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TTDa® W©ns® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people.*'__ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2229 6 Street Phons 5-6407 It No Answer Call 5-7506 Ruble A Shakespeare. Advertising and Business Manager Rev J. B. Brooks.....Promotion Manager Dorothy Greene .i......Office Becretary Mrs. Joe Greene ....Circulation Manager Member »f the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association ..Entered as Second Class Matter. June 9. 1947 at the Poet Office at Lincoln, ftebraaka under the Act of March 3, 1879. 1 year subscription.$2.00 Single copy.5c EDITORIAI.S The views expresseo in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. Wherry (Continued from Page 1) vote of the senators who are present. LINCOLN PARTY REFUSED “Today’s vote in the senate shows that the republican party is the party of the great emanci p a t o r Abraham Lincoln, and that the republican party is the only agency through which equal opportunity for legislation of this kind can be guaranteed to the voters of the United States of America.” In the face of this G.O.P. de nunciation, democrats gave ground and it was almost pathetic to see Truman’s man “Friday”—Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois—admit that “the democratic party has always been split upon the subject of civil rights.” Mixed emotions were evident, perhaps those that occasionally bring about drastic political re alignments, as Lucas admitted a simple, confusing, disgusting truth to those Negroes who for eighteen years have been allied with a party, which is unable to pass legislation in their behalf, al though continually accepting and seeking their votes. SOUTHERNERS DOMINATE “P do not think there is any one,” said Lucas t r a g i c a 1 ly, “whether he be a democrat or a republican, w'ho does not believe that the senators who come from the south have a very deep con viction and take a very tenacious position with respect to the issues which are involved in the pro posed (FEPC) legislation.” There it was: there was, finally the admission from the Truman administration to Negroes that the south was in the saddle. That is could and would rule this nation when civil rights was about to unfold as a law of the land. And even though Mr. Lucas promised he would continue the battle despite the setback, the FEPC bill appears today to be dead as far as the Eighty-first congress is concerned. Senator Lucas indicated that he is willing to lay aside the FEPC motion from time to time to clear the way for other legislation until he is ready to make another test of the cloture rule. He did not set a definite time for the next at tempt. You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.—Samuel Butler. 33 Dead (Continued from Page 1) do not find a loved one there, but fearing that they will. Curious on lookers are crowding the block to look and see what happened. In the meantime numerous in vestigations—by the police depart ment, by the Chicago Transit Au thority, by the coroner’s jury, by the fire attorney’s office have been started. While the scenes of passengers escaping the street car with flaming hair and clothing ap peared tragic, more grotesque was the hopelessness of persons jam ming the doors of the trolley, but unable to escape. A number of the dead bodies were charred stand ing futilely at the bar between them and life. This accident is considered the worst in the history of the city, and the fire the worst since 1946. The collision occurred during the rush hour on one of the city’s busiest shopping days. It hap pened in a neighborhood where numerous Negro and white fam ilies live side by side. CHICAGO. (ANPJ. The follow ing persons have been identified among the dead in the tragic col lision between a street car and a gasoline trailer truck: • Mrs. Clara Dobson, 38, 9134 Perry Ave.; Mrs. Marie A. Frank lin, 37, 6748 Prairie Ave.; Mrs. Julia Piercefield, 59, 9352 Mich igan; Douglas Turner, 39, 9211 Harvard Ave.; Floreine Foster, 21, 210 W. 93rd. At least 10 others are still unidentified. Persons hospitalized were: Provident hospital: Vernon Anderson 34, 22 E. 101; Alma Featherstone, 30, 1142 E. 67; Ben Head, 36. 2912 Prairie Ave.; John Jack son. 35, 6225 Rhodes Ave.; Mrs. Avis Wat ley, 40, 4818 Calumet; Edward W. White, .r., 35, 9214 Indiana Ave. St. Bernard’s hospital: Mrs. Catherine Johnson, 30, 542 E. 46 PL; Mrs. Led die Jones. 