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FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING NEGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS
VOLUME 27—NUMBER 40 DURHAM, If. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1949
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New Army Policy Is
Assailed By ADA
ADA Calls Move
By Army'Sham'
And A 'Gesture'
WASHINGTON
The new IT. S. Army policy
toward races was the object of
an iinprecpcleuted attack by the
Americans for I>emocratic Ac
tion here this week as that or-
ffanization sharply denounced
the whole policy and made it
known in no uncertain terms
what its collective thinking was
on the action to aflopt the po
licy.
The Americans for I>emo-
cratic Action termed the policy
approveil by the Secretary of
E>efen.se, Ijoiiis Johnson, as a
“sham" and called upon Presi
dent Trtiniai) to “order the end-
of segregation in the Army and
thus demonstrate to the world
that this country means what it
saj’s when it speaks out for de-,
mocracy and freedom.”
Secretary of the ArmJ^, Gor
don Gray who submitted the
l)ro{ram to Johnson, said he had.
discussed it with Charles Fahy,
chairman of the President’s
Committee on Eiuality of
Treatment and Opportunity in
the Armed Forces. '
After the proposed proijram
was releas(*d to the publ,ic,
Charles LaFollette, former
Conpressman from Indiana and
now national director of the
ADA, sent a letter to President
Truman stating? that the Army’s
new racial program, approved
* by Secretary of Defense John
son, is nothin!? more than a
“feeble jresture toward racial
^equality.”
The letter further stated, “al
though this new policy purports
to make concessions to the legi
timate desires of Negroes for
advancement - and, other op
portunities in the Army, it fails
to deal with the core of the prob
lem. It is a sham policy of “lit
tle bit of equality!” he said.
Under the new' program, the
Army will continue segregation
on the company level, but white
and Negro companies will serve
side by side in battalions. It
also Avill continue its policy of
limiting Negro enlistments to 10
per cent, the ratio of Negroes to
the population.
Racial Policy
Revealed By
Cordon Cray
WASHINGTON
Secretary of Defense Louis
Johnson t^ay approved a'pro-
gram proposed by the Depart
ment of the Army to give greater
a&surance of equality of treat
ment and opportuni^ to all
Army personnel "witEout regard
to race pr color.
•.In submitting the'new pro
gram to the Secretary of De
fense, Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray pointed out that
he had discu.ssed with Charles
Fahy, Chairman of the Presi
dent’s Committee on Eqiuility
of Treatment and Opporunity in
the Armed Forces, the Commit
tee’s suggestions and the Array’s
proposed pr.ogram.
Secretary Gray said that in
order to in^ire a progTc«ively
more efficient utilization and
manpower, including utilization
of Negroes in eac*h of the Army’s
career fields, the Army is taking
these specific steps;
1. Military Occupational Spe
cialties (MOS) will be open to
qualified personnel without re
gard to race or color.
2. The present Negro quotas
for .selection to attend Army
schools will be abolished and se
lection will be made from the
best qualified personnel without
regard to race or color.
3. The promotion system of
the enlisted career guidance pro
gram will be administered on an
equal merit basis so that all pro
motions will be obtained by open
competition on Army-wide ex
aminations, against a. single
standard and without regard to
race or color.
4. ROTC students attending
summer training camps as mem
bers of school units to which
they are regularly assigned will
be trained with those units ■with
out regard to race or color.
5. A board of senior Army Of
ficers will be convened from time
to time to determine current pro
gress under the program and to
re-examine and review’ the fun
damental policies for the util
ization of Negro manpow'er in
the light of changing conditions
and experiencies. The first board
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Initial Campaign For
Memorial Drive Elnds
On NCC Founder’s Day
DURHAM, (UNP) — The
initial campaign for the raising
$250,000 for the James E. Shep
ard Foundation officially^ ends
on Pminder’s Day, November 3,
1949, according to James T. Tay-
loi*. Director, in a statement to
the press this week.
Senator Frank P. Graham of-
* North Carolina is Honorary
Chairman of this organization
with Dr. J. M. Hubbard, as
,^eludB‘inan; A.sfi T. Spaulding,
treasurer; an’d C. C. Amey, field
reprepntative. This $250,000
goal is hoped to be reached dur
ing this Scholarship and I»an
Fund Campaign.
The James E. Shepard Mem
orial Foundation, Inc,, under
the laws of the State of North
Carolina, is an organization set
up by a cro8.s-section of the two
races in North Carolina for the
purpose of memorializing the
life and achievements of the late
Dr. James E. Shepard, Found
er and for 37 years President of
the North Carolina College at
Durham. Dr. Shepard was born
in North Carolina and spent all
of his life in service to its peo
ple. Although a North Caro
linian, Dr. Shepard’s influence
was felt all over the nation, the
nation.
