KENNEDY SENDS C-R MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
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Gov. Sanford Steps into North Carolina s Racial Troubles
Proctor Rumored Powell's
As Abyssinia Church Pastor
ill N.Y.
DR. PHOCTOB
II'The TffUTrTuwBff ioTe
ft&T Prexy Now
In Leave With
te Corps
JiiS^culation made the rounds
Miiih that Dr. Samuel D.
^dctor, on leave from his job
i^l president of A. and T. Col-
l«g« may replacs Adam Clayton
#DweU al ifistor ot Abyssinia
^ptist Church'*ln'‘^ilew York^^
.^ootor, a Baptist minister and
W^cptot! from
been away ffom his 'd®: 'at
Xr iind T. College for approxi-
iijiittoly two years on an assign-
fent with the Peace Corps.
,!.’Ait«r serving for more than
'f-year as director of the Peac?
'C?6i‘ps program in Nigeria, he
moved to Washington, D.
'fl:, were he is assistant to direc
tor Sargent Shriver.
•JtPl'octor was granted Isav-e
Itrom his duties as A. and T. Col-
president on the condition
’4^a.t he '■;W0ijild| rfjk.U^ni, t|fter a
'ieriod to thi ’ oijiitistipio coi-
fe-
Sj Reports this week held that
'tnay return to A. and T. in
^ptember and leave shortly
jfter to take over as pastor of
ibe huge Now York Baptist
phurch.
^well, who was elected to
Xo^ress several years ago ar>d
npw holds the chairmanship of
©ne.of the key committees in
Jh-e House, hinted late last year
(hat he may soon retire from
public life.
Abyssinia Baptist Church,
which he pastors, is one of the
'nation’s largest with a member-
'ship reputed to be in ekcsss of
10,000. Located in Harlom, it is
*ald to hold the key to Negro
'jpoHtical power in that section.
’ Powell, under constance at-
"tack in recent years, has been
able to turn back all serious
, opposition chiefly, observers
f'eel. because of the hard core
loyalty he receives from the vast
membership of Abyssinia.
VOLUME 40 — No. 25
Housewife Gets
Higli Level Job
In Chain Store
DETROIT, Mich. — Mrs.
Yolands H. Chambers has been
elected a Vice President and
Porsonel Director of Davidsoi
Bros., Inc. Joseph Hoss, Presi
dent of the major department
store group, announcetT* this
week. ■-
Davidson Bros., Inc. operates
the Federal Department Stores
in Michigan and Ohio, Tiedke’s
Department Store In ToledtT;
lihe Kobacker Stores in Ohio
and New York and the Hoffrit;
For Cutlery Stores in rfew YorlfX)
City.
1 Mrs. Chaml^!W joina^jM^ com-
--f^ny on Jumf 24vat it»
quarter? h e r e ■at 1200 E. Me-
Nicholl. As Personnel Directoi
of Davidson Bros., Inc. Rofj
I stated that Mrs. Chambers wil!'
be concerned with the well-be
ing and development of all the I
company’s thousands of employ I
ees. I
I Mrs. Chambers is a Direotor-
I Manager of Neighborhood Con-1
scrvatlon for the Datroit'^fons=
I See HOUSSWiri.
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1963
RETURN REQUESTED
PRICE: IS Cent*
mm
MONfiY FOR THE NAACP — rhip to H«t. JaitiM A. Brown
Mn|. In«y Minor, pratident of pratidant of lha Dturhaoi NA-
DeShator'f Alumni Anacialion, AGP. Praianlation look placa-al
praianii check for $100 install- the main lobby of Machanici and NAACP Membatship Driva.
mant on NAACP Llfa Member-i (Pholo by Puraloy)
Calls for End
To Protests, Start
On Negotiations
RALEIGH — Governor Terry
Sanford stepped into North Ca
rolina’s trobuled racial picture
this week with a call for an end
to anti-segregation demonstra
tions and a proposal to begin
negotiations on the issue with
a state-wide group of whits and
Negro protest leaders.
