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NRW- OKI.KANS — NAACP U-
2al IJeEense Fiiiid lawyers today
(November I), 19T)4) asked the U.
S. Court lit Appi'uls here to re-
Ncri'u I'ilizcii from a Mis-
Election
NKW YOKK—,\i'
irin-.s Morfd tlii;
^MILES MARK FISHER, p««- who wtr* prc^entad' citations by i here from left to right «re: Mrs.
t*r q^.W4ill« R*^ Baptist Church | the Durham Ushers Union at their Fisher, Rev. Fisher, Chariie Tay-
ani 'Qhkrite Taylor, « member of i Bli'thday Social held at Hillside lor, and Clyde Moore, President
LIlic^ln'Memorlli BapMst Church, High School November 9. Shown of the local union.
To Hold Annual
" ' / ‘ ' r'?
Session^ In W . Salem
iiio.sl spoctactiilar piililical advaneol
■sinco^ Reconstruction in the iia-'
tional oiections, Tuesday. Nuvcm- |
her 3. N'egio office seekers, lor '
the first time, won .seats in four!
, state lo!>i.slatures and gained ad- j
I ditional spots in other state houses i
1 where they had previously served. 1
I whilp latching on to several stale |
1 judgeships, county and eity oost.s, I
I The top Nesiro officeholder, I
i Massachusetts .Attorney General I
I Roward W.' Brooke (Kepublican), j
was reelected by a 2 1 niarsin I
I Detroit voters sent the sLxthj
J Nei;ro congre.ssnian to Washinston i
' and the second from that city
when they electel John .1. Con- |
t yers (Democrat) to the U.S.'House |
1 of Representatives. |
Conyers Aill join (he other five
(jy R. IRVING BOONE) |
WtNSTON-SALBlM — The Prince j
Hall Grand Lodge, Free and Ac- j
cepted Masons, Jurisdiction of I
North Carolina, will convene in j
thfe ninety-fourth annual comniuni-
catibn in Winston-Salem, Tuesday,
Dtcttnber 8, at high noon. Head-
quartan for the sessions will be
First Baptiat Church, corner Hii;h-
laod "Avenue and-fieventlk Street,
Dr. D. H. "Medgley, pastor.
Headed by the Most Worship
ful Grand Master, the Honorable
Clark S. Brown, prominent busi
ne-ss and civic leader of the Twin
City, hundred.^ of ma.son.s—repre-
jeriting the more than
thousand members of the Craft—
•A’in converge on this western N i "rfig VTA’s executive committee
C. metropolja for a busy and im- endorsed a nine-point proposal for
pressive twfuday schedule of acti
vities. Indications are that the an
nual meeting will top all previou.«
r^dordf!; both in attendance and
in 'tile quality of the varoius fea
tures on the agenda.
Highlights of the first day’s
session will be the annual addres.
'Issue of Merger'
Core of 77th
VTA Convention
RICHMOND, Va.—With tho con-
elusion of the 77th annual con-
ventidn of the Virginia Teachers
Association (VTA), the concensus
of opinion among delegates was
that the issue of merger of the
VTA with its white counterpart,
twenty j the Virginia Education A.s.socia-
tion, is far from over.
whom voters reelected, which in-
See SEEKERS, patJe 4A
Hold Annual 'Pot
Luck' Dinner at
Civic Center
m
by'Grand Master Brown, which, in
characteristic manner, is sure to
set the stage for a great and me
morable grand communication. He
will review the "state of the
order,” .speak pointedly to the
isslies of the hour and challenge
the craft to the “unfishined tasks"
in the areas of cductaion, human
relations and civic endeavors.
HONORABLE AMOS T. HALL
TO SPEAK
Featured speaker for the Fel
lowship Banquet, to be held on
Tuesday night, will be the Honor-1
able Amos T. Hall, Grand Mastei *
of the Jurisdiction of Oklahoma
and former president of the Grand
Masters’ Conference. Grand Mas
ter Hall is also one of America’s
outstanding lefal minds and a
dynamic expottent of democracy.
the merger of the two state a.sso-
ciations .vhich was unanimously
approved by the 5.000-member
delegate assembly during the
three-day gathering of educators
from all over the state of Virginia.
The VTA's proposal advocates ...
merger on all levels of the VTA I She .> the daoghter
of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanos
of Rougemont.
