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TEn® V®cs® HL HUSHED WEEKLY Dedicated to the oromotiov o1 the cuitu'at social and spiritual itfe ot a great people Melvin L. Shakespeare r*utntsto*t artn Kditoi Busir es* Adarfis 2225 S Street Phone 2-4085 U .no Ansnei Lai) o-l bOt rtur.ie A Shakespeare ...... Adveitislng ano Business Managei Uoroth> Jreer.e .....-..Office Secretary wrs Joe Jreene . ..Circulation Manager Oemhci cl thi Associated “(arc Prew and Kekrnks Prree Association . Bntereo as Second Class Matter June 9 1B4 7 at -he Poet Office at Lincoln, fetirasaa unoet the Act oi March 3 4878 * 13.68 Single copy..... ,5e EBITOHAU rh* view# ev.preij.sec iti tiles* columns • re uiose ot r»>* wviten ano not necessarily reflection ol tile policy •> Ttm Voice ub. THem&eft—y _j Letters to Senator Adams These letters state the position taken fey Sen. John Adams. regnrUng FHP (editor). State ol Nebraska legislative Coun cil Lincoln, October 17, ltb'U). Letter to Senator Adams and his position on F.E.P. Senator John Adam$, Sr., 2622 North 24th Street, Omaha, Nebraska Lk.au Senator Adams: In accordance with our tele phone conversation last Thursday evening, I wrote to the other members of the Committee on Un iuir Employment Practices to ask if they would authorize my re leasing a statement to the press concerning your position with re spect to tie recommendations sub mitted by that committee. A ma jority of the members have re plied favorably, and I have today , released to the Omaha and Lin coln papers a copy of the en closed statement, which you may j use as you wish. Trusting that, this will releave you of any embarsssment which mn have been caused, and with be.-t wishes, I am Sin* erely yours, /»/ Roger V. Shumate ft/ Roger V. Shumate Director of Research POSITION TAKEN BY SENA TOR JOHN ADAMS, SR., WITH RESPECT TO THE REPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON UNFAIR EM PLOYMENT PRACTICES The Legislative Council Com mittee on Unfair Employment Practices arrived at its conclu sions while meeting in executive session on September 8. 1950. The minutes of this meeting revealed that Senator John Adams, Sr., participated as follows: 1. He argued throughout the meeting for a state law forbidding discrimination against minorities j in matters ol employment, and twice moved that the committee go on record as favoring such a law. 2. He voted against the adoption of the committee’s recommenda tion that cities and villages be authorized to enact ordinances forbidding discrimination in em i ployment. In opposing this recom mendation, he expressed the be lief that northing short of a state Fair Employment Practices Law would suffice. Roi;er V. Sluiiru. te Director of Rei»ehrch Uegisiatiee Council State of Nebraska October 17. 1880 Notes of Interest The W.S.C.S. of Newman Meth- j odist church, was host to all Uni- j versity students in the church basement recently. Newman Methodist church, was host to about fifty children at a pre-Halloween party Friday eve ning under the sponsorship of the W.S.C.S. Mrs. Fawntella Baker j is president of the W.S.C.A. Mrs. i C. O. Shepherd and Mrs. Ralph Johnson were co-chairmen of the party. The evening was spent playing games and refreshments were do-nuts and cider. Rev. R. G. Nathan is pastor of the | church. For Everything in HARDWARE Baker Hardware 101 No. 9th 2-3710 U You Have A Bad Break! CALL: 2-6931 And We’ll Fix It For You — Van Sickle Glass & Paint Co. 143 So. 10th Lincoln. 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The monument, erected in 1938 by the American Pioneer Trails Association and the DAR, is just west of the road after you cross the cattle gate. T. L. Green of Scottsbluff, a member of the State Historical Society's executive board and a leading authority on the history of the region, did much of the basic research required to bring the old fort to light. His reports, published some time ago in Ne braska History, are fascinating i examples of historical detective work. Fort John was a child of Fort Laramie, the West’s most impor tant fur trading and military cen ter. The latter, established in 1834 on the Laramie River, not far from its junction with the North Platte, was sold to the gov ernment for use as a military post in 1849. After the American Fur Com pany had disposed of Fort Lara mie, Major Andrew Drips, one of its principal agents—though not the one who negotiated the sale —spent the winter of 1849-50 in Robidoux Pass, down the Platte. In 1850 he moved up into Helvas Canyon and built a new post, ROSE MANOR STUDIO 1421 O Street Phone 2-2247 Portraits by Appointment George Randol. P. A. of A Prices reasonable Work guaranteed n__ CLEANING and SANITATION SUPPLIES All Types Brooms—Furniture Polishes Mops—Floor Seal and Wax Sweeping Compounds Mopping Equipment Kelso Chemical 117 North 9tb St. 2-24S4 Smith Pharmacy * 2146 Vine Prescriptions — Drugs Fountain — Sundries Phone 2-1958 BEAL'S GROCERY Freeh Fruits A Vegetables wetits 2MM B TeL 2-6B33 which he named “Fort John,” the official name of the fort on the Laramie while the fur company had it. The new site was well chosen. As Mr. Green points out, Robi doux Pass was thronged each year by thousands of emigrants, and “this continuous encampment of great numbers of emigrants within the pass, with their numerous | draft stock consuming all pas turage, must have made a more retired but still accessible location greatly to be desired.” Though the profits from the establishment do not seem to have been all the American Fur Com pany might have desired, it was the most important trading post in western Nebraska in the 1850’s. Father DeSmet, the famed Jesuit missionary, visited it, and baptized tjie half-breed children living in the vicinity. Prince Paul of Wur temburg, a widely-known Euro pean tralever, spent several days at the post We do not know just when Fort John was abandoned. It probably passed out of existence as the bulk of overland emigra t i o n shifted from Robideaux to Mitch ell Pass, thus leaving the Helvas Canyon site completely out of the mainstream of western traffic. 