Page Two THE PILOT. SovT^ern Pinen. Nozxh Carolina pday, January 2, 1948. THE PILOT PUBUSHED EACH FRIDAY BY THE PILOT. INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA KATHARINE BOYD - - - EDITOR VALERIE NICHOLSON ASST. EDITOR DAN S. RAY - • GENERAL MANAQER CHARLES MACAULEY - - CITY EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR .... $3.00 SIX MONTHS .... $1.50 THREE MONTHS 75 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU. THERN pines. N. C., as second CLASS MAIL MATTER. THE NEW YEAR New Year’s prospects for Sou thern Pines look bright to the Pilot. As he takes a squint from his post on the bridge, he sees several welcome signs of good things to come. There is the bus station situa tion, for instance. Long a strong advocate of a good bus station for his home town, the Pilot can’t restrain a cheer to see that both local opinion and the bus com pany now agree with him that this is a matter of first impor tance. It looks, now, as if the New Year might see a new sta tion for our bus-riding citizens and visitors. And what about the new grade school? If that isn’t about the best New Year’s present this town could have! It is getting better looking every day that it grows near completion. The town will have a right to swell with prid on the day its doors open. And while the opening of any school- house door is a matter of gloom for those who enter, there isn’t a doubt of the blessedness of the change to take place in our chil dren’s lives, when they move over to their new building. The expan sion in health, pleasure and grey matter due to take place in our youngsters during the coming New Year is beyond estimation. Then there’s the new library wing. That should be completed by spring. E. J. Austin and A1 Yeomans between them have done a wonderful, job, in the Pi lot’s estimation. The North Caro lina room is already lovely, -wen in the present rough state, while there isn’t a doubt that there will be many and many an interesting exhibit held in the little gallery during the year of 1948 and those to follow. What else? Well, today, the Pi lot spotted the most exciting scaf folding being erected on top of the Presbyterian church. It look ed to him like a steeple, and a mighty high and fine one. That’s an event of the first magnitude to welcome in the New Year. What else? Well. . . what about the wonderful new scout camps being organized and built for our Boy Spouts, one of them in ivloore County? They will surely be ded icated in the New Year. Then there’s the hospital plan ning to enlarge. That is a pro ject already on paper, and just waiting for the signal to get go ing in fact; 1948 should see the first bricks laid. Are there other things? Most likely there are. There is the gleam of promotion . . . good promotion. . . in many an eye these days and Southern Pines has never been a place to rest on its laurels. The Pilot knows that his people a/e not self-satisfied, but are always on the lookout to improve their home town in every gdod way. He likes to think he is that way himself and he wants to work with them always to make this town and this coun ty, so beloved, the best place pos sible to live in. That is a good wish on which to close the old year and open the . new one. And so he says: A Kappy New Year to one and all, ana may we work together during tig coming year and all years to C0r-,e^ fQj- tjjg good of our town, of oui Moore County and our Carolina qjjd of our nation in America ana m that farther sphere of world Fellowship into which we have been called! WILL WE MAKE IT? . The New Year is ahe..^ of us once' more. Once more Ve are looking at the fresh pages,'-pon dering what, at the -end of .i_948, will be found written on theii\. The record of the past year, is full of ups and downs, as such a history always is. Looking back on it, we are inclined to feel tht^ down-drops are steeper than the climbs upward, or perhaps that feeling is intensified, now, by the contrast with last year. For, while there have been many gains, which in moment of de pression we are too inclined to forget, it is certainly true that the place where we are standing now, the jumping-off place for this new year, seems to be at a lower level than it was when we were poised to jump into 1947. Part of the reason for that feeling is that we set our hopes for last year too high. Not in themselves, but in the time we gave them to come true. The past year was a time to be spent get ting back a bit into the stride of living, but also it was a time of pure trial and the errors that in evitably go with trials. The UN for instance, was just starting, and, though there have been many errors, our most pessimistic internationalists will have to ad mit that that mighty engine is still turning over. Its wheels are moving slowly, they certainly are not yet in proper alignment, the brakes are a thousand times stronger than the forward motive power,' but it got going and it is still going. That’s a definite up ward landing among the ups and downs of last year. There are others, among them less labor strife than ever before, far greater responsibility and true leadership being shown among the younger labor lead ers. This seems to us one of the most hopeful signs of recent times in this country. But it would be too long and too complicated a task to try to measure the hills and valleys