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Officials of Division Six of the North Carolina American I Division’s Parade Committee; Zack IV. Alexander, outgoing
Legion are shown conferring after deciding to withdrawn Vice-Commander of the Division; Attorney M. Hugh Thomp-
from the State Convention parade in Durham Saturday. Left son, Past Vice-Commander; and Vi. H. Cole, Post 175 Com-
to right are: I. R. Holmes, adjustant for the Durham Post 175; I mander.
H. W. Gillis, Post 175 Finance Officer and Chairman of the |
Negroes Boycott
Convention Parade
Uteracy Test Held
Violation Of Rights
RALEIGH
The basis of North Carolina's
literacy requirement to voting
was stricken down here last
weelc in an opinion handed
down by a three-judge federal
court. 1
The court declared that, the
section of the State Constitu
tion which contains the re
quirement of the ability to read
and write and .the provision
generaly known as the “grand
father clause” -was in violation
of the .U. S. Constiiutilin.
The case reached the federal
court on behalf of Mrs. Louise
Lassiter, one of a group of Ne
groes who were denied regis
tration in Northampton County
in the spring of 1956 because
they failed to pass the literacy
tost to the satisfaction of the
registrar.
The action attaclicd the State
laws which implemented the
.section of the (;pnstitution re
quiring literacy tests.
“There can be no question
but that article 8, section 4 of
the State Constitution was,
when enacted, void as violative
of the provisions of the 14th
and 15th amendments to the
Constitution of the United
States,” said the court in the
opinion.
Since the institution of the
action by attorneys for Mrs.
Lassiter, the General Assembly
enacted a subsequent law seek
ing to ameliorate the first law
which was based on article 4
of the Statu constitution. This
legislation, passed in April,
kept' the literacy test require
ment but provided for an ap
peal from t"Ke judgment of the
registrar to the election board,
and state courts.
The federal courts last week
held that the state courts must
first determine wiiether the
new legislation is or is not in
conflict with the N. C. Consti
tution as a result of the invali
dation by the court of article
six.
The court stayed action in
the case but maintained juris-
dtcCdfi
Division Six of the North
Carolina American Legion—
the Negro component—boy
cotted the organization’s state
convention parade in Dtirham
Saturday because of objec
tions to the position of the
Division In the parade.
According to parade plans,
the division was scheduled to
be placed at the end of the
parade, followed by a steam
Principal Quits
RALEIGH
William Jlmmenon Hollo
way, Principal of J. W. Ligon
Jnnior-Senlor High School of
this city, rcstgnad to meeept a
part time appotaitment at. the
UnlT«ntty of Ilmois and con-
tinae work leading to the doc
torate degree In School Ad
ministration. Prior to coming
to Llgoa he was Dean of Stn-
denta at Savawiah State Col
lege In Savanaah, Georgia for
d^t years.
calliope.
In a letter notifying the
Legion of its plans to with
draw from the parade, the
division termed the parade ar
rangements "not satisfactory.”
The puade was held as sched
uled Saturday morning, minus
division Six, and there was no
comment forthcoming from the
state convention or the parade
conunlttee bn the division’s ac
tion.
“We didn’t intend bringing
up the rear,” said Zack W.
Alexander, outgoing comman
der of the division, comment
ing on his group’s decision not
to participate.
Action of the division with
drawing from the parade con
stituted the first time that the
Negro division has not taken a
part in the state convention
parade.
Alexander told the TIMES
ttwt the letter notifying the
Legion of the division’s inten
tion of staying out of the par
ade that they fully expected to
JM plac*^ V fWfr iMrtM UII-
'iii' -1' r« •
it in the parade since they
represented the sixth division.
“We expected to be number
six as the sixth division, but
we didn’t expect to be placed
behind various units not a part
of the legion,” he said.
It was also brought out that
agreements had been reached
early last Spring between
representatives of Post 178 and
the local white post on the
state convention parade ar
rangements which was satis
factory to laoth parties.
W. H. Coles, commander of
post 175 "and H. W. Gillis, co
ordinator from division six for
the parade, said that they had
been worked out satisfactory
parade arrangements with
Jake Nurkin, member of the
convention' parade committee
from the white post, last
March. When the parade sched
ule was released, however,
Gillis said that it was altoge
ther different from the ar
rangement agreed upon then.
Alexander’s letter informing
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VOLUME 33 —■ NUMBER 25 , PURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 22,1957
PRICE; TEN CENTS
diction until the question of the
application of the new state
laws governing registration can
be determine by state cburta.
“Before we take any action
with respect to the Act o
March 27, 1957 (the new legis
lative providing for appeal
from registrars’ decisions) we
think it should be interpreted
by the Supreme • Court of
North Carolina in Ught of the
provisions of the State Court.
