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I No. y,, - ( ... Lincoln 3, Nebraska Official and Legal Newspaper Thursday, December 8, 1949 fepctoB* 11,,J For 1950 Co ^ By Alice A. Dunnigan WASHINGTON. (ANP). Now that all the hubbub of the Congressional election is over, the President hopes to swim, fish, stroll on the beach, and just relax with his family during his three-week vacation at Key West, Fla. Between periods of relaxation, however, the busy President expects to draft his State of the Union message for pre sentation to Congress when it reconvenes in January. The sentiment expressed by r voters on Nov. 8 in electing fed eral. state and local officers re- ! newed Mr. Truman’s determina- j tion to urge Congress to enact his Fair Deal program. FEPC Major Issue A group of organizations sup J porting the administration’s civil . rights program revealed recently : in a meeting held in New York, that the White House strategists have decided to make fair em ployment practices the major civil rights issue. This bill has passed both the House and Senate committees and is now ready for the floor action. The pros and cons on the passage of fair employment practices leg islation have been presented to Congress from every possible an gle, through 10 full days of hear ings held before a special subcom- 1 mittee of the House committee on Education and Labor, under the chairmanship of Cong. Adam Clayton Powell, Democrat of New York. During the hearings, represent atives from industry, labor, gov ernment as well as church, pro fessional and civic groups gave testimony on this measure suffi cient to fill nearly 600 printed pages. The more than 800 printed pages of testimony resulting from similar hearings before a sub-' committee of the Senate Labor and Public Welfare committee last year made it unnecessary for the Senate to hold more hearings this year. Not a single tap has been left unturned by either the Senate or the House in exploring every angle of the FEPC question, therefore, it is expedient that the administration should force a showdown on this measure when congress comes back in session in I January. By presenting the bill, the new cloture rule now in force in the Senate, will get a try out. This rule which requires 64 votes to end filibuster was steamrolled through the first session of Con gress by a coalition of Dixiecrat Republican voters, outlawing a ruling by Vice President Barkley that a majority was necessary to impose cloture. The administration’s fight for FEPC is expected to be spear headed by Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois and Francis Meyers of Pennsylvania President Praises Congress A report released this month showed that during the first ses sion of Congress, the Senate stayed in session 186 days or 1,144 hours and 53 minutes; while the House was in session for 165 days amounting to 704 hours and 10 minutes. The results of this 10-month session are recorded in the 22,566 printed pages of the Congressional Record. During the first session 793 bills were enacted into law, with 32 bills vetoed and seven still in conference. A total of 10,627 measures were introduced last session. The first half of the 81st Congress received 55,311 nominations for appointments, 54,869 of which were confirmed with only two rejected. Thirty nine nominees withdrew, leaving 401 unconfirmed at present. Congressional Outlook It is generally thought that President Truman’s Fair Deal program will get a psychological boost in the next session because of the 1950 congressional elections. - ——- I Mrs. K. Patterson Is Nurse’s Aid At Bryan Hospital Mrs. Katherine Davis Patterson. 2118 “T” street, has been added to the personnel at Bryan Me morial hospital as a nurse’s aid since Dec. 2. Mrs. Patterson is a Lincoln product, having graduated from Lincoln high in 1940. Later she moved to Minneapolis where she married Mr. Patterson. She completed her training in Minne apolis and worked at General hos - pital there for nine months as an aid before returning to Lincoln this year. Newman Church Dedicates Organ Sunday, Dec. 11 Newman Memorial Methodist church will dedicate its recently acquired electric organ at special services Sunday, Dec. 11, at 3:30 p. m. The program will be main ly musical and furnished by the Newman choir and participants from Grace Methodist church. Speaker for the occasion will be Dr. Frank A. Court. Mrs. Mary McWilliams will be the organist for the occasion according to Rev. William A. Greene, pastor of the church. On Dec. 18, the choir will pres ent its annual Christmas program. Varied Histories Made In Alamo Stadium Recently By U. J. Andrews. SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (ANP). History was made Thanksgiving night in Alamo stadium here when the Phillis Wheatley-Solo mon M. Coles of Corpus Christi high school football game was televised by station WOAI, Na tional Broadcasting company outlet. It marked the first time that any “live” football game had been televised in Alamo stadium or in San Antonio, and it was also the first time that any Negro game had been televised in Texas, in the Southwest or in the South. So far as could be immediately ascertained, it was the first all Negro game put on television in the United States. The Wheatley gridders did a little history-making on the field. In thumping the Coles Green Hor nets, 32-0 before 5,500 fans, Wheatley ran up the largest score in the history of this traditionally bitter series. White Tells World Impact Of U.5. Racism At Convo O’Dwyer Says Bo’s Death is End of An Era By Mark Hyman. NEW YORK. (ANP). Bill (Bo jangles) Robinson starred in his last great act last Monday when 2,000,000 New Yorkers saw his final ride from the 372nd Armory at 142d St., and Lennox ave., to Abyssinian Baptist church, 138th st. and 7th ave. and finally down to Duffy’s square and to his final resting place at Ever green, a few miles outside of Brooklyn. His last show .was a star studded one with such support ing actors as Milton Berle, “Mr. Television Himself”; Jimmy Du rante, comedian of a score of hits; Ethel Merman of Broad way’s “Annie Get Your Gun”; Danny Kaye, internationally famous comedian of stage, screen, radio and camp shows; Ed Sulli van, syndicate columnist and tele vision show producer; William C. Handy, acknowledged “Daddy of the