- , . fo~gress of -Racial Eq-uality :.-~; · • . ~ c;·. t~ "'Y. i." r ::-:- ·~," · ·r : i1'S· .. . J>~~:-. ~ ~- . ·~ ,.. ~-:- :·. ~.: .-· ·_ .: ;~~- : _ .· -.·

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Present: Farmer, Haley_, ijich, Carey, Lombard, Rachlin, Gartner, r-: ::,". '} ,_,;:: ·Oi MccwmDtiigs~~:::P~ck!:-~ ,.,1.,- :·- ,_ . : ;} :,::;:_, .. . ~ : r :.-, . · .· ; i ~- :_. f: .·1 - - i

-. .~-· .f ·- ~ .... .:~1~~- ·r · ·:~/ ;) - -~_ ::l./Jl .. ~·:·.~ - .( ·! .. -r··:· ., . . . ~ (~ i' ~ ·: ; tf:. :.tj _ J(~; ,· _ : , . 1 A statement of the duties . and functions -of the COR.~:!; Field Staff c· -"'C '1. -:! : ~- b'rl :~:; ·:~: -~,G -y .X .:.:-:.:~EJ_ 41 .- -.~·-~~ ;;~Y :).f~ :·- ' "I \-· ~ __ · ·. ':~- ~.: ;· ~ .. ·L ~:; - _;:_1·:·· -. _; :."f( '. -- - ~ .. -:.:. -·

wa.s.l?~esented ~o _ the NAC by -:t;he Department of Organization, Mhich .... j j ,-:1 :[ r:_ J n 0 : ~:. .t'?.:-;1_ ~ .. ~~.L f; !.:.~ ~ ~- ~) ~;;: q·.:{·-3 (7t~ : ~- :~\ ~ -~:~- -~! ;:. I~) L~ .. '1 F}:-';r >•" ~- r·; :·;' "; .-·,, .. ' . . -~ ;

is in dire~t charge ot the Field Staff. it· w'~~ - a~~epted, with r~:- ~·; t'.~ ·::J·· : ~·~ (~ ·::.; r:o.~-- ~t:i-1C) .!: ·1· : . .:)-:.~.:~- rr;s;~~ .. ~:~~-} :·_: ::..- .j 0 : ~1r~ ·i:-· ·. ' '.i '" : ;~_::- ~ .· -: ··>- ··:/ :. ·

cer,tain reyisions, _.t;in4 will be mailed to all CORE chapters. rUr._; ·~: J ·-~~~~;· -·:~· :: ···t_ ._r _. 'T :::) _-r.t ~~t·-.,.; c.)J!. ~ - .. : -~ · _;:;:~~\-. ~ . :-~:. ::-:=: j' ... ~. _:· .. _: ·!·_J r·r: .:.: ·.:. :.·.·' ~ · : ~ !'·. ~- ·

·- ·ajCks;'O!f1 ~Non-.va0oli~nt <Md}.ent~n tr'!··~· James ;;[i.'ar.tner . brier ed-·, ·the Committee

on C:tbis trac1£Sbn-;,jF-Mis;Stss!Ji.ppt ~ organiza~tlfon:: · which.-h9;-s . expressed its

desi't:~ \ t(SU af·fl•i-tcat~~I·:w:ft·bo·':t:;h~·im:mgres'f:; ·'of: Racial< Eq11ality as the "'

•fdac'k'Son: 'Non-Vl'O-l.i6n t Mbveme-nt'~f~ ~3:::r-r.! lta~te{}/ .with CORE. " Th_e_ .- NA c . . \.../"

accepted Mr , Farmer's suggestion\ ''trO:. a·f'fii:1.iate ~ the: gr·cmp with the

. stip:ulati_on that they be asked to affiliate as the Jackson Non-L:_': .s:~•_-,i·p, .:~ ;- ~ j\· ;:,~:~] ~~(! { -: t' ~~<1 _-;· t<: .l·:. . ~ P U I' j ~.'.: !J:::. ; J': i. ·. :

