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eo @0 ie 2, National Executive Committee National officers and a National Executive Committee are elected at National Conventions of the Party, which are held at irregular intervals, the last being scheduled for November 28-29, 1964, at the Admiral Semmes Hotel in Mobile, Alabama. In January, 1966, national officials included Ned Dupes, National Chairman; J. B. Stoner, National Vice Chairman; R. D. Eldridge, National Organizer; Bernice Settles, National Secretary; Carl Wilson Ridout, National Treasurer; and Edward R. Fields, National Director and Editor of ''The Thunderbolt." The 1964 National Convention was said to have been a fiasco, as only about 30 people of an expected crowd of 100 attended and the meeting lasted but one day, November 28. Speeches were made by Dupes, Stoner, and Fields. Fields declared that the NSRP was “going to go forward" and that ‘The Thunderbolt" would continue to be published in order to spread the gospel to as many people as possible. 3. Local Chapters A typical local chapter of the NSRP was formed in St, Louis, Missouri, in February, 1964, at a meeting sponsored by NSRP, chaired | |