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PUBLISHED WEEKLY_ “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a greui people." Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor business Address 2225 d Street Phone 5-649 11 No Answer Call 5-/506 Rubio W. Shakespeare-.-.Advertising and Business Manager Charles Goolsby...~— Associate Editor Y M C.A Lynwood Parker _-o_Associate Editor, on Military Leave Rev. J. B. Brooks_Promotion Manager Mrs. loe Green.....Circulation Manager Member el the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Entered as decond Class Matter lune 9 1947 at the Post Olfice at Lincoln Nebraska under the Act ot March 3, 1879 ____ _ “ I^year "subscription. —0C Single copy-.—-5c [neBRRSKR >7 /_/J / \ EDITORIALS 7 \ B % rhe views expressed in these columns / * * / ■ 3re those ot the writer and not necessarily lASSOCiaTIOn f • m 3 r*{1#ctIon ol lh® P°llcy Voice.— Pub /a*v» /f H NATIONAL rrhijAA PhoH f) EDITORIAL If LA^rrlA/xy L^Jr ASSOCIATION Prize For Dr. Bunche BY IRVING PFLAUM The Chicago Daily Sun When the awards are given out by God and man, near the front of the line should stand an Amer ican Negro, grandson of a slave and son of a poor barber. Ralph J. Bunche is worthy. He is a credit to his race and country, a flower in the lapel of mankind. When Ralph Bunche came to Northwestern university to study anthropology, he was an honored student of political science. On a fellowship of the Social Science Research Council he had gone to Togoland, on the African Gold Coast. But he discovered that unless he knew why the natives live the way they do and what makes them what they are, he couldn’t understand them. Anxious to help improve the mandate system in Africa, Dr. Bunche appealed to a famed an thropologist, Melvin Jean Hers kovits of Northwestern. For six months Bunche worked in Evan ston. Then he went to London and to South and East Africa to study colonial problems. He trav eled arpund the world studying. War sent him into government service and war has kept him in since. From OSS to the state de partment to the United Nations, Dr. Bunche has been the l^irned voice of the dark skinned colo nial. Thus, when a murderer struck at Count Bernadotte, Bunche was prepared. He understood the Arabs whose war with the Israeli he was called upon to stop. He had inherited a history of political blunders. High passions had been aroused, ancient hatreds Top off that new spring outfit with a HI CHAMP HAT Tho *7*> Hat with tho *10°° Look revived, sensitive prestige sorely inTured. The fanatics on each side still were struggling to prevent a settlement and peace. Dr. Bunche, of course couldn’t create brotherhood where so lately there was only bloodshed. But with gentle tact, fine understand ing and endless patience he, and he alone, brought a modicum of peace to the Holy Land. For this he deserves, in these barren days, our highest honors. The U.S. and UN should start to reward him. “Since he lost his money, half of his friends don’t know him any more.” “And the other half?” “They don’t know yet that he has lost it.” * * * “Here’s one name on the com mittee that I never heard of.” “Oh, that’s probably the per son who actually does the work.” r'~" ■ The fact that Nebraska has more miles of running water than any other state in the Union didn’t make life any easier for the thousands of emigrants whose covered wagons traveled its trails to the west. Indeed, one of the most serious prob lems facing the overland emi grant was that of getting across Nebraska’s many streams. The traveler was faced with the problem no matter which trail he took—that north of^the Platte or the one running along the south side of the river. There were no bridges until in later years, and ferries, in addition to being few and far between, often were so expensive that the.aver age traveler simply couldn’t af ford to use them. In most cases, the only feasible way to get across a stream was a ford it. This always was time consum ing and frequently hazardous. At some places, the streams were shallow enough to make it possi ble to take the wagons through without endangering the con tents. At others, it was neces sary to remove the baggage and ferry it over on rafts. Frequently wood for rafts was unobtainable. Hence in time the beds of some of the better emigrant wagons were made with calked seams so that they might be turned Into clumsy barges when the occasion demanded it. Along the northern route— usually called the Mormon Trail, but actually used by many others ! in addition to the Mormons—the . WE GIVE S. & H. GREEN STAMPS MANY, MANY COTTONS $298 • Florals • Stripes • Checks • Geometric Patterns ’resh new shirtwaist cot »ns, tipper or button -ont closing. In poplin or ine percale. Value at a eal budget price! Sizes •12 to •44 Gold’s Busy Basement principal river barriers in Ne braska were the Elkhorn and the Loup. William Clayton’s Emi grants’ Guide, prepared for the Mormons but much used by all travelers, gives specific instruc tions for fording these two streams. Regarding the Loup, Mr. Clayton wrote of “the wisdom and necessity of having several men go across on horses, to find the best route, before you at tempt to take wagons over.” “If this precaution is not taken,” he warned, “you may plunge your wagons from a sand-bar into a deep hole, and do much damage." The South Platte Route was even more difficult, because ul timately the Platte itself had to be spanned. Tlo matter where it was crossed—west of Fort Kearny, at Brule or at Julesburg —the Platte was a formidable barrier. In time, bridges or fer ries were provided at other im portant crossings, but never at the Platte. 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