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_, , rit 1 iVit ^ tvamoisi*’ ’* L—I _ —Official and Legal Newspaper November 13, 1952 G. Holmes Is Chairman Of Freedom Fund Drive Appointment of George W. Holmes of Lincoln as Nebraska chairman for the 1952 Crusade for Freedom fund campaign was an nounced today. Mr. Holmes will serve under' the national chairmanship ofj Henry Ford II and the national campaign leadership of Charles E. Wilson, former president of Gen-' eral Electric. Chairman of the Board of the First National Bank of Lincoln,1 Mr. Holmes has long been active in civic affairs. He is a past vice president of the United States; Chamber of Commerce and a past director of the Omaha branch ofi the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Mr. Holmes declared that the Crusade, which’ opens November 11 and continues through Decem ber 15, will need a solid backing of contributions to carry on and expand the activities of Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia. Pointing out that these stations' are supported by volunta y con tributions and have no connection with the government-sponsored ' Voice of America, Mr. Holmes said, “The growth and effective ness of these stations have bean phenomenal.” “Listeners behind the Iron' Curtain are getting the truth at the rate of more than 1,000 broad- ; cast hours per week, in seven languages in Europe, three in Asia.” Communist reaction to the haid hitting programs, he added has been bitter. Vitriolic counter! blasts f*om Kremlin propagandist attest to their effectiveness. Nebraskans who subscribe to the campaign will be given an oppor tunity to sign their names an t —m—i.iiipm.urn.. i GEORGE W. HOLMES addresses to Freedom Grams — which ai*e messages of greeting and encouragement to the people of the communist satellite coun tries. Prepared in seven Europen languages and two Chinese dialects, they will be sent through the Iron Curtain at the end of the Crusade’s fund campaign These messages are expected to have a strong psychological effect on those who receive them, and will prove that American opposi tion to communism springs from the grass roots. Explaining the need of a stepped-up campaign of truth, Mr. Holmes declared that the cost of the Crusade is a small price to pay for a cold war weapon that is priceless. Contributions are an investment in the American sys tem of Free Enterprise and a form of insurance against World War III, he said. Contributions may be sent :o state headquarters, or to the local postmaster. New Pastors to A.M.E. Churches in Two States Most of the leading A.M.E. ( churches in Missouri and Kansa.^ were assigned new pastors by Bishop D. Ormonde Walker at thoj closing session of the Southwes j Missouri annual conference Sun day afternoon, Nov. 2, at the Ebe nezer A.M.E. church here. All except two of Kansas City's six largest African Methodist churches will have new ministers beginning next Sunday. It was the biggest shift in minis ters in this conference since Bishop Walker became the pre siding bishop of the fifth Episcopal district four years ago. Foust Back 'to Allen Allen Chapel, “mother” A.M.E. church in Kansas City, and Gregg Tabernacle were the only large churches in the Kansas City area to retain their pastors. The Rev. Edward S. Foust was returned to Allen with the specific instruction from the bishop to work toward relocating the church in keeping with the population shift. The Rev. Paul Kidd was reas signed to Gregg Tabernacle, the bishop’s decision bringing ap plause from Gregg members. Martin to Wichita The Rev. George F. Martin, pas tor of Ebenezer and host pastor oi the annual conference, was trans ferred to the Kansas conference and assigned to the St. Paul A.M.E. church in Wichita. The, new Ebenezer pastor Is the Rev. Harry M. Davis, who was; transferred to this conference from | the Colorado conference where he! served as presiding elder of the : Rocky Mountain district. He is a former pastor of the Benton Ave nue A.M.E. church at Springfield, Mo. The Rev. McCoy Ranso, pastor (Continued on Page 4, Col. 1) Lincoln U. Announces New Journalism Awards JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.— (ANP)—Two new awards in Journalism for students at Lin coln University (Mo.) have been announced by the School of Jour nalism. The Clarence M. Long Jr. Prize of $20 in cash will go annually to the member of the staff of the Lincoln Clarion, campus weekly newspaper, • who does the most outstanding reporting for the paper during the year. It is the gift of the Rev. Clarence M. Long Jr., the first graduate in Journal ism at Lincoln (1944), who now serves as co-pastor with his father of the Bethesda Baptist Church in New Rochelle, N. Y. A cash prize of $25 has been established by the faculty of the School of Journalism to honor the student who maintains the high lest scholastic average among > the Journalism students at Lincoln. Each award will be presented the winning students annually in j the spring. Today’s Thought Scripture Reading for the week —Submitted for use by the Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare, pastor of of the A.M.E. Church of Roswell, New Mexico. i “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud oi witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.” Hebrew 12:1. |Council Reports By DALE WEEKS The Executive Committee of the Lincoln Council on Human Rela tions wishes to take this oppor tunity to express its appreciation to all those who participated in the meeting on Negro housing held at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday, October 23. We are all aware that attitudes based on emotions and a lack of knowledge contribute greatly to this problem. This meeting was a valuable step in the direction of overcoming these difficulties. We wish to state our whole hearted agreement with Mr. De Hart Hunbard, race relations ad viser of the FHA, that any steps toward meeting the housing needs of Lincoln Negroes be carried ou* on an non-segregated basis. Ex perience in other communities has j shown that a relatively large n crease in a racial or national origin group can be absorbed with a minimum of friction when i the group is scattered throughout the city. Frictions tend to arise when such groups become con centrated