HASTIE SEES BRIGHT FUTURE ON N. C. VISIT
Predicting the- end of A me:icy'; double .standard
citizenship. Gove -nor William 11. llastie described
■he South as ihe center of lihej'itii.sni" in the
Linited States duviitK ■» \ isit to North Oirolin.t v. hici'
involved two rpeakniy engagements connected with
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COUNCIL ELECTS
ATTY. CARNAGE
TOSCHOOI BOARD
F. J. C.image, Raleigh attorney,
church::!,:" a>. i :<• 1( :
rejected t> tTVc />x ■•--r t r r
on the school board bv a •
motis vole of 'he C'HU-cil
its meeting 7r,< ii>
Trie ipr •>!!•, : :( it; •• a. ' i
received by member J r rth. racial
group.. is the fir-: uc'i h. Hie hi
tory of the city. . t cord.r.c i» local
of fie,si
Attorney Carnage was recom
mended for die P 1 s* by Mf.yoi I‘.
D. Snipes. The nc tppmt *• i:
succeed Mrs. W H Ay rock
term expb c - - Mm. »'
has informed Mayo: Snip:
inability f so: • v '< other :cr
The appointtm ! '• vh:<' >- .
* urged by Nee:-; r:n^.i;:
ber of years, marks ";e ;d
such post held i>\ a color'- .
in North Carol.■ i
The Rev HerW'v
, mem bet f the W,r.:-!e;...Sal.
* Board of ,\ ■ .
. of that city', see-.->l : ,ni
suit of membership on th. :• trier
manic boards school commiitee
D; d .'.-m-m It shark J f ( - at(
Collorc- a member f *-,.
School Board told a recent meeting
<-f the United Ch 1: ty-'r
"As a rnembe of »h< Raleigh
School Beard, 1 covUdno that
justice needy to be done b = t g
a fine, upstanding S .; cit ?.i i d
Raleigh on the i.cno'l tv.vrrl. Tie •
ty-three pc;cent ■-f the chiMm; in
the city are Negr-'C ■•r can'*
, dodge I hi. issue
This sent'mem was ‘(. iioed l>y
Mayor Snipes V = Tu-- day
appointment with a ieciur.-dion
that tile beard member felt that
there should he X*■.-ru irioniiir;
f among the group.
Describing Mi C , , , m; , n
who "has the re.-pec* • -d confi
dence of boil •.<•'>*." flu Mayw
expressed confidence that he u-'ui.:
make "a rr>' si suceesuul bo«,id
member "
(Continued nit page eight!
31 ENROLL AS
CREDIT UNION IS
ORGANIZEE HERE
RALEIGH A group of citizens
from Raleiyh and icinity me* al
the Tuppcr Me ion;.!' Baptist
Church Monday night. February
14. and as a icsutt of th dr del bet
aliens a nev C: ?dit Union. •>>
'•Cooperative Sav g and Loan
stitiilioi!' lea: bi n.
Clifton Sills and Dr Nelson H.
Harris of Shaw University cn hear- j
ing of plans to organize i Cf'dit!
tin ion. subscribed and p. . j ,t
--, shares in advanc-. of the meeting. ’
thereby becotnin . ihe first inves
tors In the new Cooperative Sav
ing and Loan A social ion.
More than 1 oijo was subscribed
in the initial * -cling. D R. Gra
bam. state sui itcndent of credit
unions will del er the State Char
ci to the grout at the Blood*,vorth
Street. YMCA n ihe evening of
February 22. \ .ich will end the
period of receiving Charte mem
bers; which date will mark !h>- of
ficial birth of he new organiza
tion.
Charter run >r lire- -y is tod
follow*:
Therincc Holden, B W Lane. (.
*■ V. King. v*. Dunstoiv; W. r
* Davenport. Clifton S 11s, Solomon
Rev 1a Mrs. M. R. Lyor Ed Evans,
W. W Hurdle. O. I, Hairston. A. J.
Turner. Je& Shepard, Willie Chav s
* D. H. Keck, Herman Starling, M.
D. Haywood. Mrs. E. B. Cheek, H
fj. Smith, Mrs. Julia Novels, Mrs.
Marjorie Leach, Ernest Green,
Reverend C. C Jones. Robert
Powell Zack Ellis. L. H. Roberts.
Reverend Paul H. Johnson; Dr. Q.
S. Bullock, E. L. Raiford, Mr. Cagle,
Reverend G. E Cheek, and Dr.
