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Sen. Curtis Comments
On Loyalty Dismissals
Creighton
Grad Gets
Army Award
A Creighton graduate and for
mer Omahan has been awarded
the Army’s Commendation Ribbon
with medal pendant.
The recipient was Lieut. Col.
Wendall T. Jackson, South San
Francisco, California, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Jackson,
1334 South Thirty-second Street.
Colonel Jackson received his
doctor of dental surgery degree
from Creighton University in
1943.
This commendation was the
result of Colonel Jackson’s dis
covery of a method for using
dental plastic to replace wooden
splints and plaster casts in cases
of bone fracture. Design and de
velopment of this splint is cred
ited by the Army with “contribu
ting in great measure to improve
ment in techniques of treatment
and faster rehabilitation of pa
tients’’
Originally the method was
used only in cases involving
broken fingers, but the technique
has since been used in fractures
of the bones of the feet and lar
ger bones in the arms and legs.
Because these plastic casts are
much lighter than conventional
plaster casts men were often en
abled to remain on duty during |
i Senator Carl T. Curtis stated to
day that a recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court re
stricting dismissals of Federal
employees in loyalty cases requires
new legislation by the Congress
during the current session.
The Supreme Court, in the case
of Cole vs the Chairman of the
Civil Service Commission, decided
June 11, 1956, provides that
government employees can be
summarily dismissed for security
reasons only in cases where an em
ployee's job is sensitive. ‘ This
could mean” said Curtis, “that a
bout 50,000 government jobs are
‘sensitive’ to national security, and
the other 2,300,000 Federal posi
tions would not be classified as
sensitive.”
“There is before the Congress”
pointed out Curtis, “legislation to
clarify the situation and establish
equitable procedures to determine
loyalty. It contains appropriate
safeguards and should be enacted
this session.”
Korean combat where formerly
they might have been hospital
ised
Doctor Jackson entered service
in April, 1943. He served in both
Europe and the Far East before
receiving his present assignment
at the Presidio of San Francisco in
July, 1955.
Presentation of the award was
made at a ceremony June 14
which included a parade and re
view of one thousand Presidio
troops.
Lincoln, Nebraska Scene Of Wedding
Tennessee State Grad and Fiskite
Mrs. Joseph Robinson Phillips
The chapel at first Baptist |
Church. Lincoln, Nebraska, was
the scene for the marriage of;
Miss Sarah Louise Wesley of
Omaha. Nebraska to Joseph Rob
inson Phillips of Nashville.
The Reverend Mr. G. H. Schroe
der officiated at the double ring
ceremony which was held on May '
31 in a small company of relatives
and friends of the bridal couple, i
The daugh'er of Dr. and Mrs.
F. E. Wesley, formerly of Okmul-!
gee, Oklahoma, the bride was
beautifully attired in a strapless j
dress of white lace patterned in a
loral motif, with a bodice inset
of nylon net banded with taffeta.
The short sleeved lace bolero and
the waltz-length skirt featured the
floral motif, with the skirt ending
in a widely scalloped hemline
over nylon net and taffeta. The
waist-length veil was held in place
with a bandeau of lace. The bride
also wore long mitts of nylon
net and carried a white Bible
marked with an arrangement cf
white carnations.
She was given in marriage ‘by
her father. Mrs. Helen McMillan
Lewis of Omaha, acting as matron
of honor was the bride’s only at
tendant. Best man for Mr. Phil
lips was Douglas L. Bruce of
Pittsburgh
Mrs. Phillips is a 1953 graduate
of Fisk University and a member
of Alpah Kappa Alpah Sorority.
She is presently studying at the
University of Nebraska where she
will complete requirements to
ward the Master of Music De
gree on August 3.
The bridegroom is the son of
the Rev. and Mrs. F. P. Phillips of
Nashville and was recipient of the
bachelor’s degree from Tennessee
State University in 1954. He will
receive the M. S. Degree from the
University in August. He is a
member of Omega Psi Phi Frater
nity.
