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Why Nat 'King' Cole Can't Fi^ Back By DEX.ORES CALVIN (For Calvin’s News S«rvlce) NEW YORK—^It kind of hurts the man in the street when he hears Nat “King” Cole won’t joint the NAACP's current drive against racial prejudice after he got roughen ed up in Birmingham, Alabama—^the heart of race tension. Moreover, Nat’s from Montgomery, and when he can’t or won’t stand up with Rev. Martin Luther King who’s call ing the shots so masterfully in the bus boycott—well, that, too, stings. Makes a guy really flinch when Nat rejects an appeal from NAACP to ioin “in the crusade against racism,” and to refuse to even support a Charlotte, N. C. white disc jockey who was fired from the local radio station tor “editorializing” against the attack made on Nat. Cole felt that it was against the station’s policy to editorial ise, then the station was justified in its firing of Bob Ralford. These things hurt to those of us who feel, “Nat’s in a position to do something. Why won’t he fi^t back? Ajid above all, why does he continue to play to segregated audi- But, mo matter how you l^ok at it — after the wears off — Nat Cole is NtKT in a position to fight ba^. He is so vulnerable tiuit he must walk a tight, tightrope to make the best of his situation. Nat draws from boih races — but mostly from the whites. He's in the category with Perry Como and Eddie Fisher as one of the leading money makers In the field. On his current tour, he made in one week alone — $83,000. He has woAed hard and long to get to this kind of money. And the slightest wrong move could set everything In motion against him. Let’s face it, it’s money plus position as the top in his field that’s making Nat Cole say the things . he’s saying. Big companies who could buy and sell Nat in a day don’t know what to do. Chesterfield, Philip Morris, Cigar ettes have been hurt simply b^ause it was nrnior^ they supported the NAACP. Trying to take sides in the South is risl^ business. You will definitely lose some ground if you do. So that Naf s stand is only a common stand ol those in a tough situation who have a lot at stake and know that Bttker way they go they will be criticized severely. So they play it safe — hoping througfa time it will all blow away. Or that they, will get out of it gracefully, but get oat of it. That’s Nat Cole’s answer. Walk gingerly. Answer the NAACP with: “I’m crusading in my own way. I was not intending to become a politician. I think in my role as an entertainer I am crusading as a gentlemen.” It could be. It also could be that getting “mixed up” with Autherine Lucy, NAACP, etc. is not worth it to the race to losing a big name Uke Nat’s. For he would hurt his net money value —- that none could deny. Per- haps, too, deep down Nat feek that were he to stick his neck out — these same folks urging him coaldn’t offer him a thing later oq. And so he walks his tightrope — hoping he will get across a situation that could widen into a chasm. And we who have no part in his decision, can only think — what a torture it must be for a man to walk a tightrope — a man who is every inch a fighter, too, who has suffered so much from prejudice and has made it despite it. What must his own conscience be going through! RACE HOAX EXPOSED VOLUME 32—NUBIBER 16 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, APRIL 21,1956 PRICE TEN CENTS College Robbed Of $3,000; SBI Helps Hunt Safecrackers carter C. Smith, fit, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith, Jr. (rf SIO Umstead Street, Dur ham, has recently accepted a post as research engineer for the Convair Aeronautical Corporation in San Diego, CalliEomla. Smith was employed as a physicist at the National Bur eau of Standards in Wash ington, D. C. for the past three years. He is a graduate of North Carolina College and Howard University. KAPPAS PLAN FOR YEARLY 'GUIDE' WEEK On April 22 to 29, 1856, Kap pa Alpha Psi members across the nation will be concentrating on one of the major programs of the Fraternity, ‘Guide Right'. This program originated several decades ago and has been con sistently dedicated to the prob lem of guiding the youth of our nation into channels of im provement. During Guide Right Week, the members of the fraternity sponsor programs designed to present to the youth of our na- (Continued on Page Eight) FAYETTEVILLE Preliminary estimates place the amount taken by thieves who ripped open a sale at Fay etteville State Teachers College here last week at $3,000. Fayetteville State’s business manager, A. J. Pindle, told the TIMES Wednesday that investi gations are stlTI bein)| made to determine the actual amount taken in the robbery. He stated that cbecl^ noa^e^'So far by his staff indicote that file amount stolen may be slightly higher than the first estimate of $3,000. No arrests have been made so far In connection with the rob bery. Chief of Police L. F. Wor rell said that in addition to Fay etteville’s normal complement of detectives, SBI agents had al so been called in on the case. Hie robbery was discovered last Wednesday morning by stu dents who were cleaning in the administration building. The safe is located in the business manager's office In the building. Police placed the time of the break-in at around two a.m. A night watchman reportedly checked the building at that time and found nothing amiss. Police said the safe crackers entered the administration buil ding through 3 basement win dow. The door lo the concrete lined, walk-in type vault was prized apart with a burglary tool. Police said the robbery had the appearance of a pro fessional “Job.” The safe crackers also t>roke into the records office in the same building and ransacked a safe In that office. No money was