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VOL. 22
NUMBER 38
SATURDAY, OCT. 5th, 1940
Lester Wilton Collapses A t Ground Breaking Exercis^
PICKENS QUITS WILKF
Minister To Liberia
Gets SuD Stroke
WASHINGTON — (ANP)
Shortly before President Roose
velt wab to apeak at the jfroun 1
breakingr exercises for the new
Recorder of Deeds buildinjf loca-
ted at 6th and D streets, N. W.,
and in the midst of his spocch,
Lester A. Walton, minister to
Liberia, collapsed and fell in the
arms of several white men seat
ed on the platform.
Mr. Walton was immediatn^y
removed to the Casualty hospital
where he was sriAjen first aid
tre'.Vnient for sun-stroke.
The minister appeared to be in
excellent healtb and was in un
usual 4j^od spirits as he w>iM:i?d
back and forth on the plat?oi’'n
before the exercises greeting
friends skid acquaintances.
When he i*ose to speak, Mf
aboirt half way
throuflfh his speech when he b«i-
sr*n falterlngr in his utterances
ium|^|^mfn$rly lost his place on
iin^Bwu?'Pript. Howeer, after a
ort pause, ^hile the vast au.
dience sat listeninff for the next,
work, '^ne picked up briefly, but
disjointedly, attempting' to shake
off the coming stroke. :
Dt. William ' H,. Thi)mplvins,
sitting close beside him, failei to
iK)te the hesitancy on the part
of Mr. Walton, sllthouph he did
arise shortly afterward and ask
ed if the minister were all rig’it.
Just as Pr. ThompVins resum
ed his seat' Mr. Walton collapsed.
He wsl»! quicTily hitrfMid to t^ie-
hospital in a car and after rest
ing: for severarTiours, was dis'^'iar
ged and sent nome.
It had beefT^irtd thgfc Mr. Wal
ton had been up all night work
ing in New York and hastened
down to WasTlTngton to be with
his friend at the ground break
ing. Mr. Walton ehd Dr. Tliom-
pkins have Been friends for a
nun*1^r of years, before either
of/ them rose to prominence,
b(?*h having been born in the
mid-west.
DOCTORS IN SESSION
More than I'OO physicians frofmasoored by the Divsion of Co^pe- College.
three states were in att«ndanc«lration in Education and Ra^ce
last week at the sympo«ium sponjRelatiO'ns, at the North Carolina
ity mediiJll school, the Umver-.symposium,
faculty co.moc3ed [sity of North Carolina, and the! The doctors in attendance were
An eminent
of professors from Duke Univer-1 Public Health had chiarge of the'from N'orth Carolina
NAACP Field Secretory Resigns
NEW YORK, (ANP) — The
NAACP issued an official state-
mei^.^this 'W^en declaring that
the work pi Wm. Pickehs, Field
Secretary of th^ association in
organizing “CCC for Wendell
Willkie Clubs,” did not repres'.?nt
the policy of the NAACP. Mr.
Pickens has been chairman of a
rapidly growing organization
known fb the Non-PaTtisan Colo
red Citizens Committee for the
Election of Wendell L. Willkie
for president.
" At a special administration
committee meeting, called it is
said in answer to Mr. Pickens’
request for a clarificaWon of the
afTSOciation’s rule regarding' poli
tical activity on the part of em
ployees, an even' more stringent
Machinist Maintain
Their Jim Crow
Union Rule
CLEVELAND — No Negro
other than a hotel envploye was
able to pentrate - into the Pre
cincts of the Grand Lodge of the
Intern?4onal Association of
Maphinists AP of I Union which
"id lt» .'nnual meeting .t the
Holol H,Uend.„ here thi, week.l Aff»,rs ^ be held Sun-
What action was taken on day ^temoon Hillside Hx-h
the Tc.olution to admit Negro School auditorium at three o clook
machinists t„ membership, which ac»rdmg to an ann>uncement
it is »ssumed came up a re- released to the Carolina Times
suit of an AF o ^ declaration 'this week by the seoret^ry of
to that effect last spring, co«M the crganization, R. N. Harris.