The young couple will be at
home in Atlanta, Georgia, after
September 10 where Mr. Phillips
will assume the duties of instruc
tor of biology at Clark College.
David Lee Booker
David Lee Booker, age 2 years,
of 2807 R Ave., expired Thursday
eevning, June 28, 1956 by scalding.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr and Mrs. David Lee Booker,
Sr.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Wilder; grandfather,
Larry Booker; two sisters; two
brothers.
Committal services were held
Monday, July 2, 1956 at Graceland
Park Cemetery.
Myers Brothers Funeral Service.
Knee-High and Then Some
Columbus, Nebraska—“ . knee
high by the Fourth of July” . .ex
cept when know-how coaxes it
up to waist high. And this corn
on the Charles Rudat farm south
west of Columbus, Nebraska, ap
pears to be hurrying to get ready
for the 1956 National Mechanical
Corn Picking Contest to he held
here October 11-12.
Larry Owen (left), manager of
the Columbus Chamber of Com
merce, Fred Rosacker and Orville
Oberg, contest co-chairman, are
up to their waists in contest corn.
State Theatre To
Offer Sneak Prevue
Second Annual
•
special treat is being offered
Omaha public Monday evening at
8:30 when a Sneak Prevue will be
held at the State Theatre, this
sneak prevue is one of the top
features from one of the major
film companys.
“The Searchers” the attraction
shown for the last time Monday
will be shown before and aft«¥
the Sneak Prevue, this is all be
ing offered at the State’s regular
prices.
When Academy Award-winner
Robert Rossen makes a picture he
goes through much painstaking
research to see that it is authentic
Its ^rilnutc <#*-»«■*!*
and since “Alexander The Great”
was to be his most important and
spectacular picture to date, he
was especially thorough in recrea
ting the historical background of
Alexander’s time. The picture
which was filmed in Technicolor
and Cinema-Scope will open Ti^fc
day at the State Theatre through
United Artists release.
Briefly, this is the historical
background against which the
dramatic story of “Alexander
The Great” unfolds:
The early part of “Alexander
the Great is set against the back
ground of unrest which pervaded
the Hellenic world—with Athens
as its center of culture and poli
tics—during the fourth century
B. C. Two hundred years earlier
Persia had infiltrated the Aegean
coast and in the early part of the
fifth century had attacked Greek
territory. Against these cam
paigns Athens led a confedera
tion of Greek .states and inflicted
defeats on Persia at the Battles
of Marathon. Salamis and Plataea.
When the three great states of
Athens, Sparta and Thebes failed
to establish a federated empire,
the time became ripe for an out
side conqueror to take advantage
of the weakness of the divided
Greek world.
This lot fell on Philip of Mace
donia. Although he was consider
ed by the cultured Greeks to be
little more than a barbarian, he
was a strong and ambitious mili
tary leader. When Philip became
king of Macedonia he at once
established authority over the
turbulent Macedonian clans and
was the first ruler in Europe to
establish a nationally conscrip- |
ted army which he trained on
highly professional lines.
Kenneth Pollard,Sr.
Kenneth M. Pollard, Sr., age 50
years, formerly of Omaha, expired
Sunday morning, July 1, 1956 in
Oakland, California.
He had been a resident of Oak
land for over 15 years.
Prior to leaving Omaha, Mr.
Pollard was at one time President
of the Baccanite Club, and was the
second Negro to be employed as a
route salesman for the Omar Bak
ing Co.
He was a former member of St.
John A.M.E. Church.
Mr. Pollard is survived by his.
son, Kenneth M. Pollard, Jr., and’
daughter, Mrs. Beverly Jean Lem-!
on, both of Omaha.
Funeral services have tentative
ly been arranged for Thursday
afternoon, July 5, 1956 at 2:00 p.m.
from the Myers Funeral Home
Chapel.
Mrs. Bird
With Citizens
For "Ike"
—
New York, N. Y. June 27—Mrs.
Crystal Bird Fauset, of Philadel
phia, Pa., a former official of the
Democratic National Committee
and the first Negro woman in the
United States elected to a state
legislature, has joined the Fom*'
en’s division executive staff of |
National Citizens For Eisenhower, j
She will serve as Special Assistant
to the National Co-Chairman, Mts.
