PAGE FOURfHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

TuMay, May S,

Tuesday, May 5, 1959

Legislative Field Can Offer Little

Fighting Words

North Carolina legislators, in an effort to curtail illegitimate births and the accompanying drain on weU fare funds, have considered and discarded one ill-advised piece of legislation and are now considering another.

The new proposal to make it a crime for a woman to give birth to two or more illegitimate children is less objectionable than the former proposal which included sterilization. Even so, it hardly is a sound approach to the problem of illegitimate children or the financial program of welfare support of these youngsters.

Suppose a mother of two or more illegitimate-children is prosecuted under the proposed law and is guilty.

The court will mete out punishment in one of three ways:

1. py a w'arning accompanied by a suspended sentence or probation; * ,

2. By ordering the defendent to pay a fine;

3. Or by sentencing these w'omen to jail.'

The first of these alternatives probably will have little dcterrant effect so far as future illegitimate births are concerned. So far as the second alternative is concerned, the defendant in all probability doesnt have sufficient money to do more than pay for absolute necessities for herself and her children. In order to pay a fine, the children as well as herself probably would have to sacrifice some necessities.

If the third alternative were chosen, the county w^elfare officials would be faced with the problem of taking over completely the care of the youngsters while their mother was serving time for her violatioff of the law. That would impose a greater financial burden on welfare funds than already exists.

Ihe problem of illegitimate children in North Carolina will not be solved by the passage of such a law or the cutting off of welfare funds for the support of indigent children. Illegitimacy will decrease only

TV-Schooling Work Pleases

By LYNN NISBKT

TV INSTRUCTION North Carollns Mm* to be blar.lng % trail in the realm o telcviicd clasaroom irutructlon.

Whila the Tr Heel ittate may not have the larKCSt number of pupils enrolled in combined I V clas/ieR. It doea have a larger number of achoola utlU/lriK the media than any other slate lu th nation.

C W. PhUUna, director of the *North Carolina IreHchuul Tele-vision Experiment" reports that SCO achoola from Wilmlnaton to Asheville repreenttii|i{ more than SO echool ylem sre now participating.

The program wu liitloted hi the summer o( h>57 with the financial support of Uie Ford Foundation for the Advance, nient of Education. While the state thus far has spent no money, local school systeina have more than matched Ford money by contributing the aervlcea of their teachers and of equipment and other neceaaary material*.

The project wa* *el up on a three-year ba*ia with the oontn-button* of the Foundation fvadual-ly reduced over ihl* period. Com-merelal televialon atatlone have contributed time.

Now, however, the Ford money haa run out and the state Ix being asked to ante up In order to continue the experiment $1.000 for the comlnf biennium and |7lt.0(K) for the aecond hlen-nlum. While thl* i* le thnn the experiment received from the Foundation, PhlUipa believes it will be ufflclenl.

EVALUATION - While rduea. tors believe It Is too early to draw conclusive opinion* on the success of the experiment, they ,aeem wholeheartedly In favor of Its continuation.

To date the ela.saes have l)eea held dally during the school yenr, ortglnatlna frum WUNCTV, Channel 4, the University station with *t\dloa In Chattel Hill, Greensboro and Raleigh.

Classes have been taught In American History tilth arado level). World History tlOth grade), General Science tth grade) and mathematlca (8th grade

The children in the various schools all Rather at the snme hour to attend theae TV chi.*'iea which are coordinated with rlas.s-room study, The studio teweher meets during summer session* with clasaroom teacher* to wtnk o)jt f.oiether subject matter that will t>e covered In a given rla.*;.s.

Classes officially parttetptlng

In the experiment range from

!to to 300 studenLa each, Phillips aaya there are an additional 40 achooii whose itudenta particpate In an unofficial capacity by following the program and using the materlili aent out, These classea are too small to particpate officially (though the advantage* offered are apparently the same) and are drawn mostly fjom rural areas,

TEST RESULTS - Borne evaluation 1* possible, Standard subjcist matter teats were administered to 11,000 students, both television and non-tele vision. In Beptember of 1857 and May of jy.'Ml, in till 00 out of four of the courses studied, the TV group ecoied higher than the ronliol (standard classroom) group.

