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Women
Get Jobs In
Government
BY BARBARA SKEETER
Negro women are at last coming
into their own in high-level jobs
in the United States government
and in the top echelons of poli
tics and public service. Never
has this been so true as during
the four fruitful years of Presi
dent Eisenhower’s occupancy of
the White House.
rnrougn tne ever-increasing
opportunities now open to them,
competent women of color are
demonstrating their ability in a
wide range of responsible posi
tions in the various Federal agen
cies.
They are earning good salaries
and they can look forward to pro
gressive promotion, based on
their individual merit and accom
plishment.
QUITE A CHANCE
This picture is quite different
from the one which faced the Ne
gro woman who sought a career
in government only a few years
ago. In those days, few Negroes
with outstanding ability were
of the program of the agency to
integrated into the fnainstream
which they were assigned. Most
of them were, instead, utilized as
race relation advisors. They had
little chance for professional
growth or advancement, outside
of certain limited areas.
Today, however, the young
Negro woman who has prepared
herself in law, or social work, or
journalism, or library science, or
home economics, or the'social or
physical sciences or other fields
of endeavor, finds that her gov
ernment welcomes her skills,—
not only in Washington, but in
other sections of the country and
overseas, as well.
NEW TREND EVIDENT
This completely new trend is
evident in the appointment made
during the past four years by the
Eisenhower Administration. Ne
gro women in increasing num
bers are being named to upper
level jobs throughout the federal
service.
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One of the really amazing tal
ented and personable women in
Washington, though not in gov
ernment Itself, is Mrs. Thalia
Davis Thomas, niece of Brig. Gen
eral B. 0. Davis, Sr., U. S. A.
(ret.), mother of two children,
and of one grandchild.
Chic, glamorous, and efficient,
she is the assistant to the Direc
tor of the Minorities Division of
the National Republican Commit
tee at Washington headquarters.
She has been Val J. Washington's
dependable aid for eight of the
11 years he has held the high Re
publican post.
Experienced from participation
in four national ce.mpaigns, two
of them presidential, Mrs. Thom
as was, however, in government
service in the years 1944-48 as an
administrative assistant, Office of
Far Eastern Affairs, United Na
tions Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration (UNRRA), an a
gency now liquidated.
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NATIONAL TICKET
For President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
. . For Vice-President
Richard M. Nixon
STATE TICKET
For Governor
Q Victor E. Anderson, 6501 Havelock, Lincoln, Neb.
For Lieutenant Governor
□ Dwight W. Burney -Hartington, Neb.
For Secretary of State
□ Frank Marsh ..2701 So. 34th St., Lincoln, Neb.
For Auditor of Public Accounts
□ Ray C. Johnson..3911 “A” St, Lincoln, Neb.
, For State Treasurer
□ Ralph W. Hill_Hebron, Neb.
For Attorney General
O Clarence S. Beck, 5th & Pine, North Platte, Neb.
For Railway Commissioner
□ Wayne R. Swanson^ i66l7 Spencer, Omaha, Neb.
For Representative In Congress
Second District
□ Glenn Cunningham.5514 Harney, Omaha, Neb.
COUNTY TICKET *
For County Clerk
0 John Slavik---Omaha, Neb.
For County Commissioner
5th District
0 Leonard Bergman ... 3263 Jackson, Omaha, Neb.
For County Commissioner
3rd District
0 Dexter N. Nygaard — 2446 Redick, Omaha, Neb.
For Register of Deeds
0 Jack Loyd Ewing_ 6060 So. 37th, Omaha, Neb.
For County Attorney Short Term
0 Joseph R. Moore, Atty., 1526 City Na’tl Bk. Bldg,
Omaha, Neb.
For Public Defender
0 Ralph W. Adams, Atty. — 2622 No. 24th, Omaha
Austen W. Serrant
*
Austen W. Serrant, age 70
years, forr.'.erly of Omaha, expired
Saturday October 20, 1956 at
I Brooklyn, New York.
