Meany Wins Phillip Award
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April 18, 1957

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PRESS RELEASE ® & NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 107 WEST 43 STREET ¢« NEW YORK 36, N. Y. © JUdson 6-8397 ARTHUR B. SPINGARN oa THURGOOD MARSHALL President Director ond Counsel ROY WILKINS ROBERT L. CARTER Secretary Assistant Counsel ALLAN KNIGHT CHALMERS ARNOLD de MILLE Treasurer Press Relations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEANY WINS PHILIP MURRAY AWARD April 18, 1957 NEW YORK, Apr. 18,.--AFL-CIO President George Meany has been voted the 1957 winner of the Philip Murray Award of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., for outstanding contributions in promoting equality for all Americans, it was announced today by Mr, Arthur B, Spingarn, president of the Fund. "Mr, Meany was unanimously chosen by the Philip Murray Award Committee for thé great contribution he has made, as an individual and as the president of the United Labor Movement, in the struggle to achieve equality and justice for all Americans," Mr. Spingarn declared. The award, established in 1955 and named in honor of the late labor leader Philip Murray, pays tribute to a person who has con- tributed in great measure to the betterment of race relations in our country. The award consists of a citation and of $1,000.00 which is to be donated by the recipient to his favorite charity. Senator Herbert H. Lehman was the Fund's first recipient of the Award, Presentation of the award will be made to Mr. Meany at the annual dinner of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund at the Roosevelt Hotel, May 16th, the eve of the third anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation in public education, m0. 3