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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
necessarily a reflection of the policy
are those of the writer and not
of The Voice-—Pub.
Removing the Color Line
North and South the various
Army camps have removed the
artificial barriers of color, as
signing white and colored to the
same units, barracks, recreation
places and dining halls, al
though admittedly there is still
much room for improvement.
These changes have come about
in the last year or two, although
the various Army training,
schools have been moving to
ward complete integration for
nearly a decade, and most of
them have achieved it.
The problem has been more
difficult in the South, as might
be expected, because of the seg
regated pattern of the camps’
surrounding territory, but even
there the achievement is credit
able.
In all fairness it should be
pointed out that attaining in- :
tegrated status in the Navy and t
Air Force has not been as dif
ficult because the latter is new,
the former has a history of in
tegration except during the j
twenty-year period between |
World wars I and II, and pro
portionately neither service had
as many Negroes as the Army.
While in theory the military
authorities should not consider
the prejudices of personnel,
they have to do so in practice—
every army has to; and so the
fact that these changes have
: been brought about with so little
dissension, is marked evidence of
the improvement of race rela
tions in America.
But for all its progress, the
Army is still a long way from
erasing the color line, notably in
combat units.
There are still all-Negro regi
ments, battalions and companies,
and there should NOT be be
cause these colored and white [
servicemen are of the same
creed, culture and nationality,
speak the same language and
have grown up in the same lo
calities.
Considering these facts there
is no reason why .very distinc
tion based on color should not
b- eliminated by the Army at
once.
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Help Rebuild BTW Building
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
BIRTHPLACE, Va.—Interest is
continuing to mount in the
Booker T. Washington Commu
nity Service Clubs, and President
S .J. Phillips of the Booker T.
Washington Memorial is urging
still greater interest in the clubs
and also in the drive now on for
funds to rebuild the burned-out
administration post office build
ing here.
Seventy-five thousand dollars
is urgently needed—now toa re
build the building which was de
stroyed by fire last Christmas.
You are urged to send a contribu
tion today to Booker T. Washing
ton Birthplace, Booker Washing
ton Birthplace, Va. Contributions
do not have to be large; small
contributions from 75,000 persons
would do the job.
Meanwhile, local community
self-help groups are urged to
form Booker T. Washington Com
munity Service Clubs. Full de
tails of the movement are printed
in handy pamphlet form, and
these pamphlets are available by
writing to Booker T. Washington
Community Service Clubs, Book-;
er T. Washington Birthplace, Va.,
or 918 N Street, N. W., Washing
ton, D. C.
—
Warren G. Harding was the
first U.S. president to speak over
I the radio
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• TATS HISTORICAL tOCIRTT
Nebraska Governors—28
Arthur J. Weaver, who served
as governor of Nebraska from
1929 to 1931, was born on a farm
near Falls City, November 18,
1873. His parents were pioneer
Nebraskans, having emigrated to
the new state from Massachusetts
in 1869. His father, Archibald J.
Weaver, was prominent in pio
neer public affairs, serving as a
member of the constitutional
conventions of 1871 and 1875, as
ditsrict judge, and as a member
of Congress.
After attending the public
schools in Falls City, young Ar
thur went to the University of
Nebraska, receiving a bachelor’s
degree in 1895 and a law degree
the next year. He returned to
Falls City to begin the practice
of law, but public activities and
agriculture absorbed an increas
ingly greater portion of his time.
He was city attorney for Falls
City, 1899-1901, and Richardson
County attorney, 1901-03. He
served on the city council from i
1910 to 1916, and was chairman
of the committee responsible for i
much of Falls City's improve- j
ments in paving, sew'age and !
lighting.
Mr. Weaver’s long participa
tion in state affairs began with
his election to the state House of
Representatives, where he served
from 1899-1901. He followed in
the footsteps of his father with
lis election to the Nebraska Con
stitutional Convention of 1920, j
and served as president of that
aody. ‘
Nebraska Republicans sup- '•
ported him successfully for ap
pointment as Secretary of Agri
culture in President Coolidge’s
cabinet. In 1928 ho won election
as governor. He was re-nomi
nated in 1930, but was defeated
by Charles W. Bryan. Ten years
later he unsuccessfully sought
the Republican nomination for
United States senator, being de
feated by Hugh Butler.
