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TBa<g d®@ PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people__ Re*. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 b Street Phone 5-649.’ If No Answer Call 5-7508 Rubie W. Shakespeare-—-Advertising and Business Manage! Charles Goolsby-----•• Associate Editor r.M.C.A. Lynwood Parker _ _ _ - __Associate Editor, on Military Leave Rev. J. B. Brooks___Promotion Manager Mi*, loe Green.----Circulation Manager M‘™hex of the Associated Negio Frees and Nebraska Press Association_ Entered as Second Class Matter, fun* 9 1947 at the Poet Office at Lincoln Nebraska under the Act of March 3, 1879 ____ 1 year subscription- |2!o6 Single copy--he InfBRRSKR v-7 t J J \ EDITORIALS / rf § % The views expressed in these columns / ' ' • m % are those ot the writer and not necessarily a r*^ection ‘k* policy of The Voice.— ✓Vlyi /! TThMIONAI D tOITORIAl - tr MWTWtyi—r association Brass Facts M. L. Shakespeare. The battle to filibuster or not to filibuster rages on capitol hill. Wit hthe boys from down dear old Dixie way still holding the upper edge as usual. Just how long the majority will allow the Southern minority to use this un righteous prevention of allowing good democratic laws to be voted on is a mystery I’m sure. To talk a bill of legislation to death without allowing the people, that we the people sent to Washington to make laws, a chance to vote on that bill of legislation, is as wrong as killing a man without ^lowjr.0 +hat man a f‘iir trial T believe that every bill should have its chance before the body and should be properly discussed as to its good and bad qualities, and then placed before the house to be voted on. This would be fair to all. So I say away with the unfair fili buster and lets be true Ameri cans. I think that we the people should stand for no less. You, too, can help through Your RED CROSS ___ ♦ - LETTERS TO THE EDITORS j Dear Editor: On behalf of the National Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis and the multitude who will benefit therefrom, both now and in days to come, I say Thanks to you and your staff for the most valuable assistance you have rendered the March of Dimes Campaign—the Foundation’s only means of support. We are deeply indebted to you for your generous help in re minding our people of the total attack being waged against this treacherous disease by their Na tional Foundation through re search, professional education, equipment for hospitals, and needed financial aid for polio patients in securing the best medical care available. Again our most grateful ap preciation to you! Yours sincerely, R. G. GUSTAVSON State Campaign Chairman * * * Dear Editors: I have found “The Voice” very interesting and instructive for me. I live a good many miles For REAL Comfort Call PEOPLES %AL We C t U Green Give J w n stamps 8-8778 1285 N IF IT'S ELECTRIC TROUBLE YOU'RE HAVING, CALL US IT'S APPLIANCES OR LIGHTING FIXTURES Come in and see us TWO LOCATIONS 2-2633 ABC Electric Co 4 6814 YOUR ELECTRIC COUNCILOR 1209 N St. 2373 0 St. — from a Negro settlement, out i know the battle that lays ahead for them as a people. I pray God will hasten the day when the hand of Christian fel lowship will clasp around the world, taking in all people. Yours for unity H. O. STEVENS MADRID, NEB. * * * Dear Editor: Mrs. Jordan and I enjoy read ing “The Voice” and regularly look forward to its coming. Con gratulations on the paper and best wishes for its continued growth and success. I am not sure if I have recently paid my sub scription, so I am enclosing check for one year. We join in sending warm per sonal regards to you. Cordially yours, FREDERICK D. JORDAN 8th and Towne LOS ANGELES, CALIF. Segregation In New York Reported on NEW YORK. (ANP). Despite the state’s anti-bias laws and the city’s, civil rights ordinances, many instances of segregation ex ist in the city of New York, a spe- ] cial fact-finding committee report Seventy years ago this March 1 Dr George L. Miller, founder of the Omaha Herald and one of the early Nebraska editorial giants, relinquished his active newspaper career. He lived into the twentieth century and in his later years was active in public affairs, but it was as the fearless and hard hitting editor of the Herald that he made his most sig nificant contribution to the his tory of Nebraska. A New Yorker by birth, Dr. Mil ler, came to Nebraska in a 1854 shortly after the territory was or ganized. Armed with a degree in medicine and a few months prac tice he proposed to cast his pro fessional fortunes on the frontier village of Omaha. His first view of Omaha, its population not exceeding 20 ac tual residents, so discouraged the young doctor that had not Gov ernor Thomas B. Cuming given him a room and persuaded him to stay he probably would have for saken Nebraska for his old home in the east. Realizing the deficiencies of his own education and of the type of “practice” common to the medical profession of that time, within a few months after Tiis arrival in Nebraska Dr. Miller abandoned medicine for politics. He was elected to the territorial legisla ture and served as president of the upper house or council dur ing the second session. A federal appointment came in the form of the the post tradership at Fort Kearny in which capacity he served during most of the Civil war. He founded the Omaha Daily Herald in 1865 and until he sold his interest in 1887 continued to exercise direct supervision over the editorial pages as well as many of the news pages. Dr. Miller was an ardent demo crat and while .he edited it the Herald reflected his vigorous, un compromising views on state, lo cal and national politics. His posi tive, aggressive