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TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVIII PLEA iLl ill FOR SIRONG CIVIL RIGHTS PLANK ) MINNEAPOLIS — Honored by the University of Minnesota from which he was graduated in 1923, Roy Wilkins, NAACP executive secretary, received his alma ma¬ ter’s Outstanding Achievement Award at the closing session of the Association’s 51st annual con¬ vention. Also honored at the session was Langston Hughes who received the 45th Spingarn Medal for his many and notable literary contributions. Presentation of the award was made by Arthur B. Spingarn, brother of the donor and longtime NAACP president. In presenting the university’s Outstanding Achievement Award, Vice President Malcolm M. Wil¬ ley cited the distinguished alum¬ nus as a “dynamic spokesman for recognition of the rights and dig¬ nity of all men, master strate¬ gist in a great crusade to elimi¬ First Class Citizenship Stressed at 15 th NAACP Mass Martin Sisters Get Degrees From Chicago and Radcliffe CHICAGO (ANP) — Two Chi- cago si.ters, Mrs. Trudy Martin Hatter and Miss Anita Martin, graduated last week from the Uni¬ versity of Chicago and Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., respec¬ tively. They are the eldest of five daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Martin. Martin is editorial director of the Chicago Defender newspapers; vice president of the Guaranty Life Insurance Co., Savannah, Ga., and a board member of Service Federal Savings and Loan Co., in Chicago. Mrs. Hatter received a R.A. de¬ gree in political science from the University of Chicago. Her sister, Anita, received a B.A. in biology from Radcliffe, graduating cum laude from Harvard University’s sister institution. Mrs. Hatter will be employed DEGREE AND JOB— Miss Betty Jean Bennett, June graduate of South Carolina State College, smiles approvingly as she views letter announcing her appointment as staff assistant with the Moss H. Kendrix Organization, Wash¬ ington, D.C., public relations firm. At right Dr. Mary Pinkston To- mh ADam 4-3431 nate second-class citizenship, ful combatant of the cratic forces of bigotry and norance.” Mr. Wilkins accepted the “with gratitude and with ity, certain in the conviction many dedicated people of a of racial and religious grounds, Northern and have had a share in tasks I have been able to plish.” Addressing himself to the of the day, the NAACP called upon both the and Republican parties to civil rights planks which clare the clear and role of the federal government the many-sided segregation ess. Federal responsibility in area,” he asserted, “has been scured in these past six years a succession of incredible and ept pronouncements on the ecutive level of government, well as by a mean and campaign by the on the local, state and sional levels. “Equivocation by party Democratic or Republican, on civil rights issue will insure ocation of Negro voters in choosing of party designees in November election.” Recognizing that action, important and necessary it is, cannot alone do the the NAACP leader said that the civil rights struggle “there a role for every American, of ery origin, color and (Continued on Page Six) in the Chicago offices of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare as a federal career service appointee and will be given extensive training in Baltimore this summer by the federal gov¬ ernment. She is married to Terry Hatter, a University of Chicago law school graduate, also in the federal serv¬ ice. Miss Martin leaves July 2 for two months In Europe, one month of which will be spent studying at the University of Guttenberg, Mainz, Germany. On her return she plans to work a year before beginning post-graduate study. Both girls finished the Univer¬ sity of Chicago Laboratory School. They are the granddaughters of Walter S. Scott, president of the Guaranty Life Insurance Co., Sa¬ vannah, Ga., well-known Southern business executive. rian, head of business area at the Orangeburg institution, shares the joy of the young lady who received top honors in the I960 class. Miss Bennett will work in the unit for Coca-Cola at MHKO. Look¬ ing on, left and right, are John Fleming, Charleston Coca - Cola Bottling Company, and Charles SAVANNAS, GEOKOLA I N. C. Mutual Ins. Co. Names j j [ j WILLIAM A. CLEMENT William A. Clement, CLU, an