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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not
necessarily a reflection of the policy
of The Voice. —Pub.
GOP Will Face Problem of Jimcrow
In Nation's Capital if They
Carry Out Plank in National Platform
By ALICE A. DUNNIGAN
WASHINGTON — (ANP) —
The issue of racial segregation in
Washington has been spotlighted
by the Republican victory. The
eyes of the world are now watch
ing the new administration to see
if it will sincerely carry out the
promises it made to abolish segie
gation in the Capital of the Na
tion.
The GOP platform pledges “ap-,
propriate action to end segrega- j
tion in the District of Columbia.” j
President-elect Dwight D.
Eisenhower said during the cam
paign, “I believe we should elim- {
inate every vestige of segregation '
in the District of Columbia.”
An effort to carry out this^1
pic Ige might prove an extra big ^
hue >a he for the new set of Re,- '
publican bosses who will take
control of both houses of congress.
What will happen on Capitol
Hill on such legislation might de
pend a great deal on President
Eisenhower himself. Since the
majority of the southern states
supported the General, they might
be influenced by his wishes, espe
cially during the honeymoonI
period of the new administration.
It would be a miracle if the Re
publicans could win the support!
of the southern Democrats who;
have heretofore fought all at-!
tempts to legislate in this field.
Since the Republicans are in
control, they will chair all con
gressional committees including
the District committees which hold
the fate of the District of Colum
bia in their hands.
Under GOP rule, Sen Francis
Chase (R., S.D.) will become
chairman of the senate district
committee and Rep. Sid Simpson
(R., 111.) will head the house dis
trict committee.
Sen. Chase declined to comment
on his views on segregation until
he has had a chance to talk about
it with Gen. Eisenhower. In an
interview last week he said, “I
would not want to comment until
I learn the administration posi
tion.”
He has ardently supported home
rule legislation in the District
and referred to his record as “an
open book.”
He declared he is open-minded
and tolerant. He pointed out that
he had voted to abolish the poll
tax.
Speaking of segregation in
[Washington, he said:
“I believe movies should be
'non-segregated. I don’t believe in
Ijimcrow train cars the moment
you cross the river into Virginia.
But I don’t know about non- (
segregation in schools and in:
'swimming pools. Those are dif
ficult questions but I am a reason
able man.”
l The fact is that all swimming,
pools and playgrounds under the j
Icontrol of the department of in
tetrior already are operating on a 1
non-segregated basis, while those,1
operating under the supervision1
of the District recreation board/
are still segregated. K
The attorney general has been c
expected for some time to rule on 1
the question whether the District |
controlled recreation facilities are /
really the property of the federal /
government. If so they will auto-/
natically be opened on an inte- !
grated Joasis. /
Many of the Washington thea- /
ters already have let down the
oars against Negro patronage. As !
for restaurants, the United States
Court of Appeals is expected mo- '
mentarily to hand down a long I
awaited decision in the Thomp
son’s restaurant case. This will
decide whether it is a crime to
exclude Negroes from restaurants
iand certain other places of public
jaccommodation. It is expected,!
'however, that the losing side will
[carry the case to the Supreme'
i court.
The United States Supreme
(Court is due this term to de
termine the constitutionality of the
District’s dual school system. The
case is scheduled for argument
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Quinn Chapel
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Services at Quinn Chapel last
Sunday were well attended. The
pastor, Rev. John R. Harris,
preached from the subject—“The
Temple of Christian Civilization.”
Text: Zech. 4:6, “Not by might
and not by power but by my
strength saith the Lord.”
Three persons united with the
church.
Tne Youth Fellowship is spon
soring a Pew Rally 5n Nov. 30
at 4 p.m. Guest speaker will be
Mr. Elbert Sawyer. The Youth
Fellowship elected officers on
Sunday. Their President is Shir
ley Conrad.
Congratulations to Dr. John
Adams, presiding elder of the
Omaha district of the Nebraska
conference, on his re-election to
the Nebraska State Senate. He
plans to hold Quarterly Confer
ence at Quinn Chapel on Nov. 30.
next month and the decision is
not likely until next spring. The
Supreme Court has already de
cided against Jim crow on trains
interstate travel.
The question of integration in.
the District fire department is an
issue which has been discussed in
Washington for more than a year.
Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue,
the greatest advocate of racial in
tegration in the fire department,
las already said he would resign
lis post as commissioner with the
ncoming Republican administra
ion.
Joel T. Broyhill, representative
ilect of northern Virginia’s 10th
listrict has already declared his
pposition to racial integration in
he District fire department.
The Republican congressman-,
:lect has also “vigorously opposed
emoval o# segregation in the jl
.chools, theaters, playgrounds . . .
it least until the people indicate
hey want the segregation policy
ibolished.”
The people of the District have t
ittle chance to express their will
>n any issue since they have no
mice by vote. The GOP platform,
towever favors “self-government
and national suffrage” for Wash
ngtonians, a pledge related to the
segregation issue.
The question of suffrage, how
ever, is likely to take second
place as a Washington issue at the
White House and on Capitol Hill
when the new administration ar-!
rives in January.
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When the early pioneers used
to reminisce about the changes,
that had taken place in Ne
braska during their years here,
they frequently lamented the
passing of the era of good hunting.
Wild game was plentiful in old
Nebraska, and hunting provided
relief for the monotony of the
table as well as for the monotony;
of daily tasks.
A considerable portion of Wil
liam Stolley’s History of the First
Settlement of Hall County, pub
lished by the State Historical So
ciety in 1946, is given over toj
tales of hunting trips in central
Nebraska in the early sixties.
Buffalo could still be found west
of Grand Island, and each fall.
1 some of the men in the pioneer
! community would set out on a
buffalo-hunting expedition to fill >
'their family larders for the com
ing winter and to enjoy the sport.
The story of the expedition of
1862 may be of interest.
Four men, including Stolley and
Henry Vieregg, went hunting that
fall on Elm Creek, 35 miles west
of Fort Kearny. One morning they
discovered six buffalo and Stolley
and Vieregg approached them
carefully. Taking cover in a
dried up water course, they were
ablfe to get within 100 paces of the.
shaggy beasts. Though armed only,
with muzzle-loading guns, they
brought down all six animals, one
after another, without moving a
step out of their position.
Stoley explained their succes by
f
I. ‘ -
the fact that they were down wind
from their prey. The buffalo heard
the shots, but being unable to see
or smell the hunters, they soon
resumed their feeding. It was a
different story when the buffalo
caught the scent of a human being
—then they would flee when the
hunter was miles away.
Even though game was plentiful,
a successful hunter had to know
the peculiarities of the game he
sought. Deer, like buffalo, had
a keen sense of smell, and de
pended very little upon their eyes.
Antelope however, were difficult
to hunt bcause of their extraordi
nary sharp sight.
Tenderfeet there were in those
days as there are today. Stolley
tells of one of the early pioneers
following rabbit tracks in the
snow in the direction from which
the rabbit had come!
“A hunter of that sort,” he
wrote, “even if in possession of
the best of arms, naturally would
have starved in the midst of thou
sands of buffalo, -elk and ante
lope had not the Town Company
furnished the food and other peo
ple carried him along.”
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