MISSISSIPPI NEGROES
Reject Voluntary Segregated Schools
Governor White
Is Stunned At
Action Of Race
JACKSON, BUbs.
The oft-repeated allegation
that Negroes prefer Jim Crow
exploded in the face of Miss
issippi politicana when 99 of
100 Negro leaders in a meet
ing here with the state’s of
ficial L^al Educational Ad
visory Committee, flatly turn
ed down a proposal, advanced
by Gov. Hugh White, for a
“voluntary” Jim Crow sys
tem of public school educa'
tion.
The Negro leaders, sum^
qioned to the state’s first of
ficial inter-racial conference
by the Governor, rejected the
plan by which many white
southerners hope to circum
vent the Supreme Court de-
cision of May 17 banning
public school school segrega
tion. In a prepared statement
they declared that “for sake
of our posterity we caniiot do
otherwise than take our stand
for the ideals of our America
and the whole free world —
for justice, human brother
hood and equality of oppor
tunity for all.”
^v. iVhite Stunned
Gov. White, as reported by
the Memphis Commercial Ap
peal said:
“I am stunned!’’ He had pre
viously expressed confidence
that 95 percent of the Ne
groes would {o along with a
“voluntary” seirregation plan
provided funds were immedi
ately made available io equal
ize educational facilities.
“Completely shaken” by the
rejection of his plan, Gov.
White is reported to have said:
“1 have believed that a certain
element representing a vast
majority of the Negroes would
(o along. Now I am definitely
- of the conclusion you can’t
put any faith in any one of
them on this proposition.”
The conference on July 30
with the Legal Educational Ad
visory Committee set up by an
act of the Legislature was pre
ceded by a meeting of Negro
leaders on July 25 called by the
State Conference of Branches of
tho, National Association of Col
ored People.
“"They issu^ a statement in
support of the court’s decision
and expressing willingness “to
work with any group toward
implementing the decision.’”
Further, the statement asserted:
“We are unalterably opposed to
any effort of either white or
Negro citizens to attempt to cir
cumvent the decision of the Su
preme Court of the United States
of America outlawing segrega
tion in the public schools” They
recommended the appointment
of a bi-racial committee of 25
Negroes and 25 white persons
“to find ways of implementing
the Supreme Court decision.”
Six-Foint Program
At the meeting with the Legal
Educational Advisory Commit
tee, the Negro leaders submitted
the following six-point program;
1. “We can do no other than
endorse and abide by the de
cision of May l4, 1954 of the
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VOLUME 31—NUMBER 36
DURHAM, N. -C. SATURDAY, AUG. 14, 1954
price 10 CENTS
Former Durham Woman
Dieiiies New Red Charges
family ATTENDS NCC—^When Miss J osephine Holloway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Holloway of Hawlin Road, Durham, and rising junior Physical Education major,
returns to North Carolina on September 21, she will be following a tradition established
by seven other members of her family.
Three of the seven Holloways who ha ve attended North Carolina College are shown
in Durham recently with North Carolina College’s President and Mrs. Alfonso Elder dur
ing a lawn reception.
The Holloways pictured, left to right, are: Hillory Holloway, Miss Margaret Holloway,
Miss Zelma Holloway, Miss Lily Holloway, a nd Mrs. J. S. Holloway. Members of the fam
ily not shown are: J. Simeon Holloway, Jo hn Mills Holloway, Mrs. Anna Holloway Mor
ris, and Miss Roxie Holloway.
Petersburg Host To
Lott Carey 57th Session
Presbyterian Leaders Will Hear
Segregation Discussed At Retreat
Presbyterian men of the Sy
nod of Catawba will hold their
annual two day Summer Re
treat, August 13, 14, at Camp
New Hope (near Chapel Hill,
where they will hear addresses
by nationally known church
men.
Dr. John H. Marion, Presby
terian minister, and member of
the Executive Committee of the
National Council of Churches
of Christ, will deliver the key
note address Friday at_8:30 p.m.
following an interracial panel
discussion of the subject: THE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND
THE SUPREME COURT’S RU
LING ON RACIAL SEGREGA
TION.
