—TOE CAROLINA TIMES SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1969
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Judge Bkketf Should be Impeached
TV crocodile tears now being shed
by Judge William Y. Bfckett and his
wards of regret expressed in the case
at the five Negroes he sentenced to
U years each for setting fire to the
Ku Klux Klan headquarters located
in Benson, that is reported to have
done lesa than SIOO damage to the
structure, is a gesture in our way of
that stinks to high heaven.
By his action, in placing such a heavy
sentence on the young Negroes
Judge Bickett raises great suspicion
that he is either a member of the
Ku Klux Klan or one of its staunch
est supporters in the state of North
Carolina.
In either case Judge Bickett has
proved beyond any reasonable doubt
that he is entirely unfit to hold the
high office of a Superior Court judge.
If he does not have the self-respect
to resign from the high post he holds
we submit that he should be im-
The Future
It is the opinion of this newspaper
that a majority of the intelligent, re
spectable and honest black citizens
of Durham are compelled to feel
grateful to the Durham City Council,
for the action it took at its meeting
Monday night in its endorsement of
the Foundation for Community De
velopment as the recipient of the
$960,000 grant to be used for the
economic development and growth
of the black citizens of Durham. By
voting its, approval of FCD as the
recipient of the grant, the council
has demonstrated its faith in the
leadership of Durham's black citizens
as possessing the integrity, the char
acter and intelligence in the handling
of the funds that will be entrusted
into its keeping.
Headed by Nathan Garrett, a cer
Campus Disorders Felt in Business
■
Repercussions from campus dis
orders are making themselves felt
in business, in educational contribu
tions, is school bond issues and most
in growing public im
patience with what many consider
to be the inept administration of edu
cational institutions. In a western
state where returns from school dis
trict elections sent a wave of school
budgets down to defeat in the great
est "NO" vote in the state's history,
state officials and educators are prob
ing for the reasons for taxpayer
wrath. Some officials viewed the
statewide wave of school budget de
feats as a symptom of the taxpayer
revolt that so much has been heard
about over the country in recent
months. A member of the state legis
lature believes, "The budget defeats
mean . . . People don't want more
taxes. The people are unsympathetic
with the image education is getting
There seems little doubt that cam
pus rioting is a growing factor in
the financial troubles of universities.
But, serious as this is, it may be
merely a prelude to further trouble
off campus. The magazine "Business
Week" reports that members of the
Students for a Democratic Society
may be planning to "crash" the plant
gate— in other words the activities
of SDS into the nation's factories and
Things You Should
PERRY.^^
WAS HIRED o«rro THESQBBI
CABOUWA leeeHE p
BECAME FREIAANFOR
ft. RAWORTH ft SERVED FOR IgffiSeL
YEARS/AS LATE AS FEBRUARY. ea^«a*WACTOf» SOLD
SANSS OF FORTY SLAVES TO RAILROADS AS *«" "* AS
WELL AS UNSKILLED WORKERS /
peached, that immediately, be
fore he commits another disgraceful
act involving the rights of other black
citizens who might happen to be un
fortunate enough to appear before
him.
One needs only to reverse the ra
cial identity of the five boys involved
in the judicial travesty, committed
by Judge Bickett and the riding
through a white community at night
by a band of Negroes with guns, to
visualize what would have happened
in Benson. It is certain that instead
of setting fire to a hut in retaliation
that the whites would have respond
ed with deadly weapons.
This newspaper contends that
Judge Bickett has not only brought
disgrace upon himself but the en
tire state of North Carolina. It is
therefore our feelings that impeach
ment proceedings should be insti
tuted against him immediately.
of the FCD
tified public accountant and a citizen
who has demonstrated his ability and
worth in the community, there is lit
tle or no doubt that the financial and
other affairs of FCD will be handled
in a manner that will bring due
credit to all the citizens of Durham
without regard to race, color or
creed.
The Carolina Times, therefore,
urges all black citizens of Durham,
as well as others, to throw their sup
port to the organization in its efforts
to provide relief to that segment of
the black citizenry that is so much
in need of it. We are satisfied that if
this is done no citizen of Durham
will have any cause for regret and
that successful future for FCD is
assured.
businesses. The Illinois Manufactur
ers' Association has sent its members
a special bulletin alerting them to
SDS plans for "a summer work-in."
