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Mary McLeod Bethune of the National Council of Negro Women to the Acting Officer in Charge of West, Central, and East African Affairs ( Sims )

y of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., 1318 Vermont Avenue, Washington, D.C. Washington , February 14, 1951 . My Dear Mr. Sims : I would like to suggest to you that a small commission be established to study the participation of Liberia and Nigeria in the Point Four program—to look into the condition of the women and children of these areas. I would like to see, in that commission, a person of some vision—who could readily visualize what is needed; a person of humane experience who would know what to look for in order to point up situations needing adjustment—expansion, correction or …