W9dnmdyt July 20/ 1966

Acceptance Is In Itself A Tribute

The flight of Gemini 10 assumed, almost from agency which is engaged in this field of research, the beginning, an atmosphere of routine that even We suggest, too, that by the time the first man perfection fails to dispel. reaches the lunar surface the world at large will

So many of the uncertainties in the publics not be shaken as it was in the pioneering successes mind have been eased that even hitching up to an of John Glenn and others of the Mercury team. We orbiting fuel tank for an additional space jaunt are beginning to feel at home in the space age. lacks the old wonderment that accompanied the But after reaching the moon, what? first sub-orbital flights. The moon is only our nearest neighbor, a step*

Such acceptance is in fact a tribute to the ping-stone if we choose to make it so. Few expect years of research, experimentation and training any material returns from the dead satellite which that went into the Gemini project. However, one circles our globe. The real profits remain to be can be sure that the elements of spine-tingling found in the learning which enabled the first man to suspense^and unanswered questions of space flight set foot on the moon and the additional knowledge remain today among all ranks of the sprawling which scientists hope to extract from that venture.

The other planets of our system are very far aw^ay, and offer a challenge few are willing to openly discuss. The problem of merely getting to the moon has proven a gigantic task ... a task that looks small in comparing it with that of going beyond.

It is a very great possibility that once mankind has utilized his lunar exploration to the fullest, ventures into the farther reaches of space could wait for many years; or, at least, long enough for the framing of new' questions, new enthusiasms, new techniques that would inspire such a dramatic step.

We find it hard to believe that once having attained a stepping-stone, the curiosity and adven-tursome spirit of Man can be easily restrained.

Public Buainess ODen To Public

By WILLIAM A SHIRES

OPEN - The North Carolina Press Association has put its prestige and considerable weight behind renewed efforts to see that public business is transacted in public.

This is a matter of con-tinuing concern on the part ef the states newspapers and other mass communica t i o ns media. The fact that the NC-PA, one of the largest newspaper associations in the nation, has felt it necessary to act as a body means that the fOBcem has become more aerioui and immediate.

The reason cited by NCPA ii a growing trend toward irfficial secrecy, closed meet-faigs, executive sessions and exclusion of the press from bearfeigs and deliberatio n s which involve the public interest.

ACTION By unanimous action, publishers and editors of the states daily and week-

many boards, commissio n s, policy level agencies and administrative officials it is responsible for them. What is said and done in Raleigh quite often is copied in the county seats.

It is felt that a word or expression from Gov. Dan K. Moore or a clear statement of open door policy would have done much to counteract the trend tward more and more secrecy in government.

POLITICAL - At this point and because of the aforementioned situation, ofh-cial secrecy may become a political issue. Legislat i v a action is clearly Indicated.

In fact, the NCPA resolution adopted at last w e e ks meeting in Wrightev i M e Beach, specifically mentions legislative action. Legislators will be contacted and asked to support open door legislation. One area cited is legislation to require open meei-

TowelT--The Old PhilosoDher

ly newspapers formally and ings by boards of county j^blicly recognized t hi 1 commissioners.

rend and deplored it.

By BARRY SCWWEID

WASHINGTON AP) - It was a new Adam Clayton Powell who called in the press Monday to talk about black power.

The old - time bounce, the quickness with a phrase, the long, thin cigars were the same.

But the mood was subdued, the fire so much under control that it appeared to flicker rather than flare.

Biiddenly the New York Democrat was the grand old man of the civil rights movement. Black power was no

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It has been apparent to their reporters, news executives and bureau men for many months. And it has been increasing at almost every level of government from the county courthouse and ci-ty hall to the. state capital.

Now,^ through the NCPa s

thing to halt it. official secrecy is likely to become a major issue and one on which the newspapers and i h e public will speak out, whether governmental officials like it or not.

FEELING - Whether justified or not. there is the feeling generally m s t a te newspaper circles that t h e present state administrat i on has done nothing at least has no done enough to discourage official secrecy in North Carolina.

And this, it is felt, has had nn opposite leffect all down the line.

