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School Officials Ifail Restraint
GREENSBORO—Public school officials expressed their
pleasure at the lack of violence which attended desegregation
of schools here Tuesday.
Although there was much heckling and jeering of the
five Negro pupils who entered the Gillespie Park elementary
school, there was no reported instance of violence.
School board chairman John R. Foster and Ben L. Smith,
superintendent of Greensboro schools, told newsmen follow
ing the school day Tuesday that theye were “well pleased”
with the general tone and atmosphere surrounding the ad
mission of the Negroes to the previously all white school.
“I had said earlier... .that there would be no violence on
the part of Greensboro people, but that there might be some
abuse,” Foster said.
The five Negro children had to run a guantlet of in
sults and epithets each time they walked the halls on
their way to classrooms. The abusive plirases ranged all the
way from “Hey Nigger ... Cio home . .. Get on Black Sambo
... I better not insult my animal friends.”
Police paroUed the school grounds area during the
school session and escorted oS several adult pro-segregation
ists. A larg^ part of the gathering in front of the school con-
sbted of newsmen, and television cameramen.
“We felt a statement from the Governor would have
been helpful,” Foster said.
“However, Gov. Hodges went on the air Tuesday night
following opening of schook in Greensboro and reiterated
his belici in segregation of the races.
Superintendent Smith pointed out that there had been
no wide scale abandonment of the schools by whites as had
been predicted in some quarters. He noted that there were
20 to 25 requests for transfer from Gillespie school by whites,
but also added that at the same time there were 18 or 20 re
quests from whites who wanted their children assigned to the
school.
"Kasper Has Left The Human Race
Eyewitnes$|Describes Rally
Self-Styled Crusader Shocks
W.-Salem Segregationists
By VELMA HOPKINS
WINSTON-SALEM
To this reporter who has
witnessed many sordid and
shoddy human performances,
Frederick John Kasper defies
all attempts at description in
human terms. We’ve never
really seen a human being
like him before. Perhaps the
only way one can really un
derstand the enigma that is
in Kasper is to concede that
the driving, burning force
within this restless little man
has burned out the last spark
of humanity within him and
turned him into something
sub-human, dangerous, with
out feeling and beyond the
reach of normal human emo
tions. Kasper has, In short,
left the human race.
I spent nearly two hours
Saturday at Kasper's abortive
rally and followed him
around in a vain attempt to
get an interview. The impres
sions I received from wal
ing him In action con^ ^
me that he wlw Uke/^thii
hui(^ I Jliad evep^«
Kasper displayed an unde
niable love for gorging him
self on animal like pleasures
by consistently resorting to
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VOLUME 33 — NUMBEER 35 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1957
Jeering, But No Violence
Attends Historic Scliool Move
Fast In All But
Three Cities
School desegregation got off
to a shaky start in North Caro
lina this week with Negro pu
pils attending white schools for
the first time In two of three
cities which had announced the
acceptance of Negro students.
As of late Wednesday, there
had been no reports of violence
from Greensboro and Charlotte,
where a total of nine Negro stu
dents were admitted to previ
ously all-white schools.
An additional Negro student
has been admitted to a white
school in Winston-Salem, but
school opening in that city wa^
not scheduled until Thursday.
There was much heckling and
abusive language, however,
hurled at Negro students who
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J. W. Goodloe, vice-presi
dent and Mecretary of ..the
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company, was
elected president of the Na
tional Insurance Association
at the organitation’s annual
convention held recently in
New York. W. A. Clement,
CLV and associate agency di
rector of the Mutual, xoas re
elected to serve a fourth term
as secretary of the associa
tion. Ooodloe is the fourth N.
C. Mutual executive to head
the NIA, which uhu formed
in Durham in 1921 by the late
C. C. Spaulding. In addition
to Spaulding, other Mutual ex
ecutives who have headed the
NIA have been the late Q. W.
Cox and A. T. SpauUUng, now
viet-presldtnt of the Mutual.
President William R. Strass- j Mtssionar]/ program at the
net of Shaw University, Ra- t meeting in Orange, N. J.
leigh, N. C., points to some of I The Rev. C. W. Anderson,
the highlights listed on the pastor. United Institutional
rjth annual program of the Baptist Church, Greensb^
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign
N. C., looks on while Theo
dore Speight of Durham, S.