left in that safe, however. Business manager Pindle told the TIMES that the amount ta ken by safe crackers was not an unusually large siun for the col lege to retain in its safes. He said that sometimes "it is more, sometimes less." HESMAN L. COUNTS Beauty School Finak Slated Some 79 students will be gra duated from DeShazor’s beauty college in formal exercises in Durham, Monday May 7. St. Joseph’s A.M.E. Church will l>e the scene of the sohool’s 19th commencement. Main speaker for the finals exercises will be Rev, J. R. Manley, pastor of the First Bap tist church ot Chapel Hill. The exercises will honor Mrs. Eva Bishop Mock, long-time dean of the school and one of Its founders. Mrs. Meek has been in declining health for the past s&verkl months. Special music for the services will be furnished by the student choir. BARNES MAKES RACE FOR SEAT IN SENATE Alexander Barnes, Durhamite and long-time R^ublican, an nounced his candidacy for the State Senate last week. Bames filed his name with Elections Board officials Saturday. Barnes is weir kifcwn in poli tical circles, having worked with the Republican National Committee since 1036. He has attended every national conven tion since 1940 an(| played a part in Jiie no^buUUin of "th^sfdeni .^Eisenhower at the Chicago convention. He is now the executive di rector of the Allied Republican Committee, which has charge of the work throughout North CaroliM. He was a delegate to the district meeting held in Shown at left is Mrs. G. P. Lipscomb, Medical Assistant at North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, receiving her Forty-year Service Award. The presentation was made by President W. J. Kennedy, Jr. The occasion was the Pres ident’s monthly Anniversary Dinner. In commenting on her years of service, Mrs. Lipscomb had this to say, “When you have spent the major po^on of your life with an institution, it becomes a part of you and you have an inexpressible feeling for it. When you have en joyed your work and the fellowship—and have put your heart into it—^whatever the task, you find yourself not counting the years nor taking note of the toll, but ^ding a real joy in knowing that you have played a part in the making of a great institution.” DEDOIION SERVICES FOR NEW COMMUNITY CHURCH CONnNUE Dedication of the New Com munity Baptist Church sanctu ary, which has been observed in a series of services since Sun day, March 25, !'■ slated to con tinue until Sund.-iy, May 6th. The Community Church was founded in 1941, by the Rev. H. J. Singleton. The Rev. J. A. Brown, now pastor of the Ebe- nezer Baptist Church, was the first minister of the church. About eight years ago, the Rev. E. J. Thompson became pastor of the church and under his leadership the church has made steady progress. It now has a membership of 85 persons. During March, a new sanctuary, located near the new Pearson- town School on the Barbee Road,V was completed and open ed 'for worship on the 25th with the first of a series of dedi cation services. Beginning on Tuesday night, April 3, services were held throughout the week with sister churches, their pastors and choirs participating. Other ser vices scheduled for April were set for Sundays only. On Sunday, April 8, the Ebe- nezer Baptist Church, Rev. J. A. Brown, pastor, rendered the program at 3:30 P.M. The third Sunday, April 15, set apart as Business and Pro fessional Day, featured an ad dress by J. S. Stowart, executive of Mutual Savings and Loan Association. At three o’clock, the New Be thel Baptist Church, Rev. Lowry Reid, pastor, rendered a pro gram. Kext Sunday, April 22 at 3:00 p.m., the program will be rendered by the Red Mountain Baptist Church of Rougemont, Rev. James Stewart, pastor. At 7:30 p.m., the service will fea ture the New Hope Baptist Church, Chatham County, Rev. T. Van Rhoe, pastor. (Continued on Page Eight) Figures Show More Nixing In South Than In Integrated North The old reliable hoax of integration in public schools leading to mixed marriages and mongrelization which pro- segregationists have successfully used to pulverize opposi tion to s^pregation in the deep l^uth was exposed this week by figures cited from the findings of^a Mississippi'sociologist and published in a Durham daily newspaper. The revelation, to wit: there is more mixing of racial strains in the South than there is in the integrated north, came in the form of a letter to the editor, and printed in the April 17 issue of the Durham Morning Herald. The letter writer, whose name meeting held here. He caused some concern to state Demo crats when he told the conven tion that he was seriously con sidering bringing impeachment proceedings against Governor Hodges and othei elected state officials for their stand on segre gation. He is a product ol the elemen tary schools of Selma, Fayette ville State Teachers College and Livingkone College. He is also active in church circles and is considered one of the leading laymen of the A.M.E. Zion Church. (Continued on Page Eight) was signed "C. 3. Ives,” from Chapel Hill, quoted another letter which appeared in the Methodist Advocate of Colum bia, S. C. under the date of Jan. 13. It was from this letter that the results of a study conducted on racial mixing and segrega tion were quoted. According to the Herald let ter writer, the study was made by Dr. R. L. Hunt, of whom the Methodist Advocate, - according to the Herald letter writer, had this to say: "Dr. Hunt is a Methodist lay man, native of Mississippi, em- (Continued on Page Eight) Funeral Held Forfroininent Edenton Woman EDENTON B’uneral services for Mrs. An- Graham ihd ^thiT 'Tecent state nie yeticia- HoHey, of Biv L. Holley, Sr., were held here recently at the I'rovidence Bap tist Church. Mrs. Holley died