Virginia Colons Argue
How Best To Defy
RICHMOND,
Memben oi Virginia’s House
of Delegates and the state's ad
ministration are c»irr?ntly em
broiled in arguments over -the
most effective legal methods to
circumvent the Supreme Court
ruling in segregation in public
education apd keep Virginia’s
school system racialljr segrega
ted.
Currently, there are two plans
before the lawmakers, one pro
posed by Gov. Thomas B. Stan
ley and the other by delegate
Fred G. Pollard of Richmond.
Gov. Stanley’s plan is by far
the simpler of the two. It would
simply withhold state money
from any school unit which at
tempted to desegregate in com
pliance with the Supreme Court
decision.
The main feature of Pollard’s
plan consists in giving the local
school units the option of choos
ing Gov. Stanley’s pUn or of
submitting to a pupil assignment
plan.
Both groups are so certain
that their particular plans are
the best that the House of Dele
gates has become locked in pro
longed and, at times, heated ar-
gimient.
And as it stands now, neither
plan will have a chance of i>as-
sing unless one side is willing
to compromise or give in.
Everything went along smooth
ly as far as the Governor’s plan
was concerned until last Wed.,
when the House Appropriations
committee got ready to vote on
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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1956
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ttie measure. It was at this point
that Del. Pollard tacked on liis
amendment offering the pupil
assignment plan.
The committee hastily ad
journed without taking a vote
and rushed to the office of Atty.
Gen. Almond to get a ruling on
whether or not Pollard’s amend
ment was germane to the bill.
JHe ruled in favor of Pollard,
and the argxmients began.
The issue was then thrown di
rectly on the floor of the House
tl delegates for debate.
House Appropriations Com
mittee chairman Howard
Adams, one of the staunchest
«M>porters of Gov. Stanley’s
proposal, led the fight in com
mittee against the Pollard
amendment. He declared that
the effect of the amendment
would destroy the purpose of
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A Noose
for The
NAACP
*iei Stnnce cargo UTlvcd St tlM
WAACP Watlofwl mnOttaasUn
rec«iitl7. A box, wfalefa appeared
quite innocuous, was found to
«>ntain a length of rope expert
ly fadUoned into a hangman’s
nooee.
Roy WiUdns, NAACP execo-
tive secretary, can be seen In
picture at left displaying the
nooee.
The accompanying mcsmga
from the holder of Box 87 in
Perry, Florida was neatly typed
and appeared exactly as fol
lows:
"THKT TXLX MK IF TOC
GIVE A N ENOOGB
KOrC HK WILL HANG BJOf-
SELF, go HERE IT IS.
P. S.: riiSASE OSK AND
PASS ON.
P. P. S.: A THKME SONG
POB THE NAACP (BTE,
BTE BLACKBmD.)”
Pearsall Plan
Admitted To Gastonia Institute
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Durhamite Is No. 23
To Enter UNC System
A resident of Durham county
became the 23rd Negro to be
admitted to the various units of
the University of North Caro
lina system this week when he
was admitted at' the Gaston
Technical Institute.
He,is 23-year-old John O. Ly
on of Cheek road.
Just back from a two year
hitch in the army, Lyon was en
rolled Monday in the Institute.
Lyon said he enrolled in the
school t>ecause he wanted to get
a course in automotive tech
nology.
His enrollment reportedly
caused some expressions of dis
like from Ms fellow white stu
dents. One group of unidentified
white students reportedly
that if they had known
were c'eming; Ihej^ -Wbi
have come.
Lyon, recently ** discharged
from a desegregated Army, said
he felt at home at the school,
because for the past two years
he had been accustomed to liv
ing with white soldiers.
He said be applied first to
State College in Raleigh but
found that automotive tech
nology was not taught there. He
said State College officials re
ferred him to the school at Gas
ton.
Lyon is a 1954 graduate of
Merrick-Moore high school. He
lives with his parents, Mr. and
JOHN O, LYON
Attmtion Focused On Milady's
Hair As Beauty Show Opens
Attention will be focused on
milady’s coiffure when a two
day "beauty show gets underway
in Durham on Monday.
Sponsored by the wholesale
supply firm of Biggers-Tumer
of Durham, the show is expected
to attract some 800 beauty shop
operators and hairdressers from
throughout North Carolina and
Virginia.
It will begin at nine o’clock
Monday and continue through
Tuesday. The W. D. Hill Recrea
tion center will be the scene of
the show.
