Powhatan, Amelia and Nottoway also had large representations. Defenders Adopt Resolution On the second day of the con vention. Brig .-Gen. Bonner Fellers (USA-ret. was principal speaker. He called for an end to federal in come taxes, and foreign aid and for an increase in the Air Force budget. At the concluding session, the delegates adopted a "declaration of convictions" calling on the govern ing bodies of all Virginia localities to stand firm and united in support of state segregation policies. The Defenders also branched out for the first time in other fields and announced opposition to < 11 any effort to weaken immigration laws and to "further depletion of our eco nomic resources in the continuation of so-called aid to foreign nations", and they opposed '2' submission of any part of the sovereignty of the United States to the control of the United Nations. The Defenders urged Americans to demand a reduction in federal taxes and requested the Virginia delegation in Congress to ■oppose "all legislation designed directly or indirectly to repose control of our (Continued on page 7)

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