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—DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY. MARCH 17, IM4
The White Political and Economic
Domination olSelpV Negroes
SELMA, A fetter*
troopers ai > J YoMe-f&ci' VicM'
ickse-Widri wtio broke up Sun
day's (March 7) March on Mont
gomery are a familiar sight to
local Negroes and voter registra
tion workers here and throughout
Alabama. The use of posse-men
and Ala. State Troopers to quell
Negro protests here is the culmi
nation of years of white , political
and economic domination of Sel-'
ma's Negroes.
This Central Alabama town is
Dallas County's seat, and a major
population center in Alabama's
Black Belt. Over 57% of the coun
ty's 57,000 is Negro; fewer than
2% of the eligible Negroes art
registered to vote. "Alabama's 1
first, largest and most active chap
ter of the White Citizens Council
was bcrn here," a white citizen
boasted. The town also has a chap
ter of the racist National States
Eights Party, despite denials by
beefy County Sheriff Jim Clark.
There is no Ku Klux Klan group
active in Selma, "because people
put their trust in law enforce
ment," Sheriff Clark explains.
A White Citizens Council rally
a few weeks ago featuring former
NORTH CAROLINA *
DURHAM COUNTY
ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE
HAVING QUALIFIED as admin
istratrix of the estate of Freeman
M. Smith deceased, late oT Dur
ham County, North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to ex
hibit them to the undersigned at
418 S. Roxboro St., Durham, North
Carolina, on or before the 20th
day of September, 1963, or this
notice - #ill be pleaded in bar of
their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please
make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This 16th day of March, 1065.
Mrs. Viola G. Smith,
Administratrix of Estate
of Freeman M. Smith,
March 20, 27; April 3, 10.
D. C. May Co.
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drew 1.500 whites. Council leaner
ship and the town's political and
economic leadership are entwined.
Former Selma Major Chris Hein?
is the new president of the Citi
zens Council. Sheriff Clark said
recently the council "does a good
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, Clark was first elected in 1955,
and has '#oh re-election since
then. He faces three Justice De
partment suits charging him with
interfering with and intimidating
potential Negro Y®^ ers ,nt ' staff
members from the Student Non
violent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC). Clark's proposal for solv
ing Selma's racial troubles is for
"outside agitators" to leave "and
let Alabama handle its own prob
lems." Clark said recent demon
strations "have done more to
destroy the relations between the
white man and the Negro in Selma
and Dallas County than any other
one thing that has happened in
the last 100 years."
The Sheriff always carries an
electric cattle prod, which he
describes as a "mast humahe In
strument!" He Is usually accom
panied by some members of his'
300-man-strong civilian posse,
organized in 1958- to break up
union organizing Attempts here.
One SNCC worker explained.
"There is not mueli private vigil
ante violence like there is in Mis
issippi. Instead, Jim Clark pro
vides the whites with legal, tax
supported terror."
Clark has used his possee, his
cattle prods and billy clubs against
SNCC workers since they first be
gan a voter registration drive
here in February, 1983. Hia offi
cers and posse-men attended etefy
SNCC-sponsored voter masa meet
ing, and often used walkie-talkies
to relay what was being discussed.
In July, 1963, the Sheriff ar
rested SNCC worker Alexander
Brown on charges of "false iden
tity." The arrest came two days
before Brown was to testify about
voter discrimination in federal
court in Montgomery. Later that
he raided the SNCC office—
r'»)rf6i overlooks his the
'jMC'C Freedom House and seized
irtia group's after a fed
'jfaj jijdfe defied him per
'nisfiory to wbpqjeflj them
L In
'ars the federal I
ccrurthouW and arrest ]
;d them for "inciting to iiot."_
They had been holding signs say-;
ng Register To Vote-"'
Clark and Colonel A 1 Lingo,
lead of the Alabama State patrol,
ire good friends. Clark aay* has
'been In dallyconUct with :Lin-'
> and-that "Col.- Lingo and 1;
iave worked very close sinfte IMar '
aim Luthert WMtf'aiftaP'tfrftWnia'
ast January. The Dallas County
Sheriff has supplied Lingo •*ith"
he services of his armed aailitia.
