Wedneaj, may 9, 1962

Students' Welfare Comes First

Problems concerning proposed consolidation of ichools in Pitt or any other county should be resolved on the b-sis of what is best in the long run for youngsters the county is seeking to educate and what is ,best for the county as a whol^

If considerations other than thesesuch as

community jealousies, reluctance of citij^ens to give adequate support to- the school system or others. become paramount to the best interest of the youngvSters and their education, the school system and the youngsters are bound to suffer in thcLlong run.

As Pitt County' explores various possibilities for a consolidation program among its high schools* in order to afford better educational opportunities to many youngsters, ^each community should endeavor to consider the overall problem rather than just its own individual problem/Its citizens should weigh carefully the advantages and disadvantages of their students attending larger high schools that would be able to offer broader opportunities^

It is certain that nothing constructive Jor the countys school system or its school age youh^^ters will be gained through bickering bet^ve^en the^ ip-dividual school districts. It is certain ihat the best interests of the students cannot be served l)y continuing indefinitely to operate a numbCr of high, schools wlrose enrollment is too small to justify an adequate program for the students.

The various school districts of the county hpve worked closely together over a long period of yehrs in seeking to overcome the problems which confronted public education. The school administrative units of Greenville and Pitt County have worked' closely together in meeting and resolving programs as they have arisen, and for the most part they are continuing to do so. Certainly- one example of; this cooperation is the fact that some 150 students from

various districts im^the cqunty administrative unit this year are enrolled in schools in the Greenville unit and a comparable number of children living within the Greenville diatrict are enrolled in schools under the county administrative unit.

We view as unfounded and irrespopsible innuendoes that some school districts the county are seeking to gobble up others or that the Green-Vjlle administrative unit is seel^ing to engulf some of the school districts in the county administrative unit. ' >

If the county as a whole is to face up to the problem of'providing ^better educational opportuni-iies for its'students, there ooviously is a need for further consolidation of the high schools that now exist in Pitt. School officials and individual citizens throughout the county have a responsibility to put their best thought to this problem and diligently seek a solution which will provide for better education for the young people of this county and at the same time will be a practical and workable program.

If the welfare of the youngsters and their opportunity for obtaining the' best pQ.ssible high school education are made secondary to other considerations. Pitt County will be depriving its youngsters of advantages they should 'have.

Family Men Make Up Our Armed Forces

A Lot Of Demos

X Renewal of authorization for families of servicemen to accompany them on overseas assignments for the Armed Forces reflects the growing recognition that the military forces of the United States are now made.up of family men.

There was a time whon the.general concensus p,, l-iTPMR V RHW A PH right or wrongwas that most men in the armed ^ IV l nv VV rxivi^

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force? were men without families, or men who left

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By ASHLEY B. FUR ELL Editor A: Publisher, Washington Daily News (uest Writer LARGE COUXTV POLITICS In I960 the 10 largest counties In North Carolina cast 35.3 percent of the .stpies total vote. The total \ote in these K most populous counties of our state amounted to 4B2.937 in the pres Idential race between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon.

The 10 most populous counties are: 1. Mecklenburg with 87.612 votes; 2 Guilf d vi li 74.337 votes; 3. Forsyth wiih .57,409 votes; 4. Buncomhe with 51.423 votes; 5. Wake with 44.-436 votes: 6. Gaston with 41.-

354 votes: 7. Catawba with 33,-

626 votes; 8. Durham with 33,-

62' votes; 9. Davidson with 31,-

91 voles; 10. Rowan with 30.-

46. votes.

In these 10 counties Richard Nixon received a majority in eight, with only Wake and Durham counties giving- Mr. Kennedy a majority. The total Nixon majority in the 10 counties comes to 38,437.

On the state basis in these 10 counties six of them gave Robert Gavin, Republican candidate for governor, a majority. Only Mecklenburg, Wake, Gaston, and Durham counties gave Governor Sanford a majority. In the iO counties the totals show that Mr. Gavin received a majority of 15,988 votes over Mr. Sanford.

