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PAGE TWO THE PILOT, Southern Pines. North Carolina FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1955 Southern Pines North Carolina “In taking over The Pilot no changes are contemplated. We will try to keep this a good paper. We will try to make a little money for all concerned. Where there seems to.be an occa sion to use our influence for the public good we will try to do it. And we will treat everybody alike.”—James Boyd, May 23, 1941. Confusion And Injustice During these last few months it had seemed that President Eisenhower was getting into the stride of his office. It looked as if, while becom ing closer to his stated presidential ideal, “to be the president of all the people,” he was also more nearly approximating what the people expect of a president. But, during these last weeks, there have been disturbing indications of the same lack of comprehension of issues at stake, the same fumbling and inept action, which has marked so much of his term in of fice. Take the President’s handling of two recent matters: the Ladejinsky case and the military cuts. To newspaper men, the President said that he thought Benson was right in firing Lade jinsky and also that he thought Stassen was right in hiring him. Here are two complete con tradictions. A man works for a comparatively “non-sensitive” organization like the Depart ment of Agriculture and is fired by the head of it, for security reasons; that head. Secretary Benson, later saying that if the public knew all, they would feel the justice of his act. Then the same man, within a matter of days, is giv en a position in the Foreign Operations Admin istration, where security enters the picture in a big way. The impression given the public is that Lade jinsky is a loyal public servant and that Secre tary Benson made some kind of foolish mistake in his handling of him. But this impression lasts only two or three days. Then at his press conference, the President launches into his ex planation in which the word “sensitive” figures so prominently. He says that the agricultural agent, fired by Benson, is a safe man for em ployment in the F. O. A. as long as Mr. Stassen, the head of it, does not put him in “too sensi tive" a position. In other words, Ladejinsky is not cleared at all. Things are right where they started except that new Stassen is made to look a fool, as the President returns the smear to Ladejinsky’s name. The only word for such a tangle seems to be the old army one, “snafu”, raised to the nth degree. Whether the nth degree is caused by the President’s own tangle of so-called secimity laws or by his lack of comprehension and in formation is something else again. Probably the two working together. It makes a pretty silly story, and a pretty objectionable one. As for the situation centering around the mil itary cuts announced by President Eisenhower last week, here again the public is utterly at a loss to know what the truth is. Are the cuts being made for the reasons given by Secretary Dulles or Secretary Wilson or the President himself? Each of these reasons is quite differ ent from the other. What we do know, however, is that the President’s statement is at variance, not only with these two members of this cabi net but also with that of the chiefs-of-staff. It looks as if the President had made his decision to cut military manpower entirely on his own. The nation places great reliance in Eisen hower’s military judgment but there is some thing about the suddenness of his announce ment, differing as it does so strikingly from pre vious administration statements, that is having a profoundly disturbing effect. For the sake of national unity and security, the people should be told why the military cuts are recommended. For the sake of justice, the case of Ladejinsky must be fully explored and explained. It is to be hoped that answers to both these questions will be forthcoming, and soon. Person County Did It: Why Can’t Moore? More than a year ago it was notsd in these columns, while pondering the town-wide and county-wide dog problem (their depredations, their threat to health via rabies and the sad sight of starving puppies abandoned and left to fend for themselves), that Person County had started a dog warden-county pound system. Now comes a report that, in its first year of operation, the deg population of Person county has decreased by more than 2,000—all stray animals or ones about whom their owners cared so little that they did not redeem them from the pound where they were kept fer several days before they were humanely destroyed. Also: during the year over 3,000 dogs were vaccinated for rabies. And, just as we said we thought would happen if a similar system were instituted in Moore County, over 1,000 dogs were listed for taxes that had not before been on the rolls. Building the county dog pound cost $2,000— net much more than