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BETWEEN THE LINES
BY DEAN GORDON B. HANCOCK FOR ANT.
When President Truman lab
eled the just adjourned congress
as the worst in the history of the
nation, he was coming close to
the truth. However vociferous
the denials, the fact remains the
Republicans seemed drunk with
power and were more bent on
defeating constructive legislation
in the interest of party power j
and prestige than on serving the
nation.
Their victory over Truman
may prove to be an empty one in
the long run, for they have built
up a case against the Republican
party that can be used to great
effect in the coming election. The
Republican party has placed the
nation at the mercy of the cold
blooded politician. Much-needed
legislation has been by-passed in
the interest of party politics. Tru
mp n’s civil rights recommenda
tions have been basely and
grossly disregarded and the
wishes and interests of Negroes
have been thrown to the political
winds.
There is one thing the Negro in
the country can definitely con
clude and that is, political parties •
as such mean little when it comes
to guaranteeing his rights. When
Israel was in Egypt, a change of
dynasties made no difference in
their wretched conditions. So - in
this country, a change in political
administrations makes little or
no difference in the conditions of
Negt^es, nor in the political dis
abilities from which they suffer.
When it comes to the Negro's
rights and opportunities for
Negroes, the Democratic and Re
publican parties are one!
The foregoing explains why
this column has for the past 20
years been voting for personali
ties rather than for parties. In
the future as in the recent past
we are supporting personalities,
GOP Given Civil
Rights Planks
For Platform
PHILADELPHIA. (ANP). Civil
rights planks, proposed by the
American Civil Liberties union,
were presented to the resolutions
committee of the republican na
tional convention Tuesday. Wil
liam J. Woolston, Philadelphia at
torney, acted as representative of
the union.
The 12 specific recommenda
tions cover:
1. Abolition of poll taxes in fed
eral elections.
2. Political freedom for labor
unions equally with employers’ as
sociations.
3. Opposition to the outlawry bf
the communist party or special
discriminations in law against it.
4. Abolition of segregation in
the armed forces, the federal civil
service and in contracting agencies
working for the federal govern
ment.
5. A national fair employment
practice law covering employers
for parties make no ditterenee.
Personalities do! The gains made
by the Negroes under the New
Deal of the political and moral
Hercules, Fr anklin Delano
R o o s e v eit. were personality
gains. Most of the advantages
enjoyed under the New Deal—
and they were far more numer
ous than they had ever been—
were wrought by Roosevelt of
times in spite of the machina
tions of the Democratic party.
Just how Roosevelt accom
plished so much with so little,
will ever remain one of the mod
ern wonders of the political
world. The so-called Grand Old
Party has just left the bat. It
struck out ingloriously. Negroes
will go to bat in November. That
will be their opportunity to re
di$ss the wrongs that the Repub
lican congress has indirectly
thrust upon them.
May Negroes forget about the
political complexion of congress
and concentrate upon the condi
tions named on the ballots they
must cash There are two avenues
open to Negroes, one is to get
out the Negro vote and the other
is to vote for the most promising
political personality. It is some
times advantageous to be able to
choose between evils.
One of the great current dan
gers among Negroes is to busy
themselves criticising our po
litical apathy instead of doing
something about it. The privi
leged Negro must take more time
with the fellow in the streets.
The average man can be taught
to understand what is involved
in voting and non-voting but
somebody must take the time to
teach him. This column has al
ways contended that the burden
of enlightening the average man
is on the privileged Negro and
not on the “average*’ man as our
criticism so often assumes.
and unions engaged in interstate
commerce.
6. Federal intervention in
lynching cases.
7. Removal in law of all dis
criminations against oriental peo
ples.
8. Permission by law for the
people of Puerto Rico to vote on
their future political status.
9. Citizenship and civil govern
ment for the peoples of the Pacific
islands under U. S. control.
10. Fairer procedures for all
federal civilian employes charged
with disloyalty.
11. Admission to the United
States of all persons engaged in
activities associated with the
United Nations, regardless of po
litical views.
12. Adherence to the United
States to international conventions
submitted by the United Nations
for freedom of international com
munications and the extension cl
human rights.
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BY REV R E HANOT
Subject: Micaiah—A prophet
of Israel.
Lesson Text: I King's 52:J*k
13-18* 2*-28.
Golden Text: “As the Lori
liveth. what the Lord saith unto
f me. that will I speak.9 I Kings
22:14.
The Lessen
Micaiah was a prophet of Sa
maria. He was that prophet
| which foretold the defeat and
death of Ahalx He was true to
God in a very hard time ani
under difficult circumstances. He
was to see the ten tribes of Is
rael turn from God to the wor- ,
ship of. idols: and go to prison
on bread and water rather than |
bow to Baal.
During the ti me of Micaiah's
prophesy. Jehoshaphat reigned
■ over Judah. He was a fairly good
king, but sinner in forming an
alliance with Ahab fey having his
son many Ahab's daughter.
This unhoiy alliance ted to the
two kings assembling their armies
to fight Ra math-Gilead as part
ners. Such partnerships, either in
marriage or business, are abso
lutely forbidden by the word of
God. Just before the battle was
joined, the two kings decided to
consult a prophet to see how the
battle would fare. Ahab called
400 prophets of BaaL They said
“Go. the battle will be successful
for you.* Jehoshaphat was not
satisfied and wanted yet another
prophet- Then one lone prophet
of God was called, and this man.
Micaiah. gave the true prophesy
and was jailed for it.
God's word was fulfilled to the
• last word, for Ahab was slam,
even though he wore a disguise.
Micaiah lived in such close fel- ]
lowship with God that God
had showed him all of this in ad
vance.
I, for one. believe there is a
the voice of “gentle stillness." but
we need to be on guard against
many voices. God's voice always j
calls us to take up the cross and
stand alone. It summons to the
Straight gate and narrow way.
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Letters to the Editors
We often hear it said that
(there is little the individual
citizens can do when great af
fairs are to be decided.
With a choice made in the re
publican party and one soon to
be made in the democratic party,
we must increase our aware
ness of the fact that the hope
and aspirations of free men de
pend largely on the choices we
make in the coming election.
I for one, believe there is a
great deal you and I as individ
uals, can do about it. It is the
duty of every red-blooded Amer
ican to go to the • polls in Nd
j veinber and vote. It is our re
sponsibility to know for whom
we cast our ballots.
White as well as Negro lead
ers have sacrificed personal
aims, ambitions and careers
with the determinations that
universal respect for American
people—without regard to race,
color or creed—shall be achiev
' ed. Therefore, we cannot fail
them. They are fighting for you
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LABOR
Jilui L Lewis wan u*ther
victory tor kb coal miners «hfi
hr twturned to press far the
SIM a Miath pc Brian pka far
Unse aiim wka wrarked ia the
aiaes far twenty years. Mr
Jaha Lewis was persbtent ia
kis dcnainds far fabaess as to
wha was to serve aa the board
to study kis pnpanh.
The aum raised a SIM a
BBsath prasiai pUa far service
af twenty years, a SI a day pay
increase and better health and
safety ca adit in as
Mr. Lewis has been proven
to be a stalwart leader far Ike
rights and privileges af labor.
There are about 2.800 different j
languages spoken throughout the
world: 270 million people speak
English, 488 million speak a
variation of Chinese and 166 mil
lion speak Russian and its
dialects.
and me and they need our sup
port.
Even though we may enjoy
better opportunities than our
forebears, we are grossly aware
of the limitations placed on us.
•This is to urge you fellow
Nebraskans to preserve every
single vote and use it to the
best advantage this fall."
Joseph Greene.
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