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Judge Preyer And Prayer Don’t
Figure To Stop I. Beverly Lake
There is always a slim possibility that
I. Beverly Lake will not run for Gover
nor of North Carolina in 1964. There
is still hope that if he does run he will
not win the Democratic nomination. And
there is substantial reason to believe that
if he wins the nomination, then the next
Governor of North Carolina will be a
Republican.
But whatever Dr. Lake does from here
on out, there can be no doubt that he
has already succeeded in scaring anti-
Lake Democrats witless.
The latest manifestation of the des
perate groping anti-Lake Democrats
have been reduced to is the trial balloon
being prayerfully pumped in Guilford
County for Richardson Preyer.
Mr. Preyer, in case you’ve never heard
of him, is Judge of the U. S. Middle Dis
trict Court in Greensboro and scion of
the wealthy Vicks Vaporub family. He
was appointed a Superior Court judge by
Gov. Luther Hodges in 1956, later won
election to the bench on his own, and
then was appointed to the Federal bench
by President Kennedy in 1961. Those who
know him seem to think he’s a fine man,
and an advertisement in the Greensboro
newspapers played heavily on the fact
that he comes from a long line of illus
Burning Issues In Orange County
Orange County's Democratic Execu
tive Committee will name a successor to
Judge L. J. Phipps as a member of the
State House of Representatives on Tues
day, and for a while there it seemed that
it would be a fairly simple matter.
The only reason the appointment is
being made is because of the special
session Governor Sanford is expected to
call in October, and the only reason for
a special session is Senate redistricting.
! S r, t with practically nothing to win
but a vote on a redistricting plan, it
seemed reasonable to expect the jockey
ing for Orange’s House seat to turn
largely on which candidate had the most
friends on the 57-member Executive
Committee. Contention for the seat has
And Now A Word From Our Sponsor
‘ Governor Terry Sanford has designat
ed October 7-13 as North Carolina Corn
Bread Week with the following panegy
ric:
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‘lit the increasingly complex society
in which we live and in a time when man
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Saws For Today
Tine eduction is learning to look away
from self, thus constantly broadening
one’s mental horizon.
—Mary Kimball Morgan
Every student must be a volunteer in
the intellectual and spiritual struggle to
preserve freedom for mankind.
—Franklin Dehno Roosevelt
A democracy can only be strong if all
the citizens are properly educated and
careers are freely <9Ol to all the talent
« 4.
—James B. Conant
Education makes a people easy to
lead, but difficult to drive; easy to gor
era, but impossible to enslave.
—Henry Peter Brougham
Sunday, September 1,1963
fcrious forebears.
Judge Preyer, believe it or not, is
being touted as the Democratic Party’s
white hope. And several people outside
Guilford County, surprisingly enough,
are listening to the tip. The main trouble
right now is that Judge Preyer, as a
serious gubernatorial candidate, is little
more than a figment of somebody’s
imagination.
With television and the saturation cov
erage provided by newspapers these
days, it is obvious that political candi
dates no longer need to start projecting
public images years before the campaign;
and perhaps a new and fresh face can
pile up a lot of points in a shdrt and hard
run. But it is ridiculous to believe that
the best image the TV and news men
can put on a candidate will successfully
gloss over a glaring lack of political and
legislative experience. Perhaps tele
vision and newspapers can remedy Judge
Preyer’s anonymity to some extent, but
there is nothing under the sun that can
convert him into a qualified candidate
between now and next May.
If there really isn’t anybody else to
stand between I. Beverly Lake and the
nomination, Heaven help the Democratic
Party.
not been quite that simple.
One of the issues figuring in the con
test is the Legislature's Communist
speaker ban, and growing out of that,
the issue of who’s liberal and who’s con
servative. Why the members of the Ex
ecutive Committee should care one way
or another is a mystery. Nevertheless,
one candidate is reported to be picking
up some strength by embracing the gag
law and conservatism.
An issue that seems to have been com
pletely neglected, incidentally, is Senate
redistricting.
Exactly how tlfs speaks for Orange
County politics is not certain. But it
seems to be a fairly fitting preliminary
to the regular run of work in Raleigh.
is making voyages down under the Arc
tic Ice and upward toward the stars them
selves and in an age of nuclear bombs,
and automated machines and surrealist
art and sophisticated systems, it is Ap
propriate that we pause to consider the
fundamentals at our way of life—funda
mentals like com bread.
“Italy ,1s famed for its pizza, France
is renowned for its crepe suzette, the
Orient has its chow mein, Latin America
has its tortilla, the ancient East had its
barley loaf, Germany has its pumper
nickel, and England has its crumpet.
“But above these all ranks North
Carolina’s com bread.
