Volume 1, Number 39 Lincoln 3. Nebraska July 10. 1947
U. S. Wants Federal Anti-Lynch Law
Urban League Entertains
The Lincoln Urban League was
host on two occcasions to the A.
A. U. Athletes during the Nation
al meet held here. Both Thurs
day and Saturday evenings the
track men responded graciously
to the hospitality extended by the
League under the direction of the
Executive Secretary, Clyde W.
Malone.
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Mrs. Gilbert Hubbard Sr., and
I daughters. Patsy and Jack left
Thursday for St. Paul, Minn. They
will visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was for
merly, Almeritta Hubbard.
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We can make men feel impor
tant if they are encouraged to
stand for something bigger than
themselves and something that
will remain when they are gone.
—Kennedy
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O. E. S. Scholarship Award
t Amaranthus Grand Chapter O.
E. S. has announced that it will
give a scholarship beginning next
year to a Nebraska boy or girl on
completion of high school with
the major emphasis being placed
on their general scholastic aver
age.
Any Nebraskan may be eligible
to qualify.
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Organize Youth Fellowship
A Youth Fellowship group was
organized at Newman Methodist
Church, 23rd and S St., Sunday,
June 29. The movement was
fostered by Miss Robbie Powell,
who recently attended the Meth
odist Institute at Milford, Nebr.,
where she received her inspira
tion.
The group will meet each Sun
day evening at 6 p.m. with the
first and third Sundays being set
aside for discussions, the second
Sunday for recreation and the
fourth Sunday for worship ser
vice.
“How to act Properly on a Date”,
the first subject for discussion,
proved of great interest to the
encouraging number of youth
present. . -
Officers serving the Youth
Fellowship organization are:—
President, Robbie Powell; Secre
tary, Dorothy Scott; Asst. Secre
tary, Ruby Harper; ■ Treasurer,
Lester White; Missionary Leader,
Freddie Powell; Recreation Lea
ders, Ruby Harper and John
Vaugn; Devotional Leaders,
Emma White and Dorothy Greene
A special invitation is extended to
the youth of the city with a warm
welcome to all who will attend.
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Male Quartette Featured
An Omaha Male Quartette will
p be a feature of the Junior Church
Sunday afternoon, July 13, at the
Church of God in Christ, 20th and
“U” Streets.
Yesteryear and Today
U. S. Wants Federal
Anti-Lynch Law
Americans want a federal anti
lynch law to curb lynching.
Even the south has agreed that
the U. S. needs to curb whole
sale lynchings if local govern
ments fail to act, according to
the findings of George Gallup,
director of the American Institute
of Public opinion, last week. The
national change of heart on the
question of a federal anti-lynch
law has occured since 28 self
confessed lynchers were freed in
Greenville, S. C., he reported.
A cross-section of the whole
country was questioned on a fed
eral anti-lynch law. Since state
governments deal with most
crimes committed within their
boundaries, those polled were
asked: “Do you think the United
States government should have
the right to step in and deal with
the crime if the state government
doesn’t deal with it justly?”
Of all replies to the question,
69 per cent were “yes,” 20 per
cent were “no,” and 11 percent
were of “no opinion.” A sectional
breakdown in the same question
showed 56 per cent of the south
erners answered “yes,” 35 per
cent answered “no” and nine per
cent had “no opinon.”
To the question if a federal
anti-lynch law would reduce
lynching in the United States, na
tional poll count showed 60 per
cent thought it would reduce the
crime, 24 per cent believed it
would make little or no difference
and 16 per cent were without an
opinion.
Fortyeight percent of all sou
therners thought federal inter
vention might reduce lynching,
37 percent believed it would make
“little difference” and 15 percent
had “no opinion.”
A companion Gallup poll showed
the nation’s reaction to the ac
quittal of the 31 Greenville, S. C.,
lynchers. Seventy percent of
those questioned through the na
tion disapproved of the acquittal,
while 62 percent of those ques
tioned in the south disagreed with
the South Carolina all-white jury.
Only 12 per cent of those con
tacted in various parts of the na
tion believed the self-confessed
lynchers of Willie Earle should
have been freed, only 21 percent
of all southerners believed the
lynchers should have been acquit
ted. Three percent of those ques
tioned throughout the nation were
indifferent as well as two per
cent of southerners, while 15 per
cent had no opinion on the Green
ville, S. C,. verdict.
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Marian Moss
Taken by Death
Word was received here of the
death of Mrs. Marian Moss, wife
of the late Dr. A. B. Moss of this
city. Mrs. Moss had lived in Los
Angeles, California since her hus
band’s death, here in 1937.
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National Rural Life
Conference
Of the two thousand delegates
who are already registered for the
National Methodist Rural Life
Conference at the University
Coliseum, July 29 through 31, one
hundred are already known to be
Negroes. A special call is being
made for rooms in Lincoln homes,
that will be needed to house the
delegates not taken care of in the
Lincoln hotels and the Urban
League. The cooperation of all
is urgently needed in this hous
ing situation.
