DUKE U. HOLDS MADS M PECiMtCE
StHSO Said
Average Pay
For City Maids
A chcck with Durham employ
ment office officials this week re
vealed that Negro workers perform
ing maid and janitorial services in
the city earn on the average of $15
to $30 per week.
The chcck was mafle following
report by the Duke Chronicle,
Duke University student newspa
per, that Negro maids employed by
that institution earn $19 per week.
Wages for maids and janitors
fall in the lowest catesories for
Durham Negro worker^ ihe cni-
ploymcnt office stated.
Workers in the city’s tobacco in
dustry are the highest paid. They
average $1.5(i per hour and up.
Seasonal workers make approxi
mately $1.01 to $1.08 per hour.
VOLUME 32 — NUMBER 11 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1§59 PRICE: 15 CENTS
Pupil Assignment Plan Attacited
N. C. Compliance
Said Unrealistic
GREENSBORO A$SN. $ET$
OPENING—Officials «f the new
Federal Savings •nd l,Mn Asfo-
elation wteic,
March 2-7, making final Pl«n»
f*r It* formal opening in Greens
boro on Sunday, April 1A. Albert
S. Webb, right confer, formerly
of Clevelend, Ohio, and who will
bf employed as managing offi-
with assoflation «ffi-
Smiift, 1Ha|oi-9. MliH)
and J. Kenneth Lee, at right.
Webblwa* recently supervisor of
Statistics, Issue and Underwrit
ing Division of the Dunbar Com
pany in, Cleveland.
Exclusion of Negro Pupils from Ceremonies
When Legislators Visit Charlotte Critidzed
Cl lARLOlTE —Total exclusion
of Negro students Tfom pafircTpiT
tion in the cxerciscs in connec
lion with the special session of the
North Carolina General Assembly
here has been scored by Kelly M.
Alexaxnder, president of the
North Carolina State Conference
of NAACP branches.
The entire legislature and oth
er state officials, including Gov.
Luther H. Hodges, were flown
from the capital city of Raleigh
for the special session here on
March 4. I
The junket was spon.sored by
the Charlotte Chamber of Com
merce which secured the coopera
IToff of Ifhe Board” of «thwnrti
and other municipal agencies
Some 2,060 white students par
ticipated in the ccremonics.
Alexander promptly protested
to the Board about the failure to
invite Negro students. ‘‘As young
Americans, those students have a
strong desire to participate in
governmental affairs and are en
titled to such opportunities on the
same basis as white students," he
said.
The Board denied discrimina
tion saying that only those stu
dents attending school in the vi-
J
Earn Cash
FOR YOUR CHURCH
SHOP WITH MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN
The Carolina Times
The Carolina Times church
bonus contest enters its sixth week
with already one winner of the
$50 prize.
It was Announced last week that
Oak Grove Freewill Baptist
Church pulled down the prize for
February. The church membership
turned in the largest number of
purchase slips from TIMKS adver
tisers for February.
Another $50 bonus will be
awarded at the end of the March
to a church or church group
which turns in the largest number
of purchase slips from mercliant.
currently advertising in the
TIMES.
Purchase slips must be turned
in each week at the TIMES office
^d must bear the date of the
week in which the meiuhant ad
vertised in the TIMICS.
will be counted.
Each week, the TIMES will car
ry a list of some of the merchants
advertising in the current issue
and groups interested in taking
part in the contest arc urged td
read the list carefully.
Following is a list of some ot
this week’s advertisers:
Mechanics and Fermeri Bank
Kroger Stores
Kenan Oil Co.
Keeler's Super Market
Alexander Motor Co.
Burthey Funeral Home
RIgsbee Tire Sales
A and P Super Markets
Sanitary Laundry
Mutual Savings and Loan Assn
Montgomery and Aldridge
Hunt Linoleum and Tile Co.
New Method Laundry
Hudson Well Co.
Southern Fidelity Int. Co.
Durham Builders Supply
Amey Funeral Home
One Hdur Martinlzing
- WiN^ijde'Stfperf;;^:';;;;? -
N. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co.
Speight's Auto Service
Cut-Rate Super Market
cinity of the ceremonies or who
-ava41»bte transportation wcn^
invited to participate.
