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attenSbnt* are Shirley Carmady,
left, and Etther Smith, right.
Newjest For N. C Plan
RAIJ3GH
North Carolina’s Pupil Place*
ment law, winner so ar in nii-
nor court ikinnishes, moved one
step nearer another tougher;
court test as the Raleigh school
board formally filed answers to
a suit brought by {Mrents of Jo*
sepb Hirman Holt, Negro school
boy seeking admission to a'
white high school here.
Holt's request for transfer to
the Broughton high school has
been twice rejected through the
machhiery of the Pupil Assign-
mmt law.
Following the second reject
tion, his parents filed suit in
led««l court seeking to have the
law declared unconstitutional.
The Raleigh school board first
sought dlsmtssal of the suit, but
WM refused by federal y^idga
Don Gilliam. He gave thie board
ten days to file an-answer.
right of lurisdictlon of a federal
court in the issue, declares that
the complaint does not show that
Holt’s, admission would be in
harmony with state assignment
policy, claims that plaintiffs had
not exhausted administrative
i||fcedles of the Pupil Aaslgn-
ment Act, denies that the school
boud assignments violate the
14th amendment, and denies that
Holt suffers any inconvenience
in having to travel several miles
across town to the Ligon high
school, though he lives within
blocks of Broughton high.
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Supreme Court Deals Blow
To Ya.*s $egregatlon Defense
WASHINGTON, D. C
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt
a massive blow to Virginla’i plan
of massive rMistance to public
school integration Henday.
The high court did so by r»>
fusing to review a decision hold^
ing the state’s 10B6 Pupil Placft^
ment Act unconstitutional.
The decision at iuue was oB*
rendered by Judge Walter B.
Hoffman of Norfolk declaring
the Pupil Placement Act invalid.
It was later affirmed by the U.S.
4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Pupil Placement Act K
generally regarded as the key to
a whole structure of reiiently
eiucted state laws designed to
prevent school desegregation.
The Pupil Placement Act re-
moved from local school unita
power to assign students and
placed it in the hands of a state
board. But a comapnion law, en
acted at the same time, would
withdraw state funds from any
school unit touched by desegr**
gation.
It. was on the strength of the
companion legislation that Judge.
Hoffman issued his ruling. Hit
declared that the companion
laws constituted a "dead end'
for Negroes seeking admission to
white schools.
Hoffman later signed injunc*
tions forbidding racial discrimii
nation in public sciiools in Nor
folk and Newport News. Judge
Albert V. Bryan signed similar
decrees for^s^ool units at Ar
lington and Judge John Paul for
Charlottesville.
Speculation over what Um
ahead for Virginia in view of the
Supreme Court action bore a
note oi confusion h«re in tM
state capltaL Asked what iM
ahead for the state, Attom^
General Kenneth Patty
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 42
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26.1957
PRICE; TEN CENTS
City Would
Offer Swimming
Pool For Sale
GREENSBORO
Despite the withdrawal of a
request to desegrate swlmmiag
pool facilities here by ttif
NAACP, a move toward dives
ting itself of responsibility ot
maintaining public swlnuning
facilities and turning them into
quasi-private tecilities was made
by the city here this wedt.
A majority of white citizena
who turned out for a hearing on
the Issue of telling the city
swimming facilities, favored the
Idea of selling them to private
operatoM.
The hearing was held as sche-
. I dulMl by ths City CHincil evwi
Uaitmell Robb, secretary to. tn picture, left to right fromi College proUuor. Robb wo* the reausrt for deieer*.
PfMhutt £l*«shotoer's cabinet,! itobb, or* Aso T. Spauldlno,| Raleign to deliver on oddressi ■
ve^ jrectei
Jlileiih by
icted on hi* arriwil in
Dttrhom diflnitarlea
(hotm here. The e^inet officer
^uMng hands loith. Dwr-
Muyvr C, J. Emm*. OtHere
gation, which was the original
2.“ "ouv* »> h«rtn«, h.d
irheetar. Mechanics and Far-I He, the Mayor and Mr. Keilnedy
m«rs bonk president, and Dr. Jo-1 were breakfait guest* of tiM
Mph H. Tavtor, North Carolina,] SpauldiiH^i Mondav morning
(continued on page
withdrawn.
