NAACP Confab
Hospital
Head Issues
Statement
WINSTON-SALEM — Miss Mari
lyn Willard, white nurse employ
ed by the city of Winston-Salem
to serve a; the Kate Bitting Rey
nolds Memurta{ Hospital, allegedly
slapped Carro Adams, 2 year od
daughter of Mrs. Ruth Adams, on
last Thursday mornini; in the X-ray
room of the hospital. Carrol Adams
had been taken to the hospital to
received treatment fo' injuries sus
tained in a fall on the steps of her
parents home. 818 Rich Avenue,
The child fell on Tuesday, but i’
was reported that the fall was not
considered serious enough for treat
ment the next miming. The fol
lowing morning, according to Mrs,
Adams, the hand and wrist of Ca- -
rol were both swollen. The ba:i-.
was carried to the hospital on Wed
nesday by the card.'ker of the
Adams' children and was treated
by an ittterne wh" suggested that
the injured girl be brought hark
the next day for X-Ray picturc.>-
Mrs. Adams, according to informti-
lion received, stayed ’ll rr*m work
on Thursday to take her dnugh’er
to Kate B. Reynolds Hospital, "B' -
cause the baby was m pain." stated
the mother, "she naturally was cry
ing. Even when I took her in the
X-Ray room, and on the elevator
going up. C-arrol cried. 1 tlioiight
that was perfectly normal. When we
got in the X-Ray room, the I'chni-
cian. Miss Willard, asked Carr l i.)
straighten out her hand She Rrah-
bed the baby's hand and therefore
crated more pain which made Car
rol cry harder Then I spoke to my
baby and told her to straigtticn
her fingers and hand out. While I
was speaking, the nurse slapped
rny child two times and yelled t
her to ‘straighten out your hand'
Then I askel the nurse what she
meant by baby. She said.
•Yes 1 hit her W’hat are you going
lo do about iV.'‘ I told her that I
was going to do something about
It, and that I was going to do it that
day She ordered me to get out and
to take my baby with me, I dirt,
after 1 told her that I didn't appi- -
ciate her slnkiiig my baby. Carrol
was lU’t treated in the X-K'iy luoin
Later Thuisday afteinoon, Mr.
and Mrs. Adams reported that they
her to ‘straighten out your hand.'
Then I asked the nurse what she
meant by Wttlnp tha baby. She said.
‘Yes 1 hit her, Whfll nre you going
to do abobt it?' I told her that 1
was going to do something about
it, and that 1 was going to do it that
day. She ordered me to gel out and
to take my baby with me. 1 did,
after I told her that I didn’t appre
ciate her slrikiiiK my baby. Carrol
was not treated in the X-Ray room
Later Thursday afteinoun, Mr,
and Mrs. Adams reported tlial they
went to City Hall to secure a war
rant for the arrest of the nurse, but
that officials there denied her. On
Friday night, Mrs. Adams went to
City Hall again to have u warrant
is.sued This time she was accom
panied by ‘''WO friends.” Officers
refused again to issue a warrant.
Elating that ''it Is necessary to have
the names and address of witnesses.”
according to Mrs. Adams.
This paper, after receiving the
story related above, called Dr. J
B. Whitington. director of the Ka»e
Bitting Reynolds Hospital and the
City Memorial Hospital, and ask
ed ;or an appointment. It was
granted. When asked concerning the
matter. Dr. Whittington issued the
following statement; 'T have inves
tigated the incident referred to and.
as with all others, have taken nec
essary corrective measures. It Is my'
desire that no patient be mistreated,'
whether rich or poor, black or ^
white, and any infraction of this rule .
on the part of rry employees will •
not be tolerated. I hope always to ,
fair and just, and believe in givinc (
everyone a second chance. If. after
giving this chance, the party con
cern^ repeats, then it is my rule
that the supreme penalty ^ in
voked." He termed the incident ns
•'one ol those unfortunate things.
I reprimanded her. and have taken
corrective measures."
(Continutyi on back page)
R ICIIAKC3 3*’;
R. HARGETT j..
RALEIGH. H.
BABY.TWO
Winston-Salem
INIAN
VOLI MK X.XV, NO. 5:!