Fredricka Teer rep-orted tha-t' · ·eQR~ :'FieJ:ci.: secreta-ry · Tom: Gaither

mus_t report for A:r~Y, ,d¥_ty on June 11th. NAC members voted unanimous-: : ._ _.. \ i , _.. ,) (.'"~ h: : J ·-:·· \ .~I _' -. ··: •.~ ~") : I ~ : ' ·.: :: ' ' , ,' ' ~ I • , :

ly to send Mr. Ga:i. ther a letter of thanks for- the fine job ·:<~ · ! :-: ·I 1~~ .. :· ·• ,J . .::-) ~i- ~ _;-· . . : '-~ ····. :·: : :: ~:_ -. ';;--:-: :: : ; r ~. :; ·::i f'... : ~ ~ · -: : -~:.- ~··· ; : · - . ·, : :: -_·: .- , ·

done with the Congress of Racial .!!:quality, with particular

ence to his work in Jackson, Mississippi. : . --: _,_

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he has

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Th~ Citi~ens' Committee for $1 .50 minimum wage has requested that to !~: • '< r~_ ::: - . ~ . · \. . :=>:_.; ·-:··· :>- ~ . ·.!: Ln.·:·- r' ~- .• • i. ~

CORJ; act as_.a co-sponsor of its forthcoming demonstra t _ion on ··• ~~ · · ;-· ... r-•. · : :: ··· .! ~.:f>(t ~::. ~- -: ~ .L ,. r._··r · : · ·· .-: · '

Tuesday , June 5th. The NAC voted unanimously to co-sponsor this

demonstration.

Financial R!f~ort: Marvin Rich reported that COR..£ does not current--I ::.-~ · :· t-~~ -. ~:;· ~-~ ( ! . ;- .... < .• J .}- r tn'ni.t : ·· ·. EJ ;:1. r. j .J .:~ · :< : .~ .. Y~ - · . . ·-1 -~ · -

ly have enpugh mgpey on ~nd to mee t its forthcoming payroll. . : . :·; J' Jc,:· .. ~ _.-, ·· ~ · ; l . :·.; ,~ ·~ ~) _ {_{ ~C!·'i.. c~* ,_, .- ;~~---~: ) n .. · .. -... _- - , · .~ . .. ~:: :_~ _._- -~ .:_· · · · ·

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en removed · from the. 1reserve . ,. : iJ

account, leaving only $1 0, 000 iri. th . s emerg.ehcy account.-{. (Since ' ·. i . . . . -

. . . - .. I : .~ .·'·-· ~ :~ . .. ~~- ' . _··. ·, ··.;_·.: . .. ... ······.: .. :·· .·- ~ -· ~- - ~.::·:·;.: ·. :: · the meeting an additional $5,000 ha ': been · rem9v~G: · ~~Pm: ·;If~serves

and spent tO meet pressing obligatins.~:'· , :Pos:\;4ge,.adiari~fs and

several other ob'iiga tions must be m t. Mr. Rich gave a : ~~eport to i ; ..... :: :. . ' ' . : :.'1 ' ::.: ·: .. 'J',' ·:. :: . ;': ' . '··

the Commit tee on CORE's income for h~ last fiscal year ·.~nd a pro-} j ection of the doming year. ·. H~ .. -~ta ·-'ed ·h~ :~~e~'t~d(~ ia.~~·-~)'cb~·ttibh..;

' : ;. :: : ; ·. _: . ·: .: ; ,::; ·:r ..::5!'; .·:·, .· ·:· .. {~ '1. -~ ::: d :. ~·- ~ -. tions from unions, .churches ; and ot r o:~aniz~tions ~o. ~ncrease