Some of the funds raised will
be used to,memorialize Doctor
Shepard in some tangible form
on the campus of the college but
the major portion will be used
to establish,a loan and scholar
ship fund for students of talent
and ability both on the under
graduate and professional levels.
“It is our honest conviction
that any money invested in this
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Omegas To Honor Them
Aubrey S. Eban, Israeli delegate to the United Nations (left)
and Dr. Ralph Buwche (right) will be present at a dinner-danc« to
be'given by the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity in honor of Dr, Bunche.
Dr. Montague W. Cobb, of the Howard University Medical school
will be the principal speaker at the occasion which will see Dr.
Bunchft awarded the Fraternity’s 1948 Outstanding Achievement
Plaque.
Eastland
Appointment
Denounced
Assailing the appointment of
Senator James Eastland (D.-
Miss.) as chairman of the Sen
ate Judiciary sub committee on
civil rights, C. B. Baldwin Pro-
gres.sive Party Kt^cretary, this
week wrote Democratic major
ity leader Scott Lucas demand
ing that he use his influence “to
see that the Senate overcome the
obstacles which Mr. Eastland
will most certainly erect to the
coi^ideration and pa.s.sage of
civil rights legislation.”
Baldwin ^charged that Ea.st-
land “has unbroken record of
oppositiou'to all efforts to guar
antee equal rights for Negroes,”
and asked:
“Ar«‘ the va.st majority of
voters who endorsed the civil
rights pronouncements in all
Party platforms except the
Dixiecrats to understand that
Rlr. Ea.stland’s new responsi
bility is his reward for con.sist-
cnt labors against civil rights?
“In recent months fifteen mil
lion Negro Americans have suf
fered the injury of increased
lynching and terror and a rcr
surgence of the depredations of
the Ku Klux Klan,” the Pro
gressive Party leader said. “To
this injury the Judiciary Com
mittee in a Senate controlled by
the Democratic Party n6\v adds
the insult of an. appointment
which will almost certainly fore
doom to failure all efforts* to ex
tend and enforce our consti-
t\itional guarantees in the field
of civil liberties.”
“Undoubtedly the Americas
people will not bo misled by this
act of the Administration. They
(»nnot help but recognize it as
rac filbust«r in the Senate, faiW
ure to pass a single item in the
civil rights program, an^ re
fusal to enact anti-segregation
provisions in connection with
appropriation bills on housing
and numerous other measures.
Soutiiiern Man Finds
27,006 Fortune In
Big Northern City
Special to the TIMES
NEW YORK — A young Southern man came
North to seek his fortune and found it. The story of
that he sought his fortune is a modem parallel to the
fortune seeking knlgtits, of Arthurian legends, but
the “how” of his accomplishment of the fortune is a
bit strange to the tales of “Mort D’ Arthur”. Yet the
result is practically the same.
Rpnnie Mack, a South Caro- tj,rough an open hatchw'ay
To Heod Drive
Celebrates
linian via Charleston, which is
no small town itself but does not
compare to . the metroplis that
New York is, left a mother and
two daughters behind four years
ago to go North and “fortune
hunting.”
A three story plunge which
resulted in a fracturi'd skuU w'as
happy combination for winning
of a $27,000 fortune for the 25-
year-old Mack. ,
Last November he was work
ing on tl\e new Es.so building,
latest of the Radio City tow-ers.
Mack was in the employ of the
Knickerbocker Concrete Comp
any, sub-contractors.
While working, he plunged
three stories to the cellar of the
bui'ding. He suffered a fractur
ed skull a.s a result of the fall.
Mack then sued John W. Har
ris Associates, the principal cort-
tractors, for $30,0(W. His lawyer
was Paul O’Dwyer, brother to
New York City’s mayor William
O’Dwyer. A Brooklyn S’upreme
Court jury returned a sealed
verdict last week.
When Mack learned of his
sudden twist of fortune he. joy
fully told reporters his plans
for the $27,000. He’s going back
to South Carolina, he said to
buy a farm and install liis fam
ily on it.
Truman Forces Surrender
To Cong ress Reactionaries
WASHINGTON — President Ti-uman gave '^pprovai co administration
Congressional leaders here Monday to p utting “on the shelf’ the civil rights
legislation for this session of Congress until the election year of 1950.
