LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Hospital
The announcement, last week,
of a proposed bond Issue for
Improvements to Franklin Me
morial Hospital, was welcome
news. The hospital has served
the community well for the past
13 years, even though short on
necessary equipment and facili
ties much of the time.
Even though he would be the
last to admit It, the present ad
ministrator, M. M. Person, Jr.,
? is due much credit for the suc
cess of the local hospital during
the past six years. The hospi
tal board, led by E. C. Bulluck,
long-time chairman, has had the
vision and foresight to set poli
cies consistent with, good ser
vice andgood business. Person
and his staff have carried them
out in such a manner as to im
prove the service and conse
quently increase the number of
people using the hospital.
There were days a few years
ago when an entire floor of the
hospital was not being used,
when twenty patients made a
heavy load. In the past few
years, many patients, far too
many, have had to be bedded in
the halls.
Now, in keeping with the dedi
cation of the board, the admini
strator and the staff for im
proved services to the people of
this area, the County Commis
sioners have been requested to
call for a vote of the people on
a bond issue, to bring the hospi
tal facilities up to present day
needs.
Surely, the people, given the
opportunity to do so, will support
their hospital.
Other Needs
The needs of Franklin Me
morial Hospital have been
brought to light by the hospital
board's request for a bond is
sue. These needs exist and
surely they should be met. Our
citizens deserve the best medi
cal care. Support of our hos
pital is a necessary community
project.
However, the hospital Is not
the-only community need. Wil
bur Raynor, local aviation en
thusiast, spoke at a Civil Air
Patrol meeting Friday night,
and pointed out the need for
improvements to the local air
field. His points were well
taken. He spoke of the need for
visitors to use the facilities,
and the growth of the area In
other fields, pointing up the
need for a longer runway and
improvements of the services
available at the local air field.
There have been remarks, for
a long time, by those working
there and doing business there,
that remodeling the courthouse
is a must. Certainly, everyone
visiting the courthouse can easi
ly see there is much to be de
sired in this building. More
space is needed for efficient
operation of the county offices.
And never least in the minds
of those concerned with the
needs of our community, are our
schools. A State survey last
December disclosed that 1 10 ad
dltional classroom spaces are
needed to bring our schools up to
minimum state requirements,
with an estimated cost of over
$3 million.
So, our hospital needs enlarg
ing; our air field needs im
provements; our courthouse
needs renovations and our
schools need more space and
there are undoubtedly other
community needs in addition to
these.
Let nothing get in the way of
our hospital's plans for Im
provements because they were
foresighted enough to make the
forward move and ask for the
necessary action on the part
of the Commissioners. But, it
might be well that some com
mittee be appointed by the Com
missioners to look into all our
needs. Such a committee has
been appointed to look over the
courthouse project, and a Citi
zens Committee was long ago
appointed to study our school
needs. One should now be
named to coordinate the efforts
of all these groups, so that in
the end, the people would de
rive the most good from all the
efforts.
Franklin County is on the
move. We may not be able to
afford costly projects at this
time, but it never hurts to look
to the future with hope and ex
pectations.
NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Football Sona
School l?-lls will soon In- ringing
and lli.it brings the football season. ^
ll lias 1111*1- spirit and excitement, ?
ix-rliaps. than any other shirts
season. And so. as wo enjoy tho
games this Call. ?v will hoar thi'
saint' old football song, over and
over again.
We arc not referring to thi' march
ing son)! or Uii' alma mater of an>
college. Wo ari- referring to tho sung
of tho ooiioh. It goes liko this:
"Well, wo can't inmsibly do as
well as wo did last season. We've
lost eight good tackles, fourteen top
guards. sixteen groat linck and thirty
four assistant coaches. No. we
can't e\|*'ct to do as well as last
Happiness Is A Thing
It touches the heart and makes the
mind reel a hit. to read of the
honeymoon of Harry and Mnxine
lxx>l).
After their much-publicized mar
riage last June at the El Morroceo
night club in New York, they flew
off to Paris with a large party of
friends, all of them fun-loving and
non-paying guests of the millionaire
Mr. Leeb.
