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Oppose Activities Coiimiittee ★ *★★*★★★ * * * * * Durham Ready For Three Annual Meets Members of ibc Omega. P«i Phi Fraternltjr are shown u they plan an extensive program (or the Second District embraclnf Maryland, Delaware, New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, and New York. Man^ national flgares were on hand to aid tnem In' what Is proposed to be a com plete round-up of Omega men in tiie area. STANDING left risht; Brothers Jeff Greenup, Charles C. Buford, I. 6r«K(>ry Newton,'Seal. First Vice-Grand Basileus. Her bert E. Tucker. Jr.. Grand Basi leus, J. Williams, H. Carl Moul trie. National Executive Secre tary, and Walter H. Riddick, Grand Keeper of Records and Followiitfl SeHtbr iostfand "Defend Us Or Stoy Out Of South” Un-American Artivities Committee Told One hundred and fifty Negro' leaders from all of the Southern and border states, and the Dis trict of Columbia, have signed an open-letter to the United States tfousff Ot Itepresentatives conceriSmf^ ihe hlMinga ah- novuiqsd by the JHtouw Un- Amerjcso Activities Committee for Atlanta July 29th., Congressmen 'were urged to use their influence “to see that the House Committee stays out of the South—unless it can be persuaded to help defend us against those gubvefgives wh» opposeVrfur Supreme Court, our Federal policy of civil rights for all, and our American ideals of equality and brotherhood.” “We are acutely aware”, said the open-letter, “of a shocking amount of un-American Activity In our Southern states. To cite only a few examples, there are the bombing of the homes, schools, and itouses of worship of not only Negron, but also of our Jewish citizen*: the terror against Negroes in Dawson, Ga.; the continue! refusal of bbarda of registrars in many Southern communities to allow Negroes to register and vote; and the activities of White Citizens Councils encouraging open de fiance of the United States Su preme Court. “There is nothing in the re cord of the House- Committee,” the letter continued, to indicate that it will investigate these things. On the Contrary, all o£ its activities suggest that it is much pior« Interested in harras- sing and labeling as 'subversive* any citizen who is Inclined to be liberal or an independent thinker. “For this ireuom, we are (continued on page 8) ||''TheTruth UnbrSeo?^ VOLUME 34—NUMBER 31 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1958 PRICE: TEN CENTS JUDGE LEMLEY’S RULING AHACKED BY NAACP U. S. Court Told Dr. L. 3. Harrison, C.P.A., who will deliver the opening address to the National Negro Business League Convention, meeting in Durham next week. The address will be delivered Monday morning at 9:30 In the Commerce Building at N. C. College. Body Of Man Found In 181(0 After Swini R0CKINGHAM The body of a 30 year old man' who went swimmiog in a lake with his wife here Monday wasi pulled from the waters several hours after he had disappeareS^ beneath the waves. Nulee Smith was pulled from. Dockery’s Lake about 9:30 Mon day night by the Laurinbur^. Rescue Squad after three hours pf searching. According to witnesses, Smith and his wife were members of a swimming party which went tO' the lake earlier in the afternoon. After Smith had gone to. another part of the lake, other swimmers (continued on page 8) Of Error In School Case ST. LOUIS, MO. The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals was informed today that District Judge Harry J. Lemley erred in granting the Little Rock School Board permission to post pone desegregation for two and one-half years. The court was advised tliat Judge Lemley did not have suf ficient evidence and had no power to suspend, postpone or rescind the 1956 dec^K approv ing the plan of integr^^ tioh whlcfi'wis lat^r affimjied by the' Ei^th‘Circuits Theie contentions wer^ pre sented in a brieft filed hece to day with the Eighth CircUjK of Appeals by Thurgood Marshall and Wiley A. Branton ^n support of the appeal to have Judge Lemley’s order of June 20 set aside. THe”aIlbrn^s for the Negfo students who attended the Little Rock Central High School made three basic points: One is that community opposition to inte gration, even if expressed through overt acts of trespass and intimidation, “does not con stitute a legally sufficient ground for suspending BISHOP SAYS CHURCH MUST BEAR WITNESS FOR FREEDOM Marian Anderson, noted singer who was appointed this week asi a delegate to the United Nations announcement of Miss Ander son’s appointment was made on Wednesday, July 23. ther study, of not belonging to professional organizations, of refusing to speak at panel dis- the cussions at districts meetings operation of a pldn for gradual and refusing to use toy orchestra racial integration of public instruments to furthey the music schools heretofore approved by program. She was also accused (continued on page 8) Teacher Asks $24,325 In Suit Against School Head GREENSBORO A suit to recover damages to the amount of $24,325 was brought in Guilford County Su-' perior court Tuesday by a High Point school teacher against her former principal. Mrs. Edna V. Johnson, the teacher, charged in her action that Miss Mytolene Graye, prin cipal, hiterfered with her “con- tractural status” and her right to renew her teaching contract. Miss Johnson said she taught at the F*airview Street Sciiool in High Point of which Miss Graye is principal, for 12 years. She blames Miss Graye for causing her to be discharged in 1956 by bringing malicious charges against her. Schools of High Point were so designed as to make it impossi ble for Mrs. Johnson from ever obtaining another teaching job in any of the schools of the High Point District or the State of North Carolina, she stated. Mrs. Johnson charges further that Miss Graye accused her of The charges which are report-1 being insubordinate and