The Washington Tribune

GARVEY PLANS TO ESTABLISH LONDON HEADQUARTERS
U.N.I.A. Holds International Convention in Kingston, Jamaica

KINGSTON, JAMAICA, B.W.I. - The 7th international convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association which convened here August 1 to 31 closed with an enthusiastic rally at Edelweiss Park last Friday night with many government officials, legislators, councilmen and prominent citizens of all classes in the island attending.

The announcement of the founder and president general, Marcus Garvey, that the international headquarters of the association would be moved to London, England, this fall, where he contemplates running for a seat in the British Parliament was received in silence by the masses of native Jamaicans whose social, economic and cultural conditions he was able, with the assistance of others to greatly improve during his two terms as a member of the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation. The native intelligentsia and European colony to whom Garvey has been a thorn since his deportation from the United States greeted the announcement with joy and relief.

The convention received with enthusiasm a comprehensive report on conditions in the American field as presented by S. A. Haynes, of Philadelphia, executive head of the movement in that country. The report, one of the most revolutionary ever proposed by an executive of the organization, received the commendation of Garvey himself, the major recommendations of which were unanimously adopted.

Haynes was re-elected to serve as the national leader in the United States for the next two years.

The American delegation was the smallest in years owing to the high cost of travel-the number was 10 from as many states; 45 branches in 12 states were represented by proxy; there were 25 delegates from the West Indies and Central America. The next international convention will be held either at Toronto, Canada or London, England.