iV.C. Legislature Slashes Appropriations For Negro Colleges
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North Carolina Chief Executive
Evades Appeal For Negro Legislative Hearing
Power Not That
Of Governor
Declares Moore
In reply to a telegram dis
patched to Governor Dan Moore
'Tuesday by L. E. Austin, pub
lisher of the Carolina Times,
in which the latter requested
an opportunity to appear be
fore a joint session of the N.
C: General Assembly to pro
test the 51.5 million cut in the
appropriation of $2.5 million
previously recommended for
the five Negro state colleges,
by the N. C Chief Executive,
Austin received the following
telegram from the Governor,
Wednesday, June 28:
L E. Austin, Publisher
The Carolina Times
Durham, N. C.
Thank you for your telegram
of June 27 requesting an op
portunity to appear before a
joint session of the General As
sembly which is now in session.
I regret that it is not within
my power to grant your re-
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quest, but I suggest you com
municate with the Speaker of
the House and the President
of the Senate for the purpose
of presenting your request to
them. They, and they alone,
are responsible for the grant
ing of-such requests.
Best regards,
Dan Moore
Governor of North
Carolina
Following receipt of the tel
egram from the governor, the
Times publisher sent the fol
lowing telegrams to the Presi
dent and Speaker of the Gen
er a 1 Assembly, Thursday
around 11:30 a.m.:
In accordance with a previ
ous request tendered Governor
Moore in which I stated that
the budget as approved by the
Joint Appropriations Commit
tee of the N. C. General Asem
bly is an affront to every one
of the more than one million
N'egro citizens of our state,
and in an effort to preserve
the harmony and peace of all
our citizens, I am urgently re
questing an opportunity to ap
pear before a joint session of
the legislature now in session
No reply to Austin's request
had been received up to 6:00
p m the same day.
Baltimore Bars
Must Serve All
BALTIMORE—Any tavern
practicing racial discrimina
tion in the city will have its
license revoked, according
to a new ruling of the Balti
more Liquor Board.
The board chairman, David
Shay, revealed that the board
took the action because an
"explosive situation" in a
predominantly-colored neigh
borhood "could launch Balti
more into a racial roit."
FOR .FOUR consecutive
nights last week Negroes
demonstrated on Greenmount
United American Free Will
Baptist Holds Centennial
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GSNKRAL MOOBRATOR of the
United American Free Will
Baptist Church, with headquar
ters in Kinston is Bev. B. D.
Che Carwip Cimes
VOLUME 44 No. 25 DURHAM, N. C. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1967 PRICE: 20c
General Assembly Passes
A&T's Bid For Univ. Status
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MEMBERS OF THE RECENT-
Iy formed T. H. Claggett
Awards Chib. whose purpose is
to present »«nn>wl awards for
outstanding choral scholarship
to a junior and senior high
school student. Seated from
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Names First Negro V. P.
NEW YORK, N. Y—Clar
ence B. Jones this week be- ■
came a stockholder and vice !
president of the investment
banking firm of Carter, Ber- :
lind & Weill, Inc., members
of the New York Stock Ex
change.
Simultaneously Jones, who
is 36, became an allied njem
ber of the York Stock
Exchange, following approval
by the Board of Governors.
A Negro, Jones is the first
member of his race to become
a principal in a New York
Stock Exchange member
firm.
At Carter, Berlind & Weill,
Jones will work in investment
banking and brokerage areas,
and will also have legal re-
See STOCK page 2A
Pridgen. Conversing with tha
General Moderator at the time
the above picture was taken it
hii wife.
left to right are: Mrs. Martha
Thorpe, chairman; Everett L.
Goldston, Mis# ClSggett, and
Mrs. Dorothy J\KHmw Stand
ing are: Theodore Freeland,
Clyde Thorpe, Mrs. _ Angier
Cobb, Mrs. Helen Hammond,
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JONES
KINSTON The Centennial
Convocation of the United
American Free Will Baptist
Church was begun here, Fri
day, June 23. The opening pro
gram was held in the Recrea
tional Center and was partici
pated in by representatives of
the Youth Department, the
Trustee Board, Executive Board,
Woman's Department, Educa
tion Committee and the General
Moderator's Advisory Commit
tee.