K.ALEIOH, NOUTI! CAKOLINA WEEK ENDING SATUSlAY, .lUNE l(i, 1HI.5
rUlCE FIVE CUNTS |
TRIO FOR TOLERANCE
Secures Resignation of
*‘To Africa ^’Supporter
Inventors To Sue
Patent Jumpers
NORTH CAROLINA
TB ASS’N GIVES
FELLOWSHIP
RALEIGH—Mrs. Fannie S. Leary,
[health and physical education teach-
j er of the Negro junior high school
I in Greensboro, has uoen awarded a
j fellowship at the University of
One American community's practical program to combat intolerance
is represented by this photograph, showing the Honorable Stanley W.
Church, Mayor of New Rochelle, accompanying his constituei ‘s, Ellabelle
Davis, distinguished negro soprano, and Jan Peerce, tenor uf the Metro
politan Opera Association, as they rehearsed a duct for a concert pre-
•ented in aid of the Mayor’s Interracial Committee, which plans to
conduct a vigorous propaganda campaign to bring about better under
standing between the various racial and religious g •■■ids m the West
chester town.
MAN GOES TO DEA TH
DENYING RAPE CHARGE
l./avia, uiBitiiKUianeu iicgiu bv|..>iv, aiiu uait  cci\.c, vciivt viic uidiv-
politan Opera Association, as they rehearsed a duct for a concert pre
sented in aid of the Mayor’s Interracial Committee, which plans to
conduct a vigorous propaganda campaign to bring about better under-
. standing between the various racial and religious g-T ips in the West-
ehaater town.
MAN GOES TO DEA TH
DENYING RAPE CHAR GE
NEW VURK — As a re.sult of
immediate actiiui taken by the Sa- '
vannah, Georgia, branch NAACP
.i;;amsi ihes declared stand of the'
Rev. Lewis L. Scott favoring rein-1
Irnduction of Senator Bilbo’s "Back-
'o-.\fi icj " bill, the minister's resi,:-j
n.ilioii from eh.iirmanship of the'
N.-\ACP Legal Redress Commute* i
was lepr.rled today Rev. Scott's!
''xpulsion from the NAACP was
loeommendert after corer.Npondence |
was rcvetiled with Senator Bilbo m j
(he Cojigresional Record of May
iOtti, j
In urginR rcintiiiduction of thej
leaislation in a Inter dated May 7,
the m^inisUr declared in one in
stance- "Moneiclizaiion of the races
is us ccrUiin the fale of this coun
try as th luuht follow.s the day.
This or the extermination by one
of the other. This may not occur
'u yours and my times, but unless
»• program consistent witii the one
under discussion here is inauguait-
ed it is an eventual certainty.
”[ therefore ask in the name of
God, and your country and mipig,
give your cooperation to this mi&t-
tcr, for you are in position to point
cut the ‘ears' who will listen to this
; plea, and thereby gain for yourself
. immortal fame, and because you
' will have rendered a sreat service
to humanity. By this I mean that
you are in position to arrange a
hearing befoic the Senate Foreign
Ri latjons Conmiittec or any other
aeenev ihroueh whleh the machin
$30,000 Grant Made To
Boy Scouts of America
Second State
Conference
RALEIGH IXciuniig tiuil lie
"fell fine, but a little suky iinide,"
Lacy .Alexander .Mcl>aiiU‘l, 3-1, of
Guilford County, walked calmly
into the Central Prison gas cham
ber here last Friday and was as-
phixiaicd for ra|>c on a Guilford
County white woman.
While admitting that he attacked
the woman, lore her ctoihes and
.'tabbed her, McDaniel denied to the
‘.-nd that he actually raped his vie-.
lim.
The lethal pallets were dropped
at 10:01 a. m.. and ten minutes lat
er (he prison physic-tan pronounc
ed the man dead.
McDaniel was convicted of rape
during the September, 19H term of
the Guilford Superiir Court. He
appealed to the State Supreme
Court, but was notified on May 24,
that the high court refused to grant
a now trial.
Prison Chaplain L. A. Watts held
a religious service wlt.i the doomed
man. and later discussed the case
with him. McDaniel told the priest
that "it must have been lust alone”
that prompted his actions He could ■
find no other ren.son.