The Governors proposal was
made on Tuesday and late Wed
nesday, N^egro leaders seemed
ready to cooperate_with the chief
executive in this newest plan
to solve the state’s racial pro
blems.
Kelly M. Alexander, president
of the State NAACP, said late
Wednesday he asked all of the
organization’s branches through
out the state to suspend demon
strations.
The Governor’s proposals,
made on a state-wide television
broadcast, said further mass de
monstrations would endanger
lives and explained he had no
resource, but to asked that the.v
be stopped.
Then he disclosed that he
will call various leaders of the
civil rights protest movement
to Raleigh next Tuesday “with
out the atmosphere of the de
monstrator” t o p u t their "re
quests and aspirationa^’' befurp
the public in an orderly man
ner.
Capus Waynick, Of High
Point, former North Carolina ad
jutant general and diplomatic re
presentative in South America,
has been named by the Gover
nor to head the grgup.
The Governor’s action cana>
iiT a' baakfround pf fast sf/tead:.
pr^lMts against segregation
throughput -th-s state,
bank in Durham »hl» | Dvnn joined the list of N. C
'Waak. Looking an ai laft ii Mrs. communities calling for end to
Tidalia Brooks, chairman of tha racial segregation in public
m
WOMAN SUFF??RKI> ILLNESS
MRS. Y. H. CHAMBERS
Nof A Suicide
All-White JuiY
Convicts Muslims
LOS ANGELBS A After al
most 15 days of deliberations, an
*ll-whlte jury convicted 11 of
14 Black Muslims for their part
In a bloody 1962 riot in which
' one Muslim was shot to death,
'■one permanently paralized from
a bull«t wouJ’d, and several
‘ethers Injured. The jury cleared
•'the principal defendant — the
. minister of the L. A. Mosquo
of all charges.
The complex, multiple count
'verdict was read In a tense but
quiet courtroom of Superior
■‘Juilffe David Coleman. The jury
found 11 guilty on a total of
■'17 counts, dropped 14 other
counts, and I failed to reach ver
dicts on five more. ,
The convicted men showed no
' emotions after receiving their
^ verdicts. ,
See MUSLIMS o-A
Siorority To
Hold National
Meet in Durham
PITTSBURH, Pa. — Mrs. j
Mamie Garland, National'Dlrec-1
tor of Publicity, announced this i
week that nurses throughout th« :
country arc headed to Durham, I
to attend th? 18th Annual Bouk i
of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.. |
which will meet June 25-30, in
clusive.
Pi Chapter under th leader
ship of Miss Sylvia Overton,
local President, along with local
B o u 1 e Planning Committee
which is spearheaded by Mrs
Addle Butts have done an out
standing job in preparing for
this.
BOULE HIGHLIGHTS
The highlights of th-? non-
business sessions will be the
“Sisterhood Breakfast” Wednes
day morning, June 26 featuring
'Dr. Rose Browne as speaker,
and the Public Meeting to be
held on Wednesday evening,
June 26th, when John Wheeler,
President Mechanics Parmer*
Bank of Durham; will address
the group.
See SOROHITY, «-A
Mrs. Alona Moore Gore, 24 year
old woman whose death here last|
month was originally described a?:
a suicide did not take her life
Durham County Coroner Dr. D. R ;
Perry said this week. \
Mrs. Gore died at Lincoln ':os-|
pital on May 12, [
Dr. Perry’s initial ruling was
"apparent suicide,” but he saiJ
here late last week that the re
suits of a medical examination
conducted after her death showeu j
she died from' “natural causes. ’ |
•‘She had been a sick girl” foi i
some time, Dr. Perry declared. |
Perry said her death was actual I
ly caused by cirrhosis of the liver '
There were traces of alcohol ^
and traces of drugs shown in re
sults of tests of her liver, Dr. Per
ry said, but he added that there
was not enough ot either of these
in evidence to have caused hei
death. |
The ruling on Mrs. Perry’s death
'.fas a confused issue for local
police and health authorities.