POLITICAL FACTS The biggest political fact which can be drawn from the picture of the statistics is that a lot of registered Democrats go to the polls in May and June and vote in Democratic primaries and then go to the poUs in November and vote for Republican candidates^

In far Eastern North Carolina Beaufort county is overwhelmingly Democratic in registration. In that country there are more than 10,000 registered Democrat.s and only 900 registered Republicans. There are no Republican primaries in this county, and seldom does any local Republican opposition show up in Novernber elections. Yet in 1960 John F Kennedy polled 6,039 votes and Richard

Nixon polled 2.6^4 votes.,

At the same time/ Terry| Sanford polled 6.004 votes and Robert Gavin polled 2.695 \otes. It IS estimated in Beaufort county that 2.IKK) registered Democrats, many of w hom had participated in the Democratic primaries in May andJune, thus went to the polls in November and voted Kepublican for national and Slate officers. And a look at the figures will show that all over North Carolina this \ery same picture IS in evidence.

DIVIDING LINES - I we look a. the iigures today in North Caroiiua, it is safe to say tha' tw o-thirds of our state votes -iiepubUoair ki uoth the races for governor and for'pres-idenl. The present dividing line is Highv ay 3<31 which -runs from Halifax through Rocky Mount, Wilson, Dunn. Fayetteville, and Lumberion. The territory West of Highway 301 gives the Republican party a majority the races for governor for president. The territory East of Highway 301 gives the Democrats such a substantial majority all the way that the state is thrown in the Democratic column in both races.

Thus the dividing line has moved Eastward by some 75 miles over a period of 20 years.

In 1940 the dividing line was Highway 501 which runs^ from Roxboro through Durham. Chapel Hill. Aberdeen, and Laurtnv . burg. Thus North Carolina has < dropped a couple of hundred in the highway number.

POLITICAL HISTORY - In 1940 J. M, Broughton beat Robert McNeil. GOP gubernatorial candidate, by a margin of 76 ^ to 24. In 1944 Gregg Cherry beat his opponent, Frank v>atton. hv a margin of 70 to 30 Kerr Scott in 1948 beat his GOP opponent. tUeorge Pritchard by a margin of 72_> to 27'... In 1952 William \ B. Umstead beat his ^epirblL-can opponent, Chub Seawell, by a margin of 67 to 33. In 19.56 Luther Hoflges beat Republican Kyle Hayes by a margiii of 68 v to 32. In 1960 Terry Sanford beat \ Robert Garin by a margin of"^ slightlv lesS*tthan 5.5 to, 45.

CONCLU^ONSNo\^ is the time for all good men lo come to the aid of their pairty.

their families at home whn, there were assigne outside the United States. In recent years, however, the trend for the family to accompany the husband in nniform to his overseas assignment has become prevalent.

The earlier order which restricted travel of

soldiers families overseas was based in part on the

need of the country curtail the spending of U.S.

Dollars overseas, in order to. gain a more favorable in Pitt County generaUy contri-

gold balance. Economists both in and out of the , . j L. i. .U , for the reader in the form of

admini.'itration are still concerned about the out- various official acts by the

flow of gold from the United States hut apparently County Commissioners.

the benefits to be gained by having the soldiers in listing these ^official ac-

family accompany him outwighs the disadvantage

of the greater outflow of the nation s stockpile of tated to it by the journalistic

7he Omitted Sidelights

BECAUSE OF Journalistic style, the newspaper-reading public sometimes is deprived ol the really interesting side of the news.

For example. First Mondays

gold.

Todays military men, by and large, are professional men who like most others do their job better with their families close at hand rather than thousands of miles away.

Another' Move Seen Ill-Fatec.

ethic and ideal.

As it should be, readers who mark ballots and pay taxes are entitled to know the disposition of their tax dollars and the various actions by their choices as commis.sioners.

But. what about the men as persons? That, it often seems, is the side of First Mondays news chronicles that formal newspaper style skirts around.

