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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1960
ILOT
Southern Pines North Carolina
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“la 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. Wljerever there seems to ^
an occasion to .use our influence for the public good we will try to do it. And we will
treat everybody alike.’’—James Boyd, May .23,,1541. , ■ ~
Sanford for Governor
With only a few days to go, the odds are
leaning more and more towards the election
of Terry Sanford. This newspaper hopes the
trend will carry thi-ough. We are convinced
that Terry Sanford would be a fine governor.
Why? What qualities does he possess that
seem to fit him for this position of responsible
leadership?
Perhaps the quality that, is uppermost in
Sanford is a feeling for people, for people of
every sort—an understanding of them and
deep respect for them. His friendliness is
warm, kindly, utterly sincere, without a trace
of the back-slapping phony exhuberance of
the man who is out to win friends and influ
ence people—for HIS good, not for theirs.
Sanford is amazingly close to the people of
North Carolina, keenly aware of their prob
lems, their hopes and fears. In their turn, they
feel close to him and trust him.
When Sanford speaks of the things he wants
for the people of his state, the things that
have been slurringly called “pie-in-the-sky,”
he does so with an earnest realism, as if he had
complete confidence that the people of North
Carolina are eager enough, sensible enough
and can be, with leadership, able enough and
self-sacrificing enough, if need be, to find the
way to get for themselves and their children
what they so greatly need. High oii his list of
needs Sanford places better education and bet
ter living.
Perhaps it is Sanford’s attitude towards edu
cation that we find most impressive among his
many strong convictions. This is not with him
a recent gimmick, trumped up to make hay
in a political campaign. His interest in educa
tion goes way back and has developed,
through study and observation of present con
ditions, into the knowledge of an expert. But
not only does he know what needs to be done:
he is possessed of an implacable will to do it.
When he talks about it his even-tempered,
thoughtful personality takes fire.
Sanford’s stands on other issues—court re
form, agriculture, state finances, industry—
are also decided and he has stated theni forth
rightly.
The many facets of Sanford’s personality
merge in the pictui’e of a man who is thought
ful, deliberate in action, able, kindly, sincere:
a m.an of strong beliefs and high ideals. In this
outstanding quality—respect for people and
dedication to their service—is seen a belief in
democracy that is deep and unshakable.
If, as we hope, Sanford wins the election,
North Carolina will, we firmly believe, have
the kind of governor she needs and so well
deserves.
What a Town Public Hearing Should Be
A public hearing has been ca^ed by the
town council for its regular meeting June 14,
on proposed changes in business section
parking regulations.
Recalling the public hearing held in March,
on the zoning of a portion of the land along
the No. 1 highway parkway for business pur
poses, we find ourselves wondering if the
June hearing is to be conducted in the same
way—and if so, why have it?
' The chief purpose of a public hearing, sure
ly, is to help the council come to a wise deci
sion on the question at issue through the op
portunity such a gathering affords to hear
the opinions of interested citizens. Obviously,
this presupposes that the council members
come to the hearing with open minds and feel
ing both the need and the obligation to hear
all angles and consider them carefully before
coming to a final decision.
At the March public hearing a totally un
sympathetic atmosphere existed from the start
as it became clear that the council had made
up its mind and the meeting, would be simply
a waste of time. The two resolutions present
ed by the town's own Parks and Parkways
Beautification Committee and by the Garden
Club—whose generosity .towards Southern
Pines has been outstanding—were read and
set aside without comment. Similarly the in
dividuals who spoke, advancing what they
must have felt were valid arguments, received
no acknowledgement. The council sat in stony
silence. Finally, when there were no more
to speak, the council voted.
It can have surprised no one that the vote
was unanimous. It looked as if a rumor, that
the council had met previously and decided
what stand it would take, had been true.
We do not deny that it takes thought and
Bill Would Protect Laboratory Animals
A bill to protect laboratory animals from
unnecessary suffering and mistreatment has
been introduced in the Senate at Washington
by Sen. John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky,
on behalf of himself and a number of other
Senators.
This bill is designed on the same principle
as the humane slaughter law passed in 1958, a
law which this newspaper supported and to
which reference was made recently in these
columns on the occasion of the opening of
what was described by the owners as the first
meat-packing plant in the South to use ex
clusively humane slaughtering methods.