The Association warned its mem
bers, "The Students for a Democratic
Society is apparently preparing to try
to branch out into manufacturing
plants. Employers should be alert to
the problems posed by this program,
and should make plans as to the best
maimer of handling suspected trou
blemakers." Unions are far from re
ceptive to the idea of SDS interven
i tion. Observe "Business Week, "The
SDS attitude toward unions, and a
wariness of youth rebellion general
l ly, have earned the organization a
t cold shoulder from unions. Labor has
- its own internal problems with young
i members —ambitious, impatient with
s seniority systems, generally more
s" militant. Union leaders see 'some
I threat'... in SDS getting into plants
- to meet labor's young
i Wherever there is discontent the
i. prospect is that SDS will encourage
B dissent and disruption.
.1 Whatever the future may hold for
B those who have joined in promoting
g! campus violence, the form in which
f they have expressed dissent may
t render a far greater disservice to the
I educational system and to the nation
[j than many realize or are yet willing
to admit.
That New
V THE BLACK COMMUNITY IS EVER TO ACHIEVE
TRUE UNITY IT WILL DO IT BY DEVELOPING THE GREAT
DIVERSITY OF ALL IT'S PEOPLE. ' - ;
MUST HAVE LEADERS DEDICATED TO THE IDEA THAT Th£ ,
INTEREST AND ABILITY OF EACH IS OF GREAT VALUE 1
AND MUST BE DEVELOPED TO THE MAXIMUM."
, THE OBSERVER
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-Honors
(Continued from front page),
invention of the seed drill, a
hemp rake and a threashing
machine. McCormick helped
settle the west with his inven
tion of the plow and reaper.
Morrill Introduced the bill that
President Lincoln signed into
law that granted to the states
on the basis of population.
30,000 acres of public land.
Proceeds from sale of the land
were used to establish the
Land Grant university system.
-Alumnus
(Continued from front page)
Boxing Commission of £ke City
of Rocky Mount, he 1 is afto' 4 *
vice president of the Rocky
Mount Voters and Improve
ment League. Armstrong is
vice chairman of the Nash-
Edgecombe Economic Develop
ment Authority (poverty pro
gram) in Rocky Mount and
served as commissioner of high
school athletics in North Caro
lina since 1947.
k Armstong has also been a
consultant for the U. S. Public
Health Service, conducting
field investigations to deter
mine compliance with Title VI
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
A former president of the
Old North State Medical Socie
ty, Armstrong received the
"Doctor-of-the-Year" Award
from that organization In 1955.
He received his B. S. degree
In 1929 from Shaw University
and has done post-graduate
work at Harvard, Columbia and
New York universities.
-Cleaners
(Continued from front page)
succesrful. He approached the
Small Business Administration
and after months and months
paperwork, the SBA agreed to
guarantee a loan of $60,000.
Despite the assurance of a
government guarantee, Fayette
ville financial institutions atill
denied him assistance. Harris
contacted Durham banker,
John Wheeler, President,
Mechanics and Farmers
Bank and he along
-with Louis Alexander, Vice
Pied dent, Amalgamated Bank
and Trust Company of Chica
go and Dr. Edward Irons,
Executive Director, National
Banking Association plotted a
three-prong approach to secure
money to rebuild the cleaning
facility.
Mainly through the front-
Una efforts of Wheeler, Irptu
Cb* Carolina Cintfs,
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and Alexander, three banks
pool a portion of their resourc
es to grant Harris the loan of
$350,000. Congressman WHHam
Ryans and Adam C. Powell,
New York, provided back-up.
Participating banks included
First National City Bank, New
York (2
Farmers Bank, Durham (SIOO,
000) and Amalgamated
Bank and Trust Company,
Chicago ($25,000).
Construction was completed,
on the business recently and
Harris has been meeting the
contract obligations since
March 22.
-Jenkins
(Continued from front page)
regime, the college's enrollment
increased nearly 32 per cent.
His active efforts throughout
the state and the nation in
creased alumni involvement
and contributions, heretofore
unheard of, nearly 100 per
cent. The former dean of Flori
da. A.&M. University's Law
School, where he served for
more than 12 years before
accepting the Albany State
presidency, saw state appropri
ations at Albany State College
increase more than 50 per cent
above its figures of 1964 and
swelled the college earned
doctorate ranks up by 75 per
cent.
