V'V : : ’v '■ ' "-V v >'■:&. ' T!pv., :v: ‘" v^-;/g- :> # v '//ft*./ ' : : '• * V W .1 '*« . -J. . - J ... lt, \ > * 't; - V'A-JF '•' ’■'-,;*■■* T.7'?B •y V./ r V 5;-' ' <-* '**s** *T& •.>»f r ~ J V- ~4WP S 6-” '» . ; " ‘' •**?>' ’* i ~jJ| •• ii, "*»*,. W. ! \m:o t ~ >» v TK.§T ):9?{*%I&llSB "Monk Antihy flayed By NCPriacfaal LAURINBURG - W. L, Baker, principal, Washington Park School, told a Men's Day audi ence at Franklin Chapel AME Zion Church that there is grave danger in apathy and unless the citizens of Laur inburg and Scot land woke up from this apathy he shuddered to think what would become of the Negro children of that community. Mr Baker was the principal speaker at the annua! Men’s Day program, at 11 a. m. Sunday, ae began by telling the audi ence that he was alarmed over the fact that the men of the community had not accepted the responsibility that goes with roaring their children and has left too much of the responsibil ity to the mother. He charged that such persons were not capable of being called men. He lashed out against those who would not pay enough attention to their children to see that they were reared in the fear and admonition of the Lord, He said that such apathy had created a great disadvantage in the local school and he was terribly alarmed about the dis parity that exists between the white and Negro children as they now attend integrated classes. He was alarmed over the fact that a Negro child, with about a third grade classi fication, would not be thrown into a class with white children and would be taking algebra this school year. He said it T was appalling that many such Negro children could not spell algebra. The speaker warned that the gap was almost too great to bridge, but the government said ilt must be bridged. He did not put all of the blame on the Negro however and saidthatthe dual system had not undermined the Negro child, but the white child would be terribly crippled, while waiting for the Negro child to catch up. He said that is one of the great prices that our society must not only ac cept the responsibility for cre ating, but would have to join its forces to eradicate as soon as possible. "There Is no turn ing back, we must go forward and il we say we can do, we wHi do,” he concluded. He chided his audience about saying "My white folks '’ He said the matter of cow-towing and uncle - turning had per meated the minds and souls of children and the parents wre responsible for it. "This places a tremendous burden on the teacher to raise a child’s thinking from submission to fortitude, from fear to courage arid from doubt to firmness,” he said. He was echoed by Alexander i Barnes, director, Public Rela tions, AME Zion Church, who followed him, representing the AME Zion Church, Barnes ad monished the audience that it is later now for both the Negro and the nation than it has ever been and that America must rise to the occasion or be swalled up in the changing times. The program was chaired by Vernon Wall and all of the par ticipants were men. Willie Thomas presided. Prayers were offered by George Ed Zeigler. Sexter Long led the responsive reading. Others who took part were Levern Alien, Vernon Wall, Donrde McNeil, Lean McLeod, Lacy Caple, De berry Sylvester and Robert Wil liams. A! McLean presented /the speaker. Special music was furnished by a men's chorus. Rev. T, H. Murphy, pastor, summed up the entire program, W® Your Business DIXIE CRYSTAL SUGAR 5 3b. bag 59c GOLD SEAL FLOUR ... .5 lb. bag 59e GRADE A SMALL EGGS . . .3 Doz. 99c RIB STEW BEEF or BOLOGNA lb. 39c FRESH PORK NECK BONES 5 lbs. 89c ALL MEAT WEINERS lb. 49c; 2 lbs. 89c! ROUND, CLUB or RIB STEAKS lb. 89c! FRESH SPARE MBS Ib. 39c BEEF or PORK LIVER .3 lbs. 99c I PINE STATE ICE MILK ...y 2 Gal 43c! ELLIOTT’S COUNTRY STYLE BACON .... lb. 49c PORK CHOPS or PORK STEAK Ib. 65c PEACOCK'S PIjUSE PORK SAUSAGE lb. 39c ®FEN JSXDAY NIGHT UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK wt mil m r &m ws&Jks? tom Hi er®a nv. mt fee. 8 pu. 1.40 f* a IfiT CHICKEN^^^'^ MIVB-IN | AA I mcPsiDf Helds 2-Cay N.Y. Meet NEW YORK, N. Y. - The NAACP Legal Defense and Ed ucational Fund, toe, sponsored a two-day conference here last WB«*k, July 19 - 20, to step up the legal fight for equal employ ment throughout the nation. The conference convened 14 days after the equal employ ment section of the 1884 Civil Rights Act became fully effec tive (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act became fully effec tive July 2). As of July 2, the Equal Em ployment Opportunity Act ex panded its coverage to add 195,000 employers with 25 or more employees. LDF's own employment spe cialists, attorneys Robert Bel ton and Gabrielle Kirk, direct ed this first assemblage vate lawyers to implement the expanded coverage of Title VTt. This coverage represented an increase of 150 percent over the number of employers covered previously and extends protec tion to an estimated 6 million more employees. The LDF leads all other a gencies in representatives liti gation against firms practicing racial discrimination. At pre sent it is handling 54 such suits, already having settled 26. It anticipate handling an esti mated 100 cases by the end of the year. bis - Drs. Joachim Prtoz, O range, N. J.; Arthur Lelyveld, Cleveland; and Max Nusshaum, Los Angeles called for in creased sympathy and under standing of the "growingpains” of Negro self-emancipation. 11