Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
GILES JACKSON TO LAY
PLAN BEFORE CONVENTION
Negro Industrial Commission Idea to
Be Presented to $4,000 ut
Newark.
ACTION BY CONGRESS URGED
Body Would Deal With Questions
Concerning ColOrcd Race With
Especial Reference to Economic
Conditions.

bl!eS - jackson. negro laWyer, au-
thor OF the plan that would provide
in the national machinery Il negro in
dustrial commission. composed Of two
white and three black members. with
powers TO Investigate and deal with
questions concerning the negro race.
and VINO is member OF the commit
tee OF two 70 present bill to Con-
SrcsS for the creation OF such a COM
mission. Will lay the plan before n
delegation Of $4,000 negroes from all
parts Of ne country IN Newark. y J..
at the National Negro Baptist Con-
vcntion on September 8.
II is proposed 10y Jackson to secure
the backing Of the negroes from every
state in the Union before presenting
TO Congress the bin which is now in
the STAGES OF preparation.
Put Plan Before 5000.
On Wednesdays. september 10. w. c.
Paige, Of Norfolk. the other member
OF the committee which MAS appointed
a. mass meeting Of negro labor
unions on Labor Day. viii make ef
forts 70 secure the Endorsement OF the
Negro Missionary BAPTIST Convention.
com posed OF 5000 negroes, which con-
Fenes IN Norfolk on ,hat day.
plan ''t to The S EaGr Brofherho 5o
Workers Of America an organization
indcpend"ut of the American Fedora
ton o. Labor, when It's sessions oper
In Washington. This negro organize
ton represents the States OF Virginia.
West virginia. Tennessee, North and
South Carolina, Alabama. Mississippi.
Tennessee and Arkansas.
Jackson stated yesterday that after
securing the Endorsement to his plan
OF the three conventions, he. together
with ". &. raig" the other member
OF hhe committee. would prescn, the
bill TO Congress the latter part of
sh!s week.
Henson for Commission.
As reasons for the creation Of such
yesterday enumerated the following.
which Viii he Incorporated in the res
olutlon which Vii! oc presented TO
the conventions for their endorsements:
The negro is treated and consid
this CouTJ:y.
The economic condition o: the nc
gro is very d.plorahie.
by reason OF MS color, the negro
ia cncounier!n- many obstacles in mis-
indusir!aI pursuits which are greatly
h:n"sring hi: progress IN the differ
''rhe status of the negro with the
government OF the nation is uncertain.
result q when ii appears that the
government OF the United States has
not as clear conceIlic. Of the con-
Giiion OF tho negro as II might have II
sorc agency were created by the gov
eminent OF the United states through
whic'' the negro may be properly rep
resented
Such a commission would be Of
rrcRs advantage to the Presi dent in
harc..nr matters pertaining to the
negro race ana great aid 10 every de-
rartment o. the government in the
s'oiut.un OF negro prOblens.'
Says Negroes Went North.
As CHIEF Of the negro division OF the
United states Employment Bureau
which was created during the var and
dissolved July n last, Jack son was put
in clos touch with the negro situation
in the country.
He declared that = vast number Of
Southern negroes had migrated dur
ing the war emergency TO Northern
States. and obtained employment in
factories. wher" previously il was the
policy 10 employ only whites. Various
reasons we're given FOR the general
exodus. such As higher wages better
housing and educational facilities and
the like. From Virginia alone. he said.
100000 negroes had packed the!. be-
longiuSs and hied 10 the North to live
The race riot in Washington. which
he was an eyewitness 10, and the more
serious one in Chicago. which he had
read about. started Jackson 70 evolving
a plan whereby the misunderstanding
between the races might be blotted OUT
TO solve Problems of Rhcc.
In addition 10 helping solve domes-
tic problems, the Negro Industrial
Commission viii aid toward the solu-
tion OF any problems that may arise
in connection with Liberia nd Haiti in