LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
Non Voters Have No Complaint
The Registration books are
open. They will be for each of
the next two Saturdays in the
polling place nearest you. Take
time out to register if you have
not already done so. If you
have any question about your
registration, take time to check
it.
The Election on May 30th is
important. They all are. Ev
eryone eligible should register.
If you don't register, you can't
vote. If you don't vote, you have
no room to be critical of the re
sults.
Justice Community
The people of the Justice
Community are to be congratu
lated for their efforts in obtain
ing the new factory scheduled
to locate there sometime this
month. This is the second cause
for congratulations for this
community this year. They had
previously won the Community
Development Award.
The new plant will mean -a
great deal to this small com
munity. Already they take pride
in (heir Fire House and the new
Church Building being complet
ed. With the coming of indus
try, the justice Community
could blossorp like a sleeping
rose at the coming of spring.
In their meeting, they voted
100V for the new plant. With
this spirit of community one
ness, there is no limit to which
they can elim'o. May this spirit
continue and may the weddiftg
of community effort and this
new venture be a long and happy
one.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
Why Is Quality Education
Missing Its Mark In North Carolina?
WE THE PEOPLE
Official I-ublication of The North
Carolina Citizens Association
Box 1987, Raleigh. N. C.
April 1964
According to information ex
tracted from the U. S. census
returns for 1940, 1950, and 1960,
North Carolina makes a poor
showing on the education score
as compared with all but a few
other States. The proportion of
the State's adult population found
to be illiterate or "functionally
illiterate" is a disgrace.
The State's young men and
women examined for military
service have been flunking the
written examination at a shame
fully high rate ever since the
draft began in 1939. Indeed, the
rate has been even worse since
1949. Few States have had a
higher rate of flunk-outs on the
Armed Forces Qualification
tests, and this bad rate is true
of both Negroes and Whites.
On standardized achievement
tests and intelligence tests, av
erage scores for the over
whelming majority of North
Carolina students have, for
more than thirty years, been
lagging considerably below the
national norms.
These gloomy facts have
haunted North Carolina's quality
education dream s for decades in
spite of sustained, top-rate, and
highly successful effort to im
prove the standards of public
school facilities and profession
al staff. _
The truth is that North Caro
lina has for at least three de
cades in spite of sustained, top
rate and highly successful effort
cades rated above most other
States in quality of school fa
cilities, in the academic quali
fications of teachers and other
professional staff, and in the
length of the school term. Its
index of average teacher train
ing has been, and is now, one of
the highest among .the States.
Its rate of average daily atten
dance has been and continues
to be well above the national av
erage --running most often
among the highest ten States
even in the absence of vigorous
enforcement of the compulsory
school attendance law. There
is also clear evidence that chil
dren out of school who belonged
in school (those not even en
rojledf ha^e 'been but a small
pe'rceHTage' of the child popula
tion of compulsory school at
tendance age. The percentage
has not even nearly approached
one outof every six pupils. Yet,
the 1960 census seems to indi
cate that one out of every six
adults in the State is "function
ally illiterate," to use the ex
pression of the State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction.
The quality education stand
ard has dramatically impressed
its imprint upon every factor
in the State's public school sys
tem except the minds of a great
many school children, the very
thing It most needs to impress.
Certainly, this strange para
dox ought to raise the question:
What is lacking in the public
school education situation for
North Carolina children that is
apparently present in the edu
cation situation for children in
Utah, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Iowa and so many other States
which outrank this State on
measurement records of edu
cational results but are shown
by the research surveys to be
inferior to North Carolina in
school facilities and in the aca
demic credentials of their
teachers? Why has North Caro
lina's rankings in the surveys of
educational results gone so often
from bad to worse since World
War II, while its educational
facilities and ' the academic
qualifications of teaching per
sonnel have grown better and
better?
No amount of political preach
ing or pious promises is going
to do much good until the real
answers to these questions are
brought to light and used against
the illiteracy problem. Until
that is done, quality education is
likely to keep on missing its
mark for too many North Caro
lina children.
THE PASSING SCENE
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can get your hand shook almost anywhere you
go. Watch for the firm, sincere shaker; be
ware of the ones that feel like a dead fish.
View s And Reviews
BARRY GOLDWATER, Sena
tor (R., Ariz.):
"I believe the United States
must earn the respect that is due
her from the other nations of
this world."
LYNDON B. JONHSON. Presi
dent: "This administration be
lieves the constitution applies to
Americans of every religion,
region, and race."
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SENATOR JORDAN REPORTS
By Senator B. Everett Jordan
Washington - We in North
Carolina were especially in
terested in the announcement
that the major tobacco com
panies of the United States have
agreed to set up a voluntary sys
tem of controlling the adver
tising of cigarettes.
More than any other state
in the"Nation, North Carolina is
vitally Interested in and affected
by what happens to the tobacco
industry.
Some very serious problems
were created several months
ago when the Public Health Ser
vice released its now famous
"smoking report."
Since that time there has been
considerable uncertainty as to
the ultimate effect the report
will have on all segments of
the tobacco industry.
Recently the Federal Trade
Commission completed hear
ings on a proposal that would
require the labeling of ciga
rettes as harmful.