Observations of Instructors pointed to other possible gains In TV Instruction: (II Student.s greatIv improved itt ttielr ability to take nolp.s (2.i They were more discerning In dl.sciLHsloii, and Ul) There were fewer disciplinary problems,

KducatPis are hopeful that the proper use of televised classes can achieve, even broader objectives. They note that through this media It is possible to utilme to the fullest highly flualiiled teachers.

At the same lime, the operation of large teaching sectlon.s ranging from no to :tfM) students fiees regular classnwm teachers for surh additional - piograms a.<( guidance, counseling, remedial help and research.

(The Fayetlevllle school aystetn reiM)rt.s that two of their teachers have already been freed enough regjilar classroom work le> Ho remedial English and guidance )

An a furtliei- argument In favor of W lust ruction, projioii* ents point out that it could reault lu ecoiiomlea In aome caaea and more 'IfecUve utlllnalion of ach(N)l buildings.

SUITOIIT A munbcr of legislators whose chUdren have attended televised classes heartily endorae the program Others, such a,a Rep Watts HUr .tr of Durham who has a special lutfreat In education, have Iwik-ed Into It closely and urge that the exi>erlment be contlnueti,

mu maintains that "it oi>ens whole new avenues for alvlni a jrmeh higher quality of instruction without great expendlture.s " He Iwlleves the gieatest amount of lenefil will ta? fell in the lural areas.

Bo far no on* ha* Jumped to the hasty coucluslon that studio teachers can or ever will replace all classroom teachers.

a the moral fibre of our citizenry increases. It has been a problem dow^n through the ages and it will continue to be a problem for countless ycar.s to come.

The proposal that mothers of two or more illegitimate children be subject to pro.secution in the cdurts offers little in the way of a constructive approach to the problem. The state in all probabiiity will be as well off without such a law as it will with it.

The New Leadership Will Need Support

No one will know until tonight when the ballots are counted which five men from the field of candidates have been chonen by Greenville voters to head the citys government for the next two years,

Regardle.s8 of which of the candidates are successful ih their bids for public office, however^ the elected officials should have the support of the citizens when they assume the responsibilities of governing Greenville.

The coming two years will be important years indeed for Greenville as they will be for every growing city in this area. It will be a period in which important decisions will have to be made. It will be a period in which controversial issues will have to be re.solved. It will be a period in which challenging and perhaps unprecedented steps will have to be taken to see that Greenville keeps pace with its potential.

The next two years will be a trying time for those men elected today by the voters of Greenville to head the city government. The officials, we are confident, will .seek the advice and coun.sel of the citizens in deciding important issues. Even ho, there will be conflicting views on important matter.s. There will be times in which many citizens of the city will not agree with the decisions made by tlu> government, and conflicting viewpoints are e.ssential lo resolving problem.^ in the best interent of all the citizens.

Notwith.standing these thing,s, it is of vital importance to (ireenville in the two crucial years ahead that the elected officials have the support and confidence of the people of the city in carrying out their duties. The citizens must pull with their elected leaders in the continuing task of making Greenvliic a Ijetter community In which to live and make a living.

Some Shooting Not 'Ruled Ou

you SHOUt. EMPtOV better PUBCiC RELOCriOUf

By ALVIN TAYLOR

New Art In Photography

By JA.ME.S .MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)-What Is thf* likelihood of war with tjie Communist world any time soon? And where, since communism is dedicated U) conquering the earth. Will the Buvlets and Red Chinese do their pushing?

The Slate Department ha.s provided careful atuiwera to both quastlons It doesn't rule out some shootlr)g on a limited scale, if the Communist* think it worth th* price and the danger.

But the department says* for the hireseeable future It is likely the Soviet* and Red Chinese will avoid all-out war and try to push ihelr prograni.5 by political, eco-nortic nod psychological mean.s,

The Slate Department gave written tiu%wrr to a series of question* from the Seale* Disarmament sulKommiltee.

