Saturday, October 28, 1961 V ^

Greater Danger Of Little Effort

- Escape From Commumsm

It is difficult to imafirine that more study, harder schooling and increased lesson assignments in our public schools will drive children to hate learning and cause , the public to look upon schools as unpleasant places.

Yet, this theory was advanced by a Raleigh minister recently speaking before a teachers night audience'at a Dunn civic club. The speaker asserted, No longer are we making school a pleasant place. There are too many lesson assignments, too much study, too much drudgery . . . and many children actually are learning to hate it All they want is to get it over with. He likewise asserted that the intensified school program and curriculum under quality education is forcing many students out of the classrooms.

There may be some basis for such assertions, but we are of the opinion there is a far greater danger of too little study, too few lesson assignments and too little w'ork among the students of the public schools of North Carolina. And we would also venture the opinion there is just as great a possibility of forcing youngsters out of public schools by not holding their interest with intensive study as there is of forcing them out of schools because of too much study. ,

Most youngsters today, we believe, genuinely desire the best possible education they can get from public schools. Most youngsters also expect to have to work hard in school if they are to get out of it what they want. An increasing number of them look upon studying and learning as a personal responsibility . . .

not wholly the responsibility of the teacher or the 'school to hand them an education on a silver platter.

The kind of quality education envisioned in North Carolina will assure that the individual child is well equipped from an educational standpoint, insofar as possible, to meet the challenges which lie before him. The educational program must be sufficiently broad in scope to meet the different needs of different individuals, and it also must be sufficiently specialized in various fields to meet the special needs of the individuals.

This goal will not be reached by offering a program that fails to challenge the best in the individual. It will not be reached by giving the child the impression that he merely has to attend class to leam all he needs to know. The process of learning, regardleM of age, is one of the most pleasant experiences an individual has. It is inconceivable that the youngsters in our public schools of today and tomorrow will assume the attitude that learning is an unpleasant experience to be regarded as drudgery rather than an opportunity.

School Bus Accidents 6an, And Do, Occur

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'ReDoir- Fences

By LYNN N1SBET .

FENCE BUnJJINO-There is an old saying about office holders having to repair or build their political fences. Just how the exiM-ession originated is not known, but its meaning is clear to everybody who has participated in politics. Thats what all the members of the Congress are doing during Uie recess. They are In the home districts checking, repairing and rebuilding political fences.

Senator Everett Jordan, who hts Uie only seat not up for grabs next year, is just as busy as the rest of them. Senator Bsm Ekvin who Is up for re-elecUon. is almost challenging the travel and speechmaklng records of Governors Hodges and Sani<M^. There is real doubt that he will have serious opposition In the primary, but he Is acting like he was already In the middle of a heated campaign.

There is no secret about the fact that the Sanford faction in the Democratic party would like to replace Senator Ervin, Just as that group would have been happy to get Senator Jordan out last year. Sanford had his hands full then with his own campaign lor Governor, and the friends of Addison Hewlett still feel that the Governor and his close associates *lei them down in the senatorial contest.

The political question facing the Sanford group now is whether to put aU theyve got Into an effort to defeat Ervin for the Senate next year, or fumli^ just enough token opposition to keep their forces In line, and wait until the Governors race in 1964 for the show down.

DEFERREDOdds favor the Idea that the showdown scrap will be deferred. That is indicated by subtle shift in emphasis on the publicity attendant on activities of State Chairman Bert Bennett. A few weeks ago there was a lot of talk about Bennett as an opponent for Elrvin. Lately references have been almost entirely to his probable candidacy for Governor In 1964. Some <rtervera who have watched political campaigns develop from casual suggestions into hurricane force are not certain that Bennett will be a candidate for high office in either year. The thinking here is that the chairman, who has proven himself to be an astute and effective politician, might rather be the quarterback than the ball carrier; that he might rather be a king maker than a king. It Is axiomatic in politics that greatest Influence has often been exercised by men who did not

holdor wantpublic office.

The way it looks now is that* the Sanford-Bennett faction will make its Influence felt in the 1962 primaries, but without making a majOT issue o that election. Activities of political workers from precinct level up will be closely watched with view to determining who will be admitted to the inner councils for the Wg push in 1964.