That is, the animal bill sets hxunane stand
ards to which all those who receive Federal
funds for their work must adhere if this sup
port is to continue. It would be administered
by the Secretary of Health, Education and Wel
fare.
The measure was carefully drawn to avoid
interfering with legitimate research work. If
enacted it will give effective protection to lab
oratory animals, though not universal protec
tion. Ideally, the Federal measure would stim
ulate further action on the State level to as
sure that the animals not within the jurisdic
tion of the Federal law would likewise be
protetced, just as slaughtering by companies
not selling to the Federal government should
be regulated by similar state laws. However,
almost all medical schools and research insti
tutions, many hospitals and some pharma
ceutical houses receive federal research funds'
and would be covered by the proposed bill,
as would the laboratories of government agen-
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some measure of skill so to conduct a public
meeting that it remains orderly, yet those who
take part feel that their views are being given
courteous and intelligent consideration. But
it has been done. It is not necessary to turn
such a meeting into a fiery debate between
two camps. If the council comes to it with
open minds, determined to create an atmos
phere of sympathetic attention, if the mem
bers keep in mind that among the speakers
there will be always a few whose motives
are selfish and whose view is narrow, and
always a few others whose stand is based
solely on what they deeply believe to be for
the best interests of the town, and that both
must be given an impartial hearing, such a
meeting can be extremely effective.
One of the important by-products of the
public hearing is that it brings the citizen
close to his town, making him feel a part of it;
it awakens and fosters citizen responsibility.
Nothing, we submit, could so stifle this quality
as more public hearings like the one held in
March.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to think about
this question of the public hearing, and see if
something can’t be done to rescue it and bring
it back to the public?
The crux of the matter, especially in a con
troversial situation, is the timing of the coun
cil’s decision and vote. We would suggest that
the council return to the system of former ad
ministrations under which the group held its
•own meeting after, and never before, the pub
lic hearing, with the final vote taken at the
next regular meeting of the council. Such a
plan at least allows the opportunity for
consideration of the views expressed at the
hearing. Whatever the final decision, the ef
fect on the public would be improved.
CAN ITS ILLS BE AVOIDED IN NORTH CAROLINA?
Industrialization and the Good Life,
cies.
It is shocking to read, in a leaflet describing
the Laboratory Animals Bill, that Great Brit
ain has had since 1876 legislation such as that
proposed—and it has been completely accept
ed by the scientific community there. Ten No
bel Prizes for Physiology and Medicine award
ed to British research indicate the scope and
quality of British scientific work* under the
Act.
We do not propose lo describe in detail here
the laboratory conditions that have led to the
(^oper bilL Persons who are interested in this
bill can obtain a leaflet describing it and the
conditions it seeks to correct from the Society
for Animal Protective Legislation, 745 Fifth
Ave., New York 22, N. Y.
In general, the bill would require that lab
oratory animals be given adequate care and
housing and not be subjected to unnecessary
pain and fear. Compliance would be checked
by inspectors of the Department of Health,
Education and Welfare and research grants
would not be made by the federal government
to any person or institution using live, ver
tebrate animals unless a certificate of compli
ance with the laws were obtained.
Responsible scientists in this country and
in Great Britain, who already are maintain
ing decent standards for their laboratory ani
mals, agree that the quality of research is
raised, not lowered, by such legislation as
that proposed.
We urge readers'who are interested in the
welfare of apimals to write North Carolina
Senators and Congressmen on behalf of the
Cooper bill.
Weimar Jones, writing in
The Franklin Press, ponders
the increasing industrializa
tion of North Carolina and
comes up with some thoughts
that are as applicable to
Southern Pines and Moore
County as to his home town
out in the western tip of the
state:
“Is there no way to industrial
ize without losing the quality of
gentility and quiet charm?’’
That question was raised' re
cently by Dr. Waldo Beach, of
Duke University, after he had
taken a troubled look at what is
happening to North Carolina un
der the impact of rapid industrial
ization.
I am optimist enough to believe
there is a way.
After all, there is nothing es
sentially evil about industry. The
v;ord, in its original sense, de
scribes a characteristic highly es
teemed since Biblical times.
Why the Ills?
Why then, the ills that come
with industrialization of the
modern variety?
I suspect the evils of modem
industrialization grow not out of
what it does, but why it does it,
and how.
