2 KILLED, 40 HURT, AS TORNADO STRIKES KINSTON
KINSTON rw„ p..is.ns w.-n kill. J. m- n i. i,
iiijui'v’d und 3ti hi.inis djinaiiril m (ii-slinyrd iii a iutii.i
sliui’k in thrci-ai-ctions III l.i-iioii Ccniity and lln- Vn iini', i,
about Monday
I am i v. lull- ciiupli- wlin livt-il iwii mill's north ul town on
• lu Ihil hitilnvay wiii- kdiod jnstantly and 18 persons wen*
il;/eu and junior injurus inlliiled on at least 25 oUu-rs as
idfii Him 111 sti Lu-k withoul vvaiiiiii}'.
Victims cunfmi’d to local hospitals include: Jumc's Brown,
James Robinson. Miss Helen Robinson and Miss Lillie Brown.
Accordiny to a Red Cross survey, three houses were eoinplelelv
(Continued on the back page)
KdCkV I'OIM
BKI'DHK (OX
KliKlATOIt TO APPEAK
dtESS AS A KEY W^r^ESS
W.ASHl.NtJTDN —I'lut. S. C. An- Cuiigre'-hman Graliam A liaiden oJ
ai iMiu. dneeio! . I the Kooky P. ml Carolirm. aiitlior of the vo-
C . will he a key witness when the .• . , m , i. ■ . , .
N.-«ro:l. ol m Pend... oountv, N C. ‘■'ha.imun of the
flcuse ediualioii oommm. e le-oji- ‘dnoation con i. iltee, said m recouv
eir hi-aiiin;.' May tiu on tin- Haidon memiiny him fur the award that
biU to pi'ovide $7U,ouu.ui)n annually l’r> f. .Anderson "hs mukiny . ne of
in (iiier.d aid li> vueadunal i-duca- Iho fine.st ountribunuiis towards the
lion. solution of our .social and ecunuiiY?
Pr>r. Aadvrsuii hai^ been problems of any livinii human bi’fn:;
iiaifd for the :!M(! .tiuinni award'll has ever been my privilege to
of llaiiifiloii liistilnti-. lhmit>toii. Vr ' know '
\ (Jl.l'.MK SO. :•(•
KAI.KICH, NiHlTil (’.AllOlJNA U KKK K.MHNC SA I'l KDAY. .MAY 25. IKIK
I'PACK Sf
S.C. VETRAILROADED TO DEATHHOUSE
Food Council Has
2 Negro Mem be rs
NKW VOKK- Two Nikh' had
t- ail- aiiioiig till- {jionine:r.
Ajiirnraii.s Si-roiny oh tlio natiunai
iMiniiillti •-ol the Kinejyeiu'.t E'ou t
l'o.I. etioii ]>•; till- nniiKiy oiiJ
staiv'iiig millions uversea.s, Si-ore
tai-y ot ('iiiiiiiit-iii- lliaiy .A. '.Val-
I'KOItUat'AI. St-WIAI.IM:
Ur. Kviiert L. f uUilovrr. a mem
ber itf the staff uf Fliiit-Oi'udridsr
lltfs|jiUl and a prai-uc.iu physi-
riaii ill Sen Orlraiu. is one ul
liir Hirer ur four Negro urolo-
gieal spreialists in (he riiuiitry.
Hr is a Dipiumalr of The .\meri-
i-au Ituar. o( Irulogy having
passed ihe examinaliiin in Teb.
Hr. I ulilluvr huk lx m in Tup
iaci., nalional chairinan ol tin
cinve, announced last week,
Bisiiop J. A. Cii’eyg ul Kan.sa.-
Cdy. Prvsidmy Bishop ol the A:-
ncan .\K-tliudist tlpiscupul Churci., ,
ai.u Mrs. .Mary McLeod Uetliuni.
o: AVa.stiinyiun, D. C.. president ot ;
liK National Council ul Negro |
Wi inen, wnole-hi-aiTedly endorse l '
the Inimanitariun uppial and
pledged tlieir personal and offi j
ciai support. I
The Emergency Food Collection I
now under way throughout ih-.- j
nation, is on behalf of UNRRA oi l
which F, 11, LaGuardia is din-cto. i
gtiii-ral. It i.s an appeal to viu-
j American people to give ntuiK-,. [
'to buy loud, o.' gilts ot loud ca.i- |
iieci in tin. tor sliipment to tarn- i
mi swept Europe and Asia.