ORGANIZATION For this job the Sanford-Bennett group is well organized. Besides having almost ccmoplete control of the Democratic State organization, there Is an auxiliary personal-related group of loyalists confessing allegiance to Sanford as their leader. This is reminiscent of the Kerr Scott regime when Scott had a similar loyal personal following. There Is this vital difference: Scott never did have much control over the State Democratic organization, and his personal loyalists were at disadvantage. Sanford has the organlzatio' as well as the personal loyalty.

And there is no other statewide organization of political sentiment, and no accepted or recognized leader or spokesman for the citizens who might for one reason or another not want to go along all the way with the Sanford Ideology.

There are little pockets here and there of conservative business groups opposed to the liber-sl bond and tax policies of the present administration. If there Is any semblance of organization among them it Is at extremely local level.

Every so often there bobs up a little local group still backing Beverly Lake for Governor. alcmg general lln of his 1960 campaign for conservative spending and continued racial segregation. There Is no co-ordination or statewide organization Implied in these little local episodes.

ORGANIZER-It seems likely that some man with ability could tie the numerous ends together and weld these various local items into a co-ordinated statewide organization. It isnt likely that anybody will attempt that, for the reason that it offers no prospect of dividend -except personal satisfaction in rendering a public service.

It might appear that we have strayed very far from the original point of members of the Congress building or repairing their fences. The deviation was not as great as might seem on casual look. Evcfy rail of the fence Is related to some degree with the Influence of the organization in North Carolina.

The great potential tragedy that could result from accidents involving school buses was pointed up vividly for North Carolina in the two school bus accidents on the same day which resulted in injuries to more than 40 youngsters..

Fortunately, none of the youngsters involved in the accidents were fatally injured. Most of them received only minor injuries. Even so, the fact that the buses carried a precious cargo of youngsters emphasizes the great responyibility that rests upon the drivers of these buses and the other motorists on the highways of the state.

School buses across Norili Carolina travel literally ^millions of passenger miles each year transporting youngsters to and from schools five days a week. Over a long period of years North Carolina has held an enviable safety record for its school buses. In spite of this record, however, the potential of tragedy still rides with every bus loaded with youngsters.

Motorists of North Carolina have come to regard school buses on the highway with special respect and special caution, for they recognize the value of the cargo they transport. Generally speaking, motorists of the state do everything they can to see that-the big yellow buses are not put in a dangerous position by other Ijighway traffic. At the same time school officials and traffic enforcement agencies exercise every possible care ta see that those who drive the school buses do so with the greatest of care. In the classrooms the youngsters who ride the buses are cautioned about good passenger behavior which contributes to the safety of each trip.

In spite of these and other precautions which are taken to assure the safe journey of many thousands of youngsters to and from school each day, accidents such as those in which the 40 youngsters were injured do occur. They serve as a reminder that school bug accidents can happen; and when they do a grea: many lives often are at stake.

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By ALVIN TAYLOR

Now, Bike Jokes Abound.

A wealth of bicycle Jokea have come out of the bike bandita heist of Wachovia West End Branch.

with bicycle for all future bank lobberies. The rumor Is that bicjrcUsts are being trained for special chases.

sticks up the bank.

But times have changed now Its bicycles!

For Instance there was the auto dealer who reported that he saw the youth shortly after the robbery. He sU^)ped off and traded the bike in on a new car, it was said.

The Dogs Head boys say the bike bandit would have made it if he hadnt run the rubber right off the bicycle tires. This story has it that his downfall came when he had to stop for recaps.

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Then there was the wag who undoubtedly hit by the Stadium fund committee last week commented, upon hearing of the robbery: Oh good. Ill bet its f(* the stadium. '

National Budget

And, of course, there are the expected rumors about local law enforcement agencies putting in courses in bicycle pursuit. Naturally there would be special Interceptor bikes equipped with generator operated blinker lights and souped up coaster brakes.

Makes one yearn for the day when the bank robber was a tough guyindeed, a whole grom) of tough guys. They rode in big black cars equipped with bullet proof glass. At least one carried a violin case, equipped with a special kind of music maker.

One stayed behind in the auto to keep the car running and after the cohorta had robbed the bank, they jumped In the big car and sped away.

Keeps Going Up

The word is out, according to the jokesters, that FBI agents have their orders to be equiw>e<l

That was the old days. Bank robbing has changed now. Its usually a lone man or even a woman as has happened In North Carolina recentlywho

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) The budget is like a black balloon. It keeps going up but you cant see through it.

Since its what the government spends, for everjdhing from missiles to pencils, it affects all our lives.