Althoiifh the department 1* opUmlsllQ about avntding a world war. It said enough to ahow It pxprcLs this country to have its hands full trying to cope with the Red hloc for years to . come.

Oijp thing the department made r.leat: it is salisfled that Pro* mlcr Nikita Khrushchev, having eliminated hU rivals, Is undisputed boss of the Soviet Union and that therefore the political situation there should be stable fur years.

U is Ironic that Just a few days before the May II nmetlng at Geneva -between the Western and Soviet foreign mlnlatcrs to talk about trouble* in Kumpe the department should be anticipating no end of trouble from the Communist bloc around the world,

This U (he picture. Re long aa the Weal remains as well armed

as the Soviets and therefore could make all-out war unendurable there ksnt likely to be a general war.

Rut the guvlets* main thru-st will probably continue to he in the under developed counlrle.s, with main ernpha.si.s on the Middle East, where antl-Weatern feeling and native Conm)unlsl help gives the Soviets hope for takeover.

Latin America and particularly the newly emerging countries of Africa will probably become increasingly Important targets of Moscow's politicaleconomic of* fen.slve.

The department added: "In

Fhiropr the Ba.slc Soviet objective 1.S consolldatioii of Moacow's control in Eastern Europe and reduction of Western military strength, particularly that of the United State,s.

"Soviet policies there for the fore.seeal)le future wUl thua be aimed at a tightening Moscows grip ou what it has and depriving the West of Us advantage there rather than at duect Soviet expansion, although they will abo seek to force the Weat fiom it* po.sltion In Berlin."

A.S fur the Red Chlne.se; For the immediate future the most likely form of Chine.se Communist expaivsilon is contuiued effort to increase political and economic Influenre. especially in Southeast Asia, through txade offcn.stves. suliverslon and political pressure,

The department secm.s le.s.* hopeful that the Red Chinese will refrain from shootlni,

It said: "An attack could of course take plaoc anywhere along the perimeter of Communiit-cun-troUed territory in Asia.*'

Your columnist haa just returned from a three day stay at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill where I wa.s attending the Southern Short Course in Press Photo graphy.

Borne of the beat minds In the country so far aa photography is concerned were aascmbled there to instruct 50 or 60 newspaper and television cameramen in the art of taking picture.?.

Included wa.* one of the best In the business. Alfred Eisenstaedt, whom many people will recognize as a crack photographer for "Life" magaalne.

Eisenstaedts lecture consisted of showing of slides taken throughout the world aa he covered various assignments for his magazine.

There were picture* taken deep In the jungles of So^fth America. The beautiful color slides were taken In an area w'here Eisen

staedt said guides could point out snake* and evetv "then, the "Life" photographer could not see them.

There was also a picture, which he considered hi* best taken from hundreds of feet in the air where Eisenstaedt wa.s perched on a ledge on a Cathedral apire. It showed a church procession winding Into the cathedral.

He also showed a pioture, In color, of thousands of candles held by w'orshlppers In a hill side taken during a religious cer-

emopy.

And there were pictures taken more than 30 years ago by Eisenstaedt with older films and cameras. They were amazingly good.

Seeing pictures taken by Ei*-senstaedt and other photographic masters makes it obvious that a new art form has grown up in this world. Photography Is rapid

ly taking its place alongside painting, music and other arts

as a way man can express himself creatively.

I really dont dig these Carolina cats. Witu^ this comment from one Carolina man to another, heard on the streets of Chapel Hill:

"Well, who else can you get a whole weekend date with?"

Other E(ditors Saying... ^Malional Flower Debate

Nor do I particularly understand the mind of Carolina coed which, obviously Is different from the mind of any other coed in the world!

This conversation between two University sweet things, overheard in the line at the Carolina Inn cafeteriaillustrate: First coed: "What have you got In the bag?"

Second coed; "Lunch,

First coed: "Well, what are you doing in line?"

Second coed: "Eating with

you.

First coed: "Oh. Thanks.

