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Hodges,
Tarheel Officials
Disapprove Of
Little Rock Rule
Ervin DisHke Lemley Reversal
Two of North CaroUna’s top
officials expressed disapproval
this week at the reversal of a
ruling delaying school Integra
tion in Little Rock for 2 and one-
half years.
On Monday, the Eighth Cir
cuit Court of appeals, by a 6-1
^ majority, overturned the ruling
of District ^ Court Judge Harry
Lemley which had called off in
tegration of Central high school
until 1961.
Governor Hodges and Senator
Sam Ervin both made It clear In,
comments this week that they
disapproved of the Circuit
Court’s action.
Senator Ervin nid Monday
^ from his Washington office the
action by the Circuit Court
proved it is a judicial “snare and
a delusion” to believe the lower
courts could decide on integra
tion matters.
Apparently taking the same
tack as did the State’! senior
senator, Governor Hodges fol-
^lowed with his comment Tues
day.
“I am disappointed that the
court of appeals In the Little
Rock case did not uphold the
federal district court which is
closest to the people.”
The Governor had led a peace-
makii^ delegation of southern
g^ernors'lit Jhe height of the
Ulttle Rock crisis last year.
At the height of the Little
Rock crisis last year, the Gover
nor led a delegation of southern
senators which sought to make
peace between Gov. Faubus and!
President Eisenhower. However,
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VOLUME 34 — NUMBER 35
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1W8
PRICE: TEN CENTS
Rogers Injured In Germany
Probe Beating Of
Eiftertainer Abroad
NEW YORK , bert L. Carter, NAACP general
Roy Wilkins, executive .secre- counsel, requested a full report
tary of the National Association and gave the entertainer assur-
fbr the Advancement of Colored ance that the NAACP “will do
People, has called upon Secre- everything possible to aid you.”
tary of the Army Wilber M. Meanwhile, Clarence Mitchell,
Brucker to make an “immediate director of the Association's
and thorough investigation” of Washington Bureau, has been
thp charge that Timmie Rogers, asked to work on the case in
popular entertainer, was severe- Washinigton.
ly beaten by an Army officer in. According to information re-
Germany. ceived here, Rogers was brutally
In a telegram to Secretary
Brucker, dispatched on August
14, Wilkins said that the NAACP i
is “gravely concerned” about the'
charge as reported to the Associ-, WASHINGTON, D. C.
ation. The NAACP leader called The nominating committee,^!
upon Brucker to take “appropri- Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, in
ate action against Major Leon- a report released last week
ard V. Bailey should the charge unanimously endorsed ,Dr.
be sustained.” Jeanne L. Noble, Delta’s nd "'1
Upon receipt of Rogers’ com-' first vice president whj9 is ■w .
plaint from Wiesbaden, Ger- assistant dean of students a^ "
attacked by Major Leonard V.
Bailey, in charge of the Officers’
Club at the Baumholder »iA>-
area, Baumholder, Germany.
The attack occurred on the night
of August 2 allegedly beaeause
Rogers and his troupe arrived
late for a show schec^led ft>r the
Officers’ Club at thf Armlr In
stallation.
The entertainer was hospital
ized with three broken riba.
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NOHINAIED FOR DELTA PRfXY^
national college women’s sorori
ty which is holding its na
tional convention at the Statler-
Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.
C. August 17-23.
Wi^ile nomination is noi^anta-
( to election, with dfc^gates
..! convention floor having
many, where he is under treat- College of New York, as v-* - -/i the r^Al say. Dr. Noble is a fa-
ment In the USAF hospital, Ro- dent of the 20,000-member inter-1 vorite leader for the presidtntial
Funeral services for Mrs.
Margaret Cox, wife of the Rev.
W. F. Cox, were held in Durham
Thursday at the Oak Grove Free
Will Baptist Church, an institu
tion which Mrs. Cox helped her
husband establish some 25 years
ago. See details, column 8, this
base-
Winner
Reception Of Group In Nassau
Rev. King's Book
Draws Praise
NEW YORK
Public officials, newspaper
editors and churchmen have
unanimously praised' Martii^
Luther King’s “Stridi^ Tows^
Fraedom: The
Mjrs. Willie F. Smith, winner of a trip to
-the- National Beauticians ^kMwentioiv at
Miami in a TIMES - sponsored contest, de
scribed this week the recejition given a
-delegation from the convention during a trip
to Nassau,
Dinner at the governor’s palace, a sight
seeing trip and a banquet with island officials
were three of the events the Greensboro
beautician reported in the reception the
visiting delegates got on the British-held
island.