would be taken in by the extra dog taxes collected—not to mention the tax on dogs customarily listed theretofore. While Person county had been having two to six cases of rabies in previous years, not a single case was reported during the first year of the dog warden’s operations. This success story from Person County reaf firms our contention that Moore County should institute such a program. It occurs to us that all Moore towns would be more than willing to help share expenses with the county, as dogs in towns are a constant problem for local of ficials and police officers. Humanitarians can take notice that such a system, would eliminate the barbarous methods of shooting down stray dogs wholesale which most towns are now forced to use simply to stay even with the stray dog population. At last week’s town council meeting. City Manager Tom Cunningham revealed that the only way town hall can respond to stray dog complaints coming in from citizens is to send out armed policemen with a truck and “fill it full” of stray dogs in a kind of municipal hunting expedition. This sort of thing will have to continue un less the people of the county demand from their town and county governments some in telligent and humane answer to the problem. No one town—and perhaps not even the county— can alone swing the proposal. With cooperation among all towns and the county, we think it would be entirely possible. Now is the time to make plans. The beginning of fiscal year 1955-’56 would be the time to get it started. “The Town Does Not Remove . . An item to bring joy to the tree-lover’s and good citizen’s heart is to be found in the Jan. 15 issue of the town’a little Citizen’s Digest. It says: “The Town does not remove any trees from the parkways EXCEPT dead trees auid those which endanger the public safety. In cases where it is absolutely necessary, authorization may be given to a property owner to remove trees in order to open private driveways.” To which this newspaper adds a fervent Amen, Hurrah, Attaboy, Stet and Double-stet. Thus does the Council reaffirm in unmistak able language, a principal long held by most of the people of this beauty-conscious town but too often set aside by those in authority during past years. No more will a man decide he doesn’t want sycamores near his new house and get the town crew to take two or three big trees out of the row along the parkway; no more will a lady who planted her garden in a shady spot decide she made a mistake and get the town to cut the shade-tree .down. No longer will beautiful magnolias be slaughtered because the man whose lot they border says “they bring dogs and dirt.” We can think of dozens more not-by-any-means rhetorical questions that tell the sad story of the big stumps that used to be big trees shading our town streets during the hot weather and lending their dignity of tower ing branches during the winter days. It is good to realize, once more, that we have a Council awake to the value to the town of its natural beauty and determined to protect it. Schweitzer: Reverence For Life Dr. Albert Schweitzer, one cf the supremely great men of our time, was 80 last week. The most important thing about Dr. Schweit zer is not that he is a man of splendid intellect and varied attainments, though he is all of that. He is philosopher, theologian, scholar, critic, musician, writer and physician. He holds doc torates in theology, philosophy, music and medi cine. He is the foremost authority on Goethe and Bach, while his theological studies. The Quest of the Historical Jesus and a Psychiatric Study of Jesus are works of unsurpassed schol arship and insight. He is net only a fine organ ist but a builder of organs. Add to this his work in medicine and you have a man comparable to the most versatile geniuses of aU time, such as Leonairdo da Vinci and Goethe. Even so, that is not the most important thing about Dr. Schweitzer for us of his time. The most important thing is that he is a practicing Grains of Sand Bare Fault: Too Modest Foolish Question No. 1 on the part of this columnist: ‘■‘What’s become of that League Governor's Message Quoted in Full Legislation Would Give Control Of School Segregation To Local boards of Women Voters pamphlet you all got out as a survey made of the Southern Pines town govern ment? Did you get rid of a few copies?” Lockie Parker, one of the editors of this project, along with Miss Merta Underhill, Miss Norma Shiring and Mrs. Harry Pethick: “Oh. Well. Yes. It’s gone quite well. A good many people got them, and still are.” ‘‘Hear any comments from the state league about your project?” “Yeah. And good. As a matter of fact, they got out a state sur vey, too. They told us they con sidered it the second best thing the state league had done this year. They said the first best was the Souhtern Pines survey. We were pleased.” We’ll say. And this town may well be pleased. This sort of thing is not only