Florida Seel^ Contempt Citation
Against NAACP State Officials
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —Unable |
to nin the Communist labol. on Uie'
National Association for the Ad
vancement of ColoretJ Pfe'ople, a
Florida legislative investigating
committee retaliated by calilng tor
the jailing of the Association's
state president and f6r >ontempt
citations against two other NAACP^
leaders in Florida, ■ I
. >! DR. JOHNSON
Howard Head
Criticizes West's
Church Polity
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Unless
the churches and peoples of the
w'oslern w/orld cease their con-
fprmity to the patterns of the
colopial system, we may, as the
Itussians predict, “becomo a group
of decadent spectators watching a
new world order come into exis
tence.”
This was the prediction of Dr.
Mordeeai W. Johnson, president
of Howard University, on the eve
of his c'eparturo on a month-long
vi.sit to the Soviet Union. Scandi
navia and France. '
Dr. Johnson addressed 350 reli
gious leaders and educators at a
banquet, Thursday held during the
43rd annual Religious Convocation
of tlTO' Howard School of Religion.
Ho'called upon the churches to
into /{ralitics end' eeonbmi« with'
"iHt radical ethics of Jesus.”
Participants attending the con
vocation discussed for three days
the subject, “Christian social re
sponsibility in politics.”
"We are entering a period in
tha western world in which the
determinative dece.ision of our
fuliira will be made by men in
control txf th® politics!' mechin-
rry of the United Slates, for the
United States is ioday the lead
er of the western world," Dr.
Johnson said.
I Concluding its two-day hearing
here on November 2, the commit
tee recommended to the Legisla
ture that it impose a jail sentence
upon the Rev. A. l oon Lowry of
Tampa, NAACP state president in
Florida, because he was unable to
appear at the hearing' due to
church duties. Mr. Lowry was pres
ent for the opening session, and
was not called. He could not re
main over until the second day.
Contempt proceedings were or
dered against the' Rev. Theodore
R. Gibson, president of the Miami
branch, and Rev. Edward T. Gra
ham, former president of the Mi
ami branch. Both refused to re-
v-eal the names of members of
the Association on the ground that
public listing of the members
would expose them to economic
reprisals and other pressures.
The hearing was part of an ef
fort, begun by the legislature
more tiian a year ago, designed
to discredit the NAACP by charg
ing Communist infiltration. Court
decisions limited the scope, of the
committee’s interrogations. The
case collapsed when the commit
tee’s own witness, Arlington
Sands, refused to identify photo
graphs of some 30 alleged NAACP
members which were shown to
him.
In addition to the two clergy
men, the committee also ques
tioned G. E. Graves, an attorney
of Miami; Mrs. Ruth W. Perry,
secretary, and Mrs. Ve'neit Al-
bury, treasurer, of the Miami
branch.
Uepresenting the NAACP wit
nesses were the Association’s gen
eral counsel, Robert L. Carter of
New York City,(Frank Reeves of
Washington and M., Graves.
THE CAROLfl
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MAkK POUNDING OP Act
COU.EGE — Artioiig Ihe prfncl-
pelt pertic^ating In the ai^iUtl
Founders' Day exercise! for AAT
Colkefe on last WednfMiay
morning were fforilt left to
right: Dr. Warmoth T.^ Olbbs,
president of the colle0»; Dr.
P., 0. Patterson, president of the
Phelps-Stokes Fund of New
Y«rk City who delivered the
main address and Gen. James
i
Ft. titwnseiid, Grecn^iboro city
Th'l f^nt marked the Mth an-
miveifey of A&T y.hich Was
fou^^, in 1891.
Hampton Students to 6oyi»|t
MEA Questions Value of ‘ “
Negro College Will Have a Role
Era, Dr. Patterson Tells A&T
ration
Crowd
Changes Seen for
U. S. and Russia
ATLANTA, Ga. — Within ten
years communism may be differ
ent in Russia and capitalism diff
erent in the United States, Pres.
B. E, Mays of Morehouse College
told the Atlanta University Center
ToiNVn Meetltfg last week.
