COMMITTEE AGAINST RACE DISCRIMINATION IN THE WAR EFFORT

of the

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

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PEARL S. BUCK
Chairman

ERNEST ANGELL
WILLIAM H. BALDWIN
EDWARD L. BERNAYS
PROF. LYMAN BRYSON
ELMER CARTER

DR. SAMUEL MCCREA CAVERT
MRS. ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS
DR. HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK
DR. FRANK P. GRAHAM
JAMES MARSHALL
PROF. BROADUS MITCHELL
DR. REINHOLD NIEBUHR
DR. GEORGE N. SHUSTER
ARTHUR B. SPINGARN
WALTER WHITE
WILLIAM L. WHITE
WENDELL L. WILLKIE

JEAN HENRY
Secretary

170 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK CITY

May 24, 1943

Dear Mr. Hughes:

May we ask both your personal assistance and
your financial support in a new effort to bring
together for a united campaign the various agencies
working against Negro discrimination. Some thirty
national organizations have formed a working con-
ference to tackle the pressing problems of integrat-
ing the Negro into the war effort and the democratic
world of tomorrow. Our first objective is to end
discrimination against Negroes in the armed forces,
in auxiliary war agencies, in employment, and in
housing.

This conference is both a coordinating agency
and a means of developing new tactics, wider publicity and organized
pressure. Everyone concerned with race relations agrees that this
kind of job must be done to unite the present scattered forces. It
must be done at the accelerated speed which the war and world condi-
tions demand of us.

This Committee has undertaken the responsi-
bility of getting the agencies together and seeing that the joint
program is carried out nationally. We plan to widen popular interest
in this movement by establishing similar conferences in leading cities
of the country under the leadership of local branches of the various
organizations represented in the conference.

The overhead job requires a moderate sum to
which we hope you will be willing to contribute. Doubtless you are
contributing at present to one or another of the agencies represented.
This added contribution, we believe, will be an investment not only to
intensify the agencies' work but to strengthen America's position of
world leadership for democracy.

We would appreciate hearing from you on the

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Rev. John Haynes Holmes
Chairman, Board of Directors

Roger N. Baldwin
Chairman, National Committee

Arthur Garfield Hays
General Counsel

Morris Ernst
General Counsel

Jonathan B. Bingham
Secretary

B. W. Huebsch
Treasurer

Patrick Murphy Malin
Executive Director

George E. Rundquist
Assistant Director

Herbert M. Levy
Staff Counsel

Alan Reitman
Public Relations Director

Jeffrey E. Fuller
Membership Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ernest Angell
Mrs. Katrina McCormick Barnes
Jonathan B. Bingham
Prof. Paul F. Brissenden
Mrs. Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
Carl Carmer
Richard S. Childs
Norman Cousins
Edward J. Ennis
Morris L. Ernst
John F. Finerty
H. William Fitelson
James Lawrence Fly
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Walter Frank
Varian Fry
Prof. Walter Gellhorn
Arthur Garfield Hays
August Heckscher
Rev. John Haynes Holmes
B. W. Huebsch
Rev. John Paul Jones
Dorothy Kenyon
Corliss Lamont
Prof. Eduard C. Lindeman
Benjamin F. MacLaurin
Merle Miller
Herbert R. Northrup
Merlyn S. Pitzele
Elmer Rice
Whitney North Seymour
Norman Thomas
William L. White
C. Dickerman Williams
Raymond L. Wise

