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Thursday, April 22, 1948
Get Going
When the President's Conference on
Fire Prevention was held in Washington
last May, one of the most important
recommendations was that each state call
a conference of its own in order *to deal
mftst effectively with regional problems
and hazards.
Up to March 15-, twenty states have
held or have definitely scheduled confer
ences of that type, and some more have
started preliminary work. And a number,
according to the available information,
have done little or nothing.
The states-which are really attacking
the fire problem are to be congratulated
for recognizing one of the worst threats
to the life and property of the people.
The states which have noj acted cannot
offer any excuse—they are inviting disas
ter. Fire prevention is essentially a local
job, and nothing can be done at the na
tional level except to offer recommenda
tions. The state, the city, the town, the
village—these are the levels at which fire
can be effectively fought. For, if the job
is to be successfully accomplished, the
danger of fire, and the simple, basic means
of preventing fire, must be brought
straight home to every citizen. No outside
agency can make a man's home or place
of business safe. He must do it for him
self, using as an aid the exhaustive
knowledge which has been gained of the
main causes of fire^d how they may. be
eliminated.
State fire prevention conferences are
the necessary starting point for campaigns
that will do something beside talk. It's
time to get going.
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No Mace For Eddie
The Evening Banner, of Greenville,
Tfcxas, recently told, In an editorial, the
sad story of Eddie, an inefficient and dis
courteous clerk in a store. One day a cus
tomer noticed that Eddie wasn't present
and asked about him. "He's just not work
ing here any more," the proprietor said.
"Got anybody in mind for the vacancy?**
the customer responded. "Nope," said the
proprietor. "Eddie didn't leave no vacan
cy."
As the Banner added, "There's no place
for the Eddies because the days of com
petition have returned and customers
want to be waited upon . . . they want to
see clerks take an interest in their re
quests, give them courteous, attentive <
service and try to make them feel at home.
That's just human nature."
During the war, many a store, from the
big chains down to little shops, had to
employ poor and disinterested help, be
cause nothing better could be had. But
we're getting back to normal now, and
we're seeing again that retailing is a
career, that it calls for very special tal
ents and mental attitudes and capabilities,
and that it isn't a job that anyone can
do. Many of the larger stores carry on
highly developed training programs for
their employes, and these are of service
to small stores as well, by raising the
standards of retail service in general.
The customer is entitled to interested
and intelligent service, whether he's after
a pound of hamburger or a complete spring
outfit, and retailing is giving it to him.
That small percentage of stores which
takes no interest in this basic form of
public relations won't be in business long.
And like Eddie, they'll leave no vacancy.
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Borrowed Comment!
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'DR. MESSICK IS RIGHT
(Charlotte Observer)
None byt Communists, their fellow
travelers and sympathizers, and perhaps
fascist-minded people, should oppose the
•teaching of the philosophies of commun
ism and fascism—in comparison with
democracy—to the school children, as
advocated by Dr. J. D. 'Messick in his ad
dress to the North Carolina Congress of
Parents and Teachers.
The Communists and their defenders
would not object, to be sure, if only they
were permitted to do the teaching. They
would seek to make Communists of the
children by painting their ideology as
Utopian and democracy as a curse.
But what the president of the East Car
olina Teachers college advocates is that
the parents and the public "insist that our
boys and girls know what fascism and
communism are"; that they be taught
"the end result of these 'isms,"* and that
the teachers in dealing with the subject
"compare these things with our concept
of democracy."
•In other words, communism and fascism,
as compared with democracy, should be
taught so that the youth will be influenc
ed in its thinking by knowing the facts,
by knowing what will happen to them
and their country if they are engulfed in
the current stream of communism.
"We cannot argue against things we do
not understand," as Dr. Messick aptly
stated.
How are the young men and women to
be expected to combat the influence of
communism and fascism if they have nev
er learned what those 'isms represent and
stand for and what have been the results
where they have prevailed?
Children are not born with knowledge
of such things any more than with a
knowledge of mathematics or history.
But it will be recalled that a few weeks
ago, when Dr. John W. Studebaker, Unit
ed States Commissioiftr of Education, ad
vocated the same kind of program as
that proposed by Dr. Messick, protest and
opposition promptly followed, even com
ing from some very unexpected sources.
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The man who does not like his neigh
bor's vegetables should plant his own gar
den.
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The anxiety of some newspaper writers
to present news leads them to publish fic
tion.
-THE
EVERYDAY
COUNSELOR
•By Rev. Herbert
Spaugh, D. D.
"There is a r§al blessing ill giving and
sharing what We have with others. 'The
recent war hag helped to make us more
conscious of that. The desperate need of
destitute peoples in other parts of the
World has "come home to us. I am frequent
ly encountering people who have sent
$10.00 "care" packages to families over
seas and have received letters of thanks,
many of them in foreign languages.,
Man'y have contributed to "Friendship
Ships" and "Friendship Trains."
The North Carolina Council of churches
has just released 86ffie interesting figures:
"From 1939 to 1§46 taxes have increased
from 12.3 millions to 46.1 millions. Lux
uries from 14 billion to 25 billion. Savings
from 6 billion to 18.8 billioii. Tax exempt
charitable contributions*—1.4 billion to
2.8 billion (roughly a nickel a day—"our
gifts to God"). v
Council Secretary Arnold suggests, "If
we gave a difhe (10c) a day, church con
tributions Would total 5 billion. If we
gave a Mblical tithe of our national in
come, ft would total 17 billion. If we
gave the "allowed 15 per cent" of our
federal income tax, it would amount to
26 billion annually."
It is Communist doctrine to compel by
law those who have to share with those
who have not. It is Christian doctrine for
those who have to give to those who have
not. Government aid is sent to other needy
countries from taxes which we are com
pelled to give. How much better to give
willingly to those in need where we want
to give it, when we want to give it, than
to be compelled to give to those whom
we do not know.
ABNORMAL
ABSURMTIES
Bj /
DWIGHT
NICHOLS
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MORE TRAINING NOTES—
Some lo£&l baseball fans were
disgruntled over the fact that
North Wllkesboro • lost four exhi
bition games last week. Maybe
they don't understand the pur
pose of exhibition gamee. * Such
contests are scheduled for the
primary purpose of giving the
manager an opportunity to find
out what kind of players he has
on the squad and who should
have regular berths when the
season opens.
To those who understand the
situation, the loss of the four
exhibition games played away
last week didn't mean a thing
as far as local prospects for a
winning or losing club are con
cerned. The North Wilkesboro
club is entirely new, and all
players had to be obtained. They
didn't have a*group of exper
ienced players under contract
from last year, because there
was no last year in pro baseball
here. The Flashers ha<j to work
out where they oould because Me
morial Park had not been com
pleted aud there had been » no
opportunity for an inter-squad
contest before going into exhi
bition games. With exception of
a very few veterans who had
baseball records. Manager Lo
man had no way of knowing
what kind of talent he had as
sembled and they went into ex
hibition contests without any |
contested play in training. More
than 30 players had to be tried
out in exhibition games last
week to get some idea of what
they could do. Everybody likes
to win, even in exhibition games,
but winning the game must be
subordinated to practice and giv
ing rookies an opportunity to
show what they can do. The
game here Monday night was
played with nine men who went
the route, including Clayton Goad
who pitched a masterful game,
along with Worth Cuthbertson
on Tuesday night. Sufficient time
had elapsed for Flash to pick a
starting lineup from matertal on
hand.
When you are "playing for
keeps" in the regular league
schedule you don't yank a man
who Is doing o. k. to let a rookie
try his hand. But you do that
kind of thing in exhibition games
if the games are to accomplish
their purpose.