Mann Film Laboratories
7^0 Ctotham Rd.
Winston-Salem, N. C. ’ v/i^/bong).
OmtFSimCKENED CITIZENS
Pay Homage To Memory Of President Kennedy
SEE COLUMN 7 & 8
Va. Ministers Charge Segregation Aids Communism
Interracial Minister's Fellowship
Opposed to Racial Segregation
DANVILLE, V».—An interracial practice; if it would suvive’'•> a
minister’t fellowship meeting here
last week went on record as being
opposed to racial segregation and
dlicriminfttlon because of theii
potehtial detriment to the security
of the United States of America.
The Chrisian Minister’s Fellow
ihip Council of Danville and Vi
dnitjr issued a formal statement
laying that continuance of sc^re
tation and dis(Mn\J^ation “is
ds^rimental to .^(ecurity o>
thtM United Stat^ ot Amcrica
unless it is eradfiiMed, it i(
and will be th^\^^test plant
for Communism, ’ Nazism ^nd ]
ill other isms tnat are not in li.:
with th« constitution of our cm.n
t#y-
Th« fellowship was £scii;;ed tut
$ recultr business meeting when
the civU rights struggle was
krouKht up. The group discussed
Ifid pondered the issue under the
IU>»» of th« New Testament, and
unanimoilsly suggested that it gc
OM record as oppc.sing segrcgatiop
and discrimination
The group released the foIIo\\
ing statement:
“We as an organized Minister's
Fellowship Body met in our r?gu
Ur “business meetlng ini Novembei
14. Th« great struggle for CwiI
Rights was thoroughly discussed
and pondeffd over under the lisn*
of the fitm Testament Gospel, and
It was unanimously suggested tliaf
If* go on record; that segregation
Aid discrimination as it is prac
ticed in America and fostered up
An the Negro people, because o
their race, creed or color is an
evil witlrtn' itself.' Contlnaafice of
it, is detrimental to the security
of these United States of America,
and uidesa it Is eradicated, it ir
now and will be the greatest
plant-bed for Communism, Nazism
and all other isms that are not
in line with the Constitution of
our country. And that no true and
just democracy can afford such
day as this, and that no Christians
who have the light of divine love
within their “hearts can endorse
such, if we love our neighbors at
ourselves; which is Christ’s great
command.”
VOLUME 40 — 48
JOHN CATTIS
White Rock
ChoTrfo Pre^nt
"The Messiah'
The famous White Rock Bofj.isi
Church's fifty voicr Senior Choii
will pre.sent Handel’s oratorio
“The Messiah” Sunday afternoon
December 1, at 4:50 u'^lQck,, Th.
choir will be under the direction
of John H. Gattis, a graduate o)
Morris Brown College and a mem
ber of the faculty oi Hillside High
School. • -
Soloists -A’iii be iJlna
B. Spaulding and Margaret K.
Goodwin, .sopranos; Miss Marsh*
Se„ CHOIR. e-A
Fla. State Univ.
Profs to Pay
Negro Fines
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Pro
fessors at all-white Florida State
University are raising funds to
pay the fines of Negro and white
students arrested in Tallahassee
CORE demonstrations ,at the
Florida Theatr® and State Re
presentative C. E. Russell is
“alarmed.” In fact, he has call
ed upon other state 'legislators
and members of the State Board
of Control, which operates the
university system, to express
their “disapproval.”
The white professors’ fund-
rslstng camifalgn started eo
October 22 with an appeal let
ter signed by ten faculty mem
bers. By November 1, several
hundred dollars had been col
lected, reports. Dr. James Gould
an associate professor of philoso
phy.
The lines, levied against 37
students, total $10,000. Seven ol
the students are whites, who at
tend Florida State Univerakty
and the University of Florida
■Thirty are Negroes, who attend
Fl(kida A. and M. University
The Negro university recently
suspended two students who re
ceived the heaviest sentence —
six, months — as a consequence
See PROFESSORS. 6-A
PRICE: 15 Cents
an
UNBgipTEO?!!
