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Over 1,000 Attend Miammoth Mass Meeting Sunday
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VOLUME SI—NUMBER 22
DUBHABt, NORTH OASOUNA. SATURDAY, MAT 29. 1954
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ATTEND MASS MEETING—A segment of the audience at-1 candidate for Coonty Commissioner present his platform. The
teadlnf tiHt ttaaa meetlne at Saint Joseph A. M. E. Chnrch last meetinr was sponsored by the Durham Committee on Negro Af-
Sunday la tbowm. More than 1,000 persona filled the lower andl- fairs whose chairman is J. S. Stewart, local businessman,
torla and balcoaiea of the chnrch. Those attending were nrced to exercise their voting privileges
mtaUmg was called to re-acqnalnt citiiens with the re^ at the polls Saturday, M» 29. R. N. darris, city councilman. Dr.
creation bend ele«tion and for them to hear Durham’s Negro I Rose B. Browne, and L. E. Austin were also heard at the meeting.
Supreme Court
Deals New Blows
At Segregation
New Victories
Hailed By
Race Leaders*
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Monday of this week proved
to be another eventful day in the
United States Supreme Court.
The body which won nation
al and international acclaim
ij^t^^weelc ^y ruling segre-
'^ation uncohsmutibnaY in public
schools ordered lower courts in
three states to reconsider their
judgments on three cases in
volving goU courses, theaters,
and colleges in light of the re
cent ruling by the high tribunal.
One case involved the admis
sion of Negro students to the
AND EVERYBODY SURVIVED—An onlooking pedestrian is shown leaving an over-tamed ear
which he inspected in hopes of determining how the four persons involved in Monday afternoon’s
triple auto collision on Fayetteville Street escaped with their lives although three required hos
pitalization.
. T The accident occurred as Marion G. Jones pulled his vehicle into Fayetteville from Lawaan
^nryer^ity o^_^ ior>qa anq Str—t and struck a car drivan- by John Pigrum, whose mar.hine BtimnHgn»«»iniiy tnr«*a avaz and
r-r A collided with a car operated by Mrs. Frenzela Credle, local school teacher. MIm Annie Belk was
still being treated at the Lincoln Hospital late W^nesday afternoon.
iana State University. Another
referred to the admission of Ne
groes to the city-owned amphi
theater in Louisville, Ky.
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Largest Crowd Hears Speolcors Laud
Work Of Negro Affairs Committee GASTONIA CONFAB
More than 1,000 citizens of
Durham were present last
Sunday at Saint Joseph’s
A. M. E. Church when the
Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs held its pre-election
mass meeting featuring out
standing civic and business
leaders of the city.
J. S. Stewart, prominent
businessman and chairman of
the sponsoring committee, pre
sided oyer the meeting after he
gave the aims and objectives of
the committee. Mr. Stewart said
that the committee's work will
not be complete untO every per
son in Durham has obtained
equality of opportunity.
In outlining the objectives,
Stewart said that a booklet
showing the committee’s overall
progress for the past 20 years
will be released to the public in
the fall. In citing the work be
fore the committee, he gave the
example of how Negroes lost
their Jobs in local industries re
cently when use of machinery
made the work clean enough for
white persons to take over. He
said the conunittee wants to see
unbiased practices executed in
hiring personnel for such jobs.
R. N. Harris, city councilman,
expressed his appreciation to the
citizens for supporting him dur
ing his candidacy, and explain
ed the Recreation Bond issue to
the audience. His simplicity of
presentation caused many to
leave the meeting with a clear
er view of what they were being
asked to vote for.
Asa T. Spaulding, prominent
businessman and candidate for
County Commissioner, presented
the platform which he promised
to uphold if he be elected to the
office. His proposed program met
with wide approval by those at
tending. Mr. Spaulding stated
that he has already talked with
the Cbunty Manager and haa be-
CANDIDATE — PersoM at
tending the gigantic mass
meeting at St Joseph’s AME.
