Bx 870
Education Seminars
Education seminar B will
meet tonight at 7:30 fa T 203
Alumni with Eric Van t ,
Jwnatnan Gibson will m
seminar C tonight at 8
Grail t """&'' at . 8 in the
ested al? "5 GM- All inter
csiea are invited.
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Senior Committees
Senior Class finance, social
and publicity committees will
meet today at 3:30 in the
Woodhouse Room in GM. Any
interested seniors pleast at
tend the meeting.
THAPEL HILL, N. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1966
Founded February 23, 1893
'It's Startim' To Start,9 The Sergemmt Expknimed
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volume 74, NumbPr m ' :
By DON CAMPBELL
DTH Staff Writer
DURHAM-"It's startin' to start,"
he sergeant informed us in a very of
ficial manner as we finally got parked
r.t the Klan rally Sunday.
The sergeant was one of more than
150 "security guards" ranked from pri
vate to colonel on hand to keep the
peace.
It had taken 22 of thsm, five with
walkie - talkies, to get us parked th2
the backside of what must bs North
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ATLANTA, Ga. (AP)-Rep.
Charles L. Weltner, in a start
ling move withdrew Monday
as the, democratic nominee for
a third congressional term ra
ther than vote for Lester G.
Maddox, arch segregationist
who won the party nomination
for governor.
"I will give up my office be
fore I give up my principles,"
said Weltner, chief instigator
of a Congressional probe of
th3 Ku Klux Klan. He said he
could not keep a pledge re
quired of democratic candi
dates to vote for party nomin
ees in the general election.
"I cannot compromise with
hate," he said. "I cannot vote
for Lester Maddox."
(Weltner spoke to an over
flow crowd in Memorial Hall
here Dec. 13 of last year', ask
ing that the south renounce
the Klan and what it stands
for.)
Weltner's bombshell, drop
ped at a news conference in
his office, left it up to the Ful
ton County (Atlanta) Demo
cratic executive committee to
choose a nominee. Republican
State Sen. Fletcher Thompson
is running for the congress
ional seat.
A Negro senator, Leroy R.
Johnson, said immediately he
would like to get the nominat
ion. Johnson, who four years
ago became the first Negro
legislator in Georgia in half a
century, said he was a loyal
democrat but not a Maddox
supporter.
Weltner, reading from a
brief prepared statement noted
that he had said last Friday
he could not violate the party
loyalty oath.
"Today, the one man in our
state who exists as the very
symbol of violence and op
pression is the Democratic
nominee for the highest office
in Georgia," Weltner said.
"His entire public career is
directly contrary to my deep
est convictions and beliefs.
"And while I cannot violate
my oath, neither can I violate
my principles . . . therefore, I
am withdrawing as the demo
cratic nominee for the House
of Representatives."
Weltner, 3&-year-old attor
ney, ruled out a write-in candi
dacy for himself and said he
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The Imperial Klud, George Dorsett
Will Not
election
would sit out this election.
But he added, "I hope I can
sometime have the chance to
serve again."
Maddox, the 51-year-old
furniture merchant who quit
the cafeteria business rather
than serve Negroes, said he
wanted to know if Weltner now
would resign from the party.
"The Democratic party is
becoming more conservative
by the hour,' Maddox said at
Savannah where he was mak
ing a campaign appearance.
Rep. Howard H. Callaway,
the Republican nominee for
governor, said at a Newman
news conference that he was
"shocked and surprised." He
said Weltner's act "points out
the fallacy of the democratic
loyalty oath."
Callaway said the GOP re
quires its candidates to pledge
Big IBM
To Unite
Ey JIM SADLER
DTH Staff Writer
One of the world's largest
computors will begin linking
UNC, State and Duke this
week into the first three-university
computer cooperative
in the United States.
The computer, located in
the Triangle Universities Com
putation Center (TUCC) in
Research Triangle Park, will
be the IBM 360-the largest
and fastest computer now be
ing delivered by International
Business Machines.
It has a work capacity
greater than all the comput
ers now on all three campuses
put together.
The giant computer can
carry out one million operat
ions per second and can add
a column of one million eight
digit numbers in less than a
second.
Because of its incredible
speed, the new computer is
considered a good buy-ever
at its cost of $300 per operat
ing hour.
