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Statement [on the Extent of Communist Party Activity among Minority Groups in Detroit] before the House Un-American Activities Committee
President of Michigan State Conference of Branches states that, despite many inequities, minority groups, under leadership of NAACP and other like groups, "believe fervently in American Democracy."
Statement [to Detroit Common Council] Concerning the Proposed Medical Center Project.
Asks city to insist that all hospitals in new Medical Center give full staff privileges to qualified physicians regardless of race. Describes present policies of Children's, Grace, Woman's, and Harper Hospitals
Statement and Recommendations to the Mayor's Committee, Submitted June 29, 1943
Subject matter is 1943 Riot.
Statement for Housing Hearing, WWJ Auditorium, February 14, 1946
President of Detroit NAACP condemns housing authorities' policies, cites statistics of unsatisfied need for Negro housing.
Statement of Citizens in the Ford Strike
Typed original of this mimeographed statement bears signature of Rev. Charles A. Hill. Statement stresses importance to the Negro community of winning the strike.
Statement of Clarence Anderson, Executive Secretary on September 6, 1944, before the Sub-Committee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Education and Labor, in Support of S.2048.
Gives some figures on minority employment in Detroit, and cites examples of discriminatory employment practices.
Statement to the Attorney General of the State of Michigan Requesting an Investigation of Certain Restrictions and Discriminations Practiced by the Detroit Real Estate Board--Affecting the Citizens of Michigan, Submitted August, 1956, by the Detroit Real Estate Brokers Association--and a Group of Civic, Fraternal, Labor, and Other Organizations in Michigan
This draft statement, evidently prepared for review by signers from NAACP and Michigan Association of Real Estate Brokers, cites restrictive practices and pertinent court cases.
Statement to the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee in Support of an Effective Fderal FEPC, S. 692, Presented for the CIO and UAW
Includes examples and statistics on discrimination from Michigan Unemployment Compensation Commission files; narrates UAW efforts to achieve equality.