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LOCAL EDITORIAL COMMENT
No.t In Philly
One day last week, the two leading
Philadelphia, Pa. newspapers carried
banner headlines on page one about
problems in the Philadelphia schools.
The Daily News pictures an irate
mother, mouth agog over the fact that
her son was beaten at school and was
later arrested. A second picture shows
a white mother and a Negro mother
shaking hands and the caption says
they are saying, "Let's stop all this
division".
The Evening Bulletin, the news
paper of which it is said, "nearly
everybody in Philadelphia reads," re
ports in its headlines, "Police Disperse
500 Pupils Sitting In At Olney High;
Rizzo Rigs Schools Officials". Sub
heads cry: "Suspensions Advocated
by Police Chief" and "7 Demands Are
Issued At Franklin".
The story following the headlines
tells of a sit-in by 500 Negro children
and says, "Seven of the city's schools
have been plagued by racial disorders
since last week".
Strangely, there is no reference in
the eight articles on the first three
pages of The Bulletin, which concern
racial disorder in the Philadelphia
schools, about the presence of the
FBI. Nor, disappointingly, is there any
reference whatsoever, to the United
States Justice Department or the Civil
Rights Division of HEW.
One would assume that Philadelp
hia, the City of Brotherly Love, is still
part of the Union. Surely, the Liberty
Bell and the Home of Betsy Ross and
the Constitution Hall deserve to be a
part of the United States. And certain
ly the people should be American
citizens. Why then, one is compelled
to ask, are not these good people
being afforded the protection under
the constitution? Why do they not
deserve, as much as we here in Frank
lin County, equal protection under
the law?
Why are we blessed with an abun
dance of federal agents here where
there has never been any type of racial
disorder and poor old underprivileged
Philadelphia is without them just
when they are needed most?
The same newspaper reported a
story from Chicago (that's another
Northern city) that up to 90 percent
of students in 14 sohools were boy
cotting. A 17-year-old "leader" is
quoted as saying, "We'll be out every
Monday until we get what we want".
And still another reports that the lady
president of the Home and Social
Association of South Philadelphia
High School has issued a request for
"more guards" at the school.
And while this goes on, a small
article at the bottom of page three
relates to some nut, sitting on a
rooftop and shooting four people over
on 36th Street. The president of the
teacher's union is quoted as saying
that "outside agitators" are allowed to
enter the schools freely.
All this is serious business, whether
it be in Philadelphia or anywhere else.
Such reports as these are a disgrace to
this nation and to its people. The sad
part is that this is one day's reporting
in one city in the country.
We've got our problems here in
Franklin County, to be sure. But
think about this next one. How would
you like to live in Philadelphia?
Humanitarian To Speak At College
Dr. George D. Kelsey, humanitarian
and authority on ethics from Drew
University, will participate in a sym
posium at Louisburg College October
28 and 29 at 8 p.m. in the College
Auditorium. The lecture topics are
"The College's Role in Promoting Har
mony in Human Relations." and are
open free of charge to the public.
Dr. Kelsey, and Dr. Ashley Mon
tagu who opened the symposium last
month, are prominent lecturers pro
vided for by a $1800 grant to Louis
burg College from the S&H Founda
tion. The college won the grant in
competition with more than 420
schools throughout the country. The
S&H Foundation's Lectureship Pro
gram, established in 1960 as a part of
The S perry and Hutchinaon Com
pany's program of aid to education,
has awarded 283 grants to more than
200 colleges and universities which
have participated in the program.
Dr. Kelsey began his teaching career
as a member of the faculty of More
house College in Atlanta. Georgia,
serving as Professor of Religion and
Philoaophy from 1938 to 1945 and as
Director of the School of Religion
from 1945 to 1948. While a member
of the faculty of Morehouse College,
Dr. Kelsey also served as visiting pro
fessor in the Gammon Theological
Seminary.
In 1948 he joined the staff of the
Federal Council of Churches at As
sociate Secretary in the field depart
ment, continuing in the am post in
the National Council of Churches from
1950 to 1952. In 1952 he became a
member of the faculty of Drew Uni
versity.
Dr. Keiaey is a member of the
Committee of Southern Churchmen,
the Society of Religion In Hither
Education, the Association, of Pro
fessors of Christian Ethics,' i&ia the
Alumni Council of the Yale Divinity
School.
