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Voice «» ikoisih sm* f Provides
Choice necipes for Buyers;
$200 Nurses Scholarships
The VOICE is happy and proud to announce the award
inging of two $100 scholarships to two girls'who will enter
the Bryan Memorial hospital School for Nursing next week.
Thus ends a phase in the long story of how Negro girls are
to be given an opportunity for wider service to mankind.
It all seems to begin somewhere in the dim past, but
specifically, about three years ago when Miss Frances Lewis
of Lincoln applied for training at the hospital. She was not
accepted and the matter was
brought before the Methodist con
ference, to which the institution
reports. There, Bishop Gerald
Kennedy and later Justice Bayard
Paine and other broadminded of
ficials took the stand that Negro
girls should be admitted for train
ing. Consequently, during August
1948, after several conferences be
tween hospital officials and Mrs.
Rubie W Shakespeare, Voice
business manager, it was an
nounced that Negroes would be
accepted for training. It was too
late tor the Fall class, however,
said Miss Mabel Johnston, director
and instructor of nursing and
Dr. Edwin C. McDade, superin
tendent of the hospital.
By the time the announcement
came, various circumstances had
intervened and the original ap
plicants, Miss Lewis, and Miss Al
lice Duncan. Omaha, were no
longer available and others could
not afford the training.
So it was that in the fall of 1948
that The Voice Cookbook was con
ceived, got under way and The
Voice nursing scholarship was
announced. Lincoln housewives,
sixty of them, contributed their
favorite family recipes—200 of
them—some of which had been
kept in the family for generations.
After hours of compilation and
editing, the first books were ready
in time for Christmas. The idea
of getting something for your
money and at the same time help
ing a cause caught hold. Soon
a number of bookstores, church
women’s organizations, the Ag
Y.W.C.A. and other groups spon
sored their sale. The profits went
into a special scholarship fund.
It ended up being a real co-opera
tive community venture.
While all this was going on, a
number of inquiries about the
scholarship were received from
interested persons. Not all were
eligible, but last month two girls
took the entrance examinations
and were notified last week by
Miss Johnston, director of the
school, of their acceptance. They
were Martha J. Hammonds,
Omaha and Ada E. Coffey, Kansas
City, Kas. (See The Voice, Aug.
4 for cut).
Thus it is with a good deal of
appreciation to a progressive com
munity spirit on the part of pri
vate citizens, churchmen, business
men and the Bryan Memorial hos
pital administration that we can
look forward to a future where
deserving girls, without regard to
race, may learn together to serve
all mankind through the admin
istrations of the healing art of
nursing.
Mississippi to Rebuild
School for Deaf and Blind
JACKSON. (ANP). Mississippi
is now taking bids for the build
ing of a new school for the Negro
deaf and blind of the state. The
building is to be constructed at a
cost of about $400,000 on the same
site which the present plant oc
cupies.
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To Lay Meeting
—Courtesy of Lincoln Journal.
RUBIE SHAKESPEARE
Mrs. Rubie W. Shakespeare was
among several hundred A.M.E.
laymen who were in their second
national meeting in Chicago, Aug.
4, 5 and 6.
She was part of the Fifth dis
trict delegation which includes
Nebraska and is headed by George
J. Jones of Oskaloosa, Kas., and
represented St. Paul A.M.E. church
of Elwood, Kas., and Quinn Chapel
A.M.E. church of Lincoln. The
next connectional meeting will be
held in St. Louis in 1951.
*Pinky’ Comes As
| A Highly Debated
Social Movie
CHICAGO. (ANP). Despite fine
performances by Jeanne Crain
a Negro and Ethel Barrymore as
a southern liberal, September
Ebony declares that casting of
Ethel Waters as an out-and-out
Dixie mammy and Nina Mae Me
Kinney as a razor-toting hussy,
will make Darryl F. Zanuck’s
“Pinky” the most debated film of
the year.
“Pinky’s moving melodramatic
story of a light-skinned Missis
sippi girl' (Jeanne Crain) who
faces up to her Negro heritage
and fights for it, will come as a
shock to most whites,” Ebony
states and continues:
“But the roles created by Ethel
Waters and Nina Mae McKinney
are certain to offend Negroes.