. . . We think also that adminis
trative remedies should be ex
hausted before action by feder
al court is Invoked. We shall
accordingly enter an order
staying action herein b^ retain
ing jurisdiction for a reasona
ble time to enable plaintiffs to '
take action in courts of North
Carolina to obtain an interpre
tation of the statute and to ex
haust administrative remedies
therein,” the court asserted.
As matters now stand, ,^Mra.
Lassiter will have to re-apply
for registration in Northamp
ton. If she is denied, she must
following the state remedies,
appeal to the elections boardv
and the state courts before the
case would retiirn to the feder-
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On Segregation
Action Of Coundl
Awaited In Durham
The Durham City Council has
apparently gotten itself into a
pqsition where it must take
some notice of the discrepancy
between national law on seg
regation and city policies.
A steady pressure of petitions
to end segregation in city-own-
ed facilities has mounted this
Spring, forcing the city to seek
an opinion from its attorney on
the legality of continued segre
gation.
Monday night. City Attorney
Claude V. Jones told the Coun
cil that it could no longer le
gally operate recreational facil
ities on a segregated basis.
The Council seemingly took
little notice of the attorney’s
opinions in its Monday night ac
tions. It did grant permission
for a Negro tennis tournament
to be played at the heretofore
used by whites only. But it
made no reference to Jones'
opinion in granting use of the
courts.
In sj^dHaon, the Council failed
iiitoue » at .polioj*
on segregaflon as had been prm
vlously requested by Recrea
tion Director C. R. Wood. Wood’s
request had prompted the
Coucil to seek an opinion from
Attorney Jones.
Wood’s request was made
after a number of petitions by
Negroes seeking to use city op-
gated basis. Early this spring
a group of Negroes asked for
unscgregated seating at Dur
ham Athletic Park. Since that
time, requests havee been made
for use of the library and one
of the recreation parks used by
whites only.
Failure of the Council to re
affirm or reject its establi:jhed
segregation policies iiave left
Durhamites confused as to just
what the situation is In regard
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Principals in the ninth Durham Business School Com-1 the school; L. E. Austin, publisher of the CAROLINA
mencement exercises are shown in the above picture. Left TIMES; Rev, C. E. McLester, pastor of Morehead Avenue
to right are W. A. Clement, associate agency director, North Baptist Church; and the Rt. Riev. Fred'Hunter, Rector of St.
Mutual Life Insurance Company; the Rt. Rjev. Titus Episcopal Church of Durham. For details, see story,
George Fisher of Bhleigh; Mrs. Lucinda Harris, director of I page eight, ^is issue.
Kinston Man
Named To Head
State Dentists
WmSTON-SALEM
Several new officers were
elected and installed at the
closing session of the Old
North State Dental Society’s
3Sth annual conyentlon, held
in Winston-Salem, June 11th
and 12th.
NCW OFFICERS
I>r. J. F. Cameron of Kinston,
president; Dr. L. H. Caples of
Lexington, president-elect; Dr.
M. L. Watts, Raleigh, secretary-
treasurer; Dr. J. H. Horton,
Edenton, assistant secretary;
Dr. D. K. Hall, Asheyllle, pub
licity and Dr. W. F. Meroney,
this city, chairman of the pro
gram committee.
Three more dentists was nam
ed to the executive commit
tee: Dr. J. J. Wilson of High
Point, one-year; Dr. G. K. But
terfield o WilMn and Dr. W.
L. T. ICOler of Greensboro,
two-year terms each.
Three recommendations,
made by the retiring president.
Dr. C. It. Shoffner of Weldon,
were approved by the society.
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Doctors Censure Two For
Accepting '2d doss’ Status
GREENSBORO
The Old North State Medi
cal Society,last week, took a
firm stand against the offer o£
“scientific” membership made
to its members by the pre
viously, all-white North Caro
lina Medical Society.
The group adopted, in full,
a report by Dr. Murray B.
Davis, High Point, chairman
of the Liaison Committee,
which condemned the offer
ed restricted membership as “sec
ond class” and not in keeping
with the ideals of his colleagues.
The action was taken at the
opening session of the ergant-
satlon’a 7Mh annoal conven-
t^n held at A. ft T. College on
Thursday night, Jnne 11.
In the session, follow
ing an open discussion, two of
its members were censured by
the group. Dr. J. M. Walker. Jr.,
and Dr. Joseph G. Gordon, were
censured for having applied and
accepted the scientific member
ships to both, the Forsyth Coun
ty Medical Society and the North
Carolina Medical Society.
It was the first time that the
organisation had taken such
action against Its own members
in Its long history.