The author of Racism and the
Christian Understanding of Man, he
has contributed chapters to symposia,
and articles to various religious and
academic journals. He is also a distin
guished lecturer for the Danforth
Foundation.
Bond
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EDA will buy them. Along with the
purchase of these bonds, the EDA will
offer a grant in aid for a like amount.
A gravity type water system has
been proposed with deep wells as the
primary source leading to a 200,000
gallon elevated storage tank. This tank
will be in the vicinity of the Methodist
Church. The engineers claim that this
will provide adequate water and fire
protection to the community and to
the industrial site.
It is expected that, if the project
proceeds smoothly, water will be flow
ing to Bunn residents by next summer.
A meeting is being scheduled soon
by the engineers with the citizens of
Bunn to explain the project and ans
wer any questions which may arise.
The Ff
n Times
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MIU YOUR VOTE COUNT?
NATION'S BUSINESS -OCTOBER !??( V
A single vote often has shaped
the course of American history. For
example, three Presidents were
elected by one vote.
TTie year 1800: Thomas Jeffer
son was elected President over
Aaron Burr by one vote in the
House of Representatives, following
a tie in electoral votes.
The year 1824: John Quincy
Adams gained the Presidency by
one vote when the contest was de
cided in the House of Representa
tives.
The year 1876: Rutherford B.
Hayes won election by one electoral
vote over his opponent, Samuel J.
Tilden.
And a single vote saved a Presi
dent from removal from office - An
drew Johnson. The only President
ever impeached would have been
removed but for just one vote in
the Senate.
Malrllnm ?factions
The fact is, your vote does count.
Among the tales of comic, hair
line elections is that of the man
who will never again tell his wife
not to vote. He was running for
his third term in the Georgia House
of Representatives.
Feeling sure that he would have
no opposition, he assured his wife
that it was unnecessary to go to
the polls. But Ifttle did he bargain
for a spur-of-the-moment, write-in
vote in his district. His opponent
fared so well the final results
showed a surprising 254-254 tie.
In 1963, a candidate for council
in a Cincinnati suburb was hospi
talized for an emergency appendec
tomy. and so unable to go to the
polls. He lost by one vote.
PrasMaiit/al %qu??kmr%
No better illustration of the "one
vote-your vote? counts" theme ex
ists than in John F. Kennedy's tri
umph over Richard Nixon in 1960.
About one half of one per cent of
the votes cast in two states. Illinois
and New Jersey, swung 43 electoral
votes to Mr. Kennedy. If that tiny
percentage of the votes in those
two states had been reversed, it
would have been enough to throw
the election into the House of Rep
resentatives.
By less than one vote |>er pre
cinct in, two states, Ohio and Cali
fornia, President Truman defeated
Thomas Dewey in 1948.
In 1916, Republican Presidential
candidate Charles Evans Hughes
went to bed thinking himself the
winner. But Wood row Wilson de
feated him by carrying one state,
California, by less than one vote
per precinct. Wilson took Califor
nia by 3,806 votes out of nearly one
million cast.
W. Averell Harriman won the
New York governorship over his
O.O.P. rival. Senator Irving Ives,
in 1954 by slightly more than one
vote per election district. Clifford
Case, Republican of New Jersey,
-was elected to the U. S. Senate
that year by a margin of less than
one vote per precinct.
The 1928 New York gubernato
rial election saw Franklin D. Roose
velt defeat his Republican opponent
by 25,000 votes out of four million
cast- a margin of about two votes
per precinct. A new era in history
was launched with KDR's win. In
more recent times, in 1948, a young
Texas Congressman won a Senate
seat by 87 votes out of more than
two million votes cast. His name:
Lyndon B. Johnson.
Five states were admitted to the
union by a one vote margin in Con
gress: Texas <1845), California
'18501, Oregon (1859), Idaho
( 1890) and Washington ( 1899).
In 1941, one vote in the U. S.
Senate saved the Draft Act just 12
weeks before Pearl Harbor, and in
1918 one vote helped kill the League
of Nations.
Whan voters stay away
The close governorship races in
1962 no doubt reflected poor voter
turnout. Less than half of the eli
gible voters in the United States
voted in the '62 elections.