The panel will be led by W.
W. Hall, “Outstanding Lay
man of the Year, 1953” of the
Washington, D. C. Federation of
Churches, and Vice-Chairman
of the Advisory Committee of
the District of Columbia.
Other participants on the pa
nel are: Rev. J. T. Douglass,
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BON VOYAGE—Rev. Dr. Sandji F. Ray, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in
Brooklyn, New York bids the U. S. good-bye f or awhUe as he prepares to board a Pan Amer
ican clipper for the first leg of a vacation tour of Europe, Asia, and the Holy Land.
Shown among the Bon Voyage leaders on the flight deck are Clifford Jenkins, form
erly of Durham, who was chairaan of the committee sponsoring the trip, which is gift
from the Cornerstone Church members on t he pastor’s tenth anniversary.
Left to right are Mr. Jenl(lns, Patrick Be dden, Allen Jordan, Dr. Ray, Stewardess
Pilar Roelofi, and Capt Charlei Banfe.
WASHINGTCW, D. Cr
According to the Reverend
Wendell C. Somerville, Execu
tive Secretary, the Lott Carey
Baptist Foreign Mission Con
vention will hold its Fifty-
Seventh Annual Session in
Petersburg, Virginia, August
31-September 3, 1954.
The Zion Baptist Church and
Virginia State College will
serve as joint hosts. The 1,500
official delegates will be housed
on the college campus and in
private homes. These delegates
will come from 16 states and
the District of Columbia.
Among the prominent speak
ers during the Convention will
be Miss Angie Brooks, Assistant
Attorney General of Liberia,
Mr. Phillip Chang of China, Dr.
Bina Nelson, New Delhi, India.
Professor Absolom Vilakazi of
^uth Africa will be the fea
ture speaker on Friday, Septem
ber 3.
Other speakers will be Mrs.
Robert P. Daniel, Petersburg,
Va., Dr. Grady Davis, Raleigh,
N. C., The Rev. L. W. White,
Washington, D. C., The Rev. A.
M. I Waller, Braddock, Pa., Dr.
J. M, Ellision, Virginia Union
University, The Rev. B. L.
Brantly, Columbus, Ohio, The
Rev. C. B. D. Gordon, Parkers
burg, West Va., and the Rev.
J. A. Everette, Baltimore. The
Rev. E. T. Browne, Durham,
N. C., will give the closing ser
mon.
Representatives of the Lott
Carey Convention from Africa,
China, liidia, Jamaica and Hai
ti will be in attendance at the
Convention.
Special music wiU be render
ed by the 150 voice Lott Carey
Chorus under the direction of
Professor W. E. Patterson, Nor
folk, Va. -
The Reverend P. A. Bishop,
Rich Square, N. C. is the Presi
dent of the Convention. Mrs.
Mary M. Ransome, Richmond,
Va. is President of the Women’s
Auxiliary. R. L. Holloman,
Norfolk. Va. is President of tiie
Laymen’s League. Miss Barbara
Williams, Rankin, Pa. is Presi
dent of the Junior Young Peo
ple's Department.
All night sessions of the Con
vention will be held in Virginia
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'1 WASHINGTON, D. C.
The case of Mrs. Annie Lee
Moss, former Durham woman,
was suddenly reopened again
last week as the Army claimed
it had new charges against the
shy, quiet-spoken middle-aged
Negro wbman, who stated most
emphatically at her first hear
ing that she had never been a
Communist. Then she won the
sympathy of the nation in her
troubles as publicized by Sena
tor Joseph McCarthy and was
eventually cleared.
This time, the Army says, it’s
major charge against Mrs. Moss
consists of a report that she had
been given a Communist Party
membership book. No. 37269
for 1943. This allegation, along
with six other major charges
has caused the government
worker to be suspended from
her $3,335 clerk job again with
out pay though she is allowed
30 days with which to file
answers to the charges.
