Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-17
EsEgET0 ON
RED PROPAGANDA
AMONG NEGROES

COMMITTEES appointed Isl the New FORK
State Legislature I'd investigate Boil
shevlst and other anti American pre-
paganIa FL New York CRY 81 extern
size Operations by the radicals among
the negroes III inc Far South the a.
ItianaI Security League made public
today d statement concerning active
ateps already taken hy the League 81
|counteracf these efforts
The Security League states thai the
disclosure BY the Leg sslatise Commit !
Tee came az nO surprise to II and thai
the Leagne formulated plans months
ago ID actively combat the influence
og the disoraanizers and aestrnction-
lists upon the negroes
Thgamggs Schools
The Leagues statement reads.
Tiie National Security League. NJ
ter thorough investigation 81 the
altuali0n ID the south. decided thai
the best way to meet the problem WIS
through the colored schools Having
worked ont detailed procedure, II
was then decided III undertake the
campaign during the stiniiner when
all tho teachers III The colnrea schools
w0nld Be gathered together N easily
rearhable ceniers. al their SUMMER
School The National Security Leagues
agents are not ID work III these
schools.
III addition ID direct nerieaniza
lion propaganda as an antidgte ~
BolsheYisn. the National Security.
League ffoTts among The negroes
are also aimed ii attacking the bases
sof liisconient poor sanitation, thrift
lessness and iIlitcracy
Gampaign rnder Way
Dean Ia B Moore. III Howard lFnl-
serslty, Washington. D 81. who IS III
general charge at this work FOR the
National security League. was re-
leased Tor this purpose by the trns-
lees of Howard University and has
already organized and begun the on
Grafton 81 the summer campaign
During the winter, ne travelled
throughout the South. meeting she
educational authorities. talking to the
leading negro teachers and organizing
classes III both children and adults
til Mississippi lle met with such Ell /
.couragement from the heads of the
educational system w. II. bond. State
superintendent 0f schools: Rura Hill
bun. Supervisor AZ Negro Schools and
II. s. GrossIey. Assistant Supervisory
That he concentrated On that state as.
i test for future efforts Working on
schedule prepared Dir Air bond and
his associates. Dean Moore vas en-
ahlell I'd reach through personal con
tact Of classes formed. practically 100
900 coIored teachers, children and
adults III Mississippi alone.
aJust The Thing
Principal Melton. 81 Tuskegee IN
stttssas, recently wrote 19ean Moore.
Your ideas On reconstruction for
black and white, are hi my Judgment,
absolutely sound and the only ones
that viii work iii the South aud
think iii the North as we'll: II is5
Il splendid work and just the thing
which We Ia the South need
Encouraged by this success the.
principal 90 summon Schools FOR Neg
.ro Teachers iii the South were selected
al bases for concent ration or the work
during file coming weeks These
schools include approximately 5000
negro teachers and are located as fol
lows, Mississippi Alabama D
i Louisiana. q Arkansas. 8 Georgia, I.
Tennessee, s, and fSentncky, 2 II all
these schools, which are attended BY.
negro teachers from all parts 81 the
South, Dean Moore has established fuIl
courses al six weeks duration While
laying particular emphasis on patriot
ism and Anaericanigatfon DO counter
act Bolslevist Influences. the subject
matter III these courses will also be
directed it the fundamentals 81 eln-
cation.
n0ok Fer Teachers
IS syllabus of 47 pages, prepared
|hy Dean Moore, has been printed By
the National Security League for use
III these schools The manuscript was
submitted til President Mckenzie Of
Fiske University. President Durkee Of
Howard lFniversity, Principal Gregg Of
Hampton Institute. Principal Motion Of
Taskegee. and Superintendent Bond.
and ii printed with their approval
Eer. Robert MI McElroy Education
Isl Director of the National secarity
Tea cue under leave of absence from
Princeton University. under whose di-
rection Dean Moore il working, said
today
s0f our negro population over SO
per cent Il iliiterate, and q much Iarg-
al proportion Is practically Sol This
III moi the problem of the South II
| is problem of importance to every
Ecftixen ef every section 81 this free
land. Education II not local Issue.
RI belongs TO me whole people. TOR the
welfare Of All Is involved iii II
German Inflnence
The disclosures 81 the Lusk Leg
lIslative Committee now Investigating
nolgheyIsln Ia this city, leave no doubt