He was a retired waiter from
the Northwestern Railroad.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Mae L. Serrant of Brooklyn, New
York; 2 sisters and 2 brothers
also of Brooklyn, New York and
other relatives.
F u neral services tentatively
arranged for Friday October 26,
1956 at 10:00 a.m. from the Si.
Thilips Episcopal Church.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice. I
Annette Davis
Annette Davis, infant, 3117%
Kmmet Street, expired Sunday
morning October 21 at a local hos
pital.
Little Annette is survived by
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Maurice Davis, twin sister, Jan
nette, grand mother, Mrs. Louise
Stewart, great grand mother, Mrs.
Fannie Lee, of Omaha; granc}
father, Mr. William Collins, Phoe
nex, Arizona; Mr. John Davis,
Mr. Willie Stewart, of Omaha and
other relatives.
Grave side • services and inter
ment were made Tuesday after
noon October 23, at Graceland
Park Cemeteey with arrangements
by Thomas Funeral Home,
Willie Chapman
Willie Chapman, age 25 years,
formerly of Omaha, expired
Thursday October 11, 1956 at San
Francisco, California.
He had been making his home
in Los Angeles, California, for
the past five years.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Chapman,
of Omaha; 7 sisters, Mrs. Annie
Mae Linebarger, Mrs. Edna Floyd,
Mrs. Pearline Johnson, Miss Shir
ley Chapman of Omaha, Mrs.
Justine Woods, Mrs. Beatrice
Sampson and Miss Dorothy Chap
man of Los Angeles, California;
orother, Robert Chapman, Jr. of i
Chicago, Illinois; grand mother.'
Mrs. Annie Chalk of Omaha, and
I a host of nieces, nephews and
other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Saturday October 20, 1956 at
10 00 a.m. from the Church of ^
God in Christ, 5220 South 31st
Street, with Elder L. J. Wright
officiating assisted by Elders Mal
comb Chambers, A. B. Benjamin,
E. Holcomb, E. C. Cooper, W. C.
Coleman, Richardson and Price.
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ELECT
DONALD
BRODKEY
Municipal Judge
ReBa'illMUHlW .... •
Endorsed By:
Omaha Bar Aaaoclation
C It liana CommiHao for Law £n
forcement.
CommiHao on political Kndorae
menta of tha combined Local
A.F.L. and C.I.O.
* Omaha Attorney 23 yeara.
* Preaident of Omaha Phi Bata
Kappa Aea'n.
* Member of P a r o n t • Teachora
Aea'n.
* Board of Truateea of Goodwill
Induatriea.
* Homo owner and taxpayer.
* Married — 3 children in public 1
echoolt.
Interment was at Graeeland Park
Cemetery.
Pallbearers Messrs. A u d rey
Motore, Ross Brown, Alfonzo
Sampson, Norman Johnson, Syl
vester Bonner and Roscoe Secret.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Sigmas Go
To Miami
In December
By J. Benjamin Horton, Jr.
Lou*',ville, Ky. — Plans are
rapidly maturing for the Phi
Beta Sigma Fraternity’s 42nd An
niversary Conclave to be held in'
Miami, Fla., December 27th-28-|
29th. The conclave theme is:
"Meeting the Demands of Demo
cracy."
Among the nation’s outstand
ing greek-letter organizations,
Sigma’s headquarters for the con
clave will be at The Miami Car
ver Hotel, 899 NW Third Avenue
at which hostelry a block of 40:
rooms have been reserved. Other
hotels listed ate The Sir John,
Booker Terrace, Lord Calvert
and Mary Elizabeth. Delegates
who are expected to attend are
requested to make reservations
direct with these hotels, now, as
Christmas is the height of the
tourist season and delay may re
sult in disappointment.
Registration of delegates will
be at the Carver Hotel. Business
sessions will be held at the Doug
las Elementary School, 12th St.
Northwest. A general Board
meeting has been scheduled on
December 26th at the Carver
Hotel.
