GOP LEADER
Says Black Vote Ao Longer In One Party
Bishop Blasts Nixon's Unconcern For Ghetto Dwellers
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TAKES OATH OF OFFICE—
Rev. Melvin Chester Swann
(left) former pastor of Saint
Joseph's A. M. E. Church, is
shown taking the oath of of
cice as vice-chairman of the
Pastor Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Observes 21st Year Nov. 24-30
From November 24th
through November 30th the
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
will conduct a week of prayer
and praise to the glory of
God and in honor and respect
for their Pastor the Rev. E. T.
Browne. Pastor Browne, as he
is affectionately called by the
whole community, has made
his presence felt, not only in
the religious circles, but in the
life of the total community.
There are many landmarks
within the Mt. Vernon Church
fellowship that attest his
leadership. To enumerate a
few: He came to Mt. Vernon
on January 1, 1948, in Novem
ber 1940 he was instrumental
in bringing to the Church the
Mt. Vernon Credit Unioa The
credit Union was chartered
with 15 members and $175.00
shares. Today twenty-one
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Noted Dobbs Family Of Georgia
Is Featured In Look Magazine
Dr. Irene Dobbs Jackson,
chairman of the Modern Lang
uages department at North Car
olina Central Univenity, is one
of six sisters featured along
with their father in an article
in the December issue of Look
Magazine. Another sister, Mrs.
Josephine Dobbs Clement, for
merly a teachere at the univer
sity (then North Carolina Col
lege), and a member of the
boards of the Durham city
county library and Better
Health Foundation is also fea
tured.
The story of a "remarkable
black family," which had its
origins in the rural areas of
Georgia, is in the current issue
of Look.
"Seven Dobbs Against the
Odds" recounts the family his-
Baltimore City Hospital Com
mission. Local friends and ac
quaintances of Swann are in
terested in knowing if the
beard he now sports is a sign
of old old age, or an indica-
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years after, the assets of the
Mt. Vernon Credit Union are
72,000 with the goal for Dec
ember 30, 1971 of SIOO,OOO
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church has
DOB as FAMILY
Tory of John Wesley Dobbs, the
father of six girls who "found
ed no fortunes, sired no presi
dents." But he did begin, the
magazine said, a family'of "high
achievers which include an in
ternationally known opera sing
er, a quartet of college profes
sors and 1 a teacher of disturbed
children."
All six daughters graduated
with honors from Spelman Col
lege, Atlanta. All have master's
degrees and two have doctor
ates.
In addition, his grandson,
Maynard Jackson, was recently
elected the first black vice
mayor of Atlanta. Dr. Irene
Dobbs Jackson is Maynarffs
mother.
Dobbs grew up in Atlanta,
Georgia, dropping out of More-
tion that he has gone over to
the hippies.
Administering the oath is
Baltimore Mayor, T. D. Alex
ander.
(Photo by T. F. Holden)
REV. TYNES
a thoroughly graded Sunday
School with an enrollment of
770 young people and adults.
It has two adult classes with
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house College to become a rail
way mail clerk. But his passion
for learning, shared by his
wife, never ceased and it was
instilled in their children.
According to Look, Dobbs
fought to get around the bar
riers of segregation that con
fronted blacks in his day. In
the early 1940's , he organized
the Georgia Voters League, at
a time when there were only
500 registered black voters in
the state.
Several years before his death
in 1.961, Dobbs drew up plans
for his funeral which included
a talk by an Atlanta neighbor,
the Rev. Martin Luther King,
Jr., whom Dobbs had counseled
as a youth.
Dobbs' daughters,' in addition
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VOLUME 48 No. 47
Black Georgia Legislator Says
rp America Has Lost Its Soul"
Brown Endorses
Black Power's
New Rally Call
Benjamin Brown, one of
Georgia's 12 black state legis
lators, said recently "Ameri
ca has lost its soul—and conse
quently, is seeking to make
America something other than
what its forefathers dreamed of
it being."
Brown, an Atlanta attorney,
said that soon after Black
Americans had defied Southern
policies of segregation, achiev
ed the 1954 desegregation de
cision by the Supreme Court,
and reached a period l of "high
hope and morale," church
bombings, assassinations, the
Wallace and Maddox elections,
and schism between black and
white students indicated a trend
toward ""racial regressions."
