NAACP Warns Negroes About
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Three Negro Women File Suit Against Cone Mills Corp.
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TOP PRI Z ■ WINNIR IS
CROWNED Mrs. Rebecca
Hawkins, who won Ist prize for
reporting the largest amount
of money in the Bride's Pageant
Contest held during the 67th
Annual Session of the Grand
Chapter of Eastern Star recent
ly in Oxford, is shown being
A. Phillip Randolph Supports
Hubert Humphrey for President
NEW YORK - The dean
of Negro leaders, A. Phillip
Randolph, endorsed the candi
dacy of Hubert H. Humphrey
today.
Randolph is the retiring
President of tbe Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, a Vice-
President of the AFL-CIO and
the President of the A. Phillip
Randolph Institute.
Randolph said that Hubert
Humphrey is a "candidate
around whom the Negro peo
ple can rally with enthusiasm,
for he has been a champion
of racial equality for many
years. He was in the forefront
of the civil rights fight when
that fight was still a lonely,
unpopular isolated struggle."
He further pointed out that
the "American democracy has
not faced so critical a test
since 1876. Hie parallels be*
tween that fateful election one
are striking and grave. In 1876
the electoral process broke
down and the Southern bour
bons emerged to dictate the
infamous Compromise of 1877
which paved the way for a new
era of racial segregation, dis
franchisement and brutality."
"Hiere is, however, pro
found difference between 1876
and 1968," he said, In 1876
the forces of reaction could
impose their will on black
Americans. We were corralled
on plantations, we were power
less and dependent. Today,
thanks to the Civil Rights Re
Tour For 150 Foreign Social
Work Ministers is Sponsored
BROOKLYN The Brown
sville Community Council an
nounced this week a tour of
150 Social Work Ministers re
presenting various countries
from the United Nations. 11*
tour, believed to be the fltit
of its kind In the country,
will take place on Wednesday,
September 11th. The plannen
of the project are Morton Rog
ers, Director of H. R. A.'s
office of Program Develop
ment, and Benjamin A Brown,
B. C. C. Director of Public
Relations and Informstion. Mr.
Rogers will escort the foreip
delegation to Brownsville
where they will first assemble
at 592 Rockswsy Avsnue st
8 p.m. to be briefed by Psul
J. Cooper, Executive Director
of 8.C.C., Fred Wilson, Chair
crowned "Miss Eastern Star"
by Mrs. Maggie L. Strong of
Ayden, Grand Matron, O. E.
Star, Grand Chapter. Mrs.
Hawkins won over seventeen
other contestants. The pageant
netted over $11,600.
(Photo by Perkins)
volution, we have come too far
to be so easily turned around."
Randolph urged all black
men and women of voting age
to register and to vote in No
vember. He urged young peo
ple below voting agR to be
come active in educating their
elders in the basic issues of
the campaign, He urged de
feat of the backlash candidates
, Wallace and Nixon.
"Throuhgout most of my ca
reer, as you know, I have
found much to critic:.* . the
two major political parties. I
have contended again and
again that neither the Republi
can Party nor the Democratic
Party adequately understood
the fundamental and far-reach*
ing changes that were required
for our society to achieve soc
ial justice and economic de
mocracy.
To those changes I have de
dicated the greater part of my
life, going back to an early
association with Eugene Vic
tor Debs, to the great organiz
ing crusades of the labor move
ment, and to the civil rights
strug#es of half a century.
In the course of these ef
forts, I have declined to en
dorse either of the political
parties or its Presidential candi
date. I have departed from this
practice only once.
in 1964 I declared ny sup
port for President Johnson. Fbr
it seemed to me that a clear
(See RANDOLPH 2A)
man of the Board, Joseph
Francois. B. C. C. President,
Horace Morancle, Director of
the Central Brooklyn, Model
Cities Program, and Rog
ers. The visitors will then in
spect the facilities and opera
tions of the B. C. C. Man
power Center, the Head Start
Family Day Care Center, a
neighborhood action center,
and make a walking tour
through the impoverished com
munity.
"Hils is indeed an honor
for Brownsville to be visited
by such a distinguished world
wide deleption," said Cooper.
