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COMPANY :^-i. ’i:r.:^:7rTXsj^: u ★ ★★★ ★★★★ it ir if ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Hodges, Tarheel Officials Disapprove Of Little Rock Rule Ervin DisHke Lemley Reversal Two of North CaroUna’s top officials expressed disapproval this week at the reversal of a ruling delaying school Integra tion in Little Rock for 2 and one- half years. On Monday, the Eighth Cir cuit Court of appeals, by a 6-1 ^ majority, overturned the ruling of District ^ Court Judge Harry Lemley which had called off in tegration of Central high school until 1961. Governor Hodges and Senator Sam Ervin both made It clear In, comments this week that they disapproved of the Circuit Court’s action. Senator Ervin nid Monday ^ from his Washington office the action by the Circuit Court proved it is a judicial “snare and a delusion” to believe the lower courts could decide on integra tion matters. Apparently taking the same tack as did the State’! senior senator, Governor Hodges fol- ^lowed with his comment Tues day. “I am disappointed that the court of appeals In the Little Rock case did not uphold the federal district court which is closest to the people.” The Governor had led a peace- makii^ delegation of southern g^ernors'lit Jhe height of the Ulttle Rock crisis last year. At the height of the Little Rock crisis last year, the Gover nor led a delegation of southern senators which sought to make peace between Gov. Faubus and! President Eisenhower. However, (Please turn to {M|ge Sight) VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 35 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1W8 PRICE: TEN CENTS Rogers Injured In Germany Probe Beating Of Eiftertainer Abroad NEW YORK , bert L. Carter, NAACP general Roy Wilkins, executive .secre- counsel, requested a full report tary of the National Association and gave the entertainer assur- fbr the Advancement of Colored ance that the NAACP “will do People, has called upon Secre- everything possible to aid you.” tary of the Army Wilber M. Meanwhile, Clarence Mitchell, Brucker to make an “immediate director of the Association's and thorough investigation” of Washington Bureau, has been thp charge that Timmie Rogers, asked to work on the case in popular entertainer, was severe- Washinigton. ly beaten by an Army officer in. According to information re- Germany. ceived here, Rogers was brutally In a telegram to Secretary Brucker, dispatched on August 14, Wilkins said that the NAACP i is “gravely concerned” about the' charge as reported to the Associ-, WASHINGTON, D. C. ation. The NAACP leader called The nominating committee,^! upon Brucker to take “appropri- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, in ate action against Major Leon- a report released last week ard V. Bailey should the charge unanimously endorsed ,Dr. be sustained.” Jeanne L. Noble, Delta’s nd "'1 Upon receipt of Rogers’ com-' first vice president whj9 is ■w . plaint from Wiesbaden, Ger- assistant dean of students a^ " attacked by Major Leonard V. Bailey, in charge of the Officers’ Club at the Baumholder »iA>- area, Baumholder, Germany. The attack occurred on the night of August 2 allegedly beaeause Rogers and his troupe arrived late for a show schec^led ft>r the Officers’ Club at thf Armlr In stallation. The entertainer was hospital ized with three broken riba. 1 NOHINAIED FOR DELTA PRfXY^ national college women’s sorori ty which is holding its na tional convention at the Statler- Hilton Hotel in Washington, D. C. August 17-23. Wi^ile nomination is noi^anta- ( to election, with dfc^gates ..! convention floor having many, where he is under treat- College of New York, as v-* - -/i the r^Al say. Dr. Noble is a fa- ment In the USAF hospital, Ro- dent of the 20,000-member inter-1 vorite leader for the presidtntial Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Cox, wife of the Rev. W. F. Cox, were held in Durham Thursday at the Oak Grove Free Will Baptist Church, an institu tion which Mrs. Cox helped her husband establish some 25 years ago. See details, column 8, this base- Winner Reception Of Group In Nassau Rev. King's Book Draws Praise NEW YORK Public officials, newspaper editors and churchmen have unanimously praised' Martii^ Luther King’s “Stridi^ Tows^ Fraedom: The Mjrs. Willie F. Smith, winner of a trip to -the- National Beauticians ^kMwentioiv at Miami in a TIMES - sponsored contest, de scribed this week the recejition given a -delegation