The attorney endorsed the
"new rally call" of "Black Pow
er" as a point around which
most Black Americans can ral
ly. "We must, however, main
tain a constructive perspective
in dealing with the potential
of so-called Black Power."
"Black Power to me means
recognizing the potential worth
of those political and economic
resources controlled by Black
people," Brown said.
Brown's remarks came during
his keynote address to high
school students, teachers, and
others attending the Annual
Resource-Use Conference held
in North Carolina Central Uni
versity's B. N. Duke Audito
rium.
"America needs your creati
vity—America needs your un
derstanding America needs
your fresh ideas on how gov
ernment should work," Brown
told the students.
A&T President First Black to
Head State Universities Ass'n
CHICAGO Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, President of North Car
olina A&T State University, has
been elected president of the
Council of Presidents of the
National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges. He is the first black
man to hold the Council's high
est office.
Dowdy was elected to his of
fice earlier this month during
the 83rd annual convention of
the National Association of
State Universities and Land-
Grant Colleges in Chicago.
The Council of Presidents 1>
composed of the chief admini
strators of 99 major state uni
versities and land-grant institu
tions in the United States and
Puerto Rico.
Dowdy, who served for the
past year as secretary of the
council succeeds Dr. W. Robert
Parks, president of lowa State
University, as president.
Much honored for his work
in education, Dr. Dowdy was
a winner of the "Outstanding
Alumnus Award" given by In
diana State University and the
"Citizens of Greensboro Awanf'
given by the Greensboro Cham
ber Commerce.
He is a member of the Atomic
Energy Advisory Committee,
American Council on Educa
tion's Committee on Educa
tional Policy, North Carolina
Council on Human Relations,
North Carolina Coordinating
Council on Aging and Educa
tion Commission of the States.
He also served on the Com
mission for Study of Public
DURHAM, N. C. ( SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1969
Three Durham Citiz
Awards By Third
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MISS CRUSE
Three Durham Negroes were
presented with Awards of Ap
preciation by the Headquarters
Third, United States Army in
recognition of outstanding vol
unteer service to the Army
Service Club Program.
GOP Sees Recent Elections As
Hopeful Forecast
WASHINGTON—CIarence L.
Townes, Jr., Assistant to Re
publican National Committee
Chairman Rogers C. B. Morton,
described the Black vote in the
U. S. as having had a tremen
dous impact on the outcome of
recent elections.
"The Black voters have been
waiting and begging for Repub
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DR. DOWDY
Schools of North Carolina and
the Executive Committee of the
Association of State Universities
and Land-Grant Colleges
A native of Eastover, S. .C,
Dowdy 52, holds the A.B. de
gree and a Litt. D. degree from
Allen University, the M.S. de
gree from Indiana State Uni
versity and the EdD. degree
from Indiana University.
Prior to becoming president
of A&T, he served as principal
of high schools in Eastover, S.
C. and Winnsboro, S. C. At A.
and T. he formerly served as
director of student teaching,
dean of the School of Education
and General Studies and acting
president.
Dr. Dowdy is married to the
former Elizabeth Smith of
Terre Haute, Ind. Dr. and Mrs.
Dowdy have three children,
Lewis, Lemuel and Elizabeth
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MISS CARTER
The three receiving awards
were: Miss Nezzie V. Carter,
counselor at Jordan High
School; Miss Annie Cruse,
teacher of business education
at Hillside High School; and
Reginald Dalton, supervisor of
central records at North Caro
lican candidates to offer them
viable alternatives," Townes
said. "This year, the Republican
Party gave them just that In
the Gubernatorial races in Vir
ginia and New Jersey, in the
Mayor's race in Hartford, Con
necticut, and in the contest for
District Attorney in Philadel
phia, proving once and for all
that the Negro voter is no long
er wedded to any political par
ty."
In the Virginia gubernatorial
election, Governor-elect Lln
wood Holton polled approxi
mately 55% of the total Black
vote cast, with the percentage
running as high as 71% for
Holton in the predominately
Black precincts in Richmond,
according to the Richmond
Ntwi Leader.