In addition to the re^rulax pro-
grom the annual election of
office"^ will be held and' it is very
necessary that as many' cttisens
of the community be present to
■'ote their cihoice. All Negroes
livinc in Durhs^ are, members of
the Ccmmittee, and all are en
titled to vote, Mir. Harris said.
A report for the work done by
the committee, durinsr the ■ year
irule WE.B adopted. This rule is
said to be in effect that no paid
executive of the association sh^ll
askiciated' Himself with any lioiii
ticsil candidate or political patty.
Mr. Pickens it js understood^
has tendered his resignation as
Chairman of the CCC for Willkie
Clubs. It isi alsiO understood that
the ruling does not gag Pickcns
nor any other officer of the as-
socifltion from expressing their
views nor from making speechts
so long as such expressions are
merely their own views asi citi-
zer.'S. Other officials of the a*;-
sociation have in their personal
cap-.Vitdes, it is said, expressed
themselves as being in fav9r of
the “New Deal.” ,,
Committee on Negro
Affairs Meet Sunday
DURHAM — The annual meet-
not be ascertained. This union
one of j;;he many affilliated with
AF of L which does nat adm't
Negroes, is siaid to be pkrtSeul-
arly intent upon keeping the fjan
in effect now that the National
Defense preparations are giving
unprecedented employed to inFich
inists all over the country.
The invasion of Great Britain
it seems., has been poaponed in-^
definitely. '
TENNESSEE METHODIST
IN SESSION
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 1 t-.
(ANP) — The East Tennessee
Conference of the Methodist
Church wnll meet for its sixth au
nt al session at Vine Avenue
Methodist chuch here October 2
to 6.- Bishop A. P. Shaw will pre
side.
Some people take more .intsr-
eat in their football team of
^11 be made, as well as the tr«ns their alma mater than its scho-
act^on of oth€E importent husi-iastic record.
ness.
The Durham Committee on
Negro Affairs is a branch of the
North Carolina Committee. Since
its organization several years ago
much has been done througih its
efforts tio better the condition of
the Negrcies in this city.
Freshman Week Begins
SanfoW Roan ‘"Ganged”
In Patrol School
COLUMBUS, O. (A X P» — punish those guilty of pai^ic 9»k
Governor Bricker this week pusli- ii^^ in wh- was apparently aa.
ed his investiga>k)n into reports efioft to force Roan to leave
that Sanford Roan, col. red rajlne schorl,
jat the State Highway Pa+ro!l .\fter the Beating, Rom *t-
! School had been “ganged” aud tempted twicg to resign, dectar-
bejfen by white patrol stude.rs ing the hazing was bftsomin*
■vt the school. unbearable, but the retif^iftin&»
„ , . j 11 ^'t're withdrawn, following e«n-
Roan, a former A and T a u
ferencea wkH Highway J5ir^c:*»r
icirc athlete and honorary eaptu n a • L ^ ^
I ^ u 1 Roan s attempts +o
rf the-basketbtfl team at Novth . ^ ^ .
... . u 1 u • ^ —came to the attention
I High school here, is the first Ne- _ r. • « . .
* . ^ i , G vemnr Bnrfcer who d»elared
sr’O admitted to a Highway Patrol • i- .
. . , , • i.1 .1 that n ..leanun might Fe In
training school since the patrol *
i • 1 • , .VO. O' pec. at patrol hea)quartei»
was orvranized in 1934. Sinre, ^
I being admitted, reports indiea.cej According to Roare, when ie
iRoan has been eubjec.ted to re- ^®P®*’ted for the boxing bout*.
bniTs and insults - by the oilier accordance with schoql rule*,
jstudents. Thi.«i was climaxed Issi found Tennis snoes
I week when the whites “gave f' reed use his street
I the works” during bcxing bout.? j ''*^hieh nandicshped hi>n.
