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HIRE GUARD TO PROTE^ HOME / ^ ^ Periodical Dept ^ . —^ jDuke Unlv Library | ^ ^ leacner^uit (aoes lo rederal Court NEW YORK The right of a Negro to equality of employment op portunity will be tested in federal court in accordance -with a decision handed down by Federal Judge Leo F. Rayfield, denying a motion of the Elmont, L. I. school board to dismiss a suit in behalf of Dorothy J. Brown. Denied appointment to a position as a teacher, Miss Brown charged racial dis crimination and, through her attorney, Jawn Sandlfer, chairman of the legal redress committee ot the New Vork State Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Col ored People, filed a complaint in the United States District Court seeking an injunction restraining the school board from denying her employ- me,nt. • The school board MOfht dismissal of this complaint on the grounds that there was no cause for action nor any federal lasne Involve. On March 19, Judge Bayfield de nied the board’s motion and opened the door to trial of the inne in federal court. MISS BROWN FIRST appUed for a teaching appointment in 1949. At that time Raymond Lindbloom, supervising prin cipal, indicated that she would be appointed and assigned to a school. Later, upon learning that she was a Negro, he re fused to submit her name to the school board for formal appointment. She t^en filed a complaint with the New York State Commission Against Dis crimination which found “no probable cause” of dlscrimina- ti(m. FOLLOWmO Tms ACTION by SCAD, Miss Brown filed suit in the Supreme Court in Mineola in November, 1950, asking for a writ of mandamus to compel the board to appoint her. Upon denial of her peti- Hold 16-yr.-old Youth; Rapes Eighth Grader APEX Sixteen-year-old Linwood Mangum was awaiting prelimi nary hearing here in recorder's court here after being charged with raping a 14-year-old girl. According to Police Chief S. L. Bagwell, Mangum has admit ted assaulting an eighth grader, Mary Tate, after following the girl as she left school last Wednesday. 'Mangum reportedly threaten ed the girl with a .32-calibre pis tol and a knife. He had lieen drinking wine and had the pis tol when arrested, Chief Bag well said. John Avery Boys Observe NBC Week THE JOHN AVBBY BOTS' CLUB will be one of 328 Boys Clubs throughout the U. S. celebrating National Boys’ Club Week, March 31-April 6. • ACTIVITIBS FOR JOHN Avery Boys' Clnb dnrlnf the period wlU be Friendship Day on Monday; Know Tour America Day, Tn«pdax Ping Pong Toamament, Wednesday; Open Home, Xlmrsday; Award Night, Frklajr: Oommudty Service Day, Saturday; and Chnrch and Home Day, Sna- day. Frank N. Wade, Regional Director for Boys’ Clubs of America, will address the Board of Directors of the John Avery Boys’ Club at the Board’s regular quarterly meeting, Monday, March 81, at 7:80 p. m. THE REVEREND E. T. BROWNE, pastor of Mount Vernon Baptist Chandi, m Btaroh SO at 6:80 p. m. will pnamt. and afford the narration for, 800 feet' of film made dniiag his recent trip W Wsst Africa, ’die showing will be made at Meant Vonon Baptist Church. Seek To Prevent More Bombings Of VelV Home hi Los Angeles NEW YORK A “full, unbiased investi gation of the summary dis missal” of Monroe D. Dowling as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third District of New York was demanded this week .by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In identical telegrams to President Truman, Secretary of ithe Treasury John W. Snyder, ai^ Commissioner of Internal Revenue John B. Dunlap, NA- ACP Executive Secretary Wal ter White said that “responsi ble New York newspapers have telephoned this office....asking for corroboration of information they had gathered which in their opinion indicates suspicion of a frame-up.” “It is well known in New York' and in some quarters bit terly resented that Dowling forced delinquent taxpayers, who. were able, to pay their bb- 'ligations to the government," White’s wire stated. “Within |gix months of being appointed in August, 1951,' Mr. Dowling collected $85,000,000 of a back log of $165,000,000. It is also known that his eSHciency in the oiBce created resentment.” “This Association," the tele gram continued, “holds no brief for any malefactor regardless of Tace. .. .But we are at the same time fully aware of the resent- SAN‘ FRANCISCO