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| NATIONAL OFFICERS i president j. e. spingarn ' vice-presidents Hon. Arthur Capper Bishop John A. Gregg Rev. John Haynes Holmes James Weldon Johnson Arthur B. Spingarn Oswald Garrison Villard acting treasurer Mary White Ovington BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Mary White Ovington New York Baltimore Carl Murphy Boston Joseph Prince Loud Charleston, W. Va. T. G. Nutter Chicago Jane Addams Clarence Darrow Cleveland Hon. Harry E. Davis Detroit Hon. Ira W. Jayne Hon. Frank Murphy Indianapolis F. B. Ransom Los Angeles Dr. H. Claude Hudson Dr. J. A. Somerville Memphis R. R. Church New Haven George W, Crawford New York Lillian A. Alexander Rev. Hutchena C. Bishop Dr. W. E. B. DuBois Rev. John Haynes Holmes James Weldon Johnson Florence Kelley Hon. Herbert H. Lehman Ella Rush Murray John E. Nail Arthur B, Spingarn J. E. Spingarn Charles H. Studio Wiiliara English Walling Dr. Louis T. Wright Northampton, Mass. Dr. William Allan Neilson Philadelphia Isadore Martin Richmond Maggie L. Walker Springfield Rev. G. R. Waller Topelca Hon. Arthur Capper Washington Nannie H. Burroughs Hon. James A. Cobb Charles Edward Russell NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE 69 Fifth Avenue. New York TELEPHONE: ALGONQUIN 4-6548 Official Organ: The Crisis EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Walter White secretary Roy Wilkins assistant secretary Dr. W. E. B. Dubois EDITOR OF THE CRISIS Robert W. Bagnall director of branches William Pickens field secretary Daisy E. lampkin REGIONAL FIELD SECRETARY HERBERT J. SELIGMANN DIRECTOR OF PUBLICITY 1^ December 12, 1931 Hon. Albert C. Ritchie Governor of Maryland Executive Department Annapolis, Maryland Ky dear Governor Ritchie: We thank you for your letter of December 11th in which you indicate the steps being taken to apprehend the perpetrators of the Williams lynching. We are enclosing a copy of a special release to the Negro press of the country, which is leaving our office today. Very sincerely yours, RW/ID /ty^f^x^t^^-^-^^ Assistant Secretary NATIONAL LEGAL COMMITTEE Chairman Arthur B. Spinaarn Chicago Clarence Darrow Cliambridge, Mass. Felix Frankfurter Charleston, W. Va. T. G. Nutter New York James Marshall Herbert K. Stockton Charles H. Studin WlLUAM T. ANDKEWg Special Legal Assistant ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL INFORMATION BUREAU. 215 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK |