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Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3, 1819.
VOLUME 29—NUMBER 39 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 29th, 1951 PRICE TEN CENTS
DURHAM GETS DEFENSE FLAG
Pictured above are the Hillside (foreground) and Durham High. School Bands playing the
Star Spangled Banner and a portion of the hundreds who looked on during the defense flag-rais
ing ceremonies held in front of the Post Office Tu esday. The occasion was the presentation to the
City of a U. S. Treasury Defense Flag, signifying that 80 per cent of the city’s workers are eligible
to enroll under a payroll savings plan for purchase of defense bonds. Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury John S. Graham, who spoke at the ceremonies and at a luncheon later in the Washington
Duke Hotel, made the presentation of the flag.
Cicero Indictments Said
Farce; No Rioters Charged
New York — Aroused by the
indictment of George Leighton,
NAACP attorney for the Har
vey Clarks in the notorious
Cicero riot case, the NAACP
moved speedily to take up the
challenge of the Cook County
grand jury which failed to in
dict any of the rioters after
three months of investigation.
First, Thurgood Marshall,
NAACP special counsel, flew
immediately to Chicago to con
sult with Leighton, W. Robert
Ming and other NAACP lawyers
and officials in preparation of
the legal defense.
Next, Walter White, executive
secretary, alerted the NAACP
branches throughout the coun
try and appealed to them for
moral and financial support in
the fight to vindicate the indict
ed NAACP lawyer.
Threat To Negro’s Fight
The indictment was termed by
White as “one of the gravest
threats to the Negro’s fight for
equal justice which has yet de
veloped. If George Leighton can
be indicted in Illinois for re
sorting to the courts to protect
the civil rights of Harvey Clark
or any other Negro,” the NAA
CP executive said, “it is not dif
ficult to imagine what will hap
pen to lawyers, Negro or white,
in the South or other parts of
the country, when they appeal to
the courts for redress of racial
injustices. The action of the
Cook County grand jury is in
timidation of the most vicious
sort.”
Indicted with Leighton on a
charge of “conspiracy to injure
property ... by causing a de
preciation in the real estate
market price by renting to Ne
groes,” were Mrs. Camille De
Rose, former owner of the prop
erty into which the Clarks
sought to move on June 8 and
again on July 10; George C.
Adams, former attorney for Mrs.
DeRose; Charles Edwards, rental
agent for the property; and Nor
man Silverman who allegedly
distributed Communist litera
ture in Cicero, a month after the
trial. Cicero Police Chief Edwin
Konovsky was indicted on a
separate charge of misconduct
in public office.
Retained by the Chicago
branch to defend the Clarks, Mr.
Leighton on June 26 obtained
from Federal Judge John P.
Barnes an injunction restraining
the Cicero police from interfer
ing with the Clarks in any fu
ture effort to move into the a
partment and further order the
police to protect them. After the
riot of July 11-12, he filed a mo
tion for a contempt citation a
gainst the Cicero police for viola
tion of this injunction. He also
filed suit for $200,000 for dam
ages done to the property and
for indignities suffered by the
Clarks.
“It is quite obvious,” White
said, “that the indictment of Mr.
Leighton is designed to stop his
vigorous prosecution of these
two basic legal actions. The
gauntlet has been thrown down
in this case. Although our fi
nancial resources are severely
strained by the costs of many
other battles in which we’re en
gaged, the NAACP is going to
fight this to the limit. We need
help, which we are confident the
public will give us, to beat back
this latest attempt to stop the
Negro and other minorities from
fighting for full equality.”
Meanwhile, in Chicago, Mar
shall promised “the fullest use
of all the facilities of the NAACP
to assure that this abominable
action will not interfere with
Mr. Leighton’s work on behalf
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J. H. WHEELER
M. C. MARTIN
Richmond To Play Host To
National Meet Of Bankers
Richmond, Va. — Everything
was in readiness early this week
for the 24th annual meeting of
the National Bankers Associa
tion, set for this city Friday and
Saturday.
Representatives from 14 bank
ing firms in eight states were
scheduled to be present for the
two day sessions which were to
get underway Friday morning
at ten.
J. H. Wheeler, vice-president
cashier of the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank of Durham and
president of the association, will
deliver the annual presidential
message Friday morning.
A highlight of the convention
will be the public meeting Fri
day night at the Ebenzer Baptist
Church at which Dr. R. P. Dan
iel, Virginia State President, will
be the principal speaker. Panel
discussions Friday morning and
afternoon and Saturday morning
are also features of the conven
tion.
Member firms of the associa
tion are Carver Savings Bank,
Savannah, Ga.; Citizens’ Savings
Bank and Trust Company, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Citizens and South
ern Bank and Trust Company,
Philadelphia; Citizens’ Trust
Company, Atlanta, Ga.; Con
solidated Bank and Trust Com
pany, Richmond, Va.; Crown
Savings Bank, Newport News,
Va.; Douglass State Bank, Kan
sas City; Farmers State Bank,
Boley, Okla.; Fraternal Bank
and Trust, Fort Worth, Tex.; In
dustrial Bank of Washington,
D. C.; Mechanics and Farmers
Bank, Durham, N. C.; Tri-State
Bank of Memphis, Tenn.; and
Victory Savings Bank, Colum
bia, S. C.
In addition to Wheeler, of
ficers of the Association are B.
D. Mitchell, (vice-president of
the Industrial Bank) vice-presi
dent; M. C. Martin, (president
Danville Savings Bank and
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Students Get "Colored” Seats At
Grid Game; Contempt Charae Fil
Over $00 Claimed
Guilty As Probe
In Exams Widens
Columbia, S. C. — Another
investigation into cheating by
teachers on examinations in this
state has involved 209 more Ne
gro teachers, charged with cheat
ing on a test given in 1946.
Already more than 800 teach
ers and teaching certificate ap
plicants who took the 1949 ex
amination have been found
guilty of using fraudulent ex
amination answer keys.
Nearly two dozen persons
have been accused, many tried
and convicted, of selling and dis
tributing answer keys.
The Education Board thought
it had ended its investigation in
1947, but last week it announced
that evidence of creating 209
teachers on the 1946 test had
been found.
Twenty three of the teachers
have admitted getting help on
the exams. Hearings for the en
tire 209 have been set and are
scheduled to be completed by
November 15.
Teachers called before the
Board are those whose exam
ination papers not only show a
heavy similarity on correct an
swers, but a near duplication
pattern on incorrect answers.
Teachers found guilty have,
in most cases, had their certi
ficates revoked.
Seek Permit For Negro Students To Enter
White Pamlico Schools Until Equality Gained
Raleigh — A suit challenging
the State’s ancient law of sep
aration of the races in public
education was filed in Eastern
District Federal Court here re
cently by Attorney M. Hugh
Thompson of Durham for a
group of citizens of Pamlico
County.
The complaint, first of its
kind to filed in North Carolina,
asks that Negro students be per
mitted to attend the white
schools of the county until equal
facilities can be provided for the
Negro students.
A three Judge Federal Court
will hear the case because the
complaint challenges the valid
ity of a section of the State con
stitution which requires segre
gation in public schools.
Filing of the suit give con
certe proof to the sincerity of
Atty. Thompson’s motion for in
tegration which he made during
hearings in the Washington
county school equalization case.
Attorney Thompson, fast gain
ing a reputation as one of the
South’s foremost counsels in
school equality suits, is current
ly handling proceedings in two
school equalization cases in
counties in the eastern part of
the state.
Thompson is representing a
group of Plymouth citizens who
are seeking to get equal facilities
in Washington County and, a
few miles away, he is represent
ing a group at Oriental who are
seeking to get equal facilities in
Pamlico County.
Two weeks ago during hear
ings in the Washington County
School case, Thompson present
ed a motion asking that the Ne
gro students be admitted to the
white schools until facilities for
Negroes could be made equal
to those provided for whites.
