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The FrarifeMn Times # Published l??ry Tw?*d?y A ThWr?d?y ..... Atl O* frtmkU* C?vi?*? LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT Two Down , More To Go First, Dr. I. Beverly Lake was ap pointed to the State Supreme Court. Things were dull politically for awhile. Then a sudden prominent -appointment to a newly devised Law and Order Com mittee of Raleigh attorney Malcolm Seawell. ^ Now Seawell is gone by the resigna tion route. And last week another pros pective gubernatorial aspirant was re moved from the picture. Joe Branch of Enfield was appointed to the State Su preme Court. This leaves two men still prominent in the Moore Administration as likely prospects, Highway Commissioner Joe Hunt and former State Democratic Chair man J. Melville Broughton. State Rep. David Britt is sitting on the sidelines awaiting the nod, if needed. The field is narrowing among Moore people. The decision may be nearer ? than most had expected. Moore men have a lot of catching up -'to do in the 1968 gubernatorial race. Lt. Gov. Bob Scott started a long time ago and many observers give him a decided edge at this point. He is run ning hard, has been for a long time. Since Governor Moore was a political unknown when he announced in late 1963, it may be that the thinking of the Moore people is to search out another unknown to carry their colors into the battle against Bob Scott. Whoever the Moore candidate might ultimately be, there is no assurance that Associate Justice I. Beverly Lake can deliver his following to that parti cular candidate. It is expected, how ever, that Dr. Lake will support the Moore candidate. It is also a possibility that Lake forces will name a man of their own and make the 1968 campaign a carbon copy of the three-way race ex perienced in 1964. Some, seemingly/ wild, spectulation has it that former Governor Terry San ford might make another try. This is doubtful in light of the defeat of his candidate, Richardson Preyer in 1964, Others have it that Sanford has his eye on Senator Sam Ervin's seat in Wash ington. -< It is hard to get excited about this possibility. Senator Ervin is a con- ; servative from the old school. Sanford ? is a liberal. Moderates supported Go vernor Moore in 1964, but he could not ' win until the Lake conservatives joined forces. This combination may be hard to beat in both the gubernatorial and < senatorial rac?s in 1968, assuming of 1 course, the moderates and the conserva tives are still honeymooning. There have been some rifts, but none have become, thus far, real big ones. Although, small tears can some times wreck a garment, however elegant the cloth might be. It will be interesting to watch who will be next to be eliminated from the Moore stable of gubernatorial hopefuls, and too, if any new horses are added. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING The Price Tag Is High On Federal Aid To Education The Nashville Graphic Nashville, N. C. Thursday, July 21, 1966 Nash County school officials have been advised by the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare that their freedom of choice plan for integrating public schools is unacceptable. The free choice plan permits each student to select the ? school he wishes to attend, and the Nash County Board of Edu cation assigned students on the basis of these individual choices The plan is unacceptable to J federal officials, however, for the stated reason that it has not resulted insufficient integra tion to meet requirements of federal guidelines." Freedom of choice is not enough. Apparently students must be forced to go to, schools they do not wish to attend in order to bring about a deliberate balance of races in the class room that corresponds to the population race ratio. Thus it becomes clear that - . the primary goal of federal ** education officials is not to improve the quality of public education, but to integrate school systems in accordance with their own personal, radi cal social views. The elimination or racial discrimination is no longer an objective No child, white or Negro, is discriminated against who is given a free choice as to which school he wishes to attend. Forced integration, however, is another matter. It takes the choice away from the student 'and his parents or guardians wid places it in the hands of bu reaucrats. It says, in effect, that bu reaucrats know- better what is 1 good for students than parcand and local school administrators. Yet it seems to us that forc ing a student to attend a school he does not wish to attend, sim ply to meet the requirements of federal guidelines and racial quotas, is a more serious of fense than discrimination itself. - The pattern, however, is clear The federal government says there must be mixing of races in the classroom even at the expense of sound educa . t i on a I practices and common sense. All of this is a high price to pay for federal aid to education which, of course, is nothing more than money which came from the pockets of taxpayers in the first place. The Fra^tfpn Times Established 1870 Published Tuesdays A Thursdsys by The Franklin Times, Inc. Blckett Blvd. Dial GY 6-3283 LOUISBURG, N. C. CLINT FULLER, Managing Editor Advertising Rates Upon Request ELIZABETH JOHNSON, Business Manager NATIONAL NiWSPAPCR SUBSCRIPTION RATES In North Carolina: out of State; One Year, $4.84; Six Months, $2.