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Governor-Elect Wasting No Time

The manner in which governor-elect Bob Scott Is moving ahead with the organization of his new administration indicates the kind of decisive and progressive leadership which will stand North Carolina in good stead in the next four years.

Theixi have been too many instances in the past in which incoming governors delayed in putting together their new administrations. The transition to a new administration was more gradual than apparently will be the case in the Scott administration, but it was obviously less decisive at the outset of assuming responsibility for the state government.

That does not appear to be the case with the Scott administration. Already the governor-elect has filled a number of key .spots in his administration. There can be no doubt that other top appointments will be made long before he officially takes office next month.

Chairmanship of the powerful, politically influential and controversial Highway Commission already has been designated by Scott. So has the man who will head up the powerful Conservation and Development department of the state. Scott has named his legislative liaison man as his adminis-

iVIoney Alone Is !^ot Answer

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

Reflector Raleigh Bureau

RALEIGH The massive report of the states study commission on the public schools stresses not so much the need for more teachers but rather for better teachers cast in a redefined role.

Of course the commiss i on recognizes that competition for qualified teachers is keen

er than ever before and the low salaries and often poor working conditions discourage many from entering, or remaining in, the profession. 'And even while recommending 1197 million to secure and hold qualified teachers and $20 million for teacher aides, all in new money, it said certain realities must be considered in facing the overall problem. M o ncy alone is not the answer.

It said the state cannot and should not go (Hi attempting to reduce class size and at the same time staff every classroom vrtth a fully certified teacher.

New Concept The commission calls for differential classroom staffing and for cionsidering competence, responsibilities performance as well as training and experience in setting alary scales.

In order to utilize teacher talent effectively and reward them acconJing, it said the role of tha teacher must be redefined The egg - crate concept of one teacher In front of o n e class in all grades in all subjects is an obsolete idea, it aid.

In some types of teaching and learning, as much can be

accomplished in a class of 100 pupils as with only 25, it said. It urges the concept of teamteaching at all levels.

Teacher Aides

To implement team teaching, the commission recommends several categories of additional perscHinel aides educational technolog i s t s, teacher interns, full time teachers on trail periods of from to three years, sen i o r professional teachers and instructional specialists at the top.

Such categories, H said, would open the way for many qualified people to serve educational functions in schools and provide for teaching to become a profession in the truest sense.

Resfimcturing System

Dr. A. Craig Phillips, who succeeds Dr. Charles F. Carroll next month, may be the last elected Superintendent of Public Instruction IT the study commission recommendations are followed.

The commission calls for firmly establishing the State Board of Education as the single policy formation agency for pidilic education, eliminating certain confusing and overlapping administrative functions. And it recommends that the Superintendent of Public Instruction be appointed by and responsible to the Board, serving it as executive officer and administrative head of the department.

At present, the Superintendent is a constitutional, elected official and both a member of the Council of State and exofficio member of the Board of Education.

Under the study commissions plan which would require a constitutional amendment he would develop recommendations for the Board and be responsible for executing its policy.

Then the commission also recommends reorganizing all executive divisions of the Department of Public Instruction into a singla agency for administration.

trativa assistant and several other key people who will be his assistants in the day-to-ay operation of the state government.

Based on the decisiveness and swiftness with which Scott has moved since the election last month, it is a good guess that his administration will be as close to a fully operating organization when it takes office as any in North Carolina n recent history. It is also a good gueiis that governor-elect Scott will have already made many of those sought-after appointments which all-too-often become stumbling blocks as a new administration tries to decide how to please some of its most ardent supporters without offending others.

If the Scott administration can get this difficult chore behind it before it assumes the responsibility for guiding a legislative program through the General Assembly, it will have made significant progress. It must be expected, however, that political considerations will not allow the filling of all the choice spots before the 1969 General Assembly adjourns. There will be terms which do not expire until mid-year, and there will be choice plums which must remain in the administration larder to be passed out at the end of the legislative session..

Even so, the Scott administration is off and running even before it assumes office; and that in itself is a good sign for North Carolina.

