Over idO NegH)^ Delegates Going T&
ic Convention
NCC SEEKS MORE THAN $7.MILLI0N BUDGET
Fdnds to be Used
For Construction-
hnprovements
A request for more than $7
miHion for the next two years
■was presented Tuesday by North
Carolina College to the State
Advisory Budget Commission
which met at the college.
Among funds asked were
$2.4 to construct two women’s
dormitories, and $956,000 for a
edinmunications building to
consolidate existing facilities
in this area and add new
ohes.
Some $200,000 was request
ed for the purchase' of land
needfed t o expand the 5-3-acre
campus, and to meet future
needs $600,000 was asked to
feuild a men’s dormitory. Offi
cials stated 12 new staff mem
bers are needed and allocations
■rfe needed for the maintenance
pf the college’s physical plant;
'$77,677 was asked for these
pOVposes.
It* was also indicated that a
iew.. residence for the Presi'-
dont of the college prefer
ably 13-room house costing
lotne $67,000 -- is needecj.
Among other requests made
to the- commission_were the fol-
fowing;
$250,000 for enlargement
and repair of the central heat-
lyt Plant.
VOLUME 41 — No. 33 DURHAM. N. C.—27702—SATURDAY, AUGUST 22,
RETURN REQUESTED
1964
PRICE: IS Cent.
CMEs Hold Historic
At Russell Memorial
NCe FACtltTV NST>TUTE
CIPALS—North Cirolina Collag*
firit general Ficulty Institute,
scheduled to bt held In the James-
E. Shepird Memerlal Library Sep-
ticmber 3-5, will follow the gen-
ersl theme, "The North Carolina
College—Today and Tomorrow."
Directed by Dr. Helen G: Ed-
CreJuate—Cfoime College;
Arnold—K.
Session
Church
Bishop Amos is
Keynoter at
Comiminion
By ReT. Gilei H. Wright, Di
rector of Public Relations, C.
M. E. Church
The anmial sessions of the
Korth and South Carolina Con
ferences, Christian Mrtliodist
Episcopal Cliurch, made signi
ficant history here by conven
ing in joint scsion, Tuesday
i-vening in Itussell Memorial
C. M. E. Church, 703 Alston
til litas ic
COMVENTION PRINCIPALS —| view a program of the session's
Three parsons who participated in j activities.
the 80th Annual Session of ths | From left are Dr. Ellen Alston,
Woman's Baptist Home and Fore- i executive secretary, Baptist State I Church, where the convention was
ign Missionary Convention of N. I Missionary Convention; Mrs. M. A. held.
C. which ended here recently, re- '
Horne, president of >he conven
tion, and the Rev. E. T. Brown,
pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist
Health Workers Gather
\
In Tuberculosis Confab
$460,000 to air condition
the cafeteria now" existing, the
See NCC page 4A
Wars Receive
lord Foundation
School, the institute will feature
three days of sessions devoted to
various phases of the institution's
programs. '
In addition to Dr. Edmonds and
President Samuel P. Masfle, the
principal participants will !>• Dr.
Leo W. Jeniins, president. East
King, vice-president for Institu
tional Studies, the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Dr,
Maurice Lee, professor of English,
Morgan State Collegei and Dr.
John Caldwell, chancellor. North
Carolina State University, Raleigh.
NATIONAL ELKS TO
NEW YORK — The Ford
foundation today announced a
$500,00 appropriation to permit
the rapid mobilization of scho
lar to study the economic con-
'^quences of large-scale, fast-
, striking, unpredictable events
in the domestic economy, such^
a's natural disasters' or hnajor
changes in national economic
policy. The program is intended
to Help capture important econo-
tnic insights knowledge of
the recovery process, for ex
ample usually lost to scholars
to the lack of immediate
reaetrch funds.
Among other actions an
nounced by the Foundation to
day were:
A $600,000 appropriation
for further support to basic re
search on the factors responsi
ble for. economic growth.
A grant of $195,000 to the
National Industrial Conference
Board to study the employment
of Negroes in business and in
dustry.
