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HERE NOVEMBER 13
ATLANTA, Ga. — Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., recetitf .winner
of the Nobel Prize for Pfiace, had
undci'taken a \vhiElwind tour ol
-t«r(je -iuu:t)jcra cjtles as part of a
nationwide nonpartisan* drive 'by
The Southern Cbriitiin Leader
ship Conference to “GET OUT
THE VOTE" on November 3—
Elertion Day.
Br. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
wilt recciv* the Nobel
Pmc* Prize on Deccntber 10,
November 3rd “Get Out The Vote” Day
will appear in Durham on No
vember 13 at the Jack Tar Hotel
at * special guest at the annual
metting of the Southern Politi
cal Science ;,Association.
" ■'Th»-"SS=ye»r'oW—c+yH—rtBht*
leader it the 12th American and
the third Negro to be chosen
for (he prize.
I-auncherl in Cleveland and
Cincinnati, Ohio over the past
weekend, the drive is de.sifined to
mobilize a massive turnout of
registered Negroes and people of
goodwill at the polls on Novem
ber 3 .The tour '.vill resume Tues
day in Los Angeles and continue
to Chicago, Detroit and Baltimore,
“•f-have eitflSarltpd 'on 'tW.s lotii^,;'
Dr. King said, "because I consider
this, the most crucial and critical
j election in our nation’s history."
"ever before in our national elec
tions have the demands of our
Judaeo-Christian heritage for jus
tice, compassion for the poor and
[ underpriviledged, peace on earth,
I goodwill among men, been more
I clearly challegened than in this
election."
Dr. King made it clear that
The appeal, howevei', will not
be limited to Negro voters alone.
Both Dr. King and SCLC’s 217 af
filiated organizations believe that
there is a pressing need for the
SCCC Is seSltlTtg^ to-mofailiee -the-jfreight of--th» wUtjiwiw and mi.a'.al.
six and one-half million registered
Negro Voters in our nation. "We
recognize that the full exercise of
the ballot by Negro voters thiy
year can be a potent factor in
determining the outcome of the
1964 Elections,” he said.
forces of the nation to be felt
in full strength at the poll.s. in
the past two years, the tliree
major religious bodies of oui- na
tion have demonstrated tliat they
have the responsibility to seek re
demptive social changes in oui
society and that they are able
tu influence public opinion and
public servants to fine creative
.•iiilutions to pressing social prob-
lenis;" Dr. King staled.
. -1 .Uatk-fi,u.
ci'it, played a vital role in lore-
gi in'.j the majority consensirs'
wtiicli Ijroii.^ht pa.ssage of tlu'^
Civil Rights .-Vet of H)(i4 There,!
they demiinstrated the relation ^
ship hetweeii vahd coiicerii lor
soi-'jl pi'oblenis on the one liajiilj
and ' piiiitital action” cm the oth
er," lie continued.
The ideas and beliefs of the
country's churchmen may l)e in-
telU'ilually significant but they
levant to power for good unless
ai-LO]iip;iMied by proper exercise
i)i the lialUit." the civil rights
loader explaini'il
Tluis. the tiiiir is aimed not
onl\ .it Ne.LTo Voters, hut all men
gDodwlll. Sl'iX' is encouraging
i'eligiou.i leaders to observe a
■‘Civil Uesponslbllity Day” in their
■ hurehe.s and synagogues on the
Sabbath immediately preceding
November 3. At that time they
are urged to imprcK upon their
congregation the moral and civil
responsibility of churchmen to
vote tor these candidates Abo seek
to translate into public policy and
practice the basis of ethical in
sight of our Judaeo-Chri.stian
See VOTE DAY 4A
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ViQLUME 41 — No. 43
DURHAM, N. C.—27702 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1964
RETURN requested
PRICE: IS Centa
300,000 Register In Fla.
DR. MARVEL
tt Be (H)sen^
Al NCC Nov. 2
North Carollni College, will ob
serve its sevefttfeenth annual
Founder’s Day Monday, Novem
ber 2, in the college’s R. L. Mc-
DowKald Gymnasium.
