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Tib© ^r©a©@ PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people” Melvin L. Shakespeare HjttflT Business Address 2225 8 Street Boat 3028 2-4086 If Wo Answer Can 5-7608 Ruble W. Shakespeare.........Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green.........Office Secretary lfrs. Joe ire—........ .. .Circulation Manager Member of Jbe Associated Negro Frees aad~ Webraaha~Press Asaertatlsa Entered as Second Class Matter, June 8, 1047, at the Post Office at Idnootn. Nebraska, under the Act of March 8. 187b _ I year subscription.8?.50 Single copy.....80s Out of 8tate 1 Tear Subscription 82.50—Single Copy IPs ■DITORIAIA Che views expressed in these columns' are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—Pah, Civil Rights (The following was written by Edwart Thomas, Senior, College of Civil Engineering.! This election year presents many, many problems to the American people worthy of serious thought. The problem, however, that is causing the most discus sion is Civil Rights, better known as Fair Employment Practice. Just what is the Civil Rights Program and how will it affect the American way of life? I am interested in this question because, being a member of a minority group, I am directly af fected by such legislation. I favor! the Civil Rights program because I feel that discrimination in em ployment is unconstitutional, is a hindrance to the progress of minority groups, is the chief cause of industrial strife, and last, but far from least, is a handicap in achievin^success in foreign rela tions. America was founded on the idea that men have individual rights and that one man should respect the rights of others. In other words, America was founded on the definite principle that all men are created equal, as well as free. Since our country was founed on such an idea, how does any group have the power or the right to restrict or hinder the progress of another group oi Americans? Our country can tolerate no re striction upon the individual which is based on his race, his color, his religion or his social group. As stated in section 26 of the Ives Charles bill (s.984): The right to employment without discrlmina tfoa became of race, religion, color, rational origin, or ancestry to hereby recognised as nnd declared to be a eiell right of the people of this Totted State*. This bill, however, Is not the creation of a new Civil Right, be cause the right to make a living Is a property right which is guar anteed by the fifth and fourteenth amendments to the Federal Con stitution. Fair employment legislation would be a means of subduing industrial strife because of men Gillett Poultry FRESH DRESSED POULTRY QUALITY EGGS Phone 2-2901 528 No. 9th THE EVANS CLEANERS — LAUNDERERS Save Money Use our Cash and Carry Plan 333 No. 12th St Dbu 2-6901 1 in industry are hired and pro } moted because of ability and 3 achievement and not because of ; racial differences, there will be no 3 friction of resentment bred in the > minds of workers. “It is well known that racial and religious 1 frictions have an adverse affect upon industry. The practice of l discrimination in employment, aimed at by this act, has a strong tendency to keep alive antag onisms that would be ameliorated if the rtstrictive practive disap peared.” By outlawing job qualifi cations and wage differences based on creed or color the civil rights program would minimize racial economic competition and the fear and hatred which it generates. Legislation to prevent employ ment discrimination would also have a prodicious effect on our 1 Foreign Relations. At the present ' time, when discrimination is so ' pronounced in our country, our ! I representatives are having a rather difficult time convincing other peoples of the world that 1 our methods are the best. Throughout Centra! and South America, In [ndia, Japan, and other Asiatic Countries, in: Africa, in Italy, in France, totalitarian ex pansion and the struggle against democratic j forces is closely allied with anti-AmericanI propaganda. Every item of discrimination j which can be shown to exist In the United* States serves as fuel for the totalitarian propa ganda machine. The United States is not so strong, the final triumph of the democratic ideal is not so inevitable that we can ignore what the world thinks of our record. In. view of the apparent over whelming need for civil rights, legislation I conclude by saying , that unless our country makes a I definite stand on discrimination i by passing on anti-discrimination law “with teeth” we will continue to have industrial strife, difficulty in our foreign relations and last, but of vital importance, racial tension which, if allowed to grow, will destroy everything for which the ideal of America stands. p --—--—— Only the weakness of good men gives evil men their powerl ROSE MANOR STUDIO 1319 O Street Phone 2-224? Portraits by Appointment George Randol. P. A. of A. races reasonable Work guaranteed THE HOME OF COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE 13th and O Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska MEMBER F.D.LCL ... I ■ ■ SKA 1 _ - . h JAMES C. OLSON, Superintendent •TATI IISTOIICAL •OCIITT During the 1880’s a favorite form of entertainment in Nebras ka’s larger cities was to go for a ride on the horse-drawn cars of the stredt railway. The horse-cars were part of the urban real estate boom that hit Nebraska during the eighties, and altogether 15 Ne braska cities sported that defin itely “metropolitan” form of pub lic conveyance. The horse cars appear to have been particularly popular in the summer months, and many city dwellers boarded them for a ride on warm summer evenings just to cool off. The street railway com panies usually provided special summer cars, with plenty of ven tilation and with seats running crosswise of the car. The con ductor had to be something of an acrobat as he made his way from post to post along the running board at the side of the car. The horse cars seem to have I been used a good deal on Sunday by people who were just out for a ride. In Hastings, for example, the cars were first run on Sunday “for the accommodation of the church-going public,” but the de mand from Sunday excursionists was so great that there was no thought of curtailing Sunday service once it was started. Many of the horse railways ran lines to parks 'Or ahtletic fields at the edge of town, and during spe cial events—the chatauqua, a cir cus, the fair, and unusual speakers or an important baseball game —j special cars were run on these lines. Baseball was a particular boon o the horse railway companies, deferring again to Hastings, when hat team was enjoying a winning streak in the Nebraska State League the horse car business out to Cole’s Park on game days was so heavy that extra cars had be run and even then passengers rode on the roof. In Omaha, the street railway company donated $500 to the local Western League club. Despite their slow rate of speed, the horse cars provided consider able excitement and even a little danger for their passengers. Pas sengers were injured in street railway accidents, and a few were even killed. Most of the accidents appear to have resulted from poor Gilmour-Danielson Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 142 So. 13th St 2-1246 GEO. H. WENTZ Incorporated Plumbing and Heating 1620 N St Phone 2-1293 AUTO PARTS MOTOR REBUILDING MOTOR EXCHANGE BEN’S NEW WAY AUTO PARTS 2018-2024 "O" St Fh. 2-7039 *9 out of 10 your boat bet it Ben* Reunion of Van Derzee , Family Attracts Ninety A two day reunion of more than local interest was held July fifth 'and sixth at the farm home of Mrs. Anna R. Coffee. It was the get-together of the five members of the VanDerzee clan—including 'Anna VanDerzee-Coffee, Bigelow, Kansas; Perry F. A. VanDerzee^ McWilliams, Blythe, California and Alice VanDerzee-Coffee, Bigelow, Kansas. Their parents, Elder and Mrs. Wm. H. VanDerzee came to Lin coln from Norfolk, Nebraska in 1895. Elder VanDerzee established thtf Third Christian Church at 23rd and P streets. Mrs. Anna R. Coffee, widow of the late Sherman Coffee, formerly taught at Tuskegee Institute, and was dean of women at Kansas | Vocational School, Topeka, Kan sas. Mrs. Coffee is still active in church circles serving in the ca-' pacity of Spiritual Life Chairman of the Bigelow, Kansas Methodist Church. Perry F., a radio technician now retir ed from R. C. A., was accom panied by his charming wife, Mrs.' Emma VanDerzee. He was the first Negro radio operator to serve on the high seas, and, it will be | recalled, was one of the pioneers l in the wireless telegraphy field paving his tower at 2151 South 10th St., Lincoln, Nebraska. Wm. E. VanDerzee (Bert to his old friends) was unable to attend, but plans to reach Bigelow before all have scattered to their homes. Ruth E. McWilliams, who fin ished Cotner University and did (post-graduate work with Sidney Silber at State University, is still control of untrained horses. Horses balked, ran away, kicked out dash boards and generally misbehaved. In Omaha, so the Herald re ported, a balky horse, “turned around in its traces and fell down, then it struggled up, and sticking its head through a window tried to bit a lady in the front set.** For Everything in HARDWARE Baker Hardware 101 No. 9th 2-3710 SMITH Pharmacy 2146 Vine Prescriptions — Drugs Fountain — Sundries Phone 2-1956 FREADRICH BROS. • its Since 1902 The Beet Piece To Trade After All—1316 N Street teaching piano in her home town of Blythe, California. Her hus band, Ralph W. McWilliams, passed away two years ago. Alice C. Coffee, a former teacher at Bethune-Cookman, is now con nected with South Dakota’s school system for the fifth year. The family dinner around a large turkey, was held Saturday and was a delightful repast—full of reminiscing, of “Do you remem ber when?” and “What became of such and such a person?” Old rel ics and pictures and letters be longing to the family were shown. 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