Mr. Wallace explained mat ll'c j
Kind Colkctiun i.s set up in close j
luoperatiun with the Presiden.V
E’.jmiiie Emeigency Conunifee j
which is asking Americans to ejii '
list, bi-rad. wiieui c> reals, cakes'
and pas. to usi less cooking o.ls '
and tats and so leave nnne of’
thc.se essential ioikI sta-ks fn:
.shipment to tamme areas.
Ccilelction depots to receive bodi
types of gifts ail- already in op
eration in more than 7.000 cities,
towns and villages, Contribui-is i
ail asked to turn in their gifi.il
fat these local depots-. Checks O'
Jniuney urckis may also be inaile i ,
, to Lee Marsliall. executive di
, rector. Emergi-nev E'ood Collt-e-
tion. 1011 .Maiden Lane. New Yoik
Ij. N Y
Vlis. I.Al'KA M.
('(II11\\ 'I'll rn n\
26-Year-Old Vet Charged
With Rape by all-White Jury
UIRECTS .MUSICAL — MLtn
I Leuiia Wilkias, instructor of mun-
I ic at Hampton Imlltute, directed
I Ihe Huccessful performance of
j Victor Herbert’s ccinde opera.
"The Fortune Teller.” at A. will
I T. CflUege last week.
I .A graduate of N. C. State C'ot-
i lege and tre University of Mtchl-
I gan. Miss Wilkins is the daugh
ter of .Air. and .Mrs. E, II. WHk-
: ills of Winstuii-Salrm.
Child Struck
By Auto
HALKICH—Uitty Jam Ev
ans. Ihrci-ycai-ord eiiild of
;ilf( S.iiith Blixid'vvorth Stieei,
ji'a.' injured shortly betor’.-
'■:0(i p III. Sunday night when
le wa.s .siiuek in fron: of ne.-
.■•nil- by a car driv.-n by I.ae;/
•A • n, whit*- farmer of Dunn,
;i 'u! 1.
Ace..riling to '.ffn-.-is, tl..-
•hi’.l ;..n ti..m slu- i- -A.Jk di
!i'- .11 ‘ii'n! >.f t'le autoiiui-
• !' .'UStaiiiing mmoi orims. .
mm .-e;ati-i.e,- SI: -.s.,.. ti.-a‘-d
St .A,;-.. - :,...sm?al. No
' P* I*: rid .•*;am*
PROPOSE Hb’H
SCHOOLS FOR
.IR, COLLEGES
.B.' CHAS (I IMVING
K.AI.FIGH-- .Stme ecntr.-lled Ne-
dlegxs .ire overnrow-diKl, ruo-
By HARRY RAYMOND
llAMLEi', N. C.—Major Ben
ton, 26 year old Negro war vet
eran from this busy little rail-
I lead town, is languisning today in
' the death liouse in the Central
.Suite Prison in Kulelgh.
He is awuiimg execution in the
gas chamber, lor a crime he din
1 m i connntl.
He was convicted April U by an
all-white Richmond Coamy juiy
on a charge of i aping a while wo
man on Christmas Eve. 1945 and
sentenced to death by Counlv
Judge Donald Phillips.
Major Benton did nut receive
a lair trial. It he had been a
while man he would be free and
his aecusors would be hiding their
faces m shame.
That is my opinion after a care
ful on th- spot investigation of
all the fjct.s of the case, legal and
otherwi.'e.
That IS the opmiuti of local
(li fen.se coinmi’le of Negro eili-
zens. headed by the Rev L. W
Wertz. Baptist minuter.
That IS the opinion of Emanuel
H. Bloch, attorney for the Coo-
gn ss on Civil Rights and former
lotinsel foi the U. S. Fair Eni
i :eynu'nt Practice Conimtltei
Bloch, wiiu ai rived here after
ii:y appeal ior legal aid to save
the condemned Negro, has taken
steps to protect the legal rights
Ul Benton and to rallv 'he full
loriv ol the Congres: .m Civil
Rights for a new trial ot the case.
