Humphrey Cites Negro Progress At Mutual Dedication
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A GIFT FOR THE SPEAKER—
Asa T. Spaulding. N. C. Mutual
president it shown hara mak-
Ing a presentation to Vle«
President Hubert H. Humphrey.
After 10 Years
U. S. Court Declares N. C. Pearsall Plan Unconstitutional
Opposes Single Durham Hospital Unit
Vice Chairman
Charges Group
Lacks Integrity
Endorsement of a sl4 million
expansion plan by a special
committee of the Hsplth Plan
ning Council for Watts Hospi
tal here Tuesday afternoon at
the Research Triangle Park
has received strong criticism
from John H. Wheeler, a mem
ber of the council and vice
chairman of the Lincoln Hos
pital board of trustees.
The purposed plan which
also calls for establishment of
a single board of trustees for
the administration of a single
community hospital was accept
ed according to George M.
Stockbridge, executive director
of the council, "for further
consideration." He added that
another meeting is expected to
be held within the next two
weeks when special elements
will be discussed at this time.
Wheeler opposed the adop
tion of the plan because Je
charged the committee had
gone beyond the council's in-
See OPPOSES page 2A
Sen. Dirksen
Praises Weekly
Newspapers
WASHINGTON Sen. Eve
rett Dirksen (R.-Ill.) had some
kind words for community
newspapers in a recent state
ment in the Congressional Rec
ord. Dirksen credited the small
community newspapers of
America with having a "whole
some and and salubrious" ef
fect upon the dtirens of the
country. His statement read:
"In 1690, the first newspa
per in the American colonies
was published in Boston and
suppressed after a single issue
by the British authorities. But
the spirit of Journalism remain
ed undaunted, and 14 years
later the first of many com
munity newspapers was suc
cessfully established.
"The colonial press reported
the shots heard around the
world at Lexington and Con
cord and rallied the sons of
liberty to fight. After indepen
dence the community press fol
lowed the pioneers as they
fanned out across the continent
and beckoned to ohers with
their reports and stories of
new land and new hope.
"America's great and price
less heritage of a free press
has not only been a privilege,
It has also been an absolute
necessity to the growth and de
velopment of democracy. The
local community newspaper has
nourished the grassroots of this
republic. They have provided a
town meeting where there have
been a sounding board for the
local opinions and aspirations
of our citizens throughout the
nation.
(Continued on page 2)
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most memorable address at tha
home offlca dadication pro
pram hara Saturday. Tha Viea
Presidents address climaxed
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VOLUMN 43 No. 15 DURHAM, NC. SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1966
300 Deltas Expected In City
For Regional Conference
DR. CHIIK
Inauguration of 7th President
To Feature Shaw Centennial
RAL£IGH Three days of
activities, centered around the
Centennial-Inaugural Convoca
tion at Shaw University, will
mark the celebration of the
college's 100 th year and the
inauguration of Dr. James Ed
ward Cheek as its seventh
president.
Highlighting the full sched
ule of events will be the Con
vocation ceremonies on Satur
day, April 16, celebrating t'je
one hundredth annivesary and
inauguration as President of
the university the first alum
nus so honored to head the in
stitution founded by the late
Henry Martin Tupper in 1869.
Keynote speaker for this
event will be Dr. Earl J. Mc-
Grath, former U. S. Commis
sioner of Education, now execu
tive officer of the Institute of
Higher Education, Teachers
College, Columbia University.
Following the keynote ad
dress and his induction and in
vestiture as the seventh chief
administrator in Shaw Univer
sity's historic 100 years, Presi
dent Cheek will deliver the
Inaugural response.
"Education For Global Re
sponsibility" is the Centennial-
Inaugural theme.
Virw of tha W«*k—For bet
or fo> "worse, you- live with
these short paragraphs forever,
because some friends remem
ber what you wrote .20 years
ago.
, the several numbtrj on the pro
, gram and wai acclaimed by
' many at a naw voica crying in
j tha wildarnctt of tha South.
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ATTY. FRYB
Greensb. Att'y
Seeks Seat
In Legislature
GREENSBORO Henry E.
