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TIh® V@n<e® __ PUBLISHED WEEKLY__ •‘Dodtrafrd to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people____ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher end Editor Business Address 2225 8 Street Phone 3-4085 Lf No Answer Call 5-7506 Ruble W Shakespeare .... Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Oreen ... Office Secretary Air*. Joe Ureon ..Circulation Manager Ha—b— — tbs 4sss slated Negre Press aad" Nebraska Press Asseelatlea Entered as Second Class Matter. Juhe 8. 1*47 at teb Post Office at Lincoln Nebraska under the Act of March J. 1878. 1 year subscription.$2 50 Single copy..joc uut-ot-state 1 Tear Subscription *2.50— Single Copy lOe | N EDITORIALS The views expressed In these columns necessarily s reflection of the policy ere those of the writer end not of The Voice.—Pub Start Communist Quiz in Chicago CHICAGO—(ANP)—The fed eral grand jury in Chicago Mon day, began an investigation into persons and organizations whom it is asserted have had com munist leanings. The effort is similar to the drive which took place in New York recently and resulted ip conviction of 11 lead ers. Here as in New York colored people are involved. This is espe cially true where so called leftish unions are concerned. The C.I.O. United Packing House Workers union is one which it is reported will come in for in tensive investigation. One of the first witnesses to be called before • the grand jury will be Samuel G. Curry, president of local 347. j At one time this union was ex tending its influence into many southside organizations. It bought the old Bacon Casino at 49th and Wabash avenue and opened it to 1 community organizations of vari ous types. At the start many groups began holding their meet ings there until the purpose of the organization apparently alarmed them. This organization has a Negro international vice president, Russel R. Lasley. The other union which will be looked into is the United Electri cal, Radio and Machine Workers union. This group like the pack ing house workers group has made 'a special effort to recruit Ne groes. A large segment of the membership of both unions is Negro. They have taken advanced positions on the Negro question and civil rights, all critic for the purpose of strengthening their numbers and advancing the cause of the party. One difference between the two, however, is that the packinghouse workers are still in the C.I.O., but he was ousted for alleged com-( munist influence when the C.I.O. , had its housecleaning of so-called j red unionists. Famed 24th Infantry Regiment Is Disbanded WASHINGTON — (ANP) — A piece of good news, which also; may be classed as bad news (de pends upon which way you look at it) came out of the nation's capital here last week. The famed 24th Infantry regi ment, the all-Negro unit currently a part of the 25th Infantry di vision in Korea, will become a part of the historical past The U.S. army, acting upon recommendations from command ing officers in Korea have de cided to abolish the unit as such and send its troops to other di visions as replacements, integrat ing them with white troops. The 24th is the last remaining Negro regiment in the army. On one hand .the integration of Ne groes and whites in the armed services is what Negroes through out the country have been clamor mg for. But it’s a case of either having your cake or eating it, for with complete integration, comes the end of a colorful all-Negro unit which was responsible for many of the daring sagas that re pose on the pages of America’s military history. BRIGHAM’S ... for cleaning .. 2-3624 2246 O St GOLD CUP ♦ BREAD ■ —. IDEAL Greco? Md Market Lm ©/ Parkkf X7tk Md F Skmta BEAL’S GROCERY Fresk F re its A Vegetables Meats 2101 R Tel. 2-6933 h JAMES C. OLSON, SupmnUndtnl •MTI ■IlTOaiCAL SOCIETY During the 1840’s, with the number of overland emigrants swelling e^ch year, the federal government was besieged with demands for protection from the Indians along the trail. One means by which the government furnished that protection was to send troops over the trail with the Indians and to impress them | with the military might of the 'Great White Father. Such an expedition was led across Nebraska in the summer of 1845 by Col. Stephen Watts Kearny, who with 250 men trav eled from Forth Leavenworth to South Pass and back again in the 99 days from May 18 to August 24. They went out along the Oregon Trail to South Pass, retraced their steps to Fort Laramie, then cut over to the South Platte, re turning to Forth Leavenworth along the valley of the Arkansas and over the Santa Fe Trail. Colonel Kearney’s soldiers were well armed, and had two howitz-' ers with them. Their guide was the intrepid mountain man, Thomas Fitzpatrick. Their mis-j sion was to cultivate peace with the Indians, while at the same time impressing upon them the danger of molesting the emi grants. Kearny felt that his expedition was successful. He reported that the Indians “were distinctly told the road . . must not be dosed' . . and that the white* people traveling upon it must not be dis-1 turbed, either in their persons or i jroperty.” !, The howitzers, discharged for the benefit and amazement of the' Indian, appear to have a particu-1 larly salutary effect Apparently the men’s uniforms and fine horses had the same desirable effect. At Fort Laramie (then a fur trading post rather than a mili tary establishment) Colonel Kearny held a council with the Sioux. He told the thousand In-! dians assembled on the Laramie plain that he had come to open a road to the waters of the setting sun and that Indians who dis I PEAK of QUALITY Clydes Dairy Store m# R St. Ice Cream Uc A Rea pimt Group Discusses U.S. Air Power WASHINGTON—(ANP) — Two giant new strategic air bases in North Africa are now ready for shorter range A-bomb carrying planes, according to high ranking air force officials. This information was revealed by members of the House Armed Services Committee after a closed door session with USAF generals last week. The airforce “brass” further testified that the United States has only 87 B-36s ready for ac tion, and that two fifths of these are laid up undergoing moderniza tion. One member of the committee claimed that he was “shocked” by the news that so few of the craft are ready for use. And another thinks the evidence is an indica tion that the B-36 is “obsolete.” President Truman would neither verify nor deny the testimony of the generals which” was made -1-1 turbed the emigrants would be subject to swift punishment He particularly warned the Sioux against whiskey, stating that it was the greatest enemy among them. Bull Tail, the principal chief, present, promised obedience, after which Coloney Kearny distrib-1 uted presents. Three shots from the howitzers echoed down the 'Laramie Valley and the council was over. Colonel Kearny wah much im-! pressed by the size of the emigra tion. By the time he reached South Pass he had overtaken about 850 men, 475 women, 1,000 children, 7.000 cattle, 400 horses and mules, and 460 wagons. He was fully aware that the road he was opening would be heavily traveled. ,- - - ■ ■ ■ - - 1 public by the committee. At a press conference last week the President said ho considered the information furnished to him about the B-36s as being confi dential, therefore, he would not comment on it. Having just returned from a trip to North Africa and Europe, General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USAF chief of staff, said he was “tremendously impressed” with the progress made in building new air force bases in Morocco. I Heretofore nobody has been 'willing to discuss these bases which have apparently been an 'open secret. Dr, Mays to Council ATLANTA—(ANP)—Dr. Ben jamin E. Mays, president of More house college, will sail this week on the Queen Elizabeth for Switzerland L attend the Control Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches at Rolle, Switzerland, it was announced re cently. He will represent the National Baptist Conveition, Inc., and is also a member of -he Study De partment committee of the World Council of Churches. 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