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UMMV. ARMY TO MAT ALL EQIMU.Y ~ ^eriodlfal '^e^t ^ ”*• - - - - Sfrlidflnfs Defv ^ Llbrtiiy ^ ’ Mw ^ 1-^ ^_ Mj^ ^ ' 11 A Students Defy Penn. Custom Of Jim Crow UNCOLN, FA. Jim Crowifuii received another defeat in the nearby town of Ox ford as four Ijincoln University students were acquitted on charges of breaching the peace in the town’s I'olice Court. The students were brought before the court when they sat in the sec tion of the Oxford Theatre re served for white patrons, and refused to move until Josepli Crowl, theatre nianager and owner, ha«l warrants served up on them. A filth student, Maurice Wil liamson, was fnied ten dollars on a disorderly conduct charge which resulteU When lie took a picture of the incident in the Oxford Theatre. Attorney Theo dore JSpuulding, of I'hiladelphia, member of tiic Mationai Ltegal Board of the NAACi’, repre sented the defendants. Burgess Guy T. Holcombe dismissed the disturbance of the peace charge when the prosecu tion failed to submit ample evi dence to support the accusation. Crowl’s testimony fell through when Officer E. L. Johuson, wit ness for the prosecution, admit ted under cross examination tliat at the time he made the arrest the four students sat quietly in the theatre and were not talJi- iug. -The incident occured on Jfttt- uary 11 when the four men ac quitted, J. E. Wilmore, V. Dieudonne, L. Manning and Archie iSeale, sat in the section of the Oxford Theatre ordin arily reserved for white patrons. An usher came to their seats and informed them that they >vould have to move to the “colored” section. When the students refused, a police of ficer, Jfl. L. Johnson, appeared and attempted to dislodge the four. The only reply from the students was a (juery as to whe ther the officer was aware of the Pennsylvania Civil Hights Htatute, prohibiting segregation in places lit public accomoda tion on account of race. The officer left and reappeared wilh warrants fo»> the arrest of tho students. Joseph Crowl, complainant in the case, is sclieduled to be one of the dffcndunts in a Civil nights Ca.se which is to appear before the Chester County Urand Jury on February 20. The casi“ is similarly being pur- siuil by the bincoln University Studeiit Chapter of the NAACI* as a result of denial of etpial rights by t'rowl at his theatre. New Housing Project Here Is Completed H. M. Michaux, aecretary- manager of the Union Insurance ^nd liealty Company, announc- td this week that the last of the 17 new homes erected in the Glennview housing project has been completed and is now ready for inspection jby prospective purchasers. The project is located on Itese- wood ytreet on the East side of Alston Avenue just opposite C. College. AJl of the homes are ippi na sewerage and pavement paid-, Mr. Michaux stated, Thp project was designed and developed by the Union Insur ance and liealty Company with the idea in mind of providing new and modern homes for new cowers to Durham who are de sirous of purchasing homes in a wholesome neighborhood. Wm. D. McNeil, tjlectrical con tractor, Dr. liichard K. Barks dale of the N. C. College faculty and Carl J, Beatty, proprietor of the Beatty Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor, have already purtihaaed and occupied homes in Glennview. Other well-known Durham citizens are expected to do likewise within the next few weeks, according to Mr. Mich aux. In addition to Mr. Michaux, other officers of the Union In- gurHnee and Realty Company are E. R. Merrick, president, J. J. Sansom, treasurer and Mrs. Bessie Gilmer, assistant secre- tary-treasorer. JwCan Ebit«r«d M Heeond Olua Matter «t t'a«i Poat Uffiev «t DarhuM, North OaroUjut, ondm Aet of M»reh S, ,^B79. FOR 25 YEARS THE OUTSTANDING N BGRO WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS PrJcE; ten cents VOLUME 28—NUMBER 3 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 21st, 1950 4 Policy For All Areas Of Army, To Be Enforced WASHINGTON—The Department og the Army announced today the reruiMi of Circular 124, dated April 27, 1946—“Utilization of Nejfro Manpower in the Post War Army.” Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray stated that thi* represents an addition' al step in the furtherance of the President's policy as sp^ifie din Executive Order 9981 of July 26, 1948, for the utilization of Negro manpower. The text of the revision f(»l-1 Lucas’ Uncertainty Stuns Delegates To ‘Rights’ Confab The quarterly meeting of the Eastern District Farm and Monday, January 16. Agents at the meet arp shawn afiove. Home Demonstration agents was held here at the Dolfut Shog New High School For Race To Be Built At Enfield HAWFAX A $150,000 High school for Negroes of the Enfield area is scheduled to be built according to the listing of the Board of Kdueation’s projected school lalifax C program for H County. According to an original pro posal, Negro students were to liave used the high school to be vacated by whites after the new .school, being built for whites, is completed. The old building, now used by the whites, is being vacated because it is unsafe. It is reported that Negro citizens appeared before the local Edu cation Board and declared that the old building would not be siitisfactory in that, if it is un safe for wliltes, it also is unsafe for Negroes. The board advi.sc'd a tlel»‘ga- tioii of Negro and white re sidents of the Enfield an*a that the new school is to be built for Negrot's after the school to be vacated by the whites was re- (piested not to be put in use. Two weeks ago the CARO LINA TIMES carried a story, stating that the Negroes of En field were unsatisfied with school conditions there and hint ing that recourse to legal ac tion may be tried if no remedy for the situation was applied. At present Negro students in the Enfield area have to travel io miles ^ Battleboro to attend sc^iool. In connection with the request of disuse of the building to be vacated by the white pupils, Rom B. Parker, Enfield Attor ney, presented a 600-signatured petition ni|iking the same request of the Board of Education. W. 1\ Duff of the division of surveys of the State Department of I’ublic Instruction stated that from his knowledge of the in spection reports, it was his opin ion that the building was unsafe for use. Assurance that the new high school building for Negroes be. built was asked of the board by Thomas Coefield. Biggest Stinker Of The Week College students witnessing Shakespeare’s Julius Ceasar and laughing out of turn. Whose to blame, the students or their teachers. Mrs. H. S. Kenny Dies Here After Long Illness Mrs. Ilarriette Smith KeTiny, prominent young matron of Durham, died Wednesday morn ing at Lincoln Hospital about seven o’clock, following an ex tended illness. Funeral services will be held at Saint Titus Episcopal Church Friday at 3:30 p. m. Surviving are W. A. Kenny, husband ; Wilfred Kenny, son; Mrs. C. M. Smith, mother; I. H. Smith, brother, New Bern; and Mrs. Henriette Haggins, Nep tune, N, J. Men Of The Year J, A. CANNON , . IN RELIGION . . S. D. DILLARD . . IN BUSINESS . . J. H. WHEELER . rN CIVIC AFFAIRS . Cannon, Dillard And Wheeler Cited As Durham’s Most Outstanding Attorney J. 11, Wheeler, vice- >j^ycsident and cashier of the jlecha4iics and Farmers Bank, was the unaiiimous choice for “young man of the year” of the secret committee asked to pai’ti- cipate ijx the selection of out- jMtanding N^roes 'in Durham for 1U4U. Mr. Wheeler has been connected with the local banking institdtion since 1929. lie i?a graduate of Morehouse College of Atlanta, Georgia and N. C. College i^aw School. Since Coining to Durham he has been active in the religious^ business, civic and social life of the city, lie was admitted to the bar in 1947. The committe is belieVed to have been influenced in its selection to a great extent by Mr. Wheeler’s active part in the fil ing of the equal education suit of Durham Negroes in federal court. lie is married to the former Miss Selena Warren of this city anil is the father of two children Julia, 12, and Warren, 6. llt!V. J. A. Cannon, pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church of this city was voted the minister of the year for the leadership displayed and the actual w'ork which he did in the erection of the present structure of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. Rev. Cannon was not only the c(?ntractor bnt did much of the laborious work on the building. When completed, the estimated cost of the church will be $150,000. He is a grad uate of Johnson C. Smith Uni- (Please turn to Page Bight) Rev, J. A. Brown, Chapel Hill Pastor, Given Auto By Church Members llev. J. A. Brown, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Chapel Hill who was presented a Pontiac car by the members of his church on January 1st was singing the praiite of his flock this week. Rev. Brown who has been pas tor of the church for five years stated in an interview here last week that the church is experi encing a steady growth spir itually, numerically and fi nancially. “I have never work ed with a finer group of peo ple,” he stated. “The presentation of the car to me wa.s a complete surprise, and as much as I love all the nieinbers of Second liaptist, it has made me feel even more keenly my responsibility to the entire program of the church, as