UU nuts morn TO OUR EN mi i WASHINGTON, D. C. The President has announced that A. Philip Randolph, President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and a Vice Presi dent of the AFL-CIO, will serve as Honorary Chairman of the White House Conference "To Fullfill These Rights." The Conference is scheduled for November 17-18, and serv ing as Co-chairman will be WINCHESTER TO SEEK MASONIC SECY POST Greensboro Businessman to Oppose Fred Alexander GREENSBORO Although the announcement was made to the officers and deputies of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina the past July of the candidacy of Clarence M .Winchester, for the office of Grand Secretary of the ord er, the press was not given the official statement until this week. Winchster is well-known in business, religion and fraternal circles in Noth Carolina and his candidacy for the office of Grand Secretary of the North Carolina Masons, now held by Fred Alexander of Charlotte, has sparked much talk pro and con over the state. With the Grand Lodge session scheduled to meet in Durham early in December of this year, the public announcement took on added emphasis this week as members of the craft begun to express their feelings in the matter and the Grand Lodge session as a whole. Birmingham Negroes Back Shuttlesworth BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —Offi cers of the civil rights organi zation, which the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth held here, said in an open letter released re cently that his "courage and self-sacrifice" opend the path to freedom for Birmingham Negroes. The letter was sent by lead ers of the Alabama Movement for Human Rights to the deacons and trustees of Revelation Baptist Church in Cincinnati, where Mr. Shuttles worth is now pastor. It was signed for the executive board of the organiation by the Rev. Edward Gardner, vice-presi dent, and Mrs. Georgia Price, corresponding secretary. The Alabama Christian Move ment for Human Rights, which sparked the demonstrations that shook Birmingham and the nation in 1963, was organ ied by Shuttlesworth in 1956. He still serves as its president, having been retained each year even after he became pastor of the Cincinnati church. Gardner and Mrs. Price said the letter was sent to the Cin cinnati church at this time because questions Shut' tlesworth's activities in Bir mingham were apparently be ing raised in the Cincinnati community as an outgrowth of a current dispute in the Re velation Church. The letter stated that the Birmingham leaders did not feel that they had any right to inject themselves into an in ternal controversy in the Cin cinnati church. Fall Revival to Begin at Mt. Vernon Sunday The Rev. E. T. Browne, pas tor of Mount Vernon Baptist Church, located at 1,000 South Roxboro St., announced this week beginning Sunday eve ning, October 24, the Fall re vival. The services is scheduled to last throughout the week, closing October 29. Guest minister for the re vival will be the Rev. F. H. Bagley of Kenbridge, Va. The public is invited to join the Mount Vernon family in enjoy ing what is expected to be a great spiritual experience. Morris Abram of Atlanta and New York City, and William Coleman of Philadelphia. The President's statement announcing the conference fol lows: / "Last Aune, in addressing the graduating class of Howard University, I announced that a White House Conference would be held this fall and with this theme: "To Fulfill These WINCHESTER Heading the order is Clark Brown prominent undertaker of Winston-Salem. Brown has held the office of Grandmast er, for the past several years and so far appears to have no opposition for his post. B t ,-jfl A PARLIAMENTARIAN Study, group from the Republic of j Kenya arrived in Durham at the Raleigh-Durham airport on October 14, to begin a five day visit to points of interest j Former AMEZ Minister Making Great Strides As Pastor of First Zion Church in Brooklyn BROOKLYN. N. Y. The First AME Zion Church, pas tored by the Rev. Ruben L. Speaks, formerly of Durham, is making great strides in re ligious work according to re ports. Rev. Speaks, who was pastor of St. Mark's AME Zion Church in Durham before being ap pointed to succeed Dr. W. 0. Carrington who retired in June, 1964 after some 20 years, started a la\y evangelistic pro gram which resulted in more than 280 persons being added to the church rolls in one year. Under his leadership, more than $12,000 was raised for Men's Day resulting in a now record for the church and the denomination. Arch i e Scott was chairman of the Men's Day program. Topping the men's program was Women's Day activities which resulted in a total of $27,000 being raised under the leadership of the pastor's wife, Mrs. Janie A. Speaks. The pastor has also insti tuted a Leadership Training Rights." 