Phoenix tribune., 1922-12-09
COLORED WOMEN IN 25 STATES ARE
WORKING LIKE TROJANS To RAISE
MONEY NECESSARY TO PASS DYER Bill
preston News Service)

NEW YORK CITY, Dec 8-The third meeting of
the officials and state directors of the Lynchng Cru
saders organization held here last week 1t was re-
ported that there 700 KEY women in 25 states
hard at work in effort to enlist the aid support and in
tuence OF both white and Negro citizens suppress lynch
ing in America
It is said this movement owes its origin 10 Mrs Helen
Curtis of New York City. That she was inspired by a
public statement of Congressman Dyer at the A. A. c.
+. convention in June at Newark n j. The committee
made 1t plain that the purpose specific one and
organized to raise money for specific purpose and then
dsband January 1928 The purpose and object of the
Anti-L Lynching Crusaders is to stop lvnchng and mob
violence The clear and practical program so far out
lined for the accomplishment of this purpose that of the
National Association for the Advancement of Coored
People, namely to pass the Dyer Bill and enforce it. The
Crusaders have determined to raise million dollars and
turn it over to the anti nchng fund of the n A. A. c. P
IN trust to be used to pass and enforce the Dyer Anti
Lynchng bill and to put down mob violence
Some people have doubted if million dollars is nee
essary 1t is and the Crusaders have asked the executive
office OF the n A. A. c. P outline roughly how the mon
ey could be effectively and economically expended The
statement follows:
An ant-lynching program demands: Publicity, Pres
sure upon congress- pressure upon state legislatures in
vestigaton and legal processes.
The Negro has never given his cause proper publicity
1t proposed if sufficient funds are obtained to conduct
newspaper campaign Of publicity patterned after the
Red Cross and Child Welfare campaigns A campaign
where full statements of the facts concerning lynch
ing shall appear in every influential daily paper through
out the country until the general public informed of the
fact that this country cursed with ynchng Such pub
clty campaign could be started with $4,000 and would
to be complete, cost one million dollars.
Pressure upon congress- The country must be
aroused by letters telegrams and articles pour upon
the senate and stream for immediate action Such
paign throughout the United States cannot be completely
lnaugurated for less than $25,000
Pressure upon state legislatures efforts strengthen
state laws must not lag Three four states have ade
quate antiynchng laws and this will cost from $4,000
to $OOOO0 Ii the Dyer Bill fails of passage before March
the present bill must be rentroduced in the next con-
gress Ii the Dyer Bill is passed. the campaign against
ynchng mob violence and legal defense has just begun
and the race must be ready for two things:
Investigation of every of lynchng and mob
violence which These investigations must be far
more thorough than in the past for them must be
able to build court with facts and witnesses This
will mean the of detective agencies local investigators
documentary research etc. This takes money
Legal processes: Finally there are the actual law
cases. The Federal Government will probably attend to
the actual prosecutions but the stand ready to
help IN the preparation of the cases. the gathering of wit
nesses and the stimulation of the interest of the public
mind. So money will be needed in this event
The Crusaders pledge that every cent of every dollar
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