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ROY WILKINS, Chairman
ARNOLD ARONSON, Secretary
L E A Dp E R Ss [Al ] Pp = JOSEPH L. RAUH, JR., Counsel
| oO Ni F ER E N Cc E \ CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, Legislative Chairman
Oo N | MARVIN CAPLAN, Director Washington Office
Cc J Vi L. R l G i TS J. FRANCIS POHLHAUS, Special Consultant
YVONNE PRICE, Executive Assistant
2027 Mass. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 phone 667-1780 ® New York address: 20 West 40th St., New York 10018, phone BRyant 9-1400
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE- ON CIVIL RIGHTS:
WHAT IT IS AND DOES
It Speaks For Millions
In the last 17 years the Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights has become a unique spokesman: the
voice for 112 national organizations when they join to-
gether to urge new civil rights laws upon Congress and
when they press for strong enforcement of existing laws.
The Conference is a coalition of major civil
rights, labor, religious, civic and fraternal groups
whose strength lies in its unity. When the Conference
comes out in support of a pending bill or urges a course
of action upon the government, it speaks on behalf of
millions of Americans of all races, creeds, religions,
and ethnic groups and from all walks of life.
Its Purpose
In its statement of purpose, the Conference de-=
clares itself as "a voluntary, nonpartisan association
of autonomous national organizations seeking to advance
“Cooperation in the Common Cause of Civil Rights for All”
Sa
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.
AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA
AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS & BUTCHER WORKMEN
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR— CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER GUILD
AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE
AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B’RITH
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE
BISHOP’S COMMITTEE FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING
B‘NAL B’RITH WOMEN
BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS
CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN - BRETHREN SERVICE COMMISSION
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED
CITIZENS LOBBY FOR FREEDOM & FAIR PLAY
COLLEGE YCS NATIONAL STAFF
CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY
EPISCOPAL CHURCH — DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
EPISCOPAL SOCIETY FOR CULTURAL AND RACIAL UNITY :
FRANCISCAN JURISDICTION OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS
FRONTIERS INTERNATIONAL
HADASSAH -
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES AND BARTENDERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION
IMPROVED BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD
INDUSTRIAL UNION DEPARTMENT — AFL-CIO
INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS’ UNION GF AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS
JOTA PHI LAMBDA SORORITY, INC.
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE
JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE
JEWISH WAR VETERANS
LABOR ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
LEAGUE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA — BOARD OF SOCIAL MINISTRY
MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF POSTAL & FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN’S CLUBS, INC,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN'S CLUBS, INC.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS, INC,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, U. S. A.
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL BEAUTY CULTURISTS' LEAGUE, INC.
NATIONAL CATHGLIC CONFERENCE FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE
NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTION CONFERENCE
NATIONAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN
IATIONAL NCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES — COMMISSION ON
RELIGION & RACE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN
NATIONAL.COUNCIL OF PUERTO RICAN VOLUNTEERS, INC.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SENIOR CITIZENS, INC.
NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SETTLEMENTS & NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS
NATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD
NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
NATIONAL NEWMAN STUDENT FEDERATION
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN SERVICES
NATIGNAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN
NATIONAL SHARECROPPERS FUND
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
NEGRO AMERICAN LABOR COUNCIL
OMEGA PSI PH! FRATERNITY, INC.
PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC.
PH! DELTA KAPPA SORORITY
PIONEER WOMEN, AMERICAN AFFAIRS
PRESBYTERIAN INTERRACIAL COUNCIL
RETAIL WHOLESALE & DEPARTMENT STORE UNION
SOUTHERN BEAUTY CONGRESS, INC.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
- TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA
UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION — COMMISSION ON RELIGION
& RACE
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST WOMEN'S FEDERATION
UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST — COMMITTEE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Now
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST — COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ACTION
UNITED HEBREW TRADES
UNITED PACKINGHOUSE, FOOD & ALLIED WORKERS
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — COMMISSION ON RELIGION & RACE
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — OFFICE OF CHURCH & SOCIETY
UNITED RUBBER WORKERS ;
UNITED STATES NATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION
UNITED STATES YOUTH COUNCIL
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA
UNITED TRANSPORT SERVICE EMPLOYEES
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE & FREEDOM
WORKERS DEFENSE LEAGUE
WORKMEN'S CIRCLE
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE USA
ZETA PH! BETA SORORITY
civil rights for all Americans through government action
at the national level. By civil rights we mean not only
the establishment and enforcement of rights in law,
but also the realization of social and economic con-
ditions in which alone the fulfillment of these rights
is possible."
How the Conference Began
The Leadership Conference was formed in 1950
by national organizations whose leaders felt that while
they often spoke and acted separately, there were many
occasions when they could make a greater impact upon
official Washington and the general public if they join-
ed together in support of specific issues,
The Conference merged two existing groups:
the National Council for a Permanent FEPC, headed
by Ae Philip Randolph, and the National Emergency
Civil Rights Mobilization headed by Roy Wilkins and
Arnold Aronson. All three men continue to play impor-
tant roles in the Conference: Mr. Wilkins is Chairman,
Mry Randolph is a member of the Executive Committee,
and Mr. Aronson is Secretary.
