J^nn PiinrLaboratOTl,
7^0 Chatham Rd.
Winston-Salem, N, c.
omp.
W|I[U>QNH'^« Hallfix County
viite#*’, ifovement has issued a
to that county’s
^Mfsi^ner^ that “. . . Negro
’irhe constitute g majority
thA ^Mplc In this country, arc
etrtitfti'ta equal opportunities in
tkb economic and civic life qI
HtU^ County without resort to
Cl leader Calls
fir U. S. Action
legal measures which cause com
motion, enmity, and division.”
Accordingly, the statement con
tinues, . . we respectfully peti
tion the Board of Commissioners
to direct all mayors, school board
members, town commissioners, and
hospital boards to lift the barriers
of segregation wherever they may
be found in this country.”
The movement made 10 specific
requests as follows:
“That qualified Nesjroes be em
ployed in municipal and county
jobs (as police officers, deputies,
slieriffs, tax collectors, clerks;
stenographers, meter readers, so
cial workers, engineers, etc.).
Presented 10 Requests
“That jails and rest homes be
integrated.
“That the present system of
jury selection be altered to that
Negroes are not systematically ex.
eluded from jury duty.
“That Ku KIux Klansmen and
other terrorists be deterred from
burning crosses and riding through
Negro communities. I
“That a Fair Employment Prac
tice Law prohibiting employers
from discriminating against appli-1
cants or employees because of |
race, color, or national orgin, be
enacted in Halifax County. \
“That surplus food and fooil
•stamp.s be made available to needy
families in this county. ^
"That a county bi-racial commit
tee ITO formed to find solutions to
many of these problems.
"That the Community Ifo.spital,
Scotland Neck, and Roanoke Kap-
id.s iidspitui, Roanoke Rapids, be
directed to integrate all facilities.
"Tlwt racial labels be removed
from all public building*. I
“That an investigation l)c made j
of the practices of sesrcgatiun ex
isting in schools oi Halifax Cuun- |
ty and that the Cminiy Board of I
Education be diieiled tu pre.sent
a plan of dei^egregatiun of llie sys
tem forthwith.”
A. C. C(ifiel(l is chairman of the
Halifax County Voters’ movement,
which has offices in Weldon and
Knfirld, and John Salter is advis
or. Other officers are Troy,-Lassit
er, cn-chainnan; Mima Johnson,
sccri-tary; Doris Cochran^-^^stant
.sccri'ljiy: A. Itced John.son, treas-
urir, and the Itov, A. I. Dunlap,
chuiiliiin.
New ORLEANS, La.—The Rev.
L, Shuttlesworth, noted civil-
rightji ,l«adfr, called for immpdi-
att, actioii by the Federal Govern-
ip;n.t .to insure effective prosecu-
tjoV^ot. Neshoba County sheriff
and .others arrested in Mississippi.
not want these arrests
tq'b«,’Nndejred meaningless as so
h'aye b»n in the past, by
Cpu.rt .procedures” Shutt-
liijd in reference to the
ifr^tr 20. people in connection
slaying of three e|yil
'JJ^ttTiifc‘worth is president of the
Educational
h»seJ |i6re, ?nd the
Aliit(**At|f CitHstlai) Mov^ent for
iCi^.ts in Bifijiingham. He
*F ^retary of Southern
IXcadefship Confer^t^c^
BClxf: |J##ded by Or. Martip L.
urgent need at this
oVsee th^t a represen-
f Ant^ricaa utizens
.jury t^at tries th^se
declared.
Department of Jus-
]K)WQf to set that
for trials .wijh-
to Hce. This Will llF
Jury ; is not Umjted
people tfrjth segregstion-
Cavej'nment should
i&ii viM}rio«8ly . cQ,n»id?r SCEF's
iSsaf that jurors in fpd
,^ts cas«s be selwted
tfie United States,
bter insure agaiast
,.whi;h have i>e
in Sjwfh.
