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November 13, 1973

Dear Je
The luncheon for Dr. Potter was a gracious 

and thoughtful gesture of support and friendship. 
It was a beautiful affair, and Charlie and I were 
pleased to be a part of it.

Thank you for the opportunity to meet the 
Potters and for a delightful Sunday afternoon.

Miss Jean Fairfax 
10 Columbus Circle 
Suite 2030 
New York, New York



CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND 
Cambridge, Massachusetts Office
1746 Cambridge Street 
Cambridge, Mass. 02138
(617) % 9 2 -4 3 5 0

N ovember 12, 1973

Dear Jean,

I just wa n t e d  to say ho w  nice I 
thought the luncheon for Phillip 
Potter was. I'm glad I came. If 
there is any question of expenses, 
please let me know.

Be^t regards,

_

Mar i a n  Wright Edelman

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Ms, Jean Fairfax 
Suite 2 0 3 0  

Ten Columhus Circle 
N e w  York, N e w  York 10019





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Dear Jean:

Here is our share to cover the deficit 

in connection with the Reception for Dr. Potter., 

It was a great affair and I am pleased to have 

been part of the effort.

Best personal r^ards,

ISirierely,

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

Miss Jean. Fairfax
NftfiCP Legal Defense and Educational Etirsi
10 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019

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F ranklin A . T homas

26 November, 1973

TO: Jean Fairfax

It was a good event. Thank 
you for inv iting  me to  partic ipate.

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Rev. Dr. Philip Potter on Sunday, November 
11,1973.

□  I am unable to attend.



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Rev. Dr. Philip Potter on Sunday, November 
11,1973.

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invite you to a

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

honoring

REV. DR. PHILIP POTTER
General Secretary 

World Council of Churches 
Geneva, Switzerland

Vernon E. Jordan. Jr. Jean Fairfax James Joseph
Percy E. Sutton Andrew Young Clarence B. Jones M. Carl Hoi'man

Lerone Bennett Marian Wright Edelman Franklin A. Thomas

WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL
Park Avenue at 50th Street
New York, New York

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1973
1:00 p.m.



We were proud and happy last year when this distinguished black man 
was chosen to head a major international organization. Now, as he begins 
his second year, we are eager for black leaders in the United States to meet 
him, to hear about his dreams and to discuss how our Afro-American com­
munity can support him and participate more fully In the ecumenical movement.

Philip Potter was born in the West Indies on the island of Dominica. 
Changing earlier plans for a career in law, he prepared for the ministry and 
received his theological education in Jamaica and England. In recognition of 
25 years of service in the ecumenical movement, Hamburg University in 
Germany awarded an honorary doctorate to him in 1971.

Dr. Potter assumed the awesome burden of world leadership at a critical 
.p’oint in the life of the World Council of Churches. In recent years, WCC has 
taken significant steps to combat white racism, to support movements of 
liberation_ in southern Africa, to enhance the role of the churches in economic 
and social development and to' engage in dialogue with "men and women of 

_ other faiths, including secular faiths. With him at the helm, we can expect a 
'heightened commitment to justice and an acceleration of the assumption by 
Third World people of their rightful place in the theological, cultural and 
humanitarian work of the World Council of Churches.

Dr. Potter will preach on November 11, at the eleven o ’clock service, at the 
Riverside Church, 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, in New York City.

Please let me know if we can expect you at the Champagne Brunch at the 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel at 1:00 p.m. on Sbpday, November 11, 1973.

I Jean Fairfax |  /
\ Member Central Commitke
’  World Council of Churches

October 18, 1973
Dear Friend;

We hope you will join with us in celebrating with the Rev. Dr. Philip Potter
his first anniversary as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

James Joseph
Vice President
Cummins Engine Company

M. Carl Holman
Executive Director
National Urban Coalition

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 
Executive Director 
National Urban League

Clarence B. Jones
Publisher
N. Y. Amsterdam News

Franklin A, Thomas 
President
Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Restoration Corp.

Percy E. Sutton 
President
Borough of Manhattan

Hon. Andrew Young 
Member
U.S. House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman 
Director
Children’s Defense Fund

RSVP
10 Columbus Circle

212 586-8397 Ext. 220
New York, New York 10019



invite you to a

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

honoring

REV. DR. PHILIP POTTER
General Secretary 

World Council of Churches 
Geneva, Switzerland

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Jean Fairfax James Joseph
Percy E. Sutton Andrew Young Clarence B. Jones M, Carl Holman

Lerone Bennett Marian Wright Edelman Franklin A. Thomas

WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL
Park Avenue at 50th Street
New York, New York

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1973
1:00 p.m.



We were proud and happy last year when this distinguished black man 
was chosen to head a major international organization. Now, as he begins 
his second year, we are eager for black leaders in the United States to meet 
him, to hear about his dreams and to discuss how our Afro-American com­
munity can support him and participate more fully in the ecumenical movement.

Philip Potter was born in the West Indies on the island of Dominica. 
Changing earlier plans for a career in law, he prepared for the ministry and 
received his theological education in Jamaica and England. In recognition of 
25 years of service in the ecumenical movement, Hamburg University in 
Germany awarded an honorary doctorate to him in 1971.

Dr. Potter assumed the awesome burden of world leadership at a critical 
point in the life of the World Council of Churches, In recent years, WCC has 
taken significant steps to combat white racism, to support movements of 
liberation in southern Africa, to enhance the role of the churches in economic 
and social development and to engage in dialogue with men and women of 
•other faiths, including secular faiths. With him at the helm, we can expect a 
heightened commitment to justice and an acceleration of the assumption by 
Third World people of their rightful place in the theologicai, cultural and 
humanitarian work of the World Council of Churches.

Dr. Potter will preach on November 11, at the eleven o’clock service, at the 
Riverside Church, 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, in New York City.

Please let me know if we can expect you at the Champagne Brunch at the 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel i t  1:00 p.m. on S ^d a y , November 11, 1973.

