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A RESOLUTION

Adopted by the Methodist Ministers Alliance of
Kansas City, Missouri

Whereas it has been freely and frequently stated in the public
press, and is now taken and accepted by the general public as a fact
that within the past two years, segregation and discrimination, based
solely upon the consideration of race and color,and without regard to
worth and efficiency of any person or persons, have been inaugurated
in the various departments of the national government at Washington,
D. C., and have now become the settled policy and practice of those
departments; and,

Whereas, no official denial of the truth of the above mentione
public statements, has been made by any one having authority to speak,
leaving undisturbed the inference that the said statements are true and
valid; and

Whereas, we believe that such racial discriminations helps no
one, but does, in fact, harm many, by engendering unnecessary racial
hatred, prejudices and antagonism; and by being opposed to that harmony
and cooperation which should characterize the mutual attitude of the
two races; and

Whereas, we believe further that the before mentioned segregation
is out of harmony with the best ideals of a Christian civilization, that
it imposes an unnecessary humiliation upon those affected, as well as
indirectly upon all men of color; besides being unAmerican and undemocrat-
ic, and totally at varience with the real spirit, purpose, and destiny of
our institutions; therefore

Be It Resolved by the Methodist Ministers Alliance of Kansas
City, Missouri, duly assembled, that we, as a body of earnest Christian
men; working for the betterment of human conditions everywhere and in-
spired by the teachings of Him who came on earth to establish peace and
good will among men, do hereby officially go on record as protesting vig-
orously against the unnecessary and unjust discrimination aforesaid;

and

Resolved further, that a copy of these resolution be forwarded
to His Excellency, the President of the United States

By Committee

W. H. Peck
W. H. Thomas
W. E. Griffin

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