For many TWI he has been in
the vanguard' M the struggle for
^ human rights and for the preser
vation of humnn dignity. He is cer
tain to bring a most informative
and challenging message.
The annual of Sorrow
(Ifemorial Serjri^ 'vill be held
on Monday ninn 7:30 prior to
the opening ot inn Grand Lodge,
on the followiil(J^3ay. On the eve
ning of the same dnte, at 6:00
there will be » meeting of the dis
trict deputies.
Other Items on the agenda in-
cliide: workshop* for worshipful
masters, secretaries and public re
lations officers, Tuesday afternoon
at four-thirty: a model initiation,
oh Tuesday night at ten (Ma.sonic
Temple): a recognition period,
honoring fraternal representa-
tfves from the Order of Eastern
Star. We-dnesday morning at elev-
en.
A .salute lo the “queen for a
night” will be given during the
banquet on Tuesday night, with
coronation Ceremonies taking place
during the Recognition Hour on
Wednesday morning.
' Other Grand l/odge i>fftcers. in
adrlition' trf llrarid Master Brown,
Snf (IfiASONS, page 4A
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(with more than 8,500 members)
and the companion white organi-1
zation, the VEA, which has .some I
30,000 members. |
COMPLETE UNIFICATION
CALLED FOR
The VTA recommendation calls
j for complete unification on all
I levels, with one headquarters and
integrated staff to .serve all teach-
i ers of the Commonwealth. Mean
while, at their convention, the
j VEA turned down the VTA mer
ger proposal as expected, but
their constitution to
open the door for Negro mem
bership in their state organization.
Two years ago, the VEA approved
local membership for Negroes, but
with no state affiliation.
In Northern Virginia—Arlington,
Fairfax and Alexandria—there are
nov some 300 Negro teachers
who belong to the local VEA units
and thus would be eligible to
join the VEA state organization.
VTA officials say that this is lit
tle more than a “disguised effort
to absorb the VTA.”
VTA leaders from all over the
state are expected to meet some
time in December for extensive
discusison on the VEA’s recent ac
tion.
Although the VEA denied that
their constitutional amendment
had nothing to do with the NEA’s
(Continued on page 4B, 2nd Sec.)
CHOSEN MISS 0ME6A PSI PHI—
Miss Regina Bass, a junior major
ing in clothing was chosen 1964-&S
Sweetheart of Mu P»i Chapter ol
Omega Psi Phi at A. and T. Col-
Bass
Durham District annual locog-!
Mitioii "Pot Luck” Dinner and |
uioeXini; were held at the Durham 1
Civic Center here recently. A larye j
and appjeciativf audience was on
liand to greet the .scouts and their
parents.
Sponsored by the Kuii.sell Menio-
I'ial C. M. E. Church, Pack Troop
and Explorer Post No, 144, ren-
ilered the opening and closing j
Scout ceremony. Invocation wa.^ j
l)y Rev. Wm. II. Fuller, institu
'ional representative and pastor of
Ml. Zion Baptist Church. Training ;
■iwards were presented by L. N.
Owen, Commissioner, to Mrs
Othelia McDaniel, Pack 55; Mrs
K Merritt, Pack 5(i: Mrs. Mearle ^
.See POT LUCK, page 4A f;
j CITY COUNCILMAN, J, S. Stew- "Pot Luok" Dinner at the Durham , are: W. A. Clement, Ctiatrmn
I art, s shown ahovc as ha ^iyic Center recently. He spoke Durham District and member ol
on the topic "Strengthen Amerl- the Occoneechee Council Execu-
ca's Heritage." Othei's shown at tive Board, and Henry W. Gillis,
the headtable during the affair District Scout Executive.
ed the main address for the Dur
ham District, Occoneechee Coun
cil, Boy Scouts of America, Annual
(JREKNSHOKO
ISegro^ White Baptists
Hold Joint Session
Elizabeth City, New Bern Firms
Sued for Failure to Serve Negroes
SHRINERS BEGIN
PROGRAM TO
AID DROPOUTS
Zafa Temple of the Ancient
Egyptian Arabic Order, of Shriners
has initiated a program aimed at
encouraging school drop-outs to
return to their classes according
to J. Fred Pratt, Imperial Deputy
of the Oasis of Durham.
The organization Is distributing
free tickets to all drop-outs for
the annual high school East-Wesi
All .Star- Game to be pla,ved De-
See SHRINBRS, page 4A
NEW BERN — North Carolina
received its first lest of the 1964
Civil Rights Act today in U. S.
