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ee oe A808 Me#100-662 : Hea, according oe the srtteles, to. offset 1 .- severe 408s in y nemer ee a end funds .* - “pained a news article eetleceine that JAC OBINSON, former base~ o<"*" pall star, was to sp sent in Memphis that evening. on. behalf. of. the. ee annual membersh p> drive. an Sa ihe March 4, 1957 issue of the » Préss-Seimitar, a ‘datly newspaper of general circulation in Memphis, reported on the above : appearance of JACKIE ROBINSON at a Memphis NAACP meeting. The article reflected that there were 3000 people at the meeting at . the Mason Temple in Memphis. The article indicated that Dr. J. E. 7 WALKER, President of the Tri-State Bank of Memphis and Chairman ; of the Board of the Universal Life Insurance Company, Memphis,’ Fe both allegedly owned and operated by Negroes; explained to those . 2: in attendance the lifetime NAACP memberships would cost $500. . The article indicated that Dr. WALKER was one of four Memphis life members . , _ cy . co aL ca. : pepe phe article | “Indicated. that ‘Lt. GEORGE oe WoTe Re. publican Old Guard Leader" called on the Negroes of Memphis to use the ballot box to win their rights. . The article quoted JACKIE ROBINSON as urging the metn- bers to “do everything short of violence to obtain our rights as citizens." ROBINSON also noted there are 180,000 Negroes in | Memphis. and the: goal of 5000 members ye NAACP was not. NETY Booted ee: ao. ee. . ay ee After ROBINSON'S speech, according to the above news article, Reverend ROY Wee HORSWORTHY, Pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Memphis, took over and organized a system whereby all filed past talsles to contribute and that $4000 was. raised. . oe The Memphis World, -a semiweekly newspaper published in. =. Memphis by and for the Negro people, in the March 6, 1957 issue, - orn << ., Teported that in addition to the above,.the- following appeared on’’// “eV this program: Reverend HENRY CF NTON, “Reverend S,AT-OWEN, Bishop a 1th ide OE RTTERS ON and Attorney, # PERCE Memphis NAACE, President, or ja ple an)