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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1948)
Tin® ¥®l<s® PUBLISHED WEEKLY ‘ Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people.” _ Rev. .Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2T25 S Street Phone 5-649) It No Answer Call 5-7508 Rubie W. Shakespeare_Advertising and Business Manager Lynwood Parker ------Associate Editor, on Leave Charles Goolsby ....... Associate Editor, on Leave Roberta Molden.. ..—Associate Editor 1966 U Street, 2-1407 Mrs. Joe Green_____—..Circulation Manager Member oi the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association tnterea_as becona Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Post Oiiice at Lincoln! Nebraska under the Act ol March 3, 1879 1 year subscription--$2.00 _ Single copy......5c_ NATIONAL €DITORIAI— EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those oi the writer and not necessarily o reflection ol the policy oi The Voice —Pub___ BETWEEN THE LINES by DEAN GORDON B. HAN COCK FOR ANP. The pros and cons of inter- | racial progress can be debated ^ indefinitely. There are those who assert that race relations are in a state of deterioration. These view with alarm the resurgence of Negrophobia throughout the south and in a lesser degree throughout the country. The southern demagogues are revert ing to the Ben Tillman-Hoke Smith-Vardeman-Heflin type of campaign. The late Gene Talmac^ge of Georgia was the prophet of the new era of racial hatred. The appeal of these * demagogues to the baser passions of the people has dangerous implications. This fact must never be minimized or discounted. The Negroes of the country have chosen to make a frontal attack on southern tradi tions and it is not surprising if these “latter day” Negro-phobes do not elect to counter in kind, that is by frontal attacks. The rise of the Dixiecrats with their state rights campaign is no more than a polite way of say ing with the demagogues of the past, “keep the Negro down. The current campaign of South Carolina’s Gov. Strom Thurmond is hardly more than a revamped Tillmanism, Bilboism, Rankin ism, Talmadgism and all the other anti-Negro isms that flour ish in the south. Because the is sues are so tightly drawn on state rights and the implications thereof, the coming election is going to be largely in the nature of an interracial poll telling where the Negro stands in the hearts and minds of the- people of the nation. The Dixiecrats will serve that one good purpose ot letting the world atjd the Negro know how stands the case of race relations in this country. The strength of* Democracy is the strength of the opposition to the Negro’s full citizenship. The weakness of Dixiocracy will in dicate how far the Negro has gone in winning the war of de mocracy for Negroes. There are those of us interracialists who at times grow hopeful at some dis i Summer is here lfes Celotex Rock Wool in your home will keep out ex : treme heat. Make it 10 to ! 15 degrees cooler. Then you are ready for next winter on an econ omical and comfort basis. ■" ' We carry a complete line of storm and screen window combination self storing. We feature coal process built up roof and asphalt shingles. KIRKPATRICK BROS., INC. 2217 O 2-3861 play of this nation’s more fav orable attitude, while at other times despairing because of what amounts to a national "gang up” on the Negro in his drive for his rights. But the story w’ill be told in November in terms that can not be mistaken. A more momentous election, as it concerns the Negro, has never been held in this, country and it all stems from the civil rights stand of President Truman which set off a species of resent ment among the Negrophobes that is shaking this nation to its very foundations. November will tell the story! However the elec tions may go, Truman must be credited with having focused the attention of the nation and world on the step-citizenship of the Negro. A large part of the nation is ashamed and the others will vote with the Dixiecrats. The approaching elections will not only be the most illuminating interracial poll ever held in this country or in history, but it will give the Negro dne of the finest political feasts ever offered a mi nority group. There is our good friend Henry Wallace, who is without doubt one of the best men in the country, in fact too good ! for the presidency. . It is unfortunate that his Pro gressive party is threatening to become an all-Negro party. For demonstrational purposes and for dramatic displays of sure enough democracy, the Progres sive party under the leadership of Wallace will serve a good pur pose. But even the most intoxi cated optimist of the Wallaceites J does not even faintly envision Wallace’s election. But for the Negro and white' idealists Wal j lace and his platform