Some'of the country’s top hair
stylists, demonstrators and
teachers will conduct clinics and
demonstrate on the most advan
ced techniques, newest treiids
and latest products. Experts will
discuss and give demonstrations
on new methods of tinting, styl
ing and cutting.
Representatives of nationally
advertised t>eauty products and
cosmetics will lecture on merits
of their products and demon
strate their uses and advantages.
The Biggers and Turner com
pany will give away free over
$1,000 in door prizes, including
beauty and barber shop equip
ment.
Mrs. Estelle ^Dennis, Andre
Mozoret and Miss Katherine
Jones will be among the top
stylists who will display their
craftsmanship at the show.
Mrs. Dennis and Miss Jones
are demonstrators for Adolph’s
firm of Philadelphia, while Mo
zoret, winner of several prizes
for hair styling, is a member of
the New York Olivia House of
Beauty.
This is the third year of the
show, which in the past years
have attracted 2,000 persons.
Tennessee And Kentucky Pupils,
Parents Called Quiet Heroes
CLEVELAND, OHIO
The example of Negro child
ren who went to school in spite
of mob threats in Tennessee and
Kentucky “should answer once
and for all the false cqntention
that Negro parents and their
children are satisfied with the
education they are getting and
do not want to take advantage of
the Supreme Court school opin
ion,” it was asserted here Sim-
day by Roy Wilkins, NAACP
executive secretary.
Wilkins spoke at a meeting
opening the fall membership
campaign o( the Cleveland
NAACP branch.
"Whenever children enroll in
school in front of a mob, they
surely want desegregation," he
declared.
“These people exercised their
rights in the teeth of mobs and
under the escort of guna,”, the
NAACP official pointed out.
"The children dai^d to gb to
school in the face of threats of
violence to their persons. They
turned a deaf ear to insults hur
led at them, not only by those of
their own age group, but by
white adults.
“They are the dignified h^
roines of this disgraceful busi
ness. Their wiiite opponents
wear the badge of shame before
the world.”
Wilkins extended praise also to
Tennessee' and Kentucky gover
nors, troop commanders, and
white citizens and officials “for
the maintenance of law and or
der."
“But it seems to me," he ad
ded, “that all hats should be off
to the Negro parents and their
children who had the coiu«ge
and determination to enjoy their
ri^ts under the law.”
Mrs. Eddie Lyon on Cheek Road.
He was released from the Army
in July after service in Ger
many.
James I. Mason, director of
the school, said Lyon's enroll
ment made the Institute the last
unit of the consolidated Univer
sity of North Carolina to admit
Negroes.
Earlier, a count by a press
service established that some 22
Negroes would be enrolled in
the various UNC units, at
Greensboro, Raleigh, and Clia-
pel HiU this fall.
Lyon was a part-time em
ployee of the Carolina Times
before his induction.
Drive Underway
In Durham
For College Fund
A fund raising campaign
among graduates and friends of
Negro private colleges gets un
derway here this week with N.
B. White, business and civic lea
der, spear-heading the drive.
The campaign in Durham is a
part of a larger fimd raising
campaign conducted annually
by the United Negro. College
Fund of which Dr. W, J. Trent,
Jr., is executive secretary. The
national goal has been set at
$2,000,000 to l>e divided among
31 colleges which participate in
the United Negro College Fund.
Mr. White, chairman of the
local drive, said in an interview
yesterday that the nearly 100
graduates of Negro private col
leges are being asked to make
contributions in the drive and
to encourage their friends to do
likewise. He said graduates of
member colleges should contact
his office or chairman of local
conunittees in order to partici
pate fully.
According to White, more
than 90 percent of all Negro stu
dents euolied in private col
leges attend the 31 Negro col
leges which share in the United
Negro College Fund. These col
leges, he continued, train some
23,000 students from 38 states,
the District of Columbia, and
6 foreign countries.
VESPERS
Rev. J. Neal Hughley, minis
ter to the college and professor
of Economics at North' Carolina
College, will speak at the open
ing vespers service at the col
lege Simday.
Time for the service is three
o’clock. It will be held at B.N.
Duke auditorium.
Rev. Hughley will speak on
“Joys and Pains of Freedom,”
Sunday. On Oct. 7, Dr. Shelton
Smith, director of graduate
studies at the Duke University
Divinity school, will speak.
Music will be furnished by
the college choir at all the ser
vices.
