Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1960-02-27

"hat goes on IN our families and in
our home communities, but also in
our country as a whole, and in
every state that is a member of
our union," Mrs. Roosevelt de-
clared.
AT a press conference before the
luncheon, Mrs. Roosevelt was asked
to comment on the suggestion
made by Gov. G. Mennen Williams
of Michigan that President Eisen-
hover take action on the civil
rights question by issuing an Ex-
ecutive Order for equality in Fed
orally financed public housing.
Mrs. Roosevelt replied:
at would have been normal to
expect that Immediately after the
Supreme Court decision outlawing
racial segregation in the schools,
the President would call a meeting
of white and Negro leaders from
all sections of the county, particu-
larly from the South. Out of such
a meeting might have come num-
Der of very constructive sugges-
tions as to how best Indignation
might be achieved. This meeting,
as we know, was never called.
Consequently, l have never expect
ed that the President would take
this or any other kind of executive
action on the Indignation issue"
Mrs. Richman of Philadelphia
Opens Conference
The conference was opened by
Mrs. Thelma Richman of Phila-
delphia, chairman of the "NOW
for Equality" planning committee
and national president of the AM
erican Jewish Congress Women's
Division. 1t was a letter from
Mrs. Richman to group of ma
tional women's leaders last year,
urging joint action in combating
racial segregation in the schools,
that led to the formation of "NOW
for Equality"
In her opening remarks, Mrs.
Richman emphasized that school
segregation and the conflict sur
rounding it are harmful mot only
to the Negro child but to the white
child as WELL" 1t is for this reason,
she said, that the conference has
been called on the theme, "The Eff
fects of the Indignation Struggle
on All Our Children"
eve have watched with dismay
how an attitude of premissive law
lessness regarding the issue of inte-
cation has invaded all areas of
American life," Mrs. Richman de-
clared. GAS mothers and as women
concerned with family life, we feel
a special responsibility to the ma
tons children. Among our deep
est concerns are a breakdown of
moral values, an increasing disre-
gard of law and order, a growing
disrespect for education itself and
the inevitable consequences to our
children and to our society"
Evening Session Scheduled
An evening session of the "NOW
for Equality" conference tonight
wednesday, will hear a sympo-
SUM on Psychological effects of
Inequality" Miss Caroline Davis
of Detroit, director of the women's
department of the United Auto
mobile Workers, of America, will
preside. DR.. Martin Deutsch, CO.
director of the Mental Health Re-
search Center of the Downstate
Medical Center, State University of
New York, will serve as moderator.
Symposium participants will be DR..
Kenneth Clark, associate professor
of psychology at The City College
of New York and president of the
Society for the Psychological Study
of Social Issues; DR.. Viola Bernard,
associate clinical professor of psy-
chiatry at Columbia University;
and DIR. Jean Grambs, lecturer in
education at the University of
Maryland.
NOW" Member Organizations
Listed
| American Jewish Congress, Ma
tional Women's Division; Associa-
ton of Universalist Women; Dleta
Sigma Theta; Fellowship of the
Concerned, Southern Regional
Council; General Alliance of Uni
tartan and Other Liberal Chris
tian Women; National Association
of Colored Women's Clubs; Nation
al Council of Negro Women; Ma
tional Council of Women; National
Women's Conference, American
Ethical Union; National Women's
League, United Synagogue of Am
erica; Pioneer Women; Seventh
Day Baptist General Conference,
Women's Society; United Automo-
bile Workers, Women's Depart
ment; United Church Women Of
the National Council Of Churches
of Christ in the u. s. A.; Women's
Branch, Union of Orthodox Jew
ish Congregations Of America; and
the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom.