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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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A Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, initiated by the NAACP and co-sponsored by 50 national organizations, will convene in Washington on February 18-19 to push for revising Senate Rule 22 to prevent filibusters blocking civil rights legislation. About 700 delegates expected to lobby Congress.
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WASHINGTON- (ANP)- Despite reports that the civil rights issue is doomed as far as this session of Congress is concerned, a Leadership conference on civil rights will meet in Washington, February 18-19 to fight for revision of the Senate rule to halt filibusters.
Initiated by the NAACP, and co-sponsored by some 50 national organizations, the conference will seek revision of Senate Rule 22, which requires the vote of 64 Senators to stop a filibuster. The rule has been the principal roadblock to enactment of civil rights legislation.
Some 700 delegates from all sections of the country are expected to attend the conference to be held in the Hotel Statler. Delegates will meet in the Caucus room of the Senate briefly, and from there will visit their congressmen and senators relative to a change in Senate Rule 22.
At the closing meeting Monday night, after reports of delegates on their interviews with Senators and Congressmen, A. Philip Randolph, a leader in the fight for FEPC and also international president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, AFL and Walter P. Reuther, international president of the United Automobile Workers, CIO, will outline campaigns to be made by delegates in their home areas for civil rights.
Among the organizations to send representatives to the conference are: National Council of Jewish Women, National Association of Colored Women, UAW, CIO; National Alliance of Postal Employees, United Steelworkers, Anti-Defamation League, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, I. B. P. O. E. W. (Elks), National Baptist Convention, American Jewish Congress, National Council of Negro Women, and AME Zion Church.
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February 18 19
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A Leadership conference on civil rights, initiated by the NAACP and co-sponsored by some 50 national organizations, will meet in Washington to fight for revision of Senate Rule 22, which requires 64 Senators to stop a filibuster and has blocked civil rights legislation. About 700 delegates from across the country will attend at the Hotel Statler, meet briefly in the Senate Caucus room, and visit congressmen and senators to advocate for the change. At the closing meeting Monday night, A. Philip Randolph and Walter P. Reuther will outline local campaigns for civil rights. Organizations sending representatives include National Council of Jewish Women, National Association of Colored Women, UAW CIO, National Alliance of Postal Employees, United Steelworkers, Anti-Defamation League, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, I. B. P. O. E. W. (Elks), National Baptist Convention, American Jewish Congress, National Council of Negro Women, and AME Zion Church.