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in® Ws>ii<c@ Published Weekly “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people" _ Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Owner Business Address 2125 S Street Phone 5-6491 If Ho Answer Call 5-7508 Bubie W. Shakespeare Advertising & Business Manager Roberta Molden Associate Editas 1966 U Street 2-1407 Mrs. Joe Green Circulation Mgr. Member of the Associated Negro Press Subscription rate J2.00 per rear 10c per copy Entered as Second Class Matter. June t. 1947 at the Post Otfrce at Lincoln. Nebraska under the Act of March 3. IS79.__ Making A Man Jimmy tells us it’s very easy. You just roll little snowballs around the back yard until they get “big and fat.” Then you pile them on top of each other. Next you put in lumps of coal to make the eyes and nose and coat but tons. And then you find an old broom, and daddy’s spare hat . . . and you borrow that ugly black scarf that Aunt Mabel gave daddy for Christmas. And there —you have a snow-man. He isn’t an ordinary snow man, either! As a matter of fact, in the imagination of his youth ful creator, this snow-man is “ex actly the kind of ma^ I’m going to be when I grow up.” Well, Jimmy, it isn’t as easy to make a real man as it is to make a snow-man. It takes the right en W vironment, parental example, thorough education, wise disci pline. And, most of all, it re quires religious training in the Church, and the proper Christian influence in the home. And so . . . while the snow man can be any kind of man you wish to make him . . . YOU, Jim my, will become the kind of man, you, your parents and your en vironment make of you. Announcements Should be Reported to The Voice I have been doing a bit of checking lately and find that al most everyone in our neighbor hood reads The Voice. I should think that all announce ments of importance should be made in The Voice. Especially should this be true in regards to the church announcements. Every month there is a union service where everyone is ex pected to attend and many, many people do not know anything about it. I also think that each Sunday’s program should be given in advance. Many persons would be attracted by some subject or singing or a particular program. It might help if the church lead ers and you would give this some serious thought.. S. E. S. Quinn Chapel Calendars Now Being Distributed The Co-Chairman of the Usher Board and Auxiliary of Quinn Chapel church announces that those who have not received their calendars or if these is an error, Contact Mrs. Elizabeth Woods, phone 2-2084. .4 Message to Nebraska’s Politicians - By Carroll L. Cnland. I Politicians are, or should be. j | men of superior intelligence and j j unquestioned integrity. When any | man aspires to public office he in- | I dicat£s that he thinks that he has j | the necessary qualities, and is de- j serving of the honor. When he j is elected it is indicated that the public also thinks that he has j those qualities. If our politicians are to meet the obligation'resulting from the trust the public has placed in them they must certainly have some strong principles upon which to base their political lives and to which they can turn for help and guidance in solving the many problems they are forced to face Necessarily this will require every politician to sacrifice some of his lesser pet ideas or those of his friends if they do not con form to the larger plan for the greater good of all concerned. This is the measure of any man. If he is a big man worthy of his position he will make such sac rifices and consistently follow the path outlined by his major prin ciples. The United States has long held a position of importance in all world affairs, but never to the extent that it does today. The rise in the status of Russia and the decline in the prestige of all the other “World Powers,” with the exception of the United States, has placed a responsibility upon this nation beyond anything we have previously experienced. The United States has been a young nation, growing richer and stronger through the years, lead ing the world in liberal thinking and in social and economic ad vancement. Now this nation has reached its maturity and with that state comes greeter -responsibility; tor it is now that we must decide whether we are to assume leader ship for all the' peoples of the world who care to follow or whether we wish to isolate our selves and live off the riches we have accumulated during the past century of progress. Hitler chose to try to lead the world. He chose the wrong goals and the wrong methods and only succeeded in leading the world into disaster. The English chose to isolate themselves on their im pregnable island and found that to be impossible. It appears then that the peo ple of the United States must call upon ^hat spirit of youth and progress that has carried them j this far to again rise to meet the needs of a dangerous time and devise a plan of life for them selves and for the whole world that will lead away from death and destruction. Leadership implies a great deal more than the strongest military force in the world. Hitler had that and was defeated. England opposed Hitler with little