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mi arjr TmiMXEOSCHOOlS i ‘ - - VAbV UNtVlRS UBRARY m€& mt VOLUME 31 — NUMBER 46 DURHAM, N. C, SATUBDA1T, MAY 14, 1955 PRICE 10 CENTS Test For Demoii'acy--Wilkins The above photos are taken from scenes at the mammoth mass mating held in Memor ial Auditorium in Raleigh Sunday, by the North Carolina State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Top photo shows Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of NAACP addressing the crowd of approximately 4,000, gathered from all over the state. At the right of Mr. Wilkins is Kelly Alexander, presidient of the State Conference, who presided. Third from the left is J. H. Wheeler, president of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, who introduced the speaker. The two women on the plat* form are Mrs. Ruth Morgan, (left) Wendell and Mrs. Beatrice Burnett, (right) of Tar- boro. Bottom photo shows a section of the auditorium and the mammoth crowd. Issues Call For People Of African Descent To Meet In New York City NEW YORK M the request of tiie leaders of the latiqual Party of Morocco, the Neo-Destour Party of Tun isia, the African Natioi^ Union of Tanganyika and the £ast Afrlckan National Association, Jas. R. Lawson, president of the United African Nationalist Movement, issued a call for a conference of all peoples of African descent to be held In New York City. Mr. Lawson was elected chairman of the con ference committee. This forthcoming gathering which will be held the first week In August 199S Is expected to go on record m various issues raised at the Amdung Confer ence as well as some issues nev er Introduced there. The first day of the Confer ence — August 1 — will be d^ voted to the registration of Delegates at the Hotel Theresa and that night Miss Africa will be crowned in an outdoor cere mony in front of the Hotel, dur ing the Marcus Garvey Day Cele bration. The August 1959 Meeting is the second such conference call ed by the U. A. N. M., the first held at the Hotel Theresa, New York, January 8, 1953, took ac tion bn a number of Issues among which were these: 1. Ontltaed A Proposed Ameri eaa PoUsy Towards Non-White Independ^ Oonntrlea In Africa. (1) Africans to be furnish ed arms for self-defense. (2) Make West Point and Annapolis available to Ethiop ian, Liberian, Egyptian and Lib yan officers. (8) Remove British trooiM from Ethiopia. * (4) Grant African natives foreign aid comparable to that .given Europeans. S. OatUned American Ptiley Towards Proetorates. (1) A plebiscite should be held in Tunisia, Morocco, and in the Condomlnum of the Sud an to determine the type of gov ernment the people desire, t. OntUn* A Policy Towards ColoBlaa (1) America’s sympathy should remain wltfa all peojdts who aspire toward self govern ment in their own lands. (2) Expropriation of lands by coloidal powers should be dls- > couraged. (8) American arms should be refused to those who are using them on Africans aspiring for (Pleaaa turn to Page Ten) WilmingtcHi Publisher Loses In Race For Cily Council Seat WILMINGTON W. Ronald Lane, a former mayor and city councilman here, won over T. C. Jervay, publisher of the Wilmington Journal, in the May 3 general election for the one seat on City Council, by a 6,503 to 8, 094 count. The voting followed racial lines, with 7 predominately Negro precincts going to Jervay and 10 white precincts being won by Lane. Jervay, the first Negro to reach a general election here since Reconstruction Days, led Lane in the primary by 95 votes. James E. L. Wade, vete ran councilman, won one ol the two seats open in the primary. Two other white candidates were eliminated. There were just too many white voters for the Journal publisher. 12,000 whites were registered to 4,000 Negroes. Over one-half of the white vo ters turned out, while about three-fourths of the Negro po tential vqted. Jervay picked up several himdred white votes. The daily press kept the elec tion on the front pages for two weeks. Editorial after editorial urged a large turnout. Hate letters went to' white (Please turn to Page Ten) By H. Albert Smith RALEIGH In a “Freedom Day Celebra tion” held in the Raleigh Me morial Auditorium last Sunday afternoon, Roy Willcins, newly appointed executive secretary of the NAACP and successor of the late Walter White, declared that despite all opposition and delaying tactics, there is noth- iftg that can prevent the effec tuation of the Supreme Court’s directive calling for desegrega tion in the public schools of America and that in the nota ble decision of the highest tri bunal in the land, the court said, “There is no such thing as separate but equal educa tional facilities.” The “Freedon Day Celebra tion,’’ which was sponsored by the JMorth Carolina Conference State NAACP Branches and in cluded a Memorial Service in honor of the late Walter White, former National NAACP Exe cutive Secretary, attracted a crowd of several thousand per sons who over taxed the seat ing capacity of the Memorial Auditorium ground floor. IC^y M. Alexander, presi- derit of^the N. C. State Confer ence, presided. Wilkins was introduced by J. H. Wheeler, president of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank of Durham, who characterized Wilkins as a man “dedicated to the task to erase the difference between our professed beliefs in the principles of Democracy and the way in which we prac tice them.” Wilkins saftl at the outset ol hii jiddress that once he could say that North Carolina was on* of the key states in the fight for equality but not now. “North Carolina,” he said,” is behind