from the convention during a trip to Nassau, Dinner at the governor’s palace, a sight seeing trip and a banquet with island officials were three of the events the Greensboro beautician reported in the reception the visiting delegates got on the British-held island. Mrs. Smith gnd Mrs. Callie Daye of Dur- SELECTION OF TEN MEN SAID TO BE FINISHED VERY SOON Within the next few days, Durham’s first Negro fire com- pany may be selected. Fire Chief C. L. Cox told the ■^IMES Wednesday that screen ing of applicants for the posi tions with the company is almost finished. “It won’t be long now before we’re through. We’ve narrowed the applicants down to what we believe will be those to be called up for physical examinations,” Cox revealed. 'The Chief pointed out thUt be fore the men are Iccepted, they must undergo a phyflcal exami- nation similar to the one used for policemen. Approximately 70 applica tions were being considered for the 10 jobs .Chief Cox said. The screening is being done by him self, assistant chief C. H. Law son and City Manager R. W. Flack. They are being advised by City Councilman J. S. Stewart and L. B. Frasier. Chief Cox revealed that the men would have to undergo several weeks of training in all phases ’ of fire fighting equip ment possessed by the Durham stations. He said that In all likli- hood this would be accomplished in daytime duty at the firemen’s training tower near the city ga rage. After the training period is over, Cox said the men would be assigned to fire fighting duty at the newly constructed Haytl fire station, located at Pekoe dnd F’ayetteville streets. Once the company is estab lished at the Haytl fire station, Cox said it would maintain a 72 hour worlf week with each man assigned /to duty for 24 hours each we^. Durhaji firemen begin at Tas for 1239 pei^ month for the first nterra-| year, and the rate Is increased promo-> each yew for three years, Cox Phelps-5101(0$ Death Mourned NEW YORK The passing (if ^hson Phelps Stokes, former pirwid^t of the Phelps-Stokes Fund, evoked •message of condolwtce from Dr. Channing H. Toblls, NAACP Board chairman, and Executive Secretary Roy WU^dns. j De. Phelps Stokw ^^Mny yem « l«i4ec IWjfc artWULi and tn i ^fr^nAttatlonlil: (^portunltlee: said. Second year firemen earn for liicrM and nunnbert ol $260 ham were winners of first place in a popular ity contest sponsored hy the TIMES last spring. First prize was a trip to the beau ticians convention in Miami. *They were accompanied to Miami and on the trip to Nassau by Mrs. Onie Rogers, also of Durham. Mrs. Smith’s description of the Nassau trip is as follows; “We were given a warm welcome by city officials who met the boat. We were placed in the leading hotels, something that could not have been done five years ago. "We (Mrs. Daye, Mrs. Rogers: and myself) stayed at Towne House, one half block from the Government house. “We were conducted on sight seeing tours, enjoying such sights as the monastery, the Water Tower, the Marine Gar dens, Paradise Beach, Queen Staircase, Adastra Gardens with its 50 trained Flamingoes, Fort! Fincast^e and lovely old church es on tile island. “A group of 25 of us were re ceived by His Excellency, thel Governor, at Government house. We were served a delicious lunch and afterwards toured the beautiful garden. His Excellency was most gracious, chatting in formally with different ones and posing for pictures with the group. “A banquet was given by the Moderne Beauty Alumni Asso ciation of Nassau at the British .Colonial Hotel (largest on the island). A seven course dinner was served featuring MRS. SMITH Story” to be published Sept» IT by Harper & Brothers. Roger Baldwin, founder of the Civil Liberties Union, said: “No event in the long struggle for ra cial equality in the United States was so novel and triumphant as that of the Negro comrpunity of Montgoimery, Alabama, against segregation 6h T>ublic busgs. Ralph McGill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, wrote: “Dr. King has produced a valu able boipk which is necessary reading-Jor those who would un derstand how comple^ the deep South problem is. There will be many future Supreme Court de cisions but too few of them will have a Dr. King to provide lea dership which stays Within the law and thereby manages to be come effective.” From England the Rt. Rev. James A. Pike cabled his com ment from the Lambeth Confer ence: “This book may well be come a Christian classic. It is (Please turn to page Eight) ★ ★★★★★★★ -A" ★ ★ ★ Greensboro To Get Savings And Loan Co. GREENSBORO Permission to organize a fede ral savings and loan association in Greensboro was last week) granted a group of Negro busi ness and professional leaders. ^n a set of resolutions adopted by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, D. C., the application from the organizing group was approved following hearings conducted on July 9. Major S. High, one of the at torneys for the group, told re porters this week that plans call for a sustained campaign to pro cure subscriptions to savings accounts, required by the bank boai-d and the construction of a new building for the institution. Members of the organizing group include; Julius Rankins, excavation contractor; Clarence Winchester, realtor; Waddell Hinnant, plastering contractor; (Please turn to page Eight) School Suit Issues Established Have plaintiffs exhausted adminutrative remedies pro vided in the Pearsall Plan? Is the state using its powers to prevent or complyiwith federal rulings on school desegrega tion? Was race a factor in the assignment of students to Dur ham schools? These are regarded as the major issues which were established in a pre-trial conference on Durham integration suit held here Wednesday before Middle District Court Judge Edwin Stanley. Joe WUlianM, Owkam yooag- ster, won the luitioMi singles championship at the American Tennis Aasociitt—-ip—aored toamament at WUkeiforee, OUo early this week hj keating Lynchbnrg’s' Horace Coiuing- ham, 6-0, C-Z, 0-3. A—thrr Dnr- hamite, Charles llrewiit was The action is being brought by Mrs. Evelyn McKissick; **** qiarter finals hy on behalf of her daughter, Jocelyn, and Mrs. Richael Rich ardson for her daughter, Elaine. The trial was scheduled for September 26. The action, seeking a federal .ruling ordering ihtegra- tion of Durham schools, is reviewed as constituting a seriotis assault on the state’s recently devised Pearsall Plan, a legis lative enactment designed to handle desegregation in the state. They are represented by Attorneys C. O. Pearson, J. H. Wheeler, M. H. Thompson, Floyd McKissick and W. A. Marsh, Jr> piiring Wedaesday’s coafereiice the Durham Board of EduMtloh waS' represented by Marshall Spears, Jr., and AsaUtant Attmttey Genei^ Ralph Moody'; represented the Sta*.,..-, . - •-» - - ^ ' ,1.. 0'tiv 1 y. !■ " 2 WUIiams, C-S. llhea WUU- ams and Brown were ieCeated in doubles champiearitfp phy hy William Neibeat Hampton, Va., and Cnnninghawi. t~2, S-3, 6-0. Brown is a rising senior at Hillside. William is in Ids second year at Laarinhaa# bati- tqile. Three More Enter Twin City Schools k WINSTON-SALEM Thr% more Negro pupils will attend formerly all white Win ston-Salem schools this fall. This fact became clear fol lowing the action of the Winston Salem school Jsoard Monday night which acted on applica tions for requests for transfer. The board voted' to permit three elementary school pupils to transfer from the all Negro Dig^ elementary school to the new Easton elementary school, only a few blocks from their homes. However, the board turned down requests from five other House Unit Chairman Challenged To Debate Over Atlanta Hearings Mr;. FDR Takes Dim View Of Re-election Of Powell NEW YORK In' her column “My Day”, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt voiced a somewhat subdued opinion on Powell which could no longer be kept reserved. “It was no surprise’*, she wrote “to any of us in New York City that Adam Clayton Powell ■won the Democratic nomination for Congressman in Harlem. Carmine De Sapio, leader of native, Xammany Hall, has promised dishes and fruits. Honorees were j^at the Democratic Party will some of the officials of the city, including the Honorable Gerald C. Cash, M.E.C., M.H.A., J.P., and Maxwell J. Thompson, Magistrate Stipendary. “On Sunday we worshipped at St. John’s Baptist Cathedral. The Rev. T.E.W. Donaldson, D.D., pastor. “We learned that 85 percent of the population are Negroes and many are found in top posi tions. Less than one percent of the police force it white. Segre gation has just about been brok en down and the natives are now unite behind Powell, and 1 Suppose there is nothing else he can say, since the people of Har lem have made their choice clear. “Those of us who are interes ted in seeing the Negro people intelligently represented In high places, and who hope this repre sentation can be of a quality which will help to bring about integration and the recognition pf the high