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FREEDOM'S StEP-CHItD|lB*i
—CKIMrM of ~ Mr. inri Mr*.
Jhrnn* I.M Mason, frMt ^ th»
latMt arrival ta Hiair family.
d*H««r««i by mMwifa, In HiaIr
"Tairt City" 'Jioma In Fayette
County, T#nn. Thair parents are
am^g those w4io soufht the bal-
IM in Fayette and nalffhborlng
Haywood Camty.
NAACP personnel covering
civil rights storm center report
ihat the Mason family must
share one crude bathroom with
other .."T^t City" families.
Fifty-six children live tlMre
NAACP is spearheadhig coaiyli-
naton of national relief opnca*
tion.
Man of Year.Jbr
2nd Straifdit Time
For the second consec^ve yea^
the Durham Housewives Xeague’s
“Man of the Vear" award was won
by Attorney F. B. McKlraitk. The
award wa« presented Mmday eve
ning at 8:30 at a meeting of tbe
League Jie)d at the hom«; of Mrs.
Gladys Dawkins, 1105 Fayetteville
Street. Mrs. 6slUe paye, wejf
knM^ beautician of the pre-
Ki«»iek. .*£■/
fiSKt}m Mature the
night’s meeting was crownini of
the Queen of Tr^e Week which
was won by Itiss Judy Burton by
Miss Carolyn.. Holmes, runner-up
in this year’s cdtttest.
The program was presided oyer
by Mrs. Magnolia Leak, president
of the t«8gi«e.- ■
Daye Elected
To Political
UnitofCONA
The Durham Commitee on Ne
gro Affairs re-elected John H.
Wheeler as chairman for another
' year at its meeting Thursday
night
It also re-elected a |na]ority of
its officers to their positions for
another year?
In the only mafor change in its
•rganisational slate, the . Commi^
tee elected Waltor O. Ooye, co>
. chairman of the Political s«ibcom-
mlHM to replace Attorney C. O.
Pearson.
Pearson had asked that he nqt
be renominated.
Astde from Deye, there were no
o^er changes in the make-up of
CONA’s five major subcommittee
which handle the bulk of the Com
mittee’s work.
Economic: F, B. McKlssick,
cbalrman> N. B. White, eo-chalr-.
man; Civic: L. B. Fraster, chalr>
man; J. Fred Pratt, cohairman;
Education: >0. Eric MOore, chair
man; Rev. J. A. BrWn, co-chair
man; Legal Redress; ^ Hugh
Thompson, chairman; W. A; Marsh
Jr.; co-cfialrman PolHlcali Ellis D,
Jones, chairman; Days, co-chair
man.
Executive officers, in addition
to Wheeler, who were re-elected
are Guy MMyck, co-cliairman; Mrs.
Halel Weeks, c6-chairman; Dr. ,D.
& Cooke, treasurer; Dr. C. Elwood
Boulware, executive .j secretary;
and Mrs. Josephine Strayhorne,
secretary.
Wheeler, president of Meehan
ics and Farmers Bank, was first
elected chairman, of the Commit-
te in 1967. He replaced J. S. Stew-
- ^ Sw|»TB, frA
Prosecutor Not Sure
What Charge Will Be
pee miar-
on a writ
MNSTON — Plans for the pro
secution of Winston Philip in
ebniie^ioD yfth the- Christmas
hdfdays death of a Ifinaton sdieol
-j.--
^bili^, who has
k cltarge of
der, was granted
of habeas corpus last week.
A Superior Court Judge, who
granted the bail, ruled that there
Was insufficient evidence to hdld
the Durham busiti^ss man on the
charger- - , -
In the wake of this event, Dis-
'trict solicitor Walter Britt,, the
man wh6 will t>fosecute the case,
said^from his home in Clinton
Wednesday that he |was uncertain
as to what charge the prosecution
will seek now in the case.
"I don’t know what the plans
are "(or prosecuting the case,
Britt told the TIMES.
He did say that Philip will be
tried.
Trial is scheduled for the March
20 term of the Lenior County crim
inal court.
Legal minds speculated that the
prosecution might think of drop
ping thie charge of first degree
murder since Philip has been
See PHM-tPS, 6-A
ND CLEMENT
GOODLQi:
To. Plan West Coast Opening
Ii)S ANGELES, Calif. — Two
No(th Caroling Mutual Life Insur-
iance company executives arrKed
here last weejc to lay the jground
work for the opening of a branch
ot’ the firm here.
Senior Vice president and Sec
retary J. W. Goodloe and Agency
Director William A. Clement told
newsmen they had come to con
fer with West Coast business leda-
evs and Los Angeles officials to
select a site for the cbmpany’s
new branch office here.
They vyill also set up proced
ures for recruiting personnel for
the new office.
Announcement of the company’s
plans to open a west coast offfbe
were made during the annual po
licy holders meetifig at the home
office in Durham, N. C. in Jan.
Company president A. T. Spaul
ding said California offered a fer
tile area for the firm’s future
growth.
Spaulding said:
••California’s population * has „ in-
creas(}d by over 100 per cent in
contrast to -Uhe national gi’owth
rate of 29 percent with almof^
1,000 new residents.
“The Negrd population in Los
Angeles has increased in the pe
riod 1940-1955 .347 percent. Keep
ing pace with i^e population is a
must for an expanding economy.