Arkansas, Texas, and Missouri. In Texas, Negroes and whites are going to Junior Col leges together, playing on the same football teams, and swim ming in the same pools.” Wilkins said that the Su preme Court’s decision repre sents the “aspirations, hopes and desires of the colored i>eo- ple of North Carolina,” and, where white people think to the contrary, Negroes are just too smart to let them know what they (Negroes) are thinking. The speaker stated that the Sup^me Court’s edict not only challenges the conscience ol the nation, but will spread to other areas in the relationships of whites and Negroes. He (Please turn to Page Ten) X. Benry Sayles, Chairman of the Science Division at Bennett College, Greensboro, who has been awarded a grant from the Soathem Fellowahlpa Fnnd, Chapel Hill tor a year of grad- ’uate' Mtdy. BIr. Saylea, a«w ea leave. Is studying for his doc torate in chemkitry at Ohio State University, Coiambos, Ohio where he will continned his studies for the 1955-56 school year. Trapshooting Color Bar Is Banned By National Olppics Committee NEW YORK The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been assured by the United States Olympic Commit tee that there will be'no racial discrimination in the selection ol the United States Olympic trapshooting team. In response to a letter from Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary J. Lyman Bingham, executive director of the Olym pic Committee, gave assurance that “no tryout lor the United States team will be permitted unless every American citizen who can meet amateur qualUica- tions is given an opportunity to participate in the tryout.” Mr. Wilkins had expressed “dismay that the U. S. Olympic team which will participate in the 1956 Olympic games will include a trapshooting team limited to members of the Ama- teiw Trapshooting Association,” an organization which restricts Negro membership. Ttie NAACP executive filed a protest with Mr. ^ Bingham and Marynard Hen^, ATA president. "The International Olympic Conmiittee would not allow any (Please turn to Page Ten) Samuel Harris, Durham Insar- ance man, who was elected presi dent of the Hillside High School Parents Teachers AssoeUtlon at a meeting held here recently by the asBOCiiation. Other «ffleersL. elected C. C. Malone, first vice president; John Tucker, second vice prsident; Mrs. Jolla Henderson, secretary; Mrs. Ruth Boldm, assistant secretary, and Mrs. O. S. Stewart, treasurer. year. i Amp erson Charges Elks Grand Exalted Ruler With Cowardice WAISMINGTON, 15 C. Firing a double blast tliis week newsmen Trezzvant W. Anderson disclosed that Elks Grand Exalted Ruler Robert H. Johnson had refused to accept a registered letter containing fraud charges against Grand Secretary William C. Hueston and the late J. Finley Wilson. And in the same breath Mr. Anderson announced that he is “very definitely” a candidate against Mr. Hueston this year for the post of Grand Secretary of the Elks. “It’s time for a change from the old dictator ship, which has ruled Elkdom for the last 33 years," Anderson declared. (Please turn to Page Ten) Last Call For Carnation "Healthy Baby Contest For In Cash Prizes It's last call for the Carnation Hometown Healthy Baby Con test! Yes, it’s now or never, for all you parents who want to en ter your baby’s snapshot in the big 1955 competition to find the cutest, healthiest-looking baby to win the $300.00 First Prize, awarded by Carnation Evapor- ated Milk. Nineteen other “championship” babies will also share in the big Carnation prize money. For parents who may have been out ol town when the Con test started, here is a last- minute summary ol the rules: All you do is send a recent snapshot of your baby, along with the official Healthy Baby Contest entry blank. Only ba bies three years of age younger are eligible. Parents who have more than one infant within the age classification may enter them, too using sepa rate snapshots and entry blanks for each child. Olliclal entry blanks can be obtained with out charge at the editorial offi ces of this newspaper. We are very happy to have been selected by the Carnation Company to bring all our read ers the exclusive news about this wonderful Contest. For years, one 6f the major causes tills newspaper has supported is better care for our communi ty’s babies. We believe that these “youngest citizens” have every right to the finest care that modem nutritional science can provide. For more than 50 years, heal thy babies have been Carna tion's first concern, >too. So uni versally accepted is Carnation Evaporated Milk today that eight out ol 10 mothers who leed a Carnation lormi^la say, “my Doctor recommended it."’ To produce a milk ol such high safety and ijuality i.« no c;isy task. It t '. ires co.-.jU it v gi- lance and research, in all of Carnation’s 35 evaporated nillk plants in the U. S. and Canada. It means developing the world’s (Please turn to Page Ten) Local Marching Group Cited As Best Appearing Of Mediums Durham School Safety Patrols Among Winners In Colorful Parade Chairman Of Durham Committee On Negro Affairs Urges Big Vote Sat- WASHINGTON, D. C. Among the prize winning groups that appeared here on Saturday, May 7, in a ];)erade of 32,000 children, members of school safety patrols through out the country, were the Negro patrols, medium group, from Durham, North Carolina. Looking on as the patrola swung along Constitution Ave nue was a vast crowd estimated at 110,000 persons. The patrola were marching In the cauae of traffic safely. The first luiit from Provl-i stepped off promptly at 9 a.m. dence, R. I., smartly