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DISCUSS STEVB4SON CAMPAIGN—CoimMiiMi
Dcwmo, Wft, «f Chfeam, vie* chcinMii Ih* D*moer«fic National
CommHtM, diteuitM pUi« for campaign to iaiact ©ov. Aflal E
Sfavamon of IKnaii A^ant. wHh Staphan A. MHdial. chairman
«f «ha DamocraKc National CommWM. Mr. Dawton I* of
llio Houm Committaa on Exacirtlvt Expandrturat. H# t» fha firn Nagro
•vtr to ba mada ciiairmaa ®f a Con'granlonal commHfaa.
Dawson
To High
Reelected
Post In
Democratic Party
Congressman William L.
Dawson of Chicago has been re
elected vice chairman of the
Dem^ratic National Commit
tee.
Mr. Dawson has been advising
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee since the 1044
Presidential campaign. He has
been a vice chairman of the
committee since 1950.
He was reelected at a meeting
of the Democratic National
Committee held recently in
Washington. In commenting on
Mr, Dawson’s reelection Ste
phen A. Mitchell, chairman of
the Democratic National Com*
mittee, said:
“Mr. Dawson is indeed a
credit to the Democratic Partjr.
"For ten years Mr. Dawson
has been an efficient and ex
tremely effective Members of
the Congress. He has worked
hard not only for the welfare of
his own constituents but also for
the good of the entire nation.
“As vice chairman of the
Democratic National Commit
tee, I am sure that Mr. Dawson
will continue to be a valuable
adviser to me, as he has since
he first became an adviser to
the National Committee in 1944.
Since 1944 Mr. Dawson has
been chairman of the House
Committee on Executive Expen-
ditiu«s. This is the committee
which checks the activities of
Federal agencies.
Congressman Dawson was
first elected to Congress in 1924
and has been reelected four
times since then.
Mr. Dawson is 60 years old.
He was bom in Albany, Ga.,
and attended Chicago-Kent Col
lege of Law and is a graduate
of Fisk University and North
western University School of
Law. He worked his way
through college as a bellboy.
Mr. Dawson has made his
home in Chicago since 1912 and
served as an alderman there
before being elected to Con
gress.
He is a veteran of World War
1. Being overage for the draft,
he enlisted and rose to the rank
of lieutenant. He was wounded
and gassed during the Meuse-
Argonne offensive..
Mr. Dawson is married and
the father of a son, William L.
Jr., and a daughter, Barbara D.
Morgan.
W.EB/DuBois
Urges Aid For
South Africa
Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, noted
scholar and authority on African
history and culture urged this
week a speed-up for the petition
campaign in liehalf pf the na-
FOR THIRTy YEARS THE OVTSTANDiNG WEEKLY OF THE CAROUNAS
Entered a$ Second Class Matter at the Pott Office 0 Durham, North Carolina, under Act of March 3,1879.
VOLUMK »•—NVMBBB 14
DUBHAM, N. C., 8ATCKDAY, SEPT. ttk, IMX
PBICKTIN CENTS
DB. W. B. B. DoBOIS
Uves of South Africa. Said Dr.
DuBois:
“I wonder if we Americans,
regardless of color, grasp the
full significance of the fact that
within the space of seven weeiu,
since the Campaign of Defiance
of Unjust Laws was launched
on June 26 by Africans and In
dians in South Africa, more than
2,000 brave men and women
have courted arrest by delibe
rately violating the pass laws
and other Jim Crow restrictions
whereby South African white-
■upremacy ia maintained.
“If people could know the
full story of the tremendous
thing that is taking place in
South Africa, I am sure they
would eagerly welcome the op
portunity of expressing their
support through the petitions
now being circulated by the
Council on African Affairs.
“The very least toe can do it
to sign the petitions and get
others to sign and contribute
and speedily. We must send
funds without delay to aid the
victims of the Malan regime’s
cruel racist oppression.
“If we cannot do that, if we
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Favor Bus Fare Hike
But Want Negro Drivers
Willing To Pay More
For Better Service
Powell Makes
Up With Party
On Civil Rights
NEW YORK
Rep. Adam. Clayton PPowell
became a Democrat off the in
active list this week after lister-
ing to Governor Adlai Steven
son’s two rousing speeches on
support of FEPC and Civil
Rights, besides a personal talk
with the Governor at his 17th
floor suite in the Hotel Bilt-
more. Powell, along with thous
ands of Democrats, became
charmed with the Democratic
nominee, who literally swept
through New York and New
Jersey in his two day visit here.
Following his own meeting,
the former recalcitrant Powell,
who had been advocating Ne
groes to stay away from thoi
polls, told reporters: “There
can now be no argument so far
as the Negro people are con
cerned. Now that the Governor
has spelled it out with regard
to the civil rights platfonn all
doubts are removed from my
mind.”