The Governor of Minnesota was
elected by only 91 votes.
The Governor of Rhode Island
was elected by 398 votes.
The Governor of Maine was elect
ed by 483 votes.
The Governor of Vermont was
elected by 1,348 votes.
The Governor of North Dakota
was elected by 1 ,007 votes.
The importance of the get-out
and-vote drive is being pushed with
urgency this year. If you and others
stay away from the polls on Nov.
5, your absence could change the
results in hundreds of important
elections.
In fact, it could change history.
Recorder's Court
The following cases were disposed
of in ? session of Recorder's Court
held on Tuesday. October ISth:
Albert Howard Newsome w/m/46,
speeding. State Takes nol pros.
Richard Kelly Murphy, w/m/23,
speeding. $40.00 fine and costs; to
tum in operator's ttcense to C. S. C.
and not to operate a motor vehicle
until January 1, 1969.
Haywood Grady Benton, Jr.,
w/m/17, speeding. $40.00 fine and
costs. To tum In operator's license to
C. S. C. and not to operate a motor
vehicle until January 1, 1969.
Larry Richard Beddingfleld,
w/m/57, speeding. Prayer for Judg
ment continued on payment of costs.
Willie Lee Barnette. w/m/57, op
erating auto Intoxicated. State accepts
plea of careleas and reckless driving.
$100.00 fine and costs. Defendant not
U> operate a motor vehicle between
hours of 6 p.m. and 6 Il m. weekdays
; and not at all on Sunday.
Joel Henry Pusey, w/m/26, speed
ing, operating auto intoxicated. Plea of
guilty of careless and reckless driving
and speeding accepted by State.
$100.00 fine and costs.
Clifton Barnette. w/m/57, operat
ing auto intoxicated. Plea of careless
and reckless driving accepted by State.
$100.00 fine and costs.
James C. Wrenn, w/m/48, speeding;
disobeying duly installed stop sign.
$10.00 fine and costs on speeding
charge; 2nd charge nol pressed.
Furiran Ray Pearce. speeding. Dis
charged on payment of costs.
Lewis King, w/m/40, public drunk
nesa. Not guilty by reason of chronic
alcoholism. Ordered committed to cus
tody of State Dept. of Correction for
not lea than 30 days nor more than 6
months. Custody retained for a period
of two years. Notice of appeal to
Superior Court. Appearance bond set
at $200.00.
Prince Hagwood, n/m/30, larceny.
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From Th? Offic* Of
Congressman Fountain
Fountain Gets New Pen
Washington, D. C. . .1 have
? new pen which has special
significance for me and which
:I would like to use as the
starting point of our discus
sion this week.
This pen carries the presi
dential seal and in the box
with it is a notation reading.
"This is a pen from the cere
mony on October 16. 1968,
when the President signed S.
698. 'The Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act of 1968."'
I have received other pens
from the signing of legislation
with which I have been as
sociated as a member of Con
gress. but I am particularly
proud of this one because of
the subject of the legislation
involved.
The Intergovernmental
Cooperation Act represents
the culmination of years of
study and work by the Inter
governmental Relations Sub
committee and the Advisory
Commission on Intergovern
mental Relations.
Basically, the Act will give
the states and local govern
ments a stronger voice in the
operation of Federal grant-in
-aid programs.
More specifically, It pro
vides for reform in five areas.
First, it streamlines the
procedures and book work in
actually transferring funds
from the Federal government
to other governments and im
proves the flow of informa
tion about Federal grants.
Second, the Act makes
specialized and technical ser
vices of the Federal govern
ment available to the states
and localities on a reimburs
able basis. Economy is the
major goal behind this sec
tion.
Third, the legislation es
tablishes for the first time a
coordinated policy - on an
intergovernmental basis ~ for
grants for urban development
purposes.
Fourth, it requires uni
form policies and procedures
for the purchase, sale and uae
of land in urban areas by the
General Services Administra
tion.
Fifth and, in my opinion,
the most important, the Act
provides for systematic,
periodic congressional review
of grant-in-aid programs
which have no termination
date specified by the author
izing legislation.
Every four years, the ap
propriate congressional com
mittees will examine the pro
grams to see if the purposes
for which they were created
are being achieved, whether
they have served their pur
pose and should be ended,
and whether they should be
changed in tome manner.
