The Omaha guide., 1933-10-28
Daniel c. Roper Appoints Jones As Advicer

WASHINGTON -(CNS) Eugen,
, Kinckle Jones though opposed By
: three Of the big Four" has beer
C.-for Roosevelt before Chicago
man
, 1t is claimed that after Robert I.
! Vann got his appointment in the De-
partment of Justice he broke with
his former associates Of the big
Four" and teaming-up with G. David
Houston, President RooseveIt's class
selected to fill the post Of "Econo-
mic Advisor on Negro Affairs Of the
United States Department Of Com
merce. The post was preferred to
him by Secretary Of Commerce, Dam
lei G. Roper, a few days ago, and
Mr.. Jones has accepted and the exc
cutive board of the National Urban
League has temporarily loaned Mr..
Jones to the Nationa Government.
For some time it has been rumor-
ed that there was to be a ''colored set
up" in the Commerce Department to
be headed by some prominent Negro
leader with a corps Of fifty or more
assistants and clerks. DR.. Joseph T..
Johnson n Of the big Four"
claimed this as his pet scheme and
when the name Of "Kinckle" Jones
was mentioned to head up the set
up he and DR.. Tompkins Of Kansas
City, Mo, and Julian Rainey Of Bos-
named; calling him a Republican in
addition to his not being a F. r. B.
mate at Harvard, pushed Jones SO
vigorously that Secretary Roper
hesitated but in the end announced
the appointment Of the Urban Lea
que leader. The appointment is scored
as a "black eye for the politicians"
Nothing definite could be learned
a sto just what Mr.. Jones is to "head
up" He vas here Thursday and Fri
day, October 10 and 20 and was
sought by scores Of men and women
seeking jobs in the rumored new
set-up. At present it is claimed that
he will probably have a secretary and
an assistant and take over the office
of the small business unit built up
by James A. Jackson Of the Market
Division of the Foreign and Domestic
Bureau of the Commerce Depart
ment
Mr.. Jackson was set out on July /
and the unit scrapped much to the
it that the Secretary now admits ii
disappointment of many. Rumor has
a mistake to "scrap" "Jackson's
little unit" and Mr.. Jones will be
put in charge to re-establish it in
connection with his duties as eco
nomic Advisor on Negro Affairs of
the United States Department of
Commerce"
Mr.. Jones, a leader of the Urban
League movement, was born in Rich
mond, Virginia, July 80, 1885. Of
pioneer Virginia stock, his father,
Joseph Endom Jones, was one Of the
first Negroes to graduate from Col
gate College from whence he assum-
ed the chair Of Homiletics in Virginia
Mon University in Richmond which he
he'd for forty seven years. His moth
er, the late Rosa X. Jones, was for
many years Instructor Of Music in
Hartshorn Memorial College for
Women in the same city.
Mr.. Jones attended the Wingate
Academy and from there entered
Virginia Union University from
which he was graduated in 1906. In
1908 he received his Masters Degree
in the Social Sciences at Cornell Uni
versity. After graduation, he accept
ed a position as instructor Of Socio-
logy at the State University, now
Municipal College, Louisville, Ken
tucgy. He remained in this post a
year and then was appointed I~nstruc-
tor and General Assistant at the
Central High School in Louisville,
hcilLuChy.
In 1911 Mr.. Jones began his work
with the Urban League in New York
City. With keen realization of the
problems of Negroes in urban comm
u~nities, he set about to fashion q
program which would meet these pro
blems. As a result of his efforts the
Urban League began a period Of ex-
pansion. So rapid was the growth of
the movement that it soon became
apparent that special provision must
be made for a trained personnel and
Fellowships for graduate students in
social work were established BY the
Urban League OF Mr.. Jones' recona-
mendation. Some Of Americas most
soptstsading young Nssro& hess
'bstn reeipi>nts oEAthssst nslfeAshipSI
ter graduate study. They ineluds
amsng others, Dr.. z. Franklin Fns.
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