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Democratic Club
Drops Negro Bar
WASHINGTON - The North
Carolina Democratic Club of
Washington voted Thursday
night to abolish a ban against
Negro members.
The vote was 87 to 25.
The club, founded 30 years
ago, is composed of North
Carolinians who work in
Democratic congressional of
fices and other migrant Tar
Heels in the Nation's Capital.
The embarrasing racial bar
has never been invoked because
no Negroes have applied for
membership. But it has
periodically caused red faces
among the club memberships,
especially in recent years when
Negroes became a potent voting
bloc in the party in North
Carolina.
Before the vote, club members
carried on a spirited debate,
with two old-timers condemning
newspapers for publicizing the
club's charter and warning that
the change would cause
"deterioration" in the club's
membership.
But William Cochrane, an aide
to Sen. Everett Jordan, made
the motion for the change
saying: "This provision un
necessarily offends thousands of
loyal, faithful Democrats back
in North Carolina, not only
Negroes but American Indians
and others without whose help
we might not have on recent
elections or might not win some
more."
Rufus Edmisten, an aide to
Sen. Sam Ervin, headed a com
mittee which recommended
abolishing the racial bar. He
said, "We did what we thought
was best for the club and for
North Carolina."
Eleanor Dinkens, a member of
the committee, warned that the
racial exclusion clause could
"make the difference in an elec
Antiwar Spldiers
Leave Stockade
WASHINGTON - The Army
Friday released from im
prisonment in the Fort
Jackson stockade one of the
so-called Fort Jackson Eight,
a group of antiwar soldiers
charged by military
authorities with staging on the
base a "disrespectful" and
"insubordinate demonstration
against the war in Vietnam.
An Army spokesman at the
sprawling, 82-square-mile in
fantry training center on the
edge of Columbia, S C., said
that Pvt. Edilberto Chaparro
of New York City, a member
of an enlisted men's antiwar
group called G.l.'s United
Against the War in Vietnam,
had been freed from the
stockade but paced under
barracks arrest and
confinement to quarters with
three other members of the
Fort Jackson Eight.
The release left four of the
eight men alleged to have
been leaders of the March 20
anti-war demonstration still in
the stockade, where they have
been held since March 21. For
Chaparro the action signified a
reconsideration by Army of
ficers conducting a pre-trial
investigation of the
seriousness of the disciplinary
violations alleged against him,
the base spokesman said.
Charges were not dropped, on
ly reduced.
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tion in Winston-Salem .. .
where Negroes support our par
ty from the courthouse to the
White House."
Jack Spain, an aide to Sen.
Ervin, blasted newspapers for
bringing up the problem in the
first place. He said, "It burns
me up."
Wesley McDonald, a
Washington lawyer who helped
found the club in 1936. said that
the "social stature" of the club
would go down if Negroes were
allowed in it. He said, "Don't
look upon me as a racist or a
bigot. I'm not that kind ... but
they have not shown me one bit
of evidence why we should make
this change."
The club has about 300
members and holds an annual
banquet honoring the North
Carolina congressional delega
tion.
The racial exclusion clause in
its constitution has been a
source of embarrassment for
years. It came up again because
a Negro law graduate, Marie
Denning, is now a member of
the staff of Rep. Nick Gali
fianakis of Durham. However,
she has not applied for mem
bership in the club. A few Negro
North Carolinians have attended
club functions in recent years
but only as guests.
Memberships cost $2 and
normally are pressed upon
anyone who shows up at the
club's monthly dinners.
Detroit Slayings '
DETROIT „ -A surprise
witness testified Friday he saw
four black nationalists fire shots
that killed one policeman and
severely wounded another. He
identified two of the foui
riflemen.
Pvt. John W. Huffman
originally a ninth defendant
and a former member of the
group, who was identified by
the Army last week as an in
former "acting in behalf of the
command," told the soldiers'
civilian defense lawyers
before his association with
Army prosecutors was known
that Chaparro's offense at
the March 20 gathering had
consisted of "looking out the
barracks window ana messing
up my bed." ,
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NEW YORK "The
Great White Hope" was nam
ed the best drama of the year
and its star, James Earl Jones
won a Tony as best actor in
the 23rd annual presentation
of the Antoinette Perry
Awards Sunday night.
Jones portrayed a Negro
boxer based on Jack Johnson,
who wins the heavyweight
championship but is dragged
under by seciety's reaction to
his race and his white wife.
