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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 35
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ter ef the local NAACP would sponsor
the Afro-ineriman on My 2ty roprted What CLAN EEL Lae
Secretary of the NAACP, had charged exrumext officials are
at the present tine almost ecapletely ignering Federal regulations against
discrimination because of race.. He stated that the program of discrimination
in the Governsent is continuing wmohecked and cited several cases. It was
eaten rennet ot thet the organization had for the second tine asked President.
TRIVAN to establish @ temporary arancy te conbat discrimination in Govern
nent t eaploynente.
ke whe Mtteburgh Courter on iay 2h, 194 2, reported that @ two day -
public hearing was held ty the President's Comittes on Civil Righte and that
a@xong the nuserows publie leaders attacking the problem of minoritics in -
mac. cmy CIARLES %. HOUSTON, prominent NAACP attorney, bad recomended self
help by the various communities in many areas of disoriainatory practices. ,
mnt ureet the comfttee to recommend to the President the eetablishnent of” _
uniform standards guaranteeing every citizen identical eivil rights. Me-
listed FEPG legislation as moat urgent and other legislation in the following
order: aid to education, interstate travel, suffrage, housing and anti-lynch-
ing lewe. He reconmanded an Executive Order for elindmtion « of discrinination
in Federal services and in the Armed Services.
It night be noted with reference te ROUSTON that the Pittsburgh:
Courier of June 21 announced tha that he hed be retained as chief counsel ia
the contercnt preceedings brought by the House Comulttee on Un-inerioan.::
Activities against RUGENS DEWNIS, Mational Secretary ef the Comanist Partys. _.
Xt was reported that the Civil Rights Congress was instrumental in seotaining
hed declined to represent EUGENE DENNIS I% was reported that edema had
other comitments and could not represent DEMIS, HOUSTON also steted that.
the announcement by the Civil Rights Congress that he would represent DINIIS
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Mrs. FRANKLIN DB. Smator WAVE MORSE would speak at the closing
Lincoln Memorial, It was stated that some one hundred thousand people would
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