Mrs. Smith gnd Mrs. Callie Daye of Dur-
SELECTION OF TEN MEN SAID
TO BE FINISHED VERY SOON
Within the next few days,
Durham’s first Negro fire com-
pany may be selected.
Fire Chief C. L. Cox told the
■^IMES Wednesday that screen
ing of applicants for the posi
tions with the company is almost
finished.
“It won’t be long now before
we’re through. We’ve narrowed
the applicants down to what we
believe will be those to be called
up for physical examinations,”
Cox revealed.
'The Chief pointed out thUt be
fore the men are Iccepted, they
must undergo a phyflcal exami-
nation similar to the one used
for policemen.
Approximately 70 applica
tions were being considered for
the 10 jobs .Chief Cox said. The
screening is being done by him
self, assistant chief C. H. Law
son and City Manager R. W.
Flack. They are being advised by
City Councilman J. S. Stewart
and L. B. Frasier.
Chief Cox revealed that the
men would have to undergo
several weeks of training in all
phases ’ of fire fighting equip
ment possessed by the Durham
stations. He said that In all likli-
hood this would be accomplished
in daytime duty at the firemen’s
training tower near the city ga
rage.
After the training period is
over, Cox said the men would
be assigned to fire fighting duty
at the newly constructed Haytl
fire station, located at Pekoe dnd
F’ayetteville streets.
Once the company is estab
lished at the Haytl fire station,
Cox said it would maintain a 72
hour worlf week with each man
assigned /to duty for 24 hours
each we^.
Durhaji firemen begin at
Tas for 1239 pei^ month for the first
nterra-| year, and the rate Is increased
promo-> each yew for three years, Cox
Phelps-5101(0$
Death Mourned
NEW YORK
The passing (if ^hson Phelps
Stokes, former pirwid^t of the
Phelps-Stokes Fund, evoked
•message of condolwtce from Dr.
Channing H. Toblls, NAACP
Board chairman, and Executive
Secretary Roy WU^dns.
j De. Phelps Stokw
^^Mny yem « l«i4ec
IWjfc artWULi and tn i
^fr^nAttatlonlil: (^portunltlee: said. Second year firemen earn
for liicrM and nunnbert ol $260
ham were winners of first place in a popular
ity contest sponsored hy the TIMES last
spring. First prize was a trip to the beau
ticians convention in Miami.
*They were accompanied to Miami and on
the trip to Nassau by Mrs. Onie Rogers, also
of Durham.
Mrs. Smith’s description of the Nassau trip
is as follows;
“We were given a warm welcome by city
officials who met the boat. We were placed
in the leading hotels, something that could
not have been done five years ago.
"We (Mrs. Daye, Mrs. Rogers:
and myself) stayed at Towne
House, one half block from the
Government house.
“We were conducted on sight
seeing tours, enjoying such
sights as the monastery, the
Water Tower, the Marine Gar
dens, Paradise Beach, Queen
Staircase, Adastra Gardens with
its 50 trained Flamingoes, Fort!
Fincast^e and lovely old church
es on tile island.
“A group of 25 of us were re
ceived by His Excellency, thel
Governor, at Government house.
We were served a delicious
lunch and afterwards toured the
beautiful garden. His Excellency
was most gracious, chatting in
formally with different ones and
posing for pictures with the
group.
“A banquet was given by the
Moderne Beauty Alumni Asso
ciation of Nassau at the British
.Colonial Hotel (largest on the
island). A seven course dinner
was served featuring
MRS. SMITH
Story” to be published Sept» IT
by Harper & Brothers.
Roger Baldwin, founder of the
Civil Liberties Union, said: “No
event in the long struggle for ra
cial equality in the United States
was so novel and triumphant as
that of the Negro comrpunity of
Montgoimery, Alabama, against
segregation 6h T>ublic busgs.
Ralph McGill, editor of the
Atlanta Constitution, wrote:
“Dr. King has produced a valu
able boipk which is necessary
reading-Jor those who would un
derstand how comple^ the deep
South problem is. There will be
many future Supreme Court de
cisions but too few of them will
have a Dr. King to provide lea
dership which stays Within the
law and thereby manages to be
come effective.”
From England the Rt. Rev.
James A. Pike cabled his com
ment from the Lambeth Confer
ence: “This book may well be
come a Christian classic. It is
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Greensboro To Get
Savings And Loan Co.