October 18, 1973

Dear Friend:
We hope you will join with us in celebrating with the Rev. Dr. Philip Potter

his first anniversary as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

James Joseph
Wee President
Cummins Engine Company

M. Carl Holman
Executive Director
National Urban Coalition

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 
Executive Director 
National Urban League

Clarence B. Jones 
Publisher
N. Y. Amsterdam News

Franklin A. Thomas 
President
Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Restoration Corp.

Percy E. Sutton 
President
Borough of Manhattan 

Hon. Andrew Young
Member
U.S. House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman 
Director
Children’s Defense Fund

RSVP
10 Columbus Circle

212 586-8397 Ext. 220
New York, New York 10019



invite you to a

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

honoring

REV. DR. PHILIP POTTER
General Secretary 

World Council of Churches 
Geneva, Switzerland

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Jean Fairfax James Joseph
Percy E. Sutton Andrew Young Clarence B. Jones M. Carl Holman

Lerone Bennett Marian Wright Edelman Franklin A. Thomas

WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL
Park Avenue at 50th Street
New York, New York

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1973
1:00 p.m.



We were proud and happy last year when this distinguished black man 
was chosen to head a major internatiohal organization. Now, as he begins 
his second year, we are eager for black leaders in the United States to meet 
him, to hear about his dreams and to discuss how our Afro-American com­
munity can support him and participate more fully in the ecumenical movement.

Philip Potter was born in the West Indies on the island of Dominica. 
Changing earlier plans for a career in law, he prepared for the ministry and 
received his theological education in Jamaica and England. In recognition of 
25 years of service in the ecumenical movement, Hamburg University in 
Germany awarded an honorary doctorate to him in 1971.

Dr. Potter assumed the awesome burden of world leadership at a critical 
point in the life of the World Council of Churches. In recent years, WCC has 

■ taken significant steps to combat white racism, to support movements of 
liberation in southern Africa, to enhance the, role of the churches in economic 
and social development and to engage in diaiogue with men and women of 

, other faiths, including secular faiths. With him at the helm, we can expect a 
heightened commitment to justice and an acceleration of the assumption by 
Third World people of their rightful place in the theological, cultural and 
humanitarian work of the World Council of Churches.

Dr. Potter will preach on November 11, at the eleven o ’clock service, at the 
Riverside Church, 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, in New York City.

Please let me know if we can expect you at the Champagne Brunch at the 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel | t  1:00 p.m. on to d a y ,  November 11, 1973,

October 18, 1973

Dear Friend:
We hope you will join with us in celebrating with the Rev. Dr. Philip Potter

his first anniversary as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

James Joseph
Wee President
Cummins Engine Company

M. Carl Hoiman
Executive Director
National Urban Coalition

Jean Fairfax i 
Member, Central Commit^ 
World Council of Churches

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 
Executive Director 
National Urban League

Clarence B. Jones
Publisher
N. Y. Amsterdam News

Franklin A, Thomas 
President
Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Restoration Corp.

Percy E. Sutton 
President
Borough of Manhattan

Hon. Andrew Young 
Member
U.S. House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman 
Director
Children’s Defense Fund

RSVP
10 Columbus Circle

212 586-8397 Ext. 220
New York, New York 10019



Miss Jean Fairfax 

Suite 2030 

10 Columbus Circle 

New York, New York 10019



Miss Jean Fairfax 

Suite 2030 

10 Columbus Circle 

New York, New York 10019



Miss Jean Fairfax 

Suite 2030 

10 Coiumbus Circie 

New York, New York 10019



□  I will attend the Champagne Brunch honoring 
Rev. Dr. Philip Potter on Sunday, November
11,1973.

□  I am unable to attend.



□  I will attend the Champagne Brunch honoring 
Rev. Dr. Philip Potter on Sunday, November
11,1973.

□  I am unable to attend.



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M K M O R A N D U M  

TO: Files

PROM: J e a n  Fairfax

RE: EXPENSES INCURRED B Y  JEAN FAIRFAX IN CONNECTION W I T H  
CHAMPAGNE BR U N C H  FO R  DR. PHILIP POTTER

Taxi Fare to Printer (Reimbursement to D. Lacey) $ 4.60

Taxis to and from Planning Meetings A t  Natl. U r b a n  League 6.50
October 2 and October 15, 1973

Expenses in connection w i t h  A r r a ngement M e e t i n g  at W a l dorf
Taxis October 29 and N ovember 9, 1973 8.00
Planning M e e t i n g  L u ncheon 21.10

Taxis on November 11, 1973 (L.Livingston, D. Cacey,J.Fairfax) 12.85

Flowers for Mrs. Potter 7.49

Guest B o o k  4.50

Stamps 50.84

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M E M O R A H O U M

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PROMs Jaan Fairfax
REs EXPENSES INC3URRED BY JEAN FAIRFAX IN CONNECTION WITH 

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH FOR DR. PHILIP POTTER

Taxi Fare to  Printer (Seiab«r»e»eat to 0. Laoey) $ 4.60
Taxis to and ixam Planaiag nestings At Natl. Urban League 6.50

Octefoee 2 and O etober IS ,  1973

Expenses in connection with Arrangement Meetings at Waldorf
Taxis October 29 and HOvember 9, 1973 8.00
Planning Meeting Luncheon 21.10

Taxi* on Soveaiber ll, 1973 (L.Livingston, B, Eacey.J.Fairfax ) 12.85
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M B M O R A N B O M

TO: Finance

FROM: Lo lita  Livingston/Jean Fairfax

RE: ATTACHED CHECKS

Dec*bsr 27, 1973

On Nova^er 11, 1973, several persons co«hosted a Qiaapagne 
Brwicto at the wsMorf Astoria Hotel in'honor of &ev, » .  Philip 
Potter, the General Secretary of the Morlii Council of etjurches.
The attached checks are contributions to cover the cost of the 
affair. May I  please have receipts tor the following ehecka 
on Friday, Deceriber 28, so that they cas* be ,a«nt to the respective 
person and/or organizations:

Thank you.

