Monday, November 9, 1964

SchoolsA Local Responsibility

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be a serious mistake for counties of that the $100 million school

school construction purposes.

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The $100 million^will, in itself, mean many new classrooms and new school buildings. It will not mean, however, that individual school administrative units are being relieved of the primary r^pon-sibility of providing for school construction. There are few, if indeed any, counties in which their share of the bond issue will provide all the school facilities needed.

As local school officials throughout the state plan to use their shares of the bond issue, they should also carefully evaluate local financial re-

officials have been inclined to wait and see if funds would be fourthcoming from state or federal sources.

It was in 1961 that Congress had under consideration a measure which would provide federal funds for school construction. Because of the measure before Congress, the state legislature that year bypassed a proposal to issue state bonds for school construction. The prevailing attitude was to wait and see what the federal government was going to do before the state government did anything about school construction. At the local level in many parts of the state there was the prevailing attitude to wait and see what the federal or state

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for school construction.

By 1963 the federal measure had been rejected by Congress. The legislature called for the bond issue Avhich was approved Tuesday by voters of the state. In the interim period, however, many counties have waited to see whether state funds would be available before launching, construction programs to meet their needs.

Thus, for almost four years, a good bit of school construction has been delayed while officials at local levels awaited action at other levels of government. In many cases it means that school needs are much greater now than t^.ey were even in 1960 and 1961. The state bond issue will help meet a part of these needs; but not nearly all of them.

Each school administration unit must take a realistic look at its construction needs. Where the state bond issue share will not meet all the needs, there must be positive action at the local level to provide financing for construction.

In the final analysis it still remains the responsibility of local governments not state or federal governmentsto provide the classrooms and other

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

RALEIGH Post-election political notebook:

The next red letter date on the 'calendar of Gov .-elect Dan K. Moore is Friday, Jan. 8, his inauguration day.

Moore chose the date himself, placing it on a weekend for the convenience of his friends and supporters in western North Carolina who want to come to Raleigh for the occasion.

There was no other ^cial reason for choosing the Jan. 8 date. It is the prerogative of a governor-elect to set the date for Inauguration. Pour years ago. Terry Sanfwxl selected Jan. 5.

The state constitution provides that a governor-elect may be Inaugurated, if he wishes, as eariy as 12:01 a. m. on Jan. 1.

festive Choosing the date for Inauguration was one of the first details Moore attended to on the day after the election, and before he left on a vacaticMi.

His headquarters was brimming with telegrams and messages of congratulatimis and aides Informed Mowe that thousands of his supporters in the West planned to travel to Raleigh from the mountains for the inauguration. There was acme talk of a special train from Asheville.

Inauguratl(ms are traditionally gala, festive affairs, with an inaugural Ball, a parade, the new governors Inaugural address and the ceremony Itself.

ARRANGE Arrangements for the Inauguration are put

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In the hands of an Inaugural committee appointed by the governor-elect.

In the past, funds for the Inauguration have had to be raised by the successful candidate himself and his supporters but the state will foot the bill this time. A special appropriation of $17,000 was approved by the legislature at the suggestion of Sen. John R. Jordan Jr. (rf Wake County and that amount is available for use by tbe Inaugural cwn-mlttee this time.

LEGISLATIVE Another matter of immediate concern to the governor-elect is that of shaping a definite legislat 1 v e program.

Moore is planning a series of ctmferences with his key supporters and legislative leaders and will meet with the Advisory Budget Commission which Is preparing recOTunen-

datlons for the 1965 General -

Assembly.

A large number of legislators were among those who have pledged support to Moore and offered their cooperation and assistance.

In addition. Gov, Terry Sanford has invited Moore to place his assistants in the governors office and in key departments to become familiar with operations of the state government and have access to Information helpful in a smooth, order 1 y transition of the Executive department.

NOTES Political notes from all over:

President Johnson carried Alamance County, the first county in alphabetical lists of North Carolina county-by-coun-ty^vote totals, by a bare 120 votes. But it was significant.