turned out Five and one-haU hours later, in sparkling white uniforms the last unit from Princess with bright red belts and caps, | Anne, Virginia passed the view ing stand. In this 19th Annual School Salety Patrol march, 31,904 (Please turn to Page Ten) DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE CITY ELECTION SATURDAY MAY 14 J. s. Stewart, Chairman of the Durham Committee on Ne gro Affairs, appealed to Negro voters this week to vote In the City Council election to be held here Saturday, May 14. Said Mr. Stewart: “The high est privilege that can be exer cised by a citizen living in a democracy is to register and vote. I therefore urge all Negro voters in Durham to bestir themselves Saturday and go to thc'poUs and vote their choice for members of the City Coun- cU. Good government cannot be malntali^ed when thoae living under it are unmindful ol the importance ol voting and wrtll not do so. Said Mr. Stewart. The chairman of the Durham Committee stated further that he has discerned a lack of in terest among Negro voters in the City Council election this year and' attributed it to the fact that there was no Negro candidate in the race. He stated cars will be available for persons who are without trans portation and urged that they dial 50671 or 2291S between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Saturday for free trans portation to and from their re spective voting places. Hinr Ycm 290,00t Ife^ a^ white diildsea m »Umding clsssss peaeaaMy togrthcr 900 public elementary aa4 isecondary adiools wlddi. mtit last year, had been tor the ex clusive uae of boy* and girls oi one race or the otiicr. Thu introduction of democra tic patterns in education Is the direct result of the United States Supreme Court’s histoiie anti-segregation decision, the first anniversary of which will be celebrated Tuesday, May 17. In the twelve months since that day, information c.jmpiled by the National Association lor the Advancement of Colored People indicate* that school de segregation bus t>een initia^^ in the District of Columbia the City of Baltimore,' in two towns in Aricansas, 29 counties in West Virginia, 30 conununi- ties in Missouri, five towns in Delaware, six cities in Kansas, and scattered communities hi Arizona and New Mexico. For a full year now public school segregation lias been for mally recognized by the na tion’s highest tribunal as con trary to our basic law and a de nial of “the equal protection ol the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth ASnendment.” In handing down thi. decision, the nine justices of tlie Court una nimously concluded "that in the field of public education die doctrine of :ieparate but equal' has no place. ’ Further, tliey m- serted- "Separate educational facilities aie inherently un equal.” “Separate but Equal" Banned This decision laid bare the obsolete doctrine ol “separate but equal” wiiich iias shaped racial patterns in the South since 1896 when the Supreme Court, over the prophetic dis sent of Justice John iVIarshail Harlan, created, this legal fic tion. “The Constitution is color blind,’’ Justice Harlan then maintained. Fifty-eight years later, on May 17 last, the Court unanimously affirmed thii mi nority dissent. The Court, hdWever, refrain ed Irom handing down decrees ordering static and local au thorities to pioceed lorthwlth to desegregate the schools. "Be cause these are class .ictions, because of wide applicability of this decision, and because ol the great variety of local condi tions, the formulation of de crees in these cases presents problems of considerable com plexity,” the Court asserted. Accordingly, the justices asked for further argumrat to deter mine how and within what time limits pubUc school segregaUon was to be ended. Argument ' was heard in Washington, April 11-14, with Thurgood MarsiiaU and his as sociates contending for a dead line of September, 1955, to im plement the Court’s May 17 ruling. The NAACP lawyers urged the Court to set Stptem- ber, 1956, “as the outside date by which desegregation must be accomplished.’’ Attorneys for the segregation states urged that no deaduue ue determined and that the Fede ral District courts be authoiizeJ to settle the issue in the iigiit local conditions. The Ijiiiied States government, through So licitor General Simon E. Sobe- loff, agreed with the southern ers that the cases should be sent back to the lower courts with out a specified deadline. The Solicitor General’s plan would require local authorities to sub mit to the district court within '90 days a plan to end st;grega- tion “as soon a& possible.” If no plan were submitted the dis trict coiu't then would be em powered to issue "appropriate orders” stipulating desegrega tion by the begiiming ol the next school term. Voluntary Desegregation Meanwhile, in the 12 months since the original Supreme. Court decision and in the ab sence of formal decrees ending segregation, what has happen ed? Although the Court branded public school segregation un constitutional, it did not at any time direct any school system to desegregate. John M. Dalton, attorney g^ieral of the State of Missouri, indicated local school boards were free to desegregate immediately, but were not re quired to do so until ttte Su- prone CSourt formulated its decrees. Thus any immediate steps to desegregate were vol untary, NAACP lawyers malB- taln that any school board may proceed to Integrate its state constitutions and statuae providing for segregatloa wil« withstanding. Attending the newly (Please turn to Paa» Tea) -
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