CORRESPONDENCE July 1952 Organized 1896 National Association of Colored Women, Inc. Incorporated 1904 Affiliated with the National Council of Women U. S. A. Inc. 1906 Maintains Frederick Douglass Memorial Home and Property--1916 Established National Scholarship Fund and National Headquarters 1114 O STREET, N. W. Telephone DEcatur 8160 WASHINGTON 5, D. C. JULY 1, 1952 1008 City Park Ave. Toledo, Ohio Dear Coworker: After talking with Mr. Archie Alexander, the contractor for the Douglass Garden Project, about the future plans for achieving our goals in regard to the proposed agreement between the Douglass Memorial and Historical Association, an affiliate of the National Association of Colored Women, we came to the conclusion that the plans as discussed with the late Mrs. Sallie W. Stweart in Evansville last June, were advisable and workable. Therefore, I am submitting the following for your consideration so that some recommendations and plans can be presented to the Boards and Committees at our 28th Biennial Convention in California, for final action. I went to Evansville, Indiana on June 15, 1951 and spent the day with Mrs. Stewart and she was in accord with the following proposed plans for future cooperation: 1. That Headquarters be placed on the Douglass property. 2. That the building be known as the Administrative Building. 3. That an agreement be worked out regarding the leasing of same as a joint project of both organizations. 4. That an Executive Director take care of both organization's administrative business. 5. That each share the expense of a staff of workers. 6. That the cottage used as a caretaker's home be used as a reception room. 7. That a receptionist be obtained as part of the staff. 8. That the barn be converted to a caretaker's home. 9. That a man be employed as a maintenance person. 10. That all drives, etc. be directed from the Douglass Administrative Office. 11. That separate bookkeeping systems be established for each organization. 12. That the President of the National Association of Colored Women and the President of the Douglass Home Memorial Association have policies for operating the two organizations jointly. 13. That the National Association of Colored Women and the Douglass Home Memorial Association have a written agreement on said policies drawn up by their respective legal advisors. 14. That this proposal will be of advantage to both organizations as a money saver. There are many advantages in this action. We can, in the next two years, obtain the $100,000 to rehabilitate the Home as a shrine. Money will be saved by both organizations to obtain our goals. What will we do about achieving our goals at the 28th Biennial? Duty Calls -- What is the answer? A reply before July 20th will give time to incorporate some of these items in a report for the convention. Please state your reaction to the proposal. I truly hope you will be present and that you will have recommendations for consideration along similar lines. Yours for "Lifting as We Climb" Ella P. Stewart Ella P. Stewart NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AMERICAN-SOVIET FRIENDSHIP, INC. 114 east 32nd street - new york 16, n. y. - murray hill 3-2080 CHAIRMAN Dr. John A. Kingsbury SECRETARY Prof. Henry Pratt Fairchild BOARD OF DIRECTORS Theodore Bayer Hon. Elmer A. Benson Charles A. Collins Rev. John W. Darr, Jr. Muriel Draper B. Z. Goldberg Shirley Graham Dr. Harry Grundfest Dr. W. A. Hunton Albert E. Kahn Leo Krzycki George Marshall Rev. Wm. Howard Melish Rt. Rev. Arthur W. Moulton Berenice Noar Dr. Henry Noyes Dr. Emily Pierson R. A. Resika Curtis Ritter Dr. Holland Roberts Joseph P. Selly Jessica Smith Rev. Wm. B. Spofford Prof. Dirk J. Struik Pauline Taylor Max Weber July 2, 1952 Dear Friend: Draft of an Open Letter to the American People, approved by the Board of Directors of the National Council, is enclosed. This letter is being sent to a representative group of Americans in all walks of life for endorsement and signatures. We feel that it is important at this time for a number of American leaders to make a statement regarding the crucial issue of the Bonn Agreements. These agreements are freighted with danger to our own nation and the entire world. It is our hope you will agree with us and find it possible to endorse this letter with its constructive recommendations. As soon as a fair number of signatures have been received, we shall publicize the Open Letter as widely as possible. Its influence should prove helpful in the present situation. Will you sign the enclosed card and return to us at an early date. We shall appreciate your cooperation in this peace action Sincerely yours, H P Fairchild Prof. Henry Pratt Fairchild National Secretary HPF:bc encs. OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE With a feeling of grave responsibility we address this Open Letter to the American people. International events have reached a point of extreme danger to our own security and the peace of the world. The bi-partisan foreign policy of our Administration has in the last few years consistently veered away from conference with the Soviet Union and leaned more and more in the direction of building up internationally a military threat to the U.S.S.R. and of employing that threat to gain desired ends. This policy was recently climaxed in the signing of the "general agreements" and the "European community agreement" with the West German government at Bonn. The primary aim of these agreements is to keep Germany divided and to attach the military potential of West Germany to the North Atlantic Alliance under General Ridgeway's command. The danger of a war arising out of the Bonn agreements is heightened by the fact that they strengthen the reactionary forces inside of Germany, the Ruhr monopolists and the Nazi generals of the Wehrmacht. The U.S. Government is bound to support these elements because it depends on them to put through the ratification of the Bonn agreements, to enforce militarization and to deliver the German military cadres to NATO. The United States has taken as allies the fascist elements in Germany, defeated at such a great cost in World War II, in order to develop a base for war against the U.S.S.R. Through these agreements we are