Peace Meet Urges End To Arms Race
About 1200 people attended a two day Mid Century Conference for Peace at St James Methodist church in Chicago urging the United States to convene a universal peace conference to end the armament race and finance peace. The gathering supported Trygve Lie s UN efforts to foster understanding and negotiations among major powers to end the cold war within the UN. Approximately 50 Negro attendees joined Bishops Walls Wright and Revs Jernagin Ward at the sessions.
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Chicago
ANP
St. James Methodist Church
United States
Trygve Lie
W. J. Walls
R. R. Wright
W. J. Jernagin
A. Wayman Ward
Bishop Walls
Bishop Wright
Jernagin
Ward
Northern Baptists Call Congress To End DC Discrimination
The Northern Baptist convention meeting in Boston adopted a resolution urging Congress and Washington residents to outlaw racial discrimination in the District of Columbia. It stated that racial segregation there concerns all Americans and that the government in Washington is the responsibility of all people.
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Washington
ANP
District of Columbia
Northern Baptist Convention
Boston
Congress
Liberty Means Equality Says Robert P Patterson
Former Secretary of War Robert P Patterson, president of Freedom House, says equality before the law is fundamental to a free society. In Liberty Magazine he argues liberty fails where skin color, economic status, origin, or religion determine justice, noting mob law and segregation negate liberty.
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New York
Robert P. Patterson
Liberty Magazine
Patterson
Freedom House
Hymns Lead America’s Popular Music Survey
Quick Magazine reports in its May 29 issue that church music and hymns top a national popularity list for America. Dance music, old favorites and folk tunes, and semi classical and operetta follow in order.
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New York
America
American Music Conference
Quick Magazine
Boy Scout Summer Camp Opens June 18 Near Princeton
The annual Boy Scout Summer Camp will start Sunday June 18 at a 40 acre council site near Princeton for three weeks. E N Taylor oversees Scouting in Dade Broward and Monroe counties as Camp Director with Clifford Johnson in charge of water front activities. Dr K L Pharr led improvements including a new dining hall and kitchen, plus four cement block buildings and a bath house with six showers and two sleeping cabins. Parents and visitors are welcome.
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Princeton
E. N. Taylor
Dade
Broward
Monroe
Clifford Johnson
Red Cross
K. L. Pharr
Mayor O Dwyer Takes Stand Against Segregation
New York Mayor O Dwyer spoke against segregation during a visit by Bishop D Ward Nichols and about 30 AME ministers at City Hall. The group attended the AME church conference in Flushing Long Island. He called segregation harmful as it breeds selfishness and blocks cross group understanding.
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NEW York
ANP
O'Dwyer
D. Ward Nichols
Flushing
Long Island
Lehman Gives NAACP $1000 for Several Years
Senator Herbert H. Lehman of New York contributed 1000 dollars to the NAACP, a donation acknowledged by NAACP secretary Walter White. Lehman has made this annual gift for many years.
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New York
ANP
NAACP
Herbert H. Lehman
Walter White
Sen. Lehman
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