Senator j
Sam
Says
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Washington - The Senate Ju
diciary Committee opened
hearings this week on civil
rights proposals. The most In
clusive proposal In S. 1731
which embodies In one bill the
package proposals included In
the President's June 19 mes
sage. It consists of eight titles
dealing with legislation from
public accommodations to de
* segregation of the public
schools. In this column I shall
discuss the provisions of Title
iq of S. 1731 which relate to
the Federal powers requested
to enforce a planned desegre
gation of the public schools.
Already In our nation It Is
repeatedly stated that the public
schools 'are In need of large
sums of money to finance a
progressive educational pro
gram. The needs are demon
strated and local and state auth
orities ' are certainly making
every effort In North Carolina to
meet the tremendous costs. In
any discussion of Title ni of S.
1731, it should be recognized
that If the Federal government
engages In a program of en
forced desegregation of neigh
borhood schools, there will be
Immense cost which may be
shared by local school boards
and Federal taxpayers.
Amazingly enough the cost
Involved will be only Inciden
tal to the educational values
for the students Involved. For
the most part, It will not In
volve the educational process of
learning history, grammar, and
arithmetic, instead It Involves
both the concepts of desegre
gation and a newer concept
being promoted in some cir
cles which Is called "racial
Imbalance" In the public
schools. This latter concept
Is one which an editorial writ
er In the Winston-Salem Jour
nal recently defined as "In
tegration for the mere sake
of Integrating."
The "racially balanced"
fchool theory deprives child
ren of all races of the right
to attend schools with their
neighbors, their friends, and
their playmates.
Under Title ID of S. 1731
two sets of powers are pro
posed to be granted to the
Departments of Health, Educa
tion and Welfare and the At
torney General. The Commis
sioner of Education would be
empowered to conduct ^Inves
tigations of racial problems
In the schools, plan for de
segregation of the public
school desegregation problems.
He would also be authorized
to arrange Institutes "to Im
prove the ability of teachers,
supervisors, and counsellors"
to deal with desegregation pro
blems and pay them to attend
these institutes. He could em
ploy specialists to educate par
ents, schoolchildren, and the
general public on the Adminis
tration's views on desegrega
tion. In essence, the power of
the Federal purse could be used
to engage In mass selling of a
Federal program to be conduct
ed In this area of human rela
tions. To my knowledge, this
would provide an expenditure
of tax monies unlike any 1 have
seen written Into (aw.
It seems to me that Title in
gets far afield from the concept
thst our efforts as citizens
ought to be directed toward edu
cation of every boy and girl
commensurate with his ability.
Wanted Man
Sleeps While
Officers Hunt
While Sheriffs Deputies and
Prison Department guards,
complete with bloodhounds,
were out trying to track him
down, a 40 year-old Route 3,
Louisburg negro, Jasper Rudd,
was at home a mile or so away
asleep In bed.
Rudd, who already had one
warrant outstanding for his ar
rest on charges of assaulting
his wife Saturday night, com
plicated things Sunday night by
going to his wife's home and
firing a shotgun blast Into the
yard that slightly Injured his
step-child, Willis Holmes, 10,
and another youth, Willie Thom
as, about 14, and fled Into the
woods with the gun.
Sheriffs deputies called In
the dogs to assist and the search
was on. After an hour or so
of fruitless hunting, Deputy
Sheriff David Batton, turned the
fugitive up - not In the woods -
but at home In bed.
The two youths were given
treatment at the qpiergency
room at Franklin Memorial
Hospital and released.
New Organization
Just a fraction of the crowd In
attendance at the organizational
meeting of the Franklin County
Citizens for Preservation of
Constitutional Government is
pictured above here last night.
Newspaper Columnist T. H.
Pearce, standing, was named
Chairman of the new organiza
tion. - Times Photo.
Local Bicycle Safety
Campaign Is Launched
Registration got underway
here Monday for a Safe Bicycle
Driving Campaign In Loulsburg,
sponsored by the Loulsburg Po
lice Department, the Loulsburg
Recreation Commission, Hod
ges Insurance Agency and The
American Insurance Company
of Newark, N.J.
Registration for the program
was held at both the Loulsburg
High School and Riverside High,
beginning at 2:30 P.M.
Loulsburg Chief of Police,
William T. Dement said that
the program will seek to pro
mote bicycle safety activity On
the part of parents and their
youngsters through distribution
of a 16-page color Illustrated
booklet entitled, Safe Bicycle
Driving Today. The booklet out
lines the principles and prac
tices of safe bicycle driving.
