Photo shows the Urban League monthly meeting, held at St. Philip's Parish Hall. George Dysart, attorney, discusses developments in civil rights educational campaign to prevent referendum on the Senate Bill 169. Shown in the audience is Ann Mohler, Polly Anna Reed, Shelly Hill, Myrtle Carr and Wilson Walker.
Governor Robert D. Holmes signs House Bills 646 and 647 which expanded Oregon civil rights statutes. Standing, left to right: Milton Goldsmith, chairman, FEP Advisory Committee; Labor Commissioner Norman O. Nilsen; Dr. John Rademaker, professor, Willamette University; R. P. Gantenbein, Chairman, Oregon Committee for Equal Rights; and Phil Reynolds, president, Portland Chapter, NAACP.