C., and Mrs. Nancy Fair;
Winston-Salem, N. C., seems
be very much concerned.
liueston Re-Elected President By Elks At Convention
Marred By Walker's Insistence On Going To Court
By J. B. BARREN
PHILADELPHIA
Following the annual report
of veteran IBPOEW grand sec
retary William O. Hueston,
(which report was widely ac
claimed by the majority of the
more than -six hundred assem
bled delegates present) the con
vention re-elected Hueston over
the lone protest of William H.
(Sarge) Walker of Washington,
who was listed as being a mem
ber of a lodge in Chicago, ac
cording to Legal Advisor Perry
W. Howard.
FILES SUIT
On Wednesday morning of
the convention the grand lodge
was officially informed that
William H. (Sarge) Walker, a
one-time grand traveling depu
ty of IBPOEW, had filed a new
suit in U. S. Court seeking to
enjoin the operations of. the Im
proved Benevolent and Protec
tive Order of Elks. This suit
was termed a renewal of the
suit filed by Walker several
months ago, which action was
dlsmissefl when it went to trial.
Date for hearing of the injunc
tion was set for Thursday morn
ing of the convention (29th).
Also re-elected In ordar aa
their reports were given were,
grand treasurer Perry W. Jack
son, Chicago; public relationist
Ciiarles P. McClane, Steelton,
Pa.; education director George
W. Lee, Memphis, Tennessee;
and Hobson R. Reynolds, civil
liberties director, Philadelphia.
COLORFUL PARADE
The Elks grand parade con
sisted of some 45 marching units
composed of more than 5000
marchers of all ages and several
gorgeously decorated f 1 o a t-s
with lovely ladies beautifully
clad. The conduct of all, parade
participants was exemplary, a
fact that has been observed over
the past years of the Bob John
son administration in Elkdom.
200 TAR HEELS AT CONVENTION
PHILADELPHIA
It was reported that more
than 200 Bills and Daughters of
the Improved Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of tbe
‘World were registered at the
headquarters of the North Caro
lina EUu Association near the
O. V. Catto lodge home at 16th
and Fitzwater Streets.
Among the Tarheelians seen
by this reporter were tbe fol
lowing: State President K. P.
Battle, Daughter-Elks President
Mrs. Xietitia Smith, Henry At
water, Julius Haywood, J. T.
Hawkins, E. M. Butler, M«s-
dames BessM Chavis, Nora E.
Bailey, Lenora B. Whltehides,
Maudie V. Dickerson, Mrs.
Jamas Hawkins, Jani* E. Petti-
way, Carrie Downing, Annie W.
Battle, Evelyn Adams, Bessie
Wallace, Mattie Collins, Mary
Anderson, Maggie Williams
Bass, Lottie Belcher, Lottie
Smith, Leon Cannon, Ada
Dunn, Maletha Clark, Annie
Blackwell, Mary L. Wilson, Ida
Beamon, Blary Satterfield Wil
son, Maggie B. Hyman, Bessie
Brewington, Martha Wright and
Mrs. W. H. Lilly.
Among the Bills here were
Luther J. Rawley, W. A. Hook
er, T. T. Shivers, L. E. Rey
nolds, A. A. Vance, Elder Allen,
W. H. Lilly. General Whitfield,
the Rev. J. A. Mebane, Walter
Murphy, Grant Bell, Sr., Leroy
Barnes, and J. B. Harm.
the lowest emotions to arouse
his audience at the oft-inter
rupted rally which he staged
here Saturday.
The whole thing now seems
like a nightmare, but it was
one which was painfuly too
real.
The picture of Kasper,
standing bareheaded in the
wilting noon-day heat under
the Confederate st^dier’s sta
tute. clad in a
lit,
whose collar was fr;
dirty tan shoes, poinfhu 1
finger in the face of the cro
of sweating humanity which
had pressed in around him
and shouting point blankly in
the faces of the Negroes, ma
ny of whom were only an
arm’s length away, “You’re
not equal . . . you never will
be equal,” seems almost unbe
lievable. But it happened.
