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Finally it's settled; clearly enough
Richard Nixon will be the next
President of the United States. Yet it is
equally clear that the American people
have not yet settled their collective
mind on what they really want.
In the end the decision came down to
a few votes in Illinois. The picture is
confused not only by the harrowing
closeness of the outcome, but by a list
of other factors: The split in the protest
vote, the deep and obvious sectional
divisions, the lack of meaningful issues
differentiating the major candidates, the
widespread dissatisfaction with all
nominees.
So it becomes impossible to read any
definitive mandate into this election.
Especially so against the background of
this political year, a year of wrenching
developments. Candidates like Eugene
McCarthy and George Wallace rose to
surprising but momentary prominence.
Primary outcomes and public opinion
polls shifted mercurially. The only
certainty was uncertainty.
The whole public mood has been one
of vague but intense dissatisfaction. The
votes for Mr. Nixon plus those for Mr.
Wallace express this, passing a rather
definite judgment against the record of
the past few years. Presumably Mr.
Nixon will move away from the
approach that has failed in these years
and toward its historical alternative,
common - sense counscrvatism. In this,
he will follow the only instruction the
voters have given him - some sort of
mandate for some kind of change.
This loose mandate, though, is
probably less significant than the
portrait the electorate has painted of
itself. What emerges is a people
uncertain and yet searching. They do
not like the kind of foreign policies that
involve us in Vietnams, but they find
little appeal in a new isolationism. They
enjoy their new prosperity but resent
having it eaten away by inflation. They
sec that the vast Federal social welfare
programs of the past years have
produced little demonstrable result, but
they are by no means resigned to
abandoning efforts to solve very real
social problems.
Thus the answers handed down from
past decades no longer satisfy. The
search for new answers, and new
political alignments, is what creates the
loud rumblings on both left and right, as
well as the malaise in the center. Plainly,
the search has not yet resulted in any
agreement on what those answers or
alignments ought to be.
In a real sense, moreover, this verdict
applies not only to this election but to a
whole political era reaching back to the
end of the Roosevelt years. The
essential indecision of this era has been
obscured by three elections reflecting
little in the way of lasting political
sentiment - the two personal victories
of Mr. Eisenhower and the personal
defeat of Mr. Johnson's opponent. The
Truman victory in 1948, on the other
hand, was so astounding many forget
that the outcome was still in doubt the
following day. And in terms of popular
vote, the 160 election was the closest in
history, at least until Tuesday's
cliffhanger.
Continuation of this indecisive era
will create difficulties for the incoming
President. Mr. Nixon will suffer a
Congress controlled by the opposing
party, as both Mr. Truman and Mr.
Eisenhower did before him. Elected by
the narrowest of margins, he will be
unable to invoke his victory as sure
evidence of public approval for his
ideas. No doubt, too, he will find
himself buffetted by further sharp shifts
of public attitudes expressing the very
uncertainty that helped elect him.
Yet the same indecisivencss gives Mr.
Nixon a rare opportunity. This is the
year in which the turmoil in the public
mind has reached dramatic pitch. In
part it reflects the sharp stimuluses of
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1968
Nixon's Mandate
the war in Vietnam and the riots in the
cities. Conceivably, though, it also
means the era of indecision is ripe for
resolution.
The nation seems to be waiting for a
leader who can start to define precisely
what it is the public wants. If the new
President can rise to that unique
challenge, he can reap the unique
reward of putting his stamp on the
political alignments and the political
relevance of a new era.
How it will work out in history
depends on the incoming President's
vision, skill and luck, but a potential is
there. The mandate the American
people have given him is that most
tentative but most powerful sort. It will
be what Richard Nixon can make of it.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Hubert Humphrey
In other times and circumstances
Hubert Humphrey might well have been
President of the United States, and even
as it is - if there can be any consolation
for a man who misses that prize - he has
the knowledge that he almost made it
against what only a few weeks ago
seemed insuperable difficulties.
Indeed, if there were in the country a
political consensus still for the old way
of the New Deal-Fair Deal coalition, Mr.
Humphrey would have won, for as
much as any political leader of our time
he is the embodiment of that political
philosophy. He lost because, while the
country may not yet know what new
direction it wants, it docs at least know
what it is weary of. For Hubert
Humphrey the times were out of joint.
But one docs not have to agree with
Mr. Humphrey's politics to hope that he
will not be out of service. Richard
Nixon and Barry (loldwater, once too
defeated, remind us now that able men
need not be discarded. The way to
better policies is to forge them in
debate, and the Vice President has
shown himself a man of ideas and
compassion who can contribute to that
process.