Julie Harris won a Tony as
best dramatic actress for
"Forty Carats" and Angela
Lansbury was the winner for
best performance by an ac
tress in a musical, "Dear
World."
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Negro Fills New Position
On Good Neighbor Council
The State Good Neighbor
Council got a new assistant
director Thursday as local
councils from all over the
State gathered here for the
annual Governor's con
ference.
Governor Scott announced
the appointment of council
staff member Preston Hill to
fill the newly created position
as he told several hundred
members of local councils that
they, too, have important roles
to play.
Home Plan Forthcoming
Scott said he will announce
in the near future a plan to
help low-income families ac
quire decent homes of their
own.
He said the plan is unique in
the nation and that the coun
cils could aid people in taking
advantage of this op
portunity.
"I shall be depending on
you. All Of North Carolina will
be depending on you. I know
you will give your best," he
added.
Hill, a Negro, is now a com
munity relations represen
tative with the North Carolina
Housekeeping's a Man's Job
Housekeeping has become a
man's job in the male
dormitories at N. C. State
University here but few of
the students seem to mind.
Housekeeping has been the
responsibility of the students
at NCSU since Tuesday when
Chancellor John Caldwell an
nounced maids would no
longer work in the dorms.
In a move calculated to ease
protests of the university's
black workers, the chancellor
put into immediate effect an
ecopomy measure, originally
planned for June or Sep
tember, to cut down
housekeeping costs at NCSU
by letting students clean their
own rooms.
"It's a bother but we
have to do it at home. We'll be
getting our brooms next
week," said Allen Wallace of
Fayetteville, a freshman in
Bowen Dormitory.
Many Not Concerned
The News and Observer took
a spot survey of NCSU's 11,500
students and found that most
of them, like Wallace, aren't
very concerned about the
change.
They will be required now to
sweep their own rooms and
put their trash cans outside
their doors when they go to
class in the morning. The
trash cans will be emptied by
a janitor who'll still come
each day to sweep the halls
and clean the bathrooms.
Each hall will have a supply
of mops, a vacuum cleaner
and other cleaning equipment
for the students.
"I had to do it last year at
Wingate College and it was
all right," said Skip Wilson, a
sophomore from Winston-
Salem who lives in Sullivan
Dorm.
Some of the students
particularly coeds were
critical of the job the janitors
and maids had been doing in
their rooms and are eager to
do the job themselves.
"Oh, she (the maid) emptied
the trash can but the room
sometimes went four weeks
without a sweeping," said
Lynni Brooks, a freshman
from Durham who lives in
Carroll Dormitory. "We
finally had to swipe the broom
out of the janitor's closet and
do it ourselves."
General in Party
BONN, Germany The
leader of West Germany's ul
tra-rightist National Democratic
party disclosed Friday night
that party ranks include a gen
eral of the West Germany
Army.
Party chairman Adolf Von
Thadden dropped the minor
bombshell at a news conference,
but refused to name the general
or give further details.
Von Thadden said about 1,200
armed forces men had joined
the party.
Growth of extreme right-wing
sentiment in the armed forces
has recently caused concern in
government circles in Bonn.
The government is expected to
decide this month or next
whether to apply for a constitu
i tional ban on the party, which is
labeled Neo-Nazi by its foes.
Good Neighbor Council. A
native of New Bern and
graduate pf Shaw University
here, he has been with the
council since 1967.
A bill reorganizing the coun
cil and establishing the posi
tion of executive director was
approved by the Senate Thurs
day and sent to the House.
Fred Cooper, who is now
chairman of the council, will
assume the director's job if
the bill becomes law. A new
chairman will then be ap
pointed. Dr. James Taylor of
Durham is vice chairman.
Hill himself told the con
ference, "The quest for
change will continue in some
form. The form it will take
will be decided by white North
Carolina and white America.
"We must help North
Carolina make the right
decision," he said, "by deman
ding North Carolina respond to
its people in terms of what is
right, fair and equal."
Cooper, speaking at the con
ference, said he thinks a new
"healthy attitude" is begin
ning to emerge in which
citizens are asking what they
can do.
He urged the councils to
diversify their activities and
No Difference
"There's been dirt under my
desk since the first week of
school," complained Merle
Brann, a sophomore from
Alexandria, Va., who lives in
Metcalf Dormitory.
Ellen Carroll of Raleigh, a
sophomore in Carroll Dorm,
agrees with the other coed in
terviewed from Carroll. "It'll
be no different now. They've
mopped our room three times
all year. We had to start doing
it ourselves."
