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AL€DITORIAL_
SOCIATION
BETWEEN THE LINES
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock
for ANP.
The governors of a few of the
southern states would crucify
President Truman for no other of
fense than that of advocating civil
rights for all the citizens who have j
shared the responsibility for mak
ing this country what it is.
It is more than passing strange
that their last meeting brought
out only seven of the 13 governors
of the southern states. Maryland
did not string along and neither
did Kentucky. North Carolina
was absent as was Louisiana. The
list of absent governors is signifi
cant and their very absence is an
augury of good fortune for the
cause of righteousness.
Wedged between lamentable
Virginia and belligerent South
Carolina, North Carolina stands
upon its own hind legs and faces
the signs of the times. Recon
struction has been over in North
Carolina for some time due in
large part to the fearless leader
ship of able and far-sighted men
who could look over the shoulders
of their times. We had hoped that
Virginia was facing front also but
the latest developments led by
Gov. Tuck make proud Virginians
hang their heads in dismay. Vir
ginia trailing North Carolina mor
ally as she trails them athletically!
There was some excuse for Car
ter Glass but precious little for
Sen. Byrd and Gov. Tuck. They
should know better than to try to
stem the tide of righteousness that
is slowly rising in the world. They
should use their powers to better
advantage than that of trying the
old, old scheme that has failed a
hundred times—holding the Negro
down. With communism batter
ing at the gates of the nations and
with bankruptcy facing civiliza
tion, these men honored with high
positions by a state with honor
able traditions of great men are
lacing the west, not the east with
its sun-rise.
Truman is guilty, with honor,
of trying to be a statesman in
stead of a ward politician. These
fire-eating southerners are trying
to intimidate him with their
threats of reprisals which are in
the last analysis meaningless.
There is absolutely nothing that
these governors can do to Truman
that will not hurt themselves and
the south more. Trumanism will
triumph in the last. God and
Time and Right are on the side
of Truman and Trumanism. It
should be borne in mind that
while only a few Trumanists willi
stand up and be counted there
are thousands who are musterinng
up courage that will tell at the
ballot box.
It is fervently to be hoped that
in the not too distant future ev
ery Trumanist will stand up and
be counted for they are not a few.
Only God knows who will be the
next President of the United
States, but it makes but little dif
ference so far as the moral sta
ture of Truman is concerned. He
will go down in history as a
moral giant of towering propor
tions. This writer was one of the
very first to impute to his com
missions on civil rights and edu
cation political motives. Be that
as it may he has shown himself
worthy of the respect of demo
cratic anti Christian men every
where. His defiance of the south
ern governors and their threats of
retaliation marks him as a great
man.
That he is from Missouri and
the south is more than passing
strange. Can any good thing
come out of Nazareth? See Tru
man and his courageous stand on
the civil rigKts pronouncements.
Trumanism will triumph even
| though the Negro may be called
upon to suffer in the process of
that triumph. Negroes must not
be dismayed but must stand their i
ground and wait and work and
vote until their changes come.
Herod, who sought the life of the
Christ child, died and Joseph was
called out of Egypt So in due
time these who seek to forever
subjugate and humiliate and seg
regate the Negro citizens will die.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
H Nebraska DEWEY for President Comailteo m
J. Lee Rankin, Chairman
I oM<3gg> ; Hotel, Lincoln, Nebraska JB
End Jim Crowism
Establish Peace
Declares Wallace
NEW YORK. (ANP). Aboli
tion of poll taxes, lynch law and
racial segregation is necessary if
we are to achieve the democracy
at home that is essential to estab
lishing durable peace, Henry Wal
lace declared in two replies to re
cent statements by President Tru
man.
“We don’t want our country led
down the road to war. We don’t
want young America in uniform
at a time when no nation in the
world offers any physical threat
to our security. We don’t want
our fine young men sent overseas
to defend the interests of private
oil firms and cartels.”
“I stand with millions of my
fellow Americans in opposing Mr.
Truman’s plans to militarize
America,” Wallace said.
Wallace charged that “when he
attempted to brand as 'commu
nists’ those who support our fight
for peace, Mr. Truman appealed to
prejudice because he could not
answer us wijh reason.”
