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Volume XXIII - Number 24
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY *
Durham, North Carolina, ^ • Saturday, June 13, 1942
“KEEP ’EM FLYING*
SPAULDING ELECTED TO NEW YORK C OF C
Question Of Top Man
Far Negroes Finally
Setteed At Meeting
ENLARGEMENT OF PRESIDENrS
COMMinEE EiirtOYMENT
'MEETS MUCH OPPOSITION
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BT A. E. WHITB
By Aaaoeiatptl Negro Press
Washington — Settling the
moot question of .who is to be the
Negro “top man” once and
nil, the proposed enlargement
the ^ President’s Committee on
Fair Employment Practice, which
is being widely discussed in cer-
iwrflea .b*j?dly .cae^ts
thr per cent approval cer
tain luenNrhO have heretofore,
been rt^ariwd as “close to the
.President.'*^ ' ^
Only recently there was con
siderable commotion and odvoc-
acy of a plan whereby a “bureau
of N(^o affairs” was to have
lM>en created, a super over- all
agency with Lester Walton, min
ister to Liberia, a^ the head. This
was to have superseded all agen
cies ani to be the liason bureau.
Opponents to this/p^all, sf
whom there were plemy, quickly
countered in another manner, and
acponling to general reports, sub
mitted through various means the
name of Charles Houston to the
AVhite House, asking thal Mr.
Houston be named ag an execu
tive secretary at the White House
and the Negro group in America.
Further reports are to the ef
fect that the matter was brought
up in a recent cabinet meeting
where, after a very stormy sess
ion, the whole thing was thrown
out and all plans submitted for
directing the welfare of the Negro
thrownSjj^o the discard.
Out of this, however, came an
idea whereby the CoFEP would be
the controlling factor.
General information oircnlnting
through town has jjf: that the com
mittee will be enlarged, taken
over by the President’s executive
nff'icp instead of tlie Manpower
board, given a wider range, es-
labiiah regional offices with in-
crcnped personnel and a larger
luKlget to do a more effective job
All amendment to Executive Or
der 8S02 is to be expected, giving
fhese powers and increasing the
scone of activity of the CoFEP.
This following, it is believed a
two hour conference at the Whdte
House when Lawrence Cramer,
executive secretary of the CoFEP
and Dr. Malcolm MacL^an, chair
mnn, visited with the Pi’esid^t
jtnil discussed the problems.
Besiides the additions to the
CoFEP indicated, there is planned
it is reported from well informed
sources, a legal research division
with Dr. George E. Johnson, now
s stant executive secretary, in
charge of this division leaving the
entire executive end of the com
mittee in the hands of whites.
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We advocate vacations fw every
wi>rkcr; rest improves wofte-and-
iuterest in whatever the worker
Stiinspo Is Told
That ^Idiers Hold
To Prejudices
—VF—
New York — ‘/We greatly fpnr
that skiers do not slough all
pr«VioaK ' pr«|t(4i«*ir when tfasj
don their uniforms,” the NAAOP
told Secretary of War Henry L.
StimflOn last week, in reply to his
Statement no lecture courses
were needed to insure respectful
treatment of colored soldiers b]^
white soldiers.
The AU0ciation sai dit is con
vinced thaf the attahment of de
mocracy during and after the
war ‘ ‘ depends on teaching those
who are fighting the war that the
four freedoms enunciated by
President Roosevelt must apply
to all people of all races, creeds
and colors.”
Secretary Stimson sain May 22
that he believed courses of in
struction to white soldiers to in
sure courteous treatment of color
ed soldiers of the United Nations,
- I
proposed by the NAACP, wore
unnecessary because “Negro sold
iers have already won a high de
gree of respect.”
Answering May 28, the NAACP
stated it hoped the Secretary of
War’s Belief is correct, but fears
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U, S. Supreme Court
Reverses Torture
Confession Of Man
New York — When the United'
States Supreme Court reversed
the decision of the Texas ("oprt
of Circuit Appeals, Monday, June
1, by declaring that the convic
tion on a mui'der charge ofWil-
liam Ward of Mount Pleasant,
was based on a confession forced
by protracted questioning and
threats, the NAACP won another
victory for the guarantee of con
stitutional rights to Negroes be-
Jore tl»«-s^highest tribunal in the
land.
The- case-Avas argued before the
Supreme Court by Leon A. Ran
som and W. Robert Ming, ,ir.,
members of the NAACP national
legal committee, May 4. Justice
James F. Byrnes read the decis-
sion June 1.
Ward was indicted in Septem
ber, 1939, for the murder of Levi
Brown, white, who was strangled
to return home! Questioning >f
Brown was discovered Sunday,
^une 25, Ward was taken to. the
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102 'GRADUATED AT N. C. COLLEGE FINALS
The photo above showy Doctor
N. C. College; Dr. H. L.
and Dean Alphontiu Elder prcr cises recentl.v held in B. N. Duke
d«gr»68 to 'the •?i^4>*»-Au4iHioWfmf riO'iffce
Flowers i ates at tae eOTiimencement exer-^—Photo By James.
Hi C. Mutual President
Chosen For Member Of
Gotham Commerce Body
BEN DAVIS TO SEEK AnOKNEV
«ENERAl POST OF NEW YORK
ON COMMUNIST TICKET
Bjg State-Wide
Rubber Drive
Begins July 4
New York (ANP) — Benjamin
W. Davis, Jr., leading figure in
the fight to free Angelo Hern
don, noted Negro lawyer and
member of the editorial board of
the Daily Worker, i.s the Com
munist party candidate for attor
ney general of New York stpte,
Simon W. Qerson, director of the
slate election committee, com
munist party, announced this
week;
Mr. Davis, a former football
star at Amherst and a gra«luate
of Harvard Law School, is the
soin of Benjamin Davis, Sr., ~ of
Atlanta, a former member ot the.
