Letter to Clarence Holmes from M.C. Nerney at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

              TELEPHONE  CHELSEA   7481
Hational association for tbe advancement of Coloteb people
OFFICIAL   ORGAN—THE   CRISIS
NATIONAL   OFFICES—70   FIFTH   AVENUE,   NEW   YORK
National President:   Mr. Moorpield Storey, Boston.
Chairman of the Board of Directors:   DR. J. E. Spingarn, New York.
Director of Publications and Research:   Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, New York.
Treasurer:   Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, New York.
Secretary:   Miss Mary Childs Nerney, New York.
Board of Directors
Vice-Presidents :      Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, New York.
Rev. JobN Haynes Holmes, New York.
Mr. John E. Milholland, New York.
Mr. Archibald H. Grimke, Washington.
Rev. G^rnett R. Waller, Springfield.
Miss Mary White Ovington, Brooklyn.
Miss Jane Addams, Chicago.
Dr. C. E. Bentley, Chicago.
Rev. Hutchins C. Bishop, New York.
Rev. W. H. Brooks, New York.
Dr. F. N. Cardozo, Baltimore.
Prof. George William Cook, Washington.
Mr. George W. Crawford, New Haven.
Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, New York.
Mr. Archibald H. Grimke, Washington.
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, New York.
Dr. V. Morton Jones, Brooklyn.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, New York.
Mr. Paul Kennaday. New York.
Mr. Joseph Prince IyOUd, Boston.
Mr. John E- Milholland, New York.
Mrs. Max Morgenthau, Jr., New York.
Miss Mary White Ovington, Brooklyn.
Mr. Charles Edward Russell, New York.
Dr. William A. Sinclair, Philadelphia.
Mr. Arthur B. Spingarn, New York.
Dr. J. E- Spingarn, New York.
Mr. Moorfield Storey, Boston.
Mr. Charles H. Studin, New York.
Dr. John G. TJnderhill, New York.
Mr. Oswald Garrison Villard, New York
Miss Gillian D. Wald, New York.
Rev. Garnett R. Waller, Springfield, Mass.
Dr. O. M. Waller, Brooklyn.
Mr. William English Walling, New York.
Mr. Butler R. Wilson, Boston.
June 29,   1915.
Mr.   Clarence F.  Holmes,   Jr.,
2139  Curtis  Street,
Denver,   Col.
My dear We.  Holmes:
Your  letter addressed to  Mr,   Villard
has "been referred to this  office for reply,    fa  are
glad  to Imow that you are so  interested in the 17.A.A.C.P
and that  you are carrying its propaganda into the far
West.
In regard to organizing a "branch in Denver,  we
are sending you under separate cover a  copy of  the  form of constitution which we use for branches,   also a  copy of that used  for
locals;  and we enclose detailed   instructions.     We have practically
decided not  to charter any more branches  in the  immediate future
but   to  organize  groups as  locals with the understanding that  if
they are   successful,  at the  end of a year they will be   chartered
as branches.     Meantime we  are  sending our speakers,   field agent
and   officers all  over the  country to  visit the branches we  have
organized with the   idea  of  infusing new life  in them.     We  prefer
to  have  fewer branches and have all
large  number more  or  less   inactive.
these  active  rather than a
$e therefore  suggest  that  you work in Denver with the
idea  of   organizing  a group  first  into  a local.
With assurances  of  our appreciation  of your  interest,
Very truly yours,
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