more than determination. The United States provided the great resources needed for victory. Russia had both determination and resources to throw into the battle. Thus sheer military preparedness did not prevail. The world has al ways listened to the doctrine that military strength guarantees peace. This doctrine is always forcefully advanced but it has always proved a fallacy. In fact history is full of instances of great powers build ing so strong a fighting machine ; that such a fear was engendered in the lesser powers that eventu ally war was resorted to in self defense. And fear has proved more powerful on the battle field than has egotism or self satisfac tion. Then upon what can we base our world leadership? Let’s enum erate some of the things and make a comparison as against the world’s largest standing army. 1. Economic security, Including a sound national economy as well as security for tho Individual citizen. Undernourished Children and starving old people do not make for a strong nation nor do they induce others to respect us and to follow our leadership 2. National health. This country has the greatest medical profession in the world and there is no good reason why we should not have the healthiest people in the world. Filth and undernourish ment can be stamped out. Medical scienec can be encouraged to do the Job. A healthy man and a healthy nation com mand respect. 3. Scientific progress. T*>is nation stands among the world's leaders in this respect, and this standing should be con tinued and increased to any extent pos sible. Scientific progress can give us a better life in respect to the necessities of clothing, food and rhelter and make it possible for us to help others attain the same advantages. Scientific progress can make us better able to withstand an at tack and to wage a war if that is forced upon us. A smal^military force with the most advanced equipment is a much better defense than a large force poorly equipped. The knowledge of how to produce and what to produce is more valuable and less expensive than a mil lion men equipped with less than the best. 4. Conservation and development of natural resources. We have seen numer ous examples of nations becoming poor because the fertility of the soil has been depleted, their forests decimated and their minerals exhausted. This can happen here. But If we take measures to prevent that disaster we increase our strength and our prestige accordingly. 5. Solve our social problems We have many problems that need solution. Let's stamp out illiteracy, crime, poverty, and all forms of discrimination, intolerance, and injustice. The cost would be far less than the cost of any war and the results would be constructive instead of destrue tlvo. 6. Demonstrate our desire to cooperate with other nations in building a better world and in guaranteeing world peace. The hope of the world rests on the United Nations at the present time. We can not do Is* than everything in our power to make that organization a success. In order to prove our sincerity we must make such sacrifices as appear necessary for the success of this venture. We cannot buy world peace for nothing nor can we expect others to make concessions we re fuse to make. If other counties can see that a demo cratic nation can solve the problems of this modern work] and can give its people peace, security and happiness then they too will be tempted to adopt ouP| methods and follow our example. Leadership exists only when those be ing led follow because they want to. Pres sure, bribery, or deceit can not result in leadership. The use of such methods is only slavery. Let this nation be above such methods. Let her political leaders dislatn such thoughts. A politician is to be judged by his vot ing record and not by his avowals of this belief or his disclaimers of that one. Today inflation is the major domestic issue threatening our national security. Measures taken to date have not been ef fective in combatting it Can any politician who has supported these measures claim to have shown the intelligence expected of him by his constituents? Today our people and our politicians must be vigorous and fearless in taking strong measures to insure the continued welfare of this nation and its people. We must show the proper respect for our communist advisery, the USSR, and be willing to admit our own faults and to correct them before pointing the accusing finger at our competitor for world lead ership. We have reason to fear the results if Russia succeeds in dominating too large a portion of the earth's people. We must take great care that other nations do not fear the results if our influence is extended over greater areas. Our political leaders can and must lead us constructively and forcefully toward better living conditions for ourselves and for the whole world or else our Ameri can way of life is doomed to destruction. Democracy can not rest on its laurels and service. Neither can our politicians survive un less they meet the demands of the people and lead us toward that utopian goal which the idealist believes can be at tained. the pessimist believes can not be attained, but both hope to achieve for themselves and their