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Adam C. Powell Loses Chairmanship And Seat In Congress Supreme Court Reinstates Ousted Teacher m m ■KH / M , v £fc SHAKING THE DUST Adam Clatyon Powell it shown juit as He left th enaion'i capitol Tutu day after having been denied the right to the congressional seat he has held for 22 years. Ousted Solon Threatens Organization Third Party WASHINGTON—House Dem ocrats deposed Rep. Adam Clayton Powell as chairman of the Education and Labor Com mute. - The Democrats stripped their controversial colleague of his chairmanship by a voice vote at a closed pre-session caucus of party members Monday. Rep. Powell emerging from the House chamber visibly shaken by the action, told newsmen: "I think it's a lynch ing." In moving against Rep. Pow ell, they rejected the advice of Speaker John W. McCormack, D-Mass. Rep. McCormack had suggested a plan under which Rep. Powell would have been temporarily suspended from his chairmanship while charges against him were investigated by a House Committee. On Tuesday the very much publicized Mr. Powell was de nied his seat in the House at the opening session of the 90th Congress amid protests of hun dreds of his Harlem constitu ents demonstrating on the Cap itol steps. The Negro congressman-elect was ordered to stand aside when House members adopted the stronger of two motions— this one from the Republicans —which would keep Powell on the payroll hut not allow him to vote while a special com mittee investigates his "right" 'o take his seat. The vote was 364 to 64. He urged Negroes to break their long allegiance to the Democratic party, and hints that a third party may be their best political weapon. The committee is to make its recommendation In five weeks. "It all depends on Ad am," said a member. "If he gets together with the corn- See POWELL 2A ■ . Hlfifl JKx.,, HI I ■ I I A. T. SPAUUMNO M»wib»r «f ImN representing Hew York's Har lem. Powell Is the third man custed from the chambers of ccngress since 1900. His col leagues voted to deny him the right to take the oath until a Directors Name D. L. Harrison Cashier of M. and F. Bank Immediately following the Board of Directors meeting of Mechanics and Farmers Bank on Thursday, January 5, the following promotions were an nounced: W. S. Tucker from Manager to Vice-President and Manager of the Charlotte of fice, D. L. Hajrjison from As sistant CashiifW Cashier, (fill ing the vacancy left by Mr. Funderburg when he joined another bank) Mrs. Vivian Pat terson and J. B. Anglin, Jr from Assistant Cashiers to two newly created positions of As sistant Vice President and Con troller, respectively, and Mrs. Julia W. Taylor of the Raleigh office was named to the posi tion of Assistant Cashier. Also elected at the annual meeting of Directors were the following officers: Clyde Don nell. Chairman of the Board of Directors, J. H. Wheelr. Presi dent, E. R. Merrick, Vice Presi- Pres Spaulding In Eighth Report At INCM 68th Meet "Making bricks without straw' is nothing new to our management and we will con tinue to convert obstacles into steppingstones to success," stated N. C. Mutual Life Ins. Co. President A T. Spaulding i nhis eighth report to the six ty-eighth annual meeting l of the Company's policyholders \in the auditorium of the firm's SCENES OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS MEETING OF MUTUAL SAVlfrS§ AND LOAN ASSOCIATION B Hr J i.-', ■ C. C. SPAIX.OINO. JR. committee could investigate whether he is fit to serye. The stormy congressman - preacher is surrounded by his support er who plan to map strategy for Powell's next move. JrS* IrZmT a* HARRISON ident, C. A. Haywood, Vice President and Chairman, Ral eigh Board of Management, J. E. Strickland, Senior Vice- See HARRISON 2A now home office building. "Even though the detailed statistical reports of 1966 op erations have not as yet been completed, indications are that North Carolina Mutual's —assets will approximate S9O million, —payments to policyholders forthe year will exceed $8.6 million (making a total pay- W. J. KINHBDV, JR. Only SurvMtif Charter Clu Carg&i Ciiitrs VOLUME 44 No. 2 DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, IM7 Elks Announce Drive U. S., State Office Jobs Letters Sent to Eleven N. C. Congressman Alexander Barnes, Director of Civil Liberties for the N. C. tate Association of the Im proved Benevolent and Protect ive Order of Elks of the World, announced here this week that his department will make an all-out effort to place Negroes in the offices of the 11 congressmen and two sena tors who represent North Car olina in the U. S. Congress. . sent the following letter to every congressman and senator from North Carolina: Dear Mr. N. C. Solon: This letter comes to inquire whether you have any Negroes attached t« your office staff, in any capacity, and if so, how many? We would further like to know if you would consider hirn£ qualified Negroes? North Carolina is moving up ward in the hiring of Negroes in many capacitiesand the Elks of the state are quite sure that vou would favorably consider joining the ranks of this pro cession. Thanking you for favorable and prompt consideration in this matter, we remain, & Yours fpr a better North Carolina, Alexander Barnes. Director If will be recalled that the Elks' Civil Liberties Depart ment spearheaded the effort to end segregation on the rail roads. Rev. Alexander Moseley, See BARNES 2A ment since organization of more than $129 million), insurance in force will amount to more than $430 million." TWO MILLION DOLLAR PRODUCERS "Me have two candidates for the Million Dollar Roundtable," continued Mr. Spaulding, "Chas. See N. C. MUTUAL 2A ' r iiM w— — i .