EDITORIALS, FEATURES . . .
of orange county
THl NEWS—THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963 SEC. Ill, PAGE 1
New title quite fits
the job-and the man
The elevation of Sam Gattis to the newly - created
position of County Administrator gives recognition —
after 10 years — to the work that he has been doing.
And the increase in salary granted him likewise recog
nizes his great value to Orange County.
Since'1953 Sam Gattis has been by official title the
County Accountant and County Tax Supervisor. In un
official fact he has been the county manager for Or
ange, acting as right-hand man to the county commis
sioners, and supervisor of various agencies that come
under the commissioners’ directi, jurisdiction — all of
this in addition to his accountant and tax supervisor
duties.
Why hire a manager? ...
Orange has in the past considered hiring a county
manager. The News wondered at the time what it need
ed with one —if it did not already have one in the per
son of Mr. Gattis. His new title is not only more appro
priate to his duties, but more palatable to the rugged
individualistic citizens who feel that anybody that man
ages the county would also try to manage them.
With each passing year during the decade of his
employment Sam Gattis has become more valuable to
the government of Orange County, and hence to all of
the citizens of Orange. It is quite appropriate that his of
fice now be dignified with a title befitting the work
that he has been doing, and that bis salary as a valu
able exet^^ve public servant, be ihcrea'ied accordingly.
Leaders of community
must discuss issues
A group designated as the Negro Committee of Hu
man Rights has presented to the Town of Hillsboro
several far-reaching requests in the area of race rela
tions — appointment of a bi-racial human relations com
mittee, a public accommodations ordinance for the
town, establishment of a fair employment policy to
bring about the hiring of Negro employees in govern
mental jobs, and steps toward desegregation in the pub
lic schools. „ .. . .
Appointment of a "bi-racial committee was first re
quested by Gov. Sanford nearly six months ago. At that
time when he named a state-wide Good Neighbor Coun
cil he asked that all municipalities and counties appoint
similar committees at their levels. Many communities
did this. The Town of Chapel Hill, for instance, has
benefitted significantly through better inter-racial rela
tions over the past four years, due in part to the con
tinuing efforts of the Mayor’s Committee on Human
Relations.
Town, county issue . . .
The Town of Hillsboro and the County of„Orange,
too, will likely be faced more and more in the months
immediately ahead with matters of inter-racial concern.
Men and women of good faith who are leaders in their
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communities cannot necessarily solve the mounting
problems of human relations ' chart ■-foce... every city and
town over the country. But it is certain that without
the forthright efforts of community leaders of good
failth in both races these issues will not be resolved.
The Hillsboro all-Negro committee has presented
a list of requests that marks quite a change from the
established pattern of inter-racial relations in that com
munity. No doubt not even those who made the re
quests expect them to be simply and immediately
adopted. Thus it should be obvious that the first and
most significant step toward a better understanding of
the need for or against the granting of^ these reques s
will be the appointment of a conference group—itself
one of the requests. __
Aycock brought town
closer to University
By the time Chancellor William B. Aycock returns
to'full-time classroom duties in the I ;iw Srhool next
year he will have shepherded the University successful
ly through the most significant period in its history.
His seven years in South Building will mark the
end of the transitional era from the administration of
President Frank Graham to the beginning of a new a.id
greatly expanded University — yet one that has retain
ed the Graham spirit of freedom for the University and
continued emphasis on high standards of scholarship.
Been 'first citizen' ...
As chief administrator of the University at Chapel
Hill,* Mr. Aycock has truly been Chapel Hill’s first
citizen — a title he has borne with a deep sense of its
fullest meaning. President Friday Has paid appropriate
tribute to Chancellor Aycock’s unparalleled devotion to
duty, jis well as his accomplishments for the long-range
mission of the University. '
But further than this, and of particular concern to
all citizens of this University community. Chancellor
Aycock has brought town and gown — the University
and Chappl Hill — much closer together. Local citizens
have felt a greater pride in the advances of the Univer
sity, under the tenure of Chancellor Aycock because he
has been especially conscious of the value of the closest
possible kindred, feeling between tfie University and the
town.
Driver class dilemma
has no easy answer
Chapel Hill parents of private school pupils com
plain that their children have been turned down for
enrollment in driver education classes offered in Che
Chapel Hill public schools this summer.
Their concern has more importance since as of
next November 1 a new state law will go into effect
providing that nobody under the age of 18 can be grant
ed a driver’s license without having satisfactorily com
pleted an approved driver education course.
The official policy of the Chapel Hill School Board
is that principals give preference for enrollment in dri
ver education classes to pupils then enrolled in the Chap
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Newsman** Notepad
'Grass roots'
appeal comes
to aid Barry
in '64 running
Comes in the mail this week
an interesting new switch in
"grass roots” political appeal.
It’s the pitch of “Millions of
Americans for Goldwater” down
in Amarillo, Texas, 79107. (Note
Zip Code Number)
. . .Idea is to have citizens
deposit their political contribu
tions in local savings banks
with the stipulation that they
go to Sen. Goldwater if he wins
the GOP presidential nomina
tion next year. Also enclosed is
copy" for a full-page newspaper
ad appeal which “a group of
conservatives in your home
town” may run as an ad in the
newspaper. . . Space and copy
is available, at regular political
advertising rates, News of Or,
ange.
FEW 'ZIP' YET . . . Chapel
Hill postal workers this week
surmised that about one in ev
ery 100 pieces of mail receiv
ed locally In this second week f
of the Era of Zip were ad
dressed with the "27514"
number at the end of the
"Chapel Hill, NL C." address.
But, they hope, folks will get
used to it gradually — like
seven - digit phone numbers.
-LONGER MAY THE WAVE...
In normal fashion for such an
auspicious occasion, the Chapel
Hill Post of the American Le
gion invited Mayor Sandy Mc
Clamroch to give a word of weL
ceme at the inaugural cere,
monies last Sunday for Jim
Phipps as Commander of the
N. C Deportment of the Le
gion.
-The Honorable seised the oc
casion to thank the Legion
sires for their gift some years.'
ago, of the American flags:'
displayed on holidays on
downtown sidewalks; and to
suggest oh-so tactfully that
't'would be mighty nice if the
worn - out 48 - star banners
could be replaced with new
ones. . . Or, in other words,
"Thank you so much, in ad
vance, please. ."
Seated at one end of the
speakers table at the Legion
rites was N. C. Senate Speaker
Clarence Stone — he of the
heavy hand for gaveling into
law the Gag Bill for controver
sial speakers at state institu
tions. . . .Seated at the other
end of the same table was the
man who stands for the sym
bolic target of the law -» Wil
liam C. Friday, President of the
University.
CALL ME 'CLARENCE' . . .
All of which reminded some
of the aldermen to prompt
Mayor McClamroch on Mon
day night, as he droned
through several legal resolu
tions for bond sales and fed
eral contracts, inserting mo
tions and seconds freely on
his own parliamentary fiat.
"Whoa, new, Clarence," one
Board member called in |est.
"Did you cough — or second
the motion" responded the
LUTHER ALLOWED . . .
Interviewed last Friday as to
his views on the Gag Bill, for
mer Gov. Luthef Hodges first
put his interviewer through a
grilling: What do you interpret
it its meaning? Why wa» it en
acted? What effect will it have?
Why is the University opposed
to it?
This portion of the dialogue
disposed of, he spoke quite
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