1 described its object to be "to help the American Negro fulfill the rights which, after the long time of injus tice, he is about to secure." I am pleased to announce the Conference will be held in Washington on November 17 and 18. To provide leadership and guidance for those who participate in the Conference, I have asked a most distin Che CadSSp iiuws || % The Truth Unbripjiep |] VOLUME 42 No. 38 U.S. COURT ORDERS GA. TO SOLVE SCHOOL BIAS ISSUE AUGUSTA, Georgia A three-judge federal court here this week ordered the State Board of Education to resolve the school desegregation issue that has resulted in days of demonstrations in Crawford ville, Ga. The Taliaferro C ou nt y School system, brought before the court by the NAACP Le gal Defense and Educational I in the Durham-Raleigh area. f A. T. Spauldinc v president of the North Caorlina Mutual Life Insurance Company (seated) is the coordinator for the group's j activities in this area. The trip , v* r P DR. SPEAKS School directed by Dr. David Bradley and with the church's director of Christian educa tion, Dr. Aaron Brown, as dean. Believing members ed in the tenents of the church are the most loyal, Rev. Speaks holds weekly teachers' meet- See SPEAKS 2A guish American, Mr. A. Phillip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and a vice president of the AFL-CIO, to serve as honorary chairman. Working with him as co-chairmen of the Conference will t>e Morris Abram of Atlanta and New York City, and William Cole man of Philadelphia. Both Mr. Abram and Mr. Coleman have DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1965 Fund, was placed in receiver- 1 ship, and the State Board of j Education named receiver. | The receivership or bank- ( ruptcy action, an oddity in j cases of this type, places re sponsibility for directing the | school system in the hands of j ' the state board under the : ! c -urt's supervision. In New York, Jack Green | berg, Legal Defense Fund di- I i rector-counsel, said the court's ! action "should be a signal to I the country." "Tokenism and evasion in ■ j school tlesegregation are top 1 i items on the agenda of the I Negro community," he said. I "If school boards and the i Department of Health, Educa- j tion and Welfare, which must | See BIAS ISSUE 2A is under the auspices of the Technical Cooperation Pro gram of the Agency for Inter national Development of the Department of State. (See Story, B Section) Chambers Named U. S. Commissioner In Charlotte CHARLOTTE Jul i s L. Chambers was appointed to be U. S. Commissioner at Char lotte last Friday by Federal Judge J. B. Craven overturn ing an appointment made two weeks ago by another jurist. Chambers, a lawyer and the first of his race to edit the University of North Carolina law review, was sworn into of fice here Monday by a com missioner. Craven revealed his selec tion last Friday after he learn ed that Judge Wilson War lick had appointed Elliott M. Schwartz and swore him in last week. It is the duty of the senior judge within the federal court district since War lick gave his post last year when he turned 70, it was not his duty to appoint the new See CHAMBERS 2A ! earned widespread respect as ..ien of the law, and as men of deep personal commitment to the cause of civil liberty. "We are entering a new and far more difficult phase of our national effort to ensure that i all Americans participate fully ; in the benefits and responsi bilities of this most prosperous ] of Nations. I It is, therefore, especially Bishop Baber is St. Joseph's Anniversary Speaker Sunday The Ninety-sixth Anniver sary of the founding of St Jo seph's AME Church will be celebrated Sunday, October 24 at two services The Right Rev. George Wilbur Baber, Presid ing Bishop of the Second Epis copal District, will preach the Anniversary Sermon at 11 00 A.M. Rev. Fhilip R. Cousin, the pastor, wiU preside. Music 'Aill be furnisher 1 by the Senior Choir, Joseph T. Mitcehll di recting and Mrs. Minnie W. ' Gilmer at the organ. "Bishop Baber was elevated to the Bishoric in 1944 and he served as Bishop of the 17th, 12th; part of the 2nd, 4th, and Ist Districts—and is cur rently presiding over the 2nd District. He has served as Chairman of the General Board; Secretary and President of the Bishops' Council; dele gate to the World Methodist Conference at Oxford, England . in 1951, and in Oslo, Norway in 1961, and to the World Council of Church of Method- j ism in the opening communion i service of the Philadelphia An- i nual Conference of the Metho dist Church. This was the first time a Methodist and an AME \ Bishop joined in such a com-j Fed. Court Blocks Tuition Fees For Mississippi School 'Orphans' JACKSON, Miss. Federal District Court Judge W. Harold Cox this week ordered the ad mission of more than 7,000 children, most of them Ne groes, to Mississippi public schools without paying tuition. . in -a- suit brought -by the NAACP Legal Defense