of great use, as bring ing valuable information to the citizens, but it creates more use ful citizens. Not to mention be ing a good advertisement for our town. Legislation that would give'^“ county and city boards of educa tion throughout the State com plete authority over enrollment and assignment of children in public schools and on school bus es was introduced iij the General Assembly at Raleigh last week, immediately after Gov. Luther H.; Hodges had, in his message to the' Assembly, endorsed such a pro-j cedure. In his message the Gov-| ernor quoted recommendations for this step made by the Gov-| ernor’s Special Advisory Com-1 mittee on Education appointed by the late Gov. William B. Um- stead. Here,' in full, is Governor Hodges’ statement on the school segregation .issue in his message to the General Assembly: Crazy Cardinal A cardinal residing in our bush es near the house spends most of every day batting his head against a window pane. And he’s been doing it pretty steadily for almost two months. We hang something against the pane and he just moves on to another one. Bird Clubbers, any suggestions? Pilot Birdman, where are you hiding these days? Can’t you tell us something to do. He’s about to drive us as crazy as he certainly is himself. Unconcerned Owl Cliff Story, right of way in spector for the Carolina Power and Light Co., who lives at the Park View Hotel, reports that he and Mrs. Story recently spotted a barred owl—which is generally considered a rather shy and re- 'tiring bird—sitting in a chinaberry tree near the hotel. The owl was about 20 feet off the ground and people were passing in and out of the building beneath the tree, but the owl seemed unconcerned. When a delivery man, whose truck was parked nearby, whistled at the owl, it flew away. Cliff said, in the direction of Dr. Milliken’s, across the park. Has anybody else seen this bird in the heart of town? Fungus Identified When The Pilot recently pub lished a photo of Alton Scott with a large fimgus he had found growing in the cleft of an oak tree off the Bethesda Road, Mr Story became interested and at tempted to identify it from a text book in forest pathology he had kept from his college days. He believes he has gotten it tagged properly as a “hedgehog fungus” —so called from the many hair like protuberances which are growing all over it. When found it was pure white, but it began to turn yellow and brown after it was separated from the tree. The textbook says the fungas usually grows from the heart wood of an oak tree. Christian, that is to say, a saint. His withdrawal from the world, in the role of a physician, to devote his time and talents to the sick and needy of Lambarene, Africa, is the measure of his goodness. And this goodness springs from his philosophy. The centr^ concept of that philosophy is “reverence for life,” or “the ethic of Love, widened into universality.” Ours is an age of pilots strafing towns, as if on joy rides, and of atomic bombs capable of wiping out life in cities today and probably continents tomorrow. Never was there an age which needed “reverence for life” as much as ours does. Ours is an age of great men—witness Church- hill, Einstein, Toynbee and Schweitzer—^but Schweitzer alone seems to combine the quali ties of philosopher, scientist, artist and saint as a sort of cosmic fore-shadowing of what man can be and should be.—Greensboro Daily News 'Very Important Person' Col. C. H. Burkhead, veteran “ham” radio operator, was telling us the other day that he was talk ing recently on the air waves with a Sergeant Ellis, radio operator on the Presidential airplane, the “Columbine.” The colonel, a retired Army of ficer who has operated with the amateur call letters 'WfGTH for many years, said that he did not give his name during the conver sation but that the sergeant radio operator said: ‘‘There’s a very im portant person listening to you.” From this. Col. Burkhead as sumes the operator meant Presi dent Eisenhower. Afterwards, the local man wished he had identi fied himself by name; he lived across the street from the Eisen howers at Fort Leavenworth Kan., for 18 months about 1926. Later Col. Burkhead received a card from Sergeant Ellis, confirm ing the conversation and noting that the “Columbine” was air borne over North Carolina at the time. In November and December Col. Burkhead says, he had con versations daily with the famous Capt. Olsen of the “Flying Enter prise, then at sea in the Pacific. At least once a week he talks with his daughter and son-in- law, Col. and Mrs. J. T. B. Strode in Porto Rico, where Colonel Strode is in command of an Army hospital. He makes connections through an Army radio station and from there is plugged in to his daughter’s home via a regular telephone connection. The citizens of North Caro-lina, and particularly its lawmakers and other elected officials are to be commended for the calmness and wisdom they have sho-wn in connection with the Supreme Court decision of last May. The late Governor Umstead ap pointed a committee of distin guished citizens of both races to study this problem and to advise him on it. I requested this Com mittee, known as the Governor’s Special Advisory Committee on Education, to continue its studies and give us a report as soon as possible. The report reached me in the last few days and is a unanimous doc- IN POLIO 'WARD—The hours pass slowly for a four-year-old when she’s confined to a bed, even with her favorite doll and a coloring book for entertainment. Boisterous, energetic play end ed for Donna Lynn Moore last August 12, when she was stricken with polio. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Don W. Moore of Route 9, Greensboro, Donna has been a patient at Central Caro lina Convalescent Hospital in Greensboro for the past five months. Contributions to the N. C. March of Dimes will provide further treatment to hasten Donna’s returji to happy days of play and the recovery of many other boys and girls. not be accomplished and should not be attempted. “The schools of our state are so intimately related to the customs and feelings of the people of each community that their effective operation is impossible except in conformity with community atti- ument of great significance. Thejtudes. The Committee feels that Honorable Thomas J. Pearsall'the compulsory mixing of the and his distinguished associates races in cur schools, on a state- have rendered a great service in wide basis and without regard to formulating this report, signed by local conditions and assignment all members, which gives to this factors other than race, would General Assembly and to all of North Carolina a starting point from which the State may go for ward toward a solution of this problem. After stating its objectives: (1) Preservation of public • education in North Carolina, (2)Preserva- tion of the peace throughput North Carolina, the Committee makes the following conclusions and recommendations; First: the Committee is of the alienate public support of the schools to such an extent that they could not be operated suc cessfully. “Second: The Committee is of the opinion that the people of North Carolina look upon educa tion as the foundation upon which our democratic institutions stand and are determined to provide education for all children within the limits of their financial abil ity. The Committee feels that the opinion that the mixing of the people of North Carolina desire races forthwith in the public to solve the problems created by schools throughout the state can-1 the Supreme Court’s decision and The Public Speaking By-Pass Route Protested To The Editor: I am enclosing a copy of a let ter I have sent to the State High way Commission about the pro posed relocation of Highway 1. JOHN C. BARRON Southern Pines (Enclosure) Southern Pines, N. C January 14, 1955. The North Carolina Highway Commission Raleigh, N. C. Gentlemen: I wish to enter a protest against the proposed new route of U. S. Highway 1 through Southern Pines, as shown on map posted in the Moore County Courthouse in Carthage on Dec. 22, 1954. This route seems an unneces sary expense to all Taxpayers as it involves a 260 food wide strip through Town with a large part of the construction in a stream bed, with two clover leaf cross ings at Pennsylvania Ave. and Midland Road, and also crossing the Seaboard Railroad. With only the Perisylvania Ave. crossing in Town we will be bad ly handicapped in developing the land West of the proposed High way, not to mention the difficulty of fire protection, access to the cemetery etc. Few people in the Town knew what route was chosen until the map was posted, and it is impos sible to fully discuss this prob lem before the thirty days allow ed for protests expires. Please at least postpone your final decision until our residents can study this important undertaking more thoroughly. I am enclosing a letter appear ing in our local paper. The Pilot, cn January 7th, describing a pos sible alternate route. Yours very truly, JOHN C. BARRON What's That You Said Again? Spick And Span, the once-over cleaner, kind of turned the tables on itself on our radio recently. It was talking about the joys Postpone By-Pass Decision To The Editor: Further study of the pro-posed re-location of Highway 1 brings up some interesting questions. At a recent meeting of the town council it was stated that the Town must pay one-third the cost of the right-of-way, but the Mayor stated that, as the Town owns most of the land, it would not amount to much. The long list of people, printed in The Pilot, owning property that will be af fected would indicate that this is just a guess. In any event has the Town any right to give away property for such a purpose with out a vote of the people? I am not familiar with the law, but if the right-of-way is out side the town limits would they