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It is better to have one man working with you
than three men working for you.
—Elmer G. Leterman
VOLUME 49 No. 8
Congressman John Conyers Sees New Political Movement
In Alabama's National Democratic Party Victory Drive
Black Panthers Charged With
Anti-Semitism by Jewish Group
NEW YORK - The Ameri
can Jewish Committee charged
recently that the activities and
statements of the Black Pan
thers has been so consistently
anti-Zionist and anti-Israel that
it was almost impossible to
make the distinction between
that attitude and anti-Semi
(Sec PANTHERS 8A)
TOP STUDENT Miss Gail
Owens, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hughie Owens of 1202
Scout Drive in Durham, has
earned a semester average of
4.0 for the Fall semester at
Winston-Salem State Univer
sity.
Gail is an English major
and a sociology minor. She
plans to attend the University
of North Carolina in Chapel
Hill in September to work on
a master's degree in social
work.
Jim Brown, Other Athletes Begin
'Food First' Drive for Children
Blasting both the apathy of
athletes and red tape of bu
reaucratic organizations, Jim
Brown, actor and president of
the Black Economic Union,
shocked an audience of profes
sional sportsmen with his as
sessment of the situation in this
country.
"For too long we've been
sitting down and living a good
life and'not really aware of
what's going on in this coun
try," Brown admonished.
"There are thousands of chil
dren—black, brown and white
—who can't study and can't
concentrate on an education
because of malnutrition and in
adequate eclothing." he stat
ed.
Brown went or to decry the
situation that allowed children,
whom he described as the fu
ture of America, to suffer
without the basic necessities of
life.
"There are families, mainly
in the south, who can't even
pay the twenty cents (the Gov
ernment pays eighty) required,
so their children can eat a
school lunch," he added.
The former Cleveland Browns
running back proposed a "Food
First Program" that would
serve to supply these lackm?
necessities, and 1 one that would
be practical and assured of
reachcing the stomachs of the
hungry children themselves.
Brown contended that of ten
many of the federal funded
programs become ensnared in
red tlfee, pigeon holded by in
sensitive politicians and 1 those
with selfish interest, and are
distributed to the less needy
by local Southern officials.
"We as a body," Brown told
the athletes, "can help elimi
nate some of these problems."
He outlined a plan whereas
BEU and the athletes would
become a social working team
and upon an agreed date board
a plane—each paying his own
traveling and living expense—
and fly to an indigent county
and see exactly what the con
ditions are, and ascertain ex-
tism.
In a report issued by Sey
mour Samet, Director of its
Intergroup Relations and
Social Action Department, the
Committee noted that "fot a
variety of reasons, attack on
Jews as Jews are no longer
politically effective in this
country. In recent years the
anti-Semite has conventiently
camouglaged his purpose under
a cover of anti-Zionism."
The study, prepared by
Milton Ellerin, Director of
AJC's Trends Analyses Divi
sion, included compilations of
public statements by Panther
functionaries, and editorials
and news stories in "The Black
Panther, the Party's official
publication, all of which indi
cate the group's support of A 1
Fatah and the Arab guerillas,
and opposition to Israel and its
supporters.
The report quotes Stokely
Carmichael, at that time a
high functionary of the Black
Panther Party, as telling the an
nual convention of Arab Stu
dents at the University of Mi
chigan on August 31, 1968
that "we will fight to wipe it
(Zionism) out wherever it
exists, be it in the ghetto of
the United Stated or in the
Middle East."
As far back as June 1967,
the report, shows, "Black
Power" printed "an obscene
BROWN
actly how they may help the
poor. After this visual assess
ment, each member of the
'Food First Caravan' would re
turn to his own state and with
the technical assistance of
BEU adopt a county in this
state and make foods, "clothing
and monies available to the
country's poverty stricken,
through the joint efforts of
BEU and the athletes.
Architect of the program is
John Wooten, Executive Direc
tor of BEU who showed Brown
a letter from Mrs. Frieda R.
Mitchell from Frogmore, S. C.
After discussion, Brown and
Wooten decided the "Food
First Program' should 1 have top
priority.
Expected to join t.he program
are such stars as Otis Taylor,
Gale Sayers, Calvin Hill, and
Mike Garrett.
Solons Pass
PW Protest
WASHINGTON The
Senate adopted yesterday a res
olution protestii.g the treatment
of U.S. servicemen held prison
er by Communist North Viet
nam and the Viet Cong.
The resolution calls on the
Communists to comply with the
Geneva Convention on treat
ment of prisoners of war, and
endorses efforts by the United
States.
