Dr. Foreman was formerly associate director of the Julius Rosenwald Fund. He resigned that position after being of great service to the Negro race, and at present he is employed in the department of Secretary of the Interio r, Harold L. Iches, as Adviser on the Economic Status of the Negro. This enables him to render an even greater service to our race.

Last week, he made a speech in Greensboro, North Carolina, that coincides in many respects with that which "The Reflector" has been preaching since September. In part it was as follows: "Of the three billion dollars set aside for relief through its various channels, the government has already distributed two hundred million dollars. None has been asked for by Negroes". This means, of course, that we are allowing opportunities to pass that may never come again. Some Negro communities will realize this and take the proper steps to secure the funds for libraries, welfare club houses, sidewalks, new streets and to pay off mortgages of long standing and back taxes.

That kind of help is well needed in our city. We could use better streets, real sidewalks that would aid in the brightening of our residential sections and make them better places in which to live and at the same time, provide employment for hundreds of men who are now idle. But there is a primary step that must be taken in Charlottesville. Men and women must think together and act together in order to realize the advantages of community organization. The sure way is through an AMERICAN CIVIC LEAGUE.