The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1921-08-06
NATIONAL GRAND MASTER
HON. WILLIAM HERBERT
FIELDS DELIVERS HIS AN
NUAE ADDRESS.

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cago, the often termed Haven for
the Negro" crime and devastation
have been allowed to run pell NELL
Any band of white citizens in any
section may if they see Mt object to
the purchasing Of property IN certain
residential districts by our people and
upon the refusal of real estate agents
TO execute their wishes they take the
matter in hand and with the force
of dynamite destroy the property and
endanger the lives of our people; this
form of injustice has thrived in Chi
cago to the extent of becoming a
mode of amusement for our white
brother.
The devastating floods in Colorado
were said to-he due to a cloudburst,
but God in his own way has many
means of retribution. Lynching, race
rioting and bomb-throwing and other
dastardly deeds have lost their places
of conspicuousness in the white pa
pers from the fact of the frequency
of the same, thus giving place to
events that the white press considers
of more importance.
There were times when lynching
was restricted to the confines of the
Southland, but the fever has become
so intense until its practices and its
effects are felt throughout the United
States and even IN our own Missouri;
the direction means nothing-the
North, East. South and West are suf-
fering keenly with this barbarous on
slaught.
AS appalling as these conditions
are they are not to be looked upon
as the inevitable, they can be stopped
and they must The achievement of
this can only be accomplished
through the combined efforts of our
religious and fraternal institutions.
Our churches must become a solid
unit irrespective of creed, our frater-
mites a united mass and with COM
bined strength of these two great
forces we can demand that which the
Constitution of the United States has
provided. the rights and privileges of
a law abiding American citizen.
The spirit that the Ancient United
Knights and Daughters of Africa has
inculcated is wonderful for the de-
velopment of racial pride and
strength; the spirit of reciprocity
among its members.
To cause the perfection of a pros
porous business among our people is
to place us upon a firm foundation,
to protect the interest of the race.
To demand the respect and attention
OF the powers that be, we must first
become capitalists. In order to en-
ter the financial market we must have
business success like our white broth
CT, keep the money within our own
fold, make possible employment for
our boys and girls: this interest will
in turn develop in the future genera
lions racial pride; with racial pride
comes racial protection; racial pro-
lection can only be accomplished
through combined efforts of our own
people, therefore, ! still hold that
churches and fraternities must unite.
they being the greatest institutions
for enmassing our people.
The 4. L. X and D. of A. stands
willing and ready to continue doing
her part in this great racial better
ment for the unborn boys and girls
of this racial group.
Recommendations
l. recommend that the Office of
State Grand Mother Queen be Gre
ated, and that a State Grand Mother
Queen be elected by this body, for
each state and her duties will be to
preside over the Juvenile Department
of her state.
?. l recommend that the Advisors
and other adult officers including the
Mother Queen of a juvenile be
elected by the council of which the
juvenile is an auxiliary.
3. recommend that the law per-
hitting Most Excellent Queens and
Worthy Master Knights to draw s.
for carfare to visit sick or delinquent
members be repealed and that in the
future they shall have the expense
of carfare voted to them at each
meeting. on acquisitions presented
and signed by the Most Excellent
Queen and Financial Secretary.
T. / recommend that a board be
elected by this body to consist of
FIVE members to be known as the
A. U. K. and D. of A. Band Board, |
and that one of their number be
elected secretary-treasurer of same
And he or she shall be bonded in
the sum of $1,000. The duties Of this
board shall be to provide ways and
means for the upkeep and travelling
expenses of all bonahde A. U. K.
and d. Of A. bands with not less than
20 pieces
5. / recommend that the Officers
Council be reduced to consist of the |
following Offices. Most Excellent