Chnrch last Sunday afternoon
heard Asa T. Spaulding pre
sent his platform for the oftioe
of Coun& Conunistdoner in the
Pi
May 29
buslni
Primary. The Dnrliam
man’s platform re
ceived favorable comments
from all attending.
Mr. Spaulding told the and-
lenee that he has already had
conferences with city and
county officiala to map ont
ways and means of Improving
Durham City and County for
the good of all clttsena.
gun a study of current prob
lems. He emphasized the point
that his primary aim as County
Commissioner will be to bring
into effe^ those things which
will be for the improvement and
benefit of all Durham citizens.
Appeals to the voters were
made by Dr. Rose B. Browne of
North Carolina College, and L.
E. Austin, a member of the
sponsoring committee, who shar
ed the rostrum with others on
the program. Dr. Browne,'ap
pealing to citizens to vote for
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Playground Ban
Abandoned In
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Deciding that “there was no
reason to put off any longer,"
the Recreation Board voted to
open Washington’s 137 public
playgrounds to all children—
white and Negro.
The board made the decision
at a special meeting in light of
the recent historic Supreme
Court decision. The vote to end
segregation which had been a
subject of much controversy
was unanimous. Just a week
earlier, it had voted against
opening the playgrounds by one
vote.
Cross-Burning
No Solution
In Ra(e Issue
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
Bill Hendrix, former Ku Klux
Klansman, who admitted being
the national leader of the organi
zation last fall, stated this week
that, “Cross burning is not go
ing to put a ^p to the ruling,”
made by the Supreme Court.
Level-hesidedness was ad
vocated by the Florida klanaman
who observed that his solution
to the new ruling would be to
ship most of the Negroes to the
North. A meeting was called this
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GASTONIA
The well-oiled machine of the
incumbent Battle administra
tion rolled triumphantly over
the challenging Martel Scott
forces and won another two
years as leaders of the Im
proved Benevolent Protective
Order Elks of the World In Tar-
heelia in the second round of
what was expected to be a bitter
fight between the Rev. Kemp P.
Battle, president for seven
years, and A. Martel Scott,
Goldsboro’s “barbeque king,”
who challenged the Rocky Mount
minister and Grand Lecturing
Knight for the president’s post
over 18,000 Elks, the largest and
oldest state conference in Elk-
dom.
Following the president’s an
nual report, a motion to elect
by acclamation prevailed de
spite vigorous protests led by
Attorney Pete Harris. Battle
forces followed through with a
41 to 17 vote while Scott forces
headed by R. H. Beatty—his
campaign manager from Fay
etteville, kept quiet, not e^en
placing their man in nomina
tion. Everyone wondered why!!
The answer appeared to be
that Battle's men were too smart
for them, despite the very; or
derly manner in which Grtind
Exalted Ruler, Robert H. John
son, conducted the election.
Scott Given Grand Commission
Then followed the unanimous
election of the remaining old
officers except for a few. After
this, Exalted Ruler Johnson
drew much praise for himself
when he complimented Scott for
the straight-forward fight he
had waged, though losing for
the state presidency; and fol
lowed by rewarding Mr. Scott
with an on-the -spot appoint
ment as Assistant Grand Com
missioner of the Shrine depart
ment as Assistant Grand Com
tes. Thus, Scott was even more
glorious in defeat than he would
have been in victory.
Other grand lodge officers
attending besides Mr. Johnson
were Herbert Jones, Grand Or
ganizer, Washington, D. C., and
E. H. Copeland, Past Grand Ex
alted Ruler and former presi
dent of the N. C. Association.
Negro City Treasurer
It is hard to believe, even
when you are looking directly
at him and see Mayor W. H.
Yancey and city solicitor, Basil
Whitener sitting on either side
of Nathaniel Barber, you still
wonder: ''Are You in Dixie?”
because Barber is a Negro man
who controls the city’s purse,
and there ar« 30,000 people in
this “City of Growing Beauty,”
Mayor Yancey and Mt. Whiten
er welcomed the Elks. The 1955
meeting will be held in Raleigh.
