The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-12-16
B.T.W. Trade Associations President
Delivers His Initial Annual Report

about not being on committee or
bcmg elected 10 Office. However, !
am recommending TO the next pre-
sidtnt that every member of this
Ass0ciation be placed on the meul-
b"fship and attendance committee.
From the results Of the fine
work Of the Membership Committee.
on May 22 executive offices 3ac
headquarters OF the Association
were opened at 40 East Warren
Avenue, Wargreen Building with
K. Louise Henderson as Executive
Secretary and CONNER sue Parker
j Olfcc Manager The Executive
Secretary. Assistant Secretary ".
D. Fields. and the President have
lyen this office an the time possi-
bie. whcn you consider lie fact that
oich of them ha, 10 make their liv-
ns IN other lines. TO l.. G. Blount,
r e.; Schustcr and Bertha Gofdy,
The ufilcc committee, goes the credit
ior the complete sci-np of The Of
'I,e. Naturally. IN such a short
lime. the office has not done all that
r should have done. or even a
nall portion OF what the miuform-
~ think IL should have done: bnt
70 has done much in addition "a
handling All the rouiinc matters OF
HE Association, Housewives Lea
grc, and Voice of Negro Business
With little money. limited expert
cncc, and much 10 learn. We have
had 10 be careful Eut like new
business. we know ii We could
stretch our funds long enough 10
cover the period when D. might APP
pear that We were doing Very In
ilr Tie time would soon com,
when thc oihcc would be- doing a
thriving business IN service 10 n.
members in particular. ana our
business and professional group ia
general
While endca,orine 20 stretch ON
finances as CO. possible IL vas
necessary fDrns l0 brgin the iaui
dntion Of an obligation of sauu 81
the N0wndly lA thcon Tub ana ih,
Boosters ana Exhibit Committee
Nearly All ol lhl bin has already
been paid and paid chccffully hc-
cause they were honest obligations
that served exceedingly worthy
causes wv: three scholarships "a
deserving students for competing
in an essay contest on "WllN WE
SHOULD SUPPORT NEGRO BrSl-
NESS ana The promotion Of our
annial Trado Exhibit in 1898.
we would. therefore. list the
setting up OF an office for the AS
sociation as ono OF HE major
achievements uf the year Nalmal-
ly n part of the oNpcnse in setting
up this office viii not be duplicated
for a number Of years. Certainly
our 1859 Trade Exhibit under tho
Craftsmanship OF Edgar j. pitis. was
another major achievement. DWbly
so when we consider tho fact that
Mr. Pitts had an eleventh hour
handicap. This was due To The tact
that we had done everything pos-
sihlc TO have be old BOOSTERS Com.
miitce promote the Exhibit as they
had done in inc past MIR PWs LETT
no deficit on the organization and
many OF the exhibitors have toli
us that they got more direct imam
cial returns from this exhibit Than
ever before.
A third major achievement WAS
the bringing of the 1910 Annual
Convention Of The Rational Negro
business League 10 r'iroit This
Was accomplished by tho energetic
and uniirinr work OF J. G.. Blount,
W. H. Porter, aud VI. Kelly Fritz.
and with what little hclp | was able
10 give them, The Detroit dclcga-
tion Vho attended the National