The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-02-25
THE RIVAL STATES
Committee Nominations

| commended Dy CnG nominating COnl-
mittee, which was elected by the
Executive Committee, and adopted by
the Executive Committee without q
dissenting vote as the recommended
tions to be mare by the Executive
Committee for the officers and men,
bers of the Executive Committee of the
Greater Boston branch of the NAACP
for the following year. This proceed
ure is in strict accordance with past
custom, and has been followed because
the members of the branch do not have
regular monthly business meetings.
officers
For Honorary President, Butler r.
Wilson, ESQ.,; President, Roy F. Teix-
EZRA, now first vice president; first
vice president, Julian D. Steele, now
second vice-president; second vice
president, Miss Theresa Alexander;
secretary, Alfred Baker Lewis; Urea
surer, Louis E. Pasco.
For the Executive Committee
Rev. Alfred V. Bliss, Mrs. Rosa
Brown, Antonio J. Cardoza, Miss
Alberta Darlington, Nathaniel Gotten,
George w. Goodman, DR.. Irving Gray,
DR.. John B. Hall (declined) Alfred
Haughton, James Jones, Miss Flor
ence H. Luscomb, Rev. James w.
Mitchell, Atty. Joseph Mitchell, Theo-
philus E. Nunes, Rev. George L. Paine.
Miss Gertrude Schalk, Miss Marian
Spencer, Mrs. Maude Trotter Steward,
Mrs. Mabel Worthy, Everett Yates.
The Nominating Committee asked
every member of the present Execu-
tive Committee if they wanted to con-
tinue to serve, and dropped no one
from the committee except those who
said that they did not want to con-
tinue. We have recommended, there
fore, the minimum number of changes,
consistent with the wishes of the mem
bers of the present Executive Com
mittee.
AS originally reported to the Execu-
tive Committee, DR.. John B. Hall was
the nominee for second vice-president.
He, however, changed his mind about
accepting, and the Executive Commit
tee without a dissenting vote regret
fully left him off and, in order to give
recognition to the youth, replaced him
with Miss Theresa Alexander of the
Youth Council. Of course, a group of
nominees presented in this way does
not prevent any other three persons
from presenting either a whole slate or
individual nominees, who have the
same right to be elected as the above
nominees.
Additional Slate
President, Dr. J. B. Hall. Vice
Presidents: first, DR.. C. W. Harrison;
second, Mrs. M. T. Wright; third. Rev.
S. L. Laviscount; Secretary, Herbert
B. Dowse; Treasurer, L. G. Lomax.
Executive Committee
Rev. W. S. Ravenell, Mrs. Sarah
Martin, Mrs. Madeline Digger, Miss
Alberta Darlington, Rev. W. D.
Mechanic, E. Munroe, Mrs. Olga Jack
son, Seaton Manning, Rabbi Bowl
Cohen, Atty. NJ W. Bullock, Mrs. Cora
McKerrow, Rev. W. L. Clayton, DR.. w.
A. Cox, Rev. G. L. Paine, E. Dixon.
DR.; Irving Gray, c. Hilton Green.
Legal Committee: Irwin T. Dorch,
W. H. Lewis, Jr., Julian Rainey.
Rev. Ines Eloquent Address
Mr.. Toastmaster, Mr.. President of
the Branch, ladies and gentlemen: Let
me thank you with all my heart for
your kind welcome to our branch of the
Association here in Boston. | bring
you greetings from our national office
and from our board of directors on
which l have served for several years.
and l want to assure you of its con-
Germ for all the branches throughout
the country, and especially for those
who can pioneer in the struggle for
human rights. May I also present nv
greetings and honor to the clergymen
who are here this evening, for YOU are
representative of the church's vital
| interest in civil and social rights for
minority people in American life.
1t is upon the church that a large
share of the burden of this struggle
must fall, for the social passion and
the moral undergirding of society.
am aware that 1 am on sacred
ground. l cannot forget that this is
the city of Crispus Attacks of the
Revolution, of Robert Gould Shaw of
the Civil War, of Sumner and Phillips.
of Gaffison and Brooks, of C. w. M,
Williams, mentioned so kindly here
tonight for his work in the Children's
Court, and of Roland Hayes with his
magic quality of song.
Let me say word concerning your
present officers of the branch, especi-
ally of its president, whom | have
known for some years, and its execu-
tive secretary. Regarding the presi-
dent, | know something of the strug-
gle through which he has passed. and
| am sure that this, plus his sincere
and absolute love for the work of the
NAACP, is more eloquent plea than
l could give for your sympathy and
your standing fast with him through
this difficult time. May l plead for
him, although he has not asked me to
do so, that you will give him your
confidence and your help so that the
work of the association in this great
city may go on. May l express our
profound interest and appreciation in
the fact that one of the officers of your
branch, the secretary, Mr.. Alfred
Baker Lewis, has been elected to our
national board of directors. His zeal
and deep interest in all human prob
lens, not the least in this vexing
American race problem, is a sure sign
OF helpfulness and understanding So
sorely needed in our present struggle