A research project analysis
that would otherwise take
months can be computed by
Carolina's biggest cowpasture.
The main rally was what was "startin'
to start." Already that afternoon, Klan
families from this and other states had
had "dinner on ths grass" constiting of
barbscued chicken, slaw and buns.
In addition, 700 Klans people had
been "naturalized" in ceremonies on
the far side of the pasture. No one
would explain exactly what that entails.
"If you're not a Klansman, it ain't
none of your business," N. C. Grand
Dragon T. Robert Jones said.
Across the valley, those who had
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support of state and federal
constitutions only. "It seems
to me the party should be able
to sell itself to party mem
bers," he said. But Callaway
said it seemed that Weltner's
withdrawal did not free him of
the loyalty oath in the general
election.
Computer
Triangle
the Model 75 in a matter of
seconds, said Dr. Morris S.
Davis, president of TUCC.
"A whole lifetime of resear
ch can be compressed into a
fraction of an hour with the
new computer," Dr.. Davis
said.
"It is 10 billion times faster
than a man with a desk cal
culator." Commenting on the use of
the computer by UNC, Dr.
Davis said that "in addition
to the use in the physical sci
ences, we expect the comput
er to be used a great deal in
connection with the theore
tical and practical applicat
ions of biostatistics and social
sciences.
Future plans for the comput
er system include establish
ing a network of computers
linking every college in North
Carolina.
"The Triangle is pioneering
this idea of a computer coop
erative," Dr. Davis said,
"and we feel that it will not
only be important to North
Carolina, but will also have
national significance."
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bean "naturalized" slowly filed back to
wards the speakers platform while oth
ers slowly rose, drained their Pepsi Cola
bottles, brushed off tb.2ir sheets and pre
pared to join the crowd.
Their was a myriad of colors on
display. Some wore, white robes. Some
wore red robes. Some wore black and
white and green robes. Some just wore
their Sunday suits. . ,
Everyone who was robed wore white
hoods. And all the white hoods had a
little red tassel on the top. All except
one. -
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Photos By Jim Rambo
SDS Paper
Makes Debut
Picket signs bearing s 1 o
gans, "Allied Terror", "UNC
Aids Discrimination," "In the
Name of Democracy," cover
ed the front page of the first
issue of the "Left Heel", pub
lished by the UNC student for
a Democratic Society.
SDS Members sold an esti
mated 700 copies in Y-Court
yesterday of the 12-page mim
eographed pamphlet edited by
Ann Schunior and Brynden
Gordon.
"The editorial Staff wants
to make clear its political and
social orientation. We are
members of what has been
termed the 'New Left', and
our editorials and theoretical
discussion will reflect that gen
eral orientation," said an edi
torial statement by the "Left
Heel". "Editing will be pri
marily technical, and each
article is the sole responsibi
lity of the author."
Monday's issue included a
pink handbill "Extr a" on
Chancellor J. C. Sitterson's
recent statement in the DTH
concerning racial discrimina
tion in off-campus housing and
asking for a specific set of
measures to prevent such
discrimination.
Di-Phi Meet
Set Tonight
The Dialectic -and Philan
thropic Societies will hold
their inaugural ceremonies
and debate tonight at 7:30 on
the third floor of New West.
"Should the United States
be involved in Viet Nam"
will be the query for the
evening, and the public is in
vited to attend and join in the
discussion.
Lead speaker for the nega
tive will be Wilson Clark Jr.,
Di-Phi sergeant-at-arms elect
and former president of the
Carolina Conservative Club.
Di-Phi President and president-elect
John Greenbacker
will lead the affirmative.
The senate will also con
sider a special resolution sup
porting Greenbacker's partici
pation in the speaker ban law
suit which will be submitted
to federal court tomorrow.
ByBlLLAMLONG
DTH News Editor
"This is Klansville,
DURHAM
man said.
And about 2,500 persons many of them wearing
white, peaked robes cheered as they stood in the
evening chill of a cow pasture on the outskirts of
Durham.
They had come to this hilly meadow to attend a
-national rally of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Sunday afternoon and the speakers were saying
things they wanted to hear.
