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A&T Pr^. Accused Of "Axing” Militant Teacher
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Beats Mazyck
Daye Wins
Union Vote
COID WAVE
CLAMS MAN
WINSTON-SALEM
Henry James Leggett, 40, ot'
608 Smith Street, was found ^
dead in the back yard of a houad
at 600 East Fourth Street,'
Thursday morning, December |
12th about 6:45 a.m. He had
frozen to death sometime during 1
the night, as the t^perature^
dropped to eight degrees; the^
lowest 4t had been in over ten
years. I
Forsyth County coroner,
V. M. XiOng, said his death was
caused by freezing and alcobol-
In its regular annual election
held at the American Federation
of Labor Temple on Pine Street
here, December 10, Walter O.-
Daye was elected president of
Local 208, Tobacco Workers In
ternational Union. Daye defeat
ed two other candidates, Rich
mond S. Stewart who polled 101
votes and Guy Mazyck, the in
cumbent who polled only 60.
Other successful candidated
were Rufus A. Hedgepeth, vice
president who polled 189 votes
against his only opponent, Ro
bert Colclough who came out
with 74. For Recording secretary,
“Lee E. Jones, 238 and Elijah
Jones SO.
Most surprising of all was thei
defeat of Wm. H. Bullock, finan
cial secretary, who ran second in
a field of three. BuUock ended
with a total of 112 votes while
the successful candidate, AJl-
phonzo Haskins, polled a total
of 151. Running third in the race
was Robert L. Jones who ended
with 38. BuUock has axmounced
that he will ask for a run-off
in view of the fact tliat his op
ponent did not secure a majority.
The date of the election will
have to await orders from
George Benjamin of Richmond,
Va., International Vice-Fresi-
dent of TWIU.
Other successful candidate^
lor posts were Willie Teasley,
for Sergeant-At-Anns who poU-
ed 154 against his only opponent,
Henry Farrer, with 112. E. J.
McCoy, trustee, unopposed; For
one post as oiiide, George BU-
l^tt, 184, Joieph Bectoa, 110:
to right): Wild* Ditkerson, Bichmond, Va.; JaniM RaM>
Jr., Houston, Xex, asd Frances Cntchin, Baleirh, N. 0. are win-
new of awardt tor nndy in fields related to the care of polio
patients. March of Dimes funds have aided 6,963 persons to be
come trained prof«^onal workers. There still remains a mat
shortage in trained personnel. Help the March of Dimes meat this
great need. Join the March of Dimes with dollars.
Goodloe Joins
Polio Appeal
NEW YORK
Leaders of national organiza
tions have issued a joint api>eal
for support of the 1958 polio
campaign for funds.
Joining in the appeal for the
March of Dimes were: Mrs.
Mary McGriff Bell, Xake Char
les, La., Worthy Grand Matron,
Elsther Grand Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star of Louisiana; Dr. B.
R. Brazeal, Atlanta, Ga., presi
dent Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, and dean of
Morehouse College.
J. W. Goodloe, Durham, N. C.,
president National Insurance As
sociation; Mrs. Dorothy P. Har
rison, Langston, Okla., national
president Delta Sigma Tbata;
DeHart Hubbard, Cleveland,
Ohio, president National Bow
ling Association; Mrs. Albert
Oa.,
Alma A. Polk, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Director of Young People’s Act!'
Vities, AME Church.
Henry A. Rhodes Sr., New"
York City, Grand Master, Princ*
Hall Masons of New York State;
Mrs. Georgia Schanck, Orlando,
Fla., president Women’s Auxili
ary, National Medical Associa
tion; Dr. A. M. Townsend, Jr.,
St. Louis, Mo., president Nation
al Medical Association; Mrs. R.
Q. Venson, Memphis, Tenn.,
president Ladies Auxiliary Na
tional Dental Association; Willi
am O. Walker, Cleveland, Ohio,
president National Newspaper
Publishers Association; and Mrs.