Nelson H Harris,’
THE
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LOCAL VETERAN IS SUICIDE
CITIZENS GROOP
RAPS D.C. REPORT
ON SEGREGATION
WASHINGTON < AND- Tlir
report published in Do
.•, •
\ Qi -minifire »n Segregation in
nation's capital was given a &ov>d
w r-rking ovur I'frrc last wr»?k by
the v.-hitr Federation of CiU/.c-
Main isiuc di p]oa'i ;, :.T tb r * f-d
--e-'ailon 'f'a - thf* roirimttter’s rbargus :
that ion is maro -stringenl
hen* th?m ii was a half cenury av v o. j
of cl v.-UviJrlaTG ! I'-. ,:-
cv pursued by community loudens.
■1 s '*oi trl is \iy jn e .
In the first of three reports prr -
p.'-'d by -* -special cummifee <-f <hr'
fedovitior.'•. fxrvuiivc body. th<*
lOr atioti said;
!. The coiri'ihitlcr' picture f
housing - .j-ditjon;- ■ abyolnt'-i-.
i.ip*; -jp j' ever-' i - •'- : 1;; ■
2. The study gave an "ab'-ohiTly !
ur* '.rue ano *** iCi uuSt-oi it** > uiv** ■
tun % of Negro rondition<.
4 Con tin-.red * n pago yjx >
PREDICT NEW
V, I. GOVERNOR
By \DOLrH GKRfhVU
ST THOMAS. V. I. |ANT.i -
Although n« nnp hrr<- oppose -
Gov. William H. Hastie, many
person-, are pre-dieting h pew
governor for the Virgin Islands.
T h rv believe that Go* Hastie
is in I>ni- Cor ,y. promotion he.
cause of *hr u-ork in support
of President Truman in ot>.
litical campaign i,ij fail
It *s helirveh by many beet
that the governor is in line for
> federal judge post
Two men suggested as p«s
sible governors if Gov. Hastie
leaves are James A. Bough, a
native and chief of Caribbean
(Continued on back Ist scctim-D
DAWSON RECEIVES
LIBERTIES AWARD
Chicago (ANPi - Rep WiHluio i
L Daw:-:on and Cun!; C<ntP«y Demo
cratic chairmcm Jacob M- Arvc.v
were prcscnl d .iwaid: for tore:
torious service in behalf of civil
liberty ~nci deo, r: ar ■, p-, *hr- f-i-.i
--cago Civil 1 Lillies committee at
U:. ;:i lilisl ri dins m the I'lorri'
in- -n "I the Coiii’rc. - hotel
’icte S :m cl. >
i :• two v.-ciT eilC‘l f'.’i their cf
f-i-! . to in. kc civil right;; ;.i major ;
r-oljiicvil i---ire in the recent dee
lion
FLA. GOV. PRAISED FOR
KLAN DENUNCIATION
ORLANDO, Fl*. The outs.p*k*n 'onLin' ■ o ->f ■- %
Kiux Klan fay Gevsrnor Fuller Wav* . ~s ■ w,,\. ha ion
this week by the Orlando br« h of the No tionv A-ssematnon
lor the Advancement of Colored People as evidence *>• ••> the
governor is "‘a champion of democracy and cf fho tights r.f Negro
citizens,"’
Praising Gov. Warren for his posifion on the Klan. the
Oranio. Florida branch passed a resolution "highly com
mending Gov, Fuller Warren for his prompt, forthright and
fearless statement” denouncing the Klan following »ts recent
parade in Tallahassee. The NAACP resolution also congratu
latcd the governor “'and through him the law enforcement of
ficers ’who acted swiftly to arrest several parading Kiansmen '
NcjfO L.isi'jA Weeii .bservanci*.
