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The following lists of companies and their trade names has been compiled by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and includes only companies with plants or subsidiaries in Alabama.

It is felt that these companies 1 as a result of their prominent

1 position in the state s total economy 1 could 1 were they so motivated 1 effect significant and long-overdue progress toward:

- Securing for all citizens 21 and older 1 their civil right +­

in fact register and vote in all elections 1 and

- Ending finally the brutality and violence 1 bo1~, sanctioned and

condemned by elected official's 1 which has consistently been used to discourage the Negro citizens of Alabama from fulfilling their responsibilities to take an active part in this democratic government.

Carefully chosen from the entire business community 1 these

144 companies represent those businessmen in Alabama who have most abdicated their res~onsibility to the communities they serve

and support1 and from which they derive benefit.

It is conceivable that individuals and local groups across this land who have in so many ways supported the drive of Alabama 1 s

Negroes for the right to vote 1 would want to reexamine the economic support they have been giving to these companies and therefore to the brutal and systematic exclusion of Negro citizens from the governments of Alabama. 2

COMPANIES AR~GEP _ PV HOME OfFlCE _

CONSOLIDA'rED FOODS CORP. BIRMINGHAM: COLORADO

ALABAMA BY-PRODUCTS CORP, CONTAINER CORP. DENVER: ALABAMA POWER CO. MCGRAW-EDISON CO. IDEAL CEMENT QUAKER OATS HAYES INTERNATIONAL COR!'.

VULCAN MATERIALS CO. STONE CONTAINER

LEEDS: CONNfcrtCUT SWIFT" CO,

ANDERSON ELECTRIC CORP. EVANSTON: BRIDGEPORT: MOBILE: CALUMET " HECLA, INCORJ?.

WARNER BROS. CO. KEWANEE: ALABAMA DRY DOCKS & SHIPBUILDING

STAMFORD: BOSS MFG. CO. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES HUYCK, I!>C. MONTGOMERY: OAKBROOK:

CJUCAGO BRIDGE & IRON CO. WJUTFIELD PICKLE CO. DELAWARE NORTH BIRMINGHAM: INDIANA ALABAMA GAS CORP. WILMINGTON:

U, S, PIPE & .'OUNDRY CO, COLUMBUS: HERCULES POWDER OPELIKA: ARVIN INDUSTRIES PULLMAN, INCORP.

J. HERBERT ORR INDUSTRIES INDIANAPOLIS:

SELMA: P. R. MALLORY & CO.

BUSHHOG INC. MUNCIE: ATLANTA: SOUTHLAND CORP. liiARHOEFER PACKING CO.

SYLACAUGA: FULTON INDUSTRIES, INC. MARYLAND AVONDALE MILLS OXFORD CORP.

WOODWARD: SOUTHERN CO. BALTIMORE: WOODWARD IRON CO. WEST POINT: COMME RCIAL CRE DIT CO.

WE ST POINT MFG. CO. CALIFORNIA MT. VERN ON MILLS

BE VERLY HI L LS: MASSACHUSETTS LITTON INDUSTRIES ILLINOIS BOSTON: F ULLERTON: KENDALL CO. CJUCAGO: HUNT FOODS & INDUSTRIES. INC EASTHAMPTON: OAKLAND: ALLIED MILLS, INCORP. UNITED ELASTIC CORP. ALLIED PAPER CORP. KAISER ALUMINUM & CHEMICAL CO REDWOOD: AMERICAN BAKERIES CO. MICHIGAN

AMPEX CORP. ARMOUR AND CO. DEARBORN: SAN FRAN CISCO: BEATRICE ··ooDS CO. FORD MOTOR CO. C FOREMOST DAIRIES. INCORP. ECO STEEL PRODUCTS

J AMES B. CLOW & SON STANDARD OIL o.· CALIFORNIA DETROIT: AMERACE CORP. Utf l v

CHRYSLER CORP. AMERICAN BRAKE SHOE I AKRON: AMERICAN CAN CO. FRUEHAUF CORP. B. F. GOODRICH AVCO CORP. JACKSON: GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. BEAUNIT COHP. ACME INDUSTRIES CANTON: CENTRAL FOUNDRY CO. SOUTHFIELD: UNION METAL MFG. CO. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. GUERDON INDUSTRIES CLEVELAND: CONTINENTAL CAN cp. COLE NATIONAL CORP.