'' also increase
^ officer who
seeking civil
JRTH 4A
VOLUME 41 — No. 49
DURHAM, N. C.—27702 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1964
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PRICE: IS Caata
NEW YORK — A Harlem city
councilman, J. Raymond Jones,
has been elected the first Negro
head of Tammaoy Hall, the top
position in the New York County
Democratic Organization.
Nicknamed “The Fox,^'Jones, a
graying, distinguished looking poli
tician, hgd the support of Mayor
Robert F. Wagner, and is now
the third most powerful Democrat
in the state after Wagner and Sen.-
elMt Robert F: Kennedy.
■ Jones Sat^'Hf wouW strive first
for harmony'in- the organization.
He succeeds Edward N.- Costikyan
•.vho left the position to devote full
time to his law practice.
“I’m proud to be the first Ne
gro elected a county leader,’'
Jones said, “I view it as a chal-
lege. .1 will probably work harder
than I normally would to prove
to the people th^t they can have
faith in us.”
Jones' selection roused specula
tion that h* arid the-liayor have
reached an understanding on the
^ See TAMMANY 4A
COLtlNS GEtS HAMMOCKS!
BEACH POST—Dr. Rudolph Jonis, I
Uit, chairman of tha promotions |
ind^ |>#r*tion* commlttM, Mam-
motlpj'ifcfiifK i«^or«fion, con#rat-1
ul»tt* W. R. Collins, newly ap
pointed ri«ld repretentativ* for
tha corporation. Colltns' appoint
ment was mad* at tha corporf-
tlon'i board maatlng Saturday, Da-
cambar 5 at tha North Caroflha
Taachars Association haadquartars.
, carl M. .XB0iR6ON, n«tl9n*l
ehyWfpM Af IH* Unltad Nogro
]C*|lt^"P}Kiir»;if*4 campaign ae-
^ c^ty,ft5l,W diy«k—• gift tha
Fyiiti ahd mf SJf m»mhar cotl«g»«
Mw ^duration Founda
tion. At laft, Dr. Fradorick D. Pat-
torson, prasjdant of U. N. C. P.,
and at xir>Ht, Robert O. Goody-
koontx, vica preaident In chargs of
tha Eastern Esw Region of Hum-
who madiij^ttia presentation. Hum
ble Oil is a contributor to the Esso
Education Foundation, which was
established in 1955 by Standard
Oil Company (New Jersey), Hum-
bio Oil and Refining Company, | fate's parent firm.
With
And Speeches
' 'innli*! Iiaqquet of tt^e Dur-
' .tia'm. I^uilhiti and Professional
' Cb^in’^vrj^riftld Tiiesday, Pecem-
■ ber l( at the W. p. Hill I^creation
' I. 0. Funderhurg, presi-
VtRt,' ;ftrved as the master of c^re-
Tji^ Affair gqt underway
with , invfliwltlon by Rev. E. T.
' BrcrVne' |dHoi^d Ijy opening re-
marVs' by the president. T R.
' Spei^t, i:|pBlman of the Board of
^'Directors r^vftwed the highlights
of th» prqgratp for IW4.
In mention was made
' of tiM c^i\iHants and nftional
‘ personaliitiei Drought to Durham
' li as we acpeptanct! of sp.me
ot our meiHbers in the Durham
MerehanU Anociation. He urged
coaAn^M^^ ^port for the organi-
' uttloiC N. d. White, « member of
' itlrfctors. w«i cfUcd
tiUnduct the n«w Diir-
... ■ :'■■ ■■ WfjCHAIH U
Williani R. Ming Support Grows
CHICAGO — Three nationally
prominent NAACP leaders called
on the Association’s 1,700 chapters
across the country to reelect Wil
liam R. Ming, Jr. to the organiza
tion's National &oard of Directors.
Raymond E. Harth, president
and Dr. L. H; Holman, immediate
past president of the Illinois con
ference of NAACP chapters ex
pressed “.videspread concern at
the failure of the nominating com
mittee to nominate Attorney Ming“
for re-election.
They were joined by Albert
Brooks, president of the NAACP’a
Chicago chapter—largest in the
entire nitioh who “h^rtily con-,
curred” ta the ekdonemeat
Ming.