placing the security of our country in the bloodstained hands of the revanchist Nazi generals who, once in power and in command of a re-established military organization can plunge us into war almost at will. The agreements with the Bonn government run contrary to the wishes of the German people who are being prevented from unification and peaceful democratic development in order to bring West Germany into a military alliance directed against the U.S.S.R., thus creating the danger of a civil war against the German Democratic Republic of East Germany. There is presently developing the widest struggle in all of the European countries concerned around the ratification of the Bonn agreements. -more- -2- In the face of growing opposition within West Germany, Chancellor Adenauer is now reported ready to postpone the process of ratification in both houses of the German Parliament for two or three months, or even longer. The Government and people of East Germany unconditionally oppose these agreements, urging instead a real peace treaty based on complete sovereignty of the united German people pledged to the maintenance of world peace. In France the people in all political parties fear and oppose the rise of Nazi military power. In England there is great unrest, engendered by these Bonn agreements, among Laborites, Liberals and even in Conservative groups. The Soviet Union has repeatedly in the past and only recently in a series of notes addressed to the United States, Great Britain and France, protested against the contemplated Bonn agreements as contrary to the Allied war pledges and to the Potsdam Agreement in particular. The U.S.S.R. has called for an agreement among the occupying powers on elections in all of Germany, East and West for the creation of an all-German governmment capable of signing a peace treaty. The struggle around the Bonn agreements within Germany, and in the other countries concerned, bids well to nullify these agreements by preventing their ratification, thus posing the constructive alternative or estabilshing a unified democratic Germany and signing a peace treaty with it. Such a solution would greatly contribute to the resolving of war tensions in Europe and facilitate agreements between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. on all other international problems. Let the American people demonstrate to the people of Europe that a large body of Americans is mindful of the dangers emanating form the Bonn agreements. Let us petition the Senators of our respective states to vote against the ratification of the Bonn agreements. Let us address communications to the President, asking him to withhold signature on the agreements. Let us call upon the President to carry through a conference of the top statesmen of the Four Powers to negotiate a peace treaty with a unified Germany. It is in the best interests of the United States and the peace of the world that we appeal for action while there is still time to turn America from the path of war onto the road which leads toward world peace and security. # # # # 504 East 42nd Street Kansas City, Missouri July 3, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Howard University Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Mrs. Rose E. Williamson of 927 Quincy Street, N.W., Washington, D. C., was a visitor yesterday at the Fellowship House table at Bretton's Restaurant here in Kansas City. She told me briefly about the work you and others are doing in making restaurants in Washington, D. C., available to the total population. We are interested in the same program at Fellowship House, but so far have accomplished relativelly little. I understand that you periodically issue bulletins concerning your activities. I would be very happy to be put on your maling list and to pay whatever the cost may be for this subscription. Very truly yours, Robert Wesley Brown Chairman of Committee, Public Accomodations Fellowhip House [Ca 7-6-52] "We have good reason to doubt his impartiality toward our race," said Mrs. Mary Terrell, Negro, of 1615 S-st nw. Her husband, the late Robert H. Terrell who died in 1925, was a Harvard honor graduate and judge here for 20 years. Dear Madame: Cynics blame the Creator. But She provided a seperate place for people. The guard of sordid white men must bear the blame and are being punished for their sins; frustrating the law of the Creator. The only hope for the District is to get Home Rule; to appoint "Our beloved Eleanor," as Mayor, to serve at her pleasure, until she has settled the Negro Problem, to Her satisfaction. Respectfully, C. Bartel G. B. Pettengill USIS, Monrovia c/o State Dept. Washington, D.C. [*Enclosed $28*] U.S. Embassy Monrovia, Liberia July 7, 1952 Mrs. 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. Dear Mrs Terrell, Your June 2 letter pointing out the increase in number of public place which do not discriminate by color in Washington, has reached me. On behalf of My wife and myself, I am taking the liberty of sending you a check for $28 to cover a week's print of your material. Would you be good enough to send me a list of organizations which are members of the committee? Yours sincerely, G.B. Pettengill G. B. Pettengill Carver Hall 211 Elm Street, N. W. Washington 1, D. C. July 9, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 S. St., N. W. Washington, D. C. Dear Mrs. Terrell, For your information the following are the materials which I used: "Some Aspects of the Employment Problem, as it Concerns Colored People." "The Bright Side of a Dark Subject." "The Progressive Party and the Negro." "Taking Things for Granted." "Effect of Disfranchisement of Colored Men Upon Colored Women in the South." "Remarks made at Cooper Institute, February 1st, 1906, addressing a meeting called to protest against the disfranchisement of Colored Men in the South." ( in folder marked Cooper Institute). "The Progress and Problems of Colored Women." The Progress of Colored Women ( pamphlet) "Peonage in the United States," in The Nineteenth Century and After, August, 1907. "Lynching from a Negro's Point of View," The North American Review, June, 1904. "A Plea for the White South by a Colored Woman," The Nineteenth Century and After, July, 1906. Clipping from