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Durham Delegation Presents
Cliarges at New Bern Hearing
A delegation from the Durham
Committee on Negro Affairs was
scheduled to charge th« state of
North Carolina with denying Ne
gro citizens' equal protection of
the law in three areas before a
hearing Wednesday of the State
Advisory Committee to the U. S.
Civil Right Commission.
The hearing was set for two
o’clock p.m. in the Federal court
room at New Bern.
North Carolina was charged
with denying Negroes equal pro
tection of the law in voting, em
ployment and use of federally-ap
propriated funds ,lln the presenta
tion tO' be made to the Committee
by the Durham Committee.
According to a portion of the
advance ^ text of the delegation’s
presentation to the Committee,
North Carolina was charged with
in voting, employment and use of
denying Negroes equal chancheft
federal funds appropriated to the
slate.
Addilional documents, bringing
similar chargcs against the city
of Durham in Education and Hous
ing were also to be presented.
Advance texts of these chargc
were not available at press timt. j
In voting, the delegation’s state-j
nicnt said that subtle pressures'
effectively prevent Negroes in
large numbers from using the bal-'
lot in eastern section of the state. I
The statement det-larcd that Ne-|
grocs were systematically excluded
from skilled jobs and upgrading
in niiijor industries and charged
state employment agencies with
maintaining policies to oxcludc Ne
groes from skilled jobs.
it also pointed out that Negroes
were excluded from benefits of
training programs for youth.
The delegation appeared before
the committee as the result of an
atV.^inquiry from Committee chair
man McNeil Smith, of Greensboro.
It was haadad by John H. Wheel
er, chaiiman of the Durham Com-
mittefe, on Negro Affairs, and in
cluded Ellis D. Jones co-chair
man «f the sub-committee on vot-
ing aAi political affairs; N. B.
White, co-chairman, of the sub
committee on employment; and
W. A. Clement and D. Eric Moore,
co-chairman of the sub-committee -
on Education. I
PARTIAL TEXT
OF STATEMENT
Almost every citizen of North
Carolina is aware of the difficulties
experienced by Negro citizens who
attemi^t to register and vote in
large numbers in the so-called
black belt counties in Eastern
North Carolina. This situation is!
difficult to document because ofj
(1) pressures applied by school >
borads to Negro teachers; (2)
pressures applied by land owners
to Negro tenant farnjers; and (3)
economic pressures applied by
small businessmen and merchants
to Negro consumers and users of
credit. Failure of documentation,
therefore, does not mean that
(Ste Denied, PageS)
Rapists Excused From Death
New Principal — Dennis M. Me-
Caskill, principal of • Claveland
County high chool, has been ap
pointed principal of the new
Lakeviev/ elementary school
which will open In Durham In
September. The school is located
in Bragtown. See Columns 2 and
3, this page, for details.
.—_, -.y _
NCC PROF. APPROVED—
Senators ApptaudClioice Of
Morrow For Amlrassadorsltip
Jury Says No
Brutalitif;
Sentence Held
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— An all
white, male jury debided that four
white men who raped a young
Florida A and M University co-ed
vvere not brutal and thus saved the
tuactet from the death penalty
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WASllINGrON, D. C. —Joiin
II. Morrow, aiiibassador-dchir^
nate to Guinc:i, passed whiit wu.s
presumed to be iiis .'■cid test as
the Senate Foreign Heiations
Committee voted approval of his
nomination here Tuesday with
words of high praise.
Morrow, former cliairtnan or
the modern foreign language de
partment at North Carolina Col
lege, was nominated for the
diploniati|: post in May by I’rcsi
dent Eisenhower.
There had been speculation
that the 40-year.-old language
professor would face “rou-^h
sledding” in the Senate Commit
tee hearings on his nomination.
_ A Major wire service
shortly ■ after' Iii» noniintflion
poipted out that the Senate'had
a'loplcd a “cool” attitude tow
ard appointment of noncarcer
diplomats. It also raised tlie
tiuestion uf Morrow’s relation
ship to the White House. His
brother, E. Frederic, is special
assistant to the President,
However, .several members of
the committee were high i n
prai.se ot his choice for the post
and were pleased at his qualifi-
calions.