In a letter sent to branch officers
across the nation, Messers. Harth
and Holman noted Ming’s “success
ful defense of Dr. Martin Luther
King in the Alabama tax case” and
numerous responsibilities carried
out as a member of the Associa
tion’s National Board since 1957.
Ming is also of counsel in the
NAACP’s case seeking to eliminate
21 southern congressmen under
section 2 of the 14th amendment,
of the Constitution.
This clause says that states deny
ing citizens the right to vote shall
lose coagressional seats in propor
tion to the disealrancblseineDt.
Jury Question
Argued Before
Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The U. S. Su
preme Court was asited to strike
down a practice utilized by nume
rous southern communitie.s to sys-
matically cxclude Negro citizens
from juries,
Constance Baker Motley, a.sso-
ciate counsel of the NAACP Legal
Defense Fund, argued that the
1,962 conviction of Robert Swain
.should be reversed.
While a few Talladega County
Negroes are included on the jury
rolls, they have been cofLsi.stently
struck by prosecutors, Mrs. Mot
ley stressed.
The U. S. Civil Rights Com
mission’s 1961 report indicates
that this practice is widely used
across the deep south.
Robert Swain, the defendant,
was sentenced to death for the
alleged rape of a white -woman.
The civil rights lawyer pointed
out that no Negro has served on
a trial jt^ry in Talladega County
in either civil or criminal cases.
This was Mrs. Motley's ninth ap
pearance before the U.S. Supreme
Court. Assisting her were Legal
Defense Fund Director Counsel
.lack Greenberg; James M. Nabrit
III, Michael Meltsner and Frank
Heffron of the Fund’s New YorV
City headquarters.
Cooperating Attorneys Orzel!
Billingsley, Jr. and Peter Hafl of
Birmingham assisted on the case
is did volunteer attorney, Henry
'f. di Suvero.
WILKINS SAYS
FBI Arrests
Place Duty on
Mississippi
NEW YORK—Now that tiie Fed-
-eral Bureau of—Invest igatioi^ lias
arrested 21 persons in connertion
with last summer's murder of
three civil rights workers in Mis
sissippi, that state "lias another
chance to make a now kind of
hi.story" in the administration of
justice, Roy Wilkins, NAACP exe
cutive director, said iiore today
(Dec. 4).
The full text of Wilkins' state
mt-nt follows:
■“It Is jmod to kno\^'-that the per
sistent effort of the FBI has at
last developed strong enough evi
dence in Neshoba County, Miss.,
to -.varrant arrests in last sum
mer’s murder of three civil right.s
workers,
“We may i)e sure that the evi
dence is of a kind which, in any
normal jurisdiction, would justify
indictment by a grand jury. Mis
sissippi, however, is not a normal
iurisdiction. as far tJtie,. iive.v
and rights of Negroes are con
cerned. The record to date sliows
that its white people can kill Ne-
Sroes without fear of punishment
in a judicial process.
“This state of affairs is the
collective responsibility of the
white population of Missi.ssippi.
which no’.v has another chancc to
make a new kind of history.
“The FBI has done its jol) of
gathering the evidence, detectins;
and arresting the suspects; it i'
up to, Missi.ssippi lo do the res!"
Neshoba County Sheriff 1,
A Rainey, Deputy Sheriff Ceci'
Price and 19 others were arrested
by FBI agents in connection with
See WILKINS 4A
BOARD MEMBERS DISCUSS
PLANS—These Hammocks Beach
Corporation Board members met
at N. C. Teachers Association bead,
quarters Saturday, Dec. 5, and dis
cussed plans for improving, the
facilities and lervlces at Hammock
l: >ach. Present were, left to right;
W. R. Collins, Dr. J. W. Seabrook,
G. A. Fage, Jr., Mrs. Leona B.
Daniel, Charin H. Coleman, J. A.
Clarke, Dr. Lafayett Parker, Dr.
Rudolph Jones, J. A. Brown, Dr.
