Antipoverty Job Seems Impossible

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When $50 million in federal antipoverty funds of 60 million ^dollars (there are 549,719 poor peo-

reach only 15 percent of its targeted poor people in the Detroit area, one can only then begin to appreciate the national poverty program problems.

Wednesdays report on the Detroit fiasco, provided by The Associated Press, reinforces all our earlier conclusions that there is no instant cure for Americas poverty-ridden families.

Indeed, the Detroit story raises so many doubts one wonders if indeed the erasing of poverty is possible.

Consider:

Detroits antipoverty agency admits only 53,-283 persons w^ere reached with the expenditure

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'Repeats arlier Views

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

Reflector Raleigh Bareaa

RALEIGH In presenting a 12 point law and order program for the state, gubernatorial candidate Bob Scott uses softer words and a milder approach than he did speaking as a private citizen last Fall.

But looking closely, the candidates proposals for an effective program to maintain order and uphold the law are similar, point point, to those he suggested earlier.

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Only the time three weeks before the primary and during a period of racial violence and tension and the manner of pre.sentation are different.

It is reasonable to assume that Scotts position has n o t changed, nor his feelings and that the dossier on his views and stand is complete.

Dunn Speech Recalled

Examining that doss i e r. Scott's law and order speech at Dunn last Nov. 14 stands out.

In it Scott lashed out sharply and strongly at a growing and tragic disrespect for law and order in today's society and called it sickening and frightening. The language of the speech, com i n g from Scott, surprised ma n y observers.

Some who regarded Scott as a liberal on the political scene expressed shock and alarm not so much at what he suggested and is now proposing, but at the tenor of his criticism.

What Scott Said At Dunn, Scott said Haw and order, from one end of the land to the other, in recent times has become the target of unprecedented lawlessness and violence

He called it a national social and political disease, sweeping the nation in epidemic fashion. . .eating at the very foundations upon which our great nation was built. Some other excerpts from Scotts Dunn speech include: The highest courts in the

land show more concern for the depraved criminal t h an for his innocent victim. The hands of our police are shadi-led by specious argum e n ts that the suspected criminal no matter how bloodv h i s hands might have had an unhappy childhood or come from a broken home.

The Supreme Court (rf our land has had much to say recently about the rights of the criminally accused. I believe that a great deal needs to be done on the other side of the coin.

We need to guard against returning the criminally convicted to the society he wronp-ed. . .We must not permit our prisons to be mere dormitor ies for criminals to spend week - day nights. . . Academic Freedom I believe it to be a glaring lack of academic responsibility when a college university employs a faculty member widely believed to be an advocate of black power.*

I believe it wrong for a college or university campus to be used as a forum of black power advocates. . .

Mob Violence Scott also addressed the subject of mob violence. He spoke in Dunn a few days after racial rioting, burning and looting in Winston - Salem-The violence and trampling of law and order that has accompanied social change in some other areas must find no home in North Carolina, he said.

He called mob violence the most irrational and ugly expression of lawlessness. Somehow, he said, it has become accepted in some quarters that the end justifies the means and that it is right to bum cities, shoot innocent people destroy public and private property, and steal what is not theirs. Masquerading as seekers after justice, these mobs threaten to destory the justice that is done through observance of the law.

Civil Disobedience Scott said neither state nor federal constitutions permits mob violence or even civil disobedience. . .

The right of assembly is not an unqualified right. It is not a right to shed innocent blood, riot or loot.

He added, the courts at all levels must share the blame for this kind of lawlessness... some misguided erstwh i 1 e leaders call such acts civil disobedience. . .1 call it law-breaking, bordo-ing on sedition.

pie in tne agencys target area-*;

Otficiais work in a mixture of programs that overlap and in many cases represent a duplication of effort;

There appears to be such poor records-keeping that on-the-job training funds have even gone for trainees who already had dropped out, and routine statistics folr regular reports have been unavailable;

Regulations governing use of the funds have proven unrealistic and unduly expensive.

If were going to continue this war on poverty .... and this country most probably will . . , changes are going to have to take place.

^ We can understand a certain amount of foul-ups in launching new programs of any kind. There is no pool of experienced personnel to draw upon for guiding and managing the effort. Able and experienced and honest management is a pre-requisite, but this is something new to everyone involved.

There has to be some flexibility in rules, in order to cope with unforeseen contingencies and local conditions that are ever-present.

But most of all, and this seems to be the heart of the matter, specific goals and specific assignments to attain those goals are necessary. Generalizations in such matters undermine chances for success.