' Servirtt as onf of which'
discussed the significance of
Khrushchev’s visit to the United
Slates, he thought it meant that
tension between the United States
and Russia had eased.'
He urged accepting the Khrush
chev disarmament proposal on
principle, saying that it must be
sincere since the Russian leader
TPgtlzey that' Tto system, -not-even
his own, cart withstand another
war and believes that Communism
can win without war.
GREENSBORO, i— Au audience
at A&T College, was told last week
that the Negfo college has served
a great purpose and will i-emain
as an integral part of Amariciin
higher education.
The speaker was Dr. F. D. Pat
terson, former president of Tus-
kegee Institue and now president
of the Phelps-Stokes Fund of New
York city. He was delivering the
main address at the annual Found
ers’ Day program held at the col
lege on Wednesday morning, No
vember 4.
The event marked the fifith an
niversary of the college, founded
in 1891
“We have now,” he declared,
‘the paradox of institutions for
Nesro youth, creatures of discrim
ination, developing to full flower
luring the transition from manda-
ory' segregation to the period
vhen barriers based on rac^ will
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no longer apply in , admission
standards to the colleges and Uni
versities.”
He continued, ■'When this much
to be desired condition arrivee,
those institutions of strcnght
whose services were dedicated to
the educational needs of Negroes
will remain as integral parts of
ouf educational system with its
offerings available to all."
He told the audience that years
of effort have been built into in
stitutions, such as A&T, strengths
worthy of observation, “And there
seems very little reality to the
position of those who deem it fea
sible to neglect or destroy these
institutions beeaus of the promise
of eventual full integration.”
Dr. Patterson said that develop
ment here and abroad “bring to
this institution new challenges - a
challenge to seek even closcr iden-
tifcation with the gn-goins pro-
Negro Voters Restive Over
South's Defiance of U. S. Law
cess flfjAhicriCan life.”
“We must work,” he continued,
“not only for educational integra
tion, but for iob integration” and
warned that the challenge still
exists to develop institutions un
der Negro leadership. “For. dss-
pite the significant changes that
have occured in race relations, the
time when race will not be a fac
tor in human relations in the
United States is not just around
ihe corner.” He said that evidence
indicates that the period ol tran
sition for the elimination of racial
barriers in education and emi^oy-
ment will be an extended ona»
He paid commendation to the
founders of A&T and other Negro
colleges and Universities. “They
wisely and confidently believed
that as education conferred the
knowledge and skill, and the
rights of citi/.enship, the young
men and women graduatins! from
our colleges would work unceUsi
ingly to erase the insignia of sec'
and class citizenship.”
Himpton, Va., — The Hampton
riistitute Student Council ha* voted
'{gainst participation in the com-
ins edition of ‘‘Who’* Who in
%merican Colleges and Univer
sities,” according to Thurman M.
Davis, president.
■ The decision was made after a
gy«cial committee report on in-
formation received from the!
United States National Students;
Association, indicat i n g * h a t'
“There is some doubt as to the
forth and validity of "Who’s Who'
on many campuses,”
This doubt was attributed in
fart to the lack of definite eligibil-'
ity criteria. Statements received
from the publication in question
upheld it as a recognition of stu
dents whose scholarship, leader
ship and participation in extra
curricular activities have been
outstanding during college life.
With no definite criteria to de-
NE Teacliers
Hear A&T Dean
WILSON — The dean of the
A&T College Graduate School will
speak at the annual Northeastern
Carolina Teachers .Association to
be held here on November 1.3.
Dr. F. A. Williams who has held
the A&T post since 1950 will speak
at Ihe Principals and Supervisors
Section set for Darden High
School on Friday morning, A grad
uate of A&T, Dr, Williams holds |
the M. S. degree from Michigan
State University, and the ph. D. de
gree from th#j|Uni*'crsity of Wis
consin.
The one day meet is to be con
ducted on the theme, “United Pro
fession Enhances Quality Educa
tion.
I 'rmine eim fbilitf far iHprttpn Ctj .
Who s Who”, the HampOw C««-}
il decided ibat, aiili*u3ii Wl ■fUf'-
aiioniil crtleria mar aot b* tiwiwr.
