Detroit tribune. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1933, 1933-06-17
Workers Advised
To Lower Racial
Bars Of Prejudice
OEREID DEGREES
GROUP SEPARATIONS
T hire e Situations
B ar Cultural
Interrogation
Social Workers
Hold Spotlight

There must he clarifying OF
three situations before there can
be an indignation of Negro culture
TO community life, declared Mr.
Ira DeReid, of the Research De-
partment of the Urban League, in
neighborhood and community
life division discussion at the
Book Cadillac Hotel Thursday
} Norning.
eThe three situations, according
to Mr.DeReid, are the traditions OF
the Negro. conspicuousness OF the
group and the element of competi-
ton. Tradition is based on the
question OF slavery, conspicuous
ness is the hate for opposites, and
the element OF competition is the
conflict between workers.
Measure Negro Contribution
Mr.. DeReid also said that there
can be no indignation as long as
there is separation OF races.
Culture. he said belongs to no
particular group.
Mr.. James II. Hubert. executive
secretary of the New York Urban
League. was leader of the discus
sion stating that the purpose of the
discussion was To measure the
contributions of Negro culture to
EnT6ffcaM uviiizatfoh. TINS -uuf-
ture, he said, had never been ade-
quately appraised.
Eugene Knickle Jones, secretary
Urban League and second vice
president of the National Confer
ence of Social Workers; John
Dancy, executive secretary De
troit Urban League; Rodger Nj
Baldwin, Civil Liberties Union
and seveal others joined in the
discussion.
Forester b. Washington, chair
man Atlanta School of Socia
Work. Atlanta, made his annua
report to the conference Wednes
day afternoon at the Book-Cadilla'
Hotel
A dinner meeting of all nationa
and local Urban League boar'
members, sponsored by the Detroi
,'rban League was held at the y
~. G.. A. at r. NJ. on Tuesday. |
was attended also by so many loo
al and visiting social workers o
both races who are attending tn
national convention meeting II
Detroit this week, that the capaci
ty of the cafeteria was taxed.
At the 4 sakers table were seat
cd the lo and out of town di
rectors . 1 officers of branches
among om were Mr.. Henry c
stevens, president of the Detrol
branch. Mr.. Clarence +. Brewe'
vice-president and head of Detro
Recreation Department, Mr.. job
c. Dancy, director of the loc'
branchs Mrs. Mary O'Donnel
Turner and other board member
and the following speakers: nj
Eugene Kinckle Jones. Executiy
Secretary of the National Urba
League who spoke In high term
of praIse of MIR. Henry Stever
whom he said was responsible Il
the establishment of the Detro
branch which has been lever Il
the adjustment of new corners
Mr.. Ira DE Reid. of tho researC
Department of the National u
ban League who spoke briefly
unemployment and the Negro
MIR. George Arthur, a represent
tive of the Rosenwald Fund Cor
mittee. who told of some measur
discussed at the recent Econom
Conference I'm Washington al
legislation affecting the Negro
economic status; Mr.. Forester
Washington of the Atlanta scho
of Social Work. lie reviewed J
early work in Detroit, as the III
director of the Detroit Urban Le
que: Mr.. r. Arnold Hill, form
director of the Chicago brane
now with Opportunity, who int
estingly gave some side lights
convention folks.
II was said that there we
more colored delegates attendi
this convention of social work'
than ever before.
The Federation of Settlem'
De-, ~