EDITORIAL FEATURE
NAACP Prexy Bypassed
According to Mrs. Millie Veasey,
president of the Raleigh Branch of the
NAACP, the story published in last
Thursday’s News and Observer of a suit
filed against Wake Memorial Hospital
for discriminatory practices was not au
thorized by her office at that time. Mrs.
Veasey said the suit was discussed, plans
made to file same and Attorney Mitchell
was to be advised when to file the suit.
Nonetheless, she says the suit was filed
by Atty. Mitchell without her knowledge
or authority, at the time.
For some years, Raleigh Negroes have
been represented in public affairs by a
few people who have been loyal to each
other. This has had its advantages and
its disadvantages. No doubt, being ac
customed to operating within such a
framework things were done: and possi
bly discussed later, and accepted. Now,
under the leadership of Mrs. Veasey,
NAACP Branch here will, according to
her, experience some discipline as she
intends to function according to the rules
and not individuals. This new concept
here is like a fresh spring breeze blowing
in healthful breaths of pure air to win
ter-weary lungs after a long hard freez
ing season.
The Carolinian, like Mrs. Veasey, sees
a new day for Raleigh when its civic and
political organizations begin to function
with freedom and without self-styled
leaders who use organizations for their
advancement and then let them decay.
Through the years, Raleigh has had to
continually re-activate its Citizens Asso
ciation and NAACP.
Who Is N ext?
Mrs. Julia Brown’s one-hour speech
over WRNC last Thursday evening rais
ed the eyebrows of many local citizens.
Mrs. Brown and the sponsors certainly
believe in free speech for themselves.
That is their constitutional and God
given right. It is also the right of every
other American citizen. From her own
expereince, she admitted when she real
ized she had been duped by the Com
munist Party she quit after 9 months.
There is no doubt that there are others
who quit after finding the course of
the Fellow Traveler unwanted and un-
American. This is also true with Ameri
cans who have denounced the Ku Klux
Klan publicly, in recent hearings in
Washington, as unlike what they ex
pected. In fact, there are many differing
views about the complex American so
ciety by individuals and organizations.
This would hardly be a democracy if
this circumstance did not exist.
There are those who may have been
too small in the past and are still nar
rowed in their views about their fellow
man. However, America is growing in its
world concept, different ideologies are
becoming more understood; cultures
Politics And You
We have studied the Negro’s political
approach throughout the state and
throughout the nation and we have
reached the conclusion that everywhere
one party has had the unwavering sup
port of the Negro, that party has lost
respect for the political savvy of the
Negro.
The Frederick Douglas theory of "The
Republican Party is the ship and all
else is the sea” militated to the extent
that many states, controlled by the
Democrats, disfranchised the Negro. The
Democratic politicians in many of the
northern states used this as a weapon
and lured Negroes into the fold, to the
extent they took over the counties, state
houses and even the presidency with the
Negro vote. The Negro gave the Demo
cratic Party his vote and the party lead
ers gave him high rent, in rat infested
slums, inferio: jobs and second-class ed
ucation in many instances.
A Negro ward healer in Durham,
when asked by a Negro Republican can
didate, in the presence of a Democratic
political leader, if he were going to sup
port him, had the following to say: ‘‘lf
a Democrat dog was running against
you, I would vote for the dog ’ This
proves conclusively that Negroes must
seek values from elected officials and
not doles. Another Democratic leader is
known to have said that he had to feed
his grandchildren and the money was
Did You Know . . .
Did you know that, according to regu
lations of the Federal Housing Author
ity, whenever there is a vacancy at eith
er Chavis Heights, Halifax Courts or
Walnut Terrace, the administrator is re
quired to place same on the bulletin
board? When vacancy is posted, any
one without regard to color, may apply
for housing in any of the public housing
facilities here and anywhere in America.
Did you know that the Raleigh Citi
zens Association has been more or less
inactive for two years? Presently there
is machinery hi motion to re-activate
this vital organization here.
Did you know that two Negroes who
were thought to be white upon entry at
Wake Memprial Hospital were later re
moved to the ‘'Negro wings?” One was
discovered to be a Negro when he was
visited by a tan friend. The other was
removed -when he was visited by his own
Wife, She was brown-skinned.
