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properly to the congress in session as
sembled.
"The congress would not have bVen
surprised to be denounced by the
enemies OF labor but certainly did
not expect to be denounced by the
responsible head Of great labor or.
ganization which includes in it's ranks
the largest number of organized Ne
gro workers and which thereby had
the power, If it desired, to have the
largest delegation in the congress
thru which to guide and shape the pol
icies Of the congress in session.
Try to Destroy Movement.
such an attack upon the congress,
therefore, cannot fail to be interpret
ed by the majority of Negro workers
as an unwarranted attempt to de-
stroy their first nationwide effort to
find their place in the organized la
Dor movement and will tend to con-
firm their suspicious of the sincerity
Of those labor organizations which do
no more than pass paper resolutions
about unity of black and white work
ers.
1.-THE American Negro Labor Con-
gress, therefore, deeply deplores this
erroneous and harmful attitude and
calls upon the American Federation
of Labor to correct this misleading
I characterization Of this congress and
to cooperate with 1t whole-heartedly
to realize in fact that unity of the
black and white workers of America
which alone can incur their protec-
ton, advancement, and emancipation"
A delegate sent to the convention
by the state Of Oklahoma presented
the following credential from Gov
ernor M. E. Tropp:
ITO all to whom these presents
shall come,
Greetings,
"Know We, That reposing special
trust and confidence in the ability
and integrity Of Frank w. Reed OF
Oklahoma City, !, M. e. Tropp, gov
ernor of the state of Oklahoma, dc
hereby appoint and commission him
delegate to the National Labor Con
gress of Colored Workers to be held
in Chicago, Illinois.
"Given under my hand at the city
of Oklahoma City, the twentieth day
of October, in the year of our lord
nineteen hundred and twenty-five
Year Of the independence of the
United States Of America one hun
dred and fiftieth.
IN. E. Tropp
Governor Of the state of Okla
homa."
(SEAL)
At yesterdays session, the follow,
ing resolution was adopted by the
American Negro Labor Congress on
race discrimination and social equal
ity in which the Negro workers de-
mand that all forms Of race discrim.
ination, whether they be residential
union afiiliation or scholastic be
abolished and demand that the Ne
gro workers be given the same bene-
fits and privileges that the white
workers are entitled to. The reso
luton follows in full:
1.-THE so-called democratic society
in the United State of America is Sc
organized that a distinction is made
between races. Regardless of writ
ten laws, political and civil rights are
not given to the Negro in the same
degree as to persons Of the white
race. Especially in the southern
states nearly all rights as men and
citizens are taken away from the Ne
gro. 1t is fundamental custom Of
public life to treat the Negro as an
inferior caste both in the North and
in the South.
Segregation.
1.-THE Negro people are confined to
the most miserable residence dis
tricts as an outcast people who can
not choose their place of residence
among the general population. We
are segregated In miserable separate
railroad cars as tho we were cattle
unfit to mix with human beings. In
many cases we are segregated in sep
arate labor unions, or denied the
right to organize at all. II employ
ment we are generally segregated, be
ing confined to the hardest and most
disagreeable kinds Of labor. Our chill
dren are in many places not permit
ted to attend the general public