VOL. 5, NO. 36_ Lincoln 3, Nebraska Official and Legal Newspaper Thursday, June 28, 1951
Fan, Age 9, Finds Sermons
‘Rather Simple1 After 3 Years
Preaching is nothing new to
9-year-old Van Simpson, who
preached two sermons at youth
day services at the Bethel Baptist
church in Omaha recently.
Van, who lives with his grand
parents, Rev. and Mrs. William I.
Monroe of 920 So. 12th, began
preaching at the age of 6, only a
few months after he was baptized. I
His first sermon was preached,
at Cheyenne, Wyo. He went from
there to Boulder, Colo., and from
there to churches in Chicago, then
his home. He has preached two;
sermons in Lincoln since he came
here a year and a half ago.
Young Van shows an appetite
for work. When he first came to
Lincoln he asked the employment
office to find him work but found
his age was against him.
Now his time is taken up with
playing shortstop on a midget
league team. He is interested in
music and plans to start taking
trumpet lessons in the near fu
ture.
Van will enter the fifth grade
»* at Capital grade school next fall.
Courtesy Journal-Star
IN THE PULPIT—Van Simp
son, 9-year-old Lincoln boy,
is shown during one of his two
sermons at an Omaha church
Sunday
Bombing Defied
. By P. L. Julian
CHICAGO. (ANP)—Dr. Percy
L. Julian, internationally famed
scientist, defied threats against his
life this week, and declared that
he would stay in his Oak Park
suburban home.
In the meantime, he turned over
to the FBI a letter threatening his
life if he did not move from his
(home at 515 N. East ave. in Oak
Park. The FBI has turned it over
to the U5. attorney general in
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Julian returned to Chicago
this week after hearing about the
bombing of his property while he
and his wife were in Baltimore to
attend his father’s funeral. Only
his two children, Percy Jr., 11,
and Faith, 7, and a watchman
were at the home when the at-'
tempted blasting took place.
The letter turned over to the
FBI ordered the scientist and his
family to move or they all would
be killed. Since then, however,
Dr. Julian said, many of his white
I neighbors have come to his home
to tell him they do not object to
his living in this community.
The famed scientist explained
his reasons for staying in Oak
Park as follows;
■We have no particular desire to live
In Oak Park but our religious, business,
and professional interests ell are centered,
In the community.
“Often I have to work at night. From
here I can get to the soya division of
the Glidden company wbere I work in SO
minutes.
‘*1 also am a board member of the
First Congregational church of Oak Park.
My children were baptized there."
Last year, Dr. % Julian was ac
claimed “Chicagoan of the Year”
because of his many scientific!
achievements. This year, North-]
western university honored him
at commencement exercises for
his numerous discoveries.
Despite those and numerous
other achievements, Dr. Julian has
had trouble ever since he moved
to Oak Park. Last November, ar
sonists tried to set fire to the
home, then threw a kerosene
bomb into the home which was
then newly decorated.
Then there was last week’s
bomb. During this time, a guard
has been on constant watch day
and night to protect the home.
Although the home is located in
one of the suburb’s most exclusive
areas, it is not the mansion it
seems to be, according to Dr.
Julian.
“It’s only a 25-year-old build
ing,” he said, “which looks larger
than it really is because of the
trimmings on the outside. It has
only four bedrooms inside.”
Grand Chapter
OES Convenes
The 30th annual session of
Amaranthus Grand Chapter of
Nebraska Jurisdiction, O.E.S. con
vened at the Masonic Hall, 26th
and Blondo St., with the recep
tion being held Tuesday evening,
June 19, 1950. Mistress of cere
monies for the evening was Sis.
Blanch Moore. Invocation by Bro.
Walter C. Carter. Welcome ad
dress by Atty. Chas. Davis. Re
sponse by F. G. Matron, Sis.
Jennie Edwards of Lincoln. Wel
come address on behalf of
churches by Rev. S. H. Lewis. In
strumental solo by Patricia Alt
house, of Youth’s Fraternity. Wel
come address on behalf of the
Eastern Star by Sis. Ella Mae
Haynes, W. M., Omaha Chapter.
Response by Sis. Jennie Edwards,
P.G.M., Lincoln, Nebr. Welcome
address on behalf of the Mason’s
Bro. Bud Newman, W. M. Re
sponse by Bro. Chas. Goolsby, A.!
