The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-03-15
N. N. c. c. L. OF A. HOLDS EN-
THUsIAsTlc MEETING.
Meeting Held at Paseo Y. M. c. A..
Wednesday Evening, March ~,
at Eight O'Clock.
The Mems General Committee in ses-
sion With Women Workers Puts
Much "Pep" in Big Mem.
bership Drive,

Brilliant addresses on the impor.
lance of the work of the National
Negro Constitutional Conservation
League Of America was made by Mel
son e. Crews, W. c. Hueston, DR.. Will
liam J. T%hompkins, Mr.. N. S. Adkins
and a number of others at a meeting
held at the Paseo Y. NJ. c. A. on
Wednesday night of this week, and
those who failed to hear this match
less oratory of the gentlemen on the
merits of the organization of the Ne
gro, by the Negro and for the Negro
missed a rare treat,
The Black Conscientious Director
came in for a wonderful d%rubbing,
and had such a person been present
he would have felt very lonesome.
The spirited talks of the Women
Generals and Captains were full of in
spiratiOn. The following letter from
DR.. W. II. Madison, which was re-
ceived by Hon. Nelson c. Crews, was
read:
Hon. Nelson c. Crews, Editor,
Kansas City Sun,
Kansas City, Missouri.
Dear Mr.. Crews:
l have read with keen interest and
admiration of the movement among
the progressive Negroes of Kansas
City to join with the forces of the
Negroes of other cities in the forma-
ton of a Nation Wide Organization
for the purpose of bringing pressure
to bear that will result in granting to
the Negro his Constitutional Rights.
| want to assure you, Mr.. Crews, that
| and the Progressive Negroes of Mar
shall, Missouri, and Saline County, are
heartily in accord with this movement,
and desire to be enrolled forthwith
as a member of said organization.
Any Negro who is not willing to
unite with this general movement
(out of which no possible harm can
come, but an immense lot of good be
acComplished) and to contribute of
his time, talent and mean is not
worthy of the honor Of being identi-
fled with the Negro race. The priyil-
eye of such Identification l consider
an unmerited gift of my Creator.
The Negro has demonstrated to the
American White man and TO the world
at large his ability to be a soldier and
a citizen, and his desire to, at all
times, defend with all that he pos
sesses, even to his life, the principles
of the Federal Constitution, but this
one-sided affair (one-sided for the
very evident reason that the desire
for defense of the Negroes rights is
not returned for his loyalty cannot
be expected, even by our Anglo-SaXon
brother, to continue indefinitely un-
less due consideration and just pro
lection are accorded him.
The necessity for the Enactment Of
New Legislation or for Constitutional
Amendment as far as the Federal
Government is concerned, is of less
importance than the Enforcement of
Laws and Amendments, notably the
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments, that already exist,
This organization, having for its OBJ
ject such a universal beneficial cause
for the Negro, should have the undi-
vided support Of the , 1000, 600 Ne
groes of this country, protesting in
one voice against further unjust dis
elimination, Jim CTOwism and disfran-
chisement.
Very sincerely yours,
DIR. w. II. MADISON,
NTaprh,D N~Ticgpnri