This page was created by Anonymous.
MCCH Meeting (May 14, 1935)
In a later discussion, the question of having Commissioner Valentine testify in a hearing of the subcommittee on crime was raised. "It was decided that it might be well to have him at some future date." Mention of Valentine led Hays to report the responses he had received almost two weeks ago from the commissioner saying that the police department was investigating the cases of Lloyd Hobbs and Thomas Aiken.
The minutes also recorded that the MCCH members had a "general discussion of the conduct of hearings and the method of questioning." No details of the discussion were included, only the conclusion that "the hearings had been conducted in the most advisable manner." The nine MCCH members in attendance included those most committed to allowing wide participation from the audiences, Hays, Oscar Villard and A. Phillip Randolph, so that conclusion was perhaps not surprising, notwithstanding the increasing disruptions in response to the testimony of police.