He i.s “exlremely well qiiali-
fic.'J,” Senator Mike Mansfield
(D-Mont) said. Mansfield went
on lo tell the new ambassador
that he was sorry Morrow hadn’t
been given a tougher assign
ment.
J. William Fulbright, chair
man- of Jthc #o«tt»Ktpe eme
(See Morrow, PageS)
vith a recommendation for mercy.
The jury’s verdict, returned last
Friday, brought to an end the
three day trial which had attracted
wide attention because of its imp
lications.
Florida has never extracted thq
death penalty from a white mao
accused oi raping a Negro woman..
However, several Negroes have
been put to death for raping whit?
wemen. Currently four Negroes
are in the death house at liaiford
awaiting execution of their death
jcntcrtces for raping white women, j
The jury’s verdict was greeted i
with calmness in the packed^
ronrtroom where Negroes crowded
the segregated iiaicony.
Ne.“ro leaders generally reacted
calmly, but p«jinted out that the
slate still protected its record of
never sending a white man to hiif
death for raping a Negro. •
The jiwy foreman in an tnte^
view with a ntf)jor press service,
explained that the group had np
diffictdty reaching a vertlict of
guilty in >R short time. He added r
that mcrcy was recomntended be-
caii.se there was no evidence of
brutality. ‘
'j’estimony presented in the ease:
l)rought ont the fact that all’ butj*
one of the four men raped the
girl twice, she was threatened with'
fully l«adcd shotgun and a kiiife.f
at her throat, her dress was ripped
h.er. '["A
Fired Shot To Make
White Farmer Free
Man Run,
In Killing
YIOlENCtADVOCATtSliAPI>tD
New Bill iln Congress
Seen Threat To Race
vith what appeared to be a baby
liaper and her dress was ripped
from her body.
Defense attorneys laid heavy
siress on the fact that the four
defendants came from poor home
environments.
(See Rape, PageS)
i)>nt; Mo^rthur 'NevMlI, Jaek-
ficers elected last week at fhe |T sonvllle, ieedi^^; Winser ATex-
annual convention of the North f ander, Columbia, president and
Carolina Association of New
Farmers of America held
A&T College included from left
to right;. front row—John Mac-
key, Paatego, second vice presi-
Benjamin Jones, Tarboro, first
vice pretident. These on the
back row are: W. T. Johnson,
Sr., assistant State supervisor of
Vocational Agriculture and ad-
4iser;^Herman Burnett, M^bane,
trc^^er; KMwetl Whifaker,
Whitakers, third vice president;
Richard Robbins, Ahoskie, re
porter and J. W. Warren, assis^
ant State, supervisor of Vo-Ag
and adviser.
CHICAGO Dixie politicians,
realizing that they arc no longer
, politically powerful enough to
push through Congreia "a naked
anti-Negro bill,” have adopted
new tactics and are now seeking
their objective through support of
legislation to curb the United
f States Supreme Court under cover
of fighting communism, Roy
Wilkins, NAACP executive sec
retary, charged in an address pre
pared for delivery here Friday at
a Freedom Fund dinner of the
Chicago NAACP.
He cited the inclusion of an anti
subversion clause in H. R. 3, a bill
to restrict the Supreme Court now
before the House, as an example
of the tactics being used by south
erners to suppress civil rights ad
vocates. Under this bill, he warn
ed, southern states would seek to
brand the NAACP as subversive,
despite the Association’s well
known anti - communist record,
and thus to outlaw it.
"That is the neat little plan
wrapped up In H. R. 3," the' NAA
CP leader said. "The Old South
kn^ws that times have
changed and it doe* not have the
political strength to put across a
naked anti-Negro ^ill. But it has
clothed Its brain child In an anti
communist garment and thus hopes
to win enough votes from the
North, East and Far West to pass
H. R. 3, If the trick should suc
ceed the Dixie dte-hards would
have a club over the Negro more
deadly than the Klan or any lyuch
mob.”
In the fight against racial in
justice, "There are other weapons
which can be employed,” the NAA
CP leader pointed out, “but I need
not stress that retaliatory violence
is not one of them,” Wilkins de-
clared.
