie Stein, sec'y JO-2-6932 WASH .C. 30 MAY 11 10- PM 1951 THIRD SATURDAY IN MAY THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS Dr. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. School of Religion Howard University, Washington 1, D.C. May 11, 1951 CORRECTION MONDAY, May 21, 1951 is the date of the Albright Lecture on "Recent Archeological Discoveries and the Bible" 8:00 p.m., Fellowship Room School of Religion, Howard University, Washington 1, D.C. (This is a correction of the inadvertent error on your invitation which designated Friday as the day of the lecture.) TULSA,OKLA. 3 MAY 13 11-AM 1951 Will see you on 23rd or 24th Have so much to talk about. Love Ella SAVE THE EASY WAY BUY U.S. BONDS ON PAYROLL S POST CARD Mrs. Mary Terrell 1615 S St N.W. Washington D. C WASHINGTON, D.C. 18 1951 THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington 9, D.C. Dillon Ferguson No 1561 You are invited to the joint meeting of the International Relations Study Groups, Tuesday, May 15, 8 P.M. Lillian Gottlieb, Chairman International Relations Study Group, AAUW Convention - Charlotte A. McGuire The new AAUW International Relations Legislative Program and what it means - Laura W. Lokke Bring your questions! Robert Morss Lovett Honorary Chairman John J.D. Boer Chairman Stefan Heym Chairman of Art Linus Pauling Chairman of Science Colston E. Warne Chairman of Professions Henry Pratt Fairchild Secretary Stanley Faulkner Treasurer Vice Chairmen: Dr. Allan M. Butler A.J. Carlson Olin Downes W.E.B. Du Bois E. Franklin Frazier Lillian Hellman Robert W. Kenny Howard Koch John Howard Lawson Frederick L. Schuman Harlow Shapley O. John Rogge Board of Directors: Partial List Howard Bay Herbert J. Biberman Irving Bieber Peter Blume Edwin Berry Bergum Serge Chermayeff Jerome Chodorov Daniel De Koven Dean Dixon Theodosius Dobzhansky Barrows Dunham Thomas I. Emerson Philip Evergood Howard Fast Allan Freelon Frank S. Freeman Dan Gillmor Max Goberman Dr. Carlton Goodlett Harry Gottlieb David Haber Fowler Harper John Jacobs I.M. Kolthoff William Lawrence Israel B. Lindsay Albert Maltz Thomas Mann Dr. Leo Mayer William R. Meek Samuel D. Menin W. Pepperell Montague Sam Moore Philip Morrison Willard Motley Clifford Odets Erwin Panofsky Martin Popper Walter Rautenstrauch Anton Refregier David Robison Theodor Rosebury Victor Samrock Dr. Bela Schick Adrian Scott Gale Sondergaard Moses Soyer Raphael Soyer Kenneth Spencer Bernard J. Stern Paul M. Sweezy Eba Lou Walton Max Weber Charles White Dr. Philip R. White Henry Wright Dr. Edward L. Young National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions inc. 49 West 44th Street, New York 18, N.Y., MU 7-2161 May 11th, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: The indictment of the distinguished Negro scholar, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, and his associates in the former Peace Information Center, commands the attention of all scholars, scientists and others in the professional fields who cherish our American heritage of freedoms. The enclosed memorandum will give you a brief summary of the facts. Those of us who know Dr. DuBois or his work have a deep respect for his struggle for Negro rights, for his valuable contributions as a writer, historian and anthropologist and for his unimpeachable personal in- tegrity. Yet, in his 83rd year, this scholar and leader who has devoted a long and honorable life to racial and international understanding, has now been indicated on the charge of failure to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. At the time of his arraign- ment, he said: "We feel now as we have always felt that our activities for peace, and in particu- lar, the outlawing of atomic warfare can- not 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 an entirely American organization whose sole objective as Americans was to secure peace and prevent a third world war." The action by the Federal authorities, if sustained, would give a precedent for branding all efforts for peace by any individual or organization as acts of a 2- "foreign agent". Such a violation of our American traditions cannot go unopposed. I am, therefore, asking a group of writers, scientists and other professionals in the cultural field to join me in signing the enclosed "Statement to the American People". Knowing your consistent support of our basic American liberties, I am sure I can count upon you to join us. I shall appreciate it if you let me know your answer on the enclosed card as soon as possible. Looking forward to hearing from you, I am Sincerely yours, Robert Morss Lovett Robert Morss Lovett Tel. Hamilton 0702 2406 Cleveland Ave. Baltimore 14, Md. May 13, 1951 My dear Mrs. Terrell, Once more the Delta girls are allowing me the privilege of being your hostess at our Mother-Daughter Luncheon, Saturday, May 19th - at 12 noon, Douglas Memorial Church, Madison and Lafayette Avenues. Could you induce Phyllis to come along this time? We would be so happy to have her. If you do not have the rush back to Washington, you might like to stay over and go with us to our special Church service on Sunday morning at [Payne Memorial Church] Enon Baptist Church. Let me know what train you are taking and I will meet you. Sincerely, Vashti Murphy Thomas I. Parkinson National Chairman Winthrop W. Aldrich National Treasurer John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Chairman, National Council United Negro College Fund, Inc. 1951 Washington Campaign 1751 N Street, Northwest NOrth 1948 CO-CHAIRMEN Coleman Jennings Robert G. McGuire, Jr. TREASURER Daniel W. Bell ASST. TREASURER Ralph H. Mittendorff SPONSORS Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune Mrs. Francis Biddle Mrs. Montgomery Blair Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss Mrs. Frederick H Brooke Dr. Philip Marshall Brown Mr. John L. Burling Mr. Lee D. Butler Mr. Rufus G. Byars Mrs. Wilbur Carr Mr. Marquis Childs Dr. William K. Collins Mrs. Pearl B. Cox Mr Millard R. Dean Mr. Edgar C. Dawson Mrs. Charles D. Drayton Rt. Rev. Angus Dun Dr. Luther H. Evans Mrs. Waldron Faulkner Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee Mrs. John H. Ferguson Dr. John Hope Franklin Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld Mr. Lawrence E. Gichner Mr. Glenn D. Gillett Mrs. Charles C. Glover, Jr. Mr. Ralph L. Goldsmith Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, III Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Rev. Frederick Brown Harris Mr. Melvin D. Hildreth Mr. Charles A. Horsky Mrs. Maceo W. Hubbard Mr. Frank R. Jelleff Col. Campbell C. Johnson Dr. Mordecai Johnson Mr .Eric Johnston Hon. Walter H. Judd Mr. Joseph D. Kaufman Mr. Milton W. King Mr. Wilbur LaRoe, Jr. Mri. William E. Leahy Mrs. Cazenove Lee Mr. Ernest K. Lindley Mrs. Czerny G. Lindsey Mrs. Walter C. Loucheim, Jr. Mr. Frank J. Luchs Mr. George C. McGhee Mrs. Eugene Meyer Mr. Robert N. Miller Dr. Harold G. Moulton Mr. Philleo Nash Dr. John J. O'Connor Mr. Chauncey G Parker, Jr. Mr. Ellison V. Peppers Dr. John Sinclair Perry Mr. John R. Pinkett Mr. Ganson Purcell Rev. Frederick E. Reissig Mr. Kermit Roosevelt Mr. W. Crosy Roper, Jr. Mr. G. Howland Shaw Mrs. Herbert J. Slocum Miss Anna Lord Strauss Col. L. Corrin Strong Mr. Wayne Chatfield Taylor Mr. Corcoran Thom Mr. Walter N. Tobriner Mr. J. C. Turner Mrs. Gerhard P. Van Arkel