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THE CAROLIWA TIMES SATURDAY. AUG. 15. 1953
Livingstone Coiiefe Summer
Graduating Class. From left to
rifht (first row): Willie Clif
ton, Christine Snow, Sarah V.
Nixon, Mary E. Miller and
Willie Neal. (Second row) left
to right: Lorene H. Heath,
Mozell S. Kelsey and Janie S.
Mayfield.
Not pictured: Emma M. San
ders and Mrs. S. L. Hoplcins,
advisor.
Significant And Steady Improvement In The Feelings
Toward Negroes Takes Place In Most Trade Unions
NASHVILLE
Significant and steady im
provement in the attitudes and
policies of American trade un
ions towards Negro members has
taken place in the past ten years,
a national survey released here
reveals.
Delegates to the Tenth An
nual Institute of Race Rela
tions, which was held at Fisk
University in July, heard a re
port of progress in breaking
down racial barriers in labor
organizations from Emanuel
Muravchik, National Field Di
rector of the Jewish Labor
Committee’s Anti-Discrimina
tion Department, who disclos
ed for the first time the find
ings of a special study conduct
ed by his organization based
on replies to questionnaires
submitted to international and
local unions, specialists in
labor research and community
and interracial organizations.
Muravchik pointed out that in
1943 thirty international unions
discriminated against Negroes by
constitutional provisions, tScit
consent or segregation in sep
arate auxiliaries. The unions
which discriminated in the above
categories represented 8.3%, 6%
and 5.4% respectively of the to
tal trade union membership. In
all, the membership of the un
ions which dicriminated in one
form or another in
the rights and expanding the
employment opportunities of
all members regardless of race,
color, creed or nationality.
These unions spend approxi
mately one half million dollars
on this program.
According to Muravchik, the
changes in union racial policies
developed largely through de
fense employment needs, opera
tion of the President’s FEP
Commission and state and local
FEP laws. Another mapor fac
tor, aside from the general cli
mate of opinion, was the active
role taken by the trade union
leadership in the fight for civil
rights.
Muravchik concluded by
pointing out that this study is
an effective answer to the
the Communist campaign to
snkear the United States as the
citadel of racism and dis
crimination. "As a matter of
fact,” he said„' “the Com
munists and their phony fronts
have served to hinder and not
help the labor movement in its
fight against racial and reli
gious discrimination.”
sented 18.7% of the total num
ber of organized workers.
Since that time there has
been great progress in elim
inating discrimination against
minority groups. Today, the
membership of those unions
which still discriminate in
some form has been reduced
from 18.7% to 4% of the total
number of organized workers.
In actuality it may be less than
4% since even these unions
have been compelled to com
ply with Fair Employment
Practice Laws which are now
in effect in 12 sUtes and 28
cities. This means that 75% of
those unions which discrim-
ated ten years ago no longer
do so.
Muravchik also pointed out
tiiat employers who once
used racial antagonisms to de
press wage standards no longer
find it possible or profitable to
do so in the face of a strong and
united trade union movement.
Muravchik highlighted an
other aspect of this encourag
ing development by pointing
out that 29 International un
ions now bave special Fair
Practices Departments or pro
grams devoted to safegnardlng
i
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Funeral Services Held For Bishop
Robert Brooks At New Orleans
Wheat Farmers
Vote August 14
In Referendum
RALEIGH
Each person on a farm grow
ing IS acres of wheat that is in
terested in the wheat crop is
eligible to vote in the wheat
marketing quotas referendum on
August 14.
According to state offieials of
the Production and Marketing
Administration, any person
declaring his intention to
plant over 15 acres of wheat
this fall is also eligible to vote.
This declaration can be made
to referendum committees or
poll holders.
Absentee voting is also per
mitted. PMA officials say any
one planning to be out of his
county on Friday, August 14 can
request a ballot and vote by
mall.
The PMA committM in each
county has announced polling
places. Each county PMA of
fice will be a polling place,
and other polling places have
been established in most coun
ties.
The polls will be open from
7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
Although only around 6,000
North Carolina farms will be
affected by marketing quotas,
PMA officials are urging all
eligible wheat growers to vote.
They point out that a vote by
a small North Carolina pro
ducer Is. equal to that of the
nation’s largest producer. They
are also labeling this referen
dum as one of the most im
portant in recent years.
