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(lit t 3f\mnklin tyxtz* nttit Cite J&atjjttmn Entered at Pc?t Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press Franklin. N. C. Telephone 24 WEIMAR JONES Editor BOB S. SLOAN Advertising Manager J. P. BRADY News Editor-Photographer MRS. ALLEN SILER Society Editor Office Manager MRS MARION BRYSON Proofreader CARL P. CABE Operatqr-Machlnlst FRANK A. STARRETTE Compositor G. E. CRAWFORD Stereotyper CHARLES E. WHITTINGTON Pressman DAVID H. SUTTON . . . Commercial Printer SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside M^con Countt Inside Macon Countt One Year $3.00 Six Months J-75 Three Months . . ? ? 1 00 Two Years 5-2' Three Years .... 7-50 One Year Six Months 175 Three Months . . ?? i 100 Two Years ^.25 Three Years 6 00 Must Find A Way i / \mong recent developments on the segrefjation integration front, these four seem signilicant : 1. A (iallup poll indicates that 16 out of 17 white persons in the deep South oppose integra tion in the ]Kil)lic schools. More surprising is the result of another, simultaneous poll, ot Negroes in the South ? nearly half of them also oppose in tegration. 2. A hundred Southern members of Congress signed the Statement of Constitutional Principles (usually referred to as the "Southern Manifesto"), declaring their '"intention to resist forced integra tion by am lawful means". 3. Two vears alter the Supreme' Court decision, resistance in the South is stiffening : this is evi denced 1 ) v the willingness of some states to modi fy, or, if necessar- , even abolish public education. Particularly significant is the official attitude in so moderate a state as. North ^Carolina ? an attitude thru seems to have the approval of a majority of North Carolinians. 4: Meanwhile, the conviction expressed in the "Manifesto - ? that the court's decision is "con trary to the Constitution", has "no legaj basis", and substitutes tin- just ices' "personal, political and Social views for the law of the land" ? appears to be spreading. -Coupled with the conv iction is a feel ing. as yet hardly articulate, that there is no moral obligation to obey the law, as laid down by the court. ;!; In the light of those developments, how can in tegration be enforced? The answer, of course, is: It can't. (We had a somewhat similiar situation, a generation ago. when the South and West sought to force prohibition on a reluctant, and finally re bellious, East.) Yet no sensible person expects either the South ern states to secede or the federal government to enforce integration at the point of the bayonet. How, then, can we live with the situation? , This newspaper believes we can, and must, find a way. And it is high time we were examining spe Mother's Day (EDITOR'S NOTE: The author of this fruest editorial on Mother's Day, in verse. prefers to remain anonymous.) Till-: M. ASTIvKIM KCK On? ('iv i'n" M:i t/r ?f Point its T ? ' ? : ]f -t t -? fr ;.1 the blue A'd f it i ir ',i in tlv . unset With ' i : in ? .ir.cl trt Ti? i ? ) ' . n iinjwl ' 1 :? ' ' >.)14-<-tev X. ? . ' ' V':v ' 'IV? n TOT ? r A He :1 ? I: . . i1'1 ol L - .tU - n a k t e*vV of r'r.dtr ?'.nndm-! til : ' . r h'i' Then a- the sunset fa' ? : Now that His painting Wj through He smiled as He looked at Hi- pointing And returned His palette to the blue. And the Master was pleased with His painting? The angel He's painted was you. And ' 1 ' ' In the i v , i,i . And >.