But no ordinary citizen can understand it. Its too big, too detailed, too complicated.

Yet, a brawl over it Is building up between the politicians of both parties. It will get worse in the weeks ahead.

Over this weekend the Kennedy administration will make a forecast:

That this years spending will be near $89 billion, a peacetime record; that government income, or revenue, will be only about $82 billion; and that therefore the budget deficit will be around $7 billion.

Two good reasons make the budget opaque:

1 What goes Into Itmeaning what the President and his aides, and later Congress, think it is necessary to spendis after all a matter of judgment.

That alone means dlsagree-rr.ent.

2 The budget flgures-^the last of expenses the President thinks, necessary and submits to Congress every year for approval f:I! a volume as big as a metropolitan telephone directory.

No uninitiated man could un-(lenstand it all. In fact, just five days ago a congrpS''lonal committee complained the whole Ludget procedure is 40 years out of date and should be' modernlz-fd

When President Elsenhower

ran deficits the Democrats quickly gave him what-for. And he had some beauts, too.

One year it was $12.5 billion. For the fiscal jrear ending last June 30, President Kenneddy announced in July, Eisenhowers deficit was $3.9 billion.

Not that Kennedy is running a deficit, the Republicans are returning the compliment. Eisenhower already has started banging away.

He not only recently criticized Kennedys spending bui added: The state of confusion I now sense in Washington is like a tornadoon a spring day. Democratsbui not Kennedy promptly reminded him of that $12 5 billion deficit of his own. But after Kennedy goes into some detail In this weekend report there will be enough ammunition to keep the politicians shooting for months.

Meanwhile Kennedy ha.s some ready explanations for his deficit- Getting the economy out of a tailspln, building up necessary defenses.

Ar. if to take some of the edge off the Republican criticism he can expect after this weekend, Kennedy has done things like these:

He urged his Cabinet and agency heads to be frugal in spending and hold down the number of government workers to the minimum consistent with getting the job done.

But his administration has promised a balanced budget next year The Republicans will be highly skeptical, and probably will tell him so before he ever tolls Congress next January what the next years budget should be.

Public Fomm

October 26, 1961 To The Editor, .

As students of the Womans College of the University of North Carolina, we would like to express our Interest in the coming Bond Election, which will take place on November 7. We urge the citizens of Pitt County to support this vital issue We feel that the acceptance of the Bond IssUe is necessary for the continued growth of North Carolina as a progressive state. As students of a state supported educational institution we can acutely feel and recognize some of the needs which the acceptance erf this measure would fulfill.

In the way of material support students In the state sup-^ ported university and colleges ot our state are now paying to-wara capital improvements, through increased fees, more than $2.000,000 over and above their living expenses. The money obtained from the sale of bonds would serve as a supplement to this sum. t We have enclosed a copy of a resolution which was passed bv the Womans College Student l egislature on October 18, 1%1. We believ*e that this resolution reflects the opinion of students throughout the state.

Coleman, Jean Trahey. Jane Hunsucker, Bunny Overton, Mil-!.'e Overton, Edith Morrill, Catherine Moore, Virginia LeConte Sylvia Edwardsall of Greenville.

RESOLUTION

Whereas. In the Bond Election on November 7, 1961, the citizens of North Carolina will have an opportunity to express an interest in the future of their State; and

Whereas, This Bond Election for capital improvements, such as State Educational Institutions, Capitol Area Buildings. State Ports, State Mental Institutions, and Conservation and Development of Natural Resources will not raise taxes; and

By EARL L. DOUGLASS FACING LIFE CHEERFULLY

Jesus was constantly urging his disciples to be of good cheer. Scores of times these words were upon his lips. No man ever uttered more sober words than Jesus. Although his words are full of light and love, he occasionally became so stem that in the whole of the Bible we find no denounciaticms more severe than his. Yet this was the man who besought us to be of good cheer.

Why should we be of good cheer? For the simple reason that the God of love presides over the world and its life, and such being the case we have nothing to fear. This does not mean that we do not have problems. This does not mean that we shall not at times be stricken to the earth and left lying with the disconsolate feeling that we can never arise. But we can. Millions have done so in the past. We can too. Some people live and act as if the world were presided over by the devil Instead of by a God of love. The devil would pounce, revenge and destroy. The God of love can always be depended upon to lift up and heal.

How much we all need at times the divine assurance that Gods reality and presence are fco benign and thrilling that we can lift up our heads even in the darkest hour and know that all is well.

