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VOLUME 48 No. 38 DURHAM, C. N., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1969
NAACP Decries
Name Jew To Supreme Court
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Milton Harrington, president Liggett & M yers; "Dr. and Mrs. Semans, honorees;
Sterling Brown, president National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Dr. And Mrs. Sem
By Mail Christians A
(By Leon Goldston)
Dr. and Mrs. James H. Se
mans became the second cou
ple in this country to have
bestowed upon them, out
standing recognition, by the
National Conference of Chris
tians and Jews.
The Semans accepted the
National Brotherhood Award
at a dinner given in their
honor at the Durham Hotel
here Sept 9. The award given
in recognition of "dedication,
compassion, and unselfish de
votion to the relief suffering,
to the goal of equality, and
to the spiritual and cultural
uplifting of mankind with a
conscious regard for ract, re
ligion, and nationality." The
Semanses' reply to the honor
was, "We trust that this will
benefit the causes we believe
in."
The guest speaker for the
evening was Richard S. Gor
don, vice president and gener
al manager of New Enterprises
Division of Monsanto Co. He
challanged the audience to
follow and progress such as
poverty, housing, education;
ect. He pledged the assistance
of his company saying, "I pro
mise you ... Monsanto will
join you in programs you think
appropriate to correct the ills."
Citing the Triangle area's
many advantages, he spoke of
the role that the various re
search agencies could play in
preventive medicine, malnutri
tion, crop planning, housing;
ect. In the field of education
Gordon favored further deve
lopment of a day care pro
gram stating, "The young child
needs freedom to interact in
his community." Speaking
about campus unrest, he
pointed out such conditions as
faculties being "removed"
from student bodies. He view
ed the college administration
as having become "so big it
only talks to itself."
Upon receiving the award
presented by Milton Harring
ton. president of Liggett &
Myers, Inc., Mrs. Semans said,
"Jim and I cannot take credit
(See SEMANS page 11A)
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Charles Daye
Named to Court
Of Appeals Post
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Charles
E. Daye, Durham, has been ap
pointed law clerk to Chief
Judge Harry Phillips of the U.
S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
—the first such appointment on
the court to go to a Negro.
Daye, 25, received his ele
mentary school training in
Durham, and a BA degree from
the North Carolina College at
Durham, graduating magna cum
laude. He then entered the Co
lumbia University Law School
and received his law degree
there after graduating cum
laude.
One of two law clerks in the
office of Phillips, Daye was an
associate in the New York law
firm of Dewey, Ballantine,
Bushby, Palmer and Wood. This
(See DAYE page 11A)
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LINCOLN HOSPITAL SCHOOL
OF NURSING 64TH CLASS OF
1969 The exercise was held
Sunday, 4:00 P.M., September
14, at the Covenant United
SUCCUMBS Mrs. Clementine
Kay Plummer, 83, widow of the
late Dr. J. 0. Plummer who
succumbed at a nursing home
in Enfield recently. Funeral
services were held at St. Am
brose Episcopal Church in Ra
leigh. (See 2nd section, page 1)
CHUCKLE OF THE WEEK
Judging from the advertise
ments it's so easy to be beau
tiful that we wonder why we
see so many homely women.
Presbyterian Church on Lincoln
Street. First row from left to
right are: Joyce Bell, Barbara
Anderson, Gwendolyn Under
wood, Shirley Vereen, Lottie
PRICE: 20 Cents
r Sad Blow to
Aspirations of
All Americans'
NEW YORK—President Nix
on's failure to appoint a Jewish
American to the United State*
Supreme Court "was a sad
blow to the aspirations of all
Americans for full participa
tion of all of our people in the
affairs of government," the Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
charges in a resolution adopted
by its Board of Directors at its
regular quarterly meeting here
on September 8.
The text of the unanimously
adopted resolution was made
public here this week by Bish
op Stephen Gill Spottswood,
chairman of the Association's
64-member National Board,
after he had dispatched a copy
to the President on September
9. The resolution also reaffirm
ed and ratified the
issued and steps taken by Ex
ecutive Director Roy Wilkins
in opposition to the President's
selection of Judge Clement F.
Haynsworth for the Supreme
Court.
