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Literary Column A BRIDGE FOR TOMORROW An old man traveled a lone high way, And came at evening, cold and gray, To a chasm deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twi light dim; The sullen stream had no fear for him, But he turned when he reached the other side And built a bridge to span the tide. “Old man!” said a pilgrim stand ing near, “Why waste your strength with your building here? You never again will pass this way, AAAA»S#4!**J**!4A*J«*?**J**?«*?**!**J*«?**?**?*4**?*«?t»$«*?**? -$ $ C 'v. r ,s\ y\ _hJ -~7 Your journey will end with the ending day. You crossed the chasm deep and wide, Why build a bridge at eventide?” The builder raised his old gray head,. ‘‘Good friend! In the way I have come, ” hie said, ‘‘A youth followeth after me to day Whose feet must pass this same highway. The stream that hath meant naught to me To that fair-haired boy a pitfall may be, And he must cross in the twilight dim. Good friend! I’m building this bridge for him.” —Anon. Bilbo Didn't Ask Violence Assailed Men of CIO Not Negroes' Jackson, Miss. (AP) Sen. Bilbo (Dem., Miss.) Thursday stood pat on his advocacy of “white su premacy and white control.” He denied to investigating Sen ators, however .that he had advo cated violence or illegal acts against Negroes during his pri mary campaign. The unruffled Senator, his dia mond horseshoe stickpin sparkling, slipped into his stump speaking manner. He declared that when he said organizers should be “ridden out of town on a rail” and when I suggested taking some tar and feathers along and not forgetting a match,” he was talking about CIO men trying to organize Ne groes, not about the Negroes them selves. Phrase Left Out Senator Bilbo told the Senate Committee that he had violated no laws when he asserted Negroes should be kept from voting in the primary. He complained that newspapers misquoted him by omitting the phrase “by any lawful means.” Mississippi Negroes are Repub licans, Senator Bilbo asserted and therefore ineligible to vote in Democratic primaries. Senator Hickenlooper (Rep., Ia.) questioned the Mississippian on accounts of his campaign, and Senator Bilbo frequently turned the examination into a crackling interchange. Denies Some Statements Asked about a statement that “Clare Booth Luce is the greatest nigger lover in the North except Old Lady Eleanor Roosevelt,” Senator Bilbo grinned and ans wered, “I said that.” He listened to another quota tion, “The people of Mississippi are sitting on a volcano, there is a nationwide effort to integrate niggers into the social life of the country.” m “I subscribe to that,” Senator Bilbo said. “If I didn’t say it, I wish I had.” World Herald -o i Central Social Action Council The Urban League Bulletin spoke a word of praise to the Central Social Action Council for its work in the community. The Council has as its objective in creasing the economic and social opportunities of the Negroes, Japanese and other racial minor ities of this community. They recognize that these are victims of many restrictive, discrimina tory practices and that because of these attitudes they are denied the normal existence that is the right of every citizen in a democ racy. On Monday evening at the Methodist Student House located at 1417 R Street the following officers were elected: Dr. A L. Miller, president; Rev. M. L. Shakespeare, Vice President; Bob Hansen, Secretary: Rev. R. L. Moody, Treasurer. Patronize Our Advertizers ! , i BARKERS 1107 "O" Street Phone 2-1677 N GIVE A BEAUTIFUL F P this I Christmas ^ ' I WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SELECTION FROM WHICH TO CHOOSE $|oo to $25 See the Extra Specials at $5.95 m HARDY FURNITURE CO. ]