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Thurman Arnold
Bishop James Chamberlain Baker
Roger N. Baldwin
Francis Biddle
Prof. Edwin M. Borchard
Van Wyck Brooks
Pearl S. Buck
Dr. Henry Seidel Canby
Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers
William Henry Chamberlin
Grenville Clark
Prof. Henry Steele Commager
Morris L. Cooke
Prof. George S. Counts
Prof. Robert E. Cushman
Elmer Davis
John Dos Passos
Melvyn Douglas
Sherwood Eddy
Thomas H. Eliot
Walter T. Fisher
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Lloyd K. Garrison
Dean Christian Gauss
Dean Charles W. Gilkey
Sen. Frank P. Graham
Earl G. Harrison
Marvin C. Harrison
Quincy Howe
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins
Dr. Charles S. Johnson
Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson
Saburo Kido
Benjamin H. Kizer
Dr. John A. Lapp
Prof. Harold D. Lasswell
Mrs. Agnes Brown Leach
Max Lerner
Prof. Robert Mors Lovett
Prof. Robert S. Lynd
Prof. Archibald MacLeish
John P. Marquand
William Mauldin
Bishop Francis J. McConnell
Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn
A. J. Musfe
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam
Rt. Rev. Edward L. Parsons
James G. Patton
Prof. Max Radin
A. Philip Randolph
Will Rogers, Jr.
Elmo Roper
John Nevin Sayre
Rt. Rev. William Scarlett
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Joseph Schlossberg
Odell Shepard
Robert E. Sherwood
Rabbi Abba Hiller Silver
Lillian E. Smith
Edward J. Sparling
Raymond Swing
Mrs. Dorothy Tilly
Aubrey Williams
L. Hollingsworth Wood
Dr. William Lindsay Young

AFFILIATED COMMITTEES

in Sixteen Cities

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October 9, 1950

Mr. Langston Hughes
20 East 127th St.
New York, N. Y.

Dear Mr. Hughes:

The American Civil Liberties Union is conducting an exhaustive
inquiry into the question of blacklisting in the radio and tele-
vision industry, under the direction of Merle Miller, well-known
author and correspondent. This investigation covers blacklisting
from whatever quarter it emanates.

We note that your name has been listed in the publication "Red
Channels", which has been used as a source of information in some
protests to sponsors and networks against the employment of certain
persons so listed. It would be helpful to us, in the preparation
of an authentic report that will have constructive value, if you
would let us know what information you have concerning the listing
of your name in that publication, or in any other publication,
document, or list, used for blacklist purposes.

We should like to know the accuracy of the information con-
cerning you in "Red Channels", whether any attempt was made to
verify this with you or to give you a chance to explain or refute
the listing, and what effect the listing has had on your work in
radio, television or allied fields.

The Union does not request this information for any legal
action. If you would like to talk personally to Mr. Miller rather
than write, we should be glad to arrange such a meeting, the time
and place to be at your own choosing. Any direct quotation to be
used in the report would be checked with you before publication.

I know you realize that the maximum utility of our report depends on Mr. Miller's getting such information as soon as possible.

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DIRECTORS

Angell
Ms. Katrina McCormick Barnes
Mrs. Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
Carl Carmer
Richard S. Childs
Norman Cousins
Edward J. Ennis
Morris L. Ernst
John F. Finerty
H. William Fitelson
James Lawrence Fly
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Walter Frank
Varian Fry
Walter Gellhorn
Arthur Garfield Hays
August Heckscher
Rev. John Haynes Holmes
B. W. Huebsch
Rev. John Paul Jones
Dorothy Kenyon
James Kerney, Jr.
Corliss Lamont
Prof. Eduard C. Lindeman
Merle Miller
Herbert R. Northrup
Merlyn S. Pitzele
Elmer Rice
Whitney North Seymour
Telford Taylor
Norman Thomas
William L. White
Raymond L. Wise

