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PAGE SIX SCOTT: THE DOGFIGHT WENT THAT WAY MS H. SHUMAKER (URHAM HERALD and dominating the Carolina Hotel in Ra brash sign indicating Senate campaign head 'tjinarters. The letters are about ■ three feet high, red on a white background At first glance the Effect is bold and startling. It's the H»rt of sign you would expect Kerr Hjfcott to have hammering you KwH the head as it does with what it "Has to say. After you've seen the **ign a couple of times vou don't hhtice t anymore, f *The bold simplicity ends with the *fgn. Behind it, in the headquar i'RM proper, begins a faint air of con jgljftracy, mingled with suspicion and disgust. It's nothing you can put Ybur inger on just the way thev "Watch every move you make and keep glancing out of the corners of ’fheir eyes while you're waiting. "Later, after a little asking, a In; ~«f listening, you become aware of quiet confidence that has taken Tfold. On leaving, about the only -thing you’re really sure of is that 'Kerr Scott is running for the U. S. Senate. Despite the big brash sign. Kerr Scott, former buzz-saw of North -Carolina politics, has had his teeth .flqned. The jagged edges that once ; gave off sparks at the slightest touch have been put to the wheel, kittle explosions Kerr Scott sets oif these days are few and far between hnd most of those accidental. Outwardly, at least, he is not the i game Kerr Scott who as governor 'applied the needle so expertly and “ftlentlessly for his Go Forward pro ,Jjj'&m, meat-taxed state officials who y VOTE FOR f R. L. (BOB) PATE MjHHHjH ; IK jmM pv. HKV il ■ : mjjm mi' Jy| Bpi I fee! that my record of 13 years service on the board is well known to you. During my term I fought ' always for efficiency and economy 4dnd helped in reducing the county's tax rate. '""h. If . elected I assure you that I jgill again serve you to the best -of my ability. Your vote and sup port will be appreciated. R. L (BOB) PATE Loans-Financing ft Make Low* Ob New and Used Automobiles INSTALLMENT LOAN DEPT. . FIRST-CITIZEN BANK & TRUST CO. fym Stewart Theatre Bldf. fbtM SMI Dunn. N. C. CARSON GREGORY NORTH CAROLINA 'A ] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘i -n’t JBBjj In The Democratic Primary May 29th | Experienced - Capable - Has Seniority Yowr Vote and Support Will Be Appreciated THANK YOU fer — ? : •*§? I refused to support' his hand-picked successor, and blandly made a last ■ I minute grab for surplus highway funds for his home county. He is hot the blunt bareknuck • ler many expected him to be in , the Senae race. His pre-campaign promise to run like a scared rabbit i with six beagle hounds after him J has been discarded. To date he has ; seemed unaware of even being chas ed. | The new Kerr Scott has emerged \ gradually and subtly, by design and extremely expert and careful plan ning. So far, the only times Scott ; has gone astray have been when he failed to follow the script. He started off with a recognizable j heavy hand. Even before the cam paign got under way he managed j to get in a row with State College. The college refused to furnish him with an alumni list and he immed ' iately reminded the college that it ! may need help from him same day | if he made the grade to the Senate. Again, at the start of the cam paign, he went beyond the script ! and publicly claimed the support of i a Charlotte banker, only to have the banker issue a public denial. Another ad lib on a radio pro i gram burlesqued his campaign into the Hargett’s Cross Roads Calf walk Losing 36 calves to contestants who could walk 21 miles faster than he | could brought Scott a lot of pub licity, but it was not in keeping with his appointed role. ><qf Coming as early in the cam paign as it did. the script wander i ing also had its good effect. Scott's 1 top aides began holding the reins I a little tighter. j Since these minor lapses, the j i campaign has run its pre-determln- I ed course. ’ In his first speech as an announ ced candidate, Scott set the tenor l jof his campaign with a discourse ; on political ethics. "There is no proper place in poli- I tics for mud-slinging and the swap j ping of rabbit punches." he said. "Political fights should be governed | at all times by the rules of decent ! conduct, fair play, and good man- ] i ners, and that is just exactly the kind of a campaign that I shall conduct.” He promised to “make j 1 this one of the cleanest campaigns j ever conducted in North Carolina." - ! The next day he accused the “o --| ther side" of violating the code of ethics by sending an Interne to i Duke Hospital in an effort to check I up on his medical records. That Is 1 the closest he has come to making | 8 direct attack on Sen. Lennon or his supporters. To charges of practicing dema goguery by playing rural groups against urban groups, of feathering his nest at the expense of the tax ■payers, of being unfit for Senate ‘service, Scott