DOLLY MADISON FOODS MINNESOTA DIAMOND ALKALI CO.

ELECTRIC BOND & SHARE CO. LAMSON & SESSIOI>S CO. AUSTIN: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. GEO. A. HORMEL & CO. GLEN ALDEN CORP. MINNEAPOLIS: TOLEDO: INDIAN HEAD MILLS, INC. , INCORP. ELTRA CORP. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. PILLSBURY CO. KAYSER-ROTH. CORP. PENNSYLVANIA ST. PAUL: LONE STAR CEMENT CORP. ALLJCNTOWN: MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO. LOWENSTEIN & SONS LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO. MISSOURI M.AHLENE INDUSTRIES BRISTOL:

MARTIN MARIETTA CORP. TH!OKOL CHEMICAL, CORP. KANSAS CITY: NATIONAL DAI]l)' PRODUCTS CHESTE11 : BUTLER MFG. CO. OLIN MATJ!IESON SCOTT PAPEH CO. II. D. LEE. JNC. PHJ LADELPHIA & HEADI NG COH P. EASTON: ST. LOUIS : l' lllLU l'S-YAN HEuSE N CO RP. ALPHA POH T LAND CEMENT CO. BEMIS BROS. J" AG CO. HUBEHOTD CO. E RI E: MONSANTO CO. ST. REGIS PAP E H CO. HAMM.ER!

    STA UF FER CHEMICAL CO. BAYUK CIGARS, INCORP. NEBRASKA Ul\'lO N BAG-CAMP P APER CO. ROHM & HAASS CO.

    OMAHA: Ul\lON CARBIDE CORP. PITTSBURGH:

    NEBRASKA CONSOLIDATE!)f u . S. STEEL HARBISON-WALKER REFHACTOHIES C< NEW JERSEY MILLS WARD FOODS, JNC. NATCO C01P. WARSHOW & SONS H.K. PORTER NEW BRUNSWICK: WORTHJNGTON CORP. WESTINGHOUSE EL.ECTI!IC JOHNSON & JOHNSON PELHAM MANOR : WYOMISSING: PASSAIC: INDUSTRIES VANITY FAIR BOTANY INDUSTRIES WHITE PLAINS: RHOVE IS LANV NEW YORK REICHHOLD CHEMICALS EAST PROVIDENCE: BUFFALO: NORTH CAROLINA FRAM CORP. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO. GHEENSBORO:

    NEW YORK CITY BLUE BELL, INC.

    ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP. BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES 4

    TENNESSEE 1 BURRY Lo\11.0 & SHORTENING: AAMIX CHATTANOOGA: BUTTERNUT

    -DORIEY CORP, COLONIAL JEWEL OANDE£ JUSTRITE-HAJM:ST TIME IITANDAR().COOIIA-THATCHER CO: KOPALD IIEifPNffil· FARM CREST FJ:DEIIAL COMPRESS lo WABEHOVBE CO. GRENNAN CAKES MARHOEFER

    NABHVILLE: HARVEST SILVERLEAF

    GENESCO INCORP. HOLSUM SNOWDRIFT

    HONEYCRUST WESSON OIL

    TfXAS FORDAN DAIRY PRODUCTS: DALLAS: KILPATRICK'S ADELPHIA CAMPBELL TAGGART AISOClATED BAKERIES LANGENDORF BLUE VALLEY IIIVEBIIA, INC, LIFE AND GIRL SCOUT COOKIES CASINO HOUSTON: MANOR CHEEZ WHIZ TENNESSEE GAS TRANSiflSSION CORP. MEAD'S CHURNGOLD

    ME RITA CLOVERBLOOM

    PARADISE FRUIT CAKE DAN NON DANVILLE: PILLSBURY DOLLY MADISON DA!IliiVER MILLS RAINBO FOREMOST RICHifOMD: TAYSTEE HOLLAND REYNOLDS METALS CO. TIP-TOP HUMKO WISCONSIN ME AT & POULTRY: KEYJ

