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Greensboro Council Names Dr. Jones To School Board
Mrs, Moss Returns To Job
KKATS M> CARTHY RAP Mrs. \r,ni<> Let* Moss, who was sus
pended from her Ferine n joh when Senator Joseph McCarthy sub
t poetised her before tin 'senate Investigations subcommittee in con
nection vitb eh rji's of Communist affiliation, is shown hack on her
job. She was rrhired by the Armv pending what the Signal Corps
called "Final AdkulicHtion." Sgt. Donald Pritchard of Linton, Ipd.
checks her in. (Newspress Photo t
Local Priest Says “Race
Bias A Mora! Problem”
“The Ethi.»l Found'd -ns .:-f In
terracial .fttsLc" \va : the • ;hjcct
of an address delivered by * l>«f
Rev. John Dillon, asK.-t:mt par-tor ;
of the. S' H-.tn m's Catholic :
Church her.' in koync: m: the
regular meeting «.i the Haiei..'h .
Junior Chamber of Commerce on :
Tuesday afb 1 nfn n.
After discussing the historical !
background at the present S -
preme Court School casus now ,
pending. Father Dillon pointed out j
why discrimination 151 essentially j
end morally wrong.
Quoting Justice Htrla.i’s |
famous dissent iu the I’lrssy-
Fcrguson case in 18% he sard
Bennett Head Named j
To Education Board
GftEENSBORO - The City i
Council of Greensboro named Dr. j
David D. Jones to the Board of
Sdwoattoo this week.
The request for hi* appoint
ment was made by Dr William
M, Hampton, lor.v race number
of the Council, who has been
clamoring for Negro representa
tion on the School Board.
Dr. Jones will bring to the [
Board a wealth of experience in j
the field oi education, due to she j
fact that he has been head of i
Racial Issue Widens
White Baptist Breach
BY ALEXANDER BARNES
According to W G. Privette,
former deacon of the church
whose deacon board recommend
ed the bring of J. C Herrin, Stu
dent Advise. University of North
Carolina, 'told the CAROLINIAN
Wednesday that he was quite
ttrre that the question of liberal
ism would be a big factor when
the Baptist State Convention
meets in December.
Mr. Privette is remembered as
the person who brought, to iiaat
the fact that Herrin was being
called on ihe carpet for inviting
Negroes to his services. There
were those who bad sworn them
selves to secrecy when they ap
i; -an d before the GO member
board hi Greensboro, Privette is
alleged to have been dissatisfied
Business Meet Ends
The North Carolina State Busi
ness Leo.;;. ue concluded ,1s- three
day iiunujl meeting here Tues
day with the election of officers
to curve lor the 1354-55 fiscal
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'1 be meeting, which opened on
Fuukay night heUrd the Assistant |
Treasurer of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
J J. Henderson, who spoke to
an enthused audience at the Mar
tin f BcpUst Church, Men
der, o „ .(dress launched the o-
I "li ;; c ' "Bigger and Bette:
Eu inc s Y/eek” sponsored annu
ally by Pni Beta Sigma Fraterni
ty, whi-. i*. played host- to tbs
bvsiness league meeting.
In his address. Mr, Henderson
urged ail business-interested lie
"Our constitution is color i
blind and neither knows nor j
tolerates classes among Us ci
tizens The constitution regards
mi *i .1' ~<■« and takes no ae- i
fount n hi-- surroundings or i
his to, or. The. Utin disguise
of equal accomodations will |
not mislead anyone nor atone j
for the wrong which they have j
done. :
Fatiior Dillon told the group ;
that, "tii - problem of segrega- !
tion is not primarily a political, \
Psychological, or historical prob
lem It is primarily moral.”
“We ire not seeking a theoreti* :
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Bennet College for a number of
| years and has had an opportuni
ty to know the needs of Greens
boro.
His administration of the af
fairs of Bennett and his other out
standing achievements have made \
him one of the most respected j
educators in the country, His j
advice on school administration J
is sought throughout the naPfbn.
He is believed to be the first
Negro to hold membership on
the Board and certainly the ?!rst
one since the early 1900 s.
with the whole afafir and it was
thru him that the informatidh
leaked out that spelled out the i
“Board's" term of liberalism. He I
pointed out that the biggest, line i
in their definition was the wor
shipping of Negroes in service*
held, by Herrin.
As a result, of the decision of the
board Mr. Privette said that he
and two other members of. the
church had asked for letters cf
dismissal from the church. The
two other members were Drx. A.
C. How-ell and Preston Epps.
When asked if this meant that
they would form another church,
he answered, “not necessarily”.
He further stated that it did
show taat they were not satis
fied with the decision of the board
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teners to continue all research in
the field of business
"Economy today, is .sound", Hen
derson stated. He aiso pointed out
that more money is being made
today than in the entire history
of the world. Speaking of the
I employment situation, Mr. Hen
derson pointed out that there are
about 3 million unemployed per
sons in the U. S. today, but to
equalize those figures, 58 mil
lion ire gainfully employed.
Those who are employed are
those who create business, and
they are the people that should I
interest the businessman.