Of course, such action by the
FTC would be most drastic and
in my opinion is completely un
called for on the basis of what
is known at this time. A
great deal of vague and un
proved. information has been
spread about tobacco In recent
years, and it would be a mis
take to take punitive action
against the entire Industry until
more data is available.
Under the code, a special ad
ministrator would be appointed
ind he would exercise com
plete control over all cigarette
advertising by tobacco com- 1
panies.
For the most part, the code
would take some of the "glam
our** out of cigarette advertis
ing and would elimihate the
strong pitch advertisements j
now rpade to college students
and other young people.
Of course, the ultimate so
lution to the tobacco problem
must be found**' through ac
celerated research and renewed
efforts on the part of farmers
to produce desirable qualities
of tobacco. But the action tak
en by the tobacco manufactur
ers is certainly a positive, con
structive, and highly commen
dable step.
I have never thought that it
would be wise for the FTC to
take any action that would re
quire the labeling of tobacco as
harmful, and certainly the de
cision by the manufacturers to
set up a voluntary code re
moves any necessity whatso
ever for FTC action. I am
most hopeful that the FTC Fill
abandon any plans it might have
had in "view of the new code.
Polite
"My little boy is very po
lite," said Brown jovially.
"Only the other night in the
bus he pointed out an empty
seat to a dear old lady and
raced her for it."
Looking Back With The Times
1 Year Ago
Eight vje for Beauty Title
Friday. Louisburg voters to
elect Mayor and si* Council
men. Kenya natives visiting
here.
5 Years Ago
Edward Bartholomew gives
Mills Band. $7,468.00 for in
struments. College Trustees
OK school property purchase.
Morgan challenges Wallace ra
dio P.. > J. to Wake^on duel.
10 Years Ago
Fire destroys Harris home
near Justice. ?Mlss Burt speaks
to A. L. A. Dealers offer
free safety auto Inspection.
25 Years Ago
W, H. Green defeats H. C.
Kearney for Mayor of Franklin
ton. David W. Spivey dies.
Youngsville extends town lim
its.
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Film Revue
Flight From Ashlya
This story concerns three of
ficers, Yul Brynner, Richard
Wldmark and George Chafeiris.
serving with the United States
Rescue Service located at the
Japanese village of Ashlya. A
cargo vessel Is sunk by a ty
phoon and these men are called
to rescue the survivors who are
tossing around In thetempestu
ous seas.
During rescue operations,
which last the length of the
film, there is a flashback In
the life of each of the men in
an attempt to reveal what made
these officers the way they are.
Eash flashback is a separate
story of a trying ordeal In their
past. Charkiris caused an ava
lanche which wiped out a village.
Wldmark hates the Japanese be
cause his wife died in a prison
camp. And, the third, Brynner's
girl died on a bridge he had
wired for explosion.
Shirley Knight, Suzy Parker
and Daniele Gaubert take the
leading roles for the fairer
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On Atomic Arms
Washington, D. C.? The Unit
ed States and the Soviet Union
have announced a cut back in the
production of fissionable ma
terials. It Is hoped this move
will reduce cold war tensions
but apparently will not reduce
the ability of either to wage a
nuclear war. The President
announced that during the com,
ing fiscal year production of
enriched uranium would be re
duced 25 per cent.
Cooking Easier
In Franklin County
New York, ?Believe
it or not, more than 93 per- 1
cent of the housewives in Frank -
1 lin County were still cooking on
wood-burning or coal-burning
stoves as recently as 1940.
Today tt would be difficult
I to find any who continue to
use wood. Coal is also a ra
' rity in the kitchen. Gas and
electricity are the fuels that
are used most generally now.
This is but one of the many
changes that have taken place
in the way of life locally in
the last 20-odd years.
The improvements in liv
ing standards and in housing
conditions, as they affect the
local area and other parts of
the country, are highlighted in a
study of data from the Com
merce Department's Census of
Housing.
In addition to the 93 percent
of local housewives who had
wood or coal stoves in 1940,
there were' 4 percent wlio used
kerosene or other liquid fuels
and 1 percent who relied on gas,
either bottled or piped toi. Only
'2 percent of them were equipped
i with electric stroves.
The changes since then have
been dramatic. Wood, as a
fuel, is now to be found in
31 percent of the kitchens In
the area. Coal and coke are
In use In less than 1 percent
of them and liquid fuel In an
other 2 percent.
The current figures show that
7 percent of the families in
Franklin County are cooking
with gas and 59 percent with
electricity.
At the national level, the sur
vey reveals that nearly two
thirds of the homes across the
country are now using gas for
cooking. Although gas holds a
commanding lead over elec
tricity, the lead Is being whit
tled down rapidly.
Radical changes have also
taken place in recent years In
the way homes are heated, the
survey shows. Only 12 percent
of them are being heated by
coal today, as against 55 per
cent in 19-40. Wood dropped
from 23 percent to 4 percent.
The big gainers were liquid
fuels and gas. Gas iisage rose
from 11 to 48 percent In the
period and oil and other fuels
from 10 to 32 percent.
In the number one spot fn
Franklin County at the present
time is wood, which is the heat
ing fuel used in 49 percent of
local homes.
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