NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LYNCHING

to be held in the City of New York, May 5 and 6, 1919

70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY

ROOM 621

MOORFIELD STOREY,
CHAIRMAN

EMMET O'NEAL
of Alabama

DAVID STARK JORDAN
BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER
of California

BEN B. LINDSAY
of Colorado

SIMONE E. BALDWIN
of Connecticut

GEORGE GRAY
of Delaware

WILLIAM H. DE LACY,
ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKE
J. R. HAWKINS
WILLIAM F. McDOWELL
A. MITCHELL PALMER
LOUIS F. POST
JACKSON H. RALSTON
JOHN A. RYAN
WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD
ROBERT H. TERRELL
of District of Columbia

HUGH M. DORSEY
WILLIAM H. FLEMING
JOHN D. HAMMOND
LILY HARDY HAMMOND
FREDERICK F. REESE
of Georgia

D. W. DAVIS
of Idaho

HORACE J. BRIDGES
EDWARD OSGOOD BROWN
MRS. SHEARS CARNOVALLE
ORRIN N. CARTER
WILLIAM T. CROSS
JOSEPH H. DEFREES
EDWARD F. DUNNE
EDMUND J. JAMES

JULIA C. LATHROP
JULIAN W. MACK
MARTIN B. MADDEN
J. MEDILL MCCORMICK
ROBERT MCMURDY
GEORGE T. PAGE
LESSING ROSENTHAL
ALBION W. SMALL
GRAHAM TAYLOR
JOHN H. WINTERBOTHAM
of Illinois

JAMES P. GOODRICH
BOOTH TAERKINGTON
of Indiana

HENRY J. ALLEN
ARTHUR CAPPER
of Kansas

DESHA BRECKINRIDGE
of Kentucky

QUINCY EWING
of Louisiana

CHARLES J. BONAPARTE
WILLIAM F. COCHRAN
JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS
EMERSON C. HARRINGTON
W. ASHRIE HAWKINS
of Maryland

HORACE BUMSTEAD
CHARLES W. ELIOT
WILLIAM H. LEWIS
PHILIP G. PEABODY
ALBERT E. PILLSBURY
MOORFIELD STOREY
BUTLER R. WILSON
MARY E. WILSON

CONFERENCE CALLED BY

CHARLES ZUEBLIN
of Massachusetts

LEVI L. BARBOUR
of Michigan

MOSES EDWIN CLAPP
of Minnesota

J. R. BINGHAM
J. B. HUTTON
A. T. STOVALL
JACK C. WILSON
of Mississippi

LEONIDAS C. DYER
CHARLES NAGEL
of Missouri

EMMET D. BOYLE
of Nevada

HENRY VAN DYKE
of New Jersey

GEORGE GORDON BATTLE,
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
GEORGE L. CACY
STOUGHTON COOLEY
LEE K. FRANKEL
PERCY STICKNEY GRANT
DAVID H. GREER
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON
ADOLPH LEWISOHN
MARTIN W. LITTLETON
OWEN R. LOYEJOY
CHARLES S. MACFARLAND
LOUIS MARSHALL
JOHN G. MILBURN
JOHN MITCHELL
ADELBERT MOOT
WILLIAM FELLOWES MORGAN
THOMAS MOTT OSBORNE
MARY WHITE OVINGTON

JOHN R. SHILLADY,
SECRETARY

ELIHU ROOT
WILLIAM JAY SCHIEFFELIN
JACOB H. SCHIFF
CHARLES H. STRONG
CHARLES H. STUDIN
MRS. MARY B. TALBERT
WORTH M. TIPPY
WILLIAM H. WADHAMBS
WILLIAM H. WADHAMBS
MME. C. J. WALKER
FRANK P. WALSH
STEPHEN S. WISE
L. HOLLINGSWORTH WOOD
of New York

W. D. WEATHERFORD
of North Carolina

JUDSON HARMON
HENRY CHURCHILL KING
CHARLES F. THWING
of Ohio

SAMUEL S. FELS
GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER
ANNA HOWARD SHAW
of Pennsylvania

L. F. C. GARVIN
JAMES R. MACCOLL
of Rhode Island

THOMAS F. GAILOR
JAMES H. KIRKLAND
FAYETTE A. MCKENZIE
BOLTON SMITH
of Tennessee

JAMES H. DILLARD
WILLIAM H. HUTLEY
HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER
of Virginia

JOHN BRADLEY WINSLOW
of Wisconsin

To the Editor: The following news story is sent you without charge and the accuracy of the statements herein made is guaranteed. JOHN R. SHILLADY, Secretary.