The observance, which honors
the memory of the late Dr. James
E. Shepard, who founded the In-
s(iUition in 1910 and was its presi
dent until 1947, ■A'ill begin at 11
A. M.
, Principal speaker for the oc
casion will be Dr. William W. Mar
vel, president of Education and
World Affairs.
Other convocation events, re
leased by NCC Graduate Dean Hel
en G. Edmonds, chairman of the
Founder’s Day Committee, Include
a band concert from 10:30,to 10:50
a.m., music by the college choir,
introduction of Dr. Marvel by
President Samuel P. Massie, the
traditional “Truth and Service”
ceremony, and brief graveside
rites at Beechwood Cemetery fol
lowing the convocation.
A former executive associate of
the Carnegie Corporntion. with
responsibilities for Its 'Intarna-
See FOUNDER'S 4A
NEW VOHK — Last November,
Kobcrt W. Saunders, NAACP field
director for Florida, set a goal of
SOfl/.WO registered Negro voters in
that slate for the 1964 Presidential
election.
This week the state’s official
tabulation of registered voters
showed a total of 299,964 Negroes,
rc-pi c'^cnting about two-thirds of
tho entire Negro potential vote in
the State of Florida.
N. A. A. C. P.
Wins Release of Civil Rights
Workers In McComb, Mississippi
McCOMB, Miss.—NAAC’P Legal
Dcftnse Fund lawyers secured re-
llrporting to Miss Althea T. 1,.
S'mninns, national coordinator of
the NAACP "consistent, day-in,
day-out” worlc of NAACP branch
members and others throughout
the state. For the Presidential
election of 1960 there were only
’R3 197 registered Negro voters in
Florida.
Reports received from NAACP
voter registration workers reveal
a steadily mounting tide of en
rolled Negro voters as election
day nears. Among cities from
which such reports have been re
ceived are the following:
Chicago—a sixweek drive result
ed in enrollment of 108,639 vot-
"rs. Election officials estimate
that haif-a-million Negroes are
nc'v registered in the Windy City.
Philadelphia—A total of 312.000.
Pittsburgh—15,000 newly regis
tered.
Raleigh—With registration con
tinuing, 12.260.
Hartford. Conn.—A three-week
'Irlvo nriflpcl P78 names for a to-
•^al of 7.875 Negro voters.
Wilmington, Del.—A total of
11.7.'i0,
New Rochelle, N. Y. — 2,600
'opresonting 80 per cent of the
Negro pntnntial vote in the city.
Pninswick. Ga.—6,000.
nacatur, Ga.—7.0.’i3.
r>!»vton. Ohio—5.000.
P'ttsfield, Mass.—Of 74f) poten
tial Negro voters, 675 registered.
F.vansville. Ind.—4 970.
New London, Conn.—1.200.
I-ong Beach, Calif.—6,700.
Grand Rapids. Mich.—1,065.
■ Pomona, Calif.—1,126.
Newark—-45.000.
Trenton. N. J —3.500.
Jersey City—7 000.
Cleveland—30,000 newly regis
tered.
State of Ohio—400,000.
Hampton, Newport News and
See REGISTERED 4A
leas*' this week of the la.st 17 Civil
night.s workers and local .Negroes
remaining in jail following a wave
of arrests here last month.
MRS. CORA RUSSELL, retired
principal of the Walltown Elemen
tary School and widow of Dr. I.
H. Russell, whose funeral was
held here last Wednesday, October
11. at the Covenant Presbyterian
Church. See complete story on
page 5-B.
These arrests were carried out
under a specially enaeted Missis
sippi law which charg,ed the Civil
Rights advocates with “criminal
syndicalism.” ».
This was culmination of a brutal
summer here during which ten
Negro churches in the area were
burned to the ground and six
teen bombings of Negro homes
taok place since May .28.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
spokesmen said this is the first
tim« in four years that bondl
have been secured for civil rights
workers in Mississippi.
Each defendant posted a $500
bond in order to make the $5,000
bail requirement.