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CHOOSE FROM .IOX ASSORTMENTS AND SAMPLE BOOKS 1124-24 O Street r.RGAL NOTICE OF MEASURE TO BE VOTED UPON NOVEM BER 7, 1050 (BALLOT TITLE) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PROPOSED BY 1040 LEGISLATURE For amendment of sections 6 and 7, Article III, of the Consti tution of Nebraska, providing for either annual or biennial sessions of the Legislature, providing re strictions on business that may be transacted by the Legislature in even-numbered years, providing for election of members of the Legislature for four-year terms, and providing for payment of compensation to members of the Legislature as may be provided by law. □ Against amendment of sections 6 and 7, Article III, of the Con stitution of Nebraska, providing for either annual or biennial ses sions of the Legislature, providing restrictions on business that may be transacted by the Legislature in even-numbered years, providing for election of members of the Legislature for four-year terms, and providing for payment of com pensation to members of the Legislature as may be provided by law. □ TEXT OF PROPOSED CONSTI TUTIONAL AMENDMENTS BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NE BRASKA. Section 1. That at the gen eral election Ur November, 1950, there shall be submitted to the electors of the State of Nebraska, for approval, the following amend ments to sections € and 7, Article III, of the Constitution of Ne braska, which are hereby pro posed by the Legislature. “Sec, 6. The Legislature shall consist of not more than fifty nor less than thirty members. The sessions of the Legislature shall be annual or biennial as provided by law. If the sessions are held annually, in even-numbered years the Legislature shall not transact any business except to provide appropriations for the expenses of government and to confirm ap pointments unless specifically re quested to do so by message of the Governor. Sec. 7. At the general election held in November, 19 52, there shall be elected such number of members of the Legislature as may be provided by law from even-numbered districts for a term of two years, and such num ber of members of the Legisla ture as may be provided by law from odd-numbered districts for a term of four years. Thereafter at each general » election, success ors of members whose terms ex pire in January following shall be elected for a term of four years. Alt terms shall begin at noon on the first Tues day In January next ensuing the i — general election at which the member was elected. Each mem ber Bhall be nominated and elect ed in a nonpartisan manner and without any indication on the ballot that he is affiliated with or endorsed by any political party or organization. The aggregate sal aries of all the members shall be determined by the Legislating and payable in such manner and at such times as shall be provided by law. In addition to bis salary* each member shall receive and be paid an amount equal to hi* actual expenses in traveling by the most usual route once to and1 returning from each regular or special session of the Legisla ture. Members of the Legislature shall receive no pay nor per quisites other than said Balary and expenses. Employees of the Legislature shall receive no com pensation other than their salary or per diem.” Sec. 2. That the proposed) amendments shall be submitted) to the electors upon a ballot sep arate from that upon which the names of candidates appear, after publication once each week for four weeks in at least one legab newspaper in each county where at newspaper is published immedi ately preceding the general elec tion in 195ft. The ballot for tha submission of the proposed) amendments shall be as follows: i "Proposed Constitution**! Amendments For amendment of sections © and 7, Article III, of the Consti tution of Nebraska, providing for either annual or biennial sessions of the Legislature, providing re strictions on business that may bo transacted by the Legislature i»< even-numbered years, providing for election of members of the Legislature for four-year terms, and providing for payment of compensation to members of the Legislature as may be provided by law. □ Against amendment of section* 6 and 7, Article III. of the Con stitution of Nebraska, providing for either annual or biennial ses sions of the Legislature, providing restrictions on business that may be transacted by the Legislature in even-numbered years, providing for election of members of the Legislature for four-year terms, and providing for payment of com pensation to members of tha Legislature as may be provided by law. n ” Sec. 3. That the proposed amendments, if adopted, shat! ba in force and take effect immedi ately upon completion of tha canvass of the votes, at which: time it shall be the duty of tha Governor to proclaim the amend ments adopted as a part of tha Constitution of Nebraska. 1 Approved May 28, 1949 Respectfully submitted, FRANK MARSH, Secretary of State — 1 — ■—i
