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v f'*' f'rTi f 1 Proposed To Safeguard pdmLPmiin BRIDIIE VOLUME Si—No. l|>. 5 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1960 RETURN POSTAGE GUARANTEED PRICE: 15 CENTS GOALS JFOR^EAR OlftUNED Chains To Up Credit Union For Aiding Small Businesses Group Stresses Recruitmetif of New Businesses The establishment of a Credit Uaion for small Negro busincss- m'es and rccriiitment of new buis- ness not heretofore operated by N(t?roes in Durham are the major goals set by the Dnrliam business and Professional Chain for 11^. These goals were uhanimou9ly adopted by the general member ship monthly meeting wMch was held at the Ali;onquin ^lub on Fayetteville Street, Sunif^, Janii- ary 10. at 6 P. M., with Floyd B. Mci^iclc pMsidiQS. set by tihf-Chainj at 1. Inauiuraii*-if *p»t)2ranS |oore effectively than the present "Trade Week” program. 2 Increase membership locally and nationally. 3. Determine how the Chain cart help the small Negro businessman and to conduct a program deigned to help increase the income of the mail busiriesiihaii; Plans for establishing the Credit Union will be submitted by J. W. Hill of Durham Business College at the February Meeting of 'thie Chain. The target date for estab lishing the Credit has been set for March 1. The purpose of the credit union is to provide an instrument where by members of the Chain may pool their resources in order., that they may assist a member with certain problems during times of business crisis. According to McKissicIc, Presi dent of the Chain, he has been contacted by representatives of several regional^ and local firms on the establishment of new- Ne gro businesses, not heretofore operated by the Negro in Durham. Included in these contacts were such businesses as a bowling alley, a small manufacturing firm, ladies wearing apparel, motel #nd others. A complete report bn these will be submitted to the Chain mem bers and general puitllic. The Durham Business Chain and Housewives League will hold its next monthly meeting on Feb ruary 7 at 5 p. m. Algonquin Club, Fayetteville Street.' CuHferd . Cannty ' l««t wttk was namM "Couiity, fh* Ytar" in th* N«rH« Carolina Rural Pre- grfu. Campal^. Th*** war* annMg th« l«ad«r« who haadtd tha campaign. They are from left to right; (seated) Joe Raleigh, Coll'ns Grove and Mrs. Madge Alston, Mt. Tabor, both “HEARTENING^ Unions Draws Praise of NAACP NEW YORK — The NAACP this week termed the Brother hood of Railway Trainmcn’.s scrap ping of its color bar "a heartening reaffirmation of the American principal of equal opportunity for all.’" NAACP Exective Secretary Roy Wilkins wired W. P. Kennedy, president of the Brotherhood, at the union's Cleveland convention site. That NAACP ii "gratified to raad action takei^ by your con* venHon dalegalet opening the way to membership in your or- ganlutlen to qualified workers irrecpeetive of race," Wilkins said. “We trust that it wiiil be followed by early enrollment of Negfo train men in your brotherhood. "Further,” Secretary Wilkins continued, “we hope that the ex ample set by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will stimulate Joe Louis'Trip Boosts Cui)ans Drive to Get i^ore U. S. Tourists action by othpr railway unions.” The NAACP chief executive re ferred to the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Firemen and Bnginemen and bth^r “orljratio'n” railroad brotherhoods. The continued e.xciusion of Ne groes from the trainmen and fire men unions was one of the issues which precipitated a heated ex change between AFL-CIO Presi dent George Meany and A Philip Randolph at the federaMon’s con vention in San Francisco la.st Sep tember, The two unions had been ad mitted to the AFL-CIO in 1958 on condition that they* remove the color bar from their constitutions. At the convention, Randolph, the federation’s only Negro vice presi- See UNIONS, page 6 ■ NEW YORK — After all the shooting was over and the streets cleared, Castro had a job on his hands convincing tourists that It was all ended and that Cuba was really a lovely tourists resort. Americans couldn't forget the picture's where traitors were stood up on the street