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Tremendous Blow Struck Negro Enterprise by Revela-
tions Caused by Attempted Sale of Mississippi Life to
White Concern. Perry to Make Explanation.
Injunction Preserves Mississippi Intact
(A. N. P.)
Chicago. 111. March 7 Not since
the notorious foundering: of the
Famous True Reformer' bank haa
anything: happened to create such
consternation In financial circles as
the reported prostration of the fam-
ous Standard Life Insurance com-
pany of Atlanta Georgia. In a maze
of high finance. The Standard Life
with Its subsidiary organisations
long- the wonder of white and
black southerners and only recently
the subject of much high praise
along with Its chief directing force
Heman E. Perry was this week for
the first time made 'the victim of
pitiless and uncontrollable publicity.
The black figure of Standard Life
difficulty is now boldly silhouetted
against a background of brilliant
success which culminated a few
weeks ago In the purchase of the
Mississippi Life Insurance Company
and the triumphal entry of Heman
Perry wizard of the counting rooms
Into Memphis.
Today. Just a month away the
Standard Life stands discredited
and Perry quasl-dlsgraced. A short
month since he was reported to have
entered Memphis treading the flow-
ers which an admiring populace
threw at him. Last week he left un-
der guard the while the flowers
had changed to bricks and stones.
Three weeks ago he was worth
eight millions and drew an annual
salary of $75000. according to an
Inspired writer. Today It Is being
wondered where Is It?
How Did Perry come to buy the
Mississippi LlfeT Was It In bad!
condition? Evidence so far collect-
ed proves that the Mississippi Life
enjoyed a large cash surplus and
was prosperous at the time of sale.
Mr Perry. It seems was able to gain
control through Mrs. Cox of Indl-
anola. Miss. who was willing to
turn loose an $85000 interest in the
POLITICAL POT IS BOIL-
ING; JOHN ADAMS
SPEAKS OUT
(Staff Correspondence-
Washington. D. CMarch 7 "The
time has come for Republican Lead-
ership to stop acting on the de-
fensive and to begin aggressive war-
fare on political traducers who sat
silent while ' the greatest orgy of
waste. Incompetency and corruption
that the world has ever witnessed
took place in Washington under the
Democratlo administration. Thus
closes a remarkable statement by
Hon. John T Adama Chairman of
the Republican National Committee.
The chairman waa apeaklng direct-
ly to the subject of Teapot Dome
and the frantic efforts of the "holler
than thou Democrats to besmirch
everything everywhere Republican.
Suiting action to the word how-
ever with reference to being ag-
gressive In another statement is-
sued by Mr. Adams apeaklng on the
subject of the conftrmat on Walter
L. Cohen by the United States Sen
ate for the position of Comptroller
of Customs Mr. Adams said: "The
position haa been held by a Negro
since Grant's administration and I
see no reason whv a handful of
' Southern Senators should be per-
' mltted to dictate to the President
the manner In which he shall dla-
' pose of his patronage."
: President Coolldge has determined
to stick by the Cohen appointment
- He haa agreed with Mr. Adams in
having the Louislanan remain on the
job without pay until Congress ad
'journs and then will make a recess
appointment. There is some differ
ence of opinion as to this being the
best method but there Is unanimous
approval of the President and Mr.
Adams not "throwing ' up the
Hponge" In the matter of appoint-
ment an American citizen to a gov-
ernment position In the South sole-
ly on the ground of his racial iden-
tity. Highmlnded American citlxena
: realize that a "House divided against
itself cannot stand "and that this
nation even aa in the rays of Abra-
ham Lincoln cannot long survive
"half slave and half free" whether
: that bondage be civil political or
otherwise. The spectacle of 12.-
000000 American being so distaste-
ful to a few illegally elected Sena-
; tors that these Illegitimate law-
makers can overcome the desires of
( the majority seta like an eternal
j nightmare on the mind of racial clt-
Isens. There are those here who are
5 asking: "Where are those GOOD
Democrats of the North who do not
see as me jemocrais or me ejouin"T
; When Cohen's name was being vot-
. ea on waere was i;opeiana or new
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company. This Mrs. Cox Is the same
one over whom a storm of protest
broke after her appointment as post-)
mlstress at Indlanola by the late
President Roosevelt.
