VtheTruth Unbridled^
FOR 28 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1819.
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 34
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
Lee Citizens Foil To Get Rid
Of Principal; Wicker Rehired
FOREIGN STUDENTS HERE SILENCED
IN
WAR MANEUVERS
v m. .«*;*»** . •• :
Members of the Fortieth
Signal Construction Battalion
took part in the Army’s
giganitc manuever, “Southern
Pine,” which is now under
way in the sandhills area of
the state.
In the above photo are shown
troops unloading cable from
an RL. 26 power unit mount
ed on a weapons carrier. Left
to right are Corporal Willie
Lee, Jr., Emporia, Virginia;
Pfc. Odie Tucker, Durham;
Pfc. James Palmer, Winnona,
Miss.; Sgt. Percy Pinkston,
Jackson, Miss.; Pfc. Eddie
Harvey, Elizabethtown, N. C.
and Pfc. William Dickens,
Roxboro, N. C.
Auto Crash Claims One;
Six Others Badly Hurt
ii \t i
new loners
In Highway
Mishap
Smithfield — A motor trip
“down South” turned out dis
astrously for a party of New
Yorkers as the automobile in
which they were riding over
turned last Thursday near here,
fatally injuring one person and
seriously injuring six others.
The vehicle in which they
were travelling, a station wagon,
was smashed up so badly that it
could not be reclaimed. The ac
cident occurred on Route 301,
three miles north of Selma.
Mrs. Rosa Brown, 56, of
Yonkers, died at the Dunn hos
pital Friday morning around
2:30 O’clock from a fractured
pelvis and internal injuries
which she received in the wreck.
Six other passengers, all New
Yorkers, were seriously hurt in
the wreck and were taken to the
Dunn hospital.
Andrew Clark, 20-year-old re
sident of White Plains, was driv
ing along toward Selma in a
motor party headed for South
Carolina when he lost control of
the station wagon. The vehicle
left the highway, rammed into a
trunk and overturned.
Young Clark sustained chest
and back injuries and possible
internal injuries.
His father, 48 year old Willie
Clark of Yonkers, and owner of
the automobile, suffered a dis
located shoulder, compound
fracture of the leg, broken pelvis
bone and cuts on the head.
Mrs. Margaret Clark, the
young driver’s mother, received
a broken hip and cuts on the
head and thigh. Thirteen year
old Ernestine Lohean of New
York City sustained a broken
right leg and an injured left leg.
Two of Clark’s children, nine
and seven years old, escaped
with minor hurts.
The Clarks were part of a
group enroute to South Caro
lina. They were being followed
by another car in the party when
the accident occurred.
Patrolman Furamge said that
the investigation revealed that
the automobile was traveling a
bout 45 or 50 miles per hour
when it left the road.
Over 300 Parents "No Longer
Want" Lee County School Head
Sanford — Efforts by 300 citi
zens of Lee County to have W.
B. Wicker removed as principal
of the Lee County Training
School were apparently stymied
for another year by the County
School Board which rehired Mr.
Wicker for the coming school
term.
But under the leadership of
the Lee County Co-ordinating
Committee, the struggle for the
ouster of Wicker will continue,
according to reports this week.
Announcement of the re
appointment of Wicker came on
ly after a challenging letter
(August 14) addressed to Super
intendent J. J. Lentz from the
Co-ordinating Committee, which
vowed, “we shall not tolerate
his services in any capacity.”
The letter further proclaimed
that the “Committee is prepared
to take further steps to equalize
the educational facilities and
Presbytery In
Convention
Oxford — More than 100
young people from towns and
cities throughout North Caro
lina are meeting for fellow
ship and recreational activities
at the Summer Conference of
the Catawba Synod West
minister Fellowship which has
been in session at Mary Pot
ter School at Oxford, N. C.,
since last Sunday.
The conference is under the
direction of the Reverend T. A.
Jenkins of Charlotte.
The opening session last Sun
day featured an address by
Dr. H. T. McFadden of Louis
burg and an evening report
from the annual national
meeting of the Westminister
Fellowship by Miss Mattie
Hatcher, Moderator for the
Catawba Synod.
Among other attractions were
the annual social on Tuesday
evening, a Wednesday night
speech by the Reverend D. L.
