Newspapers / The Carolina times. / July 30, 1955, edition 1 / Page 1
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ihirhain VMiite Teachers Told How To Defeat Integnrtion ■K . ^ _ t ^ The Carolina Time* U The ddeU And Widest Read Negro Netctpaper In The TuHh CarolinoM. vmmm \ imm / PRICE 10c PAY NO MORE VOLUIME 31 — NUMBER SI DUSHAl^ NORTH CABOIINA SATUBDAY, JULY 30, 1955 PBICB If ODVn Wilkins Suys PAGE ONK. COLOlOf • Vicious Plan To Jtegro ChildriMi Both Sides Dissatisfied At Scliool ^se Ruling NAACP Head Says Decrees Not Typical "Cripple” Attending White Schools Uncovered Probably the most vicious scheme to dicumvent the U. S. Supreme Court’s ruling, aboUshing segregation in pub lic scho^ ,was uncovered here this week when there came into the hands of a representative of The Caro lina Tiznes a copy of a ^jrpe- written chain circular now being distributed among white teachers of Durham from an anonymous source. For obvious reasons the name of the teacher releasing a copy of ^ circular to the Times will not be r'^.\’«8led. However, it .has been discov ered that all of the white teachers aai not itt acoord W#k4*.and «i*y resented be^ ing a redpiint. The author appeals £ tiie re cipients to mail a tiia circular to at laast ItM BiMki, teacbefs, piliMie officials sod lo cal icbool board members so that If and when Negro pupils are admitted to white schools in Durham they will be prevented from making progress in their ftudtea. Tbe teachers and sdiool otfi- cials are admonished to assign all Negroes to the same class or classes, regardless of subjeeto and to special rooms. Xatp tbe Negroes together ss much ss pos sible; issue them only old text books; require them to repeat two or three grades or take (Plaase turn to Page nght) JtMiken A. Cloy, Sgdal .Re;^ iSiions Offteer for the Ftderal Housing Administration in Richmond, wot among partici- pants in th* annual Real Estate and Builders Conference at North Carolina College in Durham, last Saturday. Clay served » modertitor of _ a workshop discussion on ‘‘The Promotion, Construction, and Financing of Residential De velopments”, Other local, state and ftderal authorttiet jxirtici- pated in the meet which was sponsored in cooperation with the Department of Commerce at North Carolina College. NAACPToProbe Alleged Peonage Law Violations NEW YORK In response to a reqiwst from tbe AFl-CIO labor advisory ocUtamittee on Puerto Rlean Af fairs, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of ‘Colored People, has assigned Herbert Hill, the Asiociatlim’s labor secretary, to conduct an on-tbe-Bpot investigation of al leged violations of federal anti peonage and involuntary servi- ;^«Mlr^at tiM yingstim Ttiv Bm* quarries located ill Kingston, ppnntngtnn and LambertviUe, N. J. Approximately 76 Puerto Rican workers liave allegedly been detained under armed guard and are forced to live in company - owned compounds while working h»g -hours for subsiBndard wages. At tbe con clusion of iti investigation tlie NAACP will submit a detailed fact finding report to the Civil Rights Division of the Depart ment of Justice, U. S. Secretary of Labor and to the Departmmt of the Commonwealth odE Puerto Rico. Dr. George Snowden, mi nority group housing adviser for the Federal Housing Ad ministration, discussed the FHA’s role in current prob lems affecting the program of- the Carolina Real Kstate and Builders Association in Dur ham Saturday, July 23, at North Carolina College. PRINCETON U. K FIRST NEGRO PROF. PRINCETON, N. J. Asst. Prof. Charles P. Davis, of New York University’s fa culty, became the first Negro professor iCEis week ever Hred by the 209 year old Princeton Uhiverslty. Said Dr, darlos Baker, head of the Department of English, in which field Dr. Davis specializes: “We liired Dr. Davis because he is a very outstanding (Please turn to Page Eight) Charlotte Legionnaires Launch Membership Drive CHARLOTTB “It’s Great To Be An Ameri can Legionnairel” That is the slogan of the 1056 membership enrollment campaign, accor ding to Post Conunander W. L. Dixon of Colonel Charles Young American Legion Post 168 and MeiidMrsbip Chair- num Claude Boyd, both ei Charlotte. - “We want to qiread this American Legion gospel to every eligible veteran”, they said. On Wednesday night, July 20, Charlotte Post 168 held a meeting