    MA RHOEFER FLOUR, MEAL & GRITS: PRODUCTS AND MERIT AUNT JEMIMA PREMIUM BEST OUT WE ST

    TRADE NAMES PROTEN CABIN HO ME I SPAM COSBY'S BEST

    BAKERY PRODUCTS: SWEET SUE GOLDEN FLAKE

    AUNT HANNAH SWIFT PREMIUM JIM DANDY

    BARBARA ANN TREET MOTHER'S BEST HUNT'S GEBHARDT'S MEXICAN FOOD CENTURY VANAPLUS PILLSBURY BEST MONARCH JANKER FRIS CLARK'S UNCLE SAM PRIDE OF THE FARM KOBEY' S POTATO PRODUCTS EXCELLO WHITE TUUP · SNIDER'S LA CHOY CHINESE FOOD MIXES: WHITE STAR TUNA MARIO'S SPANISH OLIVES HATHAWAY APPIAN WAY PIZZA OHIO BLUE TIP MATCHES JAYSON PICKLES & RELISHES: AUNT JEMIMA SARAH LEE FROZEN FOODS MUNSINGWEAR ALABAMA GIRL FIAI

    QUAKER OATS sol!IRE 'otNGrt ·· CAT CHOW OUTERWEAR & SPORTSWE_l\R QUAKER P1JFFED WHEAT W1t'nTIEi.o DOG CHOW AIRM\N qt!AKER PUFFED RICE DASH jCOFFEE: ARNOLD PALMER RIC!; CHEX KEN-L-BISKIT ~- . ... .;.. ... CArE VIVO . ARROW wHthcih:x KEN-t-RATION FROMME'S FINEST BOTANY 500 KEN-L-BURGER FOOD STUf.FS, GENERAL: GOLP STANDARD DAN RIVER KEN-L-MEAL BOOTH RED DIAMOND HOLlAND HOUSE GORT Me LEED KEN-L-TREATS BREYERS HOLLAND HOUSE HAL JOSEPH IMPERIAL BLEND PARD DAIRY MARTIN OF CALIFORNIA PUSS 'N BOOTS FULL-0-FLAVOR SYRUP: 'CLOTJ:!.lli,G, Mt:N'~ PARIS BELTS

    GENTRY ALGA SOCKS: PURITAN

    GIBBS FLINT RIVER ADLER ROBERT BRUCE HAYDEN HOUSE GEORGIA RIBBON BACHELOR'S FRIEND TOPSAIL

    KRAFT . PLOW BOY BAN-LON VAN HEUSEN

    MARY KITCHEN RED HILL BURLINGTON'S WINDBREAKER

    MINNESOTA ESQUIRE WORSTED-TEX PRESERVES & JELLIES: OCOMA INTERWOVEN LUTZ & SCHRAM TROUSERS: PHILLIPS PHOENIX SQUIRE DINGEE CHAMP QUAKER SUPP HOSE LANIER RED TOP CANDY & CONFECTIONS: TOP BRASS LEESURES RICHELIEU CLARK VIYELLA LEE RIDER RUSTIC. HOLLOWAY CANDIES MAVERICK SHASTA SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS, MILK DUDS UNDERWEAR TOWN HOUSE SIGNET RICHARDSON MINTS ARROW T-ROUSE:t) THANK YOU BAN LON MISCELLANEOUS WRANGLEr WOLF llRAND BEECH-NUT BABY FOOD BLUESTONE WORK CLOTI!J:S: CANNED FOODS, CATSUP: EAGLE CHILI POWDER BIKE ATHLETIC SUPPORTERS BIG BEN CHICKEN OF THE SEA FUNNY FACE DRINK l\1IX BLUEBELL KAYSER GLOVES CAMPUS DATEBOOK

