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| | i) © 1 APPEN™ IX SOUTHERN CONFERENCE EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. (SCEP); "THE SOUTHERN PATRIOT" (SP) An article in the December, 1967, issue of “The Southern Patriot" (SP) commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication with that issue recites the following: The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) was organized in 1938: SP, started in 1942 as the publication of SCHW, was taken over by the Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc. (SCEF), in the late 1940's when SCHW went out of existence. SCEF, originally the “educational wing" of SCHW, continued as an independent organization. For almost two decades, concern of*SCHW and SCEF was with racial segregation and oppression of black people. In 1964, SCEF recognized that the legal back of segregation had been*broken and economic and political gains were necessary if Southern life was to change. In the past few years, SCEF has also supported battles for academic freedom and the Southern movement for world peace. The Southern Conference for Human Welfare (SCHW) was cited as a Communist front by the House Committee on Un-American Activities, House Report 592, June 12, 1947, In the Same house report, “The Southern Patriot" was cited as an "organ" of the SCHW, The September. 1967, issue of SP refers to SCEF as a 3c community of organizers and writers" stating its work is “gentered in organizing the poor in Appalachia for political and economic power, helping white people in the Deep South find a common cause with black pcople, helping local groups organize action for peace and working for abolition of the "House Un-American Activities Committee." The Masthead of SP in its April, 1968, issue states "The Southern Conlerence is dedicated to ending racism, poverty, and other injustices in the South; it oppases war as an instrument of national policy.” Listed in the Masthead are SCEF officers consisting of eight executive committce members, four executive staff members OnrIvEnTIAL -8-~ Y 5 a . w tans . 7 . “ . . a. yee. oleae re an ee ey eae Ne jw ce ee ares? the IN ie UNI Oe ‘Mo: ~ 2s e™Welgaste "Set oo Net Oe Tm pe re Se oe - > i Age “os: . SLED IE ee ONS ee ae De et RN lee ee Ma 8 ae ~ . . - : -" on a