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101 I^VO 31V 3, Nebraska Oitieiul and I^gal Newspaper Thursday, August 3, 1950 Citizens Can Ai< ,,m By Selecting More Honest Men By Charles Goolsby One beginning of good government is found in the se lection of capable, honest men who not only believe in the ideals of democracy as outlined by our famous state papers, but are willing to support the laws of the state, town or na tion without regard for their personal feelings or interests in matters of justice and fair dealing. Another rests in the conscientiousness of the citizens to select from capable and honest candidates, the people they feel will act in the best interest of all, for once elected, no public official is bound to his campaign promises to the peo ple, that is, not until near election time. wn .riugusi o, ixeDrasKa citizens will make their primary selec tions. We weren’t able to to State Sen. Thomas Adams, candidate from the 19th District last week end so his latest views on such issues a F.E.P.C. are not known. However, a chat with Otto Liebers, candidate from the 18th District reveals a man with an intelligent, sincere and open minded legislative and political attitude. Queried about his atti tude, Mr. Liebers said he had no “discriminatory complex.” He is a man, I feel, who would not turn his back on any group seek ing a fair and equal chance. Another important office is that of County Attorney. This office is not only responsible for prosecuting major crime, but see ing that the protection of the state’s civil rights law is ex tended to cover all those of fended by refusals of service in restaurants, barber shops, bowl ing alleys, skating rinks and other places of public accommo dation and amusement. During the past year and a hall Fred erick H. Wagener has taken ac tions on every complaint of civil rights violation filed with his oiiire—without requiring money for his services. A man who has considered the crimes of discrim ination because of races or re ligion of any less importance that others and who has invoked the penalties of the law upon all vio lators. His administration of jus tice without regard to race or class has set a high mark for his ability and which makes his re Ministers to Speak Sunday Afternoon Seven local ministers will speak Sunday afternoon on the seven churches of Asia at Mt. Zion Bap tist church, 12th and F streets, ac cording to announcement made by Mrs. Lenora Letcher, captain for one of the church clubs. The meeting will begin at 4 p. m. The public is invited. Airlines to Bar Jim Crow NEW YORK. (ANP). Edward E. Edwards, chairman of the New York state commission against discrimination, announced last week that the Airline Pilots asso ciation, Council 29, A.F.L.., here, i had gjven assurance to the com mission that all applicants for membership would be given equal consideration and admitted to membership on the basis of their qualifications, without regard to race, creed, color or national origi.i 1st Negro PBIC Die# DES MOINES, la. (ANP). S. Joe y Brown, 75, one of Iowa’s leading attorneys, was buried here last week. Reported to be Iowa’s first Negro Phi Beta Kappa, Brown was admitted to the honor society when he attended the University ol Iowa. He practiced law 48 years. He handled the first civil rights case ever heard before the Iowa state supreme court in 1906. turn to the office of county at torney the best assurance of pub lic service in that office. We shall bring more of these sidelights on candidates after the primaries. Meanwhile, if in doubt ask your candidate his views. Think! and be sure to vote August 8th. (Vote on Aug. 8) Ted Sorensen, President, Lincoln Social Action Council Nebraska voters go to the pri maries on Aug. 8th to nominate candidates for the fall elections. The Lincoln Social Action Coun cil has never recommended can didates until after the primaries. However, we are concerned that those candidates who are nom inated, as well as elected, be aware of the serious needs in our state and local government, which are felt by citizens inter ested in justice and equality for all. So we asked readers of The Voice to question their candidates on these matters at every oppor tunity. Ask your candidate for the legislature whether he in tends to work for legislation aimed at ending racial and re ligious discrimination in employ ment. Ask your candidate for governor what he thinks