/ I I
attactaenta



C13AMPBGNE B RUNCH

INCOME $2400.00

HOTEL 
PRINTER 
MUSICIANS 
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280.00 
2 53.80 
115”. 88

2274.83

'BAIANCE $12 5- 17



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M E M O R A N D U M

January 1 6 , 1974

TO: Finance

FROM: Lolita Livingston

RE: N A TIONAL URB A N  C O A L ITION 
$100.00 contribution

A ttached please find a check in the amount of $ 1 0 0 , 0 0  w h i c h  

is a contribution from the N a tional Urban Coalition, This 

contribution is to help us pay the cost of the Champagne Brunch 

for Revs 0r. Philip Potter.

I w i l l  send the receipt to the H attonal Urb a n  Coalition.

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invite you to a

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

honoring

REV. DR. PHILIP POTTER
General Secretary 

World Council of Churches 
Geneva, Switzerland

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Jean Fairfax James Joseph

Percy E. Sutton Andrew Young Clarence B. Jones M. Carl Holman
Lerone Bennett Marian Wright Edelman Franklin A. Thomas

WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL 
Park Avenue at 50th Street 
New York, New York

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11.1973 
1:00 p.m.



We were proud and happy last year when this distinguished black man 
was chosen to head a major international organization. Now, as he begins 
his second year, we are eager for black leaders in the United States to meet 
him, to hear about his dreams and to discuss how our Afro-American com­
munity can support him and participate more fully in the ecumenical movement.

Philip Potter was born in the West Indies on the island of Dominica. 
Changing earlier plans for a career in law, he prepared for the ministry and 
received his theological education in Jamaica and England. In recognition of 
25 years of service in the ecumenical movement, Hamburg University in 
Germany awarded an honorary doctorate to him in 1971.

Dr. Potter assumed the awesome burden of world leadership at a critical 
point in the life of the World Council of Churches. In recent years, WCC has 
taken significant steps to combat white racism,- to support movements of 
liberation in southern Africa, to enhance the role_of_^he churches in economic 
and social development and to e n g a g in ’ cilalogue'wlifin^^ wotfien d r  '
other faiths, including secular faiths. With him at the helm, we can expect a 
heightened commitment to justice and an acceleration of the assumption by 
Third World people of their rightful place in the theological, cultural and 
humanitarian work of the World Council of Churches.

Dr. Potter will preach on November 11, at the eleven o’clock service, at the 
Riverside Church, 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, in New York City.

Please let me know if we can expect you at the Champagne Brunch at the 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel 1:00 p.m. on £cyday, November 11, 1973.

Jean Fairfax |  »
Member Central Commitree 
World Council of Churches

October 18. 1973
Dear Friend:

We hope you will join with us in celebrating with the Rev. Dr. Philip Potter
his first anniversary as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

James Joseph
Vice President
Cummins Engine Company

M. Carl Holman
Executive Director
National Urban Coalition

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 
Executive Director 
National Urban League

Clarence B. Jones 
Publisher
N. Y. Amsterdam News

Franklin A. Thomas 
President
Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Restoration Corp.

Percy E. Sutton 
President
Borough of Manhattan

Hon. Andrew Young
Member
U.S. House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman 
Director
Children’s Defense Fund

RSVP
10 Colutpbus Circle

212 586-8397 Ext. 220
New York, New York 10019



invite you to a

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

honoring

REV. DR. PHILIP POTTER
General Secretary 

World Council of Churches 
Geneva, Switzerland

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Jean Fairfax James Joseph
Percy E. Sutton Andrew Young Clarence B. Jones M. Carl Holman

Lerone Bennett Marian Wright Edelman Franklin A. Thomas

WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL 
Park Avenue at 50th Street 
New York, New York

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1973 
1:00 p.m.



We were proud and happy last year when this distinguished black man 
was chosen to head a major International organization. Now, as he begins 
his second year, we are eager for black leaders in the United States to meet 
him, to hear about his dreams and to discuss how our Afro-American com­
munity can support him and participate more fully in the ecumenical movement.

Philip Potter was born in the West Indies on the island of Dominica. 
Changing earlier plans for a career in law, he prepared for the ministry and 
received his theological education in Jamaica and England. In recognition of 
25 years of service in the ecumenical movement, Hamburg University in 
Germany awarded an honorary doctorate to him in 1971.

Dr. Potter assumed the awesome burden of world leadership at a critical 
point in the life of the World Council of Churches. In recent years, WCC has 
taken significant steps to combat white racism, to support movements of 
liberation in southern Africa, to_enhance the^role of the c to rc h ^  ill economic 
and socraf 'deveiopmenf and^^to^eh dTaldgue wTfh men a'ncTwornen o f
other faiths, including secular faiths. With him at the helm, we can expect a 
heightened commitment to justice and an acceleration of the assumption by 
Third World people of their rightful place in the theological, cultural and 
humanitarian work of the World Council of Churches.

Dr. Potter will preach on November 11, at the eleven o’clock service, at the 
Riverside Church, 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, in New York City.

Please let me know if we can expect you at the Champagne Brunch at the 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel * t  1:00 p.r

October 18, 1973

Dear Friend:
We hope you will join with us in celebrating with the Rev. Dr. Philip Potter

his first anniversary as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

James Joseph
Vice President
Cummins Engine Company

M. Carl Holman
Executive Director
National Urban Coalition

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 
Executive Director 
National Urban League

Clarence B. Jones 
Publisher
N. Y. Amsterdam News

.Franklin A. Thomas 
President
Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Restoration Corp.

Percy E. Sutton 
President
Borough of Manhattan

Hon. Andrew Young 
Member
U.,S. House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman 
Director
Children’s Defense Fund

RSVP
10 Columbus Circle

212 586-8397 Ext. 220
New York, New York 10019



invite you to a

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH

honoring

REV. DR. PHILIP POTTER
General Secretary 

World Council of Churches 
Geneva, Switzerland

Vernon E, Jordan, Jr. Jean Fairfax James Joseph
Percy E. Sutton Andrew Young Clarence B. Jones M. Carl Holman

Lerone Bennett Marian Wright Edelman Franklin A. Thomas

WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL 
Park Avenue at 50th Street 
New York, New York

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11,1973 
1;00 p.m.