"North Carolina is the greatest Klan state in the
'Security Guards
A
cc&st mepri:ers
DURHAM They are called
"Security Guards" and instead
of Klan robes they wear grey
uniforms, helmets and para
trooper boots.
It was this section of the
Knights of the Klu Klux Klan
who twisted DTH reporter Don
Campbell's arm, grabbed
DTH News Editor Bill Am
long and escorted several
Duke University students out
NAACP
Granville
By ERNEST ROBL
DTH Asst. News Editor
The Campus NAACP charg
ed Monday that Granville Tow
ers is discriminating against
Negroes.
The four man delegation al
so listed 30 specific cases of
alleged racial discrimination
by the University Housing Of
fice during the two summer
sessions.
The charges were made dur
ing a meeting with Chancel
lor J. Carlyle Sitterson.
Sitterson said following the
meeting he had assured the
group the cases would be
brought to the attention of the
University officials concerned
and he will personally, check
the Granville situation.
"I believe he'll do exactly
what he told us he would do,"
James Cofield, NAACP presi
dent, said later. Cofield head
ed the delegation.
ncHe said 30 Negro women
signed a complaint regarding
housing assignments during the
second summer session.
The NAACP president said
the women signed a complaint
regarding housing assignments
during the second summer ses
sion. The NAACP president said
the women were either given
other Negroes for roommates
or were assigned single rooms
without them being requested.
Cofield also cited at least
one case of what he believes
to be discrimination at the
privately - owned Granville
Towers complex.
He said the only two Neg
ro women living there had
been assigned to the same
room. Cofield said the two wo
men had submitted their ap
plications for accomodations
more than four months apart,
ruling out coincidence.
Granville Towers is owned
by Allen Bros, and O'Hara Inc.
Not only did the one not have a tas
sel on top, it didn't stand up straight.
It just flopped down by the ears of the
old man under it, and he was visibly
embarrassed.
Everywhere there were guards. All
were clad in grey, all had helmets,
and black shiny boots with white strings
laced neatly halfway up their legs.
And all had flashlights with six large
size batteries, in case it got dark. There
were 1,000 flashlight batteries at the
rally.
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U.S.A.
the
of Sunday's cow pasture rally
here.
"You've been drinking," a
security guard lieutenant told
Campbell as he wrenched the
reporter's arm behind his
"No I haven't" Campbell
told him.
"Well, I believe you have,"
the lieutenant told Campbell
as he threw him over the
Accuses
Of Bias
of Memphis Tennessee.
Cofield said no complaint
had been made to the owners
or managers of the private ac
commodations as he believed
the University would handle
the situation.
Returning to the charges of
discrimination during the sum
mer, Cofield provided several
pages of detailed statements
signed by women students.
A typical statement from a
Negro student assigned to
Cobb read:
"Upon arrival at East Cobb
I was greeted with all smiles
by Mrs. Carter (housemother).
However there was suddenly
a need to change the room
that I had been previously as
signed to.
"I think that the color of
my skin played a leading role
in the house mother's decis
ion. Or perhaps it was the tex
ture of my hair?"
Cofield would not release
the names of any of the stu
dents which had signed the
complaints.
Lee Greene, another mem
ber of the NAACP committee
which had visited Sitterson,
said he had told the chancel
lor of an incident in which he
had been personally involved
during the fall of 1965.
Greene said that he had ap
plied to the housing office for
a room and had been told that
the room was available. The
next day he was notified that
the room was no longer avail
able. . m
Sitterson told the DTH Mon
day that he considered the
meeting "mutually beneficial.
"At least from my point of
view it was beneficial and I
hope it was the same for
them."
Sitterson again voiced assur
ances that the NAACP com
plaints would be dealt with
by the University..
TTlhfe fe
nation," said George Dorsett of Greensboro, the Im
perial Klud (chaplain) of the N. C. KK.
"This is Klansville, U.S.A."
"Tell it like it is," voices shouted. "Tell it like it
is, Brother George."
Dorsett, wearing his black Klud robe with a
pearly cross over his heart, was one of about eight
Klan leaders who spoke Sunday.
Perhaps the most important at least the high
est ranking of all the speakers was Robert Shelton,
Imperial Wizzard of the United Klans of America.
