The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-16
RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT N. A. A.
C. =. DETROIT CONFERENCE.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, 20
Fifth Avenue, today made public the
complete text of the resolutions sub
ence in Detroit by the resolutions
committee and passed in open meeting.
The committee was composed of H. e.
Davis, Colored member of the Ohio
Bois Mrs. Mary B: Talbert, George
w. Gross, ]. d. Moses, Shelby ]. Da-
wilson, James Weldon Johnson George
l.. Vaughn and f. r. Henderson. The
resolutions are as follows
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, in an
nual conference assembled calls the at
tention of the nation to Tulsa, Okla.
crime which never occurred The Ne
groes were not the aggresors save in
the sense that they fought to up
hold law, prevent lynching, and pro-
what secret organizations may exist
in Tulsa among whites on blacks, but
we do know that our branches in Ok
lahoma stand with us for law and
the Negro and put down the mob.
We are glad to commend the splendid
action of the governor an the quick
measures of local relief; we now urge
legal action against the corrupt city
government for civil damages in not
projecting the law-abiding citizens
against riot: and we urge that the
State demand the criminal prosecution
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People Pied
ges its every effort to secure Glenn
ency for the. convicted soldiers of the
twenty-fourth Infantry now in the
,Leavenworth Prison, and calls the at
tention of the Executive arm of the
government to the extenuating cir
cumstances which provoked their or
Tense.
AS an Association subscribing fully
to the principles of law enforcement
we hereby heartily and sincerely
commend the activity of the Depart
and prosecution of Peonage cases, and
we urge upon Attorney General
Daugherty the necessity for contin-
ued energetic action to the end that
slavery and Involuntary servitude eXs
cept as punishment for crime shall
disappear forever from the Land of
tho Free.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, repre-
senting 397 branches 10000 members
in forty-four states, and speaking in
behalf of eleven millions of people
strongly endorses House Resolution
No. l16 introduced by Congressman
TinlSham, asking for an investigation
of disfranchisement
A free and honest ballot is the
basis of democracy. And this country
owes it to its traditions to stop the
rotten borough system of the
South.
The National Association for the
senting 397 branches, 10000 members,
IN Fourty-four states. and speaking
in behalf of eleven millions of people,
urges the judiciary Committee. of the
United states House of Representa-
tives now in charge of the Dyer Anti
lynching Bill to expedite this bill
and report it favorably to the House.
The Colored people of the United
States demand action and not reas-
not the power to stop lynching, it has
not the power to exist.
The National Association believes
that Colored men should make every
register and vote at each election, and
we urge Colored women
to induce Colored men to respect and
use their right of franchise.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People calls
upon President Harding to invite the
nations of the world to Join the United
States in conference to discuss and
adopt methods for world disarma-
ment.
The Twelfth Annual Conference of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People desires
to thank the officials and citizens of
the city of Detroit for their hispi-
tally; the trustees and pastor of the
second baptist church for the use of
their excellent quarters; the Board of
Education for the use of the Central
High Schools Auditorium; and the De-
troit Branch for its thoughtful ar
rangements. The conference especially
appreciates the aid which the Colored
papers of the country and the Colored
churches and the pastors have given
in making the conference so widely
known, thus insuring so great a meas
ure of success.