In another development, the
Federal District Court here named
a three-judge panel consisting of
hidgcs Mize and Clayton and
Fifth Circuit Justice John Minor
Wisdom to hear the Defen.se Fund
motion, filed September 25th, that
the Court enjoin the i^resecutions.
No hearing date has been set
•■’r consideration of the Defense
I’und's charge that the “criminal
syndicalism” law—pas.sed by the
.state legislature this past spring
See McCOMB 4A
HILLSIDE BAND
SPONSORS “TRICK
OR TREAT” SALE
The Hillside High School Band
is sponsoring a Halloween “Trick
or Treat” candy sale throughout
this week. Proceeds will go to
ward paying for the band’s trip
to Washington, I). C. for the an
nua! Cherry Blo.s.som Festival.
Band members will conduct a
door-to-door sale on Halloween
day, Saturday, October 31, 1964.
felDS FAREWELL TO LAKEVIEW
iMPT FOR PRINCIPAI,''^!; Mr».
in«lla W. Austin, a kf tha
tmrity of Likcviaw Seh|#lt. prs>
lantMl • golni away !• >•
Palmer, principal of the school, j mltte4 his resignation affective
on behalf of the faculty and work-1 November 1, a two-auiter piece of
Ira al takevlaw last Friday. Tba | SamMnita luggaga.
|Mvp Palmar, wha tub*
Tobacco Local
208 Wins Partial
Victory in Fight
Local 208, a small Negro local
at Liggett and Myers Tobacco
Company, won a partial victory
over the Tobacco Workers Inter
national Union (TWIU) in Its
fight against alleged discrimina
tion last week. >
Federal District Judge Walsh of
Washington, D. C. District Court,
extended indefinitely a temporary
restraining order which the local
had previously obtained against
the TWIU's attempts to put the
local under trusteeship.
Local 208 is seeking to make
the injunction permanent against
the trusteeship or have it extend
ed until it has finished litigating
before the National Labor Rela
tions Board its claims that the
present collective bargaining con-
tr.ict ,at Liggett and Myers di.s-
crimipftes against Negroes.
Th^ Durham union, of which
Walt^' 0. Daye, is president
claim!' that the contract discrimi
nate*' even though it makes no
mentibn of race or color, becau.se
of jp e “grandfather clause”
whic^freezes seniority rights as
2, 1962, when separate
;y lists for Negroes and
were being maintained by
pany.
union is seeking plant-wide
seniority for all jobs. • especially
the higher-paying positions which
have, bpen reserved traditionally
for whites.
.According to Daye, "Recent de
cisions of the National Labor Re-
£e» TWIU U
THE FORMAL OPENING Exei- Dr. John H. Wheeler, center,
ciset of Virginia Union University President of the Mechanics anc'
in the Centennial year were held Farmers Bank, Durham. He is aisc
In Barco-Stevens Htll last Thurs- member of the President's Com
day. The afclress was delivered by I
mittee on Equal Employment Op
portunity.
Other pfrticlpants include^ at
eft, Universtly Pastor, Reverend
Miles Jones and at right, Dr. “A.
B. James, Vice President and
Dean of school of Religion al
Union.
Court Halls
Over 200 Core Demonstrators
1%
The Choice for President
EDITORIAL FROM OES MOINES REGISTER
'riuTc nrc . . . t\Mi i.-'.-'Ucs uf crucial iiiipDrlaiicc in Niiici'i-
C(i toflav. SCI cVtici.il tliiit iIk- fiiliirc uf oiir ilciiiocrary may well
depend iJii luiw they :irc iin't. W'c think .Mr. ( nildualcr is
wroiiK 111! biith of thi'iii. One is liiiw to kcc|i thi.s cimntry at
pcacc in a il.anKi'ruusly i-hmi]iU'\, rapidly cli.iiijjin.i; wni ld. I'iu-
(»tlicr i.s lidW ti) solve niir I'xpio.sjvc civil riijlus p'.-ohicni with
out (livifjiii^- this nation into anncr ciiinps.