the Washington Post on Tuskegee, date:July 16, 1904. The title, or rather the subject of my dissertation( at Columbia University) on which I am now working, and in which I shall use the above materials is "The Thinking of Negroes on the Race Problem in America between the Civil War and the first World War." I checked on Howard's American Magazine. It was published from 1890 to 1901. There are a few scattered copies in the Moorland Room at Howard University, in the Library of Congress, at Oberlin College( our Alma Mater), and atTulane University in Louisiana. The copies I have seen are at Howard, and they do not give the board of editors. This explains why I did not observe your brother's name in the issues of the magazine that I saw. ( continued on next page) - 2 - You may recall that when I first met you I mentioned at item about you which I found in THE HORIZON, a magazine( organ, more or less,of the Niagara Movement) published between 1907 and 1910 by W.E.B. DuBois, L.M. Hershaw, and F. H. Murray. I told you I would make a copy of this item for you and here it is ( from the issue of November, 1907: "Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, who has been until very lately the right very high priestess, the veritable 'She' of the Bookerites, has been 'named' for excommunication, and her very admirable addresses made on her recent lecture tour, -- Yes, she has been on a lecture tour up North though the Tuskegee papers and 'correspondents' have not bruited it very broadly, -- as we were saying, her recent addresses have been placed in the Index Expurgatorius if not indeed in the Index Prohibotorium. Why? Because the very kernel of the cult is: 'Everything is going on all right, and whatever trifling troubles trail after our race are of our own making.' But, Mistress Mary, quite contrary, at the opening of her tour in Cleveland, addressing the American Missionary Association, was guilty of the heresy of asserting; and that too in the present tense, indicative mood, active voice; that in the South where our best friends swarm, we Black Folk do not get justice and fair play and that even now under the present reign things go from worse to worse. "As indicative of what is in store for this termagant and for all guilty of like offending, we may mention the provocative slight -- the vicious vilipending, as Tom Fortune would say -- in the omission of her name from the list of speakers at the 'race conference' the last of this month, at the Jim C row Annex /that is the Negro Department of the Jamestwon Exposition--A.M./ 'blow out,' although the list includes nearly everything in the menagerie from the great amiable, though nearly extinct, Dinosaur from the Kansas prairies, to the teeny but pestiferous Culex from the Mississippi canebrake." The above item appered in F. H. Murray's column in the magazine. I again want to thank you very, very much for your kindness in talking with me, and in letting me look over the manuscripts. It was indeed a distinct pleasure to meet and converse with you. I have found the materials I consulted most valuable. Indeed I deeply appreciate the courtesies and favors extended to me. And I know I shall never forget your recital, this morning, of the account of your brother and R. G. Ingersoll. I do hope that I shall see you again and talk with you some more. Sincerely, August Meier P.s. My Washington address is above. If you with to reach me, I suggest you call North 7003 and leave a message for me to call you back. This is the best way, as I am seldom in. My home address is 617 Highland Avenue, Newark 4, New Jersey. Do not hesitate to call me, if there is something I can do for you. A.M. National Association of Colored Women, Inc. 1114 O Street, North West Washington 5, D. C. July 9, 1952 National board Chairmen National Association of Colored Women, Inc. Dear Chairman: I would like to have your Board represented at the Administrative Board Meeting, Friday, August 1, 1952, 7 P. M., in Los Angeles. This will enable the Administrative Board to make a complete report, with recommendations to the Executive Board on Saturday, August 2nd. If you have not prepare the Report and Recommendations from your Board, as reflected in the thinking of your Board Trustees and Advisors, this is to urge that you be prepared to make such a report in Los Angeles. All reports must be typed and two (2) copies handed to the Secretary, when report is made. In the event that you will not be present for the Administrative Board Meeting on Friday, see to it that your Board is represented and that the representative has the report from your Board. Your for Service Ella P. Stewart President EPS:mmh CALIFORNIA CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES for 28th BIENNIAL CONVENTION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN, INC. AUGUST 1 - 8, 1952 GENERAL CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Gertrude R. Hicks, 1225 South Wilton Place, Los Angeles Co - Chairmen: Mrs. Alberta Godwin, 140 Milham Drive, Bakersfield Mrs. Essie L. Amart, 612 Jewell Drive, San Diego Mrs. Maggie Marshall, 1400 Fairview, Berkeley STATE CONVENTION CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Lillian Dixon, 3430 West Street, Oakland STATE FINANCE CHAIRMAN: Mrs Frances Albrier, 1621 Oregon Street, Berkeley Co - Chairmen: Mrs. Florence Carter, 2133 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles Mrs, Lillian Dixon, 3430 West Street, Oakland Mrs. Hilda Kemp, 322 Olivewood Terrace, San Diego NATIONAL CONVENTION TREASURER: Mrs. Lillie B.R. Baker, 1161 E. 47th Pl., L.A. NATIONAL CONVENTION SEC'Y: Mrs. Beulah Reid, 1746 17th Street, San Monica ORGANIZATION CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Blanche Carter, Santa Monica Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Vassie Wright, Supervisors, Citizen Comm., 349 5th Avenue Mrs. Ardelia Angelin, Supervisor, Housing, 2081 W. 29th Street Mrs. Mrs. Esther T. Greenley, Supervisor, Fashion Show 1644 E. 114th Street, Los Angeles SOUVENIR PROGRAM: Mrs. Ella K. Mayes, 3866 3rd Avenue, Los Angeles HOUSING CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Mamie Duffy, 4112 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles Co - Chairman: Mrs. Eva W. Jones, 1706 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles ARTS AND CRAFTS: Mrs. Georgia Russell, 828 E. 46th Street, Los Angeles TRANSPORTATION: Mrs. Mattie Austin, 1557 W. 35th Place, Los Angeles FASHION SHOW: Mrs. Jacquelyn Moore, 1142 E. 46th Street, Los Angeles Mrs. Benester Fisher, 216 W. 52nd Street, Los Angeles COURTESY: Mrs. Clarabel Ashcraft, 2712 S. Hobart, Los Angeles DECORATION: Mrs. Mildred Moore, 2110 W. 30th Street, Los Angeles Mrs. Barbara Ghandi, 3667 S. Normandi, Los Angeles PROGRAM: Mrs. Gertrude R. Hicks, 1225 S. Wilton Place, Los Angeles Mrs. Exie Hampton, 1119 E. