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Opinions . . . Doby still in business (Continued from page 2A) Also I have no cases pending in Superior Court as was stated in the story. Robert Doby Education should be a top budget item TO-the Editor: Education has finally become the top priority among politicians on every level of government, and in every state of the nation. There are funds available in the 1984 state budget that can be used for education, so now as budgets are prepared and while public support is positive, we should urge our Legislature in Raleigh to approve the major educational proposals before them, including reduced class sizes, improved classroom teacher salaries and strengthened curriculum. The citizens of Hoke County are proud of our school system and the professional staff, but are very much aware of our educa tional needs. ? While Hoke County's school budget may not be as great as some other systems, with close scrutiny and common sense, we can take this budget and give our youth the best education we can afford. The Hoke County public budget hearing was well attended June 18, and it was great to see our citizens concerned about how tax money is spent and is only natural to want our favorite projects fund ed without tax increases. Our county manager, and our county commissioners are faced with the difficult task of juggling funds to benefit our many agen cies in the county. We are indeed fortunate in Hoke County to have these dedicated people working diligently to use these funds as fairly and just as possible. Let's work together with them for our mutual concern - a better place in which to live. Sincerely, Shirley T.Gibson Pre tn of JULY CELEBRATION TIM 1 Thursday, Friday, Saturday June 28, 29, 30 Spring Suits, ' Skirts, Pants ^ 1/2 price Sundresses Bathing Suits Shorts Skirts i ^Summer Sweater^ I \ i V^\\v ' 1 RACK Sizzling, Savings On The Sidewalk 1/2 price and less DMC Thread 25<mc)i Cross Stitch Books 1/2 Price Selection Napier Jewelry Som* As Low 1/2 price See Our New Fall Merchandise On Display CHOOSE YOURS NOW AND LAY AWAY Frames 15% oft reft, price at Ctlko Corner ! M GJlje <&ingljatn ^Edition Main St. R? ford, N.C. Shop ^Raeford First Foreign policy essential to Democratic victory By Richard A. Viguerie It has been demonstrated time and time again that a Democrat can win the presidency only if he is perceived as tough on questions of foreign policy. Jack Kennedy talk ed of the alleged "missile gap" between us and the Soviet Union; likewise, Jimmy Carter attacked the Kissinger foreign policy and President Ford's "liberation of Poland." When a Democrat is considered at least as tough as his opponent, he can win a national election. But when the Democrat is thought to be less resolute in the face of the communist threat -- like Adlai Stevenson in 1952 and '56, George McGovern in 1972, or Jim my Carter in 1980 -- he loses. Assuming that Walter Mondale is the eventual nominee of the Democratic Party, the Democrats are in trouble. On what issue is Mondale prepared to attack Presi dent Reagan for his lack of toughness? On what issue is Mon dale prepared to be tough on the Soviets? Will Walter Mondale criticize President Reagan for agreeing to an eventual cutoff of arms sales to our loyal ally, the Republic of China on Taiwan? Will he accuse the President of a weak response to the Soviet murder of the passengers on Korean Airlines Flight 007? Will he attack the U.S. bailout of the virtually bankrupt Polish government? Will he try to pin the blame on Reagan for the Soviets getting the blueprints for our space shuttle? Fairly late in his Administration ? *ooriate to get himself reelected - Jimmy Carter took some actions that indicated a growing awareness of the communist threat. He im posed a grain embargo, withdrew from the propaganda-show Olym pics in Moscow, and called for in creased defense spending. Will Mr. Carter's vice president point with pride to those actions, or will he disassociate himself from them? Most political observers will be surprised if Mondale does anything to put himself to the right of President Reagan on any major foreign policy issue. His entire campaign has been a study in liberal orthodoxy -- never deviating for one moment from the "accepted" liberal position -- and it's not likely to change now. Mondale believes that "we should sell the Russians anything they can't shoot back at us" (but what about computers?) He is against the MX missile, the B-l bomber, non-nuclear defense bas ed in space, and almost every other weapons system that has been pro posed in the last 20 years. He said the liberation of Grenada "means that we have no business even criticizing the Soviets for their in vasion of Afghanistan," and he admitted that "I cannot unders tand ? it just baffles me -- why the Soviets these last few years have behaved as they have. Maybe we made some mistakes with them." Mondale's softness on com munism went virtually unchalleng ed during his fight for the Democratic nomination. His ma jor opponents, Jesse Jackson and Gary Hat, seemed even more blind to the nature of communism. The fact that no strong anti communist'Democrat made it past mid-March in the 1984 campaign reflects an important change in the nature of American liberalism. For decades, liberals were in the forefront of the fight against com munism. Liberals joined together to kick communists out of the unions and to thwart attempts by the communists to take over the motion picture industry. When communists sought to infiltrate the civil rights movement, liberals like John and Robert Kennedy worked to keep them out. Liberals used to understand the difference between freedom and communism, between the U.S. and its enemies. While traveling in In donesia, Robert Kennedy was once asked if it wasn't true that both the U.S. and the communists were in terested in world peace, and wasn't there then an identical objective and purpose in our two systems? Weren't we very much alike? "The communists," he replied, "are interested in peace only when it serves their purpose. Their ob jectives are far different from ours. They will take any steps, in ternal subversion or external force, in order to achieve control of a country. It is only the strength of a number of (non-communist) coun tries around the world that has kept the peace ... I think as long as the Soviet Union or the com munists recognize that if there is atomic war it means immense destruction all around the gloe, they will want peace, of a sort. But to say that peace is their philosophy - I would differ quite strongly with that." Most liberals today would con sider such a statement bellicose rhetoric. What a difference 20 years can make! On Election Day we shall see what the American, people think of the change. June gives longest days By Cliff Blue June gives us the longest days, more daylight than any other month in the year. On the 21st, summer arrived, to extend into late September. The brightness of June is special. New leaves and growth are fresher than any other time of People and Issues year. Because these are the first long, blue-sky days, the contrast is greater than later in the summer. TY COBB ... The opening surge of the Detroit Tigers this season brings to memory their greatest star, Ty Cobb, who might have been the game's greatest. 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