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* * oo t | Wocewm rt Re Weed RI Wy, - It on teerecnetawn tint the ft atetat tnt a WES Ap, SOO AVI bike v the Ppurpesc of the gathering wes commendeble én — resultcd in the full support of prominent people, who, he belicved, did not suspect the intercst of radicels, such, he pointed out, being the casc with respect to the appearence of bkirs. ROOSEVELT, Justice HUGO BLACK, end © greet number of othcr prominent persons. He cr} -d Mrs, CHARLTON in thet being a rcsident of Birmingham end know- ing she should heve forcscen the possibility of activities by radi- cal clements, ; Su the contempleted meeting of the Southcrn Confcrence for Hum2n “Welfare at Birmingham, Ale., from November 20 to Novombcr 23, 1938, wos promoted by a scrics of news releascs, evidently given by hrs, CHARLTON. On pege 12 of the BIRE INGHAM POST, issue of Septcmber 20, 1938, irs. CHaRLTON .announced that morc than 200 progressive Southerncrs from 13 Southern : Statcs would be sponsors end that morc then 1000 persons were cxpectcd to Y ettend from 13 States, She elso rcquestcd th-t ell persons interested write 2 to the Confcrence Hecdquarters in Room 212 of the Tutwilcr Hotel, Birminghan. : On page 2 of the Septomber 22, 1938, issuc of thc BIRMINGHAM POST, Dr. H. C._ NIXON announced that aftcr his tour es Ficld Chairmen of the Confcrence of scouent to the meeting of Sc otcmbecr 6é, mentioned above, og we ete Ug EEE SS SU ~~ pL a a a eee Se AE Lae Wee en we ese . 13 Southcrn States, he hed observed that the South had becn swnakened to its “s problems by the Report of thc National Emergency Committec, By an article . on page 8, of the Suptembcr 27, 1936, issue of the BIRLINGHARL POST, Mrs. : CHARLTON announced thet the greet probicm of housing in the South would be . discussed by experts at the Conference, and that LUTHGR PaTRICK, as Chsirman ~ of the Sponsorship Comaittcc, had scnt invitations to experts in the 13 Statcs,. , ars. CHARLTON re=stnted much of the above in anothcr article appearing on the 3rd page of the Octobcr 4, 1938, issuc of thc BIRINGHAM POST, and after ~ — stressing the proposed permancney of the organization, stcted, "It is a : layman's Confercnce to which €11 the South is invited." Thcre is published on with this last srticle a photograph of Dr. D..VID Wd KNEPPER, Head of the oe - Department of Social Studics of the iqssissippi State Collcge for Women, of In the Oetohor 7, 1938, issue of the BIMCINGHA POST, on page 22, 4t is . announced thet the first of thc hundreds of Committcemen to ba chosen were * hrs. P, A. BLANCHARD, Beton Rouge, La., State President of thd Parent Te Teachers! \ intion in Louisicna, as « membcr of the Educetilon Committee: j++. - Governor BIBS BRAVES of ilabana, on the Freight Retes Differenticl Combittee; mrs. CLARA. Cy CONROY, albany, Gas;“Prosident of the Georgia Federation of Business end Profession2] ‘iontn's "Clubs, os & member of the licclth end Zducction Combittce; Dr. aRTHUR F.\RaPER, of the agnos Scott Colicge, atlanta, : Ge., on the Farm Tensney Committee, ltrs. CHARLTON continued to attract ettenm’ tion te the Conference by publishing ,on prge 7 of the October 26, 1938, is- -0f_the BIRMINGI POS Dr. F, DAA PaTTERSO, President of Tuskegee Inst. 4 tuto, Bnd FRANCIS P. TLL 'regiden of the Southern Policy association, ‘: id been sclected as nirmen of the Ruec Reletions Committee in the Con-. ference, end that Dr. “!. , f. COUCH ws to be Chairmarn of the Lebor Reletions |. end tinemployment Comdttec, while HARRY PEMGN, © widcly-knowm church executive, was to be floor lender of the Confcrcrnec. These promotional activities were .* ata OA Ce, Lae Pa -8- .