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WASHINGTON. (ANP). During
the observance of Negro History
week it is natural that some peo
ple will want some kind of answer
to certain questions that the oc
casion raises. These questions will
be:
1. When did the Negro come to
America and under what circum
stances did he first come to these
shores?
2. Why did the Negro come to
America and how did he fare?
3. What right has the Negro to
claim himself an American?
4. What are his chances of real
izing his best achievements in
America and under what circum
stances?
5. How should the Amreican Ne
gro proceed to achieve his high
est freedom and security?
With Explorers
Negroes were with_ the first
white explorers who came to
America. Alonzo Pietro was pilot
of the Nina, one of the ships of
Christopher Columbus. Negroes
were with Vasco Balboa who dis
covered the Pacific coast. They
were also with Herman Cortez in
' Mexico and the explorers of
Guatemale, Chile, Peru and
Venezuela.
Negroes were thus explorers
and assistants to those who first
came to these shores. Many Ne
groes came to America as iden
tured servants and like that class
of whites were in some cases set
free after serving the tenure of
their positions or employment,
others were captured slaves whose
condition remained unaltered
throughout their lives. Their chil
dren were born slaves, but oc
casionally a liberal master either
freed his slaves or permitted them
to purchase their freedom.
There were 59,557 free Negroes
in America by 1790 of whom 35,
000 lived in the South. From 1790
to 1810 the rate of increase of
free Negroes exceeded that of
slaves. After 1810, however, the
opposite was the case in most in
stances.
By 1850% there were 434,455 free
Negroes in America. In 1860 there
were 488,070. The number of free
Negroes in 1800 in Maryland was
53,942; in Virginia, 58,042; North
Carolina 30,463; Louisiana, 18,467;
District of Columbia, 11,131; Ken
tuck, 10,638, or 250,787 in the
South.
The Foreigners
In a technical sense every per
son in America is a foreigner ex
cept the Indians. Both whites and
Negroes are Americans by adop
First Birthday Party
For January and February
Boys and Girls Under 10
Girls and boys 10 years and
under whose birthday came in
January or is m February call
2-1407. A birthday party will be
given for the combined months.
You must call in order to come.
Lots of games will be played and
refreshments served. Mrs. Lester
Collier will be in charge of ar
rangements.
Announcement
A delicious chicken dinner will
be served Saturday, February 14
at 2006 U street. CaH 2-6244 or
2-2778 for further information.
tion and birth. Thus the Negroes
claim to being an American is as
good as anyone’s. Whatever one
may use to determine a white
man’s right to being American
can equally be used to determine
the Negro’s right to being an
American.
The Negro his contributed to
the development of America in
music, in politics and government,
in agriculture and industry, edu
cation, health, commerce, war sci
ence, religion, labor, and in every
other field of labor. There are
outstanding Negroes in all of these
fields, past and present.
The fact that the Negro has
made more progress since emanci
pation in America than any other
group, perhaps in world history
is evidence of the Negro’s possi
bilities in America. That progress
was due more to the opportunities
that America affords and to the
benefits of preceding civilizations
and the times than to Negroes
themselves.
The Negro should consider him
self not merely a distinct race
with its own cultural and histor
ical background, but as also an
American citizen like all other
Americans. It is for America’s
benefit and advancement that the
Negro strives as well as for his
own.
While striving for the common
good the Negro has given Amer
ica 500,000 men and women in
the armed forces during World
War II; 4,000 physicians, 2,000
dentists and 6,000 nurses.
In Government
Negroes govern 52 towns and
15 settlements in America. The
largest and best known of these
is Mound Bayou, Miss., which was
founded by Isaiah T. Montgomery.
It has a population of over 900
and is so well governed that it
has no need for a jail which it
abandoned some years ago.
There are over 2,000,000 Negro
children in elementary schools in
America. About 250,000 are in
secondary schools and 45,000 in
colleges and universities. Some
30,000 graduate annually from sec
ondary schools and about 5,000
anually from higher institutions
of learning.
