“How Can America Best Strengthen
Democracy in the World?” is Theme
Dr. K. O. Broady and Dr. Frank
Sorenson of the faculty of the
University of Nebraska, and Co
Chairmen of the Second Annual
Lincoln “Conference on World Af
fairs” to be held December 1, 2
and 3 in the Auditorium of the
Love Library on the University
of Nebraska campus, have an
nounced four outstanding speakers
for the conference sessions. Wil
liam R. Mathews, Editor and Pub
lisher of the Arizona Daily Star,
Tucson, Ariz.; Harlan Miller, Des
Moines columnist; Kenneth Bould
ing, Professor of Economics, Uni
versity of Michigan and Walter
Schwinn, Washington, D. C. At
tending with Mr. Miller from Des
Moines will be Rev. Charles W.
Phillips, present Unitarian min- j
ister.
Mathews, special advisor to the
Secretary of Defense in 1948, au
thor of “Indonesia Report” and
an accredited correspondent with
the Dulles Commission in Korea,
wants to bring to his Lincoln
audience something more than a
mere recital of the usual plati- j
tudes, he said. “Democracy can- j
not be thrust upon a nation, it i
must be earned .through a long
process of growth. Our own de
mocracy is the fruit of many cen- J
turies of struggle and thought,” he j
reminded.
j
Harlan Miller, columnist for the |
Des Moines Register, since 1940 ,
with the Washington Post and
Publishers Syndicate, and former
member of the Hoover Commis
sion, is especially interested in a
very limited form of World Gov
eminent using the United Nations
as the foundation.
Kenneth Boulding, English born,
graduate of Oxford with honors,
is a Quaker. He received the
award as outstanding young econ
omist in the United States last j
year. Author, professor, lecturer,
this young man deserves a tre
mendous audience on his Lincoln
visit.
Walter Schwinn, Department of j
State, Washington, D. C., works j
with the Voice of America in in- J
terpreting American policy.
The theme and subject of their
talks is “How Can America Best
Strengthen Democracy in the
World?”
The three day conference is
open to the public. No registra
tion is required and there is no
fee. It is hoped that Lincoln citi
Company Hires
1st Race Lineman
ST. PAUL, Minn. (ANP) The
North West Telephone Company
last week utilized its first Negro
as a linesman. He is Elmer Chil
dress, 33, who has worked for
the company nine years.
Childress was promoted from
the accounting department where
he was a shipping clerk to the
lineman’s position. He started
out with the company as a mes
senger, then was up-graded to a
shipping clerk before gaining his
present position.
Lest We Forget
Mrs. W. I. Monroe, 920 So. 12th.
Mrs. Virginia Brown, 930 Short.
Mrs. Susie O’Donnell, 623 C.
Rev. Trago McWilliams, sr.,
2015 U.
Mrs. Marie Copeland, 2137 R.
Mr. H. Cooke, 2001 S.
Mr. Herman Tapp, St. Elizabeth
hospital.
IMr. George Wilson, 426 No. 24th.
Leon Humbert, St. Elizabeth
hospital.
zens and those in surrounding
communities will plan to attend
one or all of these outstanding
sessions. They will begin Friday
evening, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. On Sat
urday afternoon, Dec. 2, at 2
o’clock, there will be a panel. An
outstanding meeting will be held
Saturday evening, Dec. 2, at 8
o’clock and again Sunday after
noon at 2 o’clock. There will be
debates and question periods with
local moderators and presiding
officers.
Sponsoring the conference is a
group of 24 Lincoln religious, ed
ucational and social service groups
in cooperation with the American
Friends Service Committee. Sec
retary of the Conference is Mrs.
A. K. Donovan. This public spir
ited project is designed to do much
to strengthen and promote the
merits of democracy. The public
is urged to attend.
Will Investigate
Biased Practices
The National Urban League
Monday urged all Negro workers
to apply for employment with in
dustries holding government de
fense contracts. The League asked
further, that workers report to
local Urban Leagues the results
of their applications for employ
ment. This call from NUL in
dustrial relations secretary, Julius
A. Thomas, comes at a time when
demand is at a peak and the sup
ply of skilled labor is at its low
est ebb since 1948. The League
is the nation’s oldest interracial
social service agency.