Music for the opening pro
gram was furnished by the
(>I Sti&xiy Grove, the
mother church.
Shady Grove is located in
Green County, near Kinston. It
was here 100 years ago that
the denomination was founded
when Negro members of a
white Free Will Baptist Church
would not submit to insults and
abuse heaped upon them by
refusing to allow them to take
communion and forcing them
to ait in the gallery or a spe
cial corner. The Negroes walked
See PMI WILL 2A
Mrs. Mamie H. Perry, Dennis
McCaskill, Joseph T. Mitchell,
Robert McAdams, Thomas Wal
ker, ~ and Nathaniel Walker.
Other members of the club
were not present for the photo.
(Photo by Purefoy)
NCC History
Prof to Lecture
In Calcutta
Dr. Arnold H. Taylor, pro
fessor of history at North Car
olina College, has been award
ed a U.S. State Department
Fulbright-Hays grant to serve
as a senior lecturer in Ameri
can history at Jadavpur Uni
versity, Calcutta, India.
Dr. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor
will leave for Calcutta imme
diately after the close of sum
mer school on the NCC cam
pus.
Dr. Taylor, a former chair
man of the Division of Social
Sciences at Southern Univer
sity, plans to do research on
American commercial activi
ties in India during the 19th
century, if time permits. The
Taylors will spend approxi
mately nine months in India.
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DR. TAYLOR
A native of Regina, Va., Tay
lor received hit secondary edu
cation at the Julius Rosenwald
School, Beveriyville, V«. He
holds the B.A. degree from Vir
ginia Union University, the M.
See PROP. page 2A
Henly Bill is
Passed By
Legislature
GREENSBORO —An amend
ment to the Henly Bill (S.
B. 563), which would include j
A. and T. College as a part \
of a proposed new plan of
publicly supported, regional
universities for North Carolina,
was approved by the N. C.
General Assembly, Thursday.
June 29.
The Bill provides for the
establishment of regional uni
versities and for East Carolina
College to become the first
such university and specific
that the Board of Trustees: of
any five-year college which has
offered the masters degree for
10-years or more, might also
apply for the redesignation.
The bill was subsequently
amended to also include Wes
tern Carolina State College and
Appalachian State College.
The A. and T. College Trus
tee Board, in a special call
meeting adopted a resolution
which requested approval for
inclusion in the new plan, thus
to become the lone, predomi
nantly Negro institution to ap
ply. North Carolina College
the fifth five-year college in
the State, did not apply.
In addressing the Board, Dr.
Lewis C. Dowdy, president of
the College, suggested that the
Board had two alternatives: to
apply for redesignation as a re
gional university, or to post
pone action and to make ap
plication at a later date.
Dr. Dowdy reported that the
faculty, administration and the
Board of Trustees had ex-
See A*T page 2A
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MMR AKSKUKMEM
MASONIC RECESS— The above
photo was taken during a re
cess of the 9th General Grand
Conference of the Holy Royal
Arch Masons and the Affiliated
Masons End Successful Meet
Royal Arch Session Jan. 28
The 1967 session of the Ninth
General Grand -Conference of
Holy Arch Masons and the Af
filiated York Rite Bodies,
Prince Hall Affiliation came to
a close here Wednesday, June
28
With its headquarters at the
Jack Tar Hotel, many noted
personalities were programmed
as speakers and visitors during
the annual session. Among
those delivering addresses to
the Grand Conference were Dr.
P. R. Cousin, Pastor of St.
Joseph's A. M. E. Church of
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PARTICIPANTS in the Victory |
Celebration Program held at j
White Rock Baptist Church.
Sunday, Jun~ 25, at 5 p.m., to :
hear final reports from the j
more than 100 ladies (captains),
who led the congregation in j
contributing over SII,OOO. dur-1
ing the month of June for the j
Building Fund.