District Court here.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund at
torneys asked for injunctions lo
end discrimination at Moore's Bar
becue in New Bern and at the
Villa Vicki Hotel Court and Res
taurant in Elizabeth City.
The two suits ask the Court lo
enforce Title II of the new law.
which is currently under review
in the IJ. S. Supreme Court. Legal
Defense Fund lawyers charged in
their complaints that North Caro
lina supports the di.scriminatoi-y
policy of these establishments by
state action and that operators of
the rc.staurants affect Interstate
Commerce,
Negro plaintiffs represented by
the Legal Defen.se Fund .sought
and were denied service at Moore’s
Barbecue on July 13, and at the
Villa Vicki on Augu.st 12, October
2, and October 21.
The (I'A'ners of the.se establish
ments turned them away, saying
that Negroes would not be .served.
The Legal Defense Fund com
plaints make clear that both places
of public accommodation are lo
cated on iitterstate highways and
that the food served there moved
n interstate commerce.
Today's action in North Carolina
brings to 14 the number of l>egal
Defense Fund suits under the Civil
Rights Act. These cases involve
over 35 places of public accommo
dation In five states of the Old
Confederacy.
Participating in the North Caro
lina rases are Fund Direetor-
Counsel JacK Greenheig atid A;.
sistanl Counsel Michael .Meltsner
of New York; and W. G. Pearson,
II, C. C. Malone, Jr., Conrad I).
Pearson, J. LeVonne Chambers,
and Reginald L, Frazier, all of
North Carolina.
(iKKKNSIJOlit)--.\ii nil.-] racial
nu'cting of two niajoi' r.apti.sl
j ).;r(iiips was hi‘l| here Wi'dnesday
: I'oi' tiu' firsi tinu’ in history.
I The 134th Baptist State I'onvfii-
I tiiin (white) opened here Tue.sday
j-al War Menu)rial .\iiditoiiuni, and
Wednesday met in a .s|)eci.il .se.s-
siiin with the CeruTal ISapli.sl
Convention headed l)v Dr U. Mack
I’itts of Winston-Salem.
Main s|)eaker at the ,|oiril ses
sion .vas Ihe Kev. Dr .loseph II,
Jaek.son of (!hica^;o, president of
the National Negro Baptist INin-
vcntion, USA, Inc. panel di.scus-
sion was also held on, 'Bapti.st
Coopeiating lHu'in«
.Socuii Kevoiiition.’'
Dr. I‘itl» hailed Ihi'
li.nious meeting as "aM
■,foi' the two group.s) t
the (,'ui rent t llapllst Convention, which has
' some 3(J(),(W0 members, would give
hi-iai-ial re | iiia.joi' concei'ii to the conditiim ol
u|)i)iii'lunity ^ Shaw LIniversity, Raleigh, wiiich
o know each in recent years was termed fin-
i>ther.'' lie indie;itel the (le
il , aiLi-iallv tuistalde
Brooke Wins by
Largest Vote in
Repub. Party
BOSTON, Ma.ssachusetts — At
torney General Edward W. Brooke
of Ihe Commonwealth of Massachii-
' .setts ha.« emerged from the recent
elections as the victor by a plural
ity of almost 800,000 votes - a
I switch of nearly 2 million .otes
from the President's tally in the
Democratic column in Massaehu
.setts. No other Republican in the
I country won by as many votes.
I Further. Brooke’s margin of vie-
i tory was a major factor in the
I election of John A. Voipe as Gov-
I ernor, who won by only 20,000
I voles.
On NBC's "Meet Ihe Pre.ss,”
I Brooke, the highest ranking Ne-
North Carolina College Presi-, gro elective official in the coun-
dent Samuel p, Ma.ssie announced ' try, called for a Republican Na-
Tuesday that Dr. Marlin Luther, tional Convention next ,summer
King, Jr„ 1964 Nohel Peace Prize | to chart the future of the GOP.
winner, will speak at the college' Brooke said that no candidates
Friday at R p.m. in the R. T-. Me- j would he nominated and the en-
Douglad Gymnasium. j tire meeting could be devoted
The public is/invited to share! to appraising the party’s position
KING
KING TO SPEAK
AT N. C. COLLEGE
FRIDAY NIGHT
the occasion with the college’s stu
dents and facutly members, Dr
1 .Massie said.