Republican National committee.
As attorney for Herndon, Mt.
Davis carries' the fight to free
North -CarolMa will join Presi
dent Hoosevelt’s nation wide serap
rubber round up with an intensive
campaign beginning July 4, and
extendiny for 10 days, N. ErEd-
gerton, Jr., Chairman of the State
Salvage for Victory rommittce,
announced Thursday.
Georgia Supreme court and finally
fought it up to the ^fTnirpTt%ii^a^‘S
Supreme court where the lower
the young Negro leader to the courts were reversed.
Wenddl Willkie Is
Elected Member Of
Hampton Trustees
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HamptfSv Institnt', Va. (Spicial)
Weni('ll Willkie has been, elected
a member of the board of tru>tees
fef Hampton T^Ktitnte, famed in-
stitiftion of higher learning for
Negroes in Hampton, V;r;:ina, it
learned wf d t ofd ni+y .
was announced today by J. Henry
Scattergood, chairman of the
bojurtL. • ■ - , *
In his statement on Mr. Will-
kie’s acceptance of the post, Mr.
Scattergood praised the former
Presidcnlial nominee lor his
“leadership in breaking down
traditional bartiers of race dis
crimination and opening new
avenues for Negroes in the service
of their country.”
Honored
Mr. Scattergpod’s
is as follo\vsj
statement i.s
•
M. H. Thompson, prominent
Durham attorney pictured abov»
who was recently * chosen com-
uiander of the Weaver MaLeau
Post No. 175 of the Ameiycan
Legion.
“Wendell Willkie has honored
Hampton Institute and the whole
cause for which Hampton exists
by accepting a post on the Institu
te’s board of trustees. He hojiors
the In.stitute for ^the reason that
this is the first and only time he
has become a trustee of any coll
ege or university. lie honors the
cause of Negro education at a
time when his leadership is break
ing down traditional barriers of
race discrimination,, and opening
new avenues for Negaoes in the
service of their country.
Dr. C_ Spaulding, president
of North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company who Was re
cently been elected to membership
on the New York State Chamber
of Commerce. Dr. Spaulding is
also president of the Mechanics
and Farmers Bank of Durham.
New York-, — Dr C. g,
Spaulding. presid»B£ nt th«>^orth
• arolina Mutraal Life Insuraore
company of Durham, ha^
*Iecred a member of the chaiobrr
of rnnimerce of New York ,'tate,
one of the strong**st onr.iniM-
tion of its kind in America. Some
idea of the potencT of the chatub«T
may Jie gained the per^f.nii*»l
Tvf the eomm[ttpe which arran(|>>d
the ban«|net to which Mr. Snanld-
ing was invjfcd recently
came from Durhanj to attend.
The snmp inclndeil: Fred«>riek
H. Eiker, president* Metropolitan
Life In.suraare Walter ^
tifflKri?. presftlent, 4nerifWi
phone~.in(T X'^^ffraph Co.; .SyJiieT
.^^cAlIister, f.resiident, Tnt»‘niM-
tional Harvester Co.; J. Pierpont
Morgan. J. P. Morgan and Co.;
Jiihn Schiff. FTnhn Lrieb in*T"
Co.; Walter C. Teaarlcj^ ehainnait,
board. Standard Hil Co. oi New
.Jersey; Perry H. .lohnston. chair
man, boani, Chemical National
Bank.
‘•I valne the opportunity of
sitting in these meotin!r; as these
^wit=; of American eommeree
discTLss problems of the eeonoihie
welfare of our conntry,” ^aid
Mr. Spanlding. ■’ It gives an op^
portnnity to me to pass on ♦© tfa«
mcmVership of the Nation-*! N^-
'•*ro Business leagne, in which
am vitally interested, eoonsel
which may be-of fservice to th®
Negro business world.*'
This is no time for pacifists in
Congress; they are too dangerous
to the nation’s safety.
The June bride
sign of being lost in the shufOe
' connected with the war.
BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER AND GRADU.\TING
CLASS OF HILLSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Contacts serviceable t® th«
business enterprises withj, whirh
Mr. Spaulding is personally idmti-
fied are also probable. It iras
through a.ssoeiatioos which k*
made asa mensber of the Foorth
CareliBtt State Banker’s assoria-
tion for the stron Mechanics
and Farmers’ Bank of whieh lie is
also president, that Mr. Spaold*
ing was invited to join the ebam-
ber. I
The Baccalaureate
the graduating' class
High Sshool was delivered by the
sermon
of Hillside
Pev, J. H. Thomas, (left pastor
of the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
of Durham.^ At tte right is the
class which was one of the largest
in the history of the aahool. The
sermon was delivered in the spac-
ioug and beautiful auditorium off
the Mt. Vernon Baptist church.—
Photo By James.
Hampton Pres^oit
Delivers Address
At A&T Fiinls
Greensboro — I>r. Malcolm S.
Maclean, president of HamptoB
Institute, and chairman of tlw
Employment Pra*4tee» in speakiB|^
to A and T College graduates lut
week, denounce*! di^^riminatwui ^
the cause of the present iDtcni*>
tional conflict, whieh he tcTmeJ m
President’s committe on Fi^
“cosmic tiiunderstorm,” '
The Hampton president
to 93 graduates, eomposiajt th*
largest graduatinf^ elaas ih t]M
history of the in«tit«ttitm. Pirwk
F. D. Bluford presented tile spMlk*
er, and the a cappella choir i;i
direction of Prof. Warner
furnishcri special musie for tUt
occasion. Prof. Bernard Ln liaMi
playe*! “Walther's Pm*
(Herbert) on the Yiolaaw
college band under
(Continued ua Plf. Mm.