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council of the National Negro
"My heart and soul are set on
aiding the social and economic de-
velopment of the people of Africa"
he said in an interview.
Conferred With Robson
Yergan returned ten days ago
from a six-weeks' European tour,
where he organized a second func-
tioning branch of the committee,
held conferences with distinguished
English and French liberals, and
talked with members of the Ethio-
plan Legation in London.
Jubilant over the enthusiastic re-
Spouse to the International Com
mittee during his recent tour, Yer
gan announced that three of the
'tmost distinguished men in Europe
will serve on the committee"
They are: Leonard Barnes, mem
Der of the faculty of the University
of Liverpool and a renowned writer
on colonial problems; Paul Robe
son, world-famous Negro singer
actor and screen star, and Rene
Maran, brilliant French Negro
writer, whose novel, "Batoula,'
won the coveted Prix Goncourt.
Members of the committee in
America are: r. L. Buell., of the
Foreign Policy Association; the
Rev. Mordecai w. Johnson, presi-
dent of Howard University; Ralph
Bunche, outstanding sociologist
and Howard University faculty
m mber; Claiming Tobias,
Y.M.C.A. leader; Mrs. John F
Moors, outstanding liberal; P. E
DeFrantz, of the Natl ona
Y.M.C.A.; Mary Van Kleeck, In
dustrial Relations Department OF
the Russell Sage Foundation; HUI
bert T. Delaney, Negro City Tax
Commissioner of New York, and
Prof. Norman Mackenzie, of the
University of Toronto.
Aims of Group
"The aims and plans Of our COM
mittee are: to publish, from OBJ
jective research, information relat-
ing to developments in and about
Africa, to facilitate the training OF
native Africans to aid in improving
the lot of their people, to encour-
age the development of coopera-
tive movement in Africa, and to
aid in coordinating on a worldwide
scale all efforts designed to pro-
mote the welfare of the African
people"
Arrangements have been made,
he said, to bring to America Eau
thoritative speakers" from Europe
and Africa. DIR. A. B. Xuma, a
physician and vice-president of the
All-African Convention, and Prof.
d. Tengo Jabavu, president Of the
Convention, both native Africans,
have consented to speak in Ameri-
ca this fall, he stated.
Progressive Policy
"When 1 approached Prof.
Barnes for membership on the In
ternational Committee, he replied
This committee is just the thing
I've been waiting for He wants
the committee to publish the facts
on the true nature of imperialism
and to reflect in its policies the
views of the progressive trade
unionists in Europe and the United
States'-and I am in accord with
this opinion" Yergan continued.
mo man in Europe impressed
me more than Paul Robson, whose
undoubted professional standing
places him in a strategic position
to be of great service to the Ne
gro people of the world.
Creme Maran has similar views.
He is a strong believer in the ca
pacity of the Africans to effectively
participate in the movement for de-
mocracy taking place today.
"He is supporter of the Popu-
lar Front Government in France
and told me that he believes that
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