Look, for instance, at the personality action In Mondays meeting of the five commissioners :

Bruce Strickland, pnly man

in the room wearing a heavy-weave sport coat, by-passed his more lightly-clad mates in pleading for less exg^roon by the air conditioner.

Bob Martin, who had reflected aloud on his plan to attend his daughters recital that evening, set^ what may be a precedent t>y singularly and comfortably withdrawing his stockinged feet from their slippers for the duration of the afternoon session.

Bob Little and Vance Perkins arbitrarily arose at one point, , as if by prior mutual consent, and, using monies from their own pockets, treated officials and delegates alike to a round from the drink machine.

Alton Gardner, the chairman, applied harsh action to persuade a stubborn tin-foil wrapper to relinquish its grasp on a mellow, Havana cigar.

the point of dmiHishin' returns, beamed up from his clerk-

to-the-board duties with this: Bobby, you aint seen nothing yet.

Strength ?or Today

INSIGHT, perhaps. Into the woes of public office-holding was aired at Mondays meeting.

Retiring district solicitor

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By JAMES MARIX)W

WASHINGTON (AP) The second of two ^nnedy admin-istr'ation civil rights moves is coming to a climax. This ^ohe, an attempt to knock out literacy tests as a bar to Negro voting in federal elections, hg-ures to lose.

This is hardly news. It looked foredoomed from the start. The administration got another civil rights measureagainst poll taxes rolling. That's a long way from final success, too.

White registrars in the South can apply literacy tests to wouldbe voters, refusing to let them vote if they fail. The tests can cover writing, reading, or interpreting the constitution.

Interpreting the Constitution can be quite a chore, even for Supreme Court justices.

Last month Atly. Gen. Roh-ert F. Kennedy said the literacy test was thd most widely used Southern device to keep Negroes from the polls.

He said it keeps hundreds of thousands of Negroes from voting, in-federal elections.

We have had dozens and dozens of Negro college professors declared illiterate while white citizens with virtually no liducation have been aUowed to vote, Kennedy said.

The Kennedy - backed bill would prevent anyone with at least a sixth-grade education irom being barred Jrqm voting in federal elections, even though he failed a literacy test put to him by a registrar. This would apply to both whites and Negroes.

When this measure was

brought up in the Senate two weeks ago, Southern Democrats iparted company with the Kennedy administration and started a filibuster which has been going on ever since.

Their main argument Is that under the Constitution states

to Negroes in their states.

The Northerners suggested the Southerners were certainly not putting on their filibuster to appeal to Southern Negroes who dont vote but rather to find favor with white Southerners who do.

Now the Senateia Democratic and Republican leaders, having allowed what they consider ample time for the Southerners to state their case, are ready to try to shut off debate by forcing a vote on what is called cloture.

This means two-thirds of the

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Chopping Constitution

senators present on the floor not necessarily all 100 senators must vote to shut off debate or it cant be stopped.

^ But never in this century have two-thirds of the senators been willing to shut/ off debate on a civil rights bill. Many of them might favor the bill but cherish unlimited debate since they know some time on something else they might want to use it and wouldn't want cloture.

So those now favoring cloture havent much hope that It can be invoked. If by some miracle this happened and the Senate passed the measure, it still couldnt become law unless the House also approved.

Earlier this year the Senate did shove through a proposal to,outlaw the payment of a poll tax before a person could vote. OnIv five Southn states Have such a requirement.

In earlier days the impossibility of digging up enough money to pav the tax may have kept some Negroes from vot-1 i ing. But it^ no longer mTTClTof j ' a factor.. That may account Iri part for the^ sort of half-hearted fight the Southerners put up on this one.

