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THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina
Friday, January 25, 1946.
THE PILOT
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SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA
1941
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1944
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MAIL MATTER.
NOW'S THE TIME
The question of universal mili
tary training is expected to be one
of the matters to come before the
present congress. The bill, which
has the backing of the president,
the War Department and some
senators, is advanced as a meas
ure necessary to the security of
our country. If carried through it
will, of course, be administered
by the army; presumably also by
the navy, though this is seldom
mentioned.
At the same time that this
bill for our security is being urg
ed by the army, that very secur
ity is being seriously jeopardized
by the army’s mishandling of its
present assignment. The specta
cle is likely to dim the enthusiasm
of the backers of military train
ing. For an organization whose
record in war is good but whose
record for peace-time administra
tion is so catastrophic should not
be entrusted with the training of
the young men of a nation which
hopes to remain at peace.
There is nothing which so vit
ally concerns the future safety of
America as the present state of
Germany. Trouble is likely to
start, as it always has started, in
Germany, and to be instigated by
Germans, but even if it did not
start there, what happens to
Germany and what we do there
affects the entire picture. .For the
present handling of the occupa
tion of Germany is a test that; is
going on right now of our capa
bilities in the field of practical
foreign policy. If we come through
the test well, we will have proved
ourselves, to ourselves as well as
to the other nations, worthy of
confidence and of responsibility
as a world power.
Such an ideal throws into even
blacker contrast the reality of to
day; American troops rioting to
be brought home, their officers
joining their pleas with those of
the men while they make money
out of looting and black market
operations. One hopes the picture
overdrawn, but no matter how
exaggerated it may be, the
thought of these men as “educa
tors of the new Germany” is
enough to make you laugh, or
else cry. The big question used
to be; “can Germany be educat
ed?”; it Has now changed to:
“can the Americans be educat
ed?”
We wonder. Perhaps it would
be fairer to put it: Can the
American army be educated?
When we read that among the
high point men who returned
home soon after V-E Day were
most of the high point military
government men, who had been
trained for the express purpose of
governing Germany, our heads
begin to swim. What utter in
sanity!
The trouble is, the army is edu
cated for war; that is the only
thing in which it is interested.
How else explain General Eisen
hower’s recall to fill the post of
chief of staff in Washington?
Here was a man who had done a
brilliant job in the war, and was
going right on being equally
brilliant in his handling of the
occupation forces. If we had been
fighting still, in the midst of a
great battle, Eisenhower would
have been retained at the head of
his forces where the action was
critical. But the actions of peace
are never so considered by the
army. Once victory in the field is
won, it may be lost the next day
for all the army knows or cares.
We do not, we hasten to say, be
lieve this to be General Eisen
hower’s point of view. His con
duct in Europe showed him to
be wise far beyond the lot of most
military men. But it is, clearly,
the view point of those in the
war department who recalled
him. On the same order was the
action of the mystery man who
stepped up our demobilization
rate to the present tempo, an of
ficial whose name has never been
divulged.
The army has made a fearful
botch of the occupation of Ger
many, and the executive branch
of this country, with the state de
partment, has been of no help. We
do not minimize the difficulties of
the problem when we say that
the present chaos could and
should have been avoided. It is
endangering the security of our
country and the peace of the
world.
If security is to be our watch
word, how much better to pre
serve it now, with the army which
is in being, bringing it to the
highest point of efficiency as a
historic American shrines. The
reason given by a spokesman ofj
the Waterbury students for their
rejection! of the scholarship is!
that they “just didn’t think it |
was feasible to name a candidate
for a good citizenship award spon
sored by an organization that re
fused Negro musicians permis
sion to use Constitution Hall for
concerts.”
The point is honorably taken.
Any tour of American shrines
must lead the traveler -to the
homes or the working places of
a number of historic figures, men
policing, controlling force and, ,
using it, then, to the utmost of its T'*
ability, than to expend efforts in
planning for another army to
preserve a mythical security in
the future?
If security is not preserved
now, the future will not be there
for most of the people who are
now so busily planning for it.
deep conviction and unflaging ef
fort to eliminate precisely that
kind of discrimination which has
been practiced in Constitution
Hall. The ladies of the D. A. R.
are responsible for many good
works. In this case, catering to
an unworthy and unpatriotic pre
judice, they have made a mistake
which will haunt them until it
has been corrected.
This and That
STRIKE IN CONGRESS
On the floor of the senate
there is being enacted a scene
which must bring a feeling of
shame and hopeless discourage
ment to every citizen. In that
Hall which has echoed to the
voices of the great leaders of the
nation, and which has resoupded
many a time to senatorial tones
lifted in praise of this “great and
free democracy,” a few men are
thwarting the will of the major
ity in what constitutes an exam
ple of the very reverse of those
noble words.