which marked the “kick off’ of its 1865-56 mem bership campaign. Conanaa- der Dixon and Uembenhlp Chairman Boyd sSid that the 1055-56 goal was 500 members for the Post The present memberriiip was divided into ten teams, the captain of which are the following Comrades: WlUie Neal; Marvin O. Origtby; M. B. Meadows; Donald Oi^by; W. H. “Bonnie” Pearson; James Maxwell; Lonnie Smith, Jr.; D. J. Abraham; William Coraer; and Q. T. Butler. The quota for each team was set at 50, and it was announced that at the expiraUon of the campaign, December 31, 1055, the team having soUdbHl the largest number of members over Its quota will be honored at a banquet Veterans of World War I, who served honorably during April 6, 1017 to November 11, 1818; World War n veterans (Plaase turn to Page Mglit) CHAPEL HILL MAY ADMIT A FEW NEGRO PUPILS IN SEPT. CHAPEL HILL Carl Smith, Chairman of the local school board, laid this wedc that a "few” Negro stu dents may be admitted to white schools 'this fall. But he em phasized that the number would involve only a "few” because no more than that could be handled immediately. To admit more than a few would upset the working ar- ran^nents of the schools so far as classrooms and teachers are concerned he said. But he promised that the school board would study the larger as pects of the problem during the coming school year. To gain admission. Smith states, Negro students will have to submit written appli cations which must embrace “well founded” requests; namely, among other things, a Negro applicant must not be backed by the NAACP as a test case. Besides, he added that each application will be handled “individually on their own merits.” Smith said that as far as the local board^ is cmceined. “it will proceed with caution” and seek a middle ground course so as to avoid conflict with the Oeneral Awembly which holds integration to be unworkable and the United States Supreme Court which has outlawed segregation as lllegaL Hie school board head safd that local Negroes were proud of their schools and was ^ the opUiion that they would not take any drastic action by at tempting to'|force Immediate integration through litigatloiy He also i>ointed out, as hi praised this Interest of Negroes in their schools that on Aug. 10 bids for a new gsrmtorium at tiie Negro high school would be opened. He stated Uiat $70, 000 available for this pro ject long sought after by the Negro community. Confirming Smith’s esti mate of the situation, tbe Rev. J. R. Manley, pastor of the First Baptist Church, said that there was some talk at one time about forcing tbe issue, but so far as he knows it has died down. A member of the loeal Coun cil of Negro Affairs, Manley praised the C!ltiseas C^ommlt- tee, of which be is a member, for the calmness with whkh an explosive problem Is being handled. He said that leaders from both sides had been brought together In a spirit of idncere cooperation and were making sincere efforts to find (Pteaie turn to Fags IWtt) BTU And Sunday School Gr(iiips Condemn Rebellion Against Court RALEIGH Two thousands members of thft Wake County B. T. U. and Sunday School Convention, m assembly at the Rolesville New Bethel Baptist Church, last Sunday unanimously adopted a resolution support- ilig the desegration decree of the United States Supreme Court. The resolution also con demned as a “misrepresenta- tlve idea,” the nunor spread abroad by press releases in the state that prompt integra tion in the public schools of Korth Carolina is looked up on with disfavor by the 250,- 060 Negro Negro Baptists of the state and that this de nominational group is out of harmony with the NAACP. ’The resolution stated that “we resolve to take this firm stand because” the decision is in Une with “our best knowledge and interpretation of Christian doctrines. Democracy and the will ei 0«4(” aad branded as unchrmian and unpatriotic ''re bellion against the decision of our country’s highest tribunal.” The statement also implied that the High Court decision calls for the effectuation of the rights guaranteed to all citizens and should be supported because “the Constittuion is a Divine Iiistruinent'.