It was a Man who faced crucifixion and knew all the time It was coming who kept calling out,' Be of good cheer.

V7hereas, The majority of the students of the Womans College ot the University of North Carolina are not yet voting citizens, but are aware that the progress of North Carolina depends upon the educational foundation necessary to advance the work that is now being done; therefore. be it.

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As a f/sult of the tailored lens, modern man has lost entirely the talent for squinting, which is the only way to make out without glasses. Dallas News.

Sincerely,

Mildred Coleman, Dot Davis, Carole Wilkerson, Polly Poindexter, Sara Collins, Melinda

Resolver, That the students of the Womans College express their interest in and give their moral support to the pending Bond Issue by urging the citizens of the state of North Carolina to vote yes in the coming election.

A letter to one of the advice columnists is signed Ebt-teenager. Arent we all? Only some of us are more ex than others. But somehow the problems keep coming back. Greenville, S.O. News.

By GEORGE E. 80K0L8KT

Copyright, 1961, Xing Fealnref Syndicste, Inc.

- Dr. Cheddi Jxgxn, Ch bou of British Guian*, knows tht Unit td SUtas woU. He was a student in this country, la Chicago, where he married a girl who was reputed to be a Communist. He Is. by birth, an Bast Indian whose family setilod in British Guiana which lies on the north shore of South America.

British Otdana is a aman county of only 90.000 equare miles- It was originally founded by. the Dutch but was takan over by the British in 1781. It was not, however until 1815, at tbe Congrew of Vienna, that it finally was aeknowledged as British. Currently tbe population is Mtimated to be about 444,000, of whom 42 per eent are East Indians and J8 per cent art Chinese. It economy is principally based 00 agricnlture and minerals. Bauxite is tbe most important mineral product, although the area does produce gold and diamonds. The agri- cultural exports include sugar, rum. rice and some coffee and cacao. It is not a poor oountry lor its size.

The economy is essentially British. The Invested capital la British. The East Indians were brought into th# county by the British to provide a labor force. Jagans power is based on the extensive East Indian population which give* him a solid political base.

Dr. Cheddi Jagan now avoids declaring himself to be a Cqpi-munlst but his history leaves nothing to the imagination. There is no question of his close relations to Moscow. Thus, the Soviet Universal State has two heads of government in Latin America who will accept the Kremlin program, namely Castro in Cuba and Jagan in British Guiana. The men are different In all respects. Castro Is Latin by birth and by education; Jagan is an East Indian whose early education was in British schools and who completed his studies in Chicago. Jagan appears to be more cultured. Nevertheless, Jagans whole line of poUUcal acvity, prior to becoming Prime Mis-Ister of British Guiana, has been pro-Russian. He now seeks American financial aid but accept Russian aid.

The first test of Jagan attitude will appear in his sequestration of B r 111 s h-owned property, particularly the sugar cane lands- He has indicated that he will take over private property as soon as the British govamor leaves, probably sometime In 1962. This is the pattern that Castro established in Cuba and the Ccmimunist have pursued in all countries The State Department is pursuing a policy of dealing with Jagan with its eyes closed to realities. Their attitude is that as long as he Is Prime Minister, they have to deal with him. However, they would not deal with Trujillo, although h# was head of state. The realities of the situation require that we reject Jagan as a Communist un-t:' he proves by his conduct that he is not one.

The growth of Communist influence upon the American continent is Indeed perilous. Soviet Russia can defeat us on American continental soil without fighting a battle. Should the Cuban Communists base be dis-tinrbed, the Kremlin will have another base ready in British Guiana, with a base in the making in Brazil. From a Russian standpoint, everything is going well and Jagans emergence as Prime Minister of British Guiana is a particular victory, cheaply won by Soviet Russia.

The question must be asked why an American educated person, married to an American .woman, prefers Soviet Russia to the United States. There must be something wrong with our system of education and in our social institutions that so many young people who have benefited from our ways of life hav# turned against us. In China, large numbers of American Returned Students, as they ara called, graduates of American Colleges and universities, ara the supporters of the Communist movement. In Africa, many graduates of American colleges are in the so-called neutralist governments, which tend to move further to the -left each

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Opinions In Brie:

More Look-Aheads In Business

It Ls Well thp elderl.v shovUd understand their health prob-lein.s, their retirement rights, thf* dangers of being bilked of savings. But shouldnt it be as-.Minied tliat at 60 to 70 most

people have a whale of a lot of individual re.sourcefulness left in them? Don't they retire at least partly to get beyond tlie platiner.s long arm? Surfiter <SC.) Dally Item.