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Sadie Alexander
Thurman Arnold
Bishop James Chamberlain Baker
Roger N. Baldwin
Francis Biddle
Van Wyck Brooks
Pearl S. Buck
James R. Caldwell
Dr. Henry Seldel Canby
Dr. Allan Knight Chalmers
Grenville Clark
Prof. Henry Steele Commager
Morris L. Cooke
Prof. George S. Counts
Prof. Robert E. Cushman
Elmer Davis
J. Frank Dobie
John Dos Passos
Melvyn Douglas
Sherwood Eddy
Frederick May Eliot
Thomas H. Eliot
Walter T. Fisher
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick
Lloyd K. Garrison
Dean Charles W. Gilkey
Dr. Frank P. Graham
Abram L. Harris
Earl G. Harrison
Quincy Howe
Palmer Hoyt
Dr. Robert M. Hutchins
Dr. Charles S. Johnson
Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson
Benjamin H. Kizer
Dr. John A. Lapp
Prof. Harold D. Lasswell
Mrs. Agnes Brown Leach
Max Lerner
Prof. Robert Morss Lovett
Prof. Robert S. Lynd
Prof. Archibald MacLeish
John P. Marquand
Mike Masaoka
William Mauldin
Bishop Francis J. McConnell
Millicent C. McIntosh
Dr. Alexander Melklejohn
Karl Menninger
A. J. Muste
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam
Rt. Rev. Edward L. Parsons
James G. Patton
A. Philip Randolph
Will Rogers, Jr.
Elmo Roper
John Nevin Sayre
Rt. Rev. William Scarlett
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Joseph Schlossberg
Odell Shepard
Robert E. Sherwood
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver
Lillian E. Smith
Edward J. Sparling
George R. Stewart
Mrs. Dorothy Tilly
William W. Waymack
Aubrey Williams
L. Hollingsworth Wood
Dr. William Lindsay Young

LOCAL
ACLU ORGANIZATIONS
in Sixteen Areas

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June 25, 1952

Dear Mr. Hughes:

The American Civil Liberties Union continues to be grateful for the information which you supplied to Merle Miller in his investigation for us of radio-television blacklisting. In order to keep our information up-to-date, we are now asking you to reply as fully and precisely as possible to the following inquiries - presented in this form letter because of limitations on our time and funds. We should like to know to what extent you have able to verify the information you supply, and we shall hold it all confidential.

(1) Does blacklisting still exist? From what quarter(s) does it come, and what method(s) does it use? Is it increasing, or decreasing?

(2) In what ways and to what degree, if at all, have you been affected by any sort of blacklisting since you supplied information to Mr. Miller? If you have had radio-television work, has it been normal in quantity and kind - or more or less than normal? How have you been affected, if at all, in other fields of employment by what may have happened to you in radio or television? (Please, where possible, give names and dates of programs in which you have worked or are working - or have not been able to work.)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Ernest Angell
Mrs. Katrina McCormick Barnes
Daniel Bell
Mrs. Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
Earl Brown
Ralph S. Brown
Lisle C. Carter, Jr.
Allan Knight Chalmers
Richard S. Childs
William A. Delano
Edward J. Ennis
Morris L. Ernst
John F. Finerty
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Walter Frank
Lewis Galantiere
Walter Gallhorn
Julian E. Goldberg
Louis M. Hacker
August Heckscher
B. W. Huebsch
Mrs. Sophia Yarnall Jacobs
John Jessup
John Paul Jones
Murray Kempton
Dorothy Kenyon
Saul K. Padover
Elmer Rice
George Soll
Barent Ten Eyck
Norman Thomas
J. Watties Warling
Edward Bennett Williams

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

Chairman
E. B. MacNaughton (Ore.)

Vice Chairmen
Pearl S. Buck (Penna.)
Prof. Albert Sprague Coolidge (Mass.)
Lloyd K. Garrison (N.Y.)
Dr. Frank P. Graham (U.N.)
Palmer Hoyt (Colo.)
Bishop Edward L. Parsons (Calif.)
Morris Rubin (Wisc.)
Lillian E. Smith (Ga.)

Sadie Alexander (Penna.)
Thurman Arnold (D.C.)
Bishop James Chamberlain Baker (Calif.)
Roger N. Baldwin (N.Y.)
Alan Barth (D.C.)
Francis Biddle (D.C.)
Dr. Sarah Gibson Blanding (N.Y.)
Prof. Julian P. Boyd (N.J.)
Van Wyck Brooks (Conn.)
Howard F. Burns (Ohio)
Prof. James B. Caldwell (Calif.)
Dr. Henry Seidel Canby (N.Y.)
Prof. Robert K. Carr (N.H.)
Stuart Chase (Conn.)
Grenville Clark (N.H.)
Dr. Rufus E. Clement (Ga.)
Prof. Henry Steele Commager (Mass.)
Morris L. Cooke (Penna.)
Prof. George S. Counts (N.Y.)
Prof. Robert E. Cushman (N.Y.)
Elmer Davis (D.C.)
Prof. J. Frank Dobie (Texas)
Melvyn Douglas (N.Y.)
Rev. Frederick May Eliot (Mass.)
Prof. Thomas H. Eliot (Mo.)
Walter T. Fisher (III.)
James Lawrence Fly (Fla.)
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick (N.Y.)
Prof. Ralph F. Fuchs (D.C.)
Prof. Willard E. Goslin (Tenn.)
Grover C. Hall, Jr. (Ala.)
Prof. Mark DeW. Howe (Mass.)
Quincy Howe (N.Y.)