One of the highlights of Mr. :
Henderson's address was his ex- J
plana tion of the destination of |
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THE CAROLINIAN
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VOLUME THIRTEEN
In Answer To Scott■
ELK RULER MUM
General Speaker
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MRS. NELL WILCOXEN
NEA PRESIDENT
TO ADDRESS
TEACHERS
Mrs. Nell Wilcoxen, elementary
teacher of Phoenix, Arizona and
president of the National Educa
tion Association’s Department of
Classroom Teacher.,, will address
the Division of Classroom Tea
chers of the N. C, Teachers As
sociation at the John W. Ligon
School. F.'ida.v, April 9 at 3 p. m.
Her speech will be one in a sc
ries of addresses slated by nota
bles from throughout the coun
try.
Mrs. Wilcoxen received her
training at the Colorado Sis?"
College of Education, Arizona
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Newly Elected Officers Os N. C. Business League
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NEW OFFICERS OF H. C.
BUSINESS LEAGUE The
North Carolina Business Dengue
ended Its three-day sessions
Tuesday at the Bloodworth
Street VMCA with the election
of new officers to serve dur
ing die 1951-55 fiscal year. From
left to right they are Mrs. Mary
CATHOLiCS ADMIT NEOROES
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RALEIGH N C. WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1954
! K. P. Battle ‘Not Talking’
| As Scott Pushes Fight
| State President Kemp P, Battle, IBPOE of W, said here
Wednesday that he would rather remain mum on the seven
I point campaign piatierni which A. Martel Scott advanced
thru the columns ol the Carolinian last week in his hope
to capture the position at the state meeting,
’ The Rev. Mr, Battle did say that the program outlined
| by Scott had already been adopted by the State Association
i ana that it nad been improved on j
; from year to year. He said that
I; should the Association accept I
i Scott's program it \v< *!d be go »5 ,
; backward.
! When asked about Scott's
proposal to economize, he said
j “we have the soundest pro- j
1 gram that the stale has ever ;
had". He alleges that the only |
j person who collects a given I
: sum. from a subordinate lodge
is the deputy whose salary is
set by the grand lodge,
i Battle proposes to pro-rate
| State Teachers In
Annual Confab
Mere than 3000 teachers are ex- |
j peeled here for the 63rd annual j
session of the North Catalina
Teachers Association which will
convene here Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday, in what many con
sider the most interesting meet
ever held.
The program does not carry the j
matter of integra'ton. but it is [
expected to claim attention when I"
j Congressman Adam Clayton Paw- j
j ell and Urban League Executive j
1 Lester Grainger speak to them
i Wade, committee member; Mrs.
Mable Thorne, committee mem
ber; Mrs. Ethel B. Hiirvey,
membe.rof the board of direr
i tors; and Miss Lucille Griswold,
j committee member. Second row,
i left t« right are T. It. Speight,
j treasurer; J. J, Henderson,
monies from the slate treasury for
the proper promotion of ah the
departments of the local lodge*.
He said that the Civil Liberties
Department would be giver, money
to aid in registering and to’in?
Negroes in their respective com
munities. This would be an ad
junct to the work hpirv done b‘-
the NAACT-* and would be tn co
nulitant organization.
Education is expected to get a
operation with the work of the
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The fiery solon is known to be
» foe of separate schools and is
expected to go into every phase
of the question.
Lester Grainger, whose league
is designed to get jobs for mi
norities, is expected to tell how
integration has worked in other
sections of the country. The note
was struck by James M. Nabrit,
Washington, D C. militant lawyer
and Howard University professor,
at the 32nd meet,
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chairman of the board of, di
rectors; A. H, Bryant, president;
and A. E. Brown, Ist vice presi
dent, Back row: M. L. Bartlett,
! member of the hoard of dirfe
i tors; It, B. Garrett, assistant
secretary. E. L. Raiford, mem
| her of the board of director*;
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DURHAM James ,T. Honder
| son, of Durham, was named ,
| “North Carolina Hamptoninn of j
the Yea - ' at she fourtpei th an- !
; nual meeting of the North Caro- :
| lina Region of the Hampton In- ;
i stituto Alumni Association. Hen
! derson, wito received a bronze
| plaque, v.’ns nominated by his io-
I cal chapter. Other candiciat.es
j n.omin-ttt'd received ehrt.aft?;.
! The.', were: Mrs C S. Wi • -on of
I Burlinga n N C Sherman P,, ■
I ham of Hondei son, N. C. and j
1 William C< Id,borough of Greens- j
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i and A. J. Turner, outgoing
president and new merdcr of j
the board «i direct: Lot “res
ent when ji'oto was made was
Mrs. J. DeShazor-.Jackson, ex
| feutlve secretary and I„ B Fra
tiff, 2nd vice president, —Photo
j by CHAS. K. JONES. i
Catholic School In lexas
Orders Ban On Jim Grow
SAN ANTONIO, Tex.,-—Archbishop Hebert E. Lucey el
Sort Antonie, Tex. has directed that "henceforth no CatholJd
child may be refused admittance to any school maintained
by the Archdiocese merely for reasons cf color, race or
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| A VOTELESS PEOPLE IS
I A DEFENSELESS PEOPLE
j 200,000 Voters
Wanted
JOIN THE MULTITUDES
WHO ARE REGISTERED
Two Wayne Negroes
Fils For Political Offices
BY HENRY (. MITCHELL |
GOLDSBORO. N C :MIE) -- '
A prosperous farmer, church dea- ;
con, and iLo f.v.hct of ten chil- ;
r r-Ri and a otj?•#»s school t-sener *
hied for nominations to county I
: political on ices here last week. I
Made Durham, farmer of
near Mt. OF e, and Mrs. !