• • . ' I : i • , ; ... • '' '.• , ·.;' "' I ·~ · • ~ t ':. ... , . , ' ! , '"''' '" .,,

substantially during the coming riseai ye'ar •· Howe"ver~ •'ifricome :·.rr:om . l:· .

specially planned fund-raising aff ir·~ :.: S.l:l}~_p_ .... :.~.s .. .. b~:rt~f~~~~~,L~t~:~~).:/.P~-ties, etc . is expected to dec· line . y abo:~t- t}l~ .. same .aP!Q~t ... . .- ~~ .- >

. .j ... -· -· expressed the opinion that COR&• s . on-tax~~~empt: ,_s:ta.~u$ J~y .ber .. .

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affecting our large individual eon r.iout:t,o,ns .. , Dir.~ct ~i1l snol11~ ~ .

increase by 20% in the coming year8 i ·

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A jazz festival in Harlem, an ar.t . . '·. . ..

.. . ' '· . . uction, an·d the 1962 l.Gandlf:i' award .

' '· .t ' presentation are all planned for f 11, 1962 with the hope that they

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will add some money to CORE's :trea ury .. .

. A ninety day voter registration gr nt of

.. . · i .. . . $8,625 has been received

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b¥ the organization . This money i f to be used exclusi~tl: iri voter

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This r eport was concluded ~ith the statement that ·the ~·~er of' 1962[ . . ;·;;, . : l

will be a very tight one f~nancial~y, and it may be neq~ssary for ! : ~ ' . - ;~· I

the organization to borrO\·/ 1before r his period ends . The report · was I

accepted by t he NAC _ ~ ,· ·f / ~ I

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Budget Committee: Mr. Farmer read ~ letter from Nati~~i:t Chairman I Charles Oldham suggesting that the! NAC set up a commfttke · to g·o overl

. · · :.--.. · ·Lf:·· ·. . to COREis National Convention .

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· .! the budget whi c h will be presente

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}(.r . O;l.dha.m furthep su,..ggeste~ that Alan Gartner, Rudy Lombard and '.' {~ l~· !.J' ' J.. .: . - -:.. : /":~. · • · · :~ . . : ·~· ; _c:.: ': I :::.: <• ·.'' :_)_~ -:· . ~: _i'!"tf'i"J ·~ ·; ~- ; •: .~·, f i I ;;.·,, _. .··~ · :, ,~'"">' '" • , /''(· \ ~:

James .Pec_k constitute this special committee. '!'he commiL t8e wa s C:i .:·· ·c·;.: \.:. ~ .. 2. :::: ..... -_r ~<.:~i ~+'"' -.. ~~ ~r ~~·-·/ ·::: - r;.t · i:H · ·~·... ~ -rL-~:·_ ~ -- -- _ .-.: .. - ;~ _: : . .. --~ -·:. -. -.:.::_; ( - _~ ; __ i ~ ,

so. ~ppoint~d with these thr~e NAG members accepting ttie job. St aff !t..~~·:; 1 ·-c-J> .!·.:·r-~;L·; ~: 'l.~J c<1: ::.~ ~=· _; :J -;>~f=·~.r~- J: ~-~t-{ y~ ·-: . .t :; , F.L> .. :; . : ::. _ ·· : - _ _._. ._ .·r: · .. _ ~- - _:· r_; : ___ .;_. _: ._ _ .

members .were requested to see that a proposed budget is prepared· ', I ;~~ . ~.~ • • t / .. ~' ~:• '\' c c~' _.-. .. ... ::: ,: .::, ;. J 0 ~ d :.... ·,:;_ ;:.;; i 1 ~ '

and submitted to this committee next week. Rudy Lombard, who ~ill

!be ,:!ft:i the·;' id':t:ty 'J:during tli:t.s : :~week;cwil·l :in:ltt;ia te .the: .work .of: .the·. ·