w'ell as to each individual mem bers,” said Rev. Brown. Heading the campaign to raise the funds for the car was Mrs. Sarah Durham, Sunday School treasurer. The Pa.stor’s Aid group, led by Mrs. Thomasina Register, raised $100 in the ef fort, highest amount raised by any auxiliary. Thomas Booth is chairman of the Deacon Board of the church, other members include, Thomas Crocsker, James Jones and Wil lie Edwards. The Trustee Board is headed by Fred Edwards, and is com prised of Albert Register, James Atwater, Henry Edwards and Charles Ruffin. Lawyers File In Support Of Sweatt Case NEW ORI4EANS, I^. Eighteen lawyers refiresent- iiig all 13 Southern states, haa signed a brief to be. presented before the II. S. Supereme Court ill support of a Negro law stu dent suing for admission to the law school of the Univer sity of Texas, Aubrey Williams, President of the Southern Con- IVrence Education Fund, Inc., of New Orleans, announced to day. The brief, filed in behalf of the Educational Fund, attacks the principle of “separate but equal” facilities in education as involved in the case of Herman Sweatt, who is challenging the right of the state of Texas to force him to attend a segregated Negro law school, Williams said. The ease is scheduled to be heard January 30th. The brief de nounces educational segregation as being equally harmful to all races involved. lows; 1. Policy. The policy of the Department of the Army is that there .shall be equality of treatment and op portunity lor all ^ersm» in the Army without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin. All manpower will be utilized to obtain maximum efficiency in the Army. 2. Responsibility. a. Commanders of all echelons of the Army will insure that all personnel under their commaud are thuroughly oriented in the ueoenuity for the unreserved ac ceptance of the provisions of these polioies. b. Comanders of organizationa lor installations containing Ne- po personnel will be reapouui- ble for the excntiou ol* these ' policies, 0, The planning, promulga tion, iuipleraentation, and re vision of these policies will be coordinated by the Director of Personnel and Administration, General Staff, United States Army. 1. Periodic Review of Utii- zation ot Megro Manpower. A board of senior Army of ficers wUl be convened irom time to time to determine cur rent progress under the policies and implementation prescribed for the uitlization of Negro man power. 4. Enlisted Personnel Pro cessing. All enlisted personnel with out regard to race or color will be aecwrded the same reception processing through appropriate installations !o insure proper initial classification. 5. Army School Training. Army sctool quotas for re placement stream personnel, and requests for an issuance of school quotas for a.ssigned en listed personnel will make no re ference to race or color. Selec tion of personnel to attend Army schools will be made without re gard to ra'ce or color. Graduates of Army schools will be used in positions were their school ac quired skill nmy be utilized in accord with personnel manage ment regulations equally applic able to all enlisted personnel. 6. Eligibility for Military Occupational Specialties. Military Occupational Spe cialties will be open to qualified enlisted personnel without re gard to race or color. Utiliza tion of Negro personnel in Mili tary Occupational Specialties will be in accord with personnel management regulations equally applicable to all enlLsted per sonnel. 7. Enlisted Promotions. 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 competetion, on examinations uniiorni throughout the Army, against a single standard, with out regard to race or color. ti. Utiicer Personnel Manage ment. a. Officers will be procured for the Regular Army and for the Officers Reserve Corps with out regard to race or color. b. All officers, regardless of race or color, will be afforded equal opportunities for advance ment, professional improvement, extended active duty, active duty training, promotion, and retention in the Army. 9. ROTC Students at Sum mer Training Camps. ROTC students attending summer training camps as mem bers of school units to which they are regularly assigned will remain together and be trained together without regard to race or color. 