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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 1
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woted). She is an aduirer of Mra. Roosevelt and of the President. Mer «
re to promote barmony and snderstanding between ths bleck and white races
inoere and she has done a great desl of work with thie objective in mini and
ing so continually at present. She informed m that she hoped the
tion gould be changed and that if 4t was oot it would be better if the
eting wae called off, ‘She says the elite of the white people interested
Hegro welfare will not go inte that district. The crowds will, to some
tent, be composed of the irresponsivle and the curious and the esotionally
‘‘enatable type of colored persons. She believes that one firht here wight be
-. the spark which could start a riot. ahr told me that some members Of the Inter-
- Rectal Comittes vere worried sbovt the situation. She believes that the
_. Fouedy Ip to hold the meeting at the Olympia, if possible, cr come large —— _
- auditoriums out of that district. Ser associates in the council decicec that +
/-4f thie could not, be accomplished, that it right help if more white pcopls cf =~
the serious, sincere type eoald be urged to cowe out end core sarly eo that
there would de ‘a representative group of hoth racer, eonewhat evenly digtritvted
: suabers.*. they ars » Hatributing blocks of ticrets wherever they
tire assured that ‘the "tickets aratt be used and by people who vould tot resent
» doing pasbed around a lst or ‘to having their toes stenped on,
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phe further stated that the Detroit police were not eble to cose
_ t with the situation last time ‘and it is not know wheather their trainin: or
y willingness has inorovads that Federal troops in ane ovtside of the neeting
: * place would impress, the. lavlessly inclined more than the police as tas
ot demonstrated during the riotes that 4f Mra, Roorevelt does speak to that
. pst oxtener ey nen & prevent trouble should he taken.*
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