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• THE VOICE Published Weekly “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social, and spiritual life of a great people.”_ ELBERT SAWYER Publisher nnd Editor Business Address 2225 S Street. P.O. Box 2023.2-4085 Burt F Newton .. Executive Editor Maxine Sawyer..Advertising and Business Manager James Sawyer .Circulation Manager Member of the Nebraska Press Association Entered as second Thass matter. June 9. 1947, at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. 1 year subscription . $2.50 Single copy .... Out M State 1 year Subscription $2.50 - Single Copy lOe WeBRRSKR / J v EDITORIALS 9 f r*f /J JL JL n»e views expressed in these columns 111 are those of the writer and no* necessarily » reflection of tbs policy fissoemnon ot Ttm Woicm'- pvb’ MerA Is ‘Good’ News? Mirror of World Opinion Editor’s note: (This article by J. Frank Grimes of IGA Grocer gram, was published in The Christian Science Monitor.) Is “Good” news? Perhaps there is no single factor in modern affairs that wields such over-powering influence on public and private affairs as does news... It must be very clear that a tremendous responsibility rests squarely on the press because it is the news they control and print that will largely determine w'hat the fu’ure of the individual and of the country is to be. With these important influences; clearly at work it is of the utmost importance that the greatest of care be exercised in the character of the news fed to the people. To appeal to the baser emotions of people, and then with these emotions aroused and inflamed to feed them more and more of the kind of news that incites appetites for more and more degrading ■ news, will in due time destroy morality in private and public1 life. It is now clearly evident that the greatest of stress is being placed on what might very pro perly be termed “bad news”—and tremendously costly staffs of re porters, photographers, feature writers, copy experts, and highly, trained specialists are engaged in ferreting out and dressing up the kind of news that the press be lieve the people want. Timidly I asked certain of the^ press. . . Would it be possible to print some good news? Good news??? Bah! the public will never read good news. They want sex news — crime news — they want to hear of some one in trouble. Good news?? Good news is not news! “Evil news flies faster than good.” So stated Thomas Kyd. “Ill news is swallow-winged but good news walks on crutches.”— Messenger. “Evil news rides post, while good news halts.”—Miles. Yet from the highest authority comes — “How beautiful upon the moun tains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that pub DONLEY-STAHL CO. LTD. 1331 N St. D RUGS—PR ESCRI PTIONS SICK ROOM NECESSITIES WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE — I lisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that published ! salvation.” — Isa. 52:7. And the wise man of the Pro verbs wrote— “As cold waters to a thirst} soul, so is good news from a fai 1 country.’*. . . I say with as loud read gooc news when it is present with th< same excitement and suspense m is bad news!” And if we dig just a little w( will find more excitement—mor< suspense—more truly human in terest in good news than in the most scandalous and ordorous bad hews ever to sear the nostrils ol men. I deny that people actually want bad news — they have been educated and trained into believ ing that all the real news there is is bad news. People do like success stories. Bad news never deals with suc cess. It always deals with failure —disaster—punishment. Its lurid details are played up—with the idmonition, “Crime does not pay,” being just a little squeak. Some wise, far-sighted Christian editor will some day sense the tremendous opportunity to present good news in a dramatic, exciting, ind profoundly interesting man ner . . . and he will set a pattern that will bring such success and such profits to the press as will put past achievements completely in the shade. . . . I know some will say that you just can’t change human nature. But what is human nature but humans educated by systems of education and news? . . . Perhaps one might with profil read carefully again and agair those momentous words found ir Matthew 6:33—and surely no one would be injured by the mosl careful study of Psalm 1—verses 1, 2, and 3. Here is good news— “I do not question school or creed of Christian, Protestant or Priest I only know that creeds to me are but new names for mystery, j That good is good from east to east Call On Us for All Your Home Decorating Needs —32 YEARS IIN LINCOLN 143 So. 10th 2-6931 Every Item In Our Entire East Windows 1/3 OFF CHEAPPERS DRUG STORE “Come In and Browse Around” 1325 O Street Lincoln Capitol News By Melvin Paul Redistricting Nebraska’s lagging school re districting program may get a shot in the arm, but probably not before 1955. Three senators— | Marvel of Hastings, Cramer of Al ! bion and Duis of Gothenburg— ! introduced a resolution at week’s jend calling for a Legislative Coun ' cil study of the problem between now and the next session of the Legislature. Observers took this to mean that this session of the Legisla ture is