A set of confused circumstance'
and reports led policc to suspec
both homicide and suicide.
One witness. Miss Betty Meyers,
reported, for example, shortly
after M’rs. Moore's death that she
saw the deceased take 18 sleep
ing pills.
This would have been sufficient
alone to have caused her death '
Dr. Perry said. However, he ex
plained that the tests conducted on
Mrs. Maore showed only trace.>-
Of drugs, not enough to substan
tiate the belief that she actually
consumed a large amount of bar
biturates. I
He also added that police were'
suspicious over the fact that Mrs.
Gore’s mother left town shortlyj
before her daughter’s death. How--
ever, events proved that the
mother was unaware of her daugh-'
ter s illness. 1
Dr. Perry went on to relate that j
See SUICIDE, 6-A I
Mayor's Report
To Climax Fund
Drive for NAACP
A drive to raise funds to send
a delegation of Durham young
sters to the NAACP national
convention in Chicago is exp^a
ed to reach its climax In a pro
gram at St. Joseph's AME
Church Sunday evening.
The meeting will be held at
6 p. m. ^
Mayor Wense Grabarek is
scheduled to make a report on
progress made by the Durham
“Interim Committee” toward
elimination of racial segregation
in, the city at the meeting.
The Mayor’s report is expect
ed to be a highlight of the meet
ing. John S. Stewart, member
of the City Council, will preside
over the meeting, and special
music will be furnished by the
Youpg Adult Choir of Mt. Gilead
Baptist Church.
The fund raising drive wax
launched two weeks ago under
the leadership of chairman Rev.
Melvin C. Swann.
It’s goal is $3,500 with which
it hopes to be able to charter
a bus and furnish subsistence
for 29 Durham youngsters and
seven adult advisors to attend
the national NAACP convention
in Chicago July 1-7.
The fund drive committee,
named “The Durham NAACP
Convention Fund Raising Com
mittee,” has appealed I to the
community for funds through
announcements i n churches,
newspapers and radio.
A .^pccial “Tag Day” sale will
be held on Friday and Saturday
See CLIMAX, 6 A
places of . accommodation. A
I committee composed of the lead-
~ “ling Negrb organizations in Har
rett County issued seven point
* ! proposal asking for end’to segre-
: gation and elimination' bf dl5-
!l criminatitm-^iiiJiMnjMJflUPigs^ i1
priy«afe rjij|d L jHublk j j .f s|t«^lls}i;;
mfii^ Mf'(I'l
demQn^tt'atidhii took place 4uW'
ing the week in MoJ’rq*. WP-
mington,,. .Chitpcl .HjU an^ ^a}'-
ettevillfe.
In Raleigh, demonstrations are
still suspended while a negotia
ting committee attempts to solve
See GOVERNOR, 6-A
GOV, SANFORD
More Eating
Establishments
Drop Barriers
Durham's Interim Subcom
mittee on Hotels, Motels, and
Restaurants announced Tuesday
that 57 local business are dese
gregated.
“These businesses have open
ed to all citizens in a normal,
happy manner,” subcommittee
chairman George Watts Hill told
subcommittee leaders, restau- ‘
rant owners. Mayor Wense Gra
barek, and reporters attending a ,
meeting Tuesday at the Home
Security Life Insurance Co.
building.
There are still 12 establish-^
ments that have not dropped I
their racial bars. According to'
Hill, four of the segregated
businesses are in favor of the
subcommittee’s request to drop
racial lines. Six flatly refused
the committee request, and two
l-are still in question.
Names., of . the desegregated
. busineggef-wertf not revealed be-
I cause “We promised there would
be not publicity of the individual
busin-esses,” said chairman. Hill
Hill said that the committee
“. . hopes the Negro community
will accept tive spirit in which
the establishments desegregated.
