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VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 51
DUBHAM, N. Cn SATintDAT, JUNE 18, 1955
PSICS 19 CBMTS
NAACP Annual Meet To
Focus On Court Ruling
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J
Methods of implementing the
.Supreme Court ruling of May
31 which ordered a "prompt”
start towards school Integration
will be given major attention at
the 46th annual convention of
he National Acsocition for the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple which opens here Tuesday
evening, June 21, at the Atlan
tic City High School with a
memorial meeting for the or
ganization’s late executive sec
retary, Walter White.
The six-day convention will
close Sunday afternoon, Jime
26, with a mass meeting to be
addressed by the Association’s
new executive secretary, Roy
Wilkins- Advance registrations
jidicate an attendance of 750
legates from at least 30 states
and the District of Columbia.
In addition to the school segre
gation issue, delegates will con
sider civil rights- programs in
such fields as legislation, em
ployment, housing, transporta
tion and recreation.
Gov. Meyner, Labor Leader
to Speak
Dr Channing H. Tobias, chair
man of the NAACP Board of
Directors, will review develop
ments since he first proposed
the Fight for Freedom cam
paign at the St. Louis Conven
tion in 1953 and indicate the
tasks which lie ahead. He will
address the convention Wednes
day afternoon.
Among others scheduled to
address the open sessions of the
convention are Governor Ro
bert B. Meyner of New Jersey;
WilQam F. Schnitzler, secre-
tary-treasurer of the American
Federation of Labor; and Thur-
good- Marshall. NAACP special
counsel.
Legal Discussion Set
Preceding the convention
opening, the NAACP legal staff
will bold an aU-day session on
Monday with members of the
Association’s national legal
committee and lawyers work
ing with NAACP units on local
and state levels. The session
will be devoted to a discussion
of the legal techniques neces
sary to put into immediate ef
fect the High Court’s latest
anti-segregation ruling in pub
lic education.
On Thursday, convention
delegates will discuss legal ac
tion to implement the . Supreme
Court's two school decisions, as
well as the role of the Negro
teacher in the shift from segre
gated to integrated school sys
tems. Leading this discussion
will be Mr. Marshall and Robert
L. Carter, NAACP attorneys,
and Dr. John W- Davis, head of
the NAACP department of
teacher information and securi
ty.
Also on Thursday, trade
union fraternal delegates and
the convention delegates will
Join in a discussion of “The
Role of the Trade Union in BS-
fecting School Integration."
Some 19 major trade unions
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Mrs. Gwendolyn Pitrce Hicks
of Ahoskie was among the 516
graduates at the eighty-seventh
commencement of Howard Uni
versity. Mrs. Hicks who is a
liberal Arts graduate i* a
member of Phi Beta Kappa, na
tional honor society.
'Miss NCC1950
Joins Staff Of
Alma Mater '
Almost five years to the day
after her graduation from
North Carolina CoUege in June,
1950, Miss Mable Ames Dupree
returned to her alma mater as
chief circulation librarian in
the new million dollar James E.
Shepard Memorial Library.
Arriving in Durham In time
to witness the graduation of
her sister, Miss Florence Arnee
Dupree, the new NCC librarian
had the opportunity to extend
double congratulations to her
younger sister. In addition to
receiving a B.S. degree in home
economics, the younger Miss
Dupree also graduated as Miss
NCC of 1955 And as Miss NCC,
she followed in the footsteps of
her talented and attractive sis
ter, Mable, who was the popu
lar, personable, and pretty Miss
NCC of 1950. The girls are the
daughters of the Rev. and Mrs.
H. D. Dupree, 716 North Main
Street,' Sumter, South Carolina.
After finishing NCC in 1950
with a major in social science
and a minor in Library Science,
Mable Dupree earned the mas
ter of science degree in library
science at the University of
Illinois and later studied for
two summers toward the Ph.D.
degree in her field at this uni
versity.
