The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-02-01
ETHIOPIAN
COSMOS soc.
HOLDS MEET
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spired by a packed house, were
met with enthusiastic applause OF
the audience. The master of cere-
monies was the Vice President,
Clifford ]. Cole. He called on the
lady president to address the audi
ence. She spoke on the New So
cial Order" and announced the in
auguration of a Social Registry in
Detroit. This brought on dis
cussion thrown open to the house
and a motion for the establishment
of a Social Registry.
VIM. II. Ryles, treasurer of the
l. Society, spoke on the financial sit
uation in Detreit-and- relation
to the black citizens. He men
toned among other things, the
exploitation of patents and the es-
tablishment of industries by pool
ing the money of those who are
wide awake to the financial STU
alton. He said that the stalwart
men and cultured women of De-
troit, if awakened, can garner in
to their own treasures over fifty
million dollars each year, that
they are now losing through their
slumber.
Clifford ]. Cole, real estate oper-
ator and business man, said that
now is the opportune time Tor the
colored Detroiter to take advantage
of the upward trend in realestate
values; that the thinking citizen
must act in time to do his part
in the upbuilding of the Race, II
he is to place his wife in man
sion on the hill for said he, The
difference between the mudsill and
the commander, the serf and the
lord manor, is the differenc OF the
use of brains, invincible determi-
nation, and honest purpose once
fixed and then victory or death
The president. Attorney Alonzo
ID. Pettiford, gave the keynote
speech. Among the high points
of his talk are the following:
"The Ethiopian Cosmos Society
is intended to revolt taonize the
industrial, commercial, social and
civic status of the race in this
country.
THE dynamic power of man is
found in his brain. We must think
and act now or be shunted into
the blind alley of economic slav-
cry and humiliation.
I'VE must not blame the white
man or anybody else for our pre-
dicament. Nature has a way OF
testing the worthy and this race
must be able to stand the test.
Billions Of dollars stand waiting
for those who are able to stand
the test, but it takes long suffering
patience arduous and painstaking
labor and a will and ambition to
pay the price to win 1t.
"This jazz age is forgetting that
we have a duty to perform a race
to redeem; Fun is alright and
necessary in its place, but too Of
ten the ideals and ambitions OF
our youth are being replaced by
a. desire for tawdry pleasure; and
lfft~a. drunken man who forgets
his oWff Safety and the security
of those dependent upon him, they
forget that the redemption OF the
race rests upon the shoulders Of
those who are In the image of
God in ideals, thoughts and ac-
tons.
Somebody must point the way.
The Ethiopian Cosmos Society will
do 1t. Give us ten men, men Of
brain and the urge to action and
we will revolutionize the Race in
Nils country in industry and COM
MERGE and bring untold wealth
into the Race. 1t can be done by
men OF thought and action"
The members voted the meeting
a colossal success. It was fow-
lowed by music furnished by two
orchestras.
Tho society meets every Satur-
apsv evening ~ O'Clock, 70 which
- psAts II iAvssSa.