THE CAROLINA TIMES
|AT., JAN. 21. 1961 "THl TRUTH UWfclPm^'—PAOl 14
Nigh Court Agms to Review
D^th SentMce|or Rape Intent
NEW YORK. — Thi U. S. ’'contend in their petition to the
preme Court this week agreed to
E^view the case of a Bivmingham,
Ala. Negro arrested and , sentenced
to death on the charge .of "bur
sary with intent to ravish"
White woman.
The convicted man, Charles
^amiIton, was arrested in October,
cihairged wi^h enterii^-'f
borne with intent to burglarize and
to rape an 80 year old white v/o-
man.
Whil* th« burglary chart*
was droppad, Hamilfon was swi*
^ncad to death for "Intmt to
raip*" and ha* b«*n hald in
Prison Montgomkry, Alik,
tinea April, 1957.
The case was taken to the U- S
Svipreme Court by attorneys for
the NAACP Legal Defense and
i|)ducational Fund in cooperation
\yith Hamilton’s Alabama lawyers
on the ground that' Hamilton was
denied the services of an attorney
at the preliminary stages of the
proce>?dings. A' lawyer was api-
pointed by the court to defend
him several days after he was
brought before the court for ar
raignment an4 the entry, of plea
recorded.
Legal Defense Fund attorneys
U. S. Supreme Couirt that this
dgnied Hamilton “due process of
Uw.”
..f' Tha right ta covamI In ca«M
«|rk«ra ciMth' ptnalty it In-
, i^olvcd It abtoluta at avtnr atag«
' th« court prMttdIng* Mtow
ing tha IndlcHntnt of tti* 4«fan-
dantt," t^ attemayt argu*.
They pointed out that the Alaba
ma Supreme Court held last sum
mer that undet^ local law an ac
cused did have the right to an at
torney before arraignment and en
try of plea. However, the court
denied Hamilton’s request for a
new trial stating that he did not
show he was harmed by the lack
of counsel at the arraignment.
Tha major Ittua raitod by
Ltgal Difant* attomayt In b«>
half of Hamilton it whathor tha
right fo ceunaal at prollminary
haarlngi an(1 bafera arraign
ment In capital catat It agtolvta
or not.
Attorneys in the case are Peter
Hall aad Orzelle Billingsly of Bir
mingham, Ala., and Thurgood
Marshall, James M. Nabrit, III and
Jack Greenberg of the Legan De
fense Fund staff in New York .
Muslim Blask Su|}remacist:
Discrimination In Reverse
NEW YORK, — “Black Supre-
m a c y” and “Discrimination
Against All Whites” are the slo
gans of a little known but rapidly
expanding religio political move
ment which claims a quarter of ii
million followers among Ameri
can Negroes.
Negro journalist William
Worthy, writing in the February
iafli|e of Esquire Magazine, takes
a revealing look at this Negro
counterpart of the Ku Kluf jUan
which calls itself the Muslims.
Vaguely oriented to the leach-
i^gs of the Koran, the
h|ave as their leader Elijah Mu-
^mmed, who was born Elijah
poole in Georgia in 1897. He has a
ttlir!] grade education, an earl$i'
history of residence in “white”
j[ails and a violent hatrad ei
white men.
Ministers in the 29 Muslim Tem
plet of Islam in major cities
•round the country prophesy a
“War of Armageddon” within
Dioe years in which the black na-
ti^s of the world will be victori
ous over the white.
According to Esquire article,
F^eral authorities suspect the
M^lims of being pierilously close
to, a violation of the Smith Act,
which makes it a crime to advo
cate the violent overthrow of the
Vnited States govetnment.
Meanwhile Elijah Muhammed’s
organization continues to hay«
Wide appeal for many semi-iUi-
tcrate Negroes equipped with no
special skills who find themselves
rejected not only by the whui;
man but also by most other Ne*
yroet.
Esquire quotes historian ArUiur
Schlesinger, Jr., as saying the
blame for the movement lies not
tiK l^ro««, but with th«
whites. “White Americans have
brought this on themselves,” he
says, “and the responsibility can’t
be evaded by attacking the Mus
lims.”
Elizabeth City Teachers College
Accredited By Southern Asso.
ELIZABETH CITY — Elizabeth
City State Teachers College ii now
fully accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and .Bec-
pndary Schools.