Mr. Eliot Wadsworth Mr. Charles Warren Mr. George L. P. Weaver Mrs. Theodore O. Wedel Mrs. Cornelius V. Whitney Mrs. Richard B. Wigglesworth Mr. Orme Wilson Mr. Richard H Wilmer May 14, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: To date we have raised slightly more than half of our $30,000. quota for the 1951 United Negro College Fund Campaign. In the interest of economy our local office will be closed by the end of May. After that date contributions should be sent to the national headquarters of the Fund at 22 East 54th Street, New York 22, N.Y. Your generosity in past campaigns has been of inestimable help and encouragement to our 32 member colleges and their more than 25,000 students. Won't you help again this year? Most sincerely, Ruth van Arkel Mrs. Gerhard P. van Arkel Chairman, Special Gifts National Council John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell, Associate Chairman Frank W. Abrams New York, N.Y. Sadie T.M. Alexander Philadelphia, Pa. Alexis I. DuPont Bayard Wilmington, Del. S.D. Bechtel San Francisco, Cal. Frederick J. Bell Baltimore, Md. Judson Bemis Minneapolis, Minn. Raymond B. Bottom Newport News, Va. Charles A. Brown Birmingham, Ala. T. Dawson Brown Providence, R.I. W. Randolph Burgess New York, N.Y. Edward B. Burling Washington, D.C. Daniel L. Burrows New York, N.Y. Ambrose Caliver Washington, D.C. Cummins Catherwood Philadelphia, Pa. Sidney Clifford Providence, R.I. William E. Cotter New York, N.Y. Gardner Cowles New York, N.Y. George W. Crawford New Haven, Conn. William W. Crocker San Francisco, Cal. Charles P. Curtis Boston, Mass. Donald K. David Boston, Mass. William Dean Embree New York, N.Y. Karl T. Penn Cincinnati, Ohio Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. Akron, Ohio Clyde T. Foster Cleveland, Ohio Walter D. Fuller Philadelphia, Pa. Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Philadelphia, Pa. Patrick J. Goode New Haven, Conn. T.M. Cirdler Cleveland, Ohio William Green Washington, D.C. Robert H. Hallowell Boston, Mass. John W. Hanes New York, N.Y. Anthony Haswell Dayton, Ohio Peter W. Herzog St. Louis, Mo. Walter Hoving New York, N.Y. John Ives Bridgeport, Conn. Charles D. Jackson New York, N.Y. Coleman Jennings Washington, D.C. Campbell C. Johnson Washington, D.C. Eric Johnston Washington, D.C. Jesse Jones Houston, Texas Devereux C. Josephs New York, N.Y. Michael T. Kelleher Boston, Mass. Charles M. Kennedy Buffalo, N.Y. Fred Lazarus, Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio Fowler McCormick Chicago, Ill. Earl J. McGrath Washington, D.C. Jeremiah Milbank New York, N.Y. Thomas A. Morgan New York, N.Y. Philip Murray Washington, D.C. T.S. Petersen San Francisco, Cal. Ernest E. Quantrell New York, N.Y. Lessing J. Rosenwald Jenkintown, Pa. Richard Sinclair Indianapolis, Ind. Harold E. Stassen Philadelphia, Pa. Edgar B. Stern New Orleans, La. Ainslie A. Slodden Buffalo, N.Y. Channing H. Tobias New York, N.Y. Frank M. Totton New York, N.Y. Robert W. Van Houten Neward, N.J. Mrs. Robert L. Vann Pittsburgh, Pa. Ernest T. Weir Pittsburgh, Pa. Don Williams Hartford, Conn. Joseph C. Wilson Rochester, N.Y. Robert E. Wilson Chicago, Ill. P.B. Young Norfolk, Va. (As of February 15, 1951) Participating Colleges Atlanta University New Orleans, La. Rufus E. Clement, President Benedict College Columbia, S.C. J.A. Bacoats, President Bennett College Greensboro, N.C. David D. Jones, President Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach, Fla. Richard V. Moore, President Bishop College Marshall, Texas Joseph J. Rhoads, President Clark College Atlanta, Ga. James P. Brawley, President Dillard University New Orleans, La. A.W. Dent, President Fisk University Nashville, Tenn. Charles S. Johnson, President Gammon Theological Seminary Atlanta, Ga. Harry V. Richardson, President Hampton Institute Hampton, Va. Alonzo G. Moron, President Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, N.C. Hardy Liston, President Knoxville College Knoxville, Tenn. R.D. Case, President Lane College Jackson, Tenn. C.A. Kirkendoll, President LeMoyne College Memphis, Tenn. Hollis F. Price, President Lincoln University Lincoln University, Pa. Horace M. Bond, President Livingstone College Salisbury, N.C. W.J. Trent, President Morehouse College Atlanta, Ga. Benjamin E. Mays, President Morris Brown College Atlanta, Ga. E.C. Mitchell, Acting President Paine College Augusta, Ga. E.C. Peters, President Philander Smith College Little Rock, Ark. M. LaFayette Harris, President St. Augustine's College Raleigh, N.C. Harold L. Trigg, President Samuel Huston College Austin, Texas Robert F. Harrington, President Shaw University Raleigh, N.C. W.R. Strassner, Acting President Spelman College Atlanta, Ga. Florence M. Read, President Talladega College Talladega, Ala. A.D. Beittel, President Texas College Tyler, Texas D.R. Glass, President Tillotson College Austin, Texas William H. Jones, President Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Miss. Harold C. Warren, President Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee Institute, Ala. F.D. Patterson, President Virginia Union University Richmond, Va. J.M. Ellison, President Wiley College Marshall, Texas J.S. Scott, President Xavier University New Orleans, La. Mother M. Agatha, President 212 Shimer College May 14, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell, Spring is finally coming to Illinois and how welcome it is after the long cold winter. I told Mr. Brumbaugh my greatest desire is to be able to spend spring seasons in Washington and he agrees that another year we may do just that. We have had an intensely stimulating & busy year [but] and results are most encouraging. My latest venture is a new Mt. Carroll A.A.U.W. Branch which is in the process of organizing. I'm being asked repeatedly to talk about A.A.U.W. & the Washington Branch and I've 2 decided that the story of those great women like Marion Talbot & Mary Church Terrell is the story of A.A.U.W. It is in your great spirit that the Washington Brunch will carry on & the national will also prosper. I've been trying for some time to find a copy of your book, "A Colored Woman in a White World," So far I've had no luck. Could you tell me where I might purchase that book or in case that is impossible where I could rent or borrow a copy. I want to read it and with your permission use some of 3 it in my talks to women who are eager to improve themselves and are willing to be objective. Saturday we observe [founder's]"Founder's Day", here. Again we paid tribute to Frances Wood Shimer the pioneer woman who with Cinderella Gregory came to Illinois from the east to found Shimer College in 1853- We had a nice service and our students placed flowers on her grave which is in the little town cemetery here. In 1953 we will celebrate our 100 hundredth anniversary here at his College. History in the making! I have followed the activities of the Washington Branch with much interest and deep affection and I'm so proud of its achievements. In a way, I represented all of you recently at the Illinois State Division Conference of the A.A.U.W. held at Rockford, Ill. The new Mount Carroll Branch will be working with the Illinois State officers very closely and I hope we can do some cooperative State Branch projects. Our Y.W.C.A National Summer School expects to return to us in July. It is always a grand experience & have such wonderful women on our campus. I wish I could be more active in that organization. The new A.A.U.W. Branch will be my baby for the present. I am eager to hear all about the D.C. Branch elections and plans for next year. Most sincerely, Ruth S. Brumbaugh National Woman's Party Alva Belmont House 144 Constitution Avenue, N.E. Washington 2, D. C. Atlantic 1210 National Officers Chairman Dr. Agnes E. Wells, 903 Court Street Saginaw, Mich. Vice Chairmen Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller, PA. Mrs. Helen Hunt West, FLA. Dr. Florence A. Armstrong, VV., IA. Mrs. Betty Gram Swing, Conn. Mrs. Horace H. Sayre, Okla. Secretary Mrs. Maime Sydney Mizen, WYO. Assistant Secretaries Mrs. Mildred Palmer, D. C. Mrs. Mabel Van Dyke Baer, D. C. Treasurer Miss Mabel B. Hiatt, D. C. Assistant Treasurers Miss Gladys Houston Greiner, Md. Mrs. Mary G. Roebling, N. J. Founder and Honorary Chairman Dr. Alice Paul, N. J. Honorary Chairmen Miss Elsie M. Hill, Calif. Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Del. Miss Anita Pollitzer, S. C. Mrs. Jane Norman Smith, VT. National Council Mrs. Nina Horton Avery, VA. Mrs. Queen Walker Boardman, Calif. Mrs. Irene Brooks, Mich. Mrs. Cecil Norton Broy, VA. Miss Anne Carter, Texas Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford, Calif. Mrs. Adda Lutz Ferguson, PA. Mrs. Elizabeth Forbes, MD. Mrs. Yerda Ford, N.Y. Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, VA. Mrs. Virginia Starr Freedom, MD. Miss Mabel E. Griswold, Wis. Mrs. Alice M. Kachadourian, MD. Miss Mary C. Kennedy, Ind. Judge Burnita Shelton Matthews, D. C. Miss Marion May, N. Y. The Honorable Perle Mesta, R. I. Mrs. Ethel Ernest Murrel, Fla. Mrs. Natalie Gray Sheffer, Calif. Mrs. Sidney M. Smith, Nebr. Mrs. George T. Vickers, N. J. Mrs. Amelia Himes Walker, Fla. Mrs. Robert C. Wilkin, N. Y. Mrs. Margaret C. Williams, Conn. Advisory Council Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford, Calif. Chairman Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer, Conn. Mrs. Thad Brown, D. C. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Chevalier, Calif. Dr. Mary Merritt Crawford, N. Y. Miss Lavinia L. Dock, PA. Mrs. Walter Ferguson, Okla. Miss Anne W. Goodrich, Conn. Mrs. Katherine Hepburn, Conn. Miss Malvina Hoffman, N. Y. Miss Fannie Hurst, N. Y. Mrs. Inez Haynes Irwin, Mass. Dr. Zoe Allison Johnston, PA. Mrs. Ethel Traphagan Leigh, N. Y. Dr. Catherine Mac Farlane, PA. Mrs. Mary A. Murray, N. Y. Miss Georgia O'Keeffe, N. M. Miss Lena Madesin Phillips, Conn. Miss Mary Pickford, Calif. Dr. Helena T. Ratterman, Ohio Mrs. Ogden Reid, N.Y. Mrs. Reeve Schley, N. J. Mrs. Worthington Scranton, PA. Mrs. Margaret Sanger Slee, Ariz. Miss Gladys Swarthout, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, D. C. Mrs. Josepha N. Whitney, Conn. Mrs Marion Yatman, R. I. May 14, 1951 Dear Friend: You are invited to tell what your organization has done and confer on the problems in furthering the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in the Congress. A "brunch" will be devoted to this purpose in connection with the biennial convention of the National Woman's Party, at 10 a.m. Sunday May 27, at the Statler Hotel, Federal Room. The price is $3.00, including tips. All attending this function are invited also, follow- ing the installation of offers, to a reception in the garden of Alva Belmont House. Mrs. Nina B. Avery will preside and Dr. Florence A. Armstrong will have charge of the program. Whoever you designate as the speaker will sit at the speakers' table and will introduce your members, If you desire, you may have a table for ten persons. Will you kindly let us know as soon as convenient who will speak for your organization, and who and how many will represent you? Your Sincerely Agnes E. Wills Agnes E. Wells, National Chairman Dr. Agnes E. Wells National Woman's Party 144 Constitution Ave., N.E. Washington 2, D.C. Enclosed is check for $ for reservations for the "brunch" at 10 a.m., Sunday May 27, at the Statler Hotel. will speak for us, and the attached list will also attend. Signed Name of Organization National Association of Colored Women Founded in 1913 Object: To Raise The Status of Women Washington, D.C. May 15, 1951 Dear Member and Well-Wisher, The College Alumnae Club is approaching the close of another year; one which has included some happiness, some sorrow, and a great deal of earnest effort. Although we cannot boast of a great financial achievement, we can express appreciation for the cooperation and good will which have been evidenced by you. Our reinstatement campaign has been successful. Let us continue it until November 1, 1951. Our programs have been stimulating. Let us continue them ad infinitum. Our socials have been pleasurable. Let us improve them monthly. The last and only pay activity of the year will be the spring outing at Highland Beach Hotel, June 16, 1951, for you and your friends. This activity is being given for the benefit of our scholarship fund and I am sure you plan to help this worthy cause by your participation. For this we are grateful. There maybe, however, a few who cannot possibly attend! These, too, may help the cause by the donation of one dollar ($1.00) to the fund. Simply make a check payable to the College Alumnae Club and mail to Mrs. Florence L. Toms, 1114 Park Road, N.W., Washington 10, D.C. By this method everyone can make a monetary contribution to her dear College Alumnae Club for 1951. Remember the cause: "Scholarship Fund". Your vacation homework assignment will be a light one this year. Please submit on or before September 30, 1951, the name and address of at least one prospective new member. There is strength in numbers. Let's grow stronger. I am sure I am expressing the sentiment of each elected officer when I say, we thank you for your confidence. We hope to render with your cooperation unquestionable service to the club. I wish each one a very healthy, happy vacation. I hope also to see you on Saturday, June 16, 1951. Yours sincerely, Florence L. Toms Florence L. Toms THE COLLEGE ALUMNAE CLUB OF WASHINGTON, D.C. Monthly Bulletin Volume I, Number VI May 1951 President......................................Mrs. F.L. Toms Editor.............................................Mrs. E.B. Smith Corresponding Secretary.......Mrs. B.K. Williams ------------------------- SPRING OUTING AHEAD! The Spring Outing plans have been made and the date set! The place will be the Highland Beach Hotel, the date, Saturday, June 16, 1951. The program will include games, bathing and dinner. An annual benefit given for the scholarship fund, the Outing tickets will be $3.50, one dollar going directly to the fund as usual. Won't you reserve your tickets now, and urge your friends also to go? Miss Thomasine Corrothers, Chairman, 1927 Hamlin Street, N.E., will be happy to have you call her at ADams 6826. You will call her soon, won't you? For those without transportation arrangements will be made. Will you offer to accept guests in your car? --------------------------- THE MAY MEETING A short business meeting on Saturday, May 26, 1951, at the YWCA Annex, will include perfecting plans for the outing and appointment of new committees. Also dues will be received. Immediately following will be a most interesting social hour at which the guests will be the young