of the past; better to take a look, now, at that flat surface that stretches before us. Is it going to climb up or down? Will our jumping-off place, for 1949 be higher than our present preca rious foothold? , There is no telling, of course. But one thing is sure: A preca rious foothold is a bad start for a sure jump. Speaking solely of our own country, it is essential that we mend our fences and strengthen our own position. Cir cumstances, over which we had little control, have thrust us into a position of world leadership. Whether we like it or not, that is where we are and we must do the best we can. It is a case of sink or swim, for ourselves and for the whole world. In itself that may be one of the best things that has happened to us, if only we can realize it and act accordingly. Americans have been slow starters. With all our boasted confidence and vitality, we have usually hung back as a crisis approached, taking action only at the last possible moment when it could not be avoided. But when forced into such a posi tion we have done well. There is no reason in the history of our country for the present lack of self-confidence. That fact should be grasped, for in taking this stand of ours for the jump ahead into the new year a knowledge of our own powers is essential. We must know where we stand, first of all. And that means taking heed of any deficiences in our country, of any weaknesses in our democracy, its leadership or its body politic. We’ve got to see that we stand firm on the principles on which this country was founded, first of aU. Next, we have got to look straight and clear at the goal we are trying to reach. It is a goal in sympathy with our traditions; and it is right before our eyes so that we cannot possibly miss see ing it. It is the goal of helping the starving desperate world to get back on its feet again, and then going in full force, to the international organization which we and all the other countries have brought into being. A big job; yes. But we’ve done big jobs before. We ourselves know that we have the power and the ability. Is the will lack ing? That‘is the challenge that faces us :'aow. There used to be an old fox hunting phrase that suits this present situation: “If you want to jump a big fence, you’ve got to throw your heart over ahead of you.” Americans have the knowledge, and the power; have we the heart? Upon the answer to that question depends what will be written on the pages of tomor row. "TO SEE OURSELVES . . In an adjoining column is the text of an address made recently by Robert H. Jackson, associate justice of the Supreme Court, at Dartmouth College. It strikes us as being as fine an Analysis of the American position as regards Eu rope and Russia as we have yet seen. Not long ago we listened to a recently returned American des cribe her experiences while vis iting friends in Europe last sum mer. She was shocked by the hunger, the misery, the despera tion. But she had expected them. But what shocked her in a pe- Wliarly personal way was a state- Uiient which she heard made many tildes regarding the American for(ces in Europe. “Inhere are many fine young men!among them,” she was told, "maiiy acts of kindness are done, but . \ . well, do most Americans get dgunk a great deal? And, is it custrfcary for all Americans, whe* Athey are seated, to place the*^ Teet on the table, and not to them down when callers If Democracy Would Succeed ... By Robert H. Jackson Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States (From a speech delivered at Dart mouth College, Hanover, N. H.) I think the premise that war is inevitable is an unprovable and vicious one. What does Russia have that we want? What do we have that a country so rich in natural resources as Russia wants? Neither has anything vi tal to the other’s existence and nothing worth a fraction of the cost of taking it by war . . . It would be wholesome, too, if we realize that we, as well as oth er peoples, are susceptible to er rors of judgment and misleading information. We are far from Eu rope, generally unversed in its history, geography, and its many languages, interests, and conflicts. Lack of understanding and inter est is easily the characteristic of our democracy most likely to lead us into jeopardy. . . . For those who believe ardently in our system and way of life, it is baffling and deflating to find so much of the liberated world, which we had thought to be our debtors, rejecting our leadership and example in economic, politi cal, moral and intellectual mat ters. . . . The prevailing American view of the choice we offer to troubl ed people is simple. It is a po litical system founded on a ma jority rule, with toleration and civil rights for minorities and in dividuals, including freedom of press, screen, radio, speech, reli gion, and assembly, and an eco nomic order of free private enter prise which in the American en vironment, has proven the great est producer of goods and wealth and the highest standard of liv ing the world has seen. Whal Is Wrong? We are just as fully convinced that Soviet leadership offers no thing but dictatorship, suppres sion, and poverty. Our citizens, viewing the choice to be as simple as that, cannot understand what is wrong with countries that re ject our beneficient and unselfish proffers to expand the area of our way of