Challenge Expected
Scheme Faces
Court Test
Members of the AME delega
tion which attended the recent
worn Methodist meeting at
Lake Junaluska, are pictured
here. Seen on front row, left to
right, are Dr. E. J. Odum, Phila
delphia, connectional 'evangelist
of the church who conducted a
series of revival services at St.
James AME church in Asheville;
and Dr. C. C. Scott, pastor of the
St. James church. On Back row,
left to right, are Dr. D.L.T. Ro
binson, vice president of Con
nectional Council, Bishop F. M.
Reid, presiding over the Second
Episcopal district; bishop F. D.
Jordan, presiding in the fifth
district; Mrs. Jordan; bishop E.
C. Hatcher, presiding over the
third district; Mrs. Hatcher; and
Dr. G. D. Robinson, pastor of
the ilfetropotitan AME church of
Washington, D. C.
Ball Park Jim
Draws Federal
Crow
Suit
WILSON
S^regation at the city ball
park, the Wilson Muhiclp^'Sta
dium, has drawn a suit seeking
an end to segregation at the city
facility.
The suit was filed in U.S. Dis
trict Court last Thursday by
Atty. C. O. Pearson of Durham
He is representing five Negro
citizens of the city. Rev. T. A.
Watkins, pastor of the First
Baptist church; I. B. Butler, O.
N. Ellis, James Hart and Helen
Ford.
The action is believed to have
stemmed dipectly from an inci
dent at the park earlier this
summer when Dr. G. K. Butter
field, the lone Negro memt>er of
the city council, and a group of
other Negroes were refused ad
mittance to the grandstand,
even «ome had season tickets.
Following this incident, a se
ries of conferences were held
between the Negroes, city offi
cials and officials of the Wilson
Tobs, the Carolina league team
which has a franchise in Wilson.
At first, it appeared that an
agreement might be reached
within the talks, but the nego
tiations eventually broke down.
The stadium is owned by the
city and leased to the. Wilson j They have no Negro players on
Tobs during the baseball season, their roster, but maily other
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IRATE WHITES PREVENT PUPILS
FROM OCCUPYING NEW SCHOOL
ATLANTA, Ga.
Negro pupils were prevented
from occupying a new (232,000
school because enraged whites
objected to the location of the
school in “their neighborhood.”
The incident occured in Lar-
ens county, where the state had
erected a new school building
for Negro pupils in the Brewton
community.
Intended to house some 900
pupils, the building is 90 per
cent complete, but white citizens
of the neighborhood in which
the school is located at the last
minute violently objected to the
presence of a Negro school in
the community.
Irate white citizens claimed
the school was being erected in
a “white” neighborhood, but
county school authorities point
ed out the fact that stories on
the construction of the school
were published in newspapers at
least two years ago, and no com
plaint was registered until Just
before the school was set to
open.
Parents of the pupils intended
to occupy the new school told
the Laurens County Board of
education that they would not
send their children to “shacks
and barracks” while a new
school building erected for their
use stands empty.
L. H. Cook, Laurens County
Superintendent, said carpenters
have informed him that the old
school would have to be rebuilt
from the ground up.
As a result, the county board
of Education decided to send the
Negro pupils back to school in
the former school building.
The quick challenge of the le
gality of the Pearsall Plan to
preserve segregation in the
state’s public schools came as
no surprise to many informed
Negroes throughout the state.
Rather, they appeared to be
surprised that Gov. Hodges him
self expressed surprise at the
swiftness of the ciiaiienge.
TTie Pearsall Plan, hammered
out in an extra session of the
legislature this sumiger, was
just approved by the voters, by
a 4-1 margin, on Sept. 8.
Just four days later, a motion
was filed in a suit already un
der way im Federal Court to
bring the plan into the suit for
a test of its legality. The vote
on the plan was not certified un
til Tuesday, Sept. 11, four days
after the challenge of its le
gality.
Last Week, the Governor was
quoted as being surprised after
‘ heafhrg news that an attempt
has been made to bring the
plan under legal attack In Fede-
■•al Court.
Gov. Hodges said that he had
not anticipated such a swift
challenge of the plan in the
court. Earlieri_^lie evinced i
skeptical attitude about the ac
tion. He was quoted as saying
that the plaintiffs in the federal
court action attacking the plan
appear to have been “reaching
for straws.”
Ironically, that comment is al
most the same one which Negro
leaders m the state made upon
learning details of the Pearsall
Plan. The plan appeared to them
to be a last ditch action which
its framers knew would no‘
stand a court test, but a plan
which was solely designed as f
“delaying tactic.”
