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North Carolina Ordered to A lmil Negroes to Law School -~-'VT\ Va.’ Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Ap peals last week ordered the Uni versity of North Carolina to ad mit Negroes to its law school. Us ing the Herman Sweatt case as a precedent, the court declared that the jimcrow law school at the Neg.o North Carolina college was not equal to the white school. This decision is the first wedge in the breakdown of jimcrow ed ucation in the state of North Carolina. It follows on the heels of a recent recommendation of the university executive committee to the board of trustees that the school admit qualified colored students to the graduate and pro fessional divisions of the college.; In its case, the state of North ! Carolina tried to prove it would be better for the Negro race as a | group in North Carolina to attend! the jimcrow school at North Caro lint college, ar... also that the state was doing its best to set up an “equal” school at the Negro in stitution. The appeals court ruling, read by Judge Morris Soper of Balti more, reversed a lower federal court decision favoring the state made by Johnson J. Hayts in Dur ham, N. C. Sitting with Judge Soper were Judges Armistead M. Dobie of Charlottesville, Va., and Harry E. Watkins of West Vir ginia. In denying the state’s argument, the court decision read: “We must give first place to the rihts of the individual citizen, and when and where he seeks equality of treatment before the bar, his suit muf' prevail. It is for him to decide in which direction his advantage ies.” President Gordon Gray of the university said he will recom mend an appeal. He declared from 1 the campus in Chapel Hill, N. C. as follows: “In view of our conviction that the state of North Carolina has, in complete good faith, at tempted for more than a decade to provide equal legal educa tional opportunities for our l^gro citizens at the North Carolina col lege in Durham, I strongly urge the board of trustees of the Uni versity of North Carolina to re quest the U.S. supreme court to review the decision of the Court of Appeals reversing the U.S. dis trict court. Say Railroad Has ‘Jim Crow’ Car CHICAGO—(ANP)—Miss Vera Johnson filed a complaint through Meyer H. Goldsein, an assistant to State’s Atty. Boyle, with the Illinois Commerce commission here last week charging that the Illinois Central railroad operates a “jimcrow” car for Negroes on its City of New Orleans train. Miss Johnson, in her statement, said that she was enroute to Can ton, Miss., last July 1 when the incident occurred. She said her ticket was stamped “Car 2” and that she had to walk the length of the train to the last car which had been provided for the “ex clusive use of Negro passengers on a segregated basis.” She added that “Car 2” had no unoccupied seats, but there wre some vacant seats in ither cars. When she attempted to get a seat in other than the jimcrow car, she was “physically prevented” from doing so. Ga. Laymen Win A.M.E. Court Battle Bv S1DNBY A. 40NKS ATLANTA — (ANP) — Judge Verilyn B. Moore of the Superior court of Fulton County, Ga., Thursday, granted an injunction in favor of the AME Laymen of Georgia and against Bishop S. L. Greene, recently transferred to Georgia. The injunction prevents Bishop Greene from interfering in the af fairs of Morris Brown college, the denominational school here which has been the center of contro versy within Methodist circles in the state and the bishop’s coun cil of the church. Judge Moore especially ordered that Bishop Greene not interfere with Dr. E. C. Mitchell, now act ing president, and that he make no changes in the trustee board of the college. The court further ordered that Bishop Greene sub mit to Judge Moore and to Wil liam Schly Howard, attorney for Bishop Greene and Aaron Kra vitz, lawyer for the laymen of Georgia, his future plans for the ; college. The bishop was instructed to make no changes until the court approved of them. Missionaries To Hear Talk Miss Elizabeth Miller, director of Religious Education at St. Paul Methodist church, will address the Malone Missionary society at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. church on Friday April 27th. Miss Mil ler will speak on her travels to Palestine and the Near East. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. R. E. Edwards, 2420 P street. Mrs. Margaret Williams is president of the so ciety and Mrs. Roberta Molden is program chairman. Woodson Center Dedicated on Easter Sunday OMAHA, Neb.—Woodson Cen ter, South Omaha Neighborhood Center .dedicated its new $80,000 building at impressive ceremonies attended by nearly a thousand persons Easter Sunday afternoon. The building was made possible by a grant of $79,000 from the Community Chest Capital Funds. Dan J. Monen, president of United Community Services, which sponsors the annual Chest drive, said that the “new Wood son Center is unique, first be cause it is the finest youth rec i reation and character building agency, erected entirely with Chest funds, and second that not one cent of money was borrowed to build or equip the building.” Our Honor Roll The following is a list of those who are New Subscribers or have Renewed their subscription to The Voice. How does your Subscription Stand? Mrs. Henry Harris. Mrs. Felix Polk. Mrs. Walter Young. Mrs. Art Henderson. Mrs. Dale Weeks. Mrs. Esther Smith, Omaha. 1 Mrs. Thomas Goodwin, Omaha. 