jwhicj, are a prPt of the '^a^ra'. ? Then, insteltT of merely boxic^
I training course. him, he reported to the Govcjn-
! Hisrh'vay Director . Robert .*5. or's office, each of his opivin'^ts
1 Reiffbt’er declared that he wa* fouj^.t h'ni ^i'-’'erately. Finally,
[investigating the *natter “rfe;*y at the cf exh«ustic«, Roav
ItlioriVwghty” and Colonel Lv'in wc;~’r^-T75 "winds was foiiKii
IFl-^'k, Patrol, head, who is ill iii to fight a 20") pounder, who
|(, hosnital, said he was condi'tt- nro*retIed b«’'?: him aeverely,
ing his own inqiifr:'. He wa.; Seven stit:he? Tvere required to
determined, he said, to “73r to ona C'lt over Roan’s sye,
the bottom of the situatior.” and it was reported.
Head Of CIO Bars
Discrimination in Defense
BY HAROLD A. CLEMENT subject; “Life’s Giiidespots.” He
SALISBURY — Throughout I urged each person to form a
the first week of school vaiioas i philosophy of life based upoii'
members of the faculty addressed jthe Bible, the church and Con-
th^ chapel groups with spec.at science
Womaii
Killed I
By Auto I
CHARLOTTE —- A young wo*;
man, whose identity prwed a ,
mystery to local police until I _____
oarly this week, was. ins.tajitly j _ . ^
killed in the .900 blodk of Kast! LOS AN’GELES. ' Calif., Oct.^ triminatjcrfi against Negroes In
Eight Street Saturday night, l,2-r-ANP^ Apgointment-of M-’-.jtlve National ?)efeDS« program,
when she stepped from behind a j.Ch.ESrlotta A. Bass, Los Angeles: where Iai>«r fs concerned. Ssfd
parked .auto into the path of a;newspaper publisher, as head of _ Mr. Lewis:
vehicle, operated by McDowell jthe western distrigt. of the colo- “I should like to ttlke this «c-
Charlotta Bass
Appointed Head
Ot Coast
I WASHINGTON, In a letter
‘t,> Dr. Rayford W. Loj^n, chair
man of the Committee on Paiti-
cipati .n of Negroes in the - Na
tional Defense Program, John h.
! Lewis, president of the Cong;roM»
of Industrial Organizations,, cm-
iphatioaHy declared, ifeainst dis-
Gainey, whit^ youth of 111 South |red diivision* )»f. )thq national
Mint Street. i Willkie campaign -was widely
Gainey, held by police pen^Wig h&iled this week.
emphasis to the freshmen claas. It is alway thrilling to hear of coroner’s invesitigation, sitaterl Mrs, Bass, a member of the
casion to express to you my own
personal and official support of
your committee tj prevent d:»*
crimination against Negroes ia
Prof. F. D. W. White, dean of'the traditions of Livingstone that ho w4? driving eastward on'Los Angeles County Repubiu-aujthe XaH-mal "Defense prograat.
the college, spoke - on Friday told by President Trent. The East Seventh Sftreet, when the jCentral, eommlttee, has been an xhe Ck unu LrlSor’s Non-P»rti
September 20. Prof. J. H. Satter jhistory of the institution is related woman darted .suddenly into the active, figure in political and; s-,ri J,eagf;o have already carriad
white was presented as the speak
er on Monday the 23. The coll
ege's m.itron, Mrs. J. L. Butler
was the speaker on Wednesday
of the same week. The culmina
tion of Freshmen week was ■ n
by its head each year. Out of path of the vehicle operate.^ byjcivic circles for 25 years. T\isjo„ much work in coopermtio^wJA
the suffering and sacrifices of^hiTn. Upon further questioning, ;summer, appointed by Gov. Oh'n j+,he Kational Tsegro oongrca^ .hi
loyal men and women of past he stated that was driving at she was state commissioner and | pcsition.