Richard Weeden, Lynchburg,
Va., president The Links, Inc.
londs Says NAACP Work
Cost Him Job With Agomy
GREENSBORO
An outspoken civil rights ad
vocate who is a member of the
Bennett College faculty told the
TIMES this week that he waa
ousted from his job with the Me
thodist church because th^ presi
dent of A and T CoUege feared
his activities might hurt the
state supported institution.
This revelation was made ta
the TIMES by Dr. Edwin Ed
monds, Bennett College sociolo
gy professor and president of the
Greensboro NAACP.
Edmonds said be was recently
removed by the presiding Bishop
as director of the Wesley Foun
dation at the insistence of A and
T College president Dr. War-
moth T. Gibbs.
“Contacted at his office by the
TIMES early this week. Dr.
Gibbe declined to outline any
part he had in the young profes
sor’s release but admitted that
he had questioned the procedure
of Dr. Edmond’s appointment
with the Foundation.
Edmonds told the TIMES tliat
he learned Dr. Gibbs sought hi*
release because of his activttiea
with the NAACP.
As director of the Foundation,
Edmonds’ duties consisted in or
ganizing and counseling students
on college campuses in the
Greensboro area. Edmonds said
he had organized a small group
of A. & T. College students who
were holding meetings off the
A and T campus at the Browning
Chapcj church.
The first inkling which tlte
NAACP prwident received of
his impeding severance from)
the Foundation came shortly af
ter Thanlc^(iving when he said
he was told by the Methodist
district superintendent Rev. W.
T. Brqwn tl>at Dr. Gibbs had
asked tltat he be relieved of his
I>ost with the Foundation.
Edmcxuis said he learned that
the first move in his ouster from
the Foundation came from A and
T Collie chaplain, Rev. Cleo
McCoy, who told Supt. Brown
that Dr. Gibbs suggested that he*
be relieved of his duties with th6
Foundation
presides over the Central Juris
diction.
On Dec. 3, Edmonds was ap
proached by Rev. Brown and in
formed of the impending ouster.
A week later, on Monday, Dec.
9, the sociology professor said he
received a letter from the Bish
op officially notifying him of hia
release.
Edmonds said first indications
from the series of conferences
between supt. Brown and Bishop
Love were .that he would be per
mitted to remain with the Foun
dation until tile annual stata
conference in June.' However, he
said that Dr. Gibbs insisted tliat
he be relieved immediately.
After learning from Supt.
Brown of his impending release,
Edmonds went to see President
Gibbs who, according to Ed
monds, admitted that the reason
he requested his dismissal was
because of the latter’s activities
virith the NAACP.
#I^Wonds said ttutt Gibbs sta
ted at first tliat his only objec
tion to his work with the Foun
dation was the fact that the Me
thodist church failed to clear hia
appointment with his (President
Gibbs’) office. He said ttiat Dr.
Gibbs contended that he sliould
have received a letter from the
church or the Foundation au
thorizing Edmond’s work with
DR. omss
the A and T students.
When Edmonds challenged
him to produce such letters from
other religious organizations
which sponsored activities
among A and T students and tho
college president failed, Ed
monds said Dr. Gibbs than ad
mitted ttiat his real reason for
seeking his dismissal was be-
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NAACP
Despite
To Press New
Rogers’ Stand
C-R
NEW YORK tissue and as having noted tliat
Despite Attorney General W.
P. Rogers’ disavowal of Admin
istration support for additional
civil rights legislation in the
1958 session of the Congress, the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, in
concert with other organizations,
will seek for enactment of new
civil rights measures, Roy Wil
kins, NAACP exMUtive secre
tary, has informed Rogers.
In a letter dispatched to the
recently appointed Attorney
Gweral on Dec. 12, Wilkins ex
pressed the “uneasiness among
adherents of civil rights," prom
pted by Rogers’ remarks at a
press cMiference on Dec. 0 in
which he is reported to have
called for a “cooling off’ i>eriod
in the struggle for civil rights.
