^ T H E C A’R O L I K » T I M E S
SATURDAY, PEBRUAKY 3, 1M2 DURHAM, N. C^MOI 141
OP Blamed For Blocking Negro Cabinet Post
INAACP Warns
PROCTORS VIEW NEW
HOME—The Samuel Proctoi
family is pictured here with
IPMce Corps director Sergent
ShriTar laking a look at a
map of Nigeria, which will be
home for the Proctors for the
next 18 months. Dr. Samuel
Proctor has acceptad an as
signment to direct tha Peaca
Corps operations in that
African country. His family
will accompany him on the
mission. Pictured abora, left
to right, are Dr. and Mrs.
Proctor and ton Herbert.
Shriver, and Timothy Proctor,
the Proctor's youngest son.
photo, courtesy the Peace Corpa.
Proctor Vows Return K,h«
As President Of A&T voieonHousm
■ p « ■ m m ATLANTA. Ga.—The Reverend
ORBENSBORO—A. and T.
^CoUege alumni were last week
1 by Dr. Samuel D. Proct-
^dent of the college, that
t mlWSll 'c6niMH«e his
uties.
Ourrently on leave to head
the U. S. Peace Corps program
in Nigeria; Dr. Woctor gave the
assurances at the winter meeting
ot Hie Executive CJonwnittee of
ithe A. and T. CoHAge General
Alunmi As8ociatl^ held Satur-
daVV January iO, on'fhe‘cbII^6
campus. He is aoheduled to
coiTiiPlete his' ■ a'ssignment in
in Africa i 8-months from how. |
He tdia the group that the
splendid cooiperation he had re
ceived from the alumni of the
college, the excellent support
given him and the college by
*(» state officials and members
5 the trustee board, the
friendly atmosphere of the
Greensboro community and the
support of an able faculty, are
factors which dictate that de
cision.
In his talk to the grotip. Dr.
Prootor assured the alumni that
the same progressive program
will continue at the college
under the direction af Acting
President, L, C. Dowdy.
Another speaker at the meet
L. J. C5arter, Jr., employee re
lations specialiat. The Philco
CJorporation,. Philadelphia, told
the alunmi that American big
business is engafed in a gi^anUo
search for talent “wherever it
can be found, regardless of race,
creed or color,” He said, A.
and T. men and wonjpn will be
asked to conti:ibute tiieir share
to scientific artd technological
developments in the nation.”
The Executive Committee ap-
provect plaHs for csniipetltlve btf
aminatione to t^e conducted in
34-centers in ^r^ slatafij j jito
name winners of aliimtU sohdlal^
ships oo be awarded to two
ranking high school seniors this
spring. The alumni sissociation
testing program is to be handled
under the supervision of J.
Niel Armstrong, professor of
education at the college.
Dr. B. W. Bairnes, Greensboro
dentist and chairman of the
AHumni Scholarship Oommittee,
reported that the fund had a
net surplus in excess of $10,-
000 after . current commitments
had been met for the year.
Howard C- Barnhill, Charlotte
health educator and president of
the organization, announced
that the annual meeting of the
Association has been set for
Saturday, June 2, the dat6 of
the A. and T. commencement.
[new caMnet Depart-
an Affairs and HouS'
PROMOTED—William A. Allen,
Jr., son of Mrs. Julia Evans
Allen, of 507 Dupree Street, was
recently promoted to the rank
of sergeant in the U. S. Army.
Yeung Allen is stationed at Wild-
flecken, Germany. He is a grad
uate of Hillside High School and
entered tl>e army in 1959 and
went overseas in 1960.
to create
ment of U;
ing.
“I am appalled and sickened,"
said Dr. King, “by the destructive
viciousness of the insidious coali
tion which stands determinedly
flatfooted in the path of the pro-
gress of the American people as
a whole, j
'•*1111* ^negative vote is a clear
vote against civil rights arid an
example of the stubborn unwill
ingness of this coalition to come
to grips with the problems that
now exist and those that will rise
within the next few years.
