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WASHINGTON REPORT’
, Washington Once again, con
troversy has flared over the col
lection of fees, or tolls, to travel
over the Blue Ridge Parkway.
On several occasions, the Na
tional Park Service has tried to
impose tolls on the Parkway.
The latest effort came a few
weeks ago when notice was given
by the Park Service that fees to
travel on the Parkway would be
collected , beginning June 1, 1958.
I think it is too much to hope
that Secretary of the Interior,
Fred Seaton, wljo has jurisdiction
over the Parkway, will voluntari
ly rescind the order to start tolls.
I think it will be necessary for
Congress to take action to settle
the matter. The last time the
Park Service tried to impose tolls
on the Parkway, the Administra
tion failed to call the dogs off un
til the House Appropriation Com- 1
mittee directed it to stop the toll
plans.
This year, the same appropri
ations bill has cleared the House.
Perhaps Secretary Seaton thought
he was being clever in waiting
for the money bill to pass the
House before he issued the or
der.
The bill, however, has not pass
ed the Senate.
The whole business of collect
ings tolls on national parks and
parkways has reached the point
where Congress is going to have
to work out some sort of program
that makes sense.
Unless something is done, it
means that all parks and park
ways are at the mercy of admini
strators who want to show a good
set of books on park operations
rather than equal treatment.
It is true that the Park Ser
vice for some years has collected
fees and tolls for using park and
parkway facilities, but there is no
uniform system and no pattern
to the system.
Tolls and fees are collected, so
the Park Service says, in order
Conservation Reserve
Deadline Is April 15th
The April 15 deadline for par
ticipation in the 1958 Conserva
tion Reserve Program is drawing
near.
H. D. Godfrey, administrative
officer for the ASC state commit
tee, reports that even though the
signup has been going on for five
months, farmers have only used
about 22 per cent of this State’s
Conservation Reserve allocation.
New features in the 1958 Soil
Bank Conservation Reserve offer
many advantages to landowners
who signed contracts under the
program for 1958, Godfrey says.
He says any farmer or landowner
who has acreage that could be
planted to shrubs or trees would
be wise to check with his local
ASC committee to find how
these changes might affect him.
One change of interest to many
landowners is more flexibility in
the length of the contracts. Pre
viously all tree and shrub plant
ings were under 10-year contracts
only. Now, at the option of the
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for those who use the facilities
to help pay the freight, so to
speak. A
But the Park Service is being
very unfair. In fact, there’s noth
ing that makes sense about the
proposal.
If they are looking for funds
to help pay for operating the
Park Service, then they ought to
go where they can get them.
Not a whisper has been heard
•to collect tolls on the Baltimore-
Washington Parkway, which car
ries as much daily traffic as any
highway on the East Coast and
is operated by the Park Service.
It was built to connect Washing
ton and Baltimore and to provide
a more scenic route than the un-'
sightly U. S. 1 Route between
these two cities.
If the Park Service wants to
raise money, it could get more
revenue from charging a nickle a
car on the Baltimore-Washington
Parkway than $5 a year on the
Blue Ridge Parkway.
There is another shining exam- 1
pie of inconsistency in the argu
ment - that the Park Service is
proposing tolls to help pay the i
cost of operation. I
Millions of Americans have
traveled over the beautiful high
way from Washington to Mount
Vernon. That highway is a na
tional parkway. But there is no
toll on it.
The main purpose of the road
is to furnish a nice access to the
home of George Washington. I
think this is a good thing. I
think it is proper.
But there is one thing we ought
to remember:
Mount Vernon is not operated
by a Federal agency. Why should
the Park Service not collect a toll
for the use of this road?
None of the toll business makes
sense. It has been botched and
muddled to the place where Con
gress will have to step in.
(producer, five-year, and 10-year
I contracts are available for shel
terbelt and wildlife habitat plant
ings. The 10-year requirement
| still applies to forest trees. Con
tracts provide for initial pay
ments to help meet the expense
of planting and additional yearly
payments for keeping the land
out of crop production.
