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a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—Pub.__
Teacher Sees Free India as Symbol
Of Hope for Colored People
(Dr. T. Thomas Fortune Fletcher made
a tour of free India and Pakistan. He is
one of the American teaching in Ethiopa
to help this nation on its road to recov
ery in the post-war world. This article
is the second of a series.
I put up at the Taj Mahal hotel,
India’s finest and one of the
world's best. Behind the counter
I noticed a sign which read in
black bold letters six inches high:
“South Africans Not Admitted.*^
Both India and Pakistan seek a
trade embargo against South
Africa. They have the moral
courage to invoke such an em
bargo alone though other nations
lack such courage.
Since the loss of India, once
known as “Britain’s brightest
jewel,” repressive measures
againtst Indians and Africans
alike seem to have become more
severe and intolerable in British
East Africa and South Africa.
How much longer can England
and America vaunt their “democ
racy” before the rest of the world
when black peoples are not given
a full share of that democracy?
India is a living reality of what
a people can do to achieve their
lull stature and freedom.
What the darker people of In
dia have done* black people in
the benighted regions of British
East Africa, South Africa and
south and north Georgia can and
must do if they are to walk up
right and unafraid as the 400,
000„000 Indians do today.
In New Delhi I made a pil
grimage to the spot where the
mortal frame of the toothless
little browm saint, Ghandiji, was
consumed by fire on the funeral
pyre. It lies in the center of a
green plain, and is approached by
a plain dirt road. Within a simple
wire enclosure is a gray marble
slab, the site of the pyre, plain
and unadorned.
An Indian family was visiting
the shrine—a young father, the
mother in a beautiful blue saro,
and four adorable doe-eyed chil
dren, four to eight years old.
Lovingly, parents and children
Iai<LSarlands of white jasmine on
the_sbrine, bowed reverently and
then walked slowly around the
shrine seven times.
These pilgrims and others, in
cluding myself, removed their
shoes before entering the pre
cincts of the shrine because they
had an unmistakable feeling they
stood on holy ground.
A national monument is to be
erected on this spot. Here, the
highest and the lowest, richest
and poorest, peasant and prince,
Brahman and Untouchable, will
have a part in paying homage to
Ghandiji, father and creator of
the New India.
(In his final story of India next week,
Dr. Fletcher will tell of his visits to
the interior of India and to the Moslem
state. Pakistan )
| Walter White
To Take Leave
From NAACP
NEW YORK. (ANP). Because
of his health, Walter White,
executive secretary of the NAACP
will take a year’s leave with pay,
beginning Dec. I, it was an
nounced here this week.
White is now serving in Paris
as a consultant on race problems
to the United States delegation to
the General assembly of the
United Nations.
When he returns to America,
Nov. 1, he will orient Roy Wil
kins, the NAACP assistant secre
tary, with office routine. The
NAACP board appointed Wilkins
to serve in place of White during
his leave of absence.
The NAACP announcement said
that White’s personal physician
asked that he be relieved of his
duties at this time. It said that
White “has worked to the detri
ment of his health for several
years without sufficient rest.”
White has worked with the
NAACP since 1918 after leaving
the Atlanta Life Insurance com
pany. Wilkins started working
for the NAACP after leaving the
Kansas City Call in 1931. In
1934 he became editor of the
Crisis, the NAACP magazine,
when Dr. W.E.B. DuBois resigned.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank everyone for
the lovely gifts we received for
our wedding, also the people who
assisted us with the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Son Bizer
Hard Teacher
We learn from experience. A
man never wakes up his second
baby just to see it smile.__
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Sports Scope
Football
Last Saturday, Potsy Clark’s
Cornhusker eleven romped across
the zero stripe three times to
down the Iowa State Cyclones 19
to 15 in a thrilling season opener.
The Iowa tribe got off to an
early start when Billy Myers
blocked a punt attempt by Don
Ferguson and scored a touchback
against the Husker eleven. The
game was characterized by
spirited play on both sides, but
the crowd that jammed the
stands got a thrill when Bob
Schneider fumbled a pass from
Fischer, only to have Fred Haw
kins to retrive the oval and dash
for a score. The Cornhuskers win
was according to expectations.
Buddy Young
NEW YORK. (ANP). Claude
“Buddy” Young is the most
missed man on the New York
Yankees team and it is believed
his injury helped speed the dis
missal of the coach, Ray Fla
herty, Flaherty, a crack end in
his own right when he played at
college and later with the New
York Giants, was dismissed last
week by the Yankee management
which can’t afford a losing team
in the metropolis.
