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Official and legal Newspaper Thursday, April 13, 193(1 Dr. J. R. Drew, Disco Of Blood Plasma Method, Is Victim of Highway Accident WASHINGTON —Dr. John Rich- . ard . Drew, chief of surgery at ' Freedman’s hospital here, and : thi^e other staff members were victims of a highway accident which was fatal to Dr. Drew and resulted in serious injyry of Drs. John R. Ford, Walter R. Johnson and Samuel Bullock, as they were enroute to the annual Andrews Clinic at Tuskeegee, Ala. Dr. Drew died about three hours after the crash at Alamance County hos pital near Burlington, N. C., Sat urday, April 1. Dr. Drew had compiled a re markable record in medicine and athletics but undoubtedly his greatest contribution to medical science was the development of the method of preserving blood plasma that saved the lives of so many thousands of American and allied soldiers and sailors during World War II. Drew attended Amherst college (’26) w’here he was first Negro captain of the track team. At Mc Gill university, Montreal, where he studied medcine; he was again captain of the track team. By 1933 he had received his M.D. and C.M. (Master of surgery) at McGill on a Rosenwald fellow ship. In 1938 he became resident in surgery at New York’s Presby terian hospital with a fellowship in surgery at Columbia univer sity. In 1940 he presented his dissertation, for his Doctor of Medical Science degree, entitled “Banked Blood.’’ Less than a day previous to his - -- ■ - ■ --1 Sac Says By Ted Sorensen, President Lincoln Social Action Council Have you ever been discrimi nated against because of your race or religion? Have you ever seen another person refused service, employment, housing or some other opportunity because of such facts? Does your favorite restaurant, barbershop or club serve all peoples regardless of skin color or faith? Most of us have had some experience with discrimination against ourselves or others in the city of Lincoln. The question which is so often asked is: What can we do about it? The Social Action Council, which seeks to remove the blot of discrimination from Lincoln by community ac tion among other means, has found certain factors very impor tant in “doing something about it*”: 1. Get the Facts. Be certain that this is discrimination and not a mistake or misunderstand ing, or a refusal based on some other ground. Find out whether it is the policy of the manage ment or just the particular em ploye involved. Ask the reasons for the discrimination. This will require talking to the manager in a quiet, objective fashion. 2. Antagonize no one. Any scene, disturbance or discourtesy will not help change the minds of those persons now discrimin ating, nor win others to your side. Standing firmly for what is right is stronger than making enemies —and helps build friendly rela tionships after the discrimina tion has been removed. Be firm (Continued on Page 2) death, he had received a giant in aid from Howard university and the U. S. Public Health serv ice to launch a research program of great national imixirt. Vacation Visitor FREDDIE POWELL. Miss Freddie Powell, daughter of Rev. aud Mr*. R. H. Powell eas home tor Fas ter from the University of Nebraska Sehool of Nursing in Omaha. She will be among those representing Conklin Hall rome Ivy l>ay at the Nebraska rampu*. Quinn Chapel Laymen to Earn Organ The Laymen’s League of Quinn Chapel met Thursday, March 30 at the church for their regular meeting and Family Night get-to gether. Two projects discussed w'ere the appearance recently of j the Golden Jubilee singers of : Omaha and an attractive project for obtaining an electric organ for the church. The latter was a cu rious twist in The VOICE sub scription campaign as the result of an offer by Mrs. Rubie Shakes peare, VOICE business manager, to provide the laymen with a Hammond organ instead of one of the 1950 Ford cars being of fered as awards for 2,000 subscrip tions. The laymen seized the of fer enthusiastically and are hop ing to accomplish their goal with out too much delay. Good luck, Laymen. Committee for Hasset Fund Makes Final Report Final proceeds are reported i from the Hassell building fund sponsored by Mrs. Basalie L. Bell, president of the Civic Committee. Contributions totaling $145.59 are acknowledged from the fol lowing: Mrs. Olivia Pound .;.$ 5.00 Ministerial Alliance .15.15 Quinn Chapel.30.00 A Friend . 2.00 Elliott School . 5.00 Friends from Whittier School 8.76 Mrs. D. Duncan . 3.00 Mrs. Anna Heiling . 5.00 Mrs. Haecker & friends_ 25.00 Results from dinner .36.68 Church of Christ (Holiness). 10.00 __$145.59 In Progress! THE VOICE'S Sensational SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN ‘ * ~ v SEE PAGE 4 FOR A WAY TO WIN VALUABLE PRIZES Supreme Court Decision May Reshape Negro Life Moody Given Big Sendoff Pastor 13 Years To Local Congregation Re '. Robert L Moody received the good wishes of Lincoln citi zens Sunday at an appreciation meeting held at Newman Methodist church at 3 p. m. At that time Rev Mr. Moody ad dressed his farewell remarks to Lincolnites whom he has served for the past 13 years in various capacities in the Urban League, the NAACP and in the Lincoln Social Ac^m Council. Prof. E. W. Hawkins of Cotner college responded and was lib eral in his praise of Rev. Mr. Moody as a «tudent and a man of great zeal. Best wishes were also received from the congre gations of Mt. Zion Baptist, Quinn Chapel AME, Allon Chapel SDA, First Christian, Newman, Wesleyan Methodist and the CME churches. Rev. Mr. Moody, who is assist ant national superintendent of Sunday Schools for the Church of God, field representative for leadership training and Christian education and Dean of the Inter state Minister’s institute of his denomination, will begin active pastorate of the Fir*t Church of God in Toledo, O., April 16. Urban League Easter Event Draws Crowd The Urban League auditorium was the scene of the league’s annual style show and spring re view last Saturday night, April 