Howard university, founded in
1867 by General Howard, is the
only educational institution in
America that depends on the fed
eral government for support. It
had an enrollment of 3,340 last
year and a faculty of 334. Though
usually regarded a Negro institu
tion, it is operated for students of
all races, creeds and both sexes.
The Negro has always had the
support of some white people in
his efforts to secure freedom, se
curity and happiness. The aboli
tionists were devoted to the cause
of Negro emancipation. Whites
have suuported the cause of Ne
gro freedom, equality and oppor
tunity ever since the days of slav
ery.
Negroes can still count on their
true white friends to battle few:
their cause. The largest and
strongest organization for Negro
rights and security, the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, was founded by
white friends of the Negro.
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Notice
We regret that due to eondl
tions beyond our control we are
unable to picture winners ot our
contesj—“CHOICE FOB 1946,”
before Feb? 18.
Fine 3 Teachers
$5 Each In Orleans
Train Dispute
NEW ORLEANS. (ANP). Three
schoolteachers were fined $5 in
recorder’s court here Friday on
charges of refusing to obey police
orders to move on during the re
cent Freedom Train visit. The de
fendants are Charles Speaker, 54;
Maurice Prevosy, 40; and Bruce
Neale, 55.
The trio pleaded innocent of the
charges, which they said grew out
of their efforts to control school
children gathered to view the
train. They were in charge of 750
students, who had been waiting to
enter the train for four hours.
Police charged that Speaker be
gan the trouble when he insisted
on standing fast as they attempted
to move the crowd back. The oth
er two were arrested when they
sought to protest Speaker’s deten
tion. However, the trio and five
witnesses charged that policemen
refused to listen to Speaker’s ex
planation that he was responsible
for the children.
Carver ‘’Bread
Saver’ Revived
TUSKEGEE. (ANP). At the re
quest of President F. D. Patterson
of Tuskegee Institute, scientists of
the Carver Research Foundation
and nutritionists of the school of
home economics and the depart
ment of commercial dietetics, have
revived v and are retesting the
flour-saving bread-unaking recipes
of the late George Washington
Carver, which were so effectively
useful during the wheat shortage
of World War I. 0
It is the mashed sweet potato—
fresh or canned—which does the
pinch-hitting for a third less flour
in these recipes. Bread and bis
cuits, made the Carver way, not
only save flour but the color sug
gestion and hint of captured
sweetness from the potato, provide
a finished product, attractive in
appearance, and with a delightful
ly different taste sensation.
Services lo Honor
Overseer McDaniels
By Mrs. Louise McDaniels.
Inauguration services will be
held at the 26th street Church of
City Government Taken Over
For Day by Lincoln Boy Scouts
Twenty Boy Scouts took over
the city government Monday for
a day. They assembled in the
council chamber at 11 a. m. to get
the feel of their respective jobs.
They had luncheon at the cham
ber of commerce, each boy ac
companied by an official escort.
After milling over the responsible
tasks confronting them, they re
turned to the city hall for the
regular afternoon meeting.
Mayor Jim Taylor, 14, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Taylor, 2022
So. 23rd, is a member of Troop 27,
First-Plymouth Congregational
church. He attends Irving junior
high and, at some future time,
would enjoy being mayor for
more than a day.
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"I LIKE IT," he said. “A fine
educational experience. From my
observations, I would say that
your regular council is doing a
pretty good job.”
There was a Scout for each
councilman, each director and
for each of the department
heads. The number came out
exactly right.
Donovan Gatus, of Troop 60,
Urban league, understood that he
was to be mayor. When it de
veloped that Taylor’s name had
come out of the hat first, Gatus
said: “Of course I’d. like to be
mayor but they’re all responsible
jobs and I shall be proud to
occupy any one of them for a
day.”
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GATUS IS THE son of Mrs.
