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TEa© ^f@n€© ,#f PUBLISHED WEEKLY _ “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people___ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publlf^tr and £dltOf Business Address 222ft ft Street Box 202* 2-4086 If No Answer Cell 6-7608 Ruble A Shakespeare.Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green.......Secretary Mrs. toe ..Circulation Manager ' Member of .he Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Assoetatloa_ Entered as Second Clsuis Matter. June 9, 1947. at the Post Office at Llnoola, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1871________ 1 year subscription.8?.60 Single copy.•.Me Out of State 1 gear Subscription 92.60—Single Copy 10c UMTORIAIA Hie views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—Pnh. Judge Waring Denounces Segregation CHICAGO — J. Waties Waring, former federal judge who opened the South Carolina primary to Negroes, electrified delegates and, visitors at the 34th Quadrennial; General Conference of the AME; church by denouncing segregation,1 gradualism, and calling on presi-; dential candidates to state their, positions on civil rights. Speaking on the subject, “The Church and Social Justice,” the liberal South Carolinian addressed the sixth meeting of the confer- * ence in the Coliseum in Chicago 1 and called on the church to fight for social justice. j He traced the relationship of i Negroes and whites from the time < they were brought to this country < to the present day. He pointed out that the 13th, 14th, and 15th ( amendments which were supposed < to rid Negroes of their shackles 1 had not been lived up to. This 1 was true of the North as well as t the South, he added. 1 In discussing the south, he re- ' ferred to it as the land behind the “Iron Curtain.” Judge Waring < said the customs, mores, laws and ‘ constitutions of these states sup- i port bias. l He added that as long as we have legalized segregation and white supremacy, the poison will spread to the rest of the nation. The “States Righters” and the “Dixiecrats” came in for de* nounciation. He said: “Dixiecrats stand for one thing alone and that is the continuance of the Negro as a second class, no good citizen.” In regards to civil rights and political candidates, the former federal judge said Negroes should make every candidate state his position on this issue. However, he pointed out, the fight for civil rights is not as bleak as it may seem. He said that wherever there has been s fight, civil rights has won. As ar example, he cited the case ol David Brown, Beaufort, S.C., whe Call On Us for All Your Home Decorating Needs —52 YEARS IN LINCOLN— 143 So. 10th 2-6931 attempted to register to vote. He was refused, but sued and won. One of the issues close to colored persons today is segrega tion in schools. On this Judge Waring said he believed that in tegration should begin in the elementary schools. He added that attempts to equalize schools would i cost between $60-80,000,000, and still would r.ot be equal. He said it is a futile effort. In conclusion, Judge Waring said a “Church Militant is a Church Worth Standing.” After his address, he told re porters something of the treat ment he and Mrs. Waring had re vived in his native state because af his stand in support of Negroes. He said that most of the abuse iirected at them came in the form if obscene letters and threatening telephone calls. He added that he nad been shot at, but pointed out that this was not in line with the plans of the brains behind his opposition. He explained this by saying that it would be bad for the “white supremacist” to have a federal judge shot. Russia would gobble this up and exploit it for all it was worth. Consequently, the people behind America’s “Iron Curtain” would lose face. He said he decided to leave the south and work from outside the “Iron Curtain.” He felt that he could be more effective this way. Mrs. Waring was equally as outspoken as her husband. She shared his sentiments in regard to the theory of “gradualism” as ar approach to the problem. They said that “gradualism’ 1 would work only after you have 1 laws which opposed segregation They added that in the North yoi : can employ “gradualism,” but ir ’ the south you cannot. r Every Item in Our Entire EAST WINDOW OFF CHEAPPER MUG STORE 1325 “O” Si. THE HOME OF COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE 13th and O Streets, Lincoln, Nebraska . MEMBER F.D.LC. ' NEBfls^A l h VANES C. OLSON, SuptrintendnU - STATS ■ IBTOBICAL SOCIATT The state historical society re cently secured photostatic copies 1 of some letters written by Ohioans ' who took part in the California gold rush and originally published in the Daily Ohio Statesman at Columbus. One of