We cannot wholly escape the
flood, but surely we can con
trol and channel it. By so doing,
we can escape the clearly dis-
cernable industrial sickness that
lias befallen some other parts of
the country — over-urbanization
and urbanization at too rapid a
rate; destruction of the work
man’s pride in his work and the
substitution, for his mastery of
the job and the machine, of their
mastery of him; loss of a com
munity’s freedom when it be
comes dependent on one or two
big industries; over-emphasis on
things as a way to happiness,
with resultant destruction of the
qualities that differentiate men
from animals—often the destruc
tion, too, as more and more mem'-
bers of the family work so they
can buy more and more things,
of the family as a unit; and
finally, the erosion of those hu-
ri an values and qualities that
alone make, a community or a
state a good place to live.
People Matter
Is. it possible to escape these
ills of modern industrialization?
I believe it is. I believe we can
do it by keeping these things in
imnd:
It is people, not products, that
matter.
It is freedom, not security, that
brings self-respect and content
ment.
It is pride in the work, not in
the pay envelope, that gives pur
pose to work, and so to life.
And to a great extent, man can
control his environment. These
industrial evils are not inevi
table in Western North Carolina
—nor in that other so-far un
spoiled part of the state, the
East.
Specifically, I believe we can
industrialize and remain humans,
—rather than automatons—by
following a few rules like these:
What's the Rush?
1; Industrialize slowly, so as to
avoid the economic, social, and
ifjoral maladjustments that ac
company any too-rapid change
('Why the rush? You’d think, from
the hurry some people are in,
there’d be no such thing as in
dustry next week). '
2. Seek small plants only, and
the smaller the community, the
smaller the plant. (No one of a
number of small plants could
. dominate the community; more
over, through small plants diver
sification is possible.)
3 Try, first, for home-owned
industry. (Is absentee factory
ownership likely to be any better
today than the curse of absentee
farm ownership was in another
era? The millions now being
spent seeking industry from the
outside would finance a lot of
industry from, the inside.)
4. First preference should be
given, too, to native skill and
native temperament. (Why have
The Public Speaking
a workman make the same bolt
day after day and hour after
hour, when work that calls for
individual imagination and pains
taking care often pays better?
Sure, most American industry is
geared to the assembly line, but
we can avoid competition with it
by emphasizing the other kind.)
5. The industry should fit easily
into the community’s background,
preferably utilizing local re
sources. (It would seem better
economics for a plant in Franklin
to make furniture from the trees
that grow here than to make au
tomobile tires from rubber ship
ped from a thousand miles.)
Irreplaceable Things
6. Any industry that will des
troy the God-given, irreplaceable
things we have here should be
avoided as the plague. (Hasn’t our
countryside been marred and our
air and water pointed enough al
ready? Pure air and water are
among our greatest reBOurces.)
7. A state and a community
should select its industry with the
same care an industry selects its
employees. (Does ownership of a
factory automatically make a
man a good citizen? In the end,
his plant will prove an asset or a
liability in direct proportion to
how good or poor a citizen he is.)
Taxpayers Should Vote
On Public Expenses
To the Editor:
. The county must unite for edu
cation. This is true, but first let
us say so by vote.
It is not up to a group of polit
ical candidates to make promises
pro or con, but to you, Mr. Tax
payer. To do so without the vote
of our fellow citizen would be in
violation of democratic principle.
If carried out without a vote, it
would be “taxation without rep
resentation.’’
Thomas Jefferson in 1787, then
minister to France from the Fed
eration of American States, re
ceived a copy of the proposed new
Constitution of the United States.
MUST NOT FORGET
NEEDS OF ALL
‘■‘No one would consider re
quiring all boys and girls, irre
spective of their talent, to spend
hours trying to play a musical in
strument. Yet some recent pro
posals I have rea^ about a high-
school curriculum seem to me
equally absurd. To be sure, if the
United States is to survive in the
kind of world in which we live,
rapid improvement of the educa
tion of the academically talented
youth must take place. But in
our zeal to upgrade the schooling
of one group of students—the ex
ceptionally bright boys and girls
—we must not forget the needs
of all the others. We must not
neglect the development of the
manual skills or the education of
future voters.’’
—DR. JAMES B. CONANT
He commented: “Let me add that
a bill of rights is what the peo
ple are entitled to against any gov
ernment on earth, general or par
ticular and what no just govern
ment should refuse or rest on in
ferences.’’