Evidence in the c.^-se revealed,
that McDaniel had watched the
w'lman for about a week pass
throueh a woixled area between her
tiome and the White Oak Mill at
GieLiisboio where ^he was em
ployed. On July 17. he grabbed her,
choked her. stabbed her with a
knife, lore off her clothes, and left
her foi dead. The S'ule mainluineJ
that he raped tier.
G(i\enior Cherry refused to in
tervene 111 the case. McDaniel was
found to be sane by a psychiatrist's
examiiuilion.
A Te.stament which the man had
used since being brought to DenUi
Row. was mailed lo a friend with
the instruction that the friend re.id
it every day. A sister claimed Mc
Daniel’s body.
HELD WITHOLT BOND
IN ASSAl LT CHARGE
KINSTON - Wilbur Small. 30,
of .“ilj Williams Alloy is being held
without bond, pending the out
come of the condition of Nathaniel
Mitrhell. whom Sm.all cut with a
knife Inst Saturday night at Shine
and Queen Streets. Mitchell is at
Parrott Memorial Hospital in a ser
ious condition.
NAACP TESTIMONY AGAINST PEACE
TIME MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
pearing before the Post-War Mili
tary Policy Committee, Juijge Wil
liam H Hastie, on behalf of the
National Association for the Ao-
vancemeiil of Colored People, ex
pressed strong opposition to peace
time military conscription “both
because it is generaUy unsound in
principle and because the present
bill would permit the continuation
of racial segregation and discrim-
nation in tlie armed forces.”
Taking sharp issue with the prom
ise ol the bill that peacetime con
scription will promote peace and
security of future generations.
Judge Hastie stated that m launch
ing a program of universal peace
time training and preparation for
war. It can be reasonably anticipat
ed that air great nations will at
tempt to ectual or surpass our mili
tary program.
'International competition to see
what nations can be best prepared
for war is tlie must certain path to
war," Hastie declared. "The natl»i,s
best prepared for war rattle the
■^abre at the less prepared. II tlie
less prepared nations sullenly bow
to the threat of force, it is only to
gam time in which to make ready
to match that force and ultimately
to become strong enough for the
rattling of tbeur own sabres. The
'.i.Hlory of mankind 's the story ot
the futility fu this process as in-
lUrancc against war.''
"The Negro citizen. ' Judge Has
tie said, ‘is unutterably oppu.sed to
giving the rrilitary blanket author
ity without any safeguaids what
ever to protect them against segre
gation. discrimination and other
abuse.
"It is no secret," ho continued,
"that the Negro today i» deeply
'.-esenlful over much of the trea-
.nent he has recivcd at the hands
of the Army and Navy. In peace
time, and even until this war was
well advanced, the Navy excludtHl
.''leyri.es from naval seivice, except
as messnten. Even the pailiul ro
luxation of this rule in the exigen
cies of this war leave., large num
bers of technical specialties closed
10 the Negro seaman. Entire areas
of naval service, for example nav-
11 aviation, are still completely clos
ed lo Negroes. We have no reaosn
to bi Ueve that the Navy eonlein-^
plat 's Uie use of Negroes In any
eaapeity otlier tliaii niessnien when
it returns to u peacetime basis. "
Ill pointliig out that tiie same
linutatioiis upon the use of Negro
lier.suiinel obtain in ih- .Arn,.>'. he
said. "Except for attaclied units.,
Negro enlisted men in the Medi-1
cal Corps have been restricted to
'Sanitary Companies. The work of
these units may be common labor in
.md about hospitals; it may be
drainnage for mosyuito control; it
may be the digging of latrines m
the theatre of war or any other la
bor service required for sanitation
All of this is necessary work. Much
of it IS particularly unpleasant
work. Certaniy the Negro should do
his share of it. But so far as I know,
three is not a single white Sanitary
Company in the Aimy."
He also pointed to the fact that
while il;e Army was trying desper
ately lo recruit 10.000 young men
with scientific training for meteoric-
fogist.-5 and weather ib.-eivers, aii
qualified Negroes w-ere rejected be
cause "the Aimy look the f^jsiti n
that It had seven Negroes in this
field and that was enough. Negroes
are exelurted eiitirelv from, other
.'Dich sought uft'^ typc.i of training
an dservice. For examph-. "Hh.istle
said. 'I’veii today the .An- Force
will nut aevept a Negro pilot in the
.All Tiaii'-port Command."