It was the first time in 12 years that Alamance had been in the Democratic column in a presidential elecUon.

One of the closest elections for legislative seats was that for state senator in Alamance won by Sen, Ralph Scott by a margin of only 402 votes.

Scott, the brother of the late Gov .-Sen. W. Kerr Scott and uncle of the lieutenant - governor elect Robert W. Scott, is presently Senate president pro tern and a member of the Advisory Budget commission.

GoiP There are reports that state Republican chairman J. Herman Saxon of Char-lottee wiU resign his post within a few weeks. Saxon, a member of the 1963 House, was defeated in a bid for re-election to the legislature in Mecklenburg County and also saw the state Republican party suffer widespread setbacks at the more more more more morem polls.

Saxon has disclosed plans to can a meeting of the state GOP executive committee later this month. His term as state chairman does not expire until 1966.

One of tbe few bright lights for the Republicans in Tuesdays elections was the victory by Rep. James T. Broy-hiU of Lenoir for a second ' term in Congress. Broy hill barely squeaked by in 1962 to defeat Rep. Hugh Q. Alexander in the Ninth District, but this time he rolled up an impressive margin, nearly 17.-000 votes, over Democrat Robert Davis erf Salisbury.

BroyhiU carried Davis home county of Rowan by about 2,000 votes.

He won in Cabarrus. Alexanders home county, by 3,500 votes. In 1962, Broyhls narrow margin was supplied in the two smallest counties of the district. Yadkin and Davie.

COLLEGE Voters in Lenoir County voted by more than four to one to approve e.stablishing of a new community college at Kinston. The vote okayed appropriations of $150.000 in non-tax funds and a two cents per $100 increase in the countys special privilege levy to suMwrt the college.

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Gratitude Is ' Due Thousands

By ART BUCHWALD

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Published Every Afternoon Except Sundey Eftablithed 1882 DAVID JUIIAN WHICHARD, Publliher Altered at Po Offlca. OraenvUk. N. O.. as aeooiid

By WINFRED L. GODWIN

Todays college students have reason to be grateful to thousands of people they will never meet the individuals and groups who are making voluntary contributions to colleges and universities.

Student tuition pays only a fraction of the cost of higher education. Private Institutions make up the difference from endowment and support from many sources; public colleges and universities depend on appropriations. But both types of schools need gifts from foundations, alumni, businesses, churches and individuals for help in upgrading their educational programs.

Southern schools, traditionally behind national averages in contributions received, are moving up. Based on a comparison of gifts received to students enrolled, the national average is $349 per student as compared with $334 in the South, according to a recent survey by the Council for Financial Aid to Education. Only four years ago, the Southern average was $240 per student.

The gain is not a uniform one and it is not spread evenly among the various types of schools. For example, a large private university receives $2,-336 per student in gifts while a small state college has a contributlon-per-student rate of $1. But overall, throughout the South, givers are becoming more generous.

Biggest benefactors of Southern colleges and universities are the foundations. In fifth place among donors only lour years ago, foundations now contribute an average of $83 per student in the Southern region. Foundation support is most heavily concentrated in major private universities, where the average contribution is $383 per student in the South. This is the largest gift, on a per-student basis, from any group in the region or the nation.

Skimpiest supporters of Southern schools, compared with national averages, are alumni of private colleges and universities. Nationwide, alumni are in first place among contrilw-tors to private institutions.

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However, graduates of public institutions give more generously in the South than in the nation as a whole. This reflects the growing popularity of public colleges and universities in the South, which now educate about 71 percent bf the regions students. .

Churches give more support to colleges in the South than they do in other parts of the country $52 per student in the region and $31 nationally. And corporations and businesses are increasing their support of Southern higher education while major priv^ universities are their chief beneficiaries, gifts to public universities are also increasing rapidly.

Significant gifts are coming from interested individuals who contribute to higher education for a variety of reasons. Not alumni of the institutions they support, in the South their giving record tops that of alumni.

