◆ SpookStack

NO 100-759 SCE¥ BOARD OF D{RECYORS MEETING JUNE 11, 10960, AT ATLANTA, GEORGIZ, On NASIIVILLE TENNESSEE On May 2, 1960, Confidential Informant NO T-1 advised that the nex ot SCEF Board of Directors meeting was being planned for June 11, 1960, at eithe Atlanta, a“ Georgin, or Nashville, Tennessee, and that JI MBROWSKI / wos polling the board members to determine which of these soy * two cities was preferred for the meeting. -< oCe RECEPTION, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NANCH wey 29U0U 1960 an SCEF reception held at this hotel on liarch 22, 1960, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., was arranged for by Reverend WILLIA' ZOVARD MELISIL (a paid SCEY worker in the New York City area) to accommodate some 280 guests although slightly less than that number were actually present. sta ited’ that various individuals, not further identified, viewed activities of the SCEF and appealed for funds. Page 4 of the May, 1960, issue of "The Southern ratriot,” official monthly publication of the SCEF, contains an article concerning the above-mentioned SCE /recoption 7 reflecting that SCEF leaders and Hrs. ELEANO ROOSEVELT ‘, wore guests at this reception. According to this article, lyse ROOSEVELT, in an address to the gathering, conmendca the current student movement, urged people in the North to give full backing to Southern Negroes and to their white supporters who “undcy great difficulty have often stood above,’ and also asked Northerners not to be "complacent" about conditions at home. This same article identified the photographs 2z1S0 appearing on page 4 of persons attending this reception. ‘they are listed as follows: LS. GENLVIEVE hcCLARE, of the New York Friends of the SCEF JOHN M{$COE, a speaker, SCEF Board Momber, and president of the Mational Lawyers Guild. - § = Se Sata Pee i” oe mae es ASEM Gerakan EE & ER en