    CASEY JONES KAYSER LOUNGEWEAR CLARK FIOilRTUNET

    FRUIT OF THE LOOM LADYBUG DELILAH HOLIDAYS

    GREAT WESTERN LADY EXCELLO DOUBLE PL.I'.Y INGENUE

    MAVERICK LADY HATHAWAY DOVE SKIN UNDIES JIFFIES SLIPPERS

    NATI ONAL MASTER LADY PURITAN DRESS SHAPERS DAY DING

    SEDGEF IELD LADY VAN HEUSEN EXQUISITE FORM LAIRD SCHOBER

    WRANGLER LADY WRANGLER FOREVER YOUNG MADEMOISELLE

    MAGIC MOTION GLOVES FORMFIT/ RODGERS MANNEQUIN SHOES: MORNING STAR- PAISLEY FREE-LIFT MERCURY SLIPPERS CEDAR CREST NEN WORLD GOOD NEWS NEOLITE SOLES FLAGG PEPPERTREE HICKORY I MILLER FORT UN E SARONG GLOVES HOLLYWOOD VASSARETTE· MILLERKINS FRAN K BROS SP LASH KAYSER VALENTINE HARDY TANNER OF NO RTH LS GANT VOGUE HAWKEYE CAROLINA LILYETTE JARMAN THE V!Ll..I\G ER CLOTHING. CHILDREN'S LIT'l'tE FIBBER JOHNSTON & MURPHY WRANGLER CLOTHING & TOYS: LITTLE GODIVA NEOLITE SOLES YOUNG IDEAS ARROW LITTLE WISPS OF WOW STATLER HOISERY: CARNEGIE MAGIC LADY • W L DOUGLAS ARTCfV\FT KAYSER NIGHT SHAPERS .Ql&THING. WOM_EJi:.2, BA LLE T MOJUD PERM A-LIFT SKIRTS, BLOUSES , DRESSES, CAM EO NAZARETH SPORTSWE!IR: PLI\YTEX CLAUSSN ER S!IRONG ACTIONWEAR ' PLAYTEX NURSER FLI NG TOPPER TOYS AILEEN RUN-A-ROUN FKUIT OF THE LOOM WESTERN ROLLER SKATES A' NR JR SILF SKIN HATT IE CARN EGIE ARROW SPANDEX SHOES: IRONWE!IR BAN CORA STA-UP-TOP ACROBAT KAYSER BAN-LON STRETCHBRA NEOLITE SOLES Me CALLU M CATALINA TOMORROW NUMBER 26 MOJUD COLE OF CALIFORNL!I VANITY PARADE MAJORETTE NORTH MONT COS COB VANITY FAIR PARTY-GOERS PHOENIX COTESBURY VENUS PLAYMATES SA PP HIRE COUNTRY JUNIOR WARNER'S S'AN RlVER WARNER'S BODY STORY-BOOK SLE NDERELLA EVERGLAZE WARNER' S MERRY WIDOW WELLINGTON SUPP HOSE HARBOR ROAD WARNERETTE FABRICS & DRY GOODS LUCERN UNDERCLOTHI NG: WISP ON ACRILAN JACK WINTER A'LURE AMERICAN BAMBE RG SHOES: JASON CLASS IC BEAU SURE BARBOUR'S THREAD COVE ~ GIRL JEANIES THE BIG NOTHING BEAR BRAND CHRISTIAN DIOR JUDY BOND BIRTHDAY SUI~ BL UE-C 7 BOTANY BAND AID KLEENEX GENERAL ELECTRIC

    BUCILLA • BAUER & BLACK KRAFT BAGS WESTINGHOUSE CAP ROLAN BI-PHASE LILY CUPS _G .:JNSUM--'.!LMISGELI.!'>Nj:_Q]l.§

    CHEMSTRAND BLUE JAY FOOT PRODS MULTI-PAK SOFT CIGARS: DRINK CONTAINER~ CONDOTTI CONf'IDETS CIGARILLO NORTHERN DAN RIVER COTTON SEWING ITEMS CINCO OLIN SACKS DRI-DON CURAD FLO R- DE- MELBA SCOT-'l'ISSUE DUNE DUCK CURITY DIAPERS FORUM SCOT TOWELS FLEISHER FEMS GARCIA Y VEGA SCOTTIES GALEY & FORD FERRANIA SPA PHOTO PHILLIES SOFT-WEVE/ GOLDMEAL THREAD FIBS PRINCE HAMLET WALDORF GRAND VINO ISODETTES ROYALIST WA>crg_ GREENWOOD FABRICS ISO DINE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES: RUSKIN

