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DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, NOV. 2nd, 1940
Charlotte Postmaster And Negro
Employes May Face Federal Court
Supreme Court Refuses
To Review Norfolk
Teachers - Salary Ca^
When h. C. State Men Get Together
•NOHPOLK, V«., (Special) —
1^6 Supreme C«urt ojf the Unit*
ed States on Ifondity denied peti-
itioii; of the Norfolk School Board
tffM rftviev oi the M«lvin Alston
^ s«lary qiIm endl
9r^ . A/:,®^t back to'^* Unit
ed tStaoC'a Oiatriot Court here for
ttimi on fts merits.
In effect, ithe nation'll hSsrhest
tnbuna] concurred in an o{>in!oqi-
handed d«wn by the Fourth Unit
ed St(Ue« Circuk Court of Ap
peals on June 18 lAst in which
the differential in salaries of
white and o'|lored tcachers in the
NonfOlk Public School system was
charactemed a* “discriminatory”
and a Violfction of the due pro
cess clause of the' ‘ fourteenth
Aimendmtrnt t© the Constitvtion
C(f the United Statet.
The case, in wftlch Mr. Alston,
ah'" mstructor ‘, in the Booker T.
Washington High School Aid j>f
the Norfolk Teachers Association
are plaintiffs, was appealed to
the Cifcuit Oourt ©f Aippeals
ROBERT L. VAN'N, founder
and «dito.r of’ the Pittabu^rgih
Courier who ®uccumibed to a l®n-
grthy illness last Thursday ev«n-
after' Judge Liither B; Way hedjing. Mr! Vann wha wrt|s a native
dismissed' the plaintiff’s plea In of M*a6alk!ie, N. C. Was Ql years
Federal District Court on thejof at,the time of hia death,
grounds that Mr. Alston had ^ Life stoary of Mr. Vann on page
waived his constitutional rights 6, section 2.
Col. B. 0. Davis Appointed
Brigader General By F.D.R;
First Nemro So Honored
when he voluntarily entered into
a ccmtritct at a stipulated salary.
Although tiic Suprenie Court sent
the caae back for retrial, indica-
n'ot be neoeseary.
A hearing H Federal Dia-
' - A a hearingw^^ . J>i9-
iriet Oourt ©n July 8,
when attorneys for Mr. Alsto*
and the School • Bcnard mo to set
a date ’for the trial - of the case
following the decision of the Cir
cuit Court of - Appeals, Judge
Way explained that if the School
(BK^sk-d were denied a writ by the|
Supreme Court and the case was
remanded to his qcoirt, the City
o*f Nioi'folkf would not sape any
money Ky reaajin of “the delav.
Hansbeny Case
Draws Star
Legal Talent
Wiafehington -i-• ^idencing an
intferest seldom seen in matters
legal a large group cjf Washing
ton Nogroee attended the Sup
reme Court siesaion on ^ Friday
morning to hear the arguments
>n the faim>ius Chica^ segre?a^
tion «ase, iHansberry vs Lee.
Bows of c^loQ-ed attendants
lisrtened carefully to every word
uttered by both the appellees
and the appellants. In the audi
ence were Attorneys Mehilingor
of the dep|£urtment of jugtica,
Ming of Howard University Law
school, Bernard Jefferson-- of tho
ne a^ool, George Haye.j, ,
Eleven Whites And
Two Negroes To
Go On Trial Apr.1
NEGRO POSTAL WORKEBS INVOLVED IN
POSTOFFICE POLITICAL SCANDAL IN NOBTH
CAROLINA—F. B. L PMt Offkc iMpecton. aai
Qvil Smtvic* CommissiMi investiKStian eancladBil—
District Attorney riTen ease. Hint MktMcnt of
Postmicfer Towit*, elevw wUlcs aid two Ncitacs.
tr^ before Tedenl CwRt fei April... Ceavie-
ffoTU eartr peuMm ef |kr«» jIhv in jnriMS. or
thousand doHars fines. Poetmaater fenaer keaal af
National .^asoeiation of Poetmasten.
'Chalriotte -r- The names of .political object whatever.'
Joseph Young, and Frank Iff.
