Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-10-10
BUREAU OF LABOR
BRANCH ESTABLISHED
Mass Meeting Under White
Cross Federated Bureau
Prominent Speakers
OFFICE No. IA CLAY STREET

| AS a result of the mass-meeting OF
white and colored citizens held on
| Wednesday night in Asbury Methodist
Episcopal Church, West street, there
has been established a free labor bu-
reau at IA Clay street. with Georgia
! charge. The bureau is a branch of the
/ White Cross Free Labor FEEDER alton
of America, headed by DR.. S. p. w
Drew, who outlined its objects and
work. DR.. Drew said the movement is
endorsed by leading clergymen OF the
country, Congress and by Governor
Harrington of Maryland. In his open
ing address DIR. Drew paid special
tribute to the citizens of Annapolis
whom he thanked for their courtesy
and interest in the movement.
He discussed the divisions of the
social vertebrae defining them as re-
ligion. education. citizenship, wealth
agriculture, commerce and industry
that the negro is a necessary commod-
! ity and that section of the country has
used the negro without stint, said DR.
Drew
ut is not difficult" said the speaker
ito imagine state of temporary eco
nomic collapse and bankruptcy in the
South il all the negro labor were by
some means suddenly withdrawn. The
South knows that the negro is good
| farmer and it has spent time and
| r1Opov IN Eaan him
/ Contrasting the South with the
North, DR.. Drew said:
up North the negro has held an
entirely different economic status
hitherto. His outlet was mainly that
of fringing the garment of the luxury
lovin element His living was made
| in the kitchen, the dining room, on
the coach or automobile, etc; of the
well-to-do He luxuriated in his easy
employment, but his status as an eco
nomic factor produce, was negli-
| gible. He maintained no position that
could have been regarded as funda-
mentally indispensable. He was q
lightweight. But things have taken
different turn. A new step has been
made The negro has made his debut
as an industrial factor on big scale
There were no mechanics in the rank
i~but their work was secondary, not
basic They were maintained men
rather than producers. They were
repairers rather than originators
| Working as individuals they were lost
in the sea of highly organized indus
try Today they are an integral part
of the crew of the ship of industry
Will they make good?"
DR.. Drew explained and outlined the
work of the White Cross Free Labor
Bureau in America, whose slogan is to
organize and discipline free labor In
every city. To supply labor for coal
mines, farms, saw mills, lumber yards
banks, department stores, hotels
laundries, clerks, messengers, domes-
| tic help, ETC. BY such mobilization OF
labor, DR. Drew said, it is hoped and
/ expected to prevent race riots and
stop crime among the race. The work
of the bureau is also expected to pro-
mote good feeling and harmony among
the whites and blacks He appealed
| to the race to do their best in what
ever work they were called upon to
follow, never to leave an employer
without giving fair notice and to al
ways ask the last employer for re-
commentator.
| Judge Moss made an address in
which he said the colored people were
good citizens, and when called to
colors in the late war, they fought
bravely for their country He said he
believed the colored race should be
allowed a reasonable portion of public
education to fit them for good citizen
ship. He commended the White Cross
Free Labor Bureau of Federation
under its present direction, and said
industrial pursuits are essential for
| the good of the race The Judge con-
tributed $25 toward the promotion OF
| the work.
| Hon. James NJ. Munroe made a stir
ring address in which he advocated
religious teaching and industrial edu-
cation to promote harmony and solve
the great race problem. Mr.. Munroe
paid high tribute to the memory OF
the late Theodore Roosevelt.
| Mayor Levy made an address assur-
| ing the White Cross Bureau of Fed
Grated Labor a welcome to Annapolis
and said he belived it will solve the
labor trouble, which has been espec-
tally acute in domestic service. The
Mayor said he will render any assist
ance in his power possible to promote
the work. which he feels is filling a
| long-felt want here in Annapolis
Rev. j. A. Briscoe, pastor of Mount
Moriah Church. spoke admonishing his
hearers to study and keep on studying,
and he congratulated Dr. Drew on his
line of work. The pastor of Asbury
also spoke aad said the meeting was
an inspiration to white and colored
people alike.
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