Correspondence April 1952 International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union 150 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco 2, California, Prospect 5-0533 Harry Bridges J.R. Robertson Germain Bulcke Louis Goldblatt President First Vice-President Second Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer April 1, 1952 Dear Friend: Enclosed is a pamphlet which tells the factual record behind the attempted frame up of Jack Hall in the Hawaii Islands. Recently, Jack Hall, who has been the ILWU Regional Director in Hawaii since June 1944, was indicted on a charge of violating the Smith Act. Hall is accused of conspiring with other persons to advocate the over- throw of the government of the United States. Since the indictment was returned, two agents of the FBI, in a con- versation recorded without their knowledge, indicated that Hall could escape prosecution provided he would join a plot to destroy the union. Thus the FBI revealed that the issue was not communism but the ILWU. This pamphlet sets forth very simply the history of the ILWU in the Islands, its growth, its tremendous achievements, and the job done by Jack Hall in helping to bring to thousands of workers in Hawaii the benefits of economic citizenship. We know that you have given positive support in the fight for civil liberties and Labor's rights in past years. We are sure that after you have read this pamphlet, you will give the Union Defense Committee of the Hawaii ILWU your generous support. For any further information on this case you can write to the above Committee at 451 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu. Sincerely, Louis Goldblatt Secretary-Treasurer LG:mpc uopwa34 enc. Barristers' Wives Washington, D.C. 1908 Savannah Pl, S.E. April 1, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: As you know, the Barristers' Wives annually select a woman of achievement. That person is in the judgment of the club someone who in its judgment has rendered signal, noteworthy and honorable service in our community. It is indeed with great pleasure that we formally communicate to you that our selection for the current year is you. Accord- ingly we have arranged to make our presentation to you on Sunday, April 27, 1952, from 6 to 8 P.M., at the Kappa House, 1708 S. Street, N.W. While it is always a pleasure to the Barristers' Wives to select and honor its woman of achievement, yet, in your instance it is an even greater pleasure, because you are one of us. Very truly yours, E.E. Brown, Corresponding Secretary 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: China Fund North American Executive Committee HON. T. NELSON PARKER Chairman MARVIN L. PRESSON Treasurer VERBON E. KEMP Secretary DR. J. CALVITT CLARKE Executive Director JESSE W. DILLON JOHN J. FAIRBANK, JR. DR. EDWARD D. GRANT DR. DANIEL A. POLING FORD STEWART AND SPONSORED BY COMMITTEE OF 1000 FAIRBANK, KNAPP & CO., C.P.A. Auditors Operating Orphanages in BRAZIL BURMA FINLAND FREE CHINA INDIA INDONESIA ITALY JAPAN KOREA LAPLAND LEBANON MALAYA MEXICO OKINAWA PAKISTAN PHILIPPINES PUERTO RICO UNITED STATES WESTERN GERMANY REV. V. J. R. MILLS Overseas Director April 2, 1952 Dear Mrs. Terrell: "---it's sort of like doing God a favor -- I think it is about the only big thing that has happened to me out here in Korea." He is just a typical GI - the same sort of boy who lives down on the next block - a wholesome sort of American boy but perplexed over army life, uncertain of his part in the killing, often afraid but obeying orders. Mostly, though, just bored - bored and terribly homesick. He didn't find any bands playing and crowds cheering in Korea. And he didn't feel any exaltation when he helped take a hill. There was no thrill in seeing a lot of Chinese and North Korean corpses and only a sort of sick feeling if you recognized a corpse. - "That was Jim. I wonder how his wife will take it?" But he did think one big thing has happened to him in Korea. He had saved a little girl's life. For the story about it, see page one, column one in enclosed CCF News. To us here at home, comfortable and safe, can we do something that is, "sort of like doing God a favor"? We may live longer than the soldier in Korea who faces death every hour. But how long we live isn't so important. It's what we leave behind after we are gone that counts - if it's only a little girl or boy we saved from death. 175,000 Korean fathers and sons are war casualties. 5,000,000 men, women and children are refugees. In 26 different orphanages Christian Children's Fund is caring for Korean children picked up from the streets and roads. Additional homeless and hungry youngsters need shelter, food and care. CCF assists children in 85 orphanages in 18 different countries. Experience and devotion have made it an extremely efficient and economically conducted organization. Will you let our missionaries pick out for you, from among the homeless, hungry and desperately needy, a boy or girl? Will you do YOURSELF a favor? May a little child lead you to a big thing in your life. It is so simple - throw this letter in the waste paper basket - or send a gift. Only you can make that decision. Sincerely yours, J Calvitt Clarke J Calvitt Clark [*This is only a begging letter Mrs. Terrell, about a hungry child. J.C.C.*] [ca 4-3-52?] Jackson 2-3172 Mrs. Beatrice W. Ritchie 146 South Barton Street Arlington, Virginia Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. [*encl $2 rec'd April 3 1952*] Dear Mrs. Terrell, Sorry to have missed the last meeting. You and your committee have done a wonderful job and we in VA are happy over the progress gained. This is only a small contribution, but I hope to send you more in the near future. Sincerely yours, Beatrice W. Ritchie [Apr 5, 1952] Dear Miss Mollie- Stuart and I were very pleased to read the interesting article and to me the very charming picture of "three young ladies" in a recent issue of the Washington Post. We always feel, however, that whatever is said is but a very small tribute to the wonderful work you have done throughout your life. I am expecting you for lunch on Friday the 15th at one o'clock. Love to you always Blanche [Nelson] C.D. Jackson National Chairman Winthrop W. Aldrich National Treasurer John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Chairman, National Council United Negro College Fund, inc. 1952 Washington Campaign 1751 N Street, Northwest Michigan 0269 Co-Chairmen G. Howland Shaw Dr. Millard R. Dean Treasurer Daniel W. Bell Asst. Treasurer Ralph H. Mittendorff Sponsors Mr. Charles T. Akre Mrs. Francis Biddle Mrs. Montgomery Blair Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke Dr. Philip Marshall Brown Mr. Edward B. Burling Mr. Lee D. Butler Mr. Rufus G. Byars Mrs. Wilbur Carr Mr. Marquis Childs Mr. Edgar C. Dawson Mr. Charles D. Drayton Rt. Rev. Angus Dun Dr. Ethel C. Dunham Mrs. Robert B. Eichholz Dr. Luther H. Evans Mrs. Waldron Faulkner Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee Mrs. Felix Frankfurter Dr. John Hope Franklin Rabbi Norma Gerstenfeld Mr. Glenn D. Gillett Mrs. Charles C. Glover, Jr. Mr. Ralph L. Goldsmith Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, III Col. West A. Hamilton Mrs. J. Borden Harriman Rev. Frederick Brown Harris Mr. Melvin D. Hildreth Mr. Charles A. Horsky Mr. Frank R. Jelleff Mr. Coleman Jennings Col. Campbell C. Johnson Dr. Mordecai Johnson Mr. Eric Johnston Hon. Walter H. Judd Mr. David B. Karrick Mr. Joseph D. Kaufman Mr. M. D. Kemp Mrs. Milton W. King Mr. Wilbur LaRoe, Jr. Mr. William E. Leahy Mr. Ernest K. Lindley Mrs. H. Gates Lloyd Mrs. Walter C. Louchheim, Jr. Mr. Frank J. Luchs Mr. George C. McGhee Mr. Robert G. McGuire, Jr. Mrs. J. Noel Macy Mrs. Eugene Meyer Mr. Robert N. Miller Dr. Harold G. Moulton Mrs. Renett L. Neal Dr. John J. O'Connor Mrs. A.C. Oliphant Mr. Ellison V. Peppers Dr. John Sinclair Perry Mrs. Duncan Phillips Mr. John R. Pinkett Mr. Ganson Purcell Mr. Edward L. Reed Rev. Frederick E. Reissig Mr. Kermit Roosevelt Mr. W. Crosby Roper, Jr. Miss Etta Mai Russell Dr. T. B. Spriggs Miss Anna Lord Strauss Col. L. Corrin Strong Mr. Wayne Chatfield Taylor Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Mr. Corcoran Thom Mr. J. C. Turner Mrs. Gerhard P. van Arkel Mr. Eliot Wadsworth Mr. George L. P. Weaver Mrs. Theodore O. Wedel Mrs. Richard B. Wigglesworth Mr. Orme Wilson Mr. Richard H. Wilmer April 7, 1952 Dear Mrs. Terrell: Eight years have passed since the United Negro College Fund was organized. In that time, thanks to the continued support of persons means of keeping the thirty-two participating colleges in operation. In view of your understanding of the role of these colleges, I am sure you will agree that today, more than ever, the nation needs the trained services of the thousands of graduates who with your help they can prepare. We earnestly hope that when you have read the enclosed pamphlet you will renew your help for this year. As always, it will be warmly appreciated. Most sincerely, G. Howland Shaw G. Howland Shaw Chairman enc NATIONAL COUNCIL 1952 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Chairman Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell, Associate Chairman Nathan Adams Dallas, Texas Fred C. Allvine Kansas City, Kan. George A Beavers, Jr. Los Angeles, Calif. Judson Bemis Minneapolis, Minn. Henry A. Boyd Nashville, Tenn. W. Randolph Burgess New York, N. Y. Lawrence S. Chase Montclair, N. J. William E. Cotter New York, N. Y. Walter W. Craigie Richmond, Va. Glover DeLaney Hartford, Conn. J. B. Eichenauer Pittsburgh, Pa. Walter D. Fuller Philadelphia, Pa. T. M. Girdler Cleveland, Ohio William Green Washington, D. C. Rev. A. C. Griggs Augusta, Ga. Anthony Haswell Dayton, Ohio W. L. Hinds Syracuse, N. Y. Stanley C. Hope New York, N. Y. Walter Hoving New York, N. Y. Elmer C. Jackson, Jr. Kansas City, Kansas Porter Jarvis Chicago, Ill. Mrs. Gladys M. Johnson Clairton, Pa. Mordecai W. Johnson Washington, D. C. Eric Johnston Washington, D. C. Jesse H. Jones Houston, Texas Devereux C. Josephs New York, N. Y. Nicholas Kelley, Jr. Detroit, Mich. Fred Lazarus, Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio Emil K. Meacham Baltimore, Md. C. F Messinger, Jr. Milwaukee, Wis. Herbert E. Millen Philadelphia, Pa. Thomas A. Morgan New York, N. Y. Mrs. Louise F. Morris New York, N. Y. Herman Moss Cleveland, Ohio Philip Murray Washing, D. C. Edwin P. Neilan Wilmington, Del. Mrs. John K. Orndorff Sewickley, Pa. Ernest E. Peiser Kansas City, Mo. T. S. Petersen San Francisco, Calif. Sidney B. Pfeifer Buffalo, N. Y. Ernest E. Quantrell New York, N. Y. Lessing J. Rosenwald Jenkintown, Pa. Howard T. Saperston Buffalo, N. Y. R. Minturn Sedgwick Boston, Mass. G. Howland Shaw Washington, D. C. Hermon Dunlap Smith Chicago, Ill. Rev. Kelley Miller Smith Nashville, Tenn. Edgar B. Stern New Orleans, La. Dr. Channing H. Tobias New York, N. Y. Frank M. Totton New York, N. Y. C. Braxton Valentine Richmond, Va. Ernest T. Weir Pittsburgh, Pa. L. S. Wescoat Chicago, Ill. F. K. Weyerhaeuser St. Paul, Minn. William W. White Providence, R. I. J. D. Zellerbach San Francisco, Cal. (As of March 5, 1952) PARTICIPATING COLLEGES Atlanta University Atlanta, GA Rufus E. Clement, President Benedict College Columbia, S. C. J. A. Bacoats, President Bennet College Greensboro, N. C. David D. Jones, President Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach, Fla. Richard V. Moore, President Bishop College Marshall, Texas Rev. E. L. Harrison, Acting Pres. 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. Robert Ogden Purves, Acting Pres. Johnson C. Smith University Charlotte, N. C. Hardy Liston, President Knoxville College Knoxville, Tenn. James A Colston, 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. John H. Lewis, 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. Straussner, 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 Yougaloo, 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 311 Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha Delta Sigma Theta Kappa Alpha Psi Sigma Gamma Rho Zeta Phi Beta American Council on Human Rights 1130 Sixth Street, N.W. Washington 1, D. C. COlumbia 7303 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President James E. Scott Kappa Alpha Psi Vice President Dorothy I. Height* Delta Sigma Theta Corresponding Secretary Beulah T. Whitey Alpha Kappa Alpha Recording Secretary Emma Manning Carter Sigma Gamma Rho Treasurer Esther C. Peyton Zeta Phi Beta General Counsel Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr. Alpha Phi Alpha Mae Wright Allen Delta Sigma Theta Sallie Nuby Edwards Sigma Gamma Rho Beatrice W. Fox Sigma Gamma Rho Edna Over Gray Alpha Kappa Alpha Belford V. Lawson, Jr. Alpha Phi Alpha Laura T. Lovelace* Alpha Kappa Alpha Evelyn B. Pope Zeta Phi Beta A. Maceo Smith* Alpha Phi Alpha Frank M. Mummers* Kappa Alpha Psi J. Ernest Wilkins Kappa Alpha Psi Nancy B. Woolridge* Zeta Phi Beta Bertell Collins Wright Delta Sigma Theta *National President Director Elmer W. Henderson Assistant Director Patricia A. Roberts April 7, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell President Coordinating Committee 1615 S. St, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Many of us who read page 8 section M of the Washington Post, Sunday, April 6, 1952, and the Washington Post dated April 7, 1952, were shocked into the realization that in addition to the war against communism in Korea, and other parts of the world, we are still faced with the battle of the Civil War. Under the by-line of C.B. Allen, New York Herald Tribune News Service, we find an article captioned "31st DIVISION BOAST IT IS ALL WHITE". **** the 31st Infantry (Dixie) still enjoys--and boasts of---its "all white" immunity from President Truman's four-year-old racial integration directive to the armed forces. It is the only Army division without Negro troops, reports Mr. Allen. Lieut. General Anthony C. McAuliffe, army personnel chief, said 11,500 "fillers had been supplied to the 31st division, and that none of them were Negroes because the 31st was an "all-white division". There are many other remarks in the article which tied in definitely with the statement in the paper on Monday the 7th, which is captioned "DIXIE DIVISION BAND CAN WEAR REBEL GARB". The Army disclosed yesterday, it had given permission for the bandsmen of the 31st Infantry Division of Alabama, and Mississippi, to wear the "Confederate" uniform. Many reports come from Korea that the Confederate Flag is being flown along side the American flag on the battle-field, and in other military installations. A cooperative program of six national fraternities and sororities with one thousand local chapters throughout the United States -2- If you believe as many of us do that it is now time to check the on rush of Confederate placating, please meet with a group of us to devise ways and means for eliminating the Confederate flag from military installations and to effect legislation to prohibit the wearing of the Confederate uniform, in any military installation or on any person engaged in a governmental pursuit, military or otherwise. The time for the meeting is Monday, April 14, 1952, at the Kappa House, 1708 S. St, N.W., at 