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V~~~,~~~~~~.!:~ud;:: .. ~~b~~d :,.~~Jor~ed ·fo~:\he co~ittee ' ~stablish~d ~~t c{' . ..:::~~;'~~- t. ·?/1r -::) _;·:_ ~:: = ;·_ ~·.- : ,·.:. -_. ;- · - · · i ... - . _ . -· · ·•· . • · ,' ._.· .. _ ·_;,' ,

... w '·· - ~ . ' •• ' '-;' .. • -;;: ' -' . • - :

at the last NAG meeting to investigate the general situation 111ith ~~- .. - ~ ·-: -, ,: .. ::"1 · · ·. : ~- _r :' -., :. ,_ ~: ···~:' ,_ ,·--:- ·.· .. .-:~ )~:-;::·i ·_; . ·. ;_ ·· ~· ::.;·~:: ) . -· ··· - j ~:. t ; _ . ; · .

regar~ tq re~eration for CORE legal counsel. This committee ;~ r:·: .: ~ ·:.-: -; ::~ ~ .: • • ~u-! ._ ... ;· ;_:, ·.~.c ~ ~:~ !.'! .· 'J ... .i ' \>.' . . ~-: -~-~ ::-=:: ' .: '; ' . ' '

recommended that Jim Farmer's lequest, that the firm of Vladeck & -. :_··: :· -···· ;:·:·: I .:\

Elias (Carl -Rachlin is a partner) be placed on retainer at $9·~ 000

per ·: yea.:r, ·,·be accepted. , .. ~: The ·prpposal was acce.p;t.ed- by the NAC: vith

t h.e r.eqU~·St that t he.: effe~ti.~.re: date: be O.c.tobe r ,. .1 , 1962 .

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CommupitY Relations: Marvin Rich reported that a pamphlet on the

work which CORE is doing in voter registration will be produced as

soon: aJf i ,t .. iS · financially.: p·osrstble to do S(;) • . . :H~-- r;~pC)J;'ted, . too?_

uurt ~ u. s.::' NeWS ' and'' Wor'ld.·'Repbrit will carry :a fea~lll'e on COR&' s vot er

r·egi1strat.ion~ program·rf:~ i ;t.s \<j;:ssue of ·.June 11 • . Look magazine is ,.----./

dciirig :.ai f:ea:tur·e on·· Baton ·:'Rouge. :·

The Committee on Inquiry meeting, held in Washington , . n~c. May 25 . . . .•. ·.. · ,· ,; ,. l . : '• i ·· ... ··:·.. .. . .

and 26, was reported a success by all staff members who at.tended.

The Nati~~~i A~t.ioh· . C9mm·~~itee viaS told of the very effective job __ :- ::-· . -.• .. !·,., ' ~ - .... ·:- :-i L:

whi ch had been done by Mrs . Gharlotte Devree in sett ing up t hi s . ' • • ' I , .

mee ting and the Committee asked that the National Dire c t or send ; ' I ' ' .. •, _,.. , . + i~ ··:·' •:·· .':.' - ~ • ' ,' I • '

a letter of commendation to Mrs. Devree. ~ . . .

The NAC further reques t ed ; • , ; ' I .., f·:~ ' I . :· ' . ~ • • , , ' •

tha t all staff members who had '~orked t~ make this meeting a sue-

c ess· be given a special thank-YO}.l from the Na t ional Ac t i on Committee . \

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Marv.i..u Ri~.h !'<?r·ommende~ ·that the C~l~tee on Inquiry ~~:[.~-~~g:~ be .. .

followed up as quickly as possible nd in eyery way poss[o~e Lc - . . . :'l. . ' ; :.- ' . ! · .

bring about maximum results . is applying to a foun'cl.ation· i'or ·: I .,.

funds ~o further publicize the mee

l'he Comnnm'i ty Relations Director t ld the ·NAC that his ·~ormer a.~ sis{..! I:: I

ant, Jilliam Larkins, has _ resigned to become :active ... wi tpi,_·t:he Shakes- : . ·i

peare Festival in Nevi York City. ecause of CORE• s fin1pc1al posi- · ;

"L ion, Mr. Ricli was asked to at temp to carry on hl~ de~~~tme~t t hrough the summe:r vJ i thout a replatement. The Commi tt~1 also asked

that the Nat ional Qffice direct a etter of thanks to Mr. Larkins

for his service to the organizatiob.