We hope there will be no test
groups,” he continued.
IBut,’’ the chairman went on,'
“we stiir believe Uie ogianagers
of these places have the right
to refuse undersirable guests
regardless of who the guest
■might be.”
In his report to the “food aerv-
ice group.” Mayor Grabarek
See MORE. 6A
Adniinistralion
Counting on GOP
Support of Move
WASinsr.TOa. O. C—President
Kennfiiy'.; long awaited ci»'il
rishts bill w>>nt to consrew 'hn
week and accepted ry mo,i*
ienat»r>i a.s an imperative b«t ai'i-
lificant hid to ha.nten racial e|uai
ity.
In his five point mea.u^e to
eonsri-ss dealing w»;.i the prnl>-
Itm and .solutions l«i the problem)
of racial di.n'rimination. Kennet^y
:iaid that furth*r inaction on ths
part of the federal legislator;
Wuuid cause leadership of bot^
rares to pass from the hands ot
reasonable and resoonsible men
to the purveyors of hate and rid
lence, thu.s efldaagering domeatie
tranquility, retarding the utien .•
economic and social progrcM and
Jteakening the world respect of
this country.
He asked cengrass to stay in
session this yeat until it has en
acted a reasonable (olution tnal
will he "acceptable to all fau
minded men.'^_^_
The Preaid^fft*'seelis power for
persons and th« attorney general
to obtain a conrt order againsl
any hotel, restaurant or retai’
store which denies persons equal
access to its facilities.
Authority was also requested foi
the attorney gt-neral to initiate is
the federal district courts legal
proceedings against local publie
school boards or public institu
tions of higher learning to enforct
desegregation under certain coa
ditions.
Additional funds werf requested
to broaden development and train
ing of all citiiens so that equal
employment will be promoted and
unemploynteat decreased.
There is expected to be a con-
flu;t kef«f^ IlM Senate Repu^
lican command and the admfRj^»
tion'x Democratic leaders over
Kennedy’s majw prbpoMl tb out'
Ib'tv racial discrimiiiation by pri
vate business firms'that deal tii
rectly with tite pipblic.
The administration is counting
heavily *on Qiewblican lupoort
when the showdtfim comes in Pit
Ser^ ep |BHP«ted effort id
fekffa Si^^^ilitjiHer against^
the civil nibte pU'
Kennedy's bill cane as a result
of increase racial strife in cities
throughout the nation.
But despite Kennedy's bUl,
demonstrations >'*em«nding an end
to racial discriminations continued
in Danville. Va.. Washm^ton. D.
See AOMDflSTllA'nON. 8-A
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WILKINS BLAMESSYST™
NCC LAW GRADUATE GETS
I^BOR POST-^artton H. Pat
way, a 1953 graduate of the {
North Carolina Collega Law
School, ha* accepted a position
as a Itflai asslstvnt in the Nash |
villa, Tennessee, regionl office o(
the U.S. Oapartment »f Labor. He >
expect* to begin work July 1. !
The ion of Mrs. C. H. Petway of
Wilion, the young attoriey, a!
graduate of Tennessee A and I'
State Univer*ity, won honors a*
top scholar in hi* cU** during hi*
first and second years in law
school. He contiifued his high level;
of scholastic performance during
his final year at NCC.
Petway’s appaintm^nt a* a Legal
A**i*tant, GS-7, in the deprtmen^'t
Nashville office i* sub(act ta nor
mai per*onal clearance procedures.
Upon being admitted to the Ten-
nc**ee bar, ha will b« promotjJ
to the position of Attorney, SS-f..
