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~ BTC mmsrtitionr STD ne f ( . 5 in pce Chicago File No. 100-8261 7 It is also noted that WALTER WHITE, Executive Secretary of the NAACP has a regular column appearing in the "Chicago Defendcr" entitled "People and Places «Ny January 16, 1941 was National Defense Protest Day for persons of the colored race. The Chicazo Branch of the the NAACP held its meeting at the Good Shepherd Congres.tional Church, 5709 Prairie Avenue. The chief conplaint seems to be thay the S4rny and Navy are nct permitting negroes to obtain positions of importance; negroes are excluded from jobs in certain plants holding Gefense contrac.s. Itwas stated that the trouble is due to the Unions' refusal to pernit negroes to membership. i —— _— ~ Reverend HAROLD MU, /RINISLEY (negro). Pastor of the Good Shepherd Congrega- tional Church and Reverend JANES A. §RAY (negro), Bishop Methodist Church, Were speakers and stated that negroes were justified in feeling cool toward defense efforts and should t> slow in condemning Germany because German Generals were th: salvation of the Northern Armies during tie latter years of the Civil Jar and without their help, the North would not have been vic— torious. Profzssor PAUL Hy Kouvatass of the Yniversity of Chicago stated that negroes should enjoy equality with whites in the Army and Navy. reported that a meeting oi the WRACP was heic on February 16, 1941 au the MCA, corner of jabash and 37h Streets. The Chairman of tnis meting was ROY QUINN and Mr. MADISON JOh35, Naticnal Chairman of the Ni:CF was the principle speaker. JONES stated, "We can't continue in the present form of democracy." a BERTTE SILVERMAN spoke on the American Youth Congress Townhall in Washington and told what they had done ae aings nggro She was accompanied by VICTORIAKRE yG7 rt, GENKLE. He stated that he had appealed his Spoke in regard to his Draft Status.