Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 31]

~ CLEVELAND.~When the Nas;
tional Associgtion fcr the AdVvaneement of Colored Peuple heid |

its tenth annual -conventior. here |

in 1919 thor? were: 235 delegatas |
from 34 states. Attendance ati the |
4$th annual ~convention which |
opened in the Public Auditorium

here Tuesday. is expected. to ex
c2ed 1,000 delegates from 40

The 1919 meeting wes <ie
first national convention of the
Association in Ohio. The organization returned to Cleveland
~mn 1929 and met in Cincinnati
~t. 1946. The convention has not
+ tce met in this state.

# { the earlier meeting in, Cleve1. ud and, to a lesser extent, at |

~the. second: convention here in!

1929, the prime. concern of the
delegates was how to combat the |
crime of lynching. In 1919, there |

were 83 victims of this crime, |
including four white persons and |

two Mexicans. By 1929, the number was down to 12. Not since
the 1930 has. lynching been a
major topic at an NAACP convention, due to the decline of |

the crime as, the result lergely |

~~ a sustained and _ militant |!AAC~ campaign to rid'the naion ct that evil.

Besegregation; No, 1
Problem

Or prime interest to the delecates meeting here this wee will
be the drive to ~accelerate deség'regation of publie schools in the
~South and efforts to enlarge the
Negro vote. The inteisified desegregation drive is yf recent origin
dating back to slay 17, 1954, when
~the United States Supreme Court
banded dewn its historic dec*sion
banning. segregation.u pwiic
education,

The struggle for the bailot in
the southern. states is as o'd as
the Association which next ~~~?

celebrates its 50th anniversary.
| Notable progress has been made
'sinee the convention last met in
Cleveland. Due to the work of
the Association~s legal staff many
~obstacles to Negro voting have
been removed since 1919.

The white Democratic primary
|which was the chief barrier to
ivating by Negroes in the South
iwas stricken down by a Supreme
Court -decision n 1944. The poll
~tax requirement for voting which
was general throughout the South,29 years ago today prevails in
only five ~states.
| Although the southern Negro
~vole Has vastly expanded during

|

~ peing registered as compared with

cig

Saliy-thent 2iper |

tho
cent of the-potential Negro vote |

60 per cent of ae white aeeentist
in. the region.
Following~ cuhigetedient of | che

NAACP, early this year, announced a goal of 3,000,000 Negro voters. in the South by 1960.
In.1956there were about 1,
300,000 ~ registered Negro voters
in those states. This year~s convertion ~will be. ~uncerned with

South and throughout t.e nation.

" Senators ~To Speak

Speakers *schéduled to address
next week's convention include
Senators Paul Douglas (D.,_ Iil.)
and Jacob Javits (R., N. Y.~, who
will takk-on Political Parties -and
Civil -Rights; Dr: Channing H.
Tobias, NAACP board chairman,
who will deliver the keynote address atthe opening session,
Tuesday night; Roy Wilkins,
NAACP executive secretary, who
will address the closing session
on Sunday afternoon, July 13.

The.delegates will be welcomed.
to the state. and city Tuesday

night by Gov. C. William O~Neill

Civil Rights Act of 1957, the|

ways and means. of getting more
Negroes Tegistercd to vote ir the.

e sites of the |
tion planhing com
ame the delegat

~vished will &
~anal of the; ine children
who broke/the coler line at Lit-.
le Rock~s central High School
~fast September and to Mrs. L.
C. Bates,! their ~mentor, and
president of the Arkansas State
Conference of NAACP units.
Workshops Scheduled

A series of workshops, with experts as panelists and: with delegates participating in the discussions, will be devoted to such~
topics as Civil Rights Problems
ia| Northern Cities; the Negro:
Worker and His Job; Voters and
Political Action; Implementing
Desegregation ing the South; and
Enlisting Public Support for / the
NAACP,

Youth units~ of the Association
will meet simultaneously under
leadership of. Herbert ~L. Wright,
NAACP youth ~Secretary.

' the intervening: years, it is stilland: ee sausage J. Cele
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Hot Weather

~ Hee weather makes it necessary
~to take particular precautions
with foods you serve to make
sure they are safe, Dr. Joseph G.
Molner,' commissioner of health,
states. Most of the food poisonings which have occurred in Detroit in the last ten. years weré
traced~ to foods served at -weddings, family gatherings or pic-|
nics and prepared by persons
who co not act as foodhandlers,
regularly.

Dy. Molnc* suggests that a
tood rule: to follow is to keep
food hot, keep it cold or don~t
Keep it. Keeping food cold means
refrigeration at a temperature of
40 to 50 degrees or lower.

Food poisoning is caused by
germs growing in food. These

tain foods are kept at room tem
states.

germs multiply rapidly when cer-|:

perature. In as short a time as |
an hour or two food may become
unf:t to eat without a noticeable |
change in taste, appearance or;
edor. Special care should be!
given to fish, meat ~ whether |
raw, precooked or cooked~milk,
salad ~dressing, cream fillings,
custards, puddings and oe
preparations.

Cooked _ left-overs stionid be
kept under refrigeration at all
times. Picnie food should be

| kept clean and cold while it is

being prepared and. kept refrig:~
erated until transferred to an
insulated container or packed in
ice for-transportatiohn. Keep the
refrigerated picnic foods covered and put them in the shade |
until ~they are~ eaten.~ |'~"'

Usee care and cledhliness
whenever you prepare food:
Wash your hands just before |
you touch food and make
sure that all dishes, mixing forks, spoons and = pans
are theroughly clean.

Dr. Molner says it. is often
impossible to detect spoilage
when it begins 'so that you
should use care and cleanliness
and keep foods refrigerated or
hot until they are eaten.

Take advantage of fresh vegetables and fruits as the come in
season, but be sure they are
theroughly washed before you
eat them.

Flint Sica Relations Cound Asks
FBI Investigation In Bombings

Rev. Alexander Miller, Chairman of the Flint. Human Relations Council announced that re
quests have been sent to U.'S.
Attorney General Rogers for full
scale invéstigation of the bomb
ings of Negro schools and Jewish

synagogues in -various.Southern
Copies of this request

have also been forwarded to Rep.

Charles E. Chamberlain, and the

two U. S. Senators from Michigan. |

tite Human Teiations Council,
t its meeting ~n~ Monday, June
36th, also calied for support by
jur U. S. Seuaters. aud Representative for the bill.itroduced

by Representative Loser of Ten.
nesseey to: prohibit intéerestate

transp~rtation - of, ~explosives. for -

milawfz! purposes:
The. letter- to ~Mr. Hones~ sdid
in part:

~It is our cfirny conviction that
problems of intergroup relations

can be dealt with in. good~ will:

and good sense, but call for the

firm enforcement of the law by:

our law-enforcement agencies; Py

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