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Estab. 1896 Estab. 1931
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1931, at the Post Office in Brevard, N. C.,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1948
Democrats Should Compromise
The Dixiecrats, it now appears, expect
ed and claimed too much. They spoke with
assurance of getting enough electoral votes
to throw the election of the President in
to the house of representatives, where
they hoped to exercise the balance of [tow
er.
But Mr. Truman upset their calculations.
Governor Thurmond made a vigorous cam
paign, but carried only four states. His
showing was so disappointing to his fol
lowers that the Dixiecrat movement may
vanish.
President Truman is said not to feel an
imosity toward the Southern rebels and al
ready efforts are being made to reestab
lish the national Democratic party in South
"Carolina and possibly other states that
supported Mr. Thurmond. His party is be
ing accused of “betraying” the national
; panfry and in South Carolina Chairman Mc
'Grath is endeavoring to reorganize the
Democratic party around a group of men
who did not go along with the Dixiecrats.
The outcome of the election makes it
clear that a compromise on the civil rights
issue is about the best the South can hope
for. The Pickens Sentinel, we read, has
favored that policy from the beginning
and it says with considerable force:
“The South refused any kind of com
promise on African slavery and by its wil
ful attitude suffered untold anguish and
financial loss trying to justify an issue
which was practical in a sense but morally
wrong.”
The President, the Pickens editor con
tinues, “has essential justice on his side”
and remarks that “ours is a defensive jus
tification based on practicality and local
necessity.”
The Pickens editor contends that South
Carolina citizens can yield gracefully on
the poll-tax and anti-lynching proposals
and with regard to the F.E.P.C. he says
that if it has teeth in it, it will prove dis
tasteful to Yankee and Dixiecrat alike
while if it lacks them, “it will not be in
tolerable.” Much depends, it might be
pointed out in this connection, on the man
ner in which any F.E.P.C. law adopted is
interpreted and enforced.
As to segregation, Editor Wyatt remarks
that “laws won't take care of that any
way,” and he goes on to say:
“Honor, self-respect and common hu
manity, applied to the tendency of like
social groups to flock together will solve
it. Even Truman does not want to do any
more.
Leaving out oi consideration Henry Wal
lace and his pinks and reds, it might be ob
served that the national Democratic lead
ership has elements to placate other than
the Dixiecrats. There are a host of people
in the south who approved of the states
rights program, but who would not bolt
the party. That being true, it would ap
pear that it is incumbent on Mr. McGrath
to take the initiative in working out a com
promise that would not only placate the
Dixiecrats but would at the same time over
come the objections of these sympathizers.
It is to be seriously questioned that any
progress can be made in this direction by
dickering with leaders of a minority fac
tion as Mr. McGrath is doing in South Car
olina. True he can, and he may, set up an
organization to represeht the national par
ty, but until there is a radical change in
sentiment it will not represent the Democ
racy of the state.
Given tact and magnanimity on the part
of national Democratic leaders and a will
ingness on the part of the President to
modify the more obnoxious features of his
civil rights program, there is a strong like
lihood that the South can ber won back to
its traditional allegiance. If, on the other
hand, Democratic chieftains follow a nar
row and vindictive policy, it is virtually
certain that a few years hence the party
will face another insurrection which may
go much farther than the revolt led by
Governor Thurmond.
More Text Books Needed
In a report to the Governor concerning
the findings of the State Education Com
mission has'been called to the fact that
North Carolina children are not getting
enough textbooks and other study materi
als and ample funds for these should be
provided immediately, according to the re
port of the State Education Commission.
The commission found a “serious lack
of materials” in both elementary and high
schools and said that “the condition is ex
treme in the areas of audio-visual facili
ties, science and health materials, and ma
terials for experiences in practical and
fine arts. Although printed materials are
among the most important tools of the
teacher, the inadequacies in these materi
als present significant problems for the
school program. The supply of basal text
books, supplementary textbooks, periodi
cals, and other printed materials is inade
quate in more than half the schools.”
Several studies in this connection were
made by the commission. Some 11,000
teachers were asked the question, “Are
teaching supplies adequate?” Over 3900
teachers answered “No.” The answers of
principals were in about the same ratio.
Responses from one hundred county and
city superintendents to a questionnaire
showed that the average expenditure per
pupil for supplies for the year 1946-1947,
exclusive of textbooks, was 75 cents. These
superintendents estimated that an everage
per pupil amount necessary annually for
providing an adequate supply of materials
is, at present prices, not less than $7.50.