has turned a stone »deaf ear. Many of the charges have •rankled and needled and at times ; Scott has been ready to cast aside I his new role for the toe-to-toe j slugfest many have been expecting But his aides so far have managed to hold him In check, j Ignoring the charges, ne has stuck I closely to the script. He has ex | pressed deep concern over the sis -1 cal policy of the Treasury Depart i ment . congressional committees j usurping executive powers and U- , i nited States foreign policy. He has ! advocated SO per cent parity sup port prices, a more liberal farm ( loan program and a world food |HI tjh f fra ®L v JHVsHBI R;' i S SHr « * tts. < - “• j SCOTT SPEAKING IN DUNN j bank. His heaviest attacks have been against congressional witch- , | hunts (‘This inflamed, growing cancer") and Agriculture Secretary Ezra Benson (“the chief apostle and messenger of those forces that j would grind the farmer in the dust j of economic serfdom - '. The issues Scott has raised and discussed have been broad and vi tal, but hardly calculated to bring 1 the campaign to a fever pitch. As for a dogfight with Lennon, Scott has made it unmistakably clear that he is not having any. In all of his campaigning, he has studiously avoided reference to Len non by name or implication. He has shrugged oft Lennon’s public demands that he take a stand on certain issues and he has met Len non’s various charges with- an abrupt ‘‘no comment.” One result of Scott’s campaign strategy has been to leave Lennon punching vigorously at thin air. Lennon levels a charge, Scott ig nores It, and soon the charge dies for lack of fuel. The only hope Lennon has been left is that one of his charges will bring forth pub lic outcry and Scott will be forced to face it. The public outcry has not yet become noticeable, i Another result of the Scott stra , tegy has been the generation of I about as much heat and excitement as you’d find in a slow round of shadow boxing. Up to now. asking a non-political spectator who he likes in the Se nate race has been roughly equiva lent to asking him who he thinks will win the West Texas checker championship. He doesn’t know, doesn’t care. Many are still un familiar with the name Alton Len non, others are unfamiliar with Kerr Scott in the new role he has chosen. Much of the credit for the new Kerr Scott, the design and intent of his campaign, must go to the. campaign manager, Terry Sanford. Still in his middle 30’s, Sanford has already polished himself to a high political luster. He was hip deep in politics at the University of THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C. North Carolina where he took his , law degree, later became president of the State Young Democrat’; clubs and turned in an impressive perfor- | mance as state senator from Cum berland in the 1953 Assembly. j He has a natural instinct for po litics. but doesn’t seem to be a po litician in the usual sense. As president of the State YDC. j he helped develop the code of ethics i which Kerr Scott has embraced for I his campaign. The code calls for “a fair and honest presentation of the issues.” frowns on “falsehoods, half truths, misleading statements designed to imply rather than to Inform composite and misleading pictures or distortions of fact in any manner or degree.” It fur ther suggests that charges against an opponent’s character or mo tives "should be direct, specific and open by the candidate in person.” It is emphatically opposed to “any appeal of any nature, in any de gree, to racial, religious prejudice . . .back-street tactics, or gossip, rumor or whispering campaigns which suggest anything detrimen tal about an' opponent.” It is Sanford's abiding belief that chance of success than one ignoring YDC code of ethics has a better a campaign conducted within the the code. He believes the people of North Carolina have had enough of the political brawling that char acterized the bitter Frank Gra ham-Willis Smith senatorial pri mary In 1950. The honing of Buzzsaw Scott’s teeth was due in large part to San ford's efforts. When sparks began to shower. Sanford was usually nearby with* the fire extinguisher. At the times Scott has been tempt ed to let fly, Sanford has provided a steadying influence. But with all the help from San ford and Other aides, the solicited and unsolicited advice the inevitable pressures from all directions, Kerr Scott's campaign and his new role are essentially his own. Long before he announced his B, orftiOOxM Jiflgm HortM tm bo* Y«v Dofli pi* CHIP * <W*«' \ iUJiiM —j v-—IF J P* tkf ilMrfll Ht Mrs. R. J. Demy in* • nvTvu u | candidacy he observed: "People re j act differently regarding a Senate race than they do In state cam [ palgns. There are many people who aren’t particularly interested in | North Carolina but who have string j opinions on national and inter i national topics. I’d sav the peoole are slightly more subtle in their in terests than