M uclc M, Korm»J,v. former j
up; r-. ;-..,r of ( iiunl; > :-,ro
Schools, filed respectively for
seats of (he Beard of ( om
missioners and the County
School Board to become the
first Negroes lo seek Wayne -
county political offices in re
; cent history.
Election officials could not re- I
call any Negro candidates in pro
Woman Kills Man
Who Spurned Her
FREMONT MLs Leona Joutv
made :rue iter threat hero last ,
week when she plunged a knife |
over the heart of her boy friend, j
from which he died in a Golds- j
bom Hospital.
Miss Jones ss reported to have j
told Alcert Rowe that she would |
kill him if he turned her down i
Rowe is alleged to have paid no
attention to the woman and, ac
cording to her, continued to Car
ry on hi-, philandering® with oth
er women.
Mis.; Jones is believed to have I
bought a knife. On Thursday she j
learned that her Casanova had 1
journeyed < ver to the home of [
Miss Luvenia Stevens, where i.Te !
had reason to believe that there 1
“Byrnes Cannot Cancel
Words” Says W. White
NEW YORK - Gov. James P.
Byrnes' aUcmpt to explain away
his 1051 declaration that "we will
abandon the public school system”
if the U. S. Supreme Court bans
segregation is "puerile anc! lack
ing in substance," Walter White,
executive secretary of the Nation
al Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said here
today,
Mr. White referred to a re
cent address by the Governor
before the white teachers of
Sooth Carolina in which Mr.
Byrnes charged that ‘'leaders
of the NAAf'P deliberately
misrepresented" his remarks
about the schools three years
ago, tie repeated that he had
said at that time: "If f.ie court
changes what is now trie law
of the land, we will if it is
N. 0. News In Brief
2 GET GRANTS FOR RACE
STUDY
GRENSFiORO A Woman’s
College junior and her faculty
supervisor have been granted
stipend? of S6"J each by Sveta!
Science Rt search Councils for a
research project in me.- preju
dice. The student, Louise Men
of Cantonsvilie, Md. is named to
receive the council’s Undergradu
ate Research Stipend for the pro
ject. The two women will devote
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ARCH BJSHOP ROBT. LITEY
The Archbishop of this “deep
South archdiocese said in a pas
toral letter that Audents applying
tot admission to archdiocesan
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vious ■ o'inty primaries, although
last year Dr. AT. E. DußisseKb
sought alectien to the Goldsboro
Board <•: Aldermen n a city pri
mary. Ho was .-iventh in a race
for the five man board. There
were 15 candidates.
Durham, for 20 years .a deacon
in Shady G'ovv Missionary Bap
tist. Church and an officer in the
Wayne Mums'. Agricultural A--
soriatior. :.- the sevevuth announc
ed candidate for the Board of
Cfomnus-ioners. Two incumbent
candidates still have not com
mitted themselves. Durham's el
der son is now a student at A.
and T. College,
Mrs. Kornegay. active in civic
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would oe some love making.
When Leona walked in Luvenia
was reading the paper and Row*
was standing against the wall,
She walked over to the win
dow and proceeded to open
her "blade”. When she turned
around Rowe was smiling arid
from all indications had no
fear. She went into Rowe
and a scuttle ensued, accord
ing to luvenia and when the
scuffle was over Rowe stagger
id out ol the room and fell
dead.
Miss Jones was taken f.o the
hospital wh e she fas treated
for wounds alleged to have hap*
pened burins the course of the
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| possible live within the law,
preserve the public school sy
stem and at the same time
maintain segregation. If that
Is not possible, reluctantly we
will abandon the public school
system."
The South Carolinian complain
ed that the NAACP accused him
of saying he “would personally
close the public schools*', fur
ther, he asserted, the NAACP
ignored the word "reluctantly" in
his original statement.
"Now that he ha.- found that
his words have been widely con
demned not only by the NAACP,
but also by all believers in a
j free democratic society, Gov.
Byrnes I; trying to backtrack on
the clear implications of his state
ment,’' Mr. White raid. “We charge
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f eight weeks this summer on the
' study and plan to complete it
! next year. The title of the project
i is "The Dimensions of Altitudes
i ioward Negroes: An Analysis of
| Inc Relationship of Cognitive. E
moih’t.t.-! ; M'.diWional Factors
n Prcj”
WATTY L LVf Ai'QH ITT? "*• IN
CAMPUS MnCOTIVC
A 85-year-old white Peace Col
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