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EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK
Why Negroes Do Not Vote
I (From the Jackson, Miss., Daily News)
Senators supporting the civil rights bill say they are doing so
because Negroes are being deprived of voting rights in the South.
That isn't true.
The cold truth is that an overwhelming majority of Negroes in
the South don’t want to vote.
First, they are unwilling to pay the required poll tax, although
it is only the trivial sum of two dollars.
Second, tney want to avoid getting their names on the books
for any form of taxation.
Third, the more intelligent Negroes in the South have no faith
in their radical leaders, whether politicians or pulpiteers, and will
not bow to their leadership.
The NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the ADC, the Civil Rights Commu
nists, and the Communist party, talk a lot of twaddle about Negroes
being intimidated when they offer to register, yet they are unable
to furnish any authentic testimony showing this has been done in
any Southern state.
The GOP leaders well know that there will never be enough
Negro votes in any Southern state to swing the result of an election.
What they hope to do is to control the Negro vote in Northern, East
ern and Western states where Negroes might hold the balance of
power.
Members of Congress in both houses who have at least enough
sense to come in out of a rainstorm well know that Negroes who do
not possess sufficient intelligence to vote should not be allowed to
vote. What they are now seeking to do is defy the laws of both
God and Nature by forcing a mixture of the white and Negro races
and establish complete social equality, all in order that they hope
to be favored with the Negro vote.
If a serious attempt is ever made to enforce this version of a
force bill ihen repercussions and resentment therefrom will run into
the next century. It will mean the end of domestic tranquility.
Facts and Opinions
Lewrence Dodd, a British authority, believes that taxation be
comes theft at the point where the taxpayer can say to his govern
ment :“Very well, you take the profit (or estate or income) and
leave me the tax.” That situation is reached when the tax rate
passes 50 per cent. The top federal individual income tax rate in
this country is now 91 per cent
As of a late date, more than $300 million from individual in
vestors was involved in the planning and construction of atomic
electric plants and related research. Forty-four companies were
participating in building nine reactor plants with a capacity of over
1,000,000 kilowatts
During the last 10 years snow and ice removal has cost the
railroads more than $200 million of their revenues.
Lewis Mumford, an expert on city planning, has this to say:
“Either the motor car will drive us all out of our cities, or the
cities will have to drive out the motor car—not by absolute prohibi
tion, of course, but by restrictions of size and acccess, favoring small
cars . . . and penalizing such monsrosities as those fantastic and in
solent chariots with which American motor can manufacturers now
burden our streets and parking lots.”
A new survey finds that 25,000 U. S. citizens are working for
American business abroad. Thirty oil firms employ the ‘greatest
number—a total of 10,840.
The methods of Communism are succinctly described by a top
authority, Mao Tse-tung, Chief of the Communist Chines* State:
“We in China , . , have used force to deal with enemies of the
people. The total number of those who were liquidated by our se
curity forces numbers *800.000. This is the figure up to 1954."
Since then, he added, “persuasion and education” have been sub
stituted for terror.
1,1 ' ■ "
The hot debate over recent Supreme Court decisions led U. S.
News and World Report to state: “What the country is seeing is a
great and growing struggle between the three coordinate branches
of the Federal Government. A comparable struggle has not been
•een in this century.”
According to Senator Byrd, this country’s total debt—of the
federal government, the states and local government, corporations
and individuals—is $525 billion. That represents an increase of
$200 billion—one third—in four years.
Bonuses for World War II and Korean War veterans have been
authorized in 21 states, at a total cost of $2.8 billion.
Naws From Around Nebraska
One of the unusual things to appear in the news last week
was the incident about the man at Albion who had all four tires
blown out on his tractor
According to the Albion News, the man had parked his trac
tor under s tree in a yard near that place during a rain and
electrical storm. As the storm ran Its course, lightning struck
the tree under which the tractor was standing. The charge
Jumped from the tree to the tractor, followed through the liquid
in the tractor tire* and blew all of them out with a single crack.
The tree was slightly burned but there was not a trace of burn
on the tractor paint. The men wae looking out of the window
of a nearby house, at the tree and dm tractor when the electri
cal charge came along.
• • • •
Compel itior is keen now a days and calls few some strict '
say the men in business. The Ord Quiz tells about
•caw young (very young) business men in that community who
set up a Mid drink stand in their front yard. In due time a
man and bts wife drove up to p»Lrom*e Use youthful vendors
rrd each ordered a glass of the cold drink, The couple wae
mril. the woman drank all of bars hoi the man did not com
Whereupon the boy, who was acting as waiter, took the
partially filled glass and turned to his two sisters who stood
nearby and asked them if they would like to finish the glass.