they would be if the ! governor’s race were in question." Just after Sen. Willis Smith’s death and before Lennon had been appointed to sccceed him Scott re marked: “Shou’d I enter the race I wouldn’t be running against any one but would be running for the Senate. The decision I make will come regardless of who is appoint ed 'to the office, or who becomes a candidate at a later date. That’s the way I’ve always looked upon, my decision.” Those two observations have turned out to be the key to Scott’s strategy. He has leaned heavilv on national and international toDics and his approach has been Infinitely more subtle than when he ran for governor. He is net running against Lennon, he is running for the Sen- , ate. In his first address after announ- j cing for the Senate Scott said: ing behind a schoolhouse. One of that reminded me of two boys fight "l have seen some ' campaigns them, for reasons of his own jr or for no reason at all. shoves or : pokes the other. Fists start to fly Finally, they roll in the mud and dirt exchanging rabbit punches and eye-gouging. At last, one of them wins, but, having won. he has no thing of which to be proud, be cause in the contest he had aban- ' SCOTT SAYS: "KOREA IS A LONG WAY FROM HAW RIVER." SENATOR LENNON SAYS: "The eyes of the world are on the United States Senate. The future peace or devastation of the world will depend in large measure on policies and actions on which the Senate must take a stand. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED BY THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION, and I pray that we in the Senate wifi have the wisdom to chart the proper course for our country and all mankind." VOTE FOR SENATOR LEMON He's Not Blinded By Selfish Interests! He Ca» See Beyeed His Owe Neighborhood! We Need a Statesman in the U- S. Senate! I [Athletic Awards ;j Given This Week ! At LaFayette This week at • the last regular assembylly, athletic awards won 1 during the past year at La Fayette High School were presented to ath • letes, and are announced today by 1 Guy Daves, principle. Basketball boys: Letters were awarded to the following boys re ceiving letters for the first time: Gordon Farrall, Wayne Senter Gene Barbour, Sterling Howell. Billy Ray Hardee, and Larry Sears. Stars far more than one year of basketball went to' Jerry Sears, Harold Carroll. Billy Lawrence. Walter Dean Parrish, and Rand Bailey. Basketball girl: Letters were awarded the following for one year of basketball: Patricia Knott. Shel by Bryant, Dot Beasley, Ann Arn old, Margaret Holland, Jane Mat thews, Patty Matthews, Jewel Ste phenson, and Hope Harrington. I Stars were awarded to: Mary Glenn Johnson. Amelia Sherman j Betty Baum. Lena Smith, Shirley I Dean, Nancy Hamilton, and Eliza- Ibeth Abernathy. Baseball boys: Letters: Fred, O’Connell, Donald Betts, Jeffries I Wells, Larry Tutor, and Wade Tart. Stars: Glenwood Arnold, Walter ! doned all the rules of decency and fair play.” The new Kerr Scott also seems to be acutely concerned that, win or lose, when it is all over he will have something of which ta be ' proud. / i FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 21, 1954 -.v AA - I | u r kills '° i THt SOUTHS LARGEST MOTOR CLUB M SIGN TO RE ERECTED HERE Paul Heater of Dunn, local agent for the North Carolina Automobile Association, has announced that his company will erect one of these big Scotchlite signs on High way 301, near Ma's Kitchen. It’s part of the company’s campaign in behalf of highway safety. The sign will cost about SSOO. Dean Parrish, Billy Ray Hardee, ■Sszrilng Howell, Billy Lawrence, Ranc Bailey, Glenn Ballard, Gor don Farrall, Wayne Senter, Jerry Sears, Tony Smith, and Terry Tu tor. Cheer Leaders: Letters: Pat Betts, Verlene Mitchell, and Glenn Ballard. Stars: Grace Newton, chief, Sylvia Tutor, Shirley Rollins, land June Horton. From the boys’ teams Jerry Sears, Harold Carroll. Walter Dean Parrish, Rand Bailey, Glenwood ( Arnold, Jeffries Wells, Tony Smith, j and Terry Tutor are seniors and thave finished athletics at La Fa yette. From the girls' teams only Lena Smith, Grace Newton, Ver lene Mitchell, Shirley Rolling, and June Horton are seniors. RECEIVES AWARD Gwendolyn Byrd, valedictorian of the graduating class at Plain View School, has been given the annual award of The Reader’s Digest As sociation for students who by their successful school work give prom ise of attaining leadership In the community, it was announced to day by F. A. Ficquett, principal. Miss Byrd will receive an hon orary subscription to The Reader’s Digest for one year and an engrav ed certificate from the Editors, “In recognition of past accomplishment and in anticipation of unusual achievement to come.” Miss Byrd is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Byrd of Dunn, Rt. I. Miss Margaret Stafford of Fay etteville visited friends here Sat urday.
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