Urban League
Okays Public
Housing Plan
The Lincoln Urban League,
openly joined the forces backing
public housing with a letter to the!
city council Friday urging adop-'
tion of a low rent housing proj
ect.
“The question of housing is
again in the limelight,” wrote
League Executive Secretry Lyn
wood Parker, “and there is need
for fair evaluation.
“It is not merely a question of
whether or not we shall have
public or private housing, but
whether or not the needs of peo
ple for expansion are met.”
Parker reasoned that when peo
ple are hemmed in, rents rise like
water behind a dam. If there is a
limited space and many people to(
fill it, then the price of that space
goes up.
“I would recognize,” he wrote,
“that the easiest way to remove
. slums and their evils is to make
it possible for people who live
there to move out. Because, when
it is economically and racially im
possible for people to leave the
sfUms, it is the taxpayers who
pay the price and they pay again
and again.
“‘It is not uncommon for the!
slum area of a city like Lincoln ^
to account for 45 percent of the|
police cost, 35 percent of its fire|
cost and contribute 55 percent of
its delinquency.”
It does little good, he added, to
build houses if the low income
group cannot pay the initial cost
for down payment and monthly
installments.
Fascinating Revue
If At 1951 State Fair
c A wonderful Disappearing Wa
, ter Ballet from right out of Holly
wood will provide the grand fi
nale of the Barnes-Carruthers
Nebraska State Fair Revue of
1951, according to Fair Board
Secretary Ed Schultz.
The ballet offers the more out
,- standing water ballet sequences
conceived for motion pictures, to
gether with bewildering and spec
| tacular numbers in which girls
I in diving suits plunge into a tank,
[ and emerge seconds later in beau
| tiful costumes.
Water effects, created by a mul
titude of fountains to the accom- ’
\ paniment of ever-changing light
|p ing and specially-arranged music, |
adds greatly to the arresting
beauty of the sequences.
Three other grand production
numbers, “Summer Day,” “On the
Rue de La Paix,” and “A Bit of
Dresden,” plus a score of scintil
lating specialty acts by highly
trained dancers, jugglers, gym
nasts and comedians round out an
| evening of delightful entertain
j ment.
This Barnes-Carruthers Revue
is being hailed as the most lavish
I and entertaining production ever
I presented outdoors in Nebraska.
I Massive in size, it offers a cast of
I 75 plus its capable orchestra. In
I addition to the production num
I bers, the 'specialty acts and the
I orchestra, the Nebraska State
I Fair Revue of 1951 will present a
I large and eye-filling chorus line
I and a talented vocal group.
Spectacular lighting, scenic and
I amplification effects and gorgeous
I costuming lift the extravaganza
■ to heights never before attained
by outdoor productions.
Truly, this Barnes-Carruthers
■ Nebraska State Fair Revue for
■ 1951. which will be presented
■Sunday through Thursday. Sept.
Courtesy Lincoln Journal-Star.
LYNWOOD PARKER
Career Conf.
To Be Held By
Tuskegee Ins.
NEW YORK — The National
Urban League announced this
week that in collaboration with
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.,
a Career Conference will be held
on Tuskegee’s campus Nov. 15 and
16, 1951.
Following the pattern of similar
conferences held r.i Howard Uni
versity in Washington, D. C., and
Tennessee A. & I. State college in
Nashville, Tenn., the Tuskegee
Conference will bring together
leaders from industry, labor and
government for a two-day session
with the faculty and students of
Tuskegee Institute.
“Aims of the conference,” stated
Miss Ann Tanneyhill, director of
Vocational Guidance of the Na
tional Urban League, “are to point
up needs for skilled workers in
connection with the national mo
bilization effort and to acquaint
faculty and students with the
skills and preparation necessary
for these jobs.”
It was pointed out further that
this is the first opportunity that
students of Tuskegee Institute
have had to participate in face-to
face conferences with successful
leaders on questions related to
skills and training.