RELEASE TUESDAY MORNING, May 6:

May 3, 1919.

From Address of

Hon. Emmet O'Neal, ex-Governor of Alabama

at National Conference on Lynching, Mass Meeting Carnegie Hall,
May 5.
New York, 8 P.M. Monday

"The United States today stands solitary and alone among the civilized nations of the world that tolerates the cruelty, savagery and infamy of mob violence.

"It is no longer confined to any state or section. It is not peculiar to the South alone. The record of race riots and mob violence in the North during the last decade shows that neither section can point at the other the finger of scorn. It is folly to make

NATIONAL OFFICERS

PRESIDENT
MOORFIELD STOREY

VICE-PRESIDENTS
ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKÉ
REV. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES
BISHOP JOHN HURST
JOHN E. MILHOLLAND
MARY WHITE OVINGTON
OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

PROPOSES TO MAKE 11,000,000 AMERICANS PHYSICALLY
FREE FROM PEONAGE, MENTALLY FREE FROM IGNORANCE,
POLITICALLY FREE FROM DISFRANCHISEMENT, AND
SOCIALLY FREE FROM INSULT

70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CHELSEA 7481

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
MAJOR J. E. SPINGARN
O. G. VILLARD, TREASURER
DR. W. E. B. DU BOIS, DIRECTOR
OF PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH
JOHN R. SHILLADY, SECRETARY
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON,
FIELD SECRETARY
WALTER F. WHITE,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Under separate cover we are sending you several copies of a booklet which explains in detail the steps necessary for the establishment of a branch. I am also sending you blank applications for charter. I suggest that you call together a group of interested persons, fifty or more, for a full and free discussion of the aims of the Association and the advisability of establishing a branch in your city.

These should include representative leaders of opinion, white and colored, where possible, the aim being to inaugurate branches which will insure the respect and support of the whole community, be non-factional, of both races, and substantial supporters, nationally and locally, of N. A. A. C. P. principles.

Upon the decision to apply for a charter, if that be the case, kindly have each person present sign his or her name on the original application for charter, giving address, occupation and fee paid. At this meeting a Branch President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer should be elected.

The newly elected Secretary will then make an exact copy of the original application on the duplicate application blank and return both application blanks to this office together with the total fees paid, for the approval of the Committee on Branches. Immediately on such approval, an "Executive Authorization," which empowers the branch to proceed until a formal grant of charter is made, will be forwarded to the branch together with the proportion of the fees paid which is due the branch treasury.

In order to qualify for a charter branches must have at least 50 members. While the Board, in exceptional circumstances may grant an "Executive Authorization" to less than 50 providing it believes that a membership of 50 will be attained in the near future, it is best to secure at least 50 applicants before submitting application. Applications in all cases are expected to contain a number of names commensurate with the available population to which N. A. A. C. P. membership is likely to appeal.

Sincerely yours,

JRS/EM

Secretary

NATIONAL OFFICERS

PRESIDENT

MOORFIELD STOREY

VICE-PRESIDENTS

ARCHIBALD H. GRIMKÉ

REV. JOHN HAYNES HOLMES

BISHOP JOHN HURST

JOHN E. MILHOLLAND

MARY WHITE OVINGTON

OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD

70 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CHELSEA 7481

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

MAJOR J. E. SPINGARN

O. G. VILLARD, TREASURER

JOHN R. SHILLADY, SECRETARY

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON,

FIELD SECRETARY

WALTER F. WHITE,

ASSISTANT SECRETARY

Sincerely yours,

Secretary

JRS/EM