Prior to joining the staff of
the NCC library c^irller this
month, Miss Dupree served aa
chief circulation librarian at
South Carolina State College
from June, 1951, through June,
1952, and'as' Chief Assistant Li
brarian at West Virginia State
College for the two year period
prior to returning to NCC.
GRAND LODGE PYTHIANS TO
MEET IN NORTH CAROLINA
FOR FIRST-TIME IN HISTORY
By J. B. Harren
TARBORO
Por the first time in the 78-
year history of the Supreme
Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
(embracing 29 states and .the
territorial possessions) the na
tional body or Supreme Grand
Setting will be held in the State
of North Carolina when it con
venes in Winston-Salem August
14-18 inclusive, according to an
announcement issued from the
office of the Grand Chancellor
of Knights of Pythias, Jurisdic
tion of North Carolina, Sir J. A.
Mfebane, 806 Bradley Ave-, Tar-
boro, this week.
Hester and Gaston Lead
The Supreme Lodge is pre
sided over by R. A. Hester of
Dallas, Texas, a prominent fra
ternal leader of the southwest.
Hester’s assistant' is Supreme
Vice Chancellor A. G. Gaston,
wealthy mortician and motel
operator of Birmingjham, Ala.
Gaston is also head of the wo
men's division of K. of P.,
l(nown as the Supreme Council
of the Court of Calanthe, which
group will also be in session at
the same time.
N. C. Jurisdiction Meets
Meeting coincidentally with
the Supreme K. of P. session
will be the extra-ordinary ses
sion of the North Carolina
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Twenty-Eight
White Students
Ask^ Admission
ToTexasCollege
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.
Twenty-eight white students,
apparently more interested in
getting an education than main
taining white supremacy, have
made application i for special
courses at the Negro branch of
San Antonio College. In making
the announcement. President J.
O. Lofton revealed that the two
junior colleges "are no longer
segregated schools.”
The college head made the
statement after two Negro stu
dents had been admitted to San
Antonio College which had pre
viously been exclusively for
whites.
Both San Antonio CoUege
,{ind its branch, St. PhUllp’s
College, established for Negro
students, are partly supported
by tax funds.
The admission of the two
Negro students to San Antonio
College marlcs the first action
of this nature on the part of
tax-supported colleges in Texas
^■tiice the May 31 ruling of the
Supreme Court decreeing the
pid of segregation in tax-sup
ported schools with “deliberate
H>eed.’'
I Yet, there have been several
tax-supported junior colleges
In‘Texas which have been on a
l^-segregated basis for several
est, North Carolina was
the one hundred-twelve grad
uates who received the MJ).
degree from the College of Phjf-
sicians and Surgeons of C^um-
%(a Vniversitif,
N. y. in the June commence
ment. Dr. Best is a graduate of
Columbia College and the Du-
Bois High School of Wake Fod-
est. Dr, Best, who was vice-
president of the 1955 class, will
intern at the University of Ro
chester Medical Center, Roches
ter, N. Y- He is the son of Mrs.
D. A. Best of Wake Forest and
the late L. R. 'Be$t.
ing Way To
ircumvent
urt Decision
, Pictur«d above are the Dur
ham winners and mothers in
the Second Annual Healthy
Baby Contest conducted in The
Carolina Times by the Carna
tion Milk Company. Winner of
the first prize of $300.00 was
Karen Denice, daughter of Mrs-
Willia Mae Burnette; second
prize toinner was PhvIIis Hor-
rington, daughter of Mrs. Edna
Harrington and third priae toin-
n*r was Dam«Ii Hay Yancey,
son of Mr*. Mary L. Yancey.
Final fudging took place Stm-
day at the W. D. Hill Recrea
tion Center on Fayetteville
Street, Sunday, June IS.
White Methodist Students
Refuse Privileges Denied
Negroes At Lake Junoloska
RICHMOND, Va.
confused atmosphere,
_ ^ awaiting the report
of ifi’three-mA fcubcoaAjittee
to tell its Commission on Public
Education how it can get
around acceding to the Su
preme Court’s decision.
