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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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C. A. Scott, publisher of The Atlanta Daily World, invited as one of 18 Negro delegates from Georgia to the December White House Conference on Children and Youth. Oscar Ewing secured their inclusion after Governor Herman Talmadge's refusal, increasing delegation to 54 with reduced votes.
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The Publisher of The Atlanta Daily World received an official invitation Wednesday to the White House Conference on Children and Youth.
C. A. Scott, editor and publisher of the paper, was named one of the eighteen Negro delegates to compose Georgia's quota at the December conference which reviews the status of the nation's children in regards to health, education, and welfare during the last ten years, and plans for improvement of their conditions in the next ten years.
Oscar Ewing, Social Security Administrator, who heads the conference, forced a compromise on the Georgia delegation after Governor Herman Talmadge refused to name any Negroes to represent the state.
Talmadge had appointed 36 white
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World Publisher
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delegates and suggested that Negroes
"who had any ideas to suggest"
should present them through the
white delegates. Ewing threatened
to leave Georgia unrepresented altogether unless some Negroes could
represent the third of the state's
population that is colored. Later he
agreed to increase Georgia's quota
to 54 members so as to include 18
Negroes, and cut the delegates vote
strength to 3-4ths of a vote each to
total 36 whole votes.
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Primary Location
Georgia
Event Date
Wednesday; December
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georgia delegation increased to 54 members including 18 negro delegates, each with 3/4 vote totaling 36 whole votes.
Event Details
C. A. Scott named one of 18 Negro delegates from Georgia to White House Conference on Children and Youth after compromise forced by Oscar Ewing when Governor Talmadge refused to appoint any Negroes, initially appointing 36 whites and suggesting ideas through them; Ewing threatened no representation for Georgia unless Negroes included to represent one-third colored population.