still have to- pay? Another thought is that with only a Pennsylvania Ave. crossing available, all dwellers West of the Highway are in a sorry plight for fire protection, and it will prob ably involve the cost of another Fire House and equipment in West Southern Pines. This should^ be a MUST and included in the plans. Incidentally, has the Chamber of Commerce investigated this route and all its very important effects o-n the future growth of the Town? We have just enlarged the Town limits to take in Knollr wood and all that section South of the Mid Pines Club but we are forever cutting them off from East-West roads to develop it I I think the Chamber of Com merce and any Others interested should send a wire to the High way Commission at once, asking a postponement of their final de cision. The deadline is Saturday, January 22. TOM O’NEIL Southern Pines No. 1 By-Pass Route To The Editor: I was much interested in Mr. John Barron’s letter (The Pilot January 7) with regard to the proposed re-routing c-f No. 1 highway. I think it far better to have the new road to the West of the cem etery than on this side. In future years, the town may extend just as far to the West side of the railroad as it does on the East side now. MRS W. E. COX Southern Pines cases." The PILOT Published Every Friday by THE PILOT, incorporated Southern Pines, North Carolina of cleaning linoleum, the tiled- effect kind, when something went wrong with that intimate friendly voice that was talking. Said the voice: “Do one square once over. . . do- one square once over. . . do one square once over . . .” There was a great hiccup- py sound and you could imagine the CBSers rushing en masse to give the fellow a jog to send him on. He gave another great hic cup and lept ahead into his spiel, as smooth and sweet and bland as ever. Come to think of it: it was the day after Christmas. A bit too big a helping of plum pudding, may be? It’s awfully apt to bring on that going-over-again feeling. 1941—JAMES BOYD—1944 Katharine Boyd Editor C. Benedict News Editor Dan S. Ray Gen. Mgr. C. G. Council Advertising Mary Scott Newdon Business Bessie Cameron Smith Society Composing Room Lochamy MeLean, Dixie B. Ray, Michael Valen, Jasper Swearingen Subscription Rates: One Year $4. 6 mos. $2; 3 moa. $1 Entered at the Postoffice at South ern Pines, N. C., as second class mail matter Member National Editorial Assn, and N. C. Press Assn. pre-vide education for our chil dren within the framewc-rk of our present public school system, if possible. The Committee shares that view and, therefore, recom mends that North Carolina try tq finds means of meeting the re-* quirements of the Supreme Court’s decision within our pres ent school system before consid eration is given to abandoning or materially altering it. Qnly time will tell whether that is pos sible. “Third: The Committee is of the opinion that the enrollment and assignment pf children in the schools is by its very nature a local matter and that complete authority over these matters should be vested in the county and city boards of education. With such authority local school boards could adopt such plans rules and procedures as their lo cal conditions might require. The Committee finds that publi4C school problems differ widely throughout North Carolina and there is even a wide variation o-f problems and conditions within counties themselves. As these problems unfold and develop from month to month and fro-m year to year local school adminis trative units could move to meet each problem as it arises if sucli units are given complete authorl- ity over the matters referred tfl above. We, therefore, recommend that the General Assembly o* North Carolina enact the necesi sary legislation to transfer com? plete authority over enrollment! and assignment of children ini public schools and on school bus-’ es to the county and city boards of education thro-ughout the State. “Fourth: The Committee feels that problems arising from the Supreme Court’s decision will be with us for many years and wUl require continuous study, at tention, and perhaps legislative action. We, therefore, recommend that the Legislature create an ad visory commission for that pur pose and that the Legislature be represented on such a commis sion. “The Committee, of course, is aware of the fact that the Su preme Court of the United States has not handed down its decree in the Virginia, South Carolina, Delaware and Kansas cases, im plementing its decision of last May in those cases, and is aware that additional legislation might be required immediately after that decree is issued, and from time to time thereafter. We do not think, however, that the legisla tion herein recommended is pre mature or that it will in any way adversely affect the welfare of the schools of North Carolina, re- gardess of the terms of the Court’s final decree in those
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