The majority opinion flavored
sale of the po9^
Dr. Edmonds Reprerents U. S. At 2
Liberian Capital Ceremonies
MONROVIA, LIBERIA State Department.
Or. Helen Grey Edmonds, gra-, In 1854-95 she was a special
duate professor of history at consultant in West Germany.
North Carolina College, Durham, Earlier she took postgraduate
was scheduled to be President work in history at Heidelberg,
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s personal Germany,
representative at the dedication
of the Monrovian Capitol Build-
She is a native of Lawrence-
ing here October 20-22.
In the answer submitted Mon
day, the school board asks tor a, publican National Convention in
jury trial in the suit. I San Francisco, has been in Eu>
The answer »i«« questtons the;rope twice recently for the U.S.
College Fund Drive Nets ^,000
140.00; Paine College, Dr. C. E.
King, 187.00; Tuskegee Institute,
Mrs. L.-Randolph, $50.00;
Virginia Union, Dr. B. F. Smith,
142.90; Lincoln University, Pa.,
Dr. W. E. Farriso}, $70.00; More
house College, I. O. Funderburg
and J. H. Wheeler, $125.00;
Hampton Institute, Y. J. Grigs
by, $115.80.
Reidents of Durham who are
graduates of Negro colleges have
collected ovw $S,000 for the
United N^ro Cc^^e Fund, it
was revealed by Harold Holmes,
principal of Hniriii* High School
and of the local drive.
Holmes reported collections
amounting to $8,243.26 to the
United Negro College Flioia re
cently.
Twmty-two coltafss were re
presented in the drive which
was also aided by Individual and
business contrlbuton.
The two largest contributors—
donations of $1,000 ea«di—came
Irtnn the North CSirollna Mutual
Insurance Coinppny and the
Merrill. Lynch, Pierce, Wantr.
and Beane Foundation ot New
York.
The local UNCF groiq* wUl
hold its first meeting o( the
year on the ibmt Monday in De
cember..
Colleges, their drive cdiidmeo,
and amounta wperted wan aa
CoUaura: Atlanta Uaivacittr,
Mrs. AUonao Bder, $68.00; BoB'
. Mn. Auldzey Bub-
taid aad Mia. Marmm M. Pmt/,
, ville, Va., with the B.A. from
Morgan State College, and the
The U.S. educator, first Negro M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from
woman to second nomination of Ohio State University,
a U.S. president at the 1956 He- d,. Edmonds was slated to fly
from New York to Monrovia.
There she w^s to be guest of
the Liberian government, flying
back to the U.S. in time for her
weekend classes at NCC.
Author of books and scholarly
articles. Or. Edmonds is in fre
quent demand as speaker and
lecturer.
Little Rock
NAACP Studies
Record Request
LITTLE ROCK, ARK.
Leaders of the NAACP branch
here pondered what action toi
take in resiMnse to a demand by
Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann
for the list of members and
other branch records in compli
ance with a recency enacted
city ordinance requiring the fil
ing of such information with the
city clerk.
The measure, aimed at the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
was also invoked by Mayor
Mann against three pro-segrega-
tion groups in the city. The City
Council passed the ordinance by
a 7-0 vote on Qctober 14.. The
toUowing day the Mayor called
upon the NAACP and the three
racist organizations to submit
the required information within
15 days.
Mrs. L. C. Bates, president of
the Arkansas State NAACP or
ganization, announced on Oct.
15 that lawyers for the Associa
tion “will study the ordinance
and recommend what we should
do."
The action by the Little Rock
City Council was in response to
a suggestion by State Attorney
General Bruce Bennett that Ar-
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ream House
RALEIGH
A 24 year old janitor parlayed
a second guess into a $25,000
"dream house’f i«r«> thia
week. He is Garland Banka
whose second estimate of the
cost of a “dream house” erected
at the State Fair won him the
house, first prize in the contest.
A happy and surprised Banks,
who works at Westlnghouse Me
ter plant here, said he looked
the house over carefully, put
down one estimate then changed
It latMT to the one he submitted.
His second guess proved to be
the winning one. Only $1.09
shy of the actual cost of the
house, the guess was $25,605.31.
The house actually cost $25,694.-
80.
A former U.S. airman, Banks
said he had no previous experi
ence at cost estimation.
