VISITS EMANCIPATION STATUE Dr. Deborah P. Wolfe, edn
ration chief of the U. S. Home Commute of Education and Labor and
Vlee-Pre«Went of the National Council of Negro Women, and Carl
Coleman, Assistant to Commissioner John B. Duncan of the District
of Coiombia, are shown at right firing the background of the Emanci
pation Statue in Lincoln Park to Mrs. Jean Pittman of Washington;
Mias Sandra East of Baltimore, and Mr. H. F. Reldel. District Manager
of the American Oil Company. The Company Is compiling information
on historical sites of interest to all Americans and particularly Ne
groes. Mrs. Pittman and Miss East recently completed a tour ts the
United States to collect information to be released in IMS In cele
bration of the Emancipation Proclamation Centennial.
Freedom Dinner
Rallying Request
For, Needed T unds
Ai iiinwMiti far the 2nd An
nual FrsstKun Dinner Rally are
now virtually complete.
Mr*. Mi||le Veasey. general
chairman of thla year* dinner,
urge* an who have n# secured
their ttetoetslvH* ?0 Tic
kets may V purchased from Mrs.
Virginia NewenT Mr. Ralph Camp
ben, Rev. e:w Ward. Mills Hollo
way or from any member of the
executive committee of the Ra
leigh Branch. NAACP.
This year's Freedom Dinner,
honoring the memory of Father
George A. Fisher, will be held
With Banquet:
Boyer Consistory To
Observe Anniversary
Boyer Consistory No. 210 will
celebrate the 15th anniversary of
Its founding, Friday evening, Nov.
30. at Mitchell's Restaurant.
This 15th anniversary celebra
tion will also serve as the occasion
for the Consistory to present two
awards and grant three paid up
life memberships in the Consis
tory.
The first award. Citizen of the
Tear, will be presented to the
Reverend Charles Wesley Ward,
minister. First Baptist Church,
here and the second award. Ma
son of the Year, will be presented
to Ralph Campbell. Commander
in Chief. Boyer Consistory.
ODDS-ENDS
BT JAMES A. SHEPAED
SHOWING THE WAT
The appointment of Negro attor
ney. Henry E. Frye as an assistant
U. S. District Attorney for the
Greensboro district, leads to the
conclusion that the Kennedy admin
istration is trying to show the
stand pat Sanford administration
what it must do if the Negro vo'e
in North Carolina is to remain in
the Democrat column.
Odds and Ends reported several
months ago that unless some type
of job recognition was given the :
Negroes in the Greensboro area in
dications pointed to a who'esalc
change that district s Negro party
affiliation It was stated at that i
U ONTINCC > Os MCI CT <
U. S. Labor Secretary
Cites Poverty In The Midst Os Plenty
WASHINGTON. D C. - “In the |
midst of abundance and in the
course of fantastic growth, poverty
persists as a major social problem,
affecting a large segment of the
population," Secretary of Labor W
Willard Wirtz told an audience of
lawyers in an address before the
Labor Law Committee of the Fed
ora] Bar Association here.
Citing the paradox of the coex
Friday evening. Dec. 7. 8:00 p. m..
in tbe Bullock Building of the Ist
Baptist Church. The principal
speaker will be Father Theodore
Oibeon. Father Fisher has gained
wide renoww for his forthright
crusade in behalf of civil liberties.
Judge HußArt Hubert Delaney,
of the Domestic Court. New York
City, along with other nationally
known celebrities are expected to
attend this event.
Music will be furnished by the
Shaw University Ensemble, under
the direction of Harry Oil-
Smythe.
Paid-up Consistory Life Mem
berships. awarded the recipients
for their outstanding contribu
tions to Free Masonary, will be
given to L. W. Ligon. F. J. Car
nage and Dr. James A. Boyer.
Carnage and Ligon have both
reached Masonary's highest plat
atude 33 degree and are recorded
the rank of Grand Inspector Gen
eral. Boyer, whose rank is Illus
trious Prince, has earned 32 de
grees.