Immediately her attorney,
George E. C. Hayes, said that in
general the latest charges
against Mrs. Moss were the
same as before, wherein she
was completely cleared. He ad
mitted that one or two new de
tails such as the book i^pib^
had been add^d. Mrs. I^oss sta
ted that she wiU deny under
oath the latest charges and that
she and her attorney lutve
started to draw up the formal
answer which she must prepare
if she wants a hearing.
The Army charges that Mrs.
Moss lied when she said on ah
application form that she had
never been discharged from
Government Services, Inc. on
November 13, 1944. On this
point, personnel director A.
MacGregor Ayer has told re
porters that there was nothing
in his files to indicate she was
fired, only a letter that she had
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Teachers Named
For 1954-55 City
School Portions
A tentative list cl place
ments for Negro teachers in
the City School System for
the school year 1954-55 has
been releas^ by L. S. Weav
er, superintendent of the
Durham City Schools. Due to
renovations now being made
at Walltown School, all stu
dents formerly attending
there will go to East End
School at the opening of the
school year. -
L. E. Davis, foimer prin
cipal at Walltown School will
be principal at the new
Spaulding School.
Mrs. Parepa B. Watkins is
supervisor of the local ele
mentary schools.
Following are names of the
teachers and their tentative
school assignments;
HILLSIDE HIGH—Harold
M. Holmes, principal Frank
H. Alston, Johrmy W. Barnes,
Mrs. Lou S. Barnes, Robert L.
Battle, Jes^ Boston, Mrs. thub
W. Brown, Mrs. Adele B. Butts„
Teresa H. Claggett, Annie R.
Cruse, Thomas M. Davis, Mrs.
Martha S. Dooms, S. L. Dudley,
Waverly L. Easley, Carl L. Eas
terling, John H. Gattis, Walter
M. Grandy, Phillmore M. Hnii^
Gilbert E. Harden, Mrs. Grace
M. Harris, Mrs. Elizabeth R.
Herndon, and Nelson B. Hig
gins, Jr. ^
Also at Hillside are Mrs. Wil
lie B. Hill, Mrs. Florice J
Holmes, |Mrs. Mattie T. Lakin,
Geraldine C. Lyles, Mrs. Mabel
A. Mabry, Mrs. Johnnie B. Me
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MRS. FANNIE FECK
MRS. MARJORIE PAIGE MRS. CHRISTINA FUQUA
Many Noted Women
Expected At Meet
Of Housewives’ League
SPEAKERS—During the National Housewives’ League
Convention meeting in Durham next week, two of the city’s
noted businessmen will be among the convention speakers.
Speaking at the public meeting Tuesday evening at White
Rock Baptist Church, L. E. Austin, left, editor and publisher
of the CAROLINA TIMES, will address the more than 200
delegates on the subject, “After Integration, What?”
The Convention Banquet to be held at the D«-Nut
Shoppe Thursday evening will feature W. J. Kennedy, Jr;,
president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, as principal speaker. G. W. Cox, vice-president-
agency director of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, will represent the National Negro Business League
at the convention.
Attending the 17th Annual
Housewives’ League of America
Convention here next week will
be a number of women who are
outstanding in the fields of busi
ness and professional work. A-
mong those attending will be
Mrs. Fanie B. Peck of Detroit,
Mich., Mrs. Christina M. Fuqua,
of Detroit, and Mrs. Marjorie
Page of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Peck, founder and presi
dent emeritus of the National
Housewives’ League, is credited
with establishing the League
more th^n 21 years ago as a
means for women to take an ac
tive part in improving Negro
businesses all over the nation.
White Rock Baptist Church, was
the scene of the first organisa
tional meeting in 1933.
Mrs. Christina M. Fuqua, who
became president of the Na
tional Housewives’ League in
1944, is a teacher in the Public
School System in Detroit, Mich,
and has been instrumental in
continuing the work begun by.
Peck. The convention ses-
sioiu will be held at North
Carolina College and other acti
vities during the week will be
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30th Aitnua Wshers
Meet In W. Salem
Budget Group Reverses Decision
On Postponing NCC Building Bids
The State Budget Bureau has
“reapproved" plans to receive
bids for North Carolina Col
lege’s proposed new $600,000
Biology Building in the NCC
Administration Building at 2
p.m. Thursday, September 9.
