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let the seeds of happiness take
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wwho share life’s blessings—we
are happiest when we make some
one else happy.”
Abbe’ Walac'e
J. T -I am a rradener on the
west coast. I have held this posi
tion for a year and four months.
I stav at home every night, going
out only once a week on my day
off which is Friday. My problem
is: Will I get married or am I
doomed to stay single all of my
life? I am 21. I will appreciate an
answer to thi3 problem at your
earliest convenience
Ans: Never fear T., when
the right girl comes along your
wish for a loving wife will be
fulfilled. I’ll tell you this though
—to find a wife you must first
associate yourself with women.
Hereafter, on your night off, in
stead of playing pool with the
boys . . . find out w-hat is going
on around town in the way of
social affairs and events and force
yourself to atend these functions.
You will feel, a little out of place
at first, but you will soon make
new friends among both sexes.
It is among such peoole that you
can find your kind of wife.
J. D.—A soldier saw my pic
ture at mv aunts home and car
ried it with him -through the
length of his service. He wrote me
daily the three years he was over
Jeas. Ke had h r. married once
but was divorced. We married
after he w-as discharged from the
army. In August he took a trip
to his home town r.nd came back
full of ideas about his first wife
and going to school. He begged
Four Factors In
Good Tavern
Control
1. A good law, such as Ne
braska’s liquor Control Act,
with supplementary regula
tions and with continued able
administration by the Nebras
ka Liquor Control Commis
sion, provides ample authority
to cope with any condition or
situation.
2. Retailers, willing to meet
the 'responsibilities which ac
company their licenses. Local
and state licensing authori
ties are charged bv law .with
the duty of ■ g only
competent, qualified and law
abiding licensees.
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3. The public, made up of
intelligent, exacting citizens
who demand strict enforce
ment of law, temperance and
moderation in the use of alco
holic beverages.
4 Industry cooperation. Leer
Industry Self-Regulation, as
carried on by the Nebraska
Committee for over 8 v -ars,
has been effective in assuring
clean law-abiding conditions
in Nebraska beer retailing
establishments, and will con
tinue to do so.
NEBRASKA COMMITTEE
United States
Brewers
Foundation
Charles E. Sandal!, State Director
710 First Nat 1 Bank Bidg.. Lincoln
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me to come down one week end.
T went and he had his wife meet
; at i place we always ate at
She had the nerve to tell me she
could make him happy. New he
says he doesn't love me and never
j did. V/ill he get over this crazy
j idea ? How can I ever • face ray
friends ?
! Ans: What your friends think
is immaterial. It is your desti ly
; that is at '.take, not their’. You
cannot hope to recapture your hus
band’s love by meekly accepting
his decision to live in one town
while you live ip another. Nor
will exchanging letters help. Go
j down there in the flesh, take a *ob
1 so as to be near hra and give his
! ex-wive a little competition. By
the end of this term he she Id
have time enough to come to his
senses and know his own mind.
“I received those good and
I tell you no once can beat vour
" answers. My husband said if he
was close to you he would srre
j ly shake your hand. He said you
hit the key note He made up his
mind just like you said. I like the
wav you answer questions too.—
T. J.”
J. E. J_I was sitting down
reading the news, aper and I found
your column. I like it. I would like
to get a job. I had three years
and seven months in the Tank
Corp. I stayed in the front line
169 dayys. That was 169 days too
long for I got wounded in the
knee. I got the Pu’ nle Heast. four
battle stars, and ETO Ribbon and.
the Good Conduct Medal. I think
, I done my part, don’t you (smiled ?
Ans: I do that, soldier. My hat’s
off to you. People forget all too
quickly what a few brave men,
living and dead, rave out with in
this past war. Nonetheless, Bud,
you must face the facts. You
ieed a job for you have your fu
ture to look forward to. My ad
vice then is to take a job learning
the trade you have alwavs yearned
to know. Uncle Sam v/ill help you
with his on-the-job training pvo
I gram for ex-GIs. You will be tid
ed over financially while you
learn Visit th« local veteran
agencies for full particulars.