Under his leadership, some
S7V4 million has been poured
Into building funds for the
college. In an exciting phase of
building and expansion, five
new buildings have been erect
ed under his administration and
sixth is currently underway.
In addition, two campus build
ings have been renovated to
house the rapid growth of the
instructional program.
-Retired
(Continued from front page)
in the John Avery Boy's Club
Incorporated of Durham
since its inception and is cur
rently spearheading a SIOO,
000.00 fund raising drive to
provide a new building and
facilities for it.
Among the numerous or
ganizations with which Ken
nedy baa been associated over
the years are Bankers Five
and Casualty Insurance Com
pany as President; Vice-Presi
dent, Mutual Savings and
Loan Aaaociation and the
United Fund of Durham and
Durham County; Director,
Mechanics and Farmers Bank,
Southern Fidelity Mutual In
surance Company, James E.
Shepard Foundation, the
Mutual Savings and Loan At-
sociation, the United Fund,
and the 4-H Club Foundation
of North Carolina, Inc.
A few of the honors re
ceived by Kennedy include:
Doctor of Laws Degree, Shaw
University, June 1957; Doc
tor of Laws Degree, Virginia
State College, May, 1958;
Boys Club Silver Keystone
Award.
Kennedy is married to the
former Miss Margaret Lilliam
Spaulding and they
three children; William J.
Kennedy, 111, Mrs. Charlotte
A. Sloan, and, Mrs. Margarets
K GkxftJwin iff Of Dilfham. * '
Happy Birthday, "W. J."
and may there be many many
more.
-Palmer
(Continued from front page)
black teachers wore serving
under white principals. The
break-down by schools is as
follows:
Louisburg Elementary - 5
Louisburg High • 3
Bunn High • 2
Epsom High • 3
Gethsemane High - The Neg
ro Principal replaced by white
though the principal was past
retirement age, he was not noti
fied of his removal prior to the
action.
As reported, all of the quali
fied Music Teachers in Franklin
County were Negro. The sys
tem is cutting out its Music
Program for the 1969-70
school year, so the dismissed
Negro Music Teachers were
told.
The Bunn Elementary
School has more Negro stu
dents than white, yet it has
more white teachers, more
white lunch room workers than
blacks and a white principal.
The janitor, Negro, has been
told recently that, his employ
ment would be terminated. He
is to be replaced by a white
janitor.
In the Epaora School It (a
reported, that all sporta, all
extra curricular activities, the
Junior and Senior Prom ware
cut out thia school year. No
duba met during the year. The
Honor Society, which did,
nothing during the year install
ed members on the 180 th day.
Reports further Indicate,
that students are aaated op the
buses by race - whites in the
front and black in the back,'
When one white principal was;
asked about this, his reply waa
"that the white students on the
bus in question, were "trouble
makers' au*d the bus driver had
them seated where he could
keep an eye on them."
Although these cases are
isolated in just two (2) systems
in North Carolina, they are
Indicative of what la happening!
throughout the State and the
South. There are two diaturb-
The Black B
"HI LACK capitalism" was a phrase used during the Pretl
-15 dential campaign that brought to mind the picture
of black npen guiding the destinies of giant corporations. It
was such a stirring phrase, so full odt promise—and so out
of touch with reality.
I haven't seen any evidence that It is being Implemented
to faring economic power to black businessmen, nor do I
see anything to indicate that the situation for small black
owned businesses is improving' at anything near the rat*
needed, ~
The "typical" black businessman, or "black capitalist
if you want to use that phrase, operate, a
retail shop in the ghetto. He does a business of under |20,000
per year, and his profit is just a fraction of that. •
Only one in fifty businesses in the country ii' °J*
a Negro. A large proportion of them are family enterprises,
lith'no employees, and only a handful employ more than
10 workers. ,
So it is obvious that the answer to the
ment problems cannot rely mainly on jjjj* "
owned businesses to hire people. Public service
amT expanded public an* private training and hiring pro
grams are needed.
Greater Efforts Are Needed
But that also means greater efforts should
strengthen the ghetto's economy by helping to develop bl ck
owned businesses.
As the above figures shown, many such businesses are in
trouble Many owners don't have the capital to expand,
insurance is still hard to cbme by. and bank loans, espec
in this time of tight credit, are even harder to get.