Interesting addresses and pro
grams will be heard during the
three-day conference.
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The Voice joins in the wishes
of the Lincoln people for an en
joyable and successful pastorate
for Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Miller who
left Tuesday for their new home
in Denver, Colorado.
We express the sentiments of
the entire community when we
say we will miss the friendliness
and congenuality of the Millers,
who have shown themselves
friends indeed.
The Veteran Asks
(This service is based on ques
tions most often asked at Veterans
Administration offices in Nebr.,
Answers are supplied by VA.
Q. My son has been attending
school under the G.I. Bill, but
does not think he can afford to
continue another year and still
support himself and family. Can
he discontinue his educational
program next term without noti
fying the Veterans Administra
tion?
A. A veteran should not quit his
course of education or training
without notifying and obtaining
the approval of the VA regional
office having jurisdiction over his
area. This is necessary so that he
will be eligible for further school
ing or job-training at some future
date, if he wishes.
Q. Does the government pay the
first year’s interest on a veteran’s
loan which it has guaranteed.
A. No. When the loan is repor
ted to the VA for guaranty, the
VA makes a “gift” to the veteran
of 4 per cent of the guaranteed
portion of the loan. This sum is
then applied against the principal
of the loan; or, if the borrower
wishes, he may use it to pay part
of the first year’s interest on the
loan. For example, if the VA
guarantees $4000 of an $8000 loan,
it will pay the borrower 4 per
cent of $4000, or $160, which the
borrower can apply against the
total loan.
Q. I am considering reinstating
my lapsed National Service Life
Insurance before the August 1st
deadline and plan to convert it to
a permanent policy. Where can
I get information and assistance.
A. Go to any office of the VA.
In addition to the regional office
in Lincoln, there are a number
of VA contact offices in Nebr.,
each serving veterans of several
counties. VA representatives at
any of these offices can provide
you with full NSLI information
and assistance in reinstating and
converting your policy.
Q. I want to go to college under
the G. I. Bill, but have not been
able to get in the school of my
choice. How long will I be eligible
for veteran’s educational benefits?
A. You may begin your school
ing anytime within four years
after the official end of the war
or the date of your discharge,
whichever is the later. Since
Congress has not yet declared
the war officially ended, you still
have at least four years in which
to begin your college career.
Q. I wanted to file application
for a disability pension when I
was discharged from the service,
but passed up my chance because
I was afraid it would delay my
discharge. Can I still apply?
A. Yes, you may file for a dis
ability pension at any time. Visit
the nearest VA regional office, or
go to a VA contact office in a
small town for further informa
tion on how to apply.
Q. Some of the readjustment
allowances which I drew were
less than $20 per week due to my
income from other sources. Am
I entitled to additional weeks of j
"STIMULANT"
Published by Urban League
New York:—Promotion of the
National Urban League s inten
sified program to step up Negro
building craft employment began
this week with the release of
“Your Career in the Building
Trades,” a folder geared to stim
ulate interest of Negro Youth and
veterans in the field. In a nation
wide operation to cut out every
bottleneck halting Negro employ
ment in the building trades, the
National Urban League and its
affiliates in 56 cities, have begun
vigorous work with public and
private contracting employers,
governmental agencies and labor
i unions.
Published as a joint enterprise
i by the National Urban Legue’s
Department of Vocational Guid
and and Industrial Relations ,in
cooperation with officials of the
National Housing Agency, “Your
Career” is a six-page, green and
white folder listing building crafts
and describing the steps necessary
to get both training and employ
ment. Concisely and clearly
written, it is addressed to persons
who already have some construc
tion training, ex GI’s trained in
military construction, vocational
school graduates, and untrained
job-seekers.
“Your Career in the Building
Trades,” Julius A. Thomas, Na
tional Urban League Director of
Industrial Relations said, “is our
way of beginning at the begin
ning. The Urban League’s recent
survey of Negro workers in the
building trades showed not only
discrimination by employers and
unions against Negroes, but a dis
couraging shortage of skilled,
trained Negroes to hold the jobs.”
The Urban League program to
facilitate the employment of
Negro mechanics is being concen
trated in the local community at
the level of actual construction.
Executive and Industrial Secre
taries in Urban Leagues around
the country are seeking the assist
ance of local employment offices,
contractors and union officials.
“The problems to be faced in
assuring full utilization of the
available supply of Negro mechan
ics and in drawing them into
apprentice or other training pro
grams are not new,” Mr. Thomas
stated. “However, the fact that
much of the initial construction
will be done under private rather
than public auspices is likely to
make it much more difficult for
Negro mechanics than it was
during the housing program of the
thirties.”
Single copies of “Your Career
in the Building Trades,” are avail
able at the National Urban League
office, 1133 Broadway, New York
City 10.
readjustment allowances since I
did not draw the full payments?
A. No. The number of weekly
allowances to which you may be
entitled is strictly limited. Each
time you receive payment of a
weekly allowance, regardless of
the dollar amount, you use up one
of the limited number of allow
ances to which you are entitled.