"We will do our best to show
the United Nations repreeenta
ttvee the beat snd the wont
of our community aid wh»t
B. C. C. is doing to bring about
social change."
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VOLUME 35 No. 37
Order Eastern Star Raises
$11,600 In Brides Contest
White Rock
Deaconess
Hold Program
A program of unusual Interest
was conducted here Sunday,
September 15, at 5:45 p.m. by
the White Rock Baptist Church
Deaconess Board at St. Joseph's
A.M.E. Church.
Following a piano prelude by
Miss Carletta Jemison and the
call to worship by Mrs. R. W.
Southerland, chairman of the
program committee, the open
ing hymn was rendered by Mt.
Vernon Choir No. 1 of the Mt.
Vernon Baptist Church. The
scripture was read by Mrs. Vir
ginia Alston and invocation by
Mrs. Sarah Smith.
A solo by John Washington,
a poem by Warren Washington,
preceded a playletee, entitled
"Finders Keepers" by the
Washington family and Miss
Charlyn Holland.
Closing remarks were by the
pastor, Rev. Lorenzo A. Lynch.
Registration Of Non-Whites To
Be Pushed Says
Cautions Negroes
Not To "Sit Out"
November Election
NEW YORK - Roy Wilkins
executive director of the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,
this week said that in view of
the challenge of George Wal
lace and the radical right "Ne
groes can 111 afford to sit out
this year's Presidential and
Congressional elections."
At a news conference held
on September 12, Wilkins said
that even though the farmer
Alabama Governor only has a
"ghost of a chance" of be
coming President, "the support
he has mustered throughout
America bodes 111 for the need
of poor Negroes for improved
employment, housing and edu
cation opportunities."
"This morning's headlines,
as well as the cover story of a
major newsweekly," Wilkins
continued, "show that
Wallace's strength lies not
only in Selma, Alabama, but
in Oswosso, Michigan; not only
among the Ku Klux Klan and
the John Birth Society, but
among automoblUe workers,
police officers and whites from
all walks of American life."
Wilkins' statement was
made at a press conference in
which he declared that the
NAACP would immediately
respond to the forces of reac
tion by designating the dates
of September 15-21 ■ as
NAACP National Voter Regis
tration Week," during which
the organization's. 1,800
branches will make "an all-out
effort to help reduce the 12
per cent gap between white
and non-white voter registra
tion." The drive will continue,
he said, until all registration
books are cloaed and beyond
then to election day when
black people will be transport
ed to the polls.
W. C. Patton, NAACP asso
ciate director of voter educa
tion and registration, cited a
(See WILKINS 3A)
DURHAM, N. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1968
Third Negro
Rank Brigadier General
SAIGON An army career
that started 27 years ago was
capped with a history making
achievement for Frederick El
lis Davison, 51-year-old Negro,
who last Sunday was made a
general in the U. S. Army.
In a brief ceremony at the
field headquarters of the 109 th
Light Intrantry Brigade, just
three miles southwest of bat
tle-torn Saigon, Davison, the
brigade commander, received
his general stars from Gen.
Creighton W. Abrams, U. S.
commander in Vietnam.
After pinning the stars on
the new general's collar,
Abrams said he could think of
no man who has worked harder
or who deserved a promotion
to general more than General
Davison."
Davison, who has been in
Vietnam almost two years,
joined the Army on March 3,
1941. In the same year he mar
ried the former Jean Brown
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THE ANNUAL PROGRAM of
the Deaconess Board of White
Rock Baptist Church was ren
dered here Sunday, September
15 at 5:45 pm. at St. Joseph's
Dr. Reed's Request
Board Be Severed
NEW YORK A telegram
last June 30 signed by Dr. Eu
gene T. Reed, of Amityville, N.
Y., offering his "immediate"
resignation from the board of
directors of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Colored People was allowed to
stand here September 0 at the
quarterly meeting of the board.
In his June 30 message. Dr.
Reed further requested that
Roy Wilkins, the national exe
cutive director, "transmit to
the board" his "immediate re
signation from it."
The next day, July 1, Mr.