Working in total seclusion,
the committee would let no
thing leak out as to their pro
gress in hindering progress. The
report is due over the week
end.
Highlander. Folk School
Gets $15,000 For Study Of
Trwisition From Segregation
MONTEAGLE, tenn
Chief Justice Of North Carolina Says
Supreme Court Ruling No Mandate
A grant of $15,000 from the
Field Foundation, Inc. will be
uaed to develop commuAty
leadership concerned with the
prompt and orderly transition
from a segregated to an inte
grated school system In the
South, Myles Horton, Highland
er Folk School director, an
nounced today.
At a Public School Desegre
gation Workshop to be held at
Highlander July 24th to Aug.
6th, ways of making a start to
ward full compliance with the
Supreme Court ruling will be
discussed- Adults connected
with educational, religious, la
bor, farm, fraternal or Inter-
cultural organizations, or other
wise in a position to provide
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ASHEVILLE
Chief Justice M. V. Barnhill
thinks that southern unrest
over the U. S- Supreme Court
school segregratlon decision can
be discounted. At least, he ex
pressed himself to that effect
here this week In an interview
to break the official judicial
silence of the state. In so doing
he set a sort of precedent since
high court officials generally
are reluctant to discuss contro
versial litigation.
In expressing his opinion, the
Chief Justice said;
Two Convicted
Morals Charge
In Charlotte
CHARLOTTE
Supreme Court Judge Fran
cis O. Clarkson sentenced this
week two Negro men, one a Po
lish National Catholic priest,
to three to five years in prison
for attempted crime against na
ture. The sentences were later
suspended.
One of the defendants is the
Rev. Levon Miguel McDowell
Haithman, 29, a priest in the
Church of St. James the Apostle
of the Polish National Catholic
Church, which has no connec
tion with the Roman Catholic
Church.
The other defendant is 20-
year-old. William Elliotte Durin.
Haithman,- a native of Fay
etteville, was ordained into the
priesthood in New York City
in 1948. He received his educa
tion at Livingstone College at
Salisbury, St. Augustine Col
lege at Raleigh and the St.
Francis Theological Seminary
at which he earned the divinity
degree.
According to detective Neal
Forney, the scene of the homo
sexual activity with which they
were charged was a dwelling
house, which also served as a
place of worship for a mission
established by Haithman.
JOSEPH A. BEEBE
Named To Health
Education Dept.
Joseph Beebe, who has work
ed as..a health educator for the
Durham City and County De
partment of Health has joined
the staff of the Social Planning
Council as Health Educator-
The announcement was made
hty Dr. James Semans, president
of the Durham Social Planning
Council.
Beebe’s appointment was
made possible through the
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LAKE JUNALASKA
In a stand against all forms
of racial discrimination, dele
gates to a south-wide Methodi3t
conference, put teeth into an
anti racial bias resolution when
they pledged tliemselves not to
swim “until those in authoiity
remove the restrictions” bar
ring Negro delegates from
swimming at the Methodic
Summer Assembly Grounds.
Previous student
have requested with no
that swimming prlvilegea l>e
:grante4 to thfe non-whldf le
gates with whom they assemble
annually in youth and siadent
meetings. But last Mouua> j
decision to forega all privileges
not granted to i-i .'gi O u ^
is the first time the protesting
white delegates have refused .o
accept privileges denied fellow
delegates solely on the basis of
color.
A general resolution, drafted
by the steering committee ot
the conference, which emiaodled
the request for non-discrimina-
tory swimming privileges, and
read to the delegates by the
chairman. Jack Crawford of
Birmingham, Alabama, a stu
dent at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee, pledged
the support of the delegates to
the Supreme Coiirt antl-segre-
gation decision.
