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VETERAN ACTOR Woody
Strode received a surprise
visitor recently on the set of
Prostestant, Catholic Leaders Back Farm Aid
NEW YORK N. Y— De
nouncing widely circulated
smears" against a Negro
self-help project in
Alabama, three leaders of na
toinal Prostestant,' Catholic
and Jewish organizations is
sued recently a joint state
ment supporting the decision
of the U.S. Economic Oppor
tunity Office to allocate
5399.967 to the Southwest
Alabama Farmers Coopera
tive Association. The grant
was made public last week
and has come under heavy at
tack from Alabama political
leaders
The Rev. Dr. J. Edward
Carothers, national Method
ist executive and chaiman of
the Anti-Poverty Task Forcei
of the National Council of I
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i his current film, "World Pre-1
I miere: 'Breakout'," when Mr. 1
| Sunay, the president of Turkey, |
Churches; Mr. Mathew Ah
mann, Chicago, director of
the National Catholic Confer
ence for Interracial Justice;
and Rabbi Henry Siegman,
Executive Vice President, Sy
nagogue Council of America,
joined in issuing the state
ment, the full text of which
follows:
"The decision of the Of
fice of Economic Opportun
ity to allocate $399,967 to!
the Southwest Alabama Far- j
mers Cooperative Association j
Rural Readjustment Project'
based in Selma, Alabama is|
one of the significant devel-;
opments of the war on pov-1
erty. This program will help
create the social and econom
ic atmosphere in hard-pressed
| took time from an official visit
to the U. S. to see how movies
I are made.
j rural areas of the deep South
■ that will make it possible for
people to succeed where they
are. It will help reduce the
, necessity for migration of the
rural poor from slums in the
country to slums in the city.
"The demonstration grant,
: moreover, will provide an ex
perimental base from which
| other similar programs can
be developed nationally.
"It is distressing to learn
I that there are politically-mo
tivated attacks Being launch
! Ed against the funding of such
j a carefully-developed, self
; help project for economic de-"
! velopment.
"The Southwest Alabama
Farmers Cooperative Associa
tion is an indigenous organi-
zation of some 850 poor fam
ilies with economic self-help
goals. Its officers and board
have been careful not to be
come identified with any poli
tical or civil rights organiza
tion, so it is with deep feeling
that we denounce those who
are using smear tactics
against SWAFCA."
Auctioneering
Regulations
Sought in Bill
legislation setting up a board
to regulate auctioneers in North
Carolina was introduced Mon
day night in the General As
sembly.
White Rock GS
Troop Holds
Rededication
Girl Scout Troop 127 of
White Rock Baptist Church, a
Junior Troop, held its Rededi
catin ceremony Saturday, May
20, at the home of Mrs. Aman
da Long, IX9 Nelson, Assistant
Troop Leader. During the cere
mony proficiency badges were
awarded to Scotty Long, Wendy
Freeeland, Kathleen Clement
and Sheila Brown by Troop
leader, Mrs. Willie B. Hill.
| Girls in the troop who will
j be entering junior high school
in September ere advanced to
I Cadette Troop 765. They were:
| Sheila Brown, Wendy Free
j land, Alict Hill, Scotty Long
I and Ava Haskins. Cartttes on
• hand to welcome the new mem
j bers were Lageris Underwood
J and Tini Hall, along with their
troop leader. Miss Leola Hall.
Parents witnessing the cere
mony were Mesdames Jose
phine Clement, Gladys Brown,
J Lavonia Allison, Julia Free
lanl, Claronell Brown, Cather
| ine Haskins anl Mrs. Lorena
1 Frceana, grantsfOf
j er. At the close of the meeting
| refreshments were served.
In 1926, Tiger Flowers be
came the first Negro middle
weight champion when he out
pointed Harry Gribbs to win at
the Chicago Coliseum.
Stan Musia! was the Nation
al League batting champion
from 1950 to 1952.
Conyers Says Economic Gap
Between Races is Widening
DALLAS, Texas—"ln the
last few years Negro Ameri
cans have been making sig
nificant advances towards
legal and political equality,
but the economic gap between
the Negroes and the whites
has been growing,'' declared
Congressman John Conyers,
Jr. (Dem-Mich.). "In the last
ten years many promises
have been made regarding,
the final achievement of
equality for all disadvantaged
groups in our society But the
actual results of four federal
civil rights laws, a federal
anti-poverty program, and a
wide range of new domestic
programs have been distress
ingly small in basic economic
terms. Since the mid-fifties
the spread between the av-
Joins NCM Staff
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Home Office Life Underwrit
ers Association; Frontiers In
ternational; Louisville Chapter,
American Society of Chartered
Life Underwriters, Kappa Al
pha Psi Fraternity, and the
Loluisville Chapter, American
Bridge Association.
He is married to the former
Minnie Calloway of Atlanta,
Ga., and they have two daugh
ters, Minette, a student at How
ard University, and Henri, who
attends Spelman College.
NORRIS
Six Tar Heel
Gls Killed
'"-WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
Defease Department announced
Monday the names of 133 U. S.
servicemen killed in action in
•Vietnam. They included:
Sgt. Leon Thornton, sen of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Thorn
ton, Rt. 1. Oxford, N. C.
Spec. 4 Bickett 0. Wade. Sr..
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bickett 0.
Wade, Charlotte, N. C.
Spec 4 Wilson T. (Vevald,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
Gerald, Rt. 1, Orrum, N. C.