The girls declined, and the boy remarked *T’ve had enough,
too.” So he poured the portion remaining in the glass back into
the sale jug!
• • • •
It could have happened in Africa, but the scene was actually
at the Burwell rodeo. The Wahoo Newspaper related the ter
rifying eaperiencces of a woman from Colon, Nebraska who was
attending the rodeo with her husband and daughter. One of
the attractions was a lion which was allowed to roam loose in
the crowd, rubbing against the cowboys and being petted. Sud
denly the lion turned upon the little girl belonging to the
couple from Colon. It slashed the girl about the legs and head.
The woman jumped upon the lion, pulling with all her strength
and the husband jammed his hand into the lion’s mouth to make
it let go. With the aid of others present, the lion was subdued
and the little girl was taken to the hospital.
The Wahoo Newspaper related the incident at length, pro
viding a news story which was not only interesting but almost
unbelievable in this part of the country.
• • •
An area office of the Girl Scouts of America has been open
ed at Ogallala, the Keith County News reported last week. The
office has been moved to that place from North Platte, the new
location being more central to the area the office serves.
• • • •
A1 Paulson's Building and Supply Co. of Cozad, has been
awarded a contract to construct a $110,000 sewage disposal
plant at that place. Paulson, a former Blair man, has been in
the construction business at Cozad for a number of years and
has run up an impressive list of contracts.
Cocad’s plant will be located one mile south of town . 30%
of the project is being paid for by Federal funds.
Blair will be faced with need for a similar project with
in a short time as efforts are being made to purify the Missouri
River and eliminate pollution of its water.
• • • *
We never worry much in this part of Nebraska when the
wind fails to blow for several consecutive days. But it was
news last week in the Garden County News when a calm settled
over the ranch land for a period. There was not enough wind
to turn the windmills which provide water in the many spots
through the sandhill areas and ranchers were finding it neces
sary to haul water from power-driven wells to the water tanks
around the wells on the range land. The same wind which
stirs up the dust in the sandhill area, is likewise useful for pro
viding water for the thousands of cattle on the range.
Finding wind useful and virtually indispensable is In sharp
contrast to the regard we have for it in this part of the state.
• • • *
Seward County’s Communty Council has asked all property
owners to clear away weeds at adjacent intersections where
view may be obstructed. The cutting of weeds will eliminate
many traffic hazards, it has been pointed out.
• • • •
Franklin has been the scene of a successful stock car sea
son, the Sentinel has reported. A week ago attendance was
1671 with 20 cars in the pits. The numbers, although not equal
to those which Washington County produces, is very good, con
sidering the density of population in the Franklin area.
• • • •
Oshkosh is preparing for an all-free jamboree. Everything
will be free, provided by the Oshkosh businessmen who have
made up a purse to pay for it all. There will be a parade, a
free saddle club show, a barbecue, a dance, freei swimming, plus
prizes in various types of competition. The stores will be closed
and business men and farmer friends will spend the day get
ting better acquainted.
la addition to home-made entertainments, there will be a
drum and bugle corps from Julesburg, Colorado, the Union
Pacific’s Miniature train, the navy’s mock battleship and other
attractions. Everyone is invited to come by horse and ride in
the parade. - - - and in that country there still is no shortage of
horses.
Back To School Calls For
Step Up in Safe Driving
i
“SAFE TO SCHOL DAYS’’ is
the slogan being used by the1
Associated Retailers’ promotion^
tied in with their Baek-to-SchooI
programs this year. Collaborat
ing with the Police Department,
an active program has been de
veloped with signs reading,
“SAFE TO SCHOOL DAYS
START SOON - DRIVE CARE
FULLY - WALK CAREFULLY”.
Signs are scheduled to start ap
pearing on lamp posts in the1
business district ares and on'
traffic school signs near all of
our schools.
Saturday morning, August 10,
the Junior Chamber of Com
meree representatives will be
dividing into groups picking up
their signs, stapling guns and
instructions to go about the cityi
getting the Associated Retailers’ <
safety signs up over the week-|
end. The Junior Jc’s offered,
their services as their contribu
tion to the start of this safety'
program. About 2,000 signs
have been provided by th« As-!
sociated Retailers to be placed,
back to back on the posts—to
begin to tell the public that itj
is time to start practicing safe,
driving in school areas. These
signs are 18” x 20", two colors
on board.