RSVP
10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019

212 586-8397 Ext. 220



We were proud and happy last year when this distinguished black man 
was chosen to head a major international organization. Now, as he begins 
his second year, we are eager for black leaders in the United States to meet 
him, to hear about his dreams and to discuss how our Afro-American com­
munity can support him and participate more fully in the ecumenical movement.

Philip Potter was born in the West Indies on the island of Dominica. 
Changing earlier plans for a career in law, he prepared for the ministry and 
received his theological education in Jamaica and England. In recognition of 
25 years of service in the ecumenical movement, Hamburg University in 
Germany awarded an honorary doctorate to him in 1971.

Dr. Potter assumed the awesome burden of world leadership at a critical 
point in the life of the World Council of Churches. In recent years, WCC has 
taken significant steps to combat white racism; to support movements of 

 ̂libera^on in southern Africa, to enhance the role of the churches in economic 
and social d e w lo ^ 'e n t and~to' engage~m'"3W6gue~Wffi'’m ^~  ahoT women “o f" 
other faiths, including secular faiths. With him at the helm, we can expect a 
heightened commitment to justice and an acceleration of the assumption by 
Third World people of their rightful place in the theological, cultural and 
humanitarian work of the World Council of Churches.

Dr. Potter will preach on November 11, at the eleven o ’clock service, at the 
Riverside Church, 122nd Street and Riverside Drive, in New York City.

Please let me know if we can expect you at the Champagne Brunch at the 
Waldorf Astoria Hotel ^ t 1:00 p.m. on S ^d a y , November 11, 1973.

October 18. 1973

Dear Friend:
We hope you will join with us in celebrating with the Rev. Dr. Philip Potter

his first anniversary as General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

James Joseph
Vice President 
Cummins Engine Company

M. Carl Holman
Executive Director
National Urban Coalition

Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. 
Executive Director 
National Urban League

Clarence B. Jones
Pubiisher
N. Y. Amsterdam News

Franklin A. Thomas 
President
Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Restoration Corp.

Percy E. Sutton 
President
Borough of Manhattan

Hon. Andrew Young 
Member
U.S, House of Representatives

Marian Wright Edelman 
Director
Children’s Defense Fund

RSVP
10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019

212 586-8397 Ext. 220



Miss Jean Fairfax 

Suite 2030 

10 Columbus Circle 

New York, New York 10019



Miss Jean Fairfax 

Suite 2030 

10 Columbus Circle 

New York, New York 10019



Miss Jean Fairfax 

Suite 2030 

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New York, New York 10019



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G01.TJMBTJS, In d i a n a  4 7 S 01
November 7, 1973

Miss Jean Fairfax 
NAACP Legal Defense and 

Educational Fund, Inc.
10 Columbus Circle
New York, New York 10019
Dear Jean:

I am pleased to enclose a Cummins Engine Foundation 
check, in the amount of $2000, payable to the NiUlCP 
Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

This contribution is to support your organization 
in pursuance of its tax-exempt activities; specifically 
to underwrite the cost of a Champagne Brunch in honor 
of the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.

Because of our interest in your program, I would 
appreciate receiving periodic reports on the financial 
and program status of your project. The reports need 
not be so detailed as to inconvenience you, but regular 
communication enables my staff to better evaluate the 
impact of Foundation funding.

Best wishes.
Sincerely,

James A. Joseph/jl 
Enclosure: 

SCU tllExecutive Director



C u m m i n s  E n g i n e  C o m p a n y , In g . 
Gox-u m b t j s , In d i a n a  

November 1, 1973

Ms. Jean Fairfax 
Legal Defense Fund 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, N.Y. 10019
Dear Jean:

I'm glad that things are going well in 
preparation for the Champagne Brunch for Philip 
Potter. He came down to Columbus to have lunch 
with me and members of the staff of the Irwin- 
Sweeney-Miller Foundation October 29. We had 
a very good discussion.

I have asked Myrtle Mark to send along the 
$2,000 I committed for support of the Champagne 
Brunch. She will be in touch with you about 
how to make out the check so that we receive 
appropriate tax credit.

I promise not to get involved in any "heroic 
adventures" while in Brazil.

Yours sincerely,

vice President - 
Corporate Action

James A. Joseph/cru



G u m m i s t s  E n g i n e  C o m p a n y , In o .
G o l u m b p s , In d i a n a  
October 22, 1973

Ms. Jean Fairfax 
Legal Defense Fund 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, N.Y. 10019
Dear Jean:

I must apologize for the delay in getting in 
touch with you, but I have been mostly out of the 
office since I saw you in New York. The Ctmuains 
Engine Foundation will be glad to contribute up to 
$2,000 for the Champagne Brunch honoring Dr. Philip 
Potter, General Secretary of the World Council of 
Churches.

Please send me an estimate of proposed 
expenditures so I will know whether this amount 
is sufficient or whether we need to look elsewhere 
for additional support.

J .A .Joseph/cru

Sincerely,

V -
Executive Director 
Cummins Engine Foundation



M B M O R A N D U M

S O 8 V e r a o B  J o r d a n  

F S M f  j® a a  F a i r f a x

Ost0 i»»if 9, 1973

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» « t  few days, j  w a t  to  pat » y  M®a* sn paper t© get year 

approval aai to  indleate wtoat you a eod to  do as w* p l«a  fo r  the 
a f fa ir  to*- Br. Ph ilip  Potter,

Ph ilip  Potter w i l l  l»© a rriv ing in Sew york on Satarday night, Movwj- 
ber 10, w i l l  presiA a t Mwerside Ghsreb o »  Simday »oriiing, &tvms~ 
hex 11, and w i l l  Im ve fo r  a »«  West ladles th® awtfe day.'

