Footnote 12-37: Ibid., p. 689.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-38: Ibid., pp. 691-94. The quotation is from page 694.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-39: Ibid., p. 645.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-40: The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 11, 1948; PM, April 11, 1948. See also McCloy and Ruetten, Quest and Response, pp. 107-08; "Crisis in the Making: U.S. Negroes Tussle With the Issue," Newsweek, June 7, 1948, pp. 28-29; L. Bennett, Jr., Confrontation Black and White (Chicago: Johnson Press, 1965), pp. 192-94; Grant Reynolds, "A Triumph for Civil Disturbance," Nation 167 (August 28, 1948):228-29.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-41: New York Times, April 1, 1948.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-42: Washington Post, April 2, 1948.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-43: McCoy and Ruetten, Quest and Response, p. 107.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-44: Department of National Defense, "National Defense Conference on Negro Affairs," 26 Apr 48. This document includes the testimony and transcript of the news conference that followed. Officials appearing before the committee included James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; Robert P. Patterson, former Secretary of War; Marx Leva, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense; James Evans, Adviser to the Secretary of Defense; Kenneth C. Royall, Secretary of the Army; John N. Brown, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; and personnel officials and consultants from each service.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-45: NME Press Releases, 26 Apr and 8 Sep 48.[(Back)]
Footnote 12-46: Memo, Forrestal for Marx Leva, 30 Apr 48; Ltr, Nelson to Leva, 24 May 48; Memo, Leva for SA, 25 May 48. All in D54-1-3, SecDef files.[(Back)]