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The FranMMn Times Publi?H?d l.cry TvMrftyA. Thwr*tf?y W'V.n? AH Of Fr??hl.n Cotesly LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Irony There Is Irony in today's front-page report of Monday's Board of Education actions. The Board approved a project calling for expenditure of near ly half a million dollars in the Negro schools this year. The iy money is part of the federal funds now threatened because of complaints from twenty Negro parents. While this project met unani mous approval of the Board members, not a single penny is to be spent in the whfte schools because of fede.ral provisions for its use. In other words, If the Negro group's complaints stand up with the Office of Education in Wash ington and the funds are with held, it will be the Negro chil dren alone who will lose the benefits of these funds. It appears to be a case of cutting off noses to spite faces. In this same meeting, the Board reviewed recent actions Involving a . suit In Federal Court brought by the same Ne gro group against the Board's Plan of Compljance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The Plan was approved by Washington of ficials in August. The lrony^ seems to be that while the Board makes every effort to aid the children in the county schools, without regards to race, there are others who would allow race to destroy this aid. ' It appears to be a high , price to. pay for early admission to white schools, regardless of the sincerity of those Involved. To Wonder Why The United States is a peace loving nation. It has been throughout the 190 years of Its history. We know this to be truje,. People in other countries should know this by our past deeds. Regardless of this fact. Americans have been Involved In more wars during this time than any other country in his tory. And, surprisingly, only in the first one in 1776 were we the underdogs. We have been caught unprepared in several, but in sports parlance we have been co-favorltes or favored in all the others. A question to keep one awake at night is how a country of nearly 200 million people, ac knowledged to be the wealthiest on earth, with all the most ad vanced technical Jknowhow, Is now losing wars $o opponents with far less population, wealth and knowledge. How, with the aid of our Al lies, could we defeat the mighti estwar machines th6 world had ever seen In the German and Japanese forces in World War II and lose to the North Ko reans, Cubans and. now to the Viet Cong? Make no mistake a?out it, we lost the Korean War, the so called Cuban conflict, and we are losing the war in Viet Nam. Any time you don't win, you must lose. And, certainly, with the widest stretch of the imagination, none of us can truthfully say we have won any of these. North Viet Nam has a popu lation of 13 million, and they have this country and Its almost 200 million . population stale mated In a war area foreign to our forces and distasteful to our' people. We are In the Impossible position of appeal ing to them to give us peace. It will take many sleepless nights and the ponderings of people far smarter than this writer before an answer is found to this question. Again, in sports parlance, we always thought a good big man cbuld always beat a good little man. The difference, however. Is often the effort put forth by each. Little effort from the big man often hands the victory to the little man. .Could this be our trouble? NATIONAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Washington's Reputation Olio would think over a hum I red and sixtysixyears niter his passing. (Jeorge Washington's reputnfl HH1 lor honesty would bo secure. Hut it sivms an amateur historian found reason recently Ui doubt the irtegrity of the Father of our'Country Fortunately, the would lie historian was quickly debunked , A syndicated eolumnist suggested Washington sold crunilily, poor grade sandstone from Aquia ( 'reek near the District of Columbia, for use in the construction of the nation's new Capitol. Soon, a network commentator ami a nationally-distributed magazine re peated the allegation But Frank E. Morse, research and reference librarian at Mount Vernon, set the story straight. Il< says t Ik- reason I h?' sandstone wiw used in parts of the structure was because federal f finds werelim. ited hi I hi iso dayspand the Guilders were toiling iig.ilnst a deadline^ Aquia Crock offered the only stone ill th<' quantity needed within n reasonable distance Moreover. Washington wasn't I "re si dent when the ? (,'apitol was ln-iiiK built John Adanis was. And Wash ington didn't own the quarry at Aquia. or any other quarry We're glad that's settled. Hut Wash injfton's reputation is vonstantlx undrr attack. yy . Morse reports that he recently