Sound Management In Schools Also Needed

In this day of unprecedented affluence and seemingly unlimited government spending, it seems incredible that a city would be faced with closing its schools for a month for lack of funds.

Yet that is what apparently is happprng in Youngstown, Ohio where some 28.000 schoo ungs-ters have been told not to return from their anks-giving holiday until after the first of the year. The problem is that the Youngstown schools already have had to borrow $1.5 million from banks since August and the banks arent extending more credit until January. By then the schools hope to reopen on money they will borrow against taxes to be collected in the new year.

There is hardly a school system anywhere in the nation that is not finding it difficult to make ends meet on the budgets they have to operate on. Local and state officials responsible for school operation have to watch their pennies even though they are spending literally millions on the education of young Americans. Even so, there is something drastically wrong when a school system is faced with the problem that apparently exists in Youngstown. It points up the fact that in schools as in other government operations sound business management is just as important as whatever other primary function is assigned to that particular agency.

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By MICHAEL ROBINSON

CHICAGO (AP)-The Walker report, which termed street violence during the Democratic National Oonvention a police riot, was turned out in 53 days and nighto f interviewing and writing by a staff of 212 persons, mostly volnnteers.

Daniel Walker, an attorney for Montgomery Ward & Co. and head of the Chica g o Crime Commission, was named on Sept 26 to form a committee to investigate. His selection was announced by Dr. Milton Eisenhower, chairman of the National Commission on Causes and Prevention of Violence.

The following day Walker began selecting his team. The staff members were personally selected by him, he said.

The real leaders of the staff, Walker stated in a preface to the report, were the assistant directors and team directors.

To those posts he appointed a foundation director, a professional crime investigator, a freelance writer, four bank executives, five lawyers and one corporation exe-^ cutive.

Almost immediately the staff moved into an office suite in Chicago's federal building. A large central room in the suite was subdivided into cubicles for interviews. Each cubicle wae

equipped with a desk, telephone, and a tape recorder.

Off-duty policemen, hippies with beards and sandals, members of the Nationa 1 Guard, and news reporters gatered at the wuite entrance, waiting to give statements and be questioned.

Interviews were conducted not only in the offices of the committee but also in district police stations, in news rooms, and elsewhere.

In a preface, Walker says that his staff took 1,410 statements from witnesses, had taken by the FBI, reviewed 20,000 pages of witness statements, screened 180 hours of television films, and examined 12,000 still photographs.

The reference rooms of newspapers were combed for pic-tiires and stories, but no news account was accepted unless confirmed by several witnesses, Walker said.

Chicagos police chief and Mayor Richard J. Daley defended each other Tuesday against accusations contained in the report.

For Daley, it was a slight switch from a position he took Sunday when the report was released.

Police Supt. James B. Con-lisk issued a written statementhis first comment on the reportand defended his men and the policies of the city of Chicago.

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Wants

Hawk

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON The question of whether Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson, the hawkish Democrat from Washington, will be the next Secretary of Defense hinges mainly on whether he gets a mandate over defense policies and programs from President-elect Nixon.

There is no question that Nixon wants Jackson in the Pentagon. Jackson has been sounded out by one of Mr. Nixons top talent scouts in a longdistance telephone call.

No flat offer was made but Jackson left the distinct impression with the Nixon operative that he was interested in giving up his Congressional sanctuary as a critic of defense policies to actually run the show. However, to forego 16 years of Senate seni(Eity, high posts on both the Armed Services and Atomic Energy committees and charimanship of the Interior committee, Jackson also made clear tiiat he had to be his own man in the Pentagon with realnot just symbolicpower.

Its entirely possible that Nixon will give Jackson what he wants. If so, the appointment would elevate the chairman of the Democratic National Committee during John F. Kennedys 1960 campaign to a t(^ post in the Cabinet of the man Kennedy defeated.

Mr. Nixons serious ness about Jackson as Secretary of Defense became clear last week, during his visit with Sen. John, Tower of Texas. Nixons key question to Tower was whether conservative Republicans on the Armed Services committeespecifically including Towerwould feel comfortable with Jackson running the Pentagon. Towers answer: a resounding yes.