"We cannot fight lynching with
lynching. Of ceurae, we must de
fend ourselves wlwn attacked.
(See Threat, Paget)'
iouthern Leaders Join in
Opposing Bill for Sedition
NEW ORLEANS, La.— Many
top Negro leaders in the South
iiave issued a joint statement
voicing alarm over legislation .
to revive state sedition laws now
being considered in the U.
Congress.
They sai; “Under these pro
posed laws each state could
have its own sedition laws — a
situation not now possible be
cause of the 1956 decision of the
Supreme Court. In the South wp
know all too well that many
politicians with power label in
tegration as subversion and ac
cuse leaders in the fight f^r
desegregation or being com
munists.”
The Supreme (Court ruled in
1950 that the federal govern
ment alone has the power to
prosecute ior alleged sedition
against it. This decision had the
effect of freeing seven integra-
tionists in ' Kentucky who had
been accused of sedition, in
cluding ohe who was sentenced
to 15 years in prison.
Since then the Southern Dem
ocrats, led by Senator Eastland
and aided by conservative Re
publicans, have pushed for leg
islation to give the states equal
power with the federal govern- |
ment to prosecute for sedition j
against the state or the United
States. Several bills to restore
' this power are pending in the
Hou.se and Senate. j
The Negro leaders’ statement |
continued: Senator Eastland |
of Missis,sippl anrl Kepresenta-
tive Howard K. Smith of Vir*
ginia are bitter enemies of
(See Oppose, Page 8)
McCaskill Gets Appointment
As Principal of New School
Dennis Moore McCaskill has
been appointed principal of the
new Lakeview elementary school,
scheduled to open in Durham in
September.
McCaskill’s appointment 'was an
nounced this week by Charles
Chewing superintendent of Dur
ham County schools.
McCaskill has been principal
of the Washington high school of
Shelby for the past 12 years. .
He is holder of the B., S. and
M. S. degrees Ifroni piort^i’Carolina
College. He is married and father
of three children.
A former resident, his home in
Durham is at 307 Dunstan street.
The Lakeview school, nearing
completion, Is located on Fence
Row in the Bragtown section.
When fipished, it will contain II
classrooms and other facilities.
County school officials said it
would be staffed by II teachers
in addition to McCaskill.
The school is designed to al
leviate overcrowding at Merrick-
Mo^e schsol.vSome .^00 elemen-
,tw;y'Ijlsii.now attending Mer-
ricjk-At.oore. wiU be assigned to the
new school
Fattier of Four
To Be Honored
By St. Joseph s
William Gilmer, father of four,
will be presented a citation during
Father’s Day services at St. Jose
ph’s A. M. E. Church Sunday morn
ing
Gilmer was selected "Father of
the ■year” in a church-wide ballot
at St. Joseph’s.
He will be presented p citation
by W. Wayne perry, member of
the Junior Stewards board, dufing
Sunday mornings’ service.
The ceremony honoring Gilmer
Is being sponsored by the Junior
Stewards.
Gilmer nomination was made
on tlie basis of his service to thcj
church and his demonstration ofj
the “exemplary qualilicls of a
Christian father,” Perry said.
The honoree is married lo thei
former Miss Evelyn Manley of
Louisburg, and they have' four
children; Wanda, 8 William, Jr.,7,
Elliot, 4, and Cheryl, 2,
He is a veteran of three years
service in the marine corps, has
been a memberof St. Joseph’s since
boyhood and currently serves on
the board of Junior Stewards.
The Gilmers live at 1312 Rose
wood avenue.
: NFA Officers,
Prizewinners
Are Selected
! GREENSBORO — A Tyrrell
County farm youth will head thej
North Carolina Association of New ,
Farmers of America during the
coming year.
Winser Alexander, Columbia, |
a rising senior at the Tyrrell'
County High School, won in a
balloting for president at the final j
session on Friday of the organiza
tion’s 31st annual convention held
here at A&T College June 2-5. He
beat out Hoswell Whitaker of Bat- j
tleboro, who automatiqally became
1 the third vice president. I
STATE CHAMPIONS j
State championships in a scries
of contest conducted by the organ-
(See NFA, Page 80 I
AARON MOORE, JR.