But this was probably a more Important factor: the an-

TO THE EDITOR:

When yesterdays front page of j The Daily Reflector carried a news item about Russias cosmonaut Titov in his tour of this country and his remarks about seeing no God nor angels during his orbiting the earth, I was saddened to reflect upon the fruits of atheistic Communism whose only -god is materialism, worshipped by creatures whose highest purpose for living equals that of the beast of the fieldcontent to eat, drink, and be merry, and tomorrow, die 4

He w'hb insinuates there is no Hovah

Jehovah God because "I did noti see him, could reason, wldh as much intelligence, that Iexplored the brain of man, cuiting It into a thousand parts. Aided by a microscope, I searched for a thought: but I failed lo find a thought. There-foije, there is no atmosphere. And. we talk about elec-triity. Though aided by a telpscope and microscope, I haie never seen electricity, erefore, there is no electri-

ith more Intelligence, one aifi reason that though I can-lOl see a thought, I can see n^rvelous manifestations of it ni every hand. Therefore, thought is real. Though I can-aot' see a genn of life, I can e the plant that springs from and the fniit that grows from it. Therefore, the germ of life is a reality. Though I cannot see the atmosphere, I can see trees swayed by it and the

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mountains moved by it. I can feel the gentle pressure of it on my brow. When it is shut off, I suffocate. Therefore, Atmosphere is very real. Though I cannot see electricity, I can see objects moved by it and light caused by It, Therefore, Electricity is a reality,

Therefore, a Christian reasons that though I have never seen God with my natural eye. I have seen things Innumerable that tell me that God is. In the world about me I, can see design: and where there is design there must be a Designer. I can see the heavensa beautiful building: and where there is a building there must be a Builder. I can see portions of the universe a universe wonderfully regulated: and

where there Is regulation there must be a Regulator. All around me I can see beings endowed with life'; and where there is life there must be a Life-giver. And, holding before me the message of lifethe Bible whose contents no man can produce I am convinced there is a Messenger. With tliis overwhelming evidence. I am convinced. not only that God is, but also, that God hath spoken L

In steadfast faith, we may conclude that while the fool hath .said in his heart. There is no God, the wise hath said in his heart, God is a wonderful reality.

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Sincerely, lini

C. E. Mannon. Minister Greenville Church of Christ

Some stop signs are more effective than others. One of the best is that across the room from wife to husband. Bath (Maine) Times.

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Bobby Rouse of Farmville was concluding a discussion with the commissioners with a passing comment:

Its such problems as this that cause the hairline to lift so rapidly, he said,, gesturing oward his own hairline that has undergone some recession during his eight years in office.

With that, veteran county auditor Reg Gray, whose hairline recession has now.)^ reached

By EARL L. DOUGLASS WAIT UPON TIME

Truth has a way of unfolding oeforife us if we give it time. In spewing to his disciples Jesus said on one occasion: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou Shalt know hereafter (John 13:7).

One of the strange things about the unfolding of 'truth is that it sometimes comes upon us unawares. We think deeply About some issue. Then, unable to settle the question we put it aside. Suddenly sometime later perhaps weeks, months, or even years we awake to the realization that the problem has been solved. Apparently it has been working down in the very center of our minds. Just as a forgotten name will pop us after we have long tried unsuc-ce.ssfully to recall it, so an Issue which we could not decide comes to the surface with a decided and well worked out plan or explanation some time later.

Let us trust the fact that human life is so constructed that it operates continuously. We pay little attention to the workings of our vital organs. We are almost unconscious of the fact that we breathe, or that our hearts beat. We sink into sleep at night arid the vast processes of nature continue to operate.

So It is with the whole of life. A world controlled by a good God is working-out divine de.stiny for nations, races, and Individuals. What we do not know today we shall, under such a world order, come to know later.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 1962. Kig Features Syndicate, Inc.

When a dairyman faces fines amounting to $20,899.99, because a bureaucrat says so, it Is time for all citizens to have a look at the situsion.- Dairyman Jesse R. Stalker of Ra-vena. New York, in September 1958, purchased a 20 quart can of sweet cream from Crowleys Dairys Albany Division. This was an accornmodatlon for his customers because his own herd of 175 COW'S did not produce enough milk that month for him to process cream.