Any lesser response would probably have doomed Jackson, because Nixon is beholden to Tower for his preconvention activity on behalf of the Nixon candidacy.

Moreover, Nixons careful survey of caiservativa Republican opinion has not yet turned up any prospective veto. In the House, the powerful Rep. Melvin Laird of Wisconsin is privately but enthusiastically boosting Jackson.

Accordingly, Jackson ^ ^ now be regarded as a prohibitive favorite, the obvious answer to Nixons c[uest for a Democrat with wide acceptance within his own party to give the Nixon cabinet a bipartisan aura. If Nixon is unwilling to give Jackson a serious mandate in the Pentagon, others now under consideration include right-winger Robert Gavin, chairman of the board of Motorola Corp., and Mayor Eric Jonsson of Dallas, a nominal Republican.

Contrary to speculation, Cyrus Vance, former Deputy Secretary of Defense and now No. 2 man on the U.S. negotiating team in Prais, has never been considered by Nixon.

Nor has Secretary of Defensa Clark Clifford, who is strongly opposed by Tower, Laird, and other key Republicans because of his inside connection with the last three Democratic Presidents.

The only real obstacle to Tackson had been Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, but Nixons deft handling of Rockefeller last week removed him from any possibility of becoming Secretary of Defense (the only job he might have accepted) or any job in the Nixon cabin-with the bonus on Rocke-(Continued On Page 8)

WASHINGTON - I know youre not going to believe this, but Gov. Lester Maddox of Georgia told a news conference the other day, in answer to criticism about Georgia prison reform, that Were doing the best we can, and before we do much better, were going to have to get a better grade of prisoner. Once again, Gov. Maddox hit the ax handle on the head. While penologist, sociologist, parole officers and prison commissions all have been at odds as to how to rehabilitate prisoners, Maddox has come up with the simplest and, without doubt, most sen

sible solution.

It has been known for years that prisons have been accepting a very low-class type of inmate, some without any education, others who are unstable and some who are just plain antisocial.

No effort has been made to attract a better grade of prisoner who would not only improve the caliber of our rehabilitation programs, but would also make society treat prisoners with the respect they deserve. For too long now weve been taking our prisoners for granted, and the standard for convicted felons has declined to a point where

almost anyone can get into prison witiiout his qualifications being questioned.

This trend must be reserved if we ever hope to rehabilitate our prisoners. The first thing to do would be to set up a recruiting drive in high schools and colleges to get a better class of inmate. This would have to be coupled with higher pay for prisoners, so being behind bars would be-

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At long last the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture has dec i d e d there is no need for the proposed federal marketing agreement and order to regulate the flow of flue-cured tobacco to market So the department has announced it has dropped the plans. Two hearings were held and at both it was evident the farmers did not favor further control over the marketing of tobacco.

To go back to 1967, this was a bad marketing year. There were several holidays, the farmers had to wait days to sell their tobacco, toba c c o had to be tied except for the first few days of sale when looseleaf was sold.

But the federal government can do no mcnre for the farmers and the industry than they can do for themselves. And this is just about what the farmers, the warehousemen and the processors decided. So the Flue-cured Marketing Committee was (Mrganized, and the warehousemen and the farmers got together and mapped their own plans. These included support for loose-leaf for the entire season, which the government went along on.

Marketing was on an order ly basis last season. The crop was short and the processors were able to handle the crop

without a holiday. This demonstrated conclusively that the farmers did not need further regulations. So the federal government, after two hearings where the federal officials got very little encouragement, dropped the idea.

But there remain lessons to be learned. For if a situation arise as occurred in 1967, the federal agents will be back and hold further hearings and the sentiment may change. So it is important that a constant vigil be kept on the tobacco industry, from the farmers to the processors.

'There isnt any need for further regulations and controls by the federal government over the golden weed. It is not held in favor in the nations capital and further federal c(wnitrol could pr o v e disastrous. For, as of now, every pack of cigarettes carries a health warning and efforts are underway towa r d further restrictions to cut down on the consumption of cigarettes.