DINNER TO
HONOR JAHES
R. LAWSON
NEW YORK
Many prominent personalities
have agreed to serve on the
committee which will sponsor a
dinnei' in honor of James R.
Lawson, President of the Afri
can Nationalist Movement on
September 5, in the Skyline
Room of the Hotel Theresa, it
was announced this week by
Edward Brown, Chairman of the
Committee. Among them are
Miss Martha Jones, Secretary;
A. J. Johnson, Treasurer; Joe
Bostic, disc jockey and Sports
Editor of the Amsterdam News;
Assemblyman Joseph Pinckney;
Joe Howard of Howard Hat
Stores; and Mike Headley,
Manager of Sugar Ray’s Bar.
Bishop R. C. Lawson and Miss
Lou Swans are honorary co-
chairmen.
The dinner will honor Mr.
Lawson for his work to gain
recognition for Negroes, and
the proceeds will be used to help
pay his expenses to Ethiopia
and other parts of Africa. He
will be in Eretria by September
IS to witness the ceremonies
transfering authority in Ere
tria from the British to the
Ethii^ians.
Fanl
leader and sacceasfnl barttaiie
concert artist, hsa Jnst eom-
pleted a very sneccaafal con*
cert tour. Mnsle lover* and
crittca of the music world ac
claim htan as one of the fora*
moat artist In Us fleliL
American Legion
Hay Admit Race
To 40 And 8
NEW YORK
The American Legion wound
up its five day business here on
an npt.imi.iitip nntp
ed to the National
Committee a resolution which
would eliminate racial discrimi
nation in the 40 and 8 club
which is the Legion’s famed fun
making branch. This section of
the Legion along with several
others, is guilty of limiting its
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Bladenbbro
43rd Division
WITH THE U. S. FORCES IN
GERMANY — Pfc Robert L.
Singletary, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie Singletary, Bladenboro,
North Carolina, is serving with
the 43rd Infantry Division in
southern Germany.
The division, a National Guard
unit from Connecticut, Rhode Is
land and Vermont, joined the
North Atlantic Treaty Organl-
tion in Europe last October,
pany, 172d Infantry Regiment,
A rifleman with Medical Com-
Private First Class Singletary
entered the Army in September,
1951.
He graduated from North Car-
lina College, Durham, North
Carolina, in 1951.
Husband Pumps 3 Bullets In
Body Of Wife Holding Baby
REIDSVILLE
A peace warrant, a wife,s de-
votion to her baby, nor sheer
regard for the law of the land,
were enough to stop Fountain
Thomas from pumping three
bullets, into the breast of his
wife, Dorothy, here Tuesday
morning, according to police re
ports.
Foimtain is alleged to have
gone to the homo of his mother-
in-law, on McGhee Street, about
8:30 A.M. Upon arriving he
found his wife with their baby
in her arms. Without warning
he fired one shot into her chest.
As a result of the first shot,
Mrs. Thomas dropped the child
and attempted to get out of the
range of the gun fire.
She made a good target as
she fl^ and it was then that her
husbe&d fired two more shots
into her body and she fell mor
tally wounded. She was started
to a hospital, but died on her
way.
Persons who knew the couple
could not give the offlceers any
specific reason for the delibe
rate shooting. T^e couple is
known to have had trouble for
sometime and it was for thu
reaaon that Mrs. Thomas was
not staying with her husband.
A majority of Negro citizens
interviewed here this week by
representatives of the Carolina
Times on the matter of the pro
pped increase in Duke Power
Company, fares, charged on city
buses here, appeared not to be
as much concerned about the in
crease as with the curtailment
of service for patrons, especially
in the Hayti section.
Several stated franlcly that M
the increase in fare meant better
service and that scheduled bus
runs would not be lengthened,
they would be willing to pay
higher fares. One person ques
tioned about the increase said,
“I am aware that everything
else lias gone up and that there
may be a need for an increase
in fares on the Duke Power
Company buses, but I cannot go
along with the company if it
wants to increase the fare and
lengthen the schedule at the
same time.”
S. C. Hodges, superintendent
of transportation for tht
^wer Company told a
poak.
When questioned about Sun
day schedules that had been
cut to 20 minutes in the day
and 40 minutes on Sunday
night, he stated if the Sunday
night schedule proved to be un'
satisfactory that the schedule
would be stepped up to suit the
demand. Mr. Hodges admitted
that the Fayetteville Street
route was about the only one in
the entire system that was pay
ing its way.
Several persons interviewed
in tlie Hayti section stated that
if the company would put Ne
gro drivers on the Hayti run
they would be more kindly
disposed toward the Duke
Power Company. One of them
said, “when a company accept*
your hard earned money all the
time and then refuses to employ
you solely on account of the
color of your skin, I don’t feel
the best toward it about in
creased fares or anything else."
