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WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 50, ivs7 Dubois, Roosevelt, NAACP Labeled “Communist Tools” Judges Correct A25 Year-Old j Mistake; Rule Woman Is White BOSTON, Mass < ANP> Vet-, «•!'»n court attendants this week c-i' ild not remember any case I where a judge in the Suffolk ! County Superior Court ruled that a person has been erroneously da sifted as colored and should b ' recorded officially as a mem ber of the white race Justice Jesse AV. Morton ac cordingly ordered the New r-'ifori) city clerk to change h ! s records describing Mrs. Clarindn Souza Rose, 50, of tint cl'.y, and mother of five ehi'dren, from “colored" to “w hiSc." In the case brought by Mrs. n«:e ar.ain-t. City Clerk Charles | W. Deasy of New Bedford, the ac-j cornpanyint! affidavit stated that' N. C. Farm Bureau Holds 9th ! * j Annual Meeting At A&, T } GREENSBORO. N. C. The N< gro membership of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, holding the ninth annual meet ing here at A&T College last Fri day March 15, drafted a series of it--Unions aimed at improving ag licuiture within the State. The group urged expansion of the Farm and Horne Development Program, a project being spon sored by the State Extension Ser vice. called for continuation of price support, for basic agricultural commodities "so long as farmers maintain production in line with consumer demand” and urged its leadership to return home and con duct a ceaseless campaign among Us iocal youth for highway safety. The group adopted resolutions toping agricultural scientists and instructors at A&T College to step up its program of closer contact and cooperation with the North Cr. -olina farmer and endorsed the two-year specialized agricultural program now being carried on at the college. The session voted commenda tion to Person County for having ’••.•or the 1956 County of the Year A ward and authorized a letter of thanks to Dr Clarence Poe. Ra leigh. publisher of the PROGRES SIVE FARMER for his support of Morgan Honors Dr * Carl Murphy: Distinguished Service To College, Country Sparks Testimonial Feast BALTIMORE MD. For “de dicated and distinguished service to Morgan State College, his city, and nation ', Carl Murphy, chair man of the Morgan Board of Trustees, journalist and 1955 Spin gam Medalist, will be honored at a testimonial dinner here Sunday. April 7. The dinner is being sponsor ed by the General Alumni As sociation of the college and will be held at 6 p m. in Mor gan's Memorial Refectory, Ed ward N. Wilson, chairman, an- j nounced today, Tn honoring Dr. Murphy, who is j president of the Afro-American j Newspaper Company, publishers I of one of America's foremost Ne- j gro newspapers, Mr. Wilson said j the alumni are “expressing appro- j elation” for the fact that “bis j statesmanlike vision, courageous j leadership and his generous giving S of time, energy and ability have I Market Group Urges‘Ethical Competitive Activity At Meeting In Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. D C. The national headquarters of The Na tional Association of Market De velopers a professional organisa tion of specialists in the Negro market, today issued a statement of policy urging “ethical competi tive activity" on the part of firms and individuals intcrestd ir> the cultivation of special markets. Tn a 320-wore statement, the Market Developers pointed out that “the productive and financial piructuro of American business is predicted upon the maintence of active mass markets.” Therefore stated the NAMD. “it is axiomatic that national distributors of con sumer goods must constantly and intensively cultivate all segmeents of the consuming public.” The statement noted the Associa tion'.-, belief that “no major Arrvrri e.m firm would consciously adopt any position, nr engage in any ac tivify, which would be understand ably offensive to any segment of its market ” The Association stres sed "a firm policy” against un ethical competitive tactics is which some sales programs might at tempt to exploit current racial attitudes. “Members of the Association are cognizant of she extensive public relations and marketing implica tions of current developments in race relations and racial attitudes in tb n United States." says the statement which was adopted at the NAMO's annua! convention in Nashville. Tennessee, on March 17 “Association members,” continues the statement, “arc keenly aware of the urgent necessity tor their sponsoring companies to avoid in volvement in the highly controver I the "wrong description of color” j lof Mrs. Rose's late husband and ! herself was not only "an in.ius-1 tice to her, hut is also an injur- 1 tice to my children and it may} interfer with their social and j business connections.” On his part Justice Morton de clared that “from the evidence and arguments of counsel, I in fer that there is an undercurrent of feeling, certainly in New Bed ford and vicinity, that all Bravas —that is. people who come from j the Island of Brava—are of mixed j blood. "I saw the petitioner as she testiiiod before me and I find she lias none of the character istics of a colored person and 1 • the project during the past four- j i years, and also voted to expand re- i , presentation on the State Steering I - j Committee to 12-additional coun ties. Under the new arrangement f 60-counties will have representa tives on the policy making board. R. Flake Shaw, Greensboro, ex f ccutive vice president of the State Farm Bureau Federation, speaking - at the afternoon session, called up . on the group to do a better job in f 1957. ! Speaking from the subject.'