"Down through the years, corn bread
has satisfied Tar Heel stomachs, built
Tar Heel bones and energized the Tar
Heel spirit of moving ahead.
“In a multitude of varieties, Tar Heel
com meal ranks at the top. It can be
baked, fried, steamed, boiled, broiled. It
is known in such forms as corn muffins,
com bread sticks, hush puppies, hoe
cakes, spoon bread and, of course, com
bread, to mention but a few of the tasty
and tempting table delights.’’
You’ll have to admit, he didn't leave a
whole heck of a lot to say about biscuits.
Leave The University Free s'
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Gag Law’s Threat To Education
Dr. Epps Is a Renan Professor
Ententes of Greek at the Uah
versify ail now Uvea in recre
ment hi Chapel HHI.
By PRESTON H. EPPS
Those unwilling to see the Uni
versity of North Carolina reduc
ed from the status of a first rate
national University to that of a
parochial and community indoc-
L* trination establishment had bet
i ter get resolutely into action
ahd soon. For the deadly farces
which have always been destruc
tive of the essential nature and
purpose of all universities aid
institutions of learning are con
tinuing to move in on the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Although infiltration into the
internal control and direction of
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Letters: House Seat , Lake Threat
Dear Editor:
Let me correct some recent
mistaken reports on political
matters.
You have listed, among others,
the names of Earle Wallace,
Gordon Cleveland and myself as
candidates to fill Orange County’s
vacant House of Representatives
seat.
Mr. Cleveland has told me that
he is not a candidate and, in
fact, is actively supporting the
candidacy of Edwin Hamlin, pub
lisher of the News of Orange
County. Mrs. Wallace reports
that Earle is definitely not a
candidate .
So for myself, while honored
by your news mention, I am not
a candidate.
Mr. Umstead had held this seat
since the Thirties, and for some
years speculation has been rife
among the politically minded as
to who toould have the place
when Mr. John retired. Many
months ago I committed myself
to support Mr. Hamlin for the
place should a vacancy occur,
as long as I felt he had a chance
of election, and I am sure he
has the leading chance!
While the special session of the
legislature is to be called prim
arily for the purpose of redis
tricting the Senate, there is al
ways the chance that it may
break over into other matters;
and also the appointee, as incum
bent, may have a slight head
start over other candidates for
the seat in next spring’s primary.
Therefore, members of our Dem
ocratic Committee should be
thinking of the issues which may
arise that are of particular in
terest to Orange County people.
( If it is not too presumptuous
of me, I would like to detail some
posiUoM I think our Represen
tative should be ready to work
for.
1 State employee* should have
an adequate 10 per cent or higher
pay raise. The recent $lO a
month raise to our badly paid
Stale personnel can be compar
ed to throwing a copper!m
beggar when one considers the
retae from $ll9OO to mm per
annum to members of the Coun
cil of State, *■s the raises of
the University has beawclosing
In on us for sonde time, it came
into full cry with die attempt
by outside athletic zealots trying
to force on us a restoration of*
the educationally unworthy Dixie
Classic. This emotionally aroused
group insisted on trying to over
ride the considered judgment not
only of the faculty and admin
istration but even of the trustees
in their effort to have their way
in this matter. This year the
American legion began trying to
horn in on control of what shall
be taught and how in the schools,
and apparently of who shall have
the right of assembly and for
what on the campus.
And to crown all this imperti
nent interference in the internal
control of die University, we now
SI,OOO to $3,500 to 105 top ad
ministrative personnel who were
already getting from $12,000 to
$20,000. It was a cruel, ridicu
lous Joke on our rank and file
personnel and Orange County,
with its University and Highway
employees, has a large number
of people who resent the injus
tice.
2. We think that the power of
our Board of County Commis
sioners to fill vacancies hi their
membership should be removed.
To select one’s own associates
means to select people of nearly
identical thought and is produc
tive of “crony” type thinking,
and destroys the values which
derive from democratic opposi
tion.
1 We think a bill should be
enacted forbidding the private
use of public property by anyone.
This would forestall a nasty
situation such as has recently
arisen when a member of our
County Commissioners, in lieu
of using County-paid plane trans
portation to a national meeting
in Colorado, borrowed the Coun
ty ABC Board’s “Whiskey Wag
on”—toe station wagon the ABC
people use for various business
and to transport supplies from
warehouse to local stores —for
the trip. When the Whiskey
Wagon was returned, ABC Chair
man Remus Smith was surprised
to find an expensive air-condition
er on it; and certainly was
much less pleasantly surprised
to get the bill for something he
feels his Board never ordered!
