—SECTION THREE
PAGE SIX
Senator Sam Ervin Says
WASHINGTON Federal
aid programs have mush
roomed in recent years into
a prime means of financing
projects affecting virtually
every American. Annually
programs to expand federal
aid are urged, and often a
handful of new ones are
adopted during a Congress
ional session. The question
arises as to what is and
what is not the proper sphere
of these programs?
The answer should come
from the experience of men
Staffer Award
; To Miss George
Suzanne George, editor of
The Spotlight at John A.
Holmes High School, has
been selected for the Most
Valuable Staffer Award giv
en by The News & Observer
in Raleigh.
The award is being given
Miss George for her “out
standing woik” on tiie local
ASCS NEWS
By H. 0. WEST
Referendum For Transfer
Os Upland Cotton
A referendum will be heid
from May 16 through May 25,
1966 by mail to determine if
cotton producers approve the
lease and transfer of cotton
allotments across county lines
in 1967.
The lease and transfer of
cotton allotments across coun
ty lines is a local decision
for the eligible farmers in
each county to decide, and
since the referendum comes
at a time when farmers are
very busy, it has been de
termined that the balloting
will be by mail. The coun
ty ASCS office has prepared
a list of eligible voters from
county office records and
ballots were mailed to each
known eligible voter Friday,
May 13. Enclosed with the
ballot is an instructional leaf
let and a self-addressed en
velope for the voter to re
turn the ballot in. All bal
lots must be returned to the
county office by the close of
business May 25, 1966. If
there is more than one eligi
ble voter on the farm, a
separate ballot was mailed to
each voter. If an eligible
voter fails to receive a ballot
he may secure one at the
county ASCS office from
1966.
Any farm owner or opera
tor who shares in the pro
duction of cotton on the farm
in 1966, also any owner or
operator of a farm for which
a 1966 cotton allotment was
established shall be eligible
to vote without regard to
whether cotton is planted or
they are participating in the
cotton program. Generally
speaking, any farm owner,
landlord, standing rent, fixed
rent or cash rent tenant is
eligible to vote if they share
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and nations with government
and its effect upon the lives
i of men and the civilization
they are building.
I think that government
should do things for people
that people cannot do for
themselves. For this reason,
I favor the use of federal
monies to control pollution,
to conserve water resources,
and to develop rivers and
harbors. Controlling water
pollution, building huge resi
ervoirs, creating usable har
bors and navigable rivers are
student newspaper.
A plaque with her name
engraved on it will be pre
sented to her at a dinner giv
en by the newspaper at the
Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh
on May 24.
Miss George plans to go
to ivdieifcti m time to take a
tour of The News & Observ
er plant prior to the ban
quet.
Mrs. Mary F. Partin is ad
viser to the student news
paper.
in the production of cotton.
Voters must approve by
two-thirds affirmative vote
for cotton to be eligible for
transfer across county lines
in 1967.
Cotton Failure
Cotton producers who have
cotton failure should notify
the county office before the
cotton is plowed up. This
will enable a representative
from the county office to
visit the farm and verify the
failure. Cotton failure must
be verified before the pro
ducer can get credit under
the 1966 Upland Cotton Pro
gram.
Soil Stewardship Week
Mr. Lloyd C. Bunch, chair
man of the Chowan Board of
Soil and Water Conservation
District Supervisors, calls ev
eryone’s attention to the fact
that this is Soil Stewardship
Week, May 15-22. This year’s
theme for the observance is
“Crisis in the Countryside”,
giving emphasis to the prob
lems of erosion of our nat
ural resources and also to
the problems of man’s success
in producing a so-called sur
plus.
In a time of plenty, this
predominantly nation of city
dwellers of ours tends to
overlook the problems of the
countryside. Soil Steward
ship Week is a time for us
U) pause and thank God for
our many blessings and
pledge our support to being
better stewards of our re
sources in the future. Less
than half of our land today
is being properly treated.
What about the other? You
have a part in being a good
steward. The observance is
being sponsored locally in co
operation with the State and
National Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Dis
tricts.
functions that benefit all citi
zens and yet these are things
which are beyond the means
of citizens to perform for
themselves. The development
and control of these re
sources and necessities play
an important role in the life
of the people.
On the other hand, it
should not be the fuhetion
of government to grant spe
cial privileges to some in an
area of life that individuals
can control themselves. For
this reason, I oppose rent
subsidies, because they put
the federal government into
an activity which ought to
be conducted by the people
themselves. Jobs are the
most plentiful they have
been in two decades, and
anyone willing to work has
a reasonable opportunity to
do so. Aside from this, rent
handouts take away some
thing very precious from the
recipients. They take away
one of the durable satisfac
tions of life—pride. Living
cost handouts steal away
from free men those vital
traits of self-reliance and
self-responsibility which are
essential to democracy.
Long ago, Hamilton and
Jefferson disagreed over
many things which touched
on individual freedom and
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I centralized government. But
they both agreed on the evils
of paternalism and the di
sasterbus effects it had on
the spirit of men. Hamilton
put it tersely: “A power
over a man’s subsistence
amounts to a power over his
will.” Jefferson stated the
danger in more understand
able terms: “Dependence be
gets subservience and venali
ty, suffocates the germ of
virtue, and prepares fit tools
for the designs of ambition.”
Rent subsidies are a, prime
example of what government
ought not to try to do for
men. In exchange for a few
dollars from the government,
men trade their independence
for the controls which am
bitious men design for them,
i Today’s handout breeds to
morrow’s subservience in the
hope of getting more. The
new kingdom of federal pa
ternalism will make it pala
table, and greed will justify
every new demand.
This can be more readily
understood when one realizes
that the ink had hardly dried
on the first guidelines ap
proved by Congress for rent
subsidies when the Housing
and Urban Affairs Depart
ment announced that it was
readying new requests to ex
tend its aid to low-income
groups to the middle-income
bracket next year. So the
shepherd’s cloak begins to
stretch to cover more of the
flock.
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IN MAY COURT Miss Marian Bunch, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd E. Bunch, 202 East Queen Street, Edenton,
was Maid of Honor in the Meredith May Day festivities
held on May' 14. Miss Sara Anne Poole of Kinston reigned
as queen and the special ceremonies were held in the
college amphitheater at 4 P. M.
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