The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-06-22
NATIONAL Negro
Business League
Twelfth Annual Meeting to be held
in Little Rock, Arkansas, Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, August
10th, 18th and 18th 1b11.

For the meetings Of the National
Educational Association to be hello
in San Francisco in July. informal
ton has been furnished as to how
the arrangements should be made for
Pullman Or Tourist Car parties The
same information, with variations,
may be of interest and value to the
members of the National Negro Bus
mess League.
Experience has shown that attend
ance at meetings may be largely in
creased by organizing Pullman or
Tourist Car parties or special trains.
Already a number of special Pull
man or Tourist Car parties for the
National Negro Business League
| meeting to be held at Little Rock,
AM:rkansas, M August 10th, 18th, and
18th, are being organized through
out the country. All that is needed
is for some one to take the initia-
tive. The following suggestions are
offered for the consideration Of men,
bers OF State and Local Negro Bus
mess Leagues and others interested:
/. Carefully canvass the matter in
your city or state. Formulate your
plan of action, then select active
workers in each important center to
carry out the plan. In all cases
make the special Pullman or Tour
list Car party a personally conducted
affair.
2. Select the most attractive route
for the going trip to Little Rock
to arouse interest among the dele
gates. Start early enough to permit
stop-overs at points of interest ell
route, The one in charge Of the
party should make a careful study
Of points of interest, etc, that he
may in his correspondence, advertis-
ing and on the trip speak with au-
thority
3. Get the active cooperation of
all the railroads and especially of
the initial line in your state. When
you have decided upon the route
you favor, write Cor better see per
sonally) the General Passenger
agent Of that particular railway.
Tell him you will undertake the
work Of securing a special car party
to the Little Rock meeting, if you
have positive assurance Of his active
cooperation on the following lines:
(a) The railroad to furnish full
information to all prospective mem
bers Of the parties, giving data cov-
erng itinerary and points Of inter
est ell route to Little Rock.
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information and itinerary with your
cooperation among the members Of
your Local or State Leagues.
tc) The railroad to advertise the
| special Pullman or Tourist car party
in all tthe Negro newspapers Of the
state.
(d) The railroad to send inStruc-
tions to it's agents throughout your
state to carry out the active canvass
for members for the party, with your
! cooperation.
q. Secure headq1>1cers for your
party in Little Rock, through W.. NJ.
Alexander, Chairman Committee on
Homes, 504 ID 9th street, Little
Rock, Arkansas.
Persons intending to organize
| such Tourist Car parties are urged
to keep the Corresponding Secretary,
Emmett J. Scott, Tuskegee Institute
Alabama, in close touch with their
plans, so that he may bring parties
in the same territory together. A.
tention to this request will be cor
daily appreciated. It will facilitate
| the whole movement
Yours very truly,
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON,
| President.
| Tuskegee Institute, Ala, June II,
1911.