On th^ basis of this"attitude,
informed Negrijies in the state
were surprised that the Gover
nor and the framers of the plan
were not prepared for or had
not anticipated a quick court
test of the plan’s legality.
The ^challenge to the plan was
contained in a motion filed in
Middle District Federal court at
Greensix)ro Thursday by attor
neys in the Montgomery County
school case.
The motion, filed by Atty. J.
Kenneth Lee, is a request tha
plaintiffs in the Monlgomevj
County school case be allowed
to file an amended compUiint,
superceding the original anli-
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Draft Head
Gives Alabama
Atty. Reprieve
MONTGOMXRY, Ala.
Stiective Service Director
Gen. IjQuis B. Beratac^ grantad
an Indefinite poatponeinent laaia
the draft to attorney Fred Gray
last waek.
Gen. Herahey’s action result
ed in the ixnmediate resignation
of three members of me juiuiiu-
gomery draft board, who pro
tested Hershey’s “continued in-
mveotuui'* case.
A fourth member indicated
that he would eventually re
sign over the matter, but stated
that he would stay on lor a
while to “see how much iurther
Uus thing will go.”
Gray, 25>year-old Imwjtt-
pntfbiet who has bWB on* Q
the leaders in the bus boycott
here, had been granted immu
nity from the draft because af
his ministerial stitus up until a
few weeks alter the boycott
paralyzed bus tranqportatian
bm*.
In addition to being one of
tlM leaders in the boycott move-
mcnt. Gray filed an action in
Federal Court a lew weeks alter
the boycott was initiated seek
ing to have invalidated Alabama
bus segregation lavs.
Shortly therealter, he was re
classified 1-A by the draft
board which decided that he
was devoting leas than one half
his to duties.
Gray waa scheduled to be in
ducted late last week, alter a
directive from Herahey two
weeks ago asked tte board to
te-vat the caae and reconaidsr
flkay’s contention that h* was a
lull-time miniaiar.
Hm board rafnaad dlractar
Hmhty'a nqumt, however, and
scheduled the tndurtion for last
week. Then, Herthey ordered
Ikat bis Inductioa hm poatpdaad
tedefiatt^.
Legislator Offers Proposal
Would Close Down NCC Law School
Another proposal was made
this week to close the law school
now operated/at North Carolina
College.
This time it came from an in
dividual who has opposed the
operation of the law school at
the college, by his own admis
sion, for the past several years.
Leroy Martin, Raleigh bank
official and member of the Ad
visory Budget Commission, sug-
gasted in Raleigh Tuesday that
the school be discontinued. His
suggestion came as the State
Board of Higher Education con
tinued to outline its requests for
the 1957-59 biennium.
Martin reveal^ that he has
been a consistent opponent to
operation of the law school at
North Carolina College, even
before Negro law- students were
accepted at the University of
North Carolina.
He said that he made the same
suggestion two years ago and
eight years ago.
It was only in 1950 that the
law school at the university of
North Carolina accepted its first
Negro student, as the result of
a court order.
Dr. Alfonso Elder, N.C.C.
president, pointed out that there
are currently 19 students enroll
ed in the school. Only three or
four graduate each year, he re
vealed.
Operation of the school costs
about 946,000 per year.
Martin has not been alone in
his opposition to the operation
of the law school at NCC. Dur
ing hearings on the Pearsall
Plan this summer, a meipber of
the legislature Introduced a bill
to close the school.
Opposition to the school per
haps reached its height shortly
after the law Mihool at UNC ac
cepted its first Negro students.
However, it died down after ar
guments tended to show that the
maintenance of the law school
at NCC helped to keep down the
number of Negroes applying for
admission to the UNC law
school.
Funeral Held For Whiteville Man
Who Succumbs In Durham Hospital
Simon George of Whiteville
North Carolina, died Wednes
day, Sept. 12th at Duke Hospital
where he had been a x>atlent
since last Monday. He had been
in ill health for sometime and
only confined for two weeks.
Surviving are ei^t children,
Ulyisea M., R. S. and R. C.
George of Home Modernisation
and Supply Company. Rodney
and Emmette George. Mrs. Ra
mona Clark and Mrs. Marie
Beauford of New York, and Mrs
Mildred Brown and Mrs. Mattie
Spaulding of WhiteviUe.
Funeral services were held at
Mt. Otlve Baptist Church.
Whiteville, Saturday "at oim pjn.
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