    INDIAN HEAD JOHNSON'S BABY PRODS AIRTEMP TOM MOORE

    INWOOD KOTAMS AMPEX WEBSTER KANT STRAND KOTEX ARVIN SPORTS EQUIPMENT: KLOPMAN 1.1\ MAWR COSMETICS BROXODENT CADDY CAR LOWENSTEIN MICRIN GENERAL ELECTRIC ' KADDIE KART MAGNOLIA ORTHO-NOVUM LAUNDROMAT RENAULD OF FRANCE • MONARCH SANEK BARBER & BEAUTY SUNGLASSES PHILCO PRODUCTS MONOSTRETCH REVERE-WOLLEN SACK 'lEA SKI SUN LAMPS SCOTCH TAPE NORTHCOOL VYCRON ::;ARDEN EQUIPMENT: SPEED QUEEN SCOTCHGARD OCEANIC DIXIE LAWN MOWERS, TOAST MASTER ' BARBEQUE GRILLS SCOTCH LITE PACIFIC TROPIC AIRE SCOTCHPAK GARDEN PRIDE MOWERS, PEERLESS BARBEQUE GRILLS SAN TOW AX WESTINGHOUSE PEPPERELL GERING REINFORCED 6-12 REPELLANT LINENS: GARDEN HOSE RAEFORD SPECTROCIN DAN RIVER SUPPLEX LAWN HOSE RASCHEL KNIT SQUIBB FAIRFAX RED HAND THREAD LUGGAGE: STERI-PAD FURIT OF THE LOor.· RYMPLECLOTH JI.MELIA EARHART TELFA DENDALL SI\NFORIZED LADY BALTIMORE VI GRAN LADY PEPPERELL SANFORIZED-PLUS HOUSEtlQ.IJ2..mlEPL!!a_ OTHER: MARTEX SIGNATURE PAPER PRODUCTS: BRUCE FLOORWAX & PEQUOT SKINNER BONDWARE CLEANERS lJARPETS: TAMARA CUT-RITE ECUSTA CIGARETTE PAPERS LEES WAMSUTTA DELSEY EVEREADY BATTERIES RICRAC WEBRIL DIXIE CUP FAMILY PI.I\CEMATS NEEDLETUFT WINKLER KNIT DUR-A-LUG LONG BELL CABINETS CABIN CRAFT WRINKL-SHED EXCELL-O PAK MILK RICHELIEU COSTUME JEWELHY CONTAINERS .QB.~.LOR£ PRO~ P0vVER TOOLS: TARN I- SHIELD TARNISH FACE-ELLE REMOVER ACE COMBS DISKCROME GOLDEN PINE SACKS WINCHESTER FIREARMS ARREST IN DISSTON ;•t,

