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■'s Plan for Equal Jo6 Chances Gets Wide Support
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VOLUME 40 No. 4
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY M,* 1963
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TAYLOR
Vice Chairman
Hailed
CONA
CASWELL POLICE FAILED
Could Have
Halted Gunplay
slight wounds. |
The concensus of sources |
close to the situation said that
Brown had been harassed all!
morning by three car loads of i
white men who had followed
him aroand all over town after)
he had escortod his children to
.RALEIGH — Governor San-
ifod'i appointment last week of
^ intcfracial committee to pave
way for increased employ-
Itient opportunities was general
ly received with approval from NORTH WtltiC{ISBORO — A
Iwth races this, week. 32 yw oW TftgVfi womati was
Tlie Governor announced the shot arid hiacked to denth Tues-
igrmatioh of the committee in a lay and her huabtirid killed
^j^ch at Clinpel Hill Friday hlmsfelf several hours later, the
*ik»ng with a policy statement WllkeS CcrjJity Sheriffs Depart-
t|fging state-wide acccptance of mehl reported,
voluntary fair employment prac- i’he departttient said the body
ijces, of Mrs. Essie Tatum Arsons, 32,
Seven prominent Negroes 1 ^otner, was found
■were appointed to tlie 24 man about 25 feet from her four-
coir/Tiittee, Including James. T. rooni fraine home,
faylor, of Durham, who v«U The re^t said her Hurt^d,
•erve ns vice-eluWrman. | Nifck Parstos, took his own life
Early this wee^ reports of eii Tuesday Jt^ght as* officers ap-
fhusias'Uc reception from th*/ProBchpd^' artist, him,
governor’s actlOR'tame in fi'0|ft The details of- pursuit and
(fiariV sources. • j death of Parson no* jm-
'■-* Aifr (M|le^-tWe /«h»ef ^i^J^iately availabl*.: ^
ilije'Jaiff Sanford bad recrtvedf.^ .
thousands of letters sinQe his an
nouncement on the snttject, and
0niy a fraction of them were
{Opposed to the idea.
additiSn, Negro leaders
feroughout the state generally
applauded the action.
Kelly M. Alexander, president
M the State NIAACP, said fori
example; , . . L
significant stei^
Dunn Famter
Held In Death
0f2-Year-0id
Action Against
Dcwntown Firms
To;6e Sought
The Durham Committee on
;^egro* Affairs approved of a
Doycott of downtpwn stores at
tts ahnua) meeting last Siinday.
Th^ proposal for the action
Came from Attorney Floyd B.
l^cKissick, co^clmirman of the
Sub-committee on Economics,
Mi^Kissick made the proposal
^ as a . recommendation at the
fnd of his report on the- sub
committee’s activities during the
yeari'i
• In pi-oposing the action, ,Me-
j^issick asked that “the e^Mio-
Biic committee empower^ to
ke rfeasonaWe' 'iurthw action
viewj^^ do^d^w^ *^e
sal to hirfffe^toes ^ *
n t)e *di|lMO|usly ;
iflr%e'Sn«^* W»1
YANCEYVILLE — Informed
sources reported here this week
thac the sho6ting on Tuesday of
two white, men following the
first day of School integration
here could have been prevented
if local and state law enforce
ment authorities had been alert, ne nau escorien nis cnuaren lo; 1)5350^ jjjj ju the shoulder.
Jasper Brown, 40 year old school. i treated by a pftjr-
father of four Negro children,. They say that Brown was li-1 jj,>jnn'
who were among the first 16 to terally forced into the shooting | intormed sources S3id her« tfcat
be enrolled in white schools,
! shot and wounded two white
men Tuesday. Both received
Fattier of Four
In White SduMi
Held In Jail
YANCEYVnXS ~ Jasper
Brown. 40 year old Caawell
CfJunty farm«-r. was charged with
assault with deadly weapon
with intent to kill following his
shooting Tuesday oi two white
men.
Brown in'Clicted slight wounds
Tuesday on N. L. Oliver, of
Yanceyville, and James Kxon,
of Burlington. Oliver received
a .superficial scalp wouMl and
.O.'iPUC'TS CO.NA MEETlM6r>'
Dr. C. E. Boul«ys^«, executive
secretary of Durham CpmmiHe.a,
Vh-, l^tro Affahiif U shewn lead
ing annual'of' the or-
gainitatleii held lakt Sunday.. .
“The roost
DUN
-= J^JSegco‘. lam i3b«r-
^ er was ordered held u^ithout
tWcen by a governor anywhere ^
4a. the South in the field of, ,ep,rt in the de^ of his 2
l^nonUc nghts was taken by
governor of North Carohna,
^hen he advanced a plan to eli- jjamgon^ ^gs prpnuiiced dead
ininate discrimination in em- arrival at Betsy* Johnson Me-
ployment. This certainly will Hospital Sunday Morning
Intense Vote Driv& For tte Spring
Continued assaults on segtie^j . , TOe. i-eportt oh the Com-
gation ijractlces in Durham oic- ' mttl^’s activities of last year
cupied a major portion of the were made by. officers of the
bpr his tormehtors after he had
tried repeatedly with no avail to
Sec SHOOTING, S-A
Scenes from Baldwin's Visit
Joiproye the economic status of jgnygpy 20, and \yillie UpbcrSin activity of the Durham .Com- prgah|iatl6n's five major sub
nidnority groups throughout the
state. We commend him for his
8t?md.”