7:30 P.M. Please come and bring a friend. Yours very truly, James E. Scott, President American Council on Human Rights William S. Harps, President Washington Local Council American Council on Human Rights Elementary School #138 Harlem Ave. and Monroe St. Baltimore 17, Maryland April 8, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street N. W. Washington 9, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell, We deeply appreciate your reply and the material telling of your great work. It is indeed thrilling to have one among us who worked so and succeeded in accomplishing so much for the betterment of his race. We are anxious to have your picture in our hall for the children to see, with the hope that many of them may try to follow in your footsteps. If you find it impossible to get the picture to us by April 30th, we will understand and look foward to receiving it in the very near future. Thank you for your cooperation. Very sincerely yours, Edward L. Murray, Principal Audrey T. Stokes, Member of Audrey T. Stokes Hall of Fame Committee Washington, D.C. April 8, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Chairman Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: No doubt you have wondered why I have not replied to your courteous letter of March 18 asking me to become a member of the Advisory Committee of your organization. I am sorry the date of your election passed without a reply from me. The delay was due to irregular intervals that I pick up my organization's mail. Your letter came to my attention only last week. Perhaps no harm is done since I could not have accepted your kind invitation as I am already involved in all the professional and volunteer activities in this field that I can undertake. I wish you continued strength and success in your undertakings. Cordially yours, Mrs. Margery T. Ware National Midcentury Committee For Children and Youth, Inc. 160 Broadway New York 38, New York Leonard W. Mayo, Chairman Elma Phillipson, Executive Secretary DIGBY 4-0781 April 9, 1952 Dear White House Conference Delegate: As you know from the Progress Bulletins and your own activity with national organizations, state and local committees, on the campus, or as an individual, the National Midcentury Committee - which the delegates proposed at the closing session of the Conference - has been operating since February, 1951. On October 1, 1951, the headquarters moved to the above address in New York City. Encouraging reports come to us daily, and our own observations in the field show substantial evidence that important things are happening by way of following up activities of the White House Conference findings and recommendations. Last summer I wrote to the governors of every state and territory, urging them either to continue the committees they had appointed earlier to prepare for the White House Conference or to encourage the organization of other committees under either public or private leadership, or both, if they preferred that type of arrangement. The response from the governors was highly gratifying and today we are working, on one way or another, with a majority of the states and territories through the media of these committees. Similarly the more than 400 national organizations which prepared for and participated in the Conference continue to work with the National Midcentury Committee. As far as I know, no other organization or movement has brought together as many national agencies with the states purpose of focusing on specific aspects of programs, facilities, and objectives for the young people of the nation. We continue to have the cooperation and imaginative support of two advisory councils - the Advisory Council on Participation of National Organizations; and the Advisory Council on State and Local Action. The Interdepartmental Committee of the Federal Agencies works with us through a liaison committee of five. Our mailings reach 15,000 agencies and individuals who have expressed a wish to know what is happening and many of them supply the information we report from time to time. In fact, our program is having effect in other countries as well as at home. One of the staff was recently made available to the State Department for a four month assignment in Germany in connection with the follow up program of the observers from that country. Groups in India, having sent for all of the White House Conference materials, recently issued a Children's Charter based, quite directly, on a number of our recommendations and findings. Among the languages into which our materials have been translated, in whole or in part, are Japanese, French, German and Spanish; and our publications are literally sent to the far corners of the world. These are among the good things which I have the privilege of reporting to you. In addition, there are many important plans pending which we hope to see carried out in the near future. The next National Committee meeting is scheduled for May 8 and 9, in New York City. The main task of the Committee at that time will be to assist in finding the necessary financial support to carry the program for the next three years. At this moment, however, we very much need a solid lift from all of you who saw the infinite possibility in this program and encouraged us to undertake it. We are in urgent need of $20,000 to carry us until the total budget, approved last fall by the Committee, can be raised. I feel it is my duty to inform you that in spite of consistent efforts and a great deal of hard work we are experiencing serious difficulty in raising the funds needed to continue the program. We very much need a leeway of two or three months in order to allow time for the many money-raising contacts we have made to bear fruit. I am, therefore, urging all members of the Committee who can possibly do so to join me in making a personal contribution, large or small, within the ability of each. In addition, I wish to extend this invitation to every delegate who is interested and who can possibly help at this crucial time. We urge you to fill out and return to us the blank which you will find at the bottom of this letter. We need your help, too, with suggestions for securing contributions from others. The enclosed blank is for this purpose. This enterprise on which we have embarked is of such vital importance that we cannot allow it to fail for want of the sinews of war. The present crisis puts each of us to the test with respect to our interest and concern that a really adequate follow-up be continued. Very truly yours, Leonard W. Mayo To the National Midcentury Committee for Children and Youth 160 Broadway, New York 38, New York Enclosed is my contribution of $________________________ Name ______________________________ Address ____________________________ NATIONAL MIDCENTURY COMMITTEE FOR CHILDREN ADN YOUTH 160 Broadway New York 38, New York FUND-DAISING DATA SHEET Name of Foundation: Corporation: Individual: Address: Name of person with whom first contact was made: Address: Names and address of others who might be follow-up contacts: Suggested approach, methods, subjects of special interest, etc.: How much do you think should be requested: The following are the ways in which I am able and willing to help with this appeal: Date Signature UNITED COMMUNITY SERVICES of Washington MEMBER NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COMMUNITY CHEST FEDERATION 1101 M ST., N.W., WASHINGTON 5, D. C. DECATUR 7330 OFFICERS LEE D. BUTLER President CHARLES C. GLOVER III 1st Vice President G. HOWLAND SHAW 2nd Vice President DR. GARNET C. WILKINSON 3rd Vice President MRS. HENRY GICHNER Secretary ALFRED H. LAWSON Treasurer EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MRS. WAYNE COY F. ELWOOD DAVIS JOHN B. DUNCAN VICTOR H. EVJEN W. HERBERT GILL MRS. EBERHART HAYNES JANE M. HOEY COL. CAMPBELL C. JOHNSON EUGENE E. JUSTER FRANCIS H. MCGUIGAN WILLIAM J. McMANUS HERMAN L. NEUGASS DR. JOHN R. PATE DUANE M. PAUL MRS. CHARLES RUNYON, III EDWARD E. SCHWARTZ MRS. MAXWELL STOKES MRS. HESTER G. STOLL JOHN L. C. SULLIVAN WALTER TOBRINER GLENN E. WATTS MRS. THEODORE O. WEDEL DAN H. WHEELER ROBERT W. WILSON April 11, 1952 To Presidents and Board Members of Agencies and U.C.S. Trustees and Members of Sections and Departments. I am sure you will read with deep interest the enclosed letter just sent to the editors of the daily newspapers by Archbishop O'Boyle, Dr. Cranford, and Rabbi Silverstone. It concerns a matter of the utmost importance in connection with Congressional action on any adequate minimum 1953 fiscal year budget for the Board of Public Welfare. There is no doubt about the facts. The only question is how to make additional funds available for the Public Assistance grants after July 1st this year. Congress alone can do something about this situation. Anything you can do to help mobilize public opinion on this issue though organizations to which you belong, and among your friends and associates will be most helpful. For further information, please call Mrs. Lucia Whittemore or Mrs. Mary Jean McNamara of United Community Services staff. Sincerely yours, Arthur H. Kruse Arthur H. Kruse, Executive Director. PLANNING FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH, WELFARE, AND RECREATION FROM: United Community Services Department of Public Relations To the Editors of The Evening Star The Washington Post The Washington Times Herald The Washington Daily News During holy week and the Passover Season many of us are thinking deeply of spiritual responsibilities and privileges. It is fitting to call the following facts to the attention of the members of the U. S. Congress and of all our citizens for whom Washington is your own or "Your Other City": As in any large community there are in Washington, the dependent and the unemployable persons who can exist only through public help. Caring for them is the duty of the more fortunate among us, the promise of those who heed the great commandment, "Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself." Each day, in the year ending June 31, 1951, there was an average of 13,945 "neighbors" who looked to the Board of Public Welfare for the means to live. Among them were 8,682 children, the victims of misfortune not of their making. Among them were 5263 aged, blind, and infirm, no longer with relatives of physical strength as the means of livelihood. To provide for these people at a bare minimum living cost will call for an additional appropriation from Congress of $1,400,000 the sum of which the Board of Public Welfare had said it needed but which was eliminated from the welfare budget for 1952-53. This amount was cut by the District Commissioners as the total District budget request went to Congress last fall. Within recent days further cuts were made by the United States House of Representatives. Thus the last hope of our "neighbors" rests in the U. S. Senators. To them we appeal to make the plight of Washington's helpless less hopeless. Should this $1,400,000 not be appropriated, then all these people will be forced to continue to maintain themselves at 79 percent of the absolute minimum standards for health and decency. - 2 Should we, in our Holy Week and Passover devotions, be blind to the moral responsibility which these facts place upon us, the spiritual aspirations of this community would bear a tarnish. Through Washington's newspapers, radio and television this condition has recently received wide publicity. Therefore, we are confident of a growing public awareness. We believe that the U. S. Congress, which is Washington's "City Council", will remember to take care of the needy. Washington people and organizations inspired to do something about this need are respectfully directed to the United Community Services, charged with citizen and civic stewardship for the health and welfare problems of our community. The Most Reverend Patrick A. O'Boyle Archbishop of Washington The Reverend Clarence W. Cranford, D. C. President, Washington Federation of Churches Rabbi Harry Silverstone President, Washington Board of Rabbis April 9, 1952 Washington, D. C. FROM: United Community Services Department of Public Relations April 7, 1952 Re: BUDGET of the Department OF PUBLIC WELFARE THE THREE PART PROGRAM REQUIRING IMMEDIATE BUDGETARY CONSIDERATION IS: 1. ADDITION OF $86,000 FOR PLANNING MONEY FOR THE NATIONAL TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS (Reason: Present capacity -- 80; estimated need for housing if adequate quarters were available -- 200. Liveable areas of School are completely unadaptable for the training program the School is obligated by law to conduct. On this site, the notorious Lincoln building is now used by the Industrial Home School Annex. The third floor of this building has been condemned; the rest of the building constitutes a fire hazard; rain leaks thru from the roof; plaster is crumbling; children sleep in cell blocks; eat their meals and play games in a windowless corridor between cells.) 2. RESTORATION OF $230,000 CUT BY HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE FOR: a. Agency services to dependent and neglected children -- $55,00. (Reason: To raise board rates in foster homes and private institutions from $45 to $50 a month. Inability to increase the rate threatens loss of foster home and private institutional care, thus placing additional burden upon public institutions. Monthly cost of care per child in public institutions is $150 which means, in brief, a loss of $95 in order to save $5. The daily average for the fiscal year 1951 shows a total of 1032 children so affected: 737 in foster homes and 295 in private institutions.) b. Institutional care of dependent, neglected, mentally incapacitated and delinquent children -- $165,420. (Reason: To increase capacity of institutions to care for the above categories of children to meet the actual demand -- present demand over capacity: National Training School for Girls, 45; Industrial Home School for Colored Boys, 20; Industrial Home School, 15; District Training School for morons, imbeciles and idiots -- 53 who have been certified are now on the waiting list. To provide sufficient staff so that adequate custodial care, rehabilitation and training can be given each child according to his need. So that sufficient staff can be obtained and retained at the National Training School for Girls to allow separation of dependent, non- delinquent girls (over 13) from serious offenders -- among these are now two drug addicts, to feeble-minded delinquents and several prostitutes. So that an isolation ward for contagiously ill children can be provided at the Industrial Home School Annex to prevent closing of the Annex by quarantine; thus shutting down intake of children desperately in need of admission.) April 7, 1952 - 2 c. Administrative costs in Office of Director--$9000. (Reason: Continuance of services of a statistician and clerk stenographer are necessary in order to discharge responsibilities for research and statistics to Federal Security Agency, District government, and Board of Public Welfare. At least two thirds of the time of the statistician and statistical clerk must be devoted to basic statistics and routine reports on public assistance without which the District cannot claim Federal reimbursement under the Social Security Act. This reimbursement is estimated at $2,868,988 for the fiscal year 1953. The balance of time is spent maintaining required statistics and budget estimates for special studies as requested by Congress, various Federal agencies, the District Commissioners, the Budget Office and by the Board of Public Welfare.) 