From left to right are Mrs. !
Negro Citizens Shaken By
Raw Deal Handed Colleges
RALElGH—Approval by the
Appropriations Committee of
. the .N..C. General Assembly of
a reducfion of a $1.5 million
cut in the appropriation for
the five predominantly Negro
state colleges of North Caro
lina was generally received
with very great resentment
over the state by the Negro
masses, as well as a majority
of race leaders, this week, ac
cording to numerous telephone
calls, letters received and per
sonal visits to the office of the
Carolina Times.
In an earlier message to the
General Assembly. Governor
Dan K Moore had recom
mended an appropriation of
$2.5 million to the Appropria
tions Committee as somewhat
of a starter in upgrading the
quality of work now being done
by the five predominantly Ne
gro state colleges. Instead, the
See SHAKEN page 2A
York Rite Bodies, Prince Hall
Affiliates, meeting in Durham
this week. Those in the picture
from left to right are:
M. E. Fred Alexander, General
I Durham. Dr. Cousin was the
speaker at a public gathering
of the session held at N. C.
College, Sunday at 5:30 p.m.
Speaker for the annual ban
quet at the Civic Center in
the vicinity of the Hotel on
Monday at 7:00 p.m.. was Dr.
John W. Davis, former presi
dent of West Virginia State
College.
Grand High Priest of the or
ganization is E. C. Turner of
Durham, who was unable to
attend the entire session on
account of illness.
Josephine Clement, who pre
sided during the program; Mrs.
Manic T Geer, who gave the
report of the captains: Mrs.
Hallie B Massey, who gave the
invocation: and on the second
row are L. B. Frazier, Chair
man Finance Fund Raising
Committee who thanked the
captains for their leadership;
New NCC President Assumes
Office Here Saturday, July 1
Dr. Albert N. Whiting will
become North Carolina Col
lege's fourth administrative
head when he assumes the
presidency of the 56-year old
institution Saturday, July 1
I>esignated president elect by
the college's board of trustees
in a special session November
11, 1966, Whiting remained
through the school year in his
post as dean of the college at
Morgan State College. Balti
more, Md.
The new president takes over
the leadership of the college
from an interim committee of
three which has administered
the affairs of the
See WHITINj[ 2A
Grand High Priest; M. E. M.
Sir Luther Wanger 33 degree,
Grand Master, Grand Encamp
ment.
{Photo by Purefoy)
Easfltind acts
WASHINGTON
Chairman James O. East
land, D-Miss., Fridav an
nounced the SenatW Judiciary
Committee will hold a hear
ing July 11 on the nomination
of U.S. Solicitor General
Thurgood Marshall to the Su
preme Court.
Eastland said a hearing on
the nomination of Warren M.
Christopher as Deputy Attor
ney General will be held the
same day.
Mrs. Mamie F Weaver, who de
livered the closing prayer; Mrs.
E B Pratt, who read the scrip
ture; Mrs. Victoria Cain, who
presented the total building
fund contributions for June to
W. J. Kennedy, Jr., who was
the speaker for the occasion.
Absent from the picture are
Mrs Elna Spaulding.
DR. WHITING
Community
Club Makes
Gift to Lincoln
The Lawson Street Commu
nity Club of Durham made a
donation of $25.00 to Lincoln
Hospital June 26, according to
Frank Scott, director.
The club is composed of resi
dents living in the Hayti sec
tion of Durham between Fayet
teville and Roxboro Streets.
President of the Club is
Owen Justice who was recently
elected to succeed Dr. C. E.
Boulware, outgoing president.
Southampton,
Sussex Lose
Federal Aid
WASHINGTON South
ampton and Sussex counties
have become the first Vir-
K'iiti* school districts to lose
federal funds for failure to
comply with federal desegre
gation guidelines.
The Department of Health,
Education and Welfare an
nounced June 20 that the two
achool districts have beee
held in violation of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
Federal examiners have
recommended that five other
Virginia districts be cut-off,
but their cases are still under
review by the Commissioner
of Education.