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local government officials, en-
tertainers and just plain human
itarians.
President and Mrs. Kennedy
circulated among the guests,
shaking hands and chatting with
practically all Of them. They
were assisted by Vice President
and Mrs. Lyndon B. johnson;
Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, wife of
the Attorney General; and
members of the U. S. Civil
Rights Commission.
Among those seen during the
hour-long affair were: Georgia
State Senator and Mrs. Leroy
r. johnson, Major General and
Mrs. Benjamin o. Davis, Jr.,
Ambassador designate to Fin
land Carl T. Rowan, Housing
Administrator and Mrs. Robert
c. Weaver.
Also, Circuit Judge Thurgood
Marshall, CORE National Direc-
tor and Mrs. James Farmer,
Chicago publisher and Mrs.
John H. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sammy Davis, Jr., Lionell
Hampton, Michigan Congress
man and Mrs. Charles Diggs
Jr.
Also, Secretary of Defense Rob-
ert S. Mcnamara, Postmaster Gen
eral j Edward Day, Massachusetts
Senator Edward-M. Kennedy (bro-
ther of the President), Judge Mar
lorie M Lawson, NAACP Executive
Secretary Roy wilkins, National
Urban League Executive Director
and Mrs. Whitney Young.
There were others from coast to-
coast: California Governor Ed
nund G (Pat) Brown, U S At
,orr1ey Merle McClrdy of Cleye-
and, New York Borough President
Edward Dudley, Federal Trade
Commissioner A. Leon Higginboth-
I'M. Jr., the Defense Departments,
expert and Mrs. Rov.
davenport, Secretary of Agriculture
)rvilie l. Freeman.
Before the reception. members of
he U S Civil Rights Commits
ion presented President Kennedy
nth a copy Of a report on civil
lights developments over the past
90 years.
The report, prepared by Robert
J. Storey. vice chairman of the
Commission, formed part of the
Emancipation Proclamation Cent
'nnial observance at the White
House.
Among others taking part in the
program were Commissioners Err
win N. Griswold, Harvard Law
School Dean; Berl I. Bernhard,
taft director; Clarence c. Fergu-
ION, Jr., Commission counsel;
5pottswood w Robinson Sd, dean
md professor of law at Howard
University; and the Rev. Theodore
I. Hesburgh, c SC president
'f Notre Dame University.
President Kennedy told the Com
mission that he was certain that
1T was no easy task to compress
nto a single volume the American
Negro's century long struggle to
win the full promise of our Con-
'titution and Bill of Rights"
He has not, of course. been alone
n the struggle. "the Chief Execu-
i've said. Men and women of every
'scial and religious origin have
helped"
Following the White: House affair,
congressman Diggs of Michigan.
Nix of Pennsylvania. Dawson of
Powell of New York. and
Hawkins of California CO Spon-
'ored another reception for the
quests at the Zeta Phi Beta sor-
,rity house. :
Earlier that day, Hobart Taylor,
lr, of Detroit and Houston, told a
lincoln Douglass Centennial au-
lience at Lincoln Memorial that
he atomic space age bids fair
o be the greatest period in the
history of the American colored
nan.
He said thousands of jobs will be
opened to talented and skilled men
IT all races "in this country, and
t is up to Negroes to convince
heir children of the value of ade-
Iuate preparation in qualifying for
heSe better onpDrtppifioc