3. RESTORATION OF $1,400,000 FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO DEPENDENT AND UNEMPLOYED PERSONS, CUT BY THE COMMISSIONERS FROM THE BUDGET ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE. In the 1951 fiscal year there was a daily average of 13, 945 such persons of whom 8682 were children deprived of parental support through no fault of their own. (Reason: To bring the standard of grants for these dependent, unemployable persons up to 100 percent of minimum subsitence costs as of November, 1951. If the restorationof $1,400,000 for public assistance is not granted, it means forcing, by defaulty, the unemployable destitute of the Nation's capital to live and eat at a level 21 percent below minimum subsitence costs as of November 1951. (These are Department of Agriculture figures.) This obviously can cause an inestimable damage to health, morale and the moral and society behavior of these persons. Unquestionably, the resultant cost to this community for remedial and corrective care will accrue at an exorbitant rate. Therefore, this request is made both to grant these person maintenance at a minimum standard compatible with health and decency; and to save this community from the compounding costs of neglect which can be neither excused nor justified by continued short-sightedness.) April 14 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street N W Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: The Martha M. Waldron Women's Club of the Shiloh Baptist Church would like to have you as one of its special guests on the occasion of its Fourth Anniversary Dinner at the Y. W. C. A. Cafeteria, 901 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W., Sunday, April 20, 1952 at 1:30 sharp. We hope to be honored with your presence. Olive L. English President Susie B. Green [signed] Susie B. Green Chairman R.S.V.P. ME 4936 Mrs. English HOWARD UNIVERSITY Washington 1, D.C. April 15, 1952 Dear Miss Terrell: I am enclosing the tentative program of the proceedings for the Student Personnel Workers and Student Leaders Conference being held at Howard University on May 8, 9, and 10, additionally information relating to housing and meals, and a pre-registration form to be competed by persons planning to attend the conference, which is being held in conjunction with the dedication of two new units of the Women's Quadrangle. We have been quite pleased with the number of favorable responses which we have received from student personnel workers and student leaders who have been invited to attend the conference. These replies have come from persons located all along the Atlantic seaboard, and from other persons located at educational institutions as far west as the State of Oklahoma. The United States National Students Association has assured us of active participation in the conference of may of its national officers and student leaders, and addition to the persons listed in our previous communication as consultants who will be available to the delegates, several other outstanding persons in the area of student personnel administration and youth guidance have also indicated to us their plans to be present at the meetings. We are looking forward to welcoming you to our campus on the afternoons or evening of May 8, and we believe that we can assure you of a very pleasant and profitable experience as a member of the group which will deliberate upon the problem of "Education for Positive and Effective Living". Very sincerely yours, Armour J. Blackburn Dean of Students Director of Conference Enclosures PRE-REGISTRATION FORM TO: Dr. Armour J. Blackburn, Director Student Personnel Workers and Student Leaders Conference Howard University Washington 1, D.C. I desire to register for the Student Personnel Workers and Student Leaders Conference to be held at Howard University May 8, 9 and 10. __________________________________________ (Name) __________________________________________ (Position) _________________________________________ (Institution or Organization) I desire the following type of accommodation: On the Campus [] Slowe or Carver Hall [] Private Home [] Hotel [] I will arrive in Washington at: ____________ on __________________ (hour) (date) I will depart at: ____________ on __________________ (hour) (date) I am primarily interested in discussion group: ____________________________ (See announcement) (1st choice) _______________________________________ _______________________________ (2nd choice) (3rd choice) I am suggesting that an additional group be organized to discuss the problem of: _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ CONFERENCE OF STUDENT PERSONNEL WORKERS AND STUDENT LEADERS Howard University May 8, 9, 10, 1952 TENTATIVE PROGRAM Conference Theme: "Education for Positive and Effective Living" Thursday, May 8, 1952 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.- Registration, Baldwin Hall 4:00 P.M.- 6:00P.M.- Recorders, leaders, and consultants meet with coordinators 8:00 P.M.- 10:00 P.M.- Opening Meeting- Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel Theme of Meeting: "Student Personnel Work- Pathway to Education for Positive and Effective Living" Presiding, Dean of Students Invocation, Dean of the Chapel "Education for Positive and Effective Living" Dr. Esther Lloyd-Jones, Speaker Professor of Education Teachers College Columbia University "Some Barriers to the Development of the Mature Person" Dr. Lawrence S. Cole, Speaker Professor of Psychology Oberlin College "Youth's Appraisal of its Role in a Confused World-Its Developmental Tasks and its Resources for Achieving its Tasks" Student Panel Friday, May 9, 1952 - Registration (continued), Baldwin Hall 9:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon 9:30 A.M. - 11:30 A. M. - Group Meetings 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M. - Lunch 1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P. M. - Group Meetings -2- Friday, May 9, 1952 (continued) 4:00 P.M. -6:00 P.M. - Convocation and Dedication of Baldwin and Wheatley Halls "The Residence Hall, a Vital Opportunity for Education for Positive and Effective Living" Dr. Althea K. Hottel, Speaker Dean of Women University of Pennsylvania 6:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M. - President's Reception and Open House 8:00 P.M. - 10:00 P. M. - Dinner Meeting, Baldwin Hall Greetings from Mr. William T. Dentzer, President U.S. National Student Association "Fostering Student Growth in Moral Standards and Personal Values in a Changing Society" Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, Speaker President Howard University 10:00 P. M. - 1:00 A.M. - Social Period for Delegates and Other Invited Guests Saturday, May 10, 1952 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. - Joint Convocation, Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel Mid-Conference Review "Nature of the Challenge" - Panel Mr. W. W. Blaesser, Chairman Specialist for Student Personal Program Division of Higher Education United States Office of Education 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M. - Group Meetings 12:00 Noon - 1:30 P.M. - Luncheon Meeting, Baldwin Hall Theme of Meeting: "College Campuses, Laboratories in Cooperative and Democratic Living Invocation Group Singing -3- Saturday, May 10, 1952 12:00 Noon- 1:30 P.M. - Luncheon Meeting, Baldwin Hall (Continued) "The Campus Community" Dr. William Stuart Nelson, Speaker Dean of the University Howard University "The Role of the Student Activities Program in the Development of the Student's Total Potentialities for Positive and Effective Living" Mr. Dennis L. Trueblood, Speaker Chairman National Advisory Council U.S. National Student Association 2:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. - Final Group and Sectional Meetings 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.- Conference Between Discussion Leaders, Recordeds and Consultants 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. - Dinner Meeting, Baldwin Hall Theme of Meeting: "Implementing the Learning of the Conference" Reporting Panel "Practical Approaches for Designing a Program for the Optimum and Total Development of the Individual" Dr. E. G. Williamson, Speaker Dean of Students University of Minnesota The Findings of the Conference Conference Ends CONFERENCE OF STUDENT PERSONNEL WORKERS AND STUDENT LEADERS Howard University May 8, 9, 10, 1952 WORK GROUPS Conference delegates will be assigned to small working groups organized according to the indicated interests of the delegates and composed of not more than twenty persons expressing the desire to concentrate on one of the problems relating to the general theme of the conference. Suggested problem areas for group deliberation are listed here, and delegates are invited to add any other upon which they may have a particular desire to work. A group leader, recorder, and resource persons will be appointed to serve each group, and the conference consultants will be available to groups desiring additional information about the particular problem under consideration. Reports of group findings and recommendations will be presented by group representatives at mid-conference and end-of-conference general assemblies. From the following suggested list of problem areas, please indicate on the pre-registration form enclosed your first, second, and third choices for group assignment, including any topic or topics you may desire to add to the list: Each topic will be considered within the frame of reference - "Education for Effective Living". I. Organizing, administering, and evaluating an effective student personnel program for college youth. II. Organizing, administering, and evaluating an effective student activities program. A. Development of student leadership. B. Providing for student participation in institutional government. C. The proper role of Greek-Letter organizations and other similar groups. D. The function of faculty advisers to student organizations. III. Qualifications needed, professional status, tenure, and opportunities of student personnel workers. IV. In-service training programs for faculty advisers and student counselors. V. The residence hall as a laboratory for the development of personal and social competence by students. VI. Improving procedures for integrating the instructional and the student personnel programs. VII. Increasing opportunities for group experiences as a means of improving human relations. -2- VIII. Designing a more effective program for the development of higher moral standards, personal integrity, and individual responsibility. IX. Improving articulation between the home and the school. X. Improving the program for the development of sound mental and physical health by college youth. XI. Discovering and utilizing available resources for student financial aid and graduate placement programs. XII. Providing specialized counseling services for youth during periods of national crises. Student Personnel Workers and Student Leaders Conference Howard University Washington D.C. May 8,9,10, 1952 General Information 1. Registration: In view of the fact that the number of persons invited to attend the conference sessions is being limited, it is necessary to know as soon as possible whether those persons who have indicated their interest will actually be able to attend the conference, and so that the representative character of the discussion groups may be achieved. Hence, it is necessary that pre-registration be completed on or before May 1, 1952. A form is enclosed for this purpose, and it is requested that it be completed and returned to us on or before May 1. A self-addressed envelope is also being enclosed for that purpose. There will be no registration fee for attendance of the Conference, however, delegates are expected to attend the one luncheon and the two dinner meetings scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The cost of the luncheon will be $1.50 and for each dinner $2.25. It is desirable, but not mandatory, that remittance for tickets to these meetings be made at time of pre-registration. Checks or money orders should be made payable to Howard University. 2. Location of Meetings: The opening session on Thursday evening, May 8, will be held in the Rankin Chapel, 6th Street and Howard Place, N.W., at 8:00 o'clock. The dinner and luncheon meetings will be held in the Baldwin Hall Dining Room, 4th and College Streets, N.W. Locations for discussion groups will be designated on the programs which will be issued to each delegate at the time of final registration. -2- 3. Housing: The Housing Committee is prepared to provide accomodations in the residence halls on the campus and in Carver and Slowe Halls, located just off the campus, for most of the delegates to the conference. Rooms on the campus are for double occupancy and rent for $2.00 per person per night. Single occupancy rooms end a few double occupancy rooms in Carver and Slowe Halls rent for $2.75 per night, single, and $4.50 per night, double. Reservations for rooms should be made directly through the Conference Director. Applications for rooms should be accompanied by room deposit fee equal to one night's rental fee. Accommodations in private homes can be secured for those who desire them. Prices for these rooms range from $2.00 - $3.00 per night. Persons desiring accommodations in down-town hotels should make their reservations directly through the manager of the hotel concerned. The following hotels are recommended: Hotel Address Single Double Hotel 2400 2400 - 16th Street, N.W. $4.50 up $10.00 up Shoreham 2500 Calvert Street, N.W. 9.00 up 13.00 up Statler 16th & K Streets, N.W. 6.00 up 9.00 up Willard Pennsylvania Ave., & 14th Street, 6.00 up 9.00 up 4. Meals: Meals may be obtained in the University cafeterias, (Baldwin Cafeteria at 4th and College Streets, N.W., and Slowe Hall Cafeteria at 1919 Third Street, N.W.) at reasonable cost. Typical costs for meals in the cafeterias are: Breakfast $.40 - $.60 Lunch .60 - .80 Dinner .80 - 1.20 Mount Hope Elementary School Ironsides, Maryland April 16, 1952 Dear Mrs. Terrell, On Sunday, June 15 we (Charles County Maryland N. A. C. P. Branch are culminating our membership campaign. We know of your militant work in breaking down many of the undemocractic practices in Washington. We know you have our work to heart. Would you be kind enough to address our people on Sunday, June 15. Sincerely yours, Flossie T. Bruyning Mrs. Terrell-- I am principal of a school in this County. I am an alumna of Howard University and am a member of the Howard Women's Club. F.T.B. 3547 Hertford Place, N. W. Washington 10, D. C. April 16, 1952 Dear Mrs. Terrell: I am enclosing the copy of H. R. 6766, a Bill to authorize an adequate music-education program in the District of Columbia