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Politics Blocks $900,000 Grant Black Black Militants Are Denounced By Marshall Che CafSjla VOLUME 16 No. 20 James Forman pp Modern Day Prophet" At New York Meet A S~ • p^o ||j|. fl ■ HOUSING CONFERENCE HUD Secretary Romney is shown with WmBHML. Morrif (L), chairman of the National St. Louis Prof Finals Speaker At W-S College WINSTON SALEM - The Rev. A. Hangartner, S. J., pro fessor of education at St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo., will deliver the principal address at the Winston-Salem State Col lege commencement on May 25. Father Hangartner will speak on "Mobility: The Edu cational Challenge of the Seven ties." The commencement pro gram will at 3 p.m. in Whitaker bymnasium. Father Hangartner earned his bachelors and masters degrees at St. Louis University and received the doctor of philosophy in education from Yale University. He joined the St. Louis University fcculty in 1955 as assistant dean of the college of arts and sciences and in 1957 was named assistant professor of education. Since 1960 he has served as co-ordinator of teacher education at the univer sity and was named full profes sor in 1966. He has been chairman of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Teacher Education and was elected to serve as chairman of the National Coun cil for Accreditation of Teacher Education for the 1967-69 term. Father Hangartner has been consultant to the National Con ference of Catholic Schools of Nursing and a member of the American Hospital Associa • tion's Committee on Hospital Schools of Nursing. DON'T FORGET VOTE SAT., MAY 17 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1969 Housing Producers Association conference, and Ralph Greene, planning, chairman, as he met with 300 Negro hgusing figures MRS. LAURA BURNETT NAMED ST. JOSEPH'S "MOTHER OF THE YEAR" Mrs. Laura Burnett, widow of the late Henry Burnett was honored here Sunday, May 11 during the 11:00 a.m. worship services of St. Joseph's A.M.E. Church as the "Mother of the Year." Mrs. Burnett resides at 1208 Fayetteville Street. She is the mother of five shildren; three of whom survive. They are a daughter, Mrs. Nannie Ruth Smith, teacher in the city schools of Denver, Colorado; two sons, Henry, supervisor in the Welfare Department of Greensboro; and Frank, Prin- cipal of the W. G. Pearson of Durham. Mrs. Burnett has six grandchildren and five great grandschildren. Is her church she is a mem ber of the Carolina Barnes Missionary Society and a char- Hunter College Head Resigns to Accept Swarthmore Presidency NEW YORK-Dr. Robert D. Cross, president of Hunter Col lege of The City University of New York since October, 1967, has submitted his resignation and has accepted an invitation from the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College to become president of that institution. in a letter to Dr. Albert H. Bowker, chancellor of the City University, and to members of the Board of Higher Education, Dr. Cross said that he is "grate ful for the support that has been generously granted me at the City University, and I shall miss the many friends I have made here." from all parts of the country in Washington Friday. The con ference was sponsored by the NAACP. jti V 'jp MRS. BURNETT ter member of the Moxa hala Class. Her civic affiliations include, membership in the Utopia Club, Golden Agers and the Daughters of Isis. In a message to Hunter College students, faculty and staff members, Dr. Cross out lined the problems of Hunter College and of higher education generally as pertaining to finan ces, and the quest of faculty and students for increased in volvement in college and uni versity governance. He said: "These problems, though differing in specific detail, con stitute the nonnegotiable agen • da of all colleges. I do not think they are insoluble. I am choosing to tackle them in a different location where I can do so with greater personal satisfaction." A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People PRICE: 20 Cents SSOO Million Demanded In Reparations NEW YORK-The National Committee of Black Church men today released the text of a statement calling Ames Forman "a modern-day pro phet" and backing the damands of the "Black Manifesto" which Forman presented to Riverside Church last Sunday and to the Roman Catholie Archdiocese of New York today. The manifesto, adopted by the National Black Economic Development Conference meet ing in Detroit two weeks ago, includes a demand for $500,000,000 in reparations to be paid by the churches and synagogues of America for their part in centuries of econo mic exploitation of black peo ple. • The NCBC Board of Direc tors' statement urges "black caucuses (within predominant ly white denominations) and the black denominations to play the justness, humaneness, and theological soundness of the black manifesto," and calls on them to "accept the responsi bility to develop the strategies necessary to obtain the funds which are demanded." It also instructs its execu tive director, the Rev. J. Metz Rollins, to begin immediately to coordinate these "efforts of advocacy and implementation." The black churchmen went beyond the damands of the (See FOKMAN 2A) Charlotte Firm Named in Wage Hour Labor Suit CHARLOTTE - Bob. SUr, individually, and doing business as Federated Tax Service, has been named defendant in a Fair Labor Standards Act (FISA) suit filed in U. S. Dis trict Court by Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz. The complaint alleges the defendant is in violation of the minimum-wage overtime pay and record-keeping provi sions of the Act, and as a re sult of these violations mini mum wages and overtime pay have been unlawfully withheld by defendant from his employ ees. The action asserts defend ant's employees are covered by the Act because they are en gaged in commerce or in the production of goods for com merce within the meaning of the Act. The suit seeks a judgment (See SUIT page 2A) HT, H H V L^B ... 