Durham Man Dies in Aufo
Accident near Greensboro
Last Saturday a Durham
man was killed and three others
injured when a tire blew out on
the car they were traveling in.
The four men were traveling
East on U. S. 70 when the left
rear tire blew. The car skidded
over a hundred yards before hit-
tmg a ditch and turned end over
end four times.
The dead man was identified as
Aaron Moore,, Jr., of route 5, Dur
ham. He carried no identfifation
but the cap was registered in his
name. Other occupants of the car
identified Moore, who was seated
on the right of the car.
The three injured men were
Amos Wilson, 25, driver of the
car, cf 1000 Second street, Dur
ham, possible chest injuries; Ed
die Roberts Mack, 38, Route 1,
Hillsboro, compound fracture of
the left leg, several teeth knocked
out and laceration of the h^ad;
Arstanual Wilson, 17. Route 1,
Hillsboro, suffered Oi.iy lacera
tions.
No charges were made t)y thej
investigating officer. I
I Explains Act
As "Prank"
WAKE FORE.ST — A white
farmer who shot a Negro farm
laborer in what he drscritird «3
a '‘prank " was freed of all blame
in the killing by a justice of the
I peace here Tuesday night
j No probable cause was f»mnd by
1 Justice of the Peace W. F. Donie-
: ley against Roger Earl William.s.
I 38 year old farmer, in the pist'd
i slaying June 13 of William Person,
20.
I Williams had been charged with
! manslaughter.
I The farmer blamed the fleath of
I Person on “prankinc,” and told
: the justice of the peace. “I
; wouldn't have killed him for
nothin' in the world.”
The defendant described the
I dead man as "one of my best
friends.”
Plhers tcsUfied that the two had
always" been ^op3 friemfe an»l that
there was no ill will l>etwecn them.
Williams explained he fired the
fatal shot to make Person mn
faster and didn't know tlie bullet
struck him until later.
(See Prank, Pa«e •)
No Rest for
Church-Barnes
Baltimore, Md. — Alexamler
Barnes, director of Public Rela
tions and Social Service fer the
AME Zion church, told the Board
of Lay Activities of the Methofiist
Church here last week that there
were too many broken hones, too
many wayward children and other
social ills for church leaders to
take time out to rest or even
pause.
Bames address was before the
Washington Conference of the lay
men here last Friday.
Durhamite to Study in Germany
Miss Annie Mac Spaulding, of
Durham, and Miss Bernice Bullock,
of Henderson, both honor grad
uates of 1959 ai North Carolina
College, have been awarded Ful
bright scliolarships, it was an-
nouced this week.
Miss Spaulciing, who lives with
her aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs.
A. E. Jackson at 715 Massey ave,-
nue, intends to study mathema
tics at Mainz University in Mainz,
Germany next September.
She will leave the U. S. on Sep
tember 7 for the opening of the
University’s fall term on Septem
ber 17.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Spaulding of Ciariton, she was a
summa cum laude graduate in
NCC’s class of 1959.
She ■ had already won a Wood
row Wilson fellowship.
Miss Bullock, a cum laude grad-
date, will study at the University
of Caen. She was a French major
at NCC.
She is tije daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alfred Bullock, Route 3, Box
154, Henderson,
Miss Bullock attended the Cep
has Spring Elementary School in
Henderson from 1943 to 1951.
At Henderson Institute where she
finished high school in 1955, Miss
Bullock won honors as the most
progressive student, in French. She
was a member of the high school
Crown and Setpter Club, French
Club, Dramatics Club, and a staff
member of the Monitor, student
newspaper.
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KITTRELL—Dr. M. Arthur Cam
per was ^appointed president of
Kittrell Junior College Wednesday
by the school's board of trustees
Tuesday.
Camper .-epiaces Or. R. W. Wlv
ner, who has been named presl-
dent-emeritus.
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tor ^ a BifflierXr'MrE. Church
of Hampton, Va., is well%n*wn in
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t'rclej.
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