The filibuster is one of those
American institutions of which
most Americans are thoroughly
ashamed. It is in essence, the mis
use of a parliamentary rule to
prevent free discussion. It is em
ployed by men who know that
a certain measure is going
against them and who, therefore,
filibuster to prevent its being
brought to a vote.
In this particular case the bill,!
the F.E.P.C., was given a floor i Wednesday and Thur^ay,
A tribute to the late Paul Bar-
num appears this week in the
figures of the report of the Moore
County War Fund Drive. Pine-
hurst, the town nearest to Sou
thern Pines in size and wealth,
raised 1,004.00; Southern Pines,
under Paul’s chairmanship, rais
ed $4,856.21. The sum is signifi-
To the Editor of The Pilot:
In a recent Pilot I read your
article regarding the poor quality
of telephone pervice in Southern
Pines. You stated that the con
dition was probably due to old
or out-dated equipment. But
which the company denies, and
that they consider the present
equipment adequate and do not
contemplate any change. At the
same time the company attributes
their failure to the high turnover
in their force, making poor ser
vice at times almost unavoidable.
The last paragraph, no doubt,
gives the real reason. But why
the constant turnover? The com
pany should know. The whole
trouble in a nut-shell is the lousy
sub-standard wages paid its em-!
ployees. Since the wages are just
not on a par with the wages paid
about town, how can the com
pany expect to get and retain em
ployees on a job that has so many
requirements at such poor wages
as are now paid?
We can’t blhme the telephone
operators for striking if their
wages at all compare with the
wages paid here.
Apropos of the above: the scale
of wages paid by our telephone
company is as follows: 40 cents
per hour for beginners, 42 to 51
cents for experienced operators.
to the Court for the relief de
manded in said Complaint.
Dated this 19th day of January,
1946.
JOHN WILLCOX,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
J25, F 1, 8, 15.
Drs. Neal and McLean
VETERINARIANS
Southern Pines, N. C.
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cant not only of the former chair
man’s organizing ability, but of ®^P®'^visors, who
the high place he held in the re- operators with
gard of his fellow-townsmen.
priority by a vote of 49 to 17. The
southern block, led by the two
senators from Mississippi, Bilbo
and Eastland, then announced that
they would talk for 60 days, if
necessary, to prevent it from
being presented for consideration.
The bill in question has had the
endorsement of both parties, of
the president and of Governor
Dewey, the republican candidate
in the late campaign, but, though,
with such endorsement it would
seem to ra^e special consideration,
that is not the point at issue.
Good or bad, important or unim
portant, no bill should be pre
vented by such means from
reaching the floor, it is intoler
able that a few men can by the
use of such methods block the
government of the country.
This is a clear ease where clo
ture should be invoked. For
though the limiting of free de
bate does constitute an infringe
ment of freedom we may safely
look upon this as an instance
where two wrongs make more of
a right than if the original •wrong
be allowed to continue. And, af
ter all, the harangues now going
on have little to do with free de
bate.
The situation is a striking ex
ample of the justice of President
Truman’s criticism of congression
al inaction and the blocking of
important legislation. It is clear
that Congress must take a large
measure of blame for delaying the
whole reconversion plan of the
administration and it is a delay
which cannot be tolerated much
longer. The threat of unemploy
ment, of inflation, of increasing
ly violent and bitter industrial
strife is assuming deadly propor
tions.
When strikes in industry threat
en the public welfare, the govern
ment takes over. When our gov
erning body itself goes on strike
it is time fi^r the people them
selves to take charge.
The filibuster should have no
place in the proceedings of a
democratic government. If Con
gress does not soon take measures
to break the deadlock it will-de
serve the condemnation of the
entire county.
We must caU upon the senate
to clean house, and that, quickly;
and, to the people of those states
so badly represented there, we
say: tell these men of yours to
fish or cut bait;.to quit talking, to
quit stalling and to let the busi
ness of the nation go on.
Local fishermen will be inter
ested to know that their favor
ite form of sport, business, joy,
torment, or whatever they call it,
was the main subject of the an
nual meeting of the State Wild
life Federation at Greensboro on
The
featured speaker was Dr. H. S.
more
work and responsibility. They are
also paid time and a half for ov
ertime, (by law). As one can see,
unless an operator makes over
time she is barely making a
subsistence wage. The wage for
common labor for men is sixty
cents per hour; scrub-women and
dishwashers make 50 cents. The
type of work an operator has to
perform, with its close confine
ment and mental concentration,
certainly entitles the worker to
far more wages than our tele
Swingle, nationally known fish
culturalist of Alabama Polytech
nic Institute. Others on the pro
gram were Fred A. Westerman, operators are now getting,
of the Michigan State Fisheries
and Seth Gordon, executive di
rector of the Pennsylvania Game
Commission.