James, Negro custodians at the
Th* law stetes farther t “Na
officer or empKyee of the Unit-
It was immediately after the j Salem. The team is being en-| really know horw eat, eapeci-
N. C. ,CoU«ge EJtigles had defeat-jtertained by Rev. J. H. Tucker, ally ttfter a game. Rev. Tucker i
ed the( B%i Blues from Bluefield \umn'us of the schctcj. Rev. Tuck, pastor yf the St.' John OMiE
Teachera (College a(t Winstonjer will teH you that football aen^Church of the Twin City.
Prominent itoxiioro Man Passes
RoJiiboro — Lee Clay,, promin-'at the time of his‘death
eht 'citizen of Roxboro died at
his hoime near here last Thurs-
d(Ay eviening at Six o’clock as the
result of a paralytic stroke.
Funeral services loi' the well
known man were ,held at the
Allen Chapel AME Church Sun-
iay afternoon at iiirce /clock.
The deceased wa«» 98 ysarg old
Mr. Clay was apparently in
good health up until hg died.
The iljness ‘ which cause his
Surviving hinti are’ hig wife
.fid nine; children and many
other relative® and friends. The
children surviving are of his
firsJt marriage to ’ the former
Miss Ellen Brooks. The wife who
survives is Mrs. Bessie Clay.
Prwjfs. Sam Dorsey and Ralph
Bunche of Howard and V. D.
Johnson, treasiirer at the s^e
school.
death came suddenly while he children are: Mrs. Floss.e
wag walking toward ,the ,hou^^ Thomp-
in his yard where he fell. Medi- fMrs- Esther Trotter, Mr..
cal aid wa« rushed to; him but Humphrey Miss Ah.e
he did not live but a short^he sons wh^ survive are:
time Sfter being taken ill. I Bennie, Robert, Dee alid Geor-e
The deceased was a member Roxboro.
of the Allen Chr.^ol Church for The sermon was preached by
more than &0 years and at the Rev. B. H. Lucas, presiding
time of his death was an officer elder cjf the Durham district of
on m* |jt of the various boards'the AME Church. Internment was
of the church. |a the church cemetery.
local Post OffH?«, were turned ted States mentioned in Secti.>n
over to the District Attorney, of|20j of this title shali dischiar^!,,
the Western District of Njofch or promot«, 41- degtaide. >r in
Carolina, along with the names manner change the official rant
of tweleve whites, including ,or compensation of any (.(ther
PostratBster Pfcul Y. Counts, |officer or employee, or pr.mjse
A^ist&it Custodian Sidney M. or threaten s) to do fkr giving
JCrotft, Mail Oarage F^.teman ^or withholding or negieeting to
‘Roy H. Watts, Engineman Msi-;n»ake any c-ottfcributkm of mo^ey
shall Barnette, and eight other j or other valuatble thing for aay
whites, by Post Office Inspec-.politicall puiT)o»e.”
tors, for Grand Jury presenta- j jjig penalty for sucb viola
tion of the senisfJticual case hen?, jtRpis read^: “Whoever Aall
involving political activity .n iviolate any provision of SeKioas
deinance of Postal Laws, andjgog to 211 of this title shall He
the Hatch Act by what, is calli^d^^iQ^^ gpit Q^oore than five tiwu-
“the Younts madiine’ whic'Vi^nd dollars, or imprisoned not
allepdly has dominated the city ^^6 than three years, or hath.”
affairs cf the town fo^ many j Affidavits made out before
years. tpostal inspectors, it is rc^;>orted.
Postmaster Younts is charg.,d contained statements by
in nine specific instances «f e^Ptoyees of the Charlotte xwst
ioUting Section 88 and 208 of thmt they have been re-
' Washington — For the first
time in the history of the United
States, a Negro will wear tho
starg of the rank of general, with
the announcement from tho
White House and the war depart
ment that Ool. Benjamin Davis,
will in the future be brigadii-r
general, to command the 2nd
division of calvary, comprising
th* 0th and 10th regiments. Th a
promotion is a signal victory for
the units that have been fighting
for such recognition and is be
lieved to presage the forming of
fun entirely Negro officered divi
sion in tha army.