There is every reason to think that for every poor report card aired among the thousands of anti-poverty projects that there are others reflecting able and dedicated efforts by men and women who are doing much with relatively little.

Most of us read about or hear of only the fum-blings. And an inauspicious report on a major program, snch as in Detroit, casta a dark cloud of misgivings in the publics mind.

Changing Ro'. McCarthy

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By WALTER R. MEARS WASHINGTON (AP)- Two primaries and two candidates ago. Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy wryly remarked that his Democratic campaign for the White House was takmg a controlled fall. He doesnt joke about it that way now.

For the Minnesota Democrat has experienced victory, has sampled the prospect that what once seemed a futile gesture could actually lead him to the presidency.

Where once he spoke of an effort to change the course of a Democratic administration on war in Vietnam, now McCarthy talks of making his p^ys race against former Vice President Richard .M. Nixon, the front - running candidate for the Republican nomination.

The metamorphosis began with New Hampshires startling primary verdict on Marah 12; a 42 per cent vote for McCarthy, 20 of 24 Democratic convention votes for him.

The two candidates followed, one in each direction. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, D-N.Y., ntered the race March 16, and McCarthy nas been taunting him ever since as a tardy arrival.

And President Johnson stepped aside on March 31. Then came McCarthy's Ap

ril 2 Wisconsin primary landslide, a 57 per cent share of the vote.

Kennedy wasnt on the ballot there, but he will be in Indiana on May 7. And McCarthy has acknowledged the primary tests may prove more difficult to his cause.

But he insists he will wage to the end the Democratic National Convention in Chicago the campaign he announced on Nov. 30.

And the major shift, from an effort to focus internal Democratic debate on Vietnam policy to one designed to win the White House, already has occurred-

It was, perhaps, best signal-ed by McCarthys nationwide television address from Milwaukee on April 1, delivered in his familiar low - key style.

This effort is really no longer, if it ever was. one which was concerned s rnp-ly with raising issues, McCarthy said.

It was never just an educational prt^ram, although some of the critics of my effort in the early stages suggested that that was really all that it could be.

This is ray role today, this is what I am a candidate for the nomination of the Democratic Party for the presid-(Continiied On Page 5)

WASHLNGTON - The most interesting thing about Hanoi agreeing to talks any kind of talks is that both the Doves and the Hawks maintain they are responsible for Ho Chi Minh answering the telephone.

A group of Doves and Hawks were flying around my living room the other night, and each was claiming victory for his cause.

I told you the Tet offensive was a victory for our side. a Hawk said. Hanoi is on its knees and that is why it agreed to talks

Balderdash," a Dove said angrily. The Tet offensive

proved once and for ail that we could never win the war ii. Vietnam, and wed have to go to the table whether we wanted to or not Fulbrights moustache, another Hawk shouted. Westmoreland said we had the enemy on the run and they had run out of steam. Hanoi failed to take over the cities and arouse the populace. The Saigon government held t h e Communists had tremendous losses. The bombing policies finally paid off.

A pox on the bombing policies. a Doves wife cried. If we had stepped bombing long ago, Hanoi would h a ve

been willing to negotiate tticn. They said theyd talk if we stopped bombing.

Aha! retorted a Hawk. But we didnt stop the bombing. We de - escalated the bombing, but we didnt call it off. Yet they still agreed to talk. This proves they couldn't take any more

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By FOY H. DUNCAN April 12, im Prepare For Billy Simday Preparations for the opening of the Billy Sunday Evangelistic campaign in this city April 23 continued rapidly today at the Star warehouse where the services will be held. The placing of the seats and erection of a choir loft was under way today, and in-dicatUMis were that every feature of converting the warehouse into a large tabernacle would be completed by the opening date. . .Prayermeetings looking to success of the great religious revival have been continuing in many neighborhoods of the city for the past tiwo weeks, and it was evident today that the citizenship would be in a receptive mood for the great gospel truths which Mr. Sunday has in store for this community.

Birth Anoooncement Mr. and Mrs. J. Franc i s Bowen announce the birth of a 74 pound boy, Joseph Francis at 9 a.m. this morning.

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Master E. G. Moore, II, has returned from a visit to his grandfather, Dr. E. G. Moore of Elm City. While there he attended the dedication of t h e new Womans Club and unveiled the tablet in memory of his late grandmother, Mrs. E. G. Moore.