Along with the booklet, metal
license plates for attachment
to bicycles of riders who pass
a test on the contents of the
booklet will be distributed. The
test Is to be given to youngsters
by their parents.
In addition to distributing the
booklets and license plates,
the program will provide and
encourage organized local ac
tivity aimed at Improving com
munity standards of bicycle
safety.
The primary purpose of the
campaign, Chief Dement said,
Is . to instill good habits of
safe driving In young persons
while they are riding bicycles,
so that when they are old enough
to drive automobiles, they will
do so In a safer and more
responsible manner.
Along with the booklets and
license plates to be distribut
ed by the agency, youngsters
who qualify for the license plate
will receive a wallet size Safe
Driver's License card. This
card will be his certification
that he has qualified as a safe
bicycle driver.
Local Teen-Agers Find
Job Opportunities Scarce
Teen-agers In FrankllnCoun
ty are entering the labor lorce
at an Increasing rate.
They reflect the rising num
ber of young persons In the 14
to 19 age bracket. These are
the ones who were born during
the baby-boom years following
World war n.
Many of them, according to <
Government reports, are drop
ping out of school and going to
work. Others are moving Into
the labor force Immediately
after finishing high school.
How to provide jobs for this
flood of teen-agers Is a prime
problem.
Figures compiled by the De
partment of Commerce and the
Department of Labor indicate
Just how big a problem It Is.
In Franklin County, they show,
the number of youngsters who
will have reached the 14 to 19
age group In the five-year
period "ending 1965, will total
3,311.
On the basis of recent experi
ence 29.1 percent of them, or
963, will be looking for full
time or part-time Jobs before
In some areas of the country,
an even greater proportion of
teen-agers are cutting short
their education, creating an
acute employment situation.
Such drop-outs are finding a
minimum of Job opportunities,
It is pointed out.
In the United States as a
whole, 23.S percent of the teen
age group are now to be found
in the labor force by the time
they reach 19. The ratio In the
South Atlantic States Is 30.7
percent and, In the State of
North Carolina, 31.0 percent.
The problem will become even
more severe In the subsequent
five years, the reports show.
Between 1965 and 1970, the
number of youngsters in Frank
lin County in the 14 to 19 brac
ket will amount to 3,514.
If they follow the current pat
tern and quit school at the same
rate, 1,021 additional Job open
ings will be needed for them
within that period.
Nationally, according to Sec
retary of 4^bor W. Wlllard
Wlrtz, the number of teen
agers In the labor market will
Jump from the 6.2 million count
ed In 1960 to 7.7 million In
1965 and to 8.4 million by
1970.
This prospect, he states,
"sends up a warning signal
that says to all Americans that
the post-war population explos
ion Is now making Itself felt
on the size and makeup of the
labor force."
Rev. Y. i. Duncan
New Chapter Chmn.
The Franklin County Chapter
of The National Foundation -
March of Dimes announced to
day that "Sev. v. E. Duncan
of Loulsburg, has been elect
ed Chairman of The Founda
tion's Franklin CountyChapter.
As Chapter Chairman, Rev.
Duncan will promote and super
vise the Chapter's programs of
patient aid In the areas of
birth defects, arthritis and po
lio. He will also direct the
Chapter's Health Scholarship
Program which offers scholar
ships to local high school and
college students in the areas
of medicine, nursing, physical
therapy, occupational therapy
and medical social work. This
program Is expected to be an
nounced by the Chapter In the
Fall of the current year.
During the past year, the
Franklin County Chapter has
Joined other Chapters In the
establishment of the famed Salk
Institute at La Jolla, Califor
nia, and in establishing the first
Birth Defects Treatment-Cen
ter In North Carolina which
Is a part of the UJJ.C, Medi
cal School In Chapel Hill, North
Carolina. The Chapter has also
given aid to polio and birth
defects patients and will begin
Us n local scholarship program
to meet the needs of more
. medical and paramedical per
sonnel to serve patients every
where.
Rev. Duncan Is a retired Bap
tist Minister. He has assisted
the Baptist State Convention In
" promotional campaigns and has
worked 8 1/2 years as a field
worker for the Tar River Bap
tist Association In Loulsburg.
In accepting the Chapter
Chairmanship of The National
Foundation, Rev. Duncan urged
all the unvacclnated to receive
their polio vaccine now and
called on all families who are
concerned with birth defects
and rheumatoid arthritis in
children through 18 years of
age to feel free to contact the
Chapter.