4. No one in his rigit mind
would favor allowing persons to
advocate the violent overthrow
of our government, as commun
ism does, in speeches at tax-sup
ported institutions. However,
there is a right way and a wrong
way to do things. The Legisla
ture appoints boards of trustees
to determine policies far these
institution*, and, in turn, toe
trustees appoint Presidents and
Chancellors to see that the cob
lefts are well run.
If toe Presidents and rsiayri.
tors do not carry out the polide*
of toe trustees, the trustees re
move them; and If the trustees do
hot satisfy the legislators, too
have the futile, questionably
maneuvered and apparently tan
trum inspired law limiting who
shall be allowed to speak on the
University campuses. The pro
hibition can apply even to fully
enfranchised citizens. Such a law
can only embarrass the Univer
sity, as in a case already con
fronting the Raleigh unit, while
most likely stimulating student
interest in communism. For any
one who knows college students
knows how attractive the for
bidden is to them, and also that
they can outwit any restrictions
put on them by impertinent eld
ers. There are too many radios
equipped for overseas programs
and too many places for listening
soirees for resentful students,
like the anti-prohibitionists a few
Legislature can appoint new
boards. History shows all too
many instances of cases where
legislatures made up of laymen
inexpert in the field of education
have, in attempting to do a good
thing, made such a mess with
restrictive or directive legisla
tion that serious damage has
been done to the spirit of ad
vancement of research and in
quiry into knowledge; and in
many cases loss of huge sources
of research funds and even loss
of accreditation to the univer
sities has occurred.
Hie communist speaker bill is
not bad in its intent; but it sets
a dangerous precedent in a state
which has progressed faster than
its neighbors in this century
and mainly due to toe inspiration
given by the academic freedom
not merely permitted, but for
warded, by our Legislatures.
Yours,
Hugh M. Wilson
Dear Editor;
My hat is off to chamber of
commerce officials, mayors,
ministers, editors, and the pres
ent state administration in Ra
leigh for the splendid way North
Carolina is handling its racial
problems.
North Carolina is now pictured
to the nation as an economically
sound state with a model educa
tion program. The citizens of this
state take pride in being pro
gressive and able to handle lo
cal problems.
With this wonderful record
and proud image, what would
happen if Dr. I. Beverly Lake,
with his racist philosophy and
fanatic supporters, were elected
leader of pur state?
It is my personal opinion, and 1
will express it if 1 may, that with
Dr. Lake as governor, we would
take a drastic leap backwards
and be pictured as • storm-troop
er type state such as Alabama
or Mississippi.
Coud this ever happen to the
Tar Heel State?
Sincerely yours,
Col. John B. Hunsinger
Greensboro
years back, not to strike back
at infringements on what they
inherent rights. It
seems significant, moreover,
that no professional educator has
had any good word for this legal
infringement, while many have
called attention to its futility, ex
cept as an embarrassment.
Now let’s face it. Such infil
trations from outsiders into the
internal control and direction of
any genuine University always
has and always will destroy it as
a university. No amount of mon
ey can keep it a bona fide Uni
versity, if it ever becomes ex
ternally controlled to any degree.
This has been true from Hitler
right on through Barnett and
Wallace. That is why we urge
that this interference stop. It
must, if the University is not to
be destroyed (and soon) as a
genuine university.
The sad thing is that these in
truders think they are helping
the University. They are not
vicious enemies. They have ap
parently just never worked out
in their minds the basic nature
of and reason for a true univer
sity. They are doubtless victims
of the thoroughly mistaken no
tion that its first task and pur
pose is to protect the contempor
ary community, culture and
mores, and that because they
support it they have a right, per
haps a duty, to control it. This
is a natural error of those who
have never realized that there
are two institutions a commun
ity must support, while at the
same time refusing ever to ask
or accept any control of them, if
the community wishes to receive
the benefits they can give.
These are <1) the church or
synagogue and (2) institutions of
learning. For these are manned
by religious leaders and scholars
dedicated to toe pursuit and dis
covery of the truth of things
just as it happens to be. Genuine
scholars are not interested in
having the truth turn out in any
particular way. Their entire con
cern is in how it actually hap
pens to be. They know that it
will never side with error and
that it is no respector of per
sons, groups or cultures.
The half truth offered as a pro
fession of devotion to academic
freedom by the backers of this
recent gag lew are really pitiful.
For to say “I am for academic
freedom but” is really to say “I
am for -academic freedom but
only so long as it accords with
my conception of academic free
dom”. (But academic freedom is
indivisible and cannot be so lim
ited and Temahr academic free
dom. Such a statement as the
one above is the same type of
half truth ured by segregation
ists who iterate their friendship
end goodwill toward Negroes.