He has, in fact, already made one
contribution. In conceding his defeat
recently, he rejected bitterness and
promised his help in healing the
wounds. Considering what faces the
uncertain nation and its newly chosen
President, that is a spirit which we
should salute because it is one we
cannot afford to lose.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
This summer for the first time,
theological students have been enrolled
in the Chaplain's Department at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill for short-term training.
Several courses for ordained ministers
and seminarians will be offered this year
by the Chaplain's Department at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill, the teaching hospital for the
Univesity of North Carolina school of
Medicine.
In addition to screening women for
early detection of uterine cancer, the
Cytotechnology Laboratory at North
Carolina Memorial Hospital in Chapel
Hill also conducts complex diagnostic
studies of adults and children suspected
of having cancer or certain types of
infections or developmental disorders.
The number of patient visits to the
outpatient clinics and emergency room
at North Carolina Memorial Hospital in
Chapel Hill rose from almos 70 000 in
1966- 67 to more than 74,000 in
1967- 68 '
YOU
AND THE
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA V
"The University of North
Carolina Press is unquestion
ably among the highest rank
ing university presses in
America."
That statement comes from
Leon Seltzer, director of the
Stanford University Press who
is also president of the Asso
ciation of American University
Presses.
The UNC Press, President
Seltser said, is notable for its
ability to combine the main
thrust of the University and
university publishing as well.
As he points out, the UN'C
Press publishes important
scholarly works and conducts
"a vigorous program of
regional publishing."
The quality of its regional
publishing, Mr. Seltzer said,
"transcends the region."
GAINED STATURE
The UNC Press, which
celebrated its 46th birthday on
June 12 of this year, is "in
the middle group," in terms of
age, among the 70 university
presses which compose the
A ALP. Despite its compara
tive youth, however, the Press
has gained steadily in stature
through publication of an im
pressive list of over 1,000
books devoted to scholarly and
regional subjects, many of
which have been cited for
editorial excellence.
Established in 1922 under
the direction of L. R. Wilson
and with the support of Presi
dent Harry Woodburn Chase,
the Press followed in the
publishing footsteps of the
nation a nrst university press,
the Cornell University Press,
crested in 1869, and the Johns
Hopkins Press, which began
operations in 1878. Until after
World War I, practically all
university presses were at
private institutions, and the
UNC Press waa one of the
earliest farilitiea of ita kind
at a State univeraity.
The UNC Press has de
veloped with the growing
graduate programs of the
campuses of the University of
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Puppy Philosopher
Creek
Dear edi tar:
Sifting through I stack of
newspapers printed before the
election and dumped in a ditch
near my house I wn looking
for something to read besides
out-dated campaign oratory
and yesterday s claims of
victory that didn't pan out
when I ran across an article on
the coil of running for office.
According to it, the
politicians, from the local level
to the White House, spent
around $300,000,000 running
for office this year.
Now a lot of people say
that's too much, that it doesn't
make tense to spend say a
million dollars seeking a job
that nays $25,000 a year, or 20
million for a job that pays
By William Friday, President
University of North Carolina
North Carolina and has pub
lished books by faculty mem
bers at three of the Univer
sity's four campuses.
As an indication of its
g-rwth, the Press published
only two volumes during the
first year of its operation and
turned out 45 volumes last
year.
Last year ita books grossed
in sales $086,000.
According to Lambert Davis,
Director of the Press eince
1948, the Press ia "largely
self supporting." Approxi
mately 93 per cent of its
budget is derived from the
proceeds of book salea, the
remainder coming from the
University appropriations and
foundation grants.
WIDELY RESPECTED
Widely respected throughout
the United States, the UNC
Press is the only press in
America that has been honored
by having two of ita directors
elected president of the As
sociation of America Univer
sity Presses. William T. Couch,
director of the Presa from
1930-45, waa AAUP president
during 1941-42 and Lambert
Davis, the current Presa di
rector, was the Association's
president in 1955-56.
The Press has always had
distinguished leadership. L. R.
Wilson, founder of the Presa
and former Kenan professor
of library administration, waa
Press director from 1922 to
1930. He waa followed by Bill
Couch, who resigned after 20
years service in 1945 to be
come director of the Univer
r it" of Chicago Press.
Miss Porter Cowles, now
assistant director of the UNC
Press, was Its acting director
between the administrations of
Mr. Couch and Thomas J.
