Reginald Hawkins Slated For Durham Address April 7
Adam C. Powell Meets The Press
Former N. Y.
Solon Falls 111
Before Address
By SAMUEL BRIOGS
Managing Editor
Newspaper people from all
over the state, about 43 or 90
of us, squeezed Into the room
set up in the Information Serv
ices Building st Duke Univer
sity last Monday for a press
conference with the one and
only. Adam Clayton, "Soul
Brother" Powell.
The invitation had retd 13
noon, but due to bad flying
weather and the technicalities
of chartering a plane from
Tallahassee, Florida, Adam ar
rived around 3:30 p.m.
With a police escort from the
airport and a dozen or so more
city and and campus policemen
waiting at the University's main
entrance Adam was well pro
tected.
Getting out of the car which
had brought him to the campus
the unseated Harlem congress
man was all smiles. Deeply
tanned, smoking a cigar, walk
ing slowly in the beautiful
warm spring sunshine with an
almost deliberate swagger,
Powell gave the appearance of
a king who did not think him
self too high to spend time
with is subjects and allow them
to bask in the sunlight of his
image. Strangely, no one
seemed to resent this man's
cool, casual and sometimes re
gal air .. . for this is somehow
expected of him, his trademark.
This is Adam.
As the group, which includ
ed Edwin Brown, whom Powell
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Supreme Court
Urged to Bar
Housing Bias
WASHINGTON - The
United States Supreme Court
was urged Monday, April 1
to bar all discrimination in
housing.
The appeal Involves Joseph
Lee Jones, a Negro and his
wife who sued the developers
of the Paddock Woods sub
division in suburban St. Louis
refusing on racial grounds to
sell them a house and lot.
The couple contend that
open housing Is the law of the
land under an 1866 civil rights
law implementing the abolition
of slavery. The law said: "All
citizens of the United States
shall have the same right, in
every state and territory, as is
enjoyed by white citizens
thereof, to inherit, purchase,
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MtNISTIRS OP SCLC's Opera
tion Breadbasket open negotia
tiom with P. Lorillard at a
meeting In Brooklyn. Leading
discussion is the Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson of Chicago, National
Director at head of table, with
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VOLUME 45 No. 14 DURHAM, N. C—SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1968
Home Security Reports Big Gains
At Annual Stockholders Meeting
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CANDIDATI AMD AIDCS
—David Stith, center, President
of Southeastern Business Col
lege, Durham, Candidate for in
cumbent Nick Galiafanakis' 4th
U. S. Congressional District
Calif. Solon Says Rac
Must Fall If Nation Is To Survive
NAACP Executive Sec. Urges No
Let Up In Registration Drive
The local branch of NAACP
has organized to do its share in
registration of one hundred
thousand additional Negroes in
North Carolina by November
of this year.
Sunday, April 7 will be ob
served here as "Registration
Emphasis Sunday."
Ma. Roy Wilkins, Executive
Director has through a letter
to the ministers of North Caro
lina, called upon them to pro
vide the necessary active lea
dership, to see that every mem
ber of their church become
registered to vote.
In his letter to the minis-
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Manuel Yellen, Lorillard Board
Chairman on his right. Others
in photograph include: Robert
Brown of B*C Associates, pub
lic relations firm and the Revs.
Edward Riddick, National Re
search Director, Lorenzo Shep
seat, is dhown here with cam
paign manager, J. A. Carter,
right, and Charles Ray, chair
man of Citizens for Stith Co
ordinating Committee, left.
Stith and his aids are shown at
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WILKINS
ard, Philadelphia, WilUam C.
Banks, Thomas ville; George
Oriss, Bronx and William Jones,
pastor of Bethany Baptist
Church where the meeting was
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A Voteless People Is A Hopeless People
j one of several auto-type ma
chines grinding out corres
pondence and literature to
prospective voters in the 4th
District.
Photo by Purefoy)
Rep. Jas. Gorman
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Calls For Action
At D. C. Meeting
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
America must tear down all
artificial barriers to success for
the Negro if it expects to sur
vive as a free democracy, Rep.
James C. Corman (D. Calif.)
said yesterday (April 1). ~
He told 200 delegates to
the third annual Social Action
Conference of the Internation
al Union of Electrical, Radio
and Machine Workers, AFL
CIO, that "we must tackle the
balance of segregation in edu
cation, strike a death blow to
segregation in housing and eli
minate job discrimination if
we are to have a decent life
in America to pass on to the
next generation.
"fWcountry cannot sur
vive present form if it
continues to pursue its present
course."
Corman, a member of Pre
sident Johnson's National Ad
visory Commission on Civil
Disorder, made his remarks af
ter IUG President Paul Jen
nings called upon his union to
"coldly and honestly analyze
the problems of America, exa
mine the question of priorities
and explore our total respon
sibility 4 to solve those pro
blems."
Carl Coleman, administra
tive assistant to Mayor-Com
missioner Walter E. Washing
ton of Washington, D. C., wel
comed IUE delegates to the
Nation's Capital and urged
more Americans "to face ur
ban dialogue, more objectivi
ty, more honesty and more
action."
Christopher Mold, execu
tive director of the Urban Coa
lition and Jose Chacon, assist
ant to Equal Employment Op-
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PRICE: 20 Cents
Assets of Local
Ins. Company
$65 Million
At its annual stockholder's
meeting here Tuesday (April 2)
Home Security Life Insurance
Company reported that in
1967 life Insurance sales to
taled more than $l7B million,
insurance in force rose to $634
million, assets reached $65
million and total income ex
ceeded sls million.