Thursday, April 5th. The offi ciating minister was the Rev. C. C. Boone. Mrs. Holley, a 1908 graduate of State Teachers College, Eliza beth City, taught for the public schools of North Carolina for many years. She was active in church and civic affairs. , In 1912, she was married to Dr. O. L. Holley. Four sons were born of this union. Surviving are her husband; four sons, Oscar, Jr., Edenton; (Continued on Page Eight) NAT “KING” COLE and ids wife are siiown here as they arrived at the Raleigh-Durham airport last Friday prior to the popular singer’s appearance at Raleigh. Nearly 4,C#4 fans packed into Raleigh’s Memorial Au^toritun gave the singer a thunderous ovatimn. Cole had previously cancelled dates at Greenville, South Carolina and Charlotte after Ua attack in Birmingham, Alabama. Nixes Dixie 'HIGHER UPS' ATLANTA, GA. Nat “King” Cole cancelled an engagement sclieduled here for Tuesday night be cause he feared he nught be the vicitm of another at tack like the one wliich took place in Birmingham, Ala. just a few days ago. James Bristol, national direc tor for the Community Peace Education program of the A- merican Friends Service Com mittee, will ipeak at North Carolina Collepn’s vesper hour Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. A world traveller for the Society ol Friends. Bristol is the author of numerous tracts on religion and world affairs including “Primer on Pacifism" and “Mc- Carthyism, the Seed Within Us.” Warren Man To Fight Elections 'Ground Rule’ WARHENTON A fight will be made to get the name of Thurston Brown, operator of an undertaking es tablishment here, on the Demo cratic primary ballots of the Third Senatorial District. Brown’s candidacy was de clared invalid Saturday morn ing, deadline for filing, on the basis of a “ground rule” be tween the three counties which comprise the Third district. According to the agreement, only one of the three counties is eligible to furnish candidates for the senate seat each time it is up for election. Under the terms of the rotation plan, only Northampton county is eligible to furnish candidates for the seat this year. Vance and War ren are the other two counties of the district. Brown was notified of his in eligibility under this system Saturday morning by C. C. Brit ton, secretary of the Warren County Board of elections. His notice of candidacy and filing fee were returned along with the letter from Britton ruling him ineligible. THURSTON BROWN The Warrenton undertaker formally filed as a candidate last Tuesday, April 18. Notice of his intention to chal lenge the rotation agreement which has ruled him out of the race came immediately from his campaign manager, attorney J. R. Walker, Jr., of Weldon. Wal ker told' newsmen that three other potential Negro candidates withdrew to support Brown and addod, "because of his three- county support, we will have to get Brown’s name on the pri mary ballot.” Just what steps were to be taken by Walker were not im- madiately made clear. He inti mated, however, the possibility lhat Brown might file as a Re publican candidate, asserting that the Warren Board of Elec tions ruling against Brown might mean the reconstruction of the Republican party in eas tern North Carolina. Walker said lhat the matter would be determined In a sec tional conference next month. Archie Gay^ former state senator of Jackson, and Perry Morton, of Rich Square, solici tor of Northampton’s Recorder’s Court, have already filed for the senate seat. Buth are from Northampton. Brown was the first Negro to file in the Democratic primary in Warren County in 50 years. The Third District’s population is predominantly Negro, and in recent years, n growing percen tage of the vote has been cast by Negro voters. BUMED FOR AHACKONNAT CHIC ago “The hoodlums who attacked Nat ‘King’ Cole :n Birmingham and the mob at the University of Alabama last month got their inspiration from men in high places—including governors and United States senators—who have iffged their people to defy ihe courts and the law of the' land." Roy WilVihs, NAACP executive secretary, charged in an address here before 8,000 persons in the Chicago Coli seum. TW ■nnmnn, thg night of April 11, consL«ted of an hour of prayer, led by clergymen, followed by a report meeting. The huge meeting was held un der the auspices of the Chicago NAACP branch. Despite some improvement recent years,” the NAACP leader said in his addnst, millions of our brothers in the South are still barred from vo ting and are thus at the me / of the local and state political machines and their officehold ers. Up here Senator James O. Eastland’s name is not on our ballots. We did not make him chairman of the Senate Judici ary Committee where he has life and death power over civil rights biUs, and over the ap pointment of federal judges and (Continued on Page Eight) Legion Plans M^rial Day Zack Alexander of Charlotte, division six comm^der of the American Legion of North Caro lina, will be,the principal speak er at the Durham American Le gion post’s annual Memorial day program. The event is scheduled for MThite Rock Baptist Church. Simday, May 27, at three p.m. Announcement ot the Weaver McLean post's observance of memorial day came this week from W. H, Coles, post comntan- der. Coles said that special mili tary rites at Beechwood ceme tery will follow the church pro gram. In addition to the observance ot Memorial day, the Weaver McLean poet plans a special program in connection with its observance of child weUkre 'fnonth. to lie held at the Union Hall on Pine Street Friday, April SO at eight Also, on May 18. a red. white and blue ball «ill be staged at McDougald Terrace to empha- aiie the Legion’s poppy sale.
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