Wilson, who hesded the organ
ization during 1946-47, resign
ing to become director of the
Harvard University Press.
Miss Cowles became acting
director again in 1947 upon
Mr. Wilson's resignation.
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$100,000.
But take that $300,000,000.
It sounds like a lot of money,
but did you know that if the
200 million people in this
country all went out to dinner
tonight and ate $1.50 worth
apiece, not including the tip,
it'd amount to $300,000,000?
Show me the candidate
that's not worth at least SI. 50.
Running for office is sort of
like raising children. It used to
be that there was a profit in
kid, he made a good farm hand
free of charge from sunup to
sundown from the time he was
6 till he got big enough to
catch on and pick up and move
to the city.
Nowadays, though, there's
very little profit in raising kids.
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serving until the appointment
of Lambert Davis in 1948. Mr.
Davis, a Virginia native, was
editor of The Virginia Quart
erly Review and engaged in
commercial publishing in New
York before accepting the
Chapel Hill position.
Other staff officers, in ad
dition to Mr. Davis and Miss
Cowles, are Leslie E. Philla
baum, editor-in-chief i Joyce
Kachergis, designer and pro
duction manager; Murrell
Boyd, sales manager; and Roy
Alexander, accountant.
MAIN OBJECTIVES
Unlike commercial publish
ing houses which aim for
masses of readers, university
presses, Director Davis ex
plained, serve the cause of
scholarship and, in the case of
the UNC Press, publish "a
great many scholarly studies
of the region."
A good sale for a scholarly
audience, Director Davis
stated, varies from 1,500 to
5,000 and often ranges from
2,600 to 3,600.
Two of the all-time best
sellers in UNC Press history
are "Southern Cook Book" by
Mrs. Marion Brown, a Burling
ton housewife, whose popular
book had salea totaling 300,000
to 400,000 volumes; and "Hiro.
ahima Diary," translated and
edited by Dr. Warner Wells of
the University's School of
Medicine, which hss been
translated into 20 Languages.
Another successful book was
Alexander Heard's "The Costs
of Democracy," which was
first published in 1960 and was
the first paper to be published
by the Press in 1967.
About 300 manuscripts, the
bulk of which are unsolicited,
are submitted to the Press by
prospective authors. Those are
screened by the Press staff
(which now totals 30) and out
aide Readers. Slightly more
than one in ten Is accepted for
publication.
Next week I plan to review
additional information about
the Press.
yet people keep on doing it.
Nowadays, there's very little
profit in say a Congressman's
or a Senator's or a Governor's
salary, yet people keep on
running for the jobs.
it leads you to believe that
there are other returns form
the office than the salary,
although maybe not altogether
in the same category as the
returns from raising kids.
On the whole though I'd say
the level of the current crop of
politicians is about the same as
the current crop of kids, or
their parents or their
grandparents.
Let's face it, it's all we've
got to work with.
Yours failhfyllv.
J A.
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Looking through a copy of
The Raleigh Register of 1838.
we came across this item:
THE CHEROKEES
The business of collecting
and removing these people has
fortunately been conducted so
far without the occurrence of
any of the difficulties which
had been apprehended.
According to the estimates
made, the. whole number of
Cherokees remaining in the
nation the last of May was
16,000 - 2,600 of these were
started on their way westward
during the month of June.
General Scott, after thai time
suspended the emigration until
the first of September on
account of the season. At that
time, the work will be
recommenced, and before
another winter, in all
probability the Cherokee will
have looked his last upon the
hunting grounds of his father.
However, in a copy of the
Lincolnton Transcript of the
same year there appeared this
item:
DISGRACEFUL IE TRUE
We have learned from a very
respectable source that the
Commissioners appointed to
settle the claims of the
Cherokees have been guilty of
the most barefaced speculation
and fraud upon these ignorant
people.
Our informant says that the
Commissioners were furnished
by the Department with specie
and Treasury drafts w ith which
to settle these claims. Instead
of paying off the claims in
these, they bought up a large
amount of Mississippi,
Alabama and Tennessee bank
notes al a heavy discount, and
tendered them to the Indians
in payment of the claims; the)
naturally enough refused thein;
they were then told that the
government had made no other
provisions, but that if they
would make a deduction of 15
per cent, they would give them
specie; which, rather than take
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CROSSING - One of the
interesting things about the
November 5 elections was the
many, many voters who split
tickets.
Take Mecklenburg, Guilford
and Forsyth counties for
instance. The three gave large
pluralities to Republican Nixon
and Democrat Bob Scott.