The rl:pisco\alian ministers who wej jailed in Jackson, ·llississippi

last year and ''Jho 1.11ere later acqui~ted may turn over to 1

COR~ a

portion of the funds collected for their defense whtch are not now 'I

needed.

Program Denartmen·t Report: Norman ill reported on the Action Insti-..

t u t e, housing workshop and the sc ools' project as follows: Appli-

cations for t he Act ion Institut e e good. ~ Those for the housing-

employment ':!orkshop are porni n g in much slower. Since 'liime is draw­

ing very close for t he latter, he expressed t he hope that applica-' • . .1. 1

tions for this workshop would pic up substantially in !;th~ext \ \, ( )

few days . Mr. Hill reported t he schools' project, ,.~ icular-

ly oeeration Transfer, which facili tate transferrals of stu~

dents from less desirable schools to more desirable ones where possi­

. ble, is being worked up by the Pr gram Department for ~resent~tion tP in the schc..Jl desegregation \vorks op of t he National Convention.

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r Vice- Chairman Rudy Lombard commented here on the necessity of action

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on the housing and sch'?ol levels i ·particula·rly in the North. The

Dep::·,~rtlii~nt ·: of DO~ ~infzatiot.J -~:w8ls<>as·ked to ·meque.st: I that . -members of the • o , . . ' . . '

Fiel~ Sf!~d'r ·: jhi£ :fortFFsome··:special ets£ort"-: in,,~hes~ · a:r,eas.

y;.-.L-.t i f ·:r .. >~ ._!_' .·.· ... ·. r·.·.·,_.· .. · ·t · · · ···-~ ~ ~--. - .. , · - ~ · :: .\· \·· .i .. ,.l L• ~? ~." -~• .. 1 · - · ~' ,. ,' ~:J .:·: • \ . . ."· ' ; ',r .:1..-.· :.~ ~ "; r 1 • •

~~!IWY~~~~.:o..: Gord9.n Carey advised the NAC t~t -Henry .. Thomas .-.. . ~. -~r:!J_~ ~~- ~;·) .~ . ~{!H~:_t ~-.. :: .. . · ,_(:· ··~. ::~- ~ ·;:: .... ! .. :: !:: · .. ~-' .. ~~ · .. ! , . I ., · . .

· .. ~·-~- P:r;~r~e_p. .. , y wo_:r!t~n.~ 9n t .. ~~. Fre7domtHighways' project arid that · .... . ~,..... ..... - ·.·! •) .. • \ !.

1. ~ .~~q ( .. ''r}L~ .-..,:·;: .. /. ~ ·• .' :.· .... L~.r~~.·~ f:.:"· :.-· .. : ': .;·.i -1.;..' . .- ·· , ·, .:: .i: , .. . ,

Jer.pJI'!~. ~~ t~;i~l,: ~. :t.ar~t ~esday, June 5. Applications are good ! • . c -'- J J •.Y. ·.... •.· . . ..: L L: ·;' ·. .. ;·: . j ; •. i"f .· .. i • · • . :.· . ; .. : • .... . . I , . • . \

~nli ~.we·lv:.~. _p~~~~~s -~.Y~· ~i~-~-~dy . . bee·n · ~c~·~p·t~d.· :· Car:s . are., ·a~_ailable ·· .J · --~ ~~- - -~ c.: -J··:. : ,_,.._ .:: · : ;~':·~· .:·. .f~ .... -~: ;~::.·~-,:,..; ·J.:.:r - -~ · f 'i ~ ~~ ·.· . . :.;if'":-: :·:_ ··;., ;_ - -~~ _ ... ·. -~ · .