^1 C/9H K *&*lw 1 mm A m mubi I jfl I^l ■gc PRAM ML to RIFFAH Mn. J«M phina Strayhorna. A«W«"I Sacratary; Mlm Aimto M. A»»> Jy Hj^y PRESIDENT J. S. STEWART (seated) end Secretary F. V. Allison of the Mutual Savings and Loan Association photo graphed as they were in the Mutual Savings Pres. Cites Continued Growth At Meet The 46th annual shareholders meeting of the Mutual Savings and Loan Association was held here. Tuesday, January 10 at 7:30 p.m. in its beautiful, spa cious and newly renovated home office at 112 W. Parrish St., with a capacity and enthu siastic number of shareholders and officers in attendance. With W. J. Kennedy, Jr., the only surviving organizer of the Association, presiding, the meeting opened for the tran saction of business immediate ly following the invocation of fered by the Rev. F. D. Terry, pastor of the West Durham Baptist Church. In his annual report to the shareholders, Stewart called at 'ention to the national "above the average economic activity, expenditures for the Vietnam War" which he stated had "in jected a strong inflationary trend into the economy." He also cited the fact that "in keeping with the competi tive market, it was necessary for the association during the year to increase its dividend See MUTUAL 2A d*n«n. Tallar; Mlw LMM V. FrMnun, Tallar. process of winding up plana for the 46th annual sharehold ers meeting of the Association held here Jan. 10. The photo was taken in the office of the Julian Bond Takes Oath of Office in Georgia Legislature ATLANTA State Rep. Ju lian Bond, whose anti-Vietnam war remarks kept him from being seated twice, took the oath of office without fanfare or flap Monday at the 1967 ses sion of the Georgia Legisla ture convened. Rep. Bond, from Atlanta's 136 th District, was in a group of 20 lawmakers who stood be fore the speaker's podium and swore he was not a Commu nist and would uphold both the Georgia and United States Con stitutions. Only one House member, James (Sloppy) Floyd of rural Trion, walked out of the cham ber as Bond took the oath and announced simply: "I intend to sit here for the bowed and cocked to one side, , rest of the session." was given the oath of office Rep. Bond, his head slight- See BONO 2A By v - H j| ! AI hI From kft to riflht: 0. W. U flan. Mambar of Board; F, V. Allien, Sacratary; J. J. Han- PRICE: 20 Cent* president, 112 W. Parriah St. SM • full account of Hi* an nual meeting iluwhtri on the pront page of thii week's issue of the Carolina Times. Photo by Purefoy BOND d«r*«n, Miwfcii •# Iw4; J. S. St*wart, PrwWliit) N. I. Whlt». NUmWr *4 liwt AIU W*A MRS. JOHNSON Mrs. Johnson Victorious In Enfield Case WASHINGTON The Su reme Court Monday cleared the way for a Negrd school teacher, active in civlj rights, to win back her job In a N. C. school and collect damage*. The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of the teacher. The Supreme Court, in a brief order, refused to hear an appeal by school of ficials. Mrs. Willa Johnson, an Eng lish teacher at T. S. Inborden High School in Enfield, was dropped by t>.e school at (he end of the 1963-64 school year after teaching in the system for 12 years. She charged that she was dropped because of her parti cipation in a voter registration drive and other civil rights activities in Enfield in 1963 and 1964 and that this violated her contitutional rights. However school officials, in | eluding the District School 1 See TEACHER 2A Masons Reveal Plans of 100 th Year Program ELIZABETH—Brown was re elected to his eighth one-year term as grand master of the Prince Hall Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina at its recent 96th annual commu nication of the Grand Lodge held in Elizabeth City. The 100 th year began De cember, 1966. Grand Master Brown plans a program which will end in 1970, one hundred years from the date the organi zation of the North Carolina Grand Lodge was launched. Under the program, the Ma sons plan to set up their own archives, increase their chari table and benevolenoK- and establish a stronger civic pro gram. The history of Prince Hall Masons in North Carolina was brought out at .the recent Grand Lodge meeting in Wil- See MASONS 2A drtNini MM arawp. J. W. On* Photo* by Puretoy
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