Take Moore County for
instance with a two - to one
Democratic registration where
Nixon led for President and
with Democrat Sam Ervin out
running everybody on the
ticket for the U.S. Senate.
Republicans Bob Ewing and
Floyd Cole won reelection to
the Board of County
Commissioners and at the same
time Democrats Rep. T. Clyde
Auman and Wm. P. Saunders
carried the county for the
House and State Senate.
Tarheels have learned how
to split a ticket and they seem
to take pleasure in doing it -and
we can't fault them lor it!
The lesson which comes nut
of the Tuesday voting is that
the winning party will have In
put its best foot forward with
its ablest candidates.
CONSERVATIVE
Another clear signal Mashed by
the voters across the slate and
nation in their voting
November 5 was that they arc
veering away from the Great
Society liberalism and are
looking more and more with
favor upon conservative
candidates. Ihe commanding
vote given Sam Ervin, Jr. in his
reelection contest attests to
this as Ervm has long been
regarded as one of the senate's
leading conservatives.
NIXON - Eight years ago
Dick Nixon made a strong run
lor the presidency - about like
Humphrey made this time.
Two years later - in I'r2 he
made a poor run for governor
of California and appeared to
be a very "poor loser" after his
defeat. Everybody, including
Nixon felt he was through with
bigtime politics. Some have
descubed his comeback as the
biggest rcssureciiou since
Laiarus arose I rum the grave!
Nixon's comeback simply
A friend in Burlington semis
in the story of a gentleman
who was out on a big party one
night lecently. They went into
a restaurant and the hero of
the laic began to tool slightly
diy, so he told the rest of the
crowd that he'd go outside and
wail for them in the car.
lie got on the hack seal, lay
down and promptly went to
sleep.
When he woke up, he found
the cai in motion. 1 1 seems that
he had mistaken one Kurd lor
another and had got into the
car of a man who was heading
for Salisbury. Holh of them
were surprised, but the driver
good - natiiredly turned around
and took his passenger back to
Hurliugton again.
The late Judge Charles M.
Cooke was holding court in
1 umberton a number ol years
ago when Governor Angus W.
McLean sought to gel a junn
excused from serving on the
plea that he had pressing
business out of town.
"bring him up." said the
Judge.
So the juror was brought up
and was iutiodiieed to the
court. I jon healing his name,
the Judge remarked: "lei's
see; aren't you the son of my
old Confederate comrade,
Colonel So-and-so?"
"I am indeed," icplied the
juror with a smile. (He was
now confident of being
excused.) "I have often heard
my lather speak of Your
Honor in most affectionate
terms and also of his service
with you in the Confederate
Army."
"I his moves me deeply,"
said the Court. "I feel that I
must become better acquainted
with the son of my old
Confederate comrade. 1IAVI
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AM) SPEND llll WEEK
WITH ME!"
says again that there are
exceptions to most rules and
that a defeat need not slop a
man (or woman) as long as the
person is not defeated within
his own heart and mind.
Many of our great statesmen
have made defeats stepping
stones to greater achievements.
Good examples are: Andrew
Jackson who lost out in his
first bid for the presidency,
although he li.nl the most
popular votes.
Abraham Lincoln was
defeated for Ihe U.S. Senate in
IX5H but two years later came
back to win Ihe presidency.
John Kennedy was defeated
for the vice presidential
nomination in I'iSh, hut came
back lour years later to win the
presidency.
Franklin I). Roosevelt was
defeated for vice president in
l';2U but came back in l'J32 to
win the presidency.
Here in North Carolina ().
Max Gardner was defeated lor
governor m l')20 hut came
hack in ll'2X to win the ollicc.
Robert R. Reynolds was
defeated for lieutenant
governor in l')24, lor the U.S.
Senate in l')2o, but came back
in 'lM to win the nomination
and election to the U.S.
Senate.
William U. Umstead was
defeated lor the U.S. Seriate in
I'MX but came back lour y ears
later to win the gubernatorial
nomination and election in
We could go on and on with
others who did not let defeats
Mop them in their quest for
public office.
EORSYIII - rorsyth
County appears to be gelling
into the habit of tinning
thumbs down on able men lor
the State Senate. Two years
ago Bert Bennett who was
regarded as one of the most
astute political leaders in the
state was defeated by
Republican Gcraldine NieKon.
East week Gordon llji.es who
has served his county and slate
well m the Stale Senate lost
out as did vcteian Rep. Claude
Hamrick to NieKon and
Republican Harry Hagii.ill.
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