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The above photos are scenes taken during the visit of the National Negro Funeral
Directors Association to the home office of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
^{Company, Tuesday, March 22. The Association held its annual meeting in Raleigh and
made th« twenty-six mile visit to Durham, vrhere the North Carolina Mutual was host at a
luncheon at 3:30 p. m. ! ^ j
The top photo showk D. F. Spaulding, head of the Printing Department of the com
pany, explaining to the visiting funeral Sectors a phase of the operations of the com
pany’s Printing Department, which does a large amount of the institution’s printing.
Photo No. 2 shows a group of the visitors in front of the Mutual Savinjgs and Loan
Association, located In the annex of the home office building.
No. 3, W. J. Kennedy, Jr., President of the North Carolina Mutual welcomes riiai-lwi
Crooks, Chicago, Illinois, Preddent of the Funeral Directors Association.
No. 4, The funeral directora are being shown the office of the Mutual Savings and
Loan Association.
No. 5, G. W. Cox, vice-president-agency director of the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurimce Company, welcomes some of the visiting members of the National Funeral
Directors Assodation, who were guests of the company at a luncheon. The visitors are
left to right, Mrs. Lacy Kennedy, Marianna, Ark.; Mr. Cox, Theodore Hawes, Metro
politan Funeral Home, Clilcago> IlUnois and John J. Jones, Texarkana, Tdcas.
Noted Cvil Rights Leader
Succumbs To Heart Attack
VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 15
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, BIARCH 26, 1955
PRICE 10 CENTS
Continued Police Brutality
Roclcs City Of Danville, Va.
FOIINERNCC FOOTBALL PUYER
BUIBI BY VIOLENT OFHCEIiS
DANVILLE, VA.
The latest attack in a wave
of polio brutality directed at
Negro citizens for the last
several months, flared again
here last Thursday when a
third known victim was bru
tally black-jacked by four or
five police officers of this
city. .
According to eye witness
es and the victim, Fred
Brewer, who is a representa
tive of North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company and
former football star of North
Carolina College in Durham,
the police attacked Brew^
after he had taken an U1
neighbor to a doctor’s office,
located on South Main Street
Here is an account of the
attack as given to Ttie Caro
lina Times representative by
the ^cwitness wd verifi^
by Mr. Brewer himeseU:
“On fhursday evening, Mardi
17, Brewer, agent of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company drove up to his home.
Woodrow Rodgers, a neighbor
asked Brewer if he would take
Mrs. Annie Lee Slade, another
aeighbor, to Dr. Jerry Luck’s
Office, as Mrs. Slade was ill.
Brewer at first said lie could not
take her because his own wife
was at home sick, having just
returned from the hospital earl-
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NEW YORK
The funeral of Walter White,
Executive Secretary of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
will be held from St. Martins
Protestant Episcopal Church,
Lennox Avenue at 122nd St.
here at 12:00 noon, Thursday,
March 24. The body, which will
be cremated, may be viewed
from 4 to 6 p. m. Wednesday
and from 10:00 to 11:00 A.M.
Thursday. The funeral will be
preached by the Rev. John^
Johnson, pastor. The eulogy
*will be delivered by Dr. Chan-
ning H., Tobias, chairman of the
NAACP Board of Directors.
The distinguished Negro lea
der died suddenly at his home,
242 E. 68th Street «t 6:4S P. M.
Monday of coronary throm-
W ALTER WHITE
bosis. He was 61 years of age.
At his bedside at the time of his
death were his wife, Mrs. Poppy
Cannon and Dr. Stephen Gum-
port, a neighbor.
Mr. White had Tseen ill since
last October and last week re
turned from a month’s visit ii)
Haiti and Puerta Rica, where
he had gone in an attempt to
recuperate. He was in his office
at 20 West 40th Street about
two hours Monday.
Unlike many members of his
race, who possess a fair sidn,
blue eyes and blond hair. White
chose to remain a Negro and for
nwly 35 years waged a relent
less fight for the rights of his
people.
In 1B18 he joined the NAACP
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CIO Officials
Mourn Death Of
Noted leader
WASHINGTON, D. C.
The three executive officers
of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations today mourned,
the death of Walter White, exe
cutive secretary of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of (^^olored People.
CIO President Walter P. Reu-
ther, Secretary-Treasurer J. B.
Carey and Executive Vice Pre
sident John V. Riffe sent the
following telegram to Dr. Chan-
ning Tobias, chairman of the
NAACP board of directors:
“We were shocked and griev
ed to learn of the untimely
death of our very good friend,
Walter White.
“He was a courageous and
gallant fighter for a cause
which Is dear to the hearts of
all who truly believe in the
democratic principle of equality
among men.
“No one, we suppose, will
ever know how many Ameri
cans of _ all races, color and
creeds were inspired by Walter
White to fight for equal justice,
equal rights and equal opportU'
nlty; but that number must be
legion.
“We regret that Walter White
did not live to see his dearest
dream, the end of segregation
in our public schools, complete
ly realized. In his name and
in his spirit we of the CIO
pledge ourselves anew to an un
remitting fight for the abolitioh
of segregation and discrimina
tion in our land. That would be
the best monument a grateful
America could erect to a great
American. We can and should
do no len.”