Notification of this action by
the Association was contained in
a letter fr*om Dr. Gordon W.
Sweet, Executive Secretary of the
Association, which indicated that
all notations and questk>ns have
been removed from the name of
Elizabeth City State Teachers Col-
lege'f listings |n the Accrediting
Association’s “APPROVED LIST.”
Such action by the rating as
sociation indicates that the col
lege is now fully accredited.
The college has been on the
“Approved List” since 1947; how
ever, its listing carried a notation
indicating a question concerning
meeting only two standards.
Dr. Sweet’s letter also stated,
“The Committee noted the real
improvement that has been made
and commends ' Elizabeth City.
State Teachers College for its pro
gress.”
As a result, of this action, the
college is listed in the U. S. Office
of Education 1960-61 Directory of
Accredited Instiutions of Higher
Education along with other ac
credited colleges and universities.
When asked to comment on the
significance of the Association’s
action. Dr. Walter N. Ridley, Presi
dent of the College said. “On the
basis of these circumstances, Eli
zabeth City State Teachers Col
lege will be considered for full
membership in the Association at
it’s December 1961 meeting. We
now look toward elections.”
Are Termites
Going North?
It thern a termite problem
ahead for home owners in the
North?
Entomologists of the University
of Wisconsin have been trying to
find the answer to this question.
They suspect that termites may
be undergoing evolutionary
changes resulting in a winter-
hardy relative of this traditionally
southern insect pest.The number
of areas in nothem Wisconsin
reporting termites is increasing,
they sayj
A very gradual migration north
ward of certain species of ter
mites has been reported by en
tomologists in a number of States
In recent years. Some sugg^est that
this is because of weather condi
tions in some areas. Then, as
housing developments have ex
panded and replaced woodlands,
termites have infested homes.
Heated basements or heated con
crete slab foundations for houses
often keep the ground underneath
warm enobgh for termites to be
active in winter.
The Wisconsin entomologists
are cooperating with the U. S.
Forest Products Laboratory m
Madison, Wise., to deterinine why
termites are being found so far
north and whether they can de
velop winter tolerance.
Though the studies have been
underway only a short time, they
Offer evidence that termites can
become winter-hardy.
Home owners who have ques
tions about ground-nesting ter
mites. will find detailed informa
tion bn prevention and control in
“Subterranean' Termites” (HG-64).
This fully, illustrated, 30-page
USDA publication may be purchas
ed from' the' Superititendcnt of
Documents, Government Printing
Office, Washington 29, D. C. for
19 (ents a c6py, (coin, i\ot stamps).
A(so tor 'salfe at 9 cen^ a copy is
“Soil Treatment, 'An Aid in Ter-
n^ite Control” Leaflet 924).
POUNbER'S DAY SPEAKER —
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Waahlingimi, .0. G.,; will b« ona
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tarlat of avantt hav* b««n plan-
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on Fab. 1 Sa« dotallt pag* 5-B
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ORANGEBURG, S. »^-A Col
lege. Housing loan w $32',000 to
Claflin College,., -^as been an
nounced to bu^ a dormitory for
128 men stadenta, by Commis
sioner C. Ha^eltine of the
Communi^ Facilities Administra
tion an^Dr. H. V. Manning, presi
dent Claflin.
Tfc construction is. expected to
hi^an in January, to be finished
yby September 1961.
The architecture of the building
will be similar to that of the wo
men's dormitory erected in 1957.
It will be -situated across the
driveway from the Laymen’s
Science Hall and Dowen Library
anil, betweein Seabnook Gymna
sium and the faculty residences.
Covering 26,982 square feet, the
three-story, fire-proof building
will' have 64 rooms to lodge the
men students. It will also include
lounge and parlor, recreation
rooms, canteen, barber shop and
quarters for the housekeeper.
O
CORE MEMBERS
GET 60 DAYS IN
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, — Sixty day
jail sentences ^nd fines of $350.
were handed out to four New Or-
elans CORE members convicted
of Criminal Mischief. Criminal
District Judge Bernard Cocke gave
the defendants the option of pay
ing the fine or Of serving an ad
ditional 60 day prison sentence.