senior high contestants for the College Alumnae Scholarship. These young girls will be happy to meet us, and we to meet them. We'll see you! Remember! Eight o'clock on Saturday, May 26! A brief business meeting and a very special social hour! We'll look for you. ---------------------------- DUES! FINALLY! See Mrs. Marion Coombs or write her at 654 Girard Street, N.W., Apt. 303, Washington 1, D.C. ---------------------------- It's good to greet our former members who have come back. We are happy that you have returned! --------------------------- The officers for the year 1951-1952, elected at the April business meeting are: Mrs. Florence L. Toms, President Mrs. Charlotte B. Gordon, Fin. Sec'y. Dr. Margaret J. Butcher, Vice-Pres. Mrs. Henrietta Bearfield, Rec. Sec'y. Mrs. Elsie B. Smith, Journalist Mrs. Blanche K, Williams, Cor, Sec'y. Mrs. Venera Foy, Historian Elected members to the Executive Committee: Mrs. Orra W. Spivey, Mrs. Jennie Wilder, Mrs. Gladys Edmonson. ---------------------- REMEMBER THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND! CONTRIBUTIONS ARE WELCOME! DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY EPSILON SIGMA CHAPTER BALTIMORE, MARYLAND May 18, 1951 Mrs. Mary C. Terrell 1615 - S - Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: I hope I did not disturb you too much when I called. I did want to make sure that we were together in our thinking about the time. Baltimore is on daylight saving time. Our luncheon will be at 12:00 noon. If you leave at 9:00 o'clock train time, you will arrive in Baltimore at 10:00 o'clock train time which is 11:00 o'clock daylight saving time. The Colonial Express leaves Washington at 9:00 o'clock Eastern Standard Time and arrives in Baltimore at 9:40 Eastern Standard Time. This is 10:40 daylight saving time. Mrs. Murphy will meet you at the station. We will have the luncheon first, then the talk. As there will be a number of young daughters present, we deem it feasible for you to talk around twenty minutes. Please do not be disturbed if you take longer. I trust that all arrangements will turn out successfully. Yours very truly, Rebecca E. Carroll Rebecca E. Carroll Elementary Supervisor REC:P Campaign Headquarters 314 Shoreham Building Washington 5, D.C. NAtional 3427 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COMPLETION FUND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL - 13th AND W STREETS, N.W. WASHINGTON 9, D.C. Campaign Committee CHARLES D. DRAYTON General Chairman City-Wide Campaign MRS. W. CHAPIN HUNTINGTON Chairman Business Division J.R.B. CRIGLER Chairman ARCHER ROBERTS Vice-Chairman Residential Division MRS. WILLIAM F. BURDICK Chairman Apartments Division Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke Chairman Public Relations Committee MRS. LEE WALSH Chairman Advance Gifts Committee Judge J. Edgar Murdock Chairman Special Gifts Committee MRS. A.C. OLIPHANT Chairman MRS. CLARENCE H. ASPINWALL Vice-Chairman EDWARD B. BURLING, JR. Vice-Chairman Business Committee ROBERT B. SWOPE Chairman Medical Committee DR. JOSEPH S. WALL Honorary Chairman DR. WM. S. ANDERSON Chairman Children's Hospital JAMES H. LEMON President DR. MONTGOMERY BLAIR Medical Director MISS MATTIE M. GIBSON Superintendent Emeritus MISS EDITH A TORKINGTON Administrator DR. JOSEPH S. WALL Chairman, Medical Staff MRS. WARREN DELANO ROBBINS President, Child Welfare Society MRS. WARREN A. McNEILL Junior League May 21, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell: Just a few days ago, a little boy whose heart had stopped beating during an operation was brought back to life at Children's Hospital. Today, in the Hospital, there is one small girl recovering from 3rd degree burns on 80% of her body. Most of the victims of last summer's infantile paralysis epidemic are now gone from our polio wards. thanks to the skillful care at Children's, more than half will have no trace of this dread disease. Only a very few will be seriously crippled. These, and the thousands of other children who need medical care every year, are reasons why Children's Hospital must have an adequate building and the most modern facilities. The ancient main building is now being torn down. The foundations of this new building are being laid. Because of skyrocketing prices, we have to have an additional $545,000.00 to meet the cost of this building. You helped us generously in 1946. Won't you give us a hand just once more in our time of great need? Some child you love may need the increased facilities of the Children's Hospital's New Building to save his life. Won't you help us finish it in time? Sincerely yours, Frances C. Huntington Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington Chairman, City-Wide Campaign COPY 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. May 21, 1951 Mr. Samuel M. Hecht, President Hecht Bros. Baltimore and Pine Streets Baltimore, Maryland My dear Mr. Hecht: The Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws would like an opportunity to discuss with you the present policy of discrimination against colored customers at the lunch counter located in the basement of the store at 7th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. We tried without success to secure the cooperation of the officials of your Washington store in establishing a fair policy, following the publication of a full page advertisement by the Hecht Co. in the Washington Post on Feb. 19th, professing a belief in brotherhood. The hypocrisy of publishing an advertisement extolling brotherhood and yet of maintaining the practice of segregating customers by color at the lunch counter has aroused considerable indignation in all sections of the Washington population. At the last meeting of the Coordinating Committee, a proposal was adopted that before we extend the boycott against Hecht's any farther we week an interview with you, as the President of the Company, to explore the possibility of a prompt and amicable resolution of the lunch counter policy. An inter-faith delegation, representing leading church and lay organizations in Washington will be glad to come to Baltimore any time next week at your convenience to discuss this matter further with you. Very truly yours, Annie Stein, secretary. [5-22-51] Shirlington Cooperative THE E.A. FILENE DEPARTMENT STORE SHIRLINGTON BUSINESS CENTER ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA OVERLOOK 5400 Letterhead reads vertically down the left side of the page: BOARD OF DIRECTORS GLEN B. WALL, President EDWARD W. ALFRIEND IV, Vice Pres. ROBERT SZOLD, Vice Pres. MRS. CHARLES P. MEAD, Secretary BETTY W. CONNORS, Treasurer PAUL R. ASHBROOK ARTHUR AVERBUCK MRS. MASON BARR WALLACE J. CAMPBELL JAMES W. GRANT CLYDE W. HUMPHREY 6,000 shares of $50 par value common stock are being offered to the public at $50 a share. Underwriting discounts or commissions will not be incurred. Estimated distribution cost is $5 a share for common stock; aggregate ex- pense of $30,000. A minimum of 50% of net proceeds will be applied against the store's indebtedness of $347,500, and a maximum of 50% will be added to the Store's capital structure. According to original plans, it was expected that the Shirlington Cooperative Department Store would operate at a loss for two years. The first year's loss was $157,464.89 - the second year, 1949, only $53,155.64, or a