FraniUin H. Williams, West Coast regional director of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, has employed a special guard to protect the home of Wilbur D. Gary from violent attack by mobsters in the previously lily- wliite town of San Pablo, nearby suburb. Gary, a Navy veteran of World War II and a contractor. moved with his wife, mother-in- law, and seven children to San Pablo, early this month. A hos tile crowd, throwing stones and shouting threats, was dispersed on the night x>t March 5 by the sheriff and his deputiesl’^After the guard had been withdrawn, the mob returned on March 10 for another attack on the modest Gary home. Employment of a special (Please turn to Page Eight) N. C Teachers Plan Meet RALEIGH “The Role of the School in a Democratic Society” wHl be the theme of the 71st Annual Convention of the North Caro lina Teachers’ Association, April 3-5. Four general ses sions are scheduled in the Ra leigh Memorial Auditorium. Thirty-three group sessions MTlU be held at Shaw Universi ty wd at the Washixigton High School. Several prominent educational specialists will speak to both the general sessions and the larger group meetings. THE FmST GENERAL SES SION will take place at 8:00 P. M. April 3rd in Memorial Auditorium. This will be an important business session of the delegates and will feature reports from important com mittees on program and policy. THE SECOND GENERAL SESSION will be open to the public on the evening of ^ 3rd and will feattire President W. R. Strassner ot Shaw Uni versity in a welcome address; Professor R. E. Jones of A. and T. College in a reepontfb; Blr. A. H. Anderson, NCTA President with his annual message. Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, President of Howard University, Washington, D. C. will be the keynote speaker for the opening public session. His interpretation of the con vention theme will be of In- erest to all who may hear him. The local public is invited to hear Dr. Johnson. FRIDAY, APRIL 4th will be given over to grout> sessions throughout the daylight Jiours.' Sectional groups wUl have priority of meeting places., from 9:00-11:00 Aiday mom- day morning. Departmental groups will be in session from 10:00-12:80 and from 2:00- 3:30. All Divisions will hold meetings at 3:30. MISS MART O’ROURK, Supervisor of Elementary £!du- catlon, Boston, Mass., will ad dress the Elementary Depart ment. Dr. L. E. Boyd, Profes sor of Education, Atlanta Uni versity will speak to the Sec ondary Teachers. Dr. George A. Douglass, Family Life Co ordinator for Charlotte City Schools and Prof. Elizabeth Welch, Psychologist of Salem College, will address the High er Education group in two sessions at 11:00 A. M. and 3:80 P. M. The Department of the Howard University Home Economics School. Dr. KR^ trell will have a message of unusual Interest as a result of her recent experiences abroad, especially in Liberia and In dia. Outstanding state department leaders and North Carolina educators wiU be speakers and consultants in other group meetings throughout the day on Friday. THE CLIMAX of the 71st Annual NCTA Convention is pected to come wltlK.^e Fri day evening address ^ Dr. Benjamin Fine, Eduction Edit' r of the New York Times. Dr. Fine’s subject will be “Major Problems in Ameri can Education.” NCTA ex tends the public in the Raleigh a^ the invitation to hear Dr. Fihe who is unsually qualified toNipeak with authority and interest on this imi>ortan sub ject. OFFICERS OF NCTA LO- cal Associations will hold a dinner meeting at Washington High School Cafeteria from 6:80-7:00 Friday. Mrs. Irma B. Blackwell, President/of the Virginia Teachers Association is a former North Carolina teacher who has gone to Vir ginia and risen through the ranks of professional organl- tion leadership to the highest office her state could offer. Many other than local unit of-, fleers may wish to hear Mrs. Blackwell. THE FINAL SESSION OF the Convention will take place in Memorial Auditorium April 5th at 10:30 A. M. Final action (Please turn to Page Eight) tion. Miss Brown took her case to the Appellate Divisioa in Brooklyn which unanimous ly reversed the lower court decision and held that Lind bloom had exceeded his au thority in withholding her name from the board. THE BOABD APPEALBB from this decision to the New York State Court of Appeals, which, in July, 1951, affirmed