spirit, however, frequently led him into controver sy with members of his own party as well as with men of the oppo sition. Indeed, one of the primary weaknesses of the democratic par ty in Nebraska during the 19th century was the fact that its fore most figures, Dr. George L. Mil ler and J. Sterling Morton, spent only about half their time work ing together—the other half they spent in feuding. Dr. Miller was eternally inter ested in the development of Oma ha and used his editorial influence unceasingly to bring new indus try into the city. In addition, he labored faithfully with Morton, Furnas and others to convince the people of Nebraska that one of their primary concerns must be the planting of trees in these bar ren plains. ed to Mayor O’Dwyer last week. Cited as institutions of preju dice were the Stuyvesant Town housing project of the Metropoli tan Life Insurance company, the Brooklyn-Queens YMCA, the New York national guard, and various places of public accommodation and amusement. 1 raised by the committee for their good work in race relations were the Catholic Youth organi zation of Brooklyn and Queenview houses. Excited yoqng father: “Quick! Tell me! Is it a boy?” Nurse—“Well, the one in the middle is.” Beginnings of The Civil War All over the North in some cases in the South, Christians were not able to justify them selves that some men were made to be merely dirt on which an other group was to trod. Various anti-slavery ^ groups sprang up all over the United States. Great orators carried their anti-slavery messages to all who would listen. Tension was all over the United States. The South had threatened to succeed from the union for three decades. The promising West was a “shining glory” to both the North and the South to spread their respective ideas to the land by building to towns and cities to uphold their be liefs. “In seeking an advantage in the interest of free labor by pre venting the expansion of slavery, the North forced the South to the radical position of undertaking secession. These threats were very much pronounced during the ardent slavery debates of 1849 and 1850, and left certain sores which the all-comprehend ing compromise of 1850 failed to heal. And when the agitation had seemingly been all but settled by these arrangements, it broke out anew in the effort to provide a government for Kansas and Ne braska and in the bloodly conflict there between the representa tives of the North and South. This was the Civil War itself, al though it required several years for the excited American people to realize it. The Veteran Says: (This ser'ice Is based on questions most often asked at Veterans Adminis tration offices in Nebraska. Answers are supplied by VA.) Q. Please tell me which non service-connected disability bene fits are available to World war I veterans and which to peacetime veterans. A. The law provides that a pension for non-service-connected disability may be payable to per manently and totally disabled World War I veterans. The law j does not provide such a pension : for peacetime veterans. O'. I have been attending school under the educational provisions of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act. Am I eligible for a loan guaranty. A. Yes. Q. In determining eligibility of parents for death compensation as dependents of a deceased veteran, are the proceeds of National Service Life Insurance consid ered as incorpe? A. No. Mrs. Jenkins (with magazine) —“It says there that a South Sea Island wife isn’t supposed to talk until her husband speaks first.” Mr. Jenkins—“I’ll bet some of those husbands are fools enough to do it.” fFe Sail? You : There If you who are described in the following paragraphs can suc cessfully identify yourself to the editors of The Voice, you will be awarded a coupon redeemable at some well-known place of busi ness. You are a young man between the age of 15 and 20. You were noticed Sunday wearing jeans and a sport jacket, bright colored socks and brown shoes. You were seen near 22nd and “S” about 12:30 juggling a can of “Murray’s.” You were also walk ing with a friend. Your name recently appeared in the news and as a result you were introduced before a large gathering of admirers. Your name is . Well, you tell us and collect a $2.00 coupon to be used at Smith Pharmacy, 22nd and Vine. If someone else calls in before you, the award will be divided between you and the first caller with/ the right answer. (Phone 5-6491 or 5-7508.) Last week Mrs. Lillian Rife was identified by Mrs. Basilia Bell and received a coupon for Corine’s Beauty Shop, 226 No. 7th St. Urban League Releases VOC Bibliography With the advent of its annual Vocational Opportunity Campaign (VOC) the National Urban League has released an inclusive biblio graphy for groups participating in the campaign. Following are some of the publications listed: Your Job: A Guide to Oppor tunity and Security. By Fritz Kaufman. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1948, which discusses planning to make a living, where people work, and what they do, how to find, hold and progress in a job, etc. Recommended for adults and young adults. I Find My Vocation. By Harry Kitson. McGraw’-Hill, New York, 1947. Revised. This book gives students an understanding of the steps required in choosing a field of work, and the vocational prob lems which must be solved. An extensive reading list is included and is recommended for junior high and high school students. The Lincoln Urban League is planning a one-day program for Friday, March 18, 8 a. m. with in terviews from the University of Nebraska. Miss Lena Horne and Miss Dor othy Maynor were among the stars appearing in the Gala on Wednesday night prior to the in augural ceremony. 4