Session Ends
The first session of summer
school at Loulsburg College
closes Tuesday, July 16, and
registration for the second ses
sion will be held Thursday,
July 18, from 8:00 to 10:00
a.m. The second session ends
August 23.
Enrollment for the first ses
sion was 185.
States Right's Group
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Is Organized Here_
Franklin County Joined other
localities across the nation last
night In organizing to promote
the preservation of constitu
tional government*.
A group of fifty or more per- '
tons from all over Franklin
County, meeting at the Murphy
House Restaurant, formally or
ganised the Franklin County
Citizens For Preservation of
Constitutional Government and
elected T. H. Pearce, noted
Frankllnton newspaper colum
nist, Chairman.
Other officers elected were;
John Cauthen, Wake Forest,
Vice-Chairman; Lee F. Mc
Lemore, Frankllnton, Vloe
Chalrman; and Mrs. R. G. Per
son, Jr., Loulsburg, Vlce
Chalrman; A. F, Johnson, Jr.,
Loulsburg, Secretary; and
Charles Davis, Loulsburg,
Treasurer.
An eight member Advisory
Board, headed by County Judge
W. F. Shelton of Loulsburg^
Included the following persons;
Mrs. W. P. Pearce, Franklin
Brother Is
Killed In
Accident
> John W, Smith of Central Is
lep, N. Y., a brother to Mrs.
Clifford Joyner of Loulsburg,
was killed In an automobile ac
cident near his home on Sunday
friornlng. Smith, It was report
ed, was returning to his home
after attending his father's fun
eral at Benson, N. C. last
week, whan the accident hap
pened.
Funeral services will be held
at Elevation Methodist Church,
Benson, at 5:30 today.
Surviving In addition to Mrs.
Joyner, are a son, Plnkney
Thurman Smith of Four Oaks;
his mothej, Mrs. Bertha Hamil
ton Smith of Benson, Rt., 3;
four brothers, Douglas, Char
les and Wlnfred Smith, all of
New York State, and Elliott
Smith of Cocoa Beach, Fla.;
and five other sisters, Mrs.
Leland Lee and Mrs. Edward
Mayo, both of Four Oaks, Mrs.
Olva Leach of Pasedlna, Tex.,
Mrs. Jack Birbour ofCharlotte
and Mrs. Garland Benson of
Benson. -
Flee With
Bloodhounds
Wheeling, W. Va.? Two pri
soners fled from a work farm
and took the prison bloodhound
with them. ?
Authorities from the prison
said the -two untied the dog
and walked away from the
farm.
ton; Ronald TharrlnfctQn, Hick
ory-Rock: A. T.Sturgess, Route
2, Loutsburg;' Charles E. Jul
ian, Frankllnton; James P.
Lumpkin, .Loulsburg; Lee Mur
ray, Loulsburg and W. G, Lan
caster, also of Loulsburg.
The organization set forth
their alms In a resolution that
reads as follows: "We hereby
resolve to help restore and
preserve the freedom of Amer
ica by: 1. Opposing Federal
domination, usurpations an(J
controls; 2. Opposing the con
stant erosion and deterloratfon
of the rights of Sovereign States'
3. Opposing the further loss t>f
the rights and privileges of In
dividual citizens; 4. Opposing
the violations of the rights of
private property and opposing
the invasion of those rights by
any Federal, State or local law;
and 5, To- work constantly for
the support a nd election of
those candidates for public of
fice who most favor these alms.
The organization unamlously
passed a measur'e to accept
charter members until the date
of the next meeting at a time
^nd place to be announced.
Hicks To Head Boy
Scout Drive Locally
Robert M. Hicks, 46, local
machine st and member of (he
Loutsburg City Council, has
been appointed Boy Scout Fin
ance Chairman (or the Louts
burg Area this year, according
to an announcement Friday by
Wallace Wood, of Raleigh, Dis
trict Scout Executive, Occonee
chee Council, Boy Scouts of
America.
Hicks has been active In Boy
Scout work on both the local
and district level (or a num
ber o( years and Is presently
serving on the Camp Durrani
Camp Committee.
He Is a former Defense Di
rector for the Town of Louls
burg, a charter member and
former Chief of (he Loulsburg
Robert M. Hicks
Rescue Service and also a form
er memlter of the Louisburg
VoltmMfer Fire Department. He
Is a memtH>r of the Louisburg
Methodist Church, SujWrtntend
ent of tlie Church Sunday School
ancj, member of the Church's
Official Board.