eame . upon two school teachers visiting Mount Vernon who believed, and evidently taught their students, that Washington was illiterate. ^ ^ II / /? The Franklin Times <? Established 1870 Published Tuesdays & Thursdays by The Franklin Times, Inc. Blckett Blvd. DU1 GY 6-3283 LOVISBL'RO, N. C. CLINT FULLER, Managing Editor ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Business Manager , NATION At NEWSPAPER Advertising Rates Upon Request 3S|%c6,6N L3L .bwaamiiM SUBSCRIPTION RATES * In North Caroline: Out pf Stale: On* Year, ?4.8<i SI* Months, >2.83 Single Copy 10? q,,, year, J5.50. SI* Months, *4 00 Three Months, ?2.0? , Three Months, *3 50 Entered as second class null matter and postage paid at the I'nit Office at Loulsburg, N. t. *27549. "A Good Man Is Hard To Find..." PI15T0U ^ <iOPuilM Highway PATROL Dl*M|?Al5 ^CUiKCHE 4?reM*90K0 p?A>l>V U Looking For Honest Man Sometime, somewhere the sponsors of a bond issue are, going to shoot square with the people and say: "We're not going to try to fool you. The new facilities which we pro pose for you to buy must be bought with borrowed money, meaning that it must be paid hack with interest. One way or the other we may have to Increase your taxes. We Just1 hope that you agree with us that these new facilities are sufficiently necessary to justi fy giving your approval to us to borrow the money." The Diogenes can put down! his lantern. Goodness knows,, he's been looking long enough for a completely honest man. One of our associates has long since wearied of the pub lic statements that Inevitably come with every proposal to Is sue bonds for roads, streets, water or sewer facilities, high ways and every other facility built or purchased for public use. Always it Is the san)e old headline: "Bonds Not Ex pected to Require More Taxes." Noting this headline again last week, he penned a letter to the leaders of the bond campaign. I ^)lan to support your campaign, \ie said in ef fect, but please, can't the people be told the truth? \ Most reasonable citizens are willlAg'to support needed pro grams of community, as weir as state and national, develop VWp oM By JESSE HELMS ment. This support necessari ly involves the commitment of much tax money. Obviously, as In the case of Governor Moore's recent $300 million road bond issue, the money has to come from somewhere. In that case, there was plenty of substance tc'ntbe argument that the state might well have considered a pay-as-you-go plan, instead of becoming involved In a multi million dollar debt which will require the payment of ad ditional millions of dollars In interest on the borrowed money. But that Is beside the point. In practically every public statement endorsing that bond Issue, the Impression was left that taxes would not be affected. It hardly needs saying that if $300 million can be borrowed and spent without increasing taxes, then there should have been a tax decrease If the bond issue had not been approved. The Raleigh -Wake County school bond election on De cember 11 Is the result of a need that surely is evident to everyone with even a casual knowledge of the population ex plosion In the city and county. We cannot believe that It Is Wcessary to deceive the peo A LETTERS? the editor > ! I \OTF. We hove received another excellent to the Editor which we wish we could shore with our read ers However, the letter came unsigned We wel come reader views on any sub| ec t of general in terest but ill letters must be signed When writing,., limit ^letters to one page doublespaced in length ond typewritten it pre ferred though not neces sary And remember, they must* be signed. Qvinhon, Vietnam 21 Dec 1965 Dear Mr Editor: andthe people of Louisburg, I am writing this letter ffom the Republic of Vietnam, to all the citizens of *uch wonderful ?city. I am v?rv r6ud of you for all you are d< % in order to keep communism fruqi spreading throughout Southeast Asia. J Out of all the papers I have read since I have been here I have not heard or read where a draft card was burned at home. Therefore it makep me know 'jny service toere ii/mot in vain. I wish to emphasize some points to the young man who is facing the draft. If and when you are called in service remember: 1 Obey the cadre appointed over you for they are most likely combat veterans. *2 Never sleep in class C^he point yon miss might cost y6u your life). ( 3. When in doubt ask quesf Jions. 4. Watch, the demonstrators vetfy closely when they are teaching_combat tactics. 5. Eat the food the service serves you (it is a well bal anced diet). \ 6 When taking exercises put your whole heart in it. 7. Please take care of your equipment (It will take care of you). There are many,more 1 could point out. but those are the most Important ones. They will save your life.' Again I must say 1 am with you all the way and if you keep the communist off the back step we will keep them off the front. (Happy New Year). Very truly yours, S/Sft Herman Alston, Jr. RA 44080786 119th T Co (TS) APO San Francisco, Calif. 