O
Chain Invites
Tourney to Come
Back to Durham
The Durham Business and Pro
fessional Chain this week issued a
lefler of ■ invitation to the CIAA
Tournament to return to Durham
next year, it was revealed tnis
week.
The letter, bearing the signature
of Chain president L. H. Frasier,
was forwarded to L. D. Smith of
Union University. Smith is chair
man of the tourmimcnt connnittee.
There has been widespread spec
ulation that a laoveiiient is under-
day witliln the conference to have
the site of the tcmrna.nent moved
from Durham. Crccnsboro and
Charlotte have been most often
ii)entione*l as cities likely to be-
eoinr the tournament site if it is
moved.
Decision on the tuiirnamenl site
will come at the annual meeting
of the eonferencr, to 'oc held in
Washington, 1). C. next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, March 19-21.
It is expected that the Chain's
invilation will be brougiit before
the meeting.
The partial text of Chain letter
Issuing tlie invitation is as fol
lows;
The members of the Durham
Business and Professional Chain,
at its regular Board Meeting, Wed
nesday, March 4, 1959 adopted a
resolution expressing its pleasure
and delight in having the 14th an
nual CIAA Basketball Tournamant
staged in Durham. The Chain also
wishes to extend to the Committee
a most cordial invitation to return
to our City next year with the
Hope that Durham will become the
oermanent site for this sports spec-
Durham, as you no doiibt have
observed, it a city of friendly peo-
See CHAIN, Page 8
WASHINGTON — As long «
present pupil assingment lawis
are used to restrict dfasticaHy
the admission of Negro children
to previously all-white public
schools, it will be necessary to
“encourage a substantial number
of applications,” Roy Wilkinii,
NAACP executive secretary, de
clared at an annual Unitarian din
ner.
Speaking at the All Souls Uni
tarian (;hurch here on Feb, 27,
Wilkins referred to the "pained
responses from many Virginia
soiircps” lo his recommendation
in an address at Poi;tsinouth, Va.,
on Keh. 1.5 that Negroes “by the
hundred.s” appLv for transfers and
a'lmissions to schools from which
they have been exxcludcd solely
on the basis of race.
‘‘What I was saying at l*orti-
mouth,” liie NAACP leader a.sstrt
ed, “was that so long as opponents
use the pupil assignment procest
as an instrument to balk descgr*-
gation, or to ‘control’ it in the
Norfolk ratio of 17/100 of one
pcrcent or other unrealistic ratios
as in North Carolina wc must on
courage a substantial - number of
apptications in order to securi^
n»fc' n tftekltudmisi^
'•ions.”
He cited the example of Norfolk
where there was originally 151 ap
plicants only 17 of whom were
finally admitted to schools with a
total enrolment of 10,000. "If this
tortuous procedure were to be ac
cepted uncomplainingly by Negro
citizens, and the same ratio were
To be malnfannd; trwAutd'TRiutrr
roughly 2,500 appllcetlons to se
cure 250 admissions — and this
number would be only two and
one-half percent of the white stu
dents enrolled," he pointed out.
(See UNREALISTIC, Page 8)
Campus Newspaper Exposes Working Conditions
Showing Unhrersity Maids Earning $19 Per Week
Editor's Note: Following is
the complete text of a story
published in the Duke Chroni
cle, Duke University student
newspaper, for Merch 6. Writ
ten by staff writers, John
Strange and Scott Stevens, the
story explores the working and
pay conditions Negro maids and
janitors employed by the Uni
versity.
TIMES Publisher L. E. Austin
described the working condi
tions as "peonage."
Duke University is one of the
famed privately endowed Uni
versities in the country. It was
established on a $40,000,000 en
dowment by the late James B.
Duke.
WALKER
Publisher Will
Speak At NCC
Forum Monday
William O. Walker, president of
the National Negro Publishers As
sociation, will deliver a toruiii ad-
dre.«is in North (‘anilina College's
Puke AiiHitorinm at 10;30 a.m. on
Monday. March Hi in a prouram
commemoratinR tiie 132nd anniver
sary of Freedom’s Journal, the
first U. S. NewspaiKT to i>e pub
lished by Negroes,
Walker, publisher of the Call
and Post newspaper, is a former
Republican City Councilman in
Cleveland.
