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Tuesday, April 1, 1969
LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Ike , Man Of Honor
Dwight David Eisenhower has gone
home to Abilene. Many years have
passed since he, as a young man, left
his Kansas home to seek his fortune.
Few men have ever found more.
Successful beyond a young man's
wildest dreams, he reached the heights
of power, pr6stige, honor. Beyond
even this, he obtained what most men
seek but few ever find. He found love
and respect from his fellowmen.
He would have been great if his
only claim to fame was his service as
General MacArthur's aide. He would
have been honored if he had done
nothing more than to command the
Allied Forces in Europe. He would
have been remembered had he reached
the position of General of the Army
or Head of the Joint Chiefs. He would
have been loved had he remained
President of Columbia University. He
would have gone down in history had
he served only as President of the
United States.
However, the man with the broad
grin did all these things and more. He
stood, not as a man of success and
power, but as a man of honor and
integrity. For this he will be most
remembered, most honored and most
loved. For this, he has found a place
in history where few men have gone
right at the top.
"A giant of this century". Presi
dent Nixon said this. "First in war;
first in peace and, whereever men
cherish freedom, first among his fel
lowmen". This, too, is how President
Nixon described the former President.
General Eisenhower said when ask
ed why he purchased his farm at
Gettysburg, "I want to leave a little
piece of land better when I go than
when I found it."
He left most of the world better
because he was here. And though his
passing at the age of 78 is no great
shock, it is nevertheless a great loss to
those who cherish freedom, his fellow
men.
He was not perfect and is no
greater in death than in life, but
Dwight David Eisenhower could be
the last of the great men of honor and
integrity. For this, all should mourn.
God To Be Reviewed
Defense Secretary Melvin R. Laird
has issued a statement to the effect
that his department is going to "re
view" a recent action by the Army to
eliminate God from its training lec
tures. Christians everywhere will un
doubtedly be heartened.
It came to light last week that the
Army, under pressure from the Ameri
can Civil Liberties Union, had ordered
chaplains 'Yo "eliminate all reference
to God and religious philosophy in
lectures aimed at instilling moral re
sponsibility in its soldiers". The
ACLU is now seeking to get the Navy
and the Air Force to conform.
The Defense Secretary had delayed
the action,' "pending further study".
The First Amendment to the
United States Constitution says:
"Congress shall make no law respect
ing an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the 'free exercise there
of....". This was placed there to insure
religious freedom. The authors of the
Amendment could not possibly have
meant for it to interpreted to mean
the denunciation of God. This, how
ever, is what it has now become. The
Supreme Court!, and organizations such
as the ACLU and others cry separa
tion of church and state as though it
were a new idea. To the contrary,
what was once a strong and .firm
policy designed to protect one organ
ization from dominating the other has
now become a moral disgrace to -this
country.
This nation was built on faith. The
first settlers came here for the primary
ourpose of worshiping God as they
r
chose. What the Supreme Court and
others believe they are accomplishing
is beyond the comprehension of or
dinary men. This nation without God
cannot survive. Nor can m^p.
If the mention of God to Army
1 troops infringed upon the individual's
right to worship as he pleases or if it
posed a threat that the church would
take over control of the country,
perhaps then-but only then-would
the action by the Army be justified.
This is, of course, ridiculous. There is
no more danger of this than there is
danger that the state will take over the
church if children are allowed to pray
in school.
The state should not and cannot be
allowed to choose any citizens' reli
gion. The church should not and
cannot be allowed to take over the
operation of the state. This is what
the theory of separation means. And
it means nothing more.
However, modern man, filled with
all the good things in life, likes to be
noticed. In this day of wilaness and
absurdities the more ridiculous the
action, the more publicity it draws.
The ACLU and the Army have out
done the Supreme Court-as difficult
as this may be and as usual, it is the
nation that is the loser.
Secretary Laird may indeed, review
the Army's decision. The Supreme
Court may continue to issue its atheis
tic rulings, but the time will come-as
? surely it must-when all this will be
subject to review by the Highest
Judge. And wonder what the decision
will be. It's surely worth considering,
isn't it?
The Fra^jHn Times
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"It's Ike Himself. Pass The Word "
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"Should
Pass A Law"
To the Editor:
Perhaps while the legisla
ture is in session, it should
pass a law which would pro
hibit Client Fuller from ever
again commenting on the Tar
Heels of North Carolina.
"In our opinion" you
weren't being fair to the Tar
Heels. If that is your opinion,
then we Carolina fans had
rather do without your
opinions.
All Carolina has done in
the last three years, is win the
ACC title three times, the
ACC tournament three times
and the Eastern Regionals
three times.
They deserve a little
praise, for they accomplished
something that no other ACC
team may ever accomplished.
Excuse the writing and
spelling but we are Carolina
fans and dont know as much
about writing as a State,
Duke or South Carolina fans,
two Faithful TarHeels
/ Vance Mendenhall
Bill May
Likes Charlie Scott
To The Editor:
In your sports column of
Much 18, 1969, regarding
Charlie Scott, there were sev
era! points made which I do
not agree with. To begin
with, you stated that John
Roche was named the most
valuable player of the ACC
tournament. Charlie Scott
was the most valuable player,
an honor which he rightfully
deserved. John Roche was
named player of the year in
the, ACC.