Frye, 34, Greensboro attorney
and former assistant U.S. dis
trict attorney last week an
nounced that he will become a
candidate in the coming Demo
cratic primary for a seat from
Guilford County in the N. C.
House of Representatives.
The primary election is - set
See FRYE page 2A
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SIGN OF THE SCOUTS—Vic |
President Humphrey geti the
Scout sign from some young
admirers just as he arrived it
the new home office building
of the N. C. Mutual to deliver
the dedicatory address here last
NAACP of Ga.
Deplores Flag
Tearing Act
ATLANTA, Ga. Georgia
State NAACP Officials have
deplored the actions and con
duct of students who took part
in the demonstration which led
to the disgraceful incident of
tearing the American Flag in
Cordele, Georgia last week.
The NAACP represented in
Cordele by State NAACP Direc
tor, Joe Louis Tucker and Youth
Director Sherrill Marcus issued
several statements after con
ferences with school personnel
and city officials, demonstra
tors and the local NAACP
branch leaders of Cordele.
Tucker said, "We find that a
need exist for m complete in
vestigation of the Crisp County
school system by the depart
-1 ment of HEW.
Understanding some Georgia
Congressmen and educators ef
forts to resist the U. S. Office
of Education in Washington
and attempt to distort the true
purpose of the 1966 school
guidelines is- enough to moti
vate Negroes in Cordele and
any other such county in Geor
gia to demonstrate against
these unjust conditions." How
ever, Tucker said, "there is no
excuse for the icono elastic
conduct of the student in refer
ence to the American flag. This
is' a disgraceful affair because
even though we have long been
the victims of oppression we
still love America and, because
the flag symbolizes the people
of a nation for which many
soldiers both Negro and "white
are fighting and dying to pro
tect."
The NAACP expressed dis
satisfaction with the freedom
of choice plan in the county
because it does not guarantee
total desegregation of the
•chool system and puts the bur
den of school integration on
the parents. A course of action
was drawn up by the NAACP
Officials for immediate imple
mentation in Cordele.
| Saturday. The boys, all of
: whom are scouts, were thrilled
to know that the vice president
was once a scouter and still
knew how to give the Scout
sign.
PRICE 15c
The role of women as an edu
cational force in promoting
voter registration, increasing
educational quality and equal
ity, and improving the status
of the American Negro family
will be highlighted at the
South Atlantic Regional Con
ference of Delta Sigma Thet*
in Durham, on Friday and Sat
urday, April 8-9- Over 300
Delta women are expected to
put in their presence.
Wiley A. Branton, Special'
Assistant to the Attorney Gen
eral of the .U. S., will address
the Women's Interracial Public
Service Organization at a pub
lic luncheon at the Jack Tar
Hotel at noon, Saturday, April
9
The former Executive Secre
tary of the President's Council
on the conference theme, "De
onthe conference theme, "De
cisive Action for Freedom
through Education."
Dr. Geraldine P. Woods of
Los Anglese, National President
of the 35,000 member women's
group, will be the speaker at
the Conference Banquet Satur
day evening at the Jack Tar.
The three-day meeting will
open Friday with a keynote
address by Mrs. Vivian Wash
ington, of Baltimore, Md.
Lead by Dr. Hilda Davis of
the University of Delaware,
Chairman of the Sorority's Na
tional Project Committee, dele
gatts will devote much of their
time to developing plans for
local chapter projects.
One specific project under
discussion will be the "Delta
Teen-Lift," which this summer
will serve selected disadvan-
See DELTAS page 2A
Three Judge U. S. Court
Enjoins State Officials
CHARLOTTE—A three-judge
federal court declared h c re |
this week that the North Car
olina Pearsall Plan, designed
to prevent desegregation of
schools, is unconstitutional.
Action against the plan had
been brought by three Negro
families who filed suit last De
cember. The U. S. Justice
pprtment later joined them as
co-plaintiff.
The ruling of the court en
joins the State Board of Edu
cation and the State Treasurer,
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PROGRAM PRINCIPALS—Here ,
are a few of the principals who
played an important part in the
N. C. Mutual dedication pre
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NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
of the North Carolina TeacHeri
Association—Left to right: Dr.