of the segregation practiced in state in stitutions and the state national guard. Ask your candidate for county attorney whether he in tends to properly enforce the state civil rights law forbidding discrimination in public places because of race and religion. Ask your candidate for the board of regents if Negro students at the University of Nebraska should not have equal rights and opportu nities as all other students. Don’t forget to ask candidates for congress what they will do to achieve civil rights legislation on a national level. Speak to the candidates per sonally on the street or over the phone. Or attend meetings where these candidates appear, and ask them these questions. . Let them know what you think about it! In this way, the thousands of Ne braska citizens who read The Voice may be very effective in helping to make democracy live in America. (Vote on August 8> Mrs. Cora Jones Gomez Laid to Rest in Wyuka Mrs. Cora Jones Gomez, 70, of 2002 S, died Friday, July 28. Born in Emporia, Has., Mrs. Gomez had lived in Lincoln 47 years. She was a member of the Newman Methodist church. Surviving are a brother, Thomas Skaggs, and a sister, Mrs. Belle Jacobs, both of Emporia. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Newman Methodist church, with Rev. Ralph G. Nathan officiating. Burial was in Wyuka. (Vote on Aug. 8) J 24th, Surrounded, Fights On Stubbornly, Withdraws Radio-Video News Notations HOLLYWOOD. (ANP). Mar garet Truman will make her tele vision debut in November per forming on Ed Sullivan's “Toast of the Town” show . . . ABC re cently purchased the rights to radio’s famous creaking door thriller, “Inner Sanctum'’ and promptly put the mystery drama back on the air. The program is broadcast on Thursday evenings ... Ed Wynn existed CBS tele vision and signed an NBC con tract. Wynn will move his TV show from Hollywood to New York this fall. NBC-TV, the only television network with its own news cam eraman at the Korean battlelront has added the Jones Twins, ex perienced combat photographers to its front line stalf. The Jones Twins spent two years as combat photographers with the U. S. Ma rine corps in World War II, and were in the first assault wave on Iwo Jima. A scheduled tour of American service bases in Germany by Ralph Edwards and his CBS “Truth or Consequences” show was canceled by the United States army, because of lack of over seas military air transport brought about by the Korean crisis. Fourteen members of the radio show crew had flown from Holly wood to Westover Field in Mas sachusetts, ready to take off for Frankfort, Germany, when the cancellation came thru. . . Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, A1 Jolson, Vic Damone, Tony Mar tin and Kay Thompson will pinch hit for Walter Winchell while he vacations. (Vote on August 8* Louis Himself Says He Will Meet Charles By Vernon Jarrett CHICAGO. (ANP). This is offi cial! Retired Heavyweight Champion of the World Joe Louis is no longer retired. He told the boxing world here Friday that he would definitely fight Ezzard Charles for the heavyweight diadem sometime in September. This statement from the lips of the Brown Bomber himself has cleared the picture, previously muddled with a wide assortment of official rumors. Louis made the historic an nouncement shortly before depart ing for West Baden, Ind., where he will establish a training camp. He summed up his case in a few typically Louis phrases: ‘‘I decided to fight because of a largg and unexpected tax assess ment.” At the same time, Louis an nounced that a cite for the come back brawl has not been estab lished. “I would like to fight in Chi cago, where I won the title from Braddock in 1937,” he mused. ‘‘Either here or New York,” he added on second thought. Joe’s trainer, Manny Seamon, left two days earlier to get the West Baden headquarters in good TOKYO. (ANP). The all-Negro 24th Infantry of the 25th Division was forced to withdraw into the mountain ridges above the city of Yongdong, after putting up a stub born battle against heavy odds, it was announced at ad vanced U. S. Army headquarters in Korea last Friday, July 28. The 24th withstood a continuous heavy artillery attack for two days before withdrawing to better defense positions. JLiitr,y wnc uuuwmg cvcij thing at us,” said Sgt. Joseph Simmons, 28, of New York, “in cluding mortars and white phos phorous which set our positions on fire. “Our boys did