fqr .. ~P,is, proj.e_ct . b:ut . insUrance coverage raises something of a pro b-. · ··· -- .-_ -~-\::; .. _~~;- ~-'\ , -.~T,~: - ~: - .~ ::~:; _;~•. -.r rcj .t ... .-.. r;(; ·-~~_..1-:>.r:!·~.; t i-·i·:: .· ~:-~· . :- ... l·-~:: :·_: = :- ~ -~ - ~ _ . . . _

le.m,. _C_O~~· s. , inst.W~nce B;gent_ is currently working on this. It is ,. , _: L F", ~~~~,-~:~:.:. ~<.) · .... ·~. ·~.-:~:; , ;{ '\~ 6!•:~ .. ::~:.':~ '.;~.0:. ~-, ·: __ ; />:·;.f..' ;:.:; ~-.-.. . f. ; . ~~ ... .,• :· i. '.

esttmated t:t).at the cost of Freedom Highways will be hetween ~17,000 ;_~ ··· . . ··{~ .. :- :-;r: r.::: ~: t·. :· ~ -.r::-: ~~ .. ~QJ. .".i e· (·.:.): :-. · = ··~ . . [_ ... ~. -' . ..: ;·: ... :p; - . . : -

.. -.~.nd. $2Q,Oop, e~clusiv.~ ... of legal costs. ~: :: .. ~---~_ ;_ ' · .. :. ' '- ~ .. '-· ... ~ p ··.;~.:-\ · E~ -·-~ ~:~····.:·:~! •. 7~<\ · '~.- :~_~.: . .. · ::· ~; ·

· tfi~- ·':Na-ti'o_nai Of:ttC:·e· succefeded-.:.irl ·.se·t .ting . up a , meeting with a Howard

Jbiifisorf' ;~ ;·~·bffi.cffil, ·.:· viht:F -a,d.vised _ ·truil ·although :_they: do not desire

seg~egfit:ioh~ )tliey-c:'h.ave rio · jurisd1ct:1:o~ .. over the, indivi~ual restau-· - • ... · .· , : . r! ..... ·· :· ,. , · · · .

rants·, ·except those which ; they :.ovnfl··.:outr!ght .. : . . · Initial _tests of the

Hd~JJ·at&·;:J-6hnsbn' • g .i'ch:a1ln·:Up and do~n·-;· :the:· ::Jfast · Coast of :Florida · show

considerable desegregation since the beginning of the project. - :~.- ; r t_~::: ~~ ~:: ·:· J ;~_r:~, ·r -:~;-~ ~. ~·-- ·~:, r~.r .... ;·.-.. .. .. ~ .:.: ''j' ···= .. . - . .~' . .

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Th~:· l'i.Ac(·d.fscus~et:r~Jthe .. : :possi:bili-ty . of expanding · the ~edom High~ay~ • I

ptbj~cf :·to ':e:sta\'bl1Lshinents i other·, ··tlkn_. Hawar.d. Joh.o..son •.s .,- Attorney . '

Car1 RaJchlf.fi· reques-i ed:<thati. he:::be.!.·aJ..low.ed. ,to -in:v,e·stigate whether or

not: r'ed~ra·!i niohey :··~:S · bean: 'used· ~in .. the:· construction o:f the est.ablish­

· ·meht.s: urider :::cdzfsfd~~fra.tion.-: · Further d=eta·i:J,;s. will be reporte~ at the :· .. . r· . . ;. . "! •• ' • co:nventi·on •. : ' ·. • t .. ': \ .