Mrs. Tyson Entertains For Mrs. Jeannette Yester<tey afternoon at her home on Fourth Street, Mrs. R. A. Tjrson, Jr., delightfully entertained two tables of bridge in hcmor of Mrs. S. E. Jeannette of Henderson. . . .Mrs. A. J. Moore was given a potted jwimrose for high score...

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Often we read and hear so much about far out actions of students today on our college campuses, we cannot help but wonder why it .must be so.

In a day and time whe.i colleges and universities can be very selective in their choice of students, why is it that we must put up with the way out actions of certain grouns who seem to be less interested in their own educational progress and more interested in causing trouble?

We speak specifically of North Carolina institutions of higher learning. And wc speak not only of tax supported in-situati(s but of all institutions.

In a day and time when the 80 student has a difficult time getting into college while the 90 student seems to have his choice, have we come to the point completely when academic grades must be the sole consideration for college entrance?

The Student Aptitude Tests are common over the country. These SAT sctx^s are all important. The 80 boy or girl might be the most solid student and the most solid citizen a youngster can be, while the 90 student might wel! be a pedant with his or her feet in the clouds.

Let us make one point perfectly clear. Not every 80 stu

dent is the solid type .ind not every 90 student is a pedant. Regardless of tcademic grades and academic standings the individual ough to count far more than we believe is being stressed today.

Why cannot institutions of higher learning do a much better job of screening applicants than is being do.ne today?

If through personal interviews and better inv(tigation we can screen out those applicants whom we feel might cause trouble, then college campuses would quieten dow. considerably, we believe. We cannot possibly eliminate all the troublemakers, nut we can at least cut down on the number of them being accepted if we will try to do a better job of screening.

It might cost more money to do the job which )ught to be done in better screening. But we fully believe it will be money well spent. At least we could adopt screening procedures on a trial basi.s and through experience find out some answers we do i ot now have.

It seems to us that institutions of higher learning in North Caolina would want and welcome better screening processes. So often a college or university is judged by what happens on a given campus.

My wife said, Docs anyone want any cheese dip?"

A Dove ignored her. He addressed himself to the Hawks.

President Johnson has finally faced up to the realities of the situation. Unless we wanted to pour in another 500,000 men, we wouldn t be able to get anywhere in VieU nam. And even then we wouldnt get anywhere If it hadnt been for McCarthy and Kennedy, he still would have been bombing Hanoi and Haiphong.

A Hawk roared, McCarthy and Kennedy had nothing to do with the Presidents decision. He always said he would talk if the other side would talk. Now that the other side has decided to talk, the Doves have taken credit for it.

Why shouldnt we ta k e credit for it? a Dove said. The military has been misleading the country for four years. If the Doves hadnt spoken up, heaven knows where wed be right now.

If the Doves had shut up, the Hawk replied Han o i would nevw have been encouraged to continue the war.

My wife said plaintively, The cheese dip is really very good.

Thats a stupid Hawk argument, a Dove yelled. Every time we told the truth we were accused of giving aid and comfort to the enemy. We didnt give aid and comfort to the enemy. The Hawks did when they thought they could terrorize Hanoi in-(Contiimed Os Page I)

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

PITTSBURGH - The attitude of a veteran low-eche-lon official of the United Steel Workers, who waited patiently in a windy mist for Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey to arrive at Greater Pittsburgh Airport last week, shows why Sen. Robert F. Kennedys drive for the Democratic nomination is no cakewalk-I half froze waiting right here in the freezing cold for hours to see Jack Kennedy back in 1960, the union man told us. But I wouldn't wa.t one minute for that little blinkety-blank Bobby.

His view is shared with amazing consistency by the functionaries of both organized labor and the Democratic party in Western Pcnns> Ivania.

Their deep-seated anti-Bobby feeling helps explain the Hum-. phrey-for-President boom that greeted the Vice President here when he arrived for tht state AFLrCIO convention.

Actually, Kennedy s closet political advisors anticipated that these regulars would be solidly for President Johnson against Kennedys challenge. But they hoped Kennedy would pick up some important party and labor support once Mr. Johnson dropped out.

He did not. Telephone calls from Kenneth P. 0'I>onnell and other Kennedy operatives to the regulars here have been singuarly unproductive. Mayor Joseph Barr of Pittsburgh, the state's Democratic National Ommilteeman. was totally unhelpful. In the entire Pittsburgh area, it is impossible to find anybody in the parly hierarchy for Kennedy.

