St. Paul recorder., 1961-07-21
NAAcP Delegates
Buffon-HoIe Congress
Members = President
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Of all persons on the basis of in
dividual merit.
your directives to your depart
ments and agencies and your forth
right action to establish a nom
discriminatory employment policy
for firms holding government con-
tracts, as exemplified in the Lock-
heed Aircraft case, have won the
applause of a nation that believes
deeply in fair play for all"
However, the NAACP Board
Chairman continued, the absence
of a clear call from you for en-
actment of civil rights legislation
has been a source of dismay to
those working for civil rights. In
view of the specific and unequi-
vocal pronomcements of the plat
form on which you were elected,
and in the light of your own prom
ise of last fall to employ legisla-
tive action, also, to achieve civil
rights goals, there is grave con-
Germ over the prospect that, with
out support from the White House,
there may be no Congressional ac-
ton on the urgently-needed bills
now in various stages of unread
ness"
Expressing awareness of the
gravity of the international crisis,
Bishop Spottswood assured the
President of :our understanding
and our support for you as you
face the challenges to our security
on the international stage"
The following were members of
the delegation received by the
President: NAACP Board Mem
bers Chester I. Lewis, Wichita,
Kansas; Alfred Baker Lewis, Old
Greenwich, Conn; Samuel Will
hams, East Orange N. j.; Earl B.
Dickerson, Chicago, Ill; Mrs.
Grace B. Henderson, Newark,
NJ; Theodore NJ. Berry, Cincin-
natl, Ohio; Mrs. Doretha Combre,
Lake Charles, La; DR.. Nathan K.
Christopher, Cleveland, Ohio; DR..
J. Leondidas Leach, Flint, Mich;
Andrew D. Weinberger, New York
City; Rev. James Hinton, Column
bia, SC; DR. J. NJ. Tinsley, Rich
mond, Va; James Stewart, Okla
homa City, Okla; Kelly NJ Alex
ander, Charlotte NC; c. R. Oar
den, Meridian, Miss; DR.. w. Mont
ague Cobb, Washington, DC; DR..
George D. Flemmings, Fort Worth,
Texas; Arthur B. Spingarn, New
York City; Joseph C. Kennedy,
San Francisco, Calf; KiWe Kap-
Ian, Boston, Mass; DR.. H. Claude
Hudson, Los Angeles, Calf; w.
w. Law, Savannah, Ca; Joshua
Thompson, Amber, Pa; DR.. Har-
ry ]. Greene, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bishop Stephen C. Spottswood,
Washington, D. c.
Also NAACP State Conference
Presidents DR.. Eugene T. Reed,
AmityWlle, NY; Mrs. Pauline
Young, Wilmington, Delaware; DR..
James E. Levy, Cleveland, Ohio;
Edward Turner, Detroit, Michigan;
Rev. Ford Gibson, Indianapolis,
Indiana; J. Earl Dearing, Louis
vile, KY; Rev. c. Anderson,
Davis, Bluefield, w. Va; A. S.
Fisher, Denver, Colorado; George
Cooper, Council Bluffs, Ia; DR..
c. r. Roquemore, Wellington,
Kansas; Mrs. Kelsey Beshears, st.
Joseph, Missouri; Rev. A. Leon
Lowry, Tampa, Fla; J. Arthur
Brown, Charleston, S. c.; H. T.
Lockard, Memphis, Tenn; DR.. E.
Z. Moon, Oklahoma City, Okla
And James E. McCann, Southern
Area Conference, Los Angeles,
Calf; Jack E. Tanner, Northern
Area Conference, Tacoma, Wash;
Mrs. Jeanetta H. Clark, New Eng
land Regional Conference, South
Norwalk, Conn; L. ]. Harper,
Southwest Area Conference, Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
Also NAACP Branch Presidents
Clarence Parrish, Milwaukee, Wis.
Mrs. Allie Mae Hampton, st. Paul,
MINI; DR.. E. Franklin Jackson,
District of Columbia.
Also Regional Chairman in the
Convention: Henry r. Smith, Pitts