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vlsW Democrats Snub Negroes In Appointment Of Magistrates M VWLSNHf^m WOUNDED WAR VETS VISIT WHITE HOUSE—(Washington) —Pres. Johnson gre«ts * group of wounded Vietnam war vete rans who were touring the Dr. King Tells Soviet Union To End Jewish Discrimination NEW YORK—'Dr. Martin Lu ther King, Jr., writing in the current issue of Congress bi weekly .has called on officials of the Soviet Union to "end all the discriminatory measures against the Jewish communi ty." A statement by Dr. King ap pears in a special issue of the American Jewish Congress mag azine devoted in its entirety to a report and analysis of the status of Soviet Jewry. Dr. King's statement de clared in full: "The attempt to liquidate spiritually the Jewish people in Soviet Russia is something that we must not allow. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Injustice to any people is a threat to justice to all people. "I can not stand idly by, even though I live in the Unit ed States and even though I happen to£e, an American Ne gro, and not be concerned about what happens to my brothers and sisters who hap pen to be Jews in Soviet Rus sia. For what happens to them happens to me and to you, and we must be concerned. "I am profoundly shocked by the treatment of the Jewish See KING page 2A : :'^99 POUR CITED AT MT. GILEAD —Shown above are four per torn who woro cited for "Out ■tending Leadership and Chris tian Service" by ftie Mt. Gilaad Baptist Church during a tpocial ceremony held Sunday, D«cem N. B. White Named President of DHR Council Nathaniel B. White, of 1501 S. Alston Ave., president and co-owner of Service Printing Co., was elected president of White House recently at the in vitation of Mrs. Johnson. The President solemnly told th« group it would be "aome time" Dr. Philip R. Cousin to Deliver Emancipation Day Address The annual celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation will be held i,- at 11:00 A. M. at the Oak Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Z. D. Harris, the minister. The main address will be de livered by Dr. Philip R. Cousin, pastor of St. Joseph's AME Church. Rev. Henderson Amey and Rev. E. H. Whtiley will be in charge of devotions. Music se lections will feature the Oak Grove. West Durham Baptist and Russell Memorial chpirs, which will combine their voices in the closing selection. Prior to the introduction of Dr. Cousin by Dr Grady D Da vis, the Proclamation will be given by E. T. Artis. The program committee con sists of the following ministers: W H. Fuller, chairman: V. E. Brown, president; A. W. Law son, first vice-president; P. R. Cousin, second vice-president; bar 11, a* they received Certi ficates of Awards from the pastor. Dr. Alexander D. Mo«e lay. From left to ritiht, and areas of recognition, are: Miss Kathy McLeon, music; Ernest Sellers. the Durham Council on Human Relations Wednesday night, succeeding Dr. Harmon Smith. Other officers elected include before there is peace. He Mid the U. S. can expect "difficult days ahead." (UPI Telephoto) & |V ! IIDV DR. COUSIN E H. Whitley, secretary; L. H. McDonald, assistant secretary; E. T. Brown, treasurer; S. G. McCoy, chaplain; L. A. Miller, parliamentarian; W. H. Fuller, historian; and A. W. Lawson, assistant historian. cooperative youth leadership; Mrs. Elmira Martin, youth acti vities and Ushar Board; and B. B. Rogers, Church edministra tion and Sunday School activi ties. Dr. Joseph J. Blum, vice presi dent; Mrs. Joan Scagnelli, sec retary; Dr. Joseph McKelpin, See WHITE page 2A Che Carina. Ciwe® VOLUME 43 No. 51 DURHAM, N. C. - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1966 PRICE: 15 Cents Charges And More Charges Pile Up Against Rep. Powell Estranged Wife Reported Receiving $20,500 Year Salary WASHINGTON Among the various charges and counter charges currently being made against Rep. Adam C. Powell, (D—N.Y.), the most recent one involves the hiring of a young woman to his congressional staff and having her end up keeping house and cooking for him. According to Rep. Wayne L. Hayes (D —Ohio), who heads the investigation into Powell's use of government funds, Sylvia J.j Givens, 20, joined Powell's committee on Educat'on and Labor Aug. 1, and after three weeks, was taken to Bimini, the Congressman's Bahama Island retreat, as a housekeeper and cook She was paid a total of $332 from committee funds, while performing domestic du ties from August through one week in September, and was then suddenly fired. Powell's estranged wife, the former Ivette Diago, 35, de clined to appear at the investi gation, although she had been subpoenaed. As a clerk in Pow ell's office she received S6OOO a year but is now receiving $20,- 500 yearly making her one of the highest paid employees on the committee. When asked to appear to explain this salary (as Powell's aide), she said that she would not testify in open session. Later informing Hayes that she was unable to appear because of illness, he replied by asking her to appear at a closed session to be held Dec. 29 To date, Hayes' investigation See POWELL page 2A Philadelphia Presbytery Backs Ministers Stand on Civil Rights PHILADELPHIA The Pres bytery of Philadelphia this week said that it "will not at any time permit any minister to be forced to resign his pulpit or to be hindered in his ministry on the grounds of his participation in or his support of civil rights." The action came in a special meeting of the presbytery and dealt with the case of the Rev. Dr. D. Evor Roberts, pastor of the Swarthmore Presbyterian Church, who has been involred in a controversy that included his civil right* activities. Meeting in an executive ses sion at the Arch Street Pres byterian Church here, the pres bytery voted that it "commends and supports" Dr. Roberts in his civil rights work and his "prophetic preaching concern ing the responsibility of the Church ... to be actively en gaged in dealing with the pressing social issues." It left it to the pastor and the session of the church, how ever, to decide whether to "ac cept or to reject the advice" of a counseling subcommittee that earlier had suggested Dr. Roberts' resignation. Interpreting this, the Rev. Kenneth Hammonds, stated clerk of the presbytery, said it meant that " we (the presby tery) are not prescribing the resolutions ... we feel that the impetus