Chan. Gustavson Cites Cultural Dependence
About Hawaii
By John Miller
•Lincoln, Nebraska, Jan. 29, 1947
After spending almos t two
years in the Hawaiian Islands. I
must say it’s one of the finest
places to live in the world today.
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Hawaii is noted for its friendly
hospitality and it has just that.
During my stay in Honolulu, I
• had the opportunity to associate
>■ with some of every nation on
earth, and in every instance I
found an air of friendliness. This
•nay seem odd to you, but Hono
* lulu is short of two things “Hous
* ing” and women. They are ration
f ed. Some of the most beautiful
sights to be seen in the world to
h day are in the Hawaiian island.
'i... Here is only a few, The Mable,
V Smyth Memorial, The Beritania
^ St. flower garden, The Public Li
hrary and Governors Mansion in
The Palace grounds. Honolulu it
self, looking down from Christ’s
Cross, on Punchbold Hill, St.
( Louis Heights at night. Wilhimina
Rise at any time. The Royal Ha
| ■' waiian Hotel, since she had her
P V, face lifted and then of course its
very interesting going through
Hawaii’s pineapple cannery with
their friendly quicks.
^ Every body tries to live as one.
I > Hut remember people Hawaii is a
[\ lanw of vacations, and to you
v masculine readers, if you go there
H| to live, take your house with you
|| and your wife. They are rationed.
rff| I prefer living in America.
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C. B. Q. Dinning Car Men
Seek Organization Change
The National Mediation Board
is conducting an election as a re
sult of a petition filed by the C. I.
O. in behalf of the Burlington
Dining Car Men who are seeking
a change in representation. The
election was started in Chicago,
January 23 and will be concluded
here February 4.
Nebraska Jones, International
representative for the United
Transport Service Employees
with headquarters in Chicago, in
a statement to The Voice, said
“We are here in the interest of
the employees of the Burlington
Railroad. We believe that the
men are without proper greviance
machinery under the A. F. of L.,
to insure the adequate job secur
ity. We the C. I. O. are attempt
ing to gain representative rights
in order that we may give to the
men of the Burlington Progressive
and Democratic representation.”
Mr. Jones is accompanied by
Mr. D. Tart, organization com
mittee member of Chicago and
Mr. Edward T. Bell, general chair
man for the Burlington, local 310,
U. T. S. E.—C. I. O. Mr. Bell is
responsible for the successful
campaign which resulted in the
employees of the A. F. of L. Hotel
and Restraurant Employees In
ternational Alliance voting over
whelmingly for the C. I. O.
Social Action Committee
School for Interviewers
A meeting of the Social Action
Committee will be held Monday
night at 7:30 at the Wesley Foun
dation, 1417 R street to train in
terviewers for study which,, is be
ing made by the Social Action
Council to determine the extent
of discrimination against minority
groups in Lincoln, in employment.
Your cooperation as an inter
! viewee will be appreciated. Ad
dresses or sections of neighbor
hoods will be assigned to each
one so that there will be no du
plication and every household in
which Negro, Mexican, Indian or
Japanese persons live will be
visited, and one person in that
household interviewed.
Student Bias Blamed
On "Narrowness"
New York—(ANP)— Dr. Ralph
W. Sockman, minister of fchrist
Methodist church, attributed the
varied prejudices on college
campuses to “narrowness,” which
is caused by the students’ “lack
of information and imagination to
break down the walls of ignor
ance.”
Dr. Sockman addressed his re
marks to a forum here last week
that dealt with the subject of
prejudice and intolerance. The
forum was sponsored by the
Bureau of Intercultural education
at Town hall. Participants includ
ed students selected from 11 pri
vate schools, H. H. Giles and
actress Josephine Hall.
ROBESON LEAVES STAGE
TO FIGHT RACE PREJUDICE
ST. LOUIS. (AP). Paul Robeson
Negro singer and actor, Sunday
said he intends to abandon the
theater and concert stage for two
years to “talk up and down the
nation against race hatred and
prejudice.”
Robeson marched Saturday at
the head of a picket line which
about 30 members of the Civil
Rights congress of St. Louis
formed in front of the American
theater in protest against its
? acial segregation practice,
i “Some of us will have to speak
up and appeal to the people to
respect the. common rights of
others,” Robeson said. “It seems
i that I must raise my voice, but
; not by singing pretty songs.”
Urban League Emphasizes
House Needs
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“Human cultural is a temple
which has been built by humans
of all colors, races and creeds,”
Charicellor R. G. Gustavson of the
University of Nebraska told the
annual meeting of the Lincoln
Urban League Wednesday night.
“If you pull out the work of
any particular group, you seri
ously weaken the structure,” he
continued, citing the work of
Jews, Negroes, Chinese, Japanese,
Scandinavions, and people of
other races in medicine, science ,
and art. <
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DR. GUSTAVSON said that
racial antipathies reach a mini
mum when the necessity of de
pending on everyone else is the
greatest and that they reach a
maximum when this need is gone
and insecurity is at a maximum.
“The fundamental problem is
one of demonstrating that the
greatest security is not to be ob
tained merely by saying that we
are unsecure if we allow those
who differ from us to have equal
ity,” he emphasized. “No matter
where you touch the life of soci
ety, the structure has been creat
ed by the hands of all men. The
security of this life lies in main
taining the hands of all,” Gustav
son added.
THREE TRUSTEES of the Ur
ban League were re-elected for
three year terms. Six new trus
tees were named. Robert T. Ma
lone, president of the board was
re-elected to serve until 1950 as
were Roland Young and McKin
ley Tarpley.
Dr. M. F. Arnholt, Dale Weeks,
Mrs. Florence G ib b o n s, Mrs.
Helen Foe, Mrs. Mary Kinder and
Mrs. E. S. Wegner were also elect
ed to the board of trustees.
(Continued on page 3)
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