life. '\^at is wrong? In the first place, we have put Russia in a position of tremen dous advantage in dealing with timid, demoralized and war- weary peoples. They know that she has armed forces in the occu pation areas several .times the number of our own; that delay in making peace defers indefinitely the departure and demobilization of the Red Army, and that even then Russian influence will be permanently backed by armed forces near by. Counsels of pru dence and expediency are whis pered by leaders everywhere that the smaller countries must get along with Russia, even though the behavior of the Red Army makes many silent enemies. Russia and the United States pmrsued opposite policies after the arrive? The questions sounded fantas tic, but they were asked in utter seriousness and by people of dif ferent social spheres. It appeared to the American listener an in contestable fact that American soldiers acted in this fashion very very often. Justice Jackson called attention to the European confusion of mind over the American versus Russian picture, especially re garding Ametrica’ls superb per formance during the war and subsequent apparent charge of heart as shown in withdrawal of so many troops, in cessation of democratic propaganda and so forth. He urged his hearers to try to see all this from the Euro peans view-point. It seems that he might.well have added: the grave disillusion experienced by Europeans as regards the Ameri can soldier. We think with horror, and properly so, of a country in the power of the Russian army, with its brutal soldiery and its ruthless policies. Perhaps a certain sym pathy should be extended, also, to those who have to deal with our young men. Not that the com parison is fair: Europeans expect ed young Galahads of these sav iours of their country and part of their present disappointment is due to that, but we must not laugh it off. There is too much behind it. The secret trails now being conducted by General Clay are proof that a deep deterioration has taken place among our sol diers, that discipline has dropped and morale is low, while, in this civilian-recruited army, officers are too frequently unfit for the responsibilities of command in an occupation force. Here is another point where Americans would do well to modi fy the holier-than-thou attitude, so infuriating to all it touches, and to admit that far| too often we fail to practice the democracy and the idealism we so glibly preach. German surrender. The lot of Russian occupation soldiers, who live as much as possible off the land and are paid in occupatiijn marks printed in Germany, has been sufficiently comfortable so that there was no overwhelming demand among them to return home. It has been comparatively easy, as well as good for her pres tige, for Russia to maintain strong occupation forces. They Began To Doubt We, on the contrary, without waiting settlement of any of the war problems, embarked on a re deployment program. ... I wit nessed its effect on the attitude of our late enemies and our Allies. They had admired the American Army as a matchless fighting ar my. But they began to doubt American understanding of the magnitude of the reorganization that was pending in Europe, and to question our determination to stand by the really democratic forges until they could establish themselves. ... But ,most important of all, it seems to me we fail to appreciate the skill and effectiveness of the Soviet propaganda appeals to the depressed people of the world, and overestimate our own. Tyran ny and poverty, which we say are Russia’s only contributions, are not so shocking or fearful to peo ple who have never known any thing else. This is the case in Greece, the Balkans, Hungary, and the Near and Middle East. Also, our liberty and prosperity are presented to the masses of Europe in a very different light thaiywe sCe them. Opcourse, all have been impfesser'” with our productive capacity as demon strated by the war. But our mi nority problems and injustices are played up, our industrial strife is magnified and capitalized, the ex travagance and vulgarity of our wealthy are caricatured, the con flict and indecisiveness of our po^ litical system is pointed out, and, most of all, our alternating pe riods of depression and activity, deflation and inflation, are pic tured as cause of much of the world’s distress and woe. . . . We must not forget that those who dwell on the periphery of Russia are poor peoples, and with the Soviet they have a fellowship in poverty. They have been gov erned by weak, tyrannical, and corrupt governments. Upper class es have been discredited by col laboration with the Germans in many cases, or can be plausibly, if wrongly, accused of it in others. The anti-Communist forces are weak. The Soviet propaganda is skillful in identifying us with dis credited regimes and in arousing prejudices against our influence. The Soviet understands these peo ple and these tactics better than we do. ... We Can Reach Working Understanding My experience in getting along from day to day for nearly a year and a half with leading repre sentatives of the Soviet legal world, in an enterprise as difficult as reconciling our widely separ ated legal concepts into a co-op erative trial procedure and prose cution, leads me to believe that we can reach working under standings with