I'!■ .Li st Nerth f |i*i a )>),, 11 ,:nee of fhi Virgi’.t
Island Lnv.-t no?* vgl.s Ip Roe* v M<»unt on Turstlay nigh*
tv hero he w.-.s i.ntroclU'> - d I- '< ;*>v ■nior 'V Ken - Scot!*
;>2 the pi'ineippl .••peal:*'*- oi •-< prog.''am hy
NOR TH CAROL INA ’S LEADING WEEKL Y
RALEIGI. )RTB GAROLI ■ 1S TIL
' ■ -*• 4-
'I WO GOVI'KNORS NM» S
''l WOI? (invt’uioi \V:Ur»m II
H;r lie of lor \ I mG , (,*>
*iit *• i \V |\c rr >: •»< i .Tjwj vj p t n }
SP^'s 5 . SR
A! mmiMl Rif 1 (’T'f)N
t.overr.or llastif is -lim:i with
Or. .fovph Hines of N’s * larul! ~
<'. < . Spaulding and Ativ H"
nan i Taylor of l: *!•'«»;t. hurt
League Hears Dr. Johns
i R. Bcmiit ‘ UiK ~v > tm ->-•'
ur • Ihiwp in ;hy JO»V»rH> U »js
*g?i • Avni O - i
NCOH. ftilttrynj «.**-.- fjfn ff.4M.tr
)v i rict'f th#' st;?rf of a reception
t’ ivfn T hiifscljiy in r?>#>r
• f:r »f tumor ;/t Hir MrT f HU| tf*r)
4 l uh i * UmTi.ih'i by tfip Ihirh.im
IVr -.* f'hih.
' - to cur.ee ■ and self-"expect
'• ■ c Negro u< America.
S|V - ;i! ,1 mmPC! :: * held
.tt i:< War tin Street Baptist. Church
i by Ihe Progressive Business League.
| Hi. Jo fins told an audience of ap
;, .;;nv t t .‘#no person. tlial the
, breaking of •'menial ...... , ics
1 siarocdtiiTg that, wo ~v ou’v
■ i{>i- 1 nr: .-Jve ■ ”
! The r.pcakcr lashed -urt at the
| "supine •i' , .'Ci)!dm , F" of constant
| humiliation attendant upon “enter
t ing back floors and standing in
cubbyhole:-, to pur-base food nr
i othei commodities.
“As long as we permit them to
(Continued on page six's
the Uui Is y .i - f v e T''onint at, lhft Booker T. VVash
inglon !! • 11. !i LePool.
T! ■ l. ! M ' | (•:>•!.n:-t •h• > pn kud the aviditt."iuni, haii
f la.-'.:; - a!' th«> i. tkor T, Wit hington ! 11 gh
Li hi'r.i In ;,)•.! f,<,\ ■ dor Scot pledge his full cojpeia-
„r ,;m •jh m -»rfr? «t fn< T
A -■ • r ' ! ••••! G- i :
I'ct iv V Tivic f '.runt Is t
n Th ft Oo\ f rno r s fK'n 1 IS r'l n csda y
r on n Uoir <»( (hr rity ami on thr
n f.upp’is of \<:ri] i < :trolim 0.1-o
o If/;r «hf?c l*r sxcii U>r sTm
SEEK HEARING IN
ALABAMA RAPE CASE
WASH: 'Vi ON Th- National Association for the Ad-
VRneemen.t oi ' olorod Poopie is preparing Jo file a petition .(or
rehearing the Sernuel Taylor case before the United Stats Su
, f-i'n ■ jurt after this week i) per cut.am decision, which el*
UrmecJ by t 4 vote District sod Circuit Court decisions con
riding the AJaK-ima Negro youth of :hr rape of a white woman,
.rusiide Hugo BJaek disqualified bun soil and did not hear
i argument on thr case or parteipaie in the decrinon
After appeals were denied by Alabama courts, the NAACP
' petitioned th? Supreme Court for p writ of certiorari on grounds
that Taylor was dnied due process. NAACP attorneys charged
that Taylor was hasten by police and coerced into confessing
' the crime with which he was charged.
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COPY 1
NO. XXXII?
HUBERT L. AUSTIN
DIES IN SI AGNES
OF PISTOL WOUND
I'i ;ni service;-; h'H'e T?ffu ten- i
■ inU\ -Ay >rt f{ p m, Friday for j
: ! /\ » LI7 TNiV- ■-'• ’d ;
jErncM.ii;c Ciark w-« to Ha ;
dL I :. . iHuc-'TL for n.• i- • • ’han. ?t week ;
! Hu- m Lanr, Mrv. Annie Currie :
|of 701) East M'ar’in S'kreC whew j
!• i'inVG'r''"i and ch# h\i'l Kpen I
j making eftc ids to gei hi m into a !
Mrs- Clark told THE CAROTIN
IAN Thai her brother just re- j
Cnr ; icd 1 ron■ th*- r!c.v. J • *.' ■ and that |
nr; mnfhrr had left Ihe he*use s o >
■ C:o:r party -hi dant. who v,i aiT.J
(v ontmuta on page eight)
2 YOUTHS HELD
IN TAXI MURDER
GREENVILLE— fwo cousin;,.