GREENSBORO
Permission to organize a fede
ral savings and loan association
in Greensboro was last week)
granted a group of Negro busi
ness and professional leaders.
^n a set of resolutions adopted
by the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board, Washington, D. C., the
application from the organizing
group was approved following
hearings conducted on July 9.
Major S. High, one of the at
torneys for the group, told re
porters this week that plans call
for a sustained campaign to pro
cure subscriptions to savings
accounts, required by the bank
boai-d and the construction of a
new building for the institution.
Members of the organizing
group include; Julius Rankins,
excavation contractor; Clarence
Winchester, realtor; Waddell
Hinnant, plastering contractor;
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School Suit Issues Established
Have plaintiffs exhausted adminutrative remedies pro
vided in the Pearsall Plan? Is the state using its powers to
prevent or complyiwith federal rulings on school desegrega
tion? Was race a factor in the assignment of students to Dur
ham schools?
These are regarded as the major issues which were
established in a pre-trial conference on Durham integration
suit held here Wednesday before Middle District Court Judge
Edwin Stanley.
Joe WUlianM, Owkam yooag-
ster, won the luitioMi singles
championship at the American
Tennis Aasociitt—-ip—aored
toamament at WUkeiforee, OUo
early this week hj keating
Lynchbnrg’s' Horace Coiuing-
ham, 6-0, C-Z, 0-3. A—thrr Dnr-
hamite, Charles llrewiit was
The action is being brought by Mrs. Evelyn McKissick; **** qiarter finals hy
on behalf of her daughter, Jocelyn, and Mrs. Richael Rich
ardson for her daughter, Elaine.
The trial was scheduled for September 26.
The action, seeking a federal .ruling ordering ihtegra-
tion of Durham schools, is reviewed as constituting a seriotis
assault on the state’s recently devised Pearsall Plan, a legis
lative enactment designed to handle desegregation in the
state.
They are represented by Attorneys C. O. Pearson, J. H.
Wheeler, M. H. Thompson, Floyd McKissick and W. A. Marsh,
Jr> piiring Wedaesday’s coafereiice the Durham Board of
EduMtloh waS' represented by Marshall Spears, Jr., and
AsaUtant Attmttey Genei^ Ralph Moody'; represented the
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WUIiams, C-S. llhea WUU-
ams and Brown were ieCeated in
doubles champiearitfp phy hy
William Neibeat Hampton,
Va., and Cnnninghawi. t~2, S-3,
6-0. Brown is a rising senior at
Hillside. William is in Ids
second year at Laarinhaa# bati-
tqile.
Three More Enter
Twin City Schools
k WINSTON-SALEM
Thr% more Negro pupils will
attend formerly all white Win
ston-Salem schools this fall.
This fact became clear fol
lowing the action of the Winston
Salem school Jsoard Monday
night which acted on applica
tions for requests for transfer.
The board voted' to permit
three elementary school pupils
to transfer from the all Negro
Dig^ elementary school to the
new Easton elementary school,
only a few blocks from their
homes.
However, the board turned
down requests from five other
House Unit Chairman Challenged
To Debate Over Atlanta Hearings
Mr;. FDR Takes Dim View
Of Re-election Of Powell
NEW YORK
In' her column “My Day”,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt voiced a
somewhat subdued opinion on
Powell which could no longer be
kept reserved.
“It was no surprise’*, she
wrote “to any of us in New York
City that Adam Clayton Powell
■won the Democratic nomination
for Congressman in Harlem.
Carmine De Sapio, leader of
native, Xammany Hall, has promised
dishes and fruits. Honorees were j^at the Democratic Party will
some of the officials of the city,
including the Honorable Gerald
C. Cash, M.E.C., M.H.A., J.P.,
and Maxwell J. Thompson,
Magistrate Stipendary.
“On Sunday we worshipped at
St. John’s Baptist Cathedral. The
Rev. T.E.W. Donaldson, D.D.,
pastor.
“We learned that 85 percent
of the population are Negroes
and many are found in top posi
tions. Less than one percent of
the police force it white. Segre
gation has just about been brok
en down and the natives are
now unite behind Powell, and
1 Suppose there is nothing else he
can say, since the people of Har
lem have made their choice
clear.
“Those of us who are interes
ted in seeing the Negro people
intelligently represented In high
places, and who hope this repre
sentation can be of a quality
which will help to bring about
integration and the recognition
pf the high development among
Negro leaders, >cannot help but
■be a little saddened by having a
standards returned as a candi
date for Congress in an area
where the people of his own race
predominate.