*’ ^ The resolution was drafted by a commit|pe composed of the following' persons: Rev. C. E. Askew, chairman. Rev. C. E. Heath, ^v. William A. Perry, H. C. High, Mrs. M. N .Perry, Mrs. M. D. Haywood, Blrs. L. (Please turn to Page Eight) J.H. Wheeler To Address The Lost Colony Show MANAEO An address by J. H. Wheel er, president of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank, Durham and choral music by the Nor folk Staters, a 30-voice Men’s Glee Club of the Norfolk, Va. Division of Virginia State Col lege, will highlight the annual Negro Citizen’s Day program at Paul Green’s symphonic drama Tbe Lost (Tolony here on Friday night, July 29, it was announced today by General Manager R. E. Jordan. Jordan stated that Dr. S. D. Williams, president, Elizabeth City State Tochers College liad cooperated in a^nging thtf prdgraifl of Negro fcitizens j6ay which Is an Impre^ive annual event of The Lost Colony since the drama’s be ginning in-1937. Dr. Williams stated that a local housing committee to help care for those planning to come down and stay overnight included the following; Lloyd M^kins, chairman, Joe Tilletl, DeLila Simmons, Agatha Gray, Marshall Collins and Kelly Golden. Management of The Lost Colony has announced tiiat the National Park Service would permit Negro citizens into the (Please turn to Page Eight) C. R. StonbacK, popular photographer, has joined the interracial staff of Joaten’s Jewelry manufacturors, one of the world’s largest producers of school jewelry. Stanback will serve certain schools in North Carolina. WHITE ONLY- 3-Point Tenure Program Proposed At National Teachers Meet In Houston Twenty-Five New Mm Added To Patrols Force aALEIGH With the recent addition of 25 new troopers, the North Carolina St^te Highway Pa trol numbers 553 officers and men, only three short of its authorized 556-man strength. All of the patrolmen are white. Only California, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Penna., have a greater numljer of troopers, patrol headquarters said. Neighboring states, with the exception of Georgia, reported their complement of troopers follows: South Carolina 287, Florida 243, Tennessee 356, Mississippi 196, Alabama 285, Louisiana 326 and Vir ginia 550. Headquarters said there will be no idleness in the ranks since North Carolina is first in (Please turn to Page Eight) HOUSTON, Tex. A tluee-point program to strengthen the' tenure rights of Negro teaehers in the change over from legregated to non- ■egregated schools is proposed in an addreis delivered to the American Teachers Associa tion convention here Monday night by Dr. John W. Davis, director of the NAACP pro -am for teachers security. Dr. Davis proposed enact ment of new tenure legisla tion, establishment of a teach er aid plan, and the setting up a teacher placen^ntt-^"b}u'eau by the ATA. The- text of Dr. Davis’ posal follows: Jpb Rights of Teachers The maximum aecurity for teachers can only be obtained through the enactment of ten ure legislation. ’The member ship of the A.T.A. in non tenure states should join hands with their fellow .teachers of the N.EA. and urge state legislatures to pass tmure laws. The legal right to the Jobs of non-tenure teacher* em ployed under annual contract or contracts for any term of months or years expires at the end of the contract term. At most, the teacher can be said to have an expectancy, not a right, of future employment. (Plsasa turn to Pag* Slgfat) Copy Of Pios Now Baiag Circulated Among White Teodisrs In CHy Of Durham A NonJlesittance Or NowCoopertOive Program DESEGREGATION IN REVERSE Mail or pass a copy of tl»l« to at least five or more friends, teachers, public oficials, and local adiooi board members. Stand behiad the teachers, and all officiak having to do with schools' even in the face of suits in court. Parents, chqrch workers, and othen interested in racial eqiudity are Mking if there is not sane legal way to prevent integration and miiring of the races. Hwe is a sound pro gram to delay or ‘discourage it in the public schools of the iiouth. ’’ 1. Assign all Negroes to the same class or eiasses regardless UrabjMts and to special rooms. Keep the Negroes to- (ether m maeh as posslMe. 