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Page Six CHARLES E. MORTON ANNOUNCES FOR CITY COMMISSIONER Approving the policies laid down by Mayor Frank A. Jefferson and City Commissioner A. L. Boehmer in their platforms on which they stand for re-election to the offices of ma yor and city commissioner respec tively, Charles E. Morton, well known florist and long-time citizen of Phoenix, last w'eek announced his candidacy on the ticket with Mayor Jefferson and Commissioner Boehm er. Mr. Morton seeks th? seat on the city commission which will be vacated by the expiration of the term of Commissioner Fred Jacobs. “I believe the street railway sys tem is so important to the continued prosperity of this city that its re habilitation and continued operation constitute the chief issue at this time before the people," said Mr. Morton in an interview with the Phoenix Tribune. Likes Street Car Plan “1 like the idea carried out by Ma yor Jefferson and Commissioner Boehmer in securing experts to make a survey of the street railway situa tion. 1 like the idea that this sur vey is to cost th e people of this city nothing. 1 favor the plan of let ting the people know down to the last detail before the primaries, not afterward. 1 am in favor of the plan of the Mayor and Commissioner Boehmer to rehabilitate and modern ize the street railway system with out increasing taxes and, if possible, without increasing fares. ‘‘l am in favor of selling the serv ice of transportation to the patrons of the street railway system at the actual cost, all proper expenses in cluded, of course, of that transporta tion ‘J am in favor of the city keeping possession of its own street fran chises, which are increasing so rap idly in value that no man may say what their value will b e in ten years from now. People Should Decide ‘‘l like the plan of letting the peo ple decide whether they want a mu nicipally owned and operated street railway system delivering transporta tion at cost to the consumer, and I think the people should be given the right to say whether they like any plan for raising the money to secure this rehabilitation or not. “1 believe in the kind of govern ment Mayor Jefferson and Commis sioner Boehmer have declared so PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING BUILDING BETTER RACE RELATIONS The Origin and Work of the Com mission on Interracial Cooperation By R. B. Eleazer The Commission on Interracial Co operation w T as created shortly after the Armistice in the hope of quench ing the fires of racial antagonism which were flaming up at that time with such deadly menace. Its mem bership was made up of representa tive educators, ministers, and busi ness and professional men from all parts of the South, including a num ber of outstanding Negroes, Similar interracial committees were quickly organized in each southern state and in hundreds of communities, thus bringing together the best represent atives of the two races for counsel and cooperation in the interest of mutual understanding, peace, and good will. The results fully justified the ef fort. A better spirit immediately ap peared, distrust and suspicion were a-layed. many dark situations were cleared up, and the threatened con flagration was averted. Unquestion ably the agencies set in motion by the Commission were largely respons ible for the favorable change. The emergency of the moment having been met, the Commission set about the task of permanently im proving race relations throughout the South, by putting them as far as possible upon a sound, Christian a government for, of and by the people, so conducted that the people may know each day what their pub lic servants are doing. “I would like to be elected a city commissioner—and this is the first time I have sought public office—-in order that I may help carry out such a program as I have discussed.” An opposition ticket to Mayor Jef ferson, Commissioner Boehmber and Mr. Morton was also announced last week. It is composed of Eugene Hackett, of 822 North Fourth Ave nue, for Mayor; Dr. D. L. Conner, osteopath, of 1304 West Van Buren street and W. T. Barr, represent ing the Pacific Mutual Insurance company, for city commissioners. No platform was announced, and a daily newspaper carried an interview with Dr. Conner that he was not sure he would be a candidate until he knew who was putting him into the race. The announcement was pronounced premature by the candidates them selves. basis. A South-wide campaign of good will was accordingly projected, aimed at the creation of a better spirit, the correction of grievances, and the promotion of understanding and sympathy between the races. That program is still being carried forward, with constantly widening in fluence as new agencies are enlisted and new lines of effort undertaken. Assistance has been rendered in hundreds of educational enterprises for Negroes, involving millions of dollars, health campaigns have been promoted in every State; hospitals and tuberculosis camps established, clinics opened to colored children, public nurses employed; Iynchings have been prevented through the ef forts of state and local committees, and in a few cases members of lynching mobs have been success fully prosecuted and sent to the penitentiary; legal aid has been ex tended to Negroes in scores of cases in which they were being intimidat ed, persecuted, or exploited; sewers, street paving, water, lights, library facilities, rest rooms and other civic advantages have been secured for Negro communities; parks, play grounds, pools, and other provisions for recreation have been established; Negro welfare agencies have been included in community chests; day nurseries and social centers conduct ed; colored probation officers se cured —these are among a multitude of actual results achieved. In At lanta. for example, the interracial committee brought about an agree ment by which $1,250,000 out of a single bond issue was expended for new Negro schools, including a mag nificent high school, costing $300,000. Perhaps more important still, a vast amount of educational work has been done among white people to promote better understanding and at titudes on their part. This the Com mission considers fundamental and of primary importance. Close con tacts have been maintained with the great church groups through repre sentatives on the Commission, by the presentation of the interracial mes sage to conventions, conferences, synods, and the like, and through the church press. Thousands of local church groups have been encouraged to study the subject. Courses on race relations are being conducted in sixty southern white ’colleges, be sides many voluntary classes and dis cussion groups. The subject has been presented at every important southern conference of college men and women, frequently by able col-