The 1958 program also au
thorizes county ASC committees
to grant higher non-diversion
rates of payment when all the
eligible land on a farm is plant
ed to shrubs and trees, or when
any of the land is planted to for
est trees.
“With conservation as badly
needed as it is in this state, farm
ers just can’t afford to miss the
opportunity to protect our farm
land for the future and to receive
payments while performing this
service,” Godfrey said.
Almost Forgotten Man
Julius Roar is sorry because
he has not made the Who’s Who
book of notable people.
“I’ve been busy all of my life
trying to keep my name in the
telephone directory,” he said.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 87. I«VL
Plymouth Speaker
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DR. JUNICHI NAKAMURA
The annual Youth Rally of the
Elizabeth City District of the
Methodist Church will be held at
the Plymouth Methodist Church
on Saturday, March 29, at 10:00
A. M., with Dr. Junichi Naka
mura of Japan as the featured
speaker. The program will con
sist of an original skit by the
MYF of Manteo, fellowship sing
ing, MYF in action, election of
district officers and message by
Dr. Nakamura. All young peo
ple ages 12-23 are urged to at
tend. Younger boys and girls
from the Children’s Division are
not eligible to attend. Each
MYF“er is requested to bring a
lunch, an offering and a smile.
The meeting will close with 12:00
o’clock lunch.
Dr. /Junichi Nakamura, Japan
ese student at Duke University,
is registrar and professor of En
glish at Kobe Jogakuin College,
a well-known school for women
in Japan. He lived in Hiroshima
and graduated from Hiroshima
University of Arts and Sciences.
He has made an important contri
bution to Christian education and
is one of the few members in Ja
pan of the Layman’s Movement
for a Christian World. He ser
ved as interpreter for J. C. Pen
ney, vice president of the move
ment, and for American novelist,
William Faulkner, when they
visited Japan. This is Mr. Naka
mura’s third visit to the United
States for graduate work at Duke
University.
Reduced Tobacco
Acreage In Prospect
As of March 1, North Carolina
farmers indicated thein intentions
to plant 435,000 acres of flue-cur
ed tobacco during 1958, a reduc
tion of about two per cent from
the 443,000 acres harvested in
1957, the N. C. Crop Reporting
Service has announced.
Although State allotments re
mained practically the same as
for last year, a smaller planted!
acreage is in prospect because of
greater participation in the Soil
Bank. If the pending bill ap
propriating more money for the
Soil Bank is passed and approv
ed, the acreage planted may be
even less than indicated by March
1 intentions.
A 435,000 acreage would be the
smallest since 1921 when 415,000
acres were harvested, and it |
would fall below the 1947-56
ten-year average acreage of 670,-
000 by 35 per cent. The reduc
tion from the 1956 acreage of
579,000 would be about one-i
fourth. I
Early Spring Pruning
Can Improve Quality
Early spring—just before the
growing season—is the best time
to prune! ypung pines, says John
Gray, head of extension forestry
at N. C. State College.
Don’t go on a wholesale prun
ing, however. Gray reminds that
whether or not to prune depends
upon the general condition of the
forest and its trees.
And although pruning every
pine in a young stand can result
in a clean, park-like appearance,
Gray says that from a dollar and
cents standpoint, this doesn’t pay.
He advises concentrating on trees
which will be left to grow to
large size. This usually means
selecting 100 to 125 straight,
thrifty trees spaced about 15 to
20 feet apart each way for prun-.
ing. Favor these trees in thin
ning operations as time goes on.
If conditions warrant pruning,
prune trees when they are fairly
young—four to six inches in di
ameter so that branches to be
taken off will be no more than
two inches thick. At this age cuts
heal quickly and leave only small
knots. Pruning cuts should be
made close to the trunk because
stubs take too long to heal and
may let in rot or insects. All
dead limbs can be pruned but not
more than the lower third of the
live crown should be pruned at
one time. A second pruning a
few years later may be necessary
to get a clear, 16-foot log.