H.oUe blamed the Ain-yV pulley
uf racial segregation fur much ol
tlie ()oci-iiiiiiialioii aeaiM.->t Negroes
ill training and serx’ice opportuni
ties* Declaring that it is no more
iCoQtinued oo back page> I
ed it is an eventual certainty.
‘T therefore ask in the name of
God. end your country and minr.
give your cooperation to this mat
ter, for yob are In position to point
cut the 'cars' who will listen to this
plea, and thereby gam for yourself
immortal fame, and because ^ou
will have rendered a great service
to humanity. By this I mean that
you are in position to arrange a
hearing before the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee or any other
agency through which the machin
ery may be set in motion leading to
the realization of our aims.”
In even an earlier letter, repat
riation of Negroe.s to Africa was
asked because, in the words of the
Rev. Scott: “1 think that while
I.lbva ail’d other provinces for
merly belonging to Italy will soon
iCuntiiuied on back page)
OEMANOmiY
RECOGNITION
WASHINGTON. D. C.— National
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan as
sured Negro Democratic party lead
ers last week that their demands
for recognition in the party would
be met ‘as an obligation."
This a.-isuraiice was given during
a mietim; > i Negro party leaders
from 16 states, spon.s.ired by the Na
tional Council of Negro Democrats.
The group said that they were, to
a great extent, rc.-ipunsible for the
1944 re-election of President Roose
velt through 3.000.000 Negro votes
in pivotal northern states,
"Unless the Negroes are given
an integral part of the planning
and machinery, they will quit the
party." threatened Emctt S Cun
ningham, council president of De-j
troit He added that "'A’hen Negroes I
came into the Democratic party, I
they did not make any marriage |
vows to stick 'until death do usj
part’.”
He .said the Negro vote in the last
12 years has largely followed the (
late President Roosevelt and Mrs
Roosevelt, and pointed out that "the!,
Democratice party, as such, has
never been sold to the Negroes."
FUOUAY SPRINGS
MAN HELD ON
MUROER^HARGE
RALEIGH— Walter Walker 27-year
old ex-convict of Fuquay Springs,
charged w ith the murd-jr of 41-year-
old Adam R. Rogers, white farmer
of near Apex, waived hearing In
city court this week and was bound
over to Superior Court without
privilege of bond. Roger's battered
remains were discovere-I in a
branch here on April 19.
Police had been on the look-out
for Walker since shortly after the
killing as he fitted ‘he dcjcriptlon
of the person seen with Rogers on
the day of the farmer's death. ;
Walker was picked up In Clay-\
♦’•n on M’n.d:iy for public begging.!
Raleigh police said, and -when Clay-
inn officers called the Raleigh Po
lice Department concerning Walker,
tCoutmued on back page)
^Winston-Salv.-n — The second
.arotiiU session ot the North Caro-
Stale Conference of NAACP
I bitches will meet with tiie local
;btBnch on June 21, 22, 1945. T. V.
mpgiun. the state president, has
lalBoiUKed that the theme of the
nMieUng is to be. "Full Democra-
cJ'.AtRome For All." All of the
are to be held in the
JiliptLst church, corner 6th
^"■tnut Streets.
.ii.Bn||vKellum, the president oi
tfie ^laptcr, disclosed to PS
that there would be a rather ex
tensive local welcome program in
the main auditorium of First Bao-
list church on Thunsday night.
June 21. George H. Vaughn, a re
presentative of the North Caro;-
Una Mutual Life Insurance ComT-
pany, will extend lo the confttr-
ence the welcome address on be
half of the bu.sinesse.i of the city.
itist church, corner 6th
,t Streets.
lum, the president of
iPter, disclosed to PS
that there would be a rather ex
tensive local welcome program in
the main auditorium of First Bap
tist church on Thursday night.
June 21. George H, Vaughn, a re
presentative of the North Caro/
Una Mutual Life Insurance Com'-
pany. will extend to the confer
ence the welcome address on be
half of the businesses of the city.
The Reverend Hunter B. Bes*.
pa.stor of the Old Goler AMEZ
ch'jrch, and president of the In
terdenominational Ministers’ Al
liance. will represent the church
es on the program: and D. W.