“Pinky” is based on the story
of a Negro girl who passes and
gets involved in an interracial ro
mance with a white doctor. Darryl
F. Zanuck has planned it as his
biggest and most costly produc
tion of the year. Running two
hours and 10 minutes, the movie
will be issued in 27 different
languages.
Card of Thanks
( The ‘Lincoln Merchants’ ball jj
(team wish to thank their many |
/ friends who attended the game 3
3 at Sherman Field Saturday j
? night.—John Miller, Mgr.
Former Omalian
Passes Public
Accounts Exam
CHICAGO. (ANP). Hiram
Langford Pittman, accounting in
structor at the Chicago Cortez W.
Peters Business college, was noti
fied last week he passed the May
examination for certified public
accountants. He thus becomes one
of the approximate 15 Negro
CPAs in the nation, of these Chi
cago has six. Mr. Pittman is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Pitt
man of Omaha, Neb., and a grad
uate of the University of Ne
braska.
Negro Girls Attend
Girl Guide, Scout
Hemisphere Meet
MUSKEGON, Mich. (ANP).
Five Negro girls, two from the
United States and three from the
West Indies, are included among
the 83 delegates to the Western
Hemisphere Encampment of Girl
Guides and Girl Scouts now meet
ing in Manistee National Forest
near Muskegon.
Living together in a primitive
camp setting for the thiee weeks
ending Aug. 12, representatives
from 40 states and four posses
sions of the U. S. A., and from
nine other countries in this hem
isphere are trying to find ways
of carrying out on a larger scale
the theme of the Encampment:
“Friendship Builds A Better
World."
Norma McLaughlin of Greens
boro, N. C., was chosen in open
competition to represent her state
as the most outstanding of all its
Senior Girl Scouts, colored and
white. Constance Sawyer, a 17
year-old high school senior from
Topeka, Kas., is recognized as a
leader among Kansas Girl Scouts
of all races and was the first
president of the Senior Girl Scout
Planning board in Topeka. Con
stance is president of the Kaw
Valley Area Conference board,
which makes plans for the Senior
Girl Scouts of ten towns and cities
in Kansas. The Negro delegates
from other countries are Jamaican
Girl Guide Joy Burke and Jac
queline Charmant and Fernande
Michel of the “Guides-Scouts
d’Haiti.”
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Drama Students
To Tour Norway
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Twen
ty-one Howard university drama
students and three instructors will
tour leading cities of Norway in
September at the request of the
Norwegian government.
The tour will get under way at
Det Norske theater in Oslo, where
six performances are slated, and
other engagements are scheduled
for Trondheim, Bergen and Sta
vanger.
The idea was conceived when
members of the Norwegian em
bassy staff saw a Howard presen
tation of the “Wild Duck” by Hen
rik Ibsen, famed Norwegian play
wright and poet. The players will
be under the direction of Dr. Anne
Cooke and Producer Blevins Davis
is co-sponsoring the tour with the
Norwegian government.
This is believed to be the first
fine arts expedition of its kind
from America.
Anti-Poll Tax Passes
House in 273-116 Vote
BY ALICE A. DUNNIGAN
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Having survived two days of
bitter battling, the anti-poll tax measure finally passed the
House of Representatives by a vote of 273 to 116.
The bill which is the first of the President’s civil rights
measures to be acted on in this session of Congress, has now
been sent to the Senate, where opponents are expected to
either pigonhole it, or filibuster it to death.
The bill makes it unlawful to
require the payment of a poll tax
as a prerequisite to voting in a
primary or other elections for
national officers. Four times have
similar measures passed the house
only to be knocked in the head
by senate filibusters and kicked
out of the race.
The fate of the bill now lies
in the hands of Sen. John C.
Stennis (D., Miss.)., wljp is chair
man of the Senate Rules subcom
mittee to which the poll tax bill
is assigned. Mr. Stennis, who is
the successor of the late Sen.
Bilbo, is one of the strongest op
ponents to the measure.
The chairman of the full Rules
and Administration committee,
Sen. Carl Hayden (D. Ariz.) is al
so opposed to the bill.