Estimates show two million
workers now abailable to meet an
unprecedented need for labor
which is scheduled to require four
million men by early 1951.
A report from Under Secretary
of Labor, Michael J. Galvin, to
NUL executive director, Lester B.
Granger, mentioned that National
Security Resources Board and De
partment of Labor officials are
conferring on recommendations
recently submitted by the League.
During August and September
Urban League executives, Gran
ger and Thomas, met in confer
ences with Maurice J. Tobin, Sec
retary of Labor, and W. Stuart
Symington, chairman, National
Security Resources Board. The
League at that time submitted rec
ommendations and memoranda
concerning the national emer
gency.
Our Honor Roll
The following are some of those
who are New Subscribers or have
renewed their subscription to The
Voice.
How does your subscription
stand?
Mrs.. H. E. Shelley
Mr. R. E. Harrington
Mr. Ralph Rorenhaus
Mrs. Wyatt Williams
Mrs. Milton J. Offer, Omaha
St. John Sr. Choir To
Sing at Beatrice, Nehr.
OMAHA, Neb.—The senior choir
of St. John A.M.E. church will
appear at the City Auditorium in
Beatrice, Neb., under the aus
pices of St. Paul A.M.E. church,
Rev. Alfred Newton pastor, on
December 10th at 3 p.m.
The officers of the choir are
Pearl Gibson, directress; Ruth
Downing, pianist, Otis Jamerson,
president; Mr. I. S. McPherson,
business manager; Mr. F. L. Spen
cer. Rev. S. H. Lewis is pastor
of the church.
White House Delegation
Selected For Midcentury
Law Students
May Attend
Win. and Mary
By Carter Jewel
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (ANP)
The College of William and Mary,
the second oldest institution of
higher learning in America, is
ready to admit qualified Negro
law students. This policy was
disclosed Monday afternoon, Nov.
13, by Dr. Dudley W. Woodbridge,
dean of the institution’s School of
Jurisprudence, in an address be
fore the Norfolk a.id Portsmouth
Bar Association.
Dean Woodbridge said the col
lege’s decision was published in
the current edition of the Alumni
Gazette.
He disclosed that the college
would follow this procedure in
handling a Negro’s application:
If the college found that the
applicant was qualified for ad
mission under existing regulations
of the school, the application
would be forwarded to the at
torney general of Virginia for his
legal opinion. If he should rule
that the college is obligated under
the law to accept the student, the
college would do so without a
court contest.
Dean Woodbridge, who spoke in
Norfolk on problems of education,
listed segregation as one of the
current problems in legal educa
tion. He said the trend now is
toward the elimination of jim
crow in law schools. He also
called attention to the fact that
the Yale University school of law
has proposed that any law school
practicing segregation should be
barred from membership in the
American Law School association.
Bundle to Chair
Brotherhood Week
PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Dr. Ralph
J. Bunche, United Nations offi
cial and 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
winner, will serve as national
chairman of the Community Or
ganizations Committee for Broth
erhood Week, to be observed Feb.
18-25, under the sponsorship of
the National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews.
Dr. Bunche will make the
opening address at a three-day
Seminar on World Brotherhood,
sponsored by the National Con
ference on Nov. 9-11, at the Hotel
Mayflower, Washington, D. C.
T hanks giving Services
Quinn Chapel and Newman
Methodist will worship with Grace
Methodist, 27 8r. R, Thursday, No
vember 23, H) a. m.
Mount Zion Baptist, 12 & F,
will have services at 11 a. m.
Christ Temple, Church of Christ
(Holiness) will have service* at
10 a. m.
Delegates are attending the conference at their expense,
or under the sponsorship, of the organization they repre
sent.”
Courtesy Lincoln State Journal.
CLYDE W. MALONE . . . Ex
ecutive Secretary of Lincoln
Urban League.
MRS. BOBBIE TURNER DAVIS
. . . Public school teacher.
