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' - _" ir ?. s tip-«3alf.-m, H. C. 7/PO/Co NAACP File&Complaint Against 27 Three Trade Unions Also Are) Involved WASHINGTON The Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People scheduled the filing of com plaints of job discrimination against 27 companies and three local trade unions before the Equal Employment Opportun ity Commission here, May 9. The complaints involve charges made by 74 NAACP members in seven states, Her bert Hill, NAACP director for labor program, said. The filing of these complaints, HS added "continues the Association's struggle to make equal employ ment opportunity available to A large number of the com plaints are against southern transportation companies which, Mr. Hill charges, "have traditionally excluded Negroes from the long-haul or over-the road category of employment." Among the companies cited are General Motor Lines, Ob server Transporation Company, and the Johnson Motor Lines System, all of Charlotte. The three unions cited in the complaints are Local 1441, In ternational Hod Carriers, Building and Common Labor ers, Memphis; Local 425, Unit ed Papermakers and Paper workers, Roanoke Rapids, N.C.; and Local 699, International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, McComb, Miss. Other companies cited in clude the Mason-Rust NASA plant, New Orleans; Aloca Company, Rockdale, Tex.; Tim ken Roller Bearing Company, Columbus, Ohio; Fieldcrest Mills, Inc., Greenville, N. C.; Equitable Equipment Com pany, New Orleans; Talon, Inc., Durant, Miss.; and Albermarle Paper Company, Roanoke Rap ids, N. C. Also, the Pan American Air ways, New York City; Good year Tire and Rubber Com pany, Cheek, Texas; Illinois Central Railroad, McComb, Miss.; Kroger Baking Company, Memphis; the DuPont Com pany, Kinston, N. C. Dr. S. J. Wright Elected Pres. UNCF By Board Directors NEW YORK, N. Y.—The ap pointment of Dr. Stephen J. Wright as president of the United Negro College Fund was announced this week by Wm. T. Gossett, chairman of the Fund's Board of Directors. The Fund's new president is currently president of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., and has served as a faculty member and officer at six southern colleges and univer sities. He will assume his re sponsibilities as president of the Fund on July 1. Dr. Wrightsucceeds Dr. Fred erick D. Patterson, who now be comes honorary president of the organization. The United Negro College Fund is a federation of 33 in dependent, fully accredited col leges and universities joined to seek financial support through a nationwide appeal. During the past two decades, it has distributed more than S9O mil lion to assist its member insti tutions. Through is annual nation wide appeal, the United Negro College Fund provides educa tional opportunities for 31,620 students enrolled in 33 mem- See WRIGHT Page 2A DR. JOHN LARKINS ADDRESSES PERSON COUNTY UNIT OF NCTA Dr. John Larkins, Consultant, North Carolina Department of Public Welfare addressed the Person County Unit of the North Carolina Teachers Asso ciation at a banquet held last Thursday evening, May 5, at the Dolly Madison Restaurant, Roxboro. Speaking on the theme: "In vest In Learning," Dr. Larkins said, "In North Carolina, we spend a larger proportion of our public funds for education al purposes than any other pro gram. The school is one of the major institutions in the shap ing of the personality of chil dren and the formation of goals. The school is the official agency for transmitting values —those goals of freedom, reli gious expressions!, 'right and dignity of the human being. We consider these as our heritage ; and desirable objectives to be i accorded to all of our people." ] Dr. Larkins was introduced by J. P. Thomas, out going tte Ciiiw® ||*TWETruth UNBRISEF^ VOLUME 43 No. 20 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1966 PRICE 15~c SCEF ASKS Court To Review Dismissal Suit Against Sen. Eastland ... BHh > m Mk j4H^H DR. MANLEY Dr. Manley to Address NCC Seniors Sunday Dr. Albert E. Manley, presi dent of Spelman College, At lanta, will speak on a Sunday worship program at North Car olina College at 9:30 a.m. on "An Agenda for the Graduate." The program, open to the public, will be held in B. N. Duke Auditorium. Born in San Pedro Sula, Spanish