decision ' of the Appellate Division and order Lindbloom to submit Miss Brown’s name to the board. In Septeml)er, 1951, the tward refused to consider her application. Meanwhile, Miss Brown sub mitted applications to five other school districts in Nas sau County in order to estab lish the pattern of dis crimination. Her application was rejected in each instance. Ask For Probe Of Dismissal Of Tax Collector Dowling ment of certain politicians and other persons against the ap pointment of Mr. Dowling and his predecessor because they are Negroes. This is a most un healthy situation which we ask to be investigated thoroughly and honestly to prevent not only injustice to Mr. Dowling but the smearing of fifteen million A- merican citizens of Negro descent.” Named Co-Chairmeli For Catholic Meet The Reverend Francis McCarthy of Dunn, general chairman ot the sixth annual state CMivea- tion of the North Carolina Catholic Laymen’s Association recently named three local eo-ehalrme* te work with him to ready plans for the meeting to be held in conjunction with the seventh regieul Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Sessions will be held at the WasfaingtM Dake Hotel May 2-4. Named co-chairmen were, left to right, Mrs. Shepherd Storey,' (Father McCarthy); Dr. Norman Cordice; and John L. Cassidy. €3 FOR THIRTY YEARS THE OUTSTANDING WEEKLY OF THE CAROLINAS Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Durham, North Carolina, under Act ef Blareh S, 1179. VOLUME 30—NUMBER 13 DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1952 PRICE TEN CENTS To Stop Hearings On Bills Jim Crow Travel Harry H. Haysbert Scout Official Will Supervise Leaders' Course * Harry H. Haysbert, Assistant National Director of Volunteer Training, Boy Scouts of Ameri ca, will i}e in Durham and the Occoneechee (iouncil March 31- April 1, to conduct a training course. The Durham Division will be host to Haysbert at 7:30 Tues day evening, April 1, at the regular roundtable meeting at the W. D. Hill Recreation Cen ter. Haysljert will return to Dur ham April *15-20 to supervise a complete training course of Cub, Boy, and Explorer Scouting. His headquarters are in Nash ville, Tenn^ He at one time ser ved as. pastor of St. Mark’s Lu theran Church at Winston-Sa- lem. EAGLES PLAY SHAW AN EXHIBITION BASE BALL game between North Carolina College “Eagles” and Shaw University “Bears” la scheduled for 2 P. M. at the College, Saturday, March 29. NAACP Office Opened In Birmingham NEW YORK The formal establishment of a Southeast Regional Office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo- |)le, with hearquarters in Bir mingham, Alabama,. was an nounced this week by the Asso ciation’s national board of di rectors. Mrs. Ruby Hurley, for merly regional coordinator, was pamed Southeast Regional Sec retary. The Southeast Region, which covers the States of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Caro lina, South Carolina, Mississippi and "Tennessee, has set 61,800 as its NAACP membership goal for 1952. There are approxi mately three hundred and fifty branches, youth councils and college chapters in the region. Mrs. Hurley announced that the primary objectives of the new regional office will be to spur the drive to stem the -rising tide of mob violence, to work energetically for a greatly in creased Negro vote, and to in crease NAACP membership in the area. WASHINGTON A promise that hearings will be held on anti-JimCrow travel biHs in the House was made this week by Congress man Robert Grosser of Ohio in response to a request by the Washington Bureau of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. Grosser, who i» -Chairman of the Inter-State and Foreign Com merce Committee in the House, said, “It will be a pleasure to ar range for a hearing on this sub ject at the earliest possible moment.” IN URGING THAT the hear ings be held, Clarence Mitchell, director of the Washington Bur eau, pointed out that: “ALTHOUGH THE UNITED States Supreme Court has re peatedly struck down state regu lations which segregate passen gers in interstate commerce, we are still plagued by foolish laws that require separation on the the free movement of passengers in interstate travel and subject them to a bewildering series of local requirements based on race. “ “For example, there are prac tically no sections of the coun try where • Pullman passengers are segregated on the basis of race. On the other iutnd, a pass enger leaving New York for Miami and traveling by coach may find that one railroad will force him into a segregated coach while another will permit him to ride on the non-segregated basis. When he returns to New York, he is at the mercy of any local ticket agent who may wish to force him into a segregated coach.” Mitchell made a similar request of Senator Edwin John- basis of race. These laws hamper- -son, chairman of the Senate In terstate and,Foreign Commerce Committee. Senator Johnson has promised to consider the request, but indicates that volume of committee business may delay hearihgs. School Leaders Discuss Means Of Improving Guidance Program The memijers of the School masters Club held their fifth monthly meeting, Tuesday, March 25 at 4:30 p. m. at the in“aVdition.to its Washington Schooler, Bureau and the new Southeast office, the NAACP also main tains regional offices in San Francisco and Dallas, covering the West Coast £\nd Southwest areas, respectively. Opens Series Dr. Frank T. Wilson, dean of the Howard University School of Religion,' openJfw NCC’s Spring religious series in Duke Auditorium at 9:45 Sunday, April The speaker for April 20 is Dr. Benjamin Mays, president of MorehouM College, Atlan ta, Ga. Vice chairman, presided over the meeting, which had Educational Guidance for the main topic. Since spme members of the club are engaged in elementary and some in high school work, the discussion was divided into, first, educational guidance in the elementary school and second, guidance in the high school. Prof. H. A. Hill, principal of the Hickstown Elementary School led the discussion on :£ruidance in the Elemetitary Schools. Hill’s talk included the history pf guidance; major sour ces of guidance; what parents expect from an elementary g).ii- dance program; pupils benefit from the guidance program. I Prof. N. B. Nixon, principal of Little River High School, dis cussed guidance within the high schools. Nixon’s speech was centered around the three administrative problems in gui dance. How are the aptitude needs- and interests of each child to be ascertained in each of the ten areas of the pupils ex perience; how is the guidance program to be financed; and what typie of faculty organiza tion will insure that the infor mation gathered by each child will be used most effwtiveiy throughout the school year. When both speakers had fin ished, a group discussion was held in which the members em- phauzed the importance of gui dance in both the elementarj and high schools, by concluding, lirst, all good teachers must in clude and stress some phase of guidance; .second, excellent 1 teachers have always given pu- School Cases Set For Appeal Within 30 Days NEW YORK The decisions handed down by special three-judge federal courts affirming the validity of se^egation in public elemen tary and secondary schools in Virginia and South Carolina will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court within thirty days, Thurgood Mar shall. special counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, announced today. In the Virginia case, NAACP attorneys sought to gain ad- Tiission of Negro children to the “white” schools of Prince Ed ward County. In this case, as in the Clarendon County, S. C-, case, the judges held that segre gation is constitutional. On or der of the United States Su preme Court, the South Caro lina case was reviewed by the low^r court in light of the re port submitted by local school authorities on equalization o( facilities ordered by an earlier Waties Waring dissented o(i the decision of the* lower coiul. In that first decision. Judge J. ground that segregation i« in it self discrimination and, accor dingly, unconstitutional. Judge Waring did not participate in the review of the case. The issue is now clearly segregation,” Marshall salB .in making his announcement. “It is on this basis that the appeal will be noade to the U. S. Su.- preme Court in each of these cases. 0\ur aim is to establish the unconstitutionality of seg- -egation in public education.” pils educational guidance; third, home visits by teachers will serve as a fundagoi^tal b—la for un«terstanfUng and ^idane* purposes and fourth.'guidaae* la (Please turn to Past U^) ■\
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