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AT THE RECENT ANNUAL
meeting of the National Insur
inct Association held here re
cently at the Jack Tar Hotal, a
watch was presented Herman
LBJ Names Detroit Judge
To U. S. Court Of Appeals
WASHINGTON —(Special)—
President Lyndon B. Johnson,
who has named more Negroes
to top Government posts than
any President in U. S. history,
announced Monday, August 15,
the appointment of Federal
Judge Wade Hampton McCree,
46, of Detroit to the U. S.
Court of Appeals for the 6th
Circuit in Cincinnati.
The President also reappoint
ed Judge Austin L. Fickling,
well-known Negro jurist of
Washington, D. C., for another
10-year term on the D. C. Court
of General Sessions.
Jude McCree of Detroit is
the third Negro in history to
be appointed to the U. S. Court
of Appeals. The others are
Judge William Hastie serving
in Philadelphia and Thurgood
Marshall who resigned from the
Appellate Court when he was
named Solicitor General of the
United States by President
See NAMES page 2A
Charlotte Host Prebyterian
Annual Meet Sept. 20-23
CHARLOTTE—It was official
ly announced by the Catawba
Synod Executive office this
week that the Commission on
Religion and Race of the Unit
ed Presbyterian Church, USA
will hold its annual meeting
in Charlotte, September 20-23
Headquarters for the three-day
meeting will be the Queen
Charlotte Hotel. Sixty delegates
representing the Commission
from all sections of the United
States will be in attendance.
A special feature of the Com
mission meeting will be its
popular meeting, September 21
at 8:00 p.m. in the Hartley-
Woods Gymnasium, Johnson C.
Smith University. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. president of
the Southern Christian Leader
ship Conference will give the
keynote address. Also to speak
on the program will be Attor
ney William P. Thompson,
Stated Clerk of the United
Presbyterian Church, USA.
The Commission on Religion
and Race is a coordinating and
counseling agency on all poli
cies and activities relevant to
racial integration in the Unit
ed Presbyerian Church. USA.
It maintains laison with inter
group relations, associations,
special studies and with na
tional Civil Rights organiza
tions. Through its own special
studies and projects, the Com
mission seeks to accelerate ra
cial integration in the church,
and engages in direct action
for racial justice in the society.
Handling local arrangements
for programs and entertain
ment is the Catawba Presbyty
tery's Commission on Religion
and Race, The Reverend W. D.
Baxter, Chairman.
SAYS MOORE TOO
EASY WITH KKK
RALEIGH The recent re
cent resurgence of the Ku Klux
Klan here drew fire from the
Rt. Rev. W. A. Stewart, pre
siding bishop of the Fifth Epis
copal District of the African
Methodist Episcopal Z1 on
Church.
Bishop Stewart told s caps
city audience at the opening of
the new Clinton Chapel Church
in New Bern, "We must de
mand a more vigorous repudia
tion of the Ku Kliix Ktw*by
Gov. Dan Moore."
, A. Gilliam, Sr., prasidant of tha
Association, in appraciatjon for
| tha fina performance ha has
| exhibited as head of the organi-
I lation. Shown making tha pre
Dr. M. L. King Overwhelmingly
Endorsed as Top Negro Leader
ATLANTA A survey con
duted by a national news mag
azine today showed that Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. has
been overwhelmingly endorsed
as the foremost leader of the
Freedom Movement.
Newsweek Magazine, in its
August 22 edition entitled
"Black and White a Major
Survey of U. S. Racial Attitudes
Today" said that "King today
gets an 88 per cent favorable
rating from all Negroes, exactly
•#here he stood in the 1963
survey, and indisputably at the
top of the heap of all recog
nized leaders."
In a leadership sample, which
the magazine described as a
See KING page 2A
NAACP In Louisiana Town
Begins Civil Rights Boycott
In an attempt to substitute
constuctive action for violence,
the Ferriday NAACP Branch is
initiating an all-out selective
buying campaign aimed against
downtown businesses. •
The violence broke out last
•weekend when a bomb explod
ed on the property of NAACP
civil rights worker Richard
Thomas. Two persons were in
jured, and the impact of the
blast attracted a large crowd.
