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_ CONFNPNTIAL “BESO Me#100-662 GRIMMETT, Baptist Pastor of 1306 10th Avenue,N, Nashville, deniea —. saying that. the above decision "may be “appeated to the... S. ge "5+ ‘Supreme Court... The article alsa quoted Z. ALEXANDER LOOBY as; -% “= stating he “did not. }mow eee 8 or ‘not. “the. decision: would be... 8 vor My 2 e a at . appealer toe eee i ; ae meee a oS, Bez we ee “the ‘Commercial’ Appeal’ in the february “ua, “1957 issue. i , indicated that the Tennessee Legislature in Nashville was pre-:. .; - paring to take action on two segregation bills, one of which 1t..,-.: stated was aimed at the NAACP and would outlaw barratry,which it. defined as stirring up litigation. The article indicated that _ : any corporation convicted of the offense of barratry would be subject to a $10,000 fine and lawyers so convicted could be dis- . parred. It indicated that the other “anti-NAACP bill" was the one ‘designed to force the organization,to. disclose its members. and sources, of revenue. is oh qe ‘ g, “3 Sa Ve ony Vee" “mne Nashville Bagner in the Marci 12, 1957 issue re- * ported that Governor FRAN MENT _had aqenes the above anti-NAACP BAL wane PENNS eo Chote ae ae es <a C. OTHER B RANCHES IN SMALL TOWNS _— The Jackson, Tennessee Sun, in the issues of October 19 ‘and October 21, 1956, reported on the 10th Annual State Conference 4 of the NAACP which began in Jackson on October 19, 1956. The > -articles noted that Reverend U, CKINNON is President of the NAACP, Chapter in. Jackson. 71 Tbe article stated that delegates were ~~ in ‘attendancé from Alcoa, emphis , Chattanooga, Clarksville, — - Jackson, Murfreesboro, | Nashville’ and Knoxville, Tennesseé. Rev. .- ADT Women Ggiat Db GRIMMETT, the State President, was quoted as urging the members to convince the pastors of their churches. and then they < could convince the members of the churches. co, The “Commercial Appeal in the October 20, 1956 issue, in discussing the ‘apeve. State Conference,: reported that ta]xs were we, made by JUANITS/CUMMINGS, Reverend F.D.-GOLEMAN, J. S/MERRY, all a) Jackson, Terines See, and H.T, Sone. a erney. and President Of. . ve - os we? ‘The icone ‘Worid, “an ‘tne ‘October Ba, 1956. “teouay? iP soe “quoted Reverend GRIMMETT at the above meeting as having » stated: it Th “lL. was. the first conference to’.be held recently in West Tennessee, | Pan ; which he described as “the heart of prejudice, the most troubled ones area in the state." &