10. Utilization and Assign ment. a. In furtherance of the policy of the President as expressed in Executive Order 99^1, dated July 26, 1948, that there shall be equality of treatment and op portunity for all persons in the ^rmed services without regard to race, color, religion or nation al origin, it is the objective of the Department of the Army i that Negro manpower possessing I (Please turn to Page Eight) Special to the TIMES WASHINGTON John Brown must have turned over in his grave, Frederick guns. ^ The me**ting began in Wa»h- 111 ins grave, t redenck I ington on Sunday and ended^ Douglas smiled, Harriet Tubman 1 with a visit to the White House spurned her gun when the more than 4KH) delegates in attend ance to the National Einergency Civil Rights Mobilization walk ed out of the Interdepartmental Auditorium after three days of deliberation as to how the Civil Right.s program can best be pushed so as to have it enacted into law, Tuesfiay afternoon. They had the assurance of Pre.sident Harry S. Truman, Senators Wayne Morse, Hubert Humphrey, Irving il. Ives and Congressmen Jacob Javita. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and William L. Dawson that the possibility of enacting a Civil Rights program was great. They were also told by the Chief Ex ecutive and the I^aw Makers that the B'allot Box was the place to get redress. The delegates were told that the Republicans ha»l sold them down the river and that the Dixiecrats had b^ught them for thirty pit?«e« of silver. They were al.so told that the Bill could he pas.sed without the aid of the Dixiecrats if true Ameri- ^ans representing both major parties would stick bv their by memb»*r!s of the meet. The highlight uf the convention was the retention *f the fact that Senator Scott Lucas wa.! not a.s confidential as he was report ed to bt* in day, past on the Civil Right.s program. The luke warmness of the majority lead er almost bn.-^ight purported t oustf'rnation to the large delega tion on Monday niuht when Val Washington read purported let ters of h>rt waning interest. He-klers aIn«ost broke up the mt-e^ing and it was only through d very strong prayer that the delegation dt^cidt^d to leave the auditorium. On Radio Herald ^^Uncle Tom Story” Without Basis In a long ilistance telephone conversation with one of the only two Thos. Boothes of Chapel Hill, a Negro bricklayer who attended A. and T. College in 1905, it was learned here Wednesday afternoon that the story publisheil in the Durham Morning Herald, Wednesday, •lanuary 18 by the Herald’s Washington Bureau stating that he or his sou was opposed to the Civil Rights program was gross ly in error, in so far as the only two Thomas Boothes the TOIES was able to find living in Chapel Hill was concerned. The second Thomas Boothe is the son of Thomas Boothe, Sen ior. The father told the TIMES representative that neither he nor his sou had ever been to Washington, nor had either one of them ever talked with Con- gres.sm^n Durham. When a.sked if his father had ever worked as an employee of the I’niversity of North Caro lina he stated that he had not. Jackie Robinson, voted moct valuable player in the Natioaid League, and star second baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, wili be featured on a weekly program to be heard over W. D. U. K. through the American Broad casting Company, beginniaf Sunday, January 22 at 10:30 p. m. A recorded re-broadcast oi the Jackie Robinson show is scheduled tentatively for Mm- day afternoon at 5:30. Removal Of Bias Queries Won't Hurt It now appears that about the j only thing that the Herald's Wa.shington Bureau got near | right about the entire story was ■ , » , • • that Thomas Boothe was a grad- j Hemoval ot discriminatory uate of A. and T. College. When | •li'‘‘stioi»s from apphcati^ questioned about graduating 1 l>l‘thks would not hamper the from A. and T„ Mr. Boothe sta- |eommittee imme^ ted that he attemled A. and T. | “rably” the Secretary of the College in 1905 but did m.t grad- i * '“versity of M.chigan Medical mjjj. ;Sclu>ol has admitted. Another telephone call to the I admissions officer, I>r. business nianager of the Univer- L. \\ hitaker, denied that sity of North Carolina disclosed ; Questions art* used for dis- that there is no Negro employed !purposes, but e»- there at present by the name of I reluctance to see them Boothe. The business manager I ^‘^anged because of reaaona further stated that he did not,p*'“‘ ” have records available at time of all past employees of^** ‘nterviewing prtu-esa. the institution. | 'phe stuilent group later iasued Another call to the Herald’s .a statement ileclariiig that the Washington Bureau disclosed ^ Medical School remains under that the Bu^au is now looking! the stuipicion of entrance dia- for the missing Tom Boothe —“'crimination anil should ima^di- the one who is supposed to have :ately liispense with such made the “Uncle Tom” state-ltions in the interest of it* ra iment to Congressman Ihorham. iputation as a public inatitutioa.
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