The Tuskegee conference is one
of a series scheduled to be held on
college campuses during the pres
ent year. A similar conference
has been planned for high school
students in Florida in the fall.
The outstanding success of
previous Career Conferences has
already attracted the attention of
many persons interested in im
proving the economic outlook of
Negroes.
Through a $25,000 grant from
the Dorothy H. and Lewis Rosen
stiel Foundation, confertnces of
this nature will be featured at
colleges and universities through
out the nation.
2-6, at the Nebraska State Fair,
will be fascinating production that
no State Fair spectator will want
to miss!
Sept. l-8th
The Voice
* Appreciation
Week
Watch For It
National Guard Leaves Cicero
—Grand Jury Probes Riots
School Board
|To Aid Negroes
To Enter Scool
ORIENTAL, N.C.—(ANP) — A
white member of the Pamlico
county board of education last
week said that he was going to
assist Negroes in Pamlico to at
tend the new Central high school,
tr be opened in September.
Freddie Whorton, Jr., made this
statement:
“I am helping the Negroes of
this county to obtain equal school
rights with the whites and believe
they deserve it. I am going to do
everything I can to give them ac
cess to the new Central high
school...”
Wharton added that state money
available for building new schools
was not being divided fairly.
Negro parents are aroused be
cause for the first time their chil
dren will have to ride school buses
some ten miles to attend high
school.
600 Youth Attend
4-H Club Conf.
RALEIGH—(ANP)—More than
600 rural boys and girls from 50
counties attended the 21st annual
Negro 4-H Club week at A & T
college last week, according to
R. E. Jones, Negro State agent
for the college extension service.
These of the week was “Working
Together for World Understand
ing.” Delegates represented 45,
000 state dub members.
Dedicated to 4,800 volunteer
4-H Club leaders, the conference
centered this year’s education
classes on developing the club
pledge. Each day for four days,
the conference discussed a differ
ent part of the pledge.
Discussion leaders included:
Ruth Current, state home dem
onstration agent; R. L. Wooden,
professor of visual education,
A. & T. college; Mrs. B. B. Ram
seur, extension health and nutn
tion specialist, and State agent
Jones.
Speakers for the conference in
cluded:
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State su
perintendent of public instruction,
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, executive
secretary, Medical Foundation of
North Carolina; Gertha Moore,
state winner in the Green Pas
tures speaking contest, and Dr.:
J. W. Seabrook, president of Fay-j
ettesville State Teachers college. (
W. C. Cooper, 4-H Club spe- j
jcialist, and Idell Jones, assistant
specialist, arranged the program.
Maryland Governor
Names Two Negroes
To School Boards
ANNAPOLIS, Md.— (ANP) —
Gov. Theodore McKelin last week
appointed two Negroes to serve
on county boards of education.
Howard E. Thomas of Huntington
was named to the Calvert County
board and William B. Wade, Sr.,
to the Charles County board.
These will pernaps be the first
Negroes ever to serve in this ca
pacity in southern Maryland.
The board members serve with
out pay and their terms are for
six years.
Gov. McKelin had recently ap
pointed Dr. Dwight O. W. Holmes,
president-emeritus of Morgan
State Teachers college, to mem
CHICAGO—(ANP)—After three weeks of martial law
in Cicero, riot-torn suburb of Chicago, the Illinois National
Guard was withdrawn, Thursday, from the scene of mob
violence which rocked the nation.
At the same time, the Cook county grand jury for July
became the first body of its kind to be held over in Illinois
for more than a month. This body is investigating the
causes of the violence and is slated to issue true bills against
I New Press Head
..
— Courtesy Lincoln Journal Star
VERN SCOFIELD
Vem Scofield, Lincoln business
! man, has been named secretary
manager of the Nebraska Press
association. He succeeds Scott
Greenwood.
Announcement of Scofield’s ap
pointment was made by R. F.
Kennedy of Columbus, association
[president.