The contest was sponsored at
the State Fair by the Lions Club
of Raleigh. In addition to the
house. Banks will receive an ad
ditional $2,000 to defray cost of
moving the house.
The house was erected on the
State Fair Grounds by the Lions
club.
Banks will have no problem
in finding a place for his new
house. His mother-in-law, Mrs.
Bessie Burt, had recently agreed
to give him a lot South of Ra
leigh.
Congressman Diggs' Address To
Open fSlii Trade Week In Durfiam
An addrMs by Congr«Mmian
Charles C. Diggs will feature the
observance of the 14th Trade
Week program by the Durham
Business and Professional Chain.
Diggs, Democratic represen
tative from Michigan, will speak
at a public meeting at HiUaida
high school auditorium on Mon
day night at eight.
Trade Week planner* reveal
ed a full waek of events sche
duled to take place during next
week, October 37 through Nov.
2, the week officially designated
M ‘‘Trade Week.”
In addition to Dawson’s speech
here, other events for the week
Include Awards Day, Siinday at
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church;
luncheon of State Business Lea
gue delegates Tuesday at North
Carolina College; radio appear
ances Wednesday by members of
Michaux, Jr. Awards will be
presented to various member
business of the Chain at the Sun
day program at Mt. Vernon.
L. B. Frasier, president of the
State Business league and a
member of the Chain, will be In
charge of the Chain luncheon for
visiting Business league dele
gates Tuesday. The luncheon is
set for 1:30 at the college cam-
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A«so^ton*>rwidint
Dr. Richard Taliafero. He added
that he hoped the pools could be
used on a sntregated baaia.
Arnold Shlffman, also speak
ing for the Swimming Associa
tion, urged that they be offered
to the YMCA.
From the opposite side came
appeals for keeping the poola..
James Berry, who admitted that
his opinion was In dissent, ac
cused the city ot attempting to
dodge its responsibility in sell
ing the pools.
Rev. Melvin C. Swann, pastor
ot Bethel AM& Zion church, de
clared that the idea of selling the
pools would in effect constitute
a dodging of the real issues in
volved.
The Council Is expected to an
nounce a decision on Oct. 31 or
Nov. 4. on whether the city
maintains or sell the facilitien.
Wliite Press Attacks Committee
Probing NAACP In Virginia
NORFOLK, Va.
The Norfolk Vlrglnlan-PUot
has sharply questioned U»e “aim
the'chato;'UlTOt’show Purpose" of the ’Thomson
day at the W. D. Hill Commu
nity Center; Open House Friday,
and a parade Saturday.
H. E. Goldston and Mrs. L. M.
Harris are serving as co*chalr-
men of this year’s program. Jo
seph A. Bebee is program direc-’that ,lthough "the' Thomson
tor. '
committee, which was em
powered by the Virginia legist
lature to investigate racial or
ganizations in this state.
An editorial in the October 11
edition of the newspajitf charges
Sunday’s awards day program
and Monday night’s program
will be dh-ected by H. M.
Monis Brown College, J. H.
Oattts and B. T. Loewis, $28.00;
St Augustine’s College, Jesse
Boston, $6.00; Talladega College,
W. A. Clement. $118.00; Knox
ville Cellag*! Totton,
$88.00; ttshop College, Mr. J.
N. Hughley, $10.00; Claric Col
late, Dr. B. 1. Dawaoo, $10.00;
Dillard Univenlty, L. B. Porter,
$8.00; Llvlngstmie College, Iftn.
M. T. Lakia, $20.00; Fi* Uni-
vwsity, Mrs. C. B. Merrick.
$20.00; Houston-TUloston Cd-
lege, Mrs. W. W. Lmrls, $10.00;
Jidmson C. Wmiai Unlveraity,
Dr. C. B. Boulwart, $60.00;
Xavier Uaivenity, WlUiam C.
Hubiwid, $10.00; Shaw Unlver-
dty, Bev. W.. Fuller. $26.00; and
j^nefanan QoUaga, Mrs. JoMi^ilne
g—t, $18.00.
Durham To Ho$t Delegates To State Business League;
Meeting; L N. Mitchell To Be Keynote Speaker
E. M. Mitchell, District man
ager of the North Carolina Mu
tual Insurant Conqnay in
Winston Salem, will deliver the
keynote addreas at the opening
of the Eleventh Annual Meeting
of the NorOi Carolina Business
LMgue next Tuesday.
The Business League* confer
ence will feature addresses and
a aeriea of workdiops tteling
with problems o interest to
small buslaeases.
Mitchell win apeak during the
main aasemb^ in the Commerce
Boilding on the North Carolina
Colleg* campua at 11 6’cleck
Tueadpy morning. North Caro
lina CoUege will provide the
Betting for Um bualiMas meetink.
"New Clallcnsse la
chosen aa the theme of
eleventh annual session.
L. E. Austin, publisher of the
Carolina ‘Times has been named
luncheon speaker. He «ill be
heerd at l^.m. in the North
Carolina College Cafeteria.
Following an executive ses
sion at 2 pjn., delegates will be
divided into small workdiop
ipnupe which will be in session
from 2:80 until 4.
These groups will consider
problems as follows: "Flnan^l
Problems of Small Business”;
.“Public Relations and Advertis
ing”; and Peraonn^ Problems ot
Small Businseses.”
Discussion leaden «id re
source persons from the grofipe
Include the following: L O. Fita*
derburg, Caohler, Mechanke and
theParmers Bank; J. J, Sansom,
manag«r. Third Street Branch,
Wachovia Bank and Trust Com
pany, Winston-Salem; J. H.
Wheeler, President, Mechanics
and Farmers Bank! H. G. Daw
son, English Department, North
Caro^na College; W. L. Bynum,
mortician, Kinston, and J. L.
Lanlter, Winston Mutual Life
Insurance Company^ E. W. Phil
lips, Commerce Deparbnent,
Narth Carolina Collie, Dur
ham; A. H. Bryant, Businessman,
Rocky Moimt.
Several notables of Ourtiam
will appear on the opening ses
sion Tuesday morning. President
Alfonso Elder of North Carolina
CoQi^ will extend greetings;
City CouBcifanan J. B, Stewart
win eBtoBd greatiati froaa tti*
conunittee started out as an anti
NAACP committee” the group
‘‘seems headM for the more im
portant mission of thought-con-
trol.”
The committee’s chairman la
James M. Thomson, D«nocrat of' ihelvesT"
Alexandria.
Noting that Uie committee re
quisitioned a Uit of school li
brary reference books from the
Arlington county school superin
tendent, which was refused, the
editorial asks: “Do these labors
of the lliomson committee sug
gest a faint odor of book-burn
ing?”
“The Committee has already
exercised censorship by holding
its hearings in Virgbila citiea
behind locked doors,” the edi
torial declares. “Is it now pre
paring to exercise censorship
over books on Virginia Ubnry
Homecoming Servke Set For West
Durham Baptist Church October 21
t. M. MITCHELL
city; Miaa Sarah Dotson, preal-
dent ot the Housewives Le^ue,
extend greetings on behalf
of that orgmlzation; and W. O.
Rhodes, pieirtdent ot the DuAam
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The Annual Homecoming of
the West Durham Baptist Chur
ch will be olMerved Sunday, Oct.
27th, at eleven o’clock. ^
Or. Grady 0. Davis, Dean of
the School of Religion, Shaw
Univenlty, will dMiw the An
nual Sermon. Dr. Davis is a na-
Uve of Pidasant Hill, N. C. He
received his A.B. d^ree at Shaw
University in 1042. He reertvod
the B. D. degree from Andover
Newtcm ‘Theological School,
Newton-Ceater, Massachuaetta,
in 1648 and the Pb.D. d^rM la
p^ehology of Religion at Boe-
too University la 18U. He is
now the peM«r ol the Obeiila
Baptlft Church, Raleigh.
J. H. Wheeler, well known
civic buslnes and religious leadar
of Durham, will appear on tiie
program. He la chairman of the
Durham Coounlttee oo Negro
AffUn ud la an outstaadiag
layman in tiie AME Zion cdturch.
He is connected with seferal 11-
naacial Institutions of tiie dty,
including the Mechaniea and
Faxmen hank ot which he ia
prealdaat
Muiie will tM furnished kgr
the senior eboir, Mrs. A. W. m»»
rla, Oi^aaial. A aoelal bMti
follow tlM L _
Uc la la^rtted to attmC