Jlark and his posse have appeared
lo put down racial demonstrations
in Birmingham, Tuskege*, dads
den and at the University of Ala
bama. in Notasulgb, the Sheriff
himself pulled white photographer
Vernon Merritt from » school bus,
beat him and smashed his camera.
Selma'i newly ejected city ad
ministration, while maintaining a
"hard line on segregation and Ne
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chants here privately '*Sy their
business is down since large scale
arrests began. During Sunday's
march, the city's public safety
director, Wilson Baker, begged
Clark "Let me handle it. Just wait
a minute and they'll be all right."
Clark snapped hack "I've waited
too long already and drove away.
After Sunday's beatings. Baker
told a SNCC worker "They've tak
en it out of my hands."
From Atlanta, the Student Non
violent Coordinating Committee
(SNCC) has asked for Clark's ar
rest. "Section 242—Title 18 of th«
United States Code provides that
law officers can bo arrested for
depriving people of their consti
tutional rights 'under color of
UV " a SNCC worker said. Three
white men were arrested in Mls
sissip last summer under a simi-
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RALEIGH—Gov. Dan K. Moor#
has comonetided tha 'Vaginla
(forth C»ro|ini 69
anc« Association for its .approach
to health insurance for pawns 65
and older.
Officials of tha
»hich is composed of
nies operating in the states,
met with Gov.'Moore week.
lar statute after they vote
workers there.
"This is a sad busiiwC* Sel
ma's whites say apologetically,
but the chance of any f&up of
them speaking out .(#1 ist the
sheriff is alight. When 70 white
people—all Alabaraians-*4urched
here March 6 to proteat police
brutality, there were tb Selma
natives among them.
As one white man put it, "The
trouble is, too many of our peo
pie fear the white man more than
they do the Negro."
• * *
Those present included R. J. Jones
of Greensboro, Association vice
president:* and Murray McCulloch
of Richmond, Va., Association
secretary.
Gov. Moore noted that the Vir
ginia-North Carolina 65 Health
Insurance Association was formed
under enabling legislation adopted
by lawmaking bodies of the two
states. As an example of insurance
industry cooperation to meet the
needs of persons 65 and older for
health insurance protection, he
added, "I believe it demonstrates
clearly that the free enterprise
system has the ability, and the
Willingness, to provide solutions
to problems as they arise."
The Association currently is con
ducting its second open enroll
ment period. Its basic and major
medical health insurance protec
tion is available, without medical
examination, to residents of the
two states who are 65 and older'
plus the spousevof those enrolled
regardless of age. In its first eight
months' operation, It has paid
more than 4,000 claims totaling
nearly $1 million.
I am advised that the Virginia-
North Carolina 65 Health Insur
ance Association is holding its
second open enrollment period,
through March 22, as a special
opportunity for persons 65 and
older to consider the advantages
of this health insurance protection
offered by a cooperative associa
tion of insurance companies.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina, at its 1963 session,
adopted legislation to encpurag*
insurance companies to act togeth
er in meeting health insurance
needs of persons over 65. Follow
ing similar action by the Virginia
General Assembly last year, the
Virginia-North Carolina 65 Health
Insurance Association was formed.
Fifty-two companies voluntarily
joined the association. In its first
eight months' operation, more
than 35,000 eligible residents of
the two states have applied for
coverage; and more than 4,000
claims totaling approximately£l,-
OOP,OOO have been paid.
I am Informed that peyons who
have reached their Wth birthday
may enroll for thia health insur
ance protection without medical
examination and that the basic and
major plans of coveraga are de
signed to provide broad cover
age at reasonable cost. Also, any
licensed insurance agent in the
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ness, to provide solutions to prob
lems as they arise.