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ae + 4 Lge Pry. +s er Bo eeeia hy eo it FREER e. IN art 1 Be a. Sle TE i ee v 9 than Atle ee ty atta lay titel ng Sal wbet yeaa, seid he did not think Mrs. Roosevelt would speak there as he e@ved that Mrs. Hall Roosevelt would advise against it and t 4t wovld be e very ood thing if sne did not speak there. is anti-Roosevelt, anti-administrative, anti-Jewish, but active negroes and white people in promoting the doctrine of race control. "The second report was from sn informant (who dons not wart to be quoted). She is an admirer of Mrs. koosevelt and of the fresident. Her desire to promote harmony and understanding between the black and white reces is rincere and she has done a great deal of work with this objective dn mind and 4a doing so continually at present. She informed me that she hoped the location could be changed and that if it was not it would be better if the meeting was called off. She says the elite of the white | people interested in negro welfare will not go into that district. The crowds will, to some extent, be composed of the irresponsible and the curi- ons and the omotionally unstable type of colored persons. She believes that one ficht here might be the spark which could start a riot. She told he that some menbers of the Inter-!acial Committee were worried about the aituation. Sha bolieves that the remedy ia to hold the meeting at the Olympia, if poesible, or sone largo auditorium out of that district. Her apsucviates in Lie council decided tnoat if this could not be accomplished, that it misht help if more white peojle of the serious, sincere type could be urged to come out and come early so that there would be a representative group of both races, soxewhat evenly distributed in numbers. Thoy are, therefore, distributin; blocks of tickets whdraver they are ageured that, the tickets will be used and Ly people who would not resont baing pushed arcund a lot or to havin, their toas steppad on. "Sic furtuer stated tant, the Tetroit police wero nut able to cope With the situation last time and it ig not known whether thoir training or willingness has improved; that federal troops in and outicide of the meeting Place would impress uve Jowlessly inclineJ wore thon tie police aa@ was demonstrated during the riots; tuat if ths. iooseveit does speak in that. location, extraordiusry precceutlons to prevent trouble should be Laken.”