not likely to do much about redistricting. The Education Committee, of which Marvel and Cramer are members, last week heard two bills aimed at promoting reor ganization but it took no action, j One of the bills, introduced at the request of Gov. Crosby, would ■allow rural elementary school districts to contract with other j districts for instruction for two ; consecutive years only. I Crosby told the committee con tracting is retarding consolidation of districts because “it comes to ibe a financial advantage for the ' school contracting pupils out.” State Supt. F. B. Decker pointed out that almost 1,800 districts are i contracting their pupils out and I said, “the mill levy of the con tracting district is considerably below the operating district’s j levy.” The bill drew opposition from Alfred Gabelman, representing the Rural School Board Associa tion. He said# rural districts would ; reopen their own schools rather 'than consolidate if contracting is abolished. George Collins, Atkinson, said 32 districts in his county are con tracting their pupils out and said,' ; “the mill levy of the contracting, district is considerably below thej and more I do not enow or need To know to love my neighbor well.” —From “Universal Good”—Miller. To single out unfortunate people and bare their most intimate troubles so all the world may gloat over their misfortunes — I : wonder if this is good—I wonder if mankind is benefitted? I do , know that something good said or published about people does up ! lift, inspire and help. How , wonderful it will be some morn ' ing to open up my favorite daily newspaper and find a new feat i ure . . . “The Good News of To -day.” It would pay to advertise ■ in such a paper—and I think cir culation would step up too. Gilleft Poultry FRESH DRESSED POULTRY QUALITY EGGS Phone 2-2001 528 No. 9th filMgW 1122 N ST. 2 9313 FOR HOME, SCHOOL OR OFFICE USE ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Man oal—Electric—Portable A. B. 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The Attorney General of Missis sippi has ruled in effect that it is against the policy of the state’s segregation laws to permit inter . racial ball teams to play in the i^te. j “Now what about the signifi cance? We are not convinced that a third-rate baseball league is any place to fight for equal rights be cause entertainment and not need | is involved. Personally, we have ;no objection to watching a base 'ball game or basketball game or football game or a prizefight or any other sports event in which Negroes participate with white j players. 'operating district’s levy.” ) The other measure, by Sen. Cramer, would set up a county school board under a county board of education. He said the county board would replace the present county reorganization committees and further redistricting work. This bill drew strong opposition from the Farm Bureau Federation, ! whose representative, Russell (Lockwood of Lincoln, said it con templates a “compulsory county unit system.” He said his organi zation would not oppose an op tional system. I On Friday, too, only one com mittee will be in action. The Government Committee will hear I bills to abolish the State Liquor Commission and to place on the next general election ballot two constitutional amendments affect ing state officers. Over 30 to Choose Krona Many Are 1-Owner Cars See Them At 1641 “O” St. 2-3050 Ask for RIP or GENE RIP VAN WINKLE USED CARS Greenberg Backs Negro Farm Aces DAYTONA B E A C H—Cleve land’s General Manager Hank Greenberg, after being informed that authorities at Winter Garden, Fla., had refused to permit two Negro players in the Cleveland farm system to perform there, has ordered that no games be played where Negroes are barred. The Winter Garden officials de clined to permit the appearance of Billy Harrell and Brooks Law rence with Reading in a game here. “In the future, if our Negro players are accepted, there will be no game,” Greenberg said. “These youngsters are just as much a part of our organization as any of the others in camp. “To the contrary we believe that the excellent performances of American Negroes in national and international interracial competi tion provide a good answer to the propaganda of our Communist ad versaries who say that the Negro has no chance in America. After all, the Cotton States League is not America. “The principal point we want to 'make is that young Americans to Iday are playing a game which in 'some aspects resembles baseball but which is being played for eter nal keeps, and there’s no yapping about who makes up the team. They do a lot of throwing and some batting in that game, and there are a lot of substitutlbns in ;the lineup. But we doubt that the players worry about the color of ‘the newcomers. They happen to 'be chucking grenades instead of socking baseballs with baseball bats, and we don’t think that many GIs from Mississippi are objecting in Korea if some dark skinned fellow-soldier is the boy jwho makes the strikeout or the home run. “In other words, why can’t we realize we’re living in a world which is a lot more concerned about saving mankind’s undeserv ing skin than in the skin color of baseball players?” | I ■_ __ ■=] trip ' ■ reSsgHff ■■