corner and shot to death with their fiats on. They felt they might get accidently shot by straying bullets meant for someone else. Then Castro’s bfearded men had an idea - of forming a committee to publicize the fact that Havana is again the gay. exciting gambling Joint- it always was ■ just that it’s "under new management.” One of the biggest boosters was a trip to Havana by former champ,' Joe Louis, who returned to Ameri ca with glowing -reports on how well he was treated - how beautiful the scenery was - and most im portant - how SAFE the island is now, Another boost was the cut in plane fare - temporary of course. Then the package tours which in cluded low-cost ho'els, food .and sightseeing. These low-spenders did not add much to the country’s cash register but the business gave them the feeling of coming pros perity. Most influential was Joe Louis’ talk that It is cflmpleteiy non segregated. As In Puerto Rico, See CUBANS, page 6 Disputes Would Be Settled by U. S. Authority W.\SHlNGTON — Plans were unfolded 1)K' the Eisjen- liow^r administratioi^i tlii.s week week, to prgvide referees to protect the voting; rights of N«groe* in state as welk.as na tional elections. Federal julg- cs.HvouUt i)e em]M)were(l to ap point tbt referees. The 4>lan was unveiled by .\ttor»ej’ General William P. Ropers as an alternative to federal , registrjirs as reconi- nrended by the Civil Kiglits C«Bii»laints that ([ualified are prevented from voting in many soutliern areas q;ave rise to both plans. Adopt ion of eitlier plan would re- qHire action from Congress, Jhe Rogers plan would, give fe^ral authorities supervision over state as well as national elec tions but would rely on the regis- tr^s already appointed to do the aotual registering of voters. Gertificates of eligibility to 4i£llified persons could be issued by the federal referees. Elections officials denying them the right to vote thereafter would be sub ject to prosecution for contempt of ^rt. . In some southern quarters both -liians are opposed under the pre- i||Mse that the U, S. Constitution states ihe sole iwwer to de- W^^e if - . jtre- Mat^d CAMPAIOMING — Senator Hu bert H. Humphrey, Democratic' candidate for President, admire» a Hump'h'reir campaign buflen ^ . —: worn by Duke Eltlngtoo, famous band leader. The tw* rAet in Milwaukee, Wisc.,’^ recently. Mrs. Humphrey Is at center. MOTORISTS COMPLAINT ANSWERED Not Responsible for Rest Room Jim Crow, Standard Oil Says LILUNGTQN — A party of f dependent businessmea, n« by motorists wlit) were refused rest room serviite after purchasing gasoline froin an ESSO station here were told this week by a employees of Esso Standard “We have no legal control over what these Esso dealers do. You may be be sure that this company yW' Vote. community leaders and. stand ing, B. A. Hall and Mrs. Rosa T. Winchester, farm and home agent, respectively. ' Th(kikew proposaf, now briMg 'rife ferreif to as the Rogerc i^n i: said to i(ieet the approval of John A. HanijUi, chairman of the Civil Rights Commission. LEADS CHURCH CAMPAIGN— Attorney Wayne Perry, above, has been appointed chairman of a drive conducted by A. M. E. Churches of the Second district to recruit new members. Perry will supervise a committee of 75 person* to carry on cam- palgit threuqh Easter. See page ■ flv for details. REV. COBB GUEST MINISTER — The Rev. Charles E. Cobb, native of Dur ham and now pastor of St. John's Congregational Church, Spring field, Mass., will be the guest minister at St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church on Sunday, January 31. Dr. Melvin Chester Swann, the minister of St. Joseph's stated, "The Rev. Mr. Cobb is very active in the community life of Spring field. He is a member of the Board of Public Welfare. A for mer member of the A. M. E. Church, the Rev. Mr. Cobb has served the present congregation for nearly ten years. 