(3 Single Copy 10? on* Year, 15.80; Six Months, ?4.00 | Three Months, $2.08 i I Three Months, *3.80 Entered as second class malt matter and postage paid at the Post Office at Loulaburg, N. C. 27849. ? - < ? ' "Statistics On East Carolina College Misleading" 1 1 ' By Jesse Helm? A week or so ago, an Increasingly nervous little group, which strenu ously ob]ects> to the proposal that East Carolina College be granted Independent university status, placed into wide circulation a misleading batch of statistics intended to re fleet on both East Carolina College and the hundreds of young teachers who have been trained there In re cent years. The statistics, In a nutshell, were rigged In their presentation to the public to show that teacher training at East Carolina Is Inferior to that offered at most other colleges and universities In North Carolina. It has b?en said that figures don't ? ? r\ Wvwv. The Butner-Creedmoor News lie, but that liars do figure. That may not be precisely anilagous in this particular Incident. Still, East Carolina College, and the young people who have been educated there, deserve better treatment at the hands of those who apparently are willing to seize any weapon In making cer tain that nobody intrudes upon this centralization of higher public edu cation at Chapel Hill. The trouble with the statistics re cently given such prominence In the state's ma)or newspapers is that they tell only apart of the story. It was not pointed out that comparatively few teachcrs are trained at Chapel Hill, Duke and Wake Forest. There was no hint of the fact that with the exception of Duke, East Carolina has produced more teachers making higher grades on the test in question than any other college or university In the state. Duke ranked in first place, Just a few points ahead of East Carolina. East Carolina was well ahead of Chapel HU1, Wake Forest and other Institutions. And that Is not all. In addition to outstripping the other institutions, East Carolina made education avail able to 1,200 young people each year who were turned away at Chapel Hill, Duke and other institutions. And all of this was done at East Carolina lat less cost per student than at any other state-supported Institution. We trust that legislators are keeping tabs on the various attempts to dis credit East Caroliha College, and that all of this will be carefully reviewed next year when consideration Is given to the proposal by East Carolina Pre sident Leo Jenkins that his Institution be granted university status separate and apart from the consolidated uni versity. This station has repeatedly made clear Its support for Dr. Jenkins' proposal. We have done so because, In our view, Dr. Jenkins' proposal is constructive. To our knowledge, he has never responded in kind to the back-bltlng and slurs that have been thrown at him and his institution by the zealous advocates of the so-called "one university concept." He has been content to build East Carolina College Into a great educational Institution re spected throughout the country. He has sought to diminish the reputation of the consolidated university. But if he continues to be subjected to the kind of treatment that has beer, apparent for the past several months, our advice to Dr. Jenkins would be that he take off his gloves and roll up his sleeves. If the "one university con cept" crowd wants a fight, East Carolina College and its supporters should give it to them. And" the people of Eastern North Carolina ought to Join in the fray. To be sure, Dr. Jenkins and his colleagues at East Carolina College have stepped on some academic toes. They have been accused of possessing a "regional concept" simply because they have strlved to extend the oppor tunity of higher education as far as their appropriated dollars would go: They have educated more youngsters at less cost than any other institution financed by North Carolina taxpayers. Not surprisingly, a great many of these have been youngsters from the farms of Eastern Carolina who other wise may never have been exposed to the inside of a college classroom. So let East Carolina College's oppo nents continue, if they must, with their innuendo, their misleading statistics, and their sanctimonious twaddle about the M one university concept." The real question is: Who can offer the best education to the most young people at the least cost? When that question comes up for discussion, East Caro lina College apparently has locks an first place. That is the statistice that counts. And If that statistic making East Carolina's critics nervous, so much the better. It may be that there is much that a great many people other than undergraduates can learn at Green ville. Certainly none of us should ignore the lesson that can be learned from this controversy. "More And More Government Surveillance" By Senator Sam Ervin Washington - - Federal employees, Government advisors and consultants, and employees In Industries perform- ? lng Government contracts are ex periencing more and more Govern ment surveillance over their private lives according to reports coming "I'm Still SmhMT I ? 