The direct charges are that the
Standard Life Insurance Company
has failed that 'it bought the Mis-
sissippi Life Insurance company at
a high figure and within a month
was forced to sell It at a greatly re-
duced amount thus losing thous-
ands In the transaction and that it
purposely avoided selling the Mis-
sissippi company to a Negro con-
cern so manipulating the deal that
the pride of Memphis fell Into the
hands of white owners the Southern
Life Insurance company.
As to these charges: It ir.y be
definitely stated that the Standard
Life Insurance Company has failed.
The harshest charge that might be
held against It Is that It got out
too far. It attempted too much for
Its resources. Its present action in
selling the Mississippi Life Is not
an evidence of failure but a brave
effort to adequately protect Its In-
terests. The facta of the case are
these: Since the Standard Life Insur-
ance company bought the Mississip-
pi Life the Insurance commission-
er of Georgia and old ex-confederate
soldier known generally as fair and
unprejudiced but rigid nevertheless.
Investigated the securities of the
Standard Life along with the Inves-
tigation of other insurance com-
panies white. He found the Stan-
dard Life (160000 short HowT Stan-
dard Life securities are based on Ne
gro property In and around Atlanta
The state Insurance commission of
Georgia In computing values cred-
its property especially Negro prop-
erty with what it would be worth
at Sheriff's sale under foreclosure.
Thus a parcel of land worth $3000
In a normal business deal would
bring not much more than half that
SANHEDRIN MEETING ADVANCES
IDEA OF LARGE ALL-NEGRO
UNIVERSITY
(A. N. P.)
Chicago 111. March 8 Business
and labor two of the most impor-
tant divisions of racial effort "mal
ice aforethought" according to Dean
Kelly Miller of Washington Presi-
dent Labor won a half victory by
persistence but Business waa swal
lowed tip in the eloquence of the
final night banquet while hundreds
of people went to Wendell Phillips
high school the scene of night ses
sions only to be Informed that the
final activities had been transferred
to the glories of the banqtret tables
at the headquarters In the T. M. C.
A. This probably will not happen at
another session it has left an im-
pression that will doubtless be
cleared up before the next one.
Dean Miller stated publicly that
the efforts of the program commit
tee to get a labor man to lead up
the labor day program had not met
with the success desired and hence
there waa aome difficulty in arrangv-
Ing the program aa the committee
desired. The labor delegates who
stated that they represented ninety
per cent of the racial group pro
tested against being "shoved aside"
when It came to them having a hear
Ing before the general Sanhedrln
session and they gained as stated
previously a half victory. Dean Mil
ler explained that the program of
speaking as such was not the chief
end of the Sanhedrln as in other
conventions but merely a thread so
to speak to fold the conference to-
gether while the various commis-
sions functioned.
Baslneas Men Demand iPlaee la Sua
Business men representing in the
aggregate millions of dollars de
clared that they demand a place In
the sun as it were. They protested
that the progress of the racial group
is based upon the economlo achieve
ments of the race through business.
and while art letters scholarship
music drama Oreek letters and the
like are all very good in their place.
certainly. In the big push to the
the goal of racial success cannot
presume to crowd out big business.
The program was to wind up with
a big business program but the lo-
cal Chicago committee had provid-
ed a banquet for the final night and
in the adjustment business was
pushed down to five minute talks In-
stead of twenty or thirty minutes.
But there is no hard feeling aays
Big Business juat a calling atten-
(Contlnued on page S)
amount under the sheriff's hammer.
This is what caught the Standard
Life. If its securities had been judg-
ed at their normal value there could
have been no complaint Foreclo
sure values made It appear that the
company was operating with a huge
deficit.