Sentenced to die .May 31. execu
tion ol the Negro veteran has uu-
tumaticully been stayed until fali
'{.rough notice of appeal to the
North Carolina Supreme Court,
tiled by Edgai' W, Jones and W.
11, Jones, local attorneys for thi
di-lense.
My investigation of the ca.ie,
combined with a careful study of
thi reeiird of the thiee-day trial
of Benton in Rockingh;>>n. six
milt.> from here, revealed that'
1. Mis. Elizabeth Frei-man. sli;r
\\itniss, testified she could no(
idi-nily Benton as the man whOj
allegedly raped her on Christmas j
Fv.. ;
2 Benton denied hJs guilt nn
the witiuss stand during the trial
but ihe jury was excluded fron:
the trial .oum during his demil.
3. Two witnisse.s testified Ben
ton was a visitor in two homes far
frem the scene of the alleged ;
crmii was said to have been
committed
• Continued >>0 back page)
4 Men Rock
White Cyclist
ASHEBORO —George Law
rence, 22-year-old while youth,
died in u Randolph County lu’s
pital after a motorcycle on
wh .-h he was ridin-.; was forc
ed off the road whi .i lour men
threw rocks at him. .t '.va.s r. -
ported here Sunday.
Lawrence, accompanied by
Miss Glorida Russel, while of
Asheboro, was riding on the
Siler City highway early Sat
urday night, accoiding to re
ports, when four Shatham
county men allegedly threw
locks at the c.vcle. forcing it
off the road. Miss Russel sus
tained a fractured ankle.
JUKE JOINTS FAR
TOO MANY SAYS
CONSULTANT
d. : le
-J if:-
LEAGUE SECRETARY PUTS OVER DEEP POINT--Top: Eugene
Kinkle Jones. Urban League General Socrciary. shows u deep point
to Edward Staidev well.k'own writer and nublicilv r-hMirman fnr
ble to
,.iiy mi'.. iiujiiit>, vxteru!:-
otii. rwi-.e. the fivi- pn-^ni.
frill, thv-e lol'i G'j-.
n .r K Chetri. Moi-d.iV at .
loi.f. u-iiix ,11 ni. wH.,.,. culk-d to
Don’t Forget To Vote In
The Democratic Primary
(An Editorial)
The Democratic Primary will be held Saturday. May
HOCKY JMOUNTi-^onditioni. «f. ,
fecting human rights and the re- ’
Sources available to treat those
c-ndltions -.ere discussed here ai
'.he Civic Forum thi* week by
John R Larkins. coiiNultant on Ne
gn. work for the Slat • Departmei.
of Public Welfare.
’Thi- type of job or income ar
CKUI-OGICAI. SPECIALIST:
Ur. Kokert E. KHllitevrr. a mem
ber of the staff uf FHiU-Gcodridge
lliai|iital and a pracdcliij; physi
cian ill New Orleans. I* one uf
Hit three or four Negro urolo
gical spet'iallsU in Ihe country.
He is u IHplomate uf The Ameri-
cau lluiirl Ilf I'rulogy' haviii*
passed the examination in Feb.
Hr. Fulliluve was burn In Tup-
lu. Mississippi and graduated from
The Howard I'lilversity Medical
School. He interned at Provident
Hospital in Chicago. The Gener
al liuspitai. Kaii'-as City, Mu., and
Flint-Goudridge llospilal in New
Orleans. He sjiccialized In uro
logy at Mas.sachuset(s General
Hu>piul in Boston fur a year and
Freednuii's Hospital in Wasli-
inglun. I). C., for six moiUtus on
a Kusenuaici Feliowsliip.