generifions was Livingstone cs-1 the r«te of only twenty miles nerj princip-.^ speaker j* the “CdM-{ “The CIO Tias always bvHt
tablished; and only througho’it hour. jfornia Day” program of the A-i ^ discrim’i
hard work, faith, and enduranc e At the time of tKe accident, merican Negro exposition against !Ttgroes. It has
Friday, Sept. 27 at which time jcan^dvance progress be mode ^the woman was identified by a Chicago. • Unly stated such opposition, IwS'
President W. J. Trent was the fol^^e future of the idependont j]f.ttcr found in her possession .isl Last year she was .JU delegate i j|. refuse^^o allow raeh
speaker. ' Negro College. idn Williams; and on police Vf.- .to the generfl conference of *he; within
“The Unfolding of One's Per-j ^ ports was listed as hifvina: »o,NAACP held at Richmond, tanks
sonil’ity was the main trend of ROOSEVELT-HAS CONFER- [known residences or relations. Bom in Providence, R. , I., Mr^^.j. «similar^, the- CIO b«l
ENCE WITH OFFICERS TJpcn further investigation, how- Bass attended Oolumbia. Univ^r-J , . , Ke^r. ne«>Dle should
jpvcr, her identity was revoal?d,sitv. Her column, "On the Side- »gainst
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A brief as Eliza Williams of 306 Third .walk” is widely quoted and re- serri«e»
thought in Mr. White's speech.
Sirce wo have distinct charac-
teriats we impress our fello'vman
differently from what another conference was held here Friday jstrent and her bodv turned over Jprinrted and she has Wen national defense The
human would. Dean White en-
'couraged the new students to
nake their beat pos^le impress
ion upon their 8#so.ciates.
Mrs.' Butler would have us
think of the college community
ns o'^'e hig happy, family. In her
discourse, the matron, expre'sed
her willingness to help the in
dividual ^student aoIvo his sch^^cl
problems. The ony prerequist,
Mrs. B^Jtler would asjk, is “B"oad
mindness in each person to ap
proach the question and «tnswe>r.
morning, September 27, in Thcitn Crier and TRompson, local senting the “Negro Newspaper
White House at the invitation of jMorticians for interment.
President Franklin’ D. Roo.'5ovelt| — —
at which the position of the Ne-'
gro in the armed forces of the
PICKENS RESIGN
navy, and other ptibUe
of the Air” over California' *ta- ^
tions for three years. Americans
-y— 1 race, creed dr colo*. Y«u
staff members serv.
jto request su... sure that I and o^h«r
nation and the employment ■)f j NEW YORK — Dean William |»ng on party committes to of CffO wtft do
colored worker.^ in industrinLPickens, director of branches for.Georgp B. Murphy,' Jr. P'^blicily,
1 1 '4.v„ A t,™ t— TT T...K POSWlOle tr» sM
plant? engaged jn filling
defense orders were topics und-ir
di«*»8sion.
Those pre.eent were the Pro.'si-
dent; Colonel Frank Knox, Rocre
tary of the Navy; Assistant So-
crptary of War Patterson: T. A.
The 8®paker went on to say that, jHill, formerly of the National
“Warning signs on our moral jUrban League and now an NYA
natfis are always prominent but .official; A. Philio Randolph, in-
not alwavs heeded.” Iternational president of the
huge the National Association for the director, and Rev. J»«. H. Rob-ip^j.^^ rfftablijli il \
Advancement of Colored People, anson, acting youth director, l*®th: « the UnHvd
resicnsd effective October 1. , whom had consented to serv^-l^ *
chairman and ora-anizer of a na-'on the committee for the elecH^nt
tional Colored Citizens’ Commit-'of Alfred K. Stern to Congress j
tee. Non-F..rtiisan. for the I’lec- from New York, also resigned. ,. .
tion of Wendell L. Wilkie. Dean] Walter White, NAACP secre- .
Pickens’ action was taken after tary, announced t>hat he had ^
i government.
ftifiv effective dtfanjj-
nd for ottr nfttien
the comittee on administration of clined an invitation to serve on
the NAACP had met and voted ^ti*en’s Oommrttee tJSJ’ Roo««
to re-affirm th«
In Ori«Aa»
Rev. Satterwhite used for his Brotherhood of Sleeping Car position of the associtlion a"d ' aQuardi*.
, l^r«rt vnmbteJ ^
non-partisan :velt now being formed by Mayori
p«id t^ m m