4icahte i:i ail of thi rtritm
if inititiitionj partlcipatltS. WCi-; ®I> • ^
'ic requirement* for HMgittlniij» th»
ihauld be rsublished at ltaBpbi&| in
tSccaiise such criteria csuW not! ,\mef!icM Cotteen
be established before thU feart! lies’' to
ST. PAUL, Minn.—“Negro vot
•ri are restless,” said NAACP Ex-
■cu.lve Setretary Roy Wilkins here
this week.
“They are'angryhe contintied,"
Tennessee Drops
Move to Close
Folk School
ALTAMONT. Tenn.-~Th8 Stqte
of Tennessee has dropped its ef-
forls to padlock' Highlander Folk
School at Monteaale, but still
seeks to Revoke-the charter of the
23-ycar old integrated liwtittjUon.
District Attorney Geiieralv,^!^,
(Ab) Sloan is also 'pusHing^e
prosecution of Mrs. Septima Clark,
education director of tlie school,
whose trial is tentatively set (or
February.
A padlock plaqed pn Highland
er’s main building September 28th
was removed November 3rjJf.jifter
Sloan announced that he was' drop
ping a suit to padlock the school
permanently.
The announcement was n'lade as
a hearing opened before Circuit
Judge C. C. Chattin on Sjoan’s
pietition to revoke Ilighlartder’s
charter.
' Sloan told Judge Chattin that
the temporary padlocking of the
main building had “served its pur
pose.” He did not explain, but ap-
partently meant that it had served
the purpose of harassing the in
stitution in its efforts to develop
communily leadership for integra
tion.
The prosecutor said he would
seek revocation of the charter on
the ground that the school is in
tegrated; that officials of the
school enriched themselves from
its operation; and that certain
goods, such as candy and cigar
ettes, were sold at retail there.
' Judge Chattin and a jury then
began a hearing on the t*o lat
ter charges, which are denied by
the school. Attorney* for High
lander stipulated that the school
is integrated, so thii will not be a
matter for the jury to decide.
Sloan contends that this Su-
prci^e Court outlawed segregation
in {iublic schools but not in pri
vate schools. (Highlander it a pri
vate ichool.)
“over the South’s defiance of con
stitutional authority and o^>er its
ichild-like insistence that the long-
lost mater-servant days be extend-
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Wilkins reported that in South-
rn f atc(, where mosf Negroes
'.(ill live, "Ihe Southwide average
registration ef Negro citizens to
vete It sbout 25 per ctfnt of those
eligible 1o rtgis er."
He .compared this with “the
Southside average for whi e citi
zens which is about 60 per cent
of those eligible,”
“Out of 5,000,000 Southern Ne
groes of voting age,” Wilkins con
tinued some 1,200,000 were regis
tered to vote' in ,1956,
■I- ■ ■
“This figure represents a doubl
ing of the 1947 total of 600,000,
However, the figure for the re
gion docs not tell the full story,
for wide variations are to be found
from state io state and from coun
ty to county within states.
“The bald fact, of which Ameri
cans in other sections of the coun
try a.e vaguely aware.” Wilkins
charged, “is that Negroes are de
nied the right to register and vote
in many sections of the South.”
GETS scholarship — Peggy
Covington, Hamlet, N. C., a
freshman at A4(T College, was
recently awarded a Sears Roe
buck Scholarship ef 250 to pur
sue studies in home economics
education at the collegj. An
honor graduate of Hamlet Mon^
roa Avenue High School., she is
the daughter of Mrs. Pauline
Covington of that city.
Civil Rights Can Pass - Mitchell
ASILOMAR, Calif. Desp:;e
southern control of key congress
ional committees, “we can win ef
fective civil rights legislation in
Ihe second «ession of the 06th
Congress,” Clarence Mitchell, di
rector of the NAACP Washington
bureau, said in an address pre
pared far delivery at the Asso
ciation’s West Coast regional con
ference here this week-end.
“This can be accomplished,” tlie
NAACP spokesman declared, “if
the constituents of northern sena
tors and representatives insist on
action.”
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