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Tib ® ^@3®© PUBLISHED WEEKLY ' “Dedicated, to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great Pe°Pje-”__ Melvin L. Shakespeare VubllilM and Editor Business Address 2220 S Street Box 2022 2-4080 It No Answer Call 0-7008 , Ruble tV Shakespeare... Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green.Office Secretary Mrs. Joe treen...Circulation Manager Member of -he Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Preae Association " Entered as Second Class Matter, lune 9. 1947, at the Poet Office at Llnooln, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1879 1 year subscription. . $?.50 Single copy.10e Out of State 1 Year Subscription 92.60—Single Copy 10c EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice. —Puh. Negro Member of ICC Can End Jim Crow In Interstate Travel The most humiliating daily oc curence affecting more millions o! Negroes than any other indignity and insult is Jim Crow travel or railroads, busses, steamships, and ferries. For years the Interstate Commerce Commission, a federal agency at Washington, commonly known as ICC, has been the real enforcer of segregation by approv ing every segregation regulation and Jim Crow seating rule of the railroads and busses operating in the South and border states. The ICC has consistently ruled against Negro litigants complaining against unjust discrimination by railroads and other carriers. In the last several years it has ruled against Elmer Henderson 3 times, and also against Dr. Benjamin E. Mays (1947), Mesdames Vashti Brown, Muriel Holcombe, and i Lillian Falls (1948), James E.| Stamps and Ennis L. Powell!, (1948), Helena and Charles Haley, U Loncie Maloy and Prunela Nor-: i wood (1951), Rev. C. S. Stamps c ' (1942), John L. LeFlore and Al-Jt fred S. Crishon (1945) and'. Yolanda Barnett (1945). j] The ICC has ignored, disre- ( garded, and flouted the decisions ji of the United States Supreme i Court in the Morgan vs Virginia,' Mitchell, and Henderson cases1, which held invalid segregation1 statutes, Jim Crow seating ar rangements and other discrimina tions, and still continues to do so. A vacancy now exists on the In terstate Commerce Commission arising from the recent resignation of Commissioner John L. Rogers, one of those voting in the majority of 7 to 4, on February 19, 1952, up holding new Jim Crow Southern Railway regulations for dining cars in a new decision by the Com mission against Elmer Henderson The appointment of a qualified ■and capable Negro would un f doubtedly help to change the ICC’s r hostile, biased, and prejudiced at 1 titude towards a group of 15 1 million American citizens. The : ICC is composed of 11 members l of both major political parties ap r pointed by the President and con l firmed by the Senate for a term of I • 7 years at a salary of $12,000 per i annum. The time has now come to cre ate an overwhelming public opin ion which will compel the Inter-1 state Commerce Commission to observe and follow the decisions of the United States Supreme (Court and other federal courts and to stop ignoring and flouting the' law and the Constitution and to cease and abandon its role of en forcer of segregation and Jim', Crow in interstate travel. i, Will yo.u call for the appoint ment of a Negro to the ICC? Will you also continuously cooperate j with and call all progressive and iemocratic minded interested na- j :ional and local organizations, such1; is the NAACP, American Civil , Liberties Union, American Jewish/ Congress, American Jewish .Com-i mittee, ' Anti-Defamation League! of B’Nai Brith, American Friends1, service Committee, Race Relations Department of the Federal Coun-1 cil of Churches of Christ in U.S.A./ the Southern Regional Council,1 Southern Conference for Human Welfare, National Bar Association and all local bar associations and law clubs, National Council of Negro Women, the Press, labor 'unions and organizations, national and local, fraternal organizations, . clubs and other civic organiza t tions, all churches, their bishops, l ministers and pastors, and all • church bodies, conferences, agen . cies, commissions, committees, offi 1 cers and members, to bring theii GOVERNOR’S WIFE FOUNDS NEW AFRICAN UNIVERSITY— Lady Arden-Clarke, wife of the Gold Coast governor, recently helped found the new University College of the Gold Coast in Ac cra, the nation’s capital. Around this college will be built a “uni versity city" with its own utilities to house thousands of people. Her role in the new school also illustrates an awareness of the further active roles of native women in Gold Coast civic and edu cational activity. In the above scene Lady Arden-Clarke is speak ing at ground breaking ceremonies.—(ANP) One of those who helped propa gate the idea that the Nebraska Country was little more than a desert was John B. Wyeth, a young Bostonian who went through the Platte Valley in the summer of 1832 as the historian | of the first Oregon expedition conducted by his more famous cousin, Nathaniel Wyeth. For five years Nathaniel Wyeth tried to promote an agricultural iand commercial venture in Ore gon. Though his activity resulted resulted in the establishment of Fort Hall—later an important 'stopping place on the Overland Trail — arfd greatly popularized Oregon in the East, Wyeth failed in his primary objective and re turned to his native New England without establishing a successful colony in Oregon. John Wyeth’s account of the first journey—entitled Oregon, or a Short History of a Long Jour ney, and characterized by Na thaniel Wyeth as a book “of little lies told for gain”—emphasized the seemingly hopeless future of the enthusiastic Nathaniel’s dreams. vJohn Wyeth was most unfavor ably impressed