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Volume 2, Number 23 Lincoln 3, Nebraska Thursday, March 25, 1948
Truman Jfpnts Draft, UMTandERP
“Prepare Fo Sorrow’s
Jobs” Lincolm <?s Told
100 Attend VOC
Program at LIJL
By Charles Goolsby
Mr. Eugene W. Skinner stated:
“At present there is an acute
shortage of skilled workers and
trained technicians,” Mr. Eugene
W. Skinner, Principal of Omaha’s
Long Elementary School told an
attentive audience of young
people and parents at the Lin
coln Urban League’s 1948 Vo
cational Opportunity Campaign
(VOC). He adverred that “When
we see those who have gained
success in their fields, in every
case without exception there has
been much unglamorous work
before, we may be sure.”
“Education, in its broader
functional considerations, as ex
perience, begins at birth and
continues all through life. This
experience enriches life. The
personality developed in “extra
curricular” activities also helps
sell your greatest product—your
self.”
Mr. Skinner, himself an ath
lete, continued by pointing out
the advances made by the men
in sports and the later inability
of those who failed to complete
their educations to find economic
security when the glamorous
days were over. “Once you
quit it’s hard to forsake a little
money and crack a book. If you
are not prepared, there is no
hope of attainment.”
Mr. Clyde Malone, Urban
League Executive Sec’y, opened
the meeting stating that “only by
getting together can we solve
our problems.” He presented
Rev. R. E. Handy who offered
the invocation.
Stanley “Bobby” Cooke, Law
College junior, set forth the pur
pose of the VOC.
Mrs. Pansy Beard, represent
ing the U. L. Women’s Guild, in
troduced the main speakers.
Mr. Malone also presented
certificates of Recognition from
Opportunity Magazine to Mrs.
Clyde Coulter and Mrs. William
Page, cleanup and beautification
prize winners in the Cleanup
Campaign last year.
Mayor Signs
Philly FEPC
Bill Into Law
PHILADELPHIA. (ANP). The
Philadelphia Fair Employment
Practice bill became law Friday
with the signature of Mayor
Bernard Samuel affixed to the
measure.
The bill which was originally
sponsored by Councilmen Sch
wartz, Armstrong, Sullivan and
Garman, prohibits the hiring,
advertising or registering of
workers on grounds of face or
religious background. It pro
vides a five-man commission to
accept and investigate com
. plaints and sets a $100 fine of 30
days imprisonment or both for
violations.
“Consider your capa
bilities; plan , .
Mrs. Robbie Davis.
Mrs. Robbie Davis, Vocational
guidance advisor at Tech High,
Omaha, charmed the group,
mostly of Jr. high and high school
ages, with her understanding and
sense of humor. Under the general
topic of “Planning for Life” she
presented a 5-point plan for suc
! cessful choosing a vocation. She
proposed: 1—An Educational
plan which would consider the
length of time and the amount
of money available for schooling.
2—An Abilities plan which con
siders one’s highest abilities as
determined by tests and one’s in
terests. 3—A Social plan which
would consider whether or not
the type of work will give one
the social satisfaction he desires.
4—A Physical plan which would
consider size and strength re
quired for a given job. 5—A
Mental plan—in which aptitudes
would be correlated. She also
recommended a survey of self, of
community and world occupa
tions, urging wider reading on
world and national trends.
Mrs. Davis then cited 1940
census figures, pointing out
known changes. In that year Ne
braska Negroes were in 534 oc
cupations. The ratio of Negroes
to non-Negroes was listed as:
Doctors, 1 in 1575; Dentists 1 in
2834; Nurses, 1 (now 8) in total;
Accountants, 1 in 1010; writers, 1
in 7086.
A question and answer period,
moderated by Mr. Malone, fol
lowed the talks which were at
tended by about 100 persons.
Co-sponsoring the event this year
were the U. L. Women’s Guild,
the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
'and Cornhusker Lodge No. 579,
I. B. P. O. E. of W.
Judge Rainey
For Wallace
PHILADELPHIA. (ANP). Mag
istrate Joseph Rainey announced
officially Saturday that he is no
longer a Democratic party sup
porter and that he is the Pro
gressive.j>arty congressional can
didate from the 4th district. He
told the press at his Pyramid club
luncheon that his change of al
legiance came when the Demo
cratic leaders failed to consider a
Negro on the overall party slate.
Church Women
Given Talk on
Cjvil Rights
“Those persons who have a
conscientious interest in democ
racy or Christianity, must be
conscious of the violation of civil
rights and have grave concern
over the matter,” said Chancellor
John L. Knight, of Wesleyan
university, when he reviewed
President Truman’s report of
civil rights and research on con
ditions at Tuesday’s meeting of
the Lincoln Council of Church
Women at the Urban league.
Chancellor Knight based his
talk on the Truman committee
report, outlined the findings, and
pointed out its significance.
Dorothy Ichanaga spoke on In
ternational house at the Univer
sity of Nebraska.
Taking part in choral readings
from “The Creation," by James
Weldon Johnson were the fol
lowing:
Vine Congregational: Mra. Mark Bald
win, Mra. B. A. Carter.
First Presbyterian: Mra. Benjamin C.
Hayenga, Mrs, A. J. Hutchinson.
Grace Methodist: Mrs. Gene Allen.
Mrs. E. W. Darby.
Quinn Chapel: Mrs. Clyde Malone,
Mrs. Howard Molden, Mrs. M. 'L.
Shakespeare, Mra. R. E. Handy. Mrs.
Marvin Winston, Mrs John Robinson,
Mrs. Clayton Lewis.
Mount Zion: Mrs. W. B. Davis.
