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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
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||*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
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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
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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
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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
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Or Auxiliary
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CHURCH AUXILIARY
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the Church or church auxiliary
in Durham saving from its
members and friends the high
est number in dollars and
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or cash purchase slips from
advertisers in The Carolina
Times listed below:
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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.
Roses
Rigsbee Tire Sales
Roscoe Griffin
Rigsbee Auto Sales
Sam's Pawn Shop
Sanitary Laundersrs and
Dry Cleaners
Union Insurance it
Realty Compaify
Weavers Cleaners