The 3-day meeting of the group
will include, aside from its gen
eral business^, a Bait-A-Date
party; an Inter-Greek dance and
its Grand Orchard Ball. Many
other social events have been
planned.
Delegates are urged by Wil
liam E. Doar, Jr„ national execu
tive secretary and Earl A. Wells,
president of Rho Sigma Chapter
.. .host to the Miami conclave,
that they plan now making hous
ing, plane, train and other res
ervations at once.
ELECT
DISTRICT JUDGE
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Now Serving 3rd
Consecutive Year
as Presiding Judge
oi District Court
POU61AS, WASHINGTON AND BURT^ COUNTlW^
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LEGAL NOTICE
OF MEASURES
TO BE VOTED UPON
NOVEMBER 6. 1956.
BALLOT TITLES
AND TEXTS OF
CONSTITUTIONAL /
AMENDMENTS ,
PROPOSED BY THE
195; LEGISLATURE
PROPOSED BY THE
1955 LEGISLATURE
Proposed Amendment No. t
Constitutional amendment to
change the allocation of fines
and penalties for violation of
laws prohibiting the overload
ing of vehicles used upon the
public roads and highways of
the state.
□ For
□ Against
TEXT OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people of
the State of Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general
••election in November, 1956, there
shall be submitted to the e! tors
of the State of Nebraska for ap
proval the following amendment
to Article VII. section 5 of the
Constitution of Nebraska, which
ts hereby proposed by the Legis
lature: _
"Sec, 5. All fines, penal
ties, and license money, aris
ing under the general laws
of the state, except fines and
penalties for violation of
law3 prohibiting the over
loading of vehicles used up
on the public roads and
highways of this state, shall
belong and be paid over to
the counties respectively, *
where the same may be
levied or imposed, and all
fines, penalties, and license
money arising under the
rules, by-laws, or ordinances
of cities, villages, precincts,
or other municipal subdivi
sion less than a county, shall
belong and be paid over to
the same respectively. All
such fines, penalties, and
license money shall be ap
propriated exclusively to the
use and support of the com
mon schools in the respec
tive subdivisions where the
same may accrue, except
that all fines and penalties
for violation of laws prohib
iting the overloading of ve
hicles used upon the public
roads and highways shall be
placed as follows: Seventy
five per cent in a fund for
state highways, and twenty
five per cent to the county
general fund where the fine
or penalty is paid.”
Proposed Amendment No. 2
Constitutional amendment to
authorize the Legislature to sub
stitute a basis other than valua
lion for taxes upon grain and
seed produced or handled in this
slate.
□ For
□ Against
TEXT OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people of
the State of Nebraska.
Section I. That at the general
election in November, 1956, there
shall be submitted to the electors
of the State of Nebraska for ap
proval the following new section
to Article VIII of the Constitu
tion of Nebraska, to be known as
section 10, which is hereby pro
posed by the Legislature:
“Sec. 10. Notwithstanding
the other provisions of Ar
cle VIII, the Legislature is
authorized to substitute a
basis other than valuation
for taxes upon grain and
seed produced or handled in
this state. Existing revenue
laws not inconsistent with
the Constitution shall con
tinue in effect until changed
by the Legislature.”
Proposed Amendment No. 3
Constitutional amendment au
thorizing the Legislature to ab
solve real property oi tax end
assessment charges unpaid for
a period of time as long or longer
than that provided for taking
title to real property by pre
scription.
□ For
□ Against
' TEXT OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people of
the State of Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general
election in November, 1956,
there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State of Nebraska
for approval the following
amendment to Article VIII. sec
tion 4, of the Constitution of
Nebraska, which is hereby pro
posed by the Legislature:
“Sec. 4. Except as to tax
and assessment charges
against real property re
maining delinquent and un
paid for a period of time as
long or longer than that
provided by law to author
ize the taking of title to real
property by prescription,
the Legislature shall have
no power to release or dis
charge any county, city,
township, town, or district
whatever, or the inhabitants
thereof, or any corporation,
or the property therein,
from their or its proportion
ate share of taxes to be
levied for state purposes, or
due any municipal corpor
ation, nor shall commuta
tion for such taxes be au
thorized in any form what
ever.”