At the suggestion of the FBI,
Mayor Willie Davis immedia
tely called a meeting with lo
cal civil rights leaders, but no
significant .steps were taken to
nificant steps were taken to
ease th e tension. Fourteen
State Troopers continued to
patrol the streets at night.
NAACP Louisiana State Con
ference President Attorney Ma
rion Overton White sent a tele
gram to U.S. Attorney General
Nichols deß Katzenbach ask
ing for help. Then he called to
gether other NAACP area lead
ers to meet with Ferriday
Branch President Robert Lewis,
Jr., to work out a constructive
direct action program.
Out of this meeting came the
determination to carry on an
intensive selective buying cam
paign. Branch officials feel that
this will diminish the potential
violence and serve to focus at
tention on Negro grievances in
the community.
These include the exclusion
of Negroes from employment in
downtown businesses; the ex
clusion of Negroes from the po
lice force as well as from ap
pointive civic positions and
the town's segregated swimming
pool and recreation facilities.
7TH ANNUAL MEMORIAL
DAY TO BE OBSERVED
The Oak Grove Free Will
Baptist Church will observe the
7th Annual Memorial Day Serv
ice, Sunday at 2:30 p.m. with
the Bishop Leon Saunders and
his congregation in charge.
The 11:00 a.m. service -will be
conducted by Rev. L. T. Daye,
pastor of First Baptist Church
in Henderson.
sentation is W. A. Clamant, Sr.,
vice president, field operations
of N. C. Mutual Life Insurance
j Company.
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DR. KING
ALLEGES INSULT AND
THREAT —(Atlanta) Mr».
Barbara Aaron (I) wlfo of At.
lanta Bravos tlugcwr Hank (r)
damonatratM with • pan how
Carolina Times "Deepfreeze'
Plan Widely Supported
The "deepfreeze" plan pro
posed in last week's editorial
of the Carolina Times has been
widely supported from over the
state. The names of known
Klansmen have been sent in
from practically every section
of the state.
L. E. Austin, publisher of the
Carolina Times, urges all per
sons knowing the name and
address of Klan members to
please forward same to this
paper immediately so that they
may be placed in deepfreeze
for future reference.
As announced in the editorial
of the August 13 issue, it •will
be the purpose »t the paper to
keep these names under careful
scrutiny so that if the owners
See DEEPFREEZE page 2A
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VOLUME 43 No. 31
U.S. Files Suit To End Racial
Bias In Miss. School Districts
Desegregation
Plan is Not
In Compliance
WASHINGTON' The De
partment of Justice brought
suits last week to end racial
segregation by two school dis
tricts in Mississippi.
Attorney General Nichols
deß Katzenbach said the suits
were filed in United States
District Court in Jackson, Miss,
against the Amite County and
South Pike County districts
The Deparment said the
Amite County district operates
three schools for white students
and two for Negroes "in ac
cordance with an official policy
of racial segregation of stu
dents and teachers."
A desegregation plan adopt
ed last May by the South Pike
district has resulted in assign
ment of Negro students in the
city of Magnolia "on the basis
of race and color" to the all-
Negro Eva Gordon Attendance
Center, the Department said.
It said the plan split Mag
nolia into two geographical at
tendance zones one contain
ing virtually all the city's white
students and the other virual
ly all the Negro students. Out
side the city, where residences
are not concentrated racially,
students in desegregated grades
are allowed to choose their
school.
The suit also said the district
has taken inadequate steps to
desegregate its faculties and
staffs.
In both the Amite County
and South Pike districts, the
Department asserted, inferior
opportunities and facilities are
provided for Negro students.
Court orders requiring deseg
regation of the districts' stu
dents, faculties and staffs were
requested by the Department.
Amite and Pike are adjoining
counties along Mississippi's
See SUIT, page 2A
Atlanta poliea offlcar L. W.