He Is married to the former
Page Ann Dunn, of Loulsburg.
They have two children, Mrs.
H. C. Lane of Tabor City, and
Robert M.. (Dob) Hicks, , Jr.,
of the home.
Farmers In Franklin Coun
ty will make no mistake In
raising the foods and feeds
they need on their farms.
Rescue
Alarm
Local Rescuers, called out
supposedly to aid a pedestrian
hit by a car* on' South Main
Street here about 6:30 P.M.
Thursday, found Instead, a local
negro man suffering from a
convulsive seizure.
Loulsburg Rescue Service
Chief V, Peoples said that
Percy Egerton was apparently
stricken as he started across
the stree^ and fell. He was
taken to Franklin Memorial
Hospital by a funeral home
ambulance.
The call was the second or
third call recently where the
Resqie Service^ has been call
ed out supposedly for one thing
and found another upon reaching
the scene.
Recently they were called out
to aid a younjg negro woman,
who had reportedly taken poi
son. They found instead of poi
son, that the woman was in
child labor and advised her to
$eek the services of a physician.
Speeders Tried In
Franklinton Court
Ten speeders were tried be
fore Mayor Joe Pearce In
FranklintoV on Monday. Two
of the speeders (Charles F.
Vergon and Corrine Williams)
paid a $10 fine each and cost
of court for traveling 70 miles
per hour In a 60 mile zone.
James Franklin Scoggins
65 MPH In a 55 mile zone
nol pros with leave.
Harvey Beckham-45 MPH In
a 35 mile zone-paid cost.
Billle Dan Jones-69 MPH In
a 60 mile zone-paid cost.
Everett Carlton Spencer-45
MPH in a 35 mile zone-paid
cost.
Edward Randolph, James
Bruoe Fretwell-55 MPH In a
45 mile zone-each paid a $10
fine and cost of court.
John J. Pearce, jr.-50 MPH
In a 3^ mile zone and driving
on wfbng side of the road not
In passing-paid fine and j:gst.
- Driver Thrown From Car
Douglas Joyner of Franklinton
was injured Saturday afternoon
when he lost control of his car on
the Pokomoke Road Just west of
Franklinton and ran up bank to
left of road. Joyner, thrown out
of the car, was taken to Frank
lin Memorial Hospital for treat
ment. - Times Photo.
L
Luclan Carroll Crltrer-85
MPH In a, 55 mile zone-paid
ct>st.
Other cases were:
Forrest Junior Dlckerson
For compliance-Issue' Capias.
Lee Andres Cannady-Explred"
chauffeurs license- nol pros
with leave.
Jackie Thomas Summerlln
For comjjllance-Issue Capias
Xouls Hunt-Drunk-Nol pros.
James Ray, Jr.-For. compli
ance. paid cost.
Eugene Murray-For compll
ance-Pald cost.
Abe Lee Mitchell-Careless ti
reckless driving-Found guilty
paid cost,
John Wayne Arnold-Careless
Si reckless driving-Dismissed.
Luther McLamb-For compll
Howard A. Kearney-Scratch
ing off-Paid co^t.
Robert Allen Johnson-AS
sault-Nol pr,os with leave.
Abe Lee Mitchell-Assault on
(emwe-Nol pros.
Abe Lee Mitchell-Drunk and
Affray-Found guilty- 30 days
}n the road-suspended on pay
ment of cost.
James Brodla-Assault pros
jcutlhg witness taxed with cost.
Robert- Haley-Drunk - paid
:ost.
Jlmmle Champion- Reckless
lrlvlng and stop sign Yjotatlon
Pald cost.
William Splvey - Drunk
>ald cost. * -?
..Eprest J^ustfan- Drunk-30
lays on road-suspended on pay
nent of cost
BUly Ray Wilson - Assault
>leads gullty-pays cost.
Forest Mustlan - Drunk
?ound gulltyj-30 days on road
luspended on payment of cost.
Johnny Baker-Drunk-30 days
>n road-suspended on condition
hat defendant remain of good
jehavlor for 6 months.
Clarence Dove- Assault-Paid
:ost.
Mlnton Smith (Monk)- Poses
don and selling Whiskey-paid
:ost.
Clarence Dove- Disorderly
md contempt of court chart*
'aid fine and cost.