He said that “this word 'com
munist’ is a much greater menace
than the communists. The word
has been applied to every idea
slightly to the left of slavery.”
“We have heard a call for uni
versal training,” Wallace said. “I
plead the case for universal
peace.”
“We have reached the present
crisis in world affairs,” Wallace
said, “because the men who are
running our government fear the
power of the common men and
women the world over.”
He said that “the attempt to
make the fight for peace subver
sive will not succeed. We shall
seek as earnestly for the common
ground for peace as others seek
the reasons for conflict.”
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
NEBRASKA
and the Nation Need the
continued vigorous leader
ship of United States
Senator
Kenneth S.
WHERRY
Republican Candidate for
Re-election in the April
13 Primary Election.
A vote for Senator
Wherry trill he
appreciated.
Sponsored and paid for by
Nebraska Wherry - for-Sen
ator Committee. State
Chairman, George M. Tun
ison.
A Letter to
The Editor
Editor note:
As I read the daily papers and
as I listen to the various broad
casts, I am very much disap
pointed in our wonderful demo
cratic government that it would
seemingly make a national issue
of a minority group which has
always been loyal.
This group has put up a great
struggle doing mental labor to
help make this great common
wealth what it is. Whenever the
men were called to the colors to
help defend our nation and flag
they went without a murmur, and
fought as valiantly and died as
did the men of other races.
No treason can be placed on
records against them. Other na
tions are looking on with chagrin
George H. Wentz
Ik.
PLUMBING & HEATING
1620 N Phone 2-1293
_/ * "I * '
at such a petty issue. Can there
be propaganda worse than com
munism? I wonder.
Should there be need for the
men of this minority group to
help defend this country again,
they will go unflinchingly and die
as bravely, regardless of the silly
issue before the country today.
(Signed)
Mrs. Hattie C. Jefferson.
Cheyenne, Wyo.
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□ STASSEN It for cutting the
cost of government — and
knows how to do it. In Min
nesota he slashed debt 30%,
cut expenses 12%. He reduced
taxes on farm and home prop
erty 45% — yet had more
money for schools, welfare
and future reserves.
□ STASSEN It for a sound, pros
perous farm economy. He is
the only candidate with a mid
west farm background. He was
born and raised on a Minne
sota farm—was three times
governor of that farming state.
He knows our farm problems,
and he appreciates the im
portance of the farmer to the
nation.
□ STASSEN Is for a strong army
and navy ready to meet any
emergency. He has had impor
tant military experience, hav
ing served two years in the
Pacific as aide to Admiral
Halsey.
□ STASSEN Is for a business-like
foreign policy that will keep
America strong. He is the
ONLY candidate who has
dealt first-hand with Stalin.
He knows what we face in the
world. He is for a firm hand
with Russia and aays we
should STOP shipping them
war goods NOW!
□ STASSEN Is for peace between
labor and industry —- and
knows how to get it. In Min
nesota he reduced the number
of men on strike 70% while,
during the same period, strikes
in the nation doubled!
□ STASSEN la for the average,
hard-working American citi
zen. Time magazine says of
himt
"Few men'in public life have
Exhibited more sympathy for
the ordinary man, more un
derstanding of the hopes and
fears of die ordinary citizen."
STASSEN is a family man. Ha wants
a fraa, well-housed, strong America
—rich with opportunities for our boys
and girls.
STASSEN viiH* hit parent* on their
farm in Dakota County, Minn. Ha i«
for procparity on the farm.
STASSEN it •n administrator. Three
times governor, twice elected by
governors of 4i states to head Ne*
tional Governor’s Conference.
STASSEN CAN WIN!
National polls show more people
want Stassen. Gallup Poll, Roper
Poll and Fortune Magazine aay
that across the nation, Stassen
stands highest of all candidates
with independent eoters. Nomi
nate a man who can be elected,
and return Good Government to
the United States.
^ HAROLD E.
"STiiSSEN—|
A Dynamic Leader For the Vital Years Ahead! I
Nebraska Stastea Committee Fred Seaton, Chairman