Marshall Assails Prophets Of Doom At Shrine
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225 APPLY FOR REASSIGNMENT
City Board of Education
Denies Requests of 201
NAACP Attorney
Iteard By 3,000
At Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Califorina — Thur-
good Marshall, chief counsel for
the NAACP, assailed the prophets
of doom and the dividers of Ne
gro Leadership here Monday after
noon. He called tor a concerted
effort by all peoples of justice
■gainst those who would destroy.
In a speech delivered before
tome 3,000 attending the 58th
Imperial Council of the Ancient
Egyptian Arabic Order, Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine, Marshall cas
tigated the die-hards for under
mining democracy. He said it
seems that we are getting to the
point where we are going to have
to relie on ourselves.
Marshall told Shriners that
there wes no need to become con
cerned for histiory has proved
that “no great social change has
ever been easy.”
Pointing directly to the situa
tion in the Little Rocic Schools,
Marshall criticized both Negroes
and whites who called for a “let
ting alone." He said that the NAA
CP was not harassing the school
board in Little Rock. The only
thing important about the Little
Rock matter was that several
children wanted their rights. He
emphasized that the NAACP
would forever continue to support
those who sought tlieir rights.
The NAACP legal counsel told
the audience that there was no
way to stop integration in .the
South. The only possible way h«
predicted it would be halted was
for Negroes to split wide open.
Marshall said there was only
five states holding out on granting
Negroes their rights. He said that
suits fpr these r^hts were now
pending in xour of the five. The
•iUy state without
itsiopi.
“Mississippi is going to rejoin
the union and we are goTng to
help them to do so," he predicted.'
Marshall called on Nefgroes to!
keep the record clean. He cau-|
tioned against the violation of law;
and 'order regardless of the pro-^
vocation.
Pointing - directly to the con
tribution of Shriners, and Prince
Hall' Masons to the efforts of
freedom in the United States, Mar
shall told the delegates that “you
are leaders with stature and train
ing.”
. Here he appealed for greater in
terest and support in a campaign
to lift the “little fellow.” He said
laid that the securing of rights
also entailed additional respon
sibilities.
Other speakers in the Welcom
ing Program included Mrs. Blanch
McSmith, representative, Alaska;
Miss Ethel Payne, CIO-AFL, Wash
ington, D. C.; John Welsey Dobbs,
Atlanta, Ga.; Herbert A. Green
wood, Grand Master, Prince Hall
Masons, California; Alfred A. Di
xon, Baltimore, Maryland, presid-
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VOLUME 35—NUMBER 35 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1959 PRICE: 15 CENTS
Nearly 3,000 Federal Agents
Aiding Non - Discnmination
Nearly 3,000 top Federal admln-
Istrators in 27 cities across the Na
tion have participated in confer
ences aimed at implementing and
fortifying the Federal govern
ment’s non-dlscriminatlon policy,
according to a recent report of
the President’s Committee on Gov
ernment Employment Policy.
The conferences were discussed
in the Third Report of the Presi
dent’s CommittM on Government
Employment Policy, submitted to
President Elsenhower this week.
ThSr formed only a part of the
Committee’s program of assisting
the Federal departments and
agencies to enforce the Presi
dent’s policy which prohibits dis
crimination in Federal employ
ment on the basis of race, color,
religion or national orgin.
According to Conunittee Chair
man Archibald J. Carey, Jr.,
“The field conferences are only
one means by which this Com-1
mlttee has encouraged administra-| ■ AA I
toif bf^Ftidtir^l If
the MN^iacritninaUon ‘pol^
more effective part of govertiment
operation. In meeting with these
groups of administrators, we have
come to grips with the myths and
fears which are responsible for
employment discrimination, and
have provided practical measures j ANGUST 21, -
for making the policy effective. I use of procedures to get
Branch R.ckey, Vice-Chairman of -obstructive tactics” of
the commlttte, added, **ronr Howard Smith of Virginia in
Charleston, South Carolina, to
DURHAM WAS WELL REPRE
SENTED at . Hi* Moral R*-Arma-
m*nt m«*ting h*ld at Mackinac
Island last w**k. Th*y ar*
thowi) abov* with Mri. R. E.