But the demand of the Insurance
commissioner had to be met. It was
necessary to do something to re
duce the required amount of securi-
ties and solidify the company finan-
cially. Therefore the Mississippi Life
was sold and at a reduced figure
because it was expedient that the
Standard Life draw in Its sails
quickly. It stands today more sub'
stantlal than ever before.
The main mystery In the transac-
tion centers around the action In
selling the company to a white con-
cern. Why? is asked. Memphis la
asked. Memphis is particularly an-
gry because Mississippi Life down
there has long been a sort of family
affair with a few "black sheep."
Standard Life has not seen fit to
explain Its reason for disposing of
the company in the manner It did.
An erroneous report to the effect
that Spauldlng of the North Caro-
lina Mutual asked for an investigaj-
tlon of Standard Life was publish-
ed but was promptly scotched by W.
Gomes of the North Carolina Mutual
group denying any connection what-
soever. No one seemi to know why
the North Carolina Mutual did not
buy. It is not known if any other
Negro company Was offered the Mia-
slsippt Life or .If they would have
been in a position to buy should they
have- received the offer. In the ab-
ence of facts it is Impossible not
to question the procedure of Stan-
dard Life in making available for
white purchasers a business built
and maintained by Negroes. It Is
(Continued on page 2)
HOWARD ALUMNI TO
NOMINATE MEMBERS
OF BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
Washington D. C March 7 The
Alumni of Howard University have
been granted the privilege by ao-
tlon of the Board of Trustees of Feb
ruary 6th 1924 of nominating a
Trustee to fill the vacancy occasion-
ed by the death of Dr. James H. N.
Waring. This action ef the Board
represents another step in the for
ward movement of Howard Univer-
sity in which it Is keeping pace with
the great educational institutions of
the country. It is only In recent
years that the Alumni in many of
the great colleges have been accor-
ded this privilege and responsibility.
At Dartmouth it was necessary to
have the State Legislature amend
the charter and In many other col
leges the charters have been so
amended or the Boards by their
own act. have so provided to per'
mlt even the most humble graduate
to have a voice In the selection of
Trustees.
The action of the Board of Trus
tees of Howard University has come
In response to the appeal of the
Alumni which appeal has always
had the hearty endorsement of the
President of the University. The
mntter was first presented to Presi
dent Durkee In 1919 when Emory
B. Smith was President of the Gen-
eral Alumni Association by a com-
mittee consisting of Dean Dwight O.
W. Holmes Miss Nellie M. Quan-
der and the President of the Gener
al Alumni Association. The propo
sition was taken up and carried on
by his successor Attorney Isaac
H. Nutter with the result that last
year Lawyer Thomas Walker upon
nomination of the Alumni was un
animously selected by the Board of
Trustees as Howard's first Alumni
Trustee. In June' 1923 it was de
finitely determined to elect three
Alumni Trustees. . The manner of
their election waa determined at the
semi-annual meeting of the Board.
LimcdiM Leasii pti
CHARGES TO LEAD TO
FIGHT IN A. M.L GEN.
CONFERENCE
Louisville Ky. March 7 This
city is prepared to receive the Gen-
eral Conference of the A. M. ' B.
Church In May. A hot fight Is ex-
pected between Bishop A. J. Carey
Secretary Ira T Bryant of the Sun-
day School Union and their adher
ents. The controversies between
W. T. Vernon Financial Secretary
John R. Hawkins and others is also
expected to warm up the conference.
The publication of sensational
charges made against Bishop Carey
by Secretary Ira T. Bryant will be
threshed out. A resolution passed
by the Connectlonal Council re
cently and sent to the bishops of
the church was the signal of ; a
stormy session at the very beginning
of the General Conference.
The resolution In question' asked
that the A M. E. Sunday School
Union and Secretary-Treasurer Ira
T. Bryant be placed first on the
program. Bryant Is looked upon as
the stormy petrel of the A. M. E.