How the Conference Grew
From the first, the Conference undertook to
unite its groups behind specific civil rights bills. As
it grew in numbers it grew in influence. The Conference
has coordinated all the national campaigns for major
civil rights bills. Its greatest successes were the
series of civil rights laws passed by Congress since
1957. The most notable laws in this group were the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
But the Conference dces not work just to add
laws to statute books. Its organizations know laws
are worth little unless they are adequately enforced.
It campaigns untiringly for adequate funds to keep
existing programs going and for adequate enforcement.
How the Conference Operates
The Conference functions through three main
Committees: the Executive Committee which sets policy
for the organization; the Legislative Committee, under
the Chairmanship of Giaeene sMegeRstl: which plans
strategy for pending bills; and the Committee on Com-
pliance and Enforcement, under James Hamilton of
the National Council of Churches, which works to see
that the laws are administered strongly and effectively.
How the Conference Keeps Its Groups Informed
The Conference tries to keep in constant touch
with its organizations. It sends them regular MEMOs
that set forth the immediate legislative situation and
suggest what groups can do to help mobilize support
for a bill or a course of action. It publishes analyses
of bills, pamphlets, papers on what still needs to be
done to achieve full equality.
Not Civil Rights Alone
Over the years the Conference has broadened
its concerns. It realizes that the fight for full equality
and the War on Poverty are interconnected. In ad-
dition to campaigning for civil rights bills it has also
worked for passage of an adequate minimum wage law,;
for reapportioned state legislatures so that they repre-
sent more truly all the people ina state; for broad
educational opportunity; for adequate food distribution
to the country's poor; for home rule for the District
of Columbia; for school desegregation.
These are only a few of its campaigns. The
Conference remains today firm in its belief that pro-
gress in civil rights is the concern of every American,
not the interest of any one group. It believes, in Roy
Wilkins’ words, that "we are all tied together" and
that the future for America must be an integrated future;
a nation in which all men and women share equally in
its burdens and its benefits. Its motto is still:
“Cooperation in the Common Cause of Civil Rights for All"
ARNOLD ARONSON, Secretary
L E A Dp E R Ss [Al ] Pp = JOSEPH L. RAUH, JR., Counsel
| oO Ni F ER E N Cc E \ CLARENCE M. MITCHELL, Legislative Chairman
Oo N | MARVIN CAPLAN, Director Washington Office
Cc J Vi L. R l G i TS J. FRANCIS POHLHAUS, Special Consultant
YVONNE PRICE, Executive Assistant
2027 Mass. Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 phone 667-1780 ® New York address: 20 West 40th St., New York 10018, phone BRyant 9-1400
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE- ON CIVIL RIGHTS:
WHAT IT IS AND DOES
It Speaks For Millions
In the last 17 years the Leadership Conference
on Civil Rights has become a unique spokesman: the
voice for 112 national organizations when they join to-
gether to urge new civil rights laws upon Congress and
when they press for strong enforcement of existing laws.
The Conference is a coalition of major civil
rights, labor, religious, civic and fraternal groups
whose strength lies in its unity. When the Conference
comes out in support of a pending bill or urges a course
of action upon the government, it speaks on behalf of
millions of Americans of all races, creeds, religions,
and ethnic groups and from all walks of life.
Its Purpose
In its statement of purpose, the Conference de-=
clares itself as "a voluntary, nonpartisan association
of autonomous national organizations seeking to advance
“Cooperation in the Common Cause of Civil Rights for All”
Sa
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL ZION CHURCH
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC.
ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.
AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA
AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS & BUTCHER WORKMEN
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR— CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL
ORGANIZATIONS
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
AMERICAN NEWSPAPER GUILD
AMERICAN VETERANS COMMITTEE
AMERICANS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE OF B'NAI B’RITH
A. PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE
BISHOP’S COMMITTEE FOR THE SPANISH SPEAKING
B‘NAL B’RITH WOMEN
BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS
CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN - BRETHREN SERVICE COMMISSION
CHURCH WOMEN UNITED
CITIZENS LOBBY FOR FREEDOM & FAIR PLAY
COLLEGE YCS NATIONAL STAFF
CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY
EPISCOPAL CHURCH — DIVISION OF CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP
EPISCOPAL SOCIETY FOR CULTURAL AND RACIAL UNITY :
FRANCISCAN JURISDICTION OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS
FRONTIERS INTERNATIONAL
HADASSAH -
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES AND BARTENDERS
INTERNATIONAL UNION
IMPROVED BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS OF THE WORLD
INDUSTRIAL UNION DEPARTMENT — AFL-CIO
INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS’ UNION GF AMERICA
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS
JOTA PHI LAMBDA SORORITY, INC.
JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZENS LEAGUE
JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE
JEWISH WAR VETERANS
LABOR ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA
LEAGUE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA — BOARD OF SOCIAL MINISTRY
MEDICAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF POSTAL & FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE WOMEN
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED WOMEN’S CLUBS, INC,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEGRO BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN'S CLUBS, INC.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REAL ESTATE BROKERS, INC,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION, U. S. A.
NATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL BEAUTY CULTURISTS' LEAGUE, INC.