The question to be decided is
whether prices will be supported
on the 1954 crops at 50 per cent
dr 90 per cent parity, and
whether or not there will be
marketing quotas with their
penalty controls. Acreage allot
ments will be in effect, regard
less of the marketing quotas re
ferendum outcome.
To be approved, two-thirds
of the farmers voting must
vote in favor of nmrketing
quotas.
Hampton Institute Begins Its Kth
Year Sept. 9; U States Represented
NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Funeral services for Bishop
Robert N. Brooks of the New Or
leans Area of The Methodist
Church were held Thursday,
August 6th at Mount Zion
Methodist Church here.
The eulogy was delivered by
Bishop John W. E. Bowen, Jr. of
Atlanta. Bishop Matthew W.
Clair, Jr. of Saint Louis conduct
ed the service.
Other prelates assisting were
Bishop Edgar A. Love, Balti
more, and Bishop Robert E.
ones, retired. Waveland. Missi
Bishop Brooks succumbed at
Gulfside, Waveland, Miss., alter
a lengthy illness. He had recent
ly returned from Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minn., and was re
ported improving when death
came suddenly Sunday after
noon, August 2nd.
Bish9p Brooks was born in
Cleveland County, N. C., May 8,
1888. He was educated at Ben
nett College, Greensboro, N. C.,
Gammon Theological Seminary,
Atlanta, Northwestern Universi
ty and Garrett Biblical Institute,
Evanston, 111., Union Theological
Seminary, New York City, and
Oxford University, England.
After holding pastorates in
Red Springs and Maxton, N. C.,
he was appointed field secretary
of the Board of Sunday Schools
of The Methodist Episcopal
Chiu'ch. He later served as presi
dent of Haven Teachers College,
Meridian, Miss., Central Ala
bama College, and Samuel Hus-1
ton College, Austin, Tex. For
several years he was head of the
Department of History in Gam
mon Theological Seminary. In
1936 he was elected editor of the
Central Christian Advocate.
He was a delegate to the Gen
eral Conference of The Method
ist Church in 1924, 1928, 1936,
J940, and 1944. In the last nam
ed year he was elected to the
episcopacy in Greensboro, N. C.,
and assigned to the New Orleans
Area, where he has served con
tinuously since.
He was a member of many
Methodist boards and commis
sions, and presided over a ses
sion of the General CotJlerence
of the denomination in 1948. He
was president of the Boards of
Trustees of the three colleges in
his Area, Wiley, Marshall, Tex.,
Rust, Holley Springs, Miss., and
Samuel Huston (now merged
with Tillotson College). He was
a member of the Alpha Phi
Alpha and Kappa Boule frater
nities.
He was chosen by the Coun
cil of Bishops of The Methodist
Church to review and appraise
Methodist work on the Continent
of Africa in 1947, and by the
Methodist Board of Missions to
visit mission fields in 1948.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Edith Crogman Brooks, to
whom he was mjunried Sep
tember 3, 1919.
MOSES C. BURT. JR., a 1953
graduate of the North Carolina
College at Durh^ and the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Moses C.*Burt,
Sr., Hillsboro, was scheduled
to be inducted into the U. S.
Army at Fort Jackson, S. €.,
on August 12. The older Burt
is Orange County Farm Agent.
Another one of the members of
the Burt family will enroll at
NCC in September. She is Por
tia, winner of two schtriar-
ships, one each ih home eco
nomics lind conunercse. The
junior Burt was active in fra
ternity, student government,
and musical affairs during his
college career.
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Hampton Institute will begin
its 86th year on September 9th,
when the college faculty return
to the campus for the Faculty
Institute and new students from
22 states and live foreign coun
tries begin registration.
The four-day Faculty Insti
tute, under the direction of Dr.
Mary P. Holleran, will bring
distingi^ishcd educators to
serve as consultants and speak
ers. Scheduled to speak, to
read papers, or to direct dis
cussion groups are: Dr. Alonso
Grace, former Commissioner
of Education of Connecticut
and Florida, and now associate
dean of the school of Educa
tion, New York University;
Dr. Martin Jenkins, President
of Morgan State College; Dr.. Jo
seph Schwab, professor of social
science. University of Chicago;
Dr. Joseph Ivins, acting chair
man of the Department of Edu
cation, Roosevelt College. Chi
cago; and Dr. Lawrence Boro-
sage, director of the Bureau of
Vocational Training, U. S. Of
fice of Education, Washington.