“The funds for research on
unexpected economic occurren
ces will be applied only to situ
ations of sufficient magnitude
or uniqueness to provide a bet-1
ter understanding of economic
processes,” said Marshall A.
Robinson, director of the Foun
dation’s program in Ek:onomic
Development and Administra
tion. “Economic history reveals
enough instances of lost oppor-
t(Hfttty for significant studies to
WfctTint preparation for prompt
art!on on future events. Al-
thfough these events are, of
cotirse, unknown, the kind of
itwMes the Foundation’s ap
propriation might support can
be illustrated by the recent
earthquake in Alaska,
“A study to deiermine Its ef
fect on the economy of Alaska
'would have provided valuable
material about the processes of
economic collapse and informa
tion relevant to the rebuilding
effort. Major disasters have
served from time to time as ‘ex
periments’ for civil defense and
relief agencies. The economist
could have used this episode to
test ideas about economic mobi
lization and recovery.”
By setting aside funds, the
Foundation in the future can
move qulcklV to support re-
, search on similar events, as it
did with the rpppnt Ferte'-ol tax
See FOUNDATION «A
CelebrMe Aiiiiiversary
Ot 1954 School Decree
Mammoth Meet
Slated for Aug.
21-31 at Miami
MIAMI FLA. — The tenth
anniversary of the historic 1954
U. S. Supreme Court decision,
ordering desegregation of the
nation’s public schools, will be
observed with special emphasis
this month at the annual con
vention of one of the world's
largest fraternal organizations,
the Improved, Benevolent, Pro
tective Order of Elks of the
World. Federal Judge Thurgood
Marshall will be featured
speaker
The mammoth convention led
by HOBSON R. REYNOLD, G.
E. R., is scheduled for August
21-31 inclusive, in Miami, Flori
da. The anniversary program
will be a special feature, under
the direction of the Elks De
partment of Education, headed
by long-time Grand Commis
sioner of Education, Lt. George
W. Lee. of Memphis, Tennssee.
Commissioner Lee’s Depart
ment has planned a three-way
program including an Education
Department Banquet, a bacca
laureate sermon for some 500
members of the Education De
partment’s Cap and Gown
Clubs, and the “Commencement
Address” by Judge Marshall,
reviewing and evaluating the
Decision of ‘54, r'i?arded wide
ly as the first major battle in
the current Negro Revolution
in the Uhited States.
Judge Marshall will be esperi-
ally honored by Elks Educa
tion Department for the part he
played in the legal jousts which
ended in the 1954 victory before
the Supreme Court, The Elks
will honor him as “The Educa
tor of the'Decade.” ,
It was Judge Marshall who
led the legal forces which sur-
cesKfiilly ?rgiied the case against
'See ELKS page 4A
F. B.
Given Honor by
Alpha Fraternity |
Floyd B. McKissick, local |
attorney and civil rights leader,
was awarded the Alpna Ptii Al
pha Fraternity Award of Merit,
in a fraternal ceremony on
Wednesday, August 19, at the
Hotel Commodore in New York
New York.
McKissick was born in Ashe
ville where he also attended the
public schools. He received the
Bachelor of Arts Degree from
Morehouse College and the
Bachelor of Laws Degree form
North Carolina College at Dur
ham. He did further study at
the University of North Caro
lina.
McKissick, who participated
in the original Freedom Rides
of 1947 along with Baynard
Rustin and Jim Peeks, was
elected National Cliairman ot
the Congress of Racial Ekiuality
by unanimous vote in June,
19B3, He represented the group
See McKISSICK page 4A
Doctors Urged
To Give Aid to
Miss. Workers
WASHINGTON — (NPI) —
The 69th annual convention of
National Medical associations,
which closed its four-day meet
here recently, approved a resol-
tion urging doctors to volunteer
for Mississippi duty to give aid
to those injured in the civil
rights voter registration drive.
However, it did so after an
unpublicized hassle in t h t
House of Delegates over various
resolutions which many fell
were in violation of Mississippi
laws and national canons of the
medical profession.
