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EDITORIAL*
The views expressed in these columns
are those of the writer and not
necessarily a reflection of the policy
of The Voice.--Puh.
Wliat Phoenix Did
About Delinquency
Editor’s Note: (This article was
taken from the Des Moines Sun
day Register.)
Five years ago the young people
of Phoenix, Ariz., took steps to
deal with a growing juvenile de
linquency problem that seemed to
have the city’s older residents baf
fled. The teen-agers formed an
organization known as the Youth
Employment Service (YES),
which set about finding jobs fori
boys and girls of high school and;
college age.
Since 1948, YES has taken ap
plications from 9,000 teen-agers |
and found jobs for one out of
every two applicants. While adults
act as consultants on this non-!
profit community service project,1
the young people themselves are1
in charge of its day-to-day opera-1
tion. YES keeps a check on job
holders and makes follow-uf) calls
to employers to find out how the
employee is getting along.
Phoenix has benefited from the;
service YES has rendered. Em- j
ployers have been able to hire^
The Lincoln Matrons Social
Club met at the home of Mrs. Lu
cille Bowman, on Thursday, March
12th, at 1960 T Street. Old and
new business was discussed and
dispensed with after which the
Social hour began. Bridge of
course was the order of the day.
Mrs. Connie Winston, and Mrs.
Gladys McField were guests. A
delightful repast was served by
the hostess.
The Decca Social Club met at j
the home of Mrs. Martha Harris,
'of South 20th, on Tuesday, March
24th. After the business was over
the hostess served a delightful re
past, climaxing the day with
games.
* * *
Mrs. John Adams of 540 North
22nd Street, entertained the
Goldenrod Temple Elks Lodge No.
390. Earlier in the day the group
had as their guest speaker, Miss
Victoria Hendricks of Des Moines,
Iowa. Also in attendance were
Eight Daughters of the Lodge
from Omaha.
* * *
Bunchc Speaks in Chicago
Dr. Ralph Bunche, director of
the United Nations Department of
Trusteeship Affairs addressed the
Chicago Sunday Evening Club’s
service Sunday, March 15, in Or
chestra Hall.
Dr. Bunche’s topic was “Toward
Peace and Freedom.” His talk was
followed by a forum based on
written questions -sent from the
floor.
Jess Williams
Spring Service
2215 O Street
Lincoln 8, Nebraska
Phone 2-3633
young people to fill jobs that
igrown up workers scorn; juvenile
■officials say YES has brought
| about a 20 per cent drop in burg
laries and petty thefts; and thou
sands of teen-agers have received
'an opportunity to win independ
ence, self respect, and work ex
perience, plus a good deal of
pocket change.
Educators and social workers
who have watched the Phoenix
experiment grow feel that the
pattern could easily be repeated
in other communities where young
people are finding it difficult to1
make an adequate social and'
economic adjustment. To get the'
plan started, say the founders of I
YES, all a community needs is a
group of teen-agers anxious to h
solve their own problems and a <
business or professional service j.
organization that is willing to act
as a sponsor. ]
Atty. Ruth H. Wood
Joins A&M Law
School Faculty
Atty. Ruth Harvey Wood of
Danville and Richmond, Va., re
cently joined the staff of the|
Florida A and M College Law
School. Atty. Wood holds the
Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor
of Laws degrees, respectively,
from the Liberal Arts College and
the Law School of Howard Uni
versity. She is an assistant pro
fessor in the Famcee Law School.
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Capitol News
By Melvin Paul
I Statehouse Correspondent
' The Nebraska Press Association
LINCOLN — The big question
here this week was water diver
sion.
’ The hearing on Sen. Richard
; Marvel’s LB 311 before the Pub
lic Works Committee of the Legis
lature on Thursday was expected
[to draw the largest crowd of any
i, bill to come before this session.
•I Marvel, representing residents of
the Republican Valley, is asking,
in effect, for the repeal of the
57-year-old Nebraska law which
i the Nebraska Supreme Court sev
eral years ago held to be a ban
against diverting water from one
watershed to another.
The opposition is led by young
Sen. Joseph D. Martin of Grand
Island. He campaigned against In
cumbent Sen. Herman Wellen
siek and won on the diversion is
sue. After spirited battles in the
1943 and 1947 sessions, diversion
bills were killed.
Finally, on the motion of
Speaker Walter Raecke of Cen
tral City—who has been the
Democratic candidate for governor
in the past two elections—the bill
was killed 23 to 19. Of those who
voted to kill the bill, six are
members of the 1953 session: Sens.
Glenn Cramer of Albion, Earl Lee
of Fremont, C. C. Lillibridge of
Cr.ete, Dwight Burney of Harting
ton, O. H. Person of Wahoo, and
Harry Pizer of North Platte.
Of those who voted against
killing the measure, three are
back: Sens. Arthur Carmody of
Trenton, Charles Tvrdik of Omaha
and Karl Vogel of Omaha.
Presiding over that session was
Lt. Gov. Robert B. Crosby, now
the state’s chief executive. He
shocked and angered anti-diver
sionists some weeks ago with a
precedent-breaking announcement
that he would not veto a diversion
bill this session.