fine,” said Lt. Jasper R. Jackson, 28, of Dur ham, N. C. “There were just too many of them and we had to withdraw. But I can te” you one thing,” he continued, “there are lots fewer North Koreans today than there were yesterday.” It took four hours for the troops to mount the jagged 1,300-foot ridges, which gave them some protection from the advancing North Koreans. This fete within itself evoked wide praise from Brig. Gen. Vennard - Wilson, as sistant commander of the 25th division. “They put on a good show,” he commented. “NOT ENOUGH OF ANYTHING” Here is how Sgt. Lawrence Pat terson viewed the action: “I felt I was playing ring around-the-rosy up there with my machine guns. First we would get a report that troops were coming up on the right flank, and I would scurry to defend that position. Seconds later, we would be told to watch the left flank, and then we’d try to pepper that area with bullets. . “And finally, they started charging us from all sections. We didn’t have enough of anything to handle them,” he mused. Another Chicagoan, Cpl. An drew Jackson, commented that the North Koreans “missed a lot, but there were just too many of them for us to stop.” At this writing the 24th. infan try is preparing to meet what may turn out to be the stoutest engagement of their lives. North Korean forces, in a four pronged drive towards the big gest U. S. supply base at Pusan, attempted to cut off the entire 25th division, and force it into a withering rear-guard retreat. The Negro troops are believed to be concentrated around the vital Yechon-Yongdong line of defense. This is the most north ern extension of all American troops in Korea. (Vote on August 8* shape. Joe will remain there until Aug. 23 and then move to Pomp ton Lakes, N. J., for the last five weeks. Seamon told the press that, be yond a doubt, Louis was in good shape both physically and psycho logically. “He’s in better shape than any other comeback title holder,” Seamon assured. “I know he’ll win.”. (Vote on Aug. 8> Bell Named N.J. Deputy AttV Gen. TRENTON, N. J. (ANP). Her I man M. Bell, jr., of Camden, a graduate of Howard university and 1918 degree holder In law from the University of Pennsyl Albert Hinton Correspondent; Down At Sea TOKYO. (ANP). Albert L. Hin ton, 46, correspondent for, the Norfolk Journal and Guide and seven other Negro newspapers, was among 24 persons reported missing by the U.S. air force, after ' a military transport plane was forced down at sea south of Tokyo. James L. Hicks, correspondent for The Afro-American news chain, was believed to have been on the plane at first, but it was learned later that he had taken another plane to Korea. The plane, a C-47 courier for General MacArthur’s headquar ters, went down ten miles south of Oshima, an island 70 miles south of the Japanese capital. A native of Portsmouth, Va., he was associate editor of the Guide and was a veteran of 19 years in the newspaper business. Hinton was presented the Wil kie journalism award for his series of articles on education in Prin cess Anne county. Other outstand ing assignments covered by the correspondent include the Scotts boro trial, in the early 1930’s; the Greenville, S. C., lynching follow ing World war II, and the cele brated Columbia, Tenn., trials. Other than the Guide, he was to cover the Korean front lines for the Chicago Defender, the Kansas City Call, the Afro-Amer ican, the Houston Informer, the Atlanta Daily World, and the Cleveland Call-Post. Hinton is the father of three children. (Vole on Aug. 8) Cleveland City Councilwoman Plays Soft Ball CHICAGO. (ANP). In the bat tle of city councils, Cleveland’s councilwoman, Miss Jean Capers, easily was the most glamorous player on the softball diamond and also the most efficient, but Cleveland lost 17 to 9. Entering the game at short cen ter in the fifth inning, Jean handled three chances without an error—being one of the few who played errorless ball. She failed to hit safely, however, in two trips to the plate. For Chicago Alderman Archi bald J. Carey caught a masterful game — outwitting the opposing batters to guide his team to vic tory. Proceeds from this game went to the University of Chicago cancer fund. Alderman Capers is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 112 pounds. (Vote on Aug. 8) vania, was appointed deputy at torney geperal for the state here Saturday. His appointment if ef fective Aug. 1. (Vote on Aug. S>