Andrews, local business man. will
speak for the Winston-Salem
chapter of the NAACP. Response
to the welcome addresses will be
made bv L .E. Spencer. Musical
numbers will be rendered bv the
choir of thet church and A. T.
Harrington, soloist.
The two-day conference will be-
gin at 10 o’clock Thursday with
the registration of delegates. At
12 noon the board of directors
will meet, during which the Rev
erend A. C. Matthews, executive
secretary of the conference will
submit his report. The annual ad
dress of the president will be giv
en at 2 p. m.. and the appoint
ment of committees will conclude
the first session.
Following the local welcome
program, which begins at 8 p. m.
George L, Johnson, director of
Instruction at the Winston-Salem
Teachers college, will present L.
E, Austin, president of the Inter
denominational Ushers Associa
tion of North Carolina, and editor
of the CAROLINA TIMES. Dur
ham. North Carolina, who wUl de
liver the principal addre.ss. Au.stin.
It is reported, has been actively
Identified with Negro progress for
the Da.sf several years. He was a
|candidate to the Board of Coun
cils in the citv nf Durham, but
was defi ated.
Others who will anpear on the
program of the confab are Mis.s
Ella J, Baker, director of branch
es for the NAACP: Attorney J
S. Bowser. Charlotte, who will
open forum on the ouestion: ‘‘Re.
solved: ’That the rJau.se ‘To the
(Continui*d on back page)
Bonds Purchase Endored
RALEIGH — The Negrn Citizen's
C'lmmittcc.'at its mcetirva here Tues
day, endorsed and urged the buy
ing of War Bonds in support of the
Seventh War Loan drive.
The committee passed a resolu
tion urging the purchase of W.ir
Bonds first as a patriotic duty in
supporting ‘‘our soldiers in the Paci
fic to help end the war. and second
as a safe and profitable investment.
A. J. Turner, chairman of the
division of the War Loan drive, was
commended for "the splendid work
which his committee and he are
doing." Mrs. Viola Pulley receiv
ed a vote of thanks for the "excel
lent manner" in which her com
mittee contributed to the success of
the cancer drive.
A committee composed of Leon
idas Frazier. Charles G. Irvin, the
Rev, E. C. Lawrence. H. C. High,
and Mrs Clanton, were requested
to continue their work in finding
corrections for delinquency In Ne-
|tro schools here.
NE:w YORK — The General Ed
ucation Board has appropriated
$30,000 to the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica for a threc-ye.ir project to car
ry the programs of Scouting to m-u'C
Negro boys, it was announced last
Wednesday IjE Elbert K. Fretwcll,
Chief Scout Executive.
ThiK was in addition to $17,500
granti’d by the Board in 1941. which
made possible the employment *f
Nciiro Fi Id Executives by 36 Local
Scout Councils in the South.
Any Local Scout Council in the
Soul hwishing to employ a Negro
Field Executive or add an addi
tional one to its staff mav receive
H grant from the General Education
BtKird Fund. One-lhird of the Field
Executive's salary and traveling
expenses will come from the fund
thirds is provided by the Communi-
and one-third by white persons in
the community, or if the last two-
thirsd is provided by the ommunity
fy Chest or War Chest,
Thi.s program makes possible the
employment of thirty to forty ad
ditional Negro Field Executives
who will ievote their full time to
the organization and supervision of
'Continued on back pagci
eoara r una. une-tnira ot tne r leia
Executive’s salary and traveling
expenses will come from the fund
thirds is provided by the Communi-
and one-third by white persons in
the community, or if the last two-
thirsd is provided by the ommunity
ty Chest or War Chest.
'This program makes possible the
employment of thirty to forty ad
ditional Negro Field Executives
who will devote their full time to
the organization and supervision nf
‘Continued on back page)
FAYFTE\TLLE FmEMAN ASSO-
CIATIO.V TO OBSERVE ANNUAL
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Fayetteville — The Fayetteville
Volunteer Firemen’s Association
will observe their annual Memorial
Service Sunday. June 17th at 830
p. m. at the First Baptist Church of
which Rev. T. H. DwcHe is pastor.
Mr. Cicero Miller is president of
the Firemen’s Association.