“Chai ; ]f»nge which Faces Our Member i ship", he said, "the American far , mer faces the most complex prob lems in all history, that of increas s |ng costs and diminishing returns”. . He told the group that organiza s rion is a principal solution. "Other i industries have it and if we are to i survive, our’s roust be as effective.” t He called upon the group for i more efficiency in production, to » cut down on living cos's by pro -1 during more for home use and t consumption and concluded "the country cannot go forward without -a prosperous agricultural situa ; tion”, r A C Edwards. Hookerton. s f member of the State Legislature • and who also spoke in the after - noon, spoke of the legislation now f! ir. the making to improve the situ- 1 boon great, contributors to the transformation of Morgan into a modern and beautiful plant, equip ped with the latest facilities and designed to function as a top-flight American college.” Appointed to the original Board of Trustees in 1939 when Morgan College became Mor gan State. College, Dr. Murphy served until his election to the chairmanship of thr Board in 1953, as chairman of the Trus tee Building Committee. In this capacity, he was instru mental in planning the exten sive building program of the college and in securing support from the slate Maryland Governor Theodore R. j McKeldin and Mayor Thomas D'~ | Alesandro are serving as honor j ary chairmen of a large citizens | committee which is working with ! the alumni for the testimonial. Mrs. I Juanita Jackson Mitchell Balti sial issues inherent in those deve- , lopmrnts." Going further, the NA- j MD states its emphatic disapproval i of “unsubstantiated charges” which j might seek to enhance one com- j pany's prestige within a special! market by accusing other firms of hostile racial attitudes. “It is the firm policy of this Association.” the statement reads, “that none of its members shall ever disseminate any unsubstantia ted charges which imply that any business concern, as a matter of company policy, has taken positions on racial matters which arc incon sistent with the traditional Ameri can pattern of free and fair com petitive enterprise “The Association strongly feels Marriage Doesn’t Stop Work; Dinah Heads For California WASHINGTON (ANP) Miss Dinah Washington, a prominent nightlife songbird journeyed to California for a working-honey moon soon after she became the bride of Eddie Chambles on the stage of a Washington night spot Sunday night. Although Miss Washington, was reported as being only 38, her mar riage to Chambles marked her fifth trip down matrimony's lane. It. was the second marriage for the bride groom. Thr ceremony for the twn entertainers took place on the stage of the Casino Royal night Huh where the bride was ap pearing. The votvs were admin- I i I find and declare that she is a 'ihite person.” It was noted by the jurist that all five children of Mrs. Rose are recorded at. the State House as white children. The "difficulty” of Mrs. Rose started on September 14. 1931 v hen she and her late husband applied for a marriage license. Neither of the applicants could read or speak English. On the i records they were later deacrib j cd as colored persons, although | Mrs. Rose at first was described !by an assistant's notation as j i "white”. I By court, order the application ! i form and the subsequent records! I will now be changed to “white”. j ation of the farmer. He mentioned j j now laws for refunds on taxes on I | gasoline used in form operations. J new fire insurance rates to save millions of dollars for farm fami lies and price supports as princi pal legislation in this direction. ' Other speakers at the afternoon j session included: B. C. Mangum, Henderson, vice president of Ihe N. C Farm Bureau; John E. Jones, manager of the Bureau’s Mutual Insurance Company; U. S. Hart, Edgecombe County, chairman of the State Steering Committee and A. W. Syloman, Greensboro. Bur- j cau field representative, under i xvhose direction the meeting was held. Earlier in the day the group heard Dr Warmoth Gibbs, president of the .A&T College, in a welcome address; R. E Jones. State agenL A&T College Exten sion Service: Mrs. John B. Chase. Eureka, chairman. North Carolina Farm Bureau Women's Committee; Mrs. Wytheene Parker. Mebane. N. C.. member of the Board of Direc tors and Kenneth W. lingwalson. Chicago, director of leadership ser- j vices. American Farm