Undoubtedly due to the surpris
ingly mild weather of early Jan
uary, Camelia Japonica plants in
many localities about town ven
turesomely displayed their hand
some rose-tinted blooms until
the frost overcame their prema
ture display. (
A SCHOLARSHIP REJECTED
Editorial, N. Y. Times.
Students of the Crosby High
School at Waterbury, Conn., have
voted to reject the annual Good
Citizenship Pilgrimage Award of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution. The award is an in
teresting and useful one, consist-
The scale of wages offered by
the Telephone Company certain
ly does not offer an inducement
to any girl with a superior type
of mental equipment, to take a
job there. Nor are the wages high
enough to retain the better and
more experienced class of opera
tors. There is just no future to be
ing a telephone operator in Sou
thern Pines.
While public utilities may be
privately owned, they are sub
ject to many outside controls,
T , . j 1 1 ,such as the Interstate Commerce
Just beyond the westerly ^
boundary of Mt. Hope cemetery Utilities Commission, the N.
the tall shaft of the fire tower” „ ui- tt,-,-,- U .
j: iL XT 4.1. T xi 4. “tate Public Utilities Commis-
of the North Carolina Foresteryl . , i„ ^ i. 4. , , , ,,
Service crowning the summit ofj. ,^ , t e
the high sand ridge is a note-i*^^”^ ^^s
worthy landmark. The plot for ^ ’ 4.1. 4. . ,
the tower was donated by the
late Paul T. Barnum. Carolina Tel
ephone Co. a part of the con
tract was that the company should
furnish good and efficient service
as the grojvth of the town de
manded. Thusly the citizens of
the town and the subscribers
have a right to demand good ser
vice and to expect to get it, or
know the reason why.
It is obvious that at least 75
per cent of our trouble is caused
by the sorry wages paid to the
telephone company’s employees.
Among the many things to
claim Congress’ attention are
measures which would designate
26 different days for observance.
These include “Old Folks Day”
and “National Arthritis Day”.
Clair Luce, of Connecticut, has
introduced a bill to authorize
study of employee profit-sharing
systems with the view of creating
better industrial relations. She -
said strikes can be ended only '^^® company knows the answer,
“when a fair and equitable dis- j. ^ ** seerns that profit is more
tribution of the fruits of industry I ™Poi'tant in their minds than to
is a basic condition of a just and good service. So, to the com- j ►
healthy capitalism.” Never Hatch the egg or get off
thought we’d cheer for the Luce
Connecticut against the solid
Bailey wick.
From a letter received at
Christmas by one of the many
who used to take soldiers’ in over
the week-ends;
“Every time I think back to
those days of 1942, I wonder if
Tad and I could have made the
grade if your hospitality had not
been ever present as a pick-me-
up. To use the Army expression:
Our tails were dragging many a
Friday night, but come Monday
we were back in there slugging.”
That gets framed we are told,
and put up over the family man
tle-piece, a remembrance of those
dark days, full of apprehension
for the future, full of the deepest
gratitude for the present and for
the little share that one could
have in helping to keep those fine
boys “in there slugging”.
the nest.
-L. M. DANIELS
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends
for the many kindnesses shown
us at the time of the death of our
loved one, Lorens C. Lorenson.
The flowers and every expression
of sympathy are greatly appre
ciated.
Mrs. L. C. Lorenson and Family..
NORTH CAROLINA,
MOORE COUNTY.
We heard about a lady the
other day who wouldn’t buy any
of the new A1 Smith stamps. Said
she couldn’t possibly. Reason: she
was planning to run for office on | Superior
the republican ticket. My, my! [County in his office in the
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
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• • •
Viola Dingle, Plaintiff
Vs.
Cleveland Dingle, Defendant
The defendant above named
will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been com
menced in the Superior Court of
Moore County, North Carolina, to
secure an absolute divorce; that
the defendant will further take
notice that he is required to ap
pear before the Clerk of the
Court of said
TIMKEN oil burners which can be installed in
your heating plant in one day... I should appre
ciate also your calling me for service on your
present TIMKEN burner.
JOHN C. PARRISH
Plumbing and Heating Contractor
Somebody better tell Clif Blue, [Court House in the Town of Car- _ ^
quick. We got a letter from himAhage, N. C., within twenty daysj |:
ing of a travel scholarship offer-jthe other day with a Roosevelt-from February 19, 1946, and an- ||
ed to a high school representa- stamp on it. . . the wrong Roose-lswer the plaintiff’s complaint inj|j
tive from each State for a trip tovelt. said action, or plaintiff wilLapply
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Aberdeen, N. C.