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“Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual
life of a great people."
Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare
Publisher and Editor
Business Address 2225 S Street Phone 5 649)
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Lynwood Parker __ Associate Editor, on Military Leave
Rev. J. B. -Promotion Manager
Mrs. Joe circulation Manager
Member of the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association_
Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln.
Nebraska under the Act oi March 3, 1879.
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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those ot the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub.
BRASS FACTS
By M. L. Shakespeare
It seems, if the South was really
in earnest about doing something
about the racial question down
there, that they would welcome
the help of the federal govern
ment. Instead they accept all
other help they can get in a seg
regated way; but they turn thumbs
down on any federal legislation for
better racial understanding.
With the KKK on the rampage
in some of the states, it seems as
though the question is getting
more acute. Still we hear them
pleading for a chance to righten
their wrongs, but they reject all
civil rights legislation. There was
no lawlessness in the old West as
bad as that in the state of Georgia
alone.
* * *
Just what is hoped to be gained
by the Republican party, especially
the so-called “secret seven,” by
playing in the hands of the Dixie
crats, is more than I can see. This,
I think is to the further undoing
of a grand old party. I’m afraid
that the next election will tell the
tale of who shall be able to stand.
Well, some call it smart politics,
but I call it on the way out for
the grand old party that gave
Abraham Lincoln to the U.S.A.
* * *
My hat goes off Ur grid Coach
Ralph Graham of Kansas State for
his forward step in the integra
tion of a Negro player on the
squad. He is making history.
Letters To The
Editors
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“Best Wishes”
Dear Editor:
We are very glad of the tilings
Judge Bayard H. Paine said about
us concerning your publication,
“The Voice.” We appreciate the
privilege of having such an in
formative and useful paper for
our students and teachers to read.
You have our best wishes for the
continued success of the organ
ization, and may it be a great
blessing to the social and spirit
ual life of all who may read it.
Sincerely yours,
LAURENCE C. JONES
Piney Woods, School, Miss.
Likes Cook Book
Dear Editor:
Thank you very much for your
cook book. Although our knowl
edge and practice of the culinary
art is extremely limited, even we
could not help but be impressed
with the general form, style and
attractiveness.
Let me commend you for your
civic spirit and your active sup
port of those ideals which are
necessary for the preservation of
our democracy.
Sincerely,
M. LEO BOHANON
Exe^. Secy., Omaha Urban League
Unique News
Dear Editor:
I want to congratulate you on
such wonderful work you are
doing for the community. We are
always happy to have The Voice
for we read so many items tha1
we would not know about if we
did not take (it). Thanks a lot
MRS. B. MOSS
Lincoln.
Wants Larger Paper.
Dear Editor:
I’d like to say a few wordi
about The Voice, the big little
paper. I think that it is very
interesting and carries enjoyable
news. Not only does Lincoln read
it but it is enjoyed by the people
in larger cities as well. I hope
that we here in Lincoln will help
to make it a larger paper so that
it may continue to be enjoyed
by all.
MRS. FRED D. BRADLEY
.Lincoln.
Hazel Scott Tops
Lanny Ross Guest
List Tonight
NEW YORK (— ANP) — Hazel
Scott, pianist, heads the guests
visiting Lanny Ross on the Swift
show this evening, April 21, at
7:30 on NBC-Midwest. Lanny’s
other visitors will include Crock
ett Johnson, creator of the comic
strip characters, Barnaby and
Mr. O’Malley; Tony Lavelli, Yale
basketball star; the Yale Univer
sity glee club and Frankie Paul,
terpsichorean.
“My wife kisses me evenings
when I get home.”
“Affectionate?”
“No; investigation.”
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J. Sterling Morton, whose
birthday, April 22, is celebrated
in Nebraska and many other
states as Arbor Day, is well
known throughout the nation for
his activities on behalf of tree
planting. While these achieve
ments were recognized during his
lifetime, he was much better
known for his political activity
and’ his position of leadership in
the Democratic party, both in Ne
braska and the nation at large.
When Morton arrived in Bell
evue in 1854, he was 22 years old.
Before he had been in the terri
tory two weeks, however, he had
attended two political meetings
and had made a political speech.
A few days later he was run
ning for the territorial legislature.
He served two terms in the
territorial legislature, and was
Secretary and Acting Governor of
the terirtory as well. After Ne
braska became a state in 1867,
however, Morton, though fre
quently a candidate, was never
elected to public office in Ne
braska.
He was a Democrat during the
years when only Republicans
were elected in Nebraska, and in
addition, was often at loggerheads
with strong elements in his own
party. Particularly noteworthy
were his feuds with Dr. George L.
Miller of Omaha, founder and for
many years publisher of the
Omaha Herald, the principal
Democratic paper in the state.
When these men were not fight
ing, though, they were the best of
friends.
His greatest antagonist, how
ever, was Wiiliam Jennings Bryan.
Morton was much interested in
Bryan’s early career, but when
the latter espoused the doctrine
of free silver he broke with the
party altogether rather than sup
port his candidacy for the presi
dency. _
The highest recognition ten
dered Morton in the field of poli
tics'wag his appointment as Sec
retary of Agriculture by Presi
dent Grover Cleveland in 1893.
One of the only two Nebraskans
ever to sit in a president’s cab
inet—the other was Mr. Bryan,
Woodrow Wilson’s Secretary of
State—Morton attracted national
attention for the vigorous and
economical administration he gave
the department’s affairs.
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“Slavery became more trouble
some for the United States at
home when it involved the coun
try in entanglements abroad. As
the British government gradually
emancipated its slaves in the
colonies after 1833, there was a
tendency on the part of slaves
and their sympathizers to seek
refuge in those parts when car
ried on the high seas. For years
very little effort had been made
to stop the numerous- violations
of the slave trade, despite the fact
that Europeon government had
repeatedly called upon the
United States to unite with them
to abolish this traffic in men.
When the ship Comet was
wrecked at the Bahamas, they
were brought ashore and set free
on the ground that the British
government did not recognize
slavery on the high seas. Similar
instances occurred in the case of
the Encomium in 1835, and the
Enterprise and the Hermosa in
1840. The United States govern
ment promptly demanded an in
demnity, contending that the ac
cidental presence of the vessels
in British waters did not inter
fere with the relation of master
and slave; but, doubtless for the
reason that the emancipation was
not at that time completed in the
West Indies, Great Britain
granted the United States, in
1840, an indemnity of $115,000
fore the slaves of the Comet and
Encomium. Nothing was granted
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of international law for which no
redress could be obtained.”
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