These same regulars started out lukewarm about John F. Kennedy in 1960. But tiie Kennedy campaign got an early boost in I960 from the politically muscular Steel Workers union that it won't get in 1968. Under new leadership, the Steel Workers now are militantly pro-Humphrey, and anti-Kennedya view shared throughout Pennsylvania labor.

When Humphrey faced a sea of Humphrcy-for-President posters at the state labor convention, there was not one Kennedy button to be seen. Chatting with union functionaries that evening, we heard not one kind word about Bobby. What makes this partii u-larly important is that Pennsylvanias atrophied Democratic party, here ra in other key industrial states, has ju-t about ceded its functions to organized labor.

AlKHigh labor has becomt an increasingly conservative force in politics, Kennedy's left-of-center stands on Vietnam and the Negro question do not seem a principal source of his unpopularity-Rather, both the union and party stalwarts oppose Kennedy mainly because they feel they cannot trust him though they can trust Humphrey. When Kennedy switched direction on March 16 and opposed President Johnson, he demonstrated to the regulars that he was undependable and changeabley-qualities they do not value highly in a politician.

But these Western Pennsylvania Democrats are not Gold-waterite Republicans valuing regularity above all else. It is sipificant that County Commissioner Leonard Staisey, a rising Democratic force, here is endorsing nobody until the situation becomes less fluid. While no admirer of Kennedy, Staisey wants a winner to liead the ticket in November.

That fits perfectly with Ken-(Continued On Page 5)

No More Stores In City Slums?

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS LOOK OUT FOR FOG

Many years ago the streamer Mariposa set out from a Canadian port determined to out - sail all the vessels that started with her. A heavy fog settled down, and while the other ships reduced their speed, the Mariposa steamed, along with no regard whatsoever for danger. The next morning as the otho* steamers crept out to sea they encountered lifeboats filled with terrified survivors calling now upon the slowgoiog and carefully navigated vessels to rescue them.

Courage and foolhardiness may at first glance resemble each other; in fact so much as to be almost indistinguish

able. But the same is true of the mushroom and toadstool. The former is food, the latter poison. He who hesitates, dallies, or shrinks from making a decision when the way is clear and action is indicated does himself and the wh o 1 e world a grave disservice. But, on the other hand, he w h o plunges along full steam when fog has settled down upon his sea lanes is getting himself ready for shipwreck.

Restraint is a word that few of us like. Wc all prefer to plunge along once our minds are made up. There is a time when we should do so, but there are other times when we need to slow down for the fog. We want to be pretty sure the way ahead of us is clear before we put on full steam.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The Martin Luther King round of rioting is having severe consequences for business.

It is reviving the insurance problem. The government has been encouraging insuran c e companies to form a pool to insure businesses in ghetto areas. The huge losses suffered in the fresh riots will cause insurance companies to back away. Insurance in such areas has already been difficult or impossible to obtain.

It would seem that the only readily available solut i o n would be government insurance. However, it has certain impractlcalities. Since government insurance would surely be sold at a loss, it would amount to a government subsidy for looting and burning. Furthermore, the fact that the government would bear a larger part of the losses would encourage Juture rioting.

Higher Prices Coming

Because governmental failures have been responsible for past rioting, there are likely to be demands that it pay for losses. Both Negro and white business and individuals shared the billions of dollars lost.

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Regardless of whether the government pays, the disorders will bring higher prices in slums.

High insurance rates add to the price of every item. If in

surance is unobtainable, every merchant will have to be a self - insurer* And since this will involve building reserve* large enough to replace entire stocks, prices will be enormously higher.

In addition, ghetto merchants will find it increasingly difficult to get credit, since suppliers must share losses of fire and theft when they do not get cash with orders. Hence they will have to carry smaller stocks and tighten their own credit grants.

A recent Federal Trade Commissitm survey showed slum families in Washing t on were paying much higher ratr es than other families. Identical TV sets coeting dealers $109 were sold by a ghetto retailer for $220 and a store in another area for $130 ^and that was before last weeka riot.

Commissioner Mary Gardiner Jones said many slum

families could save by shopping in other neighborhoods. Soon there may be no stores In ghetto areas except a few high - priced convenience outlets.

The Tide Of Bankruptcies

The King riots will increase the tide of bankruptcies. Not only will many merchants ba forced to the wall, but thousands of families who have lost their possessions will be compelled to file.

This will worsen what has already become a national problem. S. C. Patterson, president of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit, told the American Ba n k e rs Aseociattoo in Chicago this week that personal bankrupts cies have reached emergency proportioos.

Personal banknipttcies art growing faster than the amount of consumer credit in

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