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V •. , ' *x» » t, 'VeJ. 3, No. 21 Lincoln 3, Nebraska Thursday, February 17, 1949 r v} ^ __ __ Sen a te Hears Adams » . Q Governor Peterson Calls For A Rededication to Lincoln Ideals Friday, Feb. 11, the state legislature heard Sen. John Adams Sr. as orator for the annual Lincoln Day observ ance. The officials of the state attended the formal cere monies, held in the West chamber at 11, including Gov. Val Peterson and his staff, the Supreme Court, the legis lature, constitutional officers, Brig. Gen. Guy Henninger and his staff from the Nebraska national guard. Alter a brief introduction by Chaplain E. C. Hansen, Charles Chambers, Doane College stu dent, declaimed Lincoln’s Gettys burg Address. Music was fur-' nished by Doare College and prayer was offered by Rabbi Samuel Baron. Senator Adams delivered his discourse in oratorical form rarely heard in our day. Speak ing on “Providence and Arahcm Lincoln” he held his audience spellbound. “When, in spite of embarrassment, a leader rises to the magnitude of performing such a miracle as stemming the crisis of a cessation struggle,” he averred “liberating four million slaves and holding intact a gov ernment like ours, we can but conclude that such genius was divinely assisted and achieved be yond the capabilities of man.” i Gov. Val Peterson issued a proclamation setting Feb. 12 as “a day in which we Nebraskans should rededicate ourselves to the principles enunciated by the Great Emancipator.” Senator Adams re ceived a copy. NAACP Publishes Survey of Negro Presidential Vote NEW YORK. (ANP). Sixty nine percent of the total Truman Dewey votes cast in predom inantly Negro areas of cities throughout the country in the 1948 election went to President Truman, according to a survey published recently by the NAACP. The NAACP report, based on tabulations of returns submitted by the association’s branches in 23 states, notes that Negro voters supported President Truman even in some communities that have traditionally been republican strongholds, and indicates that in several cases the Negro vote held the balance of power which swung a city or a state into the Truman column. Reports on the Wallace vote showed a negligible count in all localities except New York and California. Mrs. Whitebear Taken by Death Mrs. Marcella Whitebear, 22, of 2030 U, ill for some time, died at her home early Tuesday morn ing. She was born in Lincoln. Surviving are a daughter Carol, of Los Angeles; two sons, Michael Joe and Donald Ray, both of Los Angeles; mother, Mrs. X Ida Lee Robinson of Des Moines, la.; father, Harold Talbert of Los Angeles; stepmother, Mrs. Ruth Talbert of Los Angeles; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mose English of Los Angeles and Mrs. Lulu Talbert of Lincoln; great grandfather, Mose Stepney of Lincoln, and ten sisters and brothers. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p. m. Saturday at Umber gers, with Rev. Trago McWil liams, jr., officiating. In Pershing Rifles Gerald Henderson Gerald Henderson, mechanical engineering Freshman, was ini tiated into the exclusive Per shing Rifles, University of Ne braska ROTC fraternity on Feb ruary 10. Henderson was part of a pledge class of 35 selected students. Candidates for membership must maintain a good average in military science and scholarship-*' and pass a pledge test. Hen derson, who has the rank of cor poral, is assigned to Company H, of the NROTC. He hails from Grand Island, Nebraska and is the son of Mrs. Genevieve Henderson of that city. Gerald also played frosh football last fall. LCCW Sponsors Devotional Series By Charles Goolsby Thursday, Feb. 10, the Lincoln Council of Church Women spon sored the second of a series of devotions leading up to the ob servance of the World Day of Prayer, March 4. Mrs. Monroe H. Usher read the scripture. Mrs. Clyde W. Ma lone sang “Prayer Perfect” and Miss Peggy Bayer, university student, sang “The Lord’s Prayer” (Mallotte). Mrs. P. C. Swift was organist. Mediation for the period was given by Mrs. Melvin L. Shake speare on “The Blessing of Pentecost.” “Spiritual power,” she said, “is the noblest form of energy.” Similar meetings will be held at St. Paul each Thursday noon and at various homes in the city on Friday mornings for the next two weeks. Miss Osborne of NYU, Delegate to Sweden By Gladys P. Graham NEW YORK. (ANP). Estelle Massey Osborne, the first Negro to be named to the board of the American Nui-ses association, has been elected a delegate to the In ternational CounciJ of Nurses which convenes at Stockholm, Sweden in June. Bundle’s Pact Ideas Favored By Egyptians RHODES. (ANP). Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, acting mediator for Pal estine, ran up against a veritable stone wall with his compromise proposals for breaking the dead lock between the Egyptians and Israelis here last week. Egypt announced it accepted the Bunche proposals “with some modifications” but chief Israeli delegate, Walter Eytan, said the compromise was “unacceptable.” However, Eytan said Bunche was given “Israeli observations” on the proposals—which amounts to a full set of counter-proposals. Mother of Washington xMemorial Dies PIKE ROAD, Ala. (ANP). Mrs. Eugenia Phillips, 74-year-old mother of Sidney J. Phillips, president and founder of the Booker T. Washington birthplace memorial, died at her home re cently, after having been confined to bed for a number of months. She was the wile of the Rev. J. P. Phillips, pastor of Pike Road Baptist church, whose donation of five acres of land initiated the famed Rosenwald fund program for the education of Negroes. I Ames Hi Elects Negro Youth Prexy —Courtesy the Des Moines Register Ames High School students who backed Fred Martin (with mike) assist as he makes announcements over school speaker system. They are (1-r) Donna Price (FM was campaign stunt), Betty L,ou Jones and Irwin Milliken. Speaking of dark horses, over at Ames, Iowa a couple of weeks ago, students, dissatisfied with the cut and dried way schookj)olitics were going, decided that they wouldn’t take it lying down. Thus, they staged their own “greatest political upset” which was more of a surprise to them than the election of President Truman. It all started when Betty Lou Jones, 17, Ames high junior, nom inated Fred Martin for the num ber one job only five days before the school elections. The sur prised students, who always had liked and respected Fred, but never had thought of him as a candidate, greeted his nomination with a roar of spontaneous ap plause. He polled 223 votes to his opponents’s 204. Everet Ritland, boys’ advisor at the high school said that Fred is “really only an average stu dent.” But students said, “Fred is just a sw'ell kid.” The young Iowan gets around. He is active in the a cappella choir, the Hi-Y and the Boy Scouts. He is a life scout and junior assistant scoutmaster of his troop. He works 20 hours a week as a bell hop at an Ames hotel where his father is a night janitor, and sings in the choir of the Evan gelical U-B Church that he at ends. LB117 Tabled Solons Vote 6-3 By Charles Goolsby Proponents of LB 117 filled the East senate lounge Monday, Feb. 14, to have their say at the public hearing for the bill, then before the Labor Committee. About 120 Beta Beta Urges Passage of FEP At its regular meeting Feb. 6, Beta Beta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha passtlct a resolution favor ing support of LB 117. Copies were sent to various senators. The resolution reads: “Whereas Alpha Phi Alpha does not endorse any political theory, but does stand behind those meas ures designed to help the lot of Negroes and encourage the broth erhood of man; * * * “Be it therefore resolved that Beta Beta" chapter urge the pas sage of LB 117 ... in the present session of the state legislature.” _- r* -- interested persons, representing themselves, the church, business, were present. Sen. John Adams, sr., who in troduced the bill in the legisla ture presented opening remarks in its favor and was followed by a series of representative citizens. These included Mr. Frank W. Cronin, regional director for CIO; Mrs. Ethel Marode, chairman antidiscrimination committee of the CIO; Dr. E. Z. Palmer, De partment of Business Research; Mr. Leo Bohanon, Executive Sec retary, Omaha Urban League; Dr. S. H. Lewis, Omaha Minis I terial Association; a representa | live for the A. F. of L.; Sen. Har old Pritchard, private citizen; John B. White for the AVC and VFW; Mr. Allen Axelrod, law professor; Fr. Fenner King, in surance man; and Mr. Robert T. Malone, State Department of Un employment Insurance as private citizen, all of whom presented the legal, political, business, moral and religious aspects of the meas ure. Negro History Reviewed By Local NAACP, UL The Lincoln branch of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People and the Urban League sponsored a program for Negro History week in the League’s lounge, Sunday, Feb. 13. Rev. Robert Moody, president of the branch and mas ter of ceremonies, set forth the aim of the meeting as acquainting Negro youths with their heritage. After the national anthem, played by Miss Barbara Moody, the invocation was offered by Mr. Leroy Bookhardt. Mr. Lasisi Aka fenwa and Mr. Oscar Harriot spoke of their native lands. Miss Freddie Powell gave a talk on African tribal groups, Miss Gladys Bradford told about famed mem bers of the race in the revolution ary period, and Mrs. Roberta Mol den related stories of the ante bellum period and reconstruction days. Mrs. Basilia Bell led the discus sion of contemporary Negroes who have been outstanding. Par ticipating in the symposium were Quay Wesley, “Negroes in War;” Shirley Cason, “Negroes in Educa tion;” Miss Robbie Powell, “Ne groes in Business;” Rev. Robert Moody, “Reconstruction Politics;” Bob Moody and Monte Bradford, “Negroes in Sports and Entertain ment;” Barbara Moody, “Negroes in Music” and Phyllis Bradford, “Negro Churches.”