Administration leadei*s announced, however, that when the next session
meets in Januaiy that the first bills to be brought up would be :he Fair Employ
ment Practice Commission, which is b elieved by many to be the “fly in the
ointment” that has kept the qither proposals in the civil rights programs from be
ing brought up.
Capitulation of administration leaUrs to the ri'uctionaries in
court action against employers who discriminate on account of
race, color, creed or national origin.
Capitulation of adiainistration leaders to the reactionaries in
Congress brought nearer a possible adjourjiment of this ses&ion
within the next few weeks, according to Democratic Senate lead
er, Scott W. Lucas of Illinois.
From the Republican side of the house came charges tliat the
Democrats were making political maneuvers by selecting as the
very first legislation to come up in liK'H) the most objectionable
part of the civil rights bills, and the one they know will be the
hardest to pass. Said Senator Keiuieth S. Wherrj' of Nebraska:
“They know that it will fail and they hope they can go to the
comitry in 1950 and claim that it was the Republicans who blw'ked
it.
“We will not sit here and let tiiem get away with that. If
it’s not possible to pass the FEPC bill*then another bill—say the
anti-IjTiching bill—will be brought up in the next session if th^
Hepublicans have to do It.”
Senator Wherry referred to the fact that early in the present
session the Administration lost in the Senate in its efforts to get
^opted a cloture, or “gag,” rule of the sort that it had wanted to
silence the Southern Democratic opposition to all civil rights
measures. That opposition always has prevented a vote bn such
bills by use of the filibuster, or time-killing device,
TWO-THIRDS.RULE WON
The rule eventually approved this year was one thrust upon
the Administration by a coalition of ReQjiblicans and J^DUthern
Democrats and sponsored by ilr. Wherry himself. T’nder it the
cloture cannot be putidown xipon a filibuster short of a vote of
the ninety-six Senator*.
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Chain Prepares For
Fifth Trade Week
Hearing On New York Bias
Case Slated For Oct. 31
Rev. T. C. Graham, pastor of
the West Durham Baptist
Church of Durham and the Mt.
Ca,lvary Baptist '^Church near
Bahama who will play an im
portant part in the dedication
exercise of the educational build
ing at Mount Calvary Sunday,
October 9 at J;00 P. M. Rev.
Graham will celebrate his 29th
anniversary as pastor of the
West Durham Baptist Church
on Sunday, October 23.
NEW YORK
Following protest by the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of (’olored People
against a lengthy postponement
of the public hearing on charges
of violation of the Ives-Quinn
law, by the George H. Flinn
Corporation, the New’ Y"ork
State Conmiission Against Dis
crimination today announced
that the hearing will be held on
October 31.
The hearing, the first public
session to be scheduled by the
Commission, was originally set
for October 4. The company
sought postponement until Nov
ember 14. Mrs. Marian Wynn
Perry on behalf of the NAACP
filed a protest, pointing out
■that the case was already a
year old. SCAD granted an ex
tension of time until Oetobeir
31.
The case involvces charges of
Walter Tannis that he was dis
charged by the Plinn Corpora
tion because ho protested against
the company’s discriminatory
employment practices. Tannis
further charged that he was
threatened with physical vio
lence by Cornelius Cunningham,
a company foreman. The comp-'
any is engaged in the construc
tion of the Brooklyn-Battery
Tunnel connecting Brooklyn and
Manhattan.
!Mrs. Perry, w'ho represented
the complainant-during the pre
liminary proceedings, will repre
sent him on behalf of the NAA
■ CP at the Commission’s first
ptiblic hearing.
Music Teachers
Will Hold Meet
\The State High School Music
Teachers’ Association will hold
it’s annual business meeting and
conference at Clinton, N. C. Dr.
Wharton, principal of Sampson
/Cbuiit;y Traiii^ng Sk?hool and
faculty will act as host for the
annual meeting of the Music
Teachers’ Asaociat/ion on Sat
urday, October 25.
The general business meeting
for the year will be held and
plans made for mid-year’s clinic.
These clinics are for students
and teachers. Discussions will
also be made concerning annual
district contests and state festi
vals.
All district chairmen in ’ the
•state will hold tlieir first meet
ing for the year during the con
ference.
A newly formed committee—
piano, w'ill get the organization
undenyay, under direction of
Mias Ruth Gillum, instructor of
piano at North Carolina College.
By D. F. REED
DURHAM — The Durham
Business and Professional Chain
busied itself during the past
week in making preparation for
the fifth annual Trade Week to
be launched October 15 with a
street parade will be climax
ed October 24 with a dinner .in
the Jade Room of the Donut
Shop.
