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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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Leaders of Southern and Western train porter groups, mostly affiliated with the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, met in St. Louis last weekend to devise militant strategies against white organizations seeking to displace Negro porters from railroad jobs held since railroads began. Called by A. Philip Randolph, the conference adopted legal and economic plans to preserve these jobs.
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The Conference was called by A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. 95% of the train porters of the nation are affiliated with that organization. In addition to Mr. Randolph, the group was addressed by Milton P. Webster of Chicago, T. D. McNeal of St. Louis, L. L. Mason of Denison, Tex., Wm. Heintz of Jonesboro, Ark., C. F. Gregory and Vernon C. Coffey of Kansas City.
Leaders attending the conference came from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Colorado.
At the end of the Conference, leaders expressed confidence that plans unanimously adopted for the fight on the legal and economic fronts will result in saving these thousands of jobs for the Negro people—now and in the future.
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St. Louis
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Last Week End
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leaders expressed confidence that plans unanimously adopted for the fight on the legal and economic fronts will result in saving these thousands of jobs for the negro people—now and in the future
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Leaders of train porter groups in the South and West met in St. Louis for two days last week-end for the purpose of mapping militant plans to fight off the efforts of powerful, organized white groups to take over these jobs which have been held by Negroes since the railroads were first built. The Conference was called by A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. 95% of the train porters of the nation are affiliated with that organization. In addition to Mr. Randolph, the group was addressed by Milton P. Webster of Chicago, T. D. McNeal of St. Louis, L. L. Mason of Denison, Tex., Wm. Heintz of Jonesboro, Ark., C. F. Gregory and Vernon C. Coffey of Kansas City. Leaders attending the conference came from Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois and Colorado.