development among Negro leaders, >cannot help but ■be a little saddened by having a standards returned as a candi date for Congress in an area where the people of his own race predominate. “I understand well the case with which a man who is gifted as a speechmaker can carry people with him who do not fol low his record, and I imder- stand also that his opponent was not a strong candidate. But the fact remains that the Negro people of Harlem wiU aot be re presented In Congress by some one who will command respect from his cejleagues.” POWEIL AFTER HULAN JACK NEW YORK Sparked by his overwhelming victory, Adam Clayton Powell has vowed not to rest on his laurels but to forge ahead to greater glory. And immediately after the primaries, he renewed his fight to try and uproot Democratic officials beginning with Borough President Hulan Jack. The fight against Jack has been one of the bitterest of po litically-developing into a feud which divided voters and public opinion until the last minute. Citing Ja^ as an “Uncle Tom” and demanding -his resig nation as a Tammany leader, ough President should devote his full time to being Boro. Pres. We want him to stop changing signs on the lamp posts and start changing personnel in his of fice.” (PoWell^as referring to the many occasions when Mr. Jack participates in charity ac tivities and .names of main, streets are changed for the day.) per month, third year $285i other in St He llyedi^d the top rate, after four M 7/ears; to $320 per month. - Mali. meeting believe cur DEBERRY WRITES ARTICLE Dr. Charles U. DeBerry, Prin cipal, Bladen Central High School, Elisabethtown, is author of ft receAt article “Our Diploma Should Be Made of Sterner Stuff’. artiole appears In the CaroUnn Teachers Retord laj 1M8. r i NEW ORLEANS, La. Aubrey Willianis of Mont gomery, Ala., Pr«'sident of the SCEF has challenged Chairman Walter of the House Committee on Un-American Aictivities Com mittee to a debate. Chairman Francis E. Walter last Friday telegraphed Williams “Your compaint aga inst the re cent hearings of thii committee in Atlanta caused me to conclude that the hearings must have been very good and effective.” Williams telegraphed in reply, “I continue to hold the lowest possible opinion of the results accomplished. I feel the public should know what the facts are. “I therefore suggest that you meet me in open debate, and you present the evidence which causes you to hold that Its ,work in Atlanta was ‘good and effec tive’ and I will present evidence that it was a complete failure so far as its revealing anything new and of value on what commu nists are doing, and that what it did do was what the two hund red Negro leaders charged it would do, namely . cooperate with segregationists, Klu Klux- and white citizens council leaders In trying to discredit and harass white Southerners who are supporting federal law and the mandates o£ the federal courts," Williams suggested that the dctante take place in the Natioi»l PalB auh of Washington, D. C. Negro pupils seeking admittance to the Reynolds high school. The vote to assign the three Negro pupUs to the elementary school and reject requests of five others was 6-1. The dissen ting vote was cast by Alderman William Crawford who objected to the rejection of the applica tions for transfer 2>om the five other ^tegro snipils. Winston-Salem was one of three North Carolina cities to perni& DMited integration of its publib sehodb last year. One Ne gro st&dtet was' admitted to Reynolds-high. She _wil return this faU. Funeral RHes Held For Wfe Of Minister Funeral services ter Mrs. Mar garet Cox, wife of prominent Durham minister the Rev. W. F. Cox, were scheduled to be held Thursday afternoon at Irpjo. The Rev. H. R. Reaves, of Ay- den, general moderator of the Free WlH Baptist Aaaociatioa, was to deliver the eulogy in ser vices at Onk Grow Free Will Baptist Chotch, the invitation Mrs. Cox helped her hiwtiiMi to establish. In declining health for the past 12 months, llrs. Cox died at Lincoln hospit^ Sunday at mlii> night. She had been adnaitted to tile hospital three wseks prior. Earlier during the suBBmer, riie had spent two wedEs in the hos pital. Bom in WUliamAurg, Ta. daughter of the late Reverend'^ and Mrs. Hamptoa. Mis. Cox was reared in Dunn uil wasjnMilcil to thefoift-Coz te May. itlT. The co^^le anvej te DMifteiu in im and «w M«r founded Oak Qroiv* Tttv WiU Bapftitt Cbar^ vhhdi Btv. (PlMM Id p«c« Stgbt}
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