The full truth of what they real
ly have in mind is that "1 am
and always have been a friend
of the Negro as long as he stays
in what we white people have mrf
laterally decided is Ms Mace.”
Let him step out erf that place
and the friendship these segre
gationists have for the Negro
fades away as rapidly as the
morning dew.
Also to ask that toe University
—Looking Back— I
From (he Weekly’s flies:
IN ISM -
BLOODED CATTLE
COME TO ORANGE
“Eight registered Jersey cows
and heifers, costing a total of
more than 1600, were brought in
to Orange County the other day.
They were purchased for farms
roundabout Chapel HOI, and their
coming means one more step m
the movement to make this a
prosperous livestock county . . .
“Three new cream separators
have been put into service, in
the last few days, By Orange
farmers who are selling their
product regularly to Burlington.
These belong to Charles Durham,
Odell Blackwood, and Brady
Lloyd.”
IN IMS-
Tamest Errant
"Mis Mary Hunter, who re
cently moved from one of the
Pratt cottages down in the edge
of Battle Park to 48Z Cameron
Avenue, is with bar accustomed
poise and equanimity rapidly be
coming acclimated. Not so her
cat, Thomas, a shy two-year-old
noted for his love of home and
his absolute inkiness. One seeing
Thomas or hearing of his where
abouts will confer a great favor
on Miss Hunter by calling the
nutter to her attention.
“When die moved she took
the precaution to enclose him In
a bag so that be would make
none of those tracks which a
transported mouser is supposed
to smeß while retracing; but
this did not suffice. Thomas re
turned to his accustomed haitots
which consist in he main of n
stone wall on which he sunned
himself during fail gatorm' ab-
DR. EPPS
investigate and teach commu
nism and yet cut off one of its
most direct sources of informa
tion is a curious procedure. Com
munism when studied by a uni
versity becomes thereby an aca
demic subject and thus sttoject
ed to academic freedom. This
particular freedom not only de
sires bat demands that all sides,
the unfavorable as well as the
favorable, have unimpeded liber
ty to state their arguments with
equal fullness, and each from its
own point of view. This is an all
important procedure, if the full
est truth about anything is to
be obtained. For statements on
communism by a dedicated anti
communist free-enterpriser could,
and most likely would, be as slant
ed and untrustworthy as an esti
mate of free-enterprise capital
ism by a dedicated communist
could, and most likely would, be.
No defense lawyer would accept
in court the prosecutor’s esti
mate of his client's case. No!
The fullest truth can be arrived
at only after the fullest state
ment from all sides and from
each side’s point of view has been
heard and properly evaluated.
Moreover, any professor who
undertook to present an honest,
documented course on com
munism would be branded im
mediately by supporters of this
gag law and by emotionally over
wrought citizens and organiza
tions as a dubious American citi
zen if not an outright communist.
This was extensively documented
during a recent In-School TV
Workshop held here. Think also
how some North Carolinians are
still charging as fine a biblical
Christian and as genuine an Am
erican as this state has ever
produced with being a com
munist or communist oriented.
No charge couki br further from
the truth.
So the only safe and proper
course for all concerned is to
leave the University free, com
pletely free, as it had been until
recently, to handle its internal af
fairs as seems best to its facul
ty, its administration and its
trustees. Support it? Certainly.
Try to control or interfere with
its internal policies in any way
and to any extent? No! A thous
and times no!, unless we want
to see it reduced to the level
of a mere state controlled indoc
trinization establishment.
sence nt the business of secur
ing the household's board and
keep. Miss Hunter came back
for him, again placed him in a
bag and took him to their new
domicile.
“There Thomas indicated no
intention of taking root. He is
again A. W. O. L. and this time
Miss Hunter fears he may be a
victim of amnesia.”
IN IMS
“The Civilian Defense organ
ization here functioned efficiently
for the blackout here night be
fore last, but, because of die
carelessness of some house hold
ers and the absence of others on
vacation, the blackout was not
as successful as the one about
a month ago. i
“There was a case of wilful
violation of the blackout regula
tions. A resident of the district to
which W. P. Jordan is air raid
warden turned his lights on af
ter he had been directed to tarn
them off. There have been com
plaints agaipst the same man
before, and R. J. M. Hobbs,
commander of Civilian Defense,
said last night that this latest
case of non-compliance would
probably lead to prosecution of
the offender. . . ”
IN IMS -
“Jonas W. Kessing, son of
Commodore and Mrs. W. O.
Kessing, was commissioned an
ensign in the U. 8. Narad Re
serve last Saturday, Auguet tt,
after having completed the
course in the University's
NROTC.
"Ensign Kessing received his
A. B. degree to journalism from
the University in graduation cer
emonies the day before his com-