Gifts received by colleges and universities flow back into the economy. Many contributions are earmarked for construction on new buildings or refurbushing of old ones. Considerable voluntary suppo r t goes into scholarships and faculty salaries both immediately expendable in the community. Even contributions for endowment money which the institution usually cannot spend is put into stocks or bonds.

Voluntary support is tremendously important for students, for institutions and for the region. It is more investment than philanthropy since it pays double dividends in a higher educational level and an upgraded economy.

Opinions in Brief

A book borrowed from a Buffalo library 55 years ago ha.s been returned. Oh, well, even the most interesting of them has to be put down some day. Windsor (Ont.) Star.

The Department of Defense has recently put out an edict in regard to conflict of interest between Defense Department personnel and government contractors. Under the new ruling a Defense Department employee cannot accept any gratuity or entertainment including lunch from anybody doing business with the government. He may not even accept tie clasps, calendars or paperweights.

This order has naturally caused quite a flurry at the

Pentagon. Most government employees are angered that their bosses think they can be bought with a meal or a tie clasp.

We went over to the Defense Department to talk to some people about it. One employee said, T think its a disgrace. I would never give out a contract for a Polaris submarine just because someone bought me lunch. Dinner maybe but not lunch.

Another employee said. My work in the Defense Depart-

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(Hertford County Herald)

Minding her manners must have kept the First Lady in the White House mighty busy after her whistle stop through North Carolina and seven other Southern States last month.

But no better example of thoughtfulness and courtesy could be set for the young people of America.

Mrs. Lyndon Johnson obviously has written dozens and dozens AND DOZENS of letters. each one with a personal touch.

As proof, there are the letters which have come into Ahoskie, Murfreesboro and elsewhere in the area, each one with its personal message, and each one signed by "Lady Bird Johnson. The letters were follow up notes after her whistle-stop in Ahoskie on October 6.

What makes this all the more interesting Is that the letters were written at a time when Mrs. Johnson certain 1 y had no time. Her husband was the busiest man in the United States holding down the most Important job in the United States and at the same time campaigning to .succeed himself in that office. And, as his wife, Mrs. Johnson could be no less busy.

Nonetheless she managed to remember all the many gestures made in her behalf and to address a personal letter to each one who had a part. And she followed up these Ictt e r with oversize colored post cards of the "Lady Bird Special

brightened by the bevy of lovelies who accompanied Mrs. Johnson.

Latest example of Mrs. Johnsons thoughtfulness is the appreciative note penned to two Uttle Ahoskie 6th graders who raced after her train in an effort to put aboard one of the boxes she was to have had from the Democratic women of the 1st Congressional District.

Eleven-year-old Dinah Williams immediately went home and wrote the Presidents wife a letter telling her the "huge box had been forgotten and Dinah and Nancy Blanton had it and they were worried about it.

Back came a delightful note telling the two little girls to "divide the contents with your friends and to tell every one how grateful Mrs. Johnson was for preparing It for her.

She sent each Uttle girl her favorite photograph of her favorite person, the President of the United States, thoughtfully authographed.

On top of that she congratulated Dinah on her talent for expression and . . .handwriting.

And it just bears out the truth of the old, old saying, that if you want to get something done, get a busy person to do it.

Mrs. Johnson was very, very busv, but still had time enough to be thoughtful and appreciative. And to add the personal touch.

We think that there's a real lesson there for the rest of us.

ment depends on an up-to-date calendar. For years my calendars have been suppUed by defense contractors. Now with the new order I wont know what day it is. How can I do a good job?

A general with Procurement said, This work is no fun, but one of the things that has made it worthwhile are these sateUite tie clasps. They want us to be neat around here, but how can you be neat if you cant keep your tie in place? Of course, the Defense Department is reaUy out to prevent contractors from influencing Defense officials wi t h more expensive gifts such as week ends in Florida, yacht cruises to Bermuda and vacations in Paris.

There is only a small minority in the Defense Department who would accept an expensive gift from a contractor, an official told us, but I dont know why we should suffer just because the majority wont do it.

