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No Fundamental Differences Of HeartWhite And The Colored ManClaims Misunderstandings Cause Unfriendliness Between Races.Berkeley, Cal., Jan.— (Pacific Coast News Bureau). “Have you ever thought of the good qualities of the Negro?” was the pertinent question asked the assembled Rotarians at the recent meeting of the Berkeley Rotary Club, by their Chairman Charles Keeler, who is also managing director of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce.“In the past we have been capitalizing their worst qualities. Why would it not be better to capitalizesettled by having the Negroes in the United States colonize in Liberia, Mr. Keeler said, “There are some eleven or twelve million Negroes in the United States and if they were to leave at the rate of a steamer load of 1,154 each week, only the increase would be leaving. This shows the impracticability of the plan. They were brought here as slaves and they are here to stay.”“Moreover the Negroes are coming from the South into the North” Mr. Keeler continued. “They want more freedom and a better life which theyEmphasizes the Essential Equality of, and the Good That Is in All Men.dren receive nine months of schooling as against three in the South. Capitalize Best Qualities.“It is Berkeley’s problem to establish just and astisfactory relations between the white and Negro population. So far, only the covenantplan has been proposed. But this is a selfish and non-donstructive policy.Have you ever thought of the good qualities of the Negroes? They are genial, good-natured, fond of music,
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The Saint Paul Echo
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Sat, Feb 05, 1927
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