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S. D. Casts Final
Vote -Against
Vicious Law
TUXIAWGETS
PIERRE, S. D. — When the
South Dakota State Senate ap
proved the anti-poll tax amend
inrnt, Thursday, January 23,
thus becoming the 38th and final
$tate needed to ratify the mea-
•urc, it brought too a successful
end nearly five, months of hard
work by local leaders of thp Na
tional Association for the Ad-
vancemQnt of Colored People.
Sifce September, Leonard Car
ter, NAACP field secretary, has
been assisting local NAACP
, members and individuals in
towns where there are no
branches, with their drive to get
tile resolution approved.
■ The proposed 24th amcndmcnl
to' the U. S. Constitution could
have been ratified last year,
However, since there Wcis no sup
jwrt for it, it failed to get out
fH the committee.
.Branches in Rapid City anc’
jSiOux FalU campaigned for the
•Measure from their areas, while
in Huron and Yankton — where
there are no NAACP units —
W. P. Mahoney and Ted Blakey
handled the drive in those twp
cities respectively.
NAACP efforts received a big
bfl|OSt when a wealthy Sioux
Falls television station owner,
Verl Thompson, spent an entire
^iveek here lobbying for passage
oi ^he amendment.
' Saturday, January 18, State
NAACP leaders conferred with
Gov. Archie Gubbrud on the
measure.
, Carter called approval of the
resolution a “great victory”, con
sidering there are only 1,100
liegTocs in the state.
“This means that nine out of
ten states in my region have
pi()sscd thg amendment,” Carter
added.
Region IV which Carter covers
cihbraces that states of Minne-
|0ta, Wisconsin, lows, Nebraska,
^nsas, Missouri, Montana, Colo
rado, North and South Dakota,
and Wyoming'.’ The latter was
t^e state that failed to pass the
rwolution.
. RATIFICATION HAILED
BY WILKINS
►Ratification of the anti-poll
tiix amendment was hailed this
wek by NAACP Executive ^ec-
rptary Roy Wilkins as “an im-
{^rtaJit, but not final step in the
long effort to achieve the free
ballot for every eligible Ameri
can.”
The 24th Amendment to the
See TAX SA
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VOLUME 41 — No. 5 DURHAM, N. C, 27702, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1964
RETURN REQUESTED
PRICE: 15 Cents P
$300,000 GOAL SET
FOR SHAW U. DRIVE
Dr. Patterson
Named New
«F-He«i-
I RALEIGH — Shaw Univer-
I sity's emergency drive to raise
.'5300,000 by the end of June
; to liquidate its current, operat-
I ing indebtedness gained added
momentum during the past week
I as the nalion.M alumni assoeia- i
lion, several church groups in |
"TTT
CLOSE UP WORLD VIEW—
President Lyndon B. Johnson
confers with Carl T. Rowan at
the Whita House following his
MRS. MASSEY
Bleeds To Death
After Hand Is
Chopped OJf
NEW YORK — Dr. Frederick
D. Patterson has been named
College Fumi, Inc., William T
Gossett, board ehairmsi}^
nounced here today.
announcement that he was ap
pointing the former U. S. Am
bassador to Finland as Director
stale, and other took action
to secure the necessary funds.
1;, 111 I xlr;iordinary session of
^ II,,;.Executive Committee (rcpre- g, ,he United States Information
prcsident^of ^ n. 1 “’*sociations from Agency. Rowan has had a dis-
aeross the country) of the "a-1 tinguished career in journalism
lional alurnni, a plan, was adopt-| _
I I'd fon the alumni to raiise $50,
and politics. A prize-winning re
porter for the Minneapolis Tri
bune and author of many books,
he was first tapped for public
service By tHe late President
Kennedy who named him Deputy
Public Affairs Ofhcer for the
Department of State and later
nominatei him as Ambassador' to
Finland. In making the appo^t*
ment, President Johnson said
he was the best quatifitd. man
.for the sensitive job o4 |»r«-
lecting t+ie Tmage oi Am*ri«a
abroad. By virtue of hic^osit»«n
Rowan will be the first N«gr»
entitled to a regular seat •n th«
National‘s SecurHy Council* ^
In accordance with changes in ; I
the by-laws, enacted at a special i
UNCF board meeting Jan. 13,
the president will serve as the
SitX’ Y OF COMiMERC’E
Jailed Peace
Walker Begins
To Weaken
ALBArvY, Ga.--Members of the
peace walk group who visited A1
b«ny City Jail recently learned
that Ray Hobinson, Jr., who be
(an a total fast yesterday refus
ing both food and watc—has al
ready begun to weaker,
Robin»on reports abdomin.tl
paiHi one of the first symptom
noted when the kidneys are de
prived of the water they need to
{unction normally. He also reports
weakness in his legs and a general
fcclin; of dizziness.