The NAACP Board's objec
tion to the appointment encom
passes more than opposition to
Judge Haynsworth's "lamenta
ble record in civil rights mat
ters" and l his anti-labor deci
sions. In addition to these con
siderations, the Board's oppo
sion is based "on the refusal
of the President of the United
States to follow the tradition
of his eminent predecessors —
of recognizing the vast political
and social contributions, parti
cularly with respect to our
legal institutions, made by Jew
ish Americans."
The resolution cited the rec
ords of Justices Louis D. Bran
deis, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Fe
lix Frankfurter, Arthur Gold
berg and Abe Fortas as "ma
jor developments and contribu
tions to the legal and political
structure of the United States
over the past half-century."
President Nixon, the resolu
tion points out, passed over
two opportunities within the
last three months to extend the
tradition Initiated by President
Woodrow Wilson in 1916 with
the appointment of Justice
(See DECRIES page 11A)
Bolding, Lillian Crannell Willis,
Queen Brown Graves. Second
row: Connie Browne, Ellen
Webster.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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POPLAR STREET
MT. VERNON AND POPLAR
STREETS, located! in the heart
Of the black business section
of Durham, depict some of the
torrible conditions existing
Here and faced by many of the
city's poverty stricken black
citizens. Rental prices charged
on the above dilapidated and
roof-leaking shacks run, more
or less, from $7.50 to sls per
Cong. Hawkins Attacks Southern
Drive For All-White
(By Cong. A. F. Hawkins)
The irony of the drive for
school desegregation in the
South is the rapid elimination
of black teachers and adminis
trators. The sordid ills of ra
cial prejudice are as usual per
petrating extreme hardship on
the very persons who have for
years sought to challenge black
youth and and fill a serious
void created by racial bigotry.
It is tragic that the struggle to
make democracy also relevant
and meaningful to America's
"second class" black citizenry
results in further promotion of
racial injustices. In this in
stance, Mack educators who
have been long viewed as the
stalwart backbone of the South
ern black communities are be
ing threatened and annihilated.
A recent poll conducted) by
the Christian Science Monitor
revealed a 27% and 55% de
crease in the number of black
teachers and principals re
spectively, since 1963 due to
the enforcement of school in
tegration legislation in 30
school districts in northern
Georgia. This pattern is alleged
as representative of the situa
tion throughout the South.
When a school district is
forced to eliminate the dual,
black-white school setup, facul
ties and facilities have to be
combined. It is at this point
that black teachers and princi
pals are eliminated. Oftentimes
their qualifications are ignored
even though they in many In
stances surpass their white com
petitors. For example, at Co
rinth and Gulfport, Mississippi,
two black principals were shift
ed to other jobs after desegre
gation. Both were highly quali
fied, with master's degrees
from northern Universities and
many years of experience. How
ever, they were not viewed by
the white powers as qualified
to continue as principals. Fur
ther, when a black high school
in Bay St. Loula was desegre
gated, 2 out of 10 black teach
ers were retained.
Southern white power is de
(See HAWKINS page 11A)
MT. VERNON STREET
week.
When a representative of
the Carolina Times questioned
tbe Watkins and Brewer Com
pany, rental agents for the
owners of the several houses,
as to why even minimum re
pairs had not been made on
the houses leaking roofs and
other badly needed conditions,
he was told that several of the
Former Professor at N.C. A&T
Named President Albany State
ALBANY, Ga. A former
North Carolina A&T State Uni
versity professor has been ap
pointed president of Albany
(Ga.) State College by the
Board of Regents of the Uni
versity System of Georgia.
The announcement of the se
lection of Dr. Charles Leonard
Hayes as the fifth president of
the South Georgia institution
was made by the University
System's Chancellor, Dr. Geo.
L. Simpson, Jr., following the
regular meeting of the Board
of Regents in Atlanta Wednes
day afternoon.
Hayes was a member of the
A&T State University faculty
for seventeen yeass where he
served in a number of faculty
and administrative posts. Prior
to accepting the American
Council on Education Academic
Administration Fellow appoint
ment in 1966, he was chairman
of the department of education
and psychology and director of
Natl Bankers Association Clears
Stand on Recent Meet in Chicago
WASHINGTON—The Execu
tive Committee of the National
Bankers Association wishes to
make its position clear as it
regards recent publicity con
concerning the presentations
made by various speakers and
the resolution adopted by the
participants at the Bankers
Conference on Urban Affairs
which recently convened in
Chicago.
