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^©nc® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great peopled Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare • Publisher and Editas Business Address 2225 S Street “ Phone 5-649) . U No Answer Call 5-7506 Bubie W. r—»-- g<teeT««tnj and Business Manager Charles - .- - _Associate Editor, Y.M.C.A. Lynwood Parker__Associate Editor, on Military Leave Rev. J. B. Brooks....-.....-.Promotion Manager Mrs. joe Green._ _Circulation Manager M.mh« «K. Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Lnrerea as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Poat Otiice at Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act ot March 3, 1879 __ t year suBscription62.PC Single copy .. — , .. he EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those oi the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. v BRASS FACTS By M. L. Shakespeare At last the Committee on unAmerican activities has become truly American by dropping from its roster a well known race baiter, namely Rep. Rankin, who believes in the worst kind of unAmerican activities —the segregation and discriminaton of Americans. This,'! say, is one step in the direction of fighting unAmerican activities. Now they are rid of one source of evil within the ranks, Mr. Rankin. With some lynching, much race hatred and the KKK growing larger and bolder everyday in dear old Dixie, evidently my dear friend, Mr. (“Whaf’s-good-about-the-South”) Schuyler, could not find too much that is good about the South. So the boys down below the line of demarkation lost a good champion for their cause. One would wonder just what kind of a crime some people in this country must commit before they will be convicted. If he can commit murder and get by, where is the stopping point? Or why did they hang Tojo? Well I guess that is the dear old South. Widoiv’s R.R. Annunity Worth %/ More Than ‘Residual Payment9 CHICAGO. (ANP). Widows of deceased railroad employees should think twice before waiving their rights to monthly survivor benefits at age 65 in order to ac cept a “residual payment” under the Railroad Retirement act.” In a lecent statement, the Rail road Retirement board urges wid ows to give the matter careful consideration before accepting what appears to be a substantial lump sum and thereby forfeiting their rights to future monthly benefits. Ordinarily, there is no reason for a widow to make a hasty decision, since under the law she may make her choice any time before she becomes 65. If she remarries, the residual payment becomes due immediately because by remarriage she for feits her rights to monthly bene fits at age 65. If she should die before receiving either the resi dual payment or the monthly benefits, the residual payment will be made to other eligible sur vivors, or to the employee’s estate. The board warns that once the widow has made her decision, her choice is irrevocable. It also points / Gilmour-Danielson Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 142 So. 13th St 2-1246 out that in the majority of cases it is against her own best inter ests to accept the residual pay ment, since the value of the monthly benefits is generally sub stantially greater. The residual payment is equal to 4 percent of the employee’s taxable railroad earnings from 1937-46 plus 7 percent thereafter (including compensation credited for military service), minus any retirement and survivor benefits which have been paid. It is made to the widow (widower), chil dren, parents, or estate of the employee, in that order of prece dence, unless some other person has been designated by the em ployee to receive it. Through the residhal payment the law guarantees each railroad worker that he and his survivors together will receive benefits greater than the amount of his retirement taxes. It is certainly not intended to replace the regu lar monthly survivor benefit sys tem. Victor Adding Machine 1124-26 “O” Street CLEANING and SANITATION SUPPLIES All Types Brooms—Furniture Polishes Mops—Floor Seal and Wax Sweeping Compounds Mopping Equipment Kelso Chemical 117 North 9th Si. 2-2434 ♦ o^l °4£ NEBffASRA by IAMBS C. OLSON, Superintendent STATE SISTOBICAL SOCIETY One of the best known and most universally respected men in Nebraska territory was Rev. William Hamilton, the Presby terian missionary at Bellevue. Father Hamilton, as he generally was called, was born in Penn sylvania in 1811 and arrived at Bellevue on June 6, 1853, having been, sent there by the Presby terian Board of Foreign Missions to take charge of the Otoe and Omaha mission. The new missionary at Belle vue was no novice when he ar rived. For 15 years he had served in the capacity of preacher and teacher among the Iowa and Sac Indians, and was well acquainted with both the Indians and the Indian country. The mission, in turn, was well established when Father Ham ilton arrived. It had been set up by the Presbyterians in 1846, un der the direction of Rev. and Mrs. Edward McKinney, who had con structed a building and started a school. When Rev. Hamilton took charge of the mission, 42 In dian children were enrolled in the school. At the time Nebraska territory was created in 1854, the Presby terian mission was the only dwell ing of any size in Bellevue, the territory’s principal settlement. Consequently, Rev. and Mrs. Hamilton entertained a wide va riety of guests under their hos pitable roof. Most notable of these guests was Francis Burt of South Caro lina, who had been appointed the first governor of Nebraska ter ritory by President Franklin Pierce. His visit was not a happy one, however. The long journey to Nebraska had so exhausted the governor that he went to bed at the mission as soon as he ar rived—a bed from which he never arose. In 1857, ill health caused Rev. Hamilton to retire from the work of the mission. A decade later, though, he returned to the mis sion a fid spent the rest of his life (until 1891) among his Indian friends. He was highly respected by the Indians and exercised a great deal of influence among them. As an old man, he told a story “It is well to keep in mind, however, that President Adams was not an anti-slavery man. His career had shown pro-slavery ten dencies. In the Senate in 1807, when the prohibition of the slave trade was brought before that body, he voted against the meas ure. As a member of the mission negotiating the treaty with Great Britain, by which the war of 1812 was closed, he demanded compen sation for slaves who had been carried away from their masters by the British army. During his incumbency as Sec retary of State he was unfriendly to the proposal of Great Britain’s slave trade treaty in the interest of the Africans, and as president he manifested no particular inter est in the bondmen. When the House in 1835 tabled an anti-slav ery petition, presented by John Q. Adams, Henry A. Wise of Vir ginia, took occasion to remark: “Sir, slavery, with our very po litical institution is guaranteed by our Constitution, and its conse quences must be borne by our northern brethren as resulting from our system of government, and they cannot attack the insti tution of slavery without'attack ing the institutions of the coun try, our safety and welfare.” Wm. Hightower Gets 20-Yr. Pin From Power Co. Mr. William M. Hightower, 1924 “T” street, received a pin recently from the Consumers Public Power District for having been in their employ for the past twenty years. At present he is in the maintenance department. Mr. Hightower is a member of Lebanon Lodge No. 3, AF&AM (PHA), Robert Huckles Consis tory and Mt. Zion Baptist church. which in many respects summed up his work. When he arrived, he related, he saw a man riding horseback, with his wife walking and carrying a load. Fifty years later, he saw the wife on the horse and the man walking. 1 NYLON IRREGULARS in the new spring shades of Caprice, Twilight and Promenade. Sizes 8 to 10y2. 89C pair THRIFT FLOOR DOWNSTAIRS mULERtPAinE “Now, then, what should a po lite little boy say to lady who has given him a penny for carry ing her parcels?” “I am too polite to say it, Y* madam.” Teacher: “Did your father help you with this problem?” Willie: “No, I got it wrong my self.” TYPEWRITERS ANT MAKE SOLD RENTED REPAIRED Nebraska Typewriter Co. 13* No. 12th St. Phone 2-2187 Lincoln. Nebr. For Everything in HARDWARE Baker Hardware 101 No. 9th 2-3710 ONE-STOP LOANS £100-$200-$300 or More FAMILY FINANCE CO. 206 1st Nat. Bk. Bldg. O V. Stromdah], Mgr. 2-7671 PIANOS RADIOS SEWING MACHINES WASHERS SWEEPERS Gourlay Bros. Piano Co. 212 So. 12 2-1636 Orders filled for parties, fraternities and sororities and other occasions. 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