Dr. Julian To
Address 320
VSC Graduates
PETERSBURG, Va.
Dr. Percy L. Julian of Oak
Park, 111., distinguished re
search scientist, will deliver the
address at the Sixty-ninth Com
mencement Exercises at Vir
ginia State, College Monday
morning May 31, at 10:30
o’clock. Degrees will be con
ferred on 320 ’candidates by
President R. P. Daniel.
Dr. Julian, president of a re
search laboratory company, has
served as director of research
for several well known indus-
tries.He was formerly professor
and head of the Department of
Chemistry at Howard Univer
sity, and was for four years re-
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Editor Wilmington Journal
Halts Support To Senator
Citizens Continue Their Praise
Of Supreme Court's Decision
More favorable comments on
the recent Supreme Court de
cision have been pouring in dur
ing the past week due to the im
pact and overwhelming signif
icance it brought to the minds
of all Americans. Following is a
continuation of comments on
the issue which began in last
week's publication:
From W. J. Kennedy, Jr.,
president. North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company:
“The ruling of pur nation’s
Supreme Court banning segre
gation in the public schools is
in complete accord with the
principles of a true Democracy
and supports the articles of
faith as set fprth In the Chris
tian religion of the Fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood
of man. It also strengthens the
position of representatives of
our government both in the
United Nations and in every
other organised effort for
peace, freedom, and security
for all of the people of the
earth.
, All American citiiens who
believe In true democracy and
who embrace the Christian
religion are obligated to unite
their efforts to implement the
ruling.”
J. H. Wheeler, president, Me
chanics and Farmers Bank, Dur
ham:
“The Supreme Court’s de
cision ontlavrlng segregation
in the public schools and up
setting the separate but equal’
doctrine should, wlthont ques
tion, prove to be a social and
NCC FINALIST—William L.
Shirer, author-journalist, will
be the speaker for the forty-
third annual commencement
exercises at North Carolina
Tuesday, June 1, at II a. m.
Mr. Shirer’s radio comentu-
ies during World War n estab
lished his international reputa
tion as a journalist. A native of
Chicago, he also wrote several
books. Baccalaureate speaker
for the college’s eloaing win
be the Rev. W. J. F^kner,
dean of the chapel at Fisk
University.
economic bonanaa for tiM
southern states. Apparently,
most southerners who wish t*
hold on t* fracticea'ot racial
segregation have not reaUaod
that it looms as the gnateat
single liarrier to pn*.
perity and to social matarity
in the south.
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WILMINGTON
T. C. Jervey, Publisher of
the Wilmington Journal,
this week walked out on the
Lennon-for-Senate Campaign
Committee because of what
he termed “the injecton of the
race issue in the senatorial
campagn.”
Both Senator Lennon and ex-
Govemor Scott, bitter rivals lor
the Democratic nomination for
senator in the May 29 primary,
reacted against the Supreme
Court’s decision outlawing se
gregation in public schools, but
many North Carolina news
papers beUeve Senator Len-
non’s comment was the most
caustic and criticized him for
"striking below the belt,” in his
remarks that ex-Govemor Scott
had tried to destroy segrega
tion in the state’s school system
when he was governor.
Jervay, who a few years ago,'
was threatened by the KKK for
his editorials against the hood
ed order when it operated in
Southeastern North Carolina,
said he would not be a party to
“the Negro’s becoming the "fall
guy’ in the contest. Further, he
said that from the beginning
he feared the Umstead forces
would inject the race issue in
the election if they felt it would
win for tliem, in-as-much as
they had successfully used it in
the Graham-Smith and Um-
stead-Oliver elections.
The editor added, however,
that he had tried to be loyal to
Senator Lennon who is from
Wilmington who haa to his cre
dit a liberal record as a former
judge of WilmtogtoB’s recorder's
court Umstead appointed Len
non to flU the uaexpired term of
the late Senator WilUa Smith.
The putdlsher, who is a mem->
her of the board of directors of
the National Newspaper Pub-
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