The Committee recognizes the
close similarity in the progress
advocated by Messers. Roy In
nis, Executive Director of the
Congress of Racial Equality,
Floyd B. McKissick, former Di
owners lived out of the city
plus the fact the property is
located in the urban renewal
area where it is slated for
early demolition.
Photo at the top is * scene
of Mt. Vernon Street; the photo
at the bottom is a scene of Pop
lar Street.
(Photo by Purefoy)
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DR. HAYES
teacher education, a position
he held for five years.
Dr. Hayes, who has been
with the HEWs U.S. Office of
Education since 1967, succeeds
(See PRESIDENT page 11A) ~
rector of CORE and Whitney
Young, Executive Director of
the Natioanl Urban League.
Each urged that the Banking
industry take a substantive role
in social and economic develop
ment of the National Urban
Centers, that is the Black
Communities. Each, however,
used his own terminology. In
this regard, Mr. Innis used "Re
coupment" to describe his pro
posal, Mr. Young used, "Mar
shall Plan" and Floyd McKls
sick used "Black power."
In spite of his semantic dif
ference, the Committee fully
(See BANKERS page 11 A)
Coun. Stewart
Walks Out of
Meet in Protest
The Human Relations Com
mittee, whose members were
nominated by the Durham City
Council, came under lengthy
questioning by Klans represen
tative C. P. Ellis, at a meeting
of the council held here Mon
day night, Sept. 15
In his criticism of the com
mission, which lasted more
than two hours. Ellis began
by consistently mispronounc
ing the word "Negro," while
disregarding pleas by black per
sons in attendance, to "say
black if you can't say Negro
right." Manv Klan sympathi
zers at this point, joined in
with Ellis to say "nigger," as
many blacks became insulted -
appealing directly to the may-
Black councilman John S.
Stewart, having asked Mayor
Grabarek not to allow the con
tinuance of Ellis' persistant in
sults to black members of the
commission, stood and walked
out of the council chambers as
the mayor tolerated further
statements and outbursts de
signed to incite other blacks
who felt that the council
should not have tolerated the
inflammatory statements nude
by Ellis and his companions.
Rev. Phillip R. Cousin,
attempted to mediate the furor
by saying that "this isn't get
ting anybody anywhere." "In
his inability to pronounce the
word Negro, he could have said
black," Cousin said.
has asked to appear
buffet the council to discuss
school desegregation, the un
satisfactory performance of
the commission, and the
absence of Klan representa
tion. The chairman stated the
commission "is not a tool for
anyone... if the commission is
to foster human rights it must
look at situations objectively
and reach a fair decision."
As the heated .exchange of
remarks continued unchecked
Ellis displayed a gun in his
belt in the presence of the
mayor and the police chief
of the city. The Klansman stat
ed that threats had been made
against him and his family and
that he would go down fight
ing. Most of the blacks had
gone, following the exodus of
Councilman Stewart.
Mrs. J. Johnson
Appointed to
Ya. EOC Post
ALEXANDER, Va. An
nouncement was made here last
week by the office of the City
Manager of Alexandria thai
Mrs. Judith Sugg Johnson has
been appointed to the position
of Coordinator of the Alexan
dria Economic Opportunities
Commission.
Having acted as coordinator
since May, Mrs. Johnson was
commissioned to fill the poet
left vacant by Thomas L. Hol
land who resigned.
Mrs. Johnson was assistant
coordinator and program de
veloper for the local anti-pov
erty agency from September,
1968 to April. 1969. Prior to
coming to Alexandria, she held
the position of administrative
assistant, deputy director and
acting director for the Halifax
County Community Action, lac.
Since she has been in Alexan
dria, her responsibilities have
been those of general adminis
trator of the EOC program in
cluding staff management and
the preparation of the budgets
and funding package for the
Federal Office of Economic Op
portunities.
A graduate of Virginia State
College, Mrs. Johnson did grad
date work at Swarthmore Col
lege in Pennsylvania.
(See APPOINTED page 11A)