The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-07-06
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st. Louis, Mo.
c. K. Robinson, Editor The Clarion,
st. Louis, Mo.
Nelson C. Crews, Editor The Sun,
Kansas City, Nc.
Benz. J. Davis, Editor The ~Independ
ent, Atlanta, Ga.
George e. Haynes, Director, Negro
Economics, Dept. of Labor, Washing.
ton, d. G..
J.. Finley Wilson, Editor The Eagle,
Washington, .. c.
w. Calvin Chase, Editor The Bee.
Washington, D. c.
William H. Steward, Editor Ameri.
can Baptist, Louisville, Ky.
Robert r. Motion, Principal Tuske-
gee N. and I. Institute, Tuskegee Inst,
Ala.
Major Allen w. Washington, Presi-
dent Virginia Organization Society,
Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va.
Charles N. Love, Editor The Texts
Freeman, Houston, Texas.
DR.. Sumnec A. Furniss. Member of
City Council, representing the Ledger,
Indianapolis, ind.
Henry Allen Boyd, published of The
Nashville Globe, Nashville, Tenn.
DR.. NJ. Curtis, former President
National Medical Association, Wash.
ington, D. c.
A. H.. Grimke, President Washington
Branch National Association for the
| AduaTpnn1nn &C Co1oraJ Deo,1a Yvz-L
ington, D. c..
John r. Hawkins, Financial Score.
tary A. NJ. e. Church, Washington.
d c.
DR.. Walter II. Brooks, Pastor 10Th
Street Baptist Church, Washington,
D. c.
James A. Cobb, former Assistant U.
S. District Attorney, Washington, D. C.
Robert H.. Terrell, Judge Municipal
Court, District of Columbia, Washing.
ton, d. c.
George w. Cook, Secretary of How.
ard University, Washington, D. C.
Roscoe Conkling Bruce, Assistant
Superintendent Public Schools, Wash
ington, D. C.
P. B. S. Pin .hback, former Governor
of the State o. Louisiana, Washington.
D. C.
John c. Dancy, Secretary Church
Extension Board of A. NJ. Zion Church,
Washington, ID. c.
The following gentlemen were in
vited but were unable to be present:
Kelly Miller, Dean of Academy of
Arts and Sciences, Howard University,
Washington, d. C.
William H. Lewis, Former Assistant
Acknowledgement of the United States,
now Attorney-at-Law, Boston, Mass.
William Monroe Trotter, Editor The
Guardian, Boston, Mass.
c. E. Bush, publisher The Mosaic
Guide, Little Rock, Ark.
Extract From Resolutions Adopted.
The following is extract from the
Resolutions adopted by the confer
ence:
we, the thirty-one representatives
of the Negro press which has a circu-
lation of more than a million copies,
principally among the Colored people
of America, and representatives of
other activities, wish to affirm first of
all, OUR UNALTERABLE BELIEF
THAT THE DEFEAT OF THE GER.
MAN GOVERNMENT AND WHAT 1T
TO-DAY REPRESENTS is OF PARA,
MOUNT IMPORTANCE TO THE
WELFARE OF THE WORLD IN
GENERAL AND TO OUR PEOPLE
IN PARTICULAR.
we deem it hardly necessary, in
view of the untarnished record of Ne.
gro Americans, to reaffirm our loyalty
to Our Country and our readiness to
make every sacrifice to win this war.
We wish, however, as students and
guides of public opinion among our
people, to use our every endeavor to
keep these 10000, 900 people at the
highest pitch, not simply of passive
loyalty, but of active, enthusiastic and
self-sacrificing participation in the
war.
I'VE are not unmindful of the recog,
milton of our American citizenship in
the draft, of the appointment of Sol
ored officers, of the designation OF
Colored advisors to the Government
departments, and to other indications
of a ~broadened public opinion, never,
theless we believe today that justifi,
able grievances of the Colored people
are producing not d~isloyalty, but an
amount of unrest and bitterness which
even the best efforts of their leaders
may not be able always to guide un-
less they can have the active and sym.
and State Governments. German pro
paganda among us is powerless, but
the apparent indifference of our own
Government may be dangerous. = . y
THE American Negro does not ex
pect to have the whole Negro problem