In addition, members approv
ed a resolution urging the Fed
eral government to withhold
funds from Mississippi and any
other state which has failed to
comply witli the new Civil
Rights Law.
The House of delegates spent
two days revamping the resolu
tions, a numtwr of which were
submitted by Dr. Arthur W.
Boddie. Detroit, chairman ol
the NMA board of trustees.
Although the meeting at
which the resolutions wer.e pas
srd was closed to the public
and press, some indication of its
intensity was gleamed from the
approved resolutions when com
pared with original drafts.
The Association’s new presi
dent, Dr. W. Montague Cobb,
of Washington D. C. and Ho
ward University, said the resolii
tion finally adopted' Ls called
the “Emergency Heaith P r o-
gram.”
He pointed out that opposi
tion arose to some of the reso
lution^ because they centered
on the state of Mississippi.
Many felt that Mississippi was
not the only st^ite in the Union
\^her;e “bad” medical condi-
See DOCTORS page V.
Avenue. Bishop Hei)ry C. Bun
ton, Washington, D. C., is, thi’
presiding officer. Tuesday night |
Bishop Walter H. Amos, Detroit,
Michigan, the presiding prelate'
of the 9th Episcopal District,!
which comprises Alaska, Cali- j
fornis, Arizona, New Mexico i
and Oklahoma, delivered thei
keynote message during the 1
Communion service.
Assisting Bisiiop Bunton in
the administrative affairs of tlv;,
Conference work of South Caro
lina are Presiding Elders. Revs.-'
E. D. McWoodson, Charleston |
District and W. N. Williams,
Columbia - Greenville District,!
and from North .Carolina, Revs, |
W. R. Iversdri',*' Winston‘Salem ^
District and J. H. Lightsey of.
the Durham District. The Rev, 1
C. R. White is host-pastor. Pro-1
■sent from both states are 2171
ministers and evangelists and
lay delegates. j
Hevs. R. L. Brown and W. D.
Roston are serving as secretaries
of the meeting, and Mrs. Alfreda
G. lUinton, Washington, D. C.
is the Conference Director of
music.
Wednesday morning the Rev.:
C. A. SIkiw, Charleston, deliver- j
ed the morning meditation.
Activities included organization. ■
and the reading of reports of 1
the various standing and special
committees as well as the re
ceiving of pastoral reports. |
These Indicated substantial
membership increases in both
states, and emphasized a new
the need for evangelistic moti-
Sce CME page 4A
Four-Day Session
Features Array
Ot Key Speakers
BLACK MOUNTAIN — Ap-i
proximately 175 professional
workers and volunteers repre-
.sentin^«tiealth, welfare, educa
tional -rehabilitiaUon agen
cies tbncerned Wtfih' tubercti-
losis other respiratory dis
eases will gather at Blue Ridffe
Assembly, Black Mountain, Au
gust 23, for the 14th Institute
on Tuberculosis and Other Res
piratory biiiba^eS,
“Multiple Factors Influenc
ing Tubercluosis,” “Approticiies [
to Changing Problems in TUber-1
ciilosis” and “The Future of|
Tuberculosis and Other Respi
ratory Diseases” are some of
the topics on which attention
will be focused.
Registration for the fnur-day
meeting will begin on Sunday
at four o' clock in Lee Hall, The ,
first general session will con
vene at seven o' clock.
Dr, George James, Commis
sioner of Health and Chairman
of the Board of Health, New
York City Department of Heal
th, one of the speaker-consul-
tants for the Institute, will give
the keynote address Sunday
evening. He will speak on
“Multiple Factors Influencing
See WORKERS page 4A
John fi. Wheeler to be Among
Southern Politicians at Confab
WASHINGTON D. O. — One
of the largest group of Negro
delegates ever to participate in
the National Convention of a
major party are en route to At
lantic City for the opening of
the Democartic National . Con
vention on August 24.
WHEELER
There are 120 regulary electl-
ed Negro delegates and alter
nates from twenty states, in
cluding several in the dcepj
South. I
Ministers, physicians, busi
ness and profe.ssional leaders as ^
well as housewives, are repre-1
sented in the delegates. Among j
the nationally known leaders
slated to participate in the busi-|
ness of the Convention are the |
five Negro Coiigressmen, Rep. !