public-school system, copy of the press release and small sheet telling to whom to write, since you asked if I would send this extra set to you. I am also sending you copy of the article you asked for - "The Child's Bill of Rights in Music". It was a real pleasure to meet you this week and to meet your daughter and her friend from Delaware. Best wishes to you all in the good work you are doing. Sincerely, [*Signature*] Dorothy T. Regardie (Mrs. A.) 5 encls. Adams 4476 The Child's Bill of Rights in Music I. Every child has the right to full and free opportunity to explore and develop; his capacities in the field of music in such ways as may bring him happiness and a sense of well- being; stimulate his imagination and stir his creative activities; and make him so responsive that he will cherish and seek to renew the fine feelings induced by music. II. As his right, every child shall have the opportunity to experience music with other people so that his own enjoyment shall be heightened and he shall be led into greater appreciation of the feelings and aspirations of others. III. As his right, every child shall have the opportunity to make music though being guided and instructed in singing, in playing at least one instrument both alone and with others, and, so far as his powers and interests permit, in composing music. IV. As his right, every child shall have opportunity to grow in musical appreciation, knowledge, and skill, through instruction equal to that given in any other subject in all the free public educational programs that may be offered to children and youths. V. As his right, every child shall be given the opportunity to have his interest and bower in music explored and developed to the ed that unusual talent may be utilized for the enrichment of the individual and society. VI. Every child has the right to such teaching as will sensitize, refine, elevate and enlarge not only his appreciation of music, but also his whole affective nature, to the end that the high part such developed feeling may play in raising the stature of mankind may be revealed to him. Extracted from THE NATIONAL ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL, Bulletin of the Dept. of Elementary School Principals, National Education Association, prepared and published in cooperation with the Music Educators National Conference, a Department of the National Education Association, Vol. XXX No. 4, Feb. 1951 Mrs. Terrell Letters to: The Honorable John. McMillan Chairman, District of Columbia Committee United States House of Representatives Washington 25, D. C. Dear Sir: (or Dear Mr. McMillan:) The Honorable Clarence Cannon Chairman, Appropriations Committee United States House of Representatives Washington 25, D. C. Dear Sir: (or Dear Mr. Cannon:) Important: Two copies of each letter to Mrs. A. Regardie, 3547 Hertford Place, N. W., Washington 10, D. C., who will see that additional copies are sent to Congressman Carroll D. Kearns, author of the bill; Members of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia; Members of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia; The Superintendent of Schools of the District of Columbia. Citizens Council Members and Citizens Committee members are available to meet with individuals or groups who would like to learn more about the bill. PRESS RELEASE Friday morning papers February 22, 1952 Hon. Carroll D. Kearns of Pennsylvania The bill I am introducing today is intended to authorize an expanded music education program in the District of Columbia public school system. There is some question in my mind as to whether it is necessary to provide legislation for such a program. In fact, I am satisfied that as a matter of law, such a program could have been instituted at any time under the general powers conferred upon the District of Columbia Board of Education. However, the present music education program in the District is woefully inadequate and has been too long neglected. Nevertheless, I am constrained to believe that a music program which should fit into the curriculum of all the public schools -- elementary. junior high school and senior high school -- has been largely ignored and subordinated to other activities. Let me make it clear that I am not saying that these other activities have no place in the school system. On the contrary, I enthusiastically endorse the other programs. I merely say that a music education program, both instrumental and choral, can make substantial contributions in developing the skills and disciplines of school children. The cultural development of the child is an important phase of the school curriculum. Consequently, I have come to the conclusion that it is advisable for the congress to make an affirmative statement that music education is an integral part of the education program of the District of Colombia school system. There is no sound reason why in this significant phase of education, the public schools of the Nation's capital should lag so far behind the rest of the country. In addition, the bill spell out in general language the nature of such a program. It would be my expectation that should such a bill pass, the Board of Education would charge the Superintendent of Schools with the assignment of preparing in detail such a program and submitting it to the Board of Education for its approval. In filing the bill, I express the hope that the Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia will refer it to the Subcommittee on Education and that public hearings will be held on the bill as soon as possible. 82D Congress 2D Session H.R. 6766 In the House of Representatives February 22, 1952 Mr. Kearns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia A Bill To authorize an adequate music-education program in the District of Columbia public-school system. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 2 of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That this Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia 4 Music Education Act of 1952". 5 Sec.2. The Congress hereby declares that music education 6 is an integral part of the District of Columbia public-school 7 program. The Congress further declares that the 8 education, skills, and disciplines resulting from a music-education 9 program, both instrumental and choral, and essential 10 for the development of the children of the District of 11 Columbia. 2 1 Sec.3. The Board of Education of the District of Columbia 2 is hereby authorized and directed to expand the music-education 3 program for the public-school system of the District 4 of Columbia. Such a program shall include, in addition 5 to classroom instruction in music and music appreciated, 6 instrumental and choral instruction and in-service training 7 for classroom teachers, and shall provide for classroom music 8 teaching in the public teachers' colleges, the continuation 9 of a supervisory staff and specialized teachers. Such a program 10 shall also include acquisition of equipment, materials, 11 and text books, the purchase and maintenance of instruments, 12 and such other needs for achieving a sound and 13 comprehensive music program and course of instruction as 14 the Board may prescribe. 15 Sec.4. In executing the program authorized by this 16 Act, the Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall 17 have the power, on behalf of the District of Columbia and 18 pursuant to regulations of the Board of Commissioners, to 19 accept gifts (in the form of cash, land, buildings, services, 20 instruments, equipment, or otherwise), and to enter into 21 cooperative agreements with other public agencies and with 22 nonprofit corporations and associations. 23 Sec.5. There are hereby authorized to be to be appropriated 24 such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 25 of this Act. 82D Congress 2D Session H. R. 6766 A Bill To authorize an adequate music-education program in the District of Columbia public-school system. By Mr. Kearns February 22, 1952 Referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia October 19, 1951 Board of Commissioners District of Columbia [*Seal* The Library of Congress *Seal*] Gentlemen: The Citizens Committee for Music in the District of Columbia Public Schools is a young organization which has as its purpose the development of a music program in the public schools of the District of Columbia. The majority of the citizens of the next generation constitute the public school population of today. Whatever can be done to round out the educational facilities available to the recipients of public education inevitably makes such children better adjusted to meet the demands that will be made on them when they are adults. This Committee does not hold with the many indictments that have been made against the District's public school system. We believe that within the limits of the grudging appropriations that have been made and with the assistance of the many fine Parent-Teachers and Home and School Associations throughout the city, considerable progress has been made and is being made towards putting the public school system of the District in a superior category. Nevertheless, we must admit to some considerable disappointment upon learning that the budget for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1953, does not contain any provision for a development of our admittedly inadequate music program. (Strayer Report, 1949, and Corning Report, 1951) Although the Board of Education Music Division Program calls for instrumental instruction, and some instrumental teachers are assigned to Junior and Senior High Schools, we have been unable to determine that the Board of Education has bought a single orchestral instrument. Junior and Senior High Schools are provided with rooms for instrumental practice, but no instruments are furnished. This is not true for shop, home economics, or science laboratories where equipment is provided. The result is most undemocratic. In well-to-do neighborhoods, Junior and Senior High School children who have their own instruments can and do receive school instruction, and parent organizations which are able to finance a few instruments open instruction to a few more children. In underprivileged neighborhoods, where it is apparent that children are even more in need of musical expression, there is practically no provision for instruments in the school system. We do not expect our children to buy their own microscopes or lathes, but the present budget allows instrumental instruction only to those who can afford to own an instrument. the Arlington County School System provides its elementary schools with 200 violins and 5 cellos, its Junior High and Senior High Schools with violins, violas, cellos, double-basses, flutes, oboes, bassoons, French horns, trombones, baritone-horns, tubas, and percussion instruments. For a pupil registration of 17,224, Arlington County last year budgeted $104,100 for music. Baltimore in the last three years, with a pupil registration of 120,000, budgeted for music supplies and equipment (excluding salaries) $67,000, $126,500, and $33,000 successively. These figures were considered necessary for the establishment of a music program, and when that program is operating fully, will decrease to a maintenance and replacement level. -2- Music educators agree that the emphasis in elementary school music should be on singing and listening to music, with opportunity for instrumental learning beginning at the fourth grade. The Music Division of the Board of Education has a fine five-point program which is making no progress because of lack of adequately trained personnel. The average elementary school teacher, herself often a victim of poor musical training, does not feel competent to teach music (Strayer Report). The present music staff assigned to elementary schools divisions 1-9 is so limited in number that, on an average, each teacher is responsible for over one hundred thirty classes in ten different schools. In divisions 10-13, the situation is worse. A A meagre beginning has been made in instrumental music in the elementary schools, again with instruments provided by parents, but the present budget shows no provision for its development. We feel strongly that you who are responsible for making recommendations to Congress ought not to be guilty of omitting a sound recommendation for an increased music budget. It is for this reason that we strongly urge the Commissioners to include in this budget a figure of $40,000 to provide a pool of instruments for the elementary schools, a minimum group of instrumental teachers for them, and a few instruments for each of the Junior and Senior High Schools. Such an appropriation would help to democratize our present situation. The Citizens Committee for Public School Music has offered its cooperation to the Board of Education in the matter of a balanced music program. We are anxious to explore with them the possibilities of new methods in Public School music, such as in-service training, which are [now] functioning successfully in many schools, for instance, Kansas City and Philadelphia, and which would make possible a continuous growth in musical skills without the expenditure of fantastic sums of money for teaching personnel. We are not suggesting a budget request which would call for an ideal or ambitious program. We do think, however, that this amount, when supplemented by the expected zeal and cooperation and work and contributions of the parents, will be helpful in making a reasonable beginning. Education confined to the three R's is as outdated as a 200-member House of Representatives of a District Government of 500 employees. Education is probably the most dynamic force in America today and any reluctance to give to the children of today the skills and disciplines which are so necessary is only doing a disservice to the citizens of tomorrow. It is not an understatement to say, as has been said before, that present educational theories are committed to the development of the whole child and that music is an important education field. The fact that music study can increase individual skills, can foster group discipline, can provide a form of esthetic expression that grows with the child throughout his life, means that so far as the public school is concerned, music has arrived of age, and should occupy its rightful place in the regular school curriculum. By recognizing this fact, and by recommending an appropriation for this purpose, the Commissioners will be keeping pace with progress along similar lines being made in other cities throughout the country, and will be doing a distinct service to the community. Respectfully submitted, Mrs. Edith Blau 5308 39th St. ,NW Washington, D.C. [*Seal* The Library of Congress *Seal*] Edith Blau Research Chairman Citizens Committee for Music District of Columbia Public Schools E4 - 18 - 52J Class of Service This is a full-rate Telegram of Cablegram unless its deferred character is indicated by a suitable symbol above or preceding the address. WESTERN UNION W. P. MARSHALL, President DUPLICATE OF TELEPHONED TELEGRAM 1201 (25). SYMBOLS DL=Day Letter NL=Night Letter LT=Int'l Letter Telegram VLT=Int'l Victory Ltr. 1952 APR 18 PM 1 53 The filing time [*Obscured*] on telegrams and day letters is STANDARD-TIME at point of origin. Time of receipt is STANDARD-TIME at point of destination. .CTA089 CT.MGA170 RX PD=WUX MEMPHIS TENN 18 103A= =MRS MARY CHURCH TERRELL= 1615 S ST NORTHWEST WASHDC= [*Seal* The Library of Congress *Seal*] =ROBERT PASSED AWAY LAST NIGH IN MEMPHIS BURIAL MEMPHIS. T H HAYES FUNERAL DIRECTORS= ANNETE= Da 3.47P [?] No 3691 No. To Mrs Terrell By [?] At 430P To Be Mail The company will appreciate suggestions from its patrons concerning its service [Ca 4 - 18 - 52] NOTICE TO ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS Coordinating Comm. for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws Dear Executive Committee member: If you were not present at the Executive Comm. meeting on April Tenth, will you please note in the minutes that the dates set for the regular meetings are SECOND MONDAY EACH MONTH - Coordinating Comm. meets FOURTH THURSDAY EACH MONTH - Exec. Comm. meets Please let me know if these dates are impossible for you since the question will be discussed again at the next meeting. There will be no more meetings in April, but you are urged to come to the RESTAURANT SURVEY, APRIL 26th from 11 AM to 3 PM Asbury Community Center 945 L. St. N.W. This will launch the drug store campaign. Late news on Murphy's: Mr. Kerley has refused to meet with us and a letter is being sent to the home office in Pittsburgh. Sincerely yours, Annie Stein Secy J0 - 2 - 6932 COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE D.C. ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LAWS 1103 Trenton Place S.E. Washington, D. C. Johnson-2-6932 Chairman: Mrs. Mary Church Terrell MINUTES-EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE April 10, 1952 Cafeteria Union Hall Mrs. Terrell presiding Present: Mrs. Terrell, Mrs. Stein, Mr. Eldridge Brown, Mrs. Helen Brown, Mr. Walter Williams, Mr. William Nixon, Mrs. Selma Samols, Mrs. Arline Hays, Mr. David Rein, Mr. Joseph Forer, Mr. Oliver Palmer, Mr. Edward Fisher, Mrs. Alice Trigg, Miss Margaret Shipman Mrs. Samols moved that the minutes not be read. Motion carried. REPORT OF COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SPEAKERS COMM: Mrs. Samols reported that an outline is in preparation for the use of persons going out to speak. Two engagements have already been made. CHURCH COMM: In the absence of Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Stein was instructed to urge Mrs. Smith to make similar visits to the churches requesting contributions. ORGANIZATIONS COMM: Mrs. Arline Hays reported that mos t of the organizations cooperating with the Committee have been assigned to members of her committee for follow-up on the finance letter. Her phoners will request engagements for speakers. Mrs. Elliot-sororities and fraternities; together with Mr. Robinson and Mr. Squire; Mr. Fisher-trade unions; Mrs. Rogers-women's organizations; Mrs. Brown-Civic Assns. Mrs. Rogers suggested a letter to go to all organizations for information. Such a letter will be prepared by Mrs. Hays for mimeo. RESTAURANT SURVEY: In the absence of Mrs. Day, Mrs. Stein was instructed to convey the decision that a survey of drug stores be held on Saturday, April 26th, with full preparation by the captain of volunteers and the secretary. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE: Mr. Caplan's report was delivered by the secretary: A large committee has met and divided up the field, radio, daily and weekly press etc. The committee is geared to regular press releases and to preparing the public to expect and demand immediate enforcement of the law in the event of a favorable decision from the U. S. Court of Appeals. Motion made by Mr. Nixon: that the publicity committee's for-page folder on the work of the committee be mimeoed and distributed at the April 28th meeting of Oldest Inhabitants. Carried. FINANCE COMMITTEE: Mr. Williams reported that a meeting will be called shortly. MEETING DATES: It was decided that the regular monthly meeting of Coordinating Committee be held on the SECOND MONDAY, the Executive Committee to meet on the FOURTH THURSDAY of each month. The secretary was instructed to inform all Executive Comm. members of these dates promptly. ORGANIZATION: Mrs. Gladden who had been elected to the post of recording Secy is unable to accept the election. It was moved and carried unanimously that Mrs. Geraldine Elliot, now asst recording secy, be asked to act as Recording Secy. Rev. C. T. Murray has declined nomination to the Executive Committee. It was decided to ask him to serve on the advisory committee. Advisory Committee nominations: Members of the executive committee volunteered to call certain nominees who had not yet responded. Mrs. Stein was to reach the others. TREASURER: Mr. Williams is turning the books over to the new treasurer, Mr. Brown as of April first. In the finance drive, $98 had come in up to April 1. Resolution to be prepared to send to the bank showing change in officers. THOMPSON CASE The last meeting referred to the Executive Committee the question of how to hasten the Court decision. It was agreed that the decision could not be hastened. However, the question of enforcement of the law by the Commissioners upon the announcement of a favorable decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals was discussed and the following decisions made: 1. All speakers going to organizations to emphasize the need for pressure on the Commissioners to enforce the law. 2. A letter is to be sent to the commissioners to this effect: In view of the unfortunate statement by the Corporation Counsel declining to enforce the law immediately upon the decision of the Municipal Court of Appeals, we want assurance from the Commissioners that no such comment will be made this time. Mrs. Terrell, Mrs. Stein and Mr. Rein to draft this letter. 3. Upon a motion by Mr. Nixon, Mrs. Terrell and two others to try to see the President of the U.S. to ask that the law be enforced as soon as a favorable decision is made in the U.S. Court of Appeals and to request the appointment of a Negro Commissioner. MURPHY'S: Mr. Kerley to be called. If no appointment is granted this week, Mrs. Trigg was instructed to open negotiations with the home office. Meeting adjourned 11 PM Chicago Ill. April 19-1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell; First President of N. A. C. W.: Dearest Friend: The women of the N. A. C. W. extend their deepest sympathys in the passing of your brother "Bob" Hon. Robert Church. He was a great leader and a most dependable friend. The people will miss him for his wisdom and careful consideration of issues and procedures. It is a consolation to remember his many fine qualities. May the good Lord bless and keep you and give you comfort in your hour of sorrow- Your loving friend Mary Fitzbutler Waring M.D. Past National President of the N.A.C.W. The Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity MEMBERSHIP CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS Anacostia Business And Professional Association Barry Farms Civic Association Barry Farms Recreational Center Barry Farms Residence Council Birney School P.T.A. Birney School Principal Carver Civic Association Erie Heights Civic Association Garfield Douglass Heights Association Hillsdale Civic Association Turner P.T.A. Turner School Principal CHURCH AFFILIATIONS Bethlehem Baptist Church Campbell A.M.E. Church Macedonia Baptist Church Mathews Baptist Church Our Lady of Perpetual Help St. Johns Church St. Phillips Eiscopal Church OFFICERS Dr. C.E. Qualls, General Chairman 2433 Nichols Avenue, S.E. Rev. D.A. Bell, First Co-Chairman 2407 Pomeroy Road, S.E. Rev. C.A. Dawson, Second Co-Chairman 2429 Shannon Place, S.E. Mrs. A.B. Finlayson, Secretary Birney School, Nichols Avenue And Sumner Road, S.E. Mrs. L. Street. Ass't Secretary 1220 Sumner Road, S.E. Rev. R.B. Kirkland, Treasurer No 13 P Street, N.E. Rev. R.W. Hall, Chaplain 2011 Third Street, N.W. Mr. N.F. Payton, Public Relations Barry Farms Recreational Center Sumner Road, S.E. April 20, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: The Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity is honoring the outstanding citizens of this Southeast Community, and is citing the Honorable F. Joseph Donohue, Commissioner of the District of Columbia, on Friday, April 25, 1952 at 8:00 o'clock at Nichols Avenue and Sumner Road, S.E. We look forward with pleasure at having you as one of the guests on the stage and hope that you will find it convenient to make a not more than two minutes response to the address by the Commissioner. We will call for you at your home, if this is convenient, If not, we would appreciate you letting us know. Again, we look forward to your presence with much pleasure. Very sincerely yours, Alice B. Finlayson (Mrs.) Alice B. Finlayson Secretary, The Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity Birney School Nichols Avenue & Sumner Road, S.E. Washington, D.C. Please notice the change of address, and make this meeting a Must. SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HOUSE Office 1725 First Street, S. W. Washington 4, D. C. Phone - Li-4-7122 April 21, 1952 Dear Member: The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Southwest Community House will be held at 7:30 P. M. Monday, April 28, 1952 at Southwest House Nursery School 1725 First Street, S. W. You are urgently requested to attend. Miss Edith A. Lyons Ernest S. Jenkyns President Secretary Chairman Executive Secretary Honorary Secretary Henry J. Cadbury Lewis M. Hoskins Clarence E. Pickett American Friends Service Committee INCORPORATED MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION Twenty South Twelfth Street Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania Telephone, RIttenhouse 6-9372 April 23, 1952 Dear Friend: This is the twenty-third consecutive year that the American Friends Service Committee has held Summer Institutes of International Relations with the Middle Atlantic States. This year a variety of programs is offered: June 7-14 Institute of International Relations for 14-21 College-Age at Ithaca College Camp near Spencer, N. Y. June 20-27 World Affairs Camp for High School Students at Camp Carondowanna near Zelienople, Pa. July 11-20 Institute of International Relations for those of college-age and up at Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. July 26 to Institute of International Relations for the Family, August 2 Alegheny College, Meadville, Pa. August 24-31 World Affairs Camp, for high school students at Ithaca College Camp near Spencer, N. Y. You can help at several points: 1. We hope that you yourself may be able to participate in one of these programs. It is not too early to send in your registration. 2. We are relying upon you to pass on information regarding these institutes, hoping to arouse the interest of new people. (Let us know if you can use more publicity material.) 3. Many deserving young people (high school, college, and young adults) can only participate in these programs if part of their expense is provided from our scholarship fund. We estimate that we will need between two and three thousand dollars to meet reasonable requests this summer. We realize that you may have already received this spring an appeal from the Service Committee. Some persons, however, want to make a special contribution to the scholarship fund in addition to their regular support of the general program. We shall be deeply grateful if you are one of these, and for your convenience a return envelope is enclosed. This same envelope may be used for registration payments and requests for further information. Very sincerely, [*Signature*] E. A. Schaal Encls. FACULTY [*Image*] JOSEPH BARNES Lecturer, Writer, and Editor [*Image*] A. C. CHAKRAVARTY Professor of English: friend and associate of Tagore and Gandhi [*Image*] JAMES FARMER Writer and Lecturer League for Industrial Democracy [*Image*] SIDNEY LENS 21 years in Labor Movement: Author of "Counterfeit Revolution" [*Image*] ROY McCORKEL European director of CARE; Lecturer for AFSC [*Image*] CLYDE MILLER Propaganda Analyst; Teacher and Lecturer [*Image*] ASHLEY MONTAGU Anthropologist; Teacher and Author [*Image*] RUTH SEABURY [*Page Cuts Off*] Please Post "Vacation With a Purpose" 23rd Annual INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS INSTITUTE For College-Age and Over Auspices of the American Friends Service Committee at HAVERFORD COLLEGE HAVERFORD, PENNSYLVANIA JULY 11-20, 1952 THEME: Alternatives to Cold War: Regotiation, Revolution, Bombs The primary purpose of the program is to provide a thorough study of the world situation. It is hoped, also, that each member of the Institute will be helped to formulate for himself a more constructive and practical approach to international affairs; and will leave the Institute, better able to take an active and articulate part in peace-making work in his home community. It is proper, also to point out that those who attend the Institute will have an opportunity for a stimulating and recreative vocation. The daily schedule calls for breakfast at 8; worship, 9-9:30; lecture at 9:45, and seminar groups at 11:15. The afternoon is left open for recreation and rest, and special groups called on the initiative of the members of the Institute. There is also a lecture from 8-9:30 each evening. LOCATION The Institute will meet on the beautiful Haverford College campus, located on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about ten miles west of central Philadelphia. We will be housed at the boys' dormitories and have our meals served in the College cafeteria. Past experience leads us to anticipate very good meals; but, of course, we can not expect the cafeteria to meet demands for highly-specialized diets. Those who plan to attend the Institute should bring their own towels and blankets. Bed linens will be furnished by the College. The recreational facilities of the College will be available for members of the Institute. Lecture sessions will be in Roberts Hall, and seminar groups on the lawn. Meetings for worship will be in the Meeting House. COSTS It is our hope that no one will fail to attend the Institute because of the expense involved. For this reason we invite those who need help to apply for scholarships. We also invite those who are interested in the success of the Institute, and can do so, to contribute to the scholarship fund. The cost for program, meals, and room for the nine-day period will be $45. (students from other countries are eligible at a reduced rate of $30). To reserve a room, a registration fee of $5 should be sent in as early as possible to Ada Dolan, 20 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. This fee will apply toward the total cost. Commuters are invited to register full-time for the institute at a fee of $15 for the nine days. Admission to single sessions in 75c. Unfortunately, the cost to the College for part-time members of the Institute is so great that it makes the fee for less than full time for board and room very high. We, therefore, urge all those who wish to come, to arrange to be with us for the nine days. OTHER INSTITUTES Institutes