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Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Oiiice at Lincoln,
Nebraska under the Act ol March 3, 1879.
NATIONAL 6 DITORIAl_ I
(UtTWASSOClATION
Discrimination “Immoral,
“Unintelligent," Impractical"—
President Milton S. Eisenhower
Endorsing National Urban
League’s Vocational Opportunity
Campaign, Mr. Eisenhower, pres
ident of Kansas State College
and a member of President Tru
man's Commission for Higher
Education, stated: “Americans
ought to have equality of oppor
tunity; opportunity for educa
tion, for respectable employment,
for self-advancement—and they
must have it if American democ
racy is to approach complete ef
fectiveness at home and in its
foreign relations.” ,
“The moral, the intelligent,
and the truly practical,” the edu
cator continued, "are consistent
qualities of individual acts. So,
too, do the immoral, the unintel
ligent, and the impractical coin
cide—and nowhere is the latter
* fact more clearly demonstrated
than in discrimination against
American citizens who happen to
be Negroes.”
Foreign Policy Affected
“This discrimination is im
moral: It violates our basic ethi
cal concepts, arouses guilt feelings
in the Americans who practice
it,” Mr. Eisenhower emphasized,
"and angers those Americans
who are strongly commiited to
the democratic ideal.
“This discrimination is unin
telligent: It brands us a nation
of hypocrites in- the eyes of the
world and lessens the effective
ness of our foreign policy at "a
time when the very concept of
a free society is threatened.
“This discrimination is im
practical: It deprives the Ameri
can community of the full en
ergies and talents of a basic hu
man resource—-a resource whose
economic and cultural value
could be immensely heightened
to the beneft of all.
"It is therefore with a sense of
democratic obligation,” the col
lege president concluded, “and
dedication that I lend my per
sonal support to programs which
reduce the present walls of racial
discrimination and contribute to
their ultimate elimination.”
The National Urban League’s
16th Vocational Opportunity
Campaign will be observed j
March 14-21 throughout the
country. Its purpose is to dem
onstrate to teachers, counselors
and school administrators that
Negro boys and girls should be
given opportunity to train for all
types of jobs; to convince em
ployers that it is to their ad
vantage to hire workers accord
ing to their preparation and
skills without regard to race or
color; and to point out to Negro
boys and girls that they must se
cure training and develop skills
in order to widen their chances
for employment.
Hundreds of schools, civic and
social community organizations
and agencies cooperate with the
National Urban League and its
56 locals in this program each
year. The campaign is under the
direction of Ann Tanneyhill, Di
rector of the National Urban
League’s Office of Vocational
Guidance.
Doane College Enrolls
First Civilian Negro
CRETE, Neb—Edward H. Hall
of Chicage recently became the
first civilian Negro student to be
admitted to Doane College in the
school’s 76-year-old history.
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By Kathryn? Favors
Last week, we discussed our
complacency here in Lincoln, and
the fact that so many of us are
prone to change.
We mentioned that the first area
of improvement was church at
tendance.
There are several Negro chil
dren in school here wrho go to the
Public schools. I wonder if there
are at least fifty mothers who at
tend the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion meetings? As a public school
teacher, I realize the necessity of
parents attending these meetings.
I wonder how many mothers have
been up to the school to see how
their child is doing? The teacher
doesn't always have the time to
jot down the behavior ofthe child
and send it to the mothers. From
actual experience, I have found
that the children, whose parents
visit the school once in a while, at
tend Parent-Teacher meetings or
who write Tetters regarding their
children, are the finest children in
the class room.
In these Parent-Teacher As
sociation meetings you may voice
your likes and dislikes of the
school program. You have just as
much part in it as any one else.
There are many other areas in
Lincoln in which all of us must
improve. Here are some meetings
which we should attend regularly.
1. The Board of Education meet
ing.
2. The Lincoln Council of Church
Women.
3. The Lincoln Council meeting.
4. The meetings of the legisla
ture.
Here are some thipgs that we
must fight for in order to keep
up-to-date with other leading
cities in the United States.
1. Well qualified Negro nurses,
doctors and technicians in the hos
pitals in Lincoln.
2. Well qualified counselors, ad
ministrators, teachers and clerical
workers in our Lincoln public
schools.
3. Negro sales girls and elevator
operators (It’s hard to imagine a
city that doesn’t even hire Negro
elevator operators) in the various
Sports Scope
By L. Parker
Death in the Ring
Ezzard Charles, whose knockout
of Sam Baroudi in Chicago two
weeks ago, preceded the loser’s
death. Ezzard Charles is regard
ed as one of the hardest hitters
the 175 pound division has known
since Kid Norfork retired.
The career of the 20-year-old
Sam Baroudi was ended when a,
hard left to the stomach dropped
him after 47 seconds of the 10th
and final round had gotten under
way. ^ Baroudi died of a brain
hemorrhage in Columbus Memo
rial Hospital where he was
treated.
M’KINLEY
Herbert McKinley lost the 600
yard route Febr. 21 in Madison
Square Garden during the AAU
National Track and Field Cham
pionship, to Dave Bolen, also col
ored, of Colorado.
Bolen won the 600 yard route
in 1:11:8, which is the fastest time
since Jimmy Herbert and Charles
Belcher.
POTSY^CLARK
Potsy Clark has called spring
football practice for March 8th.
Although Clark is not sure just
what date he will arrive in Lin
coln, he said: “I’ll be there in time
for the spring kickoff.”
Graduation and eligibility com
pletion has taken five of the Corn
husker lettermen. Twenty-two
lettermen are returning.
businesses and department stores.
4. Well qualified Negro secre
taries and clerical workers in the
businesses which Negroes partici
pate in especially insurance busi
nesses, banks, department stores,
court house and etc.
I 5. Negro bus drivers. Many lead
ing cities have hired Negroes in
these jobs.
There are so many other things
that are unequal here in Lincoln.
It is such a very beautiful city
it is really too bad that it must
be oclored by such inequalities.
The Lincoln Newspapers, the
Journal and the Star, could do a
lot to stop this discrimination
through their powerful editorials
and through reporting the various
things that need improvement in
Lincoln. •
Of the total circulation of maga
zines and bulletins, religious pub
lications represent 75 per cent.
E. Simms Campbell is one of the
best known cartoonists in the U. S.
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Lincoln.
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tional Foundation, for the most
valuable co-operation, rendered
by your newspaper in bringing
before the people of Nebraska the
Infantile Paralysis Campaign.
Your sincerely,
E. G. Gustavson,
State Campaign Chairman.
To the Editor:
I am a subscriber to “The
VOICE” and read it each week,
and have often mailed it to my
daughter Alice, who is librarian at
the senior high school in Grand
Island, and she places it with the
other papers on the shelves in that
library. I think it is fulfilling its
mission very well in setting forth
the ideals and aspirations of the
colored people of Lincoln.
Very truly yours,
Bayard H. Paine,
Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Omaha, Neb.
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