Associate Agency Director of North Carolina Mutual Life In¬ surance Company, has been desig¬ nated Agency Director-elect of the company. This announcement by President Asa T. Spaulding, fol¬ lowed a meeting of the board of directors on Wednesday, June 22. The Agency Director-elect will as¬ sume, his duties on January 1, 1961, upon the retirement of Vice President and Agency Director, Aaron Day, Jr. Mr. Clement is a native of Charleston, S.C. At the time of his birth, May 6, 1912, his mother, Mrs. Sadie Jones Clement, was the The "New Negro,” hts lating and so far unachieved sire for complete equaiity, than anything else, set the mosphere for the June 26th ACP Mass Meeting. Mr. has long been a diligent Custom along with the other myth originating from days—the Negro and his were clearly dead and only ing burial. Last Sunday’s meeting was at Asbury Methodist Church, Duf¬ fy and Abercorn streets. Rev. G. I). Walker opened this 15th sion of the NAACP with the time favorite spiritual, “Glory His Name.” Next in order a prayer and then Rev. led this enthusiastic throng “Jesus Keep Me Near the Hosea Williams, acting as gram director and presiding cer in the absence of W. W. introduced the first speaker. tis Cooper, a big, imposing man with big, imposing ideas to ‘■Continued on D&ee H*-ven > Boone, Columbia Coca-Cola Bot¬ tling Company, l<ot.h South Caro¬ lina natives who have been asso¬ ciated with Coca-Cola for a num¬ ber of years. Last June another South Carolinian, Miss Thompson, 1959 Allen graduate, was employed by cashier of North Carolina Mutu¬ al’s Charleston District, and his father, the late A. J. Clement, Sr., was manager of that district. La¬ ter his father was elected to the board of directors and remained on the board until his death in 1956. William A. Clement was edu- catsd at Avery Institute in Char¬ leston, S.C., and Talladega Col¬ lege, Talladega, Ala. He came to work at North Carolina Mu¬ tual in the summer of 1928, and worked in the Charleston District each summer thereafter until 1933. Upon graduation from Talladega College in 1934, Mr. Clement was given his first permanent assign¬ ment with the company as agent on the Memphis District. In 1936, he was given a special assignment on the Charleston District; in 1938, Assistant Manager in charge of this district; elected Agency Supervisor, located in Atlanta in 1940, as an understudy of Vice President and Assistant Agency Director, J. L. Wheeler. During the time he was in Atlanta, he studied life insurance in the Grad¬ uate School of Atlanta University. In 1945, Mr. Clement was appoint¬ ed Assistant to the Agency Di¬ rector and transferred to the Agency Dept, of the Home Office; appointed Assistant Agency Direc¬ tor in 1947; and 1953, he was ad¬ vanced to Associate Agency Di- (Continued on Page Seven) CORE Meets in St. Louis, June 29-July 3 ST. LOUIS (ANP)—The CORE convention meets at the Roow- velt hotel June 29-July 3. A special conference session win analyze and evaluate the south¬ ern sit-ins and supporting northern boycotts. Sit-In lead¬ ers from North Carolina, South- Carolina, Georgia and Florida will participate in the sessions. Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker of Petersburg, Va„ will keynote the opening session on June 29. Rev. Walker is a member of the board of the Southern Chris¬ tian Leadership Conference. He will also present the CORE Gandhi award to “the person doing the most during the year for better race relations through use of direct nonviolent action.” Other sessions will deal with the moral and philosophical approaches to race relations, civil disobedience, and direct action techniques. Delegates to the convention will assist St. Louis CORE in one of its action projects. NAACP To Meet in Atlanta in 1962 ST. PAUL (ANP)—Follow¬ ing a spirited floor debate del¬ egates attending the 51st an¬ nual NAACP convention voted Atlanta, Ga., as the NAACP convention city. Portland, Oreg., boosters unsuccessfully |for 'the Pacific Northwest city to be the (Continued on Page Six) Blind Musician, Married 5 Sees Wife First Time CHICAGO (ANP)—A 51-ycar old musician, married for five years, saw his wife Sammie, for the first time recently and didn't recognize her. He didn’t know who she was until he heard her voice, for Milton Gregroy. pianist and singer who performs under the name of Sir Gregory, had