The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-01-18
REPORT ISSUE B 0N WORK
DONE BY k|NkLE JONES

Washington, ID. C-The annual
report of Secretary Daniel C. Roper
OF the Department of Commerce
makes the following statement
concerning the work of the Divi-
sion OF Negro Affairs of the Bure-
au OF Foreign and Domestic Com
merce, Eugene Kinkle Jones,
Chief, for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1895:
The routine work of the Bur
eau's Negro Affairs Division has
consisted of furnishing informa-
ton ON the Negroes economic
status, assembled from Census or
other factual data. The types OF
information supplied have includ-
ed such items as the following:
l. Lists of Negro newspapers and
other periodicals and of theaters
and motion-picture houses catering
primarily to Negro audiences.
:. Home ownership and tenantry,
farm and nonfarm, number and
value by geographical areas used
by other governmental units and
by private agencies for stimulating
service in home improvement
among Negroes).
3. The furnishing of information
TO Negro citizens in many sections,
on such governmental agencies as
The Farm Creole Administration,
The Home Owners Loan Corpora
ilon the Civilian Conservation Corps
the Subsistence Homesteads Cor
poration, the Department of Labor,
the Federal Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration, the National Recov-
cry Administration, etc.
A; Estimates and analyses of the
purchasing power of Negroes in
the United States. Published in
Domestic Commerce, in Negro
periodicals, and in the general
press 6vamable for advertisers
and dissributorsl.
The chief of the Division adj
dressed business gatherings in a
number pf cities, and this service
has resulted in increased demands
, on the Negro Affairs Division
He also served as member 0i
the New York state Planning
Board, the States cooperating unit
OF the National Res ources Board
Ton recomm ndation of this board
permanent Planning Council has
been author ized by law for the
estate of New York;.
Conferences have been held with
Ene officials 81 the state Depart
ment, decentralization authori-
tiRs of the Feteprl Emergency Re-
lief Administration, officials of the
Federal Credit Union and Press
Intelligence Division, il order to
obtain advice on services helpful
Ito Negroes.
The office cooperated IL the or
&saSizatiog OF AssOciiates IN Negro
| f'olk Education, movement de-
voted 10 advancing tine knowledge
| by Negroes of economic and other
|sNtal questions. The Eiwisiop CHER
Ia chairman, the program being
financed by the Carnegse Founda-
tiou of New York"
In connection with Nm. james
services as Advisor of Negro Al
fairs in the Department Of Gem
meIce the following are interesting
additional developments during
the year
1. Negroes numbering more than
1000 have been employed in vari-
ous temporary white collar posi-
tons in the Department in CON
nection with enumeration and tab
ulation of Census data and other
Department activities.
2 The office of Specialist in Ne
gro Statistics was established in
the Census Bureau. with Charles
f. Hall in charge, with appropriate
clerical assistance.
3. A photography of Negro bust
ness, roster OF Negro air pilots,
and listing Of Negro convention
datoo kalnfu1 IN adyertiSprSl were