The following October and November, he ordered three more cans each month. Had Stalker purchased the cream in two quart containers, he would not have been In trouble, but as he bought them in 20 quart containers, he .had violated a regulation. Thereupon the Department of Agriculture decided to ruin him, put him out of business, destroy him. He Ls. in effect, ordered, to pay a fine. As Representative Rlehlman says: ,

. . .Because Mr. Stalker w'as unaware of this small technicality in the law, it is likely to cost him most of what he and his wife have spent a lifetime of hard work building up. He will be forced to sell his entire dairy herd or he will be forced to mortgage his farm. Incidentally, the regulations will only let him sell his herd between the months of June and November.*

Who does these crazy things?

Well, the Department of Agriculture, on December 1, 1961, issued Order No. 2 Regulating the Handling of Milk in the New York-New Jersey Marketing Area, w'hich prior to January 1. 1962, was Federal Order No. 27. (Do not question me about these dates, I am copying them exactly as they appear on the cover of the document.) No wonder that milk, when it comes to the big cities, costs so much-one needs to hire a specialist to read the order. If a farmer misses a slight point In the New York-New Jersey Marketing Area geography, which includes areas in New York State, New Jersey andOh, the Devil with ithere is the description:

The following counties and parts of counties in the State of New York; Albany; Broome; Cayuga (except the townships of Sterling, Victory,-Conquest, and Montezuma); Chemung: Chenango: Colum

bia; Cortland; Delaware; Dutchess: that part of Essex consisting of the townships of Schroon, Ticonderi^a. Crown Point, and Moriah; Fulton-(except the township of Stratford); Greene; Herkimer (except the townships of Webb, Ohio, and Salisbury); Madison; Montgomery;^ Oneida (except the townships of Ava, BoonviUe, For-estport, and Florence); Onondaga; Orange: Oswego (except the townships of Redfield and Boylston);. Otsego; Putnam; Rensselaer; Rockland; Saratoga (except the townships of Day, Edinburgy. and Providence); Schenectady; Schoharie; Schuyler: that part of Steuben consisting of the tow'nships of Addison, Coming, and Er^; Sullivan: Tioga: Tompkins/Ulster; Warren (except thg..'tow'n-shlps of Johnsburg, V^Tmirman, and Stony Creek); Washington; and Yates (except the townships of Italy, Middlesex, and Potter): and In the State of New Jersey: Bergen; Evssex; Hudson; Hunterdon; Middle-,sex; Monmouth; Morris; Ocean (except the boroughs of Barne-gat Light, Beach Haven, Harvey Cedars, Ship Bottom, Surf City, Tuckerton, and the townships of Eagleswood, Lacey, Little Egg Harbor, Long Beach, Ocean. Stafford, and Union); Passaic; Somerset; Sus.sex; Union; and Warren.

There apparently is a Marketing Administrator, who has the powers of a Czar. He can make rules and regulations tb effectuate the terms and provisions of the order. All good law places the burden of proof on the complainant. For instance. if a man i arrested for stealing, the police must prove that he stole. Not so a milk handler.'Sec. 1002.31 under the title Burden of proof, puts the burden on the handler.

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ti-pnil tax nropo'sal v-aR._no( ri the form of a bill which would become low if poised by both hdu.se and signed by the President. It was in the form of a con.stitutional amendment.

To pass the Senate required

fications without interference by the government.

The Northern Democrats and Republicans on the other side argue that the Constitution also guarantees citizens again.st being deprived of their rights, including voting rights, because of race or color. Therefore, they say. Congress can step in to protect those- rights.

One of the Southern captains Sen Sam J. Ervin, D.-N, C.,

?actor Of The Atomic Quotient

By ELMER ROESSNER

A new factor has been inject-, . . j ed into the selection of new

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saiaT20~or^ 21 TitaiES have acy tests "btit" *oriy'' seven ^ of them, including North Carolina, are in the South.

