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Tib® ^©n®® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people ” __ Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street _ Phone 5-6491 II No Answer Call 5-7506 Rubie W. Shakespeare__Advertising and Business Manager Lynnwood Parker ___Associate Editor. U. N. Dorm-B, 2-7651 Charles Goolsby_Contributing Editor, U. N. Dorm-B, 2-7651 Roberta Molden.---Associate Editor 1966 U Street, 2-1407 Mrs. Joe Green.--- --Circulation Manager Member of the Associated Negro Proas and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act of March 3, 1879. NATIONAL 6DITORIAL— iSSOCIATION jyttsnBlA-. BETWEEN ’ By Dean Gordon B. Hancock for ANP. Traitorizing Truman, Eisen hower Deflated. Benedict Arnold has hitherto been the arch traitor in American history; but within recent months, there are forces at work conspir ing to oust the Revolutionary gen eral from his niche of ill-fame, and insert therein Harry Truman, President of the United States. Led by the enraged and belli cose southern Negro-phobes, the flood gates of invective and dis paragement have been lifted and President Truman is being ex posed to the merciless barage of semi-abuse and malignment. And what for? Just because he dared to advocate full civil rights for the Negro citizens of this country; just because he dared to give these United States a moral face-lifting among the nations; just because he looked over the shoulders of lesser men and saw the dawn of a new day and ac cepted its challenge. If, as has been alleged, Truman said that he did not “give a damn what southerners said" so long as he was upholding the Constitution of the United States, he lifts himself to heights of moral dignity that’ lesser breeds cannot comprehend. Whether this nation knows it or not, it needs a Truman for such a time as this! Truman may be a scape-goat and a fool and a r-'1'—11 ' ' .. I Special Purchase Sale Blankets 399 and 4.99 Save W to H on your blankets. Jacquard and Indian patterns . . . also solid colors. Size 72x84. GOLD'S Basement rHE LINES knave all in one, today; but to morrow he will stand forth in majestic greatness. If there are those in this country who cannot feel the nation’s embarrassment in its international relations because of the vagaries and inconsisten cies of the color question, they should be proud that we have a President who can; and the soon er it is realized that such Presi dent is a moral asset to the na tion and not a liability, the better it is going to be for the nation and the world. Truman’s courageous stand has posited a grave question for the Negroes of this country and that is, How far should they hesitate to go down with a man who dares go down for them? The ugly north like the jittery south is doing its utmost to embarrass Truman, and make of him a traitor for no other reason that he dared to be cour ageous in the face of titanic chal lenge. . _ How unlike Truman is General Eisenhower. This writer has hith erto admired “General Ike” and regarded him as one of the noble souled characters of the times. victorious military halo has bewitched my imagination and I jaw in him a kind of sub-saviour. .When he was called to,the presi dency of great Columbia univer sity to succeed that moral and in tellectual Titan, the late Nicholas Murray Butler, I had hoped that he would prove himself worthy of the great trust and responsibility. But if his latest public pro nouncement is indicative of his feelings, we have no hesitancy in saying that Columbia university has placed a lesser man in the place of a greater. When Eisen hower makes the spacious state ment that “When we pass laws to make people like one another we are going to have trouble,” he spoke not as a great statesman and educator but as a ward poli tician. The simplest of simple tons knows that likes and dislikes cannot be legislated. That is not the object in enacting laws to safeguard the rights of the minor ity. The Emancipation proclama tion did not make whites and Ne groes like one another, it was never so designed; but it started the Negro on his journey towards citizenship in this country.” The fair employment practices legislation is not designed to make whites and Negroes like one an other; it is designed to eliminate discrimination in employment on account of color. The elimination of segregation was never con strued as a means of making whites and Negroes love each oth er; but rather it could be a means to bringing the better whites and Negroes together so as to mutually improve their relations. The Voice "Advertisers” are making this publication possible —show them your appreciations by your patronage. Sports Scope By L. Parker Walcott Jersey Joe Walcott answered the call for a proposed new YMCA for Negroes in Camden by hand ing over $5,000 to the $200,000 drive. Joe explained that as a kid he never had the chance to join the Boy Scouts or the Y and now that he’s in the gravy, he’d like to give today’s children in the same fix a chance. The gift from the leading heavyweight contender will go to the erection of the new Hunton YMCA. Ring Insurance Answering the problem of re cent fatalities in the ring, the Pennsylvania Athletic commission announced the first group insur ance plan to provide hospitaliza tion, medical attention including surgery, and even death benefits for all fighters who meet in con tests within the commonwealth. They do not have to be Pennsyl vanians. Payments to fighters will be de termined by the extent of injuries on a scale to be made by the ath letic commission physicians. Death benefits will range from $500 to $700. Campanella Manager Leo Durocher beams every time he thinks of his rookie catcher, Roy Campanella, just up from the Montreal Royals of the International league. Although only 26 years