“I am filled with disgust over
the hypotrisy of the Republican
Party. This exhibition of entrench
Republicans of
Policy Move
NEW YORK —Despite NAACP
protests, five Republican members
of the powerful House Rules Com'
mittee joined four southern Demof
crats in bottling up the Adminis
tration’s bill to create a new De
partment of Urban Affairs head
ed by a Secretary with Cabinet
rank. The committee voted, 9 to
6, to pigeonhole the bill.
Prior to the vote, on Jan.' 24,
Roy Wilkins, executive secretary
of the National Association for
the Advancement ot Colored Peo-.
pie, sent , a telegram of protest to
Representative William E. Miller,
chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee.
. The NAACP, Wilkins told the
iOP leadtsr, “has noted report
that Rcpubiican members of the
House Rules Committee will vote
against a rule to permit the De
partment of Urban Affairs bill
to t^aeh the floor. If true, this
must' be party policy decision.
We bellevlB the projected action
will be interpreted as racially
motivated, and that your influ
ence as party chairman should be
exercised to lirevent Republican
party acquiring this stigma.”
Although Wilkins’ telegram
made no mention of Robert C.
Weaver, Administrator of the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency, opposition to creation of
the proposed department has
been attributed to southerner.*
who fear that Mr. Weaver, a Ne
gro, would be named Secretary of
Urban Affairs.
Later in the day, at his press
conference. President Kennedy,
for'the first time, announced pub
licly that he intended to appoint
Mr. Weaver to the post. He also
said that he would submit to
the Congress a reorganization plan
for the establishment of the pro-
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Reverend
Martin Luther King, Jr., last week
expressed in strong terms his dis
pleasures with the members ot
th« House Rules Committee who
;ed againstj the bill by wWch^,^ deMrtment.
isldent P. Tt^edy tefe^ms to
five Republican members of the
committee, the NAACP leader
said that “opposition to the De
partment of Urban Affairs can
not escape being interpreted as
racially motivated."
Clarence Mitchell, director of
the
reau, also sent telegrams to the
GOP committee menjbers! Rfipte-
sentatives Clarence J.
Ohio; Katherine St, Georfe, New
York; H. Allen Smith, California;
Elmer J. Hoffman, Illinois; and
William A. Avery, Kansas.
“We strongly urge,” Mitchell
said, “that you do not permit the
Republican party to be used in
the sorry demonstration of race
„. . prejudice by blocking considera-
ed insularity is another expres-'l- * .u ■ ■ i *■
u,., , , tion ot the proposed legislation.
Sion of its superb failure to stand „ „ .u , .
Respectfully urge that you vote
to report it to the floor and let
the House work its will.”
up to the outmoded coalition and
support its own avowed concern
with national progress.
SPONSORED BY NCC ALUMNI
Della Reese Coming
To ISCC Gym Feb. 22
Della Reese, popular jazz singer,
is slated for an appearance at
North Carolina College, Thursday,
February 22, in McDougald gym
nasium. This will be her first
Durham appearance. The St. Louis
Blues Orchestra, under the direc
tion of John Cotter, a long with
the Meditation Singers, will ap-
]^ar with Miss Reese.
Miss Reese’s appearance was an
noudcod today by George Nixon,
president of the General Alumni
Association, North Carolina Col
lege. The alumni is sponsoring the
attraction.
According to Nixon, all pro
ceeds from the show will be used
for the NCC Alumni Scholarship
program.
A native of Detroit, Michigan,
Miss Reese gained nationwide ac
claim on the hit tune “Don’t You
Know” recorded by her in 1959.
fMher hits waxed by her include
“Someday,” “Won’t You Come
Home Bill Bailey,” and "In the
Still of the Night.”
Like many singers in the popu
lar field. Miss Reese got her sing
ing career started in a non-travel-
ing church choir. Later she went
on the road with the fsvmous
Mahalia Jackson and the Clara
Ward Singers. >
A graduate of Wayne Univer
sity, with a major in psychology.