Newman Methodist: Mrs. George W.
Harper.
Elm Park Methodist: Mrs. Merle
Stoneman. Mra. Carroll Story. Mrs. Rich
art Grant, Mrs. O. Erway.
A11 Souls Unitarian: Mra. Arthur
Duning. Mrs. Jack Zimmer.
Quinn Chapel A. M. E., Newman
Methodist and Mt. Zion Baptist were
hosts to the record breaking crowd.
Mrs. John Brooks was appointed
general chairman in charge of the
fellowship meeting in May.
Mayor Picks
Interracial
Committee
DETROIT. (ANP). Mayor Eu
gene Van Antwerp appointed a
new interracial committee to pro
mote racial harmony, last week.
Three Negro members of the
group are:
Edward M. Turner, vice presi-r
dent of the Detroit branch
NAACP; Dr. Scipie Murphy and
Chester Smith.
Bishop Wright
In Two Firsts
MEMPHIS. (ANP). Bishop R.
R. Wright of the 13th Episcopal
district of the African Methodist
Episcopal church recently ac
hieved two firsts as a Negro. He
spoke on brotherhood before the
Cross-Cut club of Memphis, an
interdenominational group.
His other first was an address
on the same topic at the chapel
of Southern Methodist univer
sity.
Miss. School
Has Problem
JACKSON, Miss. (INS). The
Mississippi Senate has rejected a
plan requiring distribution of
copies of the United States Con
stitution in the State’s public
schools. It was killed when op
ponents warned it might open
the door to mass Negro voting.
Under State law, persons at
tempting to vote must prove they
are familiar with the Constitu
tion.
lhis will require help
to many other nations”
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In an historic appearance be
fore a joint session of congress
last Wednesday, the president said
that his recommendations repre
sented “the most urgent steps
toward securing the peace and
preventing war.”
“We must be prepared to pay
the price of peace, or assuredly
we shall pay the price of war.”
The president said: “On nation,
however, has persistently ob
structed the work of the United
Nations by constant abuse of the
veto. That nation has vetoed 21
proposals for action in a little
over two ye'ars.
"The tragic death of the republic of
Czechoslovakia has sent a shock through
out the civilized world. Now pressure is
being brought to bear on Finland, to ths
hazard of the entire Scandinavian penin
sula. Greece is under direct military at
tack from rebels actively supported by
her communist-dominated neighbors. In
Italy, a determined and aggressive effort
is being made by a communist minority
to take control of that country.”
PRESIDENT TRUMAN.
—Courtesy Lincoln Journal.
The president persisted that, "I
believe that we have reached a
point at which the position of the
United Nations should be made
unmistakably clear.”
Flyers Plan
Air Service
TAMPA, Fla. (ANP). Two fly
ers here have‘established an air
freight service for Central Amer
! ica and the Caribbean area. The
pilots, Capt. William T. Henry
and Miles Dalmos also plan to
provile charter flight service for
passengers. They have worked in
Tampa for the last nine months
as flight instructors at the Drew
Field Aviation college.
Grand Islander
Retires From RR
By Mrs. Belva Spicer
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.—Mr.
Bert James is retiring after 32
years service with the Union Pa
cific Railroad. Mr. James began
his railroading career with the
San Francisco & Pacific railroad
in 1908, but switched to the Union
Pacific in 1916. He has been a
I stationary engineer with them for
years.
On the announcement of his
retirement, the Firemen and Oil
ers union, of which Mr. James is
a member, presented him with a
fine outfit of fishing tackle. Re
freshments were served after
wards, at which time he was pre
vailed on to speak. He recounted
his record, saying, “In all my 40
years of employ, I have been late
to work less than a dozen times,
never had any trouble requiring
investigation nor any reportable
accidents except when I was in
jured in a windstorm last year.”
Mr. James is a Sunday school
teacher at Solomon Temple AME
Church, of which Mrs. Belva
Spicer is pastor.
Board Seats
Sought by Two
HELENA, Ark. (ANP). Two out
of 10 candidates for the five posi
tions on the Marvell district
school board, are Negroes. They
are E. C. Paschal and Mose Scaife,
who with three whites are oppos
ing the re-election of five incum
ebnts.
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Reaction to
Mr. Truman’s
Henry A. Wallace—“It is a
shameful call for world remobil
ization, a complete admission of
the failure of the Truman doc
trine and a call for an American
police state to which I shall pay
my complete respects in a broad
cast over the ABC network at 9:45
p. m. (c.s.t.) Thursday.”
Rep. Dewey Short (r., Mo.)—
“I don’t think it (the draft) is
necessary. I think there is a lot
of hysteria being created. Just
another crisis—one in a long series
on which the new deal has fed
and fattened for 16 years.”
Rep. Karl Stefan (r., Neb.)—
“This is a far-reaching request. It
almost indicates mobilization for
war. I am very much disappointed
that diplomacy has failed so mis
erably. It certainly indicates a
need for better statesmanship. I
don’t think a draft is necessary
unless we are told we have to go
to war.”
Oklahoma
Still Bars
Mrs. Fisher
NORMAN, Okla. (ANP). De
spite a district court order of Jan.
22 that the state board of regents
for higher education enroll Mrs.
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher in the Uni
versity of Oklahoma law school, or
halt all enrollments until equal
facilities are available for Ne
groes, Mrs. Fisher has been de
nied entrance, although 70 first
year law students were admitted
Jan. 29.
This information was given out
by Atty. Amos T. Hall, of Tulsa,
who petitioned the district court
for a modification of its previous
order and asked that Mrs. Fisher
be admitted immediately pending
a court hearing on allegations that
equal educational opportunities
have not been provided.