During his speech, he con-
stantly used the word "nig
ger” in referring to Negroes.
He was interrupted constant
ly and soon his speech became
a series of isolated statements.
Kasper said the Jews are
behind the whole movement
to mix the races, charged that
Negroes were responsible for
60 percent of the nation’s
crime and said there was a
high incidence of venereal
among Negroes.
Hecklers in the crowd, re
torting to these statements,
asked "Was John DiUinger a
Negro?” and “When's the last
time YOU liad a blood test."
During his speech. I button-
number o|; white
Hity 'believed
was saying and doing. All
said no. One white man said,
“He is a disgrace to our race.
He ought to be run out of
town.”
Before Kasper began speak
ing, I was successful in get-
Above and below are two samples of the
kind of literature which John Kasper and
his cohorts passed out during the segrega
tionist’s whirlwind tour last week-end of
the Tar Heel cities in which schools were
scheduled to be desegregated. The picture
above was reproduced from a handbill
which Kasper handed Mrs. Hopkins during
an interview which she conducted with him ^
in Winston-Salem prior to his rally there.
It purportedly shows Negro troops in Eu
rope socializing with European women.
Beneath the picture were statements to the
effect that this Is what would result if Neg
roes and whites are permitted to attend
school together. Below is a reproduction of
a handbill which was circulated in WinstoB-
Salem prior to Kasper’s rally on the court
house square.
SttengtMteeded
For Integration,
Group Told
BOSTON, Mass,
The Negro in America can
advance to full integration on
ly from a position of strength,
Dr, Frederick D. Patterson,
president of the National Busi
ness League, declared in an -ad
dress before the joint conven
tions of the league which he
heads and the National House
wives’ League of America
which closed here today.
‘All important racial, reli
gious and nationality groups in
this country,' Dr. Patterson
said, “move into the mainstream
of American life from a strong
background of united effort.
This is the Negro’s opportunity
and challeiige today. We are no
less American and no less In
tegrated for having cooperated
as a group to work for or to
preserve advantages that can
be secured no other way,”
The Business League, found-1
ed in Boston in 1900 by Booker-
T, Washington, the famed [
founder of Tuskegee Institute in
Alabama, has a membership of
30,000 Negro business men in 33
states. The Housewives’ League,
consumer organization, was.
founded in 1930 in Detroit,
ing a brief interview wiUi
him. 1 asked him if he were
sponsored by an organiza
tion and what was his pur
pose in holding the meeting.
He replied:
“No organization is spon
soring me and no one invited
me. I am visiting all cities
where they are allowing
niggers to go to white schools.
God created the while man
superior and lie meant for
them to stay that way.”
A man who called iiimself
evangelist W. L. Phillips
opened the meeting with the
prayer ttot “Qod bless tbls
; eemaga to
Id up and 46^ fir tbi
things we believe in.”
Later, he told me that he
belonged to the Moravian
church 35 years ago. Present
ly. he said he was connected
with no church. ^
Kasper's speech, punctuat
ed by heckling, was finally
abandoned when someone
louxUy _ sujtjtfsted that money
WHITE OTIZEMS OF WIMSTON-SALEM
IMPORTANT MEETING
EITHER 12:00, NOON, OR 7:00 P. M.
(See local newspaper)
KEEP OUR WHITE SCHOOLS WHITE
The School Board has sold us out.
Load your shot-guns, we will have to defend ourselves
and our children.
The U. S. Supreme Zk>urt (Commy controlled), Attorney-
General Herb. Brownell (whose niece married a Nigger), the
Communist NAACP, pink preachers, N. C. Jew’s papers, lo
cal iowdown poUticMna, ufid the Devil’s School Board are
about to pkaM tin* rapiat-venaanl UVngltVrnat* rai
to tdm it, aiMl'ite fbm»
ing to get a fight here.
Be at the Courthouse: .
