Witkins Still Top Man
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LBJ Picks Five Negroes For D. C. City Council
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THE STOKES CAST BALLOTS
(Cleveland, Ohio)— Carl Stokes
and his wife Shirley leave vot
ing booth after marking their
NCC Host To Resource-Use
Education Conference Nov. 9
Dr. Williams
To Address
One Day Meet
North Carolina College at
Durham will be the scene of
the twenty-first annual meet
ing of The North Carolina Re
source-Use Education Confer
ence, November 9. The one
day event begins at 9 a.m. in
B. N. Duke Auditorium.
In making the announce
ment recently, Dr. Theodore
R. Speigner, NCC director of
the Division of Resource-Use
Education and state chairman
of the State Resource-Use
Education and state chairman
of the State Resource-Us e
Conference said: "The Confer
ence serves a good purpose in
stimulating and motivating in
service teachers, administra
tors, parents, and students to
use all available natural, soci
al, human, and technological
resources in their own back-
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Official is Showered With
Votes as End of Race Nears
King Holding
Fast to Second
Position in Tilt
As the close of the National
Negro Leadership Contest
nears Roy Wilkins, executive
secretary of the National As
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People continued to
hold the top position he has
held since the balloting for the
selection of the top Negro
leader began five weeks ago.
With the Contest set to
close Wednesday, Oct. 18, sup
porters for all contestants are
urged to mail or bring their
ballots to the office of the
Carolina Times in time to be
postmarked 6r reach the office
of the Carolina Times by Wed
nesday noon, October 18.
Last week's balloting con
tinued at the fast pace exhibit
ed during the past three weeks
and the Contest Manager is
preparing for a shower of bal
lots at the close of the Con
test Wednesday.
He also reminded voters that
in addition to the blank ballot
aop«a#t«ss ' rr-.. the Ctcoliaa
Times they may vote by let
ter or telegram.
In spite of the large number
of ballots received this week
the positions of contestants re
mained the same as last week.
This week's standing of con
testants is as follows:
Roy Wilkins 683,000
Martin L. King . 619,000
Thurgood Marshall 508,000
Whitney Young 402,000
A. Phillip Randolph 396,000
Senator Brooke 309,000
Jackie Robinson ... 282,000
Stokeley Carmichael 201,000
Rap Brown ......... 112,000
I ballots lo choose the Deinu
' cratic nominee for mayor on
I October 3. Stokes is seeking lo
, become the Ist Negro ever
McNAMARA SAYS DEFENSE DEPT
AMONGS LEADERS ENDING BIAS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sec
retary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara has tom~s group of
prominent business leaders in
Washington that the Depart
ment of Defense "has been one
of the leaders in our society
in eliminating racial discrimi
nation."
Secretary McNamara made
the remark during a report,
delivered at the invitation of
Vice President Hubert Hum
phrey, to members of firms be
ing invited to join Plans for
Progress, a national voluntary
equal employment effort sup
ported by more than 380 major
companies.
The Defense Secretary noted
that the efforts to eliminate
discrimination "began in 1948
under the direction of Presi
dent Truman, when he inte
grated the services. It was a
courageous move: it's had tre
mendous effect not only in the
Department but outside the
Department."
Noting that "were far from
perfect," Mr. McNamara cited
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PARENTS TURN TEACHER
AWAY FROM SCHOOI—
Teacher John Marsh has beard
er John Marsh has his beard
fondled by students at the con
troversial Intermediate School
(IS) 201 as New York public
NAACP Initiates Vote Drive
DEER PARK, L. 1., N. Y.—
Speaking to representatives of
Long Island's 14 NAACP
branches, W. C. Patton, asso
ciate director of the NAACP's
Voter Education Project, re
ported recently that "We have
prepared in the NAACP a pro
posed budget for a nation-wide
registration campaign in 1968,
with a goal of 2,000,000 new
Negro voters."
He further said that "this
... is a new day with a new
Negro (who) wants to share
See VOTER 2A
elected mayor of a major
metropolitan city.
