The Gary American

DRASTIC CHANGES IN ORGANIZATION PLANNED BY HEAD
Garvey Says Selassie Was Misguided in Recent War

TORONTO, Can.,(ANP)—More than 500 officers and members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (U. N. I. A.), headed by Founder and President-General Marcus Garvey, were here last week in attendance at the annual convention of the movement, the occasion marking the first appearance of President Garvey here since 1928, when he presided at a similar conference, following his return from the League of Nations.

The present meeting, an emergency one, was called by Garvey from his home in London, on the recommendation of Samuel A. Hayes, a Philadelphia newspaperman and head of the U. N. I. A. branches in the United States for more than two years. Following Garvey's conviction and prison sentence in America on charges of using the mails to defraud, he was deported from the States and since then Hayes has been his personal representative in America and holding every major office in the movement.

The close of the present conference it is said will mark Hayes' retirement from the Garvey organization. to enable him to devote more of his time to journalism and literary work.

Important Matters Brought Before Body
Among the important subjects considered at the special meeting here by the Garveyites, were, drastic changes in administrative policies, constitutional revisions, financial rehabilitation, revitalization of branches, and inauguration of a conservative program to offset Negro unemployment and his social and economical insecurity. Delegates from Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York City, Newark N. J., Indianapolis and many other cities played important parts in the various sessions.

Interviewed, following the Toronto meeting, Garvey declared: "The U. N. I. A., is entering its second epoch. The first period was one of propaganda, the present is that of constructive development. A very successful conference was held in Toronto, but of course I cannot divulge the program at present."

Says Haile Selassie Was Misguided
Asked his opinion of the Ethiopian "annexation" by Italy, he said he had supported Ethiopia at the start of the controversy. but that the policy of the government was bad, declaring: "Emperor Haile Selassie's policy was misguided." He said neutrality was the best attitude for the Negro in the present European unrest, and that "International racial solidarity and conservation is the only hope for the black people."

The leader of the great Negro movement, whose membership in the United States alone at one time was estimated at 4,000,000—sailed last Saturday on the S. S. Duchess of Athel for London, where he maintains headquarters for his organization.