I  ms xeam cm mim  that we have a Qiai^agna 3ira»A a t IsOO p.n. at 
a mid f̂cowa hote l. I  do not thinls that I t  wouM «>s t aay laore than 
a reeaptian with soeJttailB and boss d^tmivxm. A lso, 1 think we 
could control the crowd b e tter , wbotiier vm have a b u ffe t ©r a fa ir ly  
swaple !r.sal which is served at the tables. X s n  aiTiec.'iiny with 
Bide to be sure that jiothing else is schedtslei.
m i m s  TO BE oosBs
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h m  11* m  mekMMitm, A ^mmatirn c t i^ a ga e  be tJ»-e
only a lC i*o lic  beverage.

a. X will start contacting persons who would join you in the 
/  In v ita tion , it a ^ ^ e r  we disajsseds Ajrfy Yotmg, Pratte » < » * ,

f  Dorothy Height, Sterling Cary, Jin Joseph. VSiat about s blacs 
eollege Resident: King Chesk, ViVHenderson o* Clifr vterton?

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Miss Jean Fairfax 
Suite 2030 
10 Columbus Circle 
New York, Nevy York 10019



October 25, 1923

D e a r  J i » s

It was gooS talking witb you the other day. I hope that you will take ay advice and not get involved 
in heroic adventures i^ile you are in'Brasil.

Responses are esming in already fer the Cha^agne 
Bruneh Soc Philip but it  is  hard to predict now how many 
people will eraae. I am very excited about it and believe
that it will be a very beautiful and important affair, we are trying to find s«ne y&msg singers who could set the tons with some Oospal songs, (are you aware that Swarthmore 
College - of all places - has a real swij^ing gro«^ of 
black Oospel eir^rs?)

*ha»ft:s for the $2000. Since you will be out of the country and since m  will p w ^ A l y  need to give the hotel 
am advaiKse, dould you send tJ» money to «ae before you leave? I will handle it as »» advance and send you the proper 
doeumeatatlon for expenditures. I shall also let you know if we go in the redS

all the beet and plea'se b® careful.

Sincerely,

Jean falrfax

Mr. James Joseph 
Vie# President-Corporate Setioa 
CwBilas Bag iae Gra^eny Indiana



Havffl^er 28, 1§73

MB. Frances Maeda 
World Council of ChurcSies 
475 Riverside Drive 
Mew York, Hew York 10027
Dear Francest
In connection with the Champagne Brunch for Rhilip potter on 
»o v «* e r  11, several black persona ejspressed a desire to make 
personal g ifts  to the world Council of Cburcdtes to express their 
solidarity. I  offered to forward any e4ie<dss which would be sent 
to mo. I understand from my telejdione conversation with you 
earlier this week that checks should be sent to WCC's Hew York 
office so that American citizens w ill be prqparly receipted for 
income tax purposes.

I  amt enclosing two Checks todays

Mr. Franklin A., th«w»«

TM, Jcdin W, Davis 

When Philip was here early in Noveniber. i  gave him a contribution 
to the wcc to celebrate his f ir s t  year in office , i t  was a per* 
sonsI check for one thousand (61,000) dollars made out to WCC.
I  assume that he tar i*d  i t  eve* to Piaance in
Geneva. I  angoreciate your advising m» that in order for me to 
claim th is as a tax-deductible contribution, i t  s«ust be cleared  
and recseipted through the Hew York office,
1 am sending a «>py of this letter to Philip and twist that he 
w ill authorise the anpropriate persaw to tsalce the neceasary



Ms. Frances Haeda 
HovfOTber 28, 1973 
Page 2
t ran sfe r . Meanwhile, since the receipt must be dated by December 
31, 1973, I would appreciate whatever you can do t o  expedite this
transfer. iSh&nics,

Sincerely,

3t/ll
Sacles»rea-2

Franklin Thomas' check $50.00 
J o h n  Davis' check $25.00

Jean Fairfax , Director 
Division o f Legal Information

and Community Service

cei Or. P h ilip  Potter



THE NEW YORK TIME^, SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1966.

" 6 LACK POW ER’’
STATEMENT B Y  NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF NEGRO CHURCHMEN

We, an informal group of Negro churchnien in America are deeply 
disturbed about the crisis brought upon our country by historic distortions 
of important human realities in the controversy about "black power." 
What we see, shining through the variety of rhetoric is not anything new 
but the same old problem of power and race which has faced our beloved: 
country since 1619. (

We realize that neither the term "power"! nor the term "Christian 
Conscience" are easy matters to talk about, and especially in the context of 
race relations in America. The fundamental dwtortion facing us in the 
controversy about "black power" is rooted in a )gross imbalance of power 
and conscience between Negroes and white Anlericans. I t  is this distor­
tion, mainly, zvhich is responsible for the widespread, though often in­
articulate, assumption that white people are jusiificd in getting what they 
loant through the use of power, but that Negro Americans must, either by 
nature or by circumstances, make their appeal only through conscience, 
A.5 a result, the poiver of white men and the conscience of black men have 
both been corrupted. The power of white mep, is corrupted because it 
meets little meaningful resistance from NegroH to temper it  and keep 
white men from aping God. The conscience of black men is corrupted 
because, having no power to implement the demands of conscience, the 
concern for justige is transmuted into a distorted form of love, which, in 
the absence of justice, becomes chaotic self-furrender. Powerlessness 
breeds a race of beggars. We are faced now with a situation where con­
science-less poiver meets powerless conscience, threatening the very 
foundations of our nation.

Therefore, We are impelled by conscience] to address at least four 
groups of people in areas where clarification on the controversy is of the 
most urgent necessity. We do not claim to present the final word. It  is 
ciur hope, however, to communicate meanings /rbm our experience regard­
ing power and certain elements of conscience to help interpret more 
adequately the dilemma in which we are all involved.

I. TO THE LEADERS OF AM ERICA: POWER AND FREEDOM

It is of critical importance that the leaders of this nation listen also 
to a voice which says that the principal source ef the threat to our nation 
comes neither from the riots erupting in our big cities, nor from the dis­
agreements among the leaders of the civil rightsTmovement, nor even from 
mere raising of the cry for “black power.”  Th^e events, we believe, are 
but the expression of the judgment of God upoh our nation for its failure 
to use its abundant resources to serve the real well-being o f people, at 
home and abroad.

We give our full support to all civil rights leaders as they seek for 
basically American goals, for we are not convinced that their mutual rein­
forcement of one another in the past is bound to end in the future. We 
would hope that the public power of our nation will be used to strengthen 
the civil rights movement and not to manipulate or further fracture it.