Duke I The same old scarecrow, it
repre-1 won’t work’ that was thrown
j-Jame* Iforri*, HilWde Hlgk
School atndent who won the
first prise, a fllO aeholanhlp,
at the 28th annaal stsrion of
the Interdenominational tr*h-
er* Aaaociation held in Char
lotte. Morria la a member of
the 1952-5S Senior Claa* at
Hillside.
Wife Of Librarian
Ambassador In
United States
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Clarencc L. Simpson,
wife of the Liberian Ambassa
dor to the United States, arrived
in Washington Saturday, Aug.,
23rd. Mrs, Simpson flew from
Liberia, arriving at Idlewild
airport, New York, via Pan A-
merican airplanes. Due to ill
ness which detained her in Li-
l>eria, Mrs. Simp.son was un
able to accompany the Amljassa-
dor when he assumed 'his new
post in May of this year.
sentative of the Carolina Times | up about Negro policemen, was Mrs. Simpson, who is a grad-
that the schedule in the Hayti | Duke Power Company official’s I uate of Liberia College, is also
section would be changed to 15 i reply to a request made for Ne-1 a quali^ed lawyer and has prac-
minutes during the slack hours ' gro drivers in the Hayti section ticed law since 1929
of the day, but would be stepped I several months ago,” he stated,
up to 10 minutes during the
?5^§Defiance 5prBads^n So; Africa; E
Arrests Total More Than U50
The Campaign of Defiance of | corporal punishment (wliip-
Unjust Laws, directed by the ping with a cane) inflicted up-
African National Congress and on youth volunteers under 21
the South African Indian Con'
gress, has now reached the stage
of mass participation, involving
hundreds of defiance volunteers
in the various urban centers of
South Africa. Today the arrests
stands at 2750; by the time you
read this it will probably be
well over 3000.
The government’s attempt to
smash the movement before it
could get going by arresting the
leaders of the campaign has
backfired. The result has been
greater unity^ among the forces
fighting the government’s racist
tyranny, firmer determination
to go on with the struggle, and a
quickening of the tempo of the
Defiance Campaign.
The flaming spirit of resis
tance to oppression among the
arid upon 10 of 74 women volun
teers sentenced August 19 at
Port Elizabeth;
imposition of heavier senten
ces, 2 months or fine* of t 20
($56), instead of the 20 days
or t 5 earlier meted out to the de
fiance volunteers—leaders are
given still stiffer sentence*;
simultaneous police raids July
30 on the offices of the African
National Congress, the S. A. In
dian Congress, National Actiori
(Coordinating) Committee, and
non-white trade unions, and on
the homes of officers of these
organization* throughout South
Africa, in an pffort to collect
“evidence of incitement or con
spiracy”;
the arrest August 14 of Dr. J.
S. Moroka, President of the Af-
The two daughters of Ambas
sador and Mrs. Simpson, Cla
rice and Amanda, arrived in the
United States on August 8th.
Lt Simpson, --Jrr
itudying at the University
of Massachusetts. Miss Clarice
Simpson will enter Boston
University this fall.
people is voiced ^ the arrested j riggn National Congress and co
volunteers stand up in court,
denying their guilt and declar
ing that they liave only violated
laws which are unjust and will
continue to defy them “until
we die”. The “Afrika” salute,
upraised right fist with extend
ed thumb, and the Africans^
own national songs are seen and
heard wherever the defiance
volunteers go into action.
What are the consequences if
the Defiance Campaign con
tinues to grow and spread, ex
tending to the fural countryside,
where the majority of the Af
ricans resideT This question has
the white rulers of South Africa
worried, and their newspapers
are demanding stronger mea
sures to crush the movement.
leader with Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of
the Defiance Can^Mign. '
It is believed that she had We have already seen:
sought safety at her mother’s
home, due to the many threats
he had made. Thomas was under
a peace bond when he commit
ted the murder.
After the shooting, '^omas is
said to have fled the scene in a
truck. He is being sought for
murder and is the object of a
wide spread hunt, according to
police.
Increaalng police violence
with police firing on crowds of
Africans who gathered to de
monstrate their support for ar-
restM volunteers at Port Eliza
beth;
abusive treatment of the po
litical , prisoners—in Pretoria
jailed resi^r* were reported
l>eaten with ho*e-pipe lined with
wire;
Movie (H Lite
Of Joe LOQis
To Be Made
NEW YORK
A movie on the life of Joe
Louis, former world heavy
weight champion, with Joe play-
the part of iiimself, is in the
malung. Louis made the an
nouncement last week and stat
ed he was not worried about
playing in the picture with ex
perienced actors.
When asked if he felt that
he might be overshadowed by
several noted actors who may
play in the picture Joe stated,
“I can’t act-but they can't fight.”
