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WAtAAAAA VIC AAoAAtOWOARi W Se~~
NAACP constitution" said Dr.,
jackson. Il am in full accord
With the legislative convention
hno I hope 1t will maze the
march on Warrington unneces-
arg."
Planning for March
The march on WASHINGTON,
proposed BY A. Philip RAN
uoiph, head Of the Negro Amer.
lean Labor Council. has beer
suggested for late IN august
Roy wilkins. executive secre-
cary Of the NAAcP, is meeting
Ia New York City today with
Mr. Randolph and other Negro
elvll rights leaders to set a def
taite date and make other
plans.
Robert L. Carter, general
counsel for TIE NAACP, pre-
scented the resolution in Mr..
wilkins absence and told the
delegates that it had his APP
prevail.
Negroes win wait no longer
to collect their debt Of full
emancipation from racial dis
elimination and segregation,
Mr.. wilkins declared last night.
To-day we are finished with
waiting" Mr.. wilkins said in
a rousing speech which opened
the convention.
The debt Is past due and
in 1858, certain that we have
done part In fun measure,
pressed down and running over
with our tears, our blood, and
our deed, we demand pay
ment," he said TO the applause.
Of an audience numbering an
estimated 1000 Negroes and
whites in the Progressive Bap-
fist Church.
Mr.. wilkins said that for 100
years Negroes ''have extened
this promissry note at a cost
of humiliation, exploitation,
persecution and death"
'Here to Collect"
I'VE were promised 1t by the |
man who sleeps in Illinois soil
At Springfield. and we are here
to collect" Mr.. wilkins said. |
mo one can say we have not
been patient he pointed out.
I'VE have given q new mean
ing to the word: Our white fell
low Americans asked US to
walk q mile with them down
the road Of time; we walked
two miles. 10 miles, 50 miles
q hundred years Of miles," hel
said.
Mr.. wilkins served notice
that the walking and waiting
will end this year and he called
upon the convention delegates
to "use every weapon, every
tactic, every talent, every re-
source" in their fight for
complete freedom"
In a wire to the convention.
President Kennedy reminded
the delegates that "our goal
must be the full participation
of Negroes in American society
Oh the basis Of mutual respect
and understanding" once "se-
greeation and other obstacles to
equal opportunity" have been
IF when the colored struggle
Is over we are left with a legacy
Of fear, mistrust and hatred,
this goal may not be achieved"
warned President Kennedy. 1T
Is the responsibility Of all of
Us to prevent this from happen
ing. The, resources Of the Fed
eral Government must and will
be fully and creatively en-
ployed to meet the challenge.
1T will require intelligence
and determination to eliminate
racial barriers. and at the same
time create a society based upon
respect and understanding. The
has displayed these
qualities of leadership through
out its long history. ! know we
can continue to count upon
your leadership in meeting the
challenges Of our time"
Turning his attention to
President Kennedy's civil rights
program, Mr.. wilkins pointed
out that Republican Senators
must supply the votes to break
an expected Southern filibus-
ter. A @. o. P. failure to break
the filibuster, he warned. can
bring on moral disaster" for
the Republican Party.
Mr.. wilkins was critical of
Senate Minority Leader Dirk
sen Of Illinois. who has said
that the administrations pro-
posal to desegreeate places Of
public accommodation would
be an infringement Of prop
erty rights" He also hit at
Senator Goldwater, Republican
Of Arizona, for his belief that
race relations problems should
be left to the states.
This leadership represents
a perversion Of the Republican
party's hallowed tradition of
human freedom" Mr.. wilkins
declared. "Spearheading the
opposition TO 1t Is a small band
Of gallant Republican Senator's,
among the finest In the land;
Javits and Heating OF New
York, Case Of New Jersey,
Kuchel Of California, Scott Of
Fennsylvania. Beall Of Mary
land, Allott Of Colorado, John
Sherman Cooper Of Kentucky
and a few others. Their party's|