Dorothy D. Houghton, who an-1
nounced the appointment today at
Citizens For Eisenhowr national
headquarters, 45 East 47th Street,
New York City.
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Republican, began her long ~«i
filiation with the Democratic
party in 1036 as Director of the
Democratic National Committee's
MRS. CRYSTAL BIRD FAUSET,
j former Democratic National Com
mittee official and the first Negro
1 woman ever elected to a State Leg
islature, appointed Special Assist
ant to Mrs. Dorothy D. Houghton,
Co-Chairman of National Citizens
for Eisenhower.
campaign activities for Negro
women, a post to which she was
reappointed in 1940 and again
in 1944. In 1938, Mrs. Fauset was
elected to the Assembly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
as a Democratic Representative
from Philadelphia—a political
“first” since it was the highest
elective office ever held by a
woman of her race. In the fall of
1944, the combined pleas of Re
publican Negro leaders together
with the liberal record of Gov.
Thomas Dewey’s New York State
administration toward minorities
impelled Mrs. Fauset to become a
Republican. Consequently she was
named Advisor to the Republican
N a t i o n al Committee’s Negro
women’s campaign activities di
vision.
The new aide to Mrs. Haugh
ton is a graduate of the Boston
(Mass.) public schools and Teach
ers College, Columbia University.
With a wide background of ser
vice to her adopted state of Penn
sylvania, Mrs. Fauset is a past
vice-president of the World Af
fairs Council of Philadelphia and'
in 1950 visited India as a guest of 1
the New Delhi government. Two j
years later, the University of
Pennsylvania sent her on an ed
ucational mission to Nigera,
West Africa. In 1955, Mrs. Fau
set was awarded Pennsylvania’s
Meritorious Service Medal—the
Commonwealth’s highest citizen
award.
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I
exams For
fouth Soon
Senator Carl T. Curtis advises
t>at an examination will be given
the Civil Service Commission
tl^July 9, 1956 in connection
vith appointments to the Mili
tary, Naval and Air Force Aca
demies. All boys interested in
taking this examination should
v rite immediately to Senator
Uirtis at Washington, D. C., giv
ing his full name, address and
date of birth . The boy .should
state clearly the academy in
which he is interested.
To be eligible for an appoint
ment a candidate must have
passed his seventeenth birthday,1
but not have reached his twenty
second birthday, by July 1, 1957.
He must also meet certain men
tal and physical requirements
ar.d the results of this examina
tion will be one of the important
factors which will be considered
by Senator Curtis in making his
nominations. Senator Curtis will
be glad to furnishh any boy, up
on request, a booklet setting
forth the qualifications for an ap
pointment
For each vacancy at the Naval
Academy the Senator is entitled
to nominate one pricipal appoin
‘56 'Rattler' Off the Presses
YEARBOOK PRESENTATION'
-Bettye Hayes of Jacksonville,
editor-in-chief of the 1956 Ratt
ler, yearbook of the Florida A and
M University, is shown as she pre
sented the first copy to President
George W. Gore, Jr. The book is
size 9x12 and contains 248 pages.
(A and M staff photo by James
Walden.)
YWCA Needs
Girls For Military
H<»?J»ess Program
The YWCA is recruiting girls
to serve as Junior Hostesses in the
Military Hostess program.
After joining the girls are
scheduled at dances, parties and
roller skating events at the Ser
vice Club at Offutt Air Force
Base.
Girls who are eighteen and over
are invited to the YWCA Wednes
day July 11, at 5:30 p.m. to the
monthly orientation.
A special swim party and pic
nic will be held July 12. Other
events include two roller skating
parties, two picnics, plus square
dancing and social dancing in the
newly air conditnoned Service
Club.
Creighton Uni.
Administrators at
Alumni Council
Two Creighton University ad
ministrators are attending the an
nual convention of the American
Alumni Council in French Lick,
Indiana, this week.
They are the Rev. Henry W.