< ? - And' the 1. Li' the fae ? v; cific methods of reaching an accommodation ? ways of developing a new pattern to fit the new situation. First of all, though, there must be some changes, both outside and inside the South ? in thinking and attitude, as well as in emotion. Discussed below are a few changes that almost certainly will have to be made before there can be any substantial progress in adjustment. Happily, there is encouraging evidence that some of them already are taking place. * * * The very first thing we need to do is to dis credit extremism ? all extremism; for while the fervor of a crusade is useful in bringing a prob lem to light, it rarely finds a solution. A case in point ? though, of course, not the onlv one ? is the organized extremism of the Southern White Councils, fin the one hand, and the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, on the other. The national press was quick to discredit the councils, as racist. The X. A. A. C. P. is equally racist. There is an even better reason, however, for discrediting it ; like all crusading organizations, it insists there is no problem, onlv a simple issue of right and wrong. Perhaps with time, the X". A. A. C. P. will discredit itself; it made a good-start, in fact, in its handling of the T.ucy case and in recent extreme statements of some of its officials. Along' with moderation. there must come recog nition. nn t ion wide that there probably is, no pat, easv; finJd solution of racial tensions ? and cer tainly no ("?cr";"lit solution: that while there may not be'anv such thing as racial superiority, there obviouslv arc differences differences so great as to make comUumi'vit ion. and understanding always difficult, aii'l ^oimMiines impossible. A wise Jewish scholar tint I: something like this: "Europe has long been c"'-:'i-/ed. and the Tewish culture is even older: ve t th ?".? still are tensions between Tews and Gentiles fn view of that, aren't we. a, little naive to think we cm "ind anv complete and final solution of the pr..' ' "-iiv from 'th'e fact that des -en dant.s of 'o",r "'-'vili/ed Europeans live side bv side with N'e'Vf ? who are onlv a 'few. general ions re moved from 1 vrm'i't" ?" Discrimination is not an exchisivelv v'-m,. Xegro problem, nor is :i confined to the South. It 1's \vni:*h rr-inen bering. too. in this connection, that -I'sc'-"' ; an t.?-i? ihat can ainelior ated. but "ti?;r<:b- 'eliminated. There is no such thin"' as rib < ''Ue i 1 1 si i ? ? ? no such thing a~ absolute e<|ualitv of o,"-ortunit\ . ? ? Ra+Uy niiuiletl ? ? ?' iv->nn!-' of the Sin"-' >nie Court's (>rt'".nn! ?'?? i-:nn. of x'.i\\ 1*#r4r-'A"S I*. Circuit In'1' tohn [. 1 -o-clea.rlv pointed out, lieithc- th<- <-on'"i nor the C< n>t itnt ion reuuir<s in^egre"'at : -i'l that is remitted is the absence of forced segregation. There is. a great difference. A'ct many person-; ? - some thoughtlessly, some bv in tent ? have assumed there must be mass integra tion. As a matter of fact; is mass integration either de sirable or practical? Thaf r|Uestion must he laced honestly. The two-year experiment in the nation's capitaLma.kes the question timely. For while many of the difficulties that had been anticipated did not occur, there seems general agreement among Washington educators that one result has been a drastic lowering of standards, notably scholastic standards Trr?r practical purposes,' the question of whether 1 Tt i ^ was due to inherent difference in racial abilities or 'difference in environment is purely aca demic.. The practical problem is the fact. That fact raises these questions : Low as tliev al reach' are, does it make ?en-;e to lower still farther 'our -scholastic standards * and if we lower all standards, whom have we hcv.-fii red J \n?l from the viewpoint of justice, the"" is this quesiiotr: (Vies the right of Xcto chi''1" '>1 to the besi p? - ! 1 >1 educational' ad ? vantafes pitv with ii the r:;,h| !?? 'detiv the sanje nd ritua"'- o a whole ? oi" wliite chil dr ?'] ? \ < 'in* hi ? ??? " ?> er, can ? ? ' ? ? ; 1 - ? i> (he coitr' >' ? 'ii ' in- (and ? ? 1 \ * <? ? : 1 : til-.. 11 ? ' '' ,U' i!l" . ' \ * : ' " ? ? \ ;\ S ' ? ? ? : r ? ? ? v ? : ? . ' ? ? ' ' ? ill-1 }n iin< . ; \ mil ' '? ? T1? ? ' '? " r ' 1 ' . 1 . . ? ] M' * t Ii i lie // ? ? V v.! (' ? - 1 ? hr.-mjhl 1 .. 1 1 1 1 r ' *' "T \ : ? i > ? 1 1 ? helii , n i . ' ? . . ? 1 ? have ?? o-con I r. 1 V.'! ? , : hat. n ?? ? ,? alJ i- for <??> ? ' ? ? ' ? i ? r'. ' ' : i hap|"'i ! 