Bureau. „ . A few more than 500-farmers; from 3R counties, were on hand for ! ! the event., ? more attorney, is chairman 5 j DISTINGUISHED CAREER - j A native Marylander. Dr. Mur- : 1 j phy has had a distinguished career ; t at a journalist and public servant, j President of the Afro-American i Company for thirty-five years, in j 1913 he assumed the editorship of j the paper which was founded by j his father. As editor and president, i he has directed the growth of the j publication from a one-edition ! journal with a circulation of 14.000 in 1922 into a six-edition news paper with a circulation of approxi mately 200,000 and a working force of about 200. For twenty-two years, he has been a member of the Board of . Directors of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Co)- - ored People and in 1955 became the s recipient of the 40th Spingarn Me i dal, awarded annually by the or i. ganization lo a Negro American -for distinguished service. , that any such statements would be i a regrettable disservice to the I cause of effective mass marketing I of good - and services, and an af | front u> the extensive and positive efforts of reputable American business firms to maintain whole some relations with their various consumer publics.” The NAMD's policy statement was adopted at the close of a two day marketing clinic featuring the theme, “1957 Inventory of the Ne gro Mar .ret. ” The conference sch eduled four major discussion areas, “Negro Market Headlines,” "Mar keting Case Histories," •Patterns in ihc Negro Market” nnd "Trends in the Negro Market.” istere.d by the Rev. Browning J. Peyton, Minister of Educa tion at the Goodwill Baptist 4 huroh. Pretty little Patty Austin. t»g* 6, r frequent participant on the “Star- Time” TV show, served as ring bearer. Miss Larue Manns served as Maid of Honor and Melvin White as Best Man. Cha rubles, who has made a num ber of recordings in Chicago and New York, has recently been with Lionel Hampton’s band. He left Hamp two weeks before the wed fling ami plans to team-up with hm' wife in show business and mak ing recordings. HARLEM HOLOCAUST—Spraying water at a blazing inferno a fireman instinctive!} raises hi, , arm as the front noil o? a warehouse at 507-509 AVest 323rd Street, New York, ctmv down in s cloud iof smoke March 34th. Firemen had been ordered from ihe area seconds before. A dozen fit:•»>«•« were i reported injured battling the spectacular five alarm blaze in the huge Harlem warehause. Twelve other buildings were damaged in the fire, fUN I TED PRESS PHOTO), i - .. v’ >„ ! COMFORT SON IN LAST HOUR Mr and Mrs. Elijah Palmer stand at the bedside of their son Alvin, 17, just before he died in Chicago. Alvin was found partially paralized arul unconscious «n a sidewalk recently, but recovered consciousness long enough to tell police a gang of white teenagers attack ed him with a eiaw hammer while he waited for a bus. However a witness to the attack, a grocery clerk, told police that the killer was alone and described him as a stocky white man about 18-ycars-old. A 150-man police task force is now searching the area, (UNITED PRESS PHOTO). KK Klan "Boils” Over Race I Discussion At A University TUSCALOOSA. ALA —(ANPt— A seminar as the University of Alabama where race relations were discussed last week has caused the Ku Klux Klan here to do a slow burn Members of the hate group assembled near the Methodist student center where an Open Forum was underway and the NIXONS WELCOMED IN SUDAN —• Vice president and Mm. Richard Nijccra are shown at Out jMslac© in Khartoum, Sudan with SudcmoK# premier Abdullah Shal.il (second irom right) and Sudanese foreign minister Mahgond, shortly after tJtes Mixona arrived on their good-will tour, (Nowsprese Photo}* THE CAROLINIAN subject of discussion was ‘thr Impact of Segregation on »,h* •South.” A spokesman forth» racist group j of about. 70. Identified himself as boss of a Tuscaloosa Klan group j and proceeded io blast ihr discus sion as being pink and Comraun- I ist”. He said: "The University of Alabama is a white man's school. It has always been tha* way and we intend for it to stay that way.” Dr. Paul Ramsey, university faculty member and chairmen of | the forum, said the forum was i 'purely a discussion group open Ito anyone from the university ; staff or students." He added: "We j have been discussing racial rela j lions because it is one of the most j important problems we have to ; deal with." IT PA VS TO ADVERTISE Dastardly Misleader Says Rev. M. L King WASHINGTON --(ANP) Cong John L. McMillan (D., S. C.) placed in the Congressional Record last Tuesday a news item appearing in the News-Courier of Charleston, S C. regarding a "Negro ex-red who “says NAACP is a vehicle of Communism." The article tells the story of Manning Johnson, form l r Com- I munis l ., who testified before a ■ Louisiana Legist-Mi re investigat j ing committee in Baton Rouge re | cently regarding tiv infiltration of j Communism into Negro communi- I lies j NAMES '’COMMUNIST TOOLS" Johnson not only named ihe NA ACP as a tool used by the Com munists but included in this group Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, D- AY F; B. Dußois. the Rev Marlin Luther , King and Howard Univei sit>. Hie article quoted John-on a«- stating under oath that the t VAACP !'