Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-01-16

regardless Of political parties.
Mr.. White spoke at the thirty.
ninth annual meeting Of the aaso-
citation in the Willkis Memorial
Building, 20 West FOFtisth Street,
He devoted most Of his address "a
. review Of lp4T and said II was
the most sucesssful year In the his.
tory Of the NAACP In the struggls
10 abolish race prejudiee.
"of enormous significance" said
Mr.. Whits, "were the reports and
recommendation mads by the Pres
dents Committee on Civil Rights,
the Commission on Higher Eduea.
ton and the Commission on Mill
tary Training. All three mark the
acceptance At last Of the funda.
mental principle on which this ~.
aociation was founded-that dis.
elimination can never be abolished
for any American ~ long ~ there
IL segregation based on race, creed
color or national origin"
Mr.. White also praised DIR. W.
v. D. Dubois for the report he pre-.
pared for the United Nations on
the condition Of col0rsd Americans
and said that Mrs. Eleanor Roose'
welt had assured the association
that recommendations in the report
would be considered In draft In the
international bill Of rights. Mrs
Roosevelt 10 the United States rep,
ressntativs on the United Nations
Commission on Human Rights.
Fifty thousand eoIoreA persons
have been added 10 the voting
rolls In Richmond, Virginia, and
adjacent territory In recent
months and they are going 20
vote In spite Of the poll tax," &c
eordiag % . report made at the
meeting.
DR.. J. NJ. Tinslsy. board member
from Richmond, who made the 70,
port. said that In the past eoloret
people In Virginia had gone u
sleep" on the ballot question, bui
today sought the chance 10 vota
because Il 10 necessary for q rea
democracy"
ThurgoOd Marshall, special eoun'
sci for the NAACP. reported thai
the associations legal program foI
194s' called for an "alI-out attaeI
on segregation In all its forms.
particularly In matters Of sduca
ton, transportation, housing An'
suffrage.
The board heard reports eharK-
Ing the armed services with dis
srimiaation against eolOred ply.
aieians. Passage % q Federal
aRtilyRehlnK Law was urged. The
association was asked 10 take
greater Interest In apprentice
training.
23t New Branches
A total Of 234 new branches
youth councils and college ehaptsrI
was formed during the year. Il wa
reported by Gloster n. 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 Fal
The association reported q fall.
Ing on In financial support because
Of the closing down Of war plant.
and the return TO this country oi
soldiers who had contributed sub,
stantially to the organisation.
Receipts for last year were s32s,,
762 and expenditures were Sll0.
pla.
Three directors were elected foi
two-year terms. They were Jus
tiee Jane N, Bolin Of the Domesti,
Relations Court. Mrs. Lille N
Jackson Of Baltimore and Dr.. Z. W
Taggart Of Birmingham. Alahama
Elected for thrse-ySar term
were former Governor Herbert n
Lehman. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Or. Tinsley, Mrs. Lillian A. Alex
ander, Theodore NJ. Berry. Raht
judah Calm. Roscoe DunjSs. Johl
Haynes Holmes. Charles II. Houu
ton, Senator Wayne Morse. Attire
Baker Lewis, Amy SpinRarn an
Mrs. Jessie vann.
Paul Robson. singer. and Len
Horne. stage and screen actress