Federal Judge Don Gilliam de
nied the motion after hearing
State Attorney General Harry
McMullan brand Thompson’s
motion “frivolous.”
Thompson explained to the
TIMES last week that he and
his clients considered the mo
tion very practical and the eas
iest way out of dilemma since
both sides agreed that it would
require some time to erase the
disparity between the Negro
and white school systems.
Conditions in the Pamlico
County schools are described to
be among the worst in the
South. Out of a total of $324,
338.66 made available to schools
in the county, school officials
plan to spend $82,961.51 for a
consolidated high school for Ne
groes.
There are presently five com
bination elementary-high schools
in the county for whites. They
are valued at $380,633 by the
1950 statistical report. The ten
Negro schools in the county, in
cluding the one high school,
were valued at $66,166. *
Last year’s enrollment at the
white schools was 1,531. A total
of 1,070 Negro students were
enrolled last year.
Most of the Negro schools are
serviced by one or two teachers.
One teacher schools for Negroes
are located at Pamlico, Florence
and Merritt. These one teacher
schools attract less than half of
the children of school age in
their respective areas.
At Pamlico, 36 students out of
total school age population of
69 Were enrolled last year.
Florence enrolled 26 out of a
possible 74 and Merritt enrolled
30 out of 60.
The Negro elementary school
at Oriental is a one room build
ing, sectioned off into three
parts by sliding doors. It houses
133 students, is serviced by one
teacher who instructs several
classes in the same section of the
room and is heated by a pot
bellied stove.
Pamlico County Training
School, a 60-year-old wooden
frame, two story building (see
picture, Section A) has the
largest number of Negro teach
ers—nine. No other school has
over three.
v*The University of North Caro
lina faces Federal contempt
charges for discriminating a
gainst Negro students now at
tending that institution in assign
ing them seats in the Jim Crow
section of Kenan Stadium for
home games.
Attorney C. O. Pearson, NAA
CP counsel who participated in
the successful admission suit a
gainst the University last year,
said late this week that court
action would be sought to end
the discrimination.
Five Negro students attend
ing the University Law School
were issued tickets to the N. C.
State-UNC football game last
Saturday which called for sec
tion K of Kenan Stadium. Sec
tion K, the section reserved for
Negroes who choose to attend
UNC games, is located at the
east end of the stadium, behind
the goal posts and separate from
the rest of the stands.
The students were not issued
regular student pass books.
None of the students attended
the game Saturday.
Chancellor R. B. House, com
menting on the situation, de
fined the University’s position
as “extremely conservative when
dealing with Negroes.”
The balding House told news
men that the University admin
istration could not be held re
sponsible for'segregation of Ne
groes at the games because the
UNC Athletic Association han
dles seating at the stadium. He
declared that the Athletic Asso
ciation was not an educational
organization.
House added quickly, how
ever, that the administration
would back up the segregation
policy of the Athletic Associa
tion.
Gordon Gray, University
president, could not be reached
for comment.
James R. Walker, Jr., first
Negro to apply for admission to
the UNC Law school, sub
sequently turned down but re
cently admitted as a transfer
from Boston University, went to
the athletic association to obtain
an athletic pass book. Walker
said that the association sent
him to House who refused to
take steps to get him a book.
On Monday Walker returned
the five tickets calling for K
section to House with a note
declaring that he would not ac
cept anything less than what is
due a regular student.
Attorney Pearson told the
TIMES late this week that the
action will be brought on the
basis of the ruling in the Mc
Laurin - Oklahoma case which
plainly states that once a stu
dent is admitted to a school, he
must not be denied benefits af
forded other students.
Livestock Show
Held Here
The Durham County and Dis
trict Cattle Shows were slated
to be held at the County Home
here Thursday and Friday, ac
cording to an announcement
early this week from County
Farm Agent, J. C. Hubbard. -
The County show, sponsored
jointly by the Sears and Roe
buck Co. and the Mechanics and
Farmers Bank, was scheduled to
begin Thursday at one. Blue and
red ribbon winning animals in
the county show were to be en
tered in the District Show on
Friday.