PFC. Norman P. Howie Jr..
son of Mr. and Mrs Norman P.
Howie, Concord, X. C.
PFC. Winfred Alderman,
brother of Miss Annie E. Alder
man, Care of Jimmy J. Alder
man. Rt. 2, Burgaw. N. C.
Cpl. Clyde U. Mitchell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde U. Mitch
nil W;«cfnn.9n]pTTl. N. C.
It would require auctioneers
In take tests, buy licenses and
be bonded for SI,OOO before they
could ply the trade in this state.
Sen. Jack White of Cleveland,
sponsor of the Senate bill, said
it was requested by the N. C.
Auctioneer's Association. Rep.
Sneed High of Cumberland in
troduced the House bill.
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erage family incomes of Ne
groes and whites has been
widening instead of narrow
ing Negro unemployment is
consistently twice the white
rate, and in certain employ
ment categories the differ
ence is even greater than
double.
"The tragic gap between
promise and performance is
rapidly increasing social un
rest throughout the country,"
said the youngest of the six
Negro Congressmen "Many
foolishly imagine that the
smoldering anger in the many
squalid ghettos of America
can be quieted by simply re
ducing the promises. Only by
finally making truly large
scale efforts will we fulfill
the Constitution's promise to
both 'insure domestic tran
quility' and 'establish jus
tice'.' 1
Speaking to the second an
nual Negro marketing semi
nar sponsored by the Pylon
Salesmanship Club, a group
of leading Negro businessmen
in Dallas, Conyers empha
sized that "the time is long
overdue for the Negro busi
nessmen and the business
community in general to pro
vide forceful leadership in
the freedom struggle. Eco
nomic opportunity is the key
to the future of the Negro
American and all other mi
nority groups Without it no
demonstration nor law can
be effective in providing first
class citizenship for all. We
must strive to broaden the
Negro economic base by as
suring that we not only have
access as consumers to an
opfri' and equal market, but
also in both producing and
marketing products and serv
ices which can compete in the
general community. Negro
American businessmen have
a particular responsibility to
assure that we have equal
access to economic as well as
political life. Negroes must
be able to effectively and
vigorously use the buck as
well as the ballot."
Wilkinsto Give
Allen Univ.'s
Finals Address
j COLUMBIA, S C. Roy
Wilkins, Executive Director
;of the National Association
| for the Advancement of Col
ored People, and recent reci
pient of the prestigious Free
' dom Award, was the Com
j mencement Speaker at Allen
! University, Thursday, Mav
i 25 in Chappelle Auditorium
| it was announced by Dr B
J. Glover, president of ihe
j college.
In recognition of his lauda
tory achievements in the field
of Civil Rights, and his wise
counseling in the struggle for
justice and equality for Ne
groes without resorting to
violence," the predominantly
Negro institution conferred
the honorary degree of Doc
tor Humane Letters upon the
chief executive of the NAA
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PADDY WAGON BOUND
(Houston)— Houston police load
Negro youths into paddy-wagon
bound for jail. Police made al-
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CAMPUS TROUBLE (Hous
ton)— Negro youths lie on the
ground waiting to be taken to
jail as Houston police made
CP It wil mark the four
teenth such honor accorded
him during his illustrious ca
reer, including those from the
University of Notre Dame,
Fordham University, Swarth
more College. Middleburv
(Vt.) College, Manhattan Col
lege and Oakland University
name a few
in Rochester, Michigan, to
Wilkins joined the staff of
the NAACP in 1931 as As
sistant Executive Secretary,
after which he succeeded the
late Walter While in the post
of Executive Secretary A
few years ago, he was unani
mously elected by the organi
zation's Board of Directors to
his present position as Ex
evutive Director He has also
served as editor of The Crisis,
the official NAACP monthly
organ.
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SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1967 THE CAROLINA TIMES—
most 300 arrest on Texas
Southern University campus
early May 17 after two police
men were shot and another in-
mass arrest on Texas Southern
University's campus earh Wed ;
nesday morning (May 17: Two j
policemen were shot and an- I
but grew up in St Paul, Min
nesota, Roy Wilkins attended
public schools in the "Twin
City" and went on to earn a
degree from the University
of Minnesota which later hon
ored him with its coveted
"O u t standing Achievement
Award' Upon graduation
from college, Wilkins worked
for eight years on the staff
of the Kansas City Call, a
Kansas City. Mo , weekly
newspaper He current! y
writes a weekl loltimn in tin-
N V Amsterdam News
In addition to his exwuiiv
dunes with tlu- NAACP. VVil
kins has been Chairman of the
Leadership Conference on
Civil Rights since its estab
lishment in 1949 The LCCR
is the coordinating body for
Dr John Hope was named
first Negro president of .More
house College in Atlanta. Ga
jured in what started with stu
dent attacks on motorist and J
streets fires.
(UPI Telephot®}
other injured during a rock
throwing and shooting battle
which led to almost 300 arrest
(UPI (Telephoto
more than 100 civil rights,
labor, religious, civic and
fraternal organizations work
ing to advance civil rights
through governmental action
at the national level. He is
also a member of a number
of boards , and governing
bodies of agencies serving the
cause of human rights.
Crash Kills Seven
NEW YORK —Seven
railroad workers were killed
and four injured Monday when
two New York Central freight
trains collided headon and
exploded in a Manhattan rail
vard
Two other railroad workers
were listed as missing for
several hours after the morning
tragedy but later were found
wandering about dazed near the
scene at 148 th Street between
the West Side Highway and
Riverside Drive
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