Not only does the administration in Raleigh appoint

LEGISLATURE - The North Carolina legislature itself has a history of closed committee meetings and de- liberation in executive ses- I hlQ I

sion. Some of its most jmpor- - J-Akj

tant and influential and political committees cling to this practice.

On the other hand there are many legislators who are opposed to this sort of official secrecy.

They feel the best way to overcome it is to let other legislators and officials feel the pressure and concern of the public.

CAUTION One legislator-newspaper publisher speaking or. the matter at the NCPA Meeting was State Sen: Ash-leVvB. Futrell, editor, and publisher of the W'ashington,

40 Years Ago Today

By JOHN G. DUNCAN July 20, 1926 National Guard Unit To Gather At Fair Ground

Pitt County fair ground will take in the appearance of a military training camp tomorrow afternoon, when the local unit ol ihe North Carolina National Guards mobeiize for a days instruction and train-

Futrell cautioned" aga i n s ed States army ... The bat-

shock to him; he had seen it coming.

He was philosophic. He saw no reason for alarm. And he didnt see what the difficulty was in defining the term.

When Harlems Negroes first sent Powell to Congress in 1945 black power advocate Stokely Carmichael was 4.

Powell was talking about black power and audacious power long before the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Mississippi marchers drummed the phrase into Americas consciousness and set nerves to janglisg.

Now here he was, in what he called his twilight years, calmly almost with an air of resignation telliag reporters in the gleaming Rayburn Office Building that black power is an attempt to redistribute economic and political power.

It is not rooted in violence any more than white power is, Powell said. White supremacy demanded the whole hog; black power seeks a part of the action.

Should whites fear; black po-,,wer reporter askedl ^

^No sir-ree, Rowell said easily.

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By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyright, 1966, King Featur( Syndicate, Inc.

Bowing to the leftist influence in his advisory entourage, Lyndon Johnson is no\ offering reconciliation^, t( Red China. But the LBJ gamt amounts to little more thai asking the wishful and wist^ ful question, Wouldnt it b ice if the Chinese Communis would only behave in ^civilized masner.

Since fight, fight, talkj talk is the essence of Rec Chinese tactics, it is not beyond the bounds of possi* bility that Peking might denly decide to seek safet> for Ho Chi Minhi Nort Vietnamese by a compror ise peace. But if it does it will be because of the ui expected skill of U. S. boml ers in dodging Red miniles over the Hanoi ofl tanks ant not beeaiMe of soft palave from LBJ or tosfnaattoi that we mi^ welooiiie king in tiie UN.

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imishlWere Wha Thou

By ALVIN TAYLOR

Sometime ago a motor bike operator was seen at the intersection of College Hill drive. Apparently the machine didnt trip the activating device in the pavement. So the operator got off his bike, walked across the street and pushed the button placed there for pedestrians; Then he returned to his bike and when the light changed drove off.

Well, motor bike operators have evidently learned their machines wont trip the Hght. One was seen approaching the Tenth Street intersection the other day. He drove across the wide street, bounded up the curbing, rolled down the sidew^k to the button. He pushed it and . then rode

drove off.

That's the purpose of higher education. It teaches us better ways of doing things.

The Greensboro Daily News scorched East Carolina College in a long lead editorial Tuesday morning. Then over on the newspapers second front page was a s t ory about ECs request for capital improvement funds. Its heading: ECTC Asks $27 Million.

ed from the trucks and raced inside.

Pretty soon two of the trucks were waved on. A firem a n explained it was only a smoking fluorescent light f i x-ture.

But its better te be safe than sorry. A few years ago a nearby store was bur n e d when a fluorescent fixt u r t shorted out at night.

Three fire trucks, sirens screaming and red lights blinking, roared down Evans Street at the height of t he .shopping day yesterday. Firemen, looking somewhat like astronauts with their air packs

picturing the situation as a war betwen the press and me General Assembly He urged working for more mutual understanding and he suggested a more positive approach.

As a member of the 1965 Senate and presently unopposed for the 1967 sessi o n, Futrell said he had been in a position to see both points of view. He and Sen. Joe Sink of Davidson, publisher of the Lexington Dispatch,, served as a buffer committee to settle grievances and help iron out disputes between legislators and newspapermen in 1965, and there were many of these, he said.

teries will assemble fire and go through regular milit a r y tactics. They will be in charge of Lester Jones who was appointed head of the organization when it began to function here several weeks ago . . . The boys are getting in fine trim for the annual encampment at Fort Bragg during the month of August.