C. R. Johnson and lives at 648
So. 20th. There are only eight
boys in his troop.
The 20 boys were selected by
their respective troops, each
electing one representative. After
places were drawn. First name
out of the hat received assign
ment as mayor.
With the group were F. M.
Chase, scout executive, Cornhus
ker area; E. O. Brezina, assistant
executive; Ted Lloyd, assistant
executive, and Harry Peck, ac
tivities committee head in charge
of Scout week.
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THE OFFICIAL ROSTER:
Office Name Troop
Mayor, James Taylor ..27
Director Erickson, Junior Nelson ....19
Director Berg, Chesmond Bade .......30
Director Venner, Charles Yungblut ..,.46
Chief of police, Larry Jones .5
Fire chief, Bernard Wishnow .21
City treasurer, Garry Greene ..2
Supt. of health, Rex Brinkworth ......38
City attorney, Jerry Cherry .41
Park supt., Glenn Curtis ..........18
Street supt., Tom Witty .......22
Municipal Judge, Richard Vouika -20
Councilman Panging, Richard Trainer 40
Councilman Dunn, Carl Wohlfarth .,..18
Councilman Hubbard, Donovan Gatua. .60
Councilman Iverson, Don Finks ....... 52
Councilman Weaver, Ronald Moeller. ..58
Councilman Wilkinson, Donald Janou_
tat .29
CRy prosecutor, Ed Crlpe .28
City manager, Jerry McCormick . ,u. .12
| To Appear in Play Over Radio
On Abraliam Lincoln's Birthday
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Mrs. Kathryne Favors, editor of Dark Merit, will appear In a play
“The Life of George Washington Carver”, on Thursday, February
12 at 1:30 on KOWH in Omaha. Mrs. Favors will play the part
of Mary, the mother of George Washington Carver. Mrs. Favors
was graduated with a Master of Arts degree from the University of
Nebraska in January. Two Negro youths will also appear in the
play. Other Negro adults include Mr. Eugene Skinner and Mrs.
Thelma Hancock. Mr. Skinner Is the first Negro principal in Ne
braska. Mrs. Hancock teaches the first grade at Long School.
Cod in Christ, Omaha, Neb., Mon
day, February 16, through Wed
nesday, Feb. 18.
This promises to be a wonderful
services as the co-operation of the
ministers of the city has been
pledged.
On Wednesday evening, Febru
ary 18, Bishop O. T. Jones, Na
tional President of the Y. P. W. W.
and Overseer for the state of
Pennsylvania will deliver the in
auguration message. So plan to
attend each service, so as to miss
nothing. Everyone is welcome.
The climax will be a banquet
Thursday, February 19, at 6 p. m.
at the Y. W. C. A.
Walter White
Urges Aid
To Europe
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Support
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored peo
ple was given to the European
Recovery Program by Walter
White, executive secretary of the
NAACP, speaking before the Sen
ate Committee on Foreign Rela
tions.
Mr. White declared: “Unless th«
United States and all other na
tions which are able to do so co
operate in feeding and helping to
rehabilitate war-devastated areas
of the earth, the physical suf
fering and the obliteration of hope
all over the earth will almost in
evitably lead us into another war
whose consequences, in the light
of the splitting of the atom and
of germ warfare, are too fright
ening to contemplate.”
Reminding the United States
Senate that hunger is as painful
to brown, yellow and black stom
achs as it is to white ones, the
executive secretary urged the ex
tension of aid not only to tha
countries of Europe but also to
the needy in Asia, Africa and tha
Caribbean. Mr. White also asked
that the European nations in
cluded in the recovery plan be re
quired to adopt programs under
which their colonies would
speedily be given the right of self
determination. “It would be utter
folly for the United States to help
white Europe to rehabilitate that
part of the world and permit it
to continue to deny freedom and
opportunity to colonial peoples.”
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News should be in not latar tljaa
Saturday for publication of tha
following week.