Dr. Robert M. Hutchins (N.Y.)
Gerald W. Johnson (Md.)
Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson (D.C.)
Dr. Percy L. Julian (III.)
Benjamin H. Kizer (Wash.)
Dr. John A. Lapp (III.)
Prof. Harold D. Lasswell (Conn.)
Mrs. Agnes Brown Leach (N.Y.)
Max Lerner (N.Y.)
Prof. Robert S. Lynd (N.Y.)
John P. Marquand (Mass.)
Prof. Robert Mathews (Ohio)
Dr. Millicent C. McIntosh (N.Y.)
Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn (Calif.)
Dr. Karl Menninger (Kans.)
Harry C. Meserve (N. Y.)
Loren Miller (Calif.)
Donald R. Murphy (Iowa)
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer (N.J.)
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam (D.C.)
James G. Patton (Colo.)
A. Philip Randolph (N.Y.)
Elmo Roper (N.Y.)
John Nevin Sayre (N.Y.)
Prof. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. (Mass.)
Joseph Schlossberg (N.Y.)
Dr. Edward J. Sparling (III.)
Prof. George R. Stewart (Calif.)
Mrs. Dorothy Tilly (Ga.)
Prof. Edward C. Tolman (Calif.)
William W. Waymack (Iowa)
Aubrey Williams (Ala.)
Rev. William Lindsay Young (Calif.)
Dean Benjamin Youngdahl (Mo.)

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Incorporated

Ernest Angell
Chairman, Board of Directors

Morris L. Ernst
Dorothy Kenyon
J. Watties Waring
Vice Chairmen

Edward J. Ennis
Osmond K. Fraenkel
Barent Ten Eyck
General Counsel

Katrina McCormick Barnes
Secretary
B. W. Huebsch
Treasurer

John Haynes Holmes
Honorary Board Chairman

Patrick Murphy Malin, Executive Director

Alan Reitman, Assistant Director

Jeffrey E. Fuller, Assistant Director
Louis Joughin, Assistant Director

Margret R. Bloomer, Administrative Assistant

Rowland Watts, Staff Counsel
Irving Ferman, Washington Office Director
Roger N. Baldwin, Adviser, International Work
Marie M. Runyon, Membership Secretary

April 4, 1957

Dear Mr. Hughes:

In performing its function of defending civil liberties, the American Civil Liberties Union is especially concerned with the problem of censorship by private organizations. Because we believe that such activity threatens the individual's freedom to select his reading material, we have prepared the enclosed statement on private-group censorship.

We are circulating the statement to the enclosed list of representative authors, publishers, critics, composers, and editors. We would like to have you join with us in signing this statement, which will be issued in the form of a public release and possibly as an ACLU pamphlet. You will note that the statement concludes with an indication that those who sign do so because of general agreement, without committing themselves to support of specific ACLU action.

Some of you would undoubtedly use different language in discussing this problem, but in view of the large number of people being asked to sign the statement and the length of time required for approval, we hope that the main points and spirit of the statement will cause you to subscribe to it as a whole. To facilitate your reply, we enclose a post card on which you may indicate your agreement. As we hope to issue the statement before May 1, we would appreciate your reply by April 25.

Lewis Galantiere
Lewis Schlesinger
Chairman
Freedom of Speech/Association Committee

Elmer Rice, Chairman
National Council on Freedom from Censorship

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