Honduras, Dr. Manley served as dean of the NCC See MANLEY Page 2A St. Mark Pastor to Attend Methodist Meeting in London The Reverend Lawrence A. Miller, pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church has been named as a delegate to the World Methodist Conference meeting to be held in London, England, August 18-26 it was announced here this week. Rev. Miller was selected at a recent meeting of the Board of Bishops of the A. M. E. Z. Church held in Youngstown, Ohio, as a delegate to the im portant meeting which will bring together many leading Methodists from all over the world. Rev. Miller will leave Dur ham, August 4 and return Aug ust 28. While abroad he will tour many of the ancient cities of the old world, Including those of Europe and the Middle East. High oh the agenda of those to be visited is the Vati can City where the delegation will have an audience with Pope Paul VI. president of the local associa tion. Mrs. H. H. Satterfleld, re tired teacher, installed the new officers for the coming year. She passed the gavel to A. W. Jones as she charged him of his duties and responsibilities as the incoming president. SHAW UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TO SPEAK AT ;W. D. BAPTIST SUNDAY Shaw Day will be observed here Sunday at the West Dur ham Baptist Church at the 11 AM. service. The speaker will be Dr. James E. Cheek, Presi dent of the University. Music will be rendered by the Uni versity Choir. Dr. Cheek is one of the youngest college presidents in the U.S. He is a graduate of Shaw University with the A.B. degree, Colgate Divinity School, B.D. and Ph.D. from Drew Uni versity. Dr. "Cheek has led Shaw Hillside and Whitfed Band In Sun. Concert "'he Hillside High School i-cnd under the direction of Joseph T. Mitchell will be pre sented in concert on Sunday, May 15, at 5 p.m. in the Hill side Auditorium. The band has just returned from the North Carolina Band and Orchestra Directors Association's State Music Festival, where it re ceived its seventh straight superior rating. This year it has performed at the National Cherry Blossom Festival, North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company's Home Office Dedi cation, and the North Carolina Teachers Association's State Convention. The "Spring Concert" will feature such numbers as "Folk Song Suite" by Ralph Vaughn Williams, "Tulsa" by Don Gillis and "Mancini," a composition including "Moon River," "Ha tari" and "Baby Elephant. Walk." An added attraction to the concert will be the appear ance of the Whitted Junior High School Band, directed by C. A. Egerton. Jr. The Whitted Band also received a superior rating at the State Band Festi- See BAND Page 2A TH|E REVEREND LAWRENCE A. MILLER, pastor of St. Mark A. M. E. Zion Church w«» s«- loctod by tho board of Biihopi of th« A.M.E. Zlon Church at tho last Bishop's Council matt- In Youngstown, Ohio as a d»l» gat* to tho World Mothodlst Conforonco moating In London. England, August 11-24. Ravarand Millar will !••*• Durham August 4 and rafcurn August 28. His tour will Include vlslti to Europa and tha Middla East. Tha aducatlonal oppor tunity will laad to tha Vatican City whara ha and other minis, tars of tha dalagatlon will hava an audlanea with Popa Paul VI. through a transformation, giv ing a new look in the area of education. He has introduced the "Shaw Plan of Education" which it has been predicted other colleges and universities will follow. Under Dr. Cheek's leader ship, a modern Administration building has been erected and there is now under construc tion a nine story dormitory for women and a student union building and dining hall at a total cost of $1,900,000. REV. CANNON Rev. J. Cannon To Speak at Covenant Sun. The Reverend James A. Can non, Minister-Director of the Southern Christian Fellowship Foundation at A. and T. College in Greensboro, will be guest speaker at the Covenant Unit ed Presbyterian Church here Sunday, May 15, at 11 a.m. The former pastor of the local congregation has had wide experience as a pastor in the cities of Detroit, Chicago, and Asheville since leaving Dur ham where he was College min ister in addition to his duties as pastor at the Covenant Church. At the present time he is serving as religious coun selor for the students and fac ulty members of the A&T Col lege in Greensboro. The for mer moderator