Miss Reese formed the group
known as the Meditations aftef
graduation. Her appearance at
NCC, will reunite her with the
group she formed.
Talent Program
Being Held For
Girl Seoul
CHAPEL HILL — The Min-
isterial AlMance of Chapel Hill
will sponsor a Talent program
Friday February 18, 8 p.m. at
tJie Flrgf Baptist Church.
A variety of talents will be
heard on that night. The Youth
Ohoir of the First
Church and Choir No. 1 of the
Second Baptist (%urch will sing.
The finances from the program
will go toward the expenses of
sending a girl scout, Charlese
Pearl Cotton, to the senior
G4rl Scout round up to be held
In Button Bay, Vermont July
19-29.
The lodges and various bus
iness enterprises in the com*
muntiy including other organ!*
zatione are asked to contribute
to tliiis cause. The goal Is
$152.00. Contributions are to re
ported on the night of tha pro
gram. •
BENNETT VESPERS SPEAKER
GHEENBBORO — Reverend
Howard Bailey, executive secre
tary of the Board of Christian
Education of the Delaware Con
ference of the Methodist Church
will be the ' Bennett College
vesper speaker Sunday, Febru
ary 4, at 4 p.m. in Pfeiffer
Chapel.
HEALTH CLUB BANS BIAS
FOLLOWING NAACP SUIT
MINEOLA, N. Y.—The Vic Tan-
ny’s Gym and Health Club pledged
this week to pursue a policy of
open admissions “without regard
to race, color or creed.”
The pledge was made as a re
suit of a suit filed in the Statt
DURHAMITE WELCOMES
HONOR SOCIETY MEMBER
—Robert McNeill, of Durham,
NT. C. president of Iota
Epsilon Chapter, Kappa De-
JFK Blaines GOP
For Failiite oi
Ita Pi Honor Society in Educa
tion, congratulates honorary
member after induction cere
monies at Virginia State Col
lege. William Clayborne,
principal of J. E. J. Moore
High School, Disputants, chats
with MeNeill. McNeill is the
son of Mrs. and Mrs. Robert
McNeill, of Durham.
Public Relations Institute at JCS;
Negro Students Must Grasp New
Urban Allairs lOpportunities, Urban Leaguer Says
WASHINGTON, D. C.—President
John F. Kennedy will be the first
President in U. S. history to name
a Negro to the Cabinet if Congress
does not voto his plan to set up
a Department of Urban Affairs.
The President blasted the solid
Republican opposition in the
Housa Rules Conunittee ,to the new
department at . his confer
ence Wednesday and announced
that he would act immediately up-
der his own power to set up the
Department.
Under the law Congress may
veto the President’s plan within
sixty days.
The solid lino up of all five Re
publicans on the House Rules
Committee against the President’s
measure was a policy decision
ordered by the Republican leader
ship. The Committee voted 9 to 6
against the plan and the 6 votes
for it were all Democrats.
The fact that it was widely as
sumed lha't the President would
appoint Dr. Weaver to head the
Department was believed by some
to he the reason the Kepublicans
voted against the plan. According
to this view, the Republican high
command did not want to help
President Kennedy appoint the
first Negro in history to a Cabi
net post.
Supreme Court here by Dr. Eu
gene T, Reed, president of the
New York Slate NAACP Confer-
who charged that on Jan
r. I'"!, he had been denied
iiu" ,>c-rship in the health club
siil.iy because of his race.
1963 OMEGA OFFICERS
Pictured aboT* ar« the newly
elected officers slated to steer
the actiyities of the Beta Phi
Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc., of Durham,
during tte cunreat yMX>
Secated from left are Dr.
Joseph H. Taylor, Keeper of
Finance; Dr. Charles A. Ray,
Basileus; and C. C. Spaulding.
Jr., Keeper of Records and
SmIs.
Itaadini, sum order, Liadsar
A. Merrit, Editor; F. V. Al
lison, Jr., JUsistant Keeper of
Records and Seals; Gerald h,
Underwood, Vice-basileus; and
G. C. Burthey, Keeper of
Peaea.