total of $210,620.53. A $34,294.17 profit after operating expenses was shown for 1950. This profit com- pared to the first two years' losses is an important indication of the steady progress which has been made in the Store's operations. Because these securities are believed to be exempt from registration, they have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission; but such exemption, if available, does not indi- cate that the securities have been wither approved or disapproved by the Com- mission or that the Commission has considered the accuracy or complete- ness of the statements in this com- munication. Dear Friend... Now we've done it! The first 5% dividend on our common stock has just been paid to stockholders - the majority of whom are our D.C., Maryland, and Virginia neighbors - like yourself. As you know, this store was established so that it might be cooperatively owned by many people who, through such ownership, would receive all the benefits which are to be derived from its successful operation. May we continue to call to your attention the opportunity for you to be a part of this community-owned store through ownership of common stock, at $50 a share par value, which pays 5% dividend, when earned. Eventually it is planned to pay a patronage refund, when earned, on your yearly purchases if you are a customer. In addition, as a stockholder you are eligible to belong to the store's credit union. We believe that the future of our store is as certain and hopeful as any American business. So...we hope you will consider a plan which will make it possible for you to own shares of common stock. Any person may own as many as 20 shares. A husband and wife may hold 20 shares each. A minor may also hold 20 shares, but without voting privileges until he is 17 years old. You may purchase your stock outright, or on a payment basis convenient to you, starting with as little as $5 a month. You have one vote in the store's affairs regardless of the number of shares you hold. This limitation is in accordance with the democratic cooperative principle that all people who have shares participate equally in the making of the store's policies, the election of its Board, and makes it impossible for any person or small group of people to gain control of it. We need your active interest and participation. We would like to have you become a stockholder. If you have friends you think might like to have information about our store please send us their names and addresses. Help us to make the Shirlington Cooperative Department Store truly community - owned - and the finest place to shop in Virginia! Cordially yours, Glen B. Wall Glen B. Wall, President 5-22-51 Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am enclosing a Credentials Certificate for your-self and your daughter and hope you don't mind my sending them together but it is really a rush to get everything ready and am doing all I can to conserve time. This Certificate is to be presented by you when youRegister for the Convention. Am also enclosing a rough copy of the program as it appeared in "Equal Rights". It will be appreciated if you can let Dr. Wells know over at headquarters when you decide just what Dinners, etc. you will be able to attend. Your support is deeply appreciated. Sincerely, Jessie R. Blaines Ch. D. C. Branch, N.W.P 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. May 22, 1951 Dearest Mrs. Terrell: Nobody I talked to today (and there were many) can believe that in the space of a few hours you achieved the impossible, getting a date, a place, two chairmen and twenty sponsors for a mass meeting. Thank Heaven that a woman of your capacities and your prestige and influence in Washington has chosen to give her services to a great cause, worthy of her talents. My address in N.Y. will be c/o Charles Stein 150 Lafferts Ave Brooklyn, N.Y. Buckminster-2-8558 if anything should come up, such as for instance a favorable decision from our three judges. I'll be back late Monday night and will call you on Tuesday Here are some numbers you may need Mrs. Trigg Hovart 3391 Eloise Smith Adams 7750 James Wesley Randolph 5756 Oliver Palmer Columbia 3612 Any other numbers you may need, call Selma Rein, Jo-2-7307 She has the key to my apartment and can look up the files. Much, much love, Annie P.S. I'm afraid that the list of contributors you asked for will have to wait until I get back. “Man to Man" By Eric Johnston Economic Stabilization Administrator General Chairman, Brotherhood Week We talked about building bridges of brotherhood around the world in answer to the Communists pretensions, and that's a splendid vision. But Brotherhood begins on a man to man basis at home and not a mass to mass basis across the oceans. Without that footing, it is idle talk and an empty vision. We can't afford to blind ourselves to the disturbing and undermining racial and religious antagonisms in America. They will defeat our good intentions for a world brotherhood until we cast them out and live as brothers in our states, communities and neighborhoods - not for a single week in any year, but day by day and year by year. Support World Brotherhood Week February 18-25 Sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jew A Public Service Advertisement of The Hecht Co. WASHINGTON and SILVER SPRING HECHT'S preaches Brotherhood HECHT'S practices segregation ...AT ITS BASEMENT LUNCH COUNTER Don't buy at HECHT'S until all are served without discrimination Tell Hecht's how you feel. . . .. with the enclosed card .. with the sticker And shop at these 7th street stores that serve everybody KANN'S GOLDENBERG'S KRESGE'S WOOLWORTH'S GRAND'S McCRORY'S Brotherhood is good not only for publicity...it's good for business, too... Coordinating Committee for the enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws 1103 Trenton Place, SE Chairman Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 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. May 2, 1951 Dear Friend: On May first, the Coordinating Committee launched a boycott of the HECHT CO., both the 7th Street 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 & 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 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, Hr. Harry Schwartz, personnel director of the company, declared that his policy would not change. Mr. 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 Mr. 