Praise For The Work Horse
The results of a nationwide survey of
public opinion in respect to the railroads
have just been published. And they show
that the people, by and large, have a pret
ty sound idea of the importance of our ba
sic medium of transportation.
First of all, the poll indicates, the coun
try is overwhelmingly in favor of private
operation of the industry. Only 13 per
cent of those questioned favored govern
ment ownership.
Seventy per cent said they considered
the rails to be the transportation system
most vital to carrying on the business of
the country. Of those who knew that rail
road freight rates have been increased re
cently, more than two-thirds felt that the
increases were justified.
A growing preference for rail travel ov
er other means was also expressed, on the
grounds of safety, spaciousness, and free
dom of movement.
The high regard in which the public
holds our railroad system certainly isn’t a
result of accident. It is a tribute to mag
nificent performance by the industry, of
ten under conditions of the greatest dif
ficulty. The lines have made every freight
car and every passenger train perform
peak service. They are putting new and
better equipment into duty as fast as th.e
manufacturers can deliver it. They are the
tireless work horse that keeps the Ameri
can economy going.
Farmers Urged To Vote
Thursday, Dec. 2, is election day for
farmers regarding the PM A committee
men. We urge all farmers to go to the vot
ing place in their townships and cast their
votes for the men, whom they believe will
best help them in the better farm prac
tices carried out under the auspices of the
PMA.
The farm improvement program is an
important one. And the degree of effect
iveness in which it is carried out not only
depends upon the farmers themselves, but
the committeemen and others in the ad
ministration of the work. We urge all
farmers to register their interest by voting.
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THE “LIBERALS”
Rogers C. Dunn o£ the Dunn
Survey makes an interesting joint:
“Self-styled ‘liberals’ in the Re
publican Party are obviously blind
to the fact that the more they
succeed in making the Republican
party ‘liberal,’ the more liberal, or
leftist, the New Deal is forced to ,
go.”
That has now happened in three j
campaigns. The Republican party I
lias been moving toward what is
called “liberalism,” by which is j
meant timeliness as to policy based I
upon the probabilities of popular
ity; this means uncertainty and
flexibility as to principle. The
Democratic party, on the other
hand, has continued an inner strug
gle which began with William Jen
nings Bryan, the struggle between
populism and conservatism. The
Democrats have steadily been mov
ing in the direction of what in
Europe is called Social Democracy.
The third party in the United
States is the Communist party, by
whatever name it may momentar
ily be called.
Across this ideological simpli
fication run the complexities of
American life which are inevitable
in a free society.
In a word, men do not fit rigid
categories. Such persons as Ches-'
ter Bowles and Paul Porter would
anywhere else in this world be
regarded as Socialists; here they
are only Socialists in certain phases
or political expression; in others,
they are actually conservative.
The reason for this lack of clari
fication is that most Americans in
politics do not have a philosophic
basis for action; they are generally
opportunistic and take winning po
j sitions. That is they “play politics,”
as the phnfse goes; they are not
ready to be martyrs to a cause.
This was obvious in the last elect
ion. When Dewey refused to defend
the 80th Congress, the Taft-Hartley
Act, and so on, he forced Truman
to move closer to the Wallace pro
j gram. Truman, who wanted a
| fighting campaign “to give them
hell.’’found that his principal op
ponent would not fight back. This
was sheer opportunism on all sides.
Dewey felt that he could win by
his pattern; Truman felt that he
j could win by his pattern. But who
I slood up for any principles in
| volved in the election?
The real danger in this oppor
tunism lies in its leftward trend.
II the Republicans continue to push
the Democrats into Socialism, the
gene r a 1 American population,
which is conservative and capital
| istic. will be without representa
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t'on altogether. Certainly on ba
sic questions, Dewey and Truman i
were closer than Truman can pos
sibly be to such men as Chester
Bowles and Paul Porter. Senator j
Barkley is ideologically closer to i
Senator Taft than he is to Sen- j
ator Pepper. There is a falseness j
in the alignments in both parties, j
an inability to formulate princi- j
pies and a lack of resistance to j
leftward magnetism. This we need i
to understand before the 81st Con- j
gress gets to work.
The word “liberal” has come to
cover a multitude of confusions, j
When one speaks of a Republican j
liberal, precisely what is meant? '
Ilow does a Republican liberal j
differ from a New Dealer? How
do Senator Tobey and Senator
Aiken differ from Senator Pepper
and Senator Glen Taylor? In what |
fundamental concepts are these I
men different? Why should one!
be a Democrat and the other a
Republican?