0 ^ I Pa ^ ^nosen For Urban League Executive Secretary Conference To Include Handicapped Aged and handicapped persons are being given special consider ation in preparation of the one day conference to be held at the Cornhusker hotel, April 14, to de termine community attitudes. Even though racial minorities seem to take the lead in social planning elderly people and the many who are handicapped have been of great concern to the So col Action Council and they are being included in the pro gram. Registration for the conference will be fifty cents. Any organi zation desiring to send an offi cial delegate should send their namc,%e names of delegates and registration fees to Mrs. Ada F, McGinnis, 141 S. 12th, Apt. 14 or to Willard Gaeddert, 3926 Bald win. Mrs. Smith Named Area Supervisor Mrs. Esther Smith of Omaha has been named area supervisoi of the Omaha District A.M J! Laymen by President J. J. Park of Kansas City. Mrs. Smith ii planning to visit every church in the district before the annual lay conference to be held in St. Louis in July. Texas State U. First Negro COLLEGE STATION, Tex. — (ANP)—Texas State university last week became the first Negro college admitted to membership in the Texas Intercollegiate Stu dents association. Member schools voted 27 to 0 for Texas State. Two other Ne gro schools sent delegates to the conference, but neither sought membership. Representing the Houston school at this meeting were five delegates: James Martin, president of the student council; Thaddeus Scott, James H. M. Boyce, Phillip Cot ton and James T. Sprott. A Lovely 3unday Afternoon Turns to Gloom For Five What started out to be a most enjoyable Sunday afternoon for five young ladies was not so nice after all. It all happened when the ladies went to the Con tinental Restaurant, 1511 O Street to eat Dorothy Green, Secre tary of THE VOICE; Jeanne Malone, graduate student at the University of Nebraska; Freddie Powell, student nurse at Omaha University Hospital; Robbie Powell, teacher in Kansas City, Kansas; and Joyce Williams, stenographer at the State Capitol had almost finished the second course when the manager, Harry Pappas, came up and asked if they knew whether or not someone had a grudge against him or the restaurant, because he had been receiving quite a few Negro cus tomers that he did not particular care for and if someone was send ing them in—that his other cus tomers were complaining. When the young ladies assured him that they came in because of the; attractiveness of the place, he: stated that he did not preferj Negro patronage and ask if they might tell other Negroes not to come in. He refused to let them pay for the food since they were j only half-way through their din ner when they were interrupted. ■ Mr. Pappas stated that he was | anxious to solve the problem and would like to talk to some au-| thoritative person about the mat- j ter. What he did not realize was the fact that he was then talking to young ladies who were in posi tions to suggest solutions to al most any problem he might have of racial origin. Misses Robbie and Freddie Powell were home over the week end visiting their parents, the Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Powell. LYNWOOD PARKER Calif. Boy, 15, Rescues Baby REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (ANP) —A young boy, 15, became a hero here last week as he rescued a baby from a deep drainage hole, then walked away without seek 1 ing any praise. I The hero was Alvin Julian The young man he saved was i little Dale Hensley, 13 months ole , and son of Mrs. Thomas Hensley Young Dale fell into a hol< . about a foot in diamater about II s feet below the top. His mothei ; i tried to reach him but she got ; stuck too. Neighbors pulled her j out but could not save him. j Someone called the fire depart ment. Julian came to see what I was happening. A lean, thin young man, Julian asked to be ; lowered into the hole by his foot. : With officers holding him he j tsuck his head and arms down in . the hole, anc in 40 minutes he ‘ reached the baby, j In about 10 minutes he had I worked the baby loose. Fireman : i revived Wale with an inhalator, and Julian moved on. He said, “I have always hated it because I was so skinny.” ! - Colorado House Okays Fair Employment Act Denver, Colo. — The State House of Representatives Friday ' passed 57-2, a Fair Employment J Practices Act. Lynwood W. Parker, 31-year old graduate student at the Uni versity of Nebraska, has been named executive secretary of the Lincoln Urban League by the board of directors. Parker, who is working for his doctor’s degree, succeeds the late Clyde Malone, who died Feb. 14. Born in Arrow Hock, Mo., Parker received his primary edu cation there and was graduated from Omaha Technical high school in 1939. From 1941 until 1945 he served in the armed forces and was com missioned an officer prior to his discharge. In the summer of 1945 he en tered Lincoln University at Jef ferson City, Mo., and that same fall enrolled in the University of Nebraska. j He received his bachelor’s de gree in 1948 from Nebraska and his master’s degree from Omaha University last January. | Parker served as boys’ worker j with the Urban League from 1945 'to 1947 and was associate editor of THE VOICE NEWSPAPER prior to his graduation from the University of Nebraska. At present he is a high school 1 council for Boys Town. * j Parker is married and his wife is presently on a temporary I teaching assignment in the South. ! She will join her husband the lat | ter part of May. The couple plans to make their home in Lincoln. As executive secretary, Parker will be the administrative head of the organization and respon sible to the 27-member board of directors. Area Meeting Held At St. John Omaha The Second Inspirational meet ing of the Nebraska Conference Missionary Society of the A.M.E. church of the Omaha area was held Friday, March 30 at St. John A.M.E. church. A special feature of the program was a review of the first four chapters of the Near East Panarama given by Mrs. lola England. Mrs. Esther Smith, Mrs. Virginia Grayson and Mrs. Chris tine Patten. The third Inspira tional meeting will be held at Quinn Chapel, Lincoln. Mrs. Blanche Moore is area supervisor. Bethune, Skinner Win Human Relations Awards CHICAGO — (ANP) — Mrs. Mary McLoed Bethune, one of America’s greatest leaders, and Miss Cornelia Otos Skinner, witty author and stage actress, last week were honored with national human relations awards. Presenting awards to these two women at its sixth annual spring luncheon was the Chicago Wom en’s Division of the National Con ference of Christian’s and Jews. This organization honored them in the Gold Room of the Con gress hotel for their contribu tions to better human relations in every-day living. Dr. Everett R. Clinchy of New York, presi dent of the National conference, presented the awards. Mrs. Monroe Pfaelzer was chairman of the luncheon, and Mrs. Corson Eliis, chairma* af the Women’s division.