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't - / om\ , . . ( WWVERSJfY A \UBRA#^ ^ Purnam Leaders Blast N. C. Governor’s Speech The Carolina Times l« The Old«$t And W idest Read Negro New$papmr In The Two CarolinoM. 10c PRCE PAY NO MORE VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 34 DtJRHAM, NOBTH CABCXJNA SATURDAY, AUG. 20, 1955 PBICE: 1« CENTS NAACP MEMBERSHIPS MOUNT INN.C. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Virginia Local Gets First NoHrDlscriniinatory Contract SISaSilSllArlH^Si® SyM*CJIed Inflammatory By Seven Organization Heads AT OHVBCH MELa — The penoiis showii above repreeeat- ed the Durham Dietriet, AJf.E. Zion Chnreh at ISth qaarden- nlal seasioii ot the Woman’s Home and Foreign Mlaiton Se- eiety, which was held In Loa Angeles, California. Angnst 6'12. Seated, left to right, Mrs. L. E. WUliams, Corinth Church, Slier City; Mrs. Gertrude Long, Dis trict Supervisor, Miss Georgia Turner, Cumnock Church, Mrs. Byrd Poole, Terrell Church and Mrs. Gaither Lassiter, Holland Chapel Church. Standing Alex ander Barnes, Kyles Temple and Miss Allle Avant, New Inland Church. Join NAACP Governor Luther Thousands Result Of P. Hodges Vidous Attack NEW YO^ WEST INDIES STUDENTS TO VISIT DURHAM The Durham Committee On Negro Affairs is serving as stay-at-home goodwill ambas sadors from Monday, Augtut 22 to Wednesday, August 24 by be ing hosts to a group of students from abroad. This ^^up is a delegation of West Indian stu dents from the University Col lege of the West Indies, Jamaica. These young people are being entertained in various communi ties across the country, in what should be a valuable internation al experience for everyone con^ cemed. The tour group Is under the sponsorship of the Association for World Travel Exchange, 1790 Broadway, New Tork City, at which ^bert L. Tes- dell Is the Director. It Is a non-profit membership orgaai- latlen composed.'^^itac^oa^ -al, religioafc, andt^cHlMa^ ers Interested in develbping international undenrtandlng through projects In education al travel. ham will be helping to give visitor^ a well-rounded ’e of Americfui life as they participate in family home-life and a wide variety of commun- (Please turn to Page Eight) RICHMOND, VA. A new contract that provides for a non - discriminatory clause was completed here re cently by local 258 of the To bacco International Workers Union of A. F. of L. and the Black Leaf Company of Rich mond it was announced here last week. The new contract is believed to be the first in the state and one of the first in the South, |o carry a no^-jjiwriminatory (tlause. The non-discriminatory cause reads as follows: “There shall be no dis crimination against any em ployee covered by contract in the hiring of employees «r in their training, up grading, promotions, trans fers, lay-offs, discipline,- discharge or otherwise be cause of race, creed or (Please turn to Page Eight) Full Text Of Roy Vigos .Reply To Gov. Hodges Speech On The August Bth speech of North Carolina's Governor Lu ther Hodges was continuing to reap a harvest of new member ships for the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People and renewals of old ones it was learned here this week from several state officials residing in Durham. “Never before'have we had so much reaentment expreaa- ed to a speech by the plank ing down of actual carit for membershlpa by people In all walks of life.” Said one ot- flclal ot the Durham branch of the organisation. “It the responaea to Governor Hod- gea* addreas la the same In other cltlea as In Durham the NAACP membership In North Carolina la headed ior an all time high,” he stated. ' One man who stated that he could not read but had heard the address took out a $6.00 membership which entitles him to the CRISIS, official organ of the NAACP. Another person who is a teacher called a local office and inquired how she and her husband could join the NAACP, without it being known. When Informed that her mem bership could be confidential if desired she gave instructions to come and get the money. In Georgia where Negro teachers have been threatened with the loaa ot their Jobs It they Join the NAACP a ■imiur reaction to that In Durham haa been experienced. One phyalclan from that ^te sent In a 9500 scholarahip, ac cording to Boy WUklna, NAACP Secretary. •He said he waa angry and wanted to help,” said Wll- hm. “Wa can use all the help we can get because the Aaao- clatlon la under direet attack by highest state «rfflelala in Vtrglnlaa, North Carrflna, Alabama, Georgia, Mlsalaalppi and Louisiana. “After Governor Hodgea ot North Carolina attacked na In hla speech Anguat S, wo ro- Pltaao turn to Pago Bight) Desegregation Continues Forward In IMany Southern Communities