42, 6603 Wabash Ave.; Mrs. Frances McDonald, 35, 9151 Harvard; Melvin Roundtree, 42, 9114 Harvard; Mrs. Fannie Powell, 39, 9222 Perry Ave. Englewood* hospital: Mrs. Ora Mae Bryant. 29, 9304 Stewart Ave. PEAI<of QUALITY Smith Pharmacy 2146 Vine Prescriptions — Drags Fountain — Sundries Phone 2-1958 r FEDERAL deposit insurance corporation l 10th and 0 St. Since 1871 •TATI B1ST0AICAL BOCIB7Y Nebraska Governors. William A. Poynter, governor of Nebraska from 1899 to 1901, was one of two men elected to the post of chief executive as the result of fusion between the Popu lists and Democrats. (The other was Silas A. fjolcomb, whose career I discussed in an earlier column.) Governor Poynter was born at Eureka, Illinois,'May 29, 1848, the son of a pioneer minister. After graduating from Eureka College, he taught school for a few years, and then went into the grocery and hardware business. He emi grated in Nebraska in 1879, pur chasing a farm near Albion in Boone County. Like many another Nebraska pioneer, William Poynter took an active part in politics almost from the date of his arrival. He was one of the organizers of the Farmers Alliance, and in 1884 he was elected to the state house of rep resentatives, the only Independent in the body. The so-called “Populist Revo lution” of 1890 put Mr. Poynter in the state senate. He had enough friends in this session to result in his election as president pro tem of the senate. He took an ac tive part in fusion politics during the 1890s. The Populists nomi nated him as their candidate for congress frotn the Third district in 1892, but he was defeated by Re publican George D. Meiklejohn. Fusion among the Populists, Democrats and Silver Republicans resulted in Poynter’s elevation to the governor’s office in 1898. The contest was close, though, and he defeated Monroe L. Hayward, the Republican candidate from Otoe County, by a margin of about 2,700 votes. Though they had elected their state ticket, the fusionists lost the legislature, and Governor Poynter had a hostile majority against him in both houses. As a result, he was able to get very little of his pro gram, concerned primarily with railroad regulation, enacted. It was during Governor Poynter’s administration that the present governor’s mansion, located just VINE ST. MARKET GROCERIES & MEATS | 22nd and Vine 2-6583 — 2-6584 south of the enpitol, was pur chased. Governor Poynter whs renomi nater by the fusion interests in 1900, but was defeated by Charles H. Dietrich. Governor Poynter always was interested in agricultural develop ment. He was one of the organ izers of the Boone County Agri cultural Society, and served for a number of years as a member of the state board of agriculture. Following his defeat, he con tinued to make his home in Lin coln, where he took an active part in public affairs He died sud denly, April 5, 1909, in the Gover nor’s office, where he had gone as the head of a delegation to urge Governor Shallenberger to sign the much discussed ‘'daylight sa loon bill.” Death Takes W. B. Millson William B. Millson of 2137 So. 48th, nephew of the late William I Jennings Bryan, died Monday after an illness of three weeks. He had lived there more than 40 years. Until his illness, Mr. Millson was still active in the U. S. de partment of internal revenue where he had served for 17 years. Bom in Salem, 111., he moved to Lincoln where he attended Nebraska Wesleyan. Mr. Millson lived for a while in Twin Falls, Ida. For approximately 12 years around the turn of the century Mr. Millson farmed land belong ing to Mr. Bryan. He was a member of the Elks. A son, Maj. Francis Millson, died in Washington, D. C., in 1945. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Laura Spangler, and an aunt, Mrs. T. S. Allen, both of Lincoln. ----—-- . —-- ■ ■■ - | Gilmour-Danielson Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 142 So. 13tb St. 2-1246 if You Have A Bad Break! CALL: 2-6931 And We’ll Fix It For lou — Van Sickle Glass & Paint Co. 143 So. lOtb Lincoln, Nebr. (.lias. M, Johnson Dies In Los Angeles Hospital Charles M. Johnson, 68, ol |oy^ So. San Pedro St., in Los Angeles California, died in a hospital (hen* Thursday, May 25, alter a long illness. He had lived there sin<< leaving Lincoln in 1940. Mr. Johnson was born in Aus tin, Texas and lived there until he came to Lincoln at the age of 19. For a number of years he was an employee of the Burlington railroad. He also worked at the old Grand Hotel for 15 years. He was a member of Mt. 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