Church reform leader and acknow-
ledged leading layman. He has ever
been a crusader against Greed Graft
and Corruption in the church and a
sticker for good church laws and
good officials to execute them.
. The choice of bishops at the VW
oral Conference is expected to be
very largely determined by the set
tlement made If the Sunday School
Union and Secretary-Treasurer Ira
T. Bryant are placed first on the
program. The Bryant following and
Influence la said to be large and
powerful in the settlement of all big
questions before the General Con-
ferences of the A. M.. E. Church. He
wars for the "little ministers"
against arrogant power and charges
Bishop Carey with the responslbilty
of disrupting the church In Chicago
by making it his political football.
Some favor the election of three
Bishops and others more. This will
be among the first things settled
by the General Conference which will
consider legislation for the better-
ment of the church and the type of
officials to be charged with the re-
sponsibility of administration.
HOWARD MAY LOSE APPROPRIA
TION FOR NEW MEDICAL
SCHOOL BUILDING v
Washington D C March 7 On
a point of order made by Senator
Overman of North Carolina the
Item In the Department of Inter-
ior appropriation bill providing for
a new $500000 medical school build
ing at Howard University was
stricken out. This Is the second
point of order made against How-
ard's appropriation alnce the bill
started on its journey through the
House some time ago.
Representative Byrnes of South
Carolina made a point of order In
the House against every item grant
ed the university by the budget bu
reau; however these items were all
restored ' by the Senate committee.
The point of order In both cases was
made on the fact that there Is no
existing law for making the appro
priation all past appropriation
having been made because of prece-
dent ' .
As the situation now stands the
University will get a $365000 appro
priation from the Federal Govern-
ment this year. This amount covers
all Items for maintenance as asked
for by the budget bureau which Is
an Increase over last year's appro-
priation. Hope however for the $500000
item for the medical school Is not
lost; for notwithstanding its de
feat Thursday Senator Lenroot of
BIRMINGHAM WOMAN
SEEKS RIGHT TO
VOTE
Birmingham Ala. March 8
Considerable Interest has been creat
ed here by the filing of a 'suit by
Mrs. C. Trotter against Co Registrar
1 K. Brown who refused to permit her
yinaoEni
Stirs
CRIME AGAINST ELEVEN
YEAR OLD GIRL LAID
TO MAN 54
New York N. T. March 7 A most
heinous crime against a minor was
laid . bare during the past week
when the Boutin Detective Agency
revealed the facts which caused the
arrest of Charles Brown 64 of 2403
Seventh avenue proprietor of the
Lincoln Lunch Room 418 Lenox
avenue charged with a serious of-
fense pommitted on Annabelle
Brooks. 11. of 18 West 130th street.
Brown is held by Judge Silverman
of the Heights Court under $5000
bond.
Mrs. Nora Pertlller. 43 of 271
West 141st street landlady of the
apartment In which the girl was
held a prisoner and where the crime
was committed is charged with ab-
duction and Is also held under a
$3000 bond. Abraham Smith 35 a
painter who is a lodger at the Per-
tlller home. Is held under $2000
bond on the same charge. Mrs. Per-
tlller and Smith were arrested Fri
day last when the detectives called
at the 141st street address and res
cued the child. All of those involved
were locked up In the West 135th
street statlonhouse.
The little girl who recently came
to this city from Georgia made her
home with two aunts Mrs. Alberta
Gill and Mrs. B. Cleveland of .J.0
West street On February 8 ao
cording to the police she mysteri
ously disappeared after she had
been sent to a near-by store."
PYTHIAN HEAD MAY GET
COHEN PLUM
New Orleans La. March 8 B. V.
Baranco of Baton Rouge and S. W.
Green of this city are being con
sidered by Republican congressmen
for the post of comptroller of cus
toms at New Orleans the post of
which the senate refused to confirm
Walter L. Cohen recent appointee.