Board Chairman Watts Hill
Jr. called particular attention
to the 32.3% increase in direct
sales during 1967. Total sales,
which include both direct sales
and new reinsurance under fe
deral government insurance
programs, reached $178,702,
343, up 33.6% over the pre
vious year..
The company's Insurance in
force rose by 13.1% to $634,
204,541, a gain of more than
$73.4 million. Assets Increased
by $4.2 million to $65,446,
412, up 6.9%.
Total Income from Insur
ance operations and Invest
ments was $15,742,565, a gain
of more than $1.2 million.
Premium income increased
8.3% to $13,131,768 while net
investment income increased
11.8% to $2,610,797. The net
yield on the total inveatment
portfolio, before income taxes,
rose to 4.33% compared with
4.08% the previous year. New
investments were made at an
average yield of 6.08% com
pared with 5.45% in 1966.
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Gubernatorial Candidate
Speaks At St. Mark At 4 P.M.
Dr. Hawkins To
Speak At Mass
Political Rally
Dr. Reginald Hawkins,
gubernatorial candidate of
>k>iVb CaxoYrn* Va the May 4
Primary, will address a Mass
Political Rally here Sunday,
April 7. -
Dr. Hawkins is a native of
Beaufort where he attended
the public schools. He is a
graduate of J. C. Smith Uni
versity, from which he received
his B. S. and B. D. degrees.
He is a practicing dentist and a
resident of Charlotte.
The rally will be at St. Mark
AME Zton Church on Rox
boro Street and la scheduled to
get underway at 4:00 p.m. Mu
sic for the program will be
ftirniahed by choirs of St. Mark
and the UOCI. Presiding will
be J. H. Wheeler, chairman of
the Durham Committee on Ne
gro Affairs.
Hie meeting Sunday la be
ing sponsored by the DCNA,
the United Organization For
Community Improvement, the
Durham Ministerial Alliance
and the Durham Bnnch of
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DCPOSKD NEW YORK CON
GRESSMAN Adam Clayton
Powell is shown answering a
newsman's question during »
press conference Monday, April
41-Year-Old Federa
Hear D. C. Manpow
Dr. Jerry Drayton Speaker For
West Durham Baptist Revival
Dr. Jerry Drayton, minister
of the' New Bethel Baptist
Church, Winston-Salem, will
preach at the West Durham
Baptist Church for its annual
revival meeting.
Service will be held each
evening at 7:30, April 8-12 th.
The pastor, Rev. F. D. Terry
will hold noon day medita
tions for fifteen minutes. Spe
cial music will be furnished by
the choirs of the church.
Dr. Drayton is a native of
Savannah, Georgia where he
completed his high school
training at Beach High School.
His education was continued
at Morehouse College, Atlanta,
Ga. where he received the A.B.
degree and the B. D. degree
from the school of Religion,
Howard University, Washing
ton, D. C. The speaker holds
a certificate in Clinical Psychia
try, Bowman Gray School of
Medicine, Winston-Salem and
the Honorary Doctor of Divi
nity, Virginia Theological Se-
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the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
In addition to the principal
address to be delivered by Dr.
1 at Duke University where he
was scheduled to address the
student body. Powell was later
hospitalized after complaining
of chest pains and being tired.
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minary, Lynchburch, Va.
Dr. Drayton is former pre
sident of N. C. Baptist Inter
racial Fellowship, vice-chair
man Forsyth County Alcoho
lism Program, member of the
counseling staff of the Domes
tic Relations Court of Winston-
Salem, Administrative Staff of
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Hawkins, other Negro state
and local candidates for public
office will be introduced to the
audience.
Voting Power is The
Right Power
Doctors at Duke Hospital said
that Powell was suffering from
"exhaustion." Others in the
picture are unidentified.
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Horace Holmes is
Named to Post By
Secretary iWirtz
WASHINGTON—A 41 year
old Federal manpower official
has been appointed head of a
new District of Columbia Man
power Administration, Labor
Secretary Willard Wirtz and
Mayor Walter Washington have
announced.
Horace R. Holmes, who
earned a Bachelor's and Mas
ter's degree from Howard Uni
versity, assumes his new du
ties immediately as the Dis
trict's Manpower Administra
tor. He continues as a Labor
Department employee.
As the City's Manpower Ad
ministrator, he will be Mayor
Washington's chief advisor on
manpower matters, serving on
his cabinet and reporting di
rectly to him.
Mr. Holmes, will also be a
member of the executive com
mittee of the Labor Depart
ment's Manpower Administra
tor and report to him and the
Secretary of Labor.
The newly-formed agency
that he heads will be respon
sible for administering, moni
toring and evaluating all Feder
ally-funded manpower pro
grams in the Nation's Capital.
This includes contracting
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NCC to Host
1968 Language
Ass'n Meeting
Plans for the 28th annual
meeting of the College Lan
guage Association, Thursday
through Saturday, April 18-20,
have been announced by Dr.
Charles A. Ray, chairman of
the department of English at
North Carolina College and co
chairman of the host commit
tee for the convention to be
held at the Holiday Inn, 605
West Chapel Hill Street, Dur
ham.
The first Session at 10:16
Thursday morning will feature
the presidential address by
Charles H. Curl, Norfolk Divi
sion, Virginia State College.
Presiding will be Richard A
Long, vice-president of the
CLA from Hampton Institute.
Greetings will be brought by
Dr. Ray and by Dr. S. B. Ful
bright, undergraduate dean at
NCC.
"Hapless Students and Om
niscient Teachers" will be the
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