Wilkins transmitted to the
board members a copy of the
full text of Dr. Reed's tele
gram of resignation and so ad
vised Dr. Reed by wire.
Although bis telegram of
June 30 stated," I cAn no long
er in good conscience remain
GEN. DAVISON
who lives in Washington, D. C.
with the couple's four children.
General Davison becomes the
third Negro in the history of
U. S. armed forces to attain the
See GENERAL 9A
AM E Church. Guests of the
occasion were members of the
St. Joseph's Stewardess Boards
shown with members of the
a member of that board," Dr.
Heed appeared at the Septem
ber 9 board meeting and hand
ed up a handwritten note, dat
ed September 9, addressed to
"Oie National Board of Direc
tors. NAACP."
In it Dr. Reed stated that
he had received "almost 100
letters from black people re
questing that I reconsider." He
cited also a resolution he said
had been passed at the quar
terly meeting of the New York
State Conference of Branches
urging him to remain on the
board.
"I can no longer Ignore the
demands of my black broth
ers," Dr. Reed wrote," and,
therefore, I am this morning
withdrawing my resignation."
Because the word "immedi
ate" had been used in Dr.
PRICE: 20 Cents
OXFORD—The Grand Chap
ter Order of Eastern Star, af
filiated with the Most Worship
ful Prince Hall Grand Lodge
Free and Accepted Masons of
North Carolina, held its 67th
Annual session at the Central
Orphange at Oxford, Septem
ber 2, 3 and 4. The first busi
ness session was held Tuesday
morning, September 3. Aside
from regular business sessions,
the main event of the session
was the Bride's Pageant, Tues
day night, September 3„ with
Mrs. Dala P. Rogers, Durham,
serving as chairman and presid
ing and Mrs. Elizabeth Tilley
of Winston-Salem serving as
Co-chairman.
All 18 brides were dressed
in long evening gowns, carried
beautiful corsages in the five
Eastern Star colors and wore
veils. As the brides were es
corted in for presentation to
the convention, Mrs. Rogers
Identified each, giving names,
number of district and the
Deput's name along with the
amount of money raised. Prizes
were given to the brieds rank
ing first, second and third
places as follows:
First prize: District No. 11,
I Mrs. Lolene McCorkle, G.D.D.;
Mrs. Rebecca Hawkins, bride,
amount raised—sl,s33.oo.
Second prize: District No. 19,
Mrs. Evon Kelly, G.D.D.; Mrs.
Ada Smith, 0 bride, amount
raised—sl,2B2.Bl
Third prize: District No. 10,
(See EASTERN STARS BA)
White Rock Deaconess Boards,
following the program, which
was declared a most interesting
one by_Uiose-io attendance.
Reed's June 30 telegram, be
cause he had been elected to
the board by members in Re
gion n, the Northeast, and be
cause the NAACP constitution
specifies the manner in which
a vacancy in such elections
must be filled, Board Chairman
Stephen Sopttswood asked a
committee to consult the New
York law on membership of
corporations and to submit a
report.
The committee, containing
several lawyers and one judge,
unanimously agreed that a va
cancy did in fact exist as soon
as Dr. Reed sent his "imme
diate" resignation June 30 and
that the board could no noth
ing in the face of the consti
tutional requirement for fill
ing a vacancy in a regional
election.
Take Action Against Greensboro
Company for Discrimination
ja E^V
DR. PERRY
Dr. Rufus Perry
To Retire as
Smith U. Head
CHARLOTTE—Dr. Rufus P.
Perry, the man who doubled
enrollment, added $7 million
in new buildings, and rooted
out the hedge that once sepa
rated Johnson C. Smith Uni
versity from the rest of Char
lotte, plans to return to his
first love— medicinal chemis
try.
Dr. Perry this week an
nounced that he will retire
from the presidency of John
son C. Smith on Dec. 31, 1968.
Board Chairman James Egert
Allen then disclosed that the
trustees had elected Dt. Perry
the uniiversity's first James B.
Duke Distinguished Research
Professor.
This appointment becomes
effective once Dr. Perry's still
to-be-niLiTied successor takes
office January 1, 1969.