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Theyre not going to Svop influence - peddling no matter what they do. A contractor called me the other day and said, Tf I dont get the order I'm going to tell McNamara I had lunch with you at Trader Vics. I told him I had never eaten a meal with him and he said it was his word against mine. So I had to give him the order.

Not only are the Defense Department employees furio u s about the edict, but mo.st Washington lobbyists are up in arms. If the Defense Department forbids entertaining, there Is no way for the lobbyists to pad their expense accounts.

We re going to have to raise our fees If we cant make It on expenses. sv lobbyist told us, and you can (Continued on Page 5)

y[ixing-Either And Or

By ROGER BABSON BABSON PARK. Mass. -These words have partknilwly significant uses. For instant, the word "or may express m* definiteness, as in the sentence. There were ten or twelve pe(rf>lc present. Or it may indicate definiteness, as tn "It is black or white. It is plus <* mlnu' being imirfied in these lart Instances). . .i

The word or Is often used loosely with reference to human beings. For example, saying a person is a liberal or a conservative is usually far from precise because most people support elements <rf both points of view. It is probable that there are very few who are wholly liberal or wholly eon-aervative. _

free enterprise

vs. SOCIALISM

In the heat <rf political debate the backers of (e philosophy talk as though the other irfiilosophy .were wholly evil, and vice versa. Free onter-prise is. of course, the older erf the two for, in its purest form, it is the law of the jungle. Each animal is free to prey on those it can destroy until a stronger one comes along to destroy it. This led to the old concept that wwlth is the reward for virtue, and poverty the result of sin. It has led in more modem times to the wage slaves in Northern mills and the Negro slaves in Southern plantations.^ It has also led to the rise of dictators, Stalin, Hitler, Mao.

On the other hand, pure socialism leads cltimately to individual stagnation, exc e p t perhaps in certain (leeply religious societies where true communism has been practiced. (Note communism with a small c). This latter is the kind of life practiced by the early Christians. It is thus of much later origin than free enterprise. It stems from the teaching of Jesus, Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself. Early communism implied that each member of the community was working for the common good. Since the socieLy was made up of deeply religious individuals, it needed almost no government. (Communism of the Russian type is, of course, not voluntary but forced.)

MODERN MIXTURES

In our government here In the United States we have neither one nor the other of these forms of society, but a mixture of both. We have police departments and fire departments which are run by the community. However, individuals are free to engage in numerous activities without governmental inte-ference.

Many of the scclalistlc accretions of th" fede:*al government stemmed originally fro?n inability or refusal of Individuis, local communities, or states to solve by themselvrs the problems that confron*'i them. It v.'as the excesses of the railroad magnates that "'i to the formation of the In'er-state Commerce rnmm'ss'''!. It was the denre^snn of ''"9 that brought into being t h e numerous government agencies that shored up the ecou'^mv so it could function a! ii some cases. The federal gu--antee of bank dcT>css at request of hanks b^s el!m''-ed the likebhood of a n o-i banks like that of p supports in arolcuitcre w'-- instituted to ensure r> food ro eat. Rural electrifcat'on m'- 'e it possible for these livh? on farms to enjov com" of he conveniences of those who live in the cities.

WHICH WAV c^oiH.D WE GO?

If we were to inr.nte F" den we could ro a Ion" in both direction.s. b" there the;'' have n higher ,s-u-dard of living for the t^al population than we b"vn br-''. Th"v ha^e less u^r.n''o-T'"'Tt, rd Ic-': tnterrrrec" Wh nrss frnn T'-v

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The Voters Are For Prosperity

No automobile that we know of has ever smashed through a concrete bridge abutment, but a good many drivers keep on trying in spite of that. Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Strength For 'Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS TRUE NOBHJTY In his book Its Better To Believe, Dr. John D. Verdery tells the story of a particularly sad death in hia family and the kindly calls of many neighbors to see U there was anything they could do. "An old fellow stood about who had worked on the place many years before, mowing lawns, dumping garbage and doing other chores. He was not a very bright fellow. I met him in the kitchen and. between his tears and his natural ineptitude with words, he could not speak at all. so he leaned down and picked up the garbage pail and took it out and dumped it as of old. He did what he could, and It was eloquent.