The arrests of CORE Chairman
Rudolph Lombard, Oretha Castle,
Cecil W. Carter, Jr., and L. Sid
ney Goldfinch grew out of a sit-
in at a Mcdrory lunch counter
September 177. Goldfinch is also
charged witli Criminal Anarchy
D. C. MARKETMEN, Inclvdlng
talat, advartltlng and pvbllc ra-
lationi 'paopla, heard an axpart
urga incraatad ut« of craatlva
Imagination in sailing as ha ad-
dmtad tha inaugural banquat
at the D. C., chapter. National
AsfociaMon of Market Develop
ers in Washington last week.
Banquet principals shown here
include, top panisl, from left:
NAMD founder Mots H. Ken-
drix, director of D. C., public
relations firm bearing his name;
Lloyd Genus, saleman, P. Bal-
lantine and Sons, toastmaster;
Ferd Nauheim, partner, Kalb-
Voorhis and Company,' banquet
speaker, and James 'Bud' Ward,
•ecount associate for Carnation
Company, The Mots H. Ken-
drlx Organlxatlon, Market De
velopers chap!«r president. Bot
tom panel. Ward accepts con
gratulations of H.' Naylor Fiti-
hugh, assistant professor, Ho
ward University, NAMD execu
tive director and research as-
ioci»l\,\ Kendrix Organization,
extreme right. Looking on from
1 left, Mrs. Massle Fleming, public
relwlont officer. Industrial
Bank of Wathlngtofi^. chapter
sacrktsry; Earl Towles, sales're-
preseitfative. East West Motors,
Inc., chapter treasurer, and Tho
mas H. Tlpl^n, S*4«sinan,
Hamm's Brewing Co., chapter
vice president.
College Fund's 1960 Campaign
Drive Colleds Over $2 Million
NEW YORK — Contributions to
the ■ United Negro College Fund’s
1960 campaign topped the two-
million-dollar mark for' the first
time in the history of the organi
zation.
The record amount raised —
totaling $2,035,020 - was announc
ed here this week by Brnce Bar^
ton, national campaign chairman.
More than 4,000 volunteers
worked in 125 campaign centers
across the country to raise this
total. **
"This dramatic record Is' «t^
pecially heartening hi thM’'jrtiir
of general economic decliHUi'*'
Barton, chairman of the board.
Batten, Barton, Durstine &
Osborn, said.
“Our success demonstrates the
intrinsic interest and increasing
confidence of the American
people in the Fund and its 33
member colleges. In their quiet
way, these oolleges have been in
stilling in their students — not
only tile stuff of leadership—but
also the love of country and de
mocracy, the sense of dignity
that distinguishes the Negroes’
climb to equal rights,” Barton
said.
In 1960, as in earlier years, in
dividuals contributed the largest
percentage of the amount raised,
accounting for $956,250 of the to
tal. Corporate giving also, exceed
ed last year’s mark, amounting
to $832,260. Foundation gifts to
taled $246,510.
W. X'Tfefit Jr., TJNCF execii-
tive director, said, “The College
Fund's 1660 campaign added many
new names to our list of contri
butors. 'Gifts raised and contri
buted- b;^ iluoini advanced to new
highs — with alumni expressing
heightened interest in their col
leges.”
UNCF campaign funds are dis
tributed among the private, ac
credited colleges and universities
comprising the Fund’s member
ship. The money is not specifically
allocated, but is used where most
needed—to provide scholarships,
improve faculty salaries, and ex
pand educational programs.
Total gifts to the College Fund
from all sources in 1960 amount
ed to $2,186,502.
Since • it pioneered in coopera
tive fund raising for private col
leges in 1944, UNCF has raised
a total of $41,248,938.
ACLU ComplaHB
Ike Praises Work of Committee on
Government Contracts on Report
WASHINGTON — President Ei-j the President stated,
senhower this week said the Presi
dent’s Committee on Government ‘ This Committee has served the
Contracts has “served the hation well. It has had a most
Brutality in La.
NEW YORK — The American
Civil Liberties Union fitod a com
plaint Wednesday with the De
partment of Justice charging that
police officials in Shreveport, La.
had beaten a Coagregatkmaliit-or-
dained minitter who pttbiidy pro
claimed his anti-segregation be
liefs.
The civil liberties organization
asserted in a letter to Harold Ty
ler, head of the Department’s Ci
vil Rights Division, that the' po
lice action taken on January 3
against the Reverend Ashton
Jones of San Gabriel, Calif., was
a violation of the federal Civil
Rights Act.