Swann, former missionary to
China, a talent exhibition on
Thursday night. Adjournment
of the youth gathering is
scheduled for Friday.
eliminate discriminatory prac
tices as well.”
A group of more than 300
parents and patrons of Lee
County formed "into an organi
zation called the Lee County Co
ordinating Committee, has been
contesting Wicker’s right to re
main as principal of the Lee
County Training School since
last February. The Committee is
dissatisfied with Wicker because
he has failed to cooperate with
local citizens in obtaining ade
quate and equal school facilities
for the Negro students of the
county.
A citizens meeting was called
for Thursday night, August 23,
to express indignation over the
and to confirm to determined
decision of the School Board and
to confirm the determined stand
taken in the letter of August 14
to the Superintendent. The full
text of the letter is as follows:
Lee County Co-ordinating
Committee
Post Office Box 311
Sanford, North Carolina
August 14, 1951
Mr. J. J. Lentz, Supt.
Lee County Schools
Sanford, North Carolina
Dear Sir: ^
On February 14, 1951, The
Lee County Co-ordinating Com
mittee filed a petition in your of
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Negro Affairs Head Says
Park Race Bars Must Go
J. b. Stewart, Chairman of
the Durham Committee on Ne
gro Affairs, said here last
week that segregation at the
local municipal park must go
in answer to a promise from
City Recreation Department
Director C. R. Wood that his
office would be glad to co
operate with any suggestion
for improving the facilities
at the local park.
Although Stewart was re
luctant to say that his opinion
represented that of the Com
mittee since the committee
had not discussed the matter
previously, it is generally un
derstood that the group has op
posed segregation in similar
cases and is expected to do so
in this instance.
Recreation director Wood last
week admitted that the facili
ties for Negroes at the park
were far from desirable and
indicated a willingness to
improve the facilities. He
stated that his office would be
glad to cooperate with any
suggestion for bettering the
Negro facilities.
At present, Negroes are ad
mitted by one gate, in deep
right field on the Foster Street
side of the park. They are
seated in one section of the
(Please turn to Page Eight)
Ushers Trek To
K. Alexander,
State NAACP
Head, ToSpeak
Friday Night
Goldsboro — Over 500 mem
bers of the Interdenominational
Ushers Association began a trek
from all over the state to this
eastern tobacco center late this
week for the 27th annual con
vention of the state organization.
The convention was slated to
get underway Thursday. All
sessions were set for the Gospel
Tabernacle on Gurley Street.
The Ushers were scheduled to
meet in three sessions per day,
beginning with the opening
meeting Thursday morning at
ten and concluding with the
annual sermon Sunday morning
at eleven.
Kelly Alexander, president of
the State NAACP, will be among
the featured speakers of the con
vention. He was scheduled to
address the convention Friday
evening.
Other features of the meeting
include the awarding of scholar
ships to worthy North Carolina
students, the oratorical contest
and the election of officers.
The oratorical contest and a
warding of scholarships was
slated for the Saturday morn
ing session. Mrs. Susie V.
Cooper of Oxford is director of
the contest.
A big street parade, featuring
the Oxford Orphanage and
Goldsboro high school bands
and the various units of the
State Ushers Association, was
scheduled for Sunday morning.
Guest participants on the con
vention's programs included E.
R. Williams, District Manager of
the North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company; Professor
H. V. Brown, Supervising Prin
cipal of the city’s schools, Rev.
Clarence Moye, President of the
local ministerial alliance and
Rev. T. H. Brooks, newly elected
superintendent of the Oxford
Orphanage.
Some of the organization’s of
ficials who were expected to
participate in the convention
are Supervisors Milford Wil
liams, district one; J. G. Neal,
district three; C. R. Miller, dis
trict four; William Nichols, dis
trict five; E. J. Seymour, dis
trict six; W. C. Park, district
two; C. R. Craig, state super
visor; Mrs. M. J. Copeland, re
cording secretary; Mrs. S. D.
Cates, supervisor of the Jun
iors; T. J. Broadnax, chaplain;
A. D. Clark, chairman of the
board of directors, L. E. Austin,
president and C. A. Langston,
vice-president.
Participants on the Ushers In
stitute, slated for Friday morn
ing’s session, are Mrs. Marian
Sawyer, Mrs. E. K. Hughes,
Prof. E. T. Artis, Mrs. Copeland
and Mrs. Ruth Morgan.
