WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1956
Race Scribes Banned From
White Citizens ’ Council
Talks In Nation s Capital
WASHINGTON (ANPI - The
first meeting of the White Citizens
Council w« almost baited at the
halfway mark last week when
three Negro newspaper reporters
attempted to enter.
The Council which was or
ganized in Washington by a
■!ohn Kasper, held Us first reg
ular meeting Friday night at
Annapolis hotel after It was
refused to use the American
Legion meeting room
Alton F Bradford, chairman of
the Legion Club Board of Direc
tors, refused to allow the use of
their clubroom after the council
distributed handbills advertising
the affair and implying that the
Legion was backing it
It war also reported that the
Veterans of Foreign Ware refused
to allow the use of their hall in
Arlington, V* . after an announce
ment had been mad" of the meet
ing there
The hotel room was said 'o have
been rented in the name of the
Seaboard Citizens Committee
When *he question was raised a?
Congregational Day Nursery
Summarizes Work Os Year
RALEIGH The Congregation
*j Day Nursery got off to a very
good beginning Sept 7, 1055 with
an enrollment of 48 energetic,
healthy youngsters ranging in ages
from 2 to 6. School began with an
efficient staff, who were as fol
lows: Mrs. Vera W. Murphy, direc
tor, Mrs. Dorothy T. Wilson, in
structor; and Mrs. Jennie M My
ers, dietician. The school had the
full cooperation and support of a
Board of Directors and a very co
operative P. T, A, It. was through
these channels that t.he school was
tble to operate successfully.
Some specific features were, a
Baby Contest, Tom Thumb Wed
din, Bazaar, and « Miscellaneous
Shower, at. which time many use
ful erticles were given to help
equip the nursery school Closing
the year * activities was another
Baby Contest Funds from these
protect* were turned, over fur the
operation of *h" school. n «r F. T.
Big Name Speakers Heard At
23rd Human Relations Talks
GREENSBORO The 23rd
annual Carolina Institute of In
ternational Relations which open- 1
ed at Bennett College on Tuesday,!
cam# to a close on Friday after-;
noon. , , i
During the institute which had ;
as its theme: "American Policies :
for Building World Peace.' the i
delegates heard addresses and:
participated in panel-forum dis
cussions and workshops which
considered such topic;, as "Die-1
armament, and the tJ. N ." "Mean- i
tag of Russia’s New Look’' and
"World Problems Facing Ameri
ca.” . i
Speaking on “The Background '
of the Middle East. Crisis,” Loren!
E Tesdell, teacher of gevernmeni j
at, the University of Texas,who
worked with the Arab refugee
program in the Gaza strip from;
1349-50, said that the Arib-lsraeli |
animosity is not due to racial orj
religious differences, but, springs i
from the class of two “rather j
new" nationalities.
Tesdell, who praised the Point;
IV Program and its technical as- \
distance to undeveloped countries, j
says that one of the biggest pro- j
blems in these programs is to get:
the best-qualified persons to go
/f 7t—now moro than over thr
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to ihe name used m obtaining the
room, Kasper explained that the
Seaboard group consisted of the
citizens councils in Washington,
Maryland, Virginia and Delaware.
Some of these councils were ex
pected to send representatives.
Asa <Ace) Carter, executive
secretary of the Alabama White
Citizens Councils was principal
speaker at the meeting, while his
brother Douglas Cartel served as
doorkeeper
All apparently went well
until three Negro reporters at
tempted to enter, to cover the
meeting for thetr papers After
they were prohibited from en
tering, Kasper is said to have
told the approximately inti
persons In attendance, that the
pres* i* the greatest rnemv of
the people, apart from the pol
iticians.
Daily report?!«. who were admit
ted to the meeting said Kasper
announced that the Council would
work toward re-segregation in
Washington, and charged District
Commissioners with lying when
they said wtogregation was work
ing.
A officers for the past year were
—pres., Mrs Mary Peterson, vice
pies., Mrs. B. W. Mason; sec. Mrs
M. L. Blakely, Tress., Mrs. Charles
Horton. Officers for the ensuing
year are—pres,, Mrs. M. L. Blake
ly: sec. Mrs. Catherine Wilkins;
trees., Mrs. Charles Horton.
Culminating the nine months of
fruitful activities, there was a
graduation at. which time eighteen
pupils finished. Gifts were award
ed to Mrs, Vera Murphy, Mrs. Dor
othy Wilson and Mrs. Jennie M
Myers Music for the occasion was
rendered by Voljean Myers.
School will close in August, with
hopes of having an increased en
rollment in September. Pre-regis
tration will be held September 3rd
and 4th from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and
from 2 to 4 p.m Ages from 2 to 6
years Parents who expect to send
their children to nursery school
are asked to see that, the child
has a physical examination prior
to registration
: to'the Middle Eastern countries
Sidney Bailey, a member of the j
Quaker staff of the United Na- j
' lions, speaking as a member of a;
! panel, said, “We ought to knows
i why were anti-communist and i
' try to convert those who are com- 1
munist.
j James E, Bristol, national dir
• i'ctor of the peace education pro
j gram of the American Friends
I Service Committee, said; “We
I must combine our campaign for
I disarmament with a campaign
; for a more decent world.’’
