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VOL. 5, NO. 20 V-" ^ Nebraska Official and Legal Newspaper THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1951
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Committee Is Appointed. 05 oV
Clyde Malone Education0 <,'**:
R. Malone Named
1951 President
Wednesday, Feb. 28, a Clyde
Malone education fund was of
ficially established by the Urban
League board of directors. The
fund is to provide college training
for any worthy student interested
in race relations. The fund is
established in honor of the former
| . executive secretary of the league
who died recently. A committee
appointed to work out details of
the fund will include Tom Pan
sing, chairman, Clayton Lewis,
Mrs. Basilia Bell, Dr. M. F. Arn
holt and Mrs. Helene Foe. A com
mittee of interested citizens will
be named to act in an advisory
capacity with the board of di
rectors committee.
A basketball game was held at
the Urban League building Friday
between the Omaha Lettermen
and the Lincoln Silver Streaks.
Proceeds went to the fund.
* * *
ROBERT T. MALONE was
named president of the league
board of directors for the com
ing year. Other officers elected
were: Mrs. Roberta Molden, first
vice president; Mrs. Helene Foe,
second vice president; John Irv
ing, recording secretary; Dr. M. F.
Arnholt, treasurer. Financial com
mittee include: Joseph Fenton,
chairman, Mrs. Helene Foe, John
' Irving, B. G. Clark and Mrs. Ritha
Banks.
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A COMMITTEE appointed for
the selection of a person for the
position of executive secretary in
/ eluded Clayton Lewis, chairman
Judge E d w a rd Fisher, Dale
Weeks, Dr. M. F. Arnholt and
Mrs. Basilia Bell.
MRS. SARAH WALKER was
named by the board as acting
executive secretary. She will also
continue in her present position of
group supervisor.
Atlanta U. to Take Part
In Education Program
ATLANTA. (ANP). -Atlanta
university is slated to become the
third Negro school to actively
participate in the southern re
, gional education program, accord
ing to “Regional Action in Higher
Education,” official publication of
the Board of Control for South
ern Regional Education.
Atlanta U’s famed School of
, Social Work will in conjunction
with the 13 southern states active
in the educational plan and accept
Negro students beginning in the
1951-52 school year.
Under the overall program 128
students of both races will attend
regional schools. Of this number
53 Negroes will attend Atlanta.
Each participating state will pay
Atlanta U. $750 for each student
enrolled.
Under present plans, the fol
lowing states will give $39,750
for the education of 53 Negro stu
dents in social work:
Alabama 5; Arkansas, 5;
Florado, 5; Louisiana, 3; Missis
sippi, 5; North Carolina, 10;
South Carolina, 5; Tennessee, 5,
and Virginia 10.
By joining in this program, At
lanta U. became the third Negro
school to co-operate. Already
Meharry Medical college is edu
cating 47 dental and 108 medical
students for $220,875 under this
program, and Tuskegee institute
is teaching 27 students for $20,250
in its veterinary school.
Anderson
To N.Y
NEW v )—Marian
Anderson, v, jus contralto
celebrating the _enth anniver
sary of her memorable return to
America on Dec. 30, 1935, has just
reached Portland, Ore., the mid
point of a tour of 50 North Amer
ican and Canadian cities arranged
by Impresario S. Hurok.
Miss Anderson, who has per
formed on three continents since
last May, will return to New York
via the midwest for her only
Carnegie hall appearance this
year on Sunday evening, March
25.
Laase, Wright
File For School
Board Posts
When Lincoln citizens go to
the polls for the primaries on
April 3rd, they will be asked to
vote for four people to fill as
many vacancies on the Lincoln
board of education. During the
past week two able Lincoln citi
zens have announced their can
didacy for the school board. They
were Homer L. Wright, 436 So.
29th, president of the Elliott
school Parent-Teacher association
and Mrs. Leroy T. Laase, 743 So.
34th, wife of Dr. Leroy Laase,
chairman of the Department of
Speech at the University of Ne- i
braska.
In a prepared statement, Wright
declared that Lincoln has the re
sources to develop one of the na
tion’s finest school systems and
that the attainment of that goal
requires the fullest confidence
and co-operation of the entire
community. His platform is
based on four main points:
1. Foresight and judgement in
a long-range building program.
2. Development of a salary
schedule to insure high quality
teaching. «
3. Democratic exercise of pol
icy-making without dissension.
4. Positive leadership in re
establishing wholesale working
relationship within the school
system.
In her statement, Mrs. Laase
said, “I am not filing in order to
run ‘against’ anyone. I am run
ning ‘for’ the school board on
the basis of my interest and
qualifications. In a democracy,
there should always be several
interested candidates with some
what different qualifications from
among whom the citizens may
choose.” Her platform includes:
1. Favor of the building pro
gram to meet the educational
needs of expanding enrollments.
2. A well-qualified staff of
teachers and administrators work
ing in harmony and with a sense
of security.
3. An adequate, up-to-date
curriculum .
The terms of Robert C. Venner
and Mrs. Roscoe Hill are expir
ing this year. Venner has already
filed for reelection and Mrs. Hill
is expected to be a candidate.
Mrs. Sampson to Speak
At Lincoln Convocation
Mrs. Edith Sampson, Alter
nate delegate to the U.N., will I
address a Nebraska University
Convocation Friday morning at
11:00 A.M., at the Student Union,
12th and R Streets.
.O.C. Week Is
To Be Observed
March ll-17th
Observance of the Vocational
Opportunity Week will be held
March 11 thru March 17 at the
Urban League. Fifty-six affi
liates of the National Urban
League are participating in this
program.