The fact that Scott was
not unanimously chosen to
the All Conference squad by
the ACC sports writers has
been criticized more than the
fact he was not selected as
player of the year. To be a
unanimous selection, a player
has to be named on the first
team on every ballot cast.
Five ACC sportswrlten failed
to select Scott as a member
of the first team. I am of the
opinion that if Scott Is con
sidered one of the ten best
college basketball players in
America by all of the major
organizations which select an
All American team, then he is
surely one of the five best
basketball players in the
ACC. Incidentally, Scott was
choeen first team All America
by the National Association
of Basketball Coaches, an or
ganization which should be
the most qualified to judge
the ability of baaketball play
ers.
In my opinion, there can
only be three possible reasons
why he was not selected by
some of the sportswrlters: (1)
They are anti-Mack; (2) They
are anti-Carolina; or (3) They
know my little about basket
ball.
In your column you also
stated that you believed Mike
Maloy of Davidson to be a
better ball player than Scott.
Well, I do not know about
you, but I have only seen
Davidson play twice this year.
One of those games was
against Carolina in the finals
of the Eastern Regionals.
Scott was named most valu
able player in the Eastern
Regionals, not Maloy. There
fore, unless you have seen
Davidson play more than I
have this year, I cannot see
on what grounds you base
your opinion.
To further increase my
doubts about your ability as a ,
sports analyst, you stated
that Scott was not 'in the
same league" with Larry Mil
ler and Lennie Rosenbluth.
How can you compare Scott
with Rosenbluth who played
eleven years ago? Coaches,
such as Dean Smith and
Frank McGulre, refuse to
compare the 1957 team with
the present one. They further
refuse to compare players. In
comparing Scott to Miller, I
think that is a matter of
preference. I regard Scott,
however, as a better all
around ball player than Mil
ler. (My opinion, of course, is
not as highly valued as that of
the award winning Franklin
Times.)'
In conclusion you stated
that college basketball had
done a lot for Charlie Scott.
Have you stopped to consider
what Charlie Scott, and other
outstanding players as well,
has done for college basket
ball? I believe that a basket
ball player's reward should be
equal to his ability and per
formance. The ACC failed to
do this in the case of Charlie
Scott. I, therefore, conclude
that he does not have m
much to be grateful for as
you would lead us to believe.
Thank you,
Sammy N. Perdue
2nd U. USAF
Graduate Student
University of North Caro
lina
(former Franklin County
resident)
Danger In Law Plan
The most blatant and
dahgerous power grab by the
federal bureaucrats to date la
already well under way, and
Franklin County and Louis
burg officials are going for It
hook, line and fishing pole.
This new carrot being dangled
before us in the form of more
"free" federal money la set
up In Public Uw 90-361, the
"Omnibus Crime Control and
Safe Streets Act of 1968."
$400 million is set seide to be
rationed out to the states
(Sec. 520) if they apply for It
and If they submit plana ap
proved by federal bureaucrata
(Sec. 308). The question
naturally arises at to why tMs
is considered necessary when
the states have the power to
raise their own money. Can
there be any other explana
tion than the wish of the
federal government to attach
guidelines and controls to the
use of revenue for police?
In view of the potential
threat, a closer look at this
law is called for. Title I of the
Act, Law Enforcement Assis
tance, contains the sections
dealing with state and local
police forces. Section 101 es
tablishes a "Law Enforce
ment Assistance Administra
tion" within the Department
of Justice and under general
authority of the Attorney
General. It consists of three
men appointed by the Presi
dent, "by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate."
This Administration is to "ex
ercise all of the functions,
powers, and duties created
and established by this title,
except as otherwise pro
vided."
Part B of Title I sets up
"planning grants" to he doled
out to the states for the
establishment of "State Man
ning Agencies" for the "prep
aration, development, and
revision of the State plans
required under section 303 of
this title."
Section 301 (b) authorizes
the Administration set up in
section 101 to "make grants
to States having comprehen
sive State plans approved by
it." Such plans are to include,
"public protection," "reeruit
ing," "public education,"
"construction," the "organ
ization, education, and train
ing" of regular police officers
and "special law enforcement
units," and the "recruiting,
organization, training, and ed
ucation of community service
officers." These community
service officers are to aid
police in recruiting, "police
community relations and
grievance resolution me
chanisms; community patrol
activities" etc., etc. It Is im
portant to note here that
section 601 (k) says that the
Community service officer
"may not meet ordinary stan
dards for employment aa ?
regular police officer," but
"meeting such other qualifi
cations promulgated in regu
lations pursuant to section
501." Section 601 authorises
the Administration appointed
by the President "to establish
such rules, regulations, and
procedures as are neceasary to
the exercise of its functions."