18 and jf» arc in State Prison
at Raleigh awaiting trial for
v, h;a ha: been described as
"one of (he most brutal slay
mu- in the memory of TIP
County residents
The two youths. I s.ora Urn
it-i ami Bennie Daniel are
charged with and have alleged
ly confessed to the brutal
‘stomping'' and robbery of
William O’Neal, white Pitt
County taxi driver whose brok
! en body was found on a coun
| try road between Greenville
and Grimesland.
fCcntinucd on vajc e.giJtj
BROADCAST WILL
PAT TRIBUTE TO
DR. SPAULDING
lln life of President f ft.
Spaulding ot the North Caro
lina. Mutual Life Insurance to.,
wilt b< portrayed in storj and
ong on the weekly broadcast
ot th* Wings Over .lordan
* hoir heard - aeh Sunday noon
or ci the tintm>i B'roadcasting
>S> < m
Th- Mutual outlet for Raleigh
* ' Station WK AL, lhr broad
cast is .scheduled for 1? noon,
Sunday. February 20.
f icm in t! o maintenance of good f cations between tbo
races of tins section over the loud speakers used for
the occasion.
State and city dignitaries on the platform inelud
(Continued on page 8; first section)
SENATE COMMITTEE '
OK’S CLOTURE BILL
WASHINGTON (ANPi A cloture rule designed to cat
oft debate bv a two-third vote of the ...enate was approved
.10 to 3 by the Sena to Mules committee last Wednesday. This, anti
filibuster measure which is expected to be reported to the sen
ate floor next week, will probably •. ive the way tor the passage
at civil rights legislation-
The majority vote clot ire rule was defeated in the com
mittee by a vote ct 11 lo ?. ine oruy two persons favoring it
were Sens. Francis J. Myers (D , Pa ) end Irvin M Ives (R.. N. Y.)
The two-thirds vote cloture bill approved by the committee
of the rule? committee and Senator Kenneth S Wherry (R-, Neb.),
was co sponsored by Senator Carl Hayden (D., Am} chairman
The Southern blcc has threatened to filibuster aayinst the
cloture bill when it is brought to the floor for vote, while the
proponents of the Morse-Myers bill have suggested that they
would off a "majority amencmen. ' xo tho Hayden-Wherry bill
when it comes up.
Mrs. T.W. Johnson
Is Sued For Slander
WA y. HINGTON A s.>o-000 suit
! : -lander was filed again ft Mia
Tl)v:r..:.i:iia \V. Joliii-.ion. U. S. Etn- '
ploytrtc-r.t Service aide, this wren, i
Dr ,I> . eph L, Johnson, clean of|
t Howard University School >f ]
Medicine and forme; head of the j
’ Washington chapter of the South
ern C. n: rsne- For Human We!
Ac - ruin,' u the complaint filed,
J hnson. Mi.- Johnson!
' legislative- representative j
. i'm .VatioiKil non-Partisar
] Cwmc;' of the AKA Sorority, ao- !
1 cured him *-f being a * number one J
; Coir ov mist,”
Dr. Johnson, who is al.so chair- j
p'. :. J the Piogressive Pi.iiv in D.
C. iJi'.a'.cd out that ho Jr an cm
g io. - .- . f F< ’eraiiy-s rpporvd How- j
Federal Post for
Anna Hedgeman
WASHINGTON ■ Anne j
\t :d Hedgeman ’ n; - * ' 1 hi
F. --1 special hj -".‘am to Feri-1
era: Security Administrate! Oscar
Ev. •* at .t -alary of $8,500 per j
< year.
Former director 1 the National;
i Council for a Permanent FEPC- ;
Mrs. Hodgeman also formerly i
A -ight at Hi:si College in Holly
■ as, Maworked with tht :
YWCA movement for ten years.!
..iiic spent f ur year:- with uic L'i. - ,
York Emergency Relief Bureau.
She returned to YWCA work in ;
3938 a:, executive secretarv of the !
A -hi nd Place YMCA in Brooklyn j
| which position she held until she !
1 became regional representative of j
’the national -fftce if Civilian De-'
; lense
i Later she came to Washington,
D. ( . ns director of the National j
Council for a Permanent FEPC
- where .he directed ori'anzational.
