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SIGNIFICANT ALPHA NEWS Of ten committee members on the Negro Advisory Board and Planning Council for the Department of Commerce, Alpha Phi Alpha is represented by the following nationally known brothers: Robert L. Yann. Editor of the Pittsburgh Courier and Assistant to the Attorney General, Washington, D. C . Chairman. Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League and Advisor ofl Negro Affairs to the Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C , and William A. Lewis, Attorney in Boston, Mass. Brother Milton S. J. Wright was appointed Assistant Advisor on the Economic Status of Negroes to the Department of Interior, Washington, D. C. Brother Clayborne George, former City Councilman of Cleveland, Ohio, has been appointed as a member of the Civil Service Commission of the Cleveland District. Brother Dr. Charles H. Houston, dean of Howard University School of Law, whose legal acumen attracted nation-wide interest in the now historic George Crawford case, as a member of the board of Education of the District of Columbia recently requested that efforts be made by the board to cut the costs of graduation for mid-year students. Brother Houston asked for this action because the parents of many graduates had made known their inability to meet graduating expenses on the existing scale. His plea resulted in the issuing of a request by Dr. Frank Ballow, superintendent of schools, to eight colored and sixteen white high school principals that every reasonable effort be made to keep at a minimum the expense of graduation. Brother Lester B. Granger, former director of extension work at Bordentown Training School, Bordentown, N. J., was recently appointed business manager of Opportunity magazine. Brother Granger is widely known as a columnist for the American News. Brother Henry A. Hunt, former president of Fort Valley Industrial School, Fort Valley, Ga., has been appointed Assistant Director of the A.A.A., in charge of Negro Affairs. Brother Sidney R. Williams, appointed Assistant Industrial Secretary of the St. Louis Urban League. Brother Williams will serve as a leader in the March 19 and 20 retreat of St. Louis and Washington University white students, who will study "World Peace and Its Bearing on Youth". Brother Forrester B. Washington, Director of the
Atlantic School of Social Work, has been appointed Assistant Director of Relief and Civil Works Administration for Negroes. Brother James A. Jeffress, corresponding secretary of Beta Lambda, is now serving a second term as president of the Research Club, an outstanding cultural organization of Greater Kansas City. Members are among the most progressive group of Negroes and white. Brother Claude L. Jones, Assistant County Counselor of Wyandotte County, Kansas, is frequently congratulated for his excellent work. Brother J. O. Morrison, one of the founders of Beta Lambda, and instructor of Dramatics at Lincoln High School, has organized a Little Theatre Group in Kansas City. This group sponsors the discovery, development, and instruction of local talent, and presents a series of one-act plays to the public at regular intervals. Brother Robert W. Smalls, executive secretary of the Kansas City Urban League, served as chairman of the Interracial Conference, held February 9 and 10, at the Y. W. C. A. in Kansas City, Mo. The theme of this conference was "Social and Economic Factors of Negro Life in Urban Communities", and dealt with health, housing, and industry. Brother Mack C. Spears, recently appointed a member of the Foundation Committee of Alpha Phi Alpha by Brother Charles H. Wesley, was appointed Assistant State Auditor of Kansas for the summer of 1933. His work included the establishment of a sound bookkeeping system at Western University. During the time there, he was able to obtain new materials for operating the accounting department. At present. Brother Spears is acting in an advisory capacity at Western University. Brother Earl Thomas, now in Dayton, Ohio, is assisting the principal in the organization of a new Negro high school in that city. Prior to the opening of the school, Brother Thomas was elected viceprincipal. Brother William H. Towers, graduate of the School of Law, University of Kansas, and charter member of Upsilon, is moving forward rapidly as Assistant City Counselor of Kansas City, Kans. Brother Towers was recently rewarded for some intensive research work, undertaken in connection with his present office. Brother Thomas A. Webster, of the Kansas City Urban League, will lead the discussion on the economic factors affecting Negroes in Kansas City, at the Interracial Conference in Kansas City, Mo.