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles Mrs. Mattie McCorkle, 318 N. Humboldt Street, Son Mateo Mrs. Wilma Chapman, 1230 S. Wilton Place, Los Angeles KITS, BADGES, SIGNS, STREET DECORATIONS: Mrs. Ruth Butler, 745 E. 52nd Place, Los Angeles REGISTRATION: Mrs. Izetta Allen Mrs. Estelle Vick GENERAL SEC'Y STAFF: Mrs. Ella K. Mayes, 3866 3rd Avenue, Los Angeles Mrs. Lucille Johnson, 1707 Una Street San Diego Mrs. Emma Brown, 250 N. California, Tulare Mrs. Mildred Moore, 2110 W. 20th Street, Los Angeles NURSES CORP.: Mrs. Lauretta Edwards, 1720 Delaware, San Monica M. D. Staff: Dr. E. I. Robinson, 907 E. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles PUBLICITY: Mr. Alfred Norman, 2510 S. Central, Los Angeles Mrs. Margaret Nottage, 1409 Berkeley Way, Berkeley Mrs. Florine Williams, 1623 E. 122nd Street, Los Angeles EXHIBITS: Mrs. Lillian Sunday Ford, 461 Hammond Street, Pasadena Mrs. Earlie Mae Owens, 200 W. 50th Street, Los Angeles [7-10-52?] Dear Madam: Having political axes to grind, we can not consider Harriman and Eleanor as true constructive friends of the Negro. They have no hand in the building of such institutions as Howard U. To prove their constructive friendship I hope that they will dig down into their enormous private wealth, to build a House of God for the Reverend Elder Michaux. Respectfully, C. Bartel Testimonial Committee 1015 "M" St., NW Washington, D.C. July 12, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 "S" St., NW Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: Your sincere interest and activity in problems of racial discrimination are well known and a source of inspiration to the people of Washington. Therefore, we should like you to be our guest at the testimonial dinner to be tendered to Mrs. Margaret P. Gilmore for her outstanding leadership in FEPC victories at the Bureau of Engraving. Mrs. Gilmore, together with her fellow Union members at the Bureau, have displayed admirable courage in opposing and eliminating unfair practices against Negro government employees. We feel confident that you would wish to pay personal tribute to Mrs. Gilmore for both her zeal and self-sacrifice. The members of the committee join with Mrs. Gilmore in expressing the hope that you will accept the enclosed invitation and honor us with your presence on Friday, August 1, 1952, at 8 P.M. If you would like to address the gathering on this occasion, we would be happy to arrange the program accordingly. It would be very helpful, however, if you indicate the amount of time you desire. Very truly yours, Ethel C. Perritt Ethel C. Perritt, Chairman Margaret Gilmore Testimonial Committee Ethel C. Perritt Gloria Carter Harriet Taylor Alfred Moore Harry Ray Charles Points National Association of Colored Women, Inc. 1114 O Street, North West Washington 5, D. C. July 14, 1952 Dear Co - Worker: Your assistance is needed in getting the following information to the club women, who will attend the National Convention in Los Angeles, August 1 - 8, 1952. The program for NACW's 1952 Biennial Convention will include the usual General Sessions and Work Shops and will close with a Banquet Session. $3.50 per plate. On Tuesday, August 5th, from 2:00 P. M. - 3:45 P. M., has been set aside for all delegates and visiting club members to take part in Group Meetings (Work Shops). This plan provides for a sharing of problems and solutions in addition to the information presented by Discussion Leaders and Resource Persons. We think the Group Meetings will be most profitable because of the opportunity they will afford to bring about better understanding of Club Work as it is related to the NACW Departments, and Projects. To date, seven Work Group Meetings have been planned. The Work Groups planned are: 1. Family Life - Mrs. A. E. S. Johnson, Chairman 2. Vocational Guidance - Mrs. Sarah E. Jett, Chairman 3. Interracial Relations - Mrs. Naomi Y. Hatcher, Chairman 4. Arts and Crafts - Mrs. Susie V. Bouldin, Chairman 5. Education - Mrs. G. W. Williams, Chairman 6. Savings - Mrs. Alice G. Mickens, Chairman 7. Legislation Each state is urged to have adequate representation in each group and that the delegates will KNOW about the Work Shop Session, before arrival at the Convention, so that attendance of the groups may be determined during Registration. There will be on sale: NACW Handbooks, @ 50c each; Year Books, @$1.50; Songs, @40c each. Other materials for your information, will be at the supply desk. Please read over Bulletin 1 & 2, for Convention Information. Send in a biographical sketch of each candidate for office from your State, to Mrs. F. G. Brackeen, 1001 Humboldt Street, Fort Worth, Texas. A list of California Committee Chairmen is enclosed for your information and guidance. Prepare and turn over at the Secretary's Desk, upon arrival in Los Angeles, the names of five (5) club women in your state that have done outstanding work in her community, during the past 4 years (1948 - 1952). We would like to present to each outstanding Club Woman, a Certificate of Merit at the Banquet on Thursday Night. Your list of deceased members from each state, must be handed in at the Secretary's Table, before 5 P. M. on Saturday, August 2nd. Do not forget to submit your list of your Pioneers (living) club leaders, during the period 1896 - 1920. Remember, coach seats are available out of Chicago. That Passes and Clergies are accepted on Speical Train. Looking forward with great anticipation to greeting you on the Special or in Los Angeles. Yours for "Lifting as We Climb" Ella P. Stewart Ella P. Stewart President EPS:mmh CALIFORNIA CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES for 28th BIENNIAL CONVENTION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN, INC. AUGUST 1-8, 1952 GENERAL CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Gertrude R. Hicks, 1225 South Wilton Place, Los Angeles Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Alberta Godwin, 140 Milham Drive, Bakersfield Mrs. Easie L. Smart, 612 Jewell Drive, San Diego Mrs. Maggie Marshall, 1400 Fairview, Berkeley STATE CONVENTION CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Lillian Dixon, 3430 West Street, Oakland STATE FINANCE CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Frances Albrier, 1621 Oregon Street, Berkeley Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Florence Carter, 2133 S. Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles Mrs. Lillian Dixon, 3430 West Street, Oakland Mrs. Hilda Kemp, 322 Olivewood Terrace, San Diego NATIONAL CONVENTION TREASURER: Mrs. Lillie B.R. Baker, 1161 E. 47th Pl., L.A. NATIONAL CONVENTION SEC'Y: Mrs. Beulah Reid, 1746 17th Street, San Monica ORGANIZATION CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Blanche Carter, Santa Monica Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Vassie Wright, Supervisors, Citizen Comm., 3439 5th Avenue Mrs. Ardelia Angelin, Supervisor, Housing, 2061 W. 29th Street Mrs. Mrs. Esther T. Greenley, Supervisor, Fashion Show 1644 E. 114th Street, Los Angeles SOUVENIR PROGRAM: Mrs. Ella K. Mayes, 3866 3rd Avenue, Los Angeles HOUSING CHAIRMAN: Mrs. Mamie Duffy, 4112 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles Co-Chairman: Mrs. Eva W. Jones, 1706 W. Jefferson Blvd., Los Angeles ARTS AND CRAFTS: Mrs. Georgia Russell, 828 E. 46th Street, Los Angeles TRANSPORTATION: Mrs. Mattie Austin, 1557 W. 35th Place, Los Angeles FASHION SHOW: Mrs. Jacquelyn Moore, 1142 E. 46th Street, Los Angeles Mrs. Benester Fisher, 216 W. 52nd Street, Los Angeles COURTESY: Mrs. Clarabel Ashcraft, 2712 S. Hobart, Los Angeles DECORATION: Mrs. Wildred Moore, 2110 W. 30th Street, Los Angeles Mrs. Barbara Ghandi, 3667 S. Normandi, Los Angeles PROGRAM: Mrs. Gertrude R. Hicks, 1225 S. Wilton Place, Los Angeles Mrs. Exie Hampton, 1119 E. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles Mrs. Mattie McCorkle, 318 N. Humboldt Street, Son Mateo Mrs. Wilma Chapman, 1230 S. Wilton Place, Los Angeles KITS, BADGES, SIGNS, STREET DECORATIONS: Mrs. Ruth Butler, 745 E. 52nd Place, Los Angeles REGISTRATION: Mrs. Isetta Allen Mrs. Estelle Vick GENERAL SEC'Y STAFF: Mrs. Ella K. Mayes, 3866 3rd Avenue, Los Angeles Mrs. Lucille Johnson, 1707 Una Street, San Diego Mrs. Emma Brown, 250 N. California, Tulare Mrs. Mildred Moore, 2110 W. 20th Street, Los Angeles NURSES CORP.: Mrs. Lauretta Edwards, 1720 Delaware, San Monica M. D. STAFF: Dr. E. I. Robinson, 907 E. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles PUBLICITY: Mr. Alfred Norman, 2510 S. Central, Los Angeles Mrs. Margaret Nottage, 1409 Berkeley Way, Berkeley Mrs. Florine Williams, 1623 E. 122nd Street, Los Angeles EXHIBITS: Mrs. Lillian Sunday Ford, 461 Hammond Street, Pasadena Mrs. Earlie Mae Owens, 200 W. 50th Street, Los Angeles [7-15-52?] Dear Madam: My thanks for bringing the dream of our beloved Eleanor to fruition; Washington the Mecca of the Negro. Also for giving needy poor white families, with too many children, to get a chance for a home with modern facilities. I hope that the poor white families will be protected against evictions, when the pressure for more Negro families, takes place. Respectfully, ("Stanton Housing News") C. Bartel July 15, 1952 To the Trustees of the Robert H. Terrell Law School Greetings: The Special Committee appointed by the President to work out a satisfactory formula for the payment of salaries due the instructors reports as follows: A number of meetings were held by the committee at the office of Judge James A. Cobb, at which the views of the several members were canvassed, assessed and discussed. These meetings were not productive of formal conclusions but were helpful and instrumental in that there were crystallized three distinct theories for basis of settlement: (a) Dean Parker thought that settlement should be made on the basis of the contractual obligations entered into by the Board of Trustees and the instructors. (b) Mr. Shine suggested that settlement per upon a semester hour basis with extra compensation to the surviving founders in consideration for services rendered by them. (c) Mrs. Thomas proposed payment on the basis of services rendered during the entire compensatory period based upon the number of hours rendered. After consideration, deliberation and numerous meetings, the Chairman submitted the matter to Dean Parker and Mr. Thomas and urged them to work out a plan. The following plan or formula, if it may be so called, is a combination of the three theories or views mentioned above, is believed to be equitable and should be approved by the Board of Trustees. Your Committee recommends the following payments: Mr. C.S. Brown $200.00 60% $120.00 Mr. Christopher 200.00 " 120.00 Mr. Derricotte 400.00 " 240.00 Mr. Fickling 400.00 " 240.00 Mr. Greenhaus 300.00 " 180.00 Mr. Groner 100.00 " 60.00 Mrs. Hawthorne 200.00 " 120.00 XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXX.XXX X XXXXXXX Mr. Kallis 200.00 " 120.00 Mr. Pair 400.00 " 240.00 Mr. B. Parker 400.00 " 240.00 Mr. Smalley 100.00 " 60.00 -2- Mr. Stern $250.00 60% 150.00 Mr. Taylor 300.00 " 180.00 Mr. Tyson 400.00 " 240.00 Mr. Windsor 200.00. " 120.00 $2430.00 $2640.00 Dean Parker Earned $14, 150.00 Extra services 1000.00 To closing .60 of school Paid 8, 490.00 " " 300.00 Since clo- Bal. 2, 640.00 sing $3940.00 Mr. Pollard Earned $4500.00 $1575.00 .60 Extra load 150.00 2700.00 Paid 1125.00 Total 1725.00 Bal. 1575.00 $245.00 Mr. Wright Earned $9200.00 Extra Load 500.00 .60 5520.00 Total 745.00 Paid 5275.00 $ 245.00 Mr. Thomas Earned $1000.00 $600.00 .60 650.00 Bal. $ 600.00 $1250.00 Mr. Mehlinger Earned $ 200.00 $ 120.00 .60 Services 300.00 $ 120.00 Total $ 420.00 Mr. Gray Extra Services $ 300.00 Veteran's Administration Account Veteran's Administration Claim $3913.38 Due us 1951 semester 1939.20 Balance, if audit stands $1984.18 -3- RECAPITULATION Cash on deposit, Industrial Bank of Washington $15,013.69 To