S. E. Duncan, Curtiss Todd, legal
counsal; Mrs. Geneva J. Bowe, re
cording secretary; Oliver N. Free
man, A. R. Bowe, Mrs. Juanita M.
Corbin, Dr. Nelson H. Harris, Mrs.
Elizabeth Koonti, and King Wil
liam*.
mo 4
Invest In FREtDOM this Christm«(L
luytid use NAACf nEEOOM SEAlj.
Ob Mil tkreu||i>«ur lectl HAACI!.
NAACP Halts Paying
Tuition Grants In Va.
RICHOND, Va.—The NAACP has
successfully halted the Virginia
system of paying tax-financed tuit
ion grants to; Ahite students in
segregated private schools.
A decision by the U. S. Court oI
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,
Dw., a, Htrirelt down tiw' payment
plan in Prince Fdward and Surry
counties as “a tran.sparent -evasion
of the 14tb Amendment.''
Although the decision applied
to only two gf the staters 10 dis
tricts which have organized all-
white “priyate academies" sup
ported h^’ 'state aid, the court
opinion, ^vritten by Chief- Judge
Simon Ei Sobetoff, will probably
iiivalid.ite, the ehtire tiijtion-groni
plans in ^the other districts.,
S. W. Tucker of Emporia and
Henry Marsh, III, of Richmond
were the NAACP attorneys' in the
proceedibgs.
The NAACP will challenge the
constitutionality of the entire
statute authorizing tuition grants
in a suit to be argued here before
a three-judge Federal Court. The
results of this case may have
broad application in other south
ern states such as Alabama, Ar-
kan.sas. Georgia, Louisiana: Mis-
■'ssippi and North and South Car-
ilina which have attempted simi-
ar plans to th'.vart court-ordered
ichooi integration.
Schools in Prince Edward Coun-
See TUITION 4A ,
NCC and A&T Participate In
Interracial Faculty-Stud't Exchange
A new plan for inter regional, reviijw of what faculty felt was
inter-cultural, and inter-racial ex
change of students and faculty, is
presently in the planning stages
at the University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee.
Dr. Lawrence Howard, director
of the Institute of Human Rela
tions at UWM, recently completed
a trip to two southern colleges and
a southern university to study the
possibility of a reciprocal exchange
of faculty and students under a
Carnegie sponsored Exchange Pro
gram. Each southern school has
predominately Negro student bod
ies and liberally integrated facul
ties.
Participating schools are Texas
Southern University, Houston, Tex
as; North Carolina A. and T. Col
lege, Greensboro; and North Caro
lina College, Durhami UWM and
the University of Wisconsin in
Madison are the participating
northern schools.
On his visits to the southern
schools, Dr. Howard focused at
tention upon the social science
f|culty and sought out teaching
prcspfcts for Wisconsin cantpuse^.
H» »lio conducted *5 ifn-t’je-.'j'e*
most needed and cxpected from
Wiscon.sii^,
In an interview after his re
turn to Milwaukee, he commented
that the three schools have well
prepared faculty whose back
ground and experience would hen
efit, UWM pr any other university.
"Th« Exchai^gc Program, as prc
*e«tly constituted, puts the heavy
emphasi* upon providing oppor
tunitles for .Negro faculty from
the participating southern univer
sities to come to Wisconsin. This
focus does not take into account
the variety of opportunities for all
that Would result if (he program
Were genuinely reciprocal,’’ Dr
IlO'A'ard said.
He also cited a variety of pro
grams in progress at the .southern
institutions to assist high school
students in their transition to the
freshman year of collcge. "These
programs, linked with similar
UWM ■ projects, would yield val
uable gains for all concerned,"
Howard said. . .
Beyoad joint projects a»d the
excbtagt of faculty * plap for
£?» WISCONSIN U
DR. DONNELL
Reelected to
Hospital Post
Dr. Clyde Donnell, president
and chairman of tiie board oi
Lincoln Hospital, was reelected re-
eentiy at the group's annual meet
ing at the'hospital’s S. L, Warren
Medical Library.
