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Official and Legal Newspaper _Thursday, September 1949 Natl. Urban League Survey Shows Deerease In Jobs Employment Remains Higher Than Immediately Following the War Commenting on a recent em ployment survey made the past month by the Department of In dustrial Relations of the National Urban League in 40 League cities, Julius A. Thomas, the National director of the department said, . “the recent economic recession has cut deeply into the wartime employment gains made by Ne gro workers.” Despite this fact, g| the total employment of Negro f workers remains at a much higher level than during the period immediately following the war. Unemployment among Ne groes follows the general nation wide pattern, but in some indus trial communities the unemploy ment rate for Negroes is almost j twice the rate for the community as a whole, Mr. Truman stated. In St. Louis, the survey re veals about one-third of the total, of 67,000 unemployed are Ne groes. The heaviest cut backs are in steel, chemicals and the gar ment industries. Records in the Urban League office of that city show a continued increase in the number of Negro men and women seeking jobs since the first of March. Negro job appli cations have gone up more than 25 percent since May. The latest available figures for New York City show that 19 per cent of job applicants are non white, as against their 8 percent in the population. Of the esti mated number of 49,000 unem ployed persons in Pittsburgh in June, approximately 10,500 are Negroes. Applicants coming to the Urban League office during the first six months of 1944 have increased by 50 percent over the similar period of 1948: the in crease was from 496 to 745. Texas U. Admits Negro Student HOUSTON, Texas.—Herman A. Barnett, 23, a war veteran, said tonight he had been admitted for medical training at the Texas State Medical School in Galves ton. Barnett said he was informed by a letter from the President’s office of the University of Texas that he would attend the Galves ton branch of the state university until a medical branch of the Texas State University for Ne groes in Houston is available. Our Honor Roll The following are some of those who are New Subscribers or have renewed their subscrip tion to THE VOICE How does your subscription stand? Mrs. George Hunter, Grand Island, Nebr. Mrs. W. W. Griggsby. Mrs. Margie Turner. Mrs. William Greene. Mr. H. Layer. Mrs. Charles Walker. Mrs. Bertha Griffin, Platts mouth, Nebr. Mr. William Hightower. Mr. Ernest Cruder. Prof. James Bradley, Red Level, Ala. Mrs. Doris King. Mrs. Sara Walker. Mrs. Hattie Graves. Joan Thrilled; Visits Truman By Alice A. Dunnigan WASHINGTON. (ANP). Six teen year old Joan Rankin, “gov ernor” from the Buckeye State, was among the ninety-six Girls Nation representatives who were received in the beautiful White House Rose Garden by President Truman last Thursday. These girls, who had spent a week in Washington studying and observing the operation of the Federal Government, were told by the President that some day one of them might have the “terrible job” which he now has. Prior to their White House visit, the girls were guests of Secretary of Defense Louis John son. All the advanced hullabaloo about Ohio’s alleged refusal to send Joan Rankin to Washington after she had been elected girl governor for fear that she might meet with embarrassment due to the segregation practiced in the Nation’s Capital proved to be jjiist a hoax. She came to Washington as an official state representative and stayed on the American Univer sity campus along with the rest of the group. Not only did she attend all of the official sessions of the citizenship school, but was among the guests at each of the social functions including a re ception at the university. Miss Rankin is a senior in high school and says she hopes to en ter Smith or Ohio State College after the completion of her high school course. She thinks she might major in psychology or journalism. When asked what she had en joyed most while in this city, she replied that she had been thrilled with everything, but most of all she enjoyed meeting the Presi dent. y >: — uounesy oi uncoin journal. THIS LITTLE PIG GOES TO THE FAIR—Gladys Lux, Nebraska Wesleyan university’s art director, molds 200 pounds of lard into a piggy bank for a refrigerated display at the state fair which opened Sunday. Sally Uekoa, a student of Miss Lux, kneads the lard to keep it at a workable temperature. R. G. Huston Dies; Ex-Restaurateur Richard G. Huston, 60, of 2420 Holdrege, died in his sleep early Sunday. He worked Saturday and had not complained of being ill. For a short time Mr. Huston had been employed at the Lin coln Country club. For ten years he was the owner of a Lincoln restaurant. Mr. Huston had also served as a member of the Lincoln-Lan caster coitnty health department and was a former member of the Lincoln chamber of commerce. Born in Atchison, Kas., Mr. Huston moved to Lincoln in 1915 with his wife, Kathryne Harris, whom he had married in Atchi son in 1912. He was a member of the Quinn j chapel, African Methodist Episco pal church, where he served as a trustee. Mr. Huston was also a member of Lebanon lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. M. A patron of Amaranthus chap ter No. 3, Order of the Eastern Star Mr. Huston was elected as sociate grand patron of the chapter in June. Surviving are his wife, Kath ryne; a daughter, Miss Betty Rose of Lincoln; two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Kelley of Atchison, Kas., and Mrs. Della Vaughn of Omaha; a brother, Ebbie of Atchison, Kas., and an aunt, Mrs. Hattie Alexander of Atchison, Kas. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 10, at Quinn Chapel A. M. E. church with the Rev. J. B. Brooks officiating. The Grand Chapter of O. E. S. and the Masons will hold services Register Now For Adult High School If you are 16 years of age or over, and if you have been out of the regular day schools at least one semester, you may en roll in the Adult High School and earn a regular high school di ploma. Both daytime and eve ning work are available. Every Lincoln adult can be a High School graduate. Special provisions are made for persons over 21 years of age. A small charge for tuition and the cost of books and supplies will be the only expense. Sep tember 6, 7 and 12, and each i Continued on Page 3 Truman Welcomes “Loyal Democrats99 Back To Party Join the Party of the People and Help the Country Go Forward WASHINGTON. (ANP). Presi | dent Harry S. Truman supported his party's purge of several Dix ieerats at the Mayflower hotel last Wednesday night and at the same time welcomed all “loyal Democrats" back into the fold. The national committee brought into play the 50-year-old expunging rule and dismissed from the party Marion Rushmore of Alabama, J. B. Snider and Mrs. Herfaes Guatier of Missis sippi, William H. Talbot of Louisiana, and Mrs. Herbert Ag new of South Carolina. Truman, in his off-the-cuff speech, told the patty members gathered that no one section of the country won the last elec tion; that all sections together put the program over. He also indicated that this will be needed again in the next election. He pointed to the fact that Congress was getting new blood, which is sorely needed, and that the in flux would continue. He said: “The tail no longer wags the dog. We won the election last November without New York, without the industrial East, and without the solid South . . . that does not mean we are not invit and the solid South and the rest ing the industrial East, New York of the country to join the party of the people and help the coun try go forward.” Sen. J. Howard McGrath, re cently appointed a justice to the supreme court, and former chair man of the national democratic committee, acted as hatchet man for the committee in his last of ficial act as chairman. William M. Boyle, jr., a Kansas City, Mo., lawyer, is the new chairman. Truman lashed out at the re publican party by praising the democrats. He said the party was never in better condition to accomplish its aims and program [ and that the republicans had tried to talk to death the program the people wanted. When talked to by the press, the ousted committee members # from Mississippi and Alabama said they would fight the party again in 1952. The purging came about an a result of the bolting of the Democratic party during the national convention in Phila delphia by most of the delegates from Louisiana, Alabama. Mississippi. Geor gia, and South Carolina. However, the axe fell on those committeemen who at tended the rump convention later in Bir mingham and who made no overtures to come back into the party. J. Strom Thurmond, governor of South Carolina, would have •‘expinged." but he resigned of his own will. Bar Association Will Continue I Legal Education As a part of its program of Continuing Legal Education for practicing lawyers, the Nebraska State Bar Association is conduct ing a series of three institutes on the subject of Water Law. The institutes will consist of lectures on current problems of irriga tion, drainage and surface waters. The meetings will be held on September 15 at Scottsbluff, Sep tember 16 at Grand Island and September 17 at Holdrege. Speak ers, all members of the Nebraska State Bar Association, are James G. Mothersead and Thomas F. Neighbors of Scottsbluff, Robert H. Beatty and M. E. Crosby of North Platte, and Barlow Nye of Kearney. A large number of lawyers from central and west ern Nebraska are expected to attend. The same program will be presented in each city. NSMA Favors Federal Dept. Of Health The Nebraska State Medical Association announced Thursday that it favors the establishment of a Federal Department of Health with a secretary of Cab inet status, according to Dr. J. D. McCarthy, Omaha, President of the state medical organization. Earlier the Nebraska medical profession had gone on record in opposition to President Truman’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 which was rejected by the U. S. Senate August 18 by a vote of 60 to 32. This plan proposed that the Fed eral Security Agency be elevated to Cabinet rank, linking health, education and social security problems under a Department of Welfare. Continued on Page 3 j Deaths Funeral services for William Carr, 64, of 1616 No. 27th were held Monday at Umbergers. Rev. William I. Monroe, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church officiated with his choir furnishing music. Cornhusker lodge 579, I.B.P.O.E. of the World, held services, with Exalted Ruler McKinley Tarpley in charge.