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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 4
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the negroes were not to @ to work before & All, were to
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eter by the front door and were not to work unless they received
so mich paye had furnished this information to the Mayor,
who had immediately called a mass meeting of the white citizens of
Bupore, and had invited a few of the leaders among the negroes, At
this meeting the negroes were told that this was a white South and
Will renain that as long as it exists, They were warned to straighten
this matter out among themselves or the whites would handle it their
own Waye .
According — the negroes y got righ and
those who did not "eile. m", Since thet ere overpaid
has been tranquil, stated that he is well acquainted with
the situation and feels certain that there was no forelgn inspired
agitation involved, He is positive that no organization is now in
existence and that the organization mentioned above axistod for only
about two weeks. He stated that he has some very reliable informants
among the negroes who kept him advised on such matters and that he
therefore knows that this club nor any similar club is now not in
existence in thie vicinity, He promised to advise this office if
indication of such an organization again arose,
in the ote 3, a = _—_ sere a with the exception of
the above incident, there is not now and has been, no indication of an
Eleanor Club being formed in Webeter County, and that there has been
no agitation among the negroes in that County,
any
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In view of the above information, no further investigation
is being conducted in this matter, and the case is being closed,
- CLOSED o@
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