"Both Republicans and Demo
crats have agreed that the ma
jor turning point in the Holton
campaign," Townes said, "came
in early October when he re
ceived the endorsement of the
Virginia Crusade for Voters, an
influential statewide Black in
dependent political organisa
tion.
"In the New Jersey election,
Governor-elect William CahiQ
got 26% of the Black vote in
Newark.
More Black Republicans were
elected to office across the
country than ever before.
Among them are:
Luska J. Tywman, re-elected
Mayor of Glasgow, Ky.
Collin Bennett, re-elected
City Councilman, Hartford,
Connecticut. (Second highest
vote-getter in field of twelve
candidates)
Harold Garner, elected City
Councilman, Toledo, Ohio.
Paul T. Haggard, elected City
Councilman, Cleveland, Ohio.
John Kellogg, re-elected City
Councilman, Cleveland, Ohio.
Stanley Lawson, elected Ctiy
Councilman, Harrisburg, Pa.
Ray Pleasant elected City
Councilman, Bloomington, Min
nesota.
Lillian Burke, elected Muni
cipal Judge, Cleveland, Ohio.
(First Black woman elected to
a judgeship in Cleveland)
Marquette Floyd, elected
Judge, Eastern Suffolk County,
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These awards were given at
Service Club No. 5 at Ft. Bragg
in a special program during
celebration of the fiftieth Anni
versary of the Army Service
Club Program.
SPEAKER Benjamin Brown,
one of Georgia's 12 black state
legislators is shown during his
keynote address to high school
students, teachers, and others
NEA Opposes Confirmation of
Haynsworth; Cites Poor Record
WASHINGTON—The Nation
al Education Association "vig
orously" opposes the confirma
tion of Judge Clement F.
Haynsworth, Jr. to the U. S.
Supreme Court, the NEA Exe
cutive Committee has reported,
charging that the Nixon Ad
ministration "sold out to ra
cism' in making the nomina
tion.
George D. Fischer, preddent
of the million-member NEA.
labelled the nomination a "sham
and a fraud."
Cleric Declares
Law and Order
Cry A Mockery
WASHINGTON—"The steril
ity of the Nixon-Agnew admini
stration" *II sharply Criticized
by Bishop Smallwood E. Wil
liams at the 42nd anniversary
banquet of the Bible Way
Church of which he is founder
and pastor.
In his speech Bishop Williams
declared, "The political cry law
and order' is a hollow mockery
to those who suffer in the ghet
to, when the government fail*
to effectively deal with crime
and crime causes."
The Bishop pointed out, "The
inner-city continues to endure
the disadvantage of crime due
to neglect and squalor, which
no responsible government
should permit to exist, because
of the lack of care, concern
and cash.
"Where is the 'model city*
that Candidate Nixon promised
to make Washington, D. C.?
The sterility of the Nixon-Ag
new administration." he con
tinued. 'is so gross, incongru
ous and out-of-date as to be tl
most ludicrous if it were not
for the tragic consequences in
volved." "His (Nixon) lily
white cabinet," appeals to white
middle-class chauvinism, his
unwise nomination of Jnstice
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. to
the Supreme Court appeals to
segregationists."
America is facing a violent
revolution, the Bishop said, and
he called the Vietnam war a
tragedy with the vision of the
nation being impaired and kept
from focusing on urgent do
mestic problems
Bishop Williams labeled the
domestic problems as "rebuild
ing the ghettos, providing ade
quate housing, education, social
welfare for the unfortunate
welfare for the unfortunate, re
duction of crime and crime
causes."
QUOTE Of THE WESK
What a pleasure life would
be to live if everybody would
try to do only half of what he
expects others to do.
—Wm. Boetcker
attending the Annual Besoorce-
Use Conference held at North
Carolina Central University.
Thursday, November IS.
(NCC Photo)
Fischer reported that the
NEA, in telegrams sent Nov. 4
to President Nixon and individ
ual members of the Senate, call
ed for withdrawal of the nomi
nation or defeat of the confir
mation attempt. The expreadoa
of opposition on behalf ot Ike
Association had the iinininiwn
approval of its nine- member
Executive Committee.
: Opposition to Haynaworth,
, Fischer Indicated in the taln
i grams, was based mainly on the
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