Veteran's Administration $1, 984.18 Terrell Memorial 1,000.00 Washington Law Book Company 819.84 George A. Parker, refund - last audit 41.06 Bobbs Merrill, balance due 16.50 Part time instructors 2,430.00 Horace O. Pollard 1,725.00 James T. Wright 745.00 George A. Parker 3,940.00 Philip W. Thomas 1,250.00 Louis R. Mehlinger 420.00 Augustus W. Gray 300.00 Armand W. Scott, refund 100.00 For future clerical, etc. 242.10 $15,013.69 $15,013.69 Are the minutes of this meeting being taken? [7-17-52?] Dear Madam: "Cast your bread (smiles and good will) upon the waters," is not a lot of baloney, I am learning. You, I, Harriman, Eleanor, etc., have reached the top of the hill, and are heading for the grave. Serenly? Death a blessing? My gracious neighbors are trying, and helping to keep the downward path, smooth and even. They are the Agents of the Lord, answering the prayers. Respectfully, C. Bartel on Sept 8, and Helen was going with him, and they would stay abroad for a time - Lillian wants it about as much as she does - But I believe he will speak by proxy and the trip is to be put off until later because he cannot finish his N.Y. City job in time - also Luther wasn't in here and wants to be here as much as possible in August - It has been perfectly delightful here and ever since we came except for 2 or 3 hot days last week when I suppose it must have been unendurably hot in Washington - I hope that you kept comparatively quiet and did not suffer too much - I hope you went to the Bay - Greensboro, Vt. July 17 /52 Dear old Mollie: Our last guest has departed, and Helen and I am alone with a helpful young girl to do most of the housework - I am so glad for Helen realy needs rest - She almost collapsed before she left New York - was thoroughly checked by the doctors, and the trouble pronounced fatigue - That was a great relief, but it is hard to make her rest as she should - Luther has an engagement to speak at the Janet and a friend of hers a very lively and charming woman arrived almost as soon as we did, and before they left for Montreal on the way back to Carolina, a friend of Helen's from Bronxville came - She left yesterday - We drove around quite a bit, and had Tears so - It seems good to be quiet today - Of course we were excited over the Chicago convention and pleased with the result - I would still be for Harriman - if only he could be nominated - I do not believe that he would compromise our Civil Liberties, and I fear that other candidates will - I hope you are not taking it too hard, my Dear - I have faith that the Right will win finally But it seems so long drawn out! Just now I am feeling quite afraid of the Russians having just read a digest of Leland Stowe's frightenring bok "Conquest through Terror -" Well, I do believe that God still rules in spite of all the human wickedness - what else can one believe ? Love always N [*[Mrs Clarence Swift]*] 1101 s. Gramercy Place L A. 19-July 21- 1952 Mrs. Mollie Church Terrell; My dear Mrs. Terrell: I am sure you will be surprised to get this note from me - Selena Sloan Butler of Atlanta, Ga. I heard you would be here for the Nat Con. of the F.C.W.C. As one of the founders of this grand organization, I am hoping we two can meet once more. I am hoping that we can have a picture made of the Founders- those still with us. As our first Pres. I salute you. as a grand, gracious and noble leader of all these years. Hoping to see you at the Convention. yours sincerely Selena Sloan Butler Mrs. H R - -- 7-21-52 -- Why should negroes be surprised that a law has been passed whereby white people are protected against these Communistic "sit-down" invasions of private premises?? Has the time come when only negroes have "rights"? [ca7-22-52] "Cast your bread upon the water..." Dear Madam: Just imagine what great benefactors, Eleanor and Harriman with his forty million income could be.. They could purchase the failing cotton mills of the New England States; give the women work to make clothes, for the children of the poor. Jesus would surely love and bless 'em for doing it in His name. Respectfully, C. Bartel Investors Diversified Services, Inc. ESTABLISHED 1894 MINNEAPOLIS MEMBER PRESIDENTS CLUB E. HERMAN ERICKSON DIVISIONAL MANAGER 327 SHOREHAM BLDG. WASHINGTON, D.C. PHONE: ME. 2127 DISTRIBUTOR AND INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR INVESTORS SYNDICATE OF AMERICA, INC. INVESTORS SELECTIVE FUND, INC. INVESTORS STOCK FUND, INC. INVESTORS MUTUAL, INC. July 23, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, 1615 S St. NW., Washington, D.C. Dear Mrs. Terrell: It has seemed very difficult for me to find a time when it is possible to talk with you at any length by telephone, and I certainly have not intended to be a bother to you in calling you the few times I have, but rather, as I believe it is my part to do, to keep you informed concerning your investment with us. I thought best, therefore, to write you this letter. I wanted to call to your close attention, the contents of the letter you received from our Home Office, written July 11th. In that letter they have given you in complete detail the information that you had previously requested from our office as to what your earnings have been on your Investors Mutual. By adding up the totals for the portion of the year 1948 that you had this account with us, and down through April 21, 1952, which is less than four years, your Mutual has earned for you the very pleasing (it seems to me) total of $3,050.80. Thus you will see that is has done fully as well as I told you in the beginning that it would do. My hope has been, therefore, as you ave intimated it might be possible, to add any other sum or amounts as you might have currently available, having not only excellent earnings, but safety through wide diversification over many different companies and industries and not all in one basket, plus the management of one of the country's outstanding companies that has had an outstanding record of managing money over a period of 58 years, and all under very stringent federal regulation and supervision. Hoping that we might have the pleasure of serving you further, I am Sincerely, E H Erickson E.H. Erickson Divisional Manager WASHINGTON, D.C. 18 JUL 24 5- PM 1952 THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS UNITED STATES 2 CENTS POSTAL CARD Mrs. Mary Church Terrell 1615 - S. St. NW City. Barristers' Wives Call meeting. Monday, July 28, 1952 - 8:30 pm 443 - Kenyon St NW Discussion of plans for National Barristers Wives E E Brown Cor Sec 4757 Labadie Ave. St. Louis 15, Mo. July 25, 1952 Dear Mrs. Terrell, I have read and reread your autobiography with great interest. It has been thrilling to me, since I first became acquainted with you through its pages, to see your name in the news as one who is still in the forefront of the fight for civil rights. and to know that you, like some of your great associates of the past-- Susan B. Anthony, for example--live too completely in today and today's struggles ever to grow old. To express my admiration for your book, and even more, for your life, is not the sole purpose of this letter, sincere as that admiration is. I want to ask your help on a matter on which there is no one so well qualified to speak as yourself. I am engaged in writing a book on the history of the woman's rights movement in this country. This is not limited to the organized suffrage movement, but deals also with women's fight for their rights in industry, the professions and education, and the struggle of the Negro women to win their freedom and achieve full citizenship. As you are aware, it is always difficult to lift the blanket of silence and distortion to uncover the true stories of the role of theNegro people in our history, and when it comes to the role of the Negro women, the task is doubly difficult. (Even Carter G. Woodson, for example, could write of the Negro in the medical profession without mentioning one of the early Negro women doctors.) You can readily understand, therefore, the special interest with which I read of your participation in the woman suffrage movement, and my eagerness to learn more of it, and to know first hand from a participant like yourself some of the things which are left out of the "History of Woman Suffrage" about the role of Negro women in the movement and related matters. I am taking the liberty of addressing a series of question to you, and will be deeply grateful if you will find the time to answer them. If you do so, I will be more than happy to credit you as the source of such information, and to send you a draft of the chapter in which I utilize it so that you may be certain it is presented in a manner which you would find satisfactory. -2- 1. Can you tell me of other Negro women besides yourself who played a part in the suffrage movement? For example, what about Coralie Franklin Cook? 2. Do you know of any state of city suffrage societies which were all Negro, or any with both colored and white members in which Negro women played an important part? 3. Since the Suffrage Association took a "states rights" position, allowing each state to make its on qualifications for membership, etc., I assume that the southern state associations were all lily white. Do you know how common this condition was in the north and west? Were there any states that made a serious attempt to develop interracial memberships? 4. Was the need of Negro women--particularly of the south-- for suffrage ever a part of the propaganda of the suffrage societies? 5. You mention that "It was rare to find any of the original suffragists or their immediate families who were badly afflicted with race prejudice." However, it is obvious that some suffragists were so afflicted, as you also mention some who objected to having the girls from Howard march in a suffrage parade. Would you elaborate on this? Do you feel that it was quite widespread? Did Miss Anthony and the others who were relatively free of prejudice themselves put up a battle against it in the organization? 6. In Vol. IV of the "History of Woman Suffrage" the account of the 1898 convention, which speaks of your address, also mentions one by a Miss Belle Kearney of Mississippi on "Social Change in the South." Do you recall this speech, and Miss Kearney's attitude to the Negro people? Or did she by chance find it possible to discuss social change in the south without mentioning the Negro people? 7. Do you have copies of the two addresses you made to the Suffrage Association in 1898 and 1900? If not, do you know whether there are any in existence? I should like very much to read them. 8. It appears that unfortunately both the National and the American Suffrage Societies at one time or another made rather serious concessions to white supremacy in their attempts to win the white people of the south to woman suffrage. Henry Blackwell "proved" in an open letter to the south that if women were granted the vote, -3- the votes of white women would counterbalance those of the Negro people, both men and women, and permit the whites always to outvote the Negroes, a point which was made again more than once by southern women in suffrage conventions. Rev. Anna Howard Shaw speaks in her autobiography rather proudly of her handling of the question when lecturing in the south: she pointed out that the black coachman rated higher politically than his white mistress, an approach which not only appealed to prejudice, but ignored the virtual disfranchisement of the Negro men in the south. Did you ever hear these attitudes discussed by suffragists--particularly Dr. Shaw's position? Any information or opinions relating to this subject not covered by my questions would also be of great interest to me. I will be eagerly awaiting a reply, and will appreciate more than I can say any help you can give me in my attempt to present a full and true picture of the struggle of all American women for equality. Respectfully, Virginia Warner Virginia Warner July 25, 1952 Mr. G. B. Pettengill USIS, Monrovia c/o State Department Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. and Mrs. Pettengill: Mrs. Terrell has asked me to convey to you the warm thanks of the committee for your generous contribution of $28, which is the cost of one week's printing of our Murphy boycott leaflet. 