Many, however, advanced «
note -of caution, pointing out
that the Governor’s action te-
presented a ‘‘first step,” and ex
See SANFORD. 6-A
Williamson 21, was jailed on
suspicion of murder.
Rural poHreman Carson
Hall said Williamson and his
mlttee on Negro Affairs, aecprd comAiti6es. Reports were made
ing to a survey of the organiza- by J. Fred Pratt, Civic Com-
tidn’s work during 1962. '.I.inlttee, 0.. E. Moore, Education
Increased efforts against se- Committee; Atty- W. A. Marsh,
wife brought the' child to the gregatlon and a concentrated Legal Redress Committee; Atty.
ho^ltal clafaning she had been .voter registeration campaign
^e farmer, 6-A were forecast for the coming
^ I year.
The report on the Com
mittee’s activities and forecast
for its work for the comirig
year were made during the or
ganization’s annual meeting Sun
day afternoon at St. Joseph’s
AME Church. •
Four new members were
elected to the executive com
mittee of the organization. They
were the Rev. J. A. Brown,
Mrs. Geneva Cheek, J. Fred
Pratt, and S. D. Cuthberts6n.
LARKINS
Civil Servant
STBWART
City Councilman
Boycott Slated
For Atlanta Stores
ATLANTA, Ga. ._ Atlanta's
“OperatioB Breadbasket's' selec
tive buying campaign against
Hiqihlewd- Bakeries - has eetered-
its second phase.
Ministers in the Atlanta area
announced that this decision was
made afte^ repeaied requests
for upgrading Negroes were re
fused. A spokesman said "Opera
tion Breakbasket" was told that
fu>rther requests for improved
job opportunities would be met
with "fewer jobs for Negroes."
Enteriiif second week,
"Operatien Breadbasket" will
now Involve the active support
of over SOO social and civic
clubs in addition to the • more
than • 4Qi Hesro ministers who
first called the campaign.
IjfO^S ^V’OtHtAPH 8ES-.
Sioir jfeuth6r 'J^es Bald
win hold| an- ajitograp^ing ses
sion for North Carolina Col
lege and Duke tJniversity
faculty members and students
Bt a Durham book shop dur
ing a recent visit to the city.
Making appearances at col-
leges on beAali. pi CORE ^d
IiaACP, he' alsor t^ld an after- ,
noon press conference and de
livered an evening ^ture at
North Carolina College.
Shown at Baldwin's left is
Miss Mary E. Mebane. ins|ruc-
tor of English at NCC.
WHiEtfR
Durham Banker
WIMTIRS
City Ceuncllman
Beserk Man
Chops Up House
FAYETTEVILLE — A " 33
year old Negro apparently went
beserk here early Tuesday rtiorn
ing and practically demolished
a four room house with an ax.
The man, Willie Pierce, ftlao
threw the ax at a sheriff’s de
puty as he tried to outrun,' the
officer in woods near the djwell-
ing. t . ;
1 A Negro woman, Bertha, Mc
Donald,, and her five children
were left homeless as a result
of Pierce’s rampage.
Deputy N. E. Home was dis
patched to the scene about
12:30 a. m.
Pierce had knocked down the tive secretary of the Committee
chimney, chopped up the front on Negro Affairs, presided over
steps, sha'Uered gas, and coal the meeting and introduced the
stoves, knocked inrtcrior walls various sub-committee ’ chairmcn
See BESERK, 6-A ' I See VOTE, C-A
F, B. McKissick, Economic
Committee; Walter Daye, Politi
cal Action Committee and Wil
liam Harris, Youth Crmmittee.
A concentrated voter-registra
tion campaign, partially sup
ported by a national foundation,
and more activity against se
gregation were outlined by Com
mittee chairman John H. Whe-
aler in his address before the
meeting.
Wheeler revealed that the
Durham Committee on Negro
Affairs will undertake a cam
paign this spring to secure
more Negro voters in Durham,
funds, for the campiagn will be
made available through the
Field Foundation.
In discussing the coming
year’s work for the Committee,
VVheeler said;
'‘We face a real problem in
Durham. We’ve got the broad portunitf by 19 additional corn-
base laid in Education, Employ- panies.
ment and Civic Affairs . . But, The additional signers brought
weVe got to solve these pro- See JOBS, 6-A
pl^ms in depth if our work is '
going to mean anything for pjjjg LEAVES
Dafham and North Carolina.”