of the Presby tery of Yadkin will use the subject: "Faith Is A Flight." N. C. College Coeds To Send Four Children to Camp Approximately 400 North Carolina College coeds, repre senting three dormitories on the campus, hope to send four underprivileged children from Children's House to camp for two weeks this summer. The girls, representing Mc- Lean, Annie Daye Shepard, and Old Senior dormitories, are selling silverplated relish and bonbon dishes in an effort to raise the SI,OOO needed to accomplish their goal. The children, 7-year-old twin girls, a 7-year-old boy, and a 6- yearold boy, were "adopted" by the girls last fall as a spe cial prJj«£t. Operation Break- See COEDS Page 2A A ■ v hH' * IIW \ W nM * life SeK' v Hn '-*W JHHB -Ml MHB RICORD BRIAKIRS—Shewn •boy* art the member* of tha North Carolina Collaga team which aat a new record of 41.1 In the 440-yard relay Saturday Charged With Planning Raids On Residences LOUISVILLE; Ky. The Southern Conference Educa tional Fund (SCEF) has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower-court decision "-•nissing SCEF's damage suit .isainst Sen. James 0. Eastland of Mississippi. The high court was also asked to set aside the dismis sal of a SCEF petition for an injunction against Eastland and other officials. SCEF. a Southwide civil rights organization based here, has sued Eastland for 5250,000 as a result of a raid on SCEF headquarters when it was in New Orleans, La. The organization has sued for a similar amount from J. G Sourwine, chief counsel for the Senate Internal Security Sub committee (SISS), headed by Senator Eastland. Similar suits against Louisiana officials are pending in that state. SCEF had also asked the U.S. District Court in Washington, D. C., to stop Eastland from taking part in an alleged con spiracy to deprive SCEF and its officers of rights guaranteed under the 14th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. The organization charged that Eastland and Sourwine helped plan raids on the SCEF office and the homes of its officers in October, 1963. These raids were conducted by city See COURT Page 2A RALEIGH MAN NAMED TO HIGH POST OF PHI BETA SIGMA FRAT JACKSONVILLE, Florida John Thompson Moore, Jr. was recently elected Regional Di rector of Social Action by the Southern Conclave of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. in Jacksonville, Florida. Among the dignitaries attending the Conclave were National Presi dent, Maurice Moore of Chica g, Illinois; Mrs. Mildred Boone, National Basileus of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; Nation al Executive Secretary William E. Doar of New York City and Doctor Von Mizell of Fort Lau-~ derdale, Florida. In addition to his new posi tion, Moore is a member of the American Association of Uni versity of College Professors, the newly integrated Florida Education-Florida State Teach ers Association and the Ameri can Legion. He is a 1048 grad uate of Saint Augustine's Col lege and received his Master of at the Quantlco (Va.) Relay*. From left are Id win Roberta of Port of Spain, Trinidad; Id ward Wataon of Roeeevelt, N. Y.; Charlaa Copeland of Ral ' .j|H| , . ' GROUNDBREAKING CERE MONY— Immediately following the morning service Held last Sunday, t.he pastor, officials and a group of members of the West Durham Baptls*. Church journeyed to the southern part Chapel Hill Man In Race For County Commissioner CHAPEL HILL James T. Snipes of Chapel Hill District has announced his candidacy for County Commissioner sub ject to the May 28th Demo cratic Primary. He is a native of Orange County, received his early edu cation in the Chapel Hill schools, earned his Bachelor's Degree in engineering at A. and T. College, Greensboro and did graduate work at North Caro lina College, Durham. He taught in the Chapel Hill and Orange County Schools over a period of seventeen years during which time he was and is still active in civic and community affairs. For eight years he served as Scout Master of Troop 37 of Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Chap el Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, President of the Chapel Hill-Carboro Civic Club, a member of the Farmers Home Administration of the U.S. De- MOORE i Arts degree at Howard Univer sity. At the present time, he teaches history at Edwards Wa ters College