1924 New York Representative Emanuel Cellar introduces legislation to provide for the formation of a blue-ribbon panel to study the racial question. The idea is met with disdain from the black press, particularly the Chicago Defender; which editorializes: "We have been commissioned to death... We have too many studies and reports already." The Defender asserts that blacks need only to look after their own interests through the creation of a strong party vehicle and potent political leadership in the halls of Congress.