The main objectives of the
Vocational Opportunity Cam
paign is to stimulate the Youth
to train and prepare for jobs; it
also seeks to equalization of op
portunities for education and
vocational training; full oppor
tunity for job placement for all
who are trained and qualified;
to convince employers that it is
to their advantage to hire work
ers according to their prepara
tion and skills regardless of race,
color, religion or national origin.
Friday, a group of Whittier
Junior High and Lincoln High
School students met with Mr.
C. W. Holmes, General Chairman
and formed a co-sponsoring or
ganization to assist in stimulat
ing interest in the Vocational
Program.
Officers chosen are:
Beverly Holcomb, Co-Chair
man.
Mattie Sue Nevels, Vice Chair
man.
Vonna M. Finley, Secretary.
Emma White and Ida Ad
kins, Sgt. of Arms.
Lincoln Jaycees
Sponsor Forums
The Lincoln Junior Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor this spring
a series of forums on topics of
local concern, according to an
announcement Thursday by Lin
coln Jaycee President, Pat Ash.
The Lincoln Forum series will
be free to the public and through
the cooperation of the Extension .
Division of the University of Ne- .
braska and the Jaycees the “town i
ball” meetings will be held in the ]
auditorium of Love Memorial Li
brary at 8:15 on the evenings of ]
March 13, April 11 and May 9.
The topic for discussion on 1
ruesday, March 13, will be: ]
‘Should Nebraska have a sales .
tax?” Ash said that the modera- <
tor and the members of the panel .
for the first forum would be an
lounced during the first week of
Vlarch. The topics for debate in
\pril and May will be, respec
ively, “What Will Lincoln Be
fjke In 1975?” and “How Can
ifou Provide for An Adequate
Education for Your Child?”
The series of forums will be
jroadcast by both radio stations
£FOR and KOLN. The Lincoln
raycees plan to conduct a series
>f similiar forums each year, the
faycee president said.
Chicago Major Receiving the DFC
Maj. Charles E. McGee, 31, of
Chicago, as he was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross at
South Dogpatch Air Base in Ko
rea for extraordinary achieve
ment and heroism in action re
:ently by Gen. Earl E. Partridge,
the commanding general of the
Fifth Air Force in Korea. Maj.
McGee, who is the son of the
Rev. Lewis A. McGee, pastor of
the Free Fellowship church in
Chicago, is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Illinois in Champaign.
His wife and tw--* 'h;M-3n live
in the am, us ’ iANP).
Leaders Present 6-Point
Program to Pres. Truman
BY ALICE A. DUNNIGAN
WASHINGTON—(ANP)—A six-point program
aimed to increase national unity, to weaken communist
propaganda and to strengthen America’s cause among
the colored peoples of the world was presented to Presi
dent Truman last Wednesday by 12 outstanding Negro
leaders representing various sections of the country. . ..
At the beginning of their prepared statement to the
President, members of the group let it be known they were
fully aware of the increasing responsibility that rests upon
the President as a result of the perilous world situation
and assured him that it did not come to add to his cares
but rather to offer something worthwhile to the moral
health and well being of the nation.
The President was reminded that in the hour of global
crisis this country should demonstrate to the world that
its people are united and that it is not only talking democ
racy and fighting for it across the earth but that it is
actually being demonstrated at home.
Bunche to Present
Academy Award to
Best Movie of Year
By Harry Levette
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (ANP).
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, director of
the United Nations trusteeship di
vision and Nobel Peace prize win
ner, will present an academy
award to Hollywood’s top movie
maker, March 29, at the Pantages
theatre.
The Academy of Motion Pic
ture Arts and Sciences, sponsor!
of this event, announced this weel
that Dr. Bunche had accepted th(
invitation to present the Osca]
for the best motion picture of th<
year.
This marks the first time tha
a Negro has ever presented ar
award at the Academy Award
program. It is also the first time
that any person not connected in
any way with the motion picture
industry has ever awarded a glit
tering Oscar.
in oraer tnat tne iuuest use oi
the services of Negro citizens be
utilized at this time, the dele
gation urged President Truman to
exercise the powers inherent in
his office to:
1. Abolish racial segregation
in the nation’s capital.
2. To appoint qualified Ne
groes on the administrative and
■ policy making level of the gov
r ernment.
1 3. To integrate Negroes in all
> new agencies that are being es
tablished and will be estabished
- as a result of this emergency,
s 4. To appoint Negroes more
c widely in the foreign and diplo
2 matic service of the United
r States.
e 5. To issue an Executive Or
der guaranteeing the maximum
t use of all manpower in all pro
i duction efforts irrespective of
1 color, race or national origin in
the emergency and provide an
adequate machinery for its en
forcement.
6. To abolish once and for all
racial segregation of Negro sol
diers in the United States army.
The president was very friend
ly with the group and accepted
its program with some enthu
siasm. He assured it he was
already doing all he could to see
that the things they suggested
are being carried out.
On the question of an emer
gency FEPC established by Ex
ecutive Order, the President as
sured the Negro leaders that they
did not have to sell him on this
idea. He said he had already
committed himself on the mat
ter.
In a press conference held at
Carver hall immediately follow
ing the conference with the
President, Walter White pointed
out that the Negro voters had
not asked for as much as had
labor and farmers, but it is a
known fact, he continued, that
the Negroes in Illinois, Ohio and
California elected the president
to office.
When the President took cre
dit for the integration of Ne
groes into the United States
Navy and Air Corps, Mr. White,
mentioned the tremendous dis
crimination which is now being
practiced in Korea against Ne
groes in the army. He presented
fixtures to the President’s as
sistant, David Niles which had
been revealed by the NAACP
special counsel Thurgood Mar
shall regarding court martials
against Negroes in the armed
forces on the fighting front.
In addition to the prepared
statement presented to the Presi
dent by the group, Mrs. Bethune
commented that this emergency
is not only an American emer
gency but one of world interwt
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