Smith «f N*w York juft b*for*
th«T boarded th* plan* in Wath
ingfon. Reading from left
right they ar*: Mrs. Smith, Mr,
and Mr«. J. R. Paddy, (standing
b*hind. Mrs. Paddy and hidden
from view ar* Miss Fradricka
ih- ^ Marshall and Mrs. Evelyn Ar-
t» ^tis); Mr*. Vivian CharTctton;
Mrs. Ethel Marshall, Mrs. Ida L.
Burthey and Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
' McNcil.
BURTHEY PHOTO
By-Pass of Ya.
Scions CR Block
„ „ „ blocking the civil rights bill in
Seattle, and from Dallas to Bos-
ton, we have held open and frank'
discussions about the policy, and ,e„etary.
we have been very much encourag
ed by the reactions of those at-
Queen-MoAer Host Tc^ltegfo.
Women Delegates Tearing Europe
tending.”
In addition to Chairman Carey,
and Vice-Chairman Branch Rickey,
members of the President’s Com-
It was announced in Washing
ton that virtual agreement had
been reached not to try to pass
a civil rights bill in the House at
this session. One reason given was
that Rep. Smith, as chairman of
mlttee are: the Honorable Charles House Rules Committee, was
C. Finucane, Assistant Secretary; hostile to the civil rights bill and
of Defense; Charles H. Kendall,! would bm'y It In his committee un-
representing the Office of Civil tn the House recessed,
and Defense Mobilization; William
F. Patterson of the Department
of Labor; W. Arthur McCoy, re
presenting the Civil Service Com
mission; Milton H. Biow, public
member; and Mrs. Jane Warnock
and William T. Coleman, Jr., al
ternate public members.
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M./SGT. TALMADOE MOSBY
(left) a m*mb*r of th* 42nd
FIghtar Group at Suffolk Coun
ty Air Fore* Bas* r*-*nllst*d for
•Ix years last w**k and wa*
sworn in by his brother, Major j
Milladg* J. Mosby, who Is th*
flnane* efHc*r for th* N*w York
Air - Procur*m*nt District in
N*w York City'. Both young imSt'
ar* sons of R*v. and Mrs. Tal-
II* Mosby of Durham,
The NAACP wire to Rep. Ray
burn urged by-passing the com
mittee and declared: “There Is
sufficient time to enact a strong
civil rights bill if supporters make
a determined effort.”
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Jury Frees Man
Who Shot Young
Boy In Back
HOUSTON, TEXAS—Citizens of
Houston were up-ln-arms over the
decision of a mixed jury which
freed Obren Rickett, 35, who con
fessed to shooting « 16-year-old
Negro boy in the back two years
ago. The boy’s mother, Mrs. Lessie
Mae Black, sat in the courtroom
in tears at tiie verdict.
The victim, 16-year-old Malvin
Black, was shot in August, 1957,
as he fled from an accident on
the highway near a filling station
where Rickett was attendanit. Rick
ett claims he saw the boy coming
toward him and thinking he had a
gun, shot in self-defense. The boy
was running away from him at
the time. He shqt Melvin in the
back, paraiizing him. For nearly
a year the boy laid in the hos
pital, dying. His mother visited
him every day.
By THil'nirlB'ift‘a verdict of guil
ty of murder "without malice,”
Rickett waii immediately released.
WASHINGTON—The 96 dele
gates of the Council of Negro
Women who are meeting ^heir
counterparts on a 31-day tour of
Europe were entertained recently
Her Royal Highness, Queen
Mother Elizabeth of Belgium.
The Queen Mother held for the
Council women a reception which
i the travelers called "most gra
cious.” The women were enter
tained afterwards at a party held
in the Queen’s garden.
As the party neared its end,
the Council women demonstrated
their gratitude and affection, sing
ing to the Jueen Mother, “Let Me
Call You Sweetheart.”