Animals from seven counties
will compete for top prizes in
the District show. Chatham,
Franklin, Granville, Orange,
Person, Wake and Durham coun
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White Rock
Celebration To
Honor Deacon
The 85th anniversary celebra
tion of the White Rock Baptist
Church will begin here Sunday,
September 30 with sermons to
be delivered Sunday morning at
eleven o’clock and in the eve
ning at 7:30 by Dr. W. L. Ran
some of Richmond, Virginia and
former White Rock pastor.
The Sunday evening service
will honor Lindsey Faucette, 96
year-old citizen of Durham and
son of one of the founders of the
church. Mr. Faucett has been a
deacon of White Rock for over
50 years.
A testimonial service will also
be held during the Sunday eve
ning service under the auspicies
of the Hattie E. Shepard Mis
sionary Society. Attorney Vic
tor S. Bryant will deliver the
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At the top is an enlarged
photo of one of the Jim Crow
tickets issued Negro students
of the University of North
Carolina last week for the
football game played Satur
urday between the University
of North Carolina and North
Carolina State. It will be
noted from the extreme left
and right ends of the ticket
that it is plainly designated
“COLORED” and that it is for
section “K” reserved behind
the goal posts for Negroes.
The photo'at the left is an en
larged reproduction of that
part of the other side of the
ticket showing the exact
location of section “K.”
W. E. B. DuBOIS
Rally For DuBois
Set For White
Rock Sunday
A public rally for W. E. B.
DuBois, noted scholar and
champion of equal rights for the
world’s oppressed minority
groups who is now facing trial
next month on charges of failing
to register as an agent of a fore
ign country, will be held Sun
day afternoon at three at the
White Rock Baptist Church.
Arthur Kahn, author of Be
trayal and Bonus For Murder
and outspoken advocate for
Civil Rights, will deliver the
main address at the rally. Kahn
has recently concluded a speak
ing tour on peace, Civil Rights
and German rearmament.
The really is sponsored by the
DuBois Defense Committee, the
People’s Peace and Goodwill
Council and the Society for
Truth in History.
Following the rally a reception
is scheduled for the Jade Room
at the Donut Shop.
The treatment of Dr. DuBois
by the Attorney General’s office
has been vigorously protested by
the NAACP, the Fisk University
Alumni Association and several
outstanding personalities in the
country.
Dr. DuBois was indicted on
charges of failing to register as
an agent of a foreign country in
connection with his activities
with the Peace Information Cen
ter, dubbed “subversive” by the
U. S. Attorney General.
Fullbright Heads
Chest Division
Stewart B. Fullbright, Jr.,
professor of commerce at North
Carolina College, was recently
named chairman of the newly
established North Carolina Col
lege Division of the Community
Chest. An Air Forces reservist,
Fullbright was pilot with the
477th Bombardment Group dur
ing World War II. He holds the
rank of first lieutenant.
As chairman of the North
Carolina College Division, Full
bright will have immediate
charge of solicitation among the
college’s 250 faculty members
and staff as well as some 1,60.0
students.
The establishment of the N.
C. C. Division is said by Com
munity -Chest spokesmen to be
in recogniton of the influential
role which the college has play
ed in past campaigns as well as
recognition of the potentialities
for the present campaign.
Fullbright is a native of
Springfield, Mo. He attended the
public schools of his home town
and later graduated from Lin
coln University, Mo. He holds
an A. B. degree from Lincoln
University and the M. B. A. de
gree from the University of Chi
cago. He has completed class re
quirements for his doctor’s de
gree in his field at the Ohio
State University. He is now pre
paring a dissertation on “Train
ing Programs in Negro Life In
surance Companies.”
Fullbright formerly taught at
Lincoln University and at the
Metropolitan School of Tailoring
in Chicago. He is a member of
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