Linn, S. J. vice president in
charge of public relations and
development, and Robert T.
Reilly, director of public relations
and alumni secretary for the Uni
versity. Mr. Reilly will be a
panel member for discussions of
“Volunteer Alumni Leadership”
and “Wills and Bequests.”
Talton Price
Mr. Talton Price, 67 years of
age, Tryon, No. Carolina, former
ly of Omaha, died at Veteran’s
Hospital, Oteen, North Carolina,
June 24, 1956.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Talton Price, Tryon, No. Carolina;
three sisters, Mrs. John Ross and
Mrs. Edward Fletcher, Omaha, Ne
braska and Mrs. William Parks,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota; two
brothers, Mr. George Price, De
troit, Michigan and Mr. Marvin
Price, Omaha, Nebraska.
Funeral services were held on
June 27, 1956 at Tryon, North
Carolina.
Anna Mae Larkins
Miss Anna Mae Larkins, age 45
years, of 3109 Maple St., died Fri
day, June 27, 1956 at a local hos
pital.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. Pearl Goodwin Larkins; fa
ther, Thomas Larkins, both of 0
maha; two sisters, Mrs. Rosetta
Strowder, Bertha George, both of
Omaha; niece, Mrs. Rosetta Lewis
of Omaha; two nephews, George
Ak-Sar-Ben Gives
Funds To
County Fairs
The Douglas County Fair at
Wate*loo, Nebraska has received
$500 for fair grounds improve
ments from the Knights of Ak-Sar
Ben.
Granting of $500 to each of
Nebraska’s county fairs is being
continued for the third consecu
tive year by Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha
civic organization. This is the
latest of a series of projects of
financial assistance to county
fairs, and has resulted in state
wide improvements valued at
nearly a half million dollars, ac
cording to J. L. Thurmond, a
Governor of Ak-Sar-Ben and
chairman of its Public Affairs
Committe. The grants are made
possible by funds from Ak-Sar
Ben’s annual race meeting.
The popular county fair im
provement program follows the
“dollar-matching” principle, in
that Ak-Sar-Ben agrees to put up
$500r provided the people of each
county also raise at least an equal
amount. In 1955. most of the 74
counties that took advantage of
the grants raised far more than
$500, resulting in greatly in
creased facilities. Many new
buildings were constructed, in
cluding livestock exhibit build
ings, 4-H activities buildings,
dining rooms and kitchens, grand
stands, stages and many other
needed facilities.
In addition to the $50,000 Ak
Sar-Ben sets aside each year for
the new improvement program,
it makes available approximately
$75,000 a year for county fair
premiums, part through the State
Racing Commission and part paid
directly to exhibitors by Ak-Sar
Ben. According to Mr. Thur
mond, Ak-Sar-Ben plans to con
tinue these projects as long as the
money is available for it.
President Morton Steyer and
Secretary R. D. Herrington of the
Douglas County Agricultural So
ciety said the Ak-Sar-Ben grant
and the county’s matching fund
will be used for the installation
of a well, electric pump, and wash
rack.
Smith of Omaha and Sgt. Amos T.
Glover of Ft., Riley, Kansas.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday, June 30, 1956 at 10:00 a.m.
from the Myers Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. F. K. Johnson
officiating. Interment was at
Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Pallbearers Messrs Isiah Jack
son, Booker T. Holloway, James
Smith, Eugene J. Hamilton, Odell
Strong and A1 Crossley.
Myers Brothers Funeral Service.
Urban League 'Biggies1 Fuss
Over Award to Sen. Lehman
tee and five alternate appointees.
For each vacancy at the Mili
tary Academy the Senator may
nominate one principal and three
alternate appointees. For the
Air Force Academy the Senator
will nominate ten boys. These
ten boys along with the boys
nominated by the other members
of the Nebraska Delegation will!
compete for the three vacancies
accorded the State of Nebraska.