98238 Note: t am married to the former Marie Perry, daughter of*Mr. and Mrs. i. A. Perry, RFD 4, Bo* 375. We hare two children, Linda IS and Vic tor 13. ' pie In order to obtain their support for providing the money to assure that our young people will not have to attend classes in broom closets. Sure, it's going to cost money to build the schools that Raleigh and Wake County need and will need. And the money will have to come from the taxpayers, as It always has and always will. So, a little candor is In or der?for a change. We have m COME TO THINK1 OF IT..." ' by frank count Well... everyone of you should be well over the New Year's Eve thing. And. ..without raising your voices. ..please, quietly... very quietly... answer the following question: Aren't you glad it comes but once a year? We recovered gradually to the point it didn't hurt- when we rattled the cellophane on the freshly-laundered shirt Of course, this stage of recovery didn't come until Monday morn ing We began to feel somewhat better Sunday after checking the Dbituary columns and finding that we were not listed there But. ..boy did we ever have a time last Friday night. We sat ip 'til almost twelve o'clock... and we might have made it longer, but the fire burned down and we got cold... . But we know some folks. ..and !>et you do too... who did sit up way past midnight., and it is these folks who are having difficulty in recuperating. Us early bedders can make this New Year's Eve bit without any trouble And it is for these poor souls who celebrated 'til nearly one y clock that we feel sorry... and maybe they'll know better next time. Come to think of it. ..you can help them remember. Just <valk up to the nearest one you see on the street... tip toe quietly... ?ver so quietly up to his good ear and then... at the top of your lungs yell... Happy New Year He'll remember... and so will you. reached the point that the cost of government cannot be con cealed or disguised by the jug gling of tax ratios, tax evalua tions and tax rates. What really counts is the number of dollars a citizen has to pay. And the only problem is per suadlhg him that the need ex ists and that he will be getting his money's worth. A feV years back, the City of Raleigh began toying with its tax ratio. It was a truly remarkable demonstration of the hand being quicker than the eye. To read newspaper ac counts, one might well have gathered that the City Council ind the County Commission ers were reducing taxes. And :he tax rate was indeed reduced slightly. But the tax ratio was Increased substantially. As a result, everybody's tax bill took l Jump the following year. All will hope, of course, that estimates are correct that new nomes ? new construction of ev ery type ? will provide a $50 mill Ion -broader tax base. But this appears to be largely a hope. If the $8 1/2 million school bond issue Is approved, and If the taxable construction and Improvements do not reach the $50 million projection, then there necessarily will have to be a tax Increase to pay off the additional debt. The people are being asked to be contributing partners In this enterprise ? that we call local government. As such, they should know the truth as to what may be expected of them. And the vm/ they can know It is to be told it by those selected for positions of leadership. That does not seem to be too much to ask. The time to start your new Christmas Saving Plan, or old age saving plan is now; you will never get to it by plan ning it for a future date. you get more out of a day with mechanized farming Well, there aren't really any more minutes in 24 hours. Perhaps many farmers feel there should be. The days just don't seem to laist long enough. At least not long enough to get all lthe things done that need to be done on a modern farm. The answei;? Mechanization getting the back-breaking, time-consuming everyday Jobs done the automatic way. Sounds like a good idea, doesn't It? It's an Idea farm ers can find out more about on January 19 and 20 at the N. C. Farm Materials Hand ling Exposition In the Reynolds Coliseum at Raleigh. The show will have more than 75 exhibitors, with many money-saving, time-saving Ideas. The experts who keep up with the f a sft-c h a n g 1 n g world of mechanized farming will be there too. They'll be glad to discuss their Ideas with you and yours too, for that matter. Who knows? They may have a cure for an aching back. **?^^.^^ME/V\BERSHIP CORPORATIOM Wake Forest, N. C. ..." 1
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