Robi 118011 In
Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN—(ANP) — Jackie
Robinson appeared at the Para
mount theater here this week at
the premier of his moving pic
ture, “Jackie Robinson Story.”
The Brooklyn Dodger was given
a big sendoff. The Paramount is
one of the biggest theaters in
Puerto Rico.
Mrs. Robinson is accompanying
the popular Jackie. They stopped
at the Caribe-Hilton here. Mak
ing the trip as a vacation, the
couple will go to Ciudad Trujtllo
in the Dominican Republic next
week.
The Nebraska Council on Chil
dren and Youth announced Wed
nesday the names of 38 Nebraska
delegates selected to attend, the
Mid-Century White House Con
ference on Children and Youth
in Washington, D. v^., Dec. 3-7.
The delegates were chosen by
the council’s executive commit
tee on the basis of their interest,
knowledge and ability to partici
pate in the meetings, Mrs. E. W,
Orme, council chairman, said.
“FIVE OUTSTANDING young
people are included in the Ne
braska delegation,” Mrs. Orme
said, “in keeping with the major
role youth has taken in all our
council’s activities.”
“We are looking forward not
only to making a significant con
tribution to the national con
ference, but what is more impor
tant, bring back with u s valuable
insights in how the opportunities
for children and youth in Ne
braska communities may be im
proved,” she said.
Youth conferences have been
called at the White House by
Presidents every ten years since
1909. The theme of this confer
ence is “the mental, emotional,
and spiritual qualities essential to
individual happiness and to re
sponsible citizenship, and what
physical, economic and social con
ditions are d eemed necessary to
this development.”
The list of delegates:
Josephine J. Albrecht, Omaha.
Randall C. Biart, Bellevue.
Mrs. Edna Bratten, McCook.
Dr. Allen P. Burkhardt, Norfolk.
Sen. Dwight. W. Burney, Hartington.
Mrs. C. L. Clark, Lincoln.
Mrs. J. E. Conklin, Hubbell.
Mra. Fritz Craig, Lincoln.
Mrs. Robbie Turner Davis, Omaha.
Mary Dodson, Wilber.
Mrs. Edna Basten Donald, Grand Island.
Suzanne Enyeart, Lincoln,
Philip Eyen, Lincoln.
Rev. Floyd F. Fisher, Omaha.
Marvin Friedman, Lincoln.
Dr. A. O. Fuerbringer, Seward.
W. Stanley Good, Lincoln.
Mrs. R. N. Gould, Omaha.
Mrs. W. H. Hasebroock, West Point.
W. J. Hauser, Omaha.
Dr. W. P. Hieronymus, Fremont.
Rev, William F. Kelley, S.J., Omaha.
Junior Knobel, Fairbury.
Edwin D. Lyman, M.D., Omaha.
Clyde W. Malone, Lincoln.
Mrs. C. J. Mortensen, Ord.
Mrs. E, W. Orme, Lincoln.
Nancy Pumphrey, Wisner.
Dr. Wayne O. Reed, Peru.
Mrs. Haven N. Smith, Chappell.
Dr. Dogulas H. Stanton, Lincoln.
Ray M, Taibl, Lincoln.
Charles 3. Wahrner, Jr., Hcottsbluff.
J. L. Welsh, Omaha.
Dorothy L. Yoder. Omaha.
Mrs. Lawrence Young, Kimball.
Howard U. Wins
APRA Merit Award
WASHINGTON— (ANP) — The
special award given by the Amer
ican Public Relations association
for outstanding achievement in
the field of international relations
was awarded to Howard univer
sity at a luncheon meeting of the
publicists in Willard hotel here
last week.
The award was given the in
stitution because of the good-will
tour in Europe earlier this year
by Howard's acting group.
Calendar of Events
November 26—Newman Meth
odist 4 p. m. Rev. G. W. Hubbard,
Clair Methodist, Omaha, his choir
and congregation will be guests.
December 13—Newman Meth
odist 23rd & S, New England Tur
key Dinner, 5-8 p. m.