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Old Timer fays he has named his new dog Barbecue Sauce' because be has only a mild bite. Honolulu Adver-ti.ser.

One of the great domestic announce-'' l.s a toothpaste tube Improperly squeezed It liegins to look like a Gibson glrl.s with a pinched waist. There the analogy cease.s, for the toothpaste tube Roon develops deep rrea.s-es that turn to rips. Then the toothpaste squirts from both ends and all sides." Montgomery (Ala ) Advertiser.

THE UNITED WAY

Webster uses aint , said the little boy down the street. Then", said his father sternly, you cant play wtth him any more.*--Jacksoilvllle (Fla.) Times-Unlon.

By ELMER ROESSNER Here are more look-aheads In business, based on analyses of developing trends, spiced with a diwsl' of advance Information.

.standardized envelope sizes may be sooner than expected. The Post Office IS stepping up .lidies and may establLsh some standards In a little more than a year. First step will be to set A number of standard sizes, with hljiher rate.s on nonstandard envelopes Thus will be followed by toiipher standards later, with hicher penalties on off-slze mall-itig* Dont order stationery too far in advance.

Rise in aleel orders: Despite lag.' in sieel orders, caused par-i.alh bv the strike-cut production ol autos, steel company ex ecutlves see a sub.staqtlal rise in the fourth quarter. The de-f* nsc step-up will help. SUPPORT HOME ECONOMY More home-state promotloas: Several supermarket chains haw started promoting products grown and processed in their home states. This has been done ill Texas. Virginia, Colorado and Washington with such results that chains everywhere will be

seeking local products to advertise.

New vacuum hose: Hitting the maiket early next year will be a new plastic vacuum clean-ei hose, said to outlive the Cleaner itself. It was five years ir. development and can be used bv manufacturers of cleaners,, 0 as replacements. Its the work of Acme Hamilton Mfg Corp . Trenton. N. J.

More trouble in Cuba:: The Cuban situation Is worsening The United Nalloas Sugar Confer-encf m Geneva refused to ball out the Island by establishing markets for Its surplus sugar A con.promlse will be sought late nex' month, but Cubans will still have a ^plus of unsaleable su-gai an(f shortages of all other major foodstuffs. Meanwhile, mounting discontent may cause a rise in sabotage of the sugar trop

THE STAMP PLAN

Stamps (or ingtsnce: A plan launched In Southern Callfoniia !s being closely watched by s:amp plans and Insurance companies everywhere. A company insures people who turn in six books a year against injuries

in auto, bus or truck accidents up to $2,500 In benefits.

Conimerclal fertilizers heading up: Price rises In basic chemicals are forcing up costs of commercial fertilizers which, to a lesser extent, will be reflected in higher food prices.

Chrapter express; If the Interstate Commerce Commission consents, the REA Express will

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a sort of musical ehalra. Food and drink processors ara sitting back, saying. Let the cheapest man win-

put a unii-pack system Into ef fee. between 35 major cities on

November 13. The new system will benefit small shippers who can get goods into wire mesh containers of 101 cubic feet. Rates are calculated on cubic space and are said to be lower than other rates for small lots-Tougher cannlster fight: The

steel, glass and aluminum industries are increasing competition for the vast American con-tnlnei market. Each is trying tr Invade the others field. The Federal okay of liquor in aluminum bottles recently is merely a skirmish In a war Aluminum Is bidding for the frosen )ulc< concentrate market; more drinks are going into steel cans, more foods into glass and the whole container industry U play-

OLD PROMOTER PLANS VERY-IMPORTED PEOPLE I have a great new idea, the Old Promoter said. I am setting up a world-wide organlsa tlOL to Import Interesting characters.

So? we asked. Thats a business?

Sure, he said. Vice President Johnson brought in a Pakistan camel driver. To promote the sale of Peruvian handicrafts, another outfit brought in three Incas from the Andes to Hew York.

* I am going to offer Ounga Dins from India, reindeer skinners from Lapland, head shrlnk-ers from the Amazon, the sUghU ly reformed cannibals from Africa I think I can deliver gold mines of publicity for retailers, politicans and showmen for moderate, but profitable prices!

My only hope Is that Ghana would like to import a real Old Promoter to open Its next trade fair.,