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"Thp srrnt trouble with th* pnlttioiil SyHtem of the United Btatea la (hat too many folk* *1* too iaiy or too unmformed, or too selfish to acjuint themselves wltn (Kdltloal procedure*, th# nerd.s t>f (heir cltle.*,, couu-ties, .stute* and nation to do ,sotneti\tiiK bout It, Tliey hd ndlier sit on (he nirtellne.s and fiuerr. but they in eftect re exhibiting (hemselves hs i^etfeet pxamptas of poor cUlrett.hlp Soot land Naek ( N, C-' Conunon-WrttUh.

a drunkken .'Stupor .... What a monumeitt to a pig. with so many human aubjecu eligible?'* - PUlnvlr'w Tex ) Herald.

*A group of Texan lots tmr-rhased a monument to an Eng. lish pit ishlch ilrauk up hi* owners supply of wine, dying in

' Ills)ory ^olD u* that every natum and people who look for security instead of opportunity decays and rots. All advancement come* through dincovfry of new ideals and Idea.?, In a lutlf contmy we have dlscoverrd and developed thou- and.? of Ideas in fl>ii\ and other Ideas ol Iran,spoliation to nucleur energy mt oveiTumlng tf space by ntotnle power, Let U* pray that we ne\er beeome a nation of drtme,? or victim* of soetallsm." - Oswego (Kansas) Independent

(Rocky Telegram)

Thus week we witne.s.s the momentous debivte In the Senate caucus room over the choice of a national flower. Four senator.s and a horticulturist will do battle in the name of their favorite flowers, The air of the Senate caucus room la hardly that of a desert, ivor are flowers born to blu.sh unseen and waste their sweetnPM theienot even blushing violets. Instead the chamber Ix to see the continuation of a debate that ha* been occupymg the off-rnoment* of Congress for many a daythe choice of a national flower.

Thi.s debab' will pre.ient Sen. Gordon AJoltt (R-Colo) a.s champion of the carnation; Sen. Paul Douglas (D-Ill) ha.s leader of the corn tassel hloc: Sen. Thurston Morton (R-Ky> a.s spokesman for grass, and Sen. Kenneth Keating (R-NYt as the defender for the rose. An added starter is-David Burpee, th# Pennsylvania seed grower who registered under the Lobbying Act "to support a joint resolution designating the marigold as the national flower " Th# furnm Is apoiuiored by the Garden Glut)* of America.

The mojit recent round of flowery debate wa* heard in the Senate Feb. 26 when Allott brought forward a re.soIuUon which he said W'aa offered in the spirit of Webster, Clay and CallMHtn, the sfitrit of "amicable compromise," Among his claims

for the carnation were: "Favorite of all nationalities and races, of people such as President McKinley and aa a flower of all area* of our nation."

This brought Keating to hl.s feet, ever loyal to the "proudest, oldest, and loveliest flowerthe rose." New York State, like Iowa, Georgia, and North Dakota, ha* adopted the rose as Its state flower. The gentleman from the Blue Grass State, Sen. Morton, then spoke a few high words in praise of gras*. It was gras.s, he said, with its deep, penetrating root.*, that gave fertility and protection to the great plains and prairie soil* of America. He neglected to mention that the state flower of Kentucky is not blue grass but the shining goldeiu-od.

It remained for Douglas to take the floor for the corn belt. Corn, he pointed out, was Indigenous to North America: it now the "chief farm crop in the U S," Hi* nominee? The golden corn tasael, symbol both of beauty and the bounty of the nation.

The fighting w*a not exactly bitter, but it wasn't according to Hoyle, either. Allott said graaa, whatever color, could never be a flower, nor could the corn taasel, There were aide remarks about the uses of corn In liquid form. Defender* of the rose pointed out that "unlike the corn tasael, the rose doe.? not need price support to enable it to flourish."

And while I'm at It I must aay I dont understand members of the North CaroUna Dietetics Association, which met in the Carolina Inn last week.

One of the members spied a vase of Chrysanthemums in the lobby.

Now I can take my Chrysanthemums or leave them along. However they look all right to me at any time.

Not to this lady though.

