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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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