Also reelected were the follo'A'-
ing 'meml)ers i)f the board: J. H.
Wiieeler, vice president and vicc
chairman; R. N. Harris, secretary;
F. W. Scott, a.ssistant secretary; E.
R. Merrick, treasurer; R. P. Ran
dolph and Vance Fisher.
The following committees were
appointed:
' Executive Committee—Ur. Lenox
D. Baker, chairman; George Kirk
land, E. R. Merrick, Clyde Don
nell, ex-officio; and R. N. Harris,
ex-officio.
Finance C o m m i 11 ee —- J. H
Wheeler, chairman; E. R. Merrick
Mrs. Mary Semans, W. J. Kennedy,
Jr., J. S. Stewart, and William
Blount.
Public Relations Committee—
The Rev. L. A. Miller was appoint
ed chairman to fill the unexpired
term of the Rev. R. L, Speaks who
loft the city; R. N. Harris, J. H
Wheeler, Mrs. Mary Seamns, Dr
Charles Ray, and Vance Fisher.
Buildings. Grounds, and Equip
ment Committee—11. M. Michaux,
thairman; Dr. A. Elder, J. S. Stew
art, J. H. Wheeler, and F. W.
Scott.
I Joint Conference Committee—
Dr. Clyde Donnell, chairman. Dr.
l^nox b. Baker, R. N. Harris, and
F. W. S6ott, ex-officio.
Nursing School Committee-i-L.
Z. Williams,' Mrs. Ceclle Zunner,
Mr^. Cl £., King, Mrs. Emily W.
Price, Dr. D, p. Cooke. Jr., Mrs.
A t.' Spaulding, Miss gyMs Over
ton, Bay-P. Seed, and F. W. SCttt.
Tenn. Sit-In Case
Goes to U. S.
Supreme CouTf
WASHINGTON. I). C—A cas*
ill wliich a southern judge is claim
ed to have mi.sied an al,l-whitc
jury l>y telling iluMii to use a civil
ratliur than a criminal law t(i
lonvict Negro sit-in denionstra
tcu-s was taken to the U. S. Su-
pienie Court (his Meek by thf
.N'AACP Legal Defense Fund.
The Tennessee Supreme Court
acknowledged that the trial judge
had erred in instructing the jury
hut disiiiissed the error as insub
stiintial the Legal Defen.se Fund
brief asserts.
EiglU Negro collegc studentj
were convicted on ciiarge ot "con-
spiraey" resulting from a sit-in
dcnuinstration during October of
19G2 against .segregation in Nash
ville's Burrus Webber Cafeteria.
Among the students was John R.
Lewis, now chairman of the Stu
dent N 0 n-Vioicnt Coordinating
(’onimitlee.
Legal Defense Fund attorneys
further argue that Tennessee fail
ed to back up its case by provins
its clvarge that the Negro students
were guilty of “unlawful con
spiracy,"
“Under Tennessee law,’’ the at
torneys maintain, 'it is necessary
lo to prove both an agreement and
an overt act in order lo convict
for conspiracy.
“All evidence in this case
shows, however, is that petitioneis
(Negro students) '^ent to a cafete
ria to attempt to obtain service,
were barred . . . and that tiie
resulting congMtion (in the small
vestibule) made it inconvenient for
other patrons to enter.
“The Wck ot evidence that they
(the students) agreed or intended
to obstruct the doorway nr to dis
rupt the cafeteria's business in
any way,” the Legal Defense
Fund brief asserts, “requires that
the convictions be reversed.
Title 2 of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964, the public accommoda-
tioas portion, al.so “compels the
reversal of these cas(!s,’’ the brief
adds.
Section 201 of Title 2 states
that "all person.s shall be entitled
to full and equal enjoyment of
goods, services, facilities,, privileg
es, advantages, and accommoda
tions of any place of gubUe ac
commodation, as defined- in this
section, without discrimination or
segregation on the ground ot race,
i;plor, religion, or natiotikl ori-
Another provision pi^lUbits
- See COURT U '