Leaders Behind
Red Cross Drive
WASHINGTON. D. V - Tribute
to the American Red Cross is be
ling paid by national leaders as
! plans bike shape for the $80,000,000
Fund Campaign starting March 1.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
president of Columbia University;
Mr--. ,T L. Blatr Bulk, pn sident of
tiie General Federation of Wom
en's Clubs; Mr?. Mary McLeod B<
thune, founder-president. National
Council of Negro Woiaeis; F D
Fuller. -.l*. president of Tuskepee
I*-, tit me. Mrs. Elea, tor Roosevelt,
and numerous others have express
ed their personal reasons toi sup
porting ihe Red Crcs- < ampuigi:,
which •■•II be *-pcby Pusident
H .1.- S. Truman on an NBC t-raod
east from Chicago Monday night.,
NAACP Is Providing
For Ingrams Says Kin
NEW YORK Mrs, Gene -
jßushin. daughter of Mrs. Rosa Lee
i ingrain, Georgia widow imprison- •
I c-d. v:>‘ ihe r-i-H-rtefCn e stayicn of i
:whit: neighbor, ‘ffirrns in -
'sworn affidavit released today that j
:hf and Mrs. In nr •••ir dependent:
j t luidrnn are being "adequately pro- j
| vide : fo.v" by the National Asr> ;
j ciation for the Advancement of I
j Colored People.
j The statement was released as- i
; ter Mrs RufSln’s arrival here to- !
duy for discussion with NAACP
officials about the legal Defense of
her imprisoned mother and two
brothers and care Jot the remain- j
mg eight minor children .from i
whom she is guardian. Mrs Rutin
left New York immediately for
f biladelphia to pick up her broth
-1 err, Charles and James, who, had
(I'd University, has taken an oath
to uphold and support the Consti
tution of the United States.
The medical school dean charged
• that Mrs. Johnson, during the fight
i for election of officers of the Wash
ington Branch NAACP, declared:
| “Dr. Johnson is a number one
' Communist He went all out for
Wallace and followed the Com
i munist hue. I have all the proof I
| need, except seeing his card."
Dr. Johnson had entered the
| campaign in opposition to the Rev.
| Stephen GiH Spotft wood as presi
dent f -ae D. C NAACP Branch,
i D. John-, or- uho is represented
;by Attoriv.y Belford V. Lawson.
c Mrs. Johnsoi's
. i :: i-i-; d caused people to
(Continued on page eight)
: iund-raising aui ottier act.vide.- of
erg _ which -v: mod
L ti-.e securing of esr-H'uuvn:
, permanent FEPC legislation.
During the recent Pres, entlal
; campaign she was an ardent work
in- feu the election of President
! Truman, working with the fund
! raising committee headed by Rep
resentative W iUam L. Dawson.
She has also served on the na
: ional board of the United Council
of Church Women, the sub-Com
: . r e \f Pubiu Afiajrs of the N.»-
! tional YWCA the Group Work See
j lion of the New York City Welfare
! Council and the Board of Ch id
i Study Association of America.
In her new post her work will
j not be guided bv racial lines. She
! will be assigned and expected to
i perform the same types of duties
;a» Mr. Ewing's other assisants.
| She is married to Mcrrit A.
i Hedgeman. a radio and concert
a rust.
February 29.
Calling on the “womf; ihood of
j America to respond to the oppor
tunity the campaign offc.s to ali
public-spirited cit-zens." Mrs. Be
ithunc adds her "unreserved en
dorsement to the Red Cross, a
t great humanitarian organization
. which stands ever ready to meet,
and satisfy every emergency which
! taafore.ccn circumstares may pre
; sent. ’
Dr PuLerson says. 'The year
after-yea: service of the Ameri*
jean Red Cross to the nation’s peo
ple in war and in peace; m fnod
and famine; to individuals, to
families ,nd to groups, has become
a part of the rich tradition of fa.tr
play and mutual help jtilaess in our
Continued on page seven
been brought north by the Interna
tional v.orkers’ Order and from
1 whom she has not heard in a month.
Disturbed fcv charges that the
fan*Ji was being neglected and
j that Charles and James were beg
; giric on the streets of northern
cities. Mrs. Rushin sought tc make
clear the assistance being received
from the NAACP by swearing to
an affidavit exerts 1 ed in Atlanta on
February 3 before C. E. Hanley,
notary rmblic.
The NAACP assumed the lege’
defense of Mrs. Ingram and the
two teen-age. sons convicted with
her and has undertaken the care
of the family during the emergen
cy. Through public subscription the
sum of $45,262.73 h«* been raised
for these purposes.