MRS. FANNIE S. LEARY
Michigan offered by the National
Tuberculosis Association, it is an
nounced by 1.. L. Bing Miller, as-
fistunl executive secretary of the
Nurtli Carolina Tuberculosis Asio-
ciation.
Mrs. Leary is one of 10 Negro
health leaders ol 17 Southern
states chosen to receive the fellow
ships. which provide expenses at
the summer session beginning July
2 at the University of Michigan.
Courses offered at this session will
be in the field of health education.
Mr.lf ,r lh» nf ihe f«>llr>w«hin
Tuberculosis Association, it is an
nounced by L. L. Bing Miller, as
sistant executive secretary of the
Nce-th Carolina Tuberculosis Asso
ciation.
Mrs. Leary is one of IQ Negro
health leaders of 17 Southern
states chosen to receive the fellow
ships, which provide expenses at
the summer session beginning July
2 at the University of Michigan.
Courses offered at this session will
be in the field of health education.
Half uf the cost of the fellowship
is paid by the National Association,
while the State and the Greens
boro association pay the remaining
half.
Mrs. Leary received her A. B.
degree in 1937 from Bennett College
in Greensboro and during the next
two yvars taught physical education
and social science at Peabudy Aca
demy in Troy. She taught physical
(Continued on back page)
NEW YORK CITY fCNS) — Sol
omon Harper, Negro inventor, has
secured attorneys including Julius
Whittle I member of a New York
Patent Association Law Committee)
to help him in his effort*^ to hail the
infringements of his thermostatic
instruments. Included are automa
tic soldering irons, u.sed In radio
work now sc essential in war effort.
Mr. Harper's devices have been
examined by a well known consult
ing engineer employed by Thomas
A. Edison, Inc., West Orange, New
Jersey. In addition *o the solder
ing iron, he has developed an auto
matic switch which does not require
the ii.se of soft welded by medal
thermostatic material. This latter
device and method is being used
by a number uf defense manufac
turing companies during the war.
While Mr Harper does not desire
to halt their production, he has ap
pealed to Senator James Mead,
Cliairman of the Senate Defense
Committee, to get quicker action
by the U. S. Patent Office on the
assurance of his patents based on
new applications now pending. Mr.
Harper feels fh.it many Negro de-
fen.se workers and loturned war
veterans will have to unite and set
up their own small businesses, shops
in order to make employment lor
thcmselve.s and others after the
FAYETTEVILLE
MAN KNIFED
TO DEATH
FAYETTEVILLE — Leroy Jack-
son. came to an untimely and sud
den death, when a knife allegedly
used by James Covington, inflicted
the fatal wound, on Friday, Ji^ne 1.
in a field at the end of Meredith
Street, near North Street, between
9:30 and 10:00 p. m. ft is reporteij
that the cutting followed an argu>
ment started on Ramsey Street and
that Covington chased him finally
delivering the death wound in the
field. Jackson received a stab in
the heart, face and head, also ip
FAYETTEVILLE — Leroy Jack-
sen, came to an untimely and sud
den death, when a knife allegedly
used by Jamea Covington, inflicted,
the fatal wound, on Friday. June 1,
in a field at the end of Meredith
Street, near North Street, between
9;30 and 10:00 p. m. It is reported
that the cutting followed an argu>
ment started on Ramsey Street and
that Covington chased him finally
delivering the death wound in the
field. Jackson received a stab tn
the heart, face and head, also Ip
the abdomen causing his intestines
to protrude, also gashes in the right
shoulder with one arm almost cut
out uf socket.
Covington is said to have received
a minor cut, arJ was treated at
Hlghsmtih Hospital.
Coroner W. C. Davis went to the
scene and made an official investi
gation. Covington is being held,
charged with the murder.
Seamen Urge Truman
Block Hate Campaign
New York — An appeal to
President Truman to counteract
I "a well-organized campaign to
stir up hatred and distrust of our
Soviet Ally,” was made today by
tne National Maritime Union.
; A resolution adopted by a mem
bership meeting of the Union urg-
:cd the President "to immediately
cliar the atmosphere of do'jbt and
'confusion” and reaffirm the poli-
jcy of American-Soviet frienc^hip
lesiablished by the late President
Roosevelt.
The resolution asserted that
'friendship with the Soviet Union
,is "more than ever necessary for
Iht guaranteeing of world peace
and security,” and leveled sharp
cntici-sm at those seeking to un
derline American-Soviet relations.