Her comment:

"Do you know. Chrysanthemums irk me thi.s time of the year because they're a fall ^w-

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By DAN HONOHUE

BALTIMORE (AP> A doo tor from Texas, who had left Baltimore 20 years before, dropped in unexpectedly one day at the hospital where he used to be a resident surgeon-

He walked up to the information desk. A small woman with neatly combed gray hair was behind the counter. v

As soon a* he spoke, she re-eognized him. The doctor returning from a medical meeting, was delighted, and they chatted for some time.

Not a bad stunt for a normal person. The woman in this incident is totally blind.

No one at Church Home and Hospital was particularly surprised. It was just one of many such performances iwr Miss Audrey Birch, the woman who seea with her ears.

Her memory is bhenomcnal. She knows the majority of the staff by voice and. on any given day, knows the names and room numbers for most of the hospitals 170 or so patients.

All day long. Monday through Friday, she handles with ease a flow of visitors and telephone queries that would fluster many other women of 59.

"Good morning, I'd like to see.

BUI J " said a man at the

counter,

"Yes, hes on the fourth floor," replied Miss Birch. "His visiting hours wont start before 11. The elevator Is over to the right there through the green door. Someone once mentioned it was green and her blotting-paper memory soaked it up.

Miss Birch, who was born bUnd. ha* become quite an institution at Church Home and hardly an employe passes through the lobby without stopping to say hello to the smiling woman in a black skirt and frUly white blouse.

Hospital Director William P. Morrison said, "She has a knack for remembering eve^y patient's name in the house. Just to make sure, she maintains a braille directory of her own composition,"

Miss Birch came to Church Home 35 years ago, in December of 1923, as a telephone operator. She had been trained at the Maryland School for the BUnd and worked -a-imilar Job for three years at another hcrepital.

A big, modern operation went in in 1931 and Miss Birch switched to the information job.

She Ukes to listen to grand opera on the radio on Saturday afternoons and also enjoys baseball. She likes bathing too. She has a home in Berlin. Md. near the resort city of Ocean City and frequently goes to the ocean in the summer.

Miss Birch lives at the hospital and knows it intimately. She has no dog. When she goes out, "I usually use cabs or go wltl someone. I dont travel alone on the streets.

One of the most reveaUng testimonials comes from Henry W, Matthews III, director of the development program at the hospital.

"I was here half a month before I knew she was bUnd, he said.

Public Forum

Growth Is a chaUenge to progress, we should meet this challenge by planning tomorrow, today. our churches, schools, banka and every thing we have in our town are deeply rooted in good soil. We have far more in common than we think. We have some very important and far reaching decisions to be made by the mayor and city oouncU you elect, thinking together is unity working together is success. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow. wiU be our doubts today. Voting is a great privilege, and one that should be exercised by every registrred voter in our towm. Show yoiu* interest in your town gov

ernment by voting for the candidates of your own choice and liking, but be sure to vote. I am i|^ anxious to see the citizens of our town, look forward on a unlficil basis to planned progress, and a development program, and tune our town to the progress of a fast growing town and community. Progress makes opportunities to build a brighter future and a more profitable and happier way of life for all of us. We can not stand alone, the task that lies before us will be light, it together we share thr toil. With an abiding faith we will continue our forward look.

For an ever bigger and better Aydcn,

R. G. Jackson

?ost Office Appears A Patsy

Strength For Today

R.V EARI, I,, not (iLASS

TOt) BUSY

Are vu *0 busy that you have foiaollen how lo iive"^ Some people make a sucoea* out of evervlhing in life except life Itself. They apparently get what they want They Inrrea.vt m wordly affluenca v#ar by year. They are per.sonahle, good look-ma, popular Yet many of (heat people who outwardl,v appear the most forlunate lu the worlil are Imunted by a setme of frvusti allon and failure,

Many lu-ople upon whom wt look, Niiyiug that of oour.se (heae aro the happiest people on earth. Hie, m renlily, the nurst mlser-a)>le iM'npie on eiuth Tliere I* numy a am iul Uowagei whu knows (hat Hho ha.s tlune nothing but spoil the Uvea of others, inter-

f'red with their dc'.tlnlea, and .preid rtlvM'nt eveiywliere Thai# me (u^inej? tmm who know that In Uie gathering of their fortune* tlu'vluivf aqueoaed oihets There are married jMHipls who tare not at all foi I lie spom.e to w horn they are joined. The moat fortunate and unhappy people in all iha world art not th# people who lack money and poaillon but Uit people who are incapable of loving And there are such many such. They think they lo, not like this iMMson or that, that they have iallen out of love and must, therefore, get a divoix'e. Th* tragedy of ihelr Hvea i.s that they never fell in lo\e with anvlwtly - luit even with them.selves.