NATIONAL CATHGLIC CONFERENCE FOR INTERRACIAL JUSTICE
NATIONAL CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTION CONFERENCE
NATIONAL COMMUNITY RELATIONS ADVISORY COUNCIL
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC MEN
IATIONAL NCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES — COMMISSION ON
RELIGION & RACE
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NEGRO WOMEN
NATIONAL.COUNCIL OF PUERTO RICAN VOLUNTEERS, INC.
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SENIOR CITIZENS, INC.
NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF CATHOLIC COLLEGE STUDENTS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SETTLEMENTS & NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF TEMPLE SISTERHOODS
NATIONAL JEWISH WELFARE BOARD
NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION |
NATIONAL NEWMAN STUDENT FEDERATION
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MEXICAN-AMERICAN SERVICES
NATIGNAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN
NATIONAL SHARECROPPERS FUND
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
NEGRO AMERICAN LABOR COUNCIL
OMEGA PSI PH! FRATERNITY, INC.
PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC.
PH! DELTA KAPPA SORORITY
PIONEER WOMEN, AMERICAN AFFAIRS
PRESBYTERIAN INTERRACIAL COUNCIL
RETAIL WHOLESALE & DEPARTMENT STORE UNION
SOUTHERN BEAUTY CONGRESS, INC.
SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
- TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA
UNION OF AMERICAN HEBREW CONGREGATIONS
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION — COMMISSION ON RELIGION
& RACE
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST WOMEN'S FEDERATION
UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS OF AMERICA
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST — COMMITTEE FOR RACIAL JUSTICE Now
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST — COUNCIL FOR CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ACTION
UNITED HEBREW TRADES
UNITED PACKINGHOUSE, FOOD & ALLIED WORKERS
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — COMMISSION ON RELIGION & RACE
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — OFFICE OF CHURCH & SOCIETY
UNITED RUBBER WORKERS ;
UNITED STATES NATIONAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION
UNITED STATES YOUTH COUNCIL
UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
UNITED SYNAGOGUE OF AMERICA
UNITED TRANSPORT SERVICE EMPLOYEES
UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE & FREEDOM
WORKERS DEFENSE LEAGUE
WORKMEN'S CIRCLE
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE USA
ZETA PH! BETA SORORITY
civil rights for all Americans through government action
at the national level. By civil rights we mean not only
the establishment and enforcement of rights in law,
but also the realization of social and economic con-
ditions in which alone the fulfillment of these rights
is possible."
How the Conference Began
The Leadership Conference was formed in 1950
by national organizations whose leaders felt that while
they often spoke and acted separately, there were many
occasions when they could make a greater impact upon
official Washington and the general public if they join-
ed together in support of specific issues,
The Conference merged two existing groups:
the National Council for a Permanent FEPC, headed
by Ae Philip Randolph, and the National Emergency
Civil Rights Mobilization headed by Roy Wilkins and
Arnold Aronson. All three men continue to play impor-
tant roles in the Conference: Mr. Wilkins is Chairman,
Mry Randolph is a member of the Executive Committee,
and Mr. Aronson is Secretary.
How the Conference Grew
From the first, the Conference undertook to
unite its groups behind specific civil rights bills. As
it grew in numbers it grew in influence. The Conference
has coordinated all the national campaigns for major
civil rights bills. Its greatest successes were the
series of civil rights laws passed by Congress since
1957. The most notable laws in this group were the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
But the Conference dces not work just to add
laws to statute books. Its organizations know laws
are worth little unless they are adequately enforced.
It campaigns untiringly for adequate funds to keep
existing programs going and for adequate enforcement.
How the Conference Operates
The Conference functions through three main
Committees: the Executive Committee which sets policy
for the organization; the Legislative Committee, under
the Chairmanship of Giaeene sMegeRstl: which plans
strategy for pending bills; and the Committee on Com-
pliance and Enforcement, under James Hamilton of
the National Council of Churches, which works to see
that the laws are administered strongly and effectively.
How the Conference Keeps Its Groups Informed
The Conference tries to keep in constant touch
with its organizations. It sends them regular MEMOs
that set forth the immediate legislative situation and
suggest what groups can do to help mobilize support
for a bill or a course of action. It publishes analyses
of bills, pamphlets, papers on what still needs to be
done to achieve full equality.
Not Civil Rights Alone
Over the years the Conference has broadened
its concerns. It realizes that the fight for full equality
and the War on Poverty are interconnected. In ad-
dition to campaigning for civil rights bills it has also
worked for passage of an adequate minimum wage law,;
for reapportioned state legislatures so that they repre-
sent more truly all the people ina state; for broad
educational opportunity; for adequate food distribution
to the country's poor; for home rule for the District
of Columbia; for school desegregation.
These are only a few of its campaigns. The
Conference remains today firm in its belief that pro-
gress in civil rights is the concern of every American,
not the interest of any one group. It believes, in Roy
Wilkins’ words, that "we are all tied together" and
that the future for America must be an integrated future;
a nation in which all men and women share equally in
its burdens and its benefits. Its motto is still:
“Cooperation in the Common Cause of Civil Rights for All"