Mr. Green Is supreme chancellor of
the Knights of Pythias.
Wisconsin who voted for the Over-
man point of order also made a mo-
tion that the rules of the Senate be
suspended In order that the $500000
may be considered as an amendment
to the Interior appropriation bill.
The vote on the Overman point of
order was not along party lines as
six Democrats voted against it
while ten Republicans voted for It
However a number of Republicana
and Democrats stated that they vot
ed for the point of order because
they did not want to set the prece
dent of violating the rules of the
Senate although they favored the
appropriation. In support of this
contention. Senator Lenroot while
he voted for the point of order was
the one who later made the motion
to suspend the rules so the Item
could be considered as an amend
ment.
Senator Neely of West Virginia
stated he was in favor of the ap
propriation. He voted for the point
of order but was the only Demo
cratlo Senator to vote for the items
when the bill was being discussed
before the sub-committee as well as
the general appropriation committee.
The alx Democrats who voted
against the point of order were:
Adama. Colorado; Copeland. . New
York; Edwards New Jersey; Ferris
Michigan; Walsh Massachusetts;
Dill Washington.
to register for voting. He claimed
that she did not know enough about
the constitution of the United States
after he had given her' a piece of
paper and told her to write down
what she knew. Mrs. Trotter holds
that she Is a property owner haa
paid her poll tax a citizen of age.
and therefore entitled to vote. She
Is being represented In court by At
torney J. E. Robinson. She is the
first Colored woman id Alabama to
demand the right to vote.
.v.doh Mm
plsey
link Johnson in Speech Reported by Courier Causes IIol-
sey to Talk in Reply About Hitherto Unhown Trans-
actions in Hospital Case. Declares Johnson
Sought Personal Advancement
Echoes of the Lincoln League
bring forth hints ot disagreement
with some of the things enunciated
there by leaders of that August
body. Chief among auch hints Is a
rather caustic reply penned by A. L.
Holsey Secretary of the National
Negro Business League and secre-
tary to Dr. R. R. Moten of Tuske-
gee to Robert L. Venn editor of
the Pittsburgh Courier In 'which
the speech of Henry Lincoln John
son criticizing the TuBkegee aa-
mlnstration for Its attitude In re
gard to the hospital personnel.
The following Is the allusion of
Link Johnson to Holsey as contain
ed in the issue of "The Courier" to
which the Holsey letter has refer
ence:
"Albon L. Holsey came to my of
fice in Washington and in the pres-
ence of Perry Howard and Meivln
Chisolm said: v i
"Line I want you to write Moten
and give him down country. TU
him If - he oomes up here1 the Ne
groes' will rotten-egg him. Hela us
save ourselves from ourselves."
"I said: 'You know what you
want to say. I'll call In my stenog-
rapher and he dictated a letter to
Moten. Now at the very beginning
I had named Dr. Jones of Freed
men's Hospital and because I would
not recant from Jones of Freedmen
to Dr. Kenny of the Tuskegee Hos
pital as head of the Veterans' Hos-
pital Holsey became angry. He tried
to see the president and when he
couldn't get in the White House he
went to Mr. Taft to use his influence
to gain him a hearing. Holsey show
ed Taft the letter he (Holsey) had
dictated and said:
"Look Mr. Taft what a vile let
ter Line has written about Moten."
"I took my stenographer to Taft
and explained the matter. Taft
threatened to get through with Mo-
CAPITALIST DECLARES PROSPER
ITY OF SOUTH UNKEDWH
THAT OF NEGRO -
PLUCKY SHERIFF
WOUNDS THREE OF
LYNCHING OT
LUFKIN Texas March 7 "I
don't want any rangers here" de
clared Sheriff Watts Thursday
morning In discussing his success
ful defense of the county Jail against
mob Wednesday night "When I
can't handle my Job I'll quit and
let some one else take my place."