With the number of students
increasing each year and with
the number of automobile regia-!
trations continuing to rise, the
Police Department and the Asso-'
dated Retailers thought that the
safety campaign waa particularly
timely. The campaign started
ehen the Downtown retailers
tied their Back to-School windows
in with the safety theme. A
number of windows put up spec
ial displays of stop lights, ob
•.-lining props and ideas from
the Police Department. The
Retailers* tie-in is expected t
continue all month reminding
those who are crowding the
stores for Back-trt-School sup
plies that safety should be in
their planning too.
The Chy and aafety official
are expected to tie In with th
campaign and the number o
events that will he conducte.
during the month.
The Parent Teachers Assorts
lion cooperated with the Polk
Department and found a nutr
her of safety patrol children
who were willing to leave their
vacation pleasures and work
with Sgt, Mike Loftia next week
talking about aafety over the
amplifying system in the Police
Department’s while safety ve
hicle
(NOTE—S# Loftia is plan-j
ning this program and I believ
bis schedule is as follows: Mon
day and Tuesday, August 12
and 13— Harrison School patrols;
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug
ust 14 and 15—Corrigan School
patrols; Friday, August 18th—
Fontenelle School patrols.
Locations: Monday, August 12
—16th & Howard; Tuesday, Aug
ust 13th—16th tc Harney; Wed
nesday, August 14th—16th tc
Farnam; Thursday, August 15th
—16th tc Douglas; Friday, Aug
ust 18th—16th tc Dodge. All
times will be between 11:30 and
1:15.
The safety patrol car will pick
up the children at the respective
schools and return them to that
location. They will be wearing
their patrol belts. Sgt. Loftis
will be in charge.
If the program Is continued
the second week 1 believe he
expects to move it around to
southwest and north Omaha. I
suggest that Sgt. Loftis be con
tacted.)
The Parte Department-World
Herald Play Wagon ia attempt
ing to arrange a review perform
ance one night during the week
in the Court House area. Per
mission has been granted by tb
County Commissioners. The pro
gram will afford officers inter
ested in the “SAFE TO SCHOOL
DAYS" program a chance to talk
to the public directly on its need,
(NOTE—Sgt. Loftis and th
Police Department should b
contacted for the reasoning and
the possibilities of this cam
paign. They were in the entire
planning and a number of the
ideas eminated directly from
them.) '
Tentative planning ia to have
Friday, August 23rd, “GO TO
SCHOOL SAFELY NIGHT”. I
will be a night set aside for
Mother and Dad to walk with
their kindergarten, first and
second grade children to school
to simw and demonstrate to
them safe routes and rr'-thods of
proceeding to and from school
The Police Department have been
developing the program with
the Parent Teachers Associations
and church groups.
In these efforts and organised
programming, the Associated Re
tellers are hoping that in our
busier, more populated city we
nevertheless will be experienc
ing a safer school year and the
time for planning it la in “BACK
TO SCHOOL" time. The sign*
should be a eonatant reminder
for a few weeks to not only be
come conscious of the trafft |
streets around schools again
•> i ! ^ *R|ju- ! _■ v
Trophies For the Champions
Horace E. Cocroft, Washington
Coca-Cola Bottling Works, pre
sents championship trophies being
furnished by The Coca-Cola Comp
any for the 31st annual tourna
ment of the United Golfers Assoc
iation being held in Washington,
D. C.t August 26-30. Receiving
the trophies, which have been do
nated by the Atlanta soft drink
firm for five years, are, left to
right, Mrs. Adelaide E. Adams,
Mrs. Ethel M. Williams and Mrs.
| Marie T. Pittman, all officers of
the Wake Robin Golf Club, host
for the tournament. Mrs. Williams
is club president Tournament
will be played over the East Po
tomac Golf Courses.
but of the hours when school
children will be going to and
from school. Events during the
month will help authorities and
parents of children accomplish a
goal of the safest school year.
(NOTE—‘Mrs. Lindsay of the
PTA, ’Mrs. Kasher of the Oma
ha Deanery of the Council of
Catholic Women, the Omaha
Safety Council, City Officials,
etc, could be contacted for com
ments on these events.)
(The Junior JC’s will report to
the ssociated Retailers’ office at
10:00 Saturdny morning and
then proceed to Hutcheson Dis
plays, 517 South 14th Street, to
pick up their signs and go to
work. They will cover the cen
tral business district and the
area around Sears store first.
Completing that project they will
then fan out to do the work
around our approximately 116
| schools. Photgraphs or a movie
by press and TV could be easily
arranged and City Officials tied
! in with the erection of the signs.