posterity. Quinn Ghapel Sunday School Has Guest Quinn Chapel A. M. E. Sunday School had as a guest Sunday morning, Miss Inez Conley, teach er of a high school class at St. Paul Methodist Sunday School. The purpose of Miss Conley’s visit was to stimulate interest by giving plans, methods and solutions to problems usually found in the average Sunday School. Miss Conley suggested that each person should consider himself a missionary and work to increase the membership of the Sunday School. Refreshments were served and the meeting was closed by a vocal rendition by Misses Vonna and Eloise Finley and Jeanne Malone is superintendent of the Sunday School. Would Like to See News Of Students on Campuses No doubt it is because my hus band is on the campus that I would like to see more news about the students. Since there is an increased number of students this year I am sure they would have some very interesting things to say about themselves. *1 enjoy The Voice more than I could ever say and especially now since I receive it the same day each week I never miss a copy. Thank you for this consideration. MRS. DONALD STITH, Fairbury, Neb. Guest Editorial By M. Leo Bohanon. The President's Civil Rights Committee Report A group of fifteen distin guished Americans appointed by President Truman, spent ten and one-half months seeking answers to the following questions: What is the historic civil rights goal of the American people? In what ways does our present record fall short of the goal? What is gov ernment’s responsibility? What further steps does the nation need to take? The committee believed four basic rights must be protected and preserved as they are essen tial to the well being of the in dividual and the progress of so ciety: The right of safety and se curity of person; the right to citi zenship and its privileges; the right to freedom of conscience and expression; and the right to equality of opportunity. Unlike most government com mittee reports this report is di rect. simply stated and clear in its meaning. It is reasonably short and should be a “must” reading for every American citi zen. Essentially the committee re port is a blue print on how de mocracy can be preserved in these United States. The key to our preservation of democracy lies in our treatment of America’s minority. Altho the report is broad in its coverage of minori ties, including the Indian, Mexi can’ Japanese and foreign born, the majority of the abuses against civil rights are suffered by the Negro. The committee is very much aware of this. Specifically the report made mention of the prevalence of mob violence, peonage and other forms of involuntary servitude; the denial of the franchise; bar riers and unequal treatment in the armed forces; inequalities in employment opportunities; edu cation. housing and health. The Committee is just as specific in recommending the machinery for strengthening and protecting civil rights. It suggests such means be used as presidential executive order and the enactment of new federal and state legislation. Where are the challenges to the American people? First, it is a challenge to our morality and sense of fair play. Sooner or later we must either attack this problem in a straight forthright manner or reveal to the entire world what hypocrites and liars we are. We do more, we debase ourselves and eventually put in jeopardy the right of every indi vidual. Second, the perpetuation of inequalities •makes for increas ingly heavier economic and social burdens to the nation. It is not a program of progress but of de i cline and retrogression. Last, we cannot hope to furnish the lead ership which the world needs and wants so badly unless we turn our expressed principles of free dom, democracy and liberty into actual practice—at home. Until we do, nations will continue to remain suspicious of our real in terest and believe our songs of The Voice Salutes Clyde W. Malone Mr. Malone, Executive Secre tary of the Lincoln Urban League since February, 1943, was host on Wednesday, January 28 to the Annual Urban League Dinner given for the benefit of per sons interested in community welfare. Mr. i Malone has not only done a commend able job at the League but is Past Master of Mason Lodge and an officer in Quinn Chapel Afri can Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a graduate of the Uni versity of Nebraska and has done graduate work in social studies at the university. He has held many positions of prominence in cluding work with the National Benefit Life Insurance Co. and the Phyllis Wheatly Settlement Hgusc of Minneapolis^_ goodwill are but a disguise for our dollar diplomacy. We believe America will meet the challenge. There is no alterna tive—we must, too much is at stake. Like the president’s com- t mittee, we too reaffirm our faith in the American heritage and its promise. M. LEO BOHANON Executive Secretary Omaha Urban League GILMOITR DANIELSON DRUG CO Prescription Druggists 142 S«atb 13th St., Liaeala. Nebr. j PHONE 2-124® For Better Values • Drugs • Cosmetics • Stationery • Candy • Prescriptions CHEAPPER DRUGS 1325 O St. Lincoln _ — 'A s^im: at her _JJeart with VALENTINES yU WL; CANDY HANDKERCHIEFS PERFUME SCARFS fftTLLER l PAiflE