The 65-year-old Perry com
mented that for some time he's
wanted to make a few scholar
ly contributions before he start
ed spending his time fishing
and playing golf. 'Tve also
wanted to get back into closer
touch with the students," he
added.
added. Perry hinted in April,
1967, that he wanted to return
to research and teaching once
JCSLHs new science center was
completed. He told the board
of trustees of his discision on
July 20, 1968, and so informed
faculty members early last
week.
Black Student Doctoral Grants
Announced by Ford Foundation
NEW YORK, - The Ford
Foundation today announced
establishment of a program of
Doctoral Fellowships for Black
Students, designed to help
more young Negro men and
women enter the field of col
lege teaching. It will be initial
ly funded at $1 million.
In circulars being distribut
ed this week to some 2,000
officials of liberal-arts colleges,
universities, and graduate
schools, the Foundation in
vited inquiries and stressed the
importance of prompt action
by prospective candidates for
the 1969-70 academic year.
The Foundation said the
new program is intended to
supplemCTtt, not replace, ex
isting college-teacher fellow
ship programs which operate
on a "color-blind basis. The
program was prompted by evi
dence that these do not assist
enough young black students.
Less than 1 per cent of doc
torates are held by Negroes,
and less than 1 per cent of
doctoral candidates now in
graduate school are Negroes.
The new program would dou
ble the number of # Negro doc
toral candidates sponsored by
private fellowship programs,
according to James Armsey, a
Foundation program officer.
"There are more black
Americans who are qualified
and who should be encouraged
to work for this prerequisite
GREENSBORO—Three Negro
women from Cedar Grove, have
filed suit against Cone Mill*
Corporation, one of the largest
textile companies in the state,
charging that the company re
fused to hire them because of
their race.
Shirley Lea, Romona Pinnix
and Annie Tinnin made the
charge last August and will be
represented in U.S. District
Court here, this week, by NAA
CP Legal Defense and Educa
tional Fund, Inc. (LDF) staff
attorney Robert Belton, and co
operating attorney Julius L.
Chambers.
According to Belton and
Chambers, the three women
applied for positions as trainees
at the Cone Mills Corpora
tion, located in Hillsboro, and
were told these positions were
not open. However, they said,
a few days later the company
hired three white women in the
same capacity for which their
clients had applied.
They said their clients, under
the law, are entitled to back
pay from the time they were
out of work until they were
employed by Burlington Mills
where they now work.
North Carolina
Gets $449,057
For Job Training
WASHINGTON, D. C. -
North Carolina will receive
$449,057 in eight Federal gnrts
for the retraining of 185 un
employed persons, Secretary of
Labor Willard Wirtz and Sec
retary of Health, Education
and Welfare Wilbur Cohen have
announced jointly today.
The institutional training
courses will be given in occu
pations including: stenograph
er, general clerk, auto mechan
ic, farm equipment mechanic,
combination welder and a vari
ety of other occupations for
which job opportunities exist
The Federal programs were
approved under the Manpower
Development and Training Act
(MDTA) which provides. Feder
al funds for training facilities,
instructors, and equipment
through the State Employment
Security agencies.
(See TRAINING 2A)
for full membership in the
academic community," he said.
"And America's collets and
universities, both black and
white, need the services of
more Negro faculty members
and administrators in order to
understand and serve a society
which is 11.5 per cent black."
The program each year will
award full support for fUll
time graduate study leading to
the doctorate in the humani
ties, social sciences, or natural
sciences, for between thirty
five and forty black college
seniors or recent graduate* be
ginning in the fall of 1969.
Candidates must be interacted
in a career in college teaching.
Their fellowships will be re
newable annually for up t* five
years to complete degiM re
quirements. TTiey must arrange
to take entrance examinations,
apply for graduate school ad
mission, and submit completed
fellowship applications by Jan
uary 31, 1969 in outer to
qualify for consideration under
the program.
Applicants must have re
ceived their bachelor's degree
in 1967 or 1968 or expect
to receive it by September,
1969. They may not have en
gaged In graduate study (prior
to applying. Each Is expected
to show evidence of
- ability to pursue a course
of study to the doctoral te
(See FORD page 2A)