“I understand well the case
with which a man who is gifted
as a speechmaker can carry
people with him who do not fol
low his record, and I imder-
stand also that his opponent was
not a strong candidate. But the
fact remains that the Negro
people of Harlem wiU aot be re
presented In Congress by some
one who will command respect
from his cejleagues.”
POWEIL AFTER HULAN JACK
NEW YORK
Sparked by his overwhelming
victory, Adam Clayton Powell
has vowed not to rest on his
laurels but to forge ahead to
greater glory. And immediately
after the primaries, he renewed
his fight to try and uproot
Democratic officials beginning
with Borough President Hulan
Jack. The fight against Jack has
been one of the bitterest of po
litically-developing into a feud
which divided voters and public
opinion until the last minute.
Citing Ja^ as an “Uncle
Tom” and demanding -his resig
nation as a Tammany leader,
ough President should devote
his full time to being Boro. Pres.
We want him to stop changing
signs on the lamp posts and start
changing personnel in his of
fice.” (PoWell^as referring to
the many occasions when Mr.
Jack participates in charity ac
tivities and .names of main,
streets are changed for the day.)
per month, third year $285i
other
in St
He llyedi^d the top rate, after four
M 7/ears; to $320 per month. -
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meeting
believe cur
DEBERRY WRITES ARTICLE
Dr. Charles U. DeBerry, Prin
cipal, Bladen Central High
School, Elisabethtown, is author
of ft receAt article “Our Diploma
Should Be Made of Sterner
Stuff’.
artiole appears In the
CaroUnn Teachers Retord
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NEW ORLEANS, La.
Aubrey Willianis of Mont
gomery, Ala., Pr«'sident of the
SCEF has challenged Chairman
Walter of the House Committee
on Un-American Aictivities Com
mittee to a debate.
Chairman Francis E. Walter
last Friday telegraphed Williams
“Your compaint aga inst the re
cent hearings of thii committee
in Atlanta caused me to conclude
that the hearings must have been
very good and effective.”
Williams telegraphed in reply,
“I continue to hold the lowest
possible opinion of the results
accomplished. I feel the public
should know what the facts are.
“I therefore suggest that you
meet me in open debate, and you
present the evidence which
causes you to hold that Its ,work
in Atlanta was ‘good and effec
tive’ and I will present evidence
that it was a complete failure so
far as its revealing anything new
and of value on what commu
nists are doing, and that what it
did do was what the two hund
red Negro leaders charged it
would do, namely . cooperate
with segregationists, Klu Klux-
and white citizens council
leaders In trying to discredit and
harass white Southerners who
are supporting federal law and
the mandates o£ the federal
courts,"
Williams suggested that the
dctante take place in the Natioi»l
PalB auh of Washington, D. C.
Negro pupils seeking admittance
to the Reynolds high school.
The vote to assign the three
Negro pupUs to the elementary
school and reject requests of
five others was 6-1. The dissen
ting vote was cast by Alderman
William Crawford who objected
to the rejection of the applica
tions for transfer 2>om the five
other ^tegro snipils.
Winston-Salem was one of
three North Carolina cities to
perni& DMited integration of its
publib sehodb last year. One Ne
gro st&dtet was' admitted to
Reynolds-high. She _wil return
this faU.
Funeral RHes
Held For Wfe
Of Minister
Funeral services ter Mrs. Mar
garet Cox, wife of prominent
Durham minister the Rev. W. F.
Cox, were scheduled to be held
Thursday afternoon at Irpjo.
The Rev. H. R. Reaves, of Ay-
den, general moderator of the
Free WlH Baptist Aaaociatioa,
was to deliver the eulogy in ser
vices at Onk Grow Free Will
Baptist Chotch, the invitation
Mrs. Cox helped her hiwtiiMi to
establish.
In declining health for the
past 12 months, llrs. Cox died at
Lincoln hospit^ Sunday at mlii>
night. She had been adnaitted to
tile hospital three wseks prior.
Earlier during the suBBmer, riie
had spent two wedEs in the hos
pital.
Bom in WUliamAurg, Ta.
daughter of the late Reverend'^
and Mrs. Hamptoa. Mis. Cox was
reared in Dunn uil wasjnMilcil
to thefoift-Coz te May. itlT.
The co^^le anvej te DMifteiu
in im and «w M«r
founded Oak Qroiv* Tttv
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