Did you know that the Civil Liberties
Apparently, the public has not been
aware of what its responsibility is now,
and to posterity, or it just does not give
a rap. To remain silent or refuse to chal
lenge different points of view which re
quire taking a stand, only says to those
who are volatile in their persuasiveness,
go ahead you have my support and vote.
This is well and good when it represents
an organization’s purpose and is done
within the ethics of its framework. How
ever, it is thoughtless, to say the least,
to disregard an office because of whom
the office holder may be or. on the other
hand, cater to the person and not the
office.
Unless Raleigh citizens are willing to
support Mrs. Veasey in her duly elected
office as president of the local branch
of the NAACP it need not look to much
in the future. There will be no leader
ship in behalf of the people should in
dividuals be catered to, but instead there
will be only a herding of humans by re
mote direction under the guise of Negro
representation.
In order for Raleigh to present its tru
est and most wholesome image, its peo
ple must show the courage of their con
victions by speaking out and not waiting
for someone to speak for them. Too long
has the Race been afraid to individually
say its piece. Too long, have we been
economic victims with the price of a
muzzled mouth and brainwashed mind.
Too long have we lived under the shad
ow of conceit and meanness. Too long
have we looked down on things Negro
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studied and people of all hues and col
ors, representing them are becoming
more knowledgeable about each other,
In time, results from such extensive
world affiliation and contact by many
more people, below 7 the level of diplo
mats. will swing the pendulum towards
understanding, compassion, brotherly
love and a hoped-for world calmness.
It may be more healthy than many
may believe, to listen to those who take
the rostrum and the air. Many times
they make the listener more certain that
he believes in free speech. Because he
will find, through it, if you let a person
talk enough, that you will have a better
opportunity to determine whether that
person is the proverbial empty -wagon
with a loud rattle.
It would be difficult to imagine Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. saying to his
people: “Stay in the slums, be slovenly,
don’t go to school, rob and kill those who
would suppress you, etc." And it would
be equally laborious to understand a
speaker delivering a speech to friends
with the v.ewpoint of the enemy as a
theme.
coming from the Democrats in North .
Carolina.
We have no quarrel with anyone about
the selection of a mate, a church, or a
political party. We do say that the time
has come when the Negro must decide
his own political future and certainly it
is not safe if all of them swear their alle
giance to one party. It is our opinion that
God planned the world on the assump
tion that there must be at least two of
every productive agency in the world.
He divided the earth into land and wa
ter. He divided the day into day and
night. He contrasted the beauty of the
sky with the sun in the day and the
moon in the night.
There is another element of the
Negro’s participation in politics in North
Carolina that has militated against his
getting into the full stream of politics.
He feels that he has won a victory if he
gets one Negro on the election ticket.
There is an old saying that if you put
an avowed Methodist in a room with 10
Baptists he has to come out dripping
wet. One Negro anywhere is just a pawn
in the hands of his contemporaries, To
reverse the thinking, we call your atten
tion to the fact that the recent verdict
of a Georgia jury, composed of 11 Ne
goes and one white, found a Negro guil
ty of killing a white man. It did not mat
ter what the white man thought, he was
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Department, State Association, Improv
ed Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
of the World, headed by Alexander
Barnes, invited Ku Klux Klan Grand
Dragon Robert Jones to participate on a
panel with representatives of the NAA
CP and CORE, at its annual meeting to
be held here in May?
DiJ you know that E. M. Butler, State
Secretary, is leading the opposition to
bring Jones to Raleigh for the meeting
and even suggested, (in a letter to Barn
es) that the meeting take on a pacifist
attitude and discuss the recently passsed
voting laws, N. C.’s redistricting plan,
instead of having Jones explain the
Klan to the Elks and then answering
some questions about it?
Did you know that Durham County
Republicans are going to be asked to
support a Negro for sheriff of Durham
County, who has an enviable record as
a graduate of Hillside High School, a
veteran of World War 11, and a very
successful beer salesman?
GUN BLAST RIPS THRU
CHEST Os RALEIGH MAN
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CLASSIFIED ADS
North Carolina '$ Leading Weekly
VOL. 25, NO. 14 RALEIGH. N. C, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1966 PRICE 15 CENTS
"Suits Long Overdue”-Mrs. Veasey
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Kiwanians Hear St. Aug. Dean
'Mo Negro
Leaders-
Robinson
Dr. P. R. Robinson, execu
tive dean and professor of so
ciology at St. Augustine’s Col
lege, spoke to the Capital City
Kiwanis Club at Ballentlne’s
Restaurant, Monday afternoon,
Feb. 21, in ttie observance of
Brotherhood Week.
