Evening star., 1943-05-28
Barclay Is Greeted
By SO Members Of
Howard u. Faculty
Lunch at Fort BeIvoir
Fol lows HuIf-Hour Visit
To University

President Edwin Barclay of IL
IBERIA visited Howard University to-
day and met more than 60 of the
administrators and teachers assem-
bled in the new library.
1T is an honor to have you here"
said DR.. Mordecai w. johnson, presi-
dent of the university, as he met
President Barclay on the steps of the
library. Mr.. Barclay was accom-
panied by the Liberian President
elect, William v. S. Tubman, and
a military aide, Brig. Gen. Benjamin
O. Davis.
First the Liberian officials went
inside President Johnson's office to
meet a few of the chief admins
traitors of the university. These in
cluded James A. Nabrit, jr., secre-
tary; V. D. Johnston, treasurer; G.
Frederick Stanton, administrative
assistant to the president: the deans
OF the nine academic schools and
Librarian Walter G. Daniel.
Then the party motored around
the university's IS acres and 26
buildings. Mr.. Barclay went inside
only the library, which was built at
a cost of more than $l,0O0,O0O and
dedicated by Secretary of the In
terror Ickes in May, 1899.
Lunch at Fort Belvoir.
Later Mr. Barclay and Mr.. Tub
man met about so of the full pro-
fessors Of the university in the
browsing room" Of the library.
After his half-hour visit the Lii
berian leader drove to Fort Belvoir
for lunch with the commanding Of
ficer and troop inspection The
State Department officials accom-
panying him were Edward w. Nash
and Frederick p Hibbard, former
charge d'aftaires at Monrovia, Lii
IBERIA.
Mr.. Barclay addressed both the
House and Senate yesterday.
In the House Mr. Barclay, de-
scendant of one-time American
slaves, said his country had derived
its constitution from this Nation and
that its people were carrying out the
democratic principles of government.
Echoing the theme of Prime Min
lister Churchill's speech from the
same rostrum last week, Mr.. Barclay
declared the free peoples of the
world must battle together to save
democracy because countries like his
own can not continue unless we
fight to preserve the principles OF
democratic government"
Aid Pledged to U. S.
| At a press conference later. Mr.
Barclay said he had given President
Roosevelt a pledge of the Negro re-
publics aid to the United States
insofar as compatible with his coun-
try's national interests.
Liberia is cooperating with the
United Nations in whatever matters
she can to bring to successful frui-
ton the great work undertaken by
them for the maintenance of demo-
cratic ideals throughout the world,
he said.
Liberals main industry IS rubber
growing, Mr.. Barclay said, with the
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. pro-
ducing about 80 per cent of the
output and a Liberian company the
remainder. He added that fear of
competition from synthetic rubber
after the war is causing hesitancy to
develop Liberals natural rubber re-
sources to the fullest. -
American Negro troops are help
ing defend his country, whose bases
protect the west coast of Africa, he
said, since Liberia has no army or
air force, but only frontier guard.
After several more days here, the
Liberian President will leave on a
trip arranged for him by the State
Department to meet representative
groups in Philadelphia, New York
and Xenia and Columbus, Ohio.