We deplore the overt violence of riots, but we believe it is more im­
portant to focus on the real sources of these eruptions. These sources may 
be abetted inside the ghetto, but their basic causes lie in the silent and 
covert violence which white middle-class America inflicts upon the vic­
tims of the inner city. The hidden, smooth and often smiling decisions of 
American leaders which tie a white noose of suburbia around the necks, 
and which pin the backs of the masses of Negroes against the steaming 
ghetto walls— without jobs in a booming economy; with dilapidated and 
segregated educational systems in the full view of unenforced laws against 
it; in short: the failure of American leaders to use American power to 
create equal opportunity in life as well as in  law—this is the real problem 
and not the anguished cry for “ black power.”

From the point of view of the Christian faith, there is nothing 
necessarily wrong with concern for power. A t the heart of the Protes­
tant reformation is the belief that ultimate power belongs to God alone 
and that men become most inhuman when concentrations of power lead to 
the conviction— overt or covert— that any nation, race or organization 
can rival God in this regard. A t issuq in the relations between whites and 
Negroes in America, is the problem of inequality of power. Out of this 
imbalance grows the disrespect of white men for the Negro personality and 
community, and the disrespect of Negroes for themselves. This is a fun­
damental root of human injustice in America. In one sense, the concept 
of “black power”  reminds us of the need for and the possibility of au­
thentic democracy in America.

We do not agree with those who say that we must cease expressing 
concern for the acquisition of power lest we endanger the “ gains” already 
made by the civil rights movement. The fact of the matter is, there have 
been few substantive gains since about 1950 in this area. The gap has 
constantly widened between the incomes of non-whites relative to the 
whites. Since the Supreme Court decision of 1954, de facto segregation in 
every major city in our land has increased rather than decreased. Since 
the middle of the 1950s unemployment among Negroes has gone up rather 
than down while unemployment has decreased in the white community.

While there has been some progress in some areas for equality io r  
Negroes, this progress has been limited mainly to middle-class Negroes 
who represent only a small minority of the larger Negro community.

These are the hard facts that we must all face together. Therefore, 
we must not take the position that we can continue in the same old paths.

When American leaders decide to serve the real welfare of people 
instead of war and destruction; when American leaders are forced to 
make the rebuilding of our cities first priority on the nation’s agenda; 
when American leaders are forced by the American people to quit mis­
using and abusing American power; then will the cry for  “ black power” 
become inaudible, for the framework in which all power in America oper­
ates would include the power and experience of black men as well as those 
of white men. In that way, the fear of the power of each group would be 
removed. America, is our beloved homeland. But, America is not God 
Only God can do everything. America and the other nations o f the world 
must decide which among a number of alternatives they will choose.

II. TO W HITE CHURCHMEN: POWER AND LOVE
As black men who were long ago forced out of the white church to 

create and to wield “ black power,”  we fail to understand the emotional 
quality of the outcry of some clergy against the use of the term today. 
It is not enough to answer that “ integration”  is the solution. For it is 
precisely the nature of the operation of power under some forms of inte­
gration which is being challenged. The Negro)Church was created as a 
result of the refusal to submit to the indignitids of a false kind of “ inte­
gration” in which all power was in the hands) of white people. A  more 
equal sharing of power is precisely what is required as the precondition 
of authentic human interaction. We understand the growing demand of 
Negro and white youth for a more honest kindiof integration; one which 
increases rather than decreases the capacity of 'the disinherited to partic­
ipate with power in all of the structures of our common life. Without this 
capacity to participate with potver— i.e., to have some organized political 
and economic strength to really influence people with whom one interacts 
— integration is not meaningful. For the issue is not one o f racial balance 
but of honest interracial interaction.

For this kind of interaction to take place, all people need power 
whether black or white. We regard as sheer hypocrisy or as a blind and 
dangerous illusion the view that opposes love to power. Love should be a 
controlling element in power, but what love opposes is precisely the mis­
use and abuse o f power, not power itself. So 'long as white churchmen 
continue to moralize and misinterpret Christiaii love, so long will justice 
continue to be subverted in this land. !

I II .  TO NEGRO CITIZENS: POWER AND JUSTICE 
Both tho Enguishsd. cry for **bl£ick power*' and the confu'?pd pmntinnnl

■ '""•0 to it can be understood i f  the whole :cmitvover»v in flfi

context of American histpry. Especially must we understand the irony 
involved in the pride of AmWicans regarding their ability to act as in­
dividuals on the one hand, and their tendency to act as members of ethnic 
groups on the other handji In the tensions of this part of our history is 
revealed both the tragedy and the hope of human redemption in America.

_ America has asked its Negro citizens to fight for opportunity as 
individuals whereas at certain points in our history what we have needed 
most has been opportunity for the whole group, not just for selected and 
approved Negroes. Thus in 1863, the slaves were made legally free, as 
individuals, but the real question regarding personal and group power to 
maintain that freedom wa| pushed aside. Power at that time for a mainly 
rural people meant land and tools to work the land. In the words of Thad- 
deus Stevens, power meant “ 40 acres and a mule” . But this power was 
not made available to the slaves and we see the results today in the push­
ing of a landless peasantry o ff the farms into big cities where they come 
in search mainly of the power to be free. What they find are only the 
formalities of unenforced ] legal freedom. So we must ask, “what is the 
nature of the power which we seek and need today?” Power today is 
essentially organizational |ower. It is not a thing lying about in the streets 
to be fought over. It is a thing which, in some measure, already belongs 
to Negroes and which muit be developed by Negroes in relationship with 
the great resources of this nation.

Getting power necessarily involves reconciliation. We must first be 
reconciled to ourselves lest we fail to recognize the resources we already 
have and upon which we jean build. We must be reconciled to ourselves 
as persons and to ourselves as an historical group. This means we must 
find our way to a new sdf image in which we can feel a normal sense 
of pride in self, includint our variety of skin color and the manifold 
textures of our hair. As Ibng as we are filled with hatred for ourselves 
we will be unable to respect others.

