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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not necessarily
a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub.
On Its Last Legs?
In the news last week, an old
Southern Confederate, George W.
Armstrong, dangled the juicy friut
of temptation (and $50 million is
a real plum in my language) be
fore several southern schools, and
lil’ ole Jefferson Military college,
founded in Washington, Miss., in
1802, but now degenerated to a
high school, came mightly close
to accepting it. Jack Allen Arm
strong, the donor’s son is business
manager of the school. Tottering,
like the battlements of the segre
gated system, this old stalwart of
the “ole school” must have seen
handwriting on the wall and
sought to brace himself against
any change.
All lil’ ole Jeff College had to
do was teach white supremacy—
that is, that (1) God is not the
universal father of men, (2) that
the human race did not spring
from a common ancestry in Adam
and Noah, (3) refute the Christian
concepts of salvation and use a
substitute. It had only to tell
youngsters* that the Constitution
of the United States is not bind
ing on all citizens and states, and
only to refute the simple doctrine
that all men are actually equally
entitled to life, liberty and the
pursuit of the things that make
a happy life—that such would be
reserved for blue-eyed blondes
who wore size 8*2 shoes and
derby hats.
Well, Adam didn’t know any
better, I suppose, not having any
mother or father to tell him, but
it is heartening to note that lil’
ole Jeff college turned down the
offer.
When the moral standards and
democratic convictions of Amer
ica’s founding fathers are on sale
for money—even in the South—
it’s a sure sign they recognize the
end and are trying to brace their
system to the everlasting shame
of those places that should be
shrines for the enlightenment of
man in a world of, which we still
know too litte. —ANP j
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CARD OF THANKS
Dt. Elk of Goldenrod Temple
No. 390 wish to thang every
one who joined in making the
Bake Sale of October 28th and
29th a gieat success.
Beulah Bradley, Dt. Ruler.
“No Room” in
Daytona Auditorium
DAYTONA BEACH. (ANP).
An official ruling that there were
no accommodations for Negroes
in the new .$750,000 city audi
torium was protested here last
week by a group composed of
Negro citizens.
The ruling was announced
earlier by Chairman Richard
Primm of the Auditorium Advis
ory board. Primm stated that
there just were not any accom
modations for Negroes in the
new building.
More than 35 Negro leaders
met at the home of Mrs. Mary
McLeod Bethune to give protests.
Judicial Nomination May Go To Negro
CHICAGO. (ANP). Judge Wen
dell E. Green, now serving his sec
ond term on the municipal court
bench in Chicago, may be given
the nomination for one of the va
cancies on the superior or circuit
court bench, democratic leaders
announced here last week. If this j
occurs it will be the first serious
attempt with a possibility of suc
cess to elevate a Negro to either
of these top ranking courts.
Judge Green has had a splendid
record in the municipal court. A
meticulous lawyer who had made
a remarkable record in criminal
law and served as a civil service
commissioner before he became
the second Negro in Chicago to
win a judgeship, Green has prov
en both capable and careful in his
judicial career. His selection
amounts to a political award. It is
a more conspicuous post than it
would be in New York or other
cities where appointments are fre
quently in the hands of the ad
ministration—the governor of the
state for example.
Democratic leaders, mindful of
the fact that there are a host of
applicants for the vacancies, are
said to feel that the elevation of
a Negro would work political
magic. Chicago Negroes have
voted consistently democratic for
the past decade or so but leaders
are worried over the effects of
Mayor Kennelly’s disapproval of
the Carey ordinance to ban seg
regation in public and semipublic
housing projects. The mayor is
definitely not popular among Ne
groes at the moment.
Green, a close follower of for
mer Mayor Kelly, is likewise close
to Mayor Kennelly He has won
a wide following moreover among
Jews and Catholic among whom
he is a frequent speaker. Most of
the cases in the court where he
sits are civil cases and affect white
people. Nomination for one of the
higher judicial posts would un
doubtedly be smart politics on the
part of the democratic party slate
makers.
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ice. Verna Burke. Roy Sheaff. Oarolc
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THE AUTO MART
1641 O Lincoln 2-3665
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carroll
are shown here cutting their
wedding cake. They were mar
ried Saturday, Oct. 22, at the
home of the Rev. and Mrs. R. E.
Edwards. The Rev. Miss Belva
Spicer performed the ceremony
in the presence of relatives and
friends. The couple was honored
at a 2 o’clock luncheon before
the wedding at the home of Rev.
Miss Spicer. They will reside in
Grand Island, Neb.
Aelors’ Guild
Appoints Secretary
NEW YORK. (ANP). The Ne
gro Actor’s Guild announced the
appointment this week of Miss
Marjorie A. Costa as administra
tive secretary.
Miss Costa formerly worked for
: the U. S. Selective Service sys
; tern, U. S. O. camp shows. Na
| tional American Red Cross. She
also has had experience with the
American Theater Wing Volun
teer units as a singer and
emcee.
Porters
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closing switches, switching cars,
etc., and claims one day's pay for
some brakemen who performed
no service and were not even on
the train for each day a train
porter was employed on a pas
senger train on the Missouri Pa
cific for the seven years since
May 28, 1942, and hereafter for
every day a Negro porter is em
ployed and performs the work
of handling baggage and switch
ing cars.
Although Missouri Pacific men
are working again, this claim,
which would deprive the roa^ of
a great many experienced
switchmen, and throw a lot of
Negro porter-baggagemen, with
years of seniority, out of their
jobs. The MoPac asserts that this
is a historic right of the men now
performing it, to continue, and,
the back pay would amount to a
very considerable sum.
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BY LEO E. GEIEK.
The Oklahoma game drew
comment that sounded about like
this: “Nebraska has another lousy
football team—they couldn’t beat
their way out of a paper bag,”
and similar trite and unwarranted
phrases that aren’t worth print
ing.
For those who feel that way
I could say it could have been
worse. The same afternoon,
Wichita beat Aberdeen State, 91-0
and Connecticut romped over
Newport naval station, 125-0.
(That’s not a misprint. The score
was one hundred-twenty five to
zero.)
Let’s get back to Nebraska.
The Sooners have one of the
greatest teams that ever played
in Memorial stadium. Their
backtield has been rated by
national sports authorities on a
par with the “Four Horsemen” of
Notre Dame. And they played a
brand of football seldom seen on
the Lincoln sod. There it little
doubt that the potent Sooners
should be ranked third in the
nation. Their team functions like
a well-oiled machine.
That’s exactly what it did
against Nebraska. When the pow
erful Oklahomans got started,
they couldn’t be stopped. The
Huskers held their ground well
for the first quarter, but they
couldn't hold up under the on
slaught.
Win-crazy football fans some
how ruin the game. If the home
team doesn’t win, they start
i building a coffin for the coach.
; The attitude of the fans seems
just about as lousy as their opin
ion of the team, and the players
find it twice as hard to play ball
when the fans seem to have no
respect for a football game than
they would for a dog fight.
The Big Seven conference this
year stands well above what it
did last year in national ratings.
All the teams have improved, and
the Huskers have definitely
moved up the the scale in the
conference race.
Last year the Huskers rode just
above the bottom of the pile, with
two wins against four losses in
conference play. Kansas State
held undisputed last place with
six losses and no wins in Big
Seven play. Outlook for the rest
of this season is brighter than the
grandstand critics and armchair
quai'terbacks make it look. With
a little good fortune and a con
tinuation of the same team spirit,
Nebraska will move up in Big *
Seven standings.
George H. Wentz
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