Suceeedlnt at e\erythlng hui living ttring' too bu'-y to get out of life the joys it naluially confers.

By ELMER HOES.sNER

Arthur E Summerfiold, the Michigan auto dealer turned Po.sU master General, may have been had.

The Post Office Department *em* to Itave become a pauy

And the government of the United Slate* appear* to have t>eoom* a aucker for what may be one of tlie moaP-'audacioiw and delightful publicity coup* of the year.

A motion pictuer company went through the moUon* of trying to mail a.ntkl postcards bearing a reproduction of Ooya'x painting of the Duchea* of Alba and an advertisement for a movie relating to H)e palntinf. The movie wdl 1)0 nanudess here; yonr cor-respoudcnl refuse to l>e gdled as was General 8un\merfleU1

The Iost Oft ice barred Uve postcania from the mall. Ob-.scene, it xtd.

<T RIDSER AND 1 I RIOSER

rhrs wa.s .?!ran),e Indred. Oojv ie* of the picture can be eea

in most libraries in the nation.

Spain once reproduced th* painting on a stamp. The Duchess, if thats who was the model. U naked all right. But the United States Pa?t Office delivered mail from Spain hearing the atamp. And no postman, a* far a* available record? show, ever became coiTupted b.v delivering a lett*r with that *tamp. And you can buy the stamp from al-moat any dealtr! Right through the mail*.

Well, said th* Post Office, the painting m it* proper aelting I not obscene The *dverti**ment u not obxxcene But put them all tiXifUvee and they sp*U wicked-ne.ss,

Screwball, eh?

PILOT. PERHAPS?

There's another strange angle* The company tried to mail only 2.000 carti*. Isn't that a puny mailing for one of the biggest movie concern.?? Doesnt the am ell of fish grow stronger?

YvHir forre.spondent ha* a thco-ti, Some luovic press a^ut cook

ed up the whole idea to promote the movie. Had only 3,000 card* prepared becau?^ he was planning to get them held up.

All he would have to do would have been to Mghten somebody. The Post Office i mighty acary these days because parents have been complaining that dealer* in filthy pictures have been using the mails to reach their children So all he had to do waa tn whi.sj)fr to som* petty official. "Say. if you let this go thi ough. you might get into ou-ble. Look, ahea NEKKID!" COMMEMORATIVE. HI H?

Once someihing i* called obscene, few people hav* th* courage to question it.

This time, one of the few wa* the Civil Liberties Union, which jumped into the fray declaring the ban wa* a violation of civil Uliertie*. If the Union keepa on building up publicity stunts, it ought to have iu tncomo tax exen\pUon re-examined.

Meanwhile, it looks a.x if the taxpaj'cr* of th* Umttd itatta

are fiimnciag a publicity gambit.

Thep* i* only one fair way to end it. Postal Inspectors should fan out and find the man who launched the stunt. Then General Summerfleld would put his picture* on s commemorative stamp. And the movie company should give every income-taxpayer a pair of passes to the movie promoted at the taxpayers expense

MAKER-TO-RETAILER TREND SEEN GROWING

Theref a trtnd among manufacturera toward direct afllinf to dealer*, cutting out wholesaler* and diatributors. E. R. Hames. general sale* manager for th* Shakespeare Co., told a Michigan University sales con-fertpc#.

He aaid rapid tranaportatlan. self - servie*. brand name conaciousneas, effective national and local advertising, packaging and competitive demanda to be first lo offer new mefchaa-<U** pl|g^d part* ta trend.jp.