Thousands in Tribute
To Slain Miss. Leader
JACKSON, Miss. — Medgar | that he had, if not an immunity,
W. Evers, the slain NAACP I then certainly a protection foT
field secretary for Mississippi, | whatever he chose to do, no
was eulogized by NAACP Execu I matter how dastardly.”
five Secretary Roy Wilkins arid
others as a hero and martyr of
ihe cit'il rights struggle at fun
eral services here Saturday
morning, June 15,
Speaking of the great esteem
and affection in which Evers
was held by the NAACP mem
bership and others. Wilkins said
that while “we mourn him. we
Top Leaders At
Evers Funeral Rites
JACKSON, Miss. — Most of
the country’s foremost leaders
in the race struggle were here
Saturday to attend funeral Serv
ices for Medg-er Evers, NAACP
field secretary for Mississippi
who was slain by an assassin’s
bullet last week in the drive
way of his home.
Roy Wilkins, NAACP Secre
tary, delivered the main speecu.
i See LEADERS,
Negro citizens of Jackson, * are not cast down . . . For Rim
augmented by NAACP and we shall try all the harder to
other civil rights leaders from hold our nation to the concept”
all sections of the country, I of equality for all men.
crowded the huge Masonic Tem-1 “Medgar Evers.” he said,
pie In swelt^ing 100 degree “was the symijol of our victory
heat to pay tribute to Evers. ^ and of the defeat'’ of the sys-
More than 4>000 were jam-pack I tem which denies equality to
ed in the auditorium and ad- j Negroes. “Contrary to the view
ditional thousands were unable, of a Jackson City official. Med-
to gain admittance. | gar was more than just an op-
The southern political, sys- poncnt. In life he was a constant
tem, Wilkins said, put the asr.
sassin behind the rifle that was
used to shoot Evers in the back
aa he returned to his tiome early
on the morning of June 12.
“The lily-white southern govern
ments, local and state; the sena
tors, governors, state legislators,
mayors. Judges, sheriffs chiefs
of police, commissioners” — all
these, he said, l>ear a responsi
bility in this slaying.
“In far-away Washington,” he
threat to the system, particular
ly in his great voter-registration
work. In the manner of his
death he # as the victor ovei
it. The bullet that tore away
his life four days ago, tore away
the system and helped signil
its end.”
Also speaking at the services
were Reverend R. L. T. Smith,
who spoke on behalf of {be
Jackson community and Rev
erend G. C. Hunte. pastor of the
confined, “the southern system j Baptist church which Evers at-
has its outposts in the Congress •. tended. Turning to the bereav-
of the United States and by their ed widow and her chiMren, two
deals and maneuvers they tielp- of wtiom were present wiib ttieir
5d put thfe man behind the dead-1 mottier, Hunte aaitt: “Your
ly rifle on Guynes Street thisjt«tb.r ftied inai you nasr.i L\«.
woek i'ht KaLci aiua ha-1 fei: [
in a better work! than he did.”
Early in k i s career, Evers
worked, as a volunteer with the
MiMiasippi CouMcil of Negro
Leadership headed by Dr. T. R-
M. Howard, then of Mound Bay
ou. Dr. Howard came down from
his Chicago home to eulogiza
Evers.
The best tribute the people of
Mississippi could pay to the me
mory of Svera, be said at. tha
services, “would be to enroll 5C?
000 members in the National As
sociation for the AdvancemeA
of Colored People within the
next 30 days.”
Presiding at the services was
the Reverend Cliarles A. Jon^
Dean of Campbell College 1 n
Jackson. Invocation was given
by the Reverend G. R- Haughton
and the scripture was read by
the Reverend S. L- Whitney.
Evers, a native of Missisaippi.
served in the United StatM
Army for two and a halt years,
during Werki War II. spending
two years la the European tha» .
tre of operations. He received a
degree in Buaioem Admlnist^
tion at Alcorai A. and M.
at Lorman. -H# Jotned Uat
ot the Nati«ial Aaaociatta^
tl>e,' AdvMiwant of
t*eople ^ Hataaatoer
Field Secwfpf BBik i
hia death. i*
, wtfa *«•« dNFfkr