P. J. Carnage will preside as
master of ceremonies: presenta
tions of awards will be by Joseph
I. Stredwiok, and music will be
furnished by Harry Oil-Bmythe
and his Shaw University Ensem
ble.
Imperial State Deputy James T.
Diggs of Winston-Salem, will at
tend as a special guest of the
Consistory.
The Boyer Consistory of 32nd
degree masons wss formed here In
1947. It wss named Boyer's Con
sistory in honor of the late
Charles A. Boyer. In recognition of
his 50 years service to Free Ma
sonary. He was at one time Mas
ter of Raleigh's Widows' Son
Lodge and served the Grand Lodge
as Grand Eastern Star Patron. Os
the 20 charter members. 22 are
still alive and active in this high
ranked Masonry body.
Pas* Commanders of Boyer’s
Consistory are: Illustrious Princes.
32nd degree: N. L. Perry, H. C.
Perrin W B. Pettiford 'deceased'.
J. I Stredwick. N. H Duke. 8. J.
Webb L. S. Wilcox. L. J. Beeot".
J E Lytle. 8. H. Morgan. A. E
komtinukp am pack n
I istence of an astonishing increase
' in the national standard of living
and the fact that some 32 million
! U. S. citizens are living at a lower
level today than the Nation is cap
able of providing, the Secretary,
pointing also to continuing unem
ployment. characterized this a "con
tradiction of American life."
As a solution for this paradoxical
problem, be called for a substantial
Names Negro DA In IVC
THE CAROLINIAN
North Carolina *s Leading Weekly
VOL. 22. NO. 6 RALEIGH. N. C„ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1,1962 PRICK 15c
NAACP Invites
KING TO EDENTON
♦ ♦♦♦ + + + +
Local Ministers
URGE INTEGRATION
Mayor
Urged
To Act
i
The Raleigh Ministerial Associ
ation. a bi-racial interdenomination
al group made up of pastors of ov
er 100 Raleigh churches, at a recent
meeting passed a resolution asking
for integration of Raleigh’s public
recreational facilities and urging
all restaurants here to serve the
public without discrimination.
Mayor W. G. Enloe and other
members of the City Council have
received copies of the ministers'
resolution. It will be recalled that
over the objections of Councilmen
Winters and Coffey, the Council
voted last summer to close the city
owned swimming pools after sever
al Negroes took a swim in the pool
at Pullen Park which the whites
had illegally restricted to them
selves.
The ministers' resolution signed
by the Association's secretary. Rev.
S Collins Kijbpm. minWir vHUm
United Church Is as follows:
The Rev. Charles W. Ward, pas
tor. First Baptist Church, is the pre
sident of this interracial body.
Both the Raleigh Citizens Assoel-
McLeod and R. H. Carson.
The mayor has given no Indies
ation and the Raleigh Council on
Human Relations have requested
action on these matters by the may
or. Mayor Enloe has been quoted
as saying that although he has
named six members of an advisory
group on Raleigh's racial problems
so far he has been unable to secure
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Housing Law
Draws Pros
And Cons
WASHINGTON, D. C. (ANP)
President Kennedy, at his news
conference last week, announced
the signing of an order outlawing
discrimination In future housing
aided, financed, or insured by the
federal government. Hie order
drew both commendation and con
demnation from advocates of open
occupancy.
The President’s orders apply to
*ingle*family and apartment-dwell
ings with mortgages insured by the
Federal Housing Administration or
guaranteed by the Veterans Admi
nistration. public housing subsidiz
ed by the Federal Government for
low Income families, housing In ur
ban renewal projects subsidized by
federal funds, and college dormito
ries and the old people's homes
built with federal funds.
Audible is the charge that the
President did not go far enough
with his order, and that the order
• as it now stands - will do little
to eliminate discrimination In exist
ing housing
URBAN LEAGUE SALUTES
Whitney M Young. Jr., executive
director of the National Urban
League, commended the president's
action, but suggested that the ac
tion be viewed primarily as a “long
overdue launching base for new.
exciting and dispassionate" drive
toward a solution of the nation's
housing problems.