E. J. R. This is my second hus
band I am now with. He is very
nice to me as far as I know but
looks like we can't make no suc
cess in nothing. We both wo1!
but still we can’t make enough
money to do what we need. What
is best for us to do?
Ans: Lots of families are get
ting by nicely on the same sal
ary your husband makes. If you
had to get by on his salary alone
. . . it would be a tight squeeze
but you could do it. It isn't how
much money you earn, madam
that determines your succcess . . .
it is the manner in which you
handle your roings. Mv new
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“ISN'T THIS WHAT YOU MEANT WHEN YOU SAID
WE SIMPLY HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
! OUR ELECTRICAL WIRING ?"
Don’t overload your wiring system. When you
build or modernize provide ADEQUATE WIRING.
NEBRASKA-IOWA ELECTRICAL COUNCIL
CROSSWORD PVIUE
ACROSS
1 Slack
6 Tr.fi liate
plants
10 One’s dv.; 11
I ing place
j 11 External
seed ci ; :ng
j 12 Thin metal
disk
■ 13 Teutonic
characters
15 Sphere
16 Part of
"to be’’
17 Expression
! of inquiry
18 Skinned
21 Duplicate
23 Clamor
24 Fabulous
bird
25 Throw
27 Covered
with spots
30 Near
31 Cobalt
(abbr.)
32 Metallic rock
33 Autocrat
36 Rabbit fur
38 Feminine
name ,
39 Genus of
cuckoopint
40 Washer
woman
42 Slides
DOWN
1 Cripple
2 Foreboding
3 Gold (Her.)
4 Flies aloft
5 Beige
6 Participate
7 Glass
enclosed
flower beds
8 Relatives
9 Slumber
•
Solution in Next !s«
12 Small
explosive
sound
14 Timid
16 Fish
19 Ignited
20 Half an em
21 Cry of a
dove
22 8-armed
cephalopod
24 Regius
Professor
(abbr.)
25 Sliding piece
(mach.)
No. 23
23 Coral island
27 Thus
28 Defeats
as in a game
29 Longing
31 Sound duller
than "clang"
Tibetan
gazelle
35 Eskimo tools
36 Rendered
fat of swine
37 God of war
41 Prefix
denoting
separation
Answer to Pn*x!e
Number 27
mr—rf c ilj'T *s»’
Series G-4ti
Actress Supports March of Dimes
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, Speech instruction for young polio victims at the New York State
1 Reconstruction Home at paverstraw, N. Y., is one of various rehabm
I tation jobs handled by actress Helen Hayes. Miss Hayes, who is on
the Board of Visitors, as well as an instructor, is an enthusiastic
supporter of the March of Dimes Campaign, January 15-30. New
Vo-’; Si a4® Chapters of the National Foundation for Infantile Paral
ysis provide care for many of the children at the Home with funds
* raised during the 'larch of Dimes.
SONORA GEARING FOR ALL
OUT RECORD PRODUCTION
BY NEGRO ARTISTS IN ’47
One of the six largest record
manufacturers in the country,
Sonora, today announced it had
entered the Negro market with
a bang. Milton R. Benjamin, head
of Sonora’s record division; re
vealed that as of January 1 week
ly releases by Negro artists will
begin flowing out of the firm’s
Meriden, Conn, record plant.
Sonora made the decision to en
ter the Negro market in earnest
after its trial disk, “Triflin’ Wo
mans' lues” by Clyde Bernhardt
had topped the 50,000 mark.
Heading the list of performers
on Sonora's label are Coleman
Haw-kins, Snum Mosley, Dud Bas
eomb. Clyde Bernhardt, Eddie
Barefield, and Merle Turner. Bern
I hardt will handle the blues de
partment, assisted by his “Blue
I Blazers.” Barefield will control
[the heat. Bascomb will team with
■ Turner on ballads, and Mosely will
work in all departments using his
I versatile trombone to pave the way
for the sale of his discs.