Kennedy said the literacy tests w'ere not discriminatory outside the south, or in North Carolina, so far as he knew.

The Senate debate, as usual, dragged In a lot of things besides discussion of tlie issue. For instance. Sen. James Ea*l-land. D-Mtss.. used the debate as an excuse to attack the Supreme Court, for decisions involving Communists. ^

S 0 u t h e r'n e r s accused the Nortlierners of putting on a show to endear themselves

with votes to ,^arer But thats only the start. Now It mu.st pass the House by a two-thirds vote. The hou.se may act.

If It does and annrovps. there.? still more to do. The whole thine. dies and th^ Cnn- stibitlon -^unended un-..

les,s at least Jhree-fnurths ef the 5() states, or 38 states, also approve. Thats tough going.

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Price controls are peopli;!^ controls. A cetiriT^rtilfp5^'3 gOvernrncnr"on ITve selling price of a hammer,, for example. in reality is a restriction on the per.sonal freedom Lfeome state and city taxes 0th-of, every per.son involved in {ers. are running away from un-the makn;g anri markrting of Still others, perhaps *are

the tool.'Charleston <S.C.) 'trying to escape city govern-

What is the atomic quotient? America is on the move. Factories from the Northeast are mpvihg into the South and oth-er| regions. Defense plants are ihigrating from East and Central states to the West. There re urges-to^4he Northwest, nd- to other sections.

Golden Lollipops are held liut to companies that will ove. Come with us, say gional promoters, and we ill give you cheap, unorganlz-Jabor. Join us and enjoy Ifountiful water. Move 1 from our hlgh-tax state to our^iom^ onwealtl\ where we scarcely Dt3W tbip: meaning of, taxes Many iJlants and factories re on the move this very mo-ent. Some are fleeing burden-

small businesses. But a new consideration has appeared.

Up until now, water has been the most important factor in decisions to move. Even if a plant, such as a dressmaking factory, used little water, an abundant supply was important. Management never knew when a new fabric or a new process would require endless amounts. And , to factorie* that required heavy supplies, water was even more Important.

After w'ater came the question of labor supplies. Every moving company wants intelligent.\ trainable, unorganized workr^available tn abundance. 'No' moving plant wants to move Into a strike area. TAXES IMPORTANT . A moving plant is also interested in taxes.'^Can it get tax,forgiveness for ten .years or so? If not, can It get other tax^ concessions? If no concessions, what Is the outlook? Thousands of kids .soon to demand more

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and better sqhools? A^ dispro-ments that bleed and blackmail - portlonate amount of pre-col

lege tax-eaters?

And what about security? Is the local police force -reasonably honest dr will it join with gangsters in raiding local businesses? Are company coiis required? Is local fire protection adequate? Can you bribe the health Inspectors?

While these have long been fundamental questions, a new one is arising that tJireatens to outweigh all others; What is the atomic protection?

MEASURE 'THE FALL OUT

Companies planning to move may putrthese questions at the top of their lists: ^

1. Is the new site out of al prime target area? Is it safely away from secondary target

.areas?

2. What safety facilities are available? Ik there sufficient shetr area so that production could be resumed after ap atomic bomb hit near-by?

3. If an.atomic bomb was dropped within X number ^ of miles, in how many days could production be resumed?

4. Is the site protected by hills and other geographical features to shield it from blast?

5. Is there a good regional defense plan?

6. Are residents willirig to muster into civil defense organizations, not only for atomic attacks, but for other dangers?

These and related -considerations today may be more Important Ihan jQther factqrs in locat-ing a new plant. Who wants cheap janitors and handymen if all are to be blown away tomorrow?

FEWER MEMBERS HELD BY UNION ORGANIZATIONS

A new study by the National Industrial Conference Board shows that while there were 17.5 million union'members in 1956, ther^ were only 17 million at the start of 1961.

The- study shows that the ten largest unions had almost half the nations union members at the start of 1961, of which the largest was the Teamsters, with 1.5 million members. .