(and determining 'what could be
1 done to repair the damage suf-
A. AND T, FOUNDERS DAY; the address at the annual Fown^
SPEAKIR—Dr. Edward W. Brioe, | ers Day program last week at A.
Ieft„ «'h i e f, Adult Education | T. Cnilegs, telki with Dr. L.
BranohrU. S, Office of Education, [ c. Dowdy, preiidant of th« col-
WaeWt^en, D C,. wh" I
?issippi jail where he has been
held for t'AO monliis for “posses-
-i(m of inliixitatint' litjuor.” ■
Clyde .Ujrvey. active in Civil
KiJhts in his niiiiw l.eake County,
Mississippi was a,rrested on July
lo. 19fi4 foT having two cans of
beer in his refiigeralor.
Mississippi is allegedly a “dry”
-itate.
Harvey reiea.sed the sam*
day of lii,-. arrest. However, h*
I was re.'vrrested September 9th and
^i^vi.^ed (hat lie iiad been convict
ed of pn.s,session of beer subse-
C|iiei»i to his earlier arre.st.
This was the first time he had
heard of the conviction and sen
tence, Harvey told Legal Defense
i'uiid lawyers in explaining whj
h(‘ did not ask for an appeal.
Ily tliat date, Harvey's time to
.ippeal 40 days—had run out, Le-
hal. Defense Fund attorneys noted
that a siiinimms for Harvey’s ar-
! rest was i.ssued on the precise day
that liis lorty-day appeal period
terminated.
Two thirds of Harvey’s jail term
has aready been served.
He '.vas returning from attemot-
ing to regist.4'r his wife when
arrewted. Th*> -Harveys
^were also aiding workers of the
‘Mississippi Summer Project spon
sored by the Congress of Federat
ed Ogani/.ations.
Harvey .sought out the local jus
tice of the epaee three times dur
ing tiie eleven days after his ini
tial arrest and asked what the
charges against liini were on each
occasion.
7—He was—told not to inquire
] .igaln ,0B. bis third visit and wal
aiivisel that he wirtild lie fold of
I the next proceeding.
I Then, on September 9. he was
1 told that he hart been, tried on
I July 2.1 (his first knowledge) and
I had been convicted and .sentenced
to the maximum of 90 days in
lail and.
llowevef)'-on, Ortoliei*' 7. Legal
Defenke Fund lir»yer. filed a
petitidh in the U. S. 0i.strict Qouji
in Jaek.son, asking tliat Harvey’s
case he removed to'the Federal
foiirt. that lie be rielea.sed from
.lail, and tlipt rea.sonable hail be
.‘-el. District Court Judge. Sidney
It. Mize denied all three Legal
Defense h'und niotion.s on October
14. “
An a|ip'al was immediately fall
en to tlie I'. .S. Court of Appeals
for tiie Fiftii Circuit. Pending
the outcome of that appeal. Legal
Delen.se Fund lawyers are asking
Judge Ttilllp lo release Harvey,
who has now spent two months in
jail. The ca.se is being handled
See JAIL, page 4A
Howard Univer.
Gets Nearly $2
Million Grant
WASHINGTON-. T). C.—Howard
University President James M. Na.
hrif, Jr. fliis week announced th*
receipt of a^$l,800.000 grant from
the Ford Foundation to assist in
the growth and development of
the irniversity’s Schol of Law. The
grant will he u.sed during the next
tive years lo .strengthen the la'*'
scliiH>r.s instructional program |n^
to provide additional .scholarships
tor law students. Dr. Nabrit said,
Uiuler the terms of the grant,
has been designated for
student-aid and the remainder for
implementing various aspects of
the institutional devoipment plans
of the School of Law. In addition
to the Foundation’s gift, the Uni-
versify will allocate funds of ita
own fur the development of the
law .school. President Nabrit said.
“This grant will enable Howard
to add several outstanding legal
scholars to ita faculty and to im-
prov« its law library,” Dr. Nabrit
said. “The quality of law schbo}
training will b* greatly strength
ened,’.’ he added,
Aticording io present plana, the
da't(iii^m«nt«l phase of the pnv
granl will b«giB January 1.. The
IncrAaae scholanhipt Js. ex^eet-
«d to b«gin with, the rtart ,«rf th«
tt Howard, jagt u