Rudolph Jont*. president of
Fayetteville Stat* Collage, was
elected praiidant of tha North
N.C. Ushers Ass' n Preps For
Annual Mid-Year Session
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DR. L. A. LYNCH
TO DELIVER
MESSAGE APR. 17
The 1966 Mid-year Session of
the Interdenominational Ushers
Association of North Carolina
will be held at the Ushers
Home on Highway One near
Kranklinton Sunday, April 17,
it was announced this week in
letters sent to members of
the organization throughout
the state.
The session, scheduled to get
underway promptly at 12 noon,
will be presided over by L. E.
Austin, president. The sermon
for the occasion will be de
livered by Dr. A.orenio A.
Lynch, pastor of the White
Rock Baptist Church of Dur
ham. Music will be furnished
by the McCoy Singeril' of Ral
eigh.
Reports from over the state
are to the effect that interest
is sky high among members of
the Association and that a tre
mendous crowd is expected to
be on hand for the occasion.
Edwin Gill from acting under
i the Pearsall Plan, passed in
' 1965, following the school de
segregation ruling of the U. S.
Supreme Court in 1954.
The Plan allowed the state
and local officials to provide
funds for tuition payments to
orivate schools for parents who
did not want their children to
attend integrated schools. In
addition, city arid county school
boards were allowed to close
schools to circumvent desegre
gation and compulsory atten-
left to right are: Senator Sam
Ervln, Robert Weaver, secre
tary ef the Department of
Housing and Urban Develop
Carolina Taaehara Aaaociation ;
during tha sth Annual Conven
tion, March 31-April 1; Mr«.
Ruth Bratwall Jonaa of Rocky
Mount, vica-praaidant; and Dr.
Nalson H. Harria of Raleigh,
Life
DR. J.YNCM
The Ushers Association is the
largest interdenominational or
ganization of th« state. For the
most part it is composed .of
laymen of all denominations.
Its program calls for the estab
lishment of a home for unwed
mothers and eventually a home
for aged and incapacitated min
isters.
i dance of pupils at desegregated
schools.
Plaintiffs in the case were
Or. and Mrs. Reginald Hawkins,
Jr., and their two children;
Rev. and Mrs. Dairus L. Swann
nnd children and Rev. and Mrs.
E. J. Moore.
The three-judge panel was
composed of Circuit Court
Judge J. Spencer Bell and Dis-'
trict Judge Edwin M. Stanley
and J. B. Craven.
Negro leaders over the state
See JUDGES page 2A
ment; J. W. Goodloe, vie*
president of N. C. Mutual, Gov
ernor Dan K. Moore, Vice
President and Mrs. Humphrey
; treeaurer.
Not on pictura—Mra. Edythe
Robinion Twaady wai alactad
racording aecretary. but waa in
an auto accidant and could not
attend tha convention.
J. C. SMITH U. TO
CELEBRATE 99th
BIRTHDAY APR. 7
CHARLOTTE —Dr. Phillip G.
Hubbard, dean of the Univer
sity of lowa delivered the
99th anniversary of the found
ing of Johnson C. Smith Uni-
ersity on April 7.
Dr Hubbard is a research
engineer in the Institute of
Hydraulic Research and ii
president of Hubbard Instru
ment Company of lowa City, •
small firm specializing in meas
urement consulting and manu
facture of electronic measuring
Instruments.
One of a few Negroes hold
ing high-level positions in ma-
jo r American Universities,
Dean Hubbard is a native of
Maeon, Missouri and attended
the Des Moines public schools.
He has bachelor's, master's,
and doctoral degrees from the
University of lowa. He is co
author of a book on advanced
mechanics and has published
twelve articles in professional
journals.
During the summer of 1962,
Dr. Hubbard was in Argentina
as a consultant for the Organi
zation of American States and
last April he attended a Japa
nese-American Instrumentation
Seminar in Japan.
JOB BIAS SEEN KEY TO
UNREST IN BIG CITY
NEW YORK Civil rights
leaders, setting the keynote for
this summer's antidiscrimina
tion campaign, delivered a
Sunday punch against 'lily
white unions' and a branch of
the citv transit authority.
unless unemployment in Negro
At a hotel press conference,
officials of the NAACP warned
that, unless uemployment in
Negro communities was re
'duced there was a "series dan-
ger" of massive riots