The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-01-18
Prominent Negroes Of the West
Organize National League.

Mr.. Clarence r. Groves, a prominent
young business man of Kansas City,
Mo, and nephew of J. G.. Groves, uni
versally known as the Potato King"
is President; Mr.. s. Richard Hopkins
successful real estate and oil oper-
ator, is Secretary; Mr. Mamie e.
Oden Of the Square Deal Realty &
Investment Company, Treasurer, and
Miss Alberta S. Collins; expert ac-
countant, is Chief Clerk of Vital Sta
tistics. The organization is to be
known as the National Negro Consti-
tutional Conservation League of Amer
lea, with general headquarters at 1915
East 18th street, Kansas City, Mo-,
from which it will direct the activities
of its many branches which are being
organized throughout the United
States.
The object and purpose of this
League is to see that the blood of
our brave and noble soldiers who
fought for World Democracy shall not
have been shed in vain, by waging
an unending and ceaseless fight to
wipe out and eliminate discrimination
and prejudice, jim-crowism and dis
franchisement, mob violence and in
justice from the United States of
America FOREVER.
1t is preparing to circulate a great
petition, and it hopes to have attached
thereto, in the next few months, the
signatures of over a million persons
asking the United States Government
to enforce the 14th and 18th Amend
ments of the Constitution.
Every true and race loving Negro
in this Country should see to it that
he gets an opportunity to place his
name on this worthy document In
summing up the entire purpose and
object Of the National Negro Consti-
tutional Conservation League of Amer
lea. we might say that this League
is endeavoring to make the United
States of America decent place for
the Black Man to live in.
A Letter to DR.. Burris Jenkins.
The Secretary of this organization,
Mr. S. Richard Hopkins, wrote a letter
to DR.. Burris A. jenkins, the new
Editor and published of the Post,
which expressed the sentiment of all
the thoughtful Negroes in Greater
Kansas City. 1t follows:
Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 8, 1919.
DR.. Burris Jenkins, Publisher and Ed
- itor, Kansas City Post,
Kansas City, Missouri.
Most Honorable Sir:
We wish to sincerely congratulate
you in accepting the great office as
Publisher and Editor of the Kansas
City Post. We also wish to commend
the owners of this paper in displaying
such wisdom. We have heard you
speak on quite number of occasions
and deep down in our hearts we be-
lieve you are the man.
We remember when the Kansas
City Post was established in this city.
We were acquainted with the men
who were the first publishers of it.
We have been and are constant read
ers Of the Post, and while we have
not always agreed with it in most of
its policies, we will let bygones be
bygones, and ever keep in mind the
words of President Wilson, as quo
ted by you, and which appeared in
the first paragraph of your very able
article at the left of your picture on
the front page of the Kansas City
Post, January 7th, 1919. They were
as follows: "Precedents are often
good only to be broken; and it is
certain that because thing is not
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not be done now" How wonderful
and grand are these words and what
deep and sanguine significance they
should have with reference to the
Negro.
In the second paragraph, you say,
these are remarkable times; that the
War has fused, melted and tempered
men all over the world; that 1t has
quickened them to aspirations, higher
and different. You also state in the
same paragraph, that reason, thought
and sympathy are to play larger
part than ever in human affairs and
the vehicle of these things, which |
is words spoken and written, is to
have a weightier influence than ever
before. How truly have you spoken
and may God grant that you may be
equal to the responsibility now placed
upon you.
We believe that your task is a
large one, and we know that the Ne
groes of Kansas City are with you.
We are pleased to. know that you
think the people of Kansas City are
part owners and responsible for a
paper. and that under your direction
the Kansas City Post will undertake
to reflect the spirit of this city and
its territory.
Your motto, as regarding the duty
of paper. ''The right-neither court
ing favor nor fearing condemnation" |