1 "? ' ? t t | \ ? :on ''U ''"a. i ;i in The ' '' in our stili ? i ' i - Mrs. Henry Slagle lllc 1 I f Mi . M : aiv! Iridic t Ti-<1 ? linn link 'i 1 1j < ? >!ar<>n ( ounty i 'i a ?. ? 1 , I ??? 'XI" ' ' nry Slavic (Aunt Ma^ic) was far t TMERE HASN'T SEEN A BOMBING IN FRANKLIN, BUT SOMETHING 5URE HAS KNOCKED A LOT OF *OLES IN OUR STREETS. more than a link between two eras; she was a tower of intellectual and moral strength. For dec ades. she had mothered the Cartoogechaye com munity. where she was horn, reared, and where she had spent her entire life. Her entire life, that is, except when she was traveling. For. throughout her long life, she was blessed with a child's naive curiosity about new places and new ideas ? and the boldness of youth to find out about them. So it was in character that "she not onlv went seven times to the Pacific Coast to visit children there, but. at 65, crossed the At lantic as a World War 1 Gold Star Mother. In her life, though, travel was only the dessert: the staple foods were her big family, her Bible, the ' i 1 tie white church on the hill above her home, and the i'rowinf of flowers (her home was appropriate lv named "The Arboretum") Onlv a f"w d'ws old when General I.ee surren dered at \i>ito"'ntox. she had spent most of her 'if,. :n the Vi ? ? < ? of bu"'jies. spr.inghouses, and wa'sh b'lnrds. \Y? whatever her age. she always was a '?art of- the 1 i ? around her. Mow tho'*o"""hlv, modern she remained is indi cated bv a store to'd bv her children. \ot long a sn)1 -uvi daughter look her for a little ride. Th.e<? mei"lv,r? of a votinger generation expressed i>ii / /lcmet^t '?< what seemed to be a peculiar cloud ?fot-n'rit ion ? !?"? their mother had to take biH one "?(mil look '? '^'"itifv it ? "why, that's a jet vapor tfiil". IT'T tnor-'I ronra<*"e was as much taken for grant ed. ai'mn'" 'It c who knew her., as the weather or Ix'eathinir Typical was a letter t r? the editor of The Press, written when she was in her 80's. "I would fight this thing". she wrote, "if I c()ttld just get someho:lv to help me." What was it she was ready to fight ? The nation-wide influence of comics on children! Aiv' it was characteristic of her sanity that -he considered the worst feature of the comics the distorted 'mpressions they give young people. M' s. Sla^r'e >s gone from the hospitable old home on Cartoofechave. But, happily for all v of tts. her influence goes marching oil. Others' Opinions (Opinions expressed In this space are not necessarily those of The Fr Friitorinls selected for reprinting here. In fact, ... :i r" chosen ' fh a view to pr -sentlfig a vaflcty of viewpoints. The- are. * V. ? t is. just what the caption says ? OTHERS' Opinions.) 5-*->n Are Broke Too? ( Forest City Courier > ' . There is ' one snrprMnjrly angle in the recent Interna! Revo nil" fserviee clampclown on the Communist Daily Worker, pub lished r. live bi" cities- of our nation. Of ciur- ?!?'? action itself vra-; not 'a :u'rp i..e. The Worker has ' ? ' i been in financial difficulties, uid has often appealed ;.o . ? . ils/o everv political persuasion" to giy money to in ? ? ;'C" nress" . a- cv.'h the Commie.-. ? i. .<1 :>*>?!?* a bp 1 the whole tiling that is rath'" i n? to ??. anyhow, is t'rat anybody who' spi/s far i.-ijjon ? rt ?.-???? .think Daily Worker pf-o;-'- as doing . a : at- running out ol money. ? \v" li iv: ? :<"?? tnnn^f mavlci i , but we hava a '. w . . y s thonv.ht! of Torei n ? .-it's 4s possessing unlimited resources, ? . othrr e. W' have thought of them as owning - aa ? nidi > transmitters, heavy black sedans with cur il ' i - 1 ' ' to u e as . - cret hideaways, and the like. 1 ? av y felt that tlv ?; could whistle up a uibmarin" ? oast, or tike a last trip by air to Moscow or Kin".; - r oi Montevideo <;r Lisbon, or take on other opera:' ai= "? mind's eye these spies could even slip 'a weak-willed ?> tinient official who had the right information a hundred thrnv tnd dollars, just to tell them how fast the new ;et bomb' cr will 'in or whether or not the AEC has been able to make ?. ? .;!