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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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California Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown hosted a luncheon for publishers of Negro newspapers at Sacramento's Hotel El Mirador on March 6, discussing civil rights, FEPC measure passage, and reviewing state hiring policies for discrimination.
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Democratic Governor Edmund G. "Pat" Brown honored the publishers of California's Negro newspapers with a luncheon on Friday, March 6th, at Sacramento's Hotel El Mirador.
The Governor's personal invitation to discuss "matters of mutual concern" marked the first time a California Governor had ever met with the Negro press.
Governor Brown stated that he was confident that his FEPC measure would pass the heavily Democratic Legislature and assured the newsmen that this civil rights milestone was just the beginning of his program to guarantee minority groups a fair chance to participate
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He further stated that he would order all department heads to made an immediate review of hiring policies to correct alleged discriminatory practices within the state civil service.
Governor Brown was introduced by Cecil F. Poole, extradition and clemency secretary to California's chief executive.
Publishers attending were: Leon Washington, Jr., Los Angeles Sentinel;
Loren Miller, California Eagle; N. M. Young, San Diego Light House; Dr. Carlton Goodlett, San Francisco Sun-Reporter; E. A. Daly, California Voice. Other newsmen attending were: D. Donald Glover, Louis Johnson and Harry Cox, representing JET Magazine; Lawrence LaMar, Negro Press Bureau; E. F. Joseph, Pittsburgh
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Sacramento, Calif., Hotel El Mirador
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March 6th
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Governor Brown hosted luncheon for Negro newspaper publishers, discussed FEPC measure passage, civil rights program for minority participation in economy, and ordered review of state hiring policies to end discrimination.