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NARCOTICS LICTURE PARTI
CIPANTS Women-In-Action
for the Prevention of Violence
and Its Causes, Incorporated
sponsored a recent lecture and
film on "Drugs and l Narcotics
in Durham." Shown above dur
Columbia Univ. Plans More
Minority Group
New Program Designed To Elevate
Ethnic Imbalance In College Faculties
NEW YORK - "The edu
cation of more Ph.D.'s from
minority groups appears to be
the most important single con
tribution the University can
make in affecting the historical
ethnic imbalance within facul
ties of universities."
With this policy statement,
released last week, Columbia
University has pledged to in
crease the number of minority
persons it trains for the doc
torate. The statement added
that such training "is to be the
major thrust" of Columbia's
program to help improve
ethnic balance in higher edu
cation.
A shortage of black Ph.D.'s
is one reason for the shortage
of black professors at most ma
jor American universities. Mi
nority group persons account
for less than one percent of all
those who have earned the
doctorate in the United States
in recent years. A person or
N. C. Teachers Ass'n Credit
Union Meets All Requirements
The >Jorth Carolina Teach
ers Association Credit Union
in its Annual Shareholders
meeting recently approved re
ports showing the Credit
Union's operation to be in con
formity with all required provi
sions, including the Federal
protection limit on savings for
individual members, in addi
tion to individual Insurance
protection. Total assets were
listed at $70,810.80 which is
slightly less than the total
shown for 1968. This shortage
resulted when some members
were advised to withdraw their
share savings, because there
were some questions about the
continuance of the Credit
Union in the Merger Plan. In
addition to this problem, the
condition was further confused
when the incumbent Treasurer-
Manager of the Credit Union
found it necessary to resign
(See UNION page 8A)
DURHAM, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1970
ing lecture are from left to
right: Mrs. James Maxwell,
Chairman, Police - Community
Relatioss S u b-Committee of
Women-In-Action; Officer T. T.
Blalock, Police-Community Re
dinarily must have a Ph.D. of
equivalent professional degree
to be appointed a professor at
leading universities here.
Columbia, which awarded
502 doctorates last year, is
one of the nation's highest
ranking universities in the num
ber of Ph.D.'s granted annual
ly-
"The only certain way of
remedying the shortage of per
sons from minority groups
qualified for university teach
ing positions is to increase
over the longer run the number
of Ph.D. recipients among the
minorities," the statement de
clared. It noted that almost
90 percent of the Ph.D. reci
pients in the humanities enter
teaching; between one-hald and
two-thirds of students in the
social sciences and just under
one-half of those in the
sciences choose the same ca
reer. Columbia awards more
(See COLUMBIA 8A)
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HISTORY WEIK SPEAKER—
Rev. L. H. Whelchel, Jr., pa»
tor of Russell Memorial CMZ
Church of Durham, addressed
DBC students during Annual
lations Staff; Juliette Suggs,
student; Patricia Suggs, stu
dent; Officer T. A. Allen, Po
lice, Community Relations Staff
of the Durham Police Depart
ment.
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EXECUTIVE TALK—Two ex
ecutives of New Lady Maga
zine trade some non-business
chatter with a banking execu
tive at NEW LADY'S Open
House Reception for its Hay
ward, California offices. The
conversationalists include (left
to right) J. Darnell Harvey,
Assistant Publisher, New Lady;
Negro History Week program
on Friday, February 13, at
10:45 in the College Audito
rium. Pictured left to right are
Rev. L. H. McDonald), College
Integrated Machine Expected to
Capture Many Seats in Election
WASHINGTON - Congress
man John Conyers, Jr. (D-
Mich.) claimed recently that
there is a new political move
ment in Alabama now holding
the balance of power.
Conyers, has just returned
from Alabama, where he ad
dressed a fund-raising dinner of
the National Democratic Party
in Montgomery.
"The N. D. P. A. activities
were held around the corner
from the hotel where Vice-
President Agnew berated the
press for biased news coverage
It's more than ironic that none
of the recent press accounts
acknowledged N. D. P. A's
growing strength which forced
George Wallace's Democrats to
make some token party re
forms," Conyers said.
Expressing surprise at find
ing a truly black and white
political organization operat
(See CONYERS 8A)
William Danska, Manager, Bank
of America; and! W. Warner
Beckett, New Lady publisher.
The b1 a c k-oriented women's
magazine holds membership in
Magazine Publisher's Associa
tion, industry association of
leading publishers of more
than 400 magazines.
