WASHINGTON REPORT
Washington The “needles”
that President Eisenhower is pre
scribing for our sagging economy
are failing to have the desired ef
fects on- business.
The fact tljat several recfcnt re
cession-checking actions have
done Very little checking should
be of more concern than the cur
rent level of business activity.
For some time, it has not taken
an expert to see that the prolong
ed “tight money” policy of the
Eisenhower Administration has
been very depressing for busi
ness.
In his recent speeches, it has
been obvious that President Eis
enhower is more than passingly
concerned about the continued
downward trend of business. Up
until about a year ago, it took
only an optimistic prediction from
President Eisenhower to make the
stock market spurt upwards or
he could catch a cold and heavy
selling set in. Neither of these
strange manifestations made much
sense.
Three very positive actions
have been taken in the past 60
days, none of which had the ef
fects they should have had.
Twice in this period the Federal
Reserve interest rates to member
banks were materially reduced.
During the same period, the cash
deposit on stock purchases was
lowered from 70 per cent to 50
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churches already have official
tie-ups with the national school
system in many countries.
The problem in the United
States, is to maintain separation
of church and state and yet not
to educate a Godless, or an ignor
ant, generation of Americans—
ignorant in the religious field.
Supporters of private colleges
and schools say that the influ
ence that graduates from these
schools have is an important and
vital contribution to the Chris
tian path America will and must
travel in the world of today and
tomorrow.
Some public schools and col
leges have solved the problem, to
their contentment, by allowing
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In each instances it was fully
expected that these actions would
put new life into the stock mar
ket, but the market went down
instead of up after each.
In view of the fact it i s com
mon knowledge that Congress will
do what is necessary to bring our
defenses up to date, there is ev
ery reason to believe that the eco
nomic trend should take an up
ward turn.
But it hasn’t up to now.
In order not to take any chanc
es, Congress will have to stay on
guard to move in with effective
economic tonics aside from our
defense program regardless of the
attitude of the Administration.
Recommendations coming to
Congress from the White House
so far concerning economic con
ditions seem to hinge all hope for
an upward turn on defense spend
ing.
This is a mistake, because we
cannot expect to let our farm
economy, the construction indus
try, retail business, and a few
other important segments of our
economy, for example, scuffle for
themselves while new blood is
given to defense industries.
It is important, to our defense
efforts and otherwise, to keep all
segments of our economy on an
even keel.
each student to chopse his own'
particular religious instructor. A
hour or more is set aside every
so often for religious instruction
of this kind. But no student is
forced to take religious instruc
tion. He may skip it if he pre
fers to.
The churches and the leaders
of the churches have the prob
lem of education facing them
squarely. They must attempt to
find away to educate the nation’s
youth in the field of religion and
yet not seek to violate the Con
stitution. To indoctrinate young
sters fully and completely, the
churches need to have their
members young, when their
minds are still impressionable to
a large degree.
Obviously, some system of re
ligious education voluntary—
is needed in the public schools.
We need not ever look forward
to the time when everyone goes
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 6, 1958.
to a public school, for there are
disadvantages to such a system.
Many great Americans feel that
the public school system of our
country is the great democratic
heritage that binds us together.
And tight, closely-knit denomina
tional divisions do have, as a for
mer Harvard President says, a
“divisive” influence among the
people. This is something we
must avoid, while seeing to it
that our children get a proper
religious education.
(These comments are based on
international Uniform Lesson
Outlines, copyrighted by the In
ternaiional Council of Religious
Education, U.S.A., and used by
permission).
Henderson County
Is Named Progress
County Os Year
Henderson County has been
named winner of the 1957 North
Carolina “County of the Year in
Rural Progress” contest, according
to the N. C. Board of Farm Or
ganizations and Agencies, spon
sor of the contest.
As first place winner, Hender
son County will receive SI,OOO
cash award, given by various
commercial and industrial organi
zations in an effort to foster all
elements of rural progress in the
state, according to David S.
Weaver, director, N. C. Agricul
tural Extension Service and
member of the awards commit
tee.
Area winners, each of which
will receive SSOO cash awards,
are Alexander, Montgomery, Per
son and Pasquotank Counties.
Sixty-three counties entered the
1957 contest, according to Weav
er. Their progress during 1957
was evaluated independently and
according to a standard rating.
District supervisors of eight dif
ferent agencies judged their own
territorial areas in their own sub
ject matter fields. These agen
cies include the N. C. Agricul
tural Extension Service, Soil Con
servation Service, Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation,
Farmers Home Administration,
the Forestry Division of the State
Department of Conservation and
Development, Vocational Agri
culture, the Home Demonstration
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Former state winning counies
include Rockingham, 1952; Or
ange, 1953; Wilson, 1954; Ashe,
1955; and Pender, 1956. Under
the rules of the contest a county
cannot repeat as an area winner,
but is entitled to compete for the
state title. I
30,444 Motorists
Lost Privilege To
Drive During ’37
In a summary of license revok
able traffic offenses, the Motor
Vehicles Department reports that
30,444 motorists lost their legal
driving privileges during 1957. i
Neck and neck at the top of
the list were 11,906 drunk driv
ers and 11,804 speeders, the
agency reported.
Both offenses require a manda
tory surrender of drivers license.
Miscellaneous violations noted
in the annual report showed reck
less driving, 1,799 convictions;
improper use of operator’s li
cense, 489; transporting intoxi
cants, 359; and larceny of auto
mobile, 207.
Additional penalties were pre
scribed for 1,673 motorists caught
driving after their license had
been withdrawn, the department
said.
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personal visit to the Shrine of
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ings and professional evaluation
in the February 9th issue of
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Atomic Energy Now Source Os 150,000 Jobs
The infant atomic energy in-
dustry, which came into being
little more than a decade ago, has
already become an important ele
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according to data compiled by the
U. S. Department of Labor, Tech-!
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i of every 4 of these workers were
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