DURHAmTn. C., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER~M, 1W3
X RETURN REQtHiSTtD
Durham Negro Citizens Join in
Paying Final Tribute to Kennedy
lOLOlSTS ffMii left. t«p» Mrs.
Hna B. Sp«uldln«, Veprano; Mrs.
Marf«ra» K. Oeedwin, twrane;
Action Swight in
Ri^ts Me^re
'NtW YORK TJndismay^
by persistent talk' tl»t’ furthe^r
at^loti on the pendfpf eilvfl rights
Wl)'' it impossible In (bis ses-
•i^n'ot the Con’freis, Wife Nation
al''Aaaodation for the'Advance-
tneirt"(rf Colored Piiople Has
md upon Its units throu^^Out the
coaWlry to see their Representa-
tivet' and Senators 'when they
retard home for' the Thanksgiv-
injt'ribUdsiy. ^
Hi ft ntMnofandum io all local
Uidtri the AM0catl6n, Ixe«i-
iedretaryiuiy 'WUliimi'sald;
^ ^11* tau en ik Um
and Miss Marsh* Geedwln, Ce«l>
tralto. Frem left, bMlein, Kue>
sell Fuller, Tener; WlllUffi H«
Green, Bass; and
Sisautding, Basa.
Reginald
House on Civil
Before Christmas
House before ChristmM ii en-
' ough ef ^s — black and white — |
demand its passage. Your Con->
gresaman needs pressure from
his constituents to balance the
Washincton talk fhat there i*
‘no rush' on civil rights, «t j
“Tftll him there is affush/' Mr.
Wilkins urged. "Aak him to
speak- to the House leadership ol
his. party and urge that the bill-
be brought out of the Rules -Com I
mittee to theiloor for debate and,
vote. . 1
“Pass the bill in th«- HouM
bef»M Christmu.” » 1
Record Year Seen
For NAACP Xmas
Seal Campaign-
li EW YORK — A record-
breilking number of sales of NA
ACP Holiday Seals this year
wat forecast by Miss Bobbie
Branch, director of the seals cam
pitign, here Utis week. ^
JfAACP branch distribution
h^» been the highest ever of
the aeals, which depict a black
hand and a white hand together
holding the torch of peace.
National chairman of the 37-
yoar^ld campelfn is Mias Lena
Hornf. TWs marks th« four
teUttk irtat the talented singer
kM ktedtd tU eampiuvi.
PORTRATT OF A HERO — Th*, Us. Texas,
la'.* President John Fifsgeraldj He left behind a world of
Kennedy pictured as most Ameri.' mourners and his Vice-President
cans remember him, courageoui,! Lyndon B. Johnson to tak« up
determined, a friend of th« coip-
mon man and a champieh ei
hutnan righls. The 3Sth C o m-
tnander«in-Chief of tlie Unl'hed
States was out down by an as-
sassin'g bullet last Friday ia EPIh
hli unflnish^ work- of bringing
freedom, justice and liberty te
all peoples, for which he, fire
his last full measure o f U-e-
TOtkm.
Diinn Report on
Racial Progress
Said Misleadng
DUNN—A Nai. >nal Associaf. >n
for the Advaii;:ment of Color.'.’
people official oeclared horp this
week that a report from the city's
bi-racial human relation cDmmit-
tee is misleading and called fof^
meeting of the city officials ajjd
civil righ* groups in order to
avoid furt.itr demonstrating.
B. B. FeldtT, presidPnt nf th"
Youth Council of the Diinn-IIar
netj County.Branch of Ihe NAACi’
said, "We find it hard to brlii’vt'
that sincere men anil women
could publi.sh a report dcclarins
that Dunn is 90 per cent integral
ed. A true evaluation of the situa
tion here in Dunn” he added, ".vill
provp that Dunn is less than one
RacialsPemonstrations are Halted;
Ten Still Remain in County Jail
WILLIAMSTON — Anti-segre-
gation demonstrations scheduled
for this northeastern North Ca
rolina town of 6,000 liave been
postponed indefinitely according
to members of the Congress ol
Racial E^juality, as one protest
leader, five New England min
isters and four demonstrators rc
main in jail.