He is at pre.sent a inwiiiwr of
the Ohio Republican State Central
and Executive Committees.
Walker also directed pul)licity
campaigns for the late Senator
T'ttft- a*d |(*r fitweijVor
Senator john W. Bricker.
(See PUBLISHER, Page 8)
Bishop Jones
Off For Trip
REV. MORRIS
Teachers Will
Be Guests At
Church Program
Principals and teachers of three
Durham county schools will be
guests at special service at Com-
nninity Baptist Church ISunday as
the church continues its month
long celebration of its 17th anni
versary.
The Rev. Raymond A. Morris of
Snow Hill will be guest speaker
for the 11 o'clock morning servicc
at which county school teachers
will be guests.
The observance was launched on
Sunday, March 1, as the Rev. J.
A. Brown, pastor of Durham’s Eb-
enezer Baptist, delivered the key
message.
Theme of the observance is “Re-
au-Ai-
omic Age.” Sunday’s topic will be
“Retaining Values in our Schools
(See CHURCH, Pege 8)
Bishop R. L. Joncs,^who has
charge of the work in the 4th
Epi.scopal district, A.M.E. Zion
Church, whibh includes the Vir
gin Islands and South America,
took off from Idlewild Internation
al Airport, - Thursday night, to
check the work in these two coun
tries. While there he will hold the
annual conferences.
By JOHN STRANGE
and SCOTT STEVENS
Next SatuAlay will be payday
for the University’s 225 maids and
janitors. The check for the maids’
.10-hour work week will total
$19.50, and for their 4.5-hour week,
the janitors will get $40,50 lie fore
taxes. ,() V"
J V
For the maids, pay rale
ainouats to $.65 per hour, and the
janitors get $.90 for an hour’s
labor.
To li^isfen the picture some
what, the University does offer its
employees various fringe benefits.
For in.stance, janitors get a week
of paid vacation and six days of
paid sick leave each year. Maids
Cet the same benefits, except that
they -get no vacation otiier than
the summer recess.
UNEMPLOYMENT
Covered i)y Workman’s (,'ompen
satioii Insurance as required l>y
law, the janitors rereive, pay at
one-tljird their regular rate after
they iiave i)een laid off from their
jobs for two weeks.
Social Security benefits are de
ducted from the janitors’ paychecks
to finance a retirement plan.
Maids do not share this emph>y-
ment security, and only a few are
retained for work during the sum
mer vacation. The University does
not assume any responsibility for
obtaining jobs for maids out of!
work during the summer. j
The security df a maid’s or jan-|
itar's Job even durinc tlw winter
is somewhat 1cm than abeolate—
such an incident w the low of a
key is grounds for the emploree’s
dismiMal.
As an interesting note on the
adequacy of the workers’ pay, the
total take-home salary of one co i
pie who work here is 900 per
(Sm duke. Page •)
Monroe Boys Are Adjusting
To New Home in Chariotte
CHARLOTTE — David Simpson,
8, and Hanover Thompson, 10,
have enrolled in a public school
In Charlotte and are now “on the
Pictured here is Dr. James
Kelley, Jr., dean of men and
philosophy professor at West
Virginia State College who will
be keynote speaker for North
Carolina College's Religious Em
phasis week observance which
starts at the campus on March
22. See page 7 for details.
way to a good life," Kelly Airx-
ander, president of the North Car
olina Slate Conference of NAAt'P
branches, reported today.
The two boys were released on
Feb. 13 from the Morrison Train
ing School where they had been
detained since Nov. 4, 1058, fi»l
lowing their arrest for being kiss
ed by a little white girl play^nate
in Monroe, N. C. The NAAf’P tm
dertook the legal defense of the
boys.
A petition for a writ of habear,
corpus, filed by NAACP attorney*,
was denied on Jan, 12 by Supenor
Court Judge Walter E. .lohnson
"They were released and returned
to their families before the case
went up on appeal. ^
Meanwhile, the Association re
located the families of the two
youngsters in homes in Charlotte.
The NAACP is providing them
with financial and other assistance
pending an adjustment to their
new environment.
The arrest and detention of th*
children aroused world-wide in
dignation. People and organiza
tions in Holland. Italy, France,
Germany and elsewhere flooded
the office of Gov, Luther Hodges
with protests.