in Jacksonville, Florida. eigh; and Percy Crlap of Scotch Plant, N. J. Robert* alao broke an Indi vidual record In being timed at 9.3 In the 100-yard de*h. of the city for a ground break ing ceremony to be held in connection with tne church's new parsonage to be erected on Nixon Street. Those participat ing in the event from left to righ are: Wm. Fuller, associate SNIPES partment of Agriculture and a member of the Committee on County Advisory Board for set ting up Dairying Goals for Orange County for the next five years. He also serves as an alternate committeeman for the A. S. C. (Agriculture Soil Con servation) and is on the com- See SNIPES Page 2A 5,000 Scouts, Leaders Attend O.C. Camporee More thai* 5,000 Boys Scouts and leaders attended the Occo neechee Council Camporee last week-end. This was the first Camporee to be held on the 293 acre John M Reeves Boy Scout Reservation in Moore County. All 21 Districts that make up the Occoneechee Council were present. Summer Camp will open at Camp Reeves in Moore County near Carthage on July 3. Scout units and*their leaders for the Cheyenne Leaf District are as follows: Troop and Post 187, sponsored by Burton Ele mentary School PTA, R. Kelly Bryant, Jr., Scoutmaster and Albert Hayes, Explorer Advisor and their Boy Scouts and Ex plorers. Explorer > Post 296, sponsored by Fire Station No. 4 and their leaders Robert Med lyn, Explorer Advisor. Troop and Explorer Post 144, sponsored by Russell Memorial CME Church, leaders were Jas. E. Womble, Advisor and A. L. Llpsey, Associate Advisor. Dan iel McArthur, Assistant Scout master was In attendance with the troop. Wallace M. Toole came down and visited Satur day with Post 296. Each Patrol won a Blue Rib bon and also received the Ad venture Award for walking over most of the new Camp area. Some of the districts had 400 boys and' men in attend ance. L. D. Blount, Scoutmaster of Troop 108, at First Calvary Baptist Church, was the Chey enne Leaf Camporee Chief. Cheyenne Leaf June Round table meeting will be held Tuesday, June 14 Instead of June 7. JURY CLEARS WHITi MAN WHO SHOT FIVE BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Charges against a white youth who fired Into a crowd of civil rights demonstrators, wound ing five of them, have been dismissed. trust**; J. H. Markham, Chair* man, Deacon Board; P. L. Par kin*, Sr., Chairman of Truft** Board; Rav. F. D. Tarry, pa*- >or; Rav. Samual Wabb, asso ciate pastor and Burch Colay, church clark. Hampton Inst. Anticipates Big Enroll Increase HAMPTON, Va.—Dr. Jerome If. Holland, president of Hamp ton Institute, reported this week an "unprecedented" 36.7% increase in applications for admission to the College. At a New York press confer ence, the head of the predomi nantly Negro college located :in Hampton. Virginia said i that young Negroes are begin | ing to see thai."the promise of | equal job opportunity is be coming a reality." He pointed out that this year, as in the past six years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of ma jor corporations visitirjfe the campus in the search for quali fied personnel. He stated that 141 companies from 24 states interviewed students at the College. "As hopeful as these bare facts are" he said, "it is even more exciting in terms of the changing character of the student body itself." Dr. Holland noted that •whereas this year's graduating class is one-third men and two thirds women, the current fresh-man class is more even- See HAMPTON Page 2A Free SSO Cash For Churches Or Auxiliary Save Purchase Slips From Carolina Times Advertisers RICIIVR SSO IACH MONTH FOR YOUR CHURCH OR CHURCH AUXILIARY The Carolina Times will do nate each month S9O in cash to the Church or church auxiliary in Durham saving from its members and friends the high est number in dollars and cents of cash register receipts or cash purchase slips from advertisers in The Carolina Times listed below: Applisnce & TV A&P Stores Alexander Ford Belk Leggett Colonial Stores Central Carolina Farmers Liberal Credit Store Long's Florist Mutual Savings and Loan Association Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co. Mary Carter Paint Store Mcßroom's Truck Rental Mechanics & Farmers Bank Model Laundry New Method Laundry One Hour Martiniring Providence Loan Co. 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