Alas, though, a dark shadow
suddenly fell over all the gaudy
gaiety and romance. During tho
course of a dinner party at the
famous Maxim's, Harry told Maxine
that he did not like the color of her
sweater.
Whereupon she quit the gathering
in a huff, with tears welling up in
her eyes.
But all's well that ends well.
Maxine, who perhaps should be
come a marriage counsellor in her
spare moments, has explained the
happy situation in these wards:
"To make up, we decided to give
each other Rolls Royces. I ordered
him a brown one. He ordered a green
one for me."
How wonderfully simple. What a
sons oil."
IVspite this weeping, the coach
l'ix's on to win most of his games,
with a fine crop of talent.
KootlNill is a sport that is pecu
liarly American, a sport that we
associate with cool weather, falling
leaves, school and the coming of
winter.
The season doesn't last long.
When it is over, and basketball is
over, the worst sports lull of the
year follows.
The fall, the foothnll season, is
actually the height of the sports
season in the United States. It is a
time of year to be enjoyed to the
fullest. ?
IxMiitil'ully cas\ \vn\ to put an end
to sills fumily s(|iml>l>k's.
Mr. and Mrs. I X'eli ought to live
l<ii|i|)il> ever after.
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Dan K. Moore Doesn't
Please San ford Regime
By JESSE HELMS
Jonathan Daniels, in a little
dispatch from Atlantic City
labeled "editorial correspon
dence", wrote in THE NEWS
AND OBSERVER the other
day that Dan Moore was dis
rupting the unity of the Demo
cratic Party by refusing to
knuckle under to Governor
Sanford in the selection of
the state's new Democratic
National Committeeman. The
width and the breadth of that
kind of logic can be fenced
in upon the head of a pin
with room left over to graze
a herd of buffalo.
Mr. Daniels and his kind
are ill -equipped to talk at>out
unity. Obviously, the truth is
that apparently they do not
yet comprehend the very clear
message conveyed by the peo
ple of North Carolina in the
Democratic Primary election
returns in June. No amount
of advertising to the contrary
by Mr. Daniels will erase
the fact the the voters re
soundingly rejected the kind
of Democratic Party operated
by those so ardently loved by
Mr. Daniels and his news
paper.
It may be that Dan Moore,
then, is confronted by forces
of opposition in his own party
who insist that they must rule
or ruin. In that event, Mr.
Moore had no choice but to
demonstrate who is in com
mand. Any disclosure of weak
ness now on Mr. Moore's
part would have cost him much
of the enthusiasm, if not the
support, that won for him the
Democratic gobernatorial
nomination in June. Mr. Moore
can have unity with Terry
Sanford, or he can have unity
with the people. Mr. Sanford's
crowd made it clear in At
lantic City that Mr. Moore
cannot reasonably hope for
both. It was wei: that he stood
t\is ground.
Dan Moore's selection of
Billy Webb of Statesville was
not destructive to the strength
of the Democratic Party in
North Carolina. The decline
of the party began four years
ago. Politics on the national
scene contributed to the de
terioration, but mostly it was
a public awareness of the
kind of party leadership in
North Carolina that struck at
the vitals of party strength.
Dan Moore's nomination in
June was a sign of hope that
there might be a restoration
of confidence and respect
among the people.
The rise of the Republican
Party in this state and the
startling success of the brief
Wallace-for- President move
ment did not happen by ac
cident. These were born of
resentment and disappoint -
jaentnidilisjUusianmeiiL-iiiii.
people were--and still aie
g roping for leadership in
which they can have confi
dence. They intend to have a
change, one way or another,
from the things and the per
sonalities advocated by Jon
athan Daniels.
And yet, Mr. Daniels pre
sumed to send home from
Atlantic City the suggestion
that Dan Moore was destroy
ing the uiuty of the Demo
cratic Party by refusing to
surrender to those who have
done most to debilitate it. What
nonsense is this!
As for Bill) Webb, it is
hardly up to Mr. Sanford or
Mr.. Daniels, or any others
in that repudiated group, to
pass judgment as to Mr.
Webb's dependability as a
Democrat. Mr. Moore found
him satisfactory. Senators
Erwin and Jordan found him
satisfactory. Secretary of
Commerce Luther Hodges
found no fault with him.