for People of College Age, Ithaca Collage Camp, Spencer, N. Y. June 7-14 and 14-21 Institute for the Family, at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. July 26-August 2 World Affairs Camps for Teen-Agers: June 20-27, Carondowanna, Zelienople, Pa. August 24-31, Ithaca College Camp, Spencer, N. Y. For more information regarding these programs or others throughout the country write E. A. Schaal, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. REGISTRATION BLANK Ada Dolan 20 S. 12th Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. Enclosed Find $___ covering registration for: _____ _____ _____ Name _____ Address _____ [*Page Cuts Off*] [*Top of page cut off, see mss425490201-28*] [*Image*] A. C. CHAKRAVARTY Professor of English: friend and associate of Tagore and Gandhi [*Image*] JAMES FARMER Writer and Lecturer League for Industrial Democracy [*Image*] SIDNEY LENS 21 years in Labor Movement: Author of "Counterfeit Revolution" [*Image*] ROY McCORKEL European director of CARE; Lecturer for AFSC [*Image*] CLYDE MILLER Propaganda Analyst; Teacher and Lecturer [*Image*] ASHLEY MONTAGU Anthropologist; Teacher and Author [*Image*] RUTH SEABURY Lecturer and Educational Counselor; Sec'y Board of Foreign Missions [*Top of page cut off, see mss425490201-28*] JULY 11-20, 1952 THEME: Alternatives to Cold War: Regotiation, Revolution, Bombs The primary purpose of the program is to provide a thorough study of the world situation. It is hoped, also, that each member of the Institute will be helped to formulate for himself a more constructive and practical approach to international affairs; and will leave the Institute, better able to take an active and articulate part in peace-making work in his home community. It is proper, also to point out that those who attend the Institute will have an opportunity for a stimulating and recreative vocation. The daily schedule calls for breakfast at 8; worship, 9-9:30; lecture at 9:45, and seminar groups at 11:15. The afternoon is left open for recreation and rest, and special groups called on the initiative of the members of the Institute. There is also a lecture from 8-9:30 each evening. LOCATION The Institute will meet on the beautiful Haverford College campus, located on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, about ten miles west of central Philadelphia. We will be housed at the boys' dormitories and have our meals served in the College cafeteria. Past experience leads us to anticipate very good meals; but, of course, we can not expect the cafeteria to meet demands for highly-specialized diets. Those who plan to attend the Institute should bring their own towels and blankets. Bed linens will be furnished by the College. The recreational facilities of the College will be available for members of the Institute. Lecture sessions will be in Roberts Hall, and seminar groups on the lawn. Meetings for worship will be in the Meeting House. COSTS It is our hope that no one will fail to attend the Institute because of the expense involved. For this reason we invite those who need help to apply for scholarships. We also invite those who are interested in the success of the Institute, and can do so, to contribute to the scholarship fund. The cost for program, meals, and room for the nine-day period will be $45. (students from other countries are eligible at a reduced rate of $30). To reserve a room, a registration fee of $5 should be sent in as early as possible to Ada Dolan, 20 S. 12th Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. This fee will apply toward the total cost. Commuters are invited to register full-time for the institute at a fee of $15 for the nine days. Admission to single sessions in 75c. Unfortunately, the cost to the College for part-time members of the Institute is so great that it makes the fee for less than full time for board and room very high. We, therefore, urge all those who wish to come, to arrange to be with us for the nine days. OTHER INSTITUTES Institutes for People of College Age, Ithaca Collage Camp, Spencer, N. Y. June 7-14 and 14-21 Institute for the Family, at Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa. July 26-August 2 World Affairs Camps for Teen-Agers: June 20-27, Carondowanna, Zelienople, Pa. August 24-31, Ithaca College Camp, Spencer, N. Y. For more information regarding these programs or others throughout the country write E. A. Schaal, 20 South Twelfth Street, Philadelphia 7, Pa. REGISTRATION BLANK Ada Dolan 20 S. 12th Street Philadelphia 7, Pa. Enclosed Find $___ covering registration for: _____ _____ _____ Name _____ Address _____ Make checks payable to American Friends Service Committee (Do not send cash) Fees will be transferred or refunded if the delegates cannot attend and the office is notified no later than then days prior to the opening date. Copy of Letter Sent to the Home Office of the G.C. Murphy Co. By the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws April 24th, 1952 Mr. Walter G. Shaw, Chairman G.C. Murphy Co. 531 Fifth Avenue McKeosport, Pa. Copy to Mr. Paul L. Sample Dear Mr. Shaw: Mr. C. P. Kerley, manager for the D.C. G.C. Murphy Stores, after several months of efforts on our part to secure an appointment, has definitely stated that he will not meet with representatives of our Committee to discuss the present discriminatory service policy at the lunch counters at the F Street Store. Before we take any further action on this matter, we would like very much to present our views to you in the enclosed memorandum and to determine whether Mr. Kerley's policy is known to you and endorsed by the national firm. It is shocking to us that the Murphy stores that trade primarily in cities with a Northern tradition should be the last to hold out against democratic practices in the dime stores in the national capital. We are confident that a fair and factual presentation of the matter to you and your colleagues will bring a prompt correction of this evil. May we hope for an early reply. Sincerely yours, Mary Church Terrell, Chairman 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 Copy of Memo Sent to the Home Office, G.C. Murphy Co. April 24, 1952 Memorandum: Lunch counter segregation in Washington Dime Stores 1. Policy in G.C. Murphy stores in D.C. The 14th St. Store changed its policy of segregation in service at its lunch counter in September, 1950 after discussion with representatives of the Coordinating Committee. There has been no friction and no deleterious effect on trade since that date. The 7th St. store has no sit-down service; standup service is non-discriminatory as everywhere else in the city. The F. St. store segregates its customers by color; only whites may be served seated. This is the only dime store in the city that still segregates. 2. Competitive position Since September, 1950, when the Coordinating Committee launched its Dime Store Campaign, every dime store but the F Street Murphy's changed from a discriminatory to a non-discriminatory policy, as follows: Woolworths: All Woolworth stores changed their policy in September, 1950 after discussion with the separate managers. Grand's: Changed in September, 1950 after negotiation. Kresge's: All Kresge stores in the city changed in January, 1951, after six weeks of picketing by the Committee at the 7th and E Street store. McBride's: Changed in April, 1951 after several weeks of negotiations Neisner's: Changed in June, 1951, after favorable decision in the Munipal Court of Appeals. The F St. Murphy store is located one block from Neisners and one block from a Kresge store, both of which are serving without discrimination. In addition to the dime stores, the Committee has succeeded in changing the discrimination pattern in the following department stores: Goldenberg's: Changed in April, 1950 Kann's: Changed in July, 1950, after a four-month boycott Hecht's: Changed in January, 1952, after a nine-month boycott and a six-month picket line Lansburgh's: Changed in March, 1952, after several weeks of negotiations. 3. Reason given by Mr. Kerly for segregation: Mr. Kerley says he will change if ordered to do so by the U.S. Supreme Court as the outcome of the Thompson Restaurant Case to determine the validity of the 1873 Act prohibiting discrimination in restaurants. He says he is following Restaurant Association policy. 4. Coordinating Committee reasons for change: Whether this 1873 Act is valid or not, discrimination at lunch counters is an intolerable practice and bitterly resented by the colored and a high proportion of the white customers who are served without discrimination at the merchandise Memo to Murphy's-Page 2 counters. There is more racial tension and friction at the Murphy lunch counter than at any other counter in any dime sore in the city, this is proved as witnessed by the large number of complaints reported weekly to our Committee from that one store. Non-discrimination is good business as well as decent morals. A high proportion of the trade at that store is colored, and because of the trend in the Washington population, Murphy's must look to an every-larger proportion of colored trade. The District now has a third of its population listed by the U.S., Census as "non-white". Further, through the 10 years decade, 1940-1950, the Negro population increased by 43% as compared with an increase of only 12% for the white population. A continuation of that trend through 1960 would mean that on that date, approximately 40% of the population of the city of Washington will be Negro. An added important factor is that there are now many more Negro school children than white in the District Schools. Since Murphy's is a family store, relying heavily on the moderate-to low-income family, the proportion of Negro trade must increase if the store is to maintain its level of trade. At present, because of the discriminatory policy, a good proportion of the Negro trade is attracted to Neisner's and Kresge's only one block away. 5. The Coordinating Committee As is evident from the record of success in this field reported on page one of this memo, the Coordinating Committee is seriously interested in ending restaurant discrimination and we intend[s] to persist in [its] our efforts until such discrimination is wiped out. The Committee is supported by 110 organizations, both colored and white, 59 churches and 1200 individual members. We seek every peaceful means of negotiations, discussions and conferences to prove the desirability of a democratic policy. Where the management was so blinded by prejudice as not to recognize the changing pattern of the times, we had no recourse but to withdraw our patronage from the store and urge our friends and supporters to honor such a boycott. It has been necessary to do this only three times. In each case, the management found that the public would not patronize a store that was being boycotted for this reason. 6. The Thompson Case Discrimination in restaurants is against the law, declared valid that was decided in May, 1951 by the Municipal Court of Appeals. Thompson's restaurant is appealing that decision and it is expected that within a year or so the matter will be determined. To say, as Mr. Kerley does, that he is awaiting the Court's decision before changing his policy is tantamount to saying that he will change only when forced to do so by court order. [*end] We have heard of the splendid work done by officers of your company in the field of race relations and it is unthinkable that your firm would put itself in such a position because of the personal prejudice or Association alliances of one District Manager. Memo to G.C. Murphy-Page Three Conclusion: There are No valid business reasons for continuing the present segregation policy; evidenced by the experience of the other dime stores and department stores in direct competition with your store and by the experience of your own 14th St. store. There are Good business reasons for changing the policy. There is no hazard is changing the policy because Murphy's is last to conform to a decent standard of business practice. It is to your interest as well as to the interest of every American that the national capital behave in a democratic fashion to its own citizens or receive the deserved condemnation of all the the other nations of the world for its hypocrisy. Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws. April, 1952 Washington, D.C. ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, Jr. 22d DISTRICT, NEW YORK NEW YORK OFFICE: 132 WEST 138TH STREET AUDUBON 6-2626 SECRETARY: HATTIE FREEMAN DODSON Committee on Education and Labor Washington, D.C. Suite 459 Old House Office Building National 3120 Extension 418 or 1917 Secretary: Louise Maxienne Dargans Congress of the United States House of Representatives Washington, D. C. April 25, 1952 My dear Mrs. Terrell: May I offer my deep sympathy on the death of your brother. I admired him greatly for his fine sense of comradeship and loyal and unselfish devotion to duty. I shall not soon see his like again. The Loss is greatest of all to you. May you bear it bravely and proudly, as I know you will, because of the courage and ideals that your brother's life exemplified. Ever sincerely, [*Signature*] ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, Jr. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign of the INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, INC. Honorary Chairmen: Hon. Sumner Welles Admiral Richard E. Byrd 62 WEST 45th STREET NEW YORK 36, N. Y. MU 2-4672 Board of Directors REINHOLD NIEBUHR Chairman DAVID F. SEIFERHELD Treasurer A. A. BERLE, JR. PAUL F. BRISSENDEN JOSEPH BUTTINGER HENRY SEIDEL CANBY WILLIAM J. CASEY LEO M. CHERNE CHRISTOPHER EMMET H. WILLIAM FITELSON ALVIN JOHNSON A. E. JOLIS NELSON P. MEAD LESSING J. ROSENWALD I. M. SCOTT DAVID SHER GEORGE P. SKOURAS GENERAL CARL SPAATZ STERLING D. SPERO SHEBA STRUNSKY TELFORD TAYLOR MSGR. BELA VARGA L. HOLLINGSWORTH WOOD CHARLES S. ZIMMERMAN Sponsors GOV. SHERMAN ADAMS, N. H. GORDON W. ALLPORT GOV. SIGURD ANDERSON, S. D. GOV. EDWARD E. ARN, Kan. GOV. FRANK A. BARRETT, Wyo. ANDREW BERNHARD GOV. JOHN W. BONNER, Mont. GOV. GORDON BROWNING, Tenn. GOV. G. NORMAN BRUNSDALE, N. D. JAMES BURNHAM EMANUEL CELLER WILLIAM M. CHADBOURNE GOV. ELBERT N. CARVEL, Del. MARQUIS W. CHILDS HENRY SLOANE COFFIN GARY COOPER GARDNER COWLES HOWARD S. CULLMAN C. SUYDAM CUTTING MRS. DWIGHT DAVIS GOV. PAUL A. DENVER, Mass. GOV. THOMAS E. DEWEY, N. Y. GOV. ALFRED E. DRISCOLL, N. J. SHERWOOD EDDY MARK ETHRIDGE GOV. JOHN S. FINE, Pa. RUSSELL FORGAN EARL G. HARRISON ARTHUR GARFIELD HAYS SIDNEY HOOK GOV. LEN JORDAN, Idaho H. V. KALTENBORN GOV. WALTER J. KOHLER, JR., Wis. GOV. ARTHUR B. LANGLIE, Wash. GOV. J. BRACKEN LEE, Utah GOV. JOHN LODGE, Conn. ARCHIBALD MacLEISH GOV. DOUGLAS McKAY, Ore. GOV. THEODORE R. McKELDIN, Md. GOV. SIDNEY S. McMATH, Ark. BRIEN McMAHON JAMES MARSHALL ROBERT MONTGOMERY ALLAN NEVINS GOV. FREDERICK G. PAYNE, Maine GOV. VAL PETERSON, Neb. GOV. HOWARD PYLE, Ariz. PAUL A. PORTER GOV. DENNIS J. ROBERTS, R. I. MRS. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT OREN ROOT GOV. CHARLES H. RUSSELL, Nev. GOV. HENRY F. SCHRICKER, Ind. GOV. ALLAN SHIVERS, Texas GOV. FORREST SMITH, Mo. PAUL C. SMITH GOV. ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Ill. CHARLES P. TAFT HAROLD E. TALBOTT NORMAN THOMAS GOV. DAN THORNTON, Colo. GOV. WILLIAM M. TUCK, Va. GOV. EARL WARREN, Calif. GOV. FULLER WARREN, Fla. W. L. WHITE GEORGE D. WIDENER THORNTON WILDER MATTHEW WOLL GOV. LUTHER W. YOUNGDAHL. Minn. April 25, 1952 Dear Friend: Thousands of men an women who have escaped from behind the Iron Curtain seeking freedom in human dignity will be deprived of our help by May 20th unless additional funds become available. Iron curtain refugee leaders have appealed desperately for help to avert this great human tragedy which is outlined in the enclosed advertisement from the New York Times of April 22nd. We Americans must determine within the next few weeks whether our brothers who take great risks to come to our side will be abandoned. This plea goes out to you and others who have responded to our appeals in the past. Please sustain this great humanitarian work by sending your tax-deductible contribution today toward a $250,000 Emergency Fund to help those who stand with us against the Communist attempt to dominate the world. Let us together assure that no man or woman who chooses our side in this world- wide battle between freedom and slavery will ever be turned back to communism. Sincerely yours, [*Signature*] Admiral Richard E. Byrd Honorary Chairman Contributions deductible from taxable income. Programs and financial statements filed with the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid of the Department of State EMERGENCY APPEAL TO THE FREE WORLD A GREAT HUMAN TRAGEDY CONFRONTS THE FREE WORLD. RELIEF AND RESETTLEMENT FOR ALL THOSE ESCAPEES FROM COMMUNIST-DOMINATED EASTERN EUROPE NOW AIDED BY THE IRON CURTAIN REFUGEE CAMPAIGN OF THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE WILL END BY MAY 10, 1952 UNLESS ADDITIONAL FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE. THIS TRAGEDY THREATENS MANY OF THE ADDITIONAL THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO WILL ESCAPE FROM BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT MONTHS. Twelve IRC offices in Europe are overwhelmed by appeals for assistance from escapees who cross the Iron Curtain barriers into Western Europe at the rate of 1,000 per month. Dr. Floyd Black, American President of Roberts College at Istanbul, who heads our Turkish committee, reports that Bulgarian anti-Communist escapees cannot secure work permits in Turkey. These refugees are almost entirely dependent upon us for support, although the Turkish Red Crescent is cooperating. 423 refugees from Iron Curtain countries—professionals, technicians, resistance leaders—and their families, with assurance or visas for the United States or Canada, will need ocean transportation and resettlement aid. Many Iron Curtain refugees at present with their families in the United States are awaiting job placements and must be supported by the International Rescue Committee. On Monday, March 24, President Truman issued a directive allocating $4,300,000 for assistance to Iron Curtain Refugees. In his statement, Mr. Truman underscored the unique importance of the problem of the Iron Curtain Refugees from the standpoint of our national security. The President accurately stated the case: "The miserable condition in which these refugees from Communism find themselves and their present inability to emigrate to new homes and start new lives, lead inevitably to despair. Their disillusionment is being effectively exploited by Communist propaganda. These men and women are friends of freedom. They include able and courageous fighters against Communism. They ask only for an opportunity to play a useful role in the fight against Communism. It is the responsibility of the free world to afford them this opportunity." This money is not yet being used because the machinery of government grinds slowly. Meanwhile brave men and women who risked their lives to escape from Communist tyranny are in danger of being abandoned to their fate. Private relief is the only available channel of American help. The American government program is not yet organized. Government funds, when available, will help solve part of the problem But this aid msut be supplemented by the specialized endeavors of American voluntary agencies. Counselling, orientation, processing for migration, supplemental relief and medical attention — these are things that the refugee must have. From a psychological standpoint, this personalized assistance is of the greatest importance because it convinces him that he is wanted, that the Western world cares about his fate. If these human beings are abandoned, we shall give point to the editorial comment of The New York Times: "Far too many, after interrogation, have been cast on the ash heap as thanks for the fantastic risks they have taken to escape to freedom." The Iron Refugee Campaign of the International Rescue Committee has given emergency aid to more than 50,000 persons who have escaped from behind the Iron Curtain. More than 1400 refugees from Iron Curtain countries have been resettled in the United States and Canada through this agency. More than $3,000,000 has been effectively invested in this effort, including aid to refugees from the Soviet zone of Germany, during the past three years by the International Rescue Committee. Among the most important Iron Curtain refugees brought to the United States or Canada by us are: three outstanding nuclear physicists; a top-ranking Soviet geologist; a former Hungarian Minister of Defense; several leaders of the Supreme Lithuanian Resistance Movement in Exile; one of the leading specialists in the development of the Soviet Arctic transportation system; a Czechoslovak Army general formerly in charge of planning and executing permanent fortifications in his country; a former Chief of the Engineering Department of the Hungarian State Railroads; the former President of the Masarvk University in Exile. Among the most notable escape groups who attracted international attention and to whom IRC rendered aid during the past year was the Czechoslovak Freedom Train group, many of whom have been resettled in Canada. The humanitarian effectiveness and the importance of this work has received tribute from recognized refugee leaders and organizations. Testimonials of another order have come in the form of violent attacks by Moscow in Pravda and its sister organs of International Communism. BUT TODAY LESS THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER PRAVDA ATTACKED THE IRON CURTAIN REFUGEE CAMPAIGN, OUR PROGRAM IS IMPERILED FOR LACK OF FUNDS. [*REFUGEE LEADERS PLEA We, the undersigned representatives of the European peoples subjugated by Communist tyranny, urgently appeal for support for the Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign of the International Rescue Committee in its present emergency. The nature of the escapee's first contact with the Western world is of the greatest importance. Ordinarily he reaches the free side of the Iron Curtain completely without means and emotionally and physically exhausted from his harrowing ordeal. Although he may be kept alive in over-crowded camps, all too frequently he experiences an almost total personal indifference that embitters even the strongest soul. It is hardly possible to exaggerate the value of the service which the International Rescue Committee has rendered to those who have succeeded in escaping from behind the Iron Curtain and to those who have suffered and continue to suffer in the fight for freedom and democracy. The promptness with which the International Rescue Committee has come to the assistance of those who have escaped, and the warmth and understanding displayed by its representatives have been a source of great spiritual encouragement for the refugees in Europe. It has demonstrated to them that on their way to freedom they have not been abandoned to their fate. It has confirmed their faith in democracy to the point where subsequent hardships could not destroy it. It has proved to the world that the right of asylum is not a mere formality devoid of human content. It has helped to keep alive hope for tomorrow in the breasts of all peoples who are today enslaved by Communist tyranny. It would be a catastrophe of the first order if this vital work were to come to an end for lack of funds. The hardships of the refugees would be increased many fold: and the Communist propagandists would gloat over the fact in many editorials and radio broadcasts. DR. G. M. DIMITROV: President, Bulgarian National Committee (in exile) Secretary, International Peasant Union GREGORY GAFENCU: Former Foreign Minister of Rumania Member, Rumanian National Committee (in exile) MILAN IRGIZOV: Presiden, Association of Former Soviet Political Prisoners STEFAN KORBONSKI: Former Acting Chief of Polish Underground Chairman, Polish Political Council in U.S.A. MIHA KREK: President, Slovenian People's Party Acting Chairman, Central Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe DR. JOSEPH LETTRICH: Former Chairman, Slovak National Council Vice Chairman, Council of Free Czechoslovakia VLADKO MACHEK: President, Croatian Peasant Party STANISLAW MIKOLAJCZYK: Former Prime Minister of Polan President, International Peasant Union FERENC NAGY: Former Hungarian Prime Minister President, Central-European Committee GENERAL NICOLAE RADESCU: Former Prime Minister of Rumania BISHOP JOSEPH RANCANS: Chairman, Latvian National Council (in exile) VACLOVAS SIDZIKAUSKAS: Member, Supreme Lithuanian Liberation Council DR. JURAJ SLAVIK: Former Czechoslovak Ambassador to United States General-Secretary, Central and Eastern European Conference GLIGOR TASHKOVICH: President, Macedonian Section, Yugoslav- Serbian Peasant Party LEONHARD VAHTER: Chairman, Estonian Consultative Panel*] [duplicate text on previous page] We appeal for immediate subscription of $250,000 by private individuals, philanthropic institutions and business organizations, many of whom have supported us in the past, to make possible the reaffirmation of our fundamental statement of purpose: NO MAN OR WOMAN WHO CHOOSES OUR SIDE IN THIS WORLDWIDE BATTLE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND SLAVERY SHALL BE TURNED BACK TO COMMUNISM. [*[duplicate text on previous page] MSGR. BELA VARGA: Former President of Hungarian Parliament President, Hungarian National Council (in exile) DR. PETER ZENKL: Former Vice Premier of Czechoslovakia Chairman, Council of Free Czechoslovakia*] HELP TODAY WITH YOUR GIFT IRON CURTAIN REFUGEE CAMPAIGN of the INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE 62 WEST 45th STREET, NEW YORK 36, N. Y. ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD Honorary Chairman REINHOLD NIEBUHR Chairman Vice Chairmen A. A. BERLE, JR. LEO M. CHERNE MSGR. BELA VARGA DAVID F. SEIFERHELD Treasurer BOARD OF DIRECTORS PAUL F. BRISSENDEN JOSEPH BUTTINGER HENRY SEIDEL CANBY WILLIAM J. CASEY CHRISTOPHER EMMET H. WILLIAM FITELSON ALVIN JOHNSON A. E. JOLIS NELSON P. MEAD LESSING J. ROSENWALD I. M. SCOTT DAVID SHER GEORGE P. SKOURAS STERLING D. SPERO SHEBA STRUNSKY GENERAL CARL SPAATZ TELFORD TAYLOR L. HOLLINGSWORTH WOOD CHARLES S. ZIMMERMAN [*Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Honorary Chairman Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign International Rescue Committee 62 West 45th Street, New York 36, N. Y. Enclosed is my contribution of $........................ to help refugees from Communism in this emergency. NAME............................................................................................ ADDRESS..................................................................................... CITY............................................ZONE.......STATE..................... (Contributions are deductible from taxable income) 168*] as inserted in The New York Times April 22, 1952 [ca 4-27-52] B W Barristers' Wives Washington, D.C. Ladies and Gentlemen: This is perhaps the Barrister's Wives' finest hour principally because we have with us one of the most heroic women of our day. Although our invitations read, "The Barristers' Wives are honoring a grand lady," the truth is a "Grand Lady" is honoring the Barristers' Wives. I shall not attempt to recite the many achievements of this great and noble woman. Her beautiful character and unusual talents, together with her selfless dedication to the cause of justice and freedom, have served to make her one of the best loved women in America. This brilliant and highly cultured woman has carved a very prominent niche for herself in the history of our world. She has made a monumental record of achievement. Her achievements span many years, many decades, several generations and, indeed, a part of two centuries. For these and other reasons, the Barristers' Wives have unanimously chosen Mr. Mary Church Terrell not only the "Woman of Achievement of the Year 1952" but the "Woman of Achievement of the Century." It is my great honor and high privilege to present to you, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, two gifts: one, a check in the amount of $100.00 for your favorite charity, which we believe is the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the District of Columbia Anti-Discriminating Laws; the other, a personal gift. These small gifts are tangible expressions of the love and esteem of all of the Barristers' Wives. ______________ Remarks of Mrs. Hubert B. Pair, President of the Barristers' Wives, at the citation of Mrs. Mary Church Terrell as the "Woman of Achievement of the Year 1952", at the Kappa Alpha House, Sunday, April 27, 1952. 300 35 Street, N.E. Washington 19, D.C. April 27, 1952 The Afro. American 1800 11 Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: Having understood that Murphy's was on the NAACP list of places for colored to eat my sister-in-law, Mrs. Josephine Thomas, and I sat at the counter upstairs on Saturday, April 26 but were refused service while seated. When we asked to see the manager we were told he was downstairs at that lunch counter. On inquiring for him there we were told he was upstairs. Further inquiry led to the answer that he had probably gone home for the day. I have been served at Murphys on 14th street and -2- on 7th Street and are somewhat at a loss about the humiliation I suffered in the F Street store. Could you tell me if this is one of the places tested by the NAACP and what the outcome was? Thank you. Sincerely, (Mrs) Jayne T. Gibbs April 26, 1952 President Harry S. Truman The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: For the past three years, various organizations and citizens in Washington, D.C have sought to obtain the enforcement of the laws enacted in 1872 and 1973 prohibiting District restaurants and hotels from refusing to serve members of the public for racial reasons. The organizations which has taken the lead in the campaign to eliminate segregation practices in the eating places of this city is the Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D.C. Anti-Discrimination Laws. Over 100 organizations are united in this Committee, of which I have the honor to be chairman. Our Committee was instrumental in persuading the District Commissioners to institute a test case under the laws, and as a result, the Municipal Court of Appeals has held that the 1873 Act is valid and in full force and effect. An appeal from that decision is pending in the U.S. Court of Appeals. We are confident that that Court too will sustain the law. The intervention of the U.S. Government as "amicus curiae" in that appeal clearly showed how important it is to the nation that these discriminatory practices in the national capital be ended. Although it is clearly the obligation of the District Commissioners to enforce laws which are on the statute books until these laws have been declared invalid by the courts, the District Commissioners have refused to the 1973 Act, stating that they will not prosecute any violations of the law until a decision is rendered by the U.S. Supreme Court ordering them to do so. So far as we are aware, this position is quite unique. As a matter of fact, the District authorities even encouraged wide-spread flouting of the 1873 law by announcing, immediately after the Municipal Court of Appeals rendered its favorable decision, that they would not prosecute any violators of the law until all appellate litigation was completed. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals is expected soon. We have good reason to believe that the District Commissioners will continue to refuse to enforce the law even if the decision is favorable. The Commissioners have indicated that they have closed their minds on this question and that further discussions with them will be fruitless, unless the Executive Office itself will intervene. Our Committee receives requests frequently from various agencies of the U.S. Government for information about what restaurants in the District will served colored citizens or foreign visitors who are not white. The embarassment and dishonor to the government itself caused by the non-enforcement of these laws must be, I am sure, of great concern to you. I hope that will grant me the privilege of a brief interview with you or with one of your Assistants. I am sure that you must sympathize with our desire to end the practice of denying our colored citizens the right to eat in the restaurants of the nation's capital and that you would not condone the flouting of a law protecting this right. I will be happy to come at any time hat you would designate. Respectfully yours, Mary Church Terrell, Chairman mct/as April 28, 1952 Board of Commissioners Government of the District of Columbia District Building Washington, D.C. Gentlemen: Since the argument on the validity of the 1873 anti-discrimination law took place before the United States Court of Appeals on January 7th, 1952, it is reasonable to expect that the Court will decide the question in the very near future. We are writing at this time to receive your assurance that there will not be repitition of the unfortunate public statement given to the press by the Corporation Counsel's office immediately upon the receipt of the favorable decision from the Municipal Court of Appeals in May of last year. At that time, Mr. West announced that despite the order of the Court there would be no prosecutions by the Corporation Counsel for an indefinite period of time, openly inviting violation of the law. A decision by a nine-judge court in the U.S. Court of Appeals has such great weight, and the issue involved is of such importance to our whole country that we strongly urge that no precipitate statement be made by any responsible District official in the event of a favorable decision from that Court. We shall appreciate hearing from you on this matter. Very truly yours, [while we waited] Mary Church Terrell Chairman mct/as Artisan Productions Reply to: P.O. Box 1827, Hollywood 28, California April 28, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street N.W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: Thank you very much for your kind letter. We also were not satisfied with the way your picture came out. The picture we had of you was so light, and in our desire to make it quite clear that you were not a white person (or what we have come to know as a white person) we had to touch it up. And the result was not a subtle effect. The problem of getting a re- production from a reproduction is great. But in our next order, we will correct this. Thank you again, and we would welcome any ideas you may have of how we could give the "SCROLL OF NEGRO HISTORY" the widest possible use and circulation. Sincerely, Carlton Moss Artisan Productions GM/lw Studio: 13353 Friar Street, Van Nuys, California Founder: President Emeritus Bethune-Cookman College Daytona Beach, Florida Founder, President Emeritus National Council of Negro Women Washington, D.C. Mary McLeod Bethune 631 Pearl Street Daytona Beach, Florida 29 April 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mary Church: This letter comes to join millions of Americans in their sorry of the passing of our distinguished Statesman and Leader, Robert Church. We will all miss him. He did a grand job for America and the world. He died at his post. May God give you strength, dear Mary, to carry on the Church philosopher in the courageous way you have done during all the years. I wish I could be with you at all the testimonials and honor parties that they will have for you. You have well earned them. A life of real service gets its reward. I am very sorry that you could not be with us at our grand Conference. Lots of love. Sincerely yours, Mary McLeod Bethune MMB/bmh The Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity MEMBERSHIP CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS ANACOSTIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION BARRY FARMS CIVIC ASSOCIATION BARRY FARMS RECREATIONAL CENTER BARRY FARMS RESIDENCE COUNCIL BIRNEY SCHOOL P. T. A. BIRNEY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CARVER CIVIC ASSOCIATION ERIE HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION GARFIELD DOUGLASS HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION HILLSDALE CIVIC ASSOCIATION TURNER P. T. A. TURNER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL CHURCH AFFILIATIONS BETHLEHEM BAPTIST CHURCH CAMPBELL A. M. E. CHURCH MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH MATHEWS MEMORIAL CHURCH OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP ST. JOHNS CHURCH ST. PHILLIPS EISCOPAL CHURCH OFFICERS DR. C. E. QUALLS, GENERAL CHAIRMAN 2433 NICHOLS AVENUE, S. E. REV. D. A. BELL, FIRST CO-CHARIMAN 2407 POMEROY ROAD, S. E. REV. C. A. DAWSON, SECOND CO-CHAIRMAN 2429 SHANNON PLACE, S. E. MRS. A. B. FINLAYSON, SECRETARY BIRNEY SCHOOL, NICHOLS AVENUE AND SUMNER ROAD, S. E. MRS. L. STREET, ASS'T SECRETARY 1220 SUMNER ROAD, S. E. REV. R. B. KIRKLAND, TREASURER NO. 13 P STREET, N. E. REV. R. W. HALL, CHAPLAIN 2011 THIRD STREET, N. W. MR. N. F. PAYTON, PUBLIC RELATIONS BARRY FARMS RECREATIONAL CENTER SUMNER ROAD, S. E. April 30, 1952. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S Street, N. W. Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Terrell: Thank you so much for granting us the privilege of having you talk to us on Friday, April 25, 1952. We realize full well your kindness and consideration in extending to us this opportunity. Very sincerely yours, Alice B. Finlayson (Mrs.) Alice B. Finlayson Secretary Coordinating Committee of Anacostia and Vicinity. HOWARD UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON 1, D. C. April 30, 1952 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH Dear Mrs. Terrell, Enclosed are: 1. Your materials--except Post Editorial and Carrie Catt article. 2. Copy of Monday Speech 3. Copies of my articles (which I should like back) 4. My "curriculum vita" I talked with Mrs. Ella Stewart (long distance) and with Mr. Awkward, of your Publishing House. Both are very sure the book can be re-issued. We hope to arrange a meeting next Monday of: you, Mrs. Stewart, and Mr. Awkward. I will telephone you Monday at noon to say when. Sincerely, Margaret Margaret Encls. THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FOUNDED BY HANS KINDLER IN 1931 HOWARD MITCHELL, CONDUCTOR JOHN S. EDWARDS MANAGER 1727 K STREET, NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 6, D. C. STERLING 4842 April 1952 NOTICE TO MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the National Symphony Orchestra Association will be held in the auditorium of the Potomac Electric Power Co., at 10th and E Sts., N.W., on May the 15th, 1952, at 4:30 P.M. The President and Treasurer of the Association will give their annual reports, and other business will be acted upon. Vacancies on the Board of Directors will be filled by election. While nominations from the floor to fill vacancies on the Board of Directors will be in order, it is urged that members, wishing to offer candidates, send names and qualifications of the candidates to the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Mr. Hugh Duffield, in care of the National Symphony Office, 1727 K St., N.W. not later than May 5th. Amendments to the By-Laws of the Association, approved by the Board of Directors, will be considered and voted upon at this meeting. These proposed amendments and additions will relate to the following subjects: I. Date of annual meeting. II. 1. Redraft of paragraphs 1 and 2 of By-Law III in order to obtain greater clarity and conciseness of expression 2. Procedure of nominating and electing Directors of the Association. III. Clarification of text of By-Law V, paragraph 1. IV. Procedure of Amending By-Laws. The text of the pertinent portions of the existing By-Laws, with the suggested amendments and additions, are attached for your information. Enclosed herewith is a card acknowledging your membership in the Association for the year 1952-53. Kindly present this card at the door for admittance. Contributors of $25 or more are listed in the concert program. Since your name will appear as recorded on your membership card, any error should be reported to the Symphony office at once. Contributors of $10 to $25, although entitled to vote, are not listed in the concert program. It is hoped there will be a large attendance at this meeting. The participation of all members in orchestra affairs, and particularly in the selection of administrative officers, is important if the management of the orchestra is to reflect correctly the views and advice of the Association. NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION Elizabeth P. Dominick Mrs. Theodore W. Dominick Secretary to the Association MEMBERSHIP CARD National Symphony Orchestra Association of Washington, D.C. This is to certify that Miss Mary [C] hurch Terrell is an Associate Member of the Association for the year 1952-1953. Gordon Reid President I. Proposed amendment to By-Law II Amend paragraph 2, line 2 by inserting the word "Monday" instead of "Thursday" Existing text of paragraph 1 - By-Law II "The annual meetings of the Association shall be held on the third Thursday of May of each year at such hour and place as the Board of Directors may designate." II. Proposed amendments to By-Law III 1. The first two paragraphs shall be combined into on paragraph. The text as amended shall read as follows: "The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Board of Directors, one-third of who shall be elected by the members of the Association at their annual meeting from among their own number. The Directors so elected shall hold office for three years and until their successors shall be elected and qualify. The Directors shall be classified according to the dates of expiration of the terms for which they shall severally hold office, being divided into three groups, each consisting of one-third of the whole number of Directors so that the term of office of one group shall expire in each year." Existing text of paragraphs 1 and 2 of By-Law III "The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Board of Directors, elected from the members of the Association. The Directors shall be classified according to the dates of expiration of the terms for which they shall severally hold office, being divided into three groups, each group consisting of one-third of the whole number of Directors, so that the term of office of one group shall expire in each year. "At each annual election Directors shall be elected as successors to the Directors of the group whose term shall expire in the year of such meeting and the Directors so elected shall hold office for a term of three years and until their successors shall be elected and qualify." 2. Insert as paragraphs 2 and 3 of By-Law III the following: "The President shall appoint from the Board of Directors a Nominating Committee of five (5) persons who shall nominate a sufficient number of members for election as Directors. "Any member of the Association in good standing and entitled to vote shall have the privilege of nominating a member of the Association for election as Director. This nomination shall be made in the following manner. The nominating member shall place in writing his nomination of the member to be nominated and shall obtain the signatures on this nomination of at least ten (10) members of the Association entitled to vote who shall support it. This nomination, together with the signatures in support thereof, shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Association not less than ten (10) days prior to the annual meeting of the members. The Secretary shall take such action as is necessary to bring this nomination before the members for their vote at the annual meeting." III. Proposed amendment to By-Law V amend paragraph 1, line 4, by inserting the words "from the Board of Directors" immediately after the words, "to be appointed by its president". Existing text of paragraph 1 of By-Law V - this paragraph, as amended at the annual meeting held on May 17, 1951, now reads: "The Administration Committee shall consist of the President, the First and Second Vice Presidents ex officio, the President of the Women's Committee ex officio, and another member of the Women's Committee, to be appointed by its President, and from four to five members of the Board of Directors, at least four of whom are to be elected at the organization meeting of the board following the annual meeting of the Association." IV. Proposed amendment to By-Law VI "Amendments to these By-Laws shall be made by vote of two-thirds of the Directors present at a regular meeting of the Board. A notice of the proposal to amend, containing a copy of the proposed amendment, shall be mailed by the Secretary to each member of the Board at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting." Existing text of By-Law VI "Amendments to these By-Laws may be made by vote of two-thirds of the members present at the annual meeting of the Association, or at a special meeting called for the purpose, provided that a notice of the motion to amend containing a copy of the proposed amendment be sent to the Secretary at least fifteen days previous to the meeting. The Secretary shall mail a notice thereof to each member of the Association at least ten days prior to the said meeting of the Association. Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.