As of 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Al
bany City Physician P. I,. Ililsman
who ministered to fasting pri.son
crs during their previous inioris
' onment, had not visited the j''i)
Monday or Tuesday.
Members of thp walk grouo al.so
learned that trial is expccted
Tuesday morning, i-'ebruafy 4 bd
fore Albany City Recorder 'A. N.
Durden, of all 17 arrested, Mon
day; as well as Yvonne Klein, ar
rested last Friday along with Phil
Davis, Berkeley, California, 24
ycar«td Albany field secretary
for the Student Nonviolent Cmr
dinatlag Committee, for picketing
and dUtrlbuting leaflets outside r
fallout shelter during » 24-hour
■baltw dtUL ^ ^
.laitios Kelts, alias James Kau-
cette, 34, of 417 South Street, i.s
ins held here by Durham police I
for investigation in the brutal a)(e |
.slaying of Beatrice Massey, alias
3ealrice I'arrington, on January
!6. al.so of 517 South Street Shv
vas found by investigatina officers
ying on the floor of her rooni
overed by a blanket.
Investigating autliinities. who
'ound an axe at the scene, reourt
cd that the woman had suffrired
leep wounds on the right side o'
her face and on the back of hcf
head and her left hand had been
cut off at the wrist, apparenjly
wilh the axe.
Coroner D. R. Perry stated that
lie woman died from loss ot
blood.
Kelts was arrcsterl lor investi(,d
lion after police roported that an
other resident of ihe house, Alex
ander Harrison, told them tha'
Felts had admitted to him tha'
he killed the '.voman with the axe
following an argument.
Harrison, who is the proprietr.’
of the house, which is occupied
by several persons, was quoted by
police as saying th.u he left the
residence around 7:00 p.m. to go
acro.ss the street, and when h"
returned at approximately 7:20
p.m., he found Felts sitting in a
chair at the end of a sofa in the
room where the dead woman wa;
also found lying on the floo'
covered with a blanket.
Kelt was arrested at aoproxi-
mately 10:00 p.m. by detectives
at 1017 I,anca.ster Street, follow
ing a call from an unidentified
woman.
organization’s chief executive of
licer. Staff positions ^pr two
vice presidents were also create
ed.
W. Barton Beatty Jr., UNCF
national campaign director since
1958, was appointed vice presi
dent for fond raising. The board
of directors authorized Dr. Pat
terson to name a vice president
for development.
! "Under the new organization
al plan, the vice chairmanship of
I the board will be filled by a
i president of ono of tl^e member
I colleges,” Mr. Oossett said. Dr.
I Albert , W. Dent, head of Dil-
I lard University, New Qrleans,
I was elected this year.
I Dr. Patterson founded the
I College Fund while he was serv-
I mg as president of Tuskegee In
stitute in Alabama. He will con
tinue as president of the Phelps-
Stokes Fund, which he has head
ed since 1953, in addition to hif
U'NCF assignment.
The changes in UNCF by-laws
followed the resignation of W.
J. Trent Jr., Fund executive di
rector since 1944. Mr. Trent as
sumed new duties as Assistant
Personnel Director of Time Inc.,
Jan. 1.
ur. I
?nt^>>f-|
t/Dr. I
Hodges
Costing
Dr. Clyde Donnell
Recovering From
ROSS
tm
Participants in
Registration
Drive Arrested
CANTON, Miss. — Seventeen
voter registration workers have
been arrested in Canton, Miss.,
See ARRESTED 3A
■»
J.