40,000 of these have already been distributed and we feel that the educational value of the leaflet is almost as great as its direct help in fostering the boycott. It is especially gratifying to receive your encouragement from so far away; to know that you continue your interest in achieving full democracy in our national capital. Since you left the states, there has been measureable progress in Washington, more in the changed atmosphere perhaps than in practical gains. The victory at the Hecht Co and the subsequent change of policy at Lansburgh's has brought about a feeling of progress made and great progress made possible. Murphy's is astonishingly adamant but we are confident that this last dime store still maintaining a segregated policy will have to change soon. In the field of education, there is definitely a changed atmosphere with an integrated school system winning tremendous support in both the white and Negro communities. No one can say how long it will be before integration is achieved, but the will to change the dual school system is active and vocal as never before. In answer to your request for a list of member organizations I am enclosing a partial list of those organizations that have contributed financially during the past year. We do not have regular membership in the Committee. An organization (or individual) is considered to be a cooperating organization if it participates in any way in any one or more of the activities of the Committee. Some organizations have regular representatives, others choose to have unofficial representatives; some participate by raising funds, some by supplying pickets, some by filing briefs in our case, some by distributing our material to their members. All of these organizations -2- are considered "cooperating" organizations- not member organizations. We now have well over 100 such cooperating organizations in addition to 82 churches, 600 interested persons (such as yourself), and nearly 500 individual volunteers who participate in picketing, checking restaurants, etc. No one pays dues and voting is on the basis of majority decision of those present at the regular monthly meeting to which all cooperating organizations and individuals are invited. The List enclosed is of those organizations that have made one or more financial contributions to the Committee and is of course not exhaustive of the many other forms of cooperation we have received from other organizations. Thank you again for your continuing interest in our efforts and for your timely help. Sincerely yours, Annie Stein, Secretary ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED FINANCIALLY DURING 1951 AND 1952 Oldest Inhabitants, Inc. Tenth Street Baptist Church Shiloh Baptist Church Ladies Auxilliary, R.T. Freeman Dental Society Washington Fellowship V. E. T. Social Club Mt. Gilead Baptist Church Washington Bar Association Washington Federation of Civic Associations Tuesday Evening Social Club National Lawyers Guild American Federation of Teachers Local #27 St. Peter Claver Center Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Central Northwest Civic Assn. Brookland Civic Assn I. B. P Order of Elks United Electrical Radionand Machine Workers of America Vermont Ave. Baptist Church Lambda Kappa Mu Sorority Hotel and Restaurant Em ployees, Local 209 Barristers' Wives United Cafeteria Workers Bible Way Church Northwest Boundary Civic Assn Marshall Heights Civic Assn Mt. Carmel Baptist Church 12th St. Church of Christ Progressive Party D.C. Peoples Congregational Church Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Deanwood Civic Assn Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Lucy Slowe, P.T.A. Washington Panhellenic Council People's Community Church Capitol View Civic Assn Community Church of Boston, Mass. Pleasant Plains Civic Assn All Soul's Unitarian Church Sedarmocs Social Club Cleaners and Laundry Workers, CIO Ladies Aux. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters -2- Building Service Workers, AFL Ivy City, Trinidad Citizens Assn Local 222 Garfield Douglas Civic Assn Bloomingdale Civic Assn National Alliance of Postal Employees Kingman Park Civic Assn. Public Interest Civic Assn Hillsdale Civic Assn Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Subernite Social Club First Baptist Church of Deanwood Phi Delta Kappa Sorority Interdenominational Council of Ministers Wives of Washington and Vicinity Eastland Gardens Civic Assn Trinidad Community Assn. Of course, in addition, leading organizations like the NAACP and the Interdenomination Ministers Conference cooperate extensively although they have not contributed financially. WASHINGTON, D.C. 4 JUL 30 330 PM 1952 THIS SIDE OF CARD IS FOR ADDRESS SAVE THE EASY WAY BUY U.S. BONDS ON PAYROLL SAVINGS Mrs. Mary Terrell, 1634 I St. N.W. Washington 5, D.C. Dear Madam: One finds peace and contentment, at Howard University. Such conditions can not be taken for granted. There must be altruistic women and men, not seeking glory, behind that noble institution. Respectfully- C. Bartel [Jul 30, 1952] National Guardian the progressive newsweekly 17 Murray Street . New York 7, New York . W0rth 4-1750 July 31, 1952 Mrs. Mary Church Terrell Coordinating Committee for the Enforcement of the D. C. Anti-Discrimination Laws 1103 Trenton Place, S. E. Washington 20, D.C. Dear Mrs, Terrell: For several years we have followed your campaign with interest, and from time to time have carried mention of your committee's achievements in our civil rights roundup. We would like to do a short feature soon on the accomplishments of your committee to date, that is names of stores, restaurants, etc., where you have been successful, and a brief survey on prospects for future activity. Any figures or percentages as to how much of this type of discrimination you have been successful in combating, and how much of it still exists would be helpful. Since the decision on the Thompaon Restaurant Case will probably be a functional one for the work of the committee, we would also appreciate a brief sentence from you on just what significance a favorable decision by the Appeals Court would have. When will the decision be coming up? Let me express our admiration for the continuing fight you have waged, as well as our thanks for any material you can send us. Yours very truly, Lawrence Emery Lawrence Emery, Civil Rights Editor LE:IK Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.