Scofield has been a resident o;
Lincoln since 1948. He now op
erates a self-service laundry. He
attended the University of Ne
braska and the University of Min
nesota. He once operated the Ne
ligh News.
He was public relations officer
with the veterans administration
at St. Paul, Minn., for two years
before coming to Lincoln.
He will assume his new duties
within the next two or three
weeks.
Meharry To Give
3 Scholarships
NASHVILLE, Term.—1The Me
harry Medical College School of
Nursing announces that it has
made available, on a competitive
basis, there scholarships to appli
cants to the Freshman Class—
men or women—for the school
year 1951-52.
Each scholarship is valued at
$250.00 and is applicable to tui
tion and fees (total for Freshman
year). Awards will be made to
the three applicants who rank
highest in college grades, nursing
aptitude test and character refer
ences. Eligibility will be deter
mined by the Admission’s Com
mittee of the School of Nursing.
Applications, to be considered,
must be completed and on file in
the office of the Registrar, Me
harry Medical College, or post
marked before midnight of Aug
ust 26.
Admission requirements to the
School of Nursing include two
years of college preparation, in
cluding two years of college prep
aration, including one year of in
organic chemistry.
Write Registrar, Meharry Medi
cal College for a bulletin and ap
plication form today!!
bership on the Maryland State
Board of Education.
suspects.
Cicero, however, will maintain a
24-hour police guard around the
critical area, an apartment build
ing at 3139 W. 19th St. This site
became a battle target of more
than 6,000 white mobsters who ob
jected to the renting of an apart
ment to a Negro here.
The Negro family involved was
that of Harvey E. Clark, Jr., his
wife, Johnetta, and their two chil
dren, Michell, 8, and Harvey III,
6. The building, originally owned
by Miss Camille De Rose, is now
owned by Negroes with the name,
Jewell Young, cited as official
titleholder.
In the meantime, the Polish Na
tional Alliance, holder of a $65,
000 mortgage on the structure, has
filed foreclosure proceedings
against the owners. It claims that
a payment of $498 has been
missed. This case is yet to be
heard in court.
At the same time, attorneys for
this firm told Judge John F.
Bolton in Superior court that in
surance on the riot-torn edifice
has been cancelled because of the
violence.
I Before the same court, the La
l Salle National bank resigned as
f trustee of the building, turning it
. fovet_to Miss Young. She was iden
tified as the granddaughter of
iGeorge C. Adams, attorney for the
'building now and before it was
'sold by Miss De Rose
I Judge Bolton has named Henry
S. Banach, white real estate man,
as receiver of the battered build
ing. The building is valued at be
tween $80,000 and $100,000.
Sheriff John E. Babb objected
to the removal of the National
Guard from the danger area, but
was assured that a contingent of
troops would be stationed at a
nearby armory. These troops, he
was told, will be available at a
moment’s notice from the sheriff
or local police.
The grand jury expects to hear
as many as 100 witnesses and to
take possibly 60 days to complete
its study. Last week it visited the
scene of the crimes, and its mem
bers appeared “shocked” at the
damage inflicted upon the build
ing.
Probably the most dramatic
sight was the writing on the walls
of one of the looted apartments.
It read, “I hope you are satisfied,
you stupid jerks.”
Russell Babcock, executive di
rector, Illinois Commission on Hu
man Relations, a state agency, and
his wife, Mrs. Wanda Babcock, a
teacher at Dunbar Trades school,
attended mainly by Negroes, have
been the chief witnesses so far.
They are reported to have iden
tified the leaders in the Cicero
mob which routed 20 families
from the apartment building in
three nights of terror, July 10-12.
The Clark family moved their
furniture and personal property
was destroyed.
Other witnesses heard during
the past week included Sheriff
Babb, County Highway Police
Chief Patrick Tuchy, and Col.
Clifford Hodgin, commander of
the National Guard units that
broke up the violence.
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