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, net ng, petty ¥ Ny 100-7629 CIVIL RIGHTS MOBILIZ:TION FOR WASHTNGTOM The "Drilvy Vorker," isuue of October 31, 1955, pege 1, column 1, contsined on article entitled "Civil Rights Mebilizetion Set for Weshington, Reuther Srys." This srticle states that © gicnt peonlets mobiliz: tion, timed to convene in Washington esrly in 1950, os efforts ere mede to obtatn pasacre of civil rights legisiction in Congress, is plennes by the WAACP end cooperating orrgenizea- tions. The erticle stetes thet this was disclosed hy WALTD™ PLUITASR, President of the Unitcd fsuto Workcrs (UAW) in «ec call to secticn letter to the UAW Loecrls end Fair Pr: etices Committec. ROUTHER!'s letter sccomonnisd ¢ stetement of the UAW's General Executive Borrd whien contcince the unionts vicows on the deaths of RMIETT TILL end other Negroes in Mississippi and . program of stepped-up ection on the civil rizhts front by the union of 1,590,000 mombers. The UAW'S statencunt end srosrrm in ocrt wor: cet out 2s follows: "Our internctionesl unton is worl.ing with the NAACP and e host of other org: nig*tioazs wuoe sre planning as ¢ orrt of tae tots] oversll civil rights progrem eo metion-wide civil richts mobilizrtion to be convencd in Weshineton corly next yerr so thet we end thousends of other Amerierns crn cnpress to Coneress the over- whelming desire of the American people for the cone cetmoit of civil rizhts legislation."