During the campaign when he
was asked to state his views on
diversion he said:
“Nebraska cannot afford to per
mit water to be wasted. Most of
the area involved is close to being
what is called a semi-arid area.
The issue until now has been
simply this—Who has the first
chance at the surplus water from
the Platte River? It has been my
feeling that the residents around
the Platte River should be entitled
to first opportunity to make use of
the water provided and—this is
[important—they do not delay an
unreasonably long time in making
use of the water. I see nothing
wrong with diverting water from
one watershed to another as long
las the watershed from which the
[water originates is reasonably
| protected.”
j Both Marvel and Martin are
'members of the Public Works
'Committee headed by Sen. Hugh
'Carson of Ord. Other members
[are Hal Bridenbaugh of Dakota
.City, Tom Coffee of Alma, William
i Moulton of Omaha and Glenn
Cramer of Albion.
* * *
Rough
The Legislature gave Gov,
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The Voice Dance
The Voice Recreation Division,
will launch its first Spring Dance,
on Friday, April 10th.
This is the first of four Spring
Dances that will be held at the
! Ideal Hall on North Ninth Street.
{The name of the band that will
supply the music will be an
nounced in the next issue of The
Voice.
[Crosby a rough time last week but
he still managed to bat two for
three.
His proposal that counties take
over the entire cost of over-ceil
ing medical grants to assistance
clients won tentative approval but
only after brash Sen. Terry Car
penter of Scottsbluff charged that
Crosby had proposed the shift of
the $l-million-a-year burden from
the state to the counties “so he can
throw out his chest and show he’s
following through with his pro
gram of restraint.”
The governor made his veto
stick on Sen. Glenn Cramer’s bill
which would have prevented chil
dren under five years from enter
ing school. Cramer’s motion to
override the session’s first veto
produced a vote of 22 to 17 but
lost because the rules require 26
votes to overcome the governor’s
objection. When it was up for final
passage, the vote on the bill was
27 to 12.
Gov. Crosby’s loser was a bill,
by Sen. Les Anderson of Aurora,
to transfer the collection of the
state tax on gasoline from the
Agriculture Department to the Tax
Commissioner. The measure was
the last of nine governmental re
organization bills which had the
governor’s blessing. The motion to
kill it came from Sen. Charles
Wilson of Norfolk, chairman of
the Government Committee which
had killed the other eight. The
vote was 20 to 11 to kill.
Veteran
If you like success stories, con
sider the career of L. N. Ress, the
new state engineer whom Gov.
Crosby appointed to succeed Har
old Aitken.
The 52-year-old Ress came up
through the Highway Department’s
ranks from the lowly position of
a surveyor’s rod man in 1919. He
left the department briefly in the
“20’s but has worked in the Capitol
continuously since 1926. He was
named design engineer in 1947
and Aitken appointed him deputy
state engineer just a year ago.
Ress outlined his policy this
way:
“I feel Nebraska is badly in
need of an improved highway
system in order to improve the
ecbnomy of both agricultural and
commercial interests and to attract
to this state the traffic that de
sires to use our highway facilities.
“I also hope that differences
which exist among various fac
tions and interests can be resolved
so that we can make a united ef
PEAK of QUALITY
News Frofii
Quinn Chapel
Last Sunday, Rev. John R. Har
ris preached a sermon from the
subject: “A Great .Appeal.” The
Text was found in St. John 7:4G,
quote: “Never a Man spake like
this Man.”
Many new faces were noted in
the crowd Sunday Morning. Out
of town visitors were: Roy Miller
of South Haven, Mich., James A.
McCarvels, of Minneapolis, Minn.,
and Dr. Wesley Jones of Omaha.
The Stewardess dinner will be
held on Friday at The Polks' resi
dence, 544 North 22nd, from 5
p.m. Until—Come and get a good
meal for 75 cents.
Next Sunday is Palm Sunday.
Go to church next Sunday.
MORE CLINICS NEEDED
There are 631 approved cancer
clinics in the U. S. today. The
American Cancer Society points
out that this is only about half the
number needed. You can help im
prove cancer control by giving to
the American Cancer Society’s
1953 campaign.
fort to provide Nebraska wi^h a
much-needed program of highway
improvement, based strictly on
an engineering approach.”
, * * *
Spot
A freshman senator managed to
put his colleagues squarely on an
uncomfortable spot last week. He
is young Joe Martin of Grand Is
land, who is the sponsor of a bill
providing that women doing jobs
equal to those of men shall draw
equal pay.
The bill was heard by the La
bor Committee which amended it
to exclude private industry and
include only governmental employ.
Martin objected to this amendment
and he demanded that a record
vote be taken.
Because most of the senators
don’t want to make anybody mad
—most of all the women—there
were only three votes in favor of
the amendment. The others either
didn’t vote (there were 10 of
these) or else voted to reject the
amendment.
The three brave men who voted
publicly to adopt the amendment
are Sens. Howard Britt of Lin
coln, Karl Vogel of Omaha and
John Aukenkamp of Julian.
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