Mr. Webb's signature on
t h e Wallace -for - President
petition raised an interesting
question. At least 60,000, and
perhaps as many as 100,000,
other Tar Heels signed the
petition also. Regardless of
Mr. Webb's motivation in
signing th? petition, the fact
remains that he was in a group
large enough to swing the
election in November in North
Carolina. Can the Democratic
Party afford the luxury of
implicitly alienating such a
sizable group?
Of course- not. And, of
course, the hassle at Atlantic
City had little to do with any
body's desire for unity. There
is well-founded suspicion that
some who were disappointed
by the outcome of the Demo
cratic Primary in June are
really promoting disunity in
the pious name of loyalty.
This was not the first test
of Dan Moore's leadership.
Nor, we suspect, will it be
the last. He inherited a shaky
political house and must now
live in it as best he can,
and rebuild it as quickly as
he can. It cannot be done
by doing business with a
wrecking crew. Perhaps it
cannot be done at all. Still,
his only choice is to keep
faith with the people who nom
inated him, and stick to tl yf
principles which guided him
to victory in June.
That's his best hope for
victory, not to mention unity,
in November.
Discovery
A teacher was telling her class
about the discovery of the law
of gravity.
"Sir Isacc Newton was sitting
on the ground looking at a tree,"
she explained. "An apple fell
on his head, and from that, ha
discovered gravitation. Wasn't
that wonderful?"
"It sure was," piped a small
lad in HmT5cE offM room, -"an*
If he had been slttln* In a school
look In* at his books , he wouldn't
have discovered nothln'!"
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Senator 5am acuia
Washington? The long tlm?
Senate controversy over
"medical care for the aged,"
which advocates seek to fi
nance through social security
payments, has been reopened.
Two weeks ago, In a series
of Senate Finance Committee
votes, the committee refused
to add the so-called Klng-An
derson health plan to other
House-passed social security
amendments. As In previous
sessions this plan has not won
endorsement by the Influential
House Ways and Means Com
mittee. It thus did not become
a part of the House approved
bill to increase c?jh benefits
by 5% and extend coverage to
certain full-time students and
elderly persons.
The House action and the sub
sequent Senate Finance Com
mittee report ordinarily would
end the matter this late In the
session, but medicare has be
come a political and emotion
al Issue. Whatever political
mileage there Is In the Issue,
until now there has been no
broad consensus that the Fed
eral government should assume
responsibility for the medical
care of all persons 65 years
of age or older. In my Judg
ment, there are sound reasons
why the government should
not take this step.
Federal and state and local
governments have an obligation
to share the costs of medical
treatment for needy elderly ci
tizens. On the other hand, a
multitude of problems are In
volved In changing the concept
of the social security program
to finance medical care. The
social security Insurance pro
gram has functioned since Its
Inception as a "cash benefit
program" whereby the recipi
ent receives a monthly check to
spend as he sees ftt. The medi
cal care proposal would Inaug
urate a program whereby the
government would determine
how a beneficiary's Insurance
contributions should be spent.
The principle once established
would very likely be greatly ex
panded.
Any study of the King-Ander
son medicare plan discloses
that It Is Inadequate to provide
comprehensive medical atten
tion to the elderly. Its most
favorable coverage would pro
vide very limited hospital bene
fits and would not provide any
thing for doctor and surgical
benefits. In a short time, Con
gress would be confronted with
a costly Inadequate program
which It would be called upon
to Implement at an even greater
cost.
The cost factor has been down
played. Even a very limited
medical care plan for all per
sons aged 65 years or over,
Irrespective of financial need,
would cost several billions of
dollars a year. The truth Is
that the social security tax
system Is bumping against a
practical limitation. Many be
lieve that It Is unwise to tax
payrolls more than 10% for this
purpose. The Administration's
medicare proposal would raise
payroll rates to 10.4% by 1971.
Most Important Is the policy
question of "how far do the
American people want to push
medical care Into therealmofa
government operated service?"
This could determine much of
the fate of our free enterprise
system.
The Immediate danger of any
prolonged medicare fight Is that
It could defeat some salutary
social security amendments,
for the House Is unlikely to
agree to any medicare.
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