All Negro artists on Sonora will
be given top billing and choice of
first run tunes. “We are absolute
ly not going to assign ‘turkeys’ or
‘dogs’ to anyone,” said Mr. Ben
jamine. “Our roster is just large
enough to assure each artist good
material and a better than even
chance of getting somewhere with
his records.”
An army survey reveals that re
tailing and service enterprises ac
count for six out of 10 of the types
of business enterprises of service
men who now have definite plans
fof their return to civilian activi
ties.
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1945 Was Crucial
Year For Negro
Employment
(Continued from Page Cne)
Negroes. Thomas emphasized, and
the National Urban league is at
tacking the problem in this field
with renewed vigor.
In other white collar fields, con
siderable gains were brought
about during the year in the em
ployment of Negro sales people,
clerks, and cashiers in depart
ment stores, insurance companies
and other establishments which
formerly did not hire Negroes,
and notably in New York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
South Still Major Problem
These favorable trends are most
pronounced in northern states,
however, the National Urban Lea
gue report pointed out, and pro
gress in the South remains sty
mied by continued adherence to
traditional caste patterns. The
League’s efforts to place Negro
veterans and other workers in de
cent jobs, and especially in the
, white collar field, still are meet
ing stiff opposition from south
ern white employers. In Atlanta.
Memphis, and Richmond, the tele
phone management, despite the
obviously urgent need for lines
men and skilled construction wort -
j ers,stubbornly has refused to em
| ploy qualified Negro veterans,
though veterans are .supposed to
receive preference. Large com
panies now establishing new
plants in the South are taking the
position that they cannot "buck”
local racial employment patterns
But the League’s program in the
South is being strengthened for
a renewed attack on discrimin
ation, and the union organizing
drives are viewed as a strong as
set in the fight.
It was recalled that the 194(5
Annual National Urban League
Conference voted unanimous sup
port to the current Southern or
ganizing campaigns of the demo
i
Christian Churches United by Suffering Says Rev. Neimoeller
ATLANTA, Ga.—Suffering has
united the Christian churches of
of the world. Pastor Martin Nie
moeller of the Jesus Christ Church
in Berlin, told 1.2C0 students, fac
ulty members and friends of At
lanta University, Morehouse Col
1 cc and Snelman College at a
University Convocation on Thurs
day in Sisters Chapel cn the cam
pus of Spelman Cot'ege. “We have*
1 ee i brought together inside bv
'ert'on pod ;rom outside by
prayer.” lie continued, “and beling
jn«T i i.yether we are mutually res
ponsible for each other and for
C’-rUdrn 1 cook throughout the
v-a-iu.”
Fa -tor Niemocller was intro
duced to t’-e l-yue audience bv
President Beniamin E. Mavs o*
Morehouse 'ohege. vho bad met
the Niemoellers rt “be Biennial
Session the Fed^r-l Council of
Chur'''bo- of Chr:“ :n .America end
w’-o invited the Niemoellers to the
Atlanta eo’leges.
Basing his remarks on the Sec
nnd T otter of St. Pfeul to Timothv.
Pastor N’emoeller told his audi
ence that the one common bond
vvhi.-n unites people of all races
and n'-.i’nnc i; the word of God.
V' do’f Hif’er tried to bind tiic
word of Cod. but could not.” he
stated. “He preached the super
iority of the Ocr-uian race— he
preached the gospel of the mas
ter race over Europe, but it was
rot in accord with the word of
God. for the word of God kno vs
only one mankind.”
In the eight years that he spent
in concentration camps, the fam
ous clergyman learned to speak
excellent English. He became the*
symbol of courage and hone tc
million of Euro-cans in countries
occupied bv the Nazis, and to tiic
millions of Christians throughout
the world.