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    TYREX TIRE CORD SNO-BRITE SURFACE RAC&WAY CARDINAL FOOD STORES UNION AUTOMOBILES: 3 1\4 ABRASIVES ' EAGLE FOOD CENTERS WATERVLIET CHRYSLER TUFFAK ' S H KRESS & CO WAYLITE CONTINENTAL TURFIBER LAWSON MILK CO WHIP PIT DART VCRSA ,CRIMP QUALITY GOOD STORES WORTHINGTON DODGE TYPEWRITERS: ROYAL BLUE FOOD STORES FALCON ROYAL-Me BEE GU!!J?I!jQ.~.YJ'J'LI,!;§ lQ..AliQ_QMJ'_Jllilj:_S_ WALLGOARD, BRICK, TILE: FRUEHAI,JF TRUCKS · ROYAL ELECT.RIC & TRAILERS CITIZENS LOAN CORP ROYTYPE' " Duf1;AsAN :', IMPERIAL CIT'{ LO~ & SAVINGS (OHIO) , ~:... : · - r~ ....; · . ~--.<··~·?-: ;te~:. · Pt;L.' , :'; ,'. · • ' : ~ : ~ l , ' . ::f· • LINCOLN , OFFICE EQUIPMENT: · . ; • COMMERCIAL CREDIT CO ' .. ,i . ·. . ~ . 9Arbk~;dR.I.P ~:< .. . I\1EMCURY COLE . .. ; .. ' ..·~· . ·~·· , ,.::. ~ :::~: · ~~ >•. .. MASTER LOAN SERVICE INC OOLJ> UONQ' 5 · MUSTANG MONROE NORTH CENTRAL FINANCE CORP HYDRO .CRAFT PLYMOUTH MONROLOT UNIVERSAL FINANCE CO SIMCA MONROE SWEDA KAISCR r[BCR llOARP THUNDERBIRD THERMO-fAX DAI~ ER GYPS UM I'QARD VALIANT RKO PICTURES & THEATRES VIDEO-f,JLE . L '' ::t : :·. ~ ' f .-. ;J.' ·~. ~1 ~RiiA LO W "' , VOICE WRITER NATCO ' llli?.Y_SJJi~~~l'.PJ..~~ PETROLEU M PRODUCTS: MOBILE HOMES: NATCO PG!iT AMERIPOL CHE VRO N EMBASSY NORMAj'J & STANDARD BAKELITE GREAT LAKES f< P M DELO SISAL!( RAFT BUTLER BUILDINGS VAGABOND ~ : ; ,;:rh : :. D OiL STi,T!O:\S STARCOR DELTA STAR in .:111 stutes c xccnt the VAN DYKE iollowing : Colo-,W, ind , TEXCOR DURA CRIMP !~J. n, L ), :\ !ich , \ :inn, \:o , VICEROY :.: o nt, :\cb, c\ 'Jul;, Oklu, UNIWALL FACING S :)uk, \\.isc, \Vyo . VITRITILE TE NNECO PAPER & STATIONERY: DURA WELD WOOD ROCK AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS: ACTION PAPER FLOR•DUCT

    ARVIN BURGESS IMP LEX FLOORING:

    ARVIN YL BUCKEYE- BECKETT MARKSMAN BRUCE DURA-WOOD

    EVEREADY COAST MONOPANL BRUCE HARDWOOD

    FRAM COCKLE STONE MODULAR WALL KOROSEAL TILE

    ILCO DEE PLAKE ORONITE RUGEROID TILE

    LOCKWOOD HA MM ER MILL PARAPLEX RANC H PI.'<.NK

    MALLORY INTERNATIONAL BOND PLEXI-GLAS PAI NT: MO PAR PA RTS MANAGE MENT BOND POLYMER PLASTICS IJ T S PI\ ESTONE NATIO N'S ROLL BAND NCW VELVET SUPREME TH ER ~.10 ID OLD COLONY SCOTCHCAST

    SOUTH SHORE SCOTCHLITE CEMENT: I TIRES : SPRINGlHLL SCOTCHLOK ALPHA GO ODRIC H STRATH MORE SCOTCHRAP CYCLEWELD GO ODYEAR HIGH EAR LY

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    LEHIGH

    LONE STAR

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    EQU IPMENT & CHEMICALS:

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    ALLIS-CHALMERS

    BUSH HOG

    FORD

    EZEE FLOW

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    NEW IDEA

    OLIN CHEMICALS

    ORTHO CHEMICALS

    LrJESTOCK FEE DS:

    AMAPOLll

    CABIN HOME

    FUL-0-PEP

    JIM DA NDY

    NIXON

    PURINA CHOW

    RED HAT

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    Vol. Ill WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1965 No. 63 House of Representatives