with the Platte Valley. The water of the river he described as “foul and muddy,” and he reported that the caravan was compelled to travel along the aanks of the stream “on account 1 >f the scarcity of water in the ^ iry and comfortless plains.” Of the region in general, he 1 wrote: “The Missouri Territory is a ' vast wilderness, consisting of im mense plains, destitute of wood;* and of water, except on the edges ' of streams that are found near the turbid La Platte. This river owes its source to the Rocky Mountains, 1 and runs pretty much through the 1 territory, without enlivening or fructifying this desert. Some opinion may be formed of it by saying that for the space of six hundred miles, we may be said : to have been deprived of the benefits of two elements, fire and i water. Here were, to be sure, buffaloes, but after we had killed them we had no wood or vege i powers, influence and opinion to bear for the correction of this great evil and to abolish Jim Crow and segregation in interstate travel JNOW. To accomplish these purposes . will you set up permanent action . committees, bodies, agencies, and commissions to follow this up and to cooperate with other similarly interested until JIM CROW TRAVEL IS ABOLISHED? Will you consider and adopt other appropriate measures and take steps which in your opinion are suitable and designed to elimi nate the evil of Segregation and JIM CROW IN TRAVEL? I -- - ROSE MANOR STUDIO 1319 O Street Phone 2-2247 Portraits by Appointment George Randol, P. A. of A Prices reasonable Work guaranteed ■ I--^ Advertising Specialties I ADVERTISING YOUR BUSINESS IN MANY FORMS. Calendars, Memo pads, Ashtrays, Desk pads, Pencils and many others. Herman Tapp, representative of Con solidated Modern Preoo, bn. of Chi cago, HI. Phone 6-6805 448 North 42nd Street Presidential Candidates (Con’t from Page 1, Col. 2) U mate. New Jersey: Arthur Chapin, dcleaate. Ohio: John O. Holly and Charlea V. Carr, both of Cleveland, delegate*. Virgin Islands: Honorable Oswald K. Harris. , There undoubtedly are those whose names were not available at this time. Among this group will be those from the District uf Columbia where Negroes contrib uted heavily to W. Averell Harri man’s primary victory. Democratic possibilities for the presidency include Truman, Har I riman, Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn), Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) and Sen. Richard Rus sell (D-Ga). Here is a rundown | on the aspirants and their position | on civil rights. President Truman, who has 1 consistently stated that he does not intend to run again for the presidency, possibly still remains the strongest choice among Ne groes. It is considered that the man who has his backing prob j ably will receive the nomination. One of the top contenders to succeed Truman is Harriman, who advocates a stronger civil rights plank than does Truman. Many of the Negro delegates probably will go to the convention with instructions to vote for him. Harriman has come out for a stronged federal FEPC law with compulsory powers to enforce its decisions. Because of this, many! southern delegates already have' launched a “stop-H arrimao move.” The “dark horse” liberal in this campaign is Sen. Hubert, Humphrey (D-Minn). Chief op tables of any kind wherewith to dndle a fire for cooking. We were absolutely compelled to dry: the dung of the buffalo as the jest article we could procure for' :ooking our coarse beef.” Historian Wyeth also had a few words of caution about the buf falo: “Buffaloes were plenty enough. We saw them in fright ful droves, as far as eye could reach, appearing at a distance as if the ground was moving like the sea. Such large armies of them have no fear of man. They will travel over him and make nothing of him.” John B. Wyeth’s intention was to discourage Americans from at tempting the journey to Oregon. His tale of woe may have had some effect, but like all prophets of doom he was soon passed over by the force of events as Young America moved westward. | position to him comes also from southerners who object to his stand on civil rights. Another reason for his, slight chance of being nominated is his age—41. Probably trie choice of most A Democrats is Adlai Stevenson, governor of Illinois, who suppos edly has the favor of Truman. ■ Stevenson earlier in the campaign stated that he was not interested in running for president; however, lately he has indicated that he might be interested. Sen. Kefauver, the man who earned prominence as head of the senate crime investigating com mittee which bore his name, has been vague on civil rights and, consequently, has not endeared himself to many Negroes? At the same time few southerners have 1 come out for him. j He has stated that he is not in favor of a federal FEPC law with enforcement provisions. However, he later agreed to support one if it is put into the national platform at the convention. Still later he said that he doubted that it could be enforced. Generally speaking, followers of Kefauver are dissident Democrats , who are dissatisfied with the reg u 1 a r Democratic organization. Regular party organizations have , not supported Kefauver. Because of this, he has lashed out at what | he termed city bosses and their attempts to hamper his campaign. Stevenson is considered by many to be a compromise candi j date who would be acceptable to , all diverse elements within the party. On civil rights he is a middle-roader who approves a limited amount of federal action. Many possible slates have been suggested in an effort to bring about harmany among the va rious elements. Chief among these is the Stevenson-Kefauver team. Another is Stevenson-Barkley. 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