Although universities, learned
peoples, labor snions and oolitic cl
parties bowed down to Hitler, the
simple Christian people could not
be convinced that this new gos
pel was the word of God. Ar d it
became a constant source of an
ger to the man who thought him
self all powerful, yet who could
not overcome the poor despised
Christian people in his natio--,
Christians were a small minority
of the German nation, but they
proved to be stronger than all the
worldly power of Hitler. Pasto"
■Nhemoeller declared. Hitler, in
trying to crush Christianit1'. o* -
came a promoter of the gospel,
he added, for men apd women
come to see the gospel as a livin'
thing that has power over the
hearts of men.
Despite the fact that Pastor
Niemoeller spent four years ut
his eight years in prison in soli
tary confinement, he managed ty
spread the gospel of Jesus Christ
throughout lie great concentra
tion camp n which he was not el
lowed to piovc about. Other pr>
: soners taking their daily 20 mn -
utes’ walk, learned to listen to
him as he read fTr>m his Bible.
a”d others in cells learned to lis
ten for the word of God "which
once being permitted to enter the
I camp, could not he bound.”
According to Pastor N'omoeller.
there is no longer room for wars
j in the world as wars will mean
| destruction for all of us. There
j rnuri be a coming together of
I Christian people, he concluded,
; and it does not make an - differ
I ence that we belong to different
j c-rri- er ’ --tin*’". God ir.eann
that we shall I've together in peace
1 a-'mr-'mg to His V.*ord which can
j not be bound—the wed
| tlns us all info one Christian
c'wreh.
MrS. o i"i P n
j companying her famous husba-d
re1'ted brieriv somo her ex
periences while carr irg on his
w'rk.
Presid-'r.t Kufus E. Clement of
I Atlanta University presided at
Convocation and President Flo
rence M. P^-ed of FSpelman Col
lege rood t^e Scriptures. Music.
; under the direction of Profeseoi
Kemper Hnrreld was furn;-hed bv
i the Atlanta-Jfoorehouse-Spclmaii
j Chorus.
! eratic unions.
\ Services to Negro
i Veterans a Disgrace
Despite investigations and re
commendations from numerous
I organizations and individuals foi
! lowing release of the National Ur
, ban League’s special veterans’
j survey earlier in the year, little
actually has been done to improve
services to Negro veterans, the
year-end report revealed. In city
after city, veterans comprise the
I maioritv of unemployed Negroes
in the Employment Service active
files. In some cities, Negro vet
erans already have exhausted
their adjustment allowances and
are being forced to accept ill-paid
iobs as janitors, porters and la
borers.
A few feeble attempts are be
ing made in several cities to ex
pand vocational training, appren
ticeship and on-the-job-training
for Negro veterans, according to
the League. However, the high en
rollment of Negro veterans in
colleges and universities is en
couraging. Almost 20,000 Negro
veterans are taking advantage of
opportunities for advanced educa
tion, and the percentage of en
rollment in non-segregated insti
tutions of higher learning has
jumped considerably. But an es
timated 15.000 Negro veterans
have been unable to enter any col
lege due to crowded conditions,
I the report revealed.
Continued discrimination by the
Veterans Administration itself is
responsible for much of the gen
eral lethargy in regard to the pro
j blems of Negro veterans, the
; league pointed out. Although some
700.000 Negro veterans are na
tives of southern and border
states, less than 200 Negro vet
erans are employed by the Vet
erans Administration in this area.
In Georgia, for instance, onlv sev
en of the 1.700 of the .Veterans
\dministration employes are Ne
groes. and in the rest of the South
the average VA Negro employ
ment is about six per state. Fur
ther, the Negroes who are em
ployed are restricted largely to
segregated counselling centers in
Negro colleges.
Stronger Efforts Needed
“These facts demonstrate an
too clearly that the challenge to
the Urban League movement is by
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Nationwide Vote Begins
’On Thomas Jefferscn Prizes
| “Cco C;;hs d 1947” to Open
Li Ah-Car-Dan Collssmn,
Gosha, cn January 9th
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Twenty-four “Marys” ami tlieir lambs, take the tee in "Modern
Nursery I thymes,” one of the many thrilling production numbers in
“Ice Cycles of 1047,” which opens a limited engagement at the
Ak-Kar-lien Coliseum, Omaha, ou January 0th.