Ni-h U. S. Minister
Meets l.ilierian Press
By JACOB BROWNE
.MiitiriiVij (.ANP — Raphael
cHjia Lanivi. United States
I •iMi.stfi- pK-mpuii ntiary and *-n-
vu.v i-xirauiilinaiy. has had iw'.i
mtomial chats with the Liberian
P.'tss since his arrival. The fir.st
inviiution was to meet .Miss Ruth
Cowdiev, a representative iit t!v-
Wi.ilil’s YWCA, and the second
wln n heads of American Fedeial
ii'tei'isl.-i in LilK-iia nut wiiii th'
pre.s.s and the minister ill the le
gation.
types of gifts are already in op
eration in more than 7,000 cities,
towns and villages. Cuntribut'>s
are asked to turn in their gifts
at lhe.se local depots. Checks O'
niuney ordip's may also be mailed
to Lee Marshall, executive di
rector, Emergency Food Collec
tion, 10(1 .Maiilen Lane. New York
7, N Y,
.V
^ms. LAURA M.
COl LINS TO (;i) ON
TRIAL MONDAY
NORFOLK. Va. — Mrs Laura
Mamie] Collins, of Wilmington. N. C .
will go on trial Monday. May 27.
fur Ihe alleged murder of her ex
soldier husband, Sammy C'dlins,
popular NVirfolk man,
I Mrs. Collins' pleu will be that
■ her husband was accidently killnl
I during an argument which devcl-
, oped in their home here, afler sh.'
had returned from a round of Noi -
. folk night clubs. ’
Mrs Collins claims that her hus
band had beat her on numerous oc
casions, while her husband's fum>.
ily claims that the defendant had
threatened t i kill her husband Ihe
day before his death.
The class motto is "To strive, to
; spread interest on account of the
popularity uf Mrs. Collins and her
■ late husband.
Mr.s. Collins has been in Wilm-
I inglon since the incident, and she
was scheduled to arrive in Nor-
(■dk several days before the trial.
LEAGUE SECRETARY PUTS OVER DEEP POINT—Top: Eugene
Kinkle Jones, Urban League General Secretary, shows a deep point
‘ to Edward Stanley, well-knov/n writer and publicity chairman for
• the League's surrent campaign for 1:230.000. Below: Newsman Bill
' Chase chats with Fund Chairman Elmo Roper, nationally-known
I public opinion survey analysisl. Photc: were made at a press party
I in the Hotel Theresa. New York.
NAACP Board Hits
Capital Claghorns
BRIDOKHOHT, Conn • • The un-
nouiu-L-menl innn W:i>hnigl‘'n uf
the cnduig of the FEPC. which had
bicii svi up b.\ President Boo^e•
veil t.( prvveiii discriinination 00
ucc'^unt of race, creed, or color in
the luring policy ol the govern
ment i-r of companies holding gov-
einmeiit cuntracl». was the uccusio.i
for a blast by .'Nlfreu Uakei Lt- .vis
of Gri-nwich. Conr... NAAc'!’ ^
member and ihaunian 1 :..v Con
necticut Citizens Political Acti>«:
Con*mittee. at wliat he describetl
as the c'mbnialioii of rcuclmnaiy
Southern Democrats .md reacliun-
ary Norlhein Republicans that pie-
sent cnlrolling Congress.
•'Fred Allen's Seiialor Claghoin.
with his pi'e-Civil Wai ideas, has
captured the vites if not the minds
of a majority ot Cougre.s.s, Repiibli-
caiis .IS well a.-> Uemoci'ats.
"Equal ojiportiinity k»r Ameri
can cidzens to get jobs and promo
tions .iccoi'ding to their ability and
trainn.g ieg.irdle.'> of their race or
color IS clearly a part ‘>f niir Ameri-
■ . ....'eti I.n ll'-*
I'liu.ple ,et forth 111 the Dcelaru-
..un ol Inuope-nuence that all mi.n
-•re created fie-e and equal."
Mr. Baker coiUinuod.
"Tlw Southern Democ'ut.*> who
luited the New Deal all along .md
NAACP Launches Campaign
Against Jim-Crow Education
LYNCH SPIRIT
STILL IN TENN,
who hate organized labor. Negroes
•lid Jew? as well, as Jiiiyoiie who
lintel ? to (tie lanting? uf Kaiikm
.01(1 Bilbo knows, were able to win
f'l'ulimiod on back pugei
JR. COLLEGES
^ CHAS O. JRVJWO
RALEIGK— Stale controlled Ne
gro colleges are overcrowded, run
ning double shifts and unable to
receive any more students, veterans
or otherwise, the five presidents
from the.se institution? told Govi' -
nor R. Gregg Cherry. Monday at 1
, conference in his office, called to
[provide additional advantages for
I returning veterans under the G, I
I Educational Bill.