“The word brotherhood is an
all encompassing term which
means many and different things
to different people," according
to Dr. Robinson. He indicated
that brotherhood should repre
sent an individual moral com
mitment to respect human per
sonality and judge people as in
dividuals—not by race, creed or
color. He stated that we need 1
(See KIWANIANS HEAR, P. 2)
a
DR. V. R. ROBINSON
Teen-Dems
To Canvass
For Voters
On Saturday, Feb. 19, the
Capital City Teen-Dems com
pleted their plans for the com
ing election of officers for 1965-
66. Chairman Thomas Williams
and co-chairman Skip Quick
completed their plans for the
“Seeding and Weeding" project
in precinct 35.
The Teen-Dems will meet at
their headquarters at 11 a, m,
on March 19 and will group in
teams and begin doorbell ring
(See TEEN-DEMS. P. *>
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A “FIRST” FOR GEORGIA *> Ellaville, Ga,: The first almost completely Negro trial jury,
IS Negroes and one white man, leave court during recess here last Thursday. This jury, the
first of its kind since Reconstruction, was chosen on Wednesday to try a 14-year-old youth,
charged with killing a white policeman, who was allegedly beating his brother. The youth receiv
ed six years in prison after being found guilty. (UP! PHOTO).
TEACHERS STRIKE, STUDENTS DON’T - Newark: Despite
the picket sign carried by a striking school teacher, students
at Central High School in Newark enter the building for classes
last week. The Teachers Union of the city defied a court order
by staging a strike that could disrupt the largest school system
in New Jersey. (UPI PHOTO),
Mm Hides Saspki&m
P@wder Iti B&bf Diaper
CHICAGO (NPI) - It has been
said there’s nothing really new
under the sun, but a 55-year
old mother came up with, a
unique hiding place for what
was suspected to be narcotics.
Charged with the sale and
possession of narcotics, the
woman was said to have been
caught stashing a white sub
stance in the plactic bag in a
baby’s diaper. The white sub
stance was believed to be hero
in.
When vice detectives raided
the woman’s apartment, they al
NC Teachers Set Workshop
A Joint State Workshop on
“Professional Rights and Re
sponsibilities” and “Profes
sional Practices Act,” spon
sored by the Prof ess i o nal
Rights and Responsible ties
Commission and the Legislative
Committee, of the North Car
olina Teacher Association, will
be held Saturday, Feb. 26, from
so uncovered 1,200 pills, eight
handguns, more white powder
(worth $5,000 if heroin) and
an estimated $15,000 in office
supplies, watches, cameras,
jewelry equipment and hospital
supplies.
Police theorize the goods may
have been exchanged for nar
cotics.
The tip which sent police to
the woman’s apartment came
from a dope peddler who said
he received his supplies from
the woman.
10 a. m. until 4 p, m. at the
Ligon High School Auditorium,
Raleigh,
Dr. Owen Love, Legal coun
sel, Professional Rights and
Responsibilities Commission,
NEA, will serve as the fea
tured speaker and consultant
for the Professional Rights and
(See NC TEACHERS, P. 2)
Head Os
NAACP
Comments
BY STAFF WRITER
Mrs. Millie Dunn Veasey,
president of the Raleigh branch
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, told a CAROLINIAN
newsman early Wednesday,
“These hospital suits are long
overdue and we intend to fol
low through."
She also stated, “Mr. (Wil
liam F.) Andrews, the admin
istrator, has never denied the
fact that the hospital is segre
gated. We have read the notes
in the newspaper which he made,
and we are not satisfied with
anything less than complete e
quality and find segregated fa
cilities, as currently existing
at Wake Memorial Hospital, un
acceptable and offensive."
The militant civil rights lead
er had no comment on a suit
(See HOSPITAL SUITS, P. 2)
Choice Plans
Not Working -
Commission
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Free
dom of choice plans have re
sulted In very limited Integra
tion of public schools in the
Southern States, the U. S. Com
mission on Civil Rights said
in a report released last Wed
nesday.