ARRIVES IN INDIA—Word was
received this week from Clathan
M. Ros», former editor of the
Carolina Times, that he and his
wife, Mrs. Genie Ross, have ar
rived in Calcutta, India, where
they will be stationed for sev
eral months. Mr, Ross is now in
the service of the United States
Information Agency.
John Holloway
Taken Sick at
Home Suddenly
John L. Holloway, former em-
ployeee of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company,
and prominent businessman of
Durham, was taken scriou.sly ill
here early Monday morning. He ib
now confined to Lincoln Hosnital
Officials at the hospital would
give no exact information as tr
the condition of Mr. Holloway and
efforts of the, Carolina Times to
contact his psyhician. Or. R. P
Randolph, before going to press
were unsuccessful.
to contribute at lea.st $100,001
within this period, and several |
groups in northern cities have
begun to contact corporations!
and other businesses for gifts.
Earlier in the week. Dr.
James E. Check the President^
Shaw, was informed that
Leon C. Riddick, President of
the General Baptist State Con-,
vention of New Jersey, a Shaw
Alumnus, and Mr, Harold T. . , - ..
Graves, president of the Sum Dr. Clyde Uonnell
mit Trust Company, a trustee,'
had begurr d drive to raise $30,-
000 by the^d of May, Also the ' Q LinCOln
TheologicalVAiumni Association
adopted a goal of $20,000 to be I Dr. Clyde Donnell, local physi-
realized by April 1, on the oc- clan, vas reported today to be
casiftn of the anriual rr\eeting of recovering satisfactorily from an
the Theological Alumni Assoeia- j o|)eration performed al Lincoln
tion. ! Hospital,
Since his retireinent in U)fiO as
Vice President and Medical Di-
reefoV of North Carolina Mutual
Lifp Insurance Company, Dr.
Contends Bias
Billons Yearly
Anticipating action to be tak
en on February 3, when the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Gen
eral Bapjbst State Convention
will convene in Raleigh in a
special se.ssion called by the Pre-
flident. Dr. R. M. Pitts, four
churches this past Sunday raised
a combined total of $4,280.62.
At the First Baptist Church,
Winston-Salem, Dr. David R
Hedglley, minister, $2,000 was
See DRIVE .“iA
Donnell has continued the pri
vate practice of medicine al his
new offices located at 2(i04
Fayetteville Road, He has also
remained active in coninniri'ity
affairs through participation in
th(. direction of Lincoln Hospital
and Meclianics and Farmers
See DR. DONNELL 5A
gadljy
Protests
Remain;
In Chapel Hill
Tension Rises
CHAPEL HILL — Tension con
tinues high in this small univer
sily town this week. a.s anti-scg
rogation protests continued. Pic
kcts walked in the crosswalks 01
the town’s main intcr-scction foi
more than half an ,hoiir before
they were ordered by police tr
move on for alleged violation 0'
Uh town's picket-control ordinance
j In' the afternoon, approxima el>
' 140 Negroes and whites marched
to the Town Hall,, wbeie clever
I -inonstrator.s .sat tm the step'
I for half an hour, supporting tm
protest of Uosemarv E/ra. wii;
has been keeping a vigil since Ihr
Board of Aldermen failed to p.tst
Ezra says she has remained in the
Ezra says sh has remained in the
Aldermen’s meeting room since
January 13 because “the aldermen
have unfinished business.”
At least three marchers report
ed that they were bumped bj
cars at intersections. Two march
ers were bumped by the same car,
a Ford Fairlane, North Carolina
license RX-272. No injuries were
reported as a result of the Inci
dents.
The Chapel Hill I'rcedom Com
O.ittec announced this week that
a report had been completed on
racial discrimination at No.in
Carolina Memorial Hospital, Th:'v
released copies of a summary ol
their fiiKlings. "Fads you slioiil'l
know about N C. Memorial Hos
pital." The report alleges that
segregation is lainpant at the tax
supported institution.