CHARLOTTE—"Youngsters must
concentrate on getting more out
of college than a fraternity pin
or sorority pin if they are to meet
the new challenges and demands
for skilled personnel in govern
ment, business and industry,” said
Dr. Julius A. Thomas, Industrial
Relations Consultant Tpr the Na
tional Urban 1,eague.
Dr. Thomas spoke to 35 public
relations and placement officers
from 18 colleges at the Fifth An
nual College Public Relations In.
stitute held at Johnson C. Smith
University January 16-20.
to
the most important people in
America for the next flVe years,’’
said Dr. Thomas. This, he. con
tinued, is because of the comnjitt
men! of the present Administra
tion to an "affirmative effort to
integrate Negroes into . a wide|
range of occupations.” Govern
ment action in this area has prov
ed as a stimulatnt to busineiw and
industry, he feels.
Increa.sed opportunities for Ne
groes poses another problem. Dr.
Thomas continued. That is the
problem »f finding people to fill
these highly skilled, highly tech-
ncal positions or positions in the
$10,000 to $12,000 brackets. He
sees this as the result of the lack
of educational outlook of Negroes
in the past. Tmi many, he feels
saw their only chanre or gainul
employment in the teaching field.
Too few raised their sights be
yond that of a classroom teacher.
Corporations all over the coun
try today are seeking mathcmati
cians, chemists, physkrists, engi
neers, cited Dr. Thomas; and toa
few Negroes are available for
these positions. Too many college
graduates he added, are failing
to measure up on examinations.
Dr. Thomas concluded with the
warning that colleges must get
across to Negro youngsters that
there is much to be done in this
country, and there is room for'
every set of hands that Mre pre
pared to do a job.
Mrs. Marlon V. Coombs, Direct
or of Student Employment and
Graduate Placement at Howard
University, discussed the “Colleg*
Graduate on the Open Market.”
Mrs. Coombs pointed out that
the 20 million young people en
tering the labor market between
1961 and 1960 need to be guided
in the right dire^ion in prepar
ing to meet the future. Colleges
need most all to “teach people
the fundamentals of an educated
person and njake it powible for
them to have the tools io con
tinue training, themselves.
Dr. Horacc G. Dawson, Director
of the News Bureau at North Caro
lina College. Durham, spoke on
“Communicatioiu in the CeUege
Program,"
A panel of gov^nment represen
tatives on the Sliturday morning
program included Or. Rose Clin-
chy. Special Assistant to the Exe
cutive Director of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission; Mrs. Mary
R. Hunt, Placement Officer for
the Agency for International De-
See INSTITUTE, 6-B
McAllister
McAllister is
Named Prexy
Of Postal Group
Raymond McAllistcr, 200 W
Weaver St., was elected presidenl
of the Durham Chapter »f the Na
tional Postal Alliance at the fir^t
monthly meeting of the chaptcr
ftgfc'tCCently.
A nattve of Durham, McAllister
has been employed at the Durham
post office for three years. He ii
a regular pMtal clerk at the main
office. He previously served as
.secretary in the local chapter.
McAllister is a graduate of Hill
side High School and West Vir
ginia fttate College.
- Other offcers elected were G.
B. Smith, vice president; Julius
Davis, Jr., financial secretary; A.
0, Graxly, chaplain; Paul W. Pugh,
treasurer; and Garland Burton, re-
eordiag and corresponding secre
tary.
The 16-member chapter of the
Alliance holds as ita objectives to
keep Its members informed as to
what transpires In Jhe po^l ser
vice; to improve Its eilficiency
for the good of the service; and
to .prove that every citixen forma
an Integral part of .^erican civil
ization and ntme nee^. .any parti
cular- arrangements set aside for
tthem to hold any certain positions
within the Government service,
but a|l iar^, entjtlcd to the same
'etfwifity of opportunity to play
their 9*rt is the fuaetion of our
lutional laTarameat.