Minister, Rev. L. H. Whelchel,
Jr., Mrs. L. McCauley Harris,
President; Henderson Bailey,
Student Government President
Facts on the Weather
FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY
Rain showers, ending mainly eastern sec
tion Friday. Becoming fair on Saturday.
Increasing cloudiness Sunday, with a
chance of rain.
American Red Cross Reveals
Annual 68-69 Operating Costs
WASHINGTON - The
American Red Cross spent
$120,077,865 in the fiscal
year 1968-69 to provide its
health and welfare services lor
the American people according
to its Annual Report, which
has just been released.
The largest item of expendi
ture was 851,747,603 for its
worldwide services to members
of the U. S. Armed forces
veterans, and their families --
greatest for this purpose since
World War 11. An increase of
more than $3.3 million over
the costs for the same activi
ties in 1967-68 resulted from
the continuing expansion of U.
S. military strength in Vietnam
during much of 1968-69.
Accomplishments of the or
Black Consumer Index Formed
To Study "Unknown Country"
NEW YORK - "There's a
lot of talk about the Negro
market but little data on how
to tap it."
With that observation
George Ross Irving, executive
director of Selected Area Sur
veys, a division of Audits &
Surveys Inc., today announced
the creation of the National
Black Consumer Index.
"We'll be surveying in depth
for product and brand usuage,
brand awareness, and which
media black people trust and
rely on for information,"
Irving said.
"In many respects, the
black population in the U. S.
Geo. Wallace to Discuss School
Issues Sunday on Television
NEW YORK—George C. Wal
lace, former Alabama Governor
and former Presidential candi
date who recently called on
southern governors to defy
Federal Court integration ord
ers, will be the guest on the
ABC News television and radio
program, "Issues and An
swers," Sunday, February 22.
Wallace will air his views on
a wide range of topics and will
be questioned by a team of
ABC News correspondents.
On "Issues and Answers,"
the former Governor will be
asked if he plans to run for
re-election this fall. Under
Alabama law, Wallace must,
during the week of February
22, file a statement of intent
indicating whether he will seek
to recapture the Statehouse.
Although the former governor
has remained non-committal,
many observers expect him to
run for re-election and per
haps for the Presidency in
1972.
At a February 8 rally in Bir
mingham, Wallace tnld a noisy
and enthusiastic crowd that he
will seek the Presidency again,
"If Nixon doesn't do some
thing about the mess oar
schools are In."
In the same address, he
urged governors of southern
states to disregard Federal
orders for public school inte
gration by opening schools
that have been closed, to halt
the use of busing to achieve
racial balance and to ignore
the integration guidelines set
down in the Federal Court rul
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ganization in 1968-69 included
the following.
*More than 3,000,000 units
of blood, an all time high
were collected for civilian uae.
and a rare blood registry was
established to record donors
with blood typed or combina
tion of -types occurring less
than one in every 200 people.
cates -- also an all-time high
-were issued for completion
of courses in first aid. water
safety, and small craft safety.
Another 8,676.000 persons re
ceived some informal training
in these safety fields.
*Nine disaster relief specia
lists and two consultants on
blood collection were assigned
(See RED CROSS aA)
represents an unknown coun
try within a country," he
added. He noted that there are
more blacks in the l\ S. than
the entire population of Cana
da and that their income today
is five times what it was two
decades ago.
"Although the Negro's visi
bility in community life has
never been greater, to many
marketers the black man is still
the "invisible man." We have
therefore developed the Na
tional Black Consumer Index,"
he said
The first survey will take
place early in 1970 and will
(See FORMED page 8A)
ing.
Wallace said: "I would lil»
to see the governors use their
executive authority to put •
stop to the destrucion of our
entire system of education"
and warned President Nixon
that unless southern demands
are met, "We will see that you
are a one-term President."
As standard-bearer for the
American Party in 1968, George
Wallace polled nearly ten mil
lion votes against 31.3 million
for Hubert Humphrey and l 31.8
for Richard Nixon.
Chapel Hill Mayor
Lee To Speak At
Relations Meeting
iMayor Howard Lee of Cha
pel Hill will be the guest
speaker for the monthly meet
ing of the Durham Council on
Human Relations Tuesday
night at the St. Phillips Epis
copal Church, 403 E. Main
Street.
Lee, the first black man to
hold the office of Mayor in
the small college town, will
speak on "Human Relations
and Political Power."
A spokesman from the Ma
yor's office said Lee would be
discussing the need for a re
j turn by politicians to humaness
in drafting laws and taking
stands on social issues.
The meeting is scheduled
to begin at 8 p.m.