old, Campanella has played ball for 11 years with pro teams. He started out with the Baltimore Elites in 1937. In 1942 and 1943 he played in the Mexican league, but re turned to the Elites for 1944 and 1945. NIBA In a single gesture, Manhattan college of New York City has ex cited the admiration of the nation and proved the mettle of Cath olic sports. As the regional repre sentatives for the National Inter collegiate Basketball association tourney in Kansas City, the Jas pers were all set to enjoy the re ward of an excellent season on the boards. Then the news leaked out that one of the other colleges would not be permitted to enter a full team because tournament rules excluded Negroes. The director of Athletics of Manhattan College declared that “As a Catholic College, Manhat tan will not enter a tournament that draws the color line.” Schools (Continued from Page 1.) triumph for the NAACP forces and other anti-di^rimination groups. The judge’s decision declared: “The defendants... are perpetu ally enjoined and restrained from discriminating against the plaintiffs and any other Negro school child, on account of his race and color, in Surry county, in providing and maintaining school facilities, including build ings, equipment, bus transporta tion, libraries, and qualified in structional and janitorial per sonnel, and from paying Negro school teachers in Surry county less salaries, on account of their race and color, than that paid to white teachers and janitors similarly situated.” One half the difference in white and Negro teachers’ pay scales must be eliminated by September and fully equalized by September 1949. The court order will also require new school buildings in some com munities. The Surry - county school board must report on Ms building plans by September 1A indicating the date construction will be completed. By Kathryn Favor* Out of Old Nebraska By James C. Olson Supt., State Historical Society One of the most significant his toric shrines in Nebraska is Scotts Bluff, a huge pile of sandstone which rises out of the North Platte Valley just west, of Gering and dominates the entire countryside. Once one of the most important landmarks on the Oregon Trail, it is now the central feature of Scotts Bluff National Monument, an area of over 3,000 acres which has been set aside by the federal government to commemorate the westward migration of the Amer ican people. The bluff was named after Hiram Scott, an early fur trader who lost his life in a frontier tragedy which still is surrounded with mystery. The tragedy appealed to the imagination of many who moved along the river, and frequent ref erences to the naming of the bluff and the nature of Scott’s tragic death are found in the journals of pioneer travelers. Unfortunately for the cause of accurate history, however, no two of these accounts are in agreement. The whole question was gone into by Merrill J. Mattes, an historian with the National Park Service, and his findings were published in Ne braska History, July-September, 1945. Briefly, his conclusions re garding the tragedy are as fol lows: Hiram Scott, an employee of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, was accompanying a mule train loaded with peltries being taken from the rendezvous at Great Salt Lake to the market at St. Louis. Hostile Indians fell upon the cara van as it was fording the North Platte near Laramie Fork, killing several men and seriously wound ing Hiram Scott. It was important to get the furs out of the Indian country as fast as possible so a bullboat was con structed to float the precious cargo and the wounded Scott down the river. He was accompanied by two mountaineers. Navigation on the Platte was beset with difficul ties and the boat had not gone far when it was punctured, swamped and overturned. Everything was lost and the two mountaineers were barely able to drag their rifles and the wotmded Scott to shore. They were now faced with the unpleasant decision of leaving Scott to die and saving themselves or remaining with him and put ting themselves at the mercy of Start Saving V/2%-3% STATE SECURITIES IS* So. 15 St. i ALLIANCE By Bea Motley Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Lotis and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gotez of Ster ling, Colo., were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buck Turner. The couples were enter tained in the evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Nelson. Many guests were present and everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly. A full house watched the 36 rounds of boxing held at the Mu nicipal Auditorium last Wednes day evening. Jessie Watson and Leon Trickier were among the Omaha fighters contending. James Motley and Burnell Guy of Scotts bluff put on three rounds of ex hibition boxing. Messrs, and Mmes. A1 Matthew, Jackie Banks, Mr. McWilliams, Commodore Gowings and Harry and Douglas Harding of Sidney, Neb., were visitors in the city for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Snoddy mo tored to Sidney to visit friends. Thought for today: Wisdom is knowing what to do next. Skill is knowing how to tlo it. Virtue is doing it. the hostile Indians and starvation. They chose to save themselves and Scott was abandoned to his tragic fate. His remains were found the next year in the vicinity of the great bluff. The two deserters remain for ever anonymous but the memory of Hiram Scott is preserved for ever in th% name of the great bluff, the national monument, and the city and county of Scottsbluff. SMITH BROTHERS Good Coal and Everything to Build with. | 2341 No. 4S Phone 6-2527 i Complete Line of Distinctive Men's Clothing NUNN-BUSH ANKLE FASHIONED OXFORDS WINGS SHIRTS — COOPER UNDERWEAR STORRS SCHAEFER CUSTOM MADE SUITS ELLINGER’S \ \ l$th A P Sts. Dial 5-8040