1 In to the Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee. The stated purpose of these Govern ment questionnaires Is to promote the national Interest, whatever that may be, at a given time. Govern ment administrators defend these probes on the ground that they are "essential and proper" for the carry ing out of their responsibilities for the good of the country. Still It is apparent that few are happy about the situation. Depending upon one's particular function In the national Interest, a citizen may be subjected to a battery of procedures conducted by the Fe deral Government to determine his ethics, his race, and his suitability for employment or service to his country, increasingly, these violate established concepts of personal li berty and privacy. Psychological testing, psychiatric Interviews, race questionnaires, lie detector quizzes, background Investigations, antl-con^ munlcatlon admonitions, buy savings bonds pressures, quotas for political contributions, rules for speaking, writing and even thinking, and lengthy forms to ferret out an individual's financial status are the standard pro cedures' governing Federal employer employee relations. Most of us agree that the Government should employ only qualified employees, and that It must have Information to carry out that task. This Is not the Issue which Is disturbing the Subcommittee or those who have voic ed concern. What Is disturbing Is that attitudes and procedures affecting Federal em ployees have a way of pervading our whole society, governing the employ er-employee relationship Wherever It Is found. This 1$ especially true In the wake ofexpandlng Federal activities In the realm of private Industries and firms who hold con tracts with the Federal Government and who must subject their employees to the same sort of Federal person nel rules. Reports coming t o the Subcom mittee Indicate that there is being created In the Federal service a climate of fear, apprehension, and coercion which Is detrimental to the health of the service and Is corrod ing the rights of Federal employees. This should disturb all of us . Resentment Is piling up over new "race questionnaires." Employees of all races and nationalities are suspicious about the usage to which the Information will be put. Racial considerations that were dormant In the Federal services have assumed new Importance. A more Important question Is over the right of the Government to pry Intoone's ancestry In the first place. Financial questionnaires pose other problems. ' I sanction the goal of the highest ethical standards for Govern ment service. Indeed, It Is Impera tive that Federal employees and ad visors and consultants be obedient to the 26 Federal laws dealing with conflict-of-interest matters. Yet, I do not believe Congress sanctions wholesale Invasions of privacy which are possible In the probes undertaken . . \ X \ . \ v ' Changes Keep Map Makers \ Ever Busy i Geographic place names can change as suddenly as women's hemlines The capital city of West Irian has had three different names iir less than four years, the National Geo graphic Society aays. When former Netherlands New Guinea was turned over to Indonesia In 1X3, Hollandla became Kotabaru, which was changed again to Sukarnapura in honor o f Indonesian President Sukarno. T1m winds of political change In some nations can almost be gauged by looking at a map Index. REE AND FALL OF STALIN During Stalin's reign, more than a hundred towns, cities, dams, and mountains In the Soviet Union and eastern Europe bore the leader's name. When Stalin was desanctlfled by Khrushchev, Soviet map rnakera re named all of the Stallnskls and Sta llnos, as well as a Stallnabed, Sta Unskoye, and Stallnka. Even the most famous of the namesake cities, Sta lingrad, became Volgograd, As the Kremlin goes, so go the satellites. Stalin, Bulgaria's largest port on the Black Sea, reverted to Its former name of Varna. Soon after de-8tallnlzatlon, the So , vlets passed a law forbiddli* the use at names of living persons, and down I went place names based on Khro | shchev, Mlkoyan, Voroshilov, etc. The Ukrainian town of Khrushchev became Kremges. Although Soviet names hav? re flected changes in regimes, naming geographic places after mttonal leaders Is traditional with most na tions. Newfoundland recently honored Sir Winston Churchill by, renaming Hamtlton River and a falls In Labra dor after the British wartime hero. To the consternation of map makers and schoolboys, the map of Africa Is blossoming with one new name after another. New nations have adopted such striking names as Zambia, Ma lagasy, and Malawi. A contest decided the name of one African nation. When Tanganyika and Zamlbar merged In 1984, a cash price of $28 was offered for the best sug gestion. Some entries: Tanganyl kazan, Zanzlnylka, Tanzan, and Zan tan. The wlnfier: Tanzania. Recently, the Congo government de creed that Leopoldvllle, Stanleyville, and Ellsabethvllle would be known by African names: Kinshasa, Kisangani, and Lumumbesht. The martyrdom of President John F. Kennedy triggered a record number of geographical honors. The range of buildings and places named after him extended from Yemen's new public waterworks to the great space' center In Florida, known for centuries as Cape Canaveral. POP SONG RIVER Political heroes are not the only persons honored In geography. Sot to n Monte, the Italian town where the late Pope John XXIIT was born, changed Its name to Sotto n Monte Giovanni XXIII, meaning "Under the Mountain John XXIII:" Men In music and the arts have been honored, too. The State of Maine re named Its Appalachian Mountain after local poet Henry Wedrworth Longfellow. Georgia's Back River was renamed Moon River In honor of the Academy Award winning song written by Georgian Johnny Mercer. When residents of Haney, South Carolina, changed their town's name to Elgin, It was a simple case of southern hospitality. The Elgin Wat oh Company had Just built the biggest plant In town. WN.
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