Williamston’s Negro citizens
had scheduled anti-segregation
demonstrations for last Sunday
but postponed them to Thanks
giving Day because of the deatl)
of President Kennedy, and early
this week postponed them inde
finitely.
The demonstrations were tc
include three national promin
ert civil rights "leaders, Rev
Martin Luther'‘King, Jr. and
Ralph Abernathy of the South
ern Christian Leadership Con
ferencp and Attorney Floyd B
McKissick, National Chairman
of Core, who were to lead s
marcsh to a nearby Voice of
America transmitter site.
Despite the halting of the civil
rights dfemonstrations, ten de
monstrators arrested Nov. 15
chose to remain in the Martin
County >ail rather than accept
bail set at $500.
Among those remaining in
jail ■ is demonstration leader
Gold Frinks of the SCLiC.
Frinks had a six-month prison
sentenced jpvoked against h i m
Monday for violation of a court
order issued i n November ol
im.
Judge Chester A. Morris in
voked the sentence against
Frinks on the grounds that
Frinks had failed to heed a court
order that he not violate any
city ordinance ol, state law for
12 -months.
la IkftS, Vrinki vU rhargajl'
with unlawful picketing, assault
on a policeman and delaying
and Obstructing a policeman in
the performance of - his duty.
The court dismissed the third
charged and continued judgment
on the first two on the condition
Frinks pay court costs and not
break any laws.
Judge Morris invoked the sen
tence because o f a worthless
check charge to which Frinks
pleaded guilty a t Williamston
See JAIL, 6-A
Ushers Schedule
Special Meeting
Sun. Afternoon
FRANKLINTON — A special
session of the Interdenomination
al Ubhers Association of North
CaroVna has been callcd for
12:30 Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Ush
ers’ Home on highway 1, near
here. The special session was of
ficial announced this week by
E. Austin, president.
Accordirg to Austin, the spec
ial s^sion is designed for the
purpose of making a pj-ogress
report on the proposed Ushers
Directory.
The first part of the session
will deal with organization of
the report and appointment of
conunlttees.
Dinner will be served in the
dinning room of the Usher's
Home to all members and visi
tors for Mie dollar.
Spedal feature of the session
will l>e music by the Mount Zion
Baptist Church chcrir and a ser
mon at 3:00 p. m. by Rev. R. V.
HvitM. >1 Adsao.'itioa.
' /
per cent integrated. I do not feci
1 \^ould be fair to r.” poople aiM'
myself to mislead th' public say
ing that Dunn is 90 t.er cent into
grated,” he said.
Felder was referring to the
Dunn Human Relations Commit
tee’s Report In which they -said,
“We belie»8 ^that ab«ut. 60 per
cent of^the task (M.iigned to us'Is
done,^ or is in' the process of be
■enlonT xe2o mtm tm mtrmatrr
ing completed.,We will continue
th%. J^port stated, “to work for
racial )!%(mony and progress, and
•ve need the good will and help
of all our cititens.”
In a )ett«t tp| the mayor ef Duhn,
ftlder sai({ thili the objectivfesithe
.MAACP sort were not achieved
during the 90 day trifce between
them and parties practicing racial
segregation and discrimination '
C- -V.'. Wt CM n4t see
that has been accomplished by
the (human human relations)
the (human relations) committee
concretely as to the aforemention
(request for total desegregation).’
The Dunn Chmmittee said they
had an agreement with sevep
?rocers of Dunn to follow a policy
of hiring persons on the basis Oi
merit alone, without regard ti
race, creed or color.
Except for minor cases, the
committe reported, “we are grati
fied by the attitudes generally ex
pressed by the persons and firm
involved.”
Felder's letter fefuted the com
mittee’s report, and stated tha*
"Out of more than 150 stores
only eight o(-ten have employi J
at least dne) Negro' ih upgraded
employment. Only two drug store;
and one variety store have de
See REPORT, 6-A
Shocked, stunned, bewildered i
and grief-strickened Negro citi
zens of Durham joined those in 1
cities throughout the nation in
paying homage to the memory
of the late President John
F. Kennedf, Monday as the 35th
Commander-in-Chief was given a
herd's burial in Arlington Na
tional Cemettry. I
Durham Negro churches lead j
the community in paying respect
to the late president with pray
er services and masses.