>;<! corn fiakes to kill the starving Russians. Rat r w it develops that spies <or Daily Worker workers i are jut lik" the rest of us. They probably can't afford to trad? cvs. and worry about their income tax, and eat barn burner three times a week, and even go out of business. It's sr,;l to have one's faith shattered in this way. If you can't believe in foreign intrigue in this day and time, what can you believe in? VIEWS By BOB SLOAN Sergeant Matthew C. McKeon, the marine sergeant who re cently led an unauthorized night march on which six men were drowned, has been charged with manslaughter. If .McKeon was, as Marine Corps officials have stated, drunk from drinking vodka, he will probably be found guilty. However, I hope that those who pass sentence will consider that McKeon is not alone in the blame. The blame should also be shared by the Parris Island marine organization. The pecul iar part is that the mistakes made by the organization were not caused by an over indul gence in strictness or tough ness as we citizens were inclin ed to think when we first heard of the situation. Instead the entire situation is a strong indication that mil itary discipline and training has greatly deteriorated at Parris Island. The Marine Corps says that Sgt. McKeon, in the company of another sergeant, had been drinking off and on all day. Did no officer visit the barracks the entire day? Furthermore Mc Keon led a group of 65 men out of their area on a Satur day night march and apparent ly no one questioned the un authorized movement of that large a group of men at that rather odd time. In a tight, well disciplined military organization that just wouldn't happen? Where was the platoon lieuten ant whose first, and almost only, responsibility is to know about and see after his men? The officer directly in charge of these men should certainly be charged as an accessory to the crime with McKeon. The top commander in the Marine Corps, Gen. Randolph Pate, seems fully aware that weakness in the organization at Parris Island was the real und erlying cause of this tragedy. Not only has he replaced the commander at Parris Island, but he has assumed personal re sponsibility for the recruit training here and at other ma rine bases. He-appeared before congress and admitted to mis (See Back Pa^e. 1st Section ) Do You Remember? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK May 8 ? Temperature 34 de grees, considerable frost. The frost yesterday morning doubt less did a great amount of in jury to gardens and tender veg tables,' particularly in the low lands. The first excursion of the sea son came up the Tallulah Falls Railroad to Dillard last Satur day. The Franklin Bottling Works got its machinery. in place and commenced bottling drinks Thursday. 'Mr. William Littlefield left on Tuesday ot last week for the north to spend the summer. 23 YEARS AGO Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson, of Frai'Ulin, was elected president of tlv Converse Coilegtj alum nae association at th> annual ii c. ti!V4 tlv -r u;i Tuesday ia Spartanburg. .Mr... . K. S< well has return ed to lii , home in Miami, Fla., alter i; p., lin -ever;"!' days here vLsitin ?. her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. c. Cunningham. . Dr.. '.V. I'. Furr and family re 1 ; ! ! : ? T :'F oin a .weeiT? Visit tu r- ?' at {'I as. rj last Sat urday. Mr. Francis T"s ,ier . left Mon day of this week for B.owns v?l>; Tex.. -v.. or" he expects to .remain this summer. 10 \ 1 ARS AGO . Th" newly elected board of director- of the F : anklin Cham ber of Commerce at .i mestint; Tuesday night decided to em ploy a full-tim-? eeretary for the next six month-. II. D. Corbin, Jr.. v.ho is with the Delta Air Lines in Asheville, visited his paren s, Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Corbin, of Route 4. Monday. Miss Carlyne Jamison; who is doin? stenographic work in Asheville, recently visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jamison, at their home on Riv erview Street.