The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-06-23
RICHMOND READY FOR BOTH
ANNUAL NAACP CONFERENCE
Major Problems Confronting Race to Be
Discussed; Mrs. Roosevelt to Speak and
Present Medal to Marian Anderson


in readiness for the entertainment
Of the 30th annual conference Of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People here
June 27-July 2. inclusive.
The meeting Of the races fore
most civil rights organization bids
fair to eclipse any similar gathering
IN the past ten years. This will be
the third time in the history Of the
NAACP that the annual conference
has gone below the Mason and Dix
on line. The first trip was i'll 1920
to Atlanta, Ga. The second ia 1894
to Oklahoma City, Okla, and the
third this year in Richmond.
From the opening meeting Tues
day night, June 27, in Riefmoads Il
huge Mosque to the closing meeting
sunday afternoon, July 2, also in
tne Mosque, the sessions will be
packed with discussion Of the major
problem affecting race relations in
America
Headquarters Of the conference
will be the Fifth street Baptist
Church, n. Fifth and +. Jeckson
Streets.
The opening night speakers will
be Judge William I'll. HASTE, who re-
Gently resigned his post on the fed
eral bench IN the Virgin Islands, and
Samuel b. Solomon of Miami, Fla,
who organized and led the Negro
voters of his city TO the polls May
ku Klux klan. Judge lIastie will
in defiance of threats made by the
sound the keynote Of the confer
ence and will review briefly the ma
jor achievements Of the association
during the past three decades. Mr.
Solomon will tell the inside story
Of the organization Of Negro voters
in the South and is expected to point
out that colored citizens in Dixie
are determined To exercise their cit
| izenship rights,
Among the speakers and discus
sion leaders OH Wednesday, June -
will be S. II Dyktra Of the staff u
| the wages and hours act administra-
tor; DR. Charles S. Johnson Of Fisk
university; Lester b. Granger ana
| Howard Kester. They will discuss
low wages and low income farming
| Edward S. Leis Of Baltimore vii
| preside June 28 in a panel discus
sion on economic security and other
speakers will tell Of the work Of tho
New Negro Alliance in Washington
| and Of the organization Of tobacco
workers in Richmond.
Health and housing problems vii
he considered at the general session
Thursday, June %, with Or. job,
| B. West, Of New York, and Halolt
Lett, Of Newark, n. j., as the dis
| cussion leaders.
One Of the most interesting q
the group discussion is expected Y
occur Thursday afternoon, June ~
| when Thurgood Marshall, T. G. Nut
ter, Enolia Mcmillan and Lester b
Granger will speak on the genera
isubject Of education.
Friday afternoon. June 80, tn
whole subject Of civil rights will b
discussed BY Hubert !. Deians
James M Nabrit, Leon Al. Ransof
and Mrs. Grace Towns Hamilton
| This session will be presided over b
i p. h. Young, ST., Of Norfolk, Va.
i On Friday morning, William Pick
| ems, director Of branches Of tn
1 NAACP will preside at a session !
| which the problems Of branch orgs
nization will be gone into.
1 The Saturday morning sessio'
July 1, will be the business meetln
at which resolutions will be adopte
!, and the time and place Of the l94
conference determined.
The Wednesday night mass NEE
ing. Jun 28, will be a panel discu
sion on economic opportunity
which one of the leading partic
pants will BE Elmer Anderson Ca
for ono or the three members ,
the appals board Of the New Yol