The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-08-19

oiou VI the OfBdulldtfOu nCl0 at
Tabernacle Baptist Church. Two
thousand people heard the delivery
that was received with thunderous
applause. Attorney Homer G. Phil
lips introduced DR.. Motion to his
audience. Vice President John Webb
presided. A musical program by a
local choral club and a woman vio-
linist diversified the program, The
League was welcomed to the city
by a representative Of the Governors
official staff, Mr.. Ingle.
In his address DR., Motion stressed
the growing opposition OF darker
races against Nordics." and the fail
ure Of government. city, state and
national, to give Justice" to the
Negro. c
This Is no new theory. but In this
case II comes from the head of the
national business men; from the
principal of Tuskegee Institute. the
Smiths chief spokesman and from
the successor to the late Booker T.
Washington.
The Sanhedrin
More important still was DR.. Mo-
toms plan for nationwide coopera-
ton of all Negro organizations up
on definite business and political
program. 1t was the "Sanhedrin"
idea promulgated by DR.. Kelly Mil
Ter few years ago.
Neither the National Negro Bust
ness League nor any other single or
ganization will render its most eff
fective service until somehow a way
is found. by which a larger number
Of all these various organizations can
coordinate their forces and center
their interests from time to time
on some definite enterprise which
they will support as a unit. subor-
dinating for the time mere individ-
ual personalities to the great com
mon objective which transcends the
interest Of any single individual or
any separate group.
Business interests
This is especially true as II af-
fects business interests and the larg-
er economic aspects of the Negro
problem in America. This will call
for sacrifice. II will mean the SUBJ
mergence OF mere personalities. II
will call for time, energy and some
money; 1t will mean that the Negro
race will have to do to larger ex-
tent than hitherto what other races
and groups have had to do in the
past, in order to accomplish the very
same results for which our own
hearts are yearning.
Thursday evenings session includ-
ed the report of the Vice President
at large. Bert NJ Roddy of Men,
phis. who made public announce
ment OF the addition of five thou
sand members and thirty locals or
ganized in ten states during the past
year.
c. G. Spaulding, head of the Ma
tional Negro Finance Corporation, a
practical promotion of the League,
also reported during the Thursday
session.
Mime. Malone. founder of Poro
College. spoke at the same session,
and her recital of a woman's reac-
lions to the business OF today Great
ed profound impression.
During the session, more than
sixty addresses were delivered. each
by competent authority, upon the
particular business activity under
consideration. The whole range Of
mercantile and financial subjects
were given discussion and considera-
ton.
Despite the fact that the National
Negro Business League has fostered
and nourished into independent ex-
saNA ~ ,foI
CARNATIONS, each now functioning
with especial interest in specific
line, the parent body continues to
grow in membership, interest and
Importance.
The National Medical Association.
! the National Bar Association, Ma
tional Fair Officials Association. the
National Hairdressers and BARRIERS
Association, and the National Asso-
citation of Undertakes are typical
of a number of trade line bodies
that now hold distinct conventions
in separate cities: but whose origin
is attributable to the National Ne
gro Business League. This is, as II
has always been, contemplated by
the founders of the League whose
| ann was W ueNelOp NEGRO DuSlneSs
to where trade bodies could be util-
lied to advantage. Regardless of
these offsprings that have been sent
into the business life of the land for
themselves, the League growth has
been astounding. The manifest de-
votion Of its officers is disclosed
when one states that less than
twenty-four per cent were absent
from roll calls at the st. Louis ses.
sions.
The election resulted in an almost
unanimous retention OF incumbents
in office. The roster reads as fol
lows.
Officers: Robert R. Motion, presi.
dent, Tuskegee Institute. Ala; J. c
Napier. Honorary President, Nash
!, vile, Tenn; DR.. J. r. Levy. second
vice president. Florence, s. c.: Johr
l.. Webb. first vice president, Hot
Springs. Ark; George w. Franklin
third vice president, Chattanooga
/. Tenn; Mrs. George w. Brown
fourth vice president, Scranton. Pa.
A. l.. Lewis, treasurer. jacksonville
Fla: Warren Logan, auditor. Tus
kegee Institute. Ala: T. J. Fergu