A t the same time, i f  we are seriously concerned about power then we 
must build upon that whifch we already have. “Black power” is already 
present to some extent in the Negro church, in Negro fraternities and 
sororities, in our profesiional associations, and in the opportunities 
afforded to Negroes who ibake decisions in some of the integrated organ­
izations of. our society.

We understand the riasons by which these limited forms of “black 
power” have been rejected by some of our people. Too often the Negro 
church has stirred its members away from the reign of God in this world 
to a distorted and complacent view of an other worldly conception of 
God’s power. We commit ourselves as churchmen to make more meaningful 
in the life of our institution our conviction that Jesus Christ reigns in the 
“here”  and “ now” as well as in the future he brings in upon us. We shall, 
therefore, use more of the resources of our churches in working for human 
justice in the places of social change and upheaval where our Master 
is already at work.

A.t the same time, we would urge that Negro social and professional 
organizations develop new roles for engaging the problem of equal oppor- 
tunity and put less time into the frivolity of idle chatter and social waste.

We must not apologize for the existence of this form of group power, 
for we have been oppressed as a group, not as individuals. We will not find 
our way out of that oppression until both we and America accept the need 
for Negro Americans as well as for Jews, Italians, Poles and white Anglo- 
Saxon Protestants, among others, to have and to wield group power.

However, i f  power is sought merely as an end in itself, it tends to 
turn upon those who seek it. Negroes need power in order to participate 
more effectively at all levels of the life of our nation. We are glad that 
none of those civil rights leaders who have asked for “ black power”  have 
suggested that it means a new form of isolationism or a foolish effort at 
domination. But we must be clear about why we need to be reconciled with 
the white majority. It is not because we are only one-tenth of the popula­
tion in America; for we do not need to be reminded of the awesome power 
wielded by the 90% majority. We see and feel that power every day in

destructions heaped upon our families and upon the nation's cities* 
We do not need to be threatened by such cold and heartless statements. 
For we are men, not children, and we are growing out of our fear of that 
power, which can hardly hurt us any more in the future than it does in 
the present or has in the past. Moreover, those bare figures conceal the 
potential political strength which is ours if we organize properly in the big 
cities and establish effective alliances.

Neither inust we rest our concern for reconciliation with our white 
brothers on the fear that failure to do so would damage gains already 
made by the civil rights movement. I f  those gains are in fact real, they 
will withstand the claims of our people for power and justice, not just for 
a few select Negroes here and there, but for the masses of our citizens. 
We must rather rest our concern for reconciliation on the firm ground 
that we and all other Americans are one. Our history and destiny are 
indissolubly linked. I f  the future is to belong to any of us, it must be 
prepared for all of_ us whatever our racial or religious background. For 
in the final analysis, we are 'persons and the power of all groups must 
be wielded to make visible our common humanity.

The future of America will belong to neither white nor black unless 
all Arnericans work together at the task of rebuilding our cities. We must 
organize not only among ourselves but with other groups in order that 
we can, together, gain power sufficient to change this nation’s sense of 
what IS now important and what must be done.r^o^y. We must work with 
the remainder of the nation to organize whole cities for the task of making 
the rebuilding of our cities first priority in the use o f our resources. This 
IS more important than who gets to the moon first or the war in Vietnam.

To accomplish this task we cannot expend our energies in spastic or 
ill-tempered explosions without meaningful goals. We must move from 
the politics of philanthropy to the politics of metropolitan development 
for equal opportunity. W< must relate all groups of the city together in 
new ways in order that 1he truth of our cities might be laid bare and 
in order that, together, v'e can lay claim to the great resources of our 
nation to make truth morj human.
IV. TO THE MASS MEIHA: POWER AND TRUTH

The ability or inability of all people in America to understand the 
upheavals of our day depends greatly on the way power and truth operate 
in the mass media. During the Southern demonstrations for civil rights 
you men of the communications industry performed an invaluable service 
for the entire country by : revealing plainly to our ears and eyes, the ugly 
truth of a brutalizing system of overt discrimination and segregation. 
Many of you were mauled and injured, and it took courage for you to 
stick with the task. You were instruments of change and not merelv 
purveyors of unrelated fadts. You were able to dq this by dint of personal 
courage and by reason of the power of national news agencies which 
supported you. |

Today, however, your! task and ours is more difficult. The truth that 
needs revealing today is iiot so clear-cut in its outlines, nor is there a 
national consensus to hell) you form relevant points of view. Therefore 
nothing is now more important than that you look for a variety of sources 
of truth in order that the; limited perspectives of all of us might be cor­
rected. Just as you related to a broad spectrum of people in Mississippi 
instead of relying only oh police records and establishment figures so 
must you operate in New York City, Chicago and Cleveland.

The power to supportjyou in this endeavor is present in our country 
It must be searched out. We desire to use our limited influence to help 
relate you to the variety qf experience in the Negro community so that 
limited controversies are riot blown up into the final truth about us. The 
fate of this country is, to no small extent, dependent upon how you inter­
pret the crises upon us, so that human truth is disclosed and human needs

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SMd that will iaetasse - evea f r m  PhiXig's praaeat adver­
saria# - m  tlia tiM gialiky of his Xeaderehip toecsme maai-
Matmi ia Itla grofraa «ad m  tl»© WCC finds aaw alXies. If any of you 

litai t© saSte a |>er«<M«X witribatioa to <*• world Coaaell of 
Ch«*el»s as « glodg® of yoa* » n  s»»ort, yoar gift will be tax 
dedaetlble. Mafe* <*ecJt« payable to the world C^aaciX of OiwreShes 
aad a« d  a»#« t© ®e. I will forward them and see that yo« reeelve 
y e w  r e e e lp f e * .

*£jaia, mamw thaalss for Jelaing with «« in hoaoriag oar friend and 
colleagae la the «traggle for the liberation of BlaoJt people.