' Tlie conference met at 2;3(l with
approximately 50 presidents in at-
trndjince. Besides the five presi
dents from Ihe state controlled Ne
gro colleges, Shaw University was
represented. Dean R. A. Payne rep
resented Shaw.
Hr. .Shepard Reports
The North Caruhna College at
Durham. Dr. James E. Shepard
pri .•‘ident. reported that a normal
capacity of 450 and .m enrollment
^of UI7. He said, rooms de.signed ft.r
: one and two hatl been .osigned fou.-
I and five and that every teaching
space Was being utiMzivi, Duri.ig
the year Dr Slupard. said, that
407 veterans had applied and je-
fused for lack of h "using spuce.
''Additionul appliolions are com
ing in every daily,” he declared,
"and we can't do a thing."
Dr, Shepard looked with disfav-
nr upon the iruikr proposition as
a temporary housing relief. He
said, that to secure them required
too much "red tape" and ^side
the I'estrictiun "ii loc itiun were of
such he cmld not meet them. A-
mong the requisites Dr. Shepur'd
said th:il they must '00 located on
|).ive streets, which he did not have
and that the bookkeeping system
required more detail than he would
'Continued on back page*
fi. Bloch, attorney for the Con- from the scene of the alieRed
gress on Civil Rights and former crime was said to have been
counsel for the U. S. Fair Em- committed,
p'oyment Practice Committee. >Continued on back page)
Don’t Forget To Vote In
The Democratic Primary
(An Editorial)
The Democratic Primary will b« hefd Saturday, May
25th.
The Carolinian urges every one registered to go to the
polls and cast their ballots.
We have not endorsed any candidate for this election.
Nevertheless, we are reminding you to vote for the men who
will direct their various offices without partiality. Ther«
is one good method of ascertaining the right man for office
—study his record toward the Negro.
A Voteless People is a Defensc.sss People is aptly word.
cd and should be well enough understood to wake up any
uegment of people at four o'clock in the morning to vote
it necessary. We don’t have to get up at this early hour to
vole: but it’s a sure thing we are defenseless without a vote.
Klans Rise Up In
Nation *s Capital
• ■ '
CONSULTANT
NEW VOKK - AdUr«-ssltig q
Fretdoiii Hoiuse nudieiice at the
\Vi-ii«tell Willkiv .Mimorial IhLs
'.■•'t*«-k Z AlvxaiuKr Looby and
.Maiirk'i- Weiiver. ut'orney? repre-
-eniiiig (lie .N‘.-\ACU In (be defense
of 3: Negroes iiidictv^ for attempt-
fd II.order ill the Columbia. Term.,
pugioin if la.>:t February, w.arned
tlui' 'Fa.sei.*;! storm trouper terror
•nil li.vers over Columbia, Tcnn."
The audience, repro.seniiiig lo.nders
•■I eiitireh. labor and Initeriuil or-
r.iiii.'jiiiuns. had been invited to
• e..i tiu- repoit.' •{ the two iiive.sti-
• atui.s by tile Coniniitle f-ir Ju.sliee
1. ('•ilumbia. Tenii. whieh is bead-
•-.I bj Mrs FltMiii'r Ru seveli and
In ('himning 11 Tobi'-
"Tiu* lynch ?plril .nI.K lives there;
'>•(■ Kii Kliix Klun spirit is still
pa. t of the living fabric of (hat com-
ir unity" df' lared Mr Weaver, n
'•uung white ex-GI now practicing
law. in Chattanooga, who aecording
to Thuigiod Marsliall. NAACP leg-
vContin'wed on oack page;
NEW YORK — The Nuth nul N
A. A C. P. announced today (hat
(he all-out eampaixn aguin.st dis-
erimlnulioii in educuiiunal facilities
IS Well under way with the cases nt-
laekiih the segregated school system
in pnrt.s of Ohio alrei'.dy prepared
for filing. In Oklaho.ma Attorney
General Mac Q Williamson filed
hi# answer to the case of .Nda Lo’s
Sipuel praying for u v/rit of man
damus to compel the Board of Re
gents of the University »>£ Oklaho
ma lo admit her to the law .school.