Bodgood allogadty .pointod a
pjtfol at hor during) an Incidant
in tho parking lot of tha At
lanta Stadium bofora a ball
Personality
Of the Week
The Carolina Times presents
as its personality of the week
for August 20 Thomas J. At
water, pioneer labor leader,
church worker, and civic lead
er and "father of Negro labor
in Durham."
Born in Wake County, At
water worked some 40 years
for Liggett and Myers Tobacco
Co. Early in his career with
the company—at a time when
it was unpopular to do so he
spearheaded a movement to
See ATWATER page 2A
DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1966 PRICE: 15c
ST. AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE ,
ALUMNI EXECUTIVES—Meet
ing in Washington recently to !
plan for St. Augustine's Col
lege's Centennial and Home
coming are —left to right: John j
Perry, Virginia Beach, Va.; Fur- |
ness J. Armstead, Charlotte; j
St. Aug. Alumni To Launch
50-Thousand Dollar Drive
RALEIGH The Executive
Committee of St. Augustine's
College Alumni Association met
August 6, in Washington, D. C.,
to make plans for the College's
Centennial Celebration and
Homecoming, it was disclosed
here this week.
The group voted to continue
Homecoming activities at the
College on November 12-13,
even though football has been
discontinued. An elaborate pro
gram is being planned by the
College and the Raleigh Chap
ter.
Dr. Prezell Robinson, Acting
President of Saint Augustine's,
spoke to the group concerning
the growth of the College and
the need for continued alumni
See ST. AUG. 2A
fama. Sha «tata» that aha will
damand tha diamiaaal of tha
officar at a moating of tha Al
darmanic polica commlttao.
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ATWATER
At+y. Oliver Denning, Mary
land; John D. Epps, Jr., Wash
ington, D. C.; Georpe Quiett,
Durham; Mrs. Ellen Perry, Vir
ginia Beach; Robert Bridgers,
Raleiph; Oscar Peay, Alumni
President, Philadelphia; Dr. P.
R. Robinson, Acting President
Fred McNeill
Named V. P. oi
Credit Union
Fred D. McNeill, Jr., treasur
er-manager of tne North Caro
lina Teachers Association Cred
it Union was recently elected
vice-president of the Raleigh
lina Credit Union Leagues.
Since McNeill's appointment
as treasurer-manager of the
Credit Union in October 1963,
he has directed the growth of
assets from $6,000 to the pres-
See McNEILL 2A
Teacher - Administrator Is
Critical Issue Says NEA Secty.
HAMMOCKS BEACH—Speak
ing on the subject "The Pro
fession's Cutting Edge," Dr.
Margaret Stevenson, executive
secretary, NEA Department of
Classroom Teachers referred to
teachers as the cutting edge of
the profession. Addressing the
group during Classroom Teach
ers Day, at the NCTA and NEA
Leadership Conference, held at
Hammocks Beach, August 11,
Dr. Stevenson observed that
the teacher-administrator rela
tionship is a critical issue to
day. Classroom teachers in the
past, she stated, have been
willing to let administrators
speak for them. "It is time for
us to speak for ourselves," she
declared. Classroom teachers
were urged to do self inven
tory; build strong goals in their
program planning; and prepare
themselves for leadership by
having the proper background
Such leadership must be posi
tive, courageous and dedicated.
"But," she cautioned, we must
also have the power of positive
fellowship. We must have pow
er of trust, faith and support
of individuals.
Mrs. Ruth B. Jones, North
Central District Director, NC
ACT gave a talk on "Building
a Strong Local Association.",
"Local Associations," she stated
"are now in the limelight to a
greater degree than in the
past." Quoting late President
Kennedy, she said, "things
don't happen, they are made
to happen." She warned that
teacher apathy, fear and lack
of knowledge are deterrents in
building a strong local associa
tion. She urged the Classroom
teachers to study the guidelines
affecting desegreation In the
schools.