"Once we can re-form unity in the ranks of the
white man in America, we can get dignity, honesty
four - strand barbed - wire
fence.
When Campbell who had
been interviewing a bearded
Duke student in the crowd
complained to Durham Coun
ty sheriff's deputy, who had
watched the whole thing,
the deputy said:
"If I was you son, I'd stay
out of there."
The group of students whom
Campbell had been interview
ing then followed him through
the barbed wire.
At this time, Amlong crawl
ed under the wire to speak to
the students.
He and Campbell then got
permission from N.C. Grand
Dragon J. Robert Jones to re
turn to the press section near
the speaking platform..
As Amlong went back in
side, though, a burly captain
of the security guard grabbed
him by the arm.
"This one's coming over
here," he said.
"What's the matter?" Am
long asked.
"We just want to ask you
some questions," he said.
Imperial Klud George Dor
sett then told the captain to
free Amlong. He did.
From then on, however, two
security guards one a pri
vate, the other a major
followed Amlong constant
ly around the rally site.
Neither he or Campbell was
molested any further, and
Jones apologized during his
speech for the incidents, which
he called misunderstandings.
A 21-year-old Duke senior
complained to State Highway
he had been set upon and bad
ly beaten by a group of se
curity guards.
Apple, who said the patrol
had no jurisdiction inside
the cow pasture which Jones
leased for the rally directed
Dudley Woodward Houghton,
the student, to the Duke in
firmary. Daniel K. Edwards, the
the state solicitor for Dur
ham County, said Monday he
did not remember whether
Houghton was one of three
Duke students two men and
a woman who came by his
office or not.
He declined to discuss what
the students had said to them,
except to say "I expect they
were seeking advice" con
cerning the Klan rally.
"That wouldn't be very
proper for me to discuss that
sort of business in advance of
anything that might come
up," he said.
On the road across the four - strand
barbed - wire fence, about 15 Durham
County Sheriff's deputies stood. All af
ternoon and into the night, they stood
there.
After the opening prayer, which a
Georgia Grand Klud asked God "To give
us a vision today to see the commun
ist tyranny sweeping the nation," the
crowd more or less relaxed and set
tled down to hear what they juit might
have heard before.
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and integrity back into the'
government of America,"
Shelton said.
"The God-fearing white peo
ple of this nation are in a ma
jority and we will rule," he
said. VBut we will rule with
dignity, honesty and integrity.?'-,
v,. .......
And the 2,500 or so persons
liked hearing these words, too.
They also liked what was
told them by Georgia's Grand
Dragon, Calvin Craig, when
he talked about Lester Mad
dox, the staunch segregation
ist who last week won the
Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in Georgia.
"He will stand up for the
poeple of Georgia like George
Wallace has stood up for the
people of Alabama," Craig
said.
Craig, who has been indict
ed and will soon face trial on
federal charges of contempt
of Congress then surveyed the
crowd and said something
they really liked:
"As long as white people
are gathered together as they
are today, no group of Ne-
Klan To Rally Here
There'll be a Ku Klux
Klan rally in Chapel Hill
this winter, state Grand
dragon J. Robert Jones told
the DTH.
Jones said Sunday he
leased ground in Chapel Hill
for the rally last week, but
did not know where or
when it would be held.
groes can beat us at the ballot
box or anywhere else."
Two other Georgia Klans
men spoke then and both
of them kept saying the things
those 2,500 persons wanted to
hear.
"The Negro movement in
this country is dead," said
Klokard Bob Bing of Jones
boro, Ga. "You have murder
ed it and you see its burial
now."
And Bob Collins, who is the
Imperial Klokard from At
lanta, told about the "White
Backlash."
"The White Backlash is go
ing to reach far beyond
much farther than all of
the communist organizations
in the "United States put to
gether," he said.
He warned white politicians
to heed and fear the "White
Backlash."
Ernest Gilbert, who is a
Klansman from Mississippi,
then got up on the rostrum
in his conservative blue suit
and boots and asked a ques
tion that really set the crowd
cheering:
"Let's hear it," he said. "Is
the South going to rise
again?"
And it seemed like every
one of the 2,500 voices yelled
"yeah."
The only woman to speak at
the Rally was Mrs. J. Rob
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