The northwestern bulletin., 1922-07-08
SESSION
Of \. A. A. {. P.
IS SUCCESSFUL
Convention Closed with Eloquent
Plea by William Pickens for
Amended Racial Harmony.
"a NEW NEGRO" is
SLOGAN AT CONVENTION
Pres. Harding Pressed by Vote
of Convention to Urge Sen
ate to Pass Dyer Bill.
ASSOCIATED Negro Press)


Newark, N. j., July THE Thir-
teenth Annual Session of the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People closed with an elo-
quent plea by Dean William Pickens
to bring the problems of racial diff
erences in America to practical ad-
justment. Dean Pickens followed the
address of DR.. w. E. B. Dubois, and
brought home his practical applica-
tions with punch that will not be
forgotten. DR.. Dubois discussed the
evolution of racial differences in the
world of today.
Throughout the entire session OF
the conference, there was one out
standing fact: THE Negro of Today
is New Negro and Must be Dealt
With in a New Way" The problems
of adjustment and better understand
ing must all be worked out in the
light of a new psychology that has
come to the darker people of the en-
tire world, and emphasized no less in
the 100000 Colored Americans
than in other darker peoples.
President Harding was urged by
unanimous vote of the convention to
send a special message to the Sen
ate expressing the Importance OF
passing the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill
at the present session of Congress.
1t was Enthusiastically disclosed, in
the temper and manner of the repre-
sentatives from twenty-five or more
states, that failure to pass the bill.
or Quibbling over technicalities, as TO
the constitutionality for instance, viii
be reflected in a vote of protest at
the November elections. There seems
to be no argument that can be advan-
ced that will be accepted as a suDsti-
tute for action.
Outspoken I'm Sentiment.
The failure of public officials who
had accepted places on the program
of the Convention, and then sent last
minute expressions of regret, was
met on every hand by expressions of
displeasure. This was particularly
true of the Mayor of Newark, and
Senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jer-
sey. The Senator sent a telegram
stating that his duties on the finance
committee prevented his attendance,
but expressed his approval OF the An
ti-Lynching Bill.
The political atmosphere OF New
Jersey was prevalent throughout the
session, and particularly the fight in
the Newark district against Congress
man Parker, who voted against the
Dyer Bill. Mr.. Parker has been a
member of the House for twenty-five
years, but Is bitterly opposed this
year by a prominent white candidate,
and an Independent Colored candi-
date.
The session devoted to the coop
Grafton organizations of woman. over
which Miss Mary White Covington,
Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the Association presided,
marked. also the awarding Of the
Spingarn Medal to Mrs. Mary b. Tai
bert of Buffalo. for success in direct
ing the campaign for funds to free
the home of Frederick Douglass from
debt. The various women's organi-
zations of both races disclosed un-
questionable progress of better un-
derstanding.
Large numbers of the delegates
visited the National Offices In New
York. The next session of the con-
vention will be held in Kansas CITY,
Kansas.