The poll tax bill cleared the
first hurdle on Monday when
members of the house voted 134
to 46 to by-pass the House Rules
committee and take up the legis
lation.
Cong. Mary T. Norton (d.,
N. J.) author of the bill, moved
that the new House rule be put
into action. This rule permits
legislation to be brought directly
to the floor without the consent
of the Rules committee after the
bill has been in the committee a
reasonable length of time with
out action.
She pointed out that the bill
had been pending more than 21
calendar days without being
given the green-light by this
committee which serves as sort
of a legislative “traffic cop.”
In an effort to defeat the reso
lution, representatives" from the
Dixiecrat states, seven of which
are directly affected by this
measure, forced seven time-con
suming roll calls. But the admin
istration forces joined by the
more liberal Republican Con
gressmen finally forced a vote on
the resolution which passed by a
vote of 265 to 100.
When the bill came up for
final vote on Tuesday, the South
erners fought to a bitter end to
defeat it. Amendments were of
Researcher Finds
Interracial* Units
Put Out Most Work
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ANP).
William L. Crump, ’42 Lincoln
University (Mo.) graduate, is the
author of a graduate study at
Northwestern university, recently
released, revealing that both em
ployers and employees believe Ne
groes are better producers in inter
racial rather than segregated work
units.
Under the direction of Albert
C. Fries, associate professor of
business education at Northwest
ern, Crump interviewed employ
ers and employees in 19 companies
employing Negro and white work
ers for the date. The study also
includes a treatment of 15 ex
clusively Negro establishments.
Crump’s study indicates that
competition between the two races
serves to stimulate proficiency and
personal endeavors. Crump was
a major in commercial education
at Lincoln.
fered to each of the six sections
of the bill, all of which were de
feated with a sizable margin. The
southerners demanded that three
votes be taken on each of the
amendments, not being satisfied
by the results of a voice vote,
they called for a roll call and
finally for a vote by tellers. All
of this consumed a considerable
amount of time.
Arguing that the bill is uncon
stitutional, Rep. Robert Hale (r.,
Me.) offered a motion that it
be recommitted to the House Ad
ministration committee and re
placed by a joint resolution to
amend the constitution. This mo
tion was defeated by a vote of
123 to 267.
The bill was then passed with
an overwhelming majority.
In expressing jubilation on the
passage of the bill in the house,
Mrs. Virginia Durr, chairman of
the National Anti-Poll Tax com
mittee said that much credit goes
to the national organizations
which joined forces in persuading
the Congressmen to vote for its
passage. She gave credit to the
NAACP, the Farmers union, the
AFL and CIO, National Council of
Negro Women, National Associa
tion of Colored Women, YWCA,
Women Church Service division
of the Methodist church, Women’s
International League of Peace and
Freedom, American Council cm
Human Rights, and the National
Fraternal Council of Negro
Churches.
Proponents of the bill feel that
it can pass the senate if enough
pressure is brought to bear upon
the senators to influence their
vote. Under the new cloture rule,
two-thirds of the senators or 64,
can break a filibuster and force a
vote upon any piece of legisla
tion.
The Republicans have definitely
assured 35 votes for cloture also
for the passage of the bill. Out of
the 54 democratic senators it is
likely that at least 29 will vote
for cloture and for the measure.
The NAACP has sent letters to
each of the senators asking how
he expected to vote on the bill.
Of the 55 replies received, 22 Re
publicans and 13 Democrats defi
nitely promised to vote for the
anti-poll tax legislation; 19 Demo
crats and Republicans stated that
they would oppose the measure.
According to the last check with
the Association, 21 Republicans
and 21 Democrats had not replied.
700 Dentists to
Attend NDA Meet
In K.S. Aug. 8-12
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ANP).
More than 700 dentists are ex
pected to attend the 36th annual
meeting of the National Dental
[ association in Kansas City. Aug.
8-12.
Highlight of the convention wiH
be a public meeting Aug. 9 at the
St. Stephens Baptist church. City
Manager L. P. Cookingham will
welcome the convention to Kan
sas City, and Dr. Russell A. Dixon,
a native of Kansas City and NMA
president, will respond. Dr. Dixon
is also dean of the College of Den
tistry, Howard university.