Mr. (Mililwator's supportcVs arc (lis|>h'ascd wiicn lie is ac-
ciiscd oi oversiiiiplificatioii. -It seems dear to us, however,
that Mr. (ii>ldwater’s appVoacli to fori‘iu;n policy is based on a
world tli.'it doesn't e.xist a world where everyone is I'illier a
I'rieud or a foe, wlierc the tiir^'at of military force will solve
everv ii^-olili'iii. wlicre one must either win or lose in e\ery
en)4ii)^enient.
We think tlic seimtor is dati),'erousl_\ eager for simple
solutions. We deplore Communion as much as he. I>ut we
don't think ultimatums will intimidate oiir enemies or reas
sure our frienrls. W'c don't think the (, nhan iirol'ieni' could
have been solved iiy instriictinj; the jjencruls to win.
W'e don't douht the senator's devotion to (leace tir tliu
sincerity of his views. We do ijue..>tion the range oi his
knowledge and understanding uf today's nuclear w u'lld.
(Continued on page 5A)
EAGLE SCOUT — Raymond L.
Sterling poses with Dr. K. O. P.
Gccdwin, Pastor of sponsoring
Church, and Mrs. Leonard Lewis,
his mother, following his eleva
tion to Eagle Scout. Young Ster
ling Is a member of Troop No.
4J0 and is the eighth member o(
the troop to become an Eagle
Scout.
Plight of Negro
Tobacco Worker
Theme of Meet
N'e"ro tobacco workers in North
Carolina will be ohe of the pri
mary concerns of a. panel entitled
■‘Seniority Rights in Segregated
LocaLs—The Grandfather Clause
and Integrated Discrimination,”
which has been added to the-pro
gram of the CORE Southern Re
gional Conference at 6:45 P. M.
on November 6 at the Union Bap
tist Church, 904 North Roxboro
Street. ^
Floyd B. McKissii^c, DiolJ^m at
torney and National Chilrnub
ste CORE Miii-T
MONTUOMEHY, Ala.—The Ala
bama Court of Appeals has upset
the contempt convictions of over
200 Gadsden denionstrators who
hud been surtimafily arrested and
jailed in Julie^ 1963.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund Al-
tiirneys, Norman Amaker of New
York and Oscar ,W- Adams, Jr
1)1* Birmingham, hailed the favor
able ruling hut pointed out that
the Alabamj ^;uurt had held up
action on the case for well over
H year, thus tying up over $50,-
000 in bail money.
The convictions, deemed highly
irregular by Defense Fund law
yers, grew out of CORE’S desegre
gation drive in Gadsden, when a
Circuit Court issued an injunction
on June 17, 1963 enjoining any
sit-ins or large-.scale demonstra
tions. '
Immediately upon ssuing the
injunction, the Circuit Judge ver
bally instructed the sheriff to ar
rest anyone participating in pro-
tp.st marches. Within a week al
most 250 persons were summarily
arrested and jailed without being
charged and without bail.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
lawyers then filed a petition for
writ of habeas corpus to secure
the release of the jailed demon
strators. They asserted that the
Civil Rights workers had received
no notice of the injunction, had
not been given a hearing, had not
tH'on charged formally, and hai
been denied bail.
Alter a hearing, the Judge-de
nied the petition but finally
agreed to set bail. Fund lawyers
appealed the ruling to ,the Ala.
Court of Appeals, which has now
reversed the Circuit court decis
ion. -
The now famous case of Miss
Mary Hamilton arose at the ori.
ginal hearing of the habeas corpus
petition as Miss Hamilton, a CORK
field worker, was cited for con
tempt wlieti she refused to an
swer queations so long as the
prosecutor'addresaed her by hei."
first, name.
LegaPJnefense Fund la'wynrs
won a hTlttrtifc U.S. Supreme Omirt
decision )aat spring when the high
court reversed Mlgs Hamilton’s
contempt conviction, rulin( that
.^Negroes be a^dreaa by courtai;
Mitles, as kafltt tlu (d' tU
UjneriMt cttiJMii,. '■, - r'*