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EDITORIALS
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are those ot the writer and not
necessarily a reflection of the policy
ot The Voice.— Pub.
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By Dean Gordon B. Hancock
for ANP
A MATTER OF DEGREES
No intelligent person can dis
miss the fact that as between the
Republicans and the Democrats,
there is only the difference in
degrees. But this is an important
matter, for the difference between
the arctics and the tropics is only
a matter of degrees. If the opti
mum degrees can be maintained
one has no kicks whatever.
The Republican convention
quibbled over the matter of civil
rights for Negroes, but so quibbled
the Democrats. When all is said
and done, the Negro coter must
choose between degrees and not
kind of treatment he must expect 1
from the Democrats and Republi-i
cans respectively. j
Under neither standard will the
Negro reecive the first-rate citi- ^
zenship he so earnestly seeks and ^
for which he has so abundantly r
qualified with his sweat and tears .
and blood. j
There are liberal southerners
and conservative northerners, 3
southern Democrats and northern,
Dixicrats. Fairness or lack of it,l^
is not sectional any more. But thei
almost astounding fact is, civil,
rights as an issue has Keen hurtled
into the very forefront of the '
weighty matters commanding the;
attention of the nation.
The thing that should give’
heart to the Negro is not the im
mediate disposition of this matter,
of civil rights; but the fact that!
it is a matter of debate. Before
the coming of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, it was not even a mat
ter of debate. Before the coming
of Harry Truman is was not de
bated seriously.
But today how things have
changed. The two political parties
are afraid to face it squarely and
afraid not to face it at all. Herein
lies the great victory that right
eousness has gained in the world.
Civil rights for Negroes has be
come a burning issue in this
country. Herein must the Negro
take hope and press on to vic
tory.
The great question surrounding
the vital matter of civil rigfhts is
not whether, but when? Even the
dixiecrats admit that the full in
tegration of the Negro is only a
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matter of time. Even they have
: begun to discern the signs of the
[times which herald the warning
_ that the Negro must be saved or
, the nation will be lost.
So as the Negro girds himself
’ politically for the discharge of his
t franchise, he must understand
! that the difference between the
, Democrats and the Republicans
. is but one of degrees but so is the
[ difference between life and death,
.between Heaven and Hell, be
'tween the good and the bad.
In this mighty mtater of degrees
in the current political situation,
there is something overwhelming ;
A few years ago the Negro looked ]
religiously to the Republican (
party for deliverance from his so- <
jcial and economic and political ,
woes. The Republican party failed
him! 1
Today it has come about that |
the Democratic party that spurned f
him 50 years ago is his hope of i
deliverance. Things change, for \
it is written in the prophecy of 1
Daniel, “God changes the times t
and seasons; He setteth up one i
one taketh down another.”
This writer has been declaring s
for a quarter of a century through1 £
the press of this country that <
America must save the Negro or «
itself be lost. As this fact dawns ]
more and more upon the nation, 1
the nation moves closer and closer ,
to the broadening realization that
human brotherhood is the only
,! answer.
C. C. Spaulding
(Continued from Page 1)
committee, National Negro Busi
ness League; Lincoln hospital in
Durham.
Also, member, committee for
Community Relief; treasurer-sec
retary, North Carolina Commis
sion on Inter-racial Co-operation;
trustee, Colored Orphanage, Ox
ford, N. C.; trustee, Howard uni
versity; treasurer, National Bank
ers Association; member, planning
committee on the Education of
Negroes, and trustee, North Caro
lina college, Durham, N. C.
Spaulding is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Charlotte Garner
Spaulding; four children, Mrs.
Margaret L. Shearin; Charles Jr.,
John A., and Boober B.
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• TATS HISTORICAL SOCIBTT
An interesting feature of the
Nebraska landscape during the
1890’s was the homemade wind
mills which dotted the country
side. Indeed, homemade wind
mills played such an important
part in Nebraska’s economy that
Dr. E. H. Barbour, distinguished
geologist at the University of Ne
braska, published a bulletin on
them (Extension Bulletin No. 59).