“North Carolina Mutual feels it
is in a position to accept the chal
lenge presented by this growing
state in expanding its operations
there.” ,
Although Goodloe and Clement
would not elaborate on plans for
staffing the new office, it is re
ported that a nucleus of veteran
personnel will be imported from
the home office in Durham and
over district offices throughout the
See MUTUAL, 6-A
VOLUME 37—No. 7 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY M. IMl
Rotvm Postage 0«Mranteed
piiicEi IS cEirra
Demonstration in Security Council
f
UN Uproar
NEW YORK—The United Na
tions debate on the Congo crisis
was interrupted early Wednesday
by a crowd of nearly 400 Negroes
who battled U. S. guards and
forced a recess of the Security
Council. ‘
The demonstration erupted as U.
S. delegate Adlai Stevensin was
making a speech declaring Russia’s
demand for the dismisal of Secre
tary General Dag Hammerskjold
iad termination of the U. N. ef-
for in the Congo a “declaration
of war on the U. N.”
Without warning, Negroes seat
ed in the gallery jumped up and
began screaming. U. N. guards
rushed down the aisles to remove
the demonstrators who refused to
go without a scuffle.
The melee continued in the cor
ridor after several were ejected.
Several Negro women remained in
the gallery, continuing the shout-
See COMk), page 6-A
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CONAB^
SUoits'ia
the Durham Committee on Ne
gro AHfairs voted unanimously last
Thursday to endorse the student-
led demonstrations against segre
gation in seating at two Durham
movie theatres. ,
It also voted to ask the Mayor’s
Committee on Human Relations
to start immediate negotiations to
settle the issue.
The actions came after student
leader John Edwards explained
the meaning of the protest to the
Committee.
The Committee also made a fin
ancial contribution to the student
movement.
Formal endorsenaent of the stu
dents’ movement came after Ekl-
wards had told the Committee that
the protest is a small but legiti
mate part of the overall goal of
establishing the right of freedom
of movement of Negroes in this
country.
Dr. C. E. Boulware, CONA’s es-
ecutive' secretary, was authorized
See CONGO, 6-A
OMEGA CHECK AWARDED
GABRIE4.LES — Attorney Her
bert E. Tucker, left, chalnnen
of the biiiega Pei Phi Fretem-
Hy's Nitionat Soclef Action Com»
mittee. Is shown here present
ing $250 check l« tho Jemta
brielle family for their "oontrl-
butions to democracy." Award
was presented at Freedom House,
Boston, M part of progrem of
the NAACP's February mooting.
1 nv
draw Mieir daughters from afi
integrated New Orleans School.
Segregationists caused Gabriolle
to he fired as waMr melw tMd-
or in Now Orlea*.'Fwiily has
since establishod ntUtmem !«
Providonco, R. I. OnMsai^ aiMwi
clavo held in Sm Tok.
Photo Courtosy >Mien Srapllic.
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MUTUAL OF FI CIALS pN
WfST COAST North Cerol-
t«a IKuttigl LljFv.^lnsuranea ciiH.
pony oaecwtives J. W. Goodloe
aftd W. A. Clement aro pictur*^
•d h*ro In Los Angelos with
Mrs. Julia Holder as they two
propared to lay the groundwork
for Iho opening of a branch of
th« flm in California.
Durham Store
Hires 2 Clerks
DR. HAROLD OGLESBY
Ex-S. Cf. Dentist
Top Salesman
For N. Y. Investors
NEW YORK — A Negro dentist
who became a mutual fund sales
representative after partial blind
ness cut short his flourishing prac
tice, out-performed all but one of
the 4,000 sales representatives of
Investors Planning* Corp. of Am
See DENTIST, 6-A
So. East NAACP
To Launch Drive
For More Jobs
GREENVILLE, S. C. — NAACP
delegates from six southeastern
states will meet here Thursday to
launch .a job-seeking drive as a
follow-up to sit-in victories,
Ruby Hurley, tho AssociaHon's
southeast regional director,., «aid
that plans.ter filing iafc_i
8e* LAUNCH, 6.A
Break Through Seen
A campaign to secure widened
employment opport\jnities for Ne
groes in the Durham area met
with its first substantial success
recently, a spokesman for an or
ganization supporting the move
ment said thjs week.
It was disclosed last week that
one of the largo^ downtown de
partment stores promoted four of
its Negro employees to iotis which
in tho pact itad been restricted to
while workers.
In addition, two other down
town stores have indicated a will
ingness to follow suit, it was re
vealed also this week.
Two were promoted to salM
clerk and two others were upgrad
ed In other departments at tho
large department store. Prviowsly,
th store had used Negroes as jani
tors, maids or elovalor operators.
Tbe store’s management said “no
comment” when asked to elabor
ate on the promotions.
The store remained unidentifi
ed ^t tlie request of Durham Cont-
mitteee on Negro Affairs officials,
who are quioHy working on «
movement to get other store* to
break their color barriora i* iaba.
Att(Hiiey F. B. McKissick and
N. B. White, head of the Econo
mics subcommitt^ said after an
interview with the store manager
they were pleased with the store>i
action but urged a cautioos atti-
t**** nmm
[ Akbougb they aisuKMl tte'
store’s action constituted • majw
break through in the employment
situationt they added it was too
early to determin* the action ia
upgrading four Negro em^oyees
would become oiKQil store poli
cy. The store waa ready to adopt
a policy of noibdiscnminatioB ia
hiring.
They also said two otliwr stores
contacted recently hs Hw campaign
fo elimineto |ohc «aeri*iwation
gave favorabio reipense Mila week.
The CONA Eeeooeiics Canamit-
tee has queitly been workioc tot
the past three yens in an affort
to break the traditiooal cokt bar
in employment in Durbam.
CONA officials were ipiick to
admit this week that sacce» in
the project seeiMsd far off witil
the'recent wave o£ “selective |«y>
ing” campaign bwiBched In
various cities ui. Him South.
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fr«ni staroa w»lii iU.rta.fl. to
service anH palWM.
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