Find out what you can do about this rotten mess the
politicians have made. Learn how to keep the Niggers out ot
the White schools. Know what’s beiiind the race-mixing
movement. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
HEAR JOHN KASPER AND OTHERS
Either 12 Noon, ur 7:00 P. M. (See local newspaper)
Honor • Pride - Fight — Save The White
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Several Notables To Participate In Program Honoring
Two Of Durham's Most Outstanding Leaders Sept. 12
Several of Durliam's distin
guished figures in religion, edu
cation and business will take
part in a special program hon
oring two of the city's outstand
ing civic leaders next Thursday,
Lee Frasier, chairman of a
special committee of the Dur
ham Committee on Negro Af
fairs, announced the program
NAACP Sued
ByAthansas
NEW YORK
The NAACP national office
here was informed this week
that the Arkansas attorney gen
eral on Aug, 26 filed -a. suit
against the NAACP in Arkan
sas,
The Arkansas complaint
against the Association is that
it has failed to pay a corpora
tion franchise tax and that
pursuant to Arkansas law, the
defendant is required to pay an
annual corporatlMi franchise
tax in the amount of $50 an
num. ...”
R. N. HARRIS
J. S. STEWART
this week which will honor K,
N. Harris and J. S, Stewart. It
will be held at the Mt, Gilead
Baptist Church on Dowd Street
Thursday evening at 7:30.
J. W, Kennedy. Jr., president
of North Carolina Mutua> and
himself a veteran civic leader,
will deliver the mlBin address.
In addition to Kennedy, other
Important figures who will take
part on the program include
Dr, Alfonso Elder, president of
North Carolina College; W, A.
BlggH, City Councilman and
Mayor Pro-Tem; Dr, J, H. Tay
lor, member of the Durham
Committees Civic Committee;
Rev W, H. Fuller, president of
the Durham NAACP; Dr. C, E.
Bouiware, executive secretary
of the eommlttee; and J, H,
Wheeler, chairman of t{>e
Durham Committee who will
preside over tj^e affair,
Harris and Stewart are being
singled out for their "distinct
contribution” to the advance
ment of civic life in Durham,
Frasier said.
Both are charter members of
the Durham Committee on Ne
gro Affairs, Harris became the
first Negrc^ member of the City
and Council and was succeeded
by Stewart.
A native of Virginia, Harris,
received wide praise from ma
ny sections of the city when h«
stepped down from the Council.
He was at one time referred to
as the 'Solomon'' of the Coun
cil.
Harris is also one of the ci
ty's leading business men and
is considered among the most
astute in his profession. His ad
vice is sought by numerous bus
iness organizations of the city,
and he holds important posi
tions in several business firms,
including membership on thv
board of directors of Mechanics
and Farmers Bank, Mutual Sav
ings and Loan Association, and
Southern Fidelily Mutual In
surance Company. He is secre
tary of Bankers Fire insurance
Company, an organization
which he began with as a spe-
.clal agent.
Like Harris, Stewart Is also
a leader in business and has
been among the most active in
the political activities of the
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Fall Meetings To Implement Policy
NEW YORK
A series of fall meetings to
Implement on the state level
policy formulated at the NAA-
CP's annual convention In June
will i>e held by NAACP state
units, Gloster B, Current, the
Association's dircetor of branch
es, announced here today.
Current said that such meet
ings in the North will be con
cerned with housing discrimi
nation and “the subtle practic
es of discrimination” while
those In the South will empha
size programs to increase school
desegregation and voting.
The NAACP state conferenc
es are scheduled as follows;
Sept. 14-15, Clarksburg, W.
Va.; Sept. 20-22, Asilomar, Cal
if. (regional meeting of West
ern states), and Springfield,
Ohio; Sept. 28, Trenton, N. J.;
Oct. 5, Hartford, Conn. (New
England regional meeting);
Oct. 11-13, Charlotte, N. C. and
Muncie, Ind.; Oct. 18-20, Rock-
blU, S. C., East St. Louis. 111.,
Jacksonville. Fla., and Wichita,
Kans.; Oct. 19-21, New Ro
chelle. N. Y.; Oct. 25-27, Pine
Bluff. Ark.; Oct. 26-27. Burling
ton, la.; Oct. ^6-28. Reading,
Pa.; Nov. 1-S, Longview, Te«as.