Evening star., 1942-03-03
Howard University
Praised by Bark|ey
For Race Leadership
Senote Leader Asks
EquoI Chance for All
Citizens in Emergency

One of the main purposes of the
Axis powers is to impose upon all
mankind a universal slavery more
intolerable than that suffered by the
serfs of Russia or the Negroes in
America prior to their emancipa-
tion," Senator Barkley of Kentucky
declared last night in addressing
more than 600 persons attending the
18th annual charter day banquet at
Howard University.
The Senate majority leader told
his audience that men and women
of all races should have an equal
chance to do their duty during the
present emergency, free from
prejudice and discrimination.
I'VE must recognize that without
designations of race, color or reli-
gion," he said, men who are COM
PEELED to fight or who volunteer
to fight to preserve our national in
tegrity and our individual liberties
are entitled to work wherever their
capacity and their opportunities
may come together"
Praises Howard Example.
Asserting that in the present crisis
the Negroes of America will do
their share, Senator Barkley said
Howard University has "set for them
an example which will inspire them
in the performance of this duty,
and the diffusion of high training
and education among the Negroes
of America is aiding them in its
performance"
After emphasizing that Congress
since 1929 has voted appropriations
to Howard University, Senator
Barkley said the history and ac-
complishments of this university
and the people who have come un-
der it's influence have justified the
solicitude and determination of the
American Government In fostering
such an outstanding educational
plant"
Speaking of the value of educa-
ton and equality of opportunity,
Senator Barkley said:
I'VE must recognize that every
child born into the world has a
right to a fair chance to live amid
healthy and wholesome surround
ings, to be educated according to
his ability to absorb it and to strive
in a world of peace and justice to
improve his individual as well as
the collective welfare of all the
people; we must recognize that men
who are required to support the
Government with their energies,
their earnings or their blood have
a right to a fair share and fair
voice In determining the kind OF
government which they and their
fellowmen shall live under.
Offer Selves for Service.
1--WE rejoice that the men and
women who constitute the colored
portion of our population in Amer
lea have placed themselves and are
placing themselves at the service
of their Government. They know
what it means to be the victims
of injustice. They know what 1t is
to be able to lift their faces toward
the rising sun Of greater oppor-
tunity under the American flag and
the American Constitution, and
they know what it will mean II
these things are destroyed"
Other speakers on the program,
attracting more than 600 persons
despite q heavy rainstorm, includ-
ed: Shelton B. Granger of the
class Of AZ, Attorney Archibald S.
Pinkett, o.; Miss Carolyn v.
Grant, %; Attorney Belford v.
Lawson, 80; Attorney w. Justin
Carter, 90. and DR.. Mordecai w.
johnson, president of Howard Uni
versity.
Attorney w. L. Houston of the
class of 1892 presided. Music was
given by the Women's Glee Club.
Speakers at the morning exer-
cises in the university chapel were
the Rev. Howard Stone Anderson,
pastor Of the First Congregational
Church of Washington, the church
in which Howard University was
conceived. and Prof. Walter Dyson
of the history department, who
spoke on Howard University, Past
erI a,