Representatives of the National Negro Congress present a petition for elimination of political, economic and social discrimination against negroes in the United States to P.J. Schmidt, third from left, secretary of the Commission on Human Rights of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). From left to right: Dr. Herbert Aptheker, Executive Board of the National Negro Congress; Revels Cayton, Executive Secretary of the National Negro Congress; Mr. Schmidt; Dr. Max Yergan, President of the National Negro Congress; Lyman White, UN Secretariat; and Charles Collins, Executive Board of the National Negro Congress.