(UPI Telephoto)
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McNAMARA
some of the recent Defense
Department activities aimed at
combating racial discrimina
tion:
—The campaign to open off
base housing near military
bases to all military personnel,
regardless of race, creed or
See McNAMARA 2A
school teachers returned to ■
their classrooms September 29,
ending an 18-day work stoppage.
Later, Marsh, one of the teach
ers who had warned Septem
ber 28th that there might be
community harassment at the
N°. 6 OFFICIAL BALLOT
CAROLINA TIMES NATIONAL
NEGRO LEADER CONTEST
I VOTE FOR
This Ballot Good for 1,000 Points
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VOLUME 44 No. 39 DURHAM, N. C.—SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1967 PRICE: 20c
Attempt To Hoodwink U. S. Housing
Authority Alleged By H. M. Michaux, Jr.
Young Attorney
Leads Visit to
Washington
By KENT R AUTOR
It appears that Durham of
ficials attempted to hoodwink
the U. S. Department of Hous
ing and Urban Development,
according to Durham attorney,
H. M. Michaux, Jr. Michaux
was a member of a delegation
that went to Washington, D. C.
Monday to discuss the contro
versial Bacon Street public
housing development with HUD
officials. The delegation in
cluded Eugene Hampton, Chair
man of the Housing Committee
of the Durham Council on Hu
man Relations, and Mrs. Ann
Atwater, member of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Unit
ed Organizations for Commu
nity Improvement. They talked
to Abner Silverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Public
Housing, and Phillip Sadler,
Intergroup Relations Officer
assigned to public housing.
In an interview, Michaux ex
plained his charge. Durham of
ficials submitted to HUD a
"package deal" for approval
of construction of public hous
ing in this community, and
subsequent funding, the pack
age included four sites scat
tered throughout, Durham:
Hoover Road, East Club Blvd.,
Benjamine Street, and Bacon
Street. They were approved by
HUD early this year, primari
ly because they were distri
buted throughout the city.
Later, Michaux said, Durham
officials deleted three of the
sites, leaving the Bacon Street
site as the only one for public
housing development.
According to Michaux, Sil
verman said that had the Bacon
See HOODWINK 2A
ghetto schools, was shoved
back from the entrance of the
school by an unidentified man.
Marsh and another teacher de
clined to enter the school.
(UPi Photo)
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LAST - MINUTE CHECKW
(Washington) The Supreme
Court opened a historic term
October 2 with the swearing in
of the first Negro justice in
Reinstatement Democracy
Urged By N.C.Fund Director
Esser Speaks to
Wed. Meet ot
Advisory Group
By KEMT R. AUTOR
George Esser, Executive Di
rector of the North Carolina
Fund, told the Durham Citi
zens' Advisory Committee at
its Wedensday, Oct. 4 meeting
that "we must reinstate the
democratic process, and find
ways of making it possible for
every part of the community
to participate in local govern
ment".
Esser indicated ways in
which the Committee could
contribute to this in Durham.
It must insure wide citizen
participation in identifying
problems and suggesting alter
native solutions; it must get
the advice of all segments of
the community with regard to
community issues; and it must
insure that the Committee's
recommendations reflect this,
he said. Esser urged the Com
mittee to go out and actively
seek the opinions of the man
in the street, "you will get a
better response than when he
has to knock on the door to
be heard", he said.
The town meeting was first
established by the Puritans
over 350 years ago. But our
society has changed. The
town meeting fell into disuse,
and government by elected of
ficials was relied upon, and
this led to the problem of get
ting full representation. Self
tMrw&f subsetjiwai'r irrupt
ed the democratic process, and
this gave rise to the municipal
reform of the turn of the cen
tury.