un- ed to have been made to the cooperative, not malntainin{( superintendent of the Cityl professional proflepcy by fur- of sleeping in her classes and of I skipping school, said Mrs. John son. Mrs. Johnson claims that all of the charges are false and were made for the purpose of, stifling her employment opportunities as a school teacher. As a result she is asking $19,125 actual damage and $5,000 punitive damage. She also charges that as a re sult of Miss ‘Graye’s malicious conduct she has lost her job and has been unable to obtain em ployment in High Point and in addition lost $2,000 in benefitsi accrued'over a period of 17 years as a state employee. COHnHBUS, OHIO “The church today must beat* our Christian witness for free-, dom. It is tiot enough for us to subscribe to the story of free dom, taught by Jesus, preached by Paul and proclaimed by the early church tathers. It is not enough for the church to endorsei a credo of freedom. The demand of society, the expectancy of God, the purpose of the church call for the minute fulfillment of, the implications of freedom in practice, in bifetherhood, in tbet spread of lEree andjft a free wfTtid' of delmqattic idei^ta” thus said Bishop S'. G'. wood, in the opening message to the General Christian Education Coiiventlon and National Youth Codncil, A:M.S. Zion Church, which opened here Sunday, at the All Ohio Youth Center, with more thai) tOOO youths in atten dance. BUiiop Spottswood rang out a clarion called for, freedom to men the worjd over. “We must preach freedom until the doc trine penetrates all men 6very- (continued on page 8) Bt. Bev. Darid Henry Sims, tormer president of Allen Val and BI$|mv of )M>e AME Cfcurch will the gueai speaker at St. Josepl|*8 AME Churdh, Sunday moraing July 27 at 10:45. At 3:00 P.M., Bish«p Sima will speak at St. Paal AME Church in Chapel Bill. He will be accompanied to St. Paul by the Gospel Choir of St. Joseph’s, according to an announcement made by the Bev. Melvin Ches- ter Swann, pa^r. Be^ ^WUHr' said the Senior Choir of St. Joseph’s will present a Summer Recital at 7:00 P.M. Sunday, ilie public is cordially Invited. Local Citizens Roll Out Mat For Visitors Hie wdeome nat far th« many offlcisls, delcfrtes and visitors to Um annual Maalon of the Natkmal BuatacM LMgue, the National Housewives League and the Natiwial Bmtkm Asao* elation will be rolled out by Durham citlzena here next week. Already signs of mucli activity are in evidence aa*-thos« in the forefront of proriding en tertainment for the three con ventions that will be noeetinc here at the same time, are wind ing up the final preparations. Luncheons, tours of Durham’^ most interesting places, exhibik tours, convration banquets, social hour, institutes and work- shops are some of the important events tiiat have been prepared by both the local cmnmittee aad committees ot the three organi zations. In addition to the annual ses sions the Mechanics and Far mers Bank, third largest in tha nation owned and operated by Negroes, will be celebrating its 50th or Colder aniiiversary. ▲. special prograi . for the event has been set fa ^Fridar r inf with Jesse Turner, casluar I thci Tri-State Bank of Mompiiis. Tenn^oee, presiding. An'award will be presented the bank by N. B. White, chatmlaa of t^4o-> cal steering conunitt^ie an.je^ier- taimnent. >V Principal mwiHng the three eB(iv«nMii|fiy||rm be N. C. College, .Whit* Rock Bap tist Churib and the Biltmora Hotel. All sessioila at the work shops, pai^ and. taH|riBess meet ings will be held at the Com merce Building at H. C. College. Older citizens here say that so far as they know It is the first time in the histdry at Durham that three iiali«ul coaventioaji have met here at the same tkne. They feel, however, that since Durham is noted AatioDaDy a^ m (continued on ^age S) Central Jurisdiction Of Metlioclist Cliurch Has 16 Musicians In IVIeet BOSTON, MASS. Sixteen musicians f r o n> churches of the ■ Central (all- Negro) i^risc^ction of The Methodist Church attended the biennial conference of the Na tional Fellowship of Methodist Musicians at Boston. University, July 13-18. Mrs. Juanita Simpson, minis ter of music at KeUy Methodist Church, Cfilcago, was elected a member of the council (execu tive committee) representing the jurisdiction. She succeeds the Rev. Daniel L. Ridout, adminis trative secretary of the Balti more Area, whose two-year term expired. Both are charter mem bers of the organization and cer tified ministers of music in The Methodist Church. Among the leadership of the conference were the ■ following Central Jurisdiction.leaders: The Rev. Mr. Ridout, council mem- Rev. George E. Itte, Mrs. Flo- rice Green, and Mias Patricia Pates of C^ago; Morris Queen, Mrs. Mamie Millet, Mrs. Frances J. Ridout, and Mte Rith Ann t>er, whose Great Hymns Choir Miller of Baltim)re; Mafk Fax of Baltimore sang at the opening of Washington; Mtk Anna Har- of the conference Sunday night; din of Nashville; Mrs. Helen Mrs. Simpson, who was a mem- Cole of High Point, N. C.; Mrs. ber of the panel discussing the Helen Davis of minefield. W. musical problems of churches up Va.; Dennte McNutt ot Phila- to 500 memt>ers, and the Rev. delphia, NoA Ryder of Pulius S. Carroll, associate pas- CincimiatL tor of Sharp Street Church, Alao in attendaJKe were Van Baltimore, who accompanied the ^ Great Hymns Choir and who, York (Northeastern Juris- was a member of the panel of ^ ^ ^ chairmen of annual conference ^ committees on music. chureh, Pr.videi»«, R.I., and Others in attendance from the Prof. Frederick Hall of South»n Central Jurisdiction were: The (contiaiwd on page 8) Some Of Durham Notables Who Will Play Prominent Part In Annual Sessions Next Wedc . - J. H. WHBELEB L. B. FRASIER WHITfc J. J. HENDEBSON W. J. KENNEDY T. B. SPEIGHT ~1! J. S. STEWABT ^ % tPAI
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