Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-07-27
SENATOR ARTHUR II. VANDEN-
BERG, OF MICHIGAN, INVITED
TO SPEAK AT NATIONAL BAR
ASSOCIATION SESSION IN DE-
TROIT, AUGUST 1ST AND End.

limited States Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg, of Grand Rapids, Mich,
has been invited by President c..
Francis Stradford to speak at the
Annual Session of the National Bar
Association in Detroit, Michigan,
upon the subject "Re-Apportion-
ment." Senator Vandenberg is the
champion OF fair and politically
lust re-apDortionment Of political
representation between the several
States. The subject of re-apportion-
ment is one of great interest to the
Negro group at this time in view OF
the great agitation for the enforce
ment of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments to the Constitution for
the reason that the e-apportionment
issue has within its heightened
shadow collateral consideration of
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments which necessarily be-
come involved when the number Of
Congressman to which certain South
ern States are entitled, is reduced by
re-apportionment due to growth and
shifting of population.
1t is expected that the most I'M
portant and serious work sf the An
nual Session will be the work of the
various standing and special commit
tees and from the preliminary com
mittee reports which have been filed
in the office of Secretary irwin c.
MollisOn, it is expected that many
concrete and tangible proposals will
be brought forward to improve the
civil, political and economic status OF
our group as we'll as to raise the
standards of professional efficiency
and achievement.
The Legislation Committee com.
posed of Assistant Attorney General
William II. Harrison, chairman, Her
man Z. Moore, Charles J. Jenkins,
all OF Chicago, Ill; Representative
@. NJ. Allen and Joseph McLamore,
of St. Louis, Mo-, viii give especial
attention in their report 70 the en-
actment of laws which will protect
the civil and economic rights OF our
group.
The Crimes OF Lynching and
Peonage and all forms of criminal
activity designed to hold our group
in subsection will be discussed by
the Crime Committee, composed OF
Wendell Z. Green, chairman, VII.
liam H. Haynes, John NJ. Brandon
all of Chicago; s. E. Garner, of St
! Louis, No, and Scipio Jones, of Lit
lie Rock, Ark.
, Hostile legislation passed by State
and City Legislatures designed tc
discriminate between citizens be.
cause of their race or color will be
handled by the Committee on Dis.
criminatory Legislation. This com
/ mittee, composed of Homer Phillips
| chairman, of st. Louis, Mo-; l..
Amasa Knox, member of State Leg,
lislature of Missouri; Earl B. Dicker.
son, William E. King, member OF
Illinois Legislature, and Herbert A
Greenwood, all of Chicago, ILL.,, will
report special methods for circum-
venting hostile laws, plans for Sc.
curing their repeal, and ways and
means of invalidating such laws by
court action.
Needful changes and reforms in
the laws will be suggested by the
Committee on Jurisprudence and
Law Reform composed of Raymond
Pace Alexander, chairman, of Phila-
delphia, Pa, Judge Albert B
George and Thomas H. Johnson, OF
Chicago, Charles P. Howard, of Des
Moines, Iowa, and Daniel Bowles, OF
St. Louis, Mo.
The Legal Aid Committee, OF