The city was quiet Thursday fol
lowing an unsuccessful attempt
Wednesday night to lynch Booker
T. McMillan alias Williams held
in tne Angelina County Jail on a
charge of murder in connection with
the slaying Tuesday night of Andy
Sulser commlsslonary clerk at a
sawmill near here.
Company C. 143d Infantry Texas
National Guard went on duty guar
ding the Angelina County jail at
11:30 o'clock Wednesday night The
company came from Nacogdoches
twenty miles away with Capt John
C. Blake commanding. First Lieut
C. C Denraan is second In command.
At 8 o'clock Wednesday night an
attempt was made to break Into the
Jail by a mob which used a sec
tion of railroad rail as a1 battering
ram. Sheriff R. B. Watts with six
deputies barrlcated himself in the
Jail and opened fire after warning
the assailants that . the prisoner
would not be taken except after a
gun battle. Shots were fired as the
crowd was attempting to batter Its
way into the Jail.
Probably eight or ten shots were
fired from someone within wound-
ing slightly from two to four per-
sons Dud Davis 49 years old and
Jordan Wells a youth were wound-
ed. Names of other persons could
not be learned. -
rvn
UVJ
to Mf
ten. Tuskegee' and the whole busi-
ness." The following Is the letter of Mr.
Holsey:
February 26 1924.
Mr Robert L. Vann
Editor Pittsburgh Courier
Pittsburgh Penn.
My dear Mr. Vann:
I have just read In the current Is
sue of the Courier an attack
upon me by Col. Henry Lincoln
Johnson aa reported In connection
with the recent Lincoln . League
meeting in Chicago.
I ' was attending the sessions of
the Sanhedrln when Col. Johnson's
address was delivered and heard
some echoes of it the same evening
but the Courier's article waa the
first printed report I hav seen.
Being native Georgians. I have
known and respected Col. Johnson
all my life and It is with the great
est reluctance that I openly dis
agree with him on some of the state-
ments made with respect to my ac
tivities in connection with the Tus
kegee Veteran's Hospital.
; It Is true that I consulted with
Col. Johnson last spring on the aub
Ject of the Hospital Just as I con
suited with and sought the advice
and cooperation of many other lead-
ers of our group.
It Is also true that I later "part
ed company" with Col. Johnson and
some of his associates at 1218 Penn
sylvania avenue Washington D. C
and the cause of our disagreement
was NOT as he claims that Tua-
kegee Institute opposed a Negro
personnel at the Hospital but It was
because of the arrangement of per-
sonnel which Col. Johnson had selec-
ted to head the Hospital'
On the occasion of one of my visits
to Washington last April I dropped
Atlanta Ga. March 8 Remarks
by Mr. Georse J. Raldwln. Pnl.
dent of the . Savannah (Georgia)
Board or Trade in an addresa be-
fore the Atlanta (Georgia) Cham-
ber of Commerce at Its recent an.
Inual banquet Indicated that the mi
gration of the Negro from the south
la navlng a beneflctent reaction of
that aectlon. A more favorable at
titude la being developed In many
sections.
Trained Leaden Keeded
Declaring that the greatest need
of Georgia today Is "trained load-
ers" Mr. Baldwin said: "The high
est need of our state la trained lead-
ers of men of courage. It Is not In
our fieds our mines and our for
ests which make a State prosperous
and happy. It is not in our power
companies our railways our steam-.
ships our farms and our factories
that will make Georgia great These
are the mere tools men use In build-
ing their communities and their
homes. The true factories of our
prosperity are our homes In which
mothers and fathers are building the
character of our future citizens.''
Keep The Near Here
Mr. Baldwin declared that - the
prosperity of Georgia and the south
depends upon keeping the Negro.
here. It Is either to hold the Ne-
gro in the south or to replace him
by Immigration from Europe "which
brings with It the bolshevist and
anarchist" he said.
"This economic question will set
tle Itself." Mr. Baldwin declare. "We
can afford to pay the Negro as good
wages as In any other section of
the country measured by the qual-
ity of the services he renders. When
this is known the question will be
settled."