I "There has become evident in.
recent weeks a well-organized
campaign through the press and ,
radio, in the actions of o'jr dele
gation at San FrancLsco and in the
utterances of certain U. S. Sen
ators lo a group of soldiers in
Italy, to stir up hatred and dis- !
trust of our Soviet ally.” the re-
solr’ion declared.
"1 ne alarming nature of the sit
uation has been signalized by
Secretary of Commerce Wallace,
who for the second time in two
weeks. ha.s labeled those pressing
this campaign as ‘enemies of the
peace.’ accusing them of trying to
provoke war between the U. S.
jand Soviet Union.”
MAN HELD IN
'•GRUnGE'' KILLING
j ASHEBORO—Wesley Parsons of
1 the St. Peter's secJTon near Ran-
dclman Is bieng held in jail here
without privilege of bond for the
fatal shooting on June 8, of Victor
Strickland.
Police said tht Parson was "get
ting even" with Strickland who
had shot the former’s brother. Eu
gene. in the leg on last Monday.
Eugene Is confined to a hospital
here.
Strickland was shot in fie right
chest and died almost instantly.
Parsons' arrest followed shortly af
terwords.
Council of Churches In
Far-Reaching Meeting
WASHINGTON, D. C.— The Fra
ternal Council of Negro Churches
closed recently a three day session,
said by those who are familiar,
the Council's meeting was the best
in its history. Peace and harmony
' prevailed in the executive session
I on the last day, with only about lif-
I ty persons present. $7,368.41 was
I pledged and ^,243.41 of that amount
' was paid in cash.
KISHOP LEAD IN
A committee requested that $5,-
OOo be borrowed lo tide the Council
I over the summer. Rev. Smith of
Baltimore objected to borrowing
and said, "We can raise the money
among ourselves. Why go to a
bank'.’” Later in the meeting others
expressed the same view. Then the
Council's President, Bishop A. P.
Shaw, said, "I have faith in the
Fraternal Council of Negro Church
es. It is the Negroes' best oppor
tunity for cooperation and advance
ment. and I am showing my faitli
with this check for $1,000. Bishop
R R. Wright, Jr., executive secre
tary, followed with a check for
$1,000 showing that he believed in
“showing your faith by your works”.
Then followed Dr. W. H. Jernagin,
director of the Washington Bureau,
with $t.000 as a sign of his faith
in the great movement. Others fol
lowed in rapid succession; among
them Rev. V. M. Townsend, Little
Rock, Ark,. $500; Rev. Geo. Craw
ley. Baltimore. $100; Rev, J. C.
Beckett. Washington. $100; Bishop
R. S. Jones of the Methodist Church
and Dean Wm. Stewart Nelson,
of Howard University $25 eaco.
Pledges were made to be paid
within from three days to 90 days
from Rev. H. E. Smith, Baltimore,
$500; Rev. J. L. Horace, Chicago,
$1,000; Rev. C. T. Murray and Bish-
tContinued on back page)
MORTIGIANS
TD HOLD STATE
MEETINITUES.
WINSTON-SALEM — The IBth
annual session of the Colored Fun
eral Directors and Morticians Asso
ciation of North Carolina will meet
with local morticians on Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week, June
19 and 20. The conference theme u:
"Improvement of Service in the
Post-War Era.” Registration and
opening will be held at the How-
ard-Robinson Funeral Home, and
the business session on Wednesdry
will be held in the Winston Mutual
Life Insurance Company building
auditorium. All of the business ses
sions are closed to the public.
Listed among the speakers are
John T. Rhines, prominent morti
cian, outstanding businessman, and
fluent speaker from Washington,
D. C.; Dr. Norris A. Dodson, noted
chemist; and E. M. Mitchell, local
insurance executive Mr. Rhines, who
himself is “one of the leading
morticians in the contry as well as
in the District of Columbia,” said
the reporter of the convention, is
to be the principal speaker of the
meeting. His address will be de
livered during the business session
on Thursday.
The delegation for the annual
meeting has been limited to approx
imately fifty-five persons, includ
ing local morticians. This has been
arranged so as to conform with the
request of ODT orders regarding
(Cuntlnued on back pago