Young expressed regret that pro-
CCUSmWPEP ON~ PAOP O
reduction in tax rates such as has
been proposed by the President,
plus general measures which would
"maximize the benefits of growth
by minimizing its drawbacks.'
The Secretary cautioned that be
cause our basic purpose 11 the en
richment of people's lives, and not
the improvement of our economic
models, we are going to have to
take a much closer look at pacific.
I n, »./tRN IN KOI K1 MT. —-
I l>r. Martin l.uthrr King spoke to
the Rocky Mount Voters League
Tuesday night, at the Wash
■ Ington High School More than
■ 1500 people attended. The mtll
■ tant leader is being sought hy
the leaders of the Fdenton pro
test movement to appear there
| In December He Is president of
■ the Southern Christian leader.
M ship Council, with affieea hi At
. ATTT. HBNBY E.
"Well Be Back*
Greensboro Group
Tells S*W Cafeteria
GREENSBORO - A group of
30 Negroes, accompanied by a mov
ie sound crew, ataged a sit-in at a
downtown eafeteria Tuesday, where
some 50 Negroes had been arrested
earlier, thia month, on trespass
chargee.
The demonstration, at the SAW
Cafeteria. lasted about 15 minutes,
and there were no arrests. Msna
ger R. L. Bentz said to each dem
onstrator "We will not serve you.
You will not be served. Please
leave. You are trespassing.'*
All 30 demonstrators left, saying
"We'll be back '•
A four-man film crew accompa
nied the Negroes Into the segregat
ed cafeteria, but a spokesman for
the demonstrators denied that tha
sit-in was staged just for the movie
unit.
Grahamme Ferguson of New
York, director of the unit, said he
was making a movie on "The Negro
in America" under contract to the
B'nail B'rith organization.
I State News
Briefs
INTERRACIAL FLIMFLAMMERB
HAMLET lt is apparent that
the game of Dim flaming is be
coming integrated Three men. one
white and two Negroe* were ar
rested here this week and releav'd
under SSOO bond for attempting to
defraud a Hamlet man They wee
James Clyde Biggerstaff. white. 2*
along with Johnny Johnson. 35 and
Charles Norris. 87. all of Charlotte
NEGRO SUSPECT RELEASED
OXFORD An unamed Negro i
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particular problems at the sa.ne
time we worry about cosmic ones.
“The American economy,” he re
folded. “is capable of going from
strength to greater strength with
only marginal, if any. improve- j
ments in the lives of the one out of
five American families which in )#-
00 earned annual income of less
fcomrvnT am page n
Some 00 Negroes and four whltas
face trial in Municipal Court, Dec.
7 as the result of demonstrations
at the SAW and Mayfair cafeterias
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
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SHAW TO HEAR GOVER
NOR Tarry Sanford. Gover
nor of North Carolina, win
■peak at Shaw University on
Monday, December S, at 11:08
noon in Oreenlaaf Auditorium.
The public Is Invited.-
CAROLINIAN
ADVERTISERS
BIA FROM THEM
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Kaietfh Paint A Wallpaper Co.
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Help
In Fight
EDENTON Protest leaders re
ceived some com for tTueaday when
Superior Court Judge William Bo
dy ruled that a glO-a-day license
fee for picketing la unconstitution
al and ordered K stricken from a
recently-passed ordinance that
would virtually outlaw picketing
here.
Hie decision came aa eight per
sona. who defied the ordinance
wore being tried. The case is being
tried by an all-white Jury. The
state rested Tuesday afternoon and
the Btfenaa was expected to pre
sent ita testimony Wednesday
morning.
One flf the state’s witnesses. May
or John A. Mitchener. own* a drug
store which has been one of the
main targets ad the pteketere. He
testified for the elate Tuesday along
with six city council member*.
the entire situation took on new
meaning recently when large num
ber* of Negroe* registered. The
leaden of the registration drive
plan to make It more intensive, due
to the fact that the mayor la ex
pected to run for re-election next
year.