The municipal reform, Esser
said, had many positive fea
tures but it relied on the idea
of a governing elite. Profes
sionals developed standards of
government, but the choice of
standards excluded the parti
cipation of the poor, who were
judged to be poor because of
their own inadequacies, and
incompetent to share in this
activity.
its 178-year history, former U. 11
S. Solicitor General Thurgood i
Marshall. Here, the new justice ,
gets a last-minute checkup
I from his wife before the cere-1
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ADMITTED TO BAR ZoUie
Richburg, Cincinnati, Ohio,
left, a 1967 honor graduate of
the North Carolina College
Law School. Richburg now do
NCC Law School Enrollment
Largest in History of School
North Carolina College's
Law School enrollment for the
current semester is 81 stu
dents, largest in the school's
history, Dean Daniel G. Samp
son rep«rt« ttui -*eek.
Included are 45 freshmen,
26 juniors, seven seniors, and
three part-time students In
the three-year program.
The current enrollment rep
resents an increase of 26 stu
dents over last year's student
body of 55. Sampson said.
The NCC unit last year was
threatened with loss of sup
port from the Legislature when
the Advisory Budget Commis
sion recommended that no
funds be apporved for the
second year of the 1967-69 bi-
See LAW page 2A
mony. Marshall is wearing the
robe he used when he was
j judge in New York City's Sec
ond District Court of Appeals.
(UPI Telephoto)
ing graduate work in law at
the University of Washington,
was admited to practice in
Durham recently.
MRS. JOHNSON
Nominations
Revealed on
Wed., Oct. 4
WASHINGTON The nam
in}- of five Negroes to the Dis
trict of Columbia Council last
week gives Negroes a majority
in the city government. The
nominations are subject to
Senate confirmation, which is
expected to be speedy.
The five, whose names were
announced by President John
son at the swearing-in cere
mony for Walter E Washing
ton. the new commissioner,
are:
Rev. Walter
34, the Washington represen
tative of Dr. Martin L. King's
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference.
—Mrs. Margaret A. Hay
wood, 55, a lawyer;
—William S. Thompson, 56,
also a lawyer;
—Stanley J. Anderson, 40, a
social worker; and
—Joseph P. Yeldell, 35, a data
processing expert and sales rep
resentative of IBM.
The other four nominees to
the council, who are white, are:
Thomas E. Fletcher, 46, who
will act as Mr. Washington's as
sistant;
—Mrs. Polly Shakleton, 57,
Democratic National Commit
tee-woman for the District of
Columbia;
—J. C. Turner, 51, chairman
of the Washington Central La-
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Rev. F. D. Terry to
Speak at Roxboro
Rites Sun.. Oct. 15
Rev. F. D. Terry, minister
of the West Durham Baptist
Church, will be the Homecom
ing Day speaker at the Shady
Hill Baptist Church, Roxboro,
Sunday, October 15. The serv
ice is scheduled to begin at
3:00 p.m. Music will be fur
nished by the choir of the
visiting minister.
At the morning service, set
for 11:15, the pastor, Rev. H.
Albert Smith, will preach. The
Senior Choir will sing.
Dinner will be served prior
to the afternoon service.
The public is cordially in
vited to attend these services.
President of
M&F Bank
Still Improving
LBJ Sends Message
Among the many letters,
telegrams and other expres
sions of concern surrounding
the recent illness and opera
tion undergone by J. H. Wheel
er, president of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank, was one
received from President John
son during his confinement at
Lincoln Hospital.
Said President Johnson's
telegram: I was distressed to
learn of your operation. Mrs.
Johnson and I have you in our
thoughts and we will pray for
your prompt recovery-, Your
company and your country
need all the strength of your
leadership."
Wheeler is now convalescing
at his home and is now well
on his way to recovery. He
stated further that he it most
appreciative for the many mes
sages, flowers and other ex
pressions of concern received
during his illness.
Last Rites Held For
Former Durhamite
At Beech wood
Mrs. Anna Thomas Johnson,
formerly of Durham, died in
New York October 2. Grave
side rites were held at Beech
wood Cemetery with the Rev.
Philip R. Cousin, assisted by
Rev. Rev. Benjamin McCaskill
of Hillsborough, officiating.
Survivors are three sisters,
Mrs. Susie Bullock, Durham;
Mrs. Irene Whitted and Mrs.
Martha Long of Hillsborough;
one brother, John *ntomaa.
New York, N. Y. and aevaral
nieces and nephewa.