Other Editors Saying... Klan Keeps Pushing

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Greenville Public Library

(By JAMES F. W. COOK)

One of the most valuable assets of any progressive city is its Public Library. Greenville is fortunate in having such an institution. It is situated in Evans Street school building, through the generous hospitality of the school board.

There are about 2,500 volumes in the library, properly classified and card-indexed. For the eight months from Nov. 1, 1925 to June 30, 1926, there were 991 adult and 496 junior borrowers. That means that these people find the library a source of information, culture and recreation e a ch year. . . The Board of Alderman Lave appropriated $150 a month for the upkeep and full time services of a qualified librarian.

back to the proper lane. When

mean a takeover. It means the 10 per cent of the population that is Negro is going to have some dignity and respect.

Of course, if black power is not permitted to assert itself there could be an endless cycle of violence and destruction.

Leaning back and rocking gently in his leather chair, Powell said philosophica 11 y,

How this dialogue is resolves is up to America.

The furore over black power, has threatened to splinter the civil rights movement. But except for some darts tossed gently in the direction of Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr.he doesnt understand black power the stance struck by Powell seemed somehow avove the internal bickering.

Baick power doesn't mean black supremacy my old friend Martin Luther King to the contrary, Powell said at one point. However, at another, be said that, in the main, I dont disagree with Martin Lutrer King.

The suggestion was that King simply has misunderstood the nature of the black power philosophy, not that he has set out to distort it.

Blanche Hardee, the Reflectors photographic technician, commented the oth e r morning, I raked the inside of my house yesterday.

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(The Raleigh Times)

Just in case Governor Moore didn notice it, someb o d y burned three croses in Franklin County Tuesday night. Two of them were aimed at school officials, one at the office of the county board of education. There was a feeling in Franklin County that an integrated head-start prog ram brought out the croses.

Presumably the KKK, or at least some Klansmen, were responsible for the burni n g crosses. And, presuma b 1 y, those who burned the crosses wanted to let the world know that they didnt like school integration, and that they planned to do something about it.

So far, Governor Moore has limited his anti-Klan action to relatively mild statements saying he doesnt think that the Klan does any good, that he doesnt think the Klan helps North Carolina. He did

order an investigation of the instance in which Klan security guards bodily removed a cripple from a KKK rally on the publicly owned Capt i o I Square, but he didnt follow through on what the investigation turned up. He said only that if any charges were brought, the cripple would have to bring them.

The Governor might want to issue a mild statement on the burning of these latest crosses in Franklin County. He might event want to order an investigation of the matter.

And, he might want ot begin wondering whether t h e Klan is testing him, to see just how far the KKK can push the Governor of the State of North Carolina. The further he permits himself to be pushed, the worse the situation will be when he finally is pushed to a point where there must be a showdown.

Those in hearing dista net did a double take. Then Blanche explained she w as building a new house. Its dimensions have been laid off and she merely raked the ground area inside. Its ok, Blanche, as long as vou dont use the vamuum clc ler on it.

Latest Batman joke involves the Boy Scout who spotted a Nun standing at a street corner. He promptly went over and offered his services in helping her across the street.

Thank you so much, young man, the sister said when the service was completed.

Thats ok, mam, the good turner replied. Any friend of Batman, is a friend of mine.

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Nonchalance is the ability to look like an owl when you know youve acted like an ass.-Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.

In other words, II wil bt| because Ho C3 Minh ha; suddenly recognized that be up against an air force thal has virtually uncontested control of the skies. Peking^ wTthj its vulnerable atomic sitet,| might well take the hint

Meanwhile^ the diplomatic! game that is being played between Washington and Peking has its satuminely com-{ ic aspects. Both sides speak with the dual purpose of satisfying internal and external necessities. The Red Chi-| nese are in the midst of a sweeping purge, trying to si-j lence any and all opponents of Mao Tse-tungs thought before the bloody old dictator passes from the scene. Tien Han, the author of the Red Chinese national anthem, has recently been humbled for the crime of preach 1 n g an Idealistic historical viewpoint. Wu Han, the historian who became <^puty mayor of Peking, has been chas-tiafetldf

in attacking bureaucracy. And 18,000 anti-party intellectuals* have been sent to remoulding camps for similar crimes of an ideological nature.