0 Court Enjoins Norfolk CORE NORFOLK — Virginia Circuit Judge Clyded H, Jacobs etijoined seven members of Norfolk CORE from picketing the Be-Lo Super Market, The injuction is effective eting daily since December 21 to end discriminatmn against hiring only until March 20, 1960, The CORE group had been pick- Negroes. CORE had also provided a car pool so that those who wish, ed to shop in a store with a more democratic hiring policy could do so. Youth Talks Must Deal With School Issues NEW YORK — Unless the pro gram of the 1960 White House Confeirwice on Children and Youth is revised to deal adequately with the “al|.pervading issue” of school segregation, the conference" will stultify Itself, ’ NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins warns in a letter dispatched today to Ephraim R. GMilwrg, executive director of the conference. Ttie preliminary program for the coflferei^ce provides for con sideration of public school deseg- regatioK and “the myriad discrim ination against Negro children, Wilkins’ letter pointed out, “only in the most, oblique fashion, and only tlie initiative of individual delegate in an insulated and ex tremely limited number of work- groupa.” M*rHN»ver, the letter contin ues, *^en if the topics be thi'DMl^ly discussed in the six worli#rM>ps handling 'Children and YMth of Minority Groups,' the WtMiixatlon structure of the eont^rftace Is such that at best t'' silvtr of a recommendation may wM up in the final docu ment." “It should be made plain to all forum and work ground leaders,” Wilkins contends in the letter, that discussion of the Negro angle must not be barred from their groups as something which is pro grammed for and confined to” the six workgroups with a total scheduled attendance of less than 200 out of .several thousand dele gates expected. H»e .conference, which will be held in Washington, March 27 - April 2, is the first such assembly since 1950, fow years before the Supreme Court’s anti-segregation decision was handed down. Around that decision, the letter points out, "has raged one of this century’s great debates. In terms of the sheer number of children and youth directly affected, it could hardly be outranked in im- , Set YOUTH, pae« 6 regional-repres^tBtive of the oil'does not advocate discnmhsation.” company tha^f, th^ firm has noj This was Ihe written reply re- control over operation of local ceived by J. B. Barren and a grofp Sss stfltions. motorists from Chsrtcs ■4" "Virtually all of the 28,000 Hams, of Charlotte, of the Stand- Esso stations are operated by in- £ ard Oil Company's regional office. |IarreD and two others had wist- iUMVtfae regional officeetandaf^i f*niT Everyoite Cries At Sweet Daddy’s Wake Newark, M J.—Even members of the 10 place band wailed and moaned at the Newark funeral, one of many, for Daddy Grace, whose shoujder-lenght grey hair oltagi *eu|‘t'ing' fIngitMiaile jwere an oddity. ^ Showing much of the old-time revival meetinja tactfics, some 20,000 people viewed the body encased in * glass-topped coffin at it made the rounds from city to city b^re btfrial. TV camera men swarmed .to see the tribute. Urban Renewal Developers Must Follow Laws WASHINGTON, D. C. — Pur chasers of land in urban renewal areas in states and localities that have laws forbidding racial dis crimination >in housing will be put on official notice of th^ir obliga tion to comply fully with such statutes, U. S. Housing Adminis trator Norman P. Mason announc ed this week. This .policy is contained in in structions being issued to Region al Offices of Uie Housing and Home Finance Agency by Urban Renewal Commissioner David M. Walker. Under Walker’s instructions lo cal redevelopment ■ - agencies in states forbidding discrimination in housing because of race, creed color, or national origin will pre sent to prospective redevelopers a formal notice citing the applicable laws and stating further; “Developers of urban renewal projects land are expected to con duct their operations in conform ity with state and local law. A final determination by a state or local tribunal that a developer has used iuch land in violation of the provisions of any such state or local law priAlbittng discrimina tion may result in the refusal of URA to concur In the disposition of' any other project land to that developer.” “The purpose of this notice is to make cleur to those undertaking redevelopments of urban renewal areas that the Federal govern- See URIAN, paga 6 New YltKer in Line for House Chairmanship W.