J. Fred Williams was sched
uled to award prizes to the ora
torial contest winners and A. C.
Crump was to award the scholar
ships.
AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Foreign Students Feel Claws
Of Jim Crow; ProtestsHushed
Dark-skinned foreign ex
change students at Duke Uni
versity, victims of American
race prejudice here, drafted a
stiff protest to the Secretary of
State last week but reconsidered
sending the resolution on to the
State department at the request
of University officials.
According to a spokesman for
the protesting segment, a group
of students, studying at Duke
University under the Fulbright
Act, ironically designed to
spread democracy, became in
censed over the repeated insults
which they have suffered since
coming to Duke University ear
ly this month.
They met Sunday night and
drafted a resolution which they
planned to send to the State De
partment and their respective
embassies calling for a halt to the
insults and abuse which they
have suffered while here.
But, reports of intimidation
and persuasion, almost rivalling
any to come from behind the
“Iron Curtain,” revealed that
the students experienced a
change of heart on the issue af
ter a series of meetings with
Duke University officials.
Although the entire affair has
been very neatly camaflouged by
University officials, Dr. Earl
Hanson, in charge of the orienta
tion program for the students
while they are at Duke, admitted
late this week that some “slight
misunderstanding” had occured
at the local bus terminal when
a student sought to get tickets.
Dr. Hanson emphatically de
Resolution Drafted By Group
At Duke Protesting Race Bias
RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN STUDENTS UNDERGOING
ORIENTATION AT DUKE UNIVERSITY, DURHAM,
NORTH CAROLINA UNDER PROVISIONS OF
THE FULBRIGHT ACT.
WHEREAS: the laws of the State of North Carolina and
other states as well proclaim a general policy of segregation
and discrimination directed against Colored People; and
WHEREAS: this policy is manifested by signs posted pro
minently in public places with the phrases “Colored Only”
and “White Only” as well as by the distinct attitudes of both
the citizenry and the police towards Colored Peoples; and
WHEREAS: the assemblage of foreign students included
many Colored Peoples from throughout the world who have
on several occasions been insulted by this legally proclaimed
system since their arrival in the United States; and
WHEREAS: the policy of the State Department in carrying
out the provisions of the Fulbright Act has not taken this
situation into consideration and lias even treated this assem
blage in a matter which apparently is in violation of this legal
policy, that is, the Colored Peoples in our assemblage are ac
corded special privileges not accorded to the Colored Peo
ples of this State,
BE IT RESOLVED, therefore, that we the Foreign Students
assembled here at Duke University in Durham, North Caro
lina, receiving orientation under the provisions of the Ful
bright Act, do hereby request that the Secretary of State
take immediate action on this matter and resolve this incon
sistency in a manner which is in keeping with the laws of this
land and at the same time protects the Colored Peoples of our
assemblage from insults and abuse.
nied, however, that the incident
had anything to do with race or
color. He said further that the
reports of indignities suffered by
the students were incorrect.
The students involved in the
reported incidents are part of a
group of 40 foreign students
from all over the world who
came to Duke as a part of the
State Department’s exchange
I program. Many of them are
Choir Concert
To Open Meet
A 250 voice chorus will be
heard in a musical program at
the Hillside high school audi
torium Monday night at 8:15.
The program is the initial
feature of the 54th Lott Carey
Convention which will open
sessions here at Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church Tuesday.
The chorus will be under the
direction of Professor W. E.
Patterson of Norfolk, Vir
ginia, who has been in the city
training it for the past two
weeks. Its members are com
posed of volunteers from all
the churches of the city.
Admission for the musical
program will be fifty and
twenty five cents.
dark complexioned and they
come from all parts of the globe,
including the middle east, Asia,
Europe, Scandanavia, North
(Please turn to Page Eight)
TO LEAD USHERS’ PARADE AT GOLDSBORO SUNDAY
Above is shown the Oxford
Orphanage Band which will
lead the parade for the Inter
denominational Ushers Asso
ciation 27th Annual Conven
tion being held this week-end ;
at Goldsboro. Over 500 del
egates and visitors are expect
ed to participate in the Asso
ciation’s Annual Meeting.