them, dated “Little Blue River, May 25, 1849,” describes an adventureh of the emigration which I think will in terest you. I’m going to devote my space this week, therefore, to giving you extracts from it. The letter was written by Edward S. Gaver to his father. “As circumstances have so turned up that some of our com pany are obliged to return to the states, I take the opportunity ofj informing you of our progress. “We left St. Joseph on the 25th of April, and encamped five miles above on the opposite side of the river. On the 4th of May we en camped on Wolf-creek, a distance of 30 miles from St. Joseph, where we remained three days on ac count of heavy rains. This country is inhabited by the Sioux, Fox, and Iowa tribes of Indians. On the 13th we crossed Nimehaw creek, which divides the lands of the Sioux, Fox, and Iowa j tribes on the east, from those of the Pawnee Indians on the west. So far from the Indians being troublesome, as some appre hended, I have not seen one since j we left Wolf creek, at which place ! a number showed themselves, with faces painted and hair closely j shaven, making, as fantastic ap pearance as I ever saw. “All things seemed to go well with our company until the night of the 18th of May. That night we encamped six miles west of this, on Sandy creek. About one o’clock in the morning the cattle broke out of the corral, formed, as is usual, by wagons hitched together, ASK YOUR GROCER FOR * | i i GOLD CUP BREAD PEAK of QUALITY Tuxedo Barber Shop Open evenings for your convenience, 7 p.m. Closed Thursdays. 600 N. 20th Street F. D. Bradley, Mgr. in a circle. Stretched from one wagon to another were ropes about ten yards long, for the pur pose of increasing the room in side. Within this enclosure the cattle were placed for safe keep ing. The night the cattle had their stampede was so dark and rainy, and there being several mule camps near, it was deemed not advisable to pursue until after day light. The danger of going through mule camps of a dark night, consists in the fact that these animals are each fastened with a rope 15 to 20 feet long to a stake driven in the ground. “When it became light enough to see, we started out in all direc tions, and by the 23d we suc ceeded in recapturing all our oxen but thirteen yoke... “After securing a portion of our cattle on the 23d, the company re solved to divide the property and effects into eight equal parts, making four men to each wagon, except one, which had but three. Twelve of us put our interest to gether and drew three shares. One of the wagons which fell to our lot we sold for $95, cash; to an emigrant whose wagon broke down. We have now one wagon and four yoke of oxen to six men. To lighten our load, we have been compelled to throw away all our trunks and all the boxes and bar rels ... “The company dissolved by mu tual consent. The causes which led to the dissolution was our mis fortune in losing our oxen, and the rule or ruin spirit evinced by some of its members...” Georgia Medics Admit Negroes ATLANTA, Ga. (ANP)—Negro physicians were declared eligible to become members of the Medical Association of Georgia last week during a convention here attended by more than 1,000 doctors. They will be admitted to “scientific” membership. The resolution amending the association’s constitution held that “any Negro physician by meeting qualifications may be granted membership by the county society upon application and may be awarded the privilege of partici pation in all scientific sessions.” By the same token, the resolu tion permits the “scientific mem bers to make application for full membership in the American Med ical Association.” Norfolk Housing Program Booms NORFOLK, Va.—(ANP)—O n e of the most ambitious and far reaching slum clearance projects in any city in the United States is under way in Norfolk. Most of it will benefit low income Negro families. Four public housing pro jects are for Negroes. The three housing projects now being completed are Diggs Park, Moton Park and Bowling Park. Diggs Park will provide homes for 428 families and will cost about $1,380,000. w Special! Your Fur Coat • CLEANED • GLAZED • RELINED All for |?95 only For a limited time! Give your old fur coat an "in-and-out” beauty treatment to condition it for next winter. You will be pleased with the results. Fur Storage . . . It costs no more to store your precious furs in GOLD’S Scientific storage vault. Coats stored as low as $3. HOLLANDERIZE your fur coat for extreme beauty and longer wear. Hollanderizing is the amazing cleansing process that gets out all the ingrained dirt and grime, actually rejuvenates your furs. As low as $7.50. Hollanderizing exclusive in Lincoln at GOLD’S. GOLD’S Fur Storage .. . 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