In forestry as in other busi
nesses, high- quality products sell
easiest and bring the highest
prices. As Gray points out,
“Pruning is a slow and tedious
job, but in an otherwise well
managed forest, it helps ‘produce
the large, straight, clear logs that
command top prices in timber
sales.”
County farm agents and local
foresters are ready to advise
small forest owners on forestry
management practices.
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PET OWNERS
Thorns, bits of metal, chicken
scratches and miscellaneous abra
sions account for a significant
number of “Cat Scratch Disease”
cases in man, medical authorities
say. A fairly large percentage of
cases had no known inoculations
of infectious agents with or with
out cat contact.
Hair shedding and flakiness or
extensive peeling of a dog’s skin
are good evidence of dietary de
ficiencies of fatty acids, veteri
nary authorities say.
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KNOW YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY
P. E. Bettendorf, representative of the Social Security Ad
ministration. is in Edenlon every Thursday at the North Caro.
i lina Employment Security Commission in Citizens Bank
i Building.
When disaster strikes, we like
to think that society is ready to
help. When a man is crippled by
disease, we believe that .someone
will see that his family has food
and clothing, and that the rent is
paid. But when his immediate
day-to-day needs are met, what
then? Will there be anyone to
advise him how to protect his in
vestment in social security for the
sake of future payments?, Or will
he be like Paul Johnson?
Paul is 32, married, and has
three children. Until five years
ago, he was strong and healthy,
never sick a day in his life. The
Johnsons were paying on a new
ranch-type house in the suburbs
and Paul was earning high wag
es as a foreman in a factory mak
ing airplane parts. During his
spare time he made improve
ments on the house, built a ga
rage, fixed up the lawn, and
planted shrubbery and flowers.
As soon as t|iey completed one
project there always seemed to be
something else to start planning
on.
Suddenly all this was changed.
Paul was brought home from
work one day after having col
lapsed at the factory. He hasn’t
been able to work since. To
meet expenses, the Johnsons had
to sell their house and automo
bile. They moved into a small up
stairs apartment in a house own
ed by Paul’s mother, and Paul’s
wife found a job in a neighbor
hood store. Paul has never given
up hope of going back. to work.
He doesn’t think of himself as dis
abled, and is full of plans for fu
ture activities. The fact that he
collapses after slight exertion
does not discourage him. A few
friends visit him regularly and
help to keep up his spirits, as
well as doing what they can for
the family in a material way.
No one has ever said anything
to Paul about the “disability
freeze” provision in the social se
curity law. Either his friends
know nothing about it, or they
are unwilling to seem to pry into
his financial affairs. Paul»should
be told that he should file an
application for a social security
disability freeze no later than
June 30, 1958. If the disability
freeze is allowed, his rights will
be protected as to disability bene
fits at age 50, old-age benefits,
and benefits for his family in case
of his death.
In Paul’s case, making appli
cation for a disability freeze no
later than June 30, 1958 may
mean payments of $98.50 a month
beginning at age 50; it may also
mean that in case of his death,
his wife and children would re
ceive as much as S2OO a month.
If he does not put his applica
tion in by June 30, 1958, he will
receive no disability benefits at
age 50 and, since he had not
worked 10 jears under social se
curity before his disability, he
will draw no old-age benefits. In
case of his death, the payment
of his survivors would be either
reduced or logt entirely.
What should Paul do? He
should telephone or write the so
cial security t - office near him.
That office, is listed in the tele
phone book Under U. S. Govern
ment, Dept, of Health, Education
and Welfare. He can also get the
address from his post office.
Protection against disability
was written into the social securi
ty law as recently as 1954. The
deadline of June 30, 1958 is im
portant to those who have been
disabled more than one year.
Filing application by that date
will mean the worker’s account
may be frozen as of the time he
became disabled, even if that was
as much as 16 years ago. If a
disabled person believes he can
meet the earnings requirement—
five years’ work under social se
curity in the ten year period be
fore he became disabled, and a
year and a half jn the last three
years of that time—he should file
his application without further
delay.
Because disabled persons have
often lost ability to protect their
own interests, it is particularly
important that relatives and
friends help them. Full informa
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