been blind until surgeons at Cook County hospital successfully removed congenital cataracts from his eyes, giving him sight for bhe first, time in his life. Gregory had been legally blind and learned Braille. His mother had bad eyesight and his two brothers were born blind. - ' 1 Gregory had 10 per cent vi¬ sion during his childhood. In 1945, it had dwindled to 3 per 8ATURDAY, JULY 2, 1960 Mr. Sengstacke Elected President of N. N. P. A. JOHN H. SENGSTACKE CHICAGO (ANP) —John H. Sengstacke, publisher of the Daily Defender, was elected Ezell Blair, One of First Four “Sit-Ins,” To Speak Sunday at NAACP Meet Ezell Blair, Jr., of Greensboro, N. €., one of the first students to sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter In Greensboro last February, will be the principal speaker at the NAACP mass meeting Sunday, July 3. The meeting will be held at the First African Baptist church, Bryan and Montgomery streets, Rev. Curtis J. Jackson, pastor, at 4 p. m. Mr. Blair Is one of the “Found¬ ing Four” students from A. & T. College who initiated the Sit-Ins in the South. It was Negro Women Sel $1.5 Million Goal for Bethnne Memorial WASHINGTON, D.C. ,(ACNS) —A resolution establishing a goal of one and one-half rpilliop dol¬ lars was urumnmousjy adopted last week by 16 affiliate presi¬ dents of the National Council of Negro Women for the erection of a memorial honoring the late Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune. This con¬ ference was the first of a series since President Eisenhower signed a bill authorizing the memorial June 1. Dorothy I. Height, president of the council, told the leaders rep¬ resenting 850,000 women that such a memorial, first to honor a Negro in the nation’s would be a fitting tribute to the woman who organized the council 25 years ago. Each organization president or representative made brief reports of their group’s pro¬ gram which included women .ac¬ tivities in every state/' the Carib¬ bean, and Africa. Meeting at the Sheraton-Carlton Hotel, the women discussed meth¬ ods of financing the historic pro¬ posal which would eonsist of a memorial and an educational ter. The women leaders the center would he dedicated I the archives and educational ievements highlighting tions of Negro women in can life. People from all of life and differing cent. In recent months, (he was no longer able to got about, even in daylight, by himself. He had declined operations to remove his cataracts for fear of losing what little vision he had and no longer being able to see even vague outlines. When he was taken to Coun- | ty hospital recently in a dia¬ betic coma—he had not known | he had the disease his eye condition came to the attention of the senior resident. He talked to Gregory and Gregory decided that, with his vision in such poor shape, he had little to lose. He decided to go ahead with the surgery. The head resident said that the results were even better (Continued on Page Six) president of the National News¬ paper Publishers’ Association at the climax of the group’s an¬ nual convention June 25. Sengstacke, founder or the or¬ ganization and host to the con¬ vention, was awarded the dis¬ tinguished editor’s award Fri¬ day at the 20th annual awards dinner in the Sherman Hotel. The editor and publisher was cited for 25 years of crusading zeal and devotion to the of equality. Also elected at the three-day convention were E. Washington Rhodes of the Philadelphia Tri- foune, vice president; L. M. Quinn, of the Michigan Chron- icle, secretary; and Mrs. Nan¬ nie Turner of the St. Louis Ar¬ gus, treasurer. Elected to the board of dl- (Continued on Page Three from this demonstration that “Sit-ins” began in Savannah. The meeting was previously scheduled for Bethlehem Bap¬ tist Church, Rev. L. S. Stell, Jr., pastor, but because of the Im¬ mense crowd expected to hear Mr. Blair, it has been changed to the First African Baptist church. Highlights from the 51st Na¬ tional Convention held in St. Paul, Minnesota, June 21-26 will also be presented. The public is urgently requested to attend this all-important meeting. >yill be aoked. to contribute funds for the erection of the memorial. M prion Jackson, treasurer of NCNW'a Educational Foundation, told the leaders about Mrs. Beth- une's fajth and how she started the famous Bethune-Cookman Col¬ lege with $1.50 and five