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WFO 100-2941 from which the delegation originated, with the purpose in mind fe discussing civil rights matters, (, \\ CUNF] IAL 1956, was spent by the various state delegations in visiting their Congressmen and Senators, Ww - 7 xs “Tt The "Daily Worker*®," issue of March 6, 1956, on page one, in an article, "2000 Delegates Press Congress on Rights Stand," reflects that Congressmen on March 5, 1956, from 35 states repre- sented in the Civil Rights Assembly meeting, received the eight point legislative program from the Assembly delegates, b). AFTERNOON AT THE WILLARD HOTEL on March 5, 1956, that the afternoon mésting at the ee vin ich was attended by approximately 1000 persons, consisted mainly of reports of delegates from the various states . and their attempts up to that time to see their various Congressmen pi a regarding the civil rights program. The reports were incomplete and ion, some of the states did not make a report. The New Jersey delegation, ff presented a move to get ten Congressmen to call neral and this delegation reported that Senator ASE of New Jersey had agreed to be one of the ten on the CLIFFORD Congressmen, after which the New York dglegation stated that, in all probability, Senator HERBERT H iAN of New York would be one of the other nine. The purpése of this dedegation specif) was to take up the Conference program on civil rights. ¥ (ll )