The touring delegat es are
meeting their European counter
parts in a variety of interests
ranging from leadership training
and social welfare to the arts and
crafts and journahstic enter
prises.
Included in the range are edu
cational institutions, hospitals,
women’s organizations, commu
nity relations, child-care centers,
music, theatres, dress making and
designing, courts and legal serv
ices, churches, and citizenship
education.
Among these women travelers
are three • men—two accompany
ing their wives and one with his
daughter. Among them also is a
white representative of the
League Against Racial Defama
tion. ,
Under the Council's internation
al relations program, of which
this tour is a part, the organiza
tion maintains an observer and
a^ alternate at the U.N.
conferences on global problems
and is a member of the Interna
tional Council of Women of the
World.
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Miami CORE In
Non-Violence
Sept. Institute
"W* d*n't s*rv* you h*r*." is a
st*t*m*flt that membars of Miami
CORE, Committ** of Racial Equa
lity, hav* h*ard many times In th*
last f*w months at lunch counters
and r*staurants.
Participants in CORE'S Intat'-
racial Action Institute in Miami,
September 5-20 will work to
chang* this stat*m*nt to "May I
h*lp you pleas*?"
Workshop participants from all
ov*r th* country will l*arn by
using CORE'S techniques of non
violent dir*ct action to and dis
crimination in rastaurants, am-
ploymsnt, vot*rs r*gistration and
public accommodations during the
16-cfay action institute.
Durham Citizens
At MRA Meet
Held in Mackinac
MACKINAC ISLAND. Mich—A
group of Durh/m citizens took
part in the Moral Re-Armament
Summit Strategy Conference at
Mackinac Island last weekend.
They met there with 1200 people |
from all over the world. The dele-'
gates included top government
officials, labor leaders, Nigerian
memijers of Parliament, capitalist
etc.
Included in the group were Mr
and Mrs. J. R. Peddy, Mr. and
Mrs. William Charleston, Mr. and i
Mrs. C. C. Burthey, Mrs. Ethelrj
Marshall, Miss Fredrika Marshall,!
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. McNeill,:
and Mrs. Evelyn Artis.
After 48 hours at Mackinac they!
were of the opinion that Moral r'
Re-Armament is the answer to all
the problems we, as a race and|
natiort, face today. {
Also attending the conference
were two girls from Central High
School at Little Rock, Ark., who
apologized for the things that had
happened there and pledged
themselves to take the answer of
Moral Re-Armament to the situa-!
lion. One of the young women
stated “that the question is not
of color, but one of character.”
“Tile choice of Lltte Rock is
moral Re-Armament or commun
ism,” she said. "We, Americana,
ar^ aaa^nat oommuniam. segr^a-
tion, juvenile (Wnnquency, broken
homes, etc., but th6 way we live
makes these things inevitable.
None of us wants war but divi
sion and chaos increases daily,”
she ^tated.
Dr. Douglas Cornell, executive
officer of the National Academy
of Sciences says, “Science has
made it possible for the world to
What i« believed to be a natioiid
-ecord was set here this week
;irhen 223 Negro pupils reqoefted
-eassignment to tb« white city
«hoois of Durham. The avaUncb*
if requests which fell on the City
:oard of Education apparently
.’as timed to make the deaflin«
or reassignment which wa* Moo-
lay, August 24.
It was interpreted in some qoar-
ters as a partial answer to the
ecent statement ande by Govcr-
lor Luther Hodgea upon hi* re
turn from visiting ip Russia with
line other U. S. governors, to th*
effect that Negroes in North Car
olina have accepted voluntarily a
segregated school system.
The City Board of Education, in
a special, closed d*or, two and a
lalf hour session on Tuesday
light, turned dowa 201 requests
>y Negro students for reassign-
iient to the citf's all-white ele-
nentary schools.
The six-man board will consider
he remaining 24 applications at
mother special meeting to be held
Friday night. Thesr>eque«ts were
for reassignment to Durham’s all-
^hite junior Aid senior higk
schools.