A bill of rights, consisting of the
first ten amendments, was added
to the proposed constitution and
later enacted. These ten are the
foundation for individual rights
and liberty in our country. They
express the moral, principles upon
which our democracy is based,
principles which were expressed
at Williamsburg, fought for at
Cowpens, Kings Mountain, Guil
ford Courthouse and on many
other battlegrounds. At Yorktown
they were won and have been
strongly defended ever since.
The fifth of these amendments
is still one of the great bulwarks
of American democracy. It reads,
in part, “No person shall be de
prived of life, liberty or property
without due process of law, nor
shall private property be taken
for public use, without just com
pensation.’’
It is evident that imposition of
taxes on the residents of the coun
ty for the proposed high school
consolidation plan, without their
vote, is a violation of the supreme
law of the land.
Money, which is private prop
erty, is in this case being taken
for pu'olic use without just com
pensation, if it is not put to a vote
of the taxpayer.
Alexander Hamilton said, “It is
a false calculation that the peo
ple of the country can be ulti-
deceived.”
BILLY J. POLEY
West End RFD
Grains of Sand
Hip, Hip, Hooray I
The Hip Club, which numbers
among its members some of the
more elite of Sandhills society—
such as Bessie Cameron Smith,
Mrs. Nellie Mann, Dr. Vida Mc
Leod, Jeanette Healy, Mrs. (Pine-
hurst) Dunn, Mrs. W. P, Swett,
Tish Irwin, etc. etc. (not to men
tion the collector of spicy items
for this column). . . this organi
zation is facing a stiff problem.
The Broken Hipsters are being
pi assured to let down the bars to
admit a merely broken-legger, to
wit: Anne Ewing, wife of the il
lustrious mayor of this town,
clay-pigeon buster, needlewom
an, and line-o-type operator on
tne side, (on the side of the Moore
County News, that is.) Oh, and
Mother.
Anne slipped and broke the
lower bone—note: LOWER bone
—of her leg several weeks ago.
As most of the Hipsters are in the
broken neck category—hip neck,
that is—(“the higher up, the more
interesting,” from the Hip Club
Manual,) this constitutes another
black mark against Mrs. E.
Move to change the time-
honored rule restricting member
ship in the club to the higher-
ups was, it is rumored, the action
of certain subversive elements
associated with the Press. These
have recently been heard giving
voice to their claim with the slo
gan: “Girls of the Press, stick
(slip) together!”
Up and Over
Here’s a new word: “over
flight.” Seems as if the military, '
and a few others, spend a lot of
time thinking up new words. As
if Mr. Webster’s weren’t enough.
And better than most of the new
inventions.
“Overflight” now: Somebody
tell us how it’s possible to fly
without its being “over.”
So long as you stay up, that is.
Proud Announcement
We have a baby possum.
He lives down by the stable, we
think, because that’s where we
see him. Driving up the road the
lights of the car pick'up his chub
by form as he runs across^ the
road into the opposite bushes.
But runs is not quite the word.
His passage is more like one of
Ithose wooly animals on wheels
that babies love to pull behind
them. His small grey body is
like a tight little sausage. His
long nose, almost as long as the
rest of him, strains out in front
as he makes the best time he
can, a sliding, gliding progress,
little black feet twinkling under
furry sides.
His button eyes gleam in the
light as he rolls them back for
a quick glance. It isn’t a fright
ened glance, and this pleases us.
He doesn’t seem worried; just
sizing up the situation to make
sure he can get . across all right.
He’s not altogether at ease of
course, because he’s out alone and
he’s a little possum. A big possum
would be swaggering and ornery,
or aloof; not to be hurried by
anyone, man or beast or car—or
atom bomb.
The little possum is on home
ground. Probably he’s been sent
on an errand by the family: to go
over there where the horses live
and aee if there might be any
grain, spilled around, handy for
breakfast, then come back quick
and report.
“No wandering about, now!
Just do what you’re told, son, and
come right back home—and
watch out for cars, when you
cross the big road! (’The way
people drive these days. . .!)”
So he’s doing as he was told,
this baby is. Going back to re
port that he did find a nice little
pile of oats near the feedbin; easy
to get at and of course no dogs
around at night—^lazy things.
So, watching out for cars, as
he is told—while the people in
the car are watching out for him.
—^he scuttles along across the big
road and ducks into the honey
suckle vines: Mission completed:
Home safe.
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