Proposed Amendment No. 4
Constitutional amendment to
remove the provision that sal
aries ot certain officers cannot
be raised or towered oftener
than once in eight years.
□ For
□ Against
TEXT OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people of
the State of Nebraska.
Section 1. That at the gen
eral election in November, 1956.
there shall be submitted to the
electors ot the State of Ne
braska, for approval, the fol
lowing amendment to Article
IV, section 25, of the Constitu
tion of NebiaSka, winch is here
by proposed by the Legislature.
“Sec. 25. The officers pro
vided for in this article shall
receive such salaries as may
be provided by law Such
officers, or such othei offi
cers as may be provided for
by law, shall not receive
for their own use any fees,
costs, or interest upon pub
lic money in their hands.
All fees that may hereafter
be payable by law for ser
vices performed, or received
by an officer provided for
in this article, by virtue of
his office shall be paid forth
with into the state treasury.”
Proposed Amendment No. 5
Constitutional amendment tc
permit the Legislature to pro
vide for the appointment of a
Tax Commissioner or Tax Com
mission, and defining his or its
jurisdiction and powers.
□ For
□ Against
TEXT OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT
Be it enacted by the people of
the State of Nebraska,
Section 1. That at the general
election in November, 1956.
there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State of Ne
braska, for approval, the follow
ing amendment to Article IV,
section 28, of the Constitution
of Nebraska, which is hereby
proposed by the Legislature:
“Sec. 28 The Legislature
may provide for the ap
pointment of a Tax Com
missioner or a Tax Com
mission, which commission
er or commission shall have
such jurisdiction over the
administration ol the reve
nue laws of the state, and
shall possess such powers to
review and equalize assess
ments of property for taxa
tion, as may be provided by
law."
Respectfully submitted.
• FRANK MARSH
Secretary of State
Published 8 Times, weeks beginning
Monday, October IS, 22. 29. 1958.
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Booker T. Washington in his historically famous Atlanta Exposition Address delivered
in Atlanta, Georgia a little more than 61 years ago, called the attention of the nation to
the fact that “There is no defense or security for any of us except in the? highest intelligence
and development of all.” Our land in that day was faced by group problems similar in
nature to those that are affecting us today as an outgrowth of the Supreme Court’s Decision
of May 17, 1954. It is because of these problems that this the first in a series of messages
from the Booker T. Washington Centennial Commission, is being issued.
This Commission was brought into existence in April to pay tribute to the one-hundreth
anniversary of the birth of Booker T. Washington (April 5, 1956), through a year long
program designed to focus the attention of the nation upon the present day value of the
sane fundamental teachings of this great American.
Since Booker T. Washington was an Apostle of Goodwill and since portions of our
land today are being torn asunder by mistrust, fear, and hate among Americans of different
racial strains, the Booker T. Washington Centennial Commission humbly invites all Ameri
cans to join its “Goodwill Building Crusade.”
— Ours is a land of many races and creeds. We have different origins, cultures, and
backgrounds—but we are Americans all! Ours is a nation of Washington and Jefferson,
Lincoln and Lee, and millions of ordinary men and women who toiled and sweated, sacri
ficed and died to build their wonderful heritage. It was worth their lives to build it—
surely it is worth ours to preserve its hopes and ideals by working together in peace and
goodwill.
Remember France’s Maginot Line—built so strong of steel and stone that Frenchmen
felt secure behind it—but France fell. Not so much because of a lack of strength in its great
wall but mainly because of the spirit of its people. And remember too, Divine teachings
set forth in these words in your Bible—no matter what your race or
creed—“A house divided against itself shall not stand.”
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representatives meet, discuss, and work together to find answers for
the problems that are causing racial sores to fester.
Communities that pull together unite our nation. We invite you
to help to make yours such a community.
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, Sidney J. Phillips, President
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