Blues”; J. Rosamond Johnson, musician and brother of the late James Weldon Johnson. In everything connected with Robinson’s last hours on earth were stars, stars and more stars. Even before he passed at the hos pital where he had been confined for a week, wires came in from President Harry S. Truman, Marty Forkin, his life-long man ager; the Mayor of Richmond, Va„ who called him a “native son”; Danny Thomas, Mayor Wil liam O’Dwyer of New York, and 15.000 more. A wire came from an unknown town in North Da kota which was addressed to “Bojangles, New York City.” At the armory where Bill lay in state for 24 hours, more than 38.000 persons viewed his body. The flowers covered an entire side of the buildings’ wall. They came from his former wife, Fannie Robinson Dabney; from the Cot ton Club girls composed of Amy Gladys Bryant, Elida Webb, Edna Mae Harris, Billie Beau, Gladys Bryant, Elida Webb, Evelyn Sheppard, Vivian Rich, RKO pictures, The Actors Fund of America, and a score of in dividuals. Students Get Leadership Certificates The final session of the Lead ers’ Workshop, which was held at the Y.W.C.A., under the auspices of the Council of Social Agencies was held Thursday evening, Dec. 1st. Certificates for achievement were presented persons who had attended four of the five meetings. Among persons receiving certifi cates were Betty Wilson, Dorothy Greene and Mrs. Melvin L. Shakespeare* The Workshop series of Leader ship training courses are designed to increase the effectiveness of group dynamics. The classes were divided into age groups to ascer tain the basic needs of individuals. Instructors were specialists in their fields and were called from the University of Nebraska and the public schools of the city. Sen. Wherry Scored For Aid To Cloture Rule Filibuster “The struggle between East and West is twofold: The struggle between ideologies and the struggle for economic prowess—for raw materials,” Dr. Walter White told a Uni versity of Nebraska convocation Dec. 2. Speaking to one of the largest voluntary-attendance convocations, estimated at about 900 students, on the subject, “Abraham Lincoln’s Unfinished Business,” Dr. White presented the world-wide political and economic aspects of racial segregation and discrimination in the United States. Well qualified to speak on the matter, having only re cently returned from a world tour with the Town Hall Seminar, he pointed out that the Russian com munists seize every opportunity to point out to nations of darker skinned people the injustices done American Negroes, Mexicans, Jews and Indians, as part of an ideological war which Russian seems to be winning in Africa and the Near and Far East. “Rus sia is not ready to fight a war” he said, “but it is winning one more effectively than with A bombs. “Because of the speed of mod ern transportation, areas once un important are now strategic for the defense of the nation in a war emergency. “India occupies a unique posi tion in the balance of power in Asia,” he said, and paid tribute to Prime Minister Nehru whom he characterized as “hard headed, practical, and looking forward to a free world.” India is under varied pressures which strain her economy, and if she falls to red Russia, the whole of Asia will fall to the Bear, and our last line of defense will swing from Formosa to Hawaii on the West Coast. We would not only loose access to the valuable and essential raw materials there, but also the sup port of the hundreds of millions of people. He pointed out that a plan is about to be put into ef fect to. share excess corn and wheat with economically back ward countries. He scored Sen. Kenneth Wherry for his stand against civil rights legislation and linked his name with that of Sen. Russell of Georgia in the Senate rules de bate last year. “Since Hiroshima,” he began summing up “we are all in the same boat together, we cannot af ford to deny any American be cause of his race or religion. Dr. ; White then urged students to search their hearts and think through their prejudices. Amer ican treatment of its minorities may well determine who will be our alliances in the war for free dom. Atlanta Editor Named To Trustee Board At Tuskegee Institute TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala. (ANP). Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, was elected to membership on the board of trustees of Tuskegee in stitute here recently. A native of Tennessee, McGill began newspaper work with the Nashville Banner as a sports writer. He joined the Atlanta Constitution in 1929 and became editor in 1941. Architect Petite Mrs. Louise Harris-Brown of Chicago holds the distinction of being the second Negro woman li censed architect in the United States. Mrs. Brown, who is a graduate of the University of Kansas, works for K. Roderick O’Neal, outstanding Chicago arch itect. She describes her most ex citing experience as working on reinforced concrete and multi storyed apartment buildings de signed by the famous Mies Van der Rohe. (ANP). Anna Hayden Williams io Give Concert Dee. 16 Mrs. Anna Hayden Williams, talented soprano, will be pre sented in a recital at the Urban League building on December 16. Mrs. Williams became noticed as a singer as early as 1940. While still in High School, she won first place in the “Golden Voice” con test in Dallas, Tex. Later she at tended Bishop College in Mar shall, Tex. and represented the school, as a soloist on many oc casions. She has also studied under Con rad Boos at the Juilliard School of Music and at present is studying under the direction of Dr. Arthur Westbrook at the University of Nebraska. Mrs. Williams has given numerous recitals throughout the country and was second place winner of the “Voices of Tomor row” contest, the annual midwest music festival, for 1947 and 1948. The recital is sponsored by Mt. Zion Baptist church. Quinn Chapel to Have Food Sale af Hardy’s The Women’s Missionary society of Quinn Chapel AME church will hold a food bazaar at the Hardy Furniture company, 1314 O street, from 10 till 5 p. m. ori Saturday, Dec. 10. Mrs. Jennie Edwards, in making the an nouncement of the event, said that it was the first time in many years that they had sponsored such a sale downtown. Some of Lincoln’s best cooks are prepar ing their most delicious recipes tor ham or turkey dinners. ' wf, Eft ri-TlSM — r ' ' v