offer a | happy political diet. But for the realists who want I to get something started, the race j is between Dewey and Truman. " 1 1 ' . REIMERS-KAUFMAN / Concrete Products Co. 1111 North 16th 2-6625 I Lincoln Stove & Furnace Repair Co. 205 So. 10th 2-3913 % California AME’s Support Truman’s Civil Rights BY LEON WASHINGTON. SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (ANP). A resolution endorsing the civil rights program of Presi dent Truman was passed last week by the California conference of the AME church at its meeting here. Bishop D. Ormonde Walker presided over the meeting. The resolution said, “. . . the gentleman from Missouri became the herald of a new day in hu man relationships to the extent that he stood by the constitution of the United States and all of its amendments declaring that all men have inalienable rights to I life, liberty and the pursuit of | happiness, that the minority groups of this country are enti tled to the same privileges as the majority group, that the poll tax 1 was anathema to the American political system.” It further says “that men and women of voting age in the be nighted southland regardless of color, creed, race or previous con dition of servitude were entitled to and must be granted the priv ilege of exercising their suffrage ! in national, state and local elec ! tions. / “That discrimination and seg regation in transportation facili ties must be abolished, that all men of minority groups in the armed forces must be granted equal opportunity for advance ment within the rank as well as integrated in all branches of serv | ice.”__ But in the background of all parties and candidates will be I the lurking color question and the victors and the vanquished alike in the coming election will throw light on the progress of I race relations in this country. | We are now largely in the i “guess stage” but we are going to enter the “know stage” come the November elections. With either the election of Dewey or Truman will come tokens of a better day for Negroes. For the first time in this country’s history, the Negro can play “across the board” with hope of winning! In the United States are 52 towns and villages and 15 settle ments populated and governed en tirely by Negroes. One of these, Mound Bayou, Miss., a town of 800 people, some years ago aban doned its jail which long had been unoccupied. | ZIMMERMAN Cleaners and Dyers Save on Cash and Carry Office and Plant y 2355 O St. 2-2203 Sports Scope Satchell Paige WASHINGTON. (ANP). Proof that Satchel Paige is the biggest drawing card in baseball this season was evident Monday night when some 5,000 chagrined fans were turned away from Griffith stadium after the park had been filled to capacity. The spectators who were fortu nate enough to get inside were bedazzled at the way the slender, nonchalant Negro righthander pitched Cleveland to a 10-1 vic tory. The Nats seemed befuddled as Paige changed his pace in pitches, first teasing them with slow moving balls and passing them by with fast ones that made them look as silly as a bunch of sandlot school boys. Paige is reported as having drawn a crowd of 265,000 in five starts or an average of 53,000 per game. At Cleveland recently more than 78,000 fans poured into Municipal stadium where Paige was the principal figure in the establishment of a night game. At Chicago he performed before 51,000 with some 20,000 unable to purchase tickets. The same num ber is reported as having been turned away from 'Boston’s less spacious Fenway park after it had been packed with some 34, 000 fans. Relatives Visit Lincoln After Twenty-Eight Years A reunion was held at the home of Mrs. William Hammond, 1933 U street, when her brothers and their wives paid her a visit. Mr. Sanford Follings had not been to Lincoln for 28 years. He was accompanied by his wife, Mrs. Follings, and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter >■—-. " i BEN’S NEW WAY AUTO PARTS For All Makes of Cars 2018 O 2-7039 The First National Bank of Lincoln 10th & “O” St. Member F.D.l.C. Follings. The brothers are now making their home in Peoria, 111., % and are sons of Mrs. Lucy Fol lings of this city. They were delighted with their visit to their old home place at 9th and Harrison in Belmont and were privileged to go through the house in which they live^J many years ago. The Follings met many of their friends and playmates among them were Charlie Smith, Dewey Regler and Lawrence Dean. They have planned to make ^ their return an annual affair. SHOWALTER ROOFING CO. Dealers in Inselstone and Inselbrick Insulation See us ior price on BUILT UP ROOFS 233 North 22 2-2493 Lincoln, Nebraska — At Winterhalter’s — i Complete line of Wallpapers, Paints, Enamels, Varnishes, Brushes and decorating sup plies. * h & ne. 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