In attacking the inconais-
tancy of anti-racial attitudes
and practices as inconsistent
with Christian precept, princi
ple and spirit, as well as being
in conflict with the spirit and
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The above photo is that of
the North Carolina Law En
forcement Officers Association
which met In IHfiil* Point lot
ioeek for it* annual tewion.
Membership in the organization
it composed of Negro police
officers of the state. The Aieo-
ciation passed a resolution dur
ing the session decrying the
tendency of kical courts to ex
tend leniency to Negro knife
toellder* and murderers when a
Negro it the victim.
He found no general mandate
to end all school segregation in
the decision. He hoped Negro
leaders would not force litiga
tion. ^
He felt the state was “be-
glnnlng to comply with the de
cision."
Maintaining that he was “as
free as any other citizen'’ to
discuss controversial rulings,
Barnhill stated that State courts
will not be Involved in any pos
sible litigation cases..
He felt that in lieu of a
general mandate, the decision
involves only specific cases and,
therefore, it is immediately ap
plicable only to the plaintiffs,
defendants and 'district judges
in those cases.
Stating that he had read the
opinion carefully three times,
Judge Barnhill stated he could
“find nothing that does not
^pply only to the cases. The
court was careful to connect the
decision at every point with
"the defendants” or “the plain
tiffs”
Nevertheless, he said the
opinion has been widely mis
interpreted as a mandate to all
federal district courts and
judges. “It is. not a mandate in
any sense,,” he said.
He attributed most of the
popular misinterpretation to
newspaper accoxmts of the his
toric decision. •
"It ia a great pity,” he said,
“that the Negro leaden of our
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A&T College Moves Into
New Million Dollar Library
GREENSBORO the second floor along with of-1 The third floor, composing
A&T College, here, took a big
step forward In its gigantic
building program as it moved
last week into its brand new
million dollar library.
The new facility represents
a marked improvement over its
former crowded headquarters
on the top floor of Dudley Hall.
The new structure was built at
a total cost of more than $1,100,
000 including equipment. The
epuipment is considered the
most modern to be had.
The first floor, accessible
from a beautiful and spacious
main lobby, contains the gene
ral collection room, reserve
book desk and a high capacity
stack room.
The basement contains the
student activity center, with
five lounges of varying sizes,
suitably furnished in modern
living room furniture, special
collection room, art exhibition
room and ample locker accom
modations for day-students. The
lower floor also houses rooms
for book repair, delivery, ei-
change, stacks and documents.
The main reading and
periodical rooms are located on
fices for the librarian, staff I chiefly of stack room space,
rooms, processing area and I also contains a listening room
stack rooms. « I for students.
N. C. UWYERS ASSOCIATION
PLEDGE AID TO INTEGRATION
GREENSBORO
The North Carolina Lawyers’
Association, last Saturday, June
11, pledged cooperation in help
ing to ease problems connected
with the recent decision ot the
Supreme Court * rega'^hling se
gregation in public schools.
At a dinner meeting held at
the Elrocco Club, here, the
group expressed willingness to
work with the courts, both state
and federal, and agencies charg
ed with the administration ol
public schools, in a manner
“aimed at serving the best in
terests of the people ot the
state.”
The group, representing 90-
odd Negro lawyers, practicing
in the state, pas^ a reaolutloii,
requesting the North Carellna
Bar Association to rwoMvv ra
cial rcetrictlons from its con
stitution. The resolution will
be referred to the bar associ
ation at its meeting to be held
later this month.
The group was briefed on
change in the state law enact
ed at the recent State Lmi^-
ture regarding school law, cor
porate law and change* in other
areas, by three panel discus
sions, occupying mo«t of the at-
tenticn at the group.in the Mirly
aftnmoon
At the opmlng soMioa the
barristers were welceoMd to tbe
city by Boyd Morri*. Grwns-
boro’s mayor, and lM*rd gnet-
ings trom ThoniM Hoyle, pnH-
dent of ttaa QtdllDnl rniwlj
Bar Asaoclatioo.
All officers wmm rti>ntia.
They inelniid: Wmmm. .!».
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