Mr. Baldwin is chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Savannah
Electric and Power Company. Dur-
ing the world war he was preldent
of the Pacific Mall Steamhlp Com
pany and ha held many other ex-
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Meply
Into his office and to my astonish
ment was Informed that Col. John-
son had just submitted to President
Harding a personnel program which
Included the appointment of John
T. Rischer as commanding officer
of the Tuskegee Hospital. Mr. Rich-
er was then and Is now the clerk
in Col. Johnson's office at 1216
Pennsylvania Avenue. Dr. T. Edward
Jones I was Informed was suggest-
ed for the second place. The recom-
mendation made by Col. Johnson
further suggested that Civil Service
examinations should be waived and
that all appointments to position!
at the Tuskegee Hospital be made
by and through him and his asso-
clatltes at 1216 Pennsylvania Ave.
Two days later I talked with Mr.
Mr. Perry Howard Col. Johnson's
associate and told him frankly that
I could not endorse and support such
a program and gave him my reas-
on It was Dr. Moten's thought
that the National (edlcal Associa-
tion was the proper organisation in
our group to recommend physlciana
for this Hospital shared Dr. Mpton'a
opinion and acted accordlnly.
Although I had been to the White
House several times before It is
true that immediately after my dis-
agreement with Mr. Johnson and
Mr. Howard that some Influence
was brought to bear to keep me
from seeing Mr. Christian at the
White House and that I had to se-
cure a letter of Introduction from
Chief Justice Taft before I receiv-
ed an audience.
It la further true that when I in-
terviewed Mr. Chrlatian he told ane
that the President had NOT reques-
ed Col Johnson to take over the
personnel of the Hospital but that
the President had asked "several
Colored leaders" Including Col.
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SANHEDRIN RECOGNIZES
THE YOUNG NEGRO AS
EIPORTANT ASSET
Washington D. C March 7 Re-
cognition of the young college-bred
Negro in the councils of the Negro
Sanhedrln gives hope of being one
of the most Important factors in the
development of this great movement
recently inaugurated by Dean Kelly
Miller. Prior to the Initial meeting
of the Negro Sanhedrln held in Chi-
cago February 11th to 15th 1924
Dean Miller showed his apprecia-
tion of the part the young college
bred Negro should play In the great
program he was outlining by having
Norman L. McGhee National Sec-
retary of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fra-
ternity appointed a member of the
General Committee on Arrangements
which had charge of the whole mat-
ter of assisting In inaugurating the
movement. He also saw to It that
all of the national college frater
nities and sororities among Negroes
were invited to participate In the
launching of the movement
Besslea Glvea Over te Yeaager
. Eleateat
At the Chicago meeting a session
of the conference was set aside for .
the discussion of "The Part of the
Young College-Bred Negro In Race
Betterment.'' Raymond W. Cannon
President of the Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity presided over the session
and addresses were delivered by Mrs
Onceola M. Adams; Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority; Benjamin W. Clay
ton Esq. Omega Psl Phi Fraterni-
ty; Mrs. L. R. Green Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority; Dr. Julian Lewis
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; and
W. E. Stewart. Pres. Kappa Psl Alpho
Fraternity There was a commis-
sion named at the conference to
make report on "The Part of the
Young College-Bred Negro In Race
Betterment." Those named on the
commission were Raymond W. Can
non Chairman Lorraine R. Green
Secretary. W. Ellis Stewart. Oceola
M. Adams . Benjamin W. Clayton
Murray B Atkins Gordon H. Simp-
son Sophia B. Boas Floyd W. Craw-
ford. Bertha M. Lewis. J. Ernest
Wllklns. Mildred G Dobson. Carl
Washington. Blanche C. Dlx 3.
Mnrtlson NabHt Bella T. Taylor. Dr.
Julian Lewis. F. D. Jordan nnd Nor
J U U lHiUU
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