NEW YORK A southern dty with a quarter-of-a-million popula tion this week announced plans for inunediate school dsegregation, as scommunities several southern states which had awaited the sec ond Supreme Court school decision before acting, con tinued to comply. The announcement ot the Oklahoma City school board brought to a total ot at least 34 theae Oklahoma communi ties which have Issued school desegregation plans. A policy statement adopted by the Oklahoma City school board declared in part; The board ot education aska the sympathetic co operation and patience ot our cltlsena In its compliance with the law and making the changes that are neces sary and advlaable.” This week’s spot check of the southern school situation by the NAACP showed two additional X)klahoma towns whose desegre gation plans have become known since last week's check. They are Muskogee and Red Rock. In Arkanaaa, North Little Boek became the sixth com munity In that state to de clare an end to school segre gation. Amarillo, Texas, joined a growing number of Texas towns and cities which have announc ed desegregation plans for their schools. Others which came to light in this week’s survey are Edinburg, Kames Coimty, Har lingen, Weslaco, Mission, Kerr- ville, Alpine and Nordheim. The total number of Texas com munities which have annotmc- ed desegergation plans stands now at about 16. Meanwhile, tho (Pleaao turn to Pago Eight) Ushers Prep For Thirty-First Annual Session In Kinston KINSTON ’The 31st annual session of the Interdenominational Ush ers’ Association of North Carolina will convene here August 25-28 at the J. J. Sampson Elementary School it was announced here Wednes day by Edgar'Murphy of this city who is a member of the Board of Directors of the or ganization. The Sunday ses sion will be held at 11:00 a. m. at the St. John Free Will Baptist Church on Blount Street, at which time the Rev. O. L- Sherrill,'executive sec retary of the State Baptist Convention will deliver the annual sermon. The Ushers’ Association is the largest interdenomination al religioua group In the state with a membership composed of chnrchea of all denomina tions. During the past 30 years it has donated thousands of dollars to the Colored Or phanage at Oxford and has contributed many soholar- ships for worthy students In various collies throughout the state and nation. According to L. E. Austin of Durham who is the president of the Association, plans are now under way to erect a home in the central part pf thOjOtate for aged ministers of all denominations and aged members of the Association who may find thnnselves in need tit assistance during their (Please turn to Page Eight) Wlllia Fennell of Loa Ange les, California, (right) and Frank Johnson ot Lyndiburg, Virginia who were winners In the doubles department ot the National Junior Tennis Tournament held liere last week. Fennell waa also win ner of the singles champion ship. Youth Congress Backs Integration The Youth Congress of the Church of God in Christ Je sus which met at the Church of God in Christ Jesus, 506 South Queen Street, July 28-31, in the final session of the assem bly, attended by an aggregate of more than 600 delegates from more than eight states, passed a resolution endorsing the Supreme Court desegrega tion decree and expressing themselves as favoring the im mediate carrying out of the J. W. GOODLOE J. W. Goodloe, Secretary- Off lee Manager of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insur ance ’ Company, was elected Vice President ot the Execu tive Section of the National Insurance Association at Its Annual Session which con vened in Cleveland, Ohio, Hotel Hollenden, Aug. 2-5. W. A. CLEMENT, CLU At the 35th Annual Session o( the National Insurance As sociation, -August 2-5, HoUden- den Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, W. A. Clement, CLU, Asso ciation of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com pany, was re-elected Secre tary of the Association. ELECTION OF OFHCfRS ENDS AME ZION MEETING IN CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES The election of officers to guide the destinies of the Wo man’s Home and Foreign Mis- Religious Meet Set For Kittrell College Aug. 23 HENDERSON A Religious Educational Re treat, embracing a symposium of ministers and missionaries of the Sunday School and Al len Christian Elndeavor Lea gue of the A. M. E. Church will be held for ministers and laymen, including both grown ups and young people at Kit trell College, August 23-26. Presiding over the Retreat will be the Rt. Rev. Frank Madison Reid, and Rt. Rev. D. Ward Nichols, presiding prelate of the Second Epis copal District. Supervisors will be Mrs. K. Bailey Nichols, wife of Bishop Nichols and Mrs. Beatrice