G.P. Musical reading, Sis. Kath
erine Ward. Introduction of Grand:
Officers by Sis. Ida Mae Byth-'
wood, P.M. Remarks by Sis.*
Maymie Houchins, G.WJM., Ama
ranthus Grand Chapter and re
marks by Bro. I. S. McPherson,
G.W.P.
The three day session was de
voted to necessary business that
came before the Amaranthus Gr.
Chapter.
Elected officers are:
Grand Worthy Patron, Charles M.
Goolsby, Lincoln.
Grand Worthy Matron, Mra. Edith
Wheatley, Omaha.
Grand Aaaoc. Matron, Mrs. Josle Moore,
Omaha.
Grand Aaaoc. Patron, Bert Johnson.
Omaha.
Grand Treasurer, Mra Dorothy Lewis,
Lincoln.
Grand Secretary, Mra. Vera Harris,
Omaha.
Grand Conductress, Mb. Gussie Mc
Pherson, Omaha.
Grand Assoc. Cood , Mra. Hattie Agee,
Omaha.
Sentinel, Walter Carter, Omaha.
Tech High Graduate
Gets OES Scholarship
OMAHA—Miss Claudette Neal,
Technical high school graduate,
was awarded a scholarship Tues
day night at a reception opening
the thirtieth annual session of
Amaranthus Grand Chapter, Or
der of Eastern Star.
CIO Head Urges Civil
Rights Program to Aid US
T ri-Convention
HeldBy Omaha
Kans.. Districts
The annual Sunday School and
Allen Christian Endeavor League
convention of the African Meth
odist Episcopal chui’ch’s Omaha
and Kansas City districts con
vened Wednesday, June 20th at
10K)b a.m. at Trinity A.M.E.
church, Kansas City, Kansas.
They used as a theme: “O, Lord
Revive Thy Work.” The Rev.
S. M. Pointer was host pastor.
The Young People’s Missionary
department, under the supervision
of Mrs. Anna R. Jones, Omaha,
Neb., was also a participant in the
convention.
The Rev. W. W. Betton, pastor
of Bethel A.M.E. church, Leaven
worth, Kan., preached the Annual
Sermon and ministers from vari
ous churches throughout the dis
tricts participated in administer
ing Holy Communion.
The convention was organized
with Presiding Elders John
Adams, Omaha District, and
Elmer W. Newton, Kansas City
District, in charge. Miss Barbara
Long, Omaha, and Miss Olene
Brown, Kansas City, were elected
i secretaries.
j The delegates wire attracted to
j three workshops: “Children
! Work,” “Youth Work” and “Adult
Work,” under the supervision of
Mrs. W. M. Blount, dean of the
school of religious education.
Each of the three workshops were
divided into three divisions: Sun
day School, Allen Christian En
deavor League and Missionary
Work. Mrs. Minnie Cooper was
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Negro Pharmacist
Makes Bid for La.
Governor’s Seat
BATON ROUGE, La.—Kermit
A. Parker, a colored pharmacist
of New Orleans, last Wednesday
announced his candidacy for gov
ernor of Louisiana.
He said he is supported by the
Louisiana Democratic Civic Asso
ciation, a colored political organ
ization of which he is president.
“As far as I know,” he said,
“I am the first Negro citizen to
seek a state office in Louisiana
since Reconstruction days.”
He added that he felt this move
“will give our country another
example to point to in her ef
fort to show that all citizens
share some of the equality of op
portunity, which is one of the
points stressed so much.”
The 40-year-old pharmacist is
a graduate of Xavier university.!
He is a member of the board of
commissioners for the State Jn-^
dustrial School for Colored;
Youths. He was appointed to the
post Sept. 19, 1948, by Governor'
Earl K. Long.
Parker said he has asked Sec
retary of State Wade O. Martin,
Jr., to supply him with the forms
necessary to file as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination.
He said he will announce “a full
ticket” prior to filing and that
“there will be some candidates
for legislative seats in certain
wards of New Orleans and other
parishes (counties).”
PITTSBURGH, Pa.— (ANP)—Failure to adopt a civil
rights program for America will earn the United States
“the moral condemnation” of people in other parts of the
world and may also “bring us economic troubles of the
most serious nature,” CIO President Philip Murray de
clared recently.
