AQUATTG^HOOL IN SESSION
Democrats
n.
CvBtiavMd fron Ftig* On«
K. R«ynotI> aim! Waldo ^
C. PaikM^r, of Grtenaboro; R.
W. Browok H. V. Pricw, L Hill
AltUnt Ro>iii*on, of Winaton
Man; Dr. O. M. Fither, Dr C
A Clarkt and A. H. McLaurin, of
Kaidsvilit; W. H Parker, N Grey
•ad G. M. Mattfaewaon, of Tar-
koro; Dn. Vick and J. W Butter-
fiaU of WiUon; Joa Blount tlid
Jack Dunftrea of Farmville; Mrs.
M. L JoHuaon, 1. H Smith and Dr
.Wilbur Itean of Ntw Bern; Dr.
faiiy ot Bwlincton; EdWard
■aaadanb O. W. Holloway, J 11
•triBUa»4. k £. Auitin, Dr J
W Cordtea and C, W. 'White, of
sad T V Manffum, of
BtatwriUa.
A platforaT'lhM adopted call-
iac for craatar political, educa'
tiaiial iMUineai opportuni-
tlaa for Nagrou in North Caro-
iiaa, and a cloMr co>operation
katwaan all eUixans, Negro and
vkita, of North Carolina for
graatar damacracy. llr. Wat>
Z)r. Mllaa Mark Flahar wm ia*
trodMoad by Dr. Sbarpa, praai*
dant of ttaa local Negre D'amocra»>
tic 'orraniiation. Dr. Fiihar
■treated good citiiindiip and in*
tcrracal cooperation. Judga York
•poke on rood citiienahip.
Plattvrm Civaa
The platform incluBad 10 '
pointa—the perfection of ^1
county units; collection of aa-
seasments from country units;
oversee and advocate itl Nftsla*
deftigned to uitvance (he irclfara
of Negroes in North Carolina;
worl( for the establiahmeni at a
home for delinquent Negro girla;
work for the esttablishment of
training for domestic women;
work for appointment of Negro
es in higher clasa position in
North Carolina; well for crea
tion of » permanent welfare
commission for Negroes and a
sufficient appropriation for ita
expense and operation; work for
the appointment of Negroes on
boards of education, ^d work
karrieaa of Gov, Clyda ft. Hoay.
Ha pledged tfaa Negro Daaaocrata
■arvica and aupport to the naw
daal aad uiiad ita coDtinuanca.
Fraa Edaaatia* KaadaJ
Ad^^calfeaat of acricaltura,
and of fraa adueatioa of tha
youthi "ra#ardia»s of tha coat"
wara pointad out as fuDdameni-
»la of tha govarnnant. Ha eoo-
damnad the axisteaca of lynch
ing. ..
“Wa as a nation," ha ytd,
aincamly beliava that wa ahall
be ka|R out of tbe pasent con
flict and that we ahall not be
come entangled nor involved ni>-
laas the honor ^Ind dignity of this
nation and the safety and wel
fare of ita people ara Jeopardix-
kiaa was featored speaSer of the j for the equaliiation of salaries
afCaraooB aaaaion
.Wit^ tha new president in
charge, Moat^ night’a aession
waa officially opened by £. K.
Hightowpr, CouncIRhan A. C.
Davia broacfat words of welcome
of Negro teachers in the state
e with the economic
trend of the present time.
Judge Wiltkins’ talk sounded
the consesus of the session^ going
for Roosevelt, and praiiing the
ed.”
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Kittrall College . ...
KtbtreU, N. C.
Propoae meeting of plaintiffa
^d defendants in Kitti«ll Coll
ege case in attmnpt to settle
matter out of court* Stop Think
damage beinf done AM£ church
wanrtt^s aucfa 9ltap A^eeeal>le
wire time and pMlce.
L E. Austin
An anawer to the telegram had
not been received at the time ^
going to preaa. .
MRS. P. WEBB OIRS-^
Continued from Pat* On*
Durham where the fuaeral will
be held Tburaday ^Iftatsoooi
July 4th at 2 o’clock, lotanaant
will ba at the Baachwood c«m^
tcry on FayatteviUa ftoad.
Mrs. WaW> ia aunrivad by b*r
aMthw, Mjw Delia Bdwarda ona
brother ^unnia Webi>, ona slater
Mrs. Nora Allen, two aona, Jaaaa
and M^vin and many frieada.
