Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-06-14
President To Speak at MAAPC Meet
cREENvILL lie II NcHERS FACE 100000 SUIT
Rise Of Race Prejudice Major Concern
Of President, May Be Subject of
Broadcast to Nation

Washington, d. c. 1t was announ-
ced by the Whiae House Tuesday
that President Truman will speak
Sunday afternoon. June 20, at the
Lincoln Memorial in the Nations
Capitol, to the concluding session
Of the 3Sth Annual conference of
Of the National Association for
Advancement of Colored People.
Other speakers sharing the plat
form with the president will be
mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; Senator
Wayne Morse, of oregon and Wal
ter White, executive secretary Of
the Association.
1t is eXpted that an audience as
large as that which herd Marion
Anderson at the historic 1899 East
er Sunday concert, will again fiji
the Lincoln Memorial One hun
dred thousand people filled the
national shrine to hear the world
famous contralto at that time, fol-
lowing refusal of the OAR to allow
the Negro artist to sing in Con
stitution Hall.
The hoge audience, OF the June
20 meeting, will hear another
great Negro singer Carol Brice
youthful Mezzo soprano who has
appeared with the Boston Symph-
ony Orchestra and other orches-
ira throughout the nation. critics
here and abroad have been unan-
imous in crediting Miss Brice
with possessing one of the great
est voices of modern times. Instru-
mentalmusic will be furnished by
the United States Marine Corps
Band.
EAGERLY AWAITED
The presidents speech, which
major networks, is being eagerly
anticipated in domestic as we'll as
international circles, since it is
will be broadcast over several
expted that Mr.. Trumon will make
policy on racial lemons both at
home and abroad. 1t is known that
the rise of bigorty since the wars
end has been a matter of major
concern to the President, as evil
dence by his appointment of a
Commission of Civil Rights, heod-
ed by Charles E. Wilson, president
of General Electric.
The front page notice and I'M
which the foreign press has de-
voted to lynching and racial dis
elimination in the United States.
particularly when secretary of
State George Marsholl issued his
definition of democracy during the
recent Moscow Conference, are
known to have been a matter Of
grave concern to the president
according to sources close to the
White House.
OLDEST AGENCY
The National Association for
| the advancement of Colored peo-
pie is the Oldest and best known
agency in the country dealing with
racial problems, having been or
ganized in 1909. 1t has at present
| 1903 branches, youth councils and
college chapters with a bi-racial
membership of $4,000 distribut-
ed through 43 states and theDis-
trict of Columbia. 1t is said to be
the largest civil rights organiza-
ton in the world.
The NAACP'S national board of
directors is bi-racial and includes
Mrs. Roosevelt, Herbert H. Leh-
man, former governor of New Cork
and director of ! UNRRA; Eric
Johnston, president of the Motion
Pictures Producers Association;
Governor William H. HASTE of the
Virgin Islands; Philip hurry Pres
ident of the CLIO; Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas; Arthur B. Spin
garn who is the Associations pre-
sident; DR.. Louis t. Wright who is
chairman of the board, and Flor
LA H. Laguardia, former mayor
of New ork.