All the students interviewed
agreed the janitors usually
keep the bathrooms which
are cleaned daily spotless.
Some are sorry to see the
maids go.
"We had a fine woman on
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set up committees of "Citizens
United for Progress" in each
community-
Charles B. Wade Jr., vice
president of R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Co. in Winston-Salem,
told the meeting of efforts in
that city to end discrimina
tion.
"People are willing to help if
somebody provides a structure
for them to do so," he said.
Wade said the "cruelest and
most asinine" attitude he runs
into is found in those who say,
"I work for mine, let them
work for theirs."
The plain truth. Wade said,
is that whites have an edge
over blacks and getting and
keeping a job is easier for
them,
'Pattern of Thinking'
Sometimes it's as much a
"pattern of thinkipg" that
makes companies always hire
whites as it is overt prejudice
against blacks, he added.
Efforts are being made in
all directions. Wade said, but
too often work is done "grudg
ingly and haltingly."
He said the time has come
for a "militant heart" and
that love, not law, is the real
answer.
our hall; she'd help us out if
we needed help like with
ironing a shirt, for instance,"
said Chip Davis of Burgaw, a
freshman living in Turlington
Dormitory.
"We liked the maids on our
hall. I don't mind having to
clean my own room, but I'm
sorry to see them go," said
Bert Palmer, a sophomore
from Crossnore who also lives
in Burlington.
Another Gripe.
One student complained that
the halls in the suites of newer
dormitories are too narrow to
walk down when the trash
cans are set out each morning.
"You walk out your door in
the morning and you have to
dodge trash cans all the way
Black Council Plans U. S. Suit
Against Scotland Neck Schools
ENFIELD Plans to test the
legality of Scotland Neck's ef
forts to establish a separate
school district in Halifax County
through federal court action
were announced to a countywide
unity meeting here Sunday.
James ft. Walker Jr., Weldon,
an attorney and president of the
Eastern Council on Community
Affairs, told a gathering of
about 125 Negroes at St. Pauls
Baptist Church that efforts will
also be made to block proposed
legislation now in the General
Assembly to establish additional
and separate school districts in
Warrenton and Littleton.
Walker said the suit against
Scotland Neck's proposed school
district, which town voters ap
proved in a referendum April 1,
will allege that the district will
create a racial imbalance in
favor of whites and will offer no
educational or economic ad
vantages.
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Blames White Councils
"The White Citizens Councils
in Halifax and Warren counties
are responsible for these situa
tions and other racial pro
blems," Walker said. He added,
"If the three proposed districts
are established there will be a
total of eight school boards in
the two counties."
Weldon and Roanoke Rapids
have operated separate school
systems in Halifax County for
several years.
Walker, who protested the
Scotland Neck bill at a
legislative committee hearing in
Raleigh said, "some members of
the General Assembly are not fit
to be in Raleigh. They are
racists." He told the group that
Reverse Measures
WASHINGTON , - Navy
employe John M. McGoe won a
pay raise and a transfer Friday
instead of the disciplinary
measure? he said were taken
against him because he report
ed massive thefts of petroleum
from U.S. military stocks in
Thailand.
In withdrawing the discipli
nary actions, however, the Navy
said they had not been of a re
taliatory nature.
down the hall," said Steve
Haydock, a freshman from
Byfield, Mass., who lives in
Bowen Dorm. "There's been
some talk of opening a chute
for us to dump the trash down
that would help."
And, there are some
students who are unfazed by
the whole thing.
"I don't care," said Mike
Flythe of New Bern, who lives
in Tucker Dorm. "We're not
going to clean the room
anyway. It's going to stay dus
ty and dirty we're just
natural slobs."
What about his roommate?
"He doesn't care either.
Some people like clean rooms,
but not us," Flythe said.
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Negro voters in the 25-county,
northeastern area could "oust
any member if you register and
vote together."
The Houae Education Com
mittee is expected to act on the
Warrenton school bill Wed
neaday and a senate committee
is expected to hold a hearing on
the Littleton school bill Thurs
day. The Eastern Council plans
to appear in opposition at both
hearings.
During the two-hour meeting a
collection was taken to help pay
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court costs and attorney fees for
the proposed court action
against the Scotland Neck school
district and for membership in
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
There was no indication when
such a suit might be filed.
In a statement about the War
renton school system bill,
prepared for presentation to the
House Education Committee, aa
Eastern Council spokesman
categorized all three achool
system separation bills as
"racist."