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L l i  Fegal ■■KA^^fense ̂ H iun d NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND, INC. 
10 Columbus Circle, New York, N.Y. 10019 • JUdson 6-8397

mvrn&ms- 9, 1973

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Paris avenue at satb S tee*t 
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p»m. We m i l  .tiiafe-ds

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fXl.Oe per feofckl* © f chMipafa#

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Contributions are deductible for U. S. income tax purposes



The natie* ©n yosK b a lle t la  hoard should bet

mmehms b k i j h c h s  mv. or. p h i l i p  p o t t e r

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the hote l w i l l  provide a §-£oot conwitteo table outaide the Jade 
Racm. <a»«ck roo« service w i l l  be provided! cpiests w i l l  pay their 
ewa g ra tu ities . 2 trust that th is  w i l l  cover a l l  waiters w h iA  we 
have discassad. »h©B I  a rr iv e  oa Sanday, X sh all siga  the coatract.

Sincerely yonra.

J F / l l Jean Fairfax



VERIFIC A T I O N  OF  BANQUET CHARGES

On beh a l f  of  THE W A L D O RF-ASTORIA m a y  w e  take this 
o p p o rtunity to thank you for your v alued patronage 
and we sincerely h ope you have been w ell pleased 
w ith our cuisine, service and general arrangements.

Our actual count indicates that
Persons w ere served at your function.

In our previous arrangements, it w a s  agreed to a
g u aranteed payment of / ______ persons to
the Hotel. In accordance w i t h  ou r  agreement, a 
charge for______ /  __________persons will be en t ­
e red on y our account.

Total Beverage charges_ _(this figure
does not include G r atuities or B a r tender charges.)

Al l  other Miscellaneous Charges, such as Mechanical, 
Gratuities, Tax, etc., w ill be added to'the above 
F ood and Beverage charges on y our final bill, ac ­
cording to the charges detailed in our "Contract 
Arrangements".

It has been a plea s u r e  to h ave you w ith us and we 
look forward to wel c o m i n g  yo u  back to THE W ALDORF-

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NAME O F  ORGANIZATION

DATE i i ' f l  i
CHARGE CAPTAIN'S SIGHATURE



GUEST LIST

C H A M P A G N E  B R U N C H  

W a l dorf Asto r i a  Hotel

1 . A r t h u r  C. Banks, Jr.

2 . Lerone Bennett

3. M a rcia Y. Boles

4. James E. Booker

5. M r s . James E . Booker

y e . Guy R . Brewer

7. B a r bara Broadwater

y - B . Robert Browne

y- Mrs. Robert Browne

■ t y o . Dorothy Edwards Bruns'

1 1 . H ugh C. Burroughs

1 2 . John J. Butler

x / ' - Mrs. J o h n  J. Butler

14. Eugene Callender

u / l 5 . Joyce Carrington

/ l 6 . W alter Carrington

y i v . Lisle C. Carter, Jr.

l /  18. W i l f r e d  Cartey

y'^9- H e r s c h e l l e  Challenor

S unday '
N o vember 11, 1973

(LLy fi)

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2 0 . Rev. Benjamin Chavis

v / 2 1 . James A. Colston

y ^ 2 . James H. Cone

/ ” ■
David N. Dinkins

/ 2 4 . R. Harcourt Dodds

25. James H. Dowdy and gi

y 2 6 . J oseph Searles

y  27. Ernest Dunbar

/  28. James Dyer and guest

✓^29. R e V . Jacob Dyer

Peter Edelman

*^l.l/Mrs. Peter Bdelman

32. Frederick W. Evers]

33. Natalie Becker

y34. J ean Fairfax

35. R onald Gault

36. M r s . Ronald Gault

,/37. Florence S. Gaynor

38. Bryant George

39. Mrs. Beyant George

40. Bernard R. G i f ford

41. )Jikki Giovanni

42. I. L amond Godwin

43. Norma J. Goodwin

44. W i l l i a m  P. G r a yson

45. Edwin Greenidge

J 4 S . Edler G. Hawkins

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47. Ronald Heath

■./ 48. Butler T. Henderson

Mrs. Butler T. Henderson

50. James L . Hicks

51. N a n c y  Hicks

52. Juanita High

. ^ 5 3 . John L. S. Holloman, Jr.

v/54. M. Carl Holman

✓  55. Hulbert James

56. Clarence B. Jones

57. Mrs. Clarence B. Jones

✓ '  58. Elaine R. Jones and guest

^ 5 9 . Samson D. Lee

60. ,/Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

61. *^iane Lacey

62. x/Shirley M. Lacy

63. E dward Lewis

64. Lolita Livingston 

■^65. Bruce Llewellyn

6 6 .fcAda Me Clinton

67. Mrs. J ohn W. Maxwell

6 8 . Robert M a y nard

.^69.

70. Mrs. Yves Michel

71. Rose M organ an d  guest

^ 2 . Erroll Jones

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73. Novella Ne l s o n  an d  guest

74. Guest

75. George N o r ford 

y i e .  H erman Osborne 

_ ^ 7 .  Mrs. Herman Osborne

^ 7 8 .  Kellis E. Parker, Sr. 

y i 9 .  Mrs. Kellis E. Parker, Sr.

80. Benjamin F. Payton 

^ 8 1 .  Ponchitta Pierce 

* ^ 8 2 . Rev. Dr. Philip Potter 

^ 3 .  Mrs. Philip Potter

84. Rev. Calvin O. Pressley 

Beny J. Primm 

Samuel Proctor 

Florence Rice

90,

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93

94

95

96

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Charles Shelby Rooks 

Mrs. Charles Shelby Rooks 

Carlos E. Russell 

Fred Samuel 

v/Margaret Sloan 

Hope R. Stevens 

. Mrs. Hope R. Stevens 

, Ed,ward Sylvester 

.y^Wilbert A. Tatum

Senator S idney V o n  Luther



v / l O O . Lucius Walker, Jr. \ y ^

1 0 1 . Rev. Wyatt L. W alker

1 0 2 . Mrs. Wyatt L. W alker

103. Phyllis A. Wallace

v/io4. Haskell G. W a r d  and guest

o / 105. Oliver

>-<106. Franklin Whi t e

w l b y . Mrs. Franklin Whi t e

108. W i l l i a m  A. White

'•'^09. Charles Williams

1 1 0 . Mses-f~iaiarlaa_jail^^

>-'"'111. A n d r e w  Young

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