The question of censure was
raised by Dr. W. T. Armstrong
of Rocky Moimt, secretary-treas-
urer of the association. -
“All members Shonld abide
by the recommendation of the
executive committee,” he told
the group; Earlier this year,
the committee had requested
by letter that all members of
the 0|d North State Medical
Society refnse any Invitation
to bcMme members of the
Medical Society of North
Carolina . . “the so-called
Scientific Membership Is pare-
ly a seeon^lsss type of mem-
benhlp and acceptance of same
to a mark of a seeend class
physidan,” members had been
Mi.
“It should be made public that
tiiey did not follow our recom
mendation,” Dr. Armstrong said.
Dr. Hsbert Baton of WUmlag-
ton Introdneed a resehittea
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Expect Over
At State Four-H
Celebration ,
GREENSBORO
Nearly 600 farm youths,
members of 4-H Clubs from
throughout North Carolina are
expected here for the annual
4-H Club Celebration to be held
at A. * T. ColUge, Jnne 24.29.
It la the 27th annual meet and
according to W. C. Cooper,
4-H Club specialist with the
A. ft T. College Eztenshm
Service, the total number
might exceed all prevteus ree-
The oelebratteM la te be con
ducted along the theose, “Im
proving Vkmlly and Commun
ity Living.*’
acted
Two Durhamites re-euct«d this In
the Bull City a r^nlon whi^ WM
' faliiittf trtWWdl. Above aie Dr. AHfe
C. Felder and Asa T. Spaulding, the two
renewed the India meeting. Dr. Felder has
been in India since April, 1956 where he is
serving as consultant to the Joint Fund for
India. Spaulding, spent a month in the
a Shlw idofate
iWBlCU world conference. Tho two
mef in New OeUri Dr.- Felder's base of wp»
orations for Dr. Felder and scene of the
UNESCO conference. Dr. Felder came
home to visit his parents this week and visit-
;d Spaulding at his office at the North Caro*
lina Mutual, where this pietur« was taken.
Ministers'Set Massive
Registration Campaign
Convention To
Face Attacks
Upon NAACP
DETROIT, MICH.
For the first time since
1943, the National Association
for the Advancement of Color
ed People returns to this city
for its annual convention
which opens on June 25 and
continues through June 30.
When the Association last
met in Detroit the nation was
in the midst of a global war.
Previously, in 1937, the NAACP
held its cdnvention in the Motor
City during the heyday of the
New Deal. The problems con
fronting the organization at the
earlier conventions were differ
ent from those which the dele
gates must ponder this year.
Never before has the Asaocia-
tion faced the kind of official
state action sgsinst It has de
veloped In the South last year.
Laws have been passed by
southern lefislatures designed
to cripple the NAACP. In
junctions banning or limiting
the Association’s activities
have been Issued by state
courta la Olabama, Louisiana
and Texaa. Fines have been
Imposed In Alabama and
Georgia.
TO STUDY DIXIE A’RACKS
Ways and means of resolving
I the problems created by this at
tack will be foremost Jn the
I minds of the speakers who ad-
I dress this 48th annual conven-
I tlon, the officers of the Assocla-
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RALEIGH
Tho very first act of the
board of directors of the newly
organized North Carolina Min
isters’ Committee For Full Cit
izenship when the* directors met
here Thursday in their injtial
meeting, was to draft plans to
register 100,000 citizens in
North Carolina by close of reg
istrations in May 1958.
Instructions to do this were
left for the directors last April
when about seventy-five minis
ters of diffpront donoininutions
and sections of the state met
here and organized the NCMC-
FFC
The basis for this plnn is that
in 1958 there will be over 48.'5-
000 Negroes in North Carolina
eligible for voting, probably
three-fourths of whom have
never registered, and tha^ Ne
groes mu.st now "vote-up" or
"shut-up."
This "North Carolina Plan”
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Durtiamite Sees
Cliallenge In
Indian Problems
By CLATHAN ROSS
“The human problems of
the far east, and particularly
of India, are quite challeng
ing. There is so much to be
done. There is always more
than one can do, but ittll there
is always the desire to try to
do the more than possible.”
'Thus did Dr. Allie C. Feld
er, young social scientist just
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Indonesian parliament member Sutomo
and his wife, who are touring thb country
at the Invitation of the United States State
Department, were guests of the North Caro
lina Mutual Life Insurance Company at the
firm’s home offlee Monday. Shown in this
picture, left to right, are Mrs. SulUtina
Sutomo, J. S. Stewart, City Council mem
ber; Sutomo, and W. J. Kennedy, Jr., presi
dent of the Mutual.
The Indonesian couple are natives of
Djakarta, Java and will be In this country
for three months stndying operations in
government, economy, social relations, com
munity developments and pnbUc opinion.