Credit and insurance are among the prime needs for
small businessmen. Often they are considered "poor risks
and can't get the backing they need. When insurance com
panies decided some drivers were "poor risks" and dropped
their insurance, some states created inairance pools to insur e
them, the risk being shared by all the companies. i
The same principle can hold in small business loans and
insurance. Pools of banks and insurance companies can be
set up with federal backing to help small businesses.
A training or advisory component can be built into this,
,so that owners of marginal business can have access to sound
business advice from experts. Fanners get such help from
federal farm agents, why can't urban businessmen have the
same access to similar help? Farmers get subsidies too, why
can't minority businessmen in poverty areas get special
assistance, perhaps in the form of favorable tax treiatment,
as well?
The Small Business Administration hag a major role
to play. It should be given adequate resources and 1U top
ties. Klan recruits found FBI agents knocking on their doora,
advising them that the government was watching their
every move. j
This activity, plus efforts by various state and local law
enforcement officers, resulted in Mississippi's klan member*
ship falling from an estimated high of 10,000 five year* ag»
to its current 300.
4 g . The Philadelphia case wag one at several resulting it
convictions against against civil rights
workers These convictions also helped reduce terrorist ac
tivity, which now is rare.
Seven men were convicted by an allwhite jury In 1967
on federal conspiracy charges stemming from the Phils,
delphia slayings and they drew prison sentences ranfli*
from three to 10 years.
Sam H. Bowers Jr., a Laurel jukebox dealer wba
founded the secret White Knights of the Ku Klux ifi—y
drew a 10-year sentence. Appeals to higher courts have
kept the other six out of prison, but Bowers has been ia
jail for months in the 19M fire-bombing death at N«r*
Vernon Dahmer at Hattieabupg.
Deputy Accused, Appeals Verdict
Cecil Price, a deputy sheriff in 1904, was accused of
wresting the three rights workers on a speeding charge and
then arranging for them to be caught by fellpw klansmsfc
upon their release from JaiL (Hie wag convicted and sent*
enced to six years in prison. Pending his appeal, he's now
ning a grocery at Philadelphia.
Black as well as white leaders in Philadelphia a*r«e
that racial progress has been made here since 1964. HUM
is little desegregation but one Negro observed that the
atmosphere of fear and hostility that prevailed five yean
ago has largely disappeared
The town apparently did not suffer economically Iron
its unfavorable national publicity. Business is good a *4
several new industries have located in the area, swelling
Its industrial payroll to sl3 million a year.
Built along with the new industry was a naw structure
for the Mt. Zion Church. On its front t e three large n nssu
—in memory of Chaney, Schwerner a d Goodman.
Ing facta about thia problem:
Several of the dlaplaced
Negro educator! ia not holed
membership in The North
Carolina Education Assocla
tion (white), and therefore,
cannot be defended by the
NCTA. They will have to pay
for their own court expenaea.
If the trend of dismissal
la goint to be one in which
they get black' educators to
join the white aaaociation
(NCEA), then eliminate them
by firing them knowing no
court action ia going to be
granted them, then I am afraid
the black students are going to
have all white teachers where
a "brain washing" session will
put the Negro back to a perior
put the Negro back to a period
closely akin to da wry. Thia
waa evidenced recently when a
white teacher in Winston-Salem
asked a Negro child to write an
eeaay on "The Positive Aspects
of Slavery." -
-Files
(Continued from front D»fe)
limitation of the number 01
Negro citizens called to wrve
on juries.
* failure by defendant* to
acquaint themselves with
Negro citizens In county to the
aame extent to which they
acquaint themselves whites.
* double standard of Jury
To Be
EQUAL
•y
WHITNEY M. YOUNL
ael itlon.
the board of elect ioni'
practice of llating all registered
voters by the symbola "C" or
"W" on all official registered
voter records, the only source
from which the names of
potential Jurors are selected.
The attorneya hold these
practices to be in violation of
the equal protection and due
process clauses of the Four
teenth Amendment. They
have asked the U. S. District
Court in New Jersey, where the
suit waa filed, to declare the
alleged abuaes unconstitutional
and to Issue a permanent in
junction against the defendants
and their cohorts.
Mr. Johnson «u killed
In i blinding rain storm At
a railroad crossing in 1938.
Other events this week of
historical importance are
as follows: -
JON I(—J. J. Deaalines
declared emperor of Haiti in
1804.
JUNE It Dr. George
Washington Carver stward
ed the doctor of science de
free by the University of
Rochester in 1941.