See PROTESTS 5A
'Bonanza' Stars Say No Integrated
Audience, No Show in Jackson
JACKSON, Miss, — Stars of built actor who plays “Hoss”, al-
the televisiin show “Bonanza" so made known his stand in a
have refused to keep a scheduled personal letter to Charles Evers,
personal appearam;e here Febrti- NAACP Missi.ssippi field secre-
ary 1-2, after being notified t>y tary, who had called uporr the
the National Association for iie trio to cancel the Engagement
Advancement of Colored People in view of the segregation,
that the audience would be se-' "I have long been in' sympathy
gregated. I with the Negro's struggle for to-
Lorne Greene, Michael Landon tal citizenship,” wrote Mr. Blqck
and Dan Blocker have wired pro-'! er, “therefore, I would find an
moters of the show, which is to' appearance of any sort before a
be staged at the State Fair Coli- segregated house completely in-
seum, that they will not come to 1 compatible with,my moral con-
Jacksorr unless they are guarn- cepts, indeed repugnant.
NCC Law Student
Appointed to
Atty:-Gen. Office
Kunibert A. Gaddy, a senior
L;iw Sciiool student scheduled to
receive his degrtH' in .lune from
North Carolina College, has
been appointed to the office of
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy in Washington. I
Assigned to the lands division
of th^. Justice Department, Gad'
dy, who was appointed a GS-91
under an honors program open
only to students irr the upper 20
per cent of their class, is
scheduled to begin work Sept. 1,
He now serves as a graduate |
assistant to the Law School'
faculty, with duties involving 1
legal research and counseling,
first year law school studi^nts. i
Gaddy, the highest ranking^
student in tlie senior law class,'
was cited during his first ycar|
at NCC Law School (or having I
the highest acad
his class. He alsi
mic average in
won the same
teed the spectators will be unsc-
gregated,
Dan Blo'^k-fr, the I'.sive’"
Blocker said he and the others
were assured whin they sjuned
H0NAN7A SA ,
award in his" second year. In
1!)63 he was hoirnfed foi'submit
ting thp best paper in constitu
tional law in a legal writing con
test.
Bornt in Wadesboro, Gidd>
eoiiititeleu VVesi L>e*;p Creek
High School and pursued unaer-
graduat^ studio's at A. and. T.
APPOlN'irirD 2 k
U'.VSHlN’dTO.’M. n. C. — Srcra
lary of Commerce Luther 11 14>A
y»'s this week anhourttod ttie !)•’
partnient was-expaiiding i*i »ffwt»
to open up more emnloymenl ai
hifcincss* opportunities for njain
her,s of minority groilps n priv;k'
liiisiness and indlistf^' ia the t.’nil
ed State's.
He has established 1 llra.irt
inent '.vide Task Furcf with
Secretary Franklin Helflnc, Itook*
veil, Jr., as Clmiirman. and
i( t» conic ii|i wWi programs ti
two tireas:
(II To improve emi>lovment ryi
poi'tiinities including j-ecrui.tmM>t
hainiii.u anil promuti'>ns for mcna
yf minority noups m U. I.
i'oninu'ice anl i«ul4istry,
(2) 'I'o improve prospccts V>''
Inisine.sscii owned arul operi«fcP'i
by liU'ihbci's of mlnorit.T groups,
inehi(li%ig techniques for imfii;^
ing management, sourcss ef
aniMng and the liiia.
In announcing that he llad sfri
up the Task Force, Sccretiiry Uri"-
ges said; “Conservative e«tiii>at«
place the economic loss to th»
nation caii.ii'd by racial discrim
ination ;«t $30 biMion in gresit ax-
See hODGES, OA
Ben Perry To
Speak at Cliain
Meet Feb. 4
The Durham Businr«s and Pro-
fe,ssional Cham is presenting
It, Perry, Executive Director e#
Durham Rettevelopment Comn^it
sion, as spider at a fovum, Tue»-
day evening, Februarni4„ at tha
Mount Vernon Ba^st Ch«ffch Frl
lowship Hall at 7 o’clock. The foi
rum is being spon.sored t(K [vovida
inforniatiun to those biKinessai
that will be a^'fectted hf the hi
development Program. -Pcfry vrill
discuss such matters ae tlMi R>
development 6ommis?loa's schei
ule for acquiring burinefi proper
tie.s in the area ynd tlie matiet
of their relocatiqn. In addition , a
discussion period will be provtdeil
at which time Mr. Perry will an
swcr questions (rbm the audiei^.
The program b the first a
scries design^ to assist In ohtaia
ing inforniatiaa which e»(f
‘ei? CMX1N
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