What a beautiful story of no

bility and fine feeling on the part of a limited and an unlettered man! He had such a deep feeling for the family he had served that he wept with them. He had no words of comfort to speak, but his job in former years had been to empty the garbage pail. This at least he could do, and on this sad and momentus occasion he did just that.

Certain outstanding truths emerge from this sltuatin. One is that we often encounter nobility where we least expect to find It. Another Is that the best way to serve in the world in to serve the way we can no matter how humble that may be. Another is that fidelity is fine no matter where we encounter it. And with all its evil, human life is pretty fine after all.

Bv ELMER ROESSNER I wasnt going to write anything about the election. I am a business reporter, not a political pundit. But there has been so much pompous pontificating, abyssmal analsrzlag and smart - aleck summarizing that I am compelled to say something.

The results of the election have been attributed to a surge for civil rights, a surge against extremism, a surge for Medicare, a surge for getting along with the Russians, a surge for defusing the A-bomb, a surge for peace, a surge for toughness against the Viet Cong, a surge for the Great Soci^y and a surge for surge.

I want to make only one point: The voters of America have never voted out of office the party in power during a boom. We have broken all records in the present boom. Prosperity was never higher than It was on election day.

If prosperity continues through 1968, the voters will vote for Democrats again; If the boom continues on through 1972. the Democrats will have more landslides and the Republican minority will be more minor than ever. And if the boom is still bubbling In 1976

Well, no one shoots Santa

Claus and the American public never votes an Administration out of office when times are good. People vote their own economic' interest. Members of the Boston Tea Party werent reacting to the gUm-

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mer of freedom, they were reacting against taxes.

TOTAL

Largely because of the drop in residential building, the total of new construction dropped 1 per cnt in October from a year ago.

The Department of Commerce reports that the total construction in October was $58,077 million, compared with $58,765 million in October, 1963. Residential building was $22,-755 million, compared with $24.233 million a year ago.

The total was helped by non residential building. $11.533 million compared with $10.873 million a year ago. and by pu^ lie constructi(Mi, $18.088 million compared with $17,759 million.

Btiore trading it In:

Inside of car: clean trunk, te-place torn mats: rcinovr dirt stains from uphol3t.?r3'; clean and wax all interior metal; make sure any extra* ace in working order; wash car and touch up.

END OF CORN EARWORM MAY BE IN SIGHT

Department of Agricultu r e scientists have isolated a substance from the fresh kernels of silk of corn plants that stimulates insects appetites. Earworms eagerly eat paper soaked In the substance. With this knowledge the scientists believe they can develop chemicals that can wipe out the past.

HOME BUILDING DROP CUTS CONSTRUCTION

HOW TO GET MORE FOR AUTO TRADE-IN The American Automob 11 e A.ssoclation has Issued a series of tips on how to get a larger trade - in allowance when buying a new car.

When getting a new car: install seat covers; buy and use a bit of touch - up paint; wash car every other week; wax It every three or four months; avoid drag - .strip starts, screaming stops and hard cornering; correct minor ailments quickly.

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business news items

With conservation, redistribution and pollution ccmtrol, there will be plenty of fresh water for America in the future, the fall issue of the Humble Oil & Refining magazine reports.

Regular off - season flights are often cheaper than charter flights. Pan American Is saying in a new advertising campaign.

The Insurance Informat 1 o n Institute reports that auto thefts are increasing. Thats to be expected: there are more autos, and more autoless teens. Prediction: Auto thefts- will

continue to Increase.

The United States promoted Rallan pizzas^i at the Tokyo Trade Center in Japan. The Japanese were not revolte-j

The darned been have been listening to socialist propaganda. This years honey crop is expected to he 2 per cent under the 1963 crop.