The answer admit:
"That the plaintiff. Ada Lois
Sipuvl, a colored or Negro cit
izen and re.sident of the United
Si;ilc.s of Anieiica itid the State
of Okluhimu, duly and timely
apply on January 14, 1946. fur
aaiiii.-,sjun to the first-year class
••f the Scho 1 of Law of the Uni
versity of Okbhuma for the se-
:iiesttr beginning January 15.
1946. and that she then posse.ss-
ed .-md still possesses .ill Ih^-
scholastic and moral qualifica
tions required for such adini.--
Sion by the cunstitulien and
statutes uf this State and by the
Board of Regents of the Univer
sity uc Oklahoma, but deny
- he was thin po.?.seh‘'ed and
still possesses nil 'other quail-
ilcauens' lequirea by said con-
-titutiun, ?uitiMes .md bu.ird.
for th- reii.-oii that under the
public policy of this Slate an-
iiouiicecl in the c n.slitutional
und statutory proviMons herein
after cited and reviewid 'Piira-
4r:iph> 14 to 21 •. c lortHi per-
s ns are not eligible for ad
mission to Slate scl'.uul? estab-
li.'hed fur while p‘-r.-oii?, such
as the School of Law uf the
Univer.-^ity -.1 tTKlahoma."
U is exptcted that this case will
be trivi dmiiig the week of May
27lh, Miss Sipuel will be reprcscr.l-
id by tin- .NAACP tfirough Thi.r-
good Mar.-^hall, Special Counsel;
und .Nmoi.t T Hall of Tuls;i, Okla.
Today the case of Heir.un Mar
ion S»i-atl agaiiusi the Board of
llegenl.' of •he L'liivtr itv of Tcx.as
w;i.s filer! in the local district court
of Travus County, .Atisliii. Texat
The ca.'-c w;i.- an ipplic:itinn t> 1
a wiit of mandamus to compel th^'
..dmi'sioii of Swe;itt to the L.iw
Scho- 1 of the Univpi-.ty 'jf Texas
Tile peliliun alleges Unit Swi'-.lt
meets all of the m-ces.'-ary require
ment' for admission to the Univer
sity of Texas L.iw School and .iu.s
been arbitarlly denied :idmissirn
solely because of his race or color.
The filing of this case is the ans
wer f) the long-tuiiduM' refusal of
tCoptuiued on back page)
WASHINGTON lANPj — Re
ports that persons residing in
nearby Arlington. Va.. had applied
to the headquarters of the Ku Klux
' Klan fur permision to organize ..
chapter within hailing distance of
the capital, caused quite a stir lo
cally.
Arlington has been criticized for
its l.ick of educational and rvcreit-
lional and health facilities (or Ne
gro residents of the slate where jini
crow (lourLshes und it is felt that
the application for a charter ‘,0
operate the hooded group in that
section is a slap ul the critics who
demand action.
This would not be the first time
the Klun has been active in this
area for during the summer of 1925.
thousands of sheeted and hooded
whites paraded the main thorcugh-
fure of Washington down Pennsyl
vania Avenue along the route of the
Presidents from the White House
to the Capital.
Negroes are not alarmed over the
"cvelatiun. but they arc determined
to fight the prospective organiza
tion in and out of ccurls regard
less of the platitudes issued by high
ranking officials in the organization.
Tfie Rev. Dr. DaviJ N. Llcoris*
uf till* .Vbys?inUn Kaptist Cliurcii.
New York trightj discu.'>seB with
Dr. Ralph tV. Suckman, chairman
ul the Russian Kellef Nutltmal
Interfaith Committee (left), an I
Koiistaiitiiii- Simonov, noted So
viet author aud playwright tceu-
(eri, the commlHee's plan to
clothe lOO.OOO Soviet orphans.
ITesriited at a recent dinner held
In New Y'ork City, thU project
received the endorsement of more
than ‘JOe clergy anl lay leaders of .
uutjur I'rulestaut denooujialioiis.