According to newspaper re
ports, Rogers indicated that the
Eisenhower administration 1>e-
lieves that “the best interests of
the country” would be served by
omitting from its 1958 legisla
tive program any dvil rights
bilL Further, be is reported aa
Bev. Brown later talked wittt having cited the h^rm caused by
Dr. Gibbs,. Sdmonds said, theq^ Little Rock as jtotlfhaitlon for
with Kdgar A. Lore, who ths need of a "i4st" from thi«
time was required to see how the
Civil Rights Act of 1957 worked.
’The implication of these re
marks, Wilkins told the Attor
ney General, is “that the Admin
istration intends to follow ri
policy of caution and even inac
tivity in this field,” sitting on
the sidelines as “a sort of spec
tator.”
Rogers’ remarks, the NAACP
leader pointed out, “seemed to
endorse the southern clamor for
doing nothing. “Both moderates
and extremists in the South,
“want moratoria On all action in
the field,” Wilkins asserted. “All
of which means they want to do
nothing, to stand still, to main
tain tile status quo.”
“All thoughtful Americans,
including civil rights advocates,”
the letter continued, “would
agree that a specific situation
like that at Little Rock, wliicfai
aeei^ to be improving, should
not be aggravated either by the
government or by private Indivi
duals or groups. But to find in
Little Rock an Implication that
the goVemmentfs policy should
be to mark time is unfortunate.
Unless a Ann stand is maiittaln-
ed over the whole desegregation
front, mobs and their back-stage
managers will continue to mock
law and order, with the result
that there will be more, not few
er, Little Rocks.”
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Cit( Culled
PBiSHHBl
VOLUME 33 — NUMBER 51 DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21; 1957
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Feud Between Two Continues
Bishop D. W. Nichols Declares
Wright Wrecking Church
NEW YORK
AME Bishop D. Ward Nichola
charged this week ttiat his arch
foe in the church, Bishop R. R.
Wright, is carrying on a personal
vendetta which threatens tc*
wreck the church.
The young prelate also de
scribed the church’s oldest Bis
hop as senile and declared that
ills age and infirmities render
him “no longer capable of ser
ving” the church.
This blast at Wright, issued in;
a statement released to the press
this week by Bishop Nichols, la
the latest in a series of voUeya
between the church’s oldest and
youngest Bishops who liave been
conducting a running fight with
in the church for the past several)
years.
The feud came to a climax last
June' when a church court, pre
sided over by''Bishop Wright,
suspended Bishop Nichols after
convicting -him on charges of
money
this n ^ on* month la^
the Council o£ tUahopt voted to
give him ills old seat >as presi
dent of the coiuicll, the church’s
highest ecclesiastical body. This
Action was tantamount to restor
ing Nichols to office.
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Twin City Fire
Eaters Play
Santa Claus
WINSTON-SALEM
The number four fire station
of this city was a bee-hlve of
activity last Monday night, Dec.
16th as the firemen made last
minute preparation to carry out
"Operation Christmas Cheer”,
an annual pre-holiday affair for
the benefit of crippl^ children.
The meeting room was crowd
ed with the firemen’s families,
friends and the 65 voice Choir of
Winston-Salem Teachers who
handled the musical end of the
program by rendering Christmas
Carols.
Of course, Santa Claus was on
hand to play his usual role as the
caravan went from home to
home presenting each child with
a gift from the firemen.
The kids were really enthused
showing a Joyful display of the
Christmas spirit, especially dur
ing the showing of the flre-truck,
amid the beautiful rendition of
“Silent Night” and "Oh Little
Town of Bethlehem”, by the TC
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Mrs. Rote D. Aggrey, (front
row, center with, flowers), is
thown here with other members
of the advisory boord of Correc
tion and Training following
dedication services of a new dor
mitory for boys last Sunday at
the Morrison Training school at
Hoffman. The new dormitory
was named the Rose Aggrey cot
tage in honor of Mrs. Aggrey. A
native of Salisbury, she is chair
man of the advisory board.