and Ed ucational Fund, the judge granted a temporary restrain ing order against enforcement of a tuition law passed by a special -session of the Missis sippi legislature in July. The U.S. Department of Jus tice. .vhich intervened in the suit, requested the restraining order. The law, dubbed "Mississip pi's war on orphans" by Jack Greenberg, Legal Defense Fund director-counsel, requires tuition payments of up to 5375 a year Affected by the law are chil dren whose parents, if living, are not in the state, and those whose parents are dead, but do not have a legal guardian or reside in a legally approved crphange. Legal Defense Fund lawyers said parents of some of the 31 N'egro children involved in the suit are dead. Other parents had left chil dren with relatives in Missis sippi, which has the lowest per capita income in the na tion, while they sought work in other states. Attorneys said they expect the restraining order to be continued until a three-judge federal oourt hears evidence See TUITION 2A fortunate that we have men with such impressive creden tials willing to devote their time, energy, resourcefulness, and creativity to the Nation's most difficult domestic prob ' lem. Because of the gravity, scope, and importance of this issue, it is apparent that it cannot be considered in an ef fective way without more ex PRICE: 15c Kgpr 41 , ( BISHOP BABER munion since Richard Allen walked out of St George Methodist Church in 1787. At 7:00 P.M. the Anniver sary Committee will present a special program, the theme of which is: "Pausing to Look Backward that we might Go Forvard," which will be de picted in story and song. The narrator will be Miss Audrey Kellum. Music will again be furnish ed by the Senior Choir, Joseph See ST. JOSEPH'S 2A "A Matter of Time" to Dawn Tabron and Debra Faulkner, Students »t Scarborough Nur»«ry Scarborough Nursery to Hold Open House Sun. Yes. the clock says four o'clock, but there is more to it than that. It story of what happens in approxi mately 100 homes in the City of Durham around 6:30 a.m., Monday thru Friday; it is also the story of the Scarborough Nursery School. Susan bounced out of her bed without even one word from her mother who tensive preparations. The No vember conference will draw together men and women -with long experience in the field*, of housing, employment, edu cation, social welfare, and the like. They will point the way toward new efforts to include the Negro American more ful ly in our society. In the spring of next year, a larger confer ence of concerned Americans ■ « : PS* ("♦* _ 1 . %i HS■ {,.■ ■S®VK^H M*-- ■ . l fj9 I FOR LOYALTY AND SERVICE —Sunday, October 10 White Rock Baptist Church, as one of its 99th Anniversary features, dedicated its 11:00 a.m. Youth ' Day Service to George D. White, Jr. The Youth Activi ties Committee recognized the service and loyalty of Mr. White to young people, j Michael Holt, Jr., Junior Dr. R. L. Petty to Deliver W. Durham Homecoming Sermon Qm xtr 3 y B9i DR. PETTY had arisen one hour earlier to get breakfast for four children before she left for her job. Daddy was ill and had been away for a "period of several months. The alarm clock did not worry Susan because she knew the earlier she arose, the earlier she could get to her school, The Scarborough Nur sery School. This was founded will convene in Washington to consider the conclusions and recommendaitons of the No yember meeting. We look forward to these deliberations 'with high hope that through the vision of dedi cated men and women in both private and public life, we may find the new avenues of opportunity for Negro Ameri- See RANDOLPH 2A Chairman of the Youth Acti vities Committee, is shown pre senting a silver bowl to Mrs. Jcsephine White 'or her huv band who could not be present at the ceremony because of ill ness. Mrs. Virginia Alston is chairman of the Youth Com mittee and Loienzo Lynch is pastor. Dr. K L. Petty, pastor of Second Baptist Church, Hinton, West Va., will preach the an nual homecoming sermon at West Durham Baptist Church Sunday. October 24, at 11:00 A.M. Considered one of the city's leading religious events, West Durham's homecoming day has annually brought noted minis ters from throughout the state and nation to the city for the occasion. Dr. Petty has pastored churches in the states of Ohio and West Virginia and is a graduate of Virginia Theologi cal Seminary. He will be ac companied by a group from trrs congregation and the Se cond Baptist senior choir See PETTY 2A in our city by J. C. Scarbo rough, local business man and friend of the peoplg. Because of his keen insight and warm heart, Mr. Scarborough in get ting about the city, all sections included, readily saw the need for such an institution and was not satisfied until something was done about it. The School, See NURSERY 2A

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