Submitting sw6rh statements by
the Rev. Jones and his traveling
companion, Joe Ctlynn of Summer
ville, Mass., describing the attack,
the aClu asked for a prompt and
vigorous investigation by the FBI
and quick prosecution by the De
partment of Justice.
The federal law prohibits any
public official acting “under color
of law” from depriving a person
of his civil rights.
The ACLU request was signed
by its executive director, Patrick
Murphy Malin.
The Rev. Jones asserts his re
ligious beliefs by preaching in and
driving from community to com*
munity in a car which has attach
ed to its sides slogans and pictoral
symbols extolling brotherhood and
peace.
Born and educated in Georgia,
the Rev. Jones was ordained in
th;, CongregaMonal Church in
1928 in Atlanta. He is now the as
sociate pastor of the Neighbor
hood Community Church in Los
Angeles. In recent years his
preaching about brotherhood in
the South has been interpreted
as support for desegregation.
The Rev. Jones took an active
part last April 26 in "sit-in” de
monstrations in Dallas, Texas pro
testing lunch-counter discrimina
tion against Negroes.
O
DORCAS CLUB ACCEPTS
MRS. SUSIE MONGER
AS NEW MEMBER
By MRS. VIRGINIA WIAV6R
The Dorcas Society Club met
Monday night at the home of
Mrs. Met^ _ i
dent was in charge.
One member, Mra. Susie Mon
ger, was accepted. She was told
the purpose of the club and the
duty of each member. The pur-
each member. Hie purpose of the
club is to help needy persons as
well as other givic causes.
We donated to one of our mem
bers, Mrs. Elizabeth DeLoatch,
recently returnMri!P«|if'{he Quin-
less Hospital in Tarbw.
Each member drew • name from
the box which was passed by Jdrs.
Rose L. Myrick. All members
M-ti
irtiy
FOR AND AGAINST — Last
t, 3«nVonsfratianj agtalrtst and
for the House Un-American Ac-
tivrHes committee were staged
by tiwo opposing groups in Wash
ington. The above pictures show
scenes from the dcimonstrations.
At. top, a picket representing
groups .opposing the House com
mittee parades wi.h placard. At
seemed to be very pleased with
the name.
The hostess served hot tea,
chicken salad on Icttuee, crackers
ahd cookies. We were then dis
missed.
bo'.'om are two indivi«hMh (
ing placard* suppertlng Mm
House' probers. Nete sweeHIU
arm bond worn by yeungMr
at right. See page 44 far De
tails.
art exhibit
FAYETTEVILLE, — "HAWAn-
AJVCHILDREN ART' a exhibi
tion of fifty colorful paintings
and paints, was begun at Uie
Fayetteville State Teachers Col
lege Library on January 16 and^
jvill extend through Fel>niary 1,
1961.
Tho HoBolultt AeadpnUf Qf Arts
selected the' children’s works frpm
Us creative art clasaea- and -from
the state-wide art exhibitioa heki
at the Academy each spring.
well.”
Earlier, Wednesday, the Com
mittee’s seventh and final report
to Eisenhower, entitled “Pattern
for Progress,” was presented to
him at the White House. Includ
ed in this report were recommen
dations for expansion of the Com-
mitte’s scopo of activity and au
thority.
"t urgently call the aittntlon
every American to the recom-
dations made to me today in
fhe final report of the Presi
dent's Comntlttee on Govern
ment Contracts under the able
chairmanship of Vice President
Nixon. These recommendations.
If act^ upon, will bring our
people closer to the greet'goal'
of full equality of opportunity,"
and faces a possible sentence of
ten yeara. ,
No date has been set tor the
trial of that charge.
successful experience in promot
ing employment equality.”
The Committee was established
by President Eisenhower in Aug
ust 1953, in an Executive Order i
charging it with responsibility for
administering the nondiscrimina
tion clause contaned in all Gov
ernment contracts.
In the report, the Committee rec-
comerided that “the Federal' Gov
ernment, through legislation, ex
ecutive order or administrative
ruling, as may be appropriate, ex
tend the principle of equal oppor
tunity;
‘-(1) To grant in aid programs,
with particular reference to .those
involving education, training, re
cruitment or refetrral;
“(2) To programs where Federal
subsidies are involved in housing;
•‘(3), To agreement under which
the Federal Government contri
butes monies to state and local
programs.”
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