Announcement of the promo
tion of Colonel Davis foll^ed
a conferenca held Friday when
Dr. Frederick Patterson of Tuske
gee institute, Dr. Rayford Logan
of . Howard university and Dr,
Howard Long of the public
stAools of t^e District, visited
the White House and diteussed
. ^Ith the President otiier p^ss'-
bilities for Negr particip^oh
in the national defense.
Conitinued oQ P«ge aec. 2i
STATE DIRECTORS OF DEMOCRATIC NEGRO WOMEN
the Postal L«^s and Regula-
tiona. These secti:fis reads: “It
is unlawful for any, or any
officer or employee of the
United States or any verscp ve-'
ceiving any salary or compensa
tion for services from money
derived fnom the Treasury of
the United States to directly r
indirectly solicit, receive, or be
in any manner concerned in
soliciting or receiving, a n v
assessment, subscriptitn, or con
tribution for any political pur
pose whatever, from any other
such officer, employee, cr per
son.”
'2 No pem>n shall, in any
room or building cccupied in
the discharge of official duties
Lending her capable servicM
to the Democratic National Cam
paign in her home state 1* Mrs.
»'A1iwancda P. Hairston of Wil
liamson, West Virginia (above)
who is aetirely associated with
the Negro Women’s ActlTitiea of
Irma Lawson of Wilmington,
Delaware whosa capable work
ia helping direct the Demo
cratic / Presidential Campaign in
her home state of Delaware has
already tfven dcfiniti^ indicaticnn
that FDR aad the New
the strong movement to send . should aweep the state.«
PreaideBt Roosevelt back to the vote.
iSyktta foe a ttdrd tarau .t.-
Margaret H. Holland, who re
cently attained the diatinetion of
being tha ftrst Negro woman to
be elected to a state Democratic
CommitteewomaA's post, and is
also aletive in the directing of the
campaign for President Roose
velt’s rejection in her native
atata of Bhikla bland.
Bertha Young, o{ Boston,
Massachusetts, energetic direc
tor of women’s activiti^ in con
junction with the Democratic
campaign in her state of Massa-
ehusetts, who enthusiastically
predicts the reelectioncj?'
dent Rposevelt. >'«-
Georgiana Jackson of South
Norwalk, Connecticot, whose ac
tivities in her state division of
the Democratic Natioaal Cam
paign a^e considered among the
most effective factors which
party leaders predict, will result
in a sweeping Rooacvelt victory
on November 5*
quired to work in political elec-
titjns, such as sountimg ballots,
carrying voters to the pcdls, and
becking the ballots, and the
election books in varicfis wfirda
after ' the elections were
“The Younts machine” *ave
Congresaman A. ik. Bulwinkle»
Tenth Distiiict, Dem.riegKt, fwho
named Mr. Younts to the po*t-
mastership, a total of 24,493
votes in a recent election.
It is further alleged th^ the
{retting f jobs im the Charlotte
Post Office was c^onbiagvnt up>)n
the willingness of the applicant
to work in. the elections. Negnt
vo^l workers who woi^ed,
allegedly agains^ their wills and
desires, were given five, ten and
by 8oiy officer or employee of
the United States mentioned in
section 208 of this title, or in
any yard, fort, cr arsenal, soli
cit in any manner whatever cr
rec«ive any corttri4>ution of
money or other thing value for
any political purpose wMtever.
3 No officer, clerk, or cither
person in the service oi the
United Staitev shall, directly ov
indirectly, give or hand over to
any other officer, clerk, or per
son in the service of the United
States, or to any Senator ct
Mentber of or Delegate to Oor-
gresa, or Resident CommisaMnei
any sK’ney or other vaKia|>le
thing on account of or to be
epplied to tb« pioi»»tk>n of any
vices, on election datjrat, and for
Negroes to the pcills. However,
the uae of their cars, to carrf
ecorts to get Poatmaster Ybaaita
to p«t on Kegro letter cainrieM
met with rebuffs^ .despite tka
fact that the last caae waa lakan
to PoatoB«ater Oenerat
before his recent
and despite the tact ttefe
Naeional Aaioeiatkai for tta
Advaoeemea oi Colored FMpI^
the NatiooM. ^iaiiee e
employees, the Ct»il
coBMBiwioa >tlM I
Ledge, the Imperial
Shriaera. aad ot^nir
bodies orged Yoania l|^.
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