Chairman of the Board. Frank
L. Fuller, refused to commrat on
I the reasons for the denial of the
I 201 applications for reassigBnaent
to the city’s elementary schools
, and let it be known that just be-
cause the reraainiag twenty-fonr
requests would be considered, AA
^ not necessarily mean that any or
On Sunday August 30. the youth ,,i them would be appraved.
of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church
will take charge of all the church Distribution of the reqoeits
activities beginning with the Sun-1 were as follows: Thirty-four from^
day Church School and continu- pupils at Hillside High School ap
ing through 4|ie eveiM|}g ^rvice. plying lor reaujjKnm—( t« I^-
Vouth l)ay is^ begin''bfiserved with^RSm' Ifttgh SciMiol; sixtjr-ooe fital
the theme “Youth In Todays Whitted Junior High School, a|>-
World.” j plying for reassignment to Bvpc-
Major Geer, Gloria Perry, Joyce j den Junior High School, Carr aad
Perry and Willie Odom will take' East Durham; five fro« East BaA
charge of the Sunday Church | for Fuller and HoUowar Strut
School. The Junior Choir and the j Schools; two from Crest Street t«
Children’s Choir will render mu-; Southside; 18 from Burton to Y. M.
sic for the morning service. At Smith, Edgemont and one to Uon^
six o'clock an etiquette tea has head; six fmm Lfon Park to Moi«-
ad;_18 from WalltOTyn to Y. It
(S ^ YOUTH, Pag* 8) (Se« REASSIGNMENT, r»g* S)
ATTENDS TRAFFIC SAFETY
MEET — J. W. GoodIo*, Vice-
President and Secretary of
North Carolina Mutual Life In-'
surance Company attended a
meeting of The President's Com
mittee for Traffic Safety, Aug.
24 and 25 at Barcelona Hotel,
Miami Beach, Fla.
St. Mark Youths
To Be In Charge
Of Services Sun.
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r icums
SHOWN ABOVE IS RAYMOND
BROWN, 1,000th Bey Scout of
th* Durham District, rocaiving
his registration card from W. J.
K*nn*dy Jr., m*mb*r-at-larg* of
th* National Council Boy Scouts
of Amarica. Oth*r persons in
th* pictur* reading from left to
right ar*, H. W. Gillis, District
Scout Blak*,
Cubmaalor, Pack Raymond
Brown, Mrs. Mori* Om
Mothor and Mr. KMMMr.
ntond is • studwit
School aMd Hm sm ditKn. Em-
m« Brown. Ho wo* racrwHad hy
Mrs. Pago. Don Mother of Me-
DougoM Torrasok
Mrs- Bates Asks For Protection
Th* St. Josaph's A. M. E.
Church * WiiMliry SehiMtt - «fltr
hav* thr** n*w m*mb*rs added
to its staff when it opens on
Septwnbor' 2, according to Rev.
' M*tv1n Ch^stCr jwanhr^lirmw
ter. At the left is Mrs. Ruth Ed
wards, in charg* of mu|ic; (con-
tar) Mrs. Alma Hugh*s, diatit-
ttn and 'M)«s *6»rtha Cavin, re
gistered nurs* who will be in
charge of th* children's health.
LITTLE ROCK — The White
I House this past week referred to
the Department of Justice,a tele-
i gram from Mrs. L, C. Bates asking
for protection.
Mrs. Bat(^s, NAACP leader in the
' local school integration struggle.
! wired President Eisenhower on
August IS -when three men gnard-
ing her home were picked up by
Arkans.t!> State Police.
The trio, inchiding Blis 'HMm-
as, father ot Central Bicli's loM
Negro student, Jefferto* Thomns,
were held inr ■ninmiirin in three
different plans hefMI being re
leased on aO| boadt.
The WUt«,l|Mie atkaewlcdsid
Mrs. e» A«tM» 11 air
ing. “the im^f aeea» to taih
within th* eadpiive -Jupiidte^wi
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