The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1949-03-09

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Legislative Assembly to End Dis
elimination and Segregation con-
eluded tits two-day meeting here
with the adoption OF resolutions
calling for the immediate end to
discrimination in Federal Employ
ment. the Armed Forces and In
the District of Columbia. and urg-
ed quick passage of anti-Lynch
and anti-Poll Tax legislation.
The platform for action on civil
rights issues was coupled with the
decision to establish Continuing
Committee with full power to re-
convene and carry out the aims
Of the Assembly.
The 1900 delegates from 2S
states were urged to return home
and carry forward the unity es-
tablished at this conference by
constituting non-partisan co-ordi-
mating committees to implement
the adopted program"
Specific recommendations for
action included:
1. Segregation in the Armed
Forces--That the President wipe
out jim-crow In the armed forces
by Executive Order and that Con-
gress follow through with similar
action by majority vote.
2. District of Columbia-That
Congress pass an effective Home
Rule measure through enactment
OF a democratic charter contain
ing firm guarantees that there
will be no segregation or discrimi-
nation in services furnished by
both the District and the Federal
Government. That Congress and
the President take action provid-
ing for the complete prohibition
of segregation In the public school
system, health and welfare agen-
cies, the District National Guard,
public housing and recreational
facilities.
8. Federal Employment-That
President Truman strengthen and
rigidly enforce his FEPC Order
for Federal Agencies; to call a
halt to the trumped-up firings of
Negroes and others who will not
submit to discrimination by Inn
mediately relyoking his Loyalty
Order.
Singled out were the practice of
racial discrimination at Veterans
Administration Hospitals, the Blu
reau of Engraving and the Treas
ury Department.
4. Anti-Poll Tax and Anti
Lynch Legislation That bills
calling for their adjustment be
reported out in Congress for an
immediate vote and that constitu-
ent members of the Assembly
write to all Senators urging the
passage of the Morse Resolution
(S.R. 12) providing cIoture of de-
bate by majority vote in order TO
prevent filibusters on civil rights
legislation.
3. Fir Employment Practices
and Interstate Transportation
Demanded the passage of perma-
nent FEPC legislation which has
already been introduced in both
houses OF Congress. That the
President order the Interstate
Commerce Commission 10 enforce
its ban on segregation In inter-
state transportation.
DR.. w. e. Dubois, Negro leader
from New York, delivered the
feature address of the Legislative
Conferences second session and
declared that the Negro people
could only realize their aspirations
to become first-class citizens of
the United States by supporting
the Progressive Party.
The Negro leader pointed out
that the Progressive Party is the
only anti-war party in the nation
and that the Republican and
Democratic parties are proof posi-
tive that you can't have war and
social progress at the same time"
The two-day conference was
by mass rally Met
ropolitan Baptist church) where
former Vice President Henry Wal
lace told the delegates that "the
American people must not let any
political party rest until the Civil
Rights promises of the last cleo
ton campaign are kept.
DIR. Wilson pointed out that
$50 long as segregation and dis
elimination exist as the official
practice of the overnment. the Ne
gro people will reserve the right
to look with askance at pro-
about this nations
democratic intentions in the Unit
ed Nations. in Europe - or any
place else on Gods green earth"
He took the Administration and
Congress to task for delaying spe-
cific action on legislation encom-
passing an. end to lynchings, the
poll tax, the establishment of a
FEPC and end tn seq