in a single area. The Committee especially wishes to thank Mr. George I Randol for his efforts as a realtor toward improving housing condi ' tions for Negroes. We wish to thank the homebuilders and fin ancihg agencies for their assur ance that their facilities are equally available to all regardless of race. We also wish to thank Mayor Victor Anderson for the offer of his personal financial as sistance in building rental units and for the promised co-operation of the City of Lincoln to meet th housing needs of the Negro in Lincoln. We shall be most happy to co operate with all sincere attempts to solve this problem. OCW Graduates 1st Negro CHIKASHA, Okla (ANP) — I Mrs. Almittee Dorsey Rogers, who recently received her master of arts degree from the Oklahoma j College for Women was the first Negro to graduate from that in-! stitution. Mrs. Rogers, a graduate of Lin coln High school and Lincoln uni versity, teaches at Cement, Okla homa. _ Dear Friends: We are highly appreciative of the honor and piflvilege of coming to you as publishers of The Voice.: We pay tribute to the Shake speares, to a faithful service ot six years, and to a publication,' outstanding in its class. We are' sorry that Lincoln will lose their; services, but we are nevertheless, 'thankful for the example and in spiration they leave for us. ■With your continued co-opera tion,, we shall strive to not only maintain, but to build the kind of publication, needed to serve the age in which we live. The Publishers Eisenhower The Man of The Hour The hope of peace in Korea, as well as the demand for a change in Washington, helped make the great Eisenhower landslide Tues day. Ike’s dramatic pledge to go to Korea if elected swelled great expectations in the hearts of mil lions of Americans. This was a promise of action from a man with a reputation for action. True to that promise, Ike in tends to go to Korea after a short rest. President Truman has of fered to turn over the presiden tial plane. The Independence, for the trip, thus making the journey official business. However, from previous statements made by Mr. Truman, he’s still not convinced that the best man won. We’re hoping for cooperation between Mr. Truman and the President elect, in order that the needs of our Government might be better met. The nation will pray for Ike’s safety. Only the hope that some how his personal appearance in Korea could influence the dead locked truce negotiations and start them back on the road to an hon orable peace would justify the ever-present hazards of any long journey. Let us not build those hopes too high. General Eisen hower himself has said: “I would not be honest if I led you to be lieve that there is an easy way to peace. There is none. There is no painless political shortcut; no glib solution.” i This isrue of the war hr Kore? j as well as the Cold war tha> spreads around the world. While every American wants to end the Korean war and bring MRS. MAXINE SAWYER j UL Fellowship Winners (ANP)—Winners of the Na tional Urban League’s four fellow ship awards for the school year 1952-53 were announced last week by Mrs. Begina M. Andrews, chairman of the Fellowship com mittee They are: I Adam Hat Fellowship, William S. Jackson, director of work in the Bronx office of the Urban League of Greater New York, for completion of wdrk at New York university for a doctorate in hu man relations. Adam Hat Fellowship, Mrs. Melvina Squires, Seattle, wjdo / of the late Bernard Squires, who served as executive of the Omaha and Scathe Urban League, for completion of .vork for master of Isocial work a4 the University of our boys home, there can be no appeasement of Communist there. Ike certainly did not intend that his promise to go to Korea should convey the impression to the Kremlin that he is willing to set tle at any price. Although he has criticized the decisions of the Truman Admin istration that allowed the Com munists to believe we would not defend Korea, he has said that the decision to send in our troops when the agressor did strike was justified and necessary. General Eisenhower has said again and agjpn that the Reds re spect only strength. If the Krem lin understands that the over whelming victory for the General represents a solid public opinion believed standing up to Commu nism and does not mean a desire to weaken our program of col lective security with the other free Nations, then perhaps there will be a change in the Red’s at titude at the Korean conference table. President-elect Eisenhower can make that clear with dramatic im pact—not only to the Kremlin but also to our friends in Asia—by his trip. Such a psychological ef fect would justify the journey. Until the General has made the trip, the American people should adopt a “wait and see” attitude before passing judgment or get impatient for results. After all it \ took twenty years for a change to i occur, so let’s give our President elect every ounce of cooperation iso that he will be more confi dent in making vital and critical decisions. [M -s. M. Sawyer Advertising and Business Manager Mrs. Maxine Sawyer, wife of the new publisher of The Voice, started her duties last week as Advertising and Business Manager pf The Voice. Her experience and association with the public extends over a number of years. For two years, Mrs. Sawyer served as president of the PTA in Chicago where she lived with her family before moving to Omaha. Mrs. Sawyer took a course in Child Study at the University of Chicago, so that she might be able to be a Nursery School Attendant as a volunteer. She worked as a Clerk-Cashier for The Cotton Shop. Her daughter, Sharon, is a student at the Chicago Teachers College in Chicago, and a son, Jimmy, is a sophomore at Central in Omaha. After December 1, 1952, the Sawyers will be at home in Lin coln at 2225 S Street. Washington School of Social Work. The two other awards were continuances. Miss Doris Carnegie, East Orange, N. J., will receive the University of Pittsburgh Fellow ship sponsored jointly by the NUL and UL of Pittsburgh for a second year at the University of Pittsburgh. Miss Vivian Powell, Queens, N. Y., will receive the Ella Sachs Plotz grant for another year for study at the New York School of Social Work. She also will receive a supplemental grant from the school.