Famous ice skating stars- from |
1 the t tilled Slates. Canada, and
, Europe g.vp 'i e {’vpIpi- lit 1 !M *
i an iiiipi nai iciiHi tluvoi
i rtnse clamp-imis will be seen in.
1 lavish Holly wood-created costumes
] and in gigantic production when
the all new edition of "'.ce Cycles"
| opens a limited engagement ;u the
i Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. Omaha. Ne
braska. starting January 9th.
Ttie musical ‘ce extravaganza is
; produced by yombincd effoils of
: the “lee '• •s” and the famous
“Ice Capades."
e list ol American
champions is Hobin Lee, who held
tne national senior figure seating
title five times, winning it first
when ne was 13 years old. When
only 15. lie represented the United
States in the Olympic Carnes. Oth
ers who have won titles in the
I United States are Bud McNulty.
Eleanor Meisler. Nadine Thomp
son. Margaret Field and Buddy
Lewis.
Henry Lie, stilt skating expert
in the “Ice Cycles" spotlight, held
the Norwegian figure skating
crown twice. He also has been fea
tured in motion pictures and in
; “Ice Capades."
The newest importations from
Europe are two talented skating
teams from England Colin and
Joyce Bosley, Who won the Cleat
Britain dancing skating competi
tions. and John Moss and An tie
Pcgers. top favorites in Eu
rope. recently joined the "lie
Cycles' cast. They are the first
skating teams to come to me
t nited States since the war ended.
Among Canadian favorites are
Arthur Nelles, ace comedian, hie
Burling triplets Helen MacDou
gall, Anne Nielson. Rita Dallas.
Betty Dexter. Elizabeth Sandul.
Vera Jenkin, Marilyn Bryan, and
Muriel Keddie.
“Ice Cycles" plays at Ak Sar
Ben Coliseum evenings January
9th through January 22nd with
Sunday matinees January 12th and
19th. All seals are reserved. Mail
orders for tickets should he sent
early in order to obtain the best
seats. Prices are $2.75. $2.00 and
$1.25. in cl rding federal tax.
Checks or money orders should he
made payable to the Omaha Col
seum Corporation and addressed
to Omaha Coliseum Corporation
Ak-Sar-Btn Field, Omaha, N'eb. A
self-addressed stamped envelope
should be included with all ticket
orders.
j0 m-.: n • mNrr end that .
! must continue our fight for ‘jobs,
rnoie jobs and better 3003 -'or
i g-oo •' *wth mcrewed energy l'
1917.’’ t’-e Urban T cague r ’ '■'■r
Relation' Director conclveb d. ‘
the National Urban league pro
gram, th’n culls for inter; pejaj and
i iter-grc? p cooperation r’l Jocyn
the line. But cooperation d oes not
mean appeasement with us. and
me must use all our resources our
-.'•r •— cr’ence in community or
has dev^rmed to hold
j und build or; ovr gain
Observe 2~tli Anniversary
Of ’AbtliTl-Bafca W ill and
Tectamnt Opening
V,t:l:u_T :e. m.—The twenty
I fiftli ann.vc: -arv of the opcn’ng of
the will and testament cf ‘Afcdu’l
Bcha. son cf the founder cf the
Baha’i relig ous faith, is being
observed today by members of the
religion throughout America, tire
National Baha’i Assembly an
nounced.
In'' celebrating the anniversary
today the American Baha’is also
are paying special tribute to Sho
i ghi Effendi. who was appointed
I in ‘Abdu'l-Baha’s will to be
! Guardian of the Faith, interpre
i ter of the Baha'i teachings and
I presiding officer of the interna
tional Baha’i body which will be
elected as soon as world eondi
' tions permit by the National As
; semblies formed in America, Eu
rope, Africa and the East.
The contents of the will and
1 testament of ‘Abdu'l-Baha, who
j passed on in November. 1921. were
made known in Haifa, Palestine.
