Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-09-14

DR.. R. \. Jemison
Reelected to
Presidency

ATLANTA, Ga. (NNPA) - DR.
D. V. Jemison of Selma, Alabama
president, and the entire slate OF
incumbent officials of the Nation
al Baptist Convention, Inc, in an
nual session here, were reelected
by reclamation last Wednesday
afternoon following the reading of
DIR. tensions sixth annual mes
sage.
The Convention, meeting at the
City Auditorium, heard DR.. Jemi-
sons message read by the Rev.
j. C. Washington of Alabama.
DR.. Jemison challenged America
and the world to fairer treatment
of colored peoples, pointing to the
recent massacre of four persons
near Monroe, Georgia, recently, as
a blot on the nation and as a
reason some delegates may have
refrained from coming to the con-
vention here.
In his message DR.. Jemison call
ed for even-handed justice in the
courts, antilynching, fair employ
ment practices and anti-poll tax
legislation, equal educational OPP
portunities, the abolition of the
jim Crow system on public car
riers, full recognition of colored
womanhood, and the right to vote.
The message brought great
ovation for DR.. Jemison. AS soon
as the ovation had subsidized, the
Rev. J. C. Austin, of Chicago,
moved that the rules be suspended
and that DIR. Jemison be reelected
by reclamation. The motion was
seconded by the Rev. M. w. Whit
of Alabama, and passed.
The Rev. J. w. Tate of New
York then offered a motion that
all officers of the Convention be
reelected by reclamation. This
motion was seconded by the Rev.
Calvin Perkins of Mississippi, and
also passed.
The officers reelected, besides
DIR. Jemison, include DR.. J. M. Ma
brit, secretary; DR.. T. S. Harten,
regional vice president at large;
B. j. Perkins, treasurer and Ro-
land Smith, statistician.
The convention voted to add $5,-
900 to ewards offered for infor-
nation leading to the arrest and
conviction of members of the mob
which lynched four persons near
Monroe. Georgia, July Is.
The Convention, in annual ses-
sion, elected the Rev. Plus Bar
bour of Chester, Pennsylvania, ed
itor of the National Baptist Voice,
as it's delegate to the world Bap-
fist Alliance next year in Copen-
hagen.
At it's opening session Septem-
Der 3, the Convention passed reso-
buttons calling for federal anti
lynching law, the expulsion of SEN
ator Theadore G. Bilbo, Democrat,
of Mississippi, from the United
States Senate, and the outlawing
of the Ku Klux Klan.
The resolutions represent the
Conventions first organized move
in the South to add several hun
bred thousand signatures to a pc
tition requesting President Tru-
man to call a special session of
Congress for accomplishment of
these ends.
By automobile, bus, train and
plane, Baptists from all parts Of
the United States and from for
eign countries streamed into the
city. It was estimated that 25,000
~.
Baptists were in attendance.
The Chicago delegation to the
Convention arrived here early last
week headed by the Rev. j. H
Horace, pastor of the Monumental
Baptist Church, leader Of the State
of Illinois, and chairman of the
executive committee Of the Ma
tional Fraternal Council of Negro
Churches.
Two train-load sections travel
ed to the convention, numbering
over 1000 delegates from Chicago
alone.