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i» * ' * ‘ M VOL. 5, NO. *•__ $600,000 Drive Started By Natl. Urban Leap* Palmer, President Tobias, Chairman Dwight R. G. Palmer, president | of General Cable Corporation, last week (April 9th) was named chairman of the 1951 Urban League Fund drive. At a luncheon meetfhg of seventy top business, industry and labor executives at New York’s Commodore Hotel, Mr. Palmer, in accepting leader ship in the drive for $600,000 said “support of the league offers an opportunity to prove that dis crimination based on class, race or religion has no place in the world.” Palmer is joint-chairman for labor and industry organiza tions of Brotherhood Week. Two $25,000 Gifts James Felt, president, James Felt Co., realtors, and president of the Urban League of Greater New York, announced the $600, 000 goal for the 1951 drive, an in crease of $200,000 over 1950. Mr. Felt said two grants of $25,000 each have already been received. These are from Julius Rosenstiel, president, Schenley Industries, Inc., and Mrs. Loula Lasker, civic leader and board member, New York League. Dr. Tobias Co-chairman The 1951 drive, said Mr. Felt, will be concentrated in the spring and fall, in a series of bi-monthly campaigns. The first will kick-off, he said, with a breakfast meeting April 24 th and will be led by co chairmen working as a team. Mr. p Palmer and Dr. Channing H To bias, director, Phelps-Stokes Fund, will lead this first two week drive. To Expand Service “The Urban League,” said Lloyd K. Garrison, widely-known lawyer and president. National Urban league, “has found a way of doing a job through coopera tive community action — there should be 150 leagues, in every state in the Union.” Elmo Roper, public opinion analyst and Na tional Urban League board mem ber, called for support of the league to enable “any man to hold down any job he is capable of holding, regardless of rcae, re ligion or national origin.” Attain ment of this ideal, said Roper, “would triple the Negro’s buying power.” “Education is part of the an swer,” said Lester B. Granger, executive director, National Ur ban League, “but education with out opportunity to put that learn ing to use adds up to frustration —and it is the league which pro vides the link between prepara tion and productive use of a man’s skills.” Mr. Granger called sup- j port of the league in this cam paign “proof of a conviction of the worth, and faith in the need and practical nature of coopera tive effort.” Guests of honor at the lunch eon were Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, 1950 Nobel Peace Prize winner;! Dr. Tobias; Robert W. Dowling, president, City Investing Co., and past chairman of the Urban League Fund Campaign; Earl Schwulst, president, Bowery Sav ings Bank; Edward S. Lewis, executive director, Urban League of Greater New York, and Mrs. Moise Cahn, New Orleans, La., first vice president. National Council of Jewish Women, and National Urban League board member. > - ■ . mr MISS FREDDIE L. POWELL Student Nurse Receives Honors Freddie Louise Powell, daugh ter of the Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Powell, of Lincoln, Nebraska, will receive honors on Tuesday, April 24th, at the Twenty-third annual honors convocation to be held at the University Coliseum at 10:15 A.M. Miss Powell, a junior at the University School of Nursing in Omaha, has received recognition for high scholastic standing for a second time; she was so hon ored during her freshman year. --— Ministers’ Wives Council Has Luncheon Meeting The Ministers Wives Council held a regular meeting Thursday, April 12th, with Mrs. Jennie R. Edwards and Mrs. Golden Brooks as hostesses. After a short busi ness session a program, under the direction of Mrs. Mary Humbert was enjoyed by the group. Mrs. Osceola Nathan repre sented the council at the one-day conference held at the Com husker on Saturday. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Mary Humbert and Mrs. W. I. Monroe as hostesses. Family Reunion Day Scheduled at Quinn Chapel April 22nd The Laymen League at Quinn Chapel A.M.E. church is spon soring a family reunion basket dinner, Sunday, April 22 at 3:30 p.m. The Rev. R. E. Handy, pas tor of Allen Chapel A.M.E. church, Omaha, Neb., will be guest speaker and his choir will furnish music. Rev. Mr. Handy is a former pastor of Quinn Chapel and Rev. J. B. Brooks, pastor of Quinn Chapel was a former pastor at Allen Chapel in Omaha. Our Honor Roll The following is a list of those who are New Subscribers or have Renewed their subscription to The Voice. Mr. Lewis Botts Miss Ida Anderson Mrs. R. C. Brooks Mrs. James Stewart Mrs. L. L Belknap City Library Mrs. A. T. Lobdell Mrs. P. C. Swift Mrs. W. A. Teachman Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McWilliams, Washington, D. C. Roosevelt Bass, Korea Mrs. Hattie Jefferson, Chey enne, Wyo. Dr. Joshua M. Brown, Chicago, m. ' I O 'ce y Attended; an all-day conference Sat- j „rday at the Cornhusker hotel for “An examination of our com munity attitudes toward minority groups in the areas of recreation, employment, housing and public, service, including health,” more than 200 sponsors and representa tives of various organizations lis tened to an opening address by Whitney Young, executive sec retary of the Omaha Urban League, entitled “A Philosophy of Community Living.” The Rev. John P. Markoe, S. J. of Creigh ton University gave the luncheon address. He used for a subject, “How Do We Live Together.” Enthusiastic delegates filled each work-shop to near capacity. One significant feature was out standing—the lack of knowledge of existing segregation patterns and discriminatory practices which are prevalent in Lincoln. In the final analysis recommen dations were presented to the open sessions from the work shops in forms of resolutions fa voring a permanent committee whose duty it would be to ascer tain facts, and find solutions to the problems dealing with human ' relations. ' First Aid Bulletin’s Diotribwierf by the Red Cross Committee I Mr. John Agee, chairman ol the Red Cross First Aid commit tee, announced Saturday that the committee is distributing to more then eight thousand Lincoln fam ilies through their school children, a bulletin entilted “Seven Im portant Safety and First Aid Measures.” Mr. Lloyd Jenkins, Red Cross Safety Director, com piled the bulletin fiom informa tion printed by the Federal Ci vilian Defense Authority. j Co-operating in the distribution are Mr. Ray Osborn, Lincoln Ci vilian Defense Director and Dr. Stephen N. Watkins, Superin tendent of Lincoln Schools. Ar rangements are being made also for distribution of the bulletin through pupils of the parochial j schools. Further . eo-operatio" of the parochial schools i the First Aid program is being planned by i Father Mitchell M. Kaczmarek j through First Aid classes to be sponsored by the PTA of each of the parochial schools. The first of j these started Friday night, April ' 13th, at the home o- L. V. Michal, 3320 M, sponsored by the PTA of St. Theresa’s School, with Mr. Lloyd Jenkins, instructor. # First Aid classes still open for enrollment are the following: Monday, 7:30 p.m. Consumers, 14th & O, Danny Cochrane in structor Friday, 7:30 p.m. Moose Hall, Federated Finance Bldg., C. O. Fitch, instructor, Friday, 8:30 p.m. St. Theresas’ PTA, home of L. W. Micmhal, 3320 M, Lloyd Jenkins, instructor. Present Facilities Are Inadequate—W atkins Rev. Trago McWilliams, 65, Dies Lincoln Christ Temple Pastor Rev. Trago T. McWilliams, sr.# 65, associate pastor of Lincoln Christ Temple (Holiness) church, died Sunday. He had been ill since October. Bom at Falls City, Nebraska, Rev McWilliams came to Lin coln with his family when he was one year old. Rev. McWilliams was ordained in 1922 at the Third Christian —Courtesy Lincoln Journal-Star REV. MR. MCWILLIAMS Church. In 1936 he was ordained and ministered as pastor of the Christ Temple (Holiness) church at Kansas City, Kan. He was the first Exalted ruler of Cornhusker lodge of the Elks No. 579 IBPOEW, Past Potentate of Islam Shrine Temple No. 63 and Past Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Nebraska and Jurisdiction. Rev. McWilliams was a grad uate of Lincoln high school. He attended the University of Ne braska and Omaha University. A member of Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity, he edited and pub lished the Advocate and Review. He organized the Lincoln Civic and Improvement league which later sponsored his candidacy for representative of the 19th district in Nebraska under the old two house system. He also helped to organize the Lincoln Urban League. Gov. Mc Mullen and Mayor Frank Zeh rung recognized him as an out standing Nebraskan by naming him to represent Nebraska at the Educational Council at Kansas City, Mo. During World war II he was publicly honored for his meritor ious service as foreman at the Martin bomber plant, Fort Crook. Besides his life with the church, he was employed by the Greivish drug company, Canada pullman service, Miller and Paine, the State house, Urban league, Martin bomber plant and the Omaha Star. Throughout his life he demon strated tenderness, love and wis dom in his befriending many (Continued on Page 2, CoL 2) Total enrollment in Lincoln’s public schools will exceed 16,500 in 1955 and may reach 19,000 by 1960, Dr. Stephen Watkins, su perintendent of schools said re cently. Dr. Watkins released these fig- . ures in support of the $6 million bond issue which will be placed before the public on the May 1 general election ballot. “Some of our schools, particu larly at the elementary level, are crowded beyond capacity today," Dr. Watkins said, “and our total enrolment for the current year is but 13,175.” ' “In another year we simply will not be able to care for the youngsters in the elementary grades and as they are pro moted, the same situation will hold true in both junior and se- * nior high school accommoda tions." • * * IN REPORTING the procedure used to obtain accurate popula , tion figures on which to base es I timating future needs. Dr. Wat kins praised the Parent-Teacher association members who con ducted the November survey of more than 29,000 family units. * * * IN REGARD to finances, Dr. Watkins said the present bonded k debt of the district is very low E compared to other Nebraska 1/ cities, both in percentage of as 11 sessed real valuation and in pres | ent mill levy for debt retire [ ment. “The total cost of the $6 mil ' lion needed will be approximately I a million less than the district has had to pay for the $5 million used in the building program under taken in the 1920's. (Belmont, Elliott, Hartley, Prescott, Whit tier, Clinton, Everett, Hawthorne, Irving Park, Randolph, Sheridan an assembly room at Saratoga, and additiohs at Hartley, Hay ward and Lincoln high school were built or expanded by 1920 and 1924 bond issues.) ]. No additional spare is planned where present indications point to a possible decrease in school population in that area. 2. All available space will be utilized before an addition is con ; templated. 3. All needs are based on using space at maximum capacity. 4. No new building is planned Kif additions can be profitably made to existing structures. This is made easier by the fact that present locations of elementary schools are excellent. 5. No additional rooms will be built if remodeling of present fa cilities can supply needed space. But even with these rules in mind, a total of 126 class rooms must be constructed to handle the known 1955 peak load. ^iese figures include 20 for Huskerville where planning must be based on the future of that site as a residential area. However, even should the air base be reactivated and the Huskerville residents moved into Lincoln proper, this would only complicate the prob lem by making still more class room space necessary in ths buildings serving the areas Into which these would move.