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[[top left clipping]] [[written above the title, Sun Reporter Oct-6-1956]] Bay Area Anxious to Hear Party Leaders [[Photo of Hon. J. ERNEST WILKINS]] Hon. J. ERNEST WILKINS One of the most anxious anticipated events in political history in the Bay Area will be the presentation of two of the nation's most outstanding Negro leaders, each speaking on his party's program as it affects the future of the Negro in the United States. This event will take place on Sunday, October 14, at Nourse Auditorium (in former Commerce High School building) corner of Van Ness and Hayes Streets, San Francisco, when the Honorable J. Ernest Wilkins, assistant Secretary of Labor in President Eisenhower's cabinet, ranking Negro Republican, and that dynamic young congressman from the State of Michigan, Representative Charles C. Diggs, powerful Democrat, will face each other and an eager audience. "This will be the first time, San Francisco and other Bay area [[photo of REP. CHARLES C. DIGGS]] REP. CHARLES C. DIGGS communities have ever had a chance to hear first hand from the men within the inner circle, just what direction the party is moving in regards to civil rights and other issues which are of particular interest to us," said one of San Francisco's leading Republican figures. The Democratic and Republican party organizations are giving support to this meeting which they feel will reach the heart of the concern of Negro voters. The meeting will be sponsored jointly by the Sun-Reporter and the National Council of Negro Women, San Francisco chapter. This will be a part, for the Council, of their Citizenship Education project which they are co-sponsoring with the National Urban League. The meeting will begin promptly at 3:30. A public reception for the speakers will be hosted by the San Francisco Council of Negro Women at Hamilton Center immediately after the close of the meeting. [[far right clipping]] [[underlined]]NCNW Plans Reception For Forum Speakers[[//underlined]] The Citizenship Education Project committee of the San Francisco chapter of the National Council of Negro Women will entertain at a public reception for Congressman Charles Diggs and Hon J. Ernest Wilkins at the close of the Political Forum at Nourse Auditorium on Sunday afternoon, October 14. The reception will be held at the Hamilton Recreation Center, Geary and Steiner Streets. The council is co-sponsoring the Political Forum with The Sun Reporter as part of their citizenship education program. The Junior Council, which has been assisting so ably with the Voters Education Committee, is sponsoring an open meeting on Wednesday, October 12, at the headquarters, 1914 Fillmore. Two representatives from the league of Women Voters will speak on state and local ballot measures. This project is being carried out on a non-partisan basis. Plans are already made for presenting candidates from both parties and discussions on all the major issues involved in the coming election. Membership in the Junior Council is open, and any young ladies interested in joining may call the headquarters at FI 6-6076 [[written at the bottom of the clipping, S.F. SUN REPORTER OCT. 6,1956 [[bottom clipping]] [[written in the left margin, S.F. SUN REPORTER OCT. 20,1956]] THE POLITICAL FORUM last Sunday afternoon was a whopping success. [[underlined]]The reception given by the San Francisco chapter of the National Council of Negro Women was a fitting climax.[[//underlined]] The honored guests, Congressman Charles C. Diggs and Hon. J. Ernest Wilkins, had a chance to chat with people informally. A delicious repast was served by the council members. Caught a glimpse of Cecil Poole, Terry Francois Solomon Johnson, John Adams and Joseph B. Williams representing the legal lights. John Dail, Jr., national representative of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Los Angeles, was seeing old friends. Mrs. Joseph Kennedy, who thrilled the forum audience with her beautiful vocalizing, Betty Prather, Rebecca Braan, Mrs. Francois, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Beaver, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Grandvel Jackson, and loads of others had a chance to greet the distinguished visitors. [[2010.60.1.20]]