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ognize the status of the Negro as
being other than that of chat
tel" AS the struggle went on, he
said, it became increasingly evil
dent "that legally enforced segre-
cation based upon race was the
prime evil in group relations pre-
venting any significant advance
towards first class citizenship"
Continuing, Mr.. Dudley pointed
to the steady progress in Amer
lean race relations during the past
decade. Slowly and surely" he
said, "the issue of segregation as
the keystone to our problem has
come out into the open until now,
in 1854, it is freely admitted by
both the segregationists and their
foes to be the one big issue in the
entire question" Among factors
which have brought this issue to
the forefront, he asserted have
been war emergencies, political
pressure and legal action in the
courts.
Hear Leaders Discuss Problems
Administration spokesmen and
representatives of the minority
party joined civic and academic
leaders in Quilting and discussing
important domestic and interna-
tional issues at the Conference
which closed here today.
The conference, held on the cam
pus of Howard University, was or
ganized by the youth division of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
under the direction of Herbert
Wright, the Associations youth
secretary.
Two hundred young men and
women of both races from 10
states and the District of Columbia
attended the sessions, questioned
the speakers and participated in
the discussions. They also made
trip to Capitol Hill to visit their
senators and representatives.
Among speakers addressing the
conference were Vice President
Richard Nixon; Sen. Paul Douglas
3D., Ill.,; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt;
Harold Stassen, director, Foreign
Operations Administration; DR..
Mordecai Johnson, president, How
ard University; Sen. John Kennedy
d., Mass.); Edward R. Dudley,
former United States Ambassador
to Liberia and newly appointed
NAACP special assistant in charge
of the Fight for Freedom Fund
drive.
Also General Telford Taylor,
prosecutor at the Nuernburg War
Crimes trials; Mrs. Carmel Car
rington Mari, advisor to the United
States delegation to the United
Nations; Clarence Mitchell, direct
or NAACP Washington bureau;
DR.. William Hale, Clark College,
Atlanta; E. Frederick Morrow, ad-
visor, business affairs, Department
of Commerce; Gloster B. Current,
NAACP director of branches; Jas.
+. Green, deputy director, State
Departments Office of UN Eco
nomic and Social Affairs; Miss
Muriel Ferris, National League of
Women Voters; John Gunther, A
mericans for Democratic Action;
and Dwight Lawrence, president,
College Of City of New York MA
ACP chapter.
Serving as consultants and dis
cussion leaders for the youth dele
gates were William Stringfellow,
National Committee for Fair I'M
migration Policy; Monnie Callan
of the YWCA; John Scott, pro-
gram director, Encampment Of
Citizenship; DR.. Paul Lawrence,
National Scholarship Service Fund;
William Oliver, co-director, UAW-
ClO fair practices department; DR..
Margaret Butcher, faculty advisor
to Howard University NAACP
chapter; Leslie Perry, Washington
attorney; Rev. Smallwood E. Will
liams; Miss Thelma Eastmond;
Miss Patricia Roberts, exective di-
rector, Delta Sigma Theta Soror-
ity; and Herbert Hill NAACP la
Dor relations assistant.