The Budget Bureau’s action
followwed an earlier “indefinite
postponement” wiiich was at
tributed to Slate budgetary
policy by D. S. Co^trane, assis
tant director of the Budget.
Bascom Baynes, acting chair
man of NCC’s trustees, said au
thorization for the bid letting
came at the direction of Gov.
William B. Umstead, director of
the state budget.
The ld53 N. C. Legislature
appropriated $1,800,000 to NCC
for three buildings for biology,
commerce, and education. The
other two buildings are under
construction now at an estima
ted cost of some'$1,200,000.
President Alfonso Elder of
NCC is now directing the final
phase of a $6 million dollar per
manent improvement program
that has been \ in process since
1947 when Dr. Elder succeeded
the Late Dr. James E. Shepard
as president of NCC.
“Indefinite postponement” of
the Biology Building without
clarification aroused concern
among trustees, officials, and
students at NCC. On July 27,
the trustees authorized their
legislative committee headed by
C. A. Dandelake of Tarboro “to
find out why bids for the buil
ding have been postponed and
to seek means by which restric
tions may be removed in view
of the urgent need tor the buil
ding.”
Although no explanation was
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Well Babies To
Have New Local
Health Clinic
A well baby clinic for Negro
children at the McDougald Ter
race housing project is being
set up unde? direction of the
Durham County Health Depart
ment, according to L. H. Ad
dington, executive director of
the Housing Authority. The
clinics are scheduled to start be
tween the first and fifteenth of
September.-
“Superintendent J. H. Epper
son of the Health Department
has ad\fised that the clinics will
be in charge of Dr, W. A. Cle-
land, pediatrician at Lincoln
Hospital,” Addington said. “Dr.
Cleland will be assisted by Mrs.
S. F. Bett^, public health nurse.
"There are approximately
250 children two yeafs of age
and under now living at Mc
Dougald Terrace. There are
about the same number of older
children. The department plans
to hold the clinics once a month
at the start and increase the
dates if necessary.
■ "The clinics are for both
school children and their
mothers, although the children
are the only ones given any
treatments, such as innocula-
tions. There are diet courses
for the mothers, instruction on
the proper care of babies, edu
catlonal movies and other fea
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WINSTON-SALEM
Approximately 500 delegates
and visitors are expected to be
here next week when the 30th
annual session of the Interdeno
minational Ushers Association
of North Carolina convenes here
Thursday August 19 at Winston
Salem Teachers College.
The opening session will take
place Thursday morning at 10
0 'clock and will be presided
over by L. E. Austin, Durham,
president of the association. The
afternoon session will be presi
ded over by C. A. Langston.
Raleigh, vice president. A
meeting of the Board of Direc
tors, A. D. Clark, Chapel Hill.
Chairman will be held at 4 p.m.
The pubic program will be
held Thursday evening at 8
o’clock in the auditorium of the
coUege and will be presided
over by J. A. Nash, president of
the Winston-Salem Ushers Un
ion that is host for the inven
tion. Several addresses of wel
come will be extended the dele
gates and visitors, including
one on behalf of the city, by
Rev. William Crawford, mem
ber of the Winston Salem Board
of Aldermen; the Ushers Union,
G. S. Anderson; the churches.
Rev. M. D. Clark, pastor Rey
nolds Temple C.M.E. Church;
the schools. Prof. J. D. Ashley;
Businesses, J. C. Gilmore.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by Mri^ Laura Junes
Alspaugh,' Mt. Pleasant quartet
and St. Andrews trip'. Response
will be by president Austin.
Highlights of the annual ses
sion will be the Oratorical Con
test, by the Junior Department
on Saturday evening, the presi
dent’s annual address on Friday
evening and the annual sermon
that will be preached by Dr. M.
C. Allen, president of Vlrgtnta
Theological Seminary and col
lege, Sunday morning at tiavan
1 o’clock.