Brigadier General Hugh B.
j Hester, U.S. Army, retired, said
i that millions of people not re
i presented by the ON should be
| included, even if without voting
power, if world peace is to be as
sured.
"The best presrmt hope for
j peace,’’ he said, “is that man's
: fear and horror of atomic annihi
! lation will last until his leaders
; acquire the intelligence, the cou
: rage and the means to control and
j utilize this vast new power. This
j appears far in the future.”
Delegates, in addition to those
| from North Carolina, came from
j South Carolina. Virginia. Florida,
I Georgia. Texas, and New’ York.
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Integration
Sponsored By
Presbyterians
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (ANPi -
A resolution favoring racial inte
gration was adopted last week by
the 98th General Assembly of the
United Presbyterian Church in
North America, with the denomin
ation urging its local congregations
to offer “full membership and fel
lowship" to all persons, regardless
of race or color.
The measure further stipulated
that church institutions extend
their ministries to all “qualified
persons” and that, appointments to
staff positions conform to the prin
ciple of integration.
Meeting at Knoxville College for
Negroes, the Assembly was told
that interracial churches were es
tablished during the last year at
Chicago, St Louis and Los Angeles.
Dr. Willaß. Player
Feted At Party
WASHINGTON Member* of
the Washington chapter of the
Bennett College Graduate Asso
ciation held a reception here St.a
urday at noon for Dr. Player,
president of the institution.
The affair .was held in the
lounge room of the local branch
of the American Association of
University Women on Massachu
setts Avenue. Mrs. Lydia Jetton
Rogers is president, of the local
Bennett group.
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Following Successful South American Tour
tfiss Marian Anderson Featured In fasctrt
NEW YORK (ANP) Recently
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noh d American contralto, won tre
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TV Station Apologizes
For Program ‘Mistake'
CHARLOTTE "1 want, the
Coin, t-d pc.ipit of our vast listen -1
inf audience to know that neither !
the employees nor the management
of our station subscribe lo prin- 1
ciples of that sort." Mr Robert L, '■
Rierson, television production :
manager of Television Station \V. j
R T V , told the Carolinian here j
last. week.
The reference was made to *
mistake, on the "Court. Room*’ pro- j
gram, a popular Monday night tea- j
tore of WBiV, when fine of the!
actor - inadvertently said “Nigger *
in rest ring to Colored People.
In explaining the error, Mr. Rier
son said there was no reference like
that ip the script. "Nor did any
thing like that come out in the i
two reht.rtisals prior to going on j
the air "
The show- is produced in corpor-;
atjon with the North Carolina
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i cert season last week at Lcwisobn
[ Stadium here.
j Anderson'* selection:- in*
! eluded "O Ron Fatale * from V> i ■
jdi r. "Ron Carlo’ and the same
State Automobile Association Ran
| Givans of Station WRTV p-o
--; ducer of the show and Bob Pac
| will-known newspaper man is thf
| script writer
The •-ctors ar» all amateurs, with
practically no experience in the
] exactitudes of television perform
j ances. With the exception of the j
; Judges and Lawyers, the perform- 1
i err are average citizens who are
| chosen by Mr Page for the various '
j roles.
• The judges and lawyers are
played by practicing members of
the North Carolina Bar Associa-.
turn
The error occured midway m
the 15-minute program when the'
lawyer was questioning the actor
| about, the value of his property 1
| which had been damaged by a
; careless motorist.
The script showed the approxi
mate value of the flower beds in
PAGE THREE
- - •t? R 11. Abisso" fiorr.
the * ’'• * V,"d Ball '
Mr Andcraun ». a- brought back
rcorat■.!,v !.■> the -tags by the vir
tual stamp- ■i: " --.f t’o.ft audience to
sing a Una! Nr,;,to spiritual.
O l r.Rfi 'n t.n hr- about $• 00 : I* that
f,hp ro.'t of tho material or for the
Ichor'’’’ H- was asked
The performer -vho Is a member
of one nj thf iur_-4 --r White daily
paper:- in the Carolina*, then re
plied T hi'-.- spent that, much time
working on if trvme to keep Nig
gers and dog? off of it.”
The telephone switchboards at
both *he paper where the. reporter
works and at the television sta»
Lon were kept busy for a period
after the remark was made.
‘lf it was an employee of the
company, we would know how to
deal with the situation * Mr,
Pierson asserted in making the.
public apology.
•However. • Court Room a par
tieipated show and there is little
we car; do except to say we are
sorry the error occurred. And that
vc arc quite certain that it. won't
happen again '