The northwestern bulletin., 1923-02-10
SPONSOR. 0. BIZ.
RACE, CONFERENCE
SUGGESTION
Kelly Miller Suggests Next Step
Toward Bringing Confer
..,ence. Together.
IDEA MEETS WITH
NATIONA LRESPONSE
Provisional Committee to Organ
ize Conference Would Be
Next Move,

washington, Feb. Io.-My sug-
gestion for an all-race conferences has
met with nationwide response: It
is unanimously agreed that such a
conference is not only important but
imperative. The proposition elicits
immediate and spontaneous reaction.
Great ideas are rarely ever the
product Of a single mind. They are
but the outcome of scientific or So
ciai necessities demanded by the ad-
vancing state of knowledge or social
need. Fundamental thoughts stir
spontaneously in the mind Of many
thinkefs.' ItVis only by chance or
good hap that, some fortunate indi-
vidual IS hrst to formulate and give
them public utterance. Fortunate In
deed is he IL he escapes the rivalry
and jsaf6nsy Or those Who are fond
Of she'self-glory of'priority.
,r.claim mo originality or special
credit for proclaiming the suggestion
Of Q Negro sanhedrin. When the
cloud is surcharged with electricity,
+, the fash may break out at any point.
have Merely s2pfessed Tie general
feeling not before sufficiently focused
in definite form of statement. En-
thusiastic supporters Of the idea de-
clare that N was already saoating IN
theifr minds without form and VOID.
indeed 4 had already. received Inn
plicity or explicit expression In sum
dry partial ways. The National Race
Congress had felt the need ana ut.
tered Il. The Equal Rights League
had already sent out invitations to
the several. civil rights organizations
inci6ding me n. IA. c. p, the Ma.
tionai Race Congress, and the Blood
Brotherhood. for a Joint meeting and
united action. Several secret and
fraternaf orders were contemplating
sinfiar procedure. MY Suggestion
DINERS from the others only In TIL
coniprehensiveness of its range and
scope. s'o'''s~ sa'
II would have the conference tax,
into consideration 6ethe slate Of tn,
race" fhvoiving the entire circle q
interests pertinent and peculiar Il
our ''gr6up,f ana It's relations to tn,
larger social entity In which it is sub
merged. The national race move
ment hitherto have limited their at
tention to some particular pressin,
and distressing features Of the prob
lem. The dynamic power Of pol
itics has been the chief reliance
These conferences have split on tn
rock on which they we're founded.
The political agency must loon
large in any effective race program
but the snbject must be approaches
in the spirit of comprehensive rae
statesmanship. and not Of persona
and partisan manipulation. Polite
4 forms but single factor Of our tang
led problem. The internal develop
ment Of the race is primary import
ance aside from its external relation
to the envifoning white world. Th
statesman-like attitude will not al
low itself TO become excited over an
single distressing factor. but view
the whole problem with sobriety o
temper and deliberateness of judg
ment.
Napoleon Bonaparte suggested
Sanhedrin Of the Jews of Europe 4
1907. The constitution of this bod,
comprehehded the entire fabric Q
Jewish life and relationship. Tn
agenda covered the whole field "a
Jewish interests as affecting and a
fected by the dominant Gentle woff
in which they were enveloped. Th
outcome of this conference has pc
tent iiifqehce III Jewry until ! IN
present day The East Indians NEE
in annual session Of an. Ail-India
conference to consider the inlook
Of the race itseif, And It's outlook upo
the world at large, The Negro need
CONTINUED on Supplement 81