Ms, ' Lyinette Taylor Executive . Director Deeta Sigma ' Theta, Inc
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August 20, 1969 Ms, ' Lyinette Taylor Executive . Director Deeta Sigma ' Theta, Inc. 1814 "M" Street, N. ' ’ W. Wahii^c^ttoe, D. C. ■ ' 20036 Dar ■ Lynnete: It is always a great: ' pleasure for me to' have a role in any meeting 'sponsored by ' the Deta sicma Theta Sooooity. Of'' the •. many . Deta• • meetings . I have . »participated ' in, there is ' no doubt that ' the ■ 30th Annual'Convention was the greatest and ■ most enjoyable yet. I ' was delighted to be . ''the luncheon speaker, ' and I must confess, very happy ' with the response, to my speech. My expenses pursuant to the Conveetion were as follows: Air Fare (round trip) $ 111.30 (receipt attached) Taxi . fare (home to airport and return) 12.00 Dinner 7.50 Total $ 110.80 f Ms. Lynnette Taylor ■ - 2. August 20, 1969 ■ ■ ■ I ■ co^c^gatul ate . you , on an exciting and successful vention and on the exaellent , ' job you are do:Lng as Exo cult ive ■ Director. Please be assured that ■ if at any tm I can , 1 will be More■ than happy to ■ do so. Sincerely, ernon ■ E. ■■ Jordan, Jr. ¡rector ' V£h:nm Eidos *• -- August 4, 1969 Mrs. Frankie Muse Freeman National President Delta . .Siuma '■ Theta, . Inc. 1814 M Street, N. ' W. Waatihngton, D. C. ..■ 20036 Dear. Frankies -I As always 'I ■ ■ am pleased to share in any program of Delta Sigma ■ Theta. I am . particularly honored to participate .in . the 30ti Nafiomail. Connention, and . to appear in."Salute to Deetas Elected to Public Office" at tie luncheon .prouram set ‘ for Wecinnsday,. August 13, 1969. Pursuant to . my participation, please find enclosed a .copy of my biographical sketch and.a photograph. ■ I ■ .look to joining with yos.and all " ■ the .Deetas in Baltimore next week. ■few Sincerely, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. Director Voter Edusction Project VEJ:jb Enclosures V DELTA SIGMA THETA, INC., st0Uk NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS • 1814 M STREET, N.W. • WASHINGTON, D. C. ' 20036 • 338-7727 LYNNETTE TAYLOR Executive Director CATHERINE BANKS WILLIAMS Fiscal Officer July 29, 1969 Mr. Vernon Jordan, Director Voter Education Project Southern Regional Council 5 Forsythe Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia Dear Vernon: Delta is always happy to have you join us for a regional and national program meetings.. We are looking forward to your parti cipation in our 30th National Convention, to appear in "Salute to Deltas Elected to Public Office." This is a luncheon program scheduled to be held Wednesday, August 13th at 1:00 p.m. in the Statler Hilton Hotel. We will pay your air fare to Baltimore and the cost of a hotel room in the Baltimore Statler Hilton for one night. Please indicate your plans and return the enclosed form to Mrs. Claudette Ford, our program assistant, immediately in care of Delta in Washington. If you return the form after August 4, send it to Mrs. Ford in care of the Baltimore Statler Hilton Thank you for your assistance and cooperation Very truly yours, National President CF : dg MRS. FRANKIE M. FREEMAN, National President • MRS. LILLIAN BENBOW, National First Vice President • MISS JACQUELINE SHARP, National Second Vice President • MRS. LENNIE P. TOLLIVER, National Secretary • MISS PHOEBE LESESNE, National Treasurer • DR. SADIE T. M. ALEXANDER, Legal Advisor • MRS. LORENE M. LEWIS, Director, Central Region • MRS. CHRISTINE MOORE, Director, Eastern Region • MISS BARBARA WILLIAMS, Director, South Atlantic Region • MRS. HARRIETTE F. WILLIAMS, Director, Farwest Region • MRS. HORTENSE CANADY, Director, Midwest Region • MRS. FANNYE HARRIS, Director, Southern Region • MRS. JUNE H. BREWER, Director, Southwest Region • MRS. ELLEN LAW, Chairman, Finance Committee • MRS. THELMA COBB, Chairman, National Nominating Committee • MRS. ANNIE BROOKS, Chairman, Publications and Public Relations Committee • MRS. THELMA T. DALEY, Chairman, National Projects • MRS. VIVIAN WASHINGTON, Chairman, Housing and Properties • MISS DOROTHY I. HEIGHT, Co-Chairman, Golden Life Membership Committee • MRS. GWENDOLYN HIGGINBOTHAM, Co-Chairman, Golden Life Membership Committee • MRS. DOROTHY P. HARRISON, Chairman, Personnel Committee • MRS. CHARLOTTE LEWIS, Co-Chairman, Social Action Commission • MRS. ELAINE GRAND CHAPTER JENKINS, Co-Chairman, Social Action Commission • DR. GERALDINE P. WOODS, Immediate Past President An Affiliate of the National Council of Negro Women Ofield Dukes & Associates, inc. Public Relations • Federal Government Liaison August 26, 1969 Mr. Vernon Jordan Voter Education Program Southern Regional District 5 Forsyth Street, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Vernon: Please excuse the delay in responding to your request for copies of news clips on yo ur impressive participation in the recent Delta Sigma Theta convention. I have been waiting for the news clips from our clipping service. I am herewith enclosing the following: A copy of the Associated