girls. She urged the presidents to ask every member of their affiliate organizations to contribute at least as much for the "Bethune Begin¬ ning.” Mrs. Jackson stated all contributions should be sent to the Mary McLeod Bethune Memo¬ rial, in care of the NCNW Edu¬ cational Foundation, P.O. Box 1377, Washington 13, D.C. Known as the “Century of Free¬ dom,” tHe project is scheduled to culminate on January 1, 1903, exactly 100 years after Lincoln signed tlie Emancipation Procla¬ mation. The ‘ resolution said: Be it re¬ solved that we, as presidents of ' 22 atTiliate national organizations, pledge ourselves to assure respon¬ sibility for bringing this proj¬ ect to the attention of our respec¬ tive organization memberships and encouraging them to share leader¬ ship responsibility with other fel¬ low affiliates in doing as much as possible to raise one and one- half million dollars during the sil¬ ver anniversary of the National 'Continued on Page Elgin> INTERVIEWED AND SKETCH¬ ED’ Dr. Hastings K. Banda, na¬ tionalist leader of his people In Tanganyika, East Africa, who recently concluded an extensive Price 10c ADuni 4-3431 CRUSADE FOR VOIERS ORGANIZING PRECINCTS j j Chatham County Crusade for Votera Secretary, Miss Emogene Stroniun, devotes full time on precinct organization. (Photo by Frank Freeman) Rev. Oliver W. man of the Chatham County Cru¬ sade for Voters speakers bureau and chairman of the first district, and Rev. Charlie Fogle, chairman of the fourth district, announces (hat the Voters Registration Move¬ ment has taken GRASS ItOO'i'S. Miss Stroman, operator of the Voter-Registration Headquarters, is devoting full time to the or¬ ganizing of precincts. The opera¬ tion requires the preparation of about 4,000 leaflets weekly. There NAACP Youth Delegates ST. PAUL. Minn. (ANP) — One of the wildest demonstrations ever witnessed at an NAACP convention gave dramatic response last week to reports that young Negroes are disgusted with the slow-paced, conservative approach of the organization to ending seg¬ regation. NAACP Youth Council dele¬ gates meeting in the Hotel Lowry here, swept Roy Wilkins, tive secretary, off his feet, ed him to their shoulders and raded in a wild that had no equal in the zation’s history. Eighty-year-old Arthur Spin¬ garn, national president, was moved that he cried as he the youth delegates in Wilkins’ leadership. The demonstration came Wilkins declared in hia to them: “1 thank God for what I seeing. I am sure the tion is safe in your hands. ing has ever warmed my more. Don’t stop, don’t, delay, time to advance is now,” cried. “You have put life into tour of the United States, shown after his arrival In land, being interviewed by Burnett, Producer for bhe ish Broadcasting company. HUMBER 39 an 6,000 block-workers kits. The sec¬ retary also has ths responsibility of drafting, typing and mailing about 400. letters weekly. flosea Williams, president of the crusade, is asking the help of ev¬ ery Negro. Mr. Williams states, “1 believe ther* are many Ne. rot ; who would be happy to help us but wc cannot find them and they can¬ not find us. This voting .situa¬ tion of oura MUST be overhauled. (Continued on Page Six) convention. You have given life to our discussions. Continue your sit-ins. America wss built on re¬ volts. Ft’s a part of the American character to protast against in¬ equality. That is what you are doing in these sit-ins. “When they tell you that you’re crazy, disregard them. You are acting in the American tradition. Be not ashamed. We are with you because you have told the white, world, North and South, that you are not satisfied with conditions as they are.” This was the dramatic highlight of the convention which attracted a record delegation to the city for the main sessions which were held in the Municipal Auditorium. Earlier, Clarence Mitchell, head of the NAACP’s Washington bu¬ reau, in an appraisal of presiden¬ tial candidates declared that Sen. Stuart Symington of Missouri comes closest to fulfilling the re¬ quirements of a candidate that Negroes could support. “But and I wish to make this abundantly clear —- that doesn't mean that we’re going to get on a soap box and recommend t t Continued on Page Seven ing the broadcast, Dr. Banda was sketched by Polish artist, Feliks TopoisfcL Photo shows, left to right: Burnett, Dr. Ban¬ da and Topolski.—(ANP Photo),