Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-07-21
NAAcP Delegates
Buffon-I1oIe 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 announcements Of the plat
form on which you were elected,
and in the light Of your own prom
Use 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 &C
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 Men,
bers Chester I. Lewis, Wichita,
Kansas; Alfred Baker Lewis, Old
Greenwich, Conn; Samuel VIII
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 X.
Christopher, Cleveland, Ohio; DR..
]. 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 M. 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 G. Kennedy,
San Francisco, Calf; Kivie Kap-
Ian, Boston, Mass; DR.. H. Claude
Hudson, Los Angeles, Calf; w.
w. Law, Savannah, Ca; Joshua
Thompson, Amber, Pa; DR.. Har-
~ ]. Greene, Philadelphia, Pa:
Bishop Stephen C. Spottswood,
Washington, D. c.
Also NAACP State Conference
Presidents DR.. Eugene T. Reed,
AmityVlle, NY; Mrs. Pauline
Young, Wilmington, Delaware; DR..
James E. Levy, Cleveland, Ohio;
Edward Turner, Detroit, Michigan;
Rev. Ford Gibson, Indianapolis,
Indiana; J. Earl bearing, Louis
vile, KY; Rev. c. Anderson,
Davis, Bluefield, w. Va; A. 8.
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.
c. Moon, Oklahoma City, Okla
And James e. Mccain, Southern
Area Conference, Los Angeles,
Calf; Jack e. Tanner, Northern
Area Conference, Tacoma, Wash;
Mrs. Jeanette H. Clark, New Eng
land Regional Conference, South
Norwalk, Conn; L. J. Harper.
Southwest Area Conference, Phoe-
nix, Arizona.
Also NAACP Branch Presidents
Clarence Parrish, Milwaukee, Wis;
Mrs. Allie Mae Hampton, st. Paul,
MINI; DR.. z. Franklin Jackson,
District of Columbia.
Also Regional Chairman in the