■»« "mstliverl its use fulness ami has become ave • I birlf of the fomtmioi«t ; designed to ov. -rtlirow the ! Government of ttu- t ni'rd ! States." j He b.anded the Rev King "a • i dastardly mislead-:i who is great- ■ ! lug a psychosis of hat-. . leading t Dr. Rudolph Jones Announces Fayette vilie College’s ; Feuntler’s lay April 7 f FAYETETVTI.LE According to Dr Rudolph Jones. President, of j ; the Fayetteville State Teachers ! College, plans have been perfected j ; for a mammoth celebration on - j Founders’ Day which falls on Sun- j I day April 7 "Present indications j ! me", according to Mabel Powell, Chairman of the local Founders' Day Committee, “that old grads • will come from long distances to j make the affair a sort of home coming event" The guest speaker this year will he Dr Marshall L. Shepard, for mer Recorder of Deeds in the Dis i trict of Columbia and in Philadel- I | phia, a former member of the! ; Philadelphia City Council, and of j | the State Legislature, and current- I jly the past,or of the Mount Olivet ! i Tabernacle Baptist Church in j j Philadelphia He will speak in the j j J. W. Sesbrook Auditorium Sun- | j day afternoon beginning at four j i o'clock. i Immediately following the as- i i sembly exercises will come the I ;■ traditional pilgrimage to the mon i ument of Dr. Elijah E. Smith Bis- I ; hop J. F. McLaurin of the Class ' NCC’s Dr. Wm. Brown Lectures At Wavne U. DURHAM Dr William H. : Brown, professor of education and ; director of North Carolina Col | lego’s Bureau of Educational Re i search speaks at Wayne State | University in Detroit, Mich.. Sun day, (March 24) on “The Hu man Potentials for Questing.” The speech, one in a series of five in the 1057 Leo Franklin Lec ' tureship series, was scheduled for i! the Detroit Institute of Arts Lec ■ | ture Hall at 5 p. m. ~ The series has been estab i ! lished in honor of the late Dr. Leo Franklin, a former Detroit rabbi, to bring together j TURNABOUT ! ! Lovely singer Olga Jamsc. fresh from her Broadway triumph in “Mr. Wonderful," found iheri the British press practically ignored her when she arrived in London lea e Wlovkiion appearance Seems Iheri wan “too plain," Digs j changed their views, however, by iacmg tk<* press in iras j provocative outfit. (Newspiess Photo). PAGE SEVENTEEN southern Negroes down the road to bloodshed and destruction." Johnson listed Mrs. Roosevelt as being among the strongest leaders of the Communist-front organiza ! lions, according to the article. "Somebody ought to muzzle her and put her in a caste", he is quoted as saying. Dr. W. E. B. Dußois was des cribed by Johnson as an “evil, fruruvt: d old mm. sucking at the teats of the Old. Red Bear, look ing to the devils in tb Kremlin for vindication and salvation as he nears the end.” Howard University was named by the ex-Co- • uinist as a "hot bed for Communists." The v it ness told the committee I that “a big family quarrel is going | on m the upper echelon of the NA -1 ACT between the white libera)? | eggheads. Socialists and Common- I for the rontrnl of <jVo Nc^TOC" | of the United Stab s . . They are all ■ artl-Air;. ! lean. aguiljsl capitalism, | nno are based on the doctrines of | Marxism", h - continued. The Com j munist party and the N'AACP | "stand hand in hand" aimed at | wrecking the security of the U i idled State*, charged Johnson. iqf >3 of the Christ Disciple Church i and currently principal of the Plain View School in Bladen County will place a wreath on the monument honoring the early pres idents of the college A tea for the guests \\ ill follow in the Nannie L. Smith Dormitory. The Founders' Day season gets | under wav Saturday evening A j pril 6 ' hen 3 banquet will be j “-aged for the purpose of installing I mnior college student? ir> the Fu | lure Alumni Club and seniors in i the General Alumni Association. I This will be followed by a recep j non for faculty and alumni One important aspect of Fcund | evs' Day this year is that it will i mark the formal conclusion of the ! .1 W Seabrook Scholarship Fund | Drive- begun several weeks ago in | honor of former President J. Ward j Sea brook's thirty-four years of ser vice to ihc College and the com munity. Orlander F Hudson, principal of the Leonard Street School in High Point, North Carolina, is president of the General Alumni Association w w* vhP * n vwr- D annuaiy outstanding scholars in the field of human rela lions. This year's theme i» . “The Nature of Human Na * | ture Opening the talks on March 10 was Dr Edmund Sinnott, dean . ( of studies at Yale University. His •; topic was “The Questing Inhcri ■ | tance of Human Kind.” ! Dr Brown is author of some 50 i articles on various educational ; subjects. H e is a specialist In in terpersonal and intergroup rcla ! tions.