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 in 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 place cards and stickers? Send cash or a check made out to Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Chairman, Coordinating Comm. to the above address. If you can serve on the Hecht Boycott Committee, please call Mrs. Alice C. Trigg, at Ho. 3391. Our economic strength won outstanding victories last year it Kann's and at Kresge's. Your cooperation will assure a victory at Hocht's. Sincerely yours Mary Church Terrell Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Chairman Alice C. Trigg Mrs. Alice C. Trigg, Hucht Boycott Chairman Secy: Mrs. Annie Stein JO-2-6932 our money talks .....we don't like segregation at HECHT'S lunch counter THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS MR. CHARLES B. DULCAN THE HECHT COMPANY 7th & F Streets, N. W. Washington, D.C. I PLEDGE that I will not buy at Hecht's until ALL are served without discrimination at the basement lunch counter. Name _______________________________________________ Address______________________________________________ [5-25-51] WESTERN UNION (31) W. P. MARSHALL, PRESIDENT CLASS OF SERVICE This is a full-rate Telegram or Cablegram unless its deferred character is indicated by a suitable symbol above or preceding the address. SYMBOLS DL=Day Letter NL=Night Letter LT=Int'l Letter Telegram VLT=Int'l Victory Ltr. The filing time shown in the date line on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD TIME at point of destination WZ260 PD=NEWYORK NY 25 704P= 1951 May 25 PM 8 40 MRS MARY CHURCH TERRELL= 1615 S ST NORTHWEST WASHDC= CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BELOVED LEADER ON A MAGNIFICENT VICTORY= ANNIE= The Company will appreciate suggestions from its patrons concerning its service CONGRATULATIONS by WESTERN UNION .QZ092 CGN LONG DL PD=WASHINGTON DC 25 100P= MRS MARY CHURCH TERRELL= 1615 S ST NORTHWEST WASHDC= CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GREAT ACHIEVEMENT AS ANNOUNCED BY THE COURT YESTERDAY STOP YOU HAVE TRULY WON A PLACE OF HONOR BESIDE LINCOLN AND GANDHI THE GREAT EMANCIPATORS BY YOUR COURAGEOUS AND PERSISTENT EFFORTS TO OPEN THE DOOR TO A FULLER HAPPIER AND MORE ABUNDANT LIFE FOR A VERY GRATEFUL AND DEEPLY INDEBTED PEOPLE STOP MAY YOUR DAYS BE LONG IN THE LANDWHICH YOU HAVE STRIVEN SO HARD TO MAKE MORE BEAUTIFUL FOR Congratulations by Western Union ALL OF US GOD BLESS YOU= RUTH TRAVERS= Haywood & Hawthorne Attorneys & Counsellors At Law Margaret A. Haywood Oliver Building, Suite 2 Harold T. Hawthorne Oliver Building, Suite 2 2217- 14th Street, N.W. Washington 9, D.C. Adams 3420 May 26, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrel 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Congratulations! It was impossible to get you on the telephone. I knew, of course, that you were being called by everybody, and since we are mutual "culprits" in this thing and I was experiencing some of the same things, I well understood. On last Tuesday I spoke to the Barristers wives and accured a $10.00 organization gift and $1.00 apiece from Mrs. Josephine C. Smith, 1948 2nd Street, N.W.; and Mrs. Julia Fickling, 1422 Irving Street, N.E. These sums are enclosed. See you soon. Sincerely, Margaret The Chapel of Four Chaplains Broad and Berks Streets Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Daniel A. Poling, D.D. Chaplain Please address correspondence to Chapel Office: 1411 Walnut Street Philadelphia 2, PA. May 28, 1951 Dear Friend: Six years ago when four young army chaplains--Catholic, Jewish and Protestant--laid down their lives in the sinking S.S. Dorchester, I dedicated the remainder of my life to raising in their memory an interfaith House of God and to making it an enduring symbol of our national unity. For the spirit of their sacrifice transcends all religious barriers and is the core of our American way of life. Our son Clark was one of the four chaplains. The Chapel of Four Chaplains, located at Broad and Berks Streets in Philadelphia, will be completed in the next few weeks. I will then begin what I believe to be my life's most important work. From this Chapel I shall broadcast each week to all America a message by which men of all faiths may discover a new sense of unity and brother- hood founded upon the Fatherhood of One God. The Chapel in an unfinished state was dedicated on February 3 by the President of the United States. About $300,000 was subscribed prior to the dedication y sympathetic men and women throughout the United States. We find that we must still raise about $35,000 to add the finishing touches and to install the furnishings. Will you join in subscribing to this final effort? If you wish, your gift may be desig- nated as a memorial to someone who has paid the supreme sacrifice. The following necessary items, available as memorials, will be inscribed with the names of the donors and those whom they would commemorate. Air-Conditioning System $25,000 Decorated Ceiling 3,000 Speaker System 2,000 Altar Rails 1,500 Organ Screen 1,500 2 Memorial Windows 1,000 each Sculptured Emblem of Chaplain Corps above Main Entrance 650 1 Clergy Chair 450 100 Cathedral Chairs 35 each There is no more fitting place to remember our loved ones than in this Chapel honoring the fallen heroes of all branches of our armed services. They have passed on, but their sacrifice remains a compelling reason to those of us who remain to build a better America in which brotherhood is a common ideal. Sincerely yours, Daniel A. Poling Dr. Daniel A. Poling 1411 Walnut Street Philadelphia 2, Pa. I am glad to contribute to the Chapel of Four Chaplains. Enclosed please find check for $.................................. as my subscription to this interfaith memorial. Name............................................................................................................................ Address......................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................... Checks should be made payable to the CHAPEL OF FOUR CHAPLAINS (All contributions are deductible for income tax purposes) The Chapel of Four Chaplains A Sanctuary for Brotherhood The four Chaplains of three faiths who stood united in prayer, as they went down with the troopship DORCHESTER, symbolize for all Americans and for all time the unity of this Nation founded upon the Fatherhood of One God though His children may be of different faiths and many races. John P. Washington was a Roman Catholic priest, the son of a mother who gave three sons to her country and who got back only one. Alexander D. Goode was a rabbi, the son of a rabbi, a husband and father. George L. Fox, a Methodist preacher, was a decorated veteran of World War I, with a son in World War II. Clark V. Poling, a young husband and father, was of a long line of Protestant ministers. These four were en route to Greenland when on February 3, 1943, just after midnight, their vessel was torpedoed. More than 600 men were lost, and there were less than 3000 survivors. Each of the Chaplains was awarded the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously. The citation of each reads: For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States. On the night of 3rd of February, 1943, a loaded troop transport was torpedoed, without warning, by an enemy submarine in the North Atlantic and began to sink rapidly. In the resulting confusion and darkness some men found themselves without life jackets and others became helpless through fear and the dread of plunging into the freezing water. These four chaplains heroically and calmly moved about the deck, encouraging the men and assisting them to abandon ship. After the available supply of life jackets was exhausted, they gave up their own. They remained aboard ship and went down with it offering words of encouragement and prayers to the last. A young engineer who was rescued after several hours in the water described the event: "They quieted the panic, forced men 'frozen' on the rail toward the boats and over the side, helped men adjust life jackets and at last gave away their own. They themselves had no chance without life jackets. I swam away from the ship and turned to watch. The flares now lighted everything. The bow came up high and she