A* I said, years of effort
went into this Act. Let me
quote from a new book by
Professor Dell S. Wright of
the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill.
Professor Wright, in the
book titled "Federal Grants
in-aid: Perspectives and Alter
natives." says:
"Ten years ago. in its land
mark report on grants-in-aid.
the House Intergovernmental
Relations Subcommittee
(Fountain Committee) called
upon Congreas to (1) provide
a clear expression of each
grant program's goals. (2) es
tablish a requirement for reg
ular review of the program in
order to assess accomplish
ment. evaluate met and un
met needs ..." and so on.
Professor Wright draws
heavily on that report for
other portions of his book.
The legislative road can
sometimes be long and tor
tuous. especially when the
subject is complex and not
always readily understood or
accepted by all who are in
volved.
That same Investigation,
ten years ago, led to legisla
tion I introduced several
years back creating the Advi
sory Commission on Inter
governmental Relations.
The Advisory Commission,
of which I have been a mem
ber since its founding, to
gether with the Intergovem
mental Relationa Subcommit
tees of the House and Senate,
spent yean studying and
working out the many legisla
tive details which had to be
soJyed and in gaining the
necessary support for this im
portant legislation.
I first introduced the In
tergovernmental Cooperation
Act in the House in the last
Congress and introduced this
legislation again early last
year. We finally saw it be
come law when it was signed
by the President.
Such an accomplishment
in a complicated field like
intergovernmental relations is
never easy. The success of
this Act is a tribute to the
many devoted individuals,
both elected and non-elected,
who refused to give up.
And now that it's the law,
its administrative and legisla
tive effectiveness will depend
upon the competency and
good faith of those called
upon to comply with it.
Our state and local govern
ments and the entire country
will be the beneficiaries. It's
about time, don't you think?
Community Of 1,000:
What Would We Be?
By W. E. H. In The S*nf?r4 Herald
Found an item from Borrieli/Manufacturing company plan'
bulletin ?h!ch ctpsules what would b? the worldwide situa
tion If there were only 1,000 people (average up) read! aJ
follows:
"If the world were 1,000 people . . .
"There would he ?0 Americana . . . and MO representing
the rest of the world.
"Americans would possess half of the income, the MO
would divide the other half. \
"310 would he Christians, S70 would not. Fefcer than 1W>
would he Protestants, about 230 Roman CatholW*.
"At least 80 would be practicinc Communists, S70 more
would bo under Communist domination.
"303 would be white ... 097 non- white.
"300 would never have beard of Jesus Christ . . . more
than 500 would be hearing about Karl Marx, Lenin, Stalin,
etc.
"Americans would have a life expectancy of TO years . . ?
the remainder lesa than 40 year*, on the average.
"The ?0 Americana and about 100 other* (la Western En
rope) and a few favored claase* elsewhere would be rela
tively well-off in all respects ... the rest would be Ignorant
poor, hungry and sick.
"American families would be spendu* at least t?0 annual
ly for military defense, less than $4 ? year to (hare religion
faith with the other people o( the Community.
"The Americana would be rich and weO-fed ... the other
would be hungry most of the time."
The above needs little comment, deserves careful and
thoughtful study. Most point* are in our favor, some are not.
Probable cause found. Bound over to
Superior Court under $200.00 bond.
Joseph Jackson Respsas Jr
w/m/26, operating suto tntoTicaui:
driving without lights. Pieed. guilty^
careless and reckless driving and
out lighU. $100.00 fine ind cocta
Defendant not to operate a rrvX.
vehicle from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. durlrw
week days except Friday, can one?.!
until 8:80 p.m. and not to operate on
Sunday for 90 days. P?*?te on
K?nn?th (none) Gregory, #?>
n/m/4 0, no operator's llcen?e. SUt?
t?k?? nol pro,.
Spencer, n/m/42, l?rc?ny.
Dtachtrjed on ptyme nt of co?U. PW'
to owner.
Robert Edferton, n/m, ?*?ult wl"1
weapon. Dlacharged on Pay
ment of coata.
Henry WUllama, n/m/S6, a?ulj
on ftmale. Dbcharfed on payment of