; Each media is asked to plan
1 their own program.)
j (Any safety or school programs
j appearing In the press, radio and
TV the rest of the month are
encouraged to tie in with the
f motion theme or sign “SAFE
SCHOOL DAYS START
)N - DRIVE CAREFULLY -
WALK CAREFULLY**, which
can be used at anytime.)
GEO. T. WRUCK,
General Manager
•Mrs. R. J. Kasher (Home and
School Association of Omaha
Deanery of Council of Catholic
Women)—RE 5978.
•Mrs. George Lindsay (Presl
I dent. Parent Teachers Associa
tion)—MA 6480.
— —
Urge Negroes
Stand Firm
On Integration
Jackson, Miss. — "If rebellion
against the laws of the nation
continues, Washington will send
troops to Mississippi,” said Dr.
Joseph H. Jackson of Chicago,
President of the National Bap
tist Convention, recently in an
address to the Mississippi Bap
tist Convention.
He continued, “The ballot
cannot be in the hands of one
group. We must either deny
the democracy of freedom or
give every body the right to
vote”
More than 5,000 crowded the
Lynch Street Masonic Temple to
hear one of the world’s fore
most religious leaders of the
day call upon his constituency
and others to stand firm on inte
| gration and keep fighting for
voting rights.
He said, “We ean make cer
| tain concessions to people who
, don’t believe as we do, but
there is a point in democracy
from which we cannot retreat if
we are going to have a demo
cracy.
Dr. Jackson spoke on familiar
ground—a type of homecoming
si nee only a few years ago he
‘ came to Jackson to pursue a
college education.
He was born in Coahoma Coun
ty and has gone far from his
humble beginning. His educa
tional achievement includes an
A.B. degree from Jackson Col
lege, a 3.D. degree from Col
gate Divinity School, Rochester,
N. Y.. an M.A. degree from
Creighton University, Omaha,
| Nebraska, and a D,D. degree
from Jackson College. The Rev.
Jackson Is an author, world
traveler and one of the world’s
moat effective and distinguished
preachers and lecturers
His book. The Eternal name,
a widely distributed volume,
gives his Impressions of Russia
at seen during a preaching mis
sion throughout the Soviet Un
ion In 1955.
Simultaneously being president
of the largest Negro organization
in America the National Bap
tist Convention, U.S.A., Inc,, Dr.
Jackson pastors one of America's
largest congregations, the Olivet
Baptist Church of Chicago.
Under the dynamic leadership
of Dr. Jackson the church has
come to new heights in member
ship, giving and building. With
in the last four years more than
5,000 members have been added
for a total of more than 12,000.
In January 1957 the church un
dertook a $100,000 expansion
program and by June 30, 1957,
$57,000 had been deposited with
enthusiastic assurance of reach
ing the entire goal before the
year’s end.
New recognition has been gr
en NBC under Dr. Jackson’s
forward leadership. He sits as
a member of the Executive Com^
rnittee of the Baptist World Al
liance and as a member of the
, Central Committee of the World
Council of Churches which re
cently met in New Haven, Conn
As a dedicated leader Dr.
Jackson has spoken throughout
America on civil rights, nuclear
weapons testing and stockpiling,
juvenile delinquency and other
moral and social issues.
He closed his address to Mis
sissippi Baptists by saying, “we
cannot remain a democracy with
one-half of the people living in
contempt of court and the other
half living for the court.”
“Don’t get bitter," he warned,
“don’t try to solve every prob
lem with your own hands, but
use both persistence and pa
tience.” • .
Reconstruct
Washington
Slave Cabin
BOOKER WASHINGTON BIR
THPLACE, VA„ August. 1957—
According to an announcement
made by Sidney J. Phillips, Presi
dent, Booker T. Washington Cen
tennial Commission, a restored
replica of the slave cabin in which
Booker T. Washington was born in
Franklin County, Virginia, is under,
construction on the 4.6 acre site
on U.S. No. 80, five miles East of
Tuskegee, Alabama, This site was
made possible for this particular
use through the cooperation of the
United States Forest Service, the
East Alabama Soil Conservation
District and the Regional Forestry
Supervisor.
In discussing the permanency of
the restored cabin, Mr. Phillips
made known that all the woody
building material had been treat-1
ed, which made the material al
most fireproof, and that the wood
had been preserved in such a way
that it might last as long as brick |
or stone.
The treating of these logs and
" ir. ~ ...' ' 1 ■■■'. —
material were by the Alabama
Georgia Wood Preserving Comp
any of Lafayette, Alabama.
The Centennial President said
that the plan for developing the
area contained many ideas which
will be of historical significance
in connection with the life and
achievements of Booker T. Wash
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