Acknowledging that imple
mentation of Title VT of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 has
resulted in “significant pro
gress in securing the agreement
of school districts to desegre
gate their schools," the Com
mission report pointed out that
highest estimates indicate that
“not more than one Negro child
(See CHOICE PLANS, P. 2)
W EATH KU
Temperaures tot the next
five days, Thursday through
Monday, will average 2 to 1
degrees below normal. Nor
ma* high and low tempera
tures for the period will be f'3
and 32 degrees. Some modera
tion In temperatures !s expect
ed over the weekend, other
wise rather cold weather Is
expected to prevail through
out the period. Precipitation
will total one-half to three
fourths of an inch or more,
occurlng early In the period
and asaln early next week.
From Raleigh s Official Police Files
THE CHIME BEAT
BY CHARLES R. TONES
BreaksThruDoor ‘Drink’ Buddies
To Get Clothes? Beaten By His
Miss A nr. Howard, of 313
E. Cabarrus St., Apt, 7, told
“the law*' at 1:59 p. m. Sat
urday, she received a call from
a neighbor who lives in the
apartment next to her’s, that
her front door had been brok
en down.
Miss Howard then went to
police headquarters and was
accompanied to her house by
two officers. She admitted that
her boyfriend, Herbert Miles,
27, had been staying there, add
ing, “1 ran him away about four
days ago.”
Miles had some clothes at
the apartment, but they were
gone when officers and Miss
Howard arrived. Damage to
the door was set at SB3.
Miles is reported to be a.
part-time employee of Acme
Cab Company,
Says in
Wilted I©
Fight Him
A 56-year-old man told two
Raleigh policemen last Friday
night that the reason he shot
a 32-year-old man was report
edly to keep from fighting him.
Willie Russell Johnson, the
younger man, reported to Of
ficers Otis Hinton and E. Cur
tis at 7;35 p. m. Wednesday,
that he had an argument with
James Thomas, 117 1/2 Lee St.,
outside Mr. Thomas’ home.
Johnson declared Thomas
went into his house, returned
with a .22 calibre rifle, and
shot. him. The bullet entered
his chest and emerged under
his right armpit.
When arrested, Thomas told
the Officers that Johnson came
to his house and tried to get
him to fight. Fie admitted the
shooting.
The gun was confiscated.
Thomas was released from
the Wake County Jail, under
bond, sometime during the
weekend.
A check at Wake Memorial
Hospital late Tuesday after
noon, revealed that Johnson’s
condition was "good,”
Thomas, who was charged
with assault with a deadly wea
pon with intent to kill, will
receive a hearing before City-
Court Judge S. Pretlowe Win
borne as soon as Johnson is
able to testify in court.
Jffrs. Bebnm
Honored By
Sorority
Mrs. Marjorie Boyd Debnam
was selected as the 1965 Ra
leigh “Woman of the Year”
from nominees submitted to a
non-partison committee chosen
by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, spon
sor oi the Woman of the V ear
Project here Monday night.
Mrs. Debnam will be honored
MRS. B&RMA9S, F. 2)
MRS, MAHJOHiE a DEBNAM
Witnesses
Ready For
3-Day Meet
About 100 delegates from the
south unit congregation of Je
hovah’s Witnesses here in Ra
leigh will attend the three-day
circuit convention in Tarboro,
March 4-6, according to a state
ment made here this week by
Joseph Taylor, local presid
ing minister.
The meeting will be held at
the Patillo High School in Tar
boro, where an estimated 600
delegates from 15 other congre
gations are expected.
(See WITNESSES, F. 2)
Robert Junior Haywood, of
Route 7, Raleigh (Neuse), told
“the law" at 9 a. m. Satur
day, he had been drinking with
a group of boys in the 200
block of W. South Street and
left going to the bus station,
when two of the boys jumped
him and asked for money.
Haywood said he was knock
ed to the sidewalk and “out
cold** for a few minutes. He
was- taken to the hospital and
treated for an abrasion of the
right cheek. He later Identified
Harold Bailey, 19, of Rt, 6,
Raleigh, as being one of his
attackers, but couldn’t identify
the other. Bailey was arrest
ed and held under a SIOO bond.
The incident took place in front
of 516 Fayetteville Street.
(»«• CMS SEAT, V. S)