slid under. The last I saw, the chaplains were up there praying for the safety of the men. They had done everything they could. I did not see them again." Each of the DORCHESTER chaplains had a dynamic loyalty to his own faith. To each of his vows of ordination were holy, and they were passionately held. Nowhere in America could four men be found more intense in their devotion to their own faith. But these four became one in service, in sacrifice and in dying. Standing shoulder to shoulder and braced against the rail with their arms linked, as the waters rose about them, each in the tradition of his faith prayed to God the Father of us all. Each was "loyal to the royal in himself," but each had found a cause transcending all differences in divisions, even as their immortal deed transcends all debate and argument. The Chapel of Four Chaplains stands today at the corner of Broad and Berks Streets in Philadelphia, in the heart of Temple University and within the walls of the Baptist Temple, as a memorial to these DORCHESTER Chaplains. It is another Shrine for Freedom and a Sanctuary for Brotherhood. We dedicate it, not only to the Four Chaplains, but also to the memory of all who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II. May it serve the American people as a symbol of that spiritual unity of this Nation which is its noblest glory and its greatest strength. The three altars--Catholic, Jewish and Protestant--are for the inspiration and comfort of all who may come to renew their faith in Freedom and Democracy as they remember the service and sacrifice of the Four Chaplains. Above the entrance will burn an eternal light, which will call all Americans to that unity which, in life and death, these four young men heroically demonstrated. It is not an argument and in no sense a theological uniformity, but a symbol. This dedication will be chiseled deep into the stone: THE CHAPEL OF FOUR CHAPLAINS -- AN INTERFAITH MEMORIAL HERE IS SANCTUARY FOR BROTHERHOOD LET IT NEVER BE VIOLATED THREE ALTARS - ONE GOD The Chapel of Four Chaplains contains three altars, one for each of the faiths-Catholic, Jewish and Protestant-that the Four Chaplains so heroically served. As soon as the Chapel is completely furnished, it will be open at all times to all people. Above the entrance will burn an eternal light of Brotherhood and Goodwill, calling all Americans to that unity in peace which in war these four men of God have so imperishably demonstrated. SPONSORS The names of those listed below have served as officers of committees responsible for raising funds and completing the Chapel of Four Chaplains. Honorable James H. Duff Honorable John S. Fine Honorable Edward Martin Honorable Francis J. Myers Justice Owen J. Roberts Honorable Bernard Samuel Alvah B. Adam William W. Bodine, Jr. William A. Brecht S. Perry Brown Martin W. Clement James J. Davis, Jr. William J. Donovan Mrs. Hubert A. Goode Albert M. Greenfield Charles S. Haigh Harry L. Jenkins, Sr. Robert L. Johnson Norman Klauder Philip L. Leidy J. C. Penney William W. Rhoads Joseph Sharfsin Richard W. Slocum Mrs. Francis R. Strawbridge Leon Sunstein John P. Turner, M.D. Dr. Daniel A. Poling, Chaplain THE CHAPEL OF FOUR CHAPLAINS Office: 1411 Walnut Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa. COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS C O P Y 1103 Trenton Place, S.E. Washington, 20, D. C. May 29, 1951 Hon. John Russell Young President, Board of Commissioners District of Columbia Government District Building Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: The Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws requests an opportunity for a delegation to meet with the Commissioners to discuss the prompt enforcement of the anti-discrimination law of 1873 now declared valid and in force by the Municipal Court of Appeals. We have read with astonishment Mr. Vernon West's statement to the press that he does not intend to prosecute any violations under this law until all appellate proceedings have been completed. This unusual and hasty statement by an officer entrusted with enforcing the law will have the immediate result of encouraging violations. We would appreciate an appointment for a small committee to discuss this matter with the Board of Commissioners or with a Commissioner you designate, as soon as possible. Respectfully yours, /s/ Mary Church Terrell Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Chairman COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell May 31, 1951 STATEMENT ON THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF APPEALS DECISION, THOMPSON CASE The decision of the Municipal Court of Appeals in the Thompson Restaurant Case vindicates the opinion of this Committee that the Legislative Assembly Act of June 26, 1873 is valid and in effect.' Under the decision of the Court, it is illegal for any restaurant, bar or soda fountain to refuse to serve any person on account of his color or otherwise to discriminate against him. Hotel dining rooms are included in this law. Any such establishment which discriminates on account of color is subject to a fine of $100 and to loss of license to do business for one year. The status of the Legislative Assembly Act of 1872, as distinguished from the Act of 1873, is not yet determined. If the 1872 Act is eventually upheld, as we are convinced it will be, its effect will be to extend the prohibition against discrimination to hotel lodgings, barber shops, and bathing houses. The decision of the Municipal Court of Appeals may be reviewed by the United States Court of Appeals. An appeal to that Court from the decision is not a matter of right, but may be granted by the Court in the exercise of its discretion. We are confident that if an appeal is allowed, the decision of the Municipal Court of Appeals will be upheld. The decision of the Municipal Court of Appeals is law. But for one unfortunate incident, the handing down of the decision would have resulted in almost all eating places in the District immediately complying with the 1873 law even while further appellate steps were pending. However, Vernon West, the official charged with enforcing District laws, has encouraged restaurants to defy the law by announcing that he would not enforce the 1873 Act pending the discretionary review of the United States Court of Appeals. This announcement was issued with the utmost of unseemly haste. Apparently, the Corporation Counsel shares the anxiety of the Restaurant Association that the law shall continue to be flouted. Mr. West's refusal to enforce the 1873 Act despite the ruling of the highest court with mandatory appellate jurisdiction is an almost unprecedented breach of public trust and a flagrant disregard of the obligations of his office. His excuse that immediate enforcement would flood his office with cases is preposterous. The mere determined announcement of intention to prosecute violators would have brought virtually every eating place into compliance. However, it is a novel justification for failure to prosecute crime that crime is rampant. Insistence on immediate compliance will not cause eating places any injury during further appellate proceedings. The one "detriment" they can incur by immediate compliance is that they will be eliminating a few months in advance, and to their own financial profit, the dishonorable