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i IffiHal and Legal N«wip>ptr Thiindtr, M;m h S, IN# Negro Leaders Urge S Of 1950 Red Cross Campaign Drs. dimming Tobias, Charles Johnson, F. 1). Patterson a nd Dorothy Ferebee Join In Appeal WASHINGTON. (ANP). Endorsements of the Ameri can National Red Cross campaign for $67,000,000 which be gan March 1 include tributes from heads of national organ izations, college presidents, civic and religious leaders throughout the nation. Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee, president, National Council of Negro Women, Inc., says that “each of us must realize that in contributing to the Red Cross we contribute to the health and welfare of our nation.” Charles S. Johnson, president of Fisk university, adds his pledge of personal service. ”1 ao not rerer merely to iinan cial support,” said Dr. Johnson, “although I am aware that this is most important. I feel an obliga tion to give the support of my direct and personal service be cause of its ever readiness any where to give prompt and well directed care to these emergen cies, catastrophies, and critical needs of the whole population that are beyond the province of specialized agencies.” Dr. Johnson goes on to say that “like catastrophe itself, the Red Cross does not, and, in fact, can not make distinctions bet\tf’&en peoples with a common affliction of misfortune. The contribution of the institution which I represent to the Red Cross was a substan tial one in proportion to its means. I have felt it urgent to be a part of the campaigns for supporting funds. It has been a privilege with my colleagues and students to give blood, which is the piost intimate form of sharing.” Eugene Kinekle Jones, general secretary of the National Urban league, calls the Red Cross every body’s pet philanthropy.” He calls this organization “the alert guar dian of the public wealth,” and says it stands ready to succor all who suffer when disaster strikes. Calling the American Red Cross “truly an American organization,” Claude A. Barnett, director, Asso ciated Negro Press, says “it strives as best it can to render these services regardless of race, creed or color.” As a member of the American National Red Cross Board of Governors, Mrs. Barnett has had first-hand experience with this organization, which he says “represents the most unself ish the most helpful, the most humanitarian spirit of the people of the United States.” A FRIEND IN THE HOUR OF NEED Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, an other member of the Red Cross Board of Governors, and president of Tuskegee institute, says: “The multiple character of the services which this organization renders, both in war and in peace, has led all of us to rely upon it as the one agency to which we may always turn in an hour of need. No organization is more truly national in scope or more dependent on the response from every public-spirited citizen for its adequate support. Our response this year will say to the officers of this organization how much we expect of them in meeting the needs of servicemen and their families, in providing blood, free of cost, to the many thousands who require it, and of standing ever ready to help in disasters which cannot be properly minis tered to on a purely local basis.” Pointing out that small contri butions as well as large ones are important, Channing H. Tobias, director of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, says these sums wrill show “the largest possible expression of interest on the part of all the people. “There is n.o appeal made by a voluntary organization to the na tion that is more important to all the people than that of the Ameri can Red Cross,” Mr. Tobias a$ds. “Whether the service rendered is in connection with disaster oper ations, or in connection with per sonal and family problems involv ing servicemen and their depend ents, in the blood program oper ations, or in any of the other nu merous services of this organiza tion, the appeal is so important that it cannot be overlooked by any American citizen.'* Dry Those Tears Bewildered and tearful, this youngster is comforted by a Red Cross volunteer while food, cloth ing, and shelter are arranged for her mother at Red Cross disaster relief headquarters. To Return For Meeting Series The Rt. Rev. Alexander P. Shaw. Methodist Bishop of Bal timore, will be one in a series of outstanding Methodists appearing at St. Paul Methodist church dur ing the Lenten season. Bishop Shaw, who will be in Lincoln Sunday, March 5, will speak at Newman Memorial Meth odist church at 3 p. m. and at St. Paul at 7:30 p. m. This will be the prelate’s second visit within six months. He spoke at Newman church last October to an over flow audience where he told Lin eolnites that God was not “tough.” Others appearing in the series are: Bishop Dana Dawson of Kansas and Nebraska, March 12. Dr. Roy L. Smith, editor of Methodist publications, March 19. Bishop Richard C. Raines of Indian apolis, March 26. John Adams, who died at 90, lived longer than any other U. S. President. ltVeak FI Nurses to Get Gaps At Grace Church Sunday »' Capping exercises for some 24 student nurses at Bryan Memorial hospital will take place Sunday, March 5th, at Grace Methodist church, 27th and R street. Among those receiving their caps will be Martha Hammonds, Omaha, and Ada Coffey, Kansas City, Kas., both VOICE scholars at the school. (Capping marks the end of a probationary period during which the students adaptability to the profession is observed.—Ed.) Speaker for the 8 p. m. cere monies will be the Rev. H. C. Sandall, pastor of the church. Wood lee Wins Approval of Music Clinic Stella Marie Woodlee. daugh ter of Mrs. M. C. Woodlee, of Al liance, was one of several hun dred western Nebraska students participating in a music clinic at Scottsbluff last week. The clinic is one in a series sponsored by the University of Nebraska school of music, and while of a nm-competilive nature, none the-lcss Miss Woodlee came away with the approval of her fellows. In a feature item in the Omaha World Herald magazine for Feb. 26, Ken Keller tabbed the 15 year-old soprano as “one of the outstanding high school voices in Nebraska.” “The Alliance singers have something of a star in . Stella Woodlee,” he continued. But Scottsbluff has good soloists too. “Here was a test to see whether the clinic would accept this un usual notion of participation without conflict, “Stella Marie was called to sing first. Under other circumstances when the visiting star performer takes the field, it’s a signal for challenges from the ‘home fans.’ “But when Stella Marie stepped out before that student audence, there was but one spontaneous reaction: a burst of unbridled applause. “The kids made it clear that they weren’t concerned with con flict. They were concerned with performance. They got it. They were part of it.” Stella Marie has been active in Alliance high activities and plays clarinet in the band. In 1948 she was state president of Y-Teens. Boy Preacher Adds Five To Mt. Zion Church Master Van Simpson, aged 7, recently of Chicago, delivered the morning message at Mount Zion Baptist church last Sunday, Feb. 26. Master Simpson is the grand son of Rev. W. I. Monroe, pastor of the church, and is now making his home here. In his talk he ex panded on the story of The Good Samaritan under the theme, “Who Is My Neighbor.” Five persons became church members follow ing the boy preacher’s disserta tion. EPC Bill Passes House Version Not What Truman Wanted; Nebr. Congressmen Split Vote BY ALICE A. DUNNIGAN WASHINGTON. (ANP). After about 17 hours of con gressional bickering the House of Representatives finally, on last Thursday, passed by a vote of 240-to-177 the McConnell amendment as a substitute to the administration’s FEPC bill introduced by Cong. Adam Clayton Powell. U.L, President msec-' DALE WEEKS Dale Weeks, Wesleyan univer sity economics professor, was re elected president of the Lincoln Urban League last week to serve I his second year in that position, according to Clyde Malone, ex | ecutive secretary. Also elected at the board meeting were Mrs. Estelle Davis, executive vice president; Mrs. Basilia Bell, sec ond vice-president; Mrs. Roberta Molden, secretary and Dr. M. F. Arnholt, treasurer. Plans are being completed for the league’s annual observance of the Vocational Opportunity Cam paign (VOC) which is sponsored nationally by the National Urban League and its affiliates March 12-19. Rev. John C. Foster is chairman for the job clinic which will offer occupational guidance tests and conferences with suc cessful people. Appointed See*y Of N.C. College’s Board of Trustees DURHAM, N. C. (ANP). Dr. J. M. Hubbard, Durham dentist active in state religious and civic affairs, was elected secretary of North Carolina college’s newly appointed 13 member trustee board here last week. Dr. Hubbard is one of three Negro members on the board. The other two are Dr. C. C. Spaulding, head of the North Carolina Mu tual Life Insurance, and Dr. Rob ert M. Hendrick, Asheville dentist and former professor in the How ard University Dental school. All were appointed last July. Meeting in the office of Presi dent Alfonse Elder whose two year administration at the college was the subject of a special com mendatory resolution, the trustees heard progress reports on five buildings now7 going up on the campus and mapped plans for a subcommittee to meet in conjunc tion with a similar committee from the University of North Carolina to give further study to the problems of Negro graduate and professional students who de sire study within the state. Chancellor Robert L. Flowers of The Powell bill HR 4453 was brought to the floor for considera tion by Chairman Johi Lesinski of the House Committee on Edu cation and Labor after civil right ers finally cracked a southern fili buster. The near I5lfc hour session which began at noon on Wednes day and continued until around 3:20 Thursday morning is said to have been the longest continued session which the House of Rep resentatives has known since the Missouri Compromise in 1820 when the session under the lead ership of Henry Clay continued in session for two days and two nights. Battling down every parlia mentary maneuver which the southerners could muster up in cluding seven roll calls, the read ing of George Washington’s fare well address, and the journal for . the previous day, Mr. Lesinski finally succeeded in bringing up the FEPC measure about 4:45 p. m. The fight for fair employment lasted until past 3 a. m., when weary House members finally adopted the McConnell’s toothless amendment which was further watered-down by the adoption of several other amendments to this amendment. Final action, however, was postponed until Thursday after noon after a demand had been made for the reading of the en grossed copy of the bill. Coming back into session at 12 o’clock Thursday, proponents of the Powell FEPC bill had agreed in a previous caucus with the ap proval of representatives from several leading Negro organiza tions, that they would vote to send Une McConnell amendment back to the committtee for con sideration and to continue the fight to bring out the Powell bill. JuSt before .the vote on recom mital a number of these propo nents took an “about face’’ action and voted against recommitting the bill to the committee and voted in favor of its passage. Voting for the bill were Re publicans Cunningham, Dolliver, Gross, Hoeven, LeCompte, Martin, and Talle of Iowa, Miller and Stefan of Nebraska. Representa tive O’Sullivan (d., Neb.) also voted for it. Five Switch Votes Voting against it were Curtis (r., Neb.), and Jensen (r., Ia.). Five of the Congressmen switched their votes from that shown on the tentative ballot early Thursday. Changing from against the bill to for it were Messrs. O’Sullivan Cunningham and Gross; switching the other way were Messrs. Curtis and Jensen. The bill that finally emerged from the House fell so far short of what Mr. Truman wanted that many of its original supporters refused to vote for it. A statement signed by ten congress men including Rep. A. C. Powell (d., N. Y.) and Vito Marcantonio (Alp. N. Y.) stated that the northern member* of See TRUMAN, Page 4, Col. 3.