8. More than 250 persons wit nessed the presentation, that made use of 83 youngsters of various ages, and about 20 adults, who displayed the stylist’s latest offerings for school, play, dressup, afternoon and formal wear. Youngest modeler of the evening was 18-month-old Mas ter Alonso Carter. The crowd roared when Master Exton Bass just couldn’t stand the “ohs” and “ahs” and made a mad dash down the ramp and back into a man’s world. Following the promenades, a program of talented people brought the evening to a close. Included were agroup from the Donna McCandless studios, nov elty, tap and ballet, routines; Barbara Anne Parkes, University of Wichita, piano solos; Harry Peterson, popular balladeer; and a skit “Cinderella” by the Sharps and Flats, musical group under Mrs. Izetta Malone. The skit was written by Jeanne Malone and featured Cecil Hatcher as the charming prince and lovely Betty Reconsideration or Separate But Equal" Theory Asked In Sweatt, McLaurin, Henderson Appeals BY WILLIAM G. DUNN WASHINGTON.—Over the portal of the Supreme Court building here is the inscription “Equal Justice Under The Law”—the subject of three cases now before the court, and which the court must decide upon within the next few weeks or months. Monday and Tuesday of last week, in a tightly packed court-room and with a battery of nationally famous lawyers in attendance, arguments were presented to the high court —arguments intended to wipe out by one decision, segrega tion in every form—from our American way of life. Asso ciaie jusuce 10m ciarx oi Texas, former attorney general of the United States, excused himself from the bench Monday when Attorney General J. Howard McGrath presented the case of Elmer Hendersoxx against the Southern Raili'oad. McGrath argued that the ef fort of the railroad to force Hen derson to eat behind a “separate but equal” curtain was discrim inatory. Clark was attorney general when the Henderson case reached the interstate commerce com mission and the U. S. courts. That may have been his reason for ; quitting the bench when the case came up for argument. Another reason may probably have been that Clark, being from Texas, would have felt impelled to take a position against Hen derson and thereby against the administration, which is backing Henderson by way of the attor ney general’s office. Clark’s ab sence from the bench may there fore give greater assur-ance of a decision in favor of Henderson. Attorney General McGrath was followed Monday by Solicitor General Philip B. Perleman. Sig nificantly enough, seven Negro lawyers were admitted to practice before the supreme court just be fore hearing on the three cases began. The three cases serving as a springboard for supreme court ac tion are: 1. Elmer W. Henderson vs. U. S. of America Interstate Commerce Commission and Southern Rail way Company, appellees. 2. G. W. McLaurin vs. appellant Oklahoma State Regions for Higher Education, Board of Regions of University of Okla homa, et al. 3. Herman Marion Sweatt vs. Theophilus Shickel, painter, et al. The fundamental issue in all these cases was the some. The issue was and is: whether seg regation, per se, is a violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amend Rose Huston as Cinderella. In closing, Mr. Clyde Malone, executive secretary, commended Frances Lewis and her commit tee for the fine job they had done in puting on the revue. merits to the Constitution and is therefore illegal. The Henderson case was the first argued This case reached the court after an unfavorable ruling by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The interstate commerce commission was directed by the federal district court to rule that segregation, per se, was not dis criminatory and illegal, so long as tables were reserved exclusively for Negroes. This the Southern Railway promised to do in the future. The table usually reserved for Negroes is next to the kitchen opposite the steward's office. In the supreme court Hender son raised the following legal questions: 1. Whether an interstate car rier regulation requiring segre gation of passengers solely on ac count of race or color violates the interstate commerce act. 2. Whether failure of the com mission to declare the regulation unlawful and to forbid its en forcement in the future and dis missal of complaint by the com mission and court below. (a) Violates the Fifth amend ment to the constitution, and, (b) Are contrary to the national transportation policy of the United States and are contrary to the public policy of the United States. 3. Whether segregation solely according to race is discrimina tion, in violation of the interstate commerce act and the constitution of the United States. Chief argument in this case was made by Belford V. Lawson, jr., president of the National Negro Bar association. Lawyers appear ing for Henderson were Jawn Sandifer, Marjorie M. McKenzie, Sydney A. Jones jr., Earl B. Dick erson, Josiah F. Henry jr., Char lotte R. Pinkett, Aubrey E. Rob inson jr., Edward W. Brooks, Wil liam M. McClain, Theodore M. Berry and George Windsor. Second case to be heard was that of G. W. McLaurin. Attorneys in the McLaurin case are Tburgood Marshall, who presented the chief argument; Robert L. Carter, Amoi T. Hall, Jack Greenberg, Constance B. Motley. Frank D. Reeves and Annette H. Peyser. When the supreme court heard the arguments in the newest pre sentation of the Heman Marion Sweatt case, it faced the task of making a decision which will— probably, once and for all time settle the question of whether a state can set up a separate in stitution with facilities “equal” to those already existing at another school, doing this for the sole and express purpose of keeping the students separated racially. The attorneys In the Sweatt case are Thomas I. Emerson, John P. Frank, Alex ander H. Frey, Irwin B. Griswold, Robert Hale, Harold Havighurst, Edward Levi, Robert L. Carter, W. J. Durham, Wil liam H. Ming Jr.. James M, Nebrit, U. Simpson Tate and Franklin H. Williams.