St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-01-16


love democracy" use their ball
regardless Of political parties.
Mr.. White spoke at the thirty
ninth annual meeting Of the asso-
citation in the Willkie Memorial
Building, 20 West Fortieth Street.
He devoted most Of his address to
a review Of 1947 and said 1t was
the most successful year in the his
tory Of the NAACP in the struggle
to abolish race prejudice.
"Of enormous significance" said
Mr.. White, "were the reports and
recommendations made by the Pres
ident's Committee on Civil Rights,
the Commission on Higher Educa-
ton and the Commission on Mill
tary Training. All three mark the
acceptance at last Of the funda-
mental principle on which this as
ISOLATION was founded-that dis
elimination can never be abolished
for any American as long as there
is segregation based on race, creed,
color or national origin"
Mr.. White also praised DR.. W.
z. B. Dubois for the report he pre-
pared for the United Nations on
the condition of colored Americans,
and said that Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt had assured the association
that recommendation in the report
would be considered in draft in the
international bill Of rights. Mrs.
Roosevelt is the United States rep
resentative on the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights.
Fifty thousand cOlOred persons
have been added TO the voting
rolls in Richmond, Virginia, and
adjacent territory in recent
months and they are going to
vote in spite of the poll tax" ac-
cOrding to u report made at the
meeting.
DR.. ]. M. Tinsley, board member
from Richmond, who made the re-
port, said that in the past colored
people in Virginia had gone to
sleep" on the ballot question, but
today sought the chance to vote
because it is necessary for a real
democracy"
ThurgoOd Marshall, special coun-
sci for the NAACP, reported that
the associations legal program for
1913 called for an "all-out attack
on segregation in all its FORMS"
particularly in matters of educa-
ton, transportation, housing and
suffrage.
The board heard reports charg-
ing the armed services with dis
elimination against cOlOred ply
sieians. Passage of a Federal
antilynching law was urged. The
association was asked to take
greater interest in apprentice
training.
234 New Branches
A total of 234 new branches,
youth councils and college chapters
was formed during the year, it was
reported by Gloster B. Current,
director of branches.
OF these, seventeen new units
were formed in Florida, fifteen in
Texas, fourteen in North Carolina,
ten in Virginia and nine each in
Louisiana and Georgia.
Mrs. Ruby Hurley, secretary of
youth work, reported that chapters
were formed in seven mixed or all
white colleges, including the Uni
versity of Texas.
Cash Receipts Fall
The association reported fall
ing off in financial support because
Of the closing down of war plants
and the return to this country of
soldiers who had contributed sub
stantially to the organization.
Receipts for last year were $685.
1852 and expenditures were $41O,-
949.
Three directors were elected for
two-year terms. They were JUS
tice Jane NJ. Bolin Of the Domestic
Relations Court, Mrs. Lille NJ.
Jackson of Baltimore and DR.. E. W.
Taggart Of Birmingham, Alabama.
Elected for three-year terms
were former Governor Herbert H.
Lehman, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
DR.. Tinsley, Mrs. Lillian A. Alex
ander, Theodore NJ. Berry, Rabbi
Judah Calm, Roscoe Dunjee, John
Haynes Holmes, Charles Fl. Hous-
ton, Senator Wayne Morse, Alfred
Baker Lewis, Amy Spingarn and
Mrs. Jessie Vann.
Paul Robson, singer, and Lena
Horne, stage and screen actress,
| were Nominated hut failad ~ alar