4r !■ JFillfirV ■ mum itr Hv ■■■■ Rho Chapter Of Honors local Busi Nilas Thompson Named Pres. Durham New Supermarket Chain Nilas Thompson of 314 Gray Street has been elected president of the United Dur ham, Inc., the new supermarket chain designed to serve the needs of low-income Black people in Durham. Thompson, a semi-retired employee of Duke Power Co,, was selected at the May 7 meet ing of the UDI board of direc tors. Also elected were: Walter Umstead, Mrs. Fannie Hedge peth and Harry Richter, vice presidents; Mrs. Lillian Conrad, secretary; Leander Medlin, treasurer; and Stewart Ful bright, assistant treasurer. The board heard a report on the special conditions of the $900,000 grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity. The report was given by Nathan T. Garrett, executive director of the Foundation for Communi ty Development, which will receive the grant. The special conditions dis- ■ "J^. GOP Officials and Galifianakis Charged With Conspiracy Against Assistance For Black People A *fonn nnn i / » u.. «... A *5900,000 grant for low income Black citizens in Dur ham is being complicated be cause of local and state politi cal pressure. The money has been set aside for new businesses owned and operated by Black people here. The Office of Economic MRS. INGRAM AND MRS. HELEN JONES I cussed concerned such things as restrictions on investment of grant money, transferal of funds, financial records, defini tion of target area for spending the grant, etc. Garrett emphasized that the UDI board is the decision (See NAMED 2A) GARRETT Opportunity announced April 23 that it has awarded the grant to the Foundation for Community Development (FCD). Criticism came at once from several sources, including Dur ham County Republicans and Rep. Nick Galifianakis. Because Mrs. Bernice H. Ingram, President and Manager of Dun bar Realty and Insurance Com pany was honored by Rho Chapter, lota Phi Lambda Sorority, here Sunday, May 11, fit a special Mother's Day pro gram and reception hald at the Alphonso Elder Student Union Building of North Carolina College at 3:30 p.m. She was presented the gift from the Sorority by the President, Mrs. Helen R. Jones. Appearing on the program were Dr. James T. Taylor, Vice Chairman of the North Caro lina Good Neighbor Council, who spoke on "An Outstand ing Mother"; a special tribute, "A Successful Businesswoman" was given by W. J. Kennedy, Jr. retired President and Chairman of the Board, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Com pany; music was by Mrs. Elizabeth Frasier, soloist, and Mrs. L. Lavinia Parker, accom panist. The invocation and benediction were by Reverend Lorenzo A. Lynch, Pastor, White Rock Baptist Church. Mrs. Ingram, mother of three daughters, has exhibited (See HONORS 2A) of this opposition, OEO was reported to have said that it might have to delay the grant while a "study" is made. Nathan T. Garrett, execu tive director of FCD, says he is confident the grant will be (See CHARGES 2A) DON'T FORGET YOn SAT., MAY 17 Supreme Court Member Blasts U. S. Anarchy NEW ORLEANS - Black militant* have been soundly denounced by the fir* Negro member of the U. S. Supreme Court, who ay* that "anarchy is anarchy is anarchy." It makes no difference who prac tices it, it is bad; it is punish able and it should be punished. "It is time for the good thinking people to realize that black separatism breeds noth ing," Associate Justice Thur good Marshall told an overflow audience attending the official Centennial Celebration of Dil tard University in New Orleans, Sunday, May 4. Some of us old folks here can remember when a proposal was made to give the Negroes a state," he said. "And who pro posed it? The communist party that's who. So that's nothing new. Referring to himself as a Negro and not a "black man," Justice Marshall aid that while he believes black is indeed the only color that is beautiful "I think that we Negro Ame ricans have just as many beau tiful people in mind and body, as well as skin, as any other group and we have just as (See MARSHALL 2A) ■ it*** DR. OWENS Black Dentist Is Elected To Roxb'o Council ROXBORO —History was made in Roxboro last Saturday May 8 when Dr. J. C. Owens, a dentist became the first black person ever to be elected to a public office in Roxboro. Dr. Owen polled a totil of 481 votes to take fifth place in the City Council Election. Out of the 12 candidates in the race there were two other black candidates. Rev. V. R. Booker and SylvMtar Gentry. Dr. Owens was born and reared in Person County and has practiced dentistry in Rox boro since 1950. The new black councilman is married to the former Miss Mary Lou Johnson, alao a native of Pnon County. The couple are parents of a son, Phillip. Swearing in of the newly elected member of the council was held Tuesday. Career Session Held At Union RICHMOND Dr. JuKus A. Thomas, vice-president of the College Placement Ser vice and staff member of the National Urban League, was the keynote speaker at a two da v "Career Conference" on Virginia Union University's campus.
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