This means Just what It says,
that federally appointed of
ficials may make virtually any
regulations they deem necee
sary.
Section 502 la even worse;
"The Administration may
delegate to any officer or
official of the Administra
tion, or, with the approval ot
the Attorney General, to any
officer of the Department of
Justice such functions as It
dssws appropriate " And see
tVCOME
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THINK
OF IT..."
by
frank count
There1! a little something been rawing at my craw for some
time now. Today is the anniversary of the thing and it always
causes me to have a spell when I think of it.
It ain't often anybody takes old Frank all the way ins And
when it does happen, it sorta ruins my day and sometimes
several of my days. I like joshing. I like joshing when I dish it
out. And I like joshing when I get it.
I been aiming to share this experience with you faithful
readers for some time but. to tell the truth ... I been a little
chicken. You don t ever
know when you're
gonna be called on to
go get a operation. And
since this little tale is
about one of the out
standing local surgeons
and since . . . with my
run of luck, he'd be on
call if I got a notion to
go get cut on, 1 been
hesitating. And if you
think old Frank is
gonna take a chance at
getting him fretted, you
ain't been paying at
tention.
But, lately I been
enjoying good health. I
thought for awhile I
might have to go . . .
but (and don't tell him)
... I did it myself.
That's right, I cut the
corn out all by myself. And since I figure to get on the
crotchet sometime this week, I'm gonna get this thing off my
- chest . . . this thing that's buggin me, tjiat is. I ain't planning to
cut on my chest. 'Course, you knowed that, didn't you?
This outstanding local surgeon ... he must remain un
animous 'cause I can't use his name 'cause doctors can't
advertise . . . had his girl call old Frank some time back and set
up a appointment. Can you imagine . . a doctor calling for a
appointment with old frank. And it was 110 degrees at the
North Pole, too.
Anyway, the girl called and I figured right off the Doc was
chicken. He had somebody else do his dirty work. But on with
he tale. "Mr. Count," she s4id and I got suspicious right off,
"The Doctor would like for you to come to his office
tomorrow at 1 o'clock. We're getting a new Swedish surgeon
and we want you to meet him."
Well now. I knowed I'd shook hands with a real live
Governor, sideburns and all and I seen a real live lost
Congressman and I figured right off the Doc wanted to take
advantage of my experience.
"Well, let me see my calender," I said real important-like.
Doctors always do that, specially if you're hurting. If you ain't
hurting, they'll see you right off.
"I just might be able to make it, Miss," I finally said. I
thought about running out on the street and finding a girl to
answer her back so's they think Old Frank had a secretary, but
I decided against it. There wont no girls on the street.
"That's fine, she said. "Well be looking for you at one. I
think youll enjoy meeting the new Doctor. By the way, his
name is Urpa Loof, in case you're interested."
Urpa Loop, I muttered to myself after she hung up. Sure
did sound Swedish. I guess I was the only experienced writer
around. I don't speak Sweden so good, but they didn't know
that.
I got aU prettied up to go the next day and I didn't want to
forget the felloe's name. I wrote it down and I spelt it
frontwards and backwards to memorize it. And guess what
happened when I spelt it backwards? It come out April Fool.
That true pillar of the community; that outstanding surgeon;
that home-loving, money-making Yankee had topk me ... old
Frank Count ... in. Hook, line and sinker. All he had to do - ?
was haul In the line.
And I ain't got over it yet. So if any of you plan to go get a
operation don't forget to call for Lirpa Loof. He'd 'preciate it.
tion 604 goes still further:
"In carrying out Its functions,
the Administration, or upon
authorization of the Adminis
tration, any member thereof,
or any hearing examiner as
signed to or employed by the
Administration, shall have the
power to hold hearings, sign
and Issue subpoenas, adminis
ter oaths, examine witnesses,
and receive evidence at any
place in the United States it
may designate." Kangaroo
courts conducted by appoint
ed federal officials perhaps?
Section S03 authorizes the
Administration to make
grants to states provided the
administration has on file an
approved comprehensive
State plan, "iM>t more than
one year In age." Sound fa
miliar? It should. Just as our
schools are required to do,
our police would have to sub
mit new plans and have them
approved each year In order
to receive our slice of the pie!
There are other odorous sec
tions of the law which are too
kmg to perrhlt their examine
tton hare, but It should be
(
obvious that this is nothing
more or less than an attempt
at control of our police by
the federal government.
Franklin County and
Louisburg have already
agreed to participate in the
planning for this gigantic fed
eral carrot with Sheriff Wil
liam T. Dement and Chief of
Police Earl Tharrington as
representatives. In order to
qualify, each region had to
have a population of at least
100,000, so Franklin County
has joined with three other
counties to make a regional
unit. Do you suppose that
this could eventually mean a
merger with the other county
agencies entirely and a reg
ional police force?
If you oppose thia threat ?
to our local autonomy let
your local officials know.
And write your Congressman
opposing the whole mess. If
we dont act now our local
police will be owned by
Waahington.
Sincerely,
Richard W. Alston