\e«ro Busines,' To Biiv
c*
iartdons. Stories
Chicago (ANP) — Negro Busi-
r*es.s magazine, published at 3104
3'uth Michigan Avenue, ha.i
ciiupkted arrangements to buy
clrawing.>!, cartoons, and stories by
Negro artisLs and writers.
The magazine has set up a fund,
(tom which payment will be
ruade for accepted works. Artists
and writers interested in uddirg
t.) their incomes should contact
the editor of Negro Business for
n;ore details.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
BILL TO INCREASE
POST OFFICE PAY
WASHINGTON—Pre.sident Harry
Truman. Tuesday, signed the Sal
ary Increase Bill which provides
for tl flat increase uf $400.00 per
year for {Xjslal workeis. The in
crease IS the second for postal
workers within a year.
T'he 1945 salary increase provid
ed tl $400.00 increase, with a lon
gevity clause of $500.00 for those
serving 2.5 years or more. The max
imum salary before the 194.5 in
crease was $2100.00 lor five year
men.
Ectnumic Gain For Negroes
In Raleigh, where seven Negro
carriers and 8 janitors are employ
ed the economic gains for the race
will be $6000.00. fur the recent in
crease of $12,000 for the 1945 and
1946 increases. This does not take
into consideration the longevity in
crease. Of the seven Negroes In
the Raleigh Post Office, all except
Charles L. Williams, i' was report
ed. are eligible for longevity pay.
Negroes May Retire >
A compuninte bill was presented
III Ihi Congress with the salary
Increase Bill, providing for the
voluntarily retirement of all em
ployees, who have 25 years serv
ice. This bill was introduced to
give employment to the returning
veteran.-, and to relief the unem
ployment .'ituation that usually fol
lows wars.
The new' bill was considered Mon
day by the Post Office Sub-Com
mittee and is expected to gel speedy
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rocky MOUNlk-«(md«Uans af.
fecting human rights and the re-'
sources avuiiable to treat those
conditions were discussed here at
Ihe Civic Forum thi* week by
John R. Larkins, consultant on Ne
gro work for the Slate Departmer,
uf Public Welfare.
"The type of job or income ar
individual has determines whetbe,
or not he will be able to secure
the necessities of life and deter
mines also the standard of living
he is able to maintain," he stated.
“Too many individuals are con
fined to poor housing because of
economic reasons. There are far
too many substandard home* in N.
C. and we find that in blighted and
slum areas there are high rates 0!
crime and delinquency-
"While over 56 per i-ent of the
income of North Camlina U spent
on education, there are still too
many children retard»>d because ol
socio-economic conditions. Although
it ha.'i come a long way in educa
tional progress, this state is still
I below the national average.
"From the standpoint of recrea
tion. facilities throughout North
Carolina are woefully Inadequate at
i the present time. There are far
' too many juke joints and amuae-
I ment places of ill repute. Recreation
; has a profound influence on the
* personality and character of Indiv-
' iduals."
Larkins then named some ot the
: services provided by the state und
[the counties in putting the human
resources in the proper place in the .
scheme of living.
"Never in the history of man has
I so much emphasis been placed on
I the welfare ol all the people. We
' have developed programs to meet
every problem of our population but
many of these programs need ex
panding, strengthening and cer-
' tainiy they need more public sup
port," he stated.
"AR of our people must be con-
: cem^ with a deep feeling for oth-
er people. They must realize and
'accept the fact that people are the
foundation that make up the dream
I'if democracy. U Is important how
• people feel about other people and
' there can be no exceptions."
NAACrSTILL
FIGHTS lASE
NEW ORLEANS — The National
8’urd of Directors of the NAACP
meeting May l3th adopted a resolu*
tion calling upon Governor Davis
■t Louisiana to commute the sen-
tcnce of Willie Francis from dc-..J)
to life imprisonment on grounds
of cruel and inhuman punishment
and a violation of Smith's federal
rights. The resolution climaxed ex
haustive attempts by NAACP al-
tornevs A. P. Tureaud and Joseph
Thornton to save the life of »he
youth who was "electrccuted once"
only to step from the death chair
after the chair was discovered to
be faulty.
The Supreme Court denied that
there was any evidence of cruel
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