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Voi. 3, No. 43 JLincoln 3, Nebraska Thursday, May 12, 1949 Laymen Of 5th A.M.E. Dist. Plan Meeting In Denver OSKALOOSA, Kas.—George J. Jones, president of the Laymen’s organization of the fifth Episcopal district of the A.M.E. church, has issued a call for a meeting of the executive committee Saturday, June 24, at 10 a.m. in Denver, Colo., at the Shorter Community A.M.E. church. The purpose of the committee meeting as stated by Mr. Jones in his call: 1. The first meeting since the general conference in May, 1948. 2. The first call meeting of the Executive committee since we or ganized. 3. To get acquainted with -our selves. 4. To hear reports of our district and conference officers. 5. To confirm and bond such officers as we deem necessary. 6. To plan and put in effect a more co-operative lay program in the district that will help our bishops and ministers increase the spiritual life, membership, loyalty, and more easily solve the material problems of the district. 7. To plan a reason to ask our friendly bishop to declare and set aside one day in «ach year as Laymen’s day throughout his dis trict. 8. Jo plan for a wide open dis trict meeting of the district in the near future. 9. To plan for more youth ac tivities in our church program. 10. Finally: To plan the future unified program for the district and perform all those duties usual and customary to this committee. I). Ockander Named As Co-op Head Don Ockander, of Malmo, Neb., was named president of the George W. Norris co-operative house, inter-racial men’s co-op at the University of Nebraska, last Monday night to succeed Earl Dyer. Other officers are: Churley Jones, Baltimore, vice president; Merritt Cushing, Nebraska City, housemanager; Francis Hatanaka, Hawaii, steward; Richard Bennett, Fullerton, treasurer; Clarence Thornby, Nebraska City secretary, and David Pickerill, Syracuse, and Kenneth Lindquist, Holdrege, members-at-large of the board of directors. The only men’s organized house on the campus that specifically attempts to be international, Nor ris House has members hailing from ten differnet countries, in cluding Singapore, Holland, Swe den, Turkey, two South American countries and others. Norris House was organized last fall and occupies a former fra ternity house at 1504 S which the group rents from the university. ? Organized specifically as an inter-racial, international and in ter-religious house, Norris House constitution forbids consideration of race, color, nationality or re ligion as a qualification for mem bership. Membership in the house is obtained only by putting one’s name on a waiting list, from which members are taken in chronological order as vacancies occur. mmwmmmmmmm R. T. MALONE. “100 Families” Elect Advisers, Hear Speakers “The Committee of 100 fami lies’’ held its first semi-annual dinner-meeting at the YMCA Wednesday, May 4, to elect its first Board of Advisers who will be the active unit of the commit tee. Four persons were elected for a six-month period. They will serve with four other busi ness and professional people of Lincoln to discuss Voice news coverage with an aim of making this newspaper more expressive of community forces. Mrs. Rubie Shakespeare, who organized ta<? group last year as a group that pledged support to The Voice advertisers, brought a welcome with a brief history of the committee’s founding. Dr. William F. Swindler, direc tor of the University of Nebraska School of Journalism, explained the reason for and function of an editorial advisory committee. He pointed out that the idea has been slow to take hold; yet it is natural that the small paper should seek the opinions of ex perts in interpreting the news. However, he pointed out that there should be a fair distribu tion of news subjects, even though the expert may point out the importance of certain hap penings in the long chain of events. After an introduction by Rev. Melvin Shakespeare, Mr. R. T. Malone, State Unemployment of ficer and past president of the Urban League pointed out some of the long-range effects of such a publication in increasing mu tual goodwill and understanding. The four persons elected were Rev. Merle Stith, Mrs. Alberta Cooke, Mrs. Frances Robinson and Mrs. Frank Williams. Charles Goolsby, toastmaster, kept things moving with jokes labeled “Raised in Nebraska.” Bohanan Talks On Organization Of Negro Community Mr. Leo J. Bohanan, executive secretary of the Omaha Urban League, addressed the class in community organization on “Com munity Organization in Negro Omaha.” After an hour lecture, Mr. Bohanan answered questions for another hour. Mr. Robert Glass is the class instructor. Social Workers Have Positions This Summer Among students in the Gradu ate school of social work at the University of Nebraska who are taking positions this summer are Mrs. William I. Stanton (nee Po mona Banks) and Miss Charlene Jane May, both of Lincoln. They have both accepted positions with the Family Service Association. Mrs. Stanton will be a case worker with the Cleveland, Ohio, agency and will leave about mid June to assume her duties on June 20. Family Service operates a very large Cleveland agency, which, with the aid of the Com munity Chest there, spends more than $450,000 in serving the needs of all peoples’ especially the emo tional needs of disturbed persons more than on a monetary basis. Miss May has accepted a posi tion as caseworker in Omaha, the association’s outstanding ^ agency in the state. There she will do intensive case work and help in terpret the program of the agency to the city’s Negro population mainly. Although she has done case work all year in Omaha, her duties will not begin officially until July 11. Miss May served as an officer in the Women’s Army Corps dur ing War II and is a member of Gamma Xi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority Phi Gamma Mu Sociology society and Psi Chi, na tional psychology honorary. Both Mrs. Stanton and Miss May will receive M. A. degrees in social work in June. Two Omahans Elected To Church Meet OMAHA.