Now how, hi the midst of such toughness at home, can Peking afford to engage in open conciliation abroad. If it cant stomach bourgeois idealism* in Tien Han and Wa Han, it could hardly welcome Lyndon Johnsons offer of an olive branch in that speech that was recently telephoned to an audience in West Virginia. *The Red Chinese Peoples Dafly** of Peking is true to the ^ge spirit when it says the IT. S>. policy of containment with> out isolation Is a **manU festation of counter revolutionary dual tactics.** Says the Peoples Daily: 'Whether by its tough* tactics or by its soft* tactics or by the simultaneous application of both tactics, U. S. in^ierial-ism cannot hope to browbeat or deceiTt the Chinese people.

So what, in view of this intransigence, is the use of Johnson talking Tre answer

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Strength For Today

mployers' Troubles Not Over

By EARL L. DOUGLASS IS MORALITY OPTIONAL?

A teacher of philosophy asked her class, What is the great commandment? Quite a few of her students knew: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, soul, strength, and mind, and they neighbor as thyself. The teacher was pleased with this display of Biblical knowledge on the part of her students. And now, she said pleasantly, What do you think about it?

What do we think about it? It makes precious little difference what we think about this or any other divine commandment. It makes no dii-ference, for instance, what we fliink about the Ten Commandments. If we disobey the in-jundioms contained therein, the Ten Commandments break

cd that a man who jumps off a cliff does not vilate the law of gravity; he illustrates it

There is a school of thought today which holds that t h e validity of moral principles depends upon what people think about them. In other words, morality is largely an optional matter, this is contrary to the Biblical conception. The Bible declares that God has created both t h e world and the powers and prinicples which it is governed. What we think about these ed. What we think about these powers and principles is not a matter of the lasl .significance

God did not consult us when He created the world. Neither does He delay any of His plans now ijritil He finds out whai

us. (;hesterton once think amPthern.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The fact that the national unemployment rate has re-furned to 4 per cent of the labor force may lull some employers into thinking their troubles are over. They're not.

The unemployed includes many unemployables. Possibly half of those without jobs are incapable or unwilling to work steadily. Causes range from lack of coordination, emotional disturbances and addiction, to a preference for unemployment or welfare benefits.

Many of the current employables will be leaving the job market soon to return to school or college, or to answer draft calls.

And many otliers will return to jobs as production of 1967 auto models acc^ralcji and current strikes Ire scUl-

ed.

WHERE TO SEEK WORKERS

Employers. will be wise to continue current recruiting programs, to advance training programs, and to seek new workers in new areas These include retreads, women who have raised families and who are free to return to work; mothers whose children are old enough to leave in nursery schools while mamas work; part-timers, especially those living near place of employment; relatives and friends of present employees, and moon-lighters.

Ah, theres a source of trained workers! With taxes and the cost of living ri.sing so rapidly, many workers are quietly looking for extra work. Advantages of moonlighters:

They are mostly super i o r workers since they are eager to increase their income, or

impelled by family circumstances to earn more. They have skills, since they already hold down jobs; they may be trained in exactly the job the new employer wants to fill.

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They are usually less expensive than regular employees held overtime. They are less inclined to become involved in plant politics or disputes. Tliey buck less for promotion.

ON THE OTHER HAND- ..

There are disadvantages, too. Moonlighters often start weary. If they are putting in

two or three hours a night, they may be unwilling to wot k overtime. If they work on days off, the cuniulative lack of recreation may become a problem Full-tinie employees may resent them! Unions may protest, especially if'^ they have unemployed members.

The advantages must be weighed against the disadvantages in each case. In some cases, moonlighters wont work out. In others, they may keep the plant humming.

And where to find moonlighters? Ask present employees; this will help avrt future resentment. Advertise for part-time or spare-t i m e worker.s. Pass the word to jmslrnen, policemen, teachers and other civil servants. Or boldly advertise for m o o n-lighters. This may prod u c e most.

Of course, read your union contact first