Others participating in Thurs
day's prosram were, Mrs. Edna
of St. Augustine's College;
Phillip Hand, Philadelphia;
Mr«. F. Cutchins Gordon; Phi
ladelphia; Dr. Charles Moses,
Wash.npton; Peter Holden. New
York and Atty. Melvin Miller,
Alexandria.
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McNEILL
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DR. STEVENSON
C. Richards, executive secre
tary, NCACT, who spoke on the
Purposes of the Classroom
Teachers' National Conference;
Miss Maxine Ormand, assistant
secretary, NCACT, A First-tim
er's Look at the Conference,
and Mrs. Juanita M. Corbin,
past president, NCACT who
gave an analysis of Resolu
tions.
Mrs. Margaret W. Wilson, im
mediate past president, NCACT
made the traditional presenta
tion of the Presidnet's Pin to
the new NCACT President,
Mrs. Dorothy Jackson, who pre
sided over the Classroom Teach
ers Day session. Invocation was
given by Mrs. Elizabeth Ven
able, vice-president, NCACT.
Faith of American Teachers
was led by Mrs. Gladys N.
Bailey.
LAUGH OF THE WEEK: The
trouble with opportunity knock
oftening at the oor is that it so
often turns out to be a house
to-house canvasser.
Doctor Relates
Conditions In
Letter to Times
The Carolina Times this week
received a letter from Dr. B.
T. Elliott Jr., resident in pedi
atrics at North Carolina Memo
rial Hospital, Chapel Hill,
charging "overt discrimination"
exists in the hospital's hiring
and promotional procedures.
Dr. Elliott stated that a work
er in the dietary department,
Mrs. Eloise Adams of Durham,
was dismissed "because she
simply had the audacity to in
quire about a merit raise . .
Contacted by The Carolina
Times, Mrs. Adams said she
asked her supervisor, Mrs. Lin
da Smith, head dietitian, about
a merit raise and was subse
quently fired Mrs. Adams said
that when she asked why she
was being dismissed she was
told that she seemed "un
happy" and was "a trouble
maker."
Mrs Adams began working
in the food service department
at the hospital in 1958 and was
promoted to dietary supervisor
in 1962. She stated she had re
ceived the automatic raise giv
en each year for three years to
supervisors but had never re
ceived a merit raise of the kind
she was asking about.
Dr Elliott's letter is printed
below:
To The Editor:
I have been associated with
The University of North Car
olina for 9 years and directly
associated with the N. C. Memo
rial Hospital for the past 5
years. De facto discrimination
has persisted in this mecca of
higher education and medical
center which is located within
an oasis that prides itself in
being better than some other
areas of the South, an honor felt
to be worthy of national recog
nition. There are indeed areas
within this medical center that
do employ Negroes on a non
discriminatory basis; however,
much of this hiring is done
directly by professors and de
oartment heads. Overt discrim
ination begins in our personnel
office and seeps out to several
other areas of employment The
officially stated policy is one
of non-discrimination but Negro
applications have been syste
matically excluded from some
job categories for which their
qualifications were more than
adequate. Negroes with high
school educations or above *r*
offered the lower paying posi
tions and are told that they
•will be contacted when better
positions are open, but most
Negroes are aware of new job
openings when a new white
See LETTER page 2A
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the Church or church auxiliary
In Durham saving from Its
members and friend* the high
est number In dollars and
cents of cash register receipts
or cash purchase slips from
advertisers In The Carolina
Times listed below:
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Colonial Stores
Central Carolina Farmers
Clayton Motors
Eckerd Drug Stores
Johnson Motor Company
Liberal Credit Store
Long's Florist
Model Laundry
Mutual Savings 4 Loan
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Co.
Mcßrooms Rentals
Mebane Lumber Co.
Mechanics & Farmers Bank
North Carolina Mutual Life
Insurance Company
New Method Laundry
One Hour Martlnlring
Providence Loan Co.
Rlgsbee Tire Sale*
Sam's Parwn Shop
Sanitary Laundry
Union Ins. & Realty Go
Wynn-Dlxle
Weavers Cleaners