So, as of the present, the threat of the federal government marketing order is behind us. What we must, do is to be certain it never becomes necessary to think in terms of the federal regulations. For the industry has so successfully proven it can solve it marketing and processing problems.

come worthwhile.

Intelligence tests have to be set up at prisons to weed out those unfit to be imprisoned. Then personal interviews would be given to the prospective convicts to see if theyve got what it takes to be reabilitated. If they can cut the mustard, then the prison should have the right to reject them.

Besides the tests and the interviews, the admissi o n s board would demand references from the candidates to see that the convicted were of high moral character. Its also possible, in the case of federal prisons, that each congressman and senator could recommend two candidates for each penitentiary, as they do to West Point and Annapolis. In the case of state prisons, the governor could select the ones he believes have the most on the ball.

After making the application, taking his tests, submitting to a personal interview and writing a composition telling why he believes he would make a good prisoner, he candate would be s e n t home and told he would be notified by the FBI about whether he made it or n o t. IE he failed to get in, the candate could reapply again after he robbed another bank.

Many people say that by being selective, we would be making too many demands (Continaed On Page 5)

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Strength For Today

Leasing System Is Not For All

By EARL L, DOUGLASS GOOD BUILDING GOES DEEP Jesus was very much interested in foundations. In fact the figure of a solid foundation under life so appealed to him that he ended his Sermon on the Mount with a description of a wise man who built his house upon a rock and a foolish man who built his house upon sand.

He was interested in foundations because he was always going down beneath the superficial religion of his day and probing about to see what kind of a base peoples religion rested upon. The people of Jesus day were interested in superstructures and paid little attention to foundations. If a mans relition looked good, they held that was en

ough. In fact they had so fallen into the habit of judging a mans religion by its appearance that they had lost aU sense of the necessity of its resting unpon sometiiing that was firm in the verities of God. Jesus annoyed them fearfully by his quiet insist-encre upon solid foundations. He was always going back to fundamentals. He would get behind a mans words to his motives, behind his acts to his impulses. It was not enough that men do certain things; they must do them out of an honest heart. It was not enough that men adhere to certain religious practices; these practices must express a devout loyalty to Cud.

Jesus was the relentless enemy of superficial religion.

By ELMER ROESSNER To lease or not to lease continues to remain a business problem.

Leasing of e(]uipment is growing. Leasers are dealing with an ever-increasing line of goodies. Once largely limited to autos, trucks and construction equipment, they now offer almost every kind of business equipment, including ready-to-operate factories.

But a survey by the National Industrial Conference Board shows that while many companies benefit from leasing, some dont. The survey, by Henry G. Hamel, found that many small, poorly financed firms, lured by leasings attractive potential, have gone out of business or have been taken over by larger, better-financed agencies.

Many of the widely accepted benefits of leasing, the sur

vey found, are being challenged by financial authorities. The survey examined practices of more than 200 companies that lease equipment and facilities and 100 lessors. Benefits Of Leasing There are many advantages to leasing. Some equipment, including some computers, copying. devices and other electronic equipment, can be obtained only on lease. The reason usually given is that the machines need frequent attention and adjustment and the lessor cannot assure satisfactory performance unless it has full control. However, there is a suspicion that the lessor profits more on a leasing arrangement than on a sale.

Otlier benefits of leasing are that companies may av o i d maintenance and service problems and reduce the risk of

owning equipment with a high rate of obsolescence.

A big advantage, however, is that leasing usually conserves capital. This is one of the big appeals to small compan-es. Instead of using its limited capital to buy equipment.

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it may be able to use it for making sales, developing new products, promotion uiul expansion if it can lease equipment.

Costs High

But in the long run, this may prove expensive. The lessees rent must include a return on the lessors capital investment, the maintenance and service costs, insurance and the lessors profit. In addition, he loses the residual value of the leased equipment. The lessee gets no deductions for depreciation. The lessor gets that. However, the rentals the lessee pays are fully deductible as a business expense, whereas the capital investment in equipment is not, except as equipment deteriorates.

The NICB survey found there were other problems, such as: Is leasing the equivalent of debt? If so, what kind? When is a lease a lease and when is it actually an instalment purchase? How should a lease be reported oo financial statements?