Reid, wife of Bishop Reid. Others having to do with directing the retreat are Rev. C. C. Scott, Mrs. R. W. Wis- ner, H. J. Bryant, Miss Sadie Cooper and Mrs. Leola Brown. same. The resolution also condemn ed discrimination against Ne groes In the field of skilled labor and unequal wages based on race rather than on efficleney and capacity to produce. Bishop C. L. Faison, the pas tor of the local church at which the Congress met, was the host minlsteir. Sion Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church for the next four years ended the 13th quardennial ses sion of the body here Friday in the auditorium of the Lafayette High School. The convention began on August 6, when more than 2000 representatives converged on the ‘‘Angel City” and were welcomed by the Rt. Reverend William A. Stewart, presiding bishop, and the Rev. S. H. Mar ion, pastor of First Church, which served as host. The convention was led by the nine bishops who presided over home conferences, William J. Walls, Chicago; John W. Mar tin, Ciiicago; Walter W. Slade, Charlotte, N. C.; Raymond L. Jones, Salisbury, N. C.; Hamp ton T. Medford, Washington, D. C.; Herbert B. Shaw, Wilming ton, N. C.; Stephen G. Spotts- wood, and William A. Stewart, both of Washington, D. C. Bis hop Daniel C. Pope, the resident bishop to Africa was not in at tendance. The Society is in direct charge of tile home and foreign work of the denomination which em braces 11 districts in America, one in the Virgin Island and one in Africa. The newly elected officers are as follows: Mrs. Abbie Clement Jackson, Louisville, Ky., presi dent; Mrs. Elsie J. Keyes, Wash ington, D. C., vice-president; Mrs. E. A. B. Watson, Lancaster, S. C., exectrtive secretary; Mrs. Sally V. Moreland, Rock Hill, S. C., recording secretary; Mrs. Hildred Waotor, New York City, secretary of the Young Women’s Society; Mrs. Daisy B. Rudd, New Haven, Conn., ''chairman. Life Members Council; Mrs. Charlotte Haselrig, Chickama- uga, Ga., superintendent, Buds of l^omiM and Mrs. A. A. Adja- hoe, Brooklyn, N. Y., secretary of the Bureau of Supplies. Seven of Durham's leading organizations, representing Ne gro religious, educational, civic, business and industrial life, with thousands of members, issued a broadside here Sunday at the August 8 radio and television speech delivered by Governor Luther Hodges on “Segregation In The Public Schools” in Ra leigh. The statement cliaracterized the speech as “shockingly pa ternalistic, inflammatory and utterly devoid of the quality of statesmanship expected of the head of our State.” Signers of the statement and the organizations listed are as follows: Durham Committee On Negro Affairs, J. S. Stewart, chairman, J. H. Wheeler, and J. Fred Pratt; Durham Minister ial Alliance, Rev. C. E. McLes- ter, president; Duriiam Business and Professional Chain, J. Kelly Bryant and Theodore R. Spfigfct: Durham Branch, N.' A.CP. C ( Pearson and Rev. Wm. H. F ’ er; East End Betterment ■. Ellis D. Jones; PTA Council. L. B. Frasier and C. E. Boul- ware; Executive Committee, Negro Labor, Fred R. Cuttino and William A. Daye'. The statement condemned in no uncertain terms the ttireata ‘to resist strenuously, resource fully and with growing bitter ness’ if Negroes do not accept voluntary segregation in the pub lic schools and if they resort to the courts to settle the question. In referring to the Gover nor’s attack on the NAACP the, statement said: “The Governor’s attack on the NAACP, in our opinion, was unwarranted and in - dlcated a lack of knowledge ot the organization snJ t'? supporters. Instead of rreat'. r sentiment against the N.-' - it is apparent already, thai !i" has rallied the supro't n' many more North Caro'inbn; to this organisation wh-rh through the years has wacpd an effective battle to rid the South of the evil of lynching: to provide better schools and equal salaries for Negro teach ers; to eliminate segregation in graduate education In pub licly supported universities; to establish the right of Negroes to vote in democratic primar ies; to abolish segregation in interstate travel; to eliminate restrictive covenants from housing; to eliminate the evil of peonage; and generally t* protect the Negro population of the south from exploitation. The Negro south has always contributed heavily to the (Please turn to Page Eight) Dr. M. L Browne To Represent NCC At Confab Dr. Marjorie Lee Browne, professor of mathematics and chairman of the mathematics department at North Carolina 'College, Durham, will repre sent NCC at the annual na tional meeting of the Ameri can Mathematics Association at Ann Arbor, Mich.. August SO-Sept. 1. Sk« la af ttw taw ealawi womoi In ^mariaa with a 4m- tar's dograa tai pnro MflM- (Floaae turn to PoCoB^t)