According to the National Baha’i
j Assembly, they disclosed the pat
tern of a world society.
under the leadership or bnogm
Effendi the Baha’i World Faith
: has been extended to forty-six
| countries in which it had no mem
| bers at the time of ‘Abdu'l-Baha’s
death. He also gave the impetus
to complete the Baha’i House of
Worship at Wilmette, American
headquarters of the faith, when in
1925 he concentrated the efforts
of American aha'is on finishing
j the project.
Declaring that “a world society
does not originate in political or
economic action but in a new and
fresh expression of faith,” the
National Assembly said the essen'
dial aim of the aha’i faith is not
to develop a new sect or add to
the existing denominations but
rather to create a moral and so
cial basis true to the pure spirit
of all revealed religions and j
broad enough to unify all races. |
nations and creeds in one spirit
ual community.
“No previous religion has ever
developed after the death of its
founder in accordance with spe
cific principles and direction such
as aha’is possess in written and
authentic testament of ‘Abdu’l
Baha”, the Assembly pointed out.
“The pattern of a moral, cultur
al and cooperative society, outlin
ed in the testament, has since
been applied to the Baha'is of
East and West by the Guardian
in his capacity as executor of that
unique document.
“The basic institution of the
faith, the local Spiritual Assem
bly, has been firmly established
Tn Fight Against Infantile
Paralysis......
Dimes Unite Negro
Organizations and
Nat’l Foundation
NKW YORK—As an indication
o' “O'/ tee N tional Foundation
coordinates the fight againrt in
tantde piraL sis through funds
orovided by the*'March of Dimes,
O’Connor, president of t' e
National Foundation. reported
that in 1946 re; rererta.tives of the
National Foundati n attended
rneePng- in 2! states of 38 j ■
tional, state and local organi,;a
t'ons. These or~ar:~ations in
cluded the National Bowling As
sociation, National Urban League.
National Congress of Parents and
Teachers, American Teachers
Association, National Medical As
sociation. National Association of
Colored Graduate Nurses. Negro
Newspaper Publishers Associa
tion, National Negro Insurance
Association, state women's clubs,
medical and teachers associations,
and church conferences.
‘Representatives of the Nation
al Foundation/' Mr. O'Connor
said, “from the mpdical, public re
lations, interracial activities, wo
men’s activities, psychologiai ser^
vices and chapter departments,
together with exhibits, motion
pictures and printed publications,
have been utilized to tell the Na
tional Foundation story at meet
ings of these organizations. As
critically needed professional
workers are concerned we must
carry on an unceasing fight to
give wide dissemination to facts
about infantile paralysis.
“The annual March of Dimes is
the only means the National
Foundation has for financing its
fight against infantile paralysis
and it is important that the Na
tional Foundation coordinate its
efforts with all important agencies,
not only to give a report on stew
ardship but to displace fear with
facts.”
Mr. O’Connor disclosed that
in a large number of countries.
Eight National Spiritual Assem
lies are now in existence, with
three more in the process of form
ation in Canada and Central and
South America. The crowning in
stitution of the Baha’i world or
der. the international Assembly,
will l)ave its seat in Akka aiid
Haifa, Palestine.
"These interwoven local, na
tional and world bodies are elec
tive and constitutional assemblies
resting upon the lav-t; revealed by
BsMVUah, the founder of the
faith, and functioning as organs
of social justice and instruments
of world peace. Th»»v stand stead
fastly for a social philosophy
which reiects communistic doc
trine on the one hand and sel
fish. irresponsible maternalism on
the other.”
Admitting that these new so
cial bodies are at present em
bryonic institutions, the Nation
al Assembly said, aha’is never
heless point to the breakdown of
the old world order and claim that
‘the faith of Baha'u’ljah corres
aonds in its truths and institu
tions to the needs of the era of
peace.” »
Fifteen hundred civic, religious
and educational organizations and
more than five hundred editors
of daily newspapers from coast
tocoast today began balloting to
select winners of the Thomas Jef
ffflrcpn 'Prizes for the Advance
ment of Democracy during 1946.