    there are not two Gods--one for the ALABAMA BOYCOTT white~. and one for the Negroes, and that these Gods require a diiTerent church of blind and unreasoned prejudice. Let Mr. NIX. Mr. Speaker, In these days them cast out their distorted moral when Dr. Martin Luther King is being value~: and revert to the true and eternal criticized for his expressed intention to . value~ governing mankind. push the Alabama boycott, let- it be Wh~n that time comes even the people clearly understood that I fully agree with of Alabama will readily see that in this him, that I will lend any and all aid to month of April 1965, the 358th year of him, and that I applaud his courage and Neg-ro oppression in America, it is more ingenuity. than reasonable for Dr. Martin Luther These kindly souls who deplore this King to voice the demands of the Ne­ boycott say they arP. fearful that the ad­ groes of Alabama to: mitted slight gains in Negro-white rela­ Fint. Call upon industries and busi­ tions might be destroyed, they say the nesses to abandon any plans for expand­ good and decent white people of Alabama ing in Alabama-and if there are no who are timidly beginning to favor result:;. Negro demands will be discouraged and Sec,Jnd. Ask private institutions, will again retire to the sidelines. To churches, and labor unions to reexamine these timid souls, I say that you are in placement of pension fund.:; in Alabama effect saying to Dr. King, to the Negroes for investment. engaged in a great and just social revolu­ Third. Ask the U.S. Government to tion that they are moving too fast-that withdraw U.S. tax dollars from Alabama they must walk softly-thdt time and banks. more time must be given to the whites Fourth. Consumer boycott against of Alabama. speciflc products. Mr. Speaker, these detractors, these Mr. Speaker, I conclude by reminding objectors, do not say that the boycott fs the Members of this House of Repre­ lllegal, they do not say that the boycott sentatives, the critics of Dr. King and violates the moral law, they C'> not say the good people of Alabama that meeting that this act wfll bring hardship to the t.he simple conditions listed below will innocent. U they mean that hardship eliminate this boycott. will come to the Negroes of Alabama, These conditions are: the answer is let It come. No suffering Fir:;t. An end to the poll tax in all can match the suffering that has been electi·Jns. endured in the past and is being endured Second. Allow voter registration at now by th~ Negroes of Alabama. times convenient to working people-­ If they mean that the good white peo­ J'f'ratlon: In June, 1964, Gov· tipped them oU on potential problema In Sel· emor Wallace wrote llammermill requesting ma. ' that If the company rll'cided to locale In Alabama It make the ortieial announcement with htm In a joint public pre~ 3 confl'r· '''"'"· "Thill Willi a pl'rfl'dly natural rcqul'~t 12 .Selma would not remove the problems which "'"I T g-:1\"e our commitment on it," ~ayll exist, nor would our absence from Alallfl~a :\I r Tll'\'il t. advance civil liberties. To·the contrary, It Is h J :munry, l!lM, with flnanr!al :mrl oth.• r our considered conviction that when Ham· ' ""~""ni:"E'ntcnls rompletcrl anrl lanrl optio n ~ . ·mermlll becomes an employer in Alabama running out. Hammcrmill notifirrl the n.w­ It wilt malte a major contribution toward ernor that " thl' «-nrli«-st time for nn nn­ improving ·economic ' and ·civic health of the nounremcnt woulrl be the Wl'l'k of ]f('h. :1 ." communities a,ffectj!d by our activities. We Governor Wnllare replierl that Frh. J would will provide new job opportunities and eco­ be a fine rlay ilnrl it w;,s ':;o ng-rl't~ rl. ThP nomt.c stimulus to the central Alabama area prl's!l confcrent•e in l\lontg-onH•r·y woulrl h:rn• which will benefit both Negro and 'white alike h<'<'n routinl' l"nmrg-h ("We havr :11mnurw('d and will contribute to the long-term solution nP:.rly $1 billion worth of new lntlustrv ~incc of the complex race relations problem in the Governor Wallnce took · offire," ~~~~·,. · Prr"~ South .... Recrctnry Bill .Jonell) hnd It not hrrn for• ~ This statement was more to the liking of events In S<'lma. at least some civil 'rights leaders. "They While Hnmmcrmill wa" im·l'~lig-nlinJ:" !':rl­ have responded; If they follow through on mll for It!! pulp poll'ntial, rivil rij!"hls lr:ul­ their promises I will be very satisfied," com· er!l had been <'Xnminining itll potrntinl "" a mented Dr. Spike, who says the church boy· civil rightll battlcgrounrl. They fount! n hill· cott will be dropped. The NAACP and CORE. lllry llfld pattr.m of Negro clis<'nfranchisl'· issued no further attacks on the company. ment and a volatile sheriff, Jim Clark, who ··• mld be expecterl to RssiRt Negr·o prote!ltors Plea From King in making headline" arounrl the world. Hqwever, Hammermlll waa. recently Pin· On Feb. 1 the Rev. Martin Luther IvPr. a refusal by Hammermill to lor•.atc neilr can make thla lmpollible •.