^SHIXGTOM. I), t;.—The southern element of Conj;re'>, especially the House of Kej»- resentatives. was thrown iiiio a fright here f»te last week i»ver the pr(M>i>ect of a Nesr»> i>eci)inins; chairman ul the {«>w erful Hoii.se Education a»d F^ljor \Jommtttee. This (>ros|>ect became a rrai issue when i,prc.scTtt chairman »f tiie c»>mmittce. .Vprth Car*- l i n a ' s f jraharti I»*rilen , an nounced late last week his in tention to resijfn from C^«»n- !jre>s at the end of this year. Barden's resi^natioB will leave Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, of New Yoric, in line for the dttirmas- ship accwdiag to seaivity rules. There were quidt reactiona from southerners immediately aft^ Bar den’s annouflcemeat Friday. They ranged all the way from propo sals to split the Comniit‘ee into two parts, giving Powell tbe labor half, to oblique attemr*s to dis credit the York Congress- lire. Surprise Meve It appears ttart tke North Caro lina Congressman’s aMMWiccment came as a surprise to southern Congressional leaders. No clear course of action was apparent in the hasty manueveriags and con ferences among sonthmiers on tne matter.. 11*e •Oil comjiii# explaining of ir:; a dilemma. If they coateat (|iscriminatibn against them Service station here earlier this month. * According to Harron, he and two women passengers drove up to the M. P. Crews Esso service station and purchased three dol lars of gasoline after lieing as sured t>y tha attendant they .could, use the rest rooms. When the' women in the ti^jeXs headed for the rest rooms marked | “women,” a .second atte^ant frantically ordered them t» go around the back. The women, who were simply identified by Harren as “school teachers,” complied witli his re quest and found segregated rest rooms at the rear of the one they h4^» originally tried to enter. Unaware of what had happened to the women, Harren said when he attempted to enter the rest room marked “men,” he was or dered to go around the back where he found a rest room on the back side of the bus station with a fence separating the accommo dations for the two races. Harren said in addition two padlocks were hanging on the door on the room marked “colored men,” and that when he complain ed to attendants, thky replied: “We thought it was open: it was open yesterday.” Harren said further that when he and the women passengers questioned the attendant about the segregated rest rooms, one of them answered that there was nothing he could do about it. _Q Wheeler to Give African Report The offlcial family of St. Joseph's A. M. E. Church and tiie Durlwm Committee on Negro Affairs will present Attorney Joim K Wboel- er, Sunday night, Januarv .31. Mr. Wheeler will give a trfwel- ogue of his recent South African trip. The pr«»gram partklpwts, as released by W. M. Oreay, chairman of the eominittoe en arrangements, are: the' Senior Choir of St. JmopK's Church, W. H. Bulloch. H. M. MicitMm. Sr., N. H. fcemtett,. Jr,, Dw C. Moore, Mrs. Margaret Qae*»tii and Misa Geneva Mefciwe. Mrs. Derethy HelmMi will tent an exhiMtiM M Alrk^ ell’s right to suceed Barden open ly, they are eourtiat a reaction to the Democratic party at the polls in an electMp year. On tbe etber Iiaa4, if Powell gets the job, he could weild con siderable inlueaee oa education bills before Congress. / . Informed Qpinion here Uiia was that the fight against Powell will likely be carried on the back- See POWEU., page 6 POWELL Respects iad( ReplacetnHit NEW YORK — ... As Httlaa Jack awaitst tie verdict wbich Migp either force his resignatioo frtfi* his 925.M0 a year j«b as Boraogli President of Manhattan, ow ftdly* re-instate khn with apologies, Ite office at City Hall goes unogMt His desk aad chair aie meti^ dusted and k^pt ready tw a han ful return. Louis Cioffi. AG^iK BorovA President, has so muidi respect fW his boss he says I|« “wwittet think of using his ol^ ’' He idw commended bin for pMt political aetivitie*. I^fi is m Italian badielor-tist|i|K 4B—aad pot ia Jack*! spot next in Hm. Commisaioaaer ol aad a ilevaMl A prodtMt ef I regime, OMH yer aai las yaars aa tk* tion when ] he's Mm H i» « f«varil|lr,i
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