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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1948)
!?■-"« *- - _U^oloAWchnut._TI,.»J.y, fanr_ll_I»g 7,500 March woh"1 ’^1S n For Civil Rights Legislation WASHINGTON. (ANP). An all-out drive for civil rights leg islation was launched in Wash ington this week after 7,500 civic and social leaders from all parts of the country gathered in the nation’s capital to urge the pas sage of an anti-lynching bill, fair employment practices legislation and an anti-poll tax measure be fore the" adjournment of the 80th congress. The visitors also expressed the strongest possible opposition to the Mundt-Nixon bill now pend ing before the senate judiciary committee. A mass meeting held at Sylvan theater at the foot of the Wash ington monument Wednesday evening climaxed a day of busy activity by the delegation. Speak ers participating in this meeting included Paul Robeson, Rep. Vito Marcantonio, Rep. Leo Isaacson, Editor Percy Green, Mrs. Ada Jackson and Judge Joseph Rainey— The delegates milled around on Capitol Hill the greatest por tion of the day. Dividing them selves into groups of five, they visited their representatives re questing them to vote to defeat the Mundt bill. Many of the senators, however, refused to see the delegations from their states. A well organized picket line composed of near 4,000 persons led by Paul Robeson paraded four-abreast on the Pennsylvania side of the White House Wed nesday afternoon. Picket lines were also thrown around the headquarters of the National Democratic and Republican com mittees. The group called itself the “National non-partisan delega tion to Washington for passage of Civil Rights- Legislation” and was supported by trade unions and peoples’ organizations. Among its sponsors were listed such well known Negro leaders as Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, Roscoe Dunjee. Mrs. Estelle Massey Os borne, Earl B. Dickerson, Frank Marshall Davis, Rev. W. H. Jer nagin, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Councilman Benjamin J. Davis, Dr. Oliver C. Cox, Mrs. Charlotta A. Bass, Louis E. Burnham, Capt. Hugh S. Mulzac and others. Interracial Scout Troop Receives Charter in Mich. SAGINAW, Mich. (ANP). A large crowd of parents and friends cheered as Boy Scout Troop 26, the only interracial troop in the Valley Trails coun / cil, received its charter recently at the Church of God. Scout Commissioner Andrew W. Forbes presented the charter to Clarence Davis. The commis sioner gave a short talk on “The American Way of Youth.* Davis is chairman of the committee. Troop 26, one of the youngest troops in the area, was formed three months ago. Commissioner Forbes has formed an interracial Cub scouts unit, too, Cub Pack 326. Vacation Church School Opens June 21 Vacation Church School begins Monday, June 21 at 9:30 o’clock in the Urban League building. L' IImBI Miss Doris Powell, grand daughter of Mrs. Birdie Artis was on the scholarship roll three semesters at Whittier Jr. high school. Betty Rose Huston and Mary Lou Knowles were also on the scholarship roll for three semesters. Honor Roll (five semesters) Mary Lou Knowles. Efficiency Roll: Ionna Adams. Betty Rose Huston. Millard 6Mitsey9 T. Woods, Jr., Graduates Millard T. Woods, better known as Mitsey, spent most of his school days in Lincoln until about one and a half years ago when he moved to Muskegon, Mich., with his^arents. Mitsey was graduated from the Muskegon high school June 10th. He was a member of the orchestra and band when he played the tenor saxophone. Mitsey expects to enter the University of Nebraska next fall. Chattanooga Adds 5 to Police Force CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (ANP). Five uniformed Negro policemen, the first in many years, were named to the Chat tanooga police force by Commis sioner Roy Hyatt last week. The new men, picked after very careful screening, are Reuben D. Jones, 30; Arthur H£ard, 30; Fred Reynolds, 31; Thomas W. Patterson, 30, and Singer Askins, 31. Amsterdam News A Semi-Weekly NEW YORK. (ANP). A Negro d.'ily newspaper in the nation’s largest city came a step nearer to reality at the beginning of this month when the New York Amsterdam News began publish ing every other day of the week. The News had been published semi-weekly in New York, and as a weekly tabloid in a national edition. There are two Negro dailies in the United States now, the At lanta Daily World in Atlanta and the Ohio Daily Express of Day ton. Several colored papers in cluding the Philadelphia Tribune, the Baltimore Afro-American and the Detroit Tribune, are semi-weeklies. , Wins Coveted Cornell V English Prize ITHACA, N. Y. (ANP). George H. Fowler of New York City was named winner of the coveted Stewart Lyndon Woodford prize for the best English oration by a Cornell university senior. Mr. Fowler is the first Negro student to win the award, which carries with it a cash prize of $120, since its establishment by the former New York governor in 1870. When he receives his de gree in June, he will also be the first Negro to be graduated from the university’s three year old school of industrial and labor re lations. The young World War II veteran has been an outstanding member of the Cornell debating team and has presided as chair man over intercollegiate debates with some of the leading schools in the east. He was also treas urer of the student council of the school of industrial and labor relations. The winner’s oration, on “The Diseases of Democracy,” was a compelling comparison of Athe nian and American societies. The suppression of free speech, class prejudice and lack of active citi zen participation in political af fairs, which caused the collapse of democracy in Athens, Mr. Fowler declared, and the dangers threatening democracy in Amer ica today. He emphasized the evil in oppression of minority groups and indifference to citi zenship responsibility. Mr. Fowler is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephens H. Fowler, Sr. of New York City. He is a mem ber of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra ternity. Hobby is Profitable w * * (Courtesy of the Roberta News.) Guy Stephens—his boyhood experience “paid off” during hard times. When Guy Stephens was only 14, he worked for his uncle in Manhattan, Kans., pulling nails out of old lumber before and after school. He admits that he soon grew sick and tired of the job which kept him from joining other youngsters at play, but in later years he found that the experi ence he gained as a lad was to serve him first as a livelihood, then as a hobby. Carpenter work was the fur thest thing from his mind, how ever, when he joined the Lincoln branch as a custodian in 1925. And it was not until 1930 that he again picked up the hammer and saw—finding in them a solution to the decreased earnings which came as a result of the depression years. It was about this time that a lady came to his door, selling whatnots made from old orange crates. She did no business at the Stephens’ residence, .but she (Continued on Page 2.) Bishop Gregg Honored By Kansas University Alumni LAWRENCE, Kans. (ANP). Bishop John A. Gregg of the AME church, Kansas City, was one of six alumni hon ored by the University of Kansas Alumni association last week at the association’s annual meeting. Truman Still Against Armed Forces Bias WASHINGTON. (ANP). The segregation issue which is being injected into the congressional fight over selective draft has not changed President Truman’s stand on the elimination of discrimina tion in the armed forces. After explaining to the Presi dent at a news conference last week that some supporters of the draft act feared that its chances for passage had been hindered by the position he had taken, one re porter then asked whether the President was willing to modify his stand. The President replied that his request to secretary of defense, James A. Forrestal, still stood. Here the President was referring to his civil rights message to con gress early in February when he complimented the army for the progress it had made toward equalizing the opportunities in the armed services without regard to race, color or national origin. He then added that he had given in struction to the secretary of de fense to take steps to have the remaining instances of discrimina tion in the armed services elimi nated as soon as possible. In spite of the President’s re quest, the so-called “Russell amendment” waits in the senate to be brought up when the draft bill reaches the floor. This amendment gives every draftee the right to demand that he be assigned to a military unit composed entirely of members of his own race. mis citation is tne equivalent o^ an honorary degree from the university itself. The citation to Bishop Gregg read: “For the quality and breadth of his leadership in the field of religion and education, ahd foe the effect of his influence for good will among all people, the Alumni association of the Univer sity of Kansas cites John A. Gregg, graduate of the class of 1902. “He was for years a missionary in South Africa, was successively president of Edwards College, of Wilberforce University and of Howard University, and became bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church first for the 17 th Episcopal district covering South Africa and later for the fifth Episcopal district covering central United States. During World War II he traveled around the world as an emissary of the United States government among American troops for observing and building morale. In that service he won the high civilian recognition the Award of Merit.** California U Newspaper Has Negro Editor LOS ANGELES. (ANP). A na tive of Los Angeles, J. Horace Hampton, was elected by the stu dent body as editor of the Cali fornia Aggie, weekly newspaper of the University of California. Hampton is a student in the col lege of agriculture. A U. S. Marines veteran, Hamp ton was a public relations NCO for his unit. He is a member of Alpha Phi Gamma, honorary journalistic fraternity, and a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Oklahoma City’s First Negro Disc Jockey OKLAHOMA CITY. (ANP). Oklahoma City’s first Negro disc jockey went on the air for the first time last week when radio station KTOW (800 on the dial) hired Clayton White. He is being heard five days a week, Monday through Friday at 4 p. m. Negotiations with sponsors are already in progress, according to White. The station’s managers, Neal Baird and Ted Cramer, re ported that they have received a large number of phone calls about the program. Quinn Chapel 1949 Calendar Drive Begins The Quinn Chapel Usher Board Auxiliary that is responsible for the fine calendars put out each year, will meet at the residence of Mrs. R. G. Huston, 2420 Holdrege, Sunday, June 20th, at 4 p. m. The purpose of the Sunday meeting is to start the drive for the 1949 calendars. Mrs. Wyatt Williams is Chair man and Mrs. John Robinson is secretary.