Wheeler laid stress on the im
portance of the upcoming
Brown, one of the parents ®f
16 Negro children who integrated
Caswell County schools TUeaday.
had been harasMd by three car
loads of white men after fc« had
taken his children to a pre
viously all white schooL
Sheriff Frank Daniel admitt
ed that Brown caUed him from
the home of a white farmer and
reported that bis way had been
blocked by several white men.
Daniel told newsmen he di*-
patched an escort for Brown,
but that Brown turned the other
way and was pursued by thre*
cars of white men.
The« shootings took place fol
lowing this incident at a cross
roads about three miles from
Yanceyville.
Atty. C. O. Pearson, of Dur
ham, told newsmen that Brown
had been harassed contlnuaUr
since the opening of school on
Tuesday when he took hia chil
dren until the incident.
Pearson also said Brows
soMlht protection from
sheriff earlier in t|>e mornlri^|j^’'i
Shortly after the Aooti^ft,
newsmen reported the incidea^M
iMW telllti
ed in the incident- They said,
according to news dispatches.
1ha> Brown’s car h«l bumped
theirs from the rear, and that
when the driver of the e*r. Al
len Smith, textile miU worker,
of Yanceyville. got out to tn-
veiagate Brown, began shoot
ing at him and the others.
One of the wounded men.
of m BSi^mliW'
of the Caswell Couoty Khool
board.
The town was reported quiet
on Wednesday following Brown’s
surrender to state highway pa
trolmen late Tuesday night He
See HtLO, 6-A
104 FIRMS AGREE |
TO OPEN JOBS
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Vice
President Lyndon B. Johnson
said this j^eek that the Presi
dent's CommSttee on Equal
Employment Opportunity is en
gaged in a three point process of
eliminating dlscriminaton. * {
The Vice President, chairman
of the President's Committee on
Equal Employment Opportunity,
spoke at a : Plans for Progress
banciiiet is WasUn^on follow
ing the signing of Plans for Pio-^
gress in equal employment op-
A LITERARY CONVERSA
TION — At & luncheon in his
honor, writer James Baldwin
(right), talks with North Car
olina College English Depart
ment Chairman, Dr. Charles A..
Ray, during a recent visit lo
the NCC campus.
Visiting Durhau. under the
auspices of the NAACP and
CORE, Baldwin climaxed a
full day's schedule with an
evening address to a capacity
audience in the college's B. M.
Duke Auditorium.
More Opportunities Opening for
Negroes, JFK Jobs Aide Claims
Gantt Slated
To Enroll At
Clemson Mon.
COLUMBIA. S. C. — Cten-
son College authorftiec met
at mid-week to mriie fiwil:
plans for the expected ;
ment on Monday ot ■. Barvf^%
Gantt, Negro of Charterioa, wto»
has been ordered admitted to ‘
the school.
If Ganrtt gets in Moaday. te
will l>e the first Negro to enter
a white school in this state ptlKa
Reconstruction.
Indications were that state
ficials would not resist tttft '
orders to enroll GasB-.
Cafolina attorneys
for a stay of execntiiA
Court order to
but on Monday tile
oreme Court refuMtd 4^^
the request.
There had been
reactions from stat
that some seob*e^.
rea- for closing th^
GKi.-.iJ^SBORO —The Negro I professional employment,
pXmIT Y HftMF'T graduate today can as-[ sonable security and middle class event legal
rillTlUjl lli/iTllliljEiOO pj|.g (.jj jjjg “broad spectrum of I respectability, could look only Gantt out were pat
STATESVILLE A Negro professional and technical .posi- to the ‘traditional' careers in Howevw
gistration campaign by, pointing family was left homeless ofl tions" in government or industry
.td the recent action of Governor Monday when their frame honne with a reasonable degree of con-
Sanford in appointing a com- was destroyed by flames around fidence of employment^ the ex-
mittee to seek equal job op- g g m. i ecutive vice chairman' of. the
pOrtunities for Negroes. | Fireman from the Statesville President’s Committee on Equal' spectrum
He said the Governor’s action department, along with members Employment Opportunity told | technical
careers
medicine, law, the ministry or legislators,
teaching", he tolcf the students most Inlhiential 1
and faculty members. , on reeprd' at
"Today, he can look to the such a awwv*.
of professional and jum-
positions, * many of
could be tsraced directly to in- of the Cool Springs volunteer students and faculty members ofi^ich have come into existence cturt'
creased' polltlqal action on the firp department, fought the’ blaze North Carolina AgricuIKural recent years. Today, al-
part of Negroes.
■ Dr. C. E. Boulware,
in below freezing temperature,
execu-i The home was rented by
Lewis Simpson. It was first be-
and Technical College Tuesday.
Hobart Taylor, Jr., of Wash-'
ington, D. C. spoke at the col-
Jieved that, the Simpson children lege’s convocation on the thtme
fnight have been in the blaz- of “Academic Excellence.’
ing structure. But Mrs. Simpson' “The time has passed' when
See FWE, 6-A ’ the Negro, in order to hope for
he can look to a career iB|
gbvernment service with a de-' 1
gree of confidence that he will
advance on merit and not be
denied advancement because of a
the color of his skin. hM.
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