Aid Deposits For
Mississlppians
Exceed $20,000
NEW YORK
Funds in the Tri-State Bank
of Memphis deposited for the
li^Llrpose of . expanding the
bank's capacity to aid victims
of economic pressure in Missis
sippi have exceeded the $200,
000 mark, Roy Wilkins, NAAC^ j
administrator, reported today.
Djjp^ji%this week of |10,000
by the Broadway Fedehd
ings and Loan Bank of Los
Angeles and of $5,00 by the
American Veterans Committee
brought the total of such de
posits to 1201,619.
Insurance companies, labor
unions, church groups, jErater-
nal organizations, banks and in
dividuals have responded to the
NAACP appeal to meet the
challenge of the White Citizens
Councils which have been exer
ting economic pressure to stifl^
demands for civil rights and
desegregation.
Mr. Wilkins has called for
deposits totaling not less than
$500,000. Such a stun would
make available funds for loans
on a business basis to Negro
businessmen, farmers and home
owners now being denied credit
by certain white lending insti
tutions in Mississippi.
Here is a photo of Fred Brewer, taken a few moments
after he had been brutally black-jacked by four or five
police in Danville, Virginia last Thursday evening, March
17. Brewer who is an agent for the "North Carolina Mutual
Life Insurance Company and stationed in Danville, accord
ing to his own statement, had taken a neighbor to a doctor’s
office on South Main Street when he was attacked by the
officers.
Carnation Selects Durham For Second Annual
"Carnation Healthy Baby Contest;" Cash Prizes
NASHVZU:^ Tenn.
FoUowtag protest Tennes
see NAACP tpokeanm «ad
oth«s. Gov. Frank G. Cleineii*
vetoed two local bills pnissrt by
the legislature tot the purpo—
of retaining segregated sdboelB
in Fayette and Haywood Com-
ties. Similar bill* for othtr.
counties have been introdaeiti
and, if passed, presumably wfB
be turned down by the Gover
nor.
"It is my underslaodiag,*'
Gov. Clement said in his veto
message, “that this meesnre re
presents an attonpt to circum
vent the efficacy of the recent
opinion handed down by the
Supreme Court et,, tiie United
States banning segregation in
public schools, and that this is
its sole purpose.” Be warned
that "This bill can produce no
desirable results. It’s (mly possi
ble effect Can be to fmnrnt ra
cial hatred and disorder «4iere^
none exists, and to precipitate
disputes to the detriment of all
concerned. Segregation Is not a
political issue to be misused to
the detriment of Tennessee and
Tennesseans, but is a significant
and far reaching social issue
which demands statesmanlike
consideration, prayful thought
and legal analysis.”
State Senator Charles A.
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1100 At Farm
Bureau Meet^
Held At A&T
GREENSBORO
Delegates representing over
13,000 Negro Farm Buren
members in the State went on
record here Friday favoring a
program of tight acreage con
trols and an intensified export
plan to-relieve the current com
modity surpluses now being
held by the government under
the farm price support program.
Despite bad weather condi
tions, over 1,100 delegates re
presenting 44 counties were on
hand at A and T College far
their seventh annual Farm Bis-
reau membership meeting.
They were urged by various
speakers to seriously consider
all proposals regarding the na
tional farm program before en
dorsing them, and to expect
“rough sledding” unless 300
million pounds of flu-cured to
bacco now being held by the
Stabilization Corporation is
sold.
The group elected U. S. Hart
of Edgecombe County to the
State Farm Bureau’s Board of
Directors, recommended that
A and T intensify its sho°rt cour
ses for students not able to at
tend college more than one or
two years, emphasized the need
for more vocational-agriculture
teachers in high schools, and en
dorsed the Challenge Program
for agricultural development of
the state.
One of the most important
contests ever to be offered to
readers of this paper—the Car
nation Healthy Baby Contest-
wili start in just a few weeks,
according to late word re
ceived from the Carnation Com
pany of Los Angeles, California.
Cash prizes to parents of win
ning babies are limited to read
ers of this newspaper, living in
this city or its suburbs. Carna
tion Company emphasizes the
fact that it is strictly a local
contest, not a nationwide one.
All babies entered must be
tlu-ee years of age or under.
The purpose of this contest is
to further the good health and
welfare of America’s most
priceless possession—our future
citizens. Doctors and nurses
have long known that the baby
who receives a healthy start
in life, during those first few
all-important years, has a much
better opportunity to grow into
a healthy, happy childhood.
This paper, too, has always be
lieved that our babies deserve
the best care that modem medi
cal science can provide.
As part of its continuing in-
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Pictured 4ibove is a scene at the ground breaking of tiM Jolm Avory Cbib hrid
here last Thursday, March 17. Those in the group are some of tlM iBtanatsd wte
have contributed their time, labor aad vutxgy to makm ■ el lottg ilHkiliig eaM
true. I
The structure will be located on Bnmeh Street Whoi It eeat wall
over $60,000. From left to right they an L. L. Foglanaa, representative DdHa Ceattnw-
tion Company; J. S. Stewart, chairman, building nmmittee; ML ■rililtaft; U.
George, Lee W. Smith, director of the J. J. HraderMB, W. r ^
of tlie dob and Dr. J. N. TMIHh.