The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-01-23
NEGRO'S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE
TO BE DISCUSSED
Urban League to Hold Conference in
New York, Feb. 3-5, 1926

At the time of the fifteenth annual
meeting of the National Urban League
Feb. 3-5, an important conference will
be held which will mean much in the
future programs Of industrial and
community welfare for the Negro.
Representatives from at least so urban
communities will attend this confer
Health and Housing, Recreation and
Training of Workers in Industry.
White and colored students Of the
problem of race contacts will confer
on methods by which friction may be
avoided and better and more lasting
fellowship between the various racial
elements in America may be promoted.
The opening session on Feb. will
be addressed by Walter w Petit, as
sistant director of the New York
School Of Social Work, on Present
Day Problems Of Social Life, and z.
Franklin Frazier, director of the At
lanta School Of Social Work will de-
scribe how these problems are mani
testing themselves among Negroes.
Following this session, Forester B.
Washington, executive secretary Of the
Philadelphia Armstrong Association,
affiliated with the League, will pre-
sent a program to meet these needs
in northern communities, incidentally
bringing in a summary of an investi-
CATION OF more than 90 communities
in Pennsylvania having more than 100
Negro population which he has studied
under the auspices Of the Public We'll
fare Department of the Keystone State.
For the South, J. Marshall Ragland,
executive secretary Of the Louisville
Urban League, will present program.
During the day sessions, Charles S.
| Johnson, director Of the Department
OF Research and Investigations Of the
League. and editor of Opportunity"
magazine. will present the findings of a
study Of the experiences of Negroes
with trade unions covering a long
period of wears. and T. Arnold Hill,
director Of the National Industrial De-
partment OF the League, will lead the
discussion in a symposium on the train
ing which is afforded Negroes to grasp
industrial opportunities now offered
them. AT this symposium some OF the
leading exponents of trade training for
Negroes will participate in the discus
sion This group includes: James
Gregg, principal Of Hampton Institute;
F. D. B1uford, president of the A. & T..
College of Greensboro. N. c.; and rep
resentatives from Tuskegee Institute.
President Arthur Morgan OF Antioch
College in Ohio will present the An
tioch plan Of work and study for con-
sideration by educators among the Ne
groes. Employers of labor will be
present to discuss this subject in view
ctt the types Of workers that they are
seeking. George Sullivan, superintend-
ent of the Sayre and Fisher Brick
Manufacturing Co. of Sayreville, n. J.,
will also address this meeting.
in the health session Frederick l..
Hoffman. consulting statistician of the
Prudential Life Insurance Company
author Of Race Traits and Tendencies
of the American Negro" which pro-
duced such excitement in sociological
circles nearly 80 years ago. will pre-
sent some Of his new theories in light
of the experiences of the Negro fol-
flowing the appearance Of this startling
hook. DR.. M. o. Bouseheld, president
of the Liberty Life Insurance Co.; DIR.
Clyde H. Donnell, medical director
Of the n G. Mutual Life Insurance
Co., and c. c. Spaulding, president of
the same company, will engage in the
discussion, as will representatives of
many other life insurance companies
and health organizations vitality inter-
ested in Negro health.
/ Speakers at the evening programs
will include Ferdinand @. Morton,
Civil Service Commissioner Of New
| York City; Mrs. Blanche Armwood
Beatty, executive secretary of the