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e feed de ate Bt Party ~ 4 % Pt wie ds n ne oop tt a of ee a. ae hy FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Form No. 1 . THiS CASE ORIGINATED AT REPORT MADE AT KNOXVILLE, TaNNSSSEE TITLE BIRMINGHAL, ALABAMA DATE WHEN MADE ‘PERIOD FOR ang-t2- Vi 15,7, 31-42 ‘SOUTHERN CONFZRENCE FOR HUMAN WELFARE SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: uyf eg 4 tH, ¢ : : A. pee he = ~- . . eect? i WEL ipa ay —/&* Puayyp i 4, SOL. Council of Young Southerners meeting held tad REPORT MADE BY Ake = CHARACTER OF CASE INTERNAL SECURITY ~ R April 13, 19,0, preceding Southern Conference for Human Welfare which was held at Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 15, 16, 1940. ‘The Council of Young Southerners was told that tha Dies Committees and the F.B.I. were eating away the civil liberties of Amsrica; increased efforts to secure a greater appropriation for the NYA and CCC was urged. The poll tax in the Southern states was assaulted, America was — of our southern people. ? ‘s. Reportbof Special Agent Birmingham, Alabama urged to keep out of war. At the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, tha keynote . as expressbd by Dr. FRANK PORTZRAGRAHAM stated that the purpose of the conferende was to take a stand forequalization of educational opportunicy for all children in all states, for the elimination of discrimination in trade rates, for the abolition of poll taxes, the prerequisite of voting, for the org-nization of farmers into cooperative societies, for the self-organization and collective bargeining of workers, for social security against the hazards of modern society and for all those movements working for the — public health, welfare and equal opportunities ~ Tat =- RUC - GREED 30:23 5-5-0, ~ / : i fu. at } ae