The absence of Buddy Young
weakened the team in its two
losses to San Francisco and Bal
timore and now the proud east
ern champions boast one win and
three losses in as many games.
Tom Casey, the heralder Hamp
ton back, can’t take up the slack
caused by Young’s absence.
It's in the Satchel
I When the venerable (approach
ing forty, he says, Satchel Paige
was signed up by the Cleveland
Indians, Manager Lou Boudreau
probably figured that he had ac
quired a foxy old veteran who
would be good for a couple of in
nings on the mound when the
Tribe was in a tight spot. The
Dark Destroyer himself, when
asked whether his aged frame
(well, he has been pitching for
twenty-odd years) would stand up
to the competition offered by the
youthful and vigorous sluggers of
the American League, allowed
that he might not be as young as
he used to be, but that he could
still “outcute ’em.” In Chicago,
however, the dazed White Sox,
who faced the ancient one on
two successive Friday nights, are
still wondering what hit them.
“Paige Blanks White Sox” is
threatening to become monoto
nous. In the first game, a solitary
White Soxer -managed to get as
far as third base; in the second,
even that meager consolation was
denied the boys from the Windy
City. And in Cleveland, at the
announcement that Satchel Paige
is going to start, the fans pack
themselves into the stadium until
it gapes at' the seams. To date,
he has five wins and one loss. But
about this business of the old
gentleman's age. In an unguarded
moment Ol’ Satchmo offered $500
to any Cleveland man who could
prove that he was in professional
baseball before 1927. Promptly up
bobs one Carl Goetz with the
photostat of a 1926 box-score from
Memphis, listing “Satchel” as
pitcher. This was confirmed by
Alex Heritian, who signed Satchel
to the Chattanooga Black. Look
outs in 1926. As the veteran
parted from $500, he asked Goetz:
“Say, how much did that photo
stat cost you?” “Two dollars”
said Goetz. “Five ‘ hundred for
two,”-said Paige, ‘“maybe I oughta
quit pitching and start lookin’ for
suckers like me.” No need to look
far, venerable sir; just think of
all the club owners who passed
you up for twenty years because
you were a Negro.—America.
NAACP
(Continued from Page 1.)
citizens,” he continued, “are ne
glecting to register and vote.”
October 23 is the closing date
for registrations and all persons
who have not registered since
September 1947 or who have
moved since that time are re
quired to register, according to
the new state law. The Election
Commission’s offices are located
on the ground floor of the Ter
minal building at 10th and “O”
streets.
“From time to time, the local
branch and the national office of
the NAACP has occasion to refer
matters to local state and national
officials and its work is easier and
; more effective when people are
registered for voting and members
of the Association. Already there
has been an increase of 250 per
cent in the number of Negro vot
ers this Fall, but there are still
a great many who have not
availed themselves of that privi
lege,” he said.
A block campaign is planned
to survey the extent of Negro
registrations and all who are not
registered will be urged to do
so before the final date.
The Rally portion of the meet
ing will be presided over by Mr.
Dale Weeks, instructor in politi
cal science at Nebraska Wesleyan
University and President of the
Lincoln Urban League. Mr. I. R.
Pansing, City Councilman and
Chairman of the Young Republi
cans of Lancaster county, and Mr.
Arthur Weaver, City Councilman
and Chairman of the Nebraska
Delegation to the National Repub
lican Convention, will present the
various aspects of the Republican
platform. Mr. Don Morrow, Chair
man of the Young Democrats of
Lancaster county will present the
Democrats’ view of the present
situation and their platform. Mr.
Joe Ishawa will speak on the
Socialist Party platform. Rev.
John Favors, Omaha teacher and
pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church
will give an analysis of condi
tions and explain registration
procedure, according to Mr. James
Wadkins, committee chairman.
The
First National Bank
of Lincoln
10th &, “O” St. Member F.DJ.C.
Louis to Defend Crown
NEW YORK. (ANP). The an- 11
nounced retirement of heavy
weight champion Joe Louis is off
it was announced here this week* |
Louis said that he will defend his *
crown next summer against the (
winner of the Joe Baksi-Ezzard
Charles 15 round Nov. 12 bout
slated for Madison Square Gar
den.
He will be fighting once more
for the 20th-Century Sporting
club. The title bout will be held
at Yankee stadium. 41
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