Speaking at a testimonial banquet in his honor, under
the auspices of the Allegheny County (Pa.) Citizens com
mittee and attended by Negro and white civic leaders from
western Pennsylvania, Murray said:
“Passage of the Congress of a
Fair Employment Practices law
would bring tremendous benefits
to every American citizen here at
home. It would also be worth
two or three army divisions, or a
year’s appropriation for the Voice
of America in our world-wide
struggle against communism. . . ,
“Each betrayal of American
democratic principles whether it
is in the field of civil rights or
in any other phase of our daily
life, plays directly into the hands
of the Kremlin.
“The massive propaganda
machine of the Kremlin is ready
to seize upon distort and broad-’
cast our failures, in a hundred
tongues. We cannot control the
Kremlin propaganda machine—
but we can, as a nation, regulate
our conduct to win friends rather
than to rebuff our natural allies.”
The CIO President described as
“unforunate” the “unholy alli
ance” of southern Democrats and
northern Republicans, which he
Human Relations
Convention Held
At Urbana, 111.
URBANA, 111.—(ANP) — The
first state-wide Conference on
Human Relations was held on the
University of Illinois campus here
Saturday and Sunday. The meet
ing was sponsored by the Illinois
Interracial commission.
“The purpose of the confer
ence,” said Erwin W. Roemer,
chairman of the Interracial com
mission, “was to bring together
individuals who have concerned
themselves with the problem of
inter-group living in their own
communities.”
Twenty-four cities sent dele
gates to discuss the problems fac
ing their communities and share
their experiences in attempting to
solve those porblems.
“There has been noticeable
progress in the area of inter-group
living,” Roemer stated, “and the
conference afforded an opportu
nity to stress that progress and
the means by which it has been
made.”
Russell B. Babcock, executive
director of the commission, re- j
ported on the role that local and
state government has played in
extending basic rights to members
of minority groups who are dis
criminated against.
Dr. Joseph D. LLohman. pro
fessor of sociology at the Uni
versity of Chicago, and chairman
of the Division of Correction of
the state Department of Public
Safety, addressed the 80 delegates
at the dinner session on Saturday
evening.
The Saturday afternoon and
Sunday morning sessions were
devoted to work groups. Segre
gation and discrimination in
health, employment, education,
housing and civil rights will be
i discussed in these groups.
said has prevented action on the
civil rights program. Murray
described this inaction as a “na
tional disgrace—and the sooner
the American people remedy that
situation at the polls, the better
off our country will be.”
Hopes President Will
Issue FEPC Order
Noting that the CIO has joined
with other organizations in press
ing for legislative action and an
.end to racial discrimination, he.
Murray voiced hope that “our
President, who is so often respon- '
sive to the needs of the American
people, will issue such an order
for a national emergency FEPC
at the earliest possible moment.”
j Murray criticized theories that
our present global conflicts stem
ifrom a struggle between colored
men and white men.
“Our differences with the com
munists pertain to basic problems
I of human liberty and freedom,’*
; he said. “Those differences do
I not, they should not, relate to the
matter of men's color or creed or
race.
“We all know that the world
wide communist program, if it
were successful, would bring
about the enslavement of all men
—regardless of race or color or
creed.
j “But the eventual triumph of
world democracy will mean free
dom for all men, regardless of
I race, color or creed.
“Our task at home and abroad
musi be to insure that old, out
jmoded forms of imperialism and
colonialism, wherever they may
exist today, are replaced at once
by free institutions and economic
opportunity for all people."
Murray, reviewing the record of
the CIO, predicted that it would
continue to be in the vanguard
of the fight to break down arti
ficial fences of discrimination or
segregation. The CIO, he said,
will press for three objectives:
(1) There must be equality of economic
opportunity for every American citizen.
(2; There must be equality of political
rights for every American citizen.
(3) There must be an equal sharing of
the services and the facilities of each com*
munlty by all its citizens.
He declared that in a factory,
it is not enough for a union to
win great improvements for just
a few of the most highly skilled
workers. We will not have done
our job until every worker—espe
cially those in the most lowly
paid sections of the plant—havt
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Notice Notice
You are urged to attend a meet
ing at the Lincoln Urban League,
Friday, June 29th, at 8:00 p.m. A
representative from the Citizens’
Council will be present to speak
to you and answer any question*
you might have regarding the
special election to be held Jmiy
10th. The public is invited.