Dr. Henry A. Atkinson, co-chair
man of the Council Against Intol
erance in America. (t7 Fast. 42nd
Street) New York City sponsors
of the vote said, “Prizes will be
awarded to winners in the five
fields of Public Service. Educa
tion. Science, Literature-Joumal
ism. and the Arts, in celebration
of Jefferson’s birthday on April
13.
“The balloting now in progress,”
Dr. Atkinson continued, "is to
select the individual in each one
of these five fields who has done
th*» most to foster closer inter
relation and understanding be
tween races and religions within
his own particular sphere of ac- j
tivity.”
The Thor*as Jefferson Prize was
first established by the Council
Against Intolerance in 1943. when
the late Senator Norris of Nebras
ka was honored. In ^-establish
ing the Thom an Jefferson Prize
in the first full yean of pee re,
19A6. it was recognized th«>t many
i individuals in several fields have
! rendered outstanding service in
! theoromotion of the democratic
jd-ai and the furtherance of ra
| C’nl and religious tolerance and
equality. Hence the decision to
award five Drives, instead of one.
Father than to select rpy
the persons they themselves favor
for the awards as is ordinarily
. done, the Council fel that the en
tire proceedings should le car
I riad ou+ eomoletelv in the spirit
! of the democratic ideal. They have
; designated therefore. several
1 rames in each field, provided addi
tional s*>ace on the ballots for the
writing-fn of other names, and
mailed the baUots to a carefujly
selected list of organizations that
have bear] in the vn-imiard of the
fight against intolerance and in- ♦
equality. Nor coukl the vote be
truly rpnresentat:ve v-ifhout par
ticle atinn bv the edito”s of our
leading dailies. traditional de
fenders of freedom. m*d spokes
men for their communities.
The ballots irnd 1-p returned
bv January 25, 1947. TN- rc-v'ts
w*M be anrounced short!}- there
j after. Each winner will re *eive a
i Jefferson statuette and rr.rrers
iip will e g’ven Honorable men
tion Thomas Jefferson Scrolls.
[funds of local chanters of the Na
i tional Foundation for Infantile
| Paralysis in mo-e than 31 states
”‘ere used to provide hospitaliza
tion and medical care for Ne^vo
i polio victims of the 19*6 epidemic,
! the g-eatest in th" h'r* of the
foundation. More than 24,000 cases
of infantile paralysis infection
were reported ’a-t year.
“Again, in 194R. nolio demon-.
i strated its unpredictability,” con- *
j tinned the Foundation president.
I “While there is no racial ruscepti
j bility to the crippling disease, the
rate of incidence among Negroes;
indicated unusual characteristics,
j “Arizona, with a small Negro
population, reported a low rate of
infection among Negroes, but
Minnesota with a similarly
■ small Negro population reported
the infection rate among Negroes
to be in porportion to their popu
lation ratio.
“Detroit, with a Negro popula
tion of approximately 12 percent
reported that more than one
fourth the golio victims in the city
we’’e Negroes.
“At Chicago, Miami. St. Louis
Tulsa, Los Angeles. Denver and
Jackson, Miss., all communities
hard hit by the crippler, Negro*
sufffered severe attacks by inf n.. -
tile paralysis.”
Mr. O’Connor revealed that hos
pitalization and medical care costs
for infantile paralysis are among
the most expensive known to
i medicine. Some polio victims re
quire treatments costing more
than $2,500 for one year. Other
require even longer and more ex
pensive treatment. Still others re
quire short hospitalization and
medical care. Few families enn
meet the costs for extended treat
ment.
| Concluding, Mr. O’Connor said.
I “The March of Dimes, annual cam
paign for the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralyysis, pro
ides funds for all victims unable
to meet costs for the best avail
able treatment. One-half of con
tributions to the March of Dlmfs
remains in the local chapter of the
National Foundation to provide
hospitalization, medical care, spe
] cial equipment, and transportation.
[The other half goes to the nation
al office for research, education
and emergency relief.”
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