The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-13
Thousands of Employers and Employees Join in Big
 Speed-UpDemonstration
NATIONAL LEADERS SPREAD GOSPEL OF
 LOYAL SACRIFICE
Governor Henderson Makes the Introductory Address. Negro Chorus of Hun-
 dred Voices a Feature


 For the first time in the his tory of Birmingham there was a great mass meeting i'll which the white people and the ne- groes joined their hearts and their hands and their souls ill one great cause. The governor of the state, the head ot a great department at Washing ton, an author of renoWn, men who have done things in the business world, captains of in- dustl.y, mechanics, laborers, ministersEall workers m the one great cause that IS now en- gazing the mind and the heart of the nation and of the world-sat on one side of the pavilion and the immense ann phitheatre in Capitol park and counseled with each other as to the best way to win the con flict that is now dividing the civilized from the barbarian world.
 On the one side sat the white peo- ple of Birmingham and on the other the negroes.
 But one sentiment pervaded the meeting the will to win the war, the will to do all the things necessary to support our boys in france; the de- termination to work, work, work, and then work on until in the end the Hun tyrant is driven from the position from which he thrust upon peaceful world four years ago the horrible war that has sent the souls of millions of men to their Maker, and that is now claiming as its victims the boys of America.
 LIST OF SPEAKERS
 1T IOIh oON ClIOl IIcllQclSOu tuIoQ6n tiit lfst of speakers to Joseph Mitchell Chap pei, the Boston editor. and including CllIf Williams of Meridian, Miss; Dickson Dickson, the Mississippi litterateur and creator of the inimitable character, "Ole Reliable;' John E. Densmore, director general of the United States employment service, and Jerome Jones of Atlanta. southern representative of the American Federation Of Labor, and the colored ora tors, Prof Walter s. Buchanan, presi- dent of the normal school for colored people at Huntsville, and Dr. George r. Haynes, a gifted colored minister, the spirit of freedom breathed of liberty, of love of country and of sacrifice that our boys may come hack from Europe victorious and that the world may be made safe for democracy.
 The occasion was the employers and employees 100 per cent efficiency meeting, arranged under the direction of District Superintendent Cliff Williams of the Cnlted States employment service. The spacious stands, capable of holding Sovo people, were filled to capacity, one side by white people and the other by ne- groes All was harmonious; all expressed the wish to be of help to the others; stht white speakers preached patriotism. sac- ritice, helpfulness. The negroes preached patriotism, loyalty, faithfulness and helpfulness, and asked for fair treatment and chance to live and make good. Every detail for a successful meeting had been carefully arranged by pr. r. H. Woodall and his committee, assisted by James Metcalf of Meridian, Miss, Su- perintendent Williams able and efficient assistant A chorus of several hundred negroes delighted the audience with old time melodies, and the Boys Industrial School band and a colored band played number of selections preceding the speaking.
 HOME PRODUCTS DINNER
 At o'clock two home product dinners were served, one at the Tutwiler hotel o 900 white men and the other at the col ored Elks' Rest to 360 colored men At