Rev. T. C. G-raiiam, pastor of
the West Durham Bafrtiat church
will be in charge of the fuaexal
ceremony. Scaii>orougfa ^Jod Har
gett, Undertakers.
CAB DRIVERS STRlKE->-
Continued froM Tag9 One
ter from 4he International Bro
therhood of Teamsters and Help
crs, local No. 727, Affiliated with
the American Federation of
Labor. ^ m
According to Euclid Taylor,
counsel for the United Taxicab
Owneia, who own the cal>a rent
ed by Chauffeurs, this actioa waa
taken after the ownera refused
to deal with the CIO beoauae ita
leadem are "reds and com
munists." Tbe owners were ask
ed to sign ^ closed shop agree
ment after the propoaed AF of
L contract was done, Taylor
said.
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Colored America Much in
\ % Evidence At GOP Confab,
PSfLAiDGLiraiA, — Colored
l^marica waa mucli in evidence
at the Republican National Con
vention. M
When the Convention was call
ed to order, first aesaion, Clyde
Bj^iSi wall known baritone,
sanir *'America”; Dr. John A.
Gregg one of the Convention
Chaplains, offered prayer at tbe
Tueaday evening session; Sidney
Davis of New York was the Con-
vention'a fjp^orite reaching clerk,
aad had tha honor of calling the
Roll of States the aixth
Ballot, whet Wendell L. Wilkie
waa nomitaated; four Bishops,
John A. Gregg «nd David H.
Sima of the AM£ Church, #hnd
Wallace and Brown of the.AMiE
Zion Church sat on the platform
as honered guests of the Con
vention, while Bishop Lorenio
H. Kinf, Just elevated to the
Bpiaiopate iby the Methodist:
Episcopal Church s^ as a deleg
ate frem the 21st Congressional
Diatrict with the New york
Delegation. i
Also, some 75 Colored men
and women sat as delegates on
the floor of the Convention
with Perry W. Howard ^d Mrs.
Mary C. Boose as National Com
mitteeman and Committeewo-
maa. _
Aside from these some of the
most prominent individuals of
tha n^c, b*usiness apd profesaion
al men and women, editora,
minislers, and others, were pre
sefit as spectators and as partici
pants in impor^at aonferencea
of the delegation* of their
Staites.
Colored editors and news
gatherers and photographers
were sprinkled among: the hund
reds who reported and photo-
g|»|>hed the proceedings of the
Convention.
Their efforts war* rewarded
vylth the most saysfactory and
inclusive expression -which haa
appealed in Republican Plalt-
|/orm for 30 years. This plank
follows:
‘‘We pledge that our American
citiiens of Negro descent sh^l
be given a Square Deal in the
economic and political life of
this nation.”
‘‘Diacriminaiion in the Civil
Servlcb, the Army, Navy, and
all other hranches of the Govern
ment must ceaae.
‘‘To enJoy the full (benefits of
life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness universal suffrage muat
Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Assist
ant ^ Franklyn Waltman, Direc
tor &t Publicity, and Consultant
on kegro Affairs to Chairman
Johi^ Hamilton, sat during the made effective for the Negro
n tJi« I
whold of the session on the Con
vention Platform as assistant to
Samuel F. Proyor, Jr., Chairman
of the Committee of Arrangre-
ments. i u « I
Mr. Pryor, only 42 years of
ftge was the Convention Man-
airer for Wendell L. Wilkie the
^f .the Convention for
President of the United States.
Colored represantativea ap
peared before the Committee on
Platform and Resolutions, and
in the most dignified, and yet
persistent, w^y urged the inclus
ion of a plank that should be lf-
firmative and in no way expresa-
ed in generalities if Colored
voters ftre to be asked to retuim
tu the Gnnd Old Party.
citisena. - „
‘‘Mob violence shocks tiie con
science of the nation and legisla
tion to curb this evil must be
enacted."
Other planks of ^recl interest
and concern to Colored citizens
are the following:
Reemployment
“The Ne>w Deal’s fitilure to
solve the problem of unemploy
ment and revive opportunity for
our youth presenU « major
challsn^ t o rspreeaatatlva
government and fraa enterpriae.
We propose to recreate opportum
ity lor the youth of Amerloai
Slid put our idle millions Iftack to
work in. private induatry, busi-
r.esa and agriculture. Wa pro
pose to eliminate needles# ad-
uiiniatrativa restrictions, thua
reslorinff lost motioo to the
weels of individaitt enterprise."