The pictuK will be known as
“The Joe''Louis Story.” It will
be produced for Federal Films,
an independent unit. There is a
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Dr. AUen Ericson Weather
ford who has been named Di
rector of Athletics at North
Carolina CoIIere. Dr. Weather
ford succeeds Coach J. B. Mc
Lendon who resigned the post
last Spring to aecept a poaitlon
at Hampton Institnte.
Moore-Henry
Bout Broadcast
Over CBS Radio
The clash between Archie
Moore of Toledo, hard-hitting
light-heavyweight contender,
and Clarence Henry of Los An
geles, top notch - lijeayyweight,
will be broadcast exclusively
over CBS Radio from the De
troit Olympia, Wednesday, Sept.
10.
(CBS Radio, starting at 10:05
PM, EDT)
Moore, rated number one, at
the top of the country’s light-
heavyweight list and a veteran
oi 140 ring battle* defaated
Clarence Henry in an earlier
engagement in Baltimore.
Henry has lost only four tlmaa.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Elkdom came here last week
and with machine-lilce precision
its new chieftain, six-foot, four
inch Grand Exalted Ruler
Robert H. Johnson of Philadel
phia ran it through its paces and
won his case to take the nation’s
biggest fraternal order into the
South next year. Atlanta, Ga.
gets the 54th annual Elks Grand
Lodge.
Important business transacted
included tlie election of Johnson
over two candidates who had
previously offered but with
drew at the Grand Lodge. A
minor tempest took place be
fore the withdrawal of Herbert
E. Jones of Washington, D. C.,
but was settled when Jones took
himself out of the race.
CENSORS DAWSON
Congressman William L.
Dawson (D., 111.) was politely
censured on Thursday ^emoon
when he made a political speech
after tiaving tccn briefed again
st doing so by Elk leaders.
Declaring themselves firmly
behind a compulsory FEPC, the
Elks flung that tiighly contro-
I versial issue sc^uarely into the
1' laps of t}oth Presidential candi
dates. Neither General Eisen
hower nor Governor Adlai Ste-
, venson came to the convention.
! though both were invited. There
I were no political overtones to
I tiiis Grand Lodge, except that
injected by Congressman Daw
son.
FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
A full-fledged fight for Civil
Liberties Department operating
on a full time basis. Demanded
in the resolutions were: Federal
FEPC on a compulsory scale;
anti-poll tax laws; establish
ment of a Federal Civil Rights
Commission, and the complete
end of segregation in the Armed
Forces. The end of segregation
in .Washington. D. C., was called
for.
Grand Exalted Ruler Jotmson
was given a $2,000 a year salary
increase by the order.
Grand Secretary William C.
Hueston, reelected for a one-
year term, was given an Assis
tant Grand Secretary. James T.
Cooper of Chicago. Judge Hues-
ton's report on the finances of
of the Elks’ Grand Lodge to be
$452,665,98. Of this sum, $283,-
765.82 is in cash and U. S. bonds.
Stress was laid on the Elks'
Department of Education,, still
headed by Lieut. George W. Lee
of Memphis, Tenn.. who an
nounced that the Ford Fund for
Adult Education had agreed to
support the EUis' adult educa
tion program aimed at illiteracy
among adult Negroes.
Adult Education Program
Dr. G. W. C. Browne of Nor
folk. Va.. one of the nation’s
top experts in adult education
will" direct this program which
calls for the setting up of ex
perimental schools for adults in
seven cities. Passage of an Elk-
sponsored bill now before Con
gress will implement this pro
gram with Federal aid and make
it available also to whites.
Edward Robinson of Gary,
Ind., a senior at Froebel High
Sctiooi tiiere, won the national
Elks oratorical contest. James
H. jiLatimer of Tulsa, Okla.,
placed second.
At the oratorical contest, T. J.
Sellers of Charlottesville, Va.
read a prepared statement from
Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune of
Daytona, Fla., in which the
veteran educator and leader an
nounced her retirement from the
active field of education and
public service.
At the CivU Lbierties meet
ing presided over by Grand Di
rector Hobson R. Reynolds, the
third Elijah Lovejoy Medal
Elkdom's highest put>lic honor—
was awarded to Branch Rickey,
general manager of the Pitta-
burgh Pirates baseball club.
Who brought Negroes into or
ganized baseball by signing
Jackie Robinson in 1946.
NEWLY ELECTED OFPICBRS
Officers elected by the Grand
Lodge included: Bertram V.
Gregory of Detroit, Grand Es
teemed Leading Knight (second
in command to Mr. Johnaoa);
Harvey Harris of White Plains.
N. Y., Grand EsteMMd Loyal
Knight; the Rev. K. P. Battlaa.
Rocky Mount, N. C., Grand la-
teemed Lacturtnc Knight; Ban-
jamln J. Butler, Brooklyn,
Grand Inner Guard; Dr. L. W.
(Maaaa tunn to Pa^a lltfiAl