Governor Weaver was inti
mately associated with the agri
cultural development of Nebras
ka. He was one of the state’s
leading orchardists, and served
as president for two terms of the
state horticultural society. He
was agricultural director of the
Omaha branch of the Kansas
City federal reserve bank from
1924 to 1926, and served for
eight years as a member of the
state board of agriculture. He
was one of the organizers of the
Nebraska Dairy Development So
ciety.
He was actively concerned
with the development of inland
waterways. He served as presi
dent of the Missouri River Navi- j
gation Association and of the
Mississippi Valley Association.
Another of Governor Weaver’s
itnerests, was the state historical
society. He was elected to the
society’s executive board in 1935
and served until his death, Oc
tober 18, 1945. From 1939-41
he was president of the society. !
During these years, one of the
features of each annual dinner
was the famous Weaver apple
which graced each plate.
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U.L. Campaign 1/3 of Goal
NEW. YORK—Dwight R. G.
Palmer, president of the General
Cable Corporation, and over-all
chairman of the 1951 Fund Cam
paign of the National Urban
League, announced this morning
at a breakfast meeting at the
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria the drive
has netted $205,230 of the $600,
000 goal.
As Mr. Palmer spoke, Mr. Mil
ton L. Ehrlich, president of Mil
ton L. Ehrlich, Inc., builders, an
nounced a personal gift of $1,000.
This morning’s breakfaset opened
the secgnd section of the drive,
| which began on April 24th. Rob
ert W. Dowling, president, City
Investing Company, and Edward
F. Boyd, assistant sales manager,
Pepsi-Cola Company, are co-lead
ers of this section of the drive.
I Mr. Palmer and Dr. Channing
H. Tobias, director, Phelps-Stokes
Fund, headed the two-week ef
fort just concluded. Mr. Palmer
announced receipt of a $15,000
grant from the Marshall Field
Foundation for “support and ex
pansion of the industrial rela
tions program of the National
Urban League.” The campaign
chairman termed this a crucial
area of League work, and cited
i the League’s success in placing
| Negroes in important positions in
American industry.
CIO Urges FEPC
By Executive Order
WASHINGTON — (ANP) —
James B. Carey, CIO secretary
treasurer and chairman of the
CIO committee to abolish dis
crimination, dispatched a letter
to President Truman here last
week asking the establishment of
a fair employment practices com
mission by executive order.
Urging the president not to wait
for congress to act, Carey said,
“Job discrimination is a vital
shortcoming of the defense-mobili
zation program and should be
ended by presidential action with
out further delay.”
Notice to Contractors
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Department of
Roads and Irrigation in the State
Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
May 24, 1951, until 10:00 o’clock
A.M., and at that time publicly
opened and read for SAND
GRAVEL FOR SURFACING and
incidental work on the WAV
ERLY NORTH Patrol No. 11082
State Road.
The approximate quantity is:
800 Cu. Yds. Sand Gravel Sur
face Course Material
The attention of bidders is di
rected to the Special Provisions
covering subletting or assigning
the contract.
Compliance by the contractor
with the standards as to hours of
labor prescribed by the “Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938,”
approved June 25, 1938 (Public
No. 718, 75th Congress), will be
required in the performance of
| the work under this contract.
The minimum wage paid to all
| skilled labor employed on this
I contract shall be one dollar and
! five cents ($1.05) per hour, ex
i cept that a minimum wage of
I one dollar and twenty-live cents
i ($1.25) per hour shall be paid to:
Crane Operators
Dragline Operators
Power Shovel Operators
The minimum wage paid to all
intermediate labor employed on
this contract shall be ninety-five
(95) cents per hour.
The minimum wage paid to all
unskilled labor employed on this
contract shall be seventy-five
(75) cents Der hour
Plans and specifications for the
work may be seen and informa
tion secured at the office of the
County Clerk at Lincoln, Ne
braska, or at the office of the
Department of Roads and Irriga
tion at Lincoln, Nebraska.
The successful bidder will be
require to furnish bond in an
amount equal to 100% of his con
tract.
As an evidence of good faith
in submitting a proposal for this
work, the bidder must file, with
i his proposal, a certified check
made payable to the Department
of Roads and Irrigation and in an
amount not less than seventy
I five (75) dollars.
The right is reserved to waive
all technicalities and reject any
or all bids.
I DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND
; IRRIGATION
F. H. Klietsch, State Engineer
J. B. Morgan, County Clerk
Lancaster County _^4
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