Humphrey Cites Negro Progress At Mutual Dedication ( , \ \v. • 1 /'; , \ /'r r ¥ 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) iutt after he had delivered • most memorable address at tha home offlca dadication pro pram hara Saturday. Tha Viea Presidents address climaxed Llte CarS3a Uwbrim!ED7i 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. w I jfl twf OR. McGRATH ■ 9 ■ mk 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 jj ■ ' 9k ' H-^^H lr 1 * iMHHH 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, m nit / k/V If V v4H i w / jwlßf |v y.ivS * > '' 2a ■ Vk ST V> m; w&Jksmm&!*»Jt HHB/ V .j|jflf _^JSfl ■V Bpy w ' J£^J I jpi^t, .jrfs r4ow PROGRAM PRINCIPALS—Here , are a few of the principals who played an important part in the N. C. Mutual dedication pre gram here last Saturday. From j - v.- '« - BhbHH^hl|^; ; ?^Ljvv 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 I V 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

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