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“f i = 1 gy ‘ \ on revabdond. (Ls. aie! NY 100-7629 VW DETAILS: For the purpose of brevity the National Association For The Advancement Of Colored: People will henceforth in this report be referred to as tj NAACP .\X/ All informants utilized in this report have furnished reliable information in the past unless otherwise natan a uvVLoU es U NATIONAL SECTION b | ho bac Wr It is to be noted that MARTHA STONE was arrested in New York City on November 1, 1954, for violation of the Smith Act and is presently awaiting trial at New Haven, Connecticut, Ww Ste ee Salient parts of the above referenced report are set forth as follows: "The convention was undoubtedly one of the most _significant in the history of NAACP, This was due to the impact of the May 17 Supreme Court decision upon the Association ‘/ and upon all sections of Negro life and large sections of the white community, especially in the South. The anti-segregation ~Gecisions became the point of departure for every major speaker and for the discussion of the delegates. Thus, an atmosphere of “militant optimism pervaded the convention as never before. Fur- ther, the difficult problems involved in implementation of the decisions, and the challenge to work out specific programs for carrying the fight against segrezation into other fields contributed to a note of seriousness in the deliberations and opened up in the thinking of the delegates many questions which the NAACP has not had to address itself to in the pas ‘