William L. Dawson of Illions i
who is 'Vice Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee;
Rep. Charles C. Diggs. Jr., of
Michigan; Rep. Adam C. Powell
of New York; Rep. Robert N. C.
Nix of Pennsylvania and Rep.
Augustus Hawkins oi Califor
nia.
Among the^jjationally known
state leaders listed as delegates
are, Gerald Lamb, the State
Treasurer of Connecticut; State
Senator Leroy Johnson of Geor-
g 1 a; State Senator Con.stance
Motley of New York; Slate
_C- WH5f-Lt;y i;.
Willie Bryant
Named Registrar
At N. C. College
A native Floridan who was
assistant director of admissions
and records at Florida A. and
M. University, Tallahassee, has
resigned that post to become
new registrar at North Carolina
College.
Willie L. Bryant, who was
born in Quincy, Fla,, has been
named by Dr. Samuel P, Mas-
sie, president of the college, to
succeed Mrs. Frances M. Eagle-
son.
A former sergeant major and
personnel sergeant major in the
Army where ho was in charge
of enlisted men’s and officer’s
records during World War II,
Bryant is married to the former
Marion Louise Hightower. They
arc the parents of four children
Warren, 18; Leslie, 12; Hazel, 9,
and Myra, 6,
Bryant holds B, S, and M, Ed.
degrees from FAMU and before
becoming assistant director ol
admissions and records worked
at the university as a key punch
operator, tab operator, and su
pervisor of the IBM Depart-
m«it.
He has also been employed
as a district assistant manager
for the Afro-American Insur
ance Co, and assistant Ih the
office of the president, Louisiana
.State Barber College.
Mrs. Eagleson. who preceded
Bryant as registrar, retired this
month after 43 years’ service
at the college.
In Tallahassee, Bryant was
active in the AME Church, the
Boy Scout movement, the
American Woodmen, Phi Delta
Kappa Fraternity, and was vitO
LkYANl : 'L- U
Former A&T
Student Prexy
Omega Speaker
DENVER COLo. — Jesse
Jackson, 2nd vice - president
Omega Psi Fraternity, gave the
more than 500 delegated, at
tending the 49th Grand Con
clave, in a luncheon address,
Tuesday, dedicated to the under
graduates, the greatest chal
lenge believed to ever been
given to members of the Greek
letter or^tih^btiKl).
He admonithed Ifiisj twbtheri
that excellence was IHe 'Aiey to
most of the ills that beset 'them
and the raae. He outlined the
fact that since the oars of pre
judice and discrimination began
lo fall that there should be a
new reevaluation of the values
in life. He pointed out that
there should be a new pledge
of allegiance to economics, edu
cation, politics, ambition, con
cern, racial dignity, character,
respect and awareness.
The speaker asked his audi
ence whether each onp felt he
has done enou^ in the social
revolution. “Things are chang
ing, Society is dynamic, not
static. This means that some
thing is moving, . ,it is chang
ing." he said. His greatest chal
lenge came when he asked his
brothers whether they had bud
geted their busines.ses. Whether
they were in the battle for civil
rights; concerned with adult
education, registering and vot
ing and what was their concern
over school dropouts.
He deplored the society that
a Negro baby was born in
wheWier in the North or in
South, as compared with that of
a white baby born in the same
place and on the iiame day. The
disparity was alarming. Hia
treatment of the givil duty of
the “New Negro” was highly
informative. He pictured his re
sponsibility and obligation great
er than ever and that if he Is
to enjoy the rights and privi
leges now eminent that he can
not be satisfied with the status-
quo, but must not strive to excel
but must excel.
The greatest admonition was
when he charged that challenge
is the germ of life that sustain!
dynamic personalities; the ten
sion which sets life in motion
and makes life, life; cbampians,
champions. “For many, chal
lenge is not so good; It iastilli
fear, it makes them give up,
quit; it thwarts their
al drive. For others chsllrac* la
i(uod; it stirs. It motivates; it
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