Memorial services were con
ducted by North Carolina Col
lege in R. L. McDougald Gym
nasium and by North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company
the company's auditorium.
The insurance company also
ceased business activities for two
and a half hours.
Classes at NCC were suspend
ed for five hours, and many of
the college employees cut their
regular work schedule.
Thousand who neither went to
church Or particpiated in manor
ial services stayed home and
watched the historical feincral on
television.
NCC's service were led by Dr.
Samuel P. Massie, president of
thecollege. who looked upon the
death of the president as a loss
j in far-reaching areas.
j “The nation has lost a ffreat
, leader. The world has lost an
; outstanding statesman and peace
I maker. EMucation has lost a de-
I voted servant. And the Negro
peojjle have lost a tried and
true frieiTd,’_ he declared.
Dr. Massie expressed best
' wishes to President Lyndon B.
Johnson in the trying days
ahead.
i NCC's student government vie»-
I president, Fulton Hayes, eulogiz
ed the late president on behalf
of the student body, and Rev. J.
Neal Hughley, college minister.
See CmZENS, 6-A
- ' Clara Ward agrt) bgr Yi*i|KN» sisurKra
Clara Wards' Mother Blasts
MoralsS)f Negro Gospel Singers
By Gertrude Ward
' Manegar ef th* Pamous
Ward lingers
The greatest experience of my
life was when I went into the
nightclub. I did, not knpw so
much good could be done. Men
are hungry for the gospel in the
nightclubs, but the trouble is
that the wrong people are carry
ing it. I have never in my life
seen gospel'singers live like they
are living today.
When I see girls for the Fam
ous Ward Singers I look for
girls who try to live the life they
sing about in their songs. Not
girls who'll try to tell you that
the other gospel singers do it so
why ca»'t we, when you try to
tell them they are wrong. I guess
we will just have as_the
Bible asys: “Let the wheat and
tare all grow together and in the
day of the harvest let God se
parate them.”
“Go ye into all the world and
preach the gospel to evefy crea
ture. Hie that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved, but he
that beiikveth not shall be
damned.’^ #e’re; told in St. Mark
16:15-1Ai
Does the 20th verse say, “. . .
and they went forth and preach
ed in the church alonel" NO. In
isiead It -says “. . . and they
went forth and preached everyl
where, the Liord working
with them and confirming the
word with signs following. Amen
In St. Matthew, 24:14, the
verse says, “And this gospel of
thg kingdom shall be preached
in iill the world for a witness
unto all nations and then shall
the end come.” Thus gospel sing
ing in the nightclubs is not out
of place. The word of God
should be carried everywhere.
The trouble comes from those
who carry it. “Thou hypocrite
first cast the beam out of thine
own eye, “We are told in Mat
thew 7:5, “and then shall thou
see clearly to last the mote out
of thy bijiather’s sys.”
Speaking of some gospel sing
ers going in nightclubs and some
who are not going — that
See GOSPEL, 3-A
pictured her* are delegates of the
Western Merth Carolina Confer-
enee ef the A. M. C. Church to
the aonw«l Oonlereeoe t« be
held ia Claetanatl, Ohto In 1M4
All minlst«d«i deteoataa Ud
AinitMtlal •lte»i'ie*e» ele^
ed at the 71it Annual Co*f«r
enco held in Durham last week.
Reading from left te right (fronl
rew) Rev. J. D. Davis, Rev. ■fel-
Tin Cheeter Swann. G. S
Gani. ReT. C. C. Sedtt. Bev. O.
G Vro>ibleftnlt^ Be«o«4 at/iw
Wm. A. lies*, Mie. OeMie Hat>
gett. VerMMi Cow«b end J. C
Pike. SmIi Bev. L. 8. Penn,
Mn. O. Can. Her. T. P. Die
haft. Ntft 0«Ula nUweed. Htr.
C. U toHamale) BBd
Rey. J^m