Jim Crow policies which are an international disgrace. The Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws does not intend to let Mr. West's ruling go unchallenged. We shall demand that Mr. West be reversed by the District Commissioners, the President, or members of Congress. The same outraged public opinion which compelled the District government to prosecute belatedly the Thompson Case will force it to enforce without delay the victory which the people of the District have won in the decision. To call upon our friends and supporters, individuals and organizations, to make themselves heard. The "lost" anti-discrimination law must not again become lost through public neglect. WE WON'T WAIT MASS MEETING FRIDAY, JUNE 15th at 8 PM METROPOLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH 1225 R Street, N.W. Co-Chairmen: The Rev. C.T. Murray, Vermont Avenue Baptist Church The Rev. E.C. Smith, Metropolitan Baptist Church Initial Sponsors: The Rev. R.W. BROOKS, Lincoln Congregational Church The Rev. DILLARD H. BROWN, St. Luke's Episcopal Church The Rev. G. O. BULLOCK, Third Baptist Church The Rev. L. MAYNARD CATCHINGS, Plymouth Congregational Church The Rev. ARCHUR F. ELMES, People's Congregational Church The Rev. R. D. GRYMES, Salem Baptist Church The Rev. EARL L. HARRISON, Shiloh Baptist Church The Rev. J. L. HENRY, Tenth Street Baptist Church The Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, Second Baptist Church The Rev. W. H. JERNAGIN, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church The Rev. AUGUSTUS LEWIS, Jerusalem Baptist Church The Rev. J. H. PETERS, Ebenezer Methodist Church The Rev. STEPHEN G. SPOTTSWOOD, John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church The Rev. G. E. STEVENSON, Zion Baptist Church The Rev. J. L. WHITE, Galbraith A. M. E. Zion Church The Rev. LEAMON W. WHITE, Mt. Bethel Baptist Church The Rev. J. F. WHITFIELD, Twelfth Street Christian Church The Rev. B. H. WHITING, Friendship Baptist Church The Rev. R. M. WILLIAMS, Asbury Methodist Church The Rev. SMALLWOOD E. WILLIAMS, Bible Way Church Auspices: COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS Chairman: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Hon. Melvin D. Hildreth, President Don L. Young, Secretary The Robert G. Terrel Law School 1922 Thirteenth Street N. W. Washington, D. C. Telephone: Hudson 8444 George Arthur Parker, Dean May 29, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrel 1615 S Street N. W. Washington D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of this school is called for Wednesday, June 6th, at 6 o’clock in the afternoon for the purpose of completing arrangements for our final commencement. It is the wish of the President that we meet promptly as the meeting will close at 6 o’clock. BY ORDER OF THE PRESIDENT Very truly yours, George A. Parker George A. Parker, Dean Melvin D. Hildreth, President Don L. Young, Secretary GAP:mct 942 Westminister St NW Washington 1, D. C. May 30, 1951 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Dear Mrs. Terrell, The Washington and Vicinity Federation of Women’s will hold their annual One Day Conference on Saturday June 2, 1951. We would like to have you as one of our special Guests. If you find it convienent to be present will you notify Mrs. Rebeca Amado. De. 1890 We hope to see you on Saturday Very truly yours, Eudora K. Gilmore Sec. Mary E. C. Gregory. Pres. Shimer College Mount Carroll, Illinois May 31, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell, Dorothy Swift loaned me her copy of your famous book & I've just finished reading it. It is one of the most facinating & remarkable books I've ever read. I'm determined to continue my search for extra copies because this book should be on our shelf of readings for our Social Science Courses here at Shimer College - You are an amazing woman! How do you accomplish so much! With admiration and love Ruth S. Brumbaugh 62 W. Rutland Sq. Boston 18, Mass May, 1951 Dear Mrs. Terrell I've written you before but was never sure of your address. There was always a return address I was sure of my gratitude and I wanted you know that I appreciated your goodness to me by saving me from suffering and horrors un- thinkable. You taught me so much by example. My worst was at Howard. I've survived by doing what I knew was 2 right and doing nothing when in doubt. That was my mothers advice. So far I've earned by my labor my sustainance. My health is giving away faster than I like. The muscles and joints demand rest. That thought brings to mind you taking me to have my eyes treated. They were unnatural looking because I cried myself to sleep because I got no letter direct from my mother. I couldn't fathom the cause. No mail from mother left-Danville for me nor what I sent her was ever delivered. The cause was a $5.00 money order sent me in 3 October, which I received, in June. The P.O. was closed - and the ire of K.K.K. was - around. In 1929 I found an aunt I did not know I had, who told me she was jealous of my training and ambition and she paid a friend of hers who was on the faculty to hinder me. My mother had entrusted to me the same person, to direct me to what I wanted. Unknowingly I put myself in the middle when I felt the normal department for classical, which I learned was the more direct way to what I wanted. Blackmail letters often followed me to my employers from time to time. These were a boost as some of the employers 4. wondered why they should be informed. I needed my earnings and they my services. Remembering an uncle who had promised me his help to get an education I attempted to find him so asked a school mate who lived in N.C. where this uncle once lived if she knew of any Howells around there. The friend answered she knew my brother. I went down and found a man who had posed as my brother for years. My sire was his uncle, his mother's brother. All the principal are dead but me. Fortunate me I did not know enough to seek prestige yet I know people from president of U.S.A. to the gutter and am convicted to think I've the respect of all. 5. Of all the people I've met none I owe more than I do you - and my mother. Yet I am grateful to many. I have a host of friends. I make no effort to infringe on kindness. One way of holding friends. Doing right as I know how, and when in doubt doing nothing, things seem to adjust themselves beautifully. That was a painful price I paid for the little education at Howard. I am no credit to Howard and it is no honor for me to have been there. Yet if I had to start as I did, and there was no other way, I'd do it again. More than fifty years ago you asked me what I wanted for Christmas, and I said your picture. You gave me a thimble 6 of which I was relieved in Miner Hall. I was delighted to have your likeness from a newspaper recently. I hope to keep it. Treasures have a way of getting away from me. My contact with you is one that can not be taken away from me for which I am most thankful. I am so glad I've opportunity to tell you how I feel. Sorry I've nothing worthy to give. If I had a million I could not pay you. I am giving my home address although I am in a rest home recovering from a major operation. Wishing the best of everything for you. I am gratefully and I am lovingly yours, Ada S. Howell Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.