—The 82nd annual council of the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska, which met in Grand Island, Neb., adjourned Thurs day, May 5, but not before new council members and delegates to the general convention of the church to be held in San Fran cisco, Sept. 23 to Oct. 14. One of the five clergymen elected to the executive council was Rev. Shirley G. Sanchez, pas tor of St. Phillips church. Named as an alternate delegate to the general convention was Mrs. Eliz abeth D., Pittman, Omaha attor ney. Rev. Sanchez also was elected an alternate delegate. —Courtesy The Daily Nebraakan Miss Ruth Sorenson, right, Uni YWCA delegate, just after her election to chair the "Student Bill of Rights” committee, calls for nominations for secretary. Looking on are Bob Axtell, Neal Baxter and Jeanne Malone. Miss Malone won the tilt for scribe. Choirs, Soloists, Community Singing, Mark Observance Of National Music Week At L.U.L. Nebr. Students Work On New Constitution Tuesday, May 10, University of Nebraska students were scheduled to resume their efforts to forge a new student constitution that would be acceptable to the Fac ulty Senate. The Constitutional convention was adjourned May 3 until the faculty group would give its assurances that students would be given a voice in their govern ment. The Constitutional conven tion was called after the univer sity administration had cancelled spring elections because, it charged, the present council as being “unrepresentative” and “controlled.” Working on the committee for a “Bill of Student’s Rights,” ope of five groups attacking student problems, were Jeanne Malone, representing the Co-ed Counse lors, Bill Broden and Charles Goolsby of the Y.M.C.A. and 17 other students. (See cut). I Racial Prejudice Costly To Business Says Elmer Roper CHICAGO. (ANP). “There is a loss of real wealth to business and to the people involved in racial and religious prejudice,” de clared Elmer Roper, public rela tions consultant and director of Fortune magazine’s polls, here re cently. Roper was speaking for the American Brotherhood in its local campaign for funds at a confer ence of leaders in the food and grocery business in Hotel Sher man. Title of his address was “The Cost of Prejudice to Business.” “It is my contention today,” he said, “that we cannot afford to continue to discriminate against Jews, Negroes, Catholics, Mexi cans, Nisei and others and still say our economy is an efficient, fully productive system. We can not afford to train a Negro car penter in a Negro engineers bat talion during war and then have him return to find that building houses for other veterans is a ‘white man's mission’—that the The Annual Music Week was climaxed Friday evening at the Urban League with an apprecia tive audience participating, with Mrs. Eugenia Brown in charge of the program. Mt. Zion Baptist choir, under the direction of Mrs. Maud Coggs, and the Quinn Chapel A. M. E. choir, under the direction of Mrs. James Wilson, sang many spiritual numbers. The male chorus, composed of Raymond Botts, Collin Davis, Harry Peterson, Verne Wilson, Walter Bell and Victor McWil liams was a special feature. Other numbers on the program in cluded several songs by the Brownie group with Bettie Rose Huston in charge, solos by Peaches Winston and Elois Finley were “Maytime” and “Today”; numbers by the Urban League Glee club were “Good News” and “If You Ever Needed The Lord,” both spirituals; and a duet by Vonna Finley and Peaches Winston, “At Dawning.” The program was cli maxed with an “everyone sing” movie in which the audience par ticipated with unusual enthusiasm. Mrs. Brow'n made mention of the observances staged at the coliseum by the various schools and pointed out the importance of music week in bringing to community attention our every day dependence on music for recreation. Over 100 Attend Midwest NAACP INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ANP). The recent Mid Western Confer ence of NAACP branches held at South Bend, Ind., had more than 100 delegates from 11 states and was highlighted by a forceful stand on securing civil rights. Special attention was paid to the Federal Loyalty order and the Cleveland, Ohio, post office where many Negro postal clerks face the loss of their jobs due to accusa tions of disloyalty. carpenters’ union won’t let him join. We cannot any longer af ford to deprive a large number of our citizens of reasonable econo mic opportunity, simply because a man’s skin happens to be darker than others, or his name is Green berg or Scuderi. “Today, democracy is on trial throughout the world. We must prove to peoples of all races and religions that our system, founded on basic respect for the dignity of individuals, represents real free dom from want and fear. Our way of life is competing with the Rus sian way. “On our side we have enormous advantages. We have democratic processes, the right of free speech, press, assembly and religion. We can proudly say the existence of these liberties is something of the exception rather than the rule in the history of the world. We also have the highest living standards. Our laborers’ real income outstrip by an enormous extent the real pay of workers in any other coun try. Our economic system, in spite of its many flaws, still is the most productive and the wealthiest in the entire world.’’ THE VOICE COOKBOOK CAMPAIGN May 10-20