Co-chainien for the planning
for the activities of Trade Week,
Mrs. Callie Dayc and Richard
George, have indicated that the
week will be crammed with
activities and that greater parti-
|Cipation than ever will make
this observance the most suc
cessful in the historv of Trade
Week. ‘
Conte.stants vicing for the title
“Miss Trade Week” have al
ready been selected by the maj
ority of the sponsoring firms
and sale of tickets has already
begun. “Miss Trade-Week” will
be .selected on the basis of the
number, of tickets sold.
Feattires of this year’s Trade
Week are the business institute,
“Trade Week” Sunday, the
“Trade Week” Social, the “Miss
Trade Week” contest, the Trade
Week Specials, and the parade.
A regular meeting of the
Chain has been scheduled for
Monday. The purpos*' of the
meeting is to prepare for the
Chain calender to be published
soon and to give the Chain a
last group meeting before the
Trade Week.
The Business Institute will be
conducted during the week of
Trade Week at the W. G. Pear
son Elementary School. On
Trade Week Sunday ministers
of the city will l)e re(iuested to
make some special mention of
the program of the Chain.
Trade Week Specials, will be
afforded consumers by member
businesses of the Chain. These
specials will consist of mer
chandise reduced to bargain
prices during the week. The
Trade Week parade, which will
be held in conjimction with th.e
North Carolina College Home
coming parade, promises to be a
gigantic affair.
Member businesses of the
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Mrs. Callie Daye, above, is co-
chairman of the committee plan
ning for Trade Week.
James T* Hawkins, above, ha»
been named chairman of the Ne
gro Division in this year’s Com
munity Chest Drive. Hawkins, a
native businessman and grad
uate of North Carolina College
urges support of all citizens in
the drive.
NAACP Favors
Trusteeship For
Italy's Colonies
NEW YORK
(’ommending Trygve Lie.* Sec-
ivtar^v-General uf the L'l^ed
Nations for his support of a di
rect United Nations trusteeship
for the former Italian colonies
in Africa, Roy Wilkins, acting
NAACP seeretarj', wrote to the
UN offical totlay expressmg the
hope that he would use “efery
influence of his oMice to see
that his recommendations for the
ilisposition of the former Italian
colonies is adopted at the current
session of the General Assembly
of the Uuiteii Nations.” ,
“Such ,a trusteeship”, Mr.
Wilkins wrote;/*should be main
tained for a limited periotl with
a view to developing the inhabi
tants of these lands for \df-gov-
ernment and uatioiihooil as rap
idly as possible—You may be
alst> sure of all thc«e who are
striving.
for and believe in the right of
self-determination and the
equalitv of all humankuul.”
The NAACP. Mr. Wilkins
pointed out. has taken “a strong
.stand against re^storation of
Italian adminiRtration in the^'
colonies in anv form.”
Bill To Bor
Southern Reps
Is Introduced
WASHINGTON
A resolution, designed to gain
the right to vote for Negroes,
especially those living in the
South, was offered in the House
of Representatives last wee^k by
Harrv T. Davenport. (Dem.-
Pa. ■
The re.solution would call in
to effect a neglected portion of
the—t'nited States Cou.stilution
to gain voting rights for this
minority group.
The sectitin of the constitution
invoked is the Fourteenth A-
meudnient Which provides that
the number of Representatives
from any state shall be i*educed
in proportion to the number of
male citizens 21 years of age
who are denied the right to vote
for any reason except rebellion
or crime.
According to the resolution
offered by Representative Dav
enport, a seven member commit
tee would be set up. This com-
mitt^ would recommended to
Congress a reduction in ntun-
ber of Representatives from any
state where Negroes are kept
from voting. It would report its
tiudings prior to the 1950 Con-
gres-sional elections.
Several (Southern states, if
proof can be established that
Negroes a^e denied the right to
\'ote, would be haril hit by this
proposed rule, A sizeable cut in
the Representatives from Miss
issippi. Alabama and Georgia
would be reflected iu the Con
gress. This reduction would
serve to give the Northern repre-
sent^itives a itecisive majority.
NAACP Asks
End To Bias
In Schools
NEW TORK
The New York State Depart
ment of Education has been
asked by the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement
of Colored People to end seg
regation of Negro children in
the, public schools of Hemp
stead. Long Island.
Following filing of the ap
peal last week, Negro'parents
sent their children back to
school peudiug the outcome of
their petition to the state •-
gcncy. Failure of the Hemp
stead board of education to in
tegrate Ne«:ro pupiln preeipit-
ated a strike at the «p*ni»g
of the •ichiX)! term.