Relief
“We ahall remove wapla, dia-
crimination, and polUin from
relief through administration hy
the States with Ffderat granta in
aid on a fatf'TOl nM politieal
fcaais, thus giving the and
woman on relief a large ahara ol
tlie funds apiiroprlated.”
.. "We favor tha extea^MS of
old age benefita on an earlMrk-
ed pay aa you go bjiJlia to tha
extend ’that the revenuea raiaed
for thia purpose will permit.
For such group as may that Itt
covered we favor /t syatem of
u n e mployment compensatioa
with experien:e rating poaitlona,
aimed at protecting the wozkar
in the regulallty of hte employ*
the funds appropriated.
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BY WILLIAM A. TUCK
(Sports Editor)
DUSOAM — The second an
nual National Red Cross Aquatic
school for Negroes opened here
Monday, July 1, for a ten d^
eourse which will end July 10.
Sl3rty seven students from aa far
West as Wichita, Kansaa and
Ohio are enrolled in the achool
and classes are held at the North
Carolina College ^ell as at the
Hillside parit swimming pool and
at Whiapering Pines camp..
. daaaea in firat aid are held
Irqm 8 until 10 o’clock ea^
momini: at the College; from
10 antil 12 instmction in water
safety takes piaca at tbe Hill-
aide Pool and from 2 until 6 p.
m. the instruction at .the pool
dials with recreational swinunln^:
and diving. Siminars, discusa>
ion or movies l>egin in Avery
Auditorium of N. C. Collee at 8
each evening. On Sunday the
students of the aquatic school
will hold their own vesper ser
vices at the college. The students
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them off without giving them
a say." .. ..
“The Negro’s first loyalty is
to freedom and opportunity and
not to those who ffiseriBfttiidte
againat ua even in the armed
forces of the the conntxy," de-
clwred Mrs. William Benry
HSiGe, whose husband he/Ma the
National Legal Commibtee of
the KAACP, amidst thunderous
app]j4use. "I am not a consmunlat
but those ships 'whicE are "sinking
on the seas belong to the capka-
listie eorporationa and not to the
people.**
A criticiam' of President
Roosevelt for l^lure to speak
out opening for passage of the
anti lynching -bill was vigorously
applauded at the closing session
of 4he conference. At t^aft sess
ion, too, a apirited anti war
^igM waa put up against NAAOP
officials who succeeded in an
earlier aession in defeating the
keaolution against conacription
adopted by 4lia Y«iu1Si sectiim.
Walter White, National Secre
tary of the NAACP, referring
to the Association’s fight for the
itoti lynching measure, said:
**The preaent occupant of the
White (House has disappointed
us by hia failure to espouse open
ly and vigorously the passsge of
the anAi lynching bill."
It waa the first time during
the 6 d^y convention thati an
MAiAiCP offcial had discqssed the
plicrhf df the anti lynchinj: bill,
and followed t>y tbe many dele
gatee’ speechea indicating a de
^re to presa lufrder for Negro
rigbta.
will go to camp Whispering Pin
es on July 4th and 7th for in
struction in diving canoein^r,
bojiting, and surf boardinir.
iR. S. Eaton of the National
Red Cross Staff, Washington is
in direct charge, of the sc^ol
which is being held in Durham
for the second time, having had
its beginning here laat year.
With fourteen faculty memibera
taken from the National Bed
Cross staff emphasis is placed on
leaderahip in various programs
since there is crying need for
Nt'trro leaders at beaches, pools^
etc. As »t result > of the excellent
}ob that last year’s acquatic
school students did at or^fanizing
at) leading beach, pool programs
Mr. Eaton stated that the city
and government funda h#ive
made available for Negroes an
increased numiber of swimming
facilities throughout the country.
In addition to the white in
structors from the N^ional Red
Cross Staff, the Aquatic school
faculty includee Doctor J. N
Mills and Mrs Ethel Huibbard of
Durham, Frank Robinson of Des
Moines, Iowa, and James Pend
leton of the Waffhingrton De
partment of Recreation.
A beautiful water pagealit ia
being' planed for Saturday, |
nJght. July 6 at 8 o’clock at the
Hillside Park Pool.
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n^inc plans for ita annual
Moonlii^it picnic the last of July
after >n^ich tbe ^lub will clqse
for the month of August, open
ing' the' firat Tuesday in Sept.
with the annual oi>ening dance
and election of officers.
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