It would be interesting if these
four men u'ere to write on paper, [
say, in something the size of this i
column, each one’s philosophic j
concept of American life. These
men would prove to be close to
each other, but all would be very
far from, let us say, Senator Taft.
On the other hand, such a man as 1
Senator George, a Democrat, would j
not be far removed from Senator
Taft.
Unless the Republican Party can I
formulate a definite and clear phil- i
osophic program, it cannot return j
to office. It has now failed five j
times, four times because to the '
conservative voters it did not have !
enough to say. The last three elec-!
tions were marked by Republican j
abstention from voting. These Re-i
publicans did not stay away from 1
the polls because they were “lazy” ■'
or “overconfident.” They stayed
away because they were dissatis
fied with the position of their par
ty, with its so-called “liberalism,”
with its running on the heels of
the New Deal in the direction of
state socialism. When in Ohio,
300,000 vote for either Governor
but cut both Presidential candi
dates they indicate a distaste for
their party’s national policy.
The early Persians said “Happy
New Year” by giving colored eggs,
much as we now send gay New
Year’s greetings.
Designing and publishing a |
Christmas card requires 15 months j
and nearly 100 different processes, j
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When you think of prescriptions, |
think of VARNER’S.—Adv.
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Brevard, N. C.
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The Everyday Counsellor
By REV. HERBERT SPAUGH, D. D.
3'
“Christ is our peace.” This in
scription written in German has
been painted in rude letters in
German by someone on the bot
tom of one of Berlin’s prize monu-1
ments. Travelers report finding it
there, and say it was painted since
the destruction of Berlin in the
last war.
This huge monument was one of
Berlin’s prize exhibits. It was erect
ea at tne con
clusion of the
Franco - Prus6ian
War which
brought defeat to
France, and the
beginning of the
united German
military empire. I
have just exam-i
ined a volume of]
Stoddard’s lec-l
lures published in 1897 in which
the author describes Berlin as he
saw it at that time. Writing of
the city he says, “Mars, the god
of war, seems to be the divinity
most worshipped here.” Of Ber
lin’s chief street “Unter Den Lin
den.” he says that it is a “kind of
Triumphal Way and suggests cour
age. victory and conquest ... at
every step the dullest cannot fail
to comprehend that he is in a na
tion of warriors.
‘Chief of all the fine memorials
of war, which Prussia’s capitol
contains, is the imposing Monu
ment of Victory.” It is on this mon
ument, now surrounded with all
the rubble and destruction of war
that this rude inscription stands,
“Christ is our peace.” As I read
Sloddard’is description of war like
Berlin at the height of her power,
and then read the description of
those who have been there recent
ly, the words of Jesus come to
mind, “They that take the sword
shall perish with the sword.”
Almost 2,000 years ago St. Paul
wrote: “He( (Christ) is our peace.”
Now 2,000 years later an unknown
writer inscribes it on one of the
world’s greatest monuments to
war. How difficult it is for us to
learn the lesson that love is the
most powerful force in the world,
that the use of force begets its
own destruction.
The same St. Paul wrote, “Be
not overcome of evil, but over
come evil with good.” This is the
divine pattern for conquest. It is
the only one which will lastingly
succeed in any struggle whether it
be in the human heart or between
the nations of the world. Christ
mas proclaims Christ as the Prince
of Peace. Is He the Prince of
Peace in your heart?
References: Matthew 26:52; Ephe
sians 2:14; Romans 12:21.
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
-By WILLIAM R!TT
Central Press Writer
NEW YORK gendarmes report
tPle arrest of a burglary suspect
who claims he kept to a swiping
schedule of eight hours a day. five
days a week. He must have meant
nights.
Anyway, the guy was loyal to
his own union—even if it did J
have but one member.
It must have a terrible strain |
to pass up an unlocked door while
on his lunch hour.
U. S. tailors have selected Ike
Eisenhower as No. 1 among the
best-dressed men in the coun
try. Gosh, and just a couple of
years ago his clothes didn’t look
any different than those of 10
million other Americans.
Iloyt King’s theory of election
results is that, maybe, the Repub
licans were asleep at the switch.
Food continues to be a chief
problem of the Japanese. Could
it be they’re suffering from Diet
deficiency?
A Northwestern university re
search director ups and announces
that it’s the high grade morons
who make the best automobile
drivers. Now let’s hear, again,
how you’ve never had an accident.
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