Tha Rev F. W. LeOarde. who Is
believed to be the motivating factor
in the protest movement told The
CAROLINIAN that the NAACP
chapter* of Fdenton and Elizabeth
City plan a mamouth mat* meeting,
during th* third week In December
Dr. Martin Luther King Is report
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Back-Wage
Suit Asks
$2,984.19
DURHAM A suit under the
Fair Labor Standard* Act for
83.084. 18, plus interest and costs,
has been filed in the United States
District Court her*.
Th* Nello L. Teer Company, a
contract construction firm with Its
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tteolnt tbroaah Monday, Dacoa
her I, I* as fallows.'
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normal axe*pt abov* bormal la tfe*
mountains. Ms Important day to
day ebaafoo In tanaparaturv*. Rain
fall will bo moderate along tha
coast aed Bfbt Inland section* oc
rartas first part of ported.
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Han Watrk Shop
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Johnaon-tanbe Co.
Capital Pnal OU, leo A Coal Co.
Standard Coar rota Prods/ uCo
Southora Wholesale Parritar* to
Papa It
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Warner Measarlaia
Dillon Motors Ptoaaeo Co.
Pepsi Cola ■ottllas Co. of Ralelfb
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Weatberssaa** Itrito
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Carolina Power A light Co.
Adana AppUaaoa On.
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tppllanr* Center, too.
Rhode* Pomttnra
Plf (ly-Wlfsty Pood Stores
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Want Oonersl Ttr* Ca.
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Young Greensboro
T2S.
A ttorneg A anted
To District Post f
GREENSBORO—The force of the liberalism of tlie Kennedy
forces hit North Carolina last week when it was announced that
Attorney Henry Freye, 30, had been appointed to the position of
the much-discussed Assistant United States Attorney, for the Mid
dle District of North Carolina.
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World Photo Xcws
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ATWATER Ki n i HOME DEDICATED Above are guests who
attended the drdiration of the Atwater Best Home Sunday, Nov. U,
in Apex. From left to right, they an: John R. Larkins, Joaapb At
water, Clarice Atuater and C. A. Williams.
FROM PLAYING WITH FIRE A Catholic priest. Fatthcr Be
form, gives last rites to two young chlMrea who wer* killed as a re
sult of playing with matches November 15. The youngs ten raffsested
when their apartment, In Los Angeles, filled with smoke. Firemen try
to revive the children. Donald Felton, four (left), and sister, Michele,
three, with oxygen snd mouth-to-month resuscitation. (UFI PHOTO).
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SEEK ADMISSION TO S. C. SCHOOL Nlneteen-year-old Har
vey Gantt (iefti, who Is seeking admission to South Carolina's all
white Clemson College, confers with two of his attorneys, Mrs. Con
stance Motley snd W. T. Smith. November 20th at Andersonvllle, S.
C. Federal Judge C. C. Wyehe said November 10th. during s hearing
on Gantt's attempt to enter the school, that “as far as I'm concern
ed. I don't think it’s a class action. I'm concerned wlh Gantt's case
and nothing else." (I’PI THOTOi.
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NEW SUPPLY OF COINS Newly minted gutters pour into a
hopper as the l ! . S. Mint in Philadelphia rolls into an overtime sched
ule to help fill the demands resulting from a shortage of the coins
November 20th. Mints In Philadelphia and Denver, Colorado produee
the nation's supply of coins. (CPI PHOTO).
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AWAITING EXTRADITION NORTH Murder suspect Halßa
Miller bangs his bead as be and fib romnsn-law wife Rssaho Ml ta
chambers of municipal court Judge L. W. Cooper in Augusta, Ok,
Nov. 19, awaiting extradition to Westport. Conn., to face charges la
connection with the Maytag of a socialite aad the kidnap raps as bar
daughter. (UFI PHOTO).