Dr. Barbour remarked that
those who had had little chance to
observe for themselves could
“scarcely be brought to realize the
great number of homemade mills,
and the wide territory which they
cover.” He found them extending
“in almost unbroken succession”
from Omaha to Denver, and from
South Dakota through Nebraska,
Kansas and Oklahoma, with Ne
braska “being plainly the center
of the movement.”
In Nebraska, the homemade
windmills were concentrated for
the most part in the Platte Valley,
with the towns in the valley often!
being windmill centers around;
which were often clustered a score;
and more mills of homemade de^
sign. Particularly important as
aomemade windmill centers were
Columbus, Grand Island, Kearney,
Dverton, Cozad, Lexington, Goth
mburg, and Ogallala.
There was some feeling that a
lomemade mill indicated the
iresence of a poor shiftless
armer, unable to put up the regu
ar shopmade mill. This, Dr. Bar
►our declared, was not the case,
"requently the best farmers took;
he lead in designing and erect
ng homemade mills.
The interested traveller could
ee many designs in Nebraska,
ilthough most mills in a given
ommunity usually were of the
ame general design. In the eGr
nan settlements, particularly in
be vicinity of Grand Island, the
sld-fashioned Holland mills,
modified to meet local conditions,
were the general rule. Other
popular types were the “Jumbo”
or “go-devil” and the Battle-ax.”
Dr. Barbour’s bulletin contains
sketches of many designs, varying
all the way from simple devices
which could be built for a couple
of dollars worth of hardware and
extra, lumber to an elaborate mill
costing $150 (“the most expensive
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One of the nation’s leading men
in the field of medicine is Dr.
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ton, D. C. Dr. Gathings, who is
national president of the National
Medical Association, has recently
received several honors. The
American Medical Association in
vited him to attend its annual con
vention now in session in Chi
cago. This action is considered a
progressive step in efforts to have
more integration in the field of
medicine, particularly in the AMA.
Recently the Medico-Chirurgical
society of Washington honored Dr.
Gathings at its annual Charles
Summer Lecture and Dinner
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mill known in the State.”), capabl
eof grinding grain into feed at the
rate of 200-300 bushels per day.
Many of Nebraska’s mills, Dr.
Barbour found, were built not out
af necessity, “but rather as lux
jries or conveniences by men who
aave means enough to own regu
lar mills, and in addition a few
homemade mills to do certain du
ties in certain places, say in
pumping stock water in this pas
:ure or that.”
Other uses were running the
grindstone, the churn, the feed
grinder, corn sheller, wood saw,
and other farm machinery.
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Notice to Contractor*
| Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Department of
Roads and Irrigation in the State
Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
August 28, 1952, 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 SWEDE
BURG - ASHLAND. ITHACA
SOUTH and CERESCO-ASHLAND
Patrols Nos. 21034 and 21035 State
Roads.
The approximate quantity is:
1,495 Cu. Yds. Sand Gravel
Surface 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 La
ibor Standards Act of 1938”, ap
proved June 25, 1938 (Public
No. 718, 75th Congress), will be
required in the performance of the
jwork under this contract.
| The minimum wage paid to all
skilled labor employed on this
contract shall be one dollar and
five cents ($1.05) per hour, except
that a minimum wage of one dol
lar and twenty-five cents ($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
I (95) cents per hour.
| The minimum wage paid to all
unskilled labor employed on this
contract shall be seventy-five (75)
cents per hour.
| Plans and specifications for the
'work may be seen and information
secured at the office of the County
jClerk at Wahoo, Nebraska, at the
office of the County Clerk at Lin
coln, Nebraska, or at the office of
ithe Department of Roads and Ir
rigation at Lincoln, Nebraska.
The successful bidder will be
required 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
his proposal, a certified check
made payable to the Department
of Roads and Irrigation and in an
amount not less than one hundred
twenty-five (125) dollars.
The right is reserved to waive
all technicalities and reject any
or all bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
AND IRRIGATION
H. L. Aitken, State Engineer
Earl A. Morin, County Clerk
Saunders County
J. B. Morgan, County Clerk
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