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Alan Gartner reported that the Director of a Ne w ~gland group known

~s·· the iunericari Le·ga:l '·:;Assocta tion :- ha·s· issued .. a... st~teme~J- saying that . 'ey B:·:i'e ·riO · lOiigei' reCollintendillJ;"'t!Ourism to . Louisia,na and Arkansas as

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t he result of the reverse "Freedom R des 11 from .these·: st"ci'f!t . ..-s ~ · I ·-r~

. : · ~ I . ,., . - · ~;: . . Norman Hill, who is a member . of the ·. mmittee to In.'L.E:l,gJ.;a~'~ · th~ 1\lP- ·:

York .~or ld ' s Fair , reported that thi CorionH te~ . ~~ su~c ~~~<!~~ ~'i' .

getting several Negroes hired, ; ~ne ~ :. the- . e~ec~~~te lev~1L. , ~.,~-- ~1~.~ also repor t ed that the Commit tee ~or , the &tployme1t of·"N~gro· -P·er- ...

formers' \vhich is \vOrking closely . wi ' h COR~, ·: ha;d: ~e't wit~: coil'~ider~-' ' jl .. ;:· . '. '.: I , -: ·ii :. . ·. ., . - .

ble success. The results of its ne :t],~tions vJit~ 91t.y fJ~nter· in

New York were wldely repor:ted in t~ ·press a few ~eeks .. a~b·.:. '·He

informed the NAC that, COR~, in conj . ~:tl~~j ~;ith the N~gr~:. ker1c~n • ' I ' ' ' • . • ' ' :~• ' •'

Labor Council, would be picketing t e Broa~~ay pl~y, ·"Sui;>'ways Are ;

For Sleeping" on Saturday, June 2nd. , . ' 1 .

There are' thr'ee do~,unien.ted

cases of discrimination in the cast n_g of "Subway~s "Are For st·eepirlg'' ~ ,.

supported by members of the product · ·on staff. ~'ese . are;:,IfOW before ' I

t ne ~ecutive Council of Actors' ~ ity A~sociat~on. CQR~ attorney,

C<;3.rl Rachlin, has offered to act as counsel and. ~ear th€1; .cos~ of .

arbitration proceedings. A resolut on will be d~manded ," binding

t he Council to act at 1 ts membershi meeting on Friday, ;'·_June 8th.

/ Constitu tional Changes: A plan for evisions in ~oting '~~~reserit~­·~

tion at the National Convention and suggested. changes i~ ' Co~cil

structure were presente d ~o the NAC . After lengthy discussion it ~. i

vtas decided t o call a special NAC m eting on Sunday, J~e 10, t o ;. I·· .

work exclusively on these proposals. They would then b1e. ·sent to l; ' . <;;OR~ chapters requesting their .stud and recommendation!~ .fi•om WAich

:, a fina l proposal c·!OUld be drawn for presentation to the National

Convention.

Richard Haley adv i s ed that ·L he Rev. Martin Luther Ki.ng i_had accept-I

ed an invitation to s peak at a lun heon at the Conyent~~n on ~ /

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Minutes - NAc · -7- June 1, 19&2 ., 'v

Saturday, June )0. Also, Harrr Golden has ~ccepted an invitation . .

to· address the Convention Friday evening, June 29. · ·.rransporta tion t

is st~·ll being worked on and one bus. company has stated that it will

take delegates round trip at $1+0 per person. A memo is going to

all CORe groups, urging tpat they plea~e send in the names of their

delegates so that final arrangements can be made for housing apd ~

' transportation. A memorandum is also going to cooperating organi-

zations, inviting their attendance at the Convention.

In keeping with the suggestion from National Director, James Farmer ,

and COR~ Gener~l Counsel, Garl Rachlin , the NAG authorized t hem to

go to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and attempt to set tle the diff iculties

with Attorney Johnny Jones of that city. Disagreement has arisen

over the handling of certain legal cases involving COR~ members and

Attorney Jones •, charges for his services on these cases. The

results of their negotiations with Mr. Jones would be brought t o

the NAC for final decision . / .. ....) \ .

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