and the real force must be in the Swarthmore Church." He added that the counseling subcommittee's suggestion that Dr. Roberts "begin exploring the possibilities of professional Supreme Court Opens Public Places to Race WASHINGTON The U. S. Supreme Court this week ruled that Mississippi cannot deny Negroes the use of the public facilities constructed with pub lic funds. Ruling in favor of Dr. Gilbert Mason and other Biloxi, Mis sissippi Negroes, the high court settled an issue arising out of an attack on a small group of Negroes by hundreds of whites in June of 1963. The case was won by attor neys of the NAACP I-egal De fense and Educational Fund, Inc., (LDF). Biloxi Negroes, under Dr. Ma son's leadership, had sought— without success—to use the 24- mile beach along Mississippi's southern shore. After three years of fruitless litigation, 29 persons attempt ed to utilize the beach, one of the longest man-made beaches in the world, on Sunday, June 23, 1963. An angry crowd of some 2,000 whites stood by menacing ly as police officers ordered the Negroes away from the beach. The Negroes declined to go and were arrested. Other Negroes were beaten by the whites. The agent of the asserted owner of the beach then ap peared and ordered the Ne groes to vacate. He then called the police. Mississippi police officials Set- OPENS page 2A relocation" was to be accepted "only if Dr. Roberts chooses to accept it . . . this is advice, not a recommenadtion. He is under no discipline to resign; he will not be permitted to be forced out of his church and any decision to leave must come before the presbytery and he must show cause why he should be permitted to leave." m wtotssßm. rr — H NOVEMBER WINNER The Oak Grove Freewill Baptist Church was the November win ner of the SSO prire given each month to the church or church auxiliary securing the highect amount of receipts or cash reg- j liter receipts from advertisers MRS. WILSON CLARENCE WILSON Soldier And Wife Attacked In Attempt To Use Washette Jimmy Wilson, Durham na- j tivc and soldier in the U.S. j Army who returned here this week from an eleven months tour of duty in Turkey, dis covered to his dismay that a Negro in his own native land of America is still considered by many whites as a second class citizen or unfit for equal treatment as others. On Saturday, December 10, Jimmy, his wife. Mrs. Berna-1 dette Wilson, accompanied by | their 18 months old daughter, went to Cooley's Laundromat, located in Wellon's Village Shopping Center, to wash their clothes. After entering the establishment, the young sold ier and his wife put their in the Carolina Times. Adver tisers in the Carolina Times. Presentation of the SSO was made at the church by the Publisher of the newspaper, L. E. Austin. Those In the picture | from left to right are J. W. Mit WILSON KENNETH WILSON j clothes in one of the machines | and his wife started to place a quarter in the coin slot when she was accosted by an attend ant who told her, -"You can't wash here." When Mrs. Wilson then inquired, why? The at tendant, who it later was dis covered is the owner of the establishment, C. L. Cooley j pointed to a sign on the wall which read: "For White Cus | tomers Only." | Mrs. Wilson then called her husband who had been stand ing on the outside in front of the building. He entered and replied, "We should wash them anyway." The couple was then told by Mrs. Cooley who had, in the meantime, entered the chell. manager of the A*P Store, located on Fayetteville Street; Mrs. Flora Burton, who conducted the contest for Oak Grove Church; Rev. Z. D. Har ris. pastor, and the Times pub lisher. Two Named To Office by Judge Hall At the recommendation of Superior Court Clerk Alton Knight, Resident Superior Court Judge C. W. Hall has officially appointed two additional magis trates (both white), for Dur ham. The announcement of the ap pointment of Miss Jeannette Johnson, who served as deputy clerk of the former Recorder's Court since 1954; and M. J West, former police officer and detective here, was made this week. With the appointment of the last two magistrates, the staff now totals five; the original three (also white) having been recently made with apparently no serious consideration of N r e gro citizens. Four of the five appointees under the new District Court system, will issue warrants on three daily shifts. Chief Dis trict Court Judge Lawson Moore ■ has assigned R. L. McDonald, the fifth magistrate, to handle civil matters. When questioned about the matter, Knight said when the names of Negroes are submitt ed, they would be kept on file for serious consideration, if and when a vacancy occurs in the future. South's Negro Vote Still Far Short, But Growing ATLANTA While Neg r o votes were a "major factor" in last month's general election in the South, Negro ballot strength still is far from what it should be. the Southern Regional Council said this week. "Only about half of the Ne groes of voting age are reg istered in the South, whereas 70 per cent of the white adults See VOTERS page 2A place, "You had better get your clothes and get out of here. Mr and Mis. Wilson and their daughter then left the place, carrying their clothes with thorn. Returning 15 or 20 minutes later with his two brothers. Clarence and Kenneth, the young soldier again entered the See SOLDIER page 2A More Police Sue Patrolmen Benefit Ass'n NEW YORK—Fifty-five more New York City Negro police men, members of the Guard ians, have signed petitions to join as plantiffs in the New York Supreme Court case charging illegal use of the funds of the Patrolmen's Bene volent Association of which they are also members. Their motion to intervene was filed in Court Dec. 12 by attorneys of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People. It is scheduled to be heard December 23. On the same day the Court will hear arguments on the PTA's motion to dismiss the original petition. Robert L. Carter, NAACP general counsel, says, "The PBA has inferred that the charges are nothing more than the action of two malcontents These additional petitioners should make it clear that there is a serious controversy be tween Negro policemen and the PTA." On Nov. 4. shortly before the referendum on the police civil ian complaint review board, at tornejrs tor the NAACP otv See FOLIC! page 2A
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