Press story, as filed. A copy of our story, which went to more than 200 black newspapers, including the Atlanta Daily World and Inquirer. News clip received to date on your speech. I don't want to keep repeating myself, but the Deltas were highly moved by your stirring speech. Please let me know when you are ready to run for President. Keep up the might fine work you are doing, suh, and we all up here hope to see you'al real soon. enc. P. S. Photos being sent by °elta SUITE 428 «NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING • WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 • (202) 638-2299 Thotaa 210 the democratic prweaa, a black voUng »t^sfes leader charred Wednesday >. „ T ”~ poli.clML---^ thOu HB«*nxEtep<U4iit Nixon » fidninistratlon "awoiint to 3 aelloat and a renegiig on t he promises of' damcoracy*” < w»-na good is a now systw of welfare when equal edu«.ctlonal V^>rnon Jordan, di?ector of toe ¿outhern I?e£lonal Cm^d'a voter education project* ¿a. s*!KJWs:tnxoteiX':)^lw«c?itriift±oxBire»4«exe«cwrttjrx -’,Thl°s ore the s qu^tlons In the minds of bl^k people todsy as thoy raUta to the p^tlcal. process/’ said Jordan tfio held tw prasldenUul study appointments nnder Lyndon B. Johnson. i-a spoks at the 30th rm^nal conventtan of Delta o' Thetat s pred<"sxinstH.»l.y ^r^*gpo j>tbltc service sorority* ^3mto .the jsok'sz**?*^^'*^*rrtr I ~ ■ / Jordan attacked t-h*k_Mxon addnnis ration for uh at rc called “the 1000-1’0^^™ of the cabinet; the slow-down, nrmt^crM sing. a”!blvalcut approach to school desegregation; the appointment of acknowledged racists to responsible positions, and the proposal of a wel-tar® plan that's a bureaucratic moonsrooity that won’t feed the m hungry.'* ' Young heuroes» ho told the convention» are qucsticninu the J rd «vance ®X r-x??esscttawfWrr«jf demcorac”. j ' ihoy don’t understand a p^l^i-tical process that says uo slow now on equal educational oppporunttins for t^rem but solids them fast to Vietnam to die in disproportionate numers fbr the can.. « of demwracyJordan sad3 ahc iHashinyinti JJnst WASHINGTON, D. C. D. 479,644 SUN. 626,111 AUG 1 5 1969 Nixon’s Policies Termed ‘Sellout’ BALTIMORE, Aug. 11, (AP) to school desegregation: the —Saying that young Negroes appointment of acknowledged areape ' questioning the demo- ractets to «sjWMfole P°s cratic process, a black voting tions, and the proposal of a pegistratire leader charged welftui plan th^'is a bureau yesterday that Nixon adminis- . cratic monstrosity that won t tration policies “amount to a feed the hungry. sellout and a reneging on the Young Negroes, he told the promises of democracy. convention, are questioning “What good is a new system the relevance of democracy. of welfare when equal educa “They don't understand a tional opportunities are de political process that says go nied and the right to vote is slow now on equal educational not protected?” demanded ( f ,|- Vernon Jordan, director of the ( opportumtist for them but Southern Regional Council's sends them fast to Vietnam to voter education project. die in disproportionate num “These are the questions in bers for the cause of dem°c- the minds of black people racy,” Oordan said . today as they relate to the pol itical process,” said Jordan, who held two presidential study appointments under Lyndon B. Johnson. He spoke at the 30th na tional convention of Delta Sigma Theta, a predominantly Negro public service sorority. Jordan attacked the admin istration for what he called “the resegregation of the cabi net; the slow-down, compro mising, ambivalent approach Ofield Dukes a Associates, inc. Public Relations Federal Government Liaison (202) 638-2299 SUITE 428 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 For Immediate Release Vernon Jordan sayy.... "BLACK VOTE GIVETH, AND ' BLACK VOTE TAKETH AWAY" New Political Motto Of Blacks in South BALTIMORE, MD. The revolutionary chanue which occurred when six black men were elected to public office in Greene County, Alabama, recently is a forerunner of political thinus to come in the South, accordinu to Vernon Jordan, Director, Southern Reuional Council. Jordan spoke before an overflow luncheon mnnting at the national convention of Delta Siuma Theta Sorority. It is gnnerally felt that Jordan, throuuh personal leadership and special technical assistance, has done as much as any person in helpinu blacks to ^uis^r to vote throuuhout the deep south. Althouuh only 33, he has been prominently mentioned as a potential candidate for Mayor of Atlanta, Georuia. Jordan said increased black rngistratiot is a tremendous new influence in the body politics of the south. He pointed out that in 19-44, total black re- yistration in 11 southern states was 250, 000, which was five percent of the voting population in these states. VERNON JORDAN 2 - In 1969, there werce 3. 2 million Mack: re^tered voters to the 11 f^utlm™ states, which ^^^^to 62 percent of toe souther He noted toto in Wssto^ppL there were only 22, 000' blackc ^toto^d to 1960 , and toto year the total is 251 000.