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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 6
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vA , 61 Commune? |! Browder, head of the Communist ing of the National Negro poneress,
oe of thejParty in the U.S.) Congress, ‘obias spoke at a Communist
x Society a reli.’ curding to the Daily Worker of spo aN
fis, - 4 a reli- Marcnts 1049. eisred an palolad bond rally jo New York in Decem-
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<4 gious group Rew York City, ) March 5, liz, signed an open et: ber, 1944; signed an open iitier for
| Beper T, Abela j. 18 citations: 1¢", to President Truman asking the National Council bi Atherican-
New York judge: B-Dicker-| Clemency for the Rosenbergs. the soviet Friendship organization if
| ichgo rney | atomic spies; member of the Chi- june 1943; belonged to the Council
Z) ans former member of the FEPC | cago Council of American-Soviet ob African Affairs in 1948, and was
pape president of the bi-raci » | Sxegdship in 1843 and was @ mem- 9 member of the executive com-
jeago Urban League; Osc am- | ‘of the Negroes for Wallace mittee of the American Society for
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¥ merstgin, 25 citations. a difectot of commiiiee in 15465. Russian Relief in 196. .
|e Fores und for the Republic, §.] Hammerstein was a member of Walls also si the appeal for
ae gned
sor
ariow. 23 citations, profes | the End Jim Crow in Baseball amnesty for jailed leaders of the
1 {religion and sociology at committee in 1945; the National Communist Party in 1942; was 8
-i Smith College, Northampton, Mass. ; Reception committee ot the Saxiel-epen sor of the U.S.-Soviet Friend-
eae . itations, : Delegation, in 1943 and o us- shi i ; wired Presi-
v RoE ee ergvman’ £ian “War Relief in 191 and the den! Truman te velo the MeCarrag
*. dof Syracuse, N.Y,, and member of [Southern Negro Youth Congress bill in 1950 and was a membor of
s-ithe ‘committee of direction, race| ‘honorary member) in 1M4. i the African Aid Committee in 1949
“Jretations, of the National Cemmci!| Harlow was a member of the and 1950. .
of Churches: Benjani lays, | Americao-Russien Institute in 1945;| According to a recent Associated
"49> citations, items president of the Committee for Peaceful! Press story, the idea for the
of the Morehouse Negro Coliege, | Allernatives to the Atlantic Pact in: NAACP originated with Mary White
f rly executive secretary of }1345; sent greetings in November,! Gvingion, a white New York social
the Tampa, Fia., Urban League | 1937, to the Golden Book of Ameri-| worker, after she had read a
and board member of the National {can Friendship with the Soviet’ magazine editorial on riots in 1908
Council of Churches and delegate [ee and signed a statement in between whites and Negroes in
“lte the first two ascemblieg of, the {1943 opposing renewal of the Dies Springfield, 11., “Lincoln's home’
r J World Council of Churches?
“a Beer Tonnes Meet EF >
committee investigation subversion. when he was elected president. ;
MPs. Ditaber, meaecvet, or ci Imes. signed sunt ol Coen) Ming lina and Wiliam Eng.
acer nee ‘Hprotesling investigation m- jis! alling, southern-bora w
}ifors, widow of the late president: Pas cise which appeared in the man and author of the Springfield
magazine, Equality; was a mem- riot article, enlisted the he | of
ber of the Harlem Coordinating Dr. Henry Moskowitz, another few
Committee for Employment in York social worker, and launcted
1938; endorsed the program of the a campaign in 1900 to ‘“felp
founcll an African Affaire in 1046 BMeasenee *' fen Bfaw 21 10n0 “the
WEMOC CF ciliCeh micas a see pvegroce. Vi may #4, aeee tire,
and was s sponsor of the fourth NAACP was born.:- = > -,
annual conference of the American They received help from Oswald
Committee for Protection of the G. Villard, publisher of the New
Foreign Born in 1940.°. —.. York Post... and a white man. |
Mays was a member of the Villard proposed a plan which,
African Aid Committee in 104¢-etei-@ith some refinements, has been
i950; the Civil Rights Congress in followed by the NAACP through
1947; the Nations! Committee to the years. He proposed orga
Repeal the McCarren Act and giaffs to specialize in combating
signed a manifesto’ against outlaw- discrimination in education, labor,
oi Roose i ny a mel and ‘te eon
rs. velt also WS & Met jegal branch able to pay
ber of the Al-Harlem Youth Con. 2e8al brane quits to the U.S. Su
Sai yee oo uF Ue
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| Chagai kjas, 44 citations.
“2. \Niw York Negro, # member of the
., iTraman Civil Rights Commission
= and a member of the National
:. q Council of Churches, deparinent
>) Toft International Justice ait Good-
will; Bishop W. J--ikalls, 38 cita-
” thiens, bithe -Chieafs-African Meth-
‘J edist Episcopal Zion Church, mem-
afl ber of the exécutive board of the
4<'{ National Council of Churches and
a@ member of the council's commit-
7 i on cultural and human relations
4 and a delegate to its first assembly.
‘i The list of alleged Communist
front citations against each of these
NAACP directors would be loo long
“to print here, bowever, a few ilhis-
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trative organizations will
Ta a
at be listed. ‘ference in 1888; was a leader in preme Court. oe
iS” TAB were cited as Communist frontsithe American Youth Congress; Wilkins, the NAACP secretary,
vi (by the Louisiana Joint Legislative; si¢ned a petition te President told the AP recently he feels that
e Commitee. isenhower ur. commutation of r the Kennedy administration
vy, | ,.Black was # member of the Inter-( sentences postponement of the NAACP will attain the goal it
°* [eonreh cemmitee ofthe American trials of alleged Communists beget for isl! veven year sB0, That
Huswel ssuiae BCCOTGIng Onged to ie Nationa Vouicu Com elimina a
“4 [letlerbeed of that organization in, American-Soviet Friendship in 1500 at) vestiges af second "citi.
“Si: [May, 287. He signed an appeal: and spoke at the Philadetphis meet: penship” for Negroes by 196j—the
: [which appeared Dec. 1, 1952, in’ ~— 100th anniversary of the Emagripe-.
~ tthe Daily Worker for amnesty for -"-e tion Proclamation. ...- i+; 23
%. | the jalted leaders of the Communist, :
.;, )Act. He signed an appeal se Jan. . Fa
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