Other members of the board
and pictured with Mrs. Aggrey
are S. C. Anderson, W. R. Col
lins, Mrs. Mary Holliday, Mrs.
David D. Jones, Mrs. Ettnar*Tny-
lor. Dr. S. E. Duncan and John
R. Larkins.
Six Under
$10,000 Bond
WINSTON-SALEF . Woodland Avenue. Albert
One woman and seven men Blount of Greensboro, charged
were charged with selling nar- with selling dilaudld and panta-
cotlcs here last Thursday, Dec. pon, posted bond and was re-
12tii as a four monhts under-1 leased. Two others charged ii^
cover narcotics investigation led the dope peddling racket are ii>
to their arrest and the seizure
of marijuana and marijuana
cigarettes. Two cars were also
held pending the outcome of the
trial.
Federal, state and local offi
cers, brought the investigation
to a screeching halt as the fol
lowing persons were taken into
custody and held under $10,000
bond:
LewU Waddell Wright, 55, of
1052 East Fifteenth Street; Pete
Hixon, 47, 1304 Gholson Street;
Benny “Fat Cat” Little, aliaa
Theodore Norman, 22, 1104 Be-
lews Street; Wlllle Hlpps, 27,
727 East Second Street and
Fyrtle Cox, 48,^of 237 North
prison on other charges. 'The
pair, Maurice Joy of Winston-
Salem, New York and Florida
and Edward Bowers of Greens
boro, are scheduled to be re
arrested upon release fron^
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HIXSON
NEW OFF1CEB8 OF THE ASSOCIATION of Colleges and Secondary Schoob were In
stalled at the ■nmi»l banquet last Thursday evening, DMember 5 on the campus of Virginia
Union University, Richmond, Va. The installtion ceremony was held following an address
by Dr. Mordecai Johnson, president, Howard University, Washington, D. C. From left, Dr.
B. B. 'brazeal, dean, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., past president; Dr. Johnson; Dr. John
E. Codwell, principal, Phyllis Wheatley High School, Houston, Tex., president-elect; Dr.
James A. Cobton, president, KnozTille, (Allege, Tennessee, first vitt president; Dr. L. S.
Cozui, president, Barber-Scotia College, Concord, N. C., secrvtary-treasurer, and W. E.
Combs, Florida State Department of Mucation, secoi^ vice pnsideBt.
Anti-Bias Unit Answers Critics
WASHINGTON, D. C.
The President’s Committee on
Government Contracts “wel
comes the expressions of sup
port contained in the statement
Issued In New York December
12 by the Committee of Gover
nors on Civil Rights, because the
task of assuring economic equal
ity for all of America’s peopler
is one which requires the consci
entious efforts of all citizens,”
according to Maj. Gen. Corne
lius E. Ryan, (U.S.A. Ret.) Exe
cutive Vice Chairman of the
Committee.
The governors of 12 states
which have penal statutes which
prohibit racial or religious dis
crimination in employment
formed the Committee of Govm'-
nors on Civil Rights in New
York December 12. The states
are Colorado, Connecticut, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
New Jersey, New York, Or^on,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Washington, and Wisconsin.
Vice President Richard Nixon
is Citeirman of the Presidant’a
Committee snd Secretary of La
bor James P. Mitchell is Vice
Chairman.
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Last Rites In
N.Y. For Tarheel
NEW YORK
Some 2,000 people attended
funeral services ’Thursday even
ing for Francis Cline Robeson,
late wife of Dr. Benjamin C.
Robeson, for the past 21 years
pastor of Mother AME Zion
Church on West 137th Street,
New York City. Mrs. Robeson,
who had been ill for a number
of years, died early Sunday
morning as Sydenham Hospital
in New York.
’The services, held in the
church to which she had given
so much of her adult life, wen
attended by Paul Robeson, noted
Negro concert singer and actor,
who sat with the immediate
family as brother of Dr. Robe
son.
Mrs. Robesdh was a native of
AdievlUa, N. C. Among the pes-
torstes which her hnsbaSt^^ield
included one at FayetteiirUle, N.
C.