A & T WINS IN FIRST ROUND
EVANSVILLE, Ind A and T
College defeated American Uni
versity, 87-70, in first round
play of the NCAA small college
tournament which openM here
Wednesday.
Substitute guard Hank Mar
shall was the big gun for the
Aggies as he scored 30 points.
Marshall entered the game early
for Joe Howell who was having
trouble in the opening minutes
finding the range. Howell fin
ished with 21 points, however.
The hot-handed Marshall shot
for an accuracy average of .636.
The victory moves the Aggies
into the next round of play
where they were scheduled to
meet the winner of the Evans-
ville-St. Michaels game on
Thursday.
NCC STUDENTS GREET NO
BEL PRIZE WINNER — Profes
sor Chem Ning Vang, 1957 Nobel
Prize winner for Physics, is
shown with four North Carolina
College physics majors during a
recent visit to the school. Left
to right are Miss Thelma Bland,
Chester,. Va.; Langston Worts,
Charlotte; Dr. Yang; Miss Annie
M. Spaulding, Durham; and Wil
liam Bristol, Lenoir. Dr. Yang
was awarded the Nobel prize for
upsetting a fundamental prin
ciple In physics. His visit lo the
NCC campus was uiMtor the aus
pices • the Americwi Associa
tion of Physics Teachers. He is
currently associated with the In
stitute for Advanced Stvdy at
Princeton, N. J.
Dr. C. E. Boulware Receives
Grant for Study in Wyoming
Dr. C. Elwood Boulware, pro
fessor of mathematics at North
Carolina College, has been granted
a National Sciencc Foundation
award to attend a Summer Insti
tute for College Teachers of Math
ematics at the University of Wyo
ming, Laramie, Wyo., Jiuie 15 to
August 7, 1359.
The University of Wyoming in
stitute is one of 350 such insti
tutes sponsored by the National
Ushers In Midst of Drive
To Raise Funds for Home
The Interdenominational Ushers
Association of Nortli Carolina is
now in the midst of a fund-raising
campaign for support of the Ush
ers home at Franklinton, it was
announced this week.
The campaign now underway is
in the form of a ‘‘President’s
Popularity” Contest. It will offer
a prize of a free airplane round
trip to New York, with hotel ex
penses,-for-c:;S'-we«kf is-Uta pres
ident of the city or county union
which secures tlie largest number
oL votes. I ,
Balloting for a favorite county
or city union president may be
cast by purchasing one or more
ballot tickets, now in the hands
of members throughout the state.
TickeU may be bought for $.25
each.
Each ticket counts for 100 points
and an individual may purchase as
many tickets as he wishes in sup
port of a favorite president.
Tabulatation of voting will be
m«d« -at.tthe-.anauai' Mi«i-¥«ar
Sion of the Association, to be held
at Die home in Franklinton on Sun
day, April 5.
Science Foundation during the
Summer of 1959.
The purpose of the institutes is
to provide teachers with the op
portunity to improve tlie quality
of their teaching l)y giving them
intensive training in subject mat
ter.
The National Science Founda
tion expects the institute to be of
value to teachers by ' providing
them with an opportunity to ex
plore some of the modern develop
ments in matliematics and, in par
ticular to investigate the philbs-
ophy behind .some of the recent
suggestions for changes in the
high school mathematics cum
culuin; and stimulating mathemati
cat imagination and appreciation
by personal contact with outstand
ing mathematicians.”
All participants will take courses
in the foundations of mathemaUc»
and elementary geometry from an
advanced viewpoint.
Dr. Boulware, who joined the
NCC faculty in 1943, holds the
B.S. degree from Johnson C. Smith
University, the M.S. degree from
the University of MichitaVK.
•OULWAai
University.
He is the second N(X
(Se« BOUtWARI. Pi
PTA Meet
The regular monthly mcetm*
'if the Whitted Junior High Scho>i
P.T.A. will be held Monday, March
16, in the school auditonuni at
7:30 pJlL
The program will consist of *
panel diaciiwion on the topu-
“Pareot* and PupUs Look At l*Hb-
lie BducntkMi.” Metnbcn of the
panel will be M. L. MeAtiley and
Mrs. rgprawoting the par-
•nU Mi Patricia RiAerts. 7th
Smith. Mh graitc.
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