Letters expressing interest in
an appointment to one of these (
service academies much reach,
Senator Curtis before June 10. j
1956 in order for appropriate ar-j
rangements to be made for the
bov to take the examination
Men's Swim
Classes To
Start July 9
Registrations are now being
taken for the "Mens’ Learn To
Swim Class” which starts July 9
at the Central Y.M.C.A. The
class is open to all men, 16 and
above, in the Omaha area; mem
bers and non-members. The
course is $7.50 for non-members.
This class is ideal for fathers who
have sons to take swimming and
is a “must” for people who fish
that cannot swim. This class is
limited, so hurry and registar to
day! For more information, call
the ‘Y’ ATlantic 1600.
Annual Soiree
To Be Held
Sunday Evening
| All is in readiness fo»' the first
: ■•“•••«! ■s-'*me at th« Branch
[ building, which win he held Sun
day evening, from 6 to 9 p.m. The
affair will be held in the building
and on the grounds of the Branch.
7 groups are sponsoring tables;
these are the Branch Committee,
the Quack Club, the Timekeepers,
the O.M.E. Club, the Patton Club,
the Rod and Gun Auxiliary, the
Opti-Mrs. Club of Pilgrim Church.
Miss Barbara Long announces 1
the following program:
Music will be provided by
George Wheeler, the Hinton Chor
us, Mr. Leroy Gude, Cherry Curry,
well-known pianist; by Art Break
field, promising young singer.
Special music will be rendered
by little John Smith, and our
singing Troubador will be John
M i c k e ns. Also, Miss Joyce
Abrams, promising young soprano
will be here. All members and
friends of the YWCA are wel
come,—men and women, boys and
girls, all are welcome.
“MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE
FRIENDLY CORNER ON SUN
DAY EVENING.”
Cries of non-partisanship were
being heard louder than usual
from the Urban League as pot
shots were being taken at both
local and national organizations.
First rumblings came from un
identified members of the local
board who did not look too kindly
on the Urban League of Greater
New York honoring Senator Her
bert H. Lehman, as “the conscience
of the Senate and the nation in
the fight for full equality of op
portunity for all Americans.”
Ready to stand and be counted,
however, was Atty. Joseph A.
Bailey, Republican designee for
Congress in the 16th C. D.
IN A PUBLIC statement, Mr.
Bailey asserted, “As one close!
interested in the supposedly not
partisan efforts of the Urban
League of Greater New York, I
wish to protest the fact that the
League directors see fit at this
time to create a special award for
Senator Herbert H. Leman who
is expected to be Democrat-Liberal
candidate for re-election.
“I know that some leaders of
the Urban League are strongly
opposed to making this political
award and to allowing their or
ganization to be used for political
purposes. But I know also that
because of their positions they do
not wish to make a public state
ment at this time.”
Further fuel was added with the
announcement Thursday that Rob
ert W. Dowling, president of the
National Urban League, had form
ed a business men’s committee to
promote Governor Averell Harri
man’s nomination for President.
The committee is expected to have
a membership of 100 or more,
representing business interests of
the country.
Mr. Dowling said that he waa
pleased with the Governor’s ef
forts to stamp out segregation in
government-aided housing and in
Powell Says Negro
Colleges Should Be
Integrated Now
Washington, D. C. (CNS) Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell made the
statement this week that Negro
schools would have to become in
tegrated immediately if Negroes
as a whole wanted the white
schools opened up to them.
Powell’s comment followed his
latest run-in. He had been asked
to pose with Maxine Perryman, a
student at Mississippi Vocational
School, who represented this year’s
Miss Cotton from the Memphis,
Tenn. set-up.
Powell refused and was rebuked
by letter from Dr. J. H. White,
president of the Mississippi school
who said: “There will always be a
need for all Negro institutions.”
To this Powell answered: “In
an integrating society, the Negro
cannot ask that which he is not
willing to give.”
Miller Awarded Fellowship
.. ,l,
FORD ELLOW—Wentworth E.
Miller, assistant professor of
political science at Florida A and
M University, has been granted
a Ford Foundation Fellowship for
African Studies which becomes!
effective in September. He has
also been granted a similar fel
lowship by Boston University.
(A and M staff photo by C- J.
Smith, IE)