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Tlla© W©%€® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural social and spiritual iife of a great people. *_/ ___ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street Phone 2-4085 It No Answer Call 5-7508 Rubie W. Shakespeare.Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green .Office Secretary Mrs. Joe Green.Circulation Manager .Member of the Associated Negro Press 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. 1 year subscription. S2.00 Single copy.5c EDITORIALS The views expressed m these columns ire those ot the writer and oot necessarily » reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. The Apostle of Freedom By Effie Lockhart Clark “part III” Story of Richard Allen Another familiar historic ex ample of these two observations is found in the life of Toussaint L’Ouverture and the Dominican Republic. Better known as Haiti. Mind you, the Haitian revolt, led by Toussaint L’Ouverture against the “invincible” Napoleon Bona parte armies of France—is the only instance in recorded history where a group of slaves success fully overthrew their masters and subsequently set up their own government. May I repeat. The Haitian revolt, led by Tous saint L’Ouverture, against the Napoleon Bonaparte armies of France, is the only instance in recorded history, where a group of slaves successfully overthrew their masters and subsequently set up their own form of govern ment. Toussaint L’Ouverture was a slave while leading this revolt. A man of ordinary physical pro portions. As a matter of fact he was so frail as a child his master gave Toussaint the job of groom ing horses. That is how he found time to learn to read and write. Toussaint L’Ouverture was di vinely inspired. He was obsessed with a singleness of mind for freeing his fellow slaves. Tous saint didn’t even let the fact that he had never had scientific military training obstruct him in the least. Imagine a man going out to train an army of guerrilla fighters in military tactics when he never spent a day of his life in the army. But Toussaint L’Ouverture had a keen mind and keen insight. Whereas you might give the average person who has not trained and disciplined his pow ers of concentration one hundred books on military strategy and tactics—that person could read those hundred books from cover to covfer and still be as ignorant on military theory as he was be fore he cracked the books. On the otherhand, you might give a man like Toussaint L’Ouverture ten books in military strategy and he might come away able to give MacArthur a run for his money, in military theory. In otherwords, we don’t always need a lot with which to work nor do we always need the very best. It is the amount of energy which one is able to expend and how he ex pends it that counts. Energy! The wisest expenditure of energy is the genius of all great achieve ment. And of course the wise utilization of energy is determined by its organization and direction. What goal have you set for your self? How do you propose to get there? If you are looking to outside help only—Lord knows you’ll never accomplish anything. If you’ll be guided by your in tuitive insight, divenly inspired— nothing can stop or hinder you short of death itself. Even then someone else will grasp the burn ing torch and carry it on to ul timate victory. Witness that in the life of Mahatma Ghandi and his successor Nehru. This carries us to our third and final point. If the proper goal is set and harnessed to a con trolled release of energy—victory is yours before you strike the first blow. The atom bomb, a negative characterization of this point is merely a 20th Century manifes tation of _a phenomena which is as old as the human race. We find it in secular and non-secular literature. David killed Goliath. You probably are familiar with the story of the 3 brothers who were sent into the woods to chop down trees and bring back wood or money for their labors. One of these brothers was dubbed “Simpleton.” The other two were their parents’ favored sons. They were given the sharpest axes with which to cut down the trees while Simpleton was given the dull one. They were given the biggest lunches with huge pieces of cake while Simpleton took slivers. The two favored sons hurt themselves with their axes and only carried home wounds for their mother to nurse. Simpleton cut down a tree and found a golden goose in it. He decided to take it to the king because he knew that the king would offer a good price for it. However, the keeper of the gate at the king’s palace bribed Sim pleton by refusing to let him in unless the Simpleton promised the keeper one-half of whatever the king gave him. When Simpleton reached the keeper of the door, he had to promise this keeper half of what he received also. When the king asked Simpleton to name his price, Simpleton replied, “I am sorry sir, this goose does not be long to me.” The king asked for an explanation. Simpleton said, “I only ask for one hundred lashes.” The king asked why? When Simpleton told him of the two bribes, the king said, “Why you are no simpleton. I consider you a very clever man.” Where upon the king gave each of the two keepers their 50 lashes. Sim pleton was given the king’s daugh ter. He returned home a wealthy prince. We say that the lion is king of the beast but can a snake strike the lion a lethal blow? (Continued Next Week) Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you. But, of a Good leader, who talks little, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will all say, “We did this ourselves." 