2, lame to them only rid textbooks or dlffermt frem white StttdMltSe \ t. Reqoire them to repeat one two grades er take spimal 10. wan. eVEBT NEGBO STUDENT—Never gradaato them with wbito stadenis. Provide differeat teachers each elasa period in ro aariflied to Negroes thns preventlBg mingling between classea and In halls, ete. Beqaest extra teaeheis to care lor Negroes enrolled In whito sehools. Ibis could weaken the N^p^o scbo^s. Discourage in evwy way evea to teaeiitag them in elass. Never permit Negroes and white stndents to have the the same hoars fw school asaemkly, tor lalih, ** for play aottvity, or elab work. Add yoor soggestioai to this paper and bntnve apw It—bat ke^ It In elremlattoa. Join every organisatloa that will wwk fw tte advanee- neat of the raoes. Mow is tbe tiaM to stead a» and be (Plaase turn to Pace Eight) Bishop Denies Statement Made To Pearsall Dr. P. A. Bishop, presidMit of the Lot Carey Convention and the North Carolina State Baptist Convention, emphati cally denied this week that he had revers€^ himself on dese gregation and branded as false the statement attributed to ium: 'T tiiink we ought to drop the thing now.” Said the eminent church man, ‘ T^e statement publish ed in The Carolina Times last week relative to my about-fa- cing on the stand of desegrega- tion is denied.” TfiiKnews release referred to was baH^ on a report made to a represMtative of The Caro lina Tim^ at the meeting Of the N./ C. Conference of ^AACP\ Branches held in Ra leigh, July 16. The/information was given by N. L. Gregg of Greensboro, treasurer^, of the NAACP state conference, and who was member of tbe advisory com mittee to the Pearsall Com mittee appointed by Oov«Bor Luther Hodges ,to study the matter of d«aegre|^tion is the public schools. (Plaaaa turn to Page nght) NEW YORK The decrees handed down by the lower courts in the Clarendon County, South Ca rolina, and Prince Edward County, Virginia, school segre gation cases satisfied neither side, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, said in a statement made public here today. Wilkins expressed the opin ion that the decrees are not necessarily “typical ot wliat will happen throughout the South.” He noted tllat many communities in several south ern states had proceeded vol untarily with plans to desegre gate their schools in compli ance with the United States Supreme Court decisions of May 17. 1954 and May 31. 1955. Th^ text of tbe statement loAws: In the school case decisions in South Carolina July 15 an>1 in Virginia July 18, neiUit-r . nor the other side got ali we asked of the three-judge Fede ral court. They wanted the court to grant them definite permission to operate tlirough the 1955-56 school year on a .segregated. basis. The cotirt denied this, but did say tbat they did aok have to ijegin a plan ai de segregation by September oI 1955. We wanted tiie court to or der a t>eginning of desegr^a- tion by Septemljer 1955, or the presentation of a plan looking toward desegregation at an early date. The court denied this, but did state that all lawa “requiring the segregation of the races in public schools are null and void because they are violative of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.” The court also refused to set a deadline for compliance, al- thotigh it retained the case on its calendar so that from time to time a hearing may be or dered on any point or pointa plaintiffs may consider vtola- tive of the Supr^ne Court langtiage and the three-]udse court’s order. Tempory Stay Granted In effect, the three-judge court has granted a temporary stay wUch permits the local school boards to operate raci ally segregated schools in vio lation of the Constitution. It has done this without saying to the local boards that, while they may open schools in September on a segregated basis, they comply with the Supreme Court by a speci fied date. In the Soath Carolina case there is some indication that the defendants have gone through the motions of indica ting that they are studying a plan loolung toward deaegre- gation. How much good hiith there is cannot be know at ttds time. Time will tell. In the Virgiifia case tlwre is no indication t^t tbe daian- dants are giving any conaider- ation whataocver to a plan of desegregation. The Virginia defendants are maintaining at the present time that Mato laws prevMit them hrooi rtMWi- ging their system in each lo cality. TIm three-judge court 14 both cases issued an ln|iUMtiiB«= restraialng tbe two edUM^ (Please turn to Pag* WPIftt
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