New students enrollinc
Hampton Institute will come
from five foreign countries:
The Gold Coast, Liberia, India
Trinidad, and Jamaica.
The majority of these new stu
dents will come from 22 states:
North Carolina, Georgia, Pennsy
lvania, Florida, Virginia, Texas,
New York, Kentucky, Illinois,
Oklahoma, Maryland, New Jer
sey, Mississippi, West Virginia,
Kansas, Connecticut, Arkansas,
Missouri, Delaware, Alabama,
Ohio, and the District of Colum
bia.
Orientation At
N.C. College Set
For September 16
DURHAM
The week of September 18
through the 23rd will be given
over to orientation activities at
North Carolina College, Dur
ham, this year. Classes for the
fall term start September 24.
A busy round of activities in
cluding tests, physical ex
aminations, conferences with
prospective advisors, social
events, religious programs, and
campus tours will occupy the
new students through Tuesday,
Sept. 22. Former students will
also register on Tuesday. The
freshmen and new students
will complete their registra
tion on Wednesday prior to
starting classes on Thursday.
President Alfonso Elder, Dean
George T. Kyle.. Counsellor Rog
er D. Ru^ell and Dr. Charles D.
Watts, head of the Student
Health Services, will be among
speakers talking to the students
In Duke Auditorium at 8:30
Wednesday morning, Sept. 16.
Bussell and Dean Kyle will
also participate in the Thurs
day morning program In the
auditorium when the new
students will also hear from
Elliott B. Palmer of Durham,
president of the Student Gov-
erninent Association, Miss
. Louise M. Latham, dean of
women, and John L. Stewart,
dean of men.
t
Tests scheduled during the
orientation period include: Eng
lish, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., Duke
Auditorium, Thurs., Sept. 17;
Mathematics, 8:30 a. m. to 10:30
a. m., Duke Auditorium, Friday.
Sept. 18; Psychology, 11 a. m. to
1 p. m., Duke Auditorium, Fri
day, Sept. 18; French, 8:30 a. m.
to 10:30 a. m.. Saturday, Sept. 19,
Duke Auditorium; Test for Mu
sic Majors, Room 308, Music and
Fine Arts Building, 10:30 a, m
to 1 p. m.
Other events scheduled dur
ing this period Include a movie
at 7 p. m. In Duke Andltorinm
on niursday, a Stndent-Gov-
ernment sponsored soeUl in
the Women's Gymnasium from
8 to 10 Saturday night, a spe
cial Sunday School program at
9 a. m. Sunday, Sept. 20th in
the Music Assembly Hall and
the special vesper program for
new students at S;SO Sunday
afternoon. The annual faenlty-
new students tea will be held
in the Senior Bowl on the
campus from 4:30 to 5:30 p. m.
DR. WILLIAM HARRISON
BBOWN, professor of educa-
tipn and director of the Bureau
of Educational Research at the
North Carolina College, Dur
ham, was scheduled to fly
from New York to the Virgin
Islands this week to make in
itial preparations for a five
year educational project. The
Ford Foundation and Hamp
ton Institute ars nndexstood
be backing the study which
Dr. Brown will direct.
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At the led is Miss Yvonne
Miller, salutatorian of the 195S
class at the Durham school,
who will be a freshman at
Spelman this fall. At right is
Miss Alexine Clement, valedic
torian of the 1952 class at Hill
side and president of the fresh
man class at Spelman last
year.
Shown here on the campus of
their high school alma mater,
the Misses Miller and Clement
boast two of the most signifi
cant records ever compiled at
their high school.
In addition to winning val
edictory honors. Miss Clement,
as a senior, was co-editor
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the Drama Club and also sec
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pelman Miss Clementhas
participated in the mixed
chorus, composed of singers
from Morehouse, and Atlanta
University; the Spelman Glee
Club, the Swimming Club, the
Freshman Quartet, and the
French Club. In addition to
serving as president of her
freshman class. Miss Clement
was pianist for the Spelman
'College String Trio.
Miss Miller, who will enter
Spelman in the fall, was also
co-editor of the Chronicle,
section leader in the school
band, was active In the Y-
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National Honor Society. Miss
MUIer, like Miss Clement, is
interested in Music and she is
the official pianist at the,Saint
Titus Episcopal Church in Dur
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Miss Clement is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs.~ William A.
Clement of 206 Pekoe Street,
Durham. Miss Miller Is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Felix
Miller of 1610 Fayetteville
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