10*-25'-39c Lincoln’s Favorite Potato Chip by JANES C. OLSON, Superintends STATE ailTOBICAL SOCIETY Nebraska’s Governors—22 Chester H. Aldrich, governor of Nebraska from 1911-13, was born on a farm in Ashtabula County, Ohio, November 10, 1862. He was the eldest of five children. As was true of so many other young men who came to Nebraska and made a mark for themselves, Chester Aldrich worked his way through school. He attended Hills dale College in Michigan for three years, teaching school on the side to meet expenses, and then went on to Ohio State University, from which he graduated in 1888. Shortly after his graduation, young Aldrich came to Nebraska, settling in Ulysses, where he was appointed principal of the high school. He taught school in Ulysses for three years, reading law on the side. He also found time to woo and marry Sylvia Stroman of Ulysses. Upon admission to the bar, Aid rich removed to David City where he began the practice of law. In addition to his extensive law prac tice, he was active in community affairs in David City, serving on the school board and the town council, as well as a term as mayor. In 1906 he was elected to the state senate and served one term. In 1910 he entered the Republican primary as a candidate for gov ernor and won the nomination over two opponents. In the red hot campaign that followed his Democratic opponent was Mayor Jim Dahlman of Omaha, long a colorful figure in Nebraska. Aldrich won by a comfortable majority, but the Democrats had control of the legislature which convened as he was inaugurated. There seems to have been little cooperation between the Governor and th Legislature. If you will read Governor Aldrich’s messages in the volumes published some years ago by the state historical society you will observe that he vetoed many legislative acts, and some of them in sharp language. Governor Aldrich was renomi nated by the Republican party in 1912, but was defeated in a close race by John H. Morehead of Falls City, the Democratic candidate. Following his term as Governor, Mr. Aldrich practiced law in Lin coln, until he was elected an asso ciate justice of the state supreme court in 1918. He died, March 10, 1924, while serving on the court. As Governor, Aldrich’s messages were sharp and concise. He was one of the early boosters for good roads in Nebraska. In his out Welcome Book to Any Good Library Reviewed by Luix Virgil Overbea “W h o’s Who in Colored America,” edited by G. James Fleming and Christian E. Burckel, Christian E. Burckel and Associates, Yonkers-on-Hud son, N. Y., 648 pp. The new seventh edition of “Who’s Who in Colored America” should be a welcome addition to any good library. This book contains more tha 3,000 biogra phies of Negroes who are achiev ing in America. Edited by G. James Fleming and Christian E. Burckel, this volume provides a ready refer ence for any person wishing to know a quick story about any particular Negro. Printed on thick, semi-smooth paper, this book should wear well, too. Utilizing the varia type process, the book features large, easy to read type. For convenience “Who’s Who” has two indexes classifying per sons by occupation, profession or interests and by geography. An added feature of the volume is the inclusion of pictures of many of the perons featured. On the merit side this book apparently has styled itself after the “Who’s Who in America” in the quality of its editing and re ports. It promises to come out regularly, thus filling a great need for persons interested in Negro leaders. The cover is an attractive green with the name in the map of the U.S.A. in gold. Featured on the inside of the covers are illustrations of numerous phases of Negro life sketched by Jay J ackson. As may be expected in a work of this kind, a number of per sons were left out, some of them by neglect and others because they refused to turn in inter view blanks. Here and there, the book fea tures a boner such as the leav ing out of Marian Anderson from the list of concert singers in the classification section. Also, some of the persons contributing pic tures of themselves could have forgotten about trying to recall the past by sending current pho tographs. This is the first attempt of the publishers to produce this type , of book. It is an excellent ex ample of what is to come in the future. going message to the legislature, he state: “Travel by automobile his now become general and even tually the almost exclusive way of getting across the country both for business and pleasure. To use the automobile successfully good roads are necessary.” SKYLINE ICE CREAM STORES 1433 South St. Phone 3-8118 1417 N St. Phone 2-4074 All Products Manufactured. At Main Plant Skyline Farms So. 14th St. VINE ST. MARKET GROCERIES & MEATS 22nd and Vine 2-6S8S — 2-6584 For Better Values • Drugs • Cosmetics • Stationery • Candy • Prescriptions CHEAPPER DRUGS 1325 O St. Lincoln Rockefeller Foundation May Withdraw " KINGSTON, Jamaica. (ANP). The Rockefeller foundation will cease to function in Jamaica, July 31, 1951, unless steps are taken by the Jamaican government to request it to continue its public health work here. The Rockefeller-foundation be gan its work here in 1919. It has worked with the Hookworm com mission, School Hygiene unit, Bu reau of Health education, School for Sanitary inspectors, Malaria, Tuberculosis and Yaws commis sions. It has been active in the training of public health workers, the improvement of Public Water supplies and recently started a study of vital statistics. Dr. John F. Kendrick is in charge of the staff. Whether the foundation will close out here de pends upon the decision of the New York offices. Already they have operated here longer than in any other area—there policy being to encourage the people to take over and carry on. It seems certain the government will ask them to remain. Walter White to Speak in Omaha OMAHA, Neb.—“Color Line Across the Globe,” is the topic of a lecture to be delivered in Omaha soon by the world-re nowned Walter White. Mr. White, General Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will speak at Technical High School Audi torium on Monday, November 20th, at 8:00 P.M. Mr. White’s story of his own battle for racial equality has been published under the title, A Man Called White. Mr. White’s brilliant accom plishments as an author, sociolo gist and educator have made him an outstanding spokesman for his people. He has worked unceasing ly to convince Congress and the American people that Negro Americans must be granted the first class citizenship guaranteed them by the Constitution. 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