them. May I make a few commonplace and general suggestions: We cannot appease or flatter our way to understanding. I agree fully with Gen. Mark Clark, and others, that our policy must be firm and definite. But we cannot be firm if we take weark or inde fensible positions; we cannot be definite with others if we are con- fu.sed among ourselves. We cannot hold to an intelligent and consistent policy in this dem ocratic country if we do not have a public mind open to informa tion and reason. If every public man who differs with prevailing conceptions or misconceptions is to be branded a Communist and thereby disposed of, you may as well give up the effort to keep peace. Prejudice, stimulated by passion, is the most immediate enemy of America. ‘ sian masses, but the masses If other countries who feel their lot in life is closer to that of the Rus sian people than to ours. One of the difficulties on this score is that, for propaganda pur poses among these people, our ad versaries will attach the same im portance to unofficial and irre sponsible utterances in' America as to the most carefully consid ered official ones. Above all else, we must make no threats that we are not able to carry through and ready to carry through at whatever cost. The So viet will go to any ends to avoid “loss of face” themselves, for to them it means loss of respect. If we lose face, we forfeit their re spect which, by our wartime per formance, we had won. If we once pawn that asset, we will be a long time in redeeming it. But, why go on? It was all summed up centuries ago in the Golden Rule. It is still the most valid and self-enforcing rule in our law. If we hold to it and the spiritual values it embodies, we will avoid the prayer of the thoughtless nations: “For frantic boast and foolish word Thy mercy on Thy people. Lord.” The Public Speaking The Most 'Valid Rule Peace will require great wis dom and some forbearance on our part. For instance, can we simply say that Russia must take no in terest in the kind of government that is to control certain of her border states, which again and again have been highways for in vasion of her country? Must we not appraise her claims and con duct in the light of her history and experience? . . . The Russians are a proud, sen sitive, and patriotic people. They are more easily hurt and embit tered by insult or scorn than most peoples. 'We should be candid with them, even blunt. They, themselves, have an unsophisti cated directness at times. But we must not be oversubtle, overbear ing, or disrespectful if we do not want to alienate not only the. Rus- The Pilot Southern Pines, N. C. Gentlemen: It is possible you would be in terested in an account of a rather successful activity that has been carried on here in a small way for a number of years. I refer to the work of the Moore County Educational Foundation, Inc. This corporation was formed in 1930 to take over the student loan fund activities which at that time the Kiwanis club was hand ling. At various times the Kiwan is club contributed a total of $1,- 797; $1,342.15 was contributed by individuals; $468.65 was collected from student loans previously made by the Kiwanis club. This gave the Foundation a total fund of $3,607.80. Using this fund, loans have been made to 35 different stu dents in a total amount of $7,710. These loans vary in amount all the way from $60 to $600, and all but eight have now been fully paid off. till.-'’ The Foundation has cash iitnne bank $3,379.87 and owns seven $100 series F bonds. The amount of loans outstanding total $1,490, but unfortunately it is probably that four of these eight loans to talling $1,005 will never be re paid. However, if even none of the loans now outstanding are ever paid off it will be observed that help to students has been provided in a total amount of more than twice the original cap ital and that the Foundation still has assets in cash and bonds well over the amount of this original investment. This is of course ex plained by the fact that the loans have been revolving and that the interest has a little more than taken care of the losses. For the most part, students have been conscientious in en deavoring to pay off the loans, one example of this being a loan which has been on our books 17 years and on which 68 payments have been made. Richard S. Tufts, Treasurer,Moore Bounty Educational Foundation, Inc. Pinehurst, N. C. (This is an excerpt from a let ter recently received by a friend in Southern Pines from Miss Ida M. Fishburne, English teacher at St. Stephen’s High school in South Carolina, who spent some time here this fall with Mrs. Yates of the Arcade building. 'We are happy to publish her kind words, and grateful to the owner of the letter, who brought it to us but wishes to remain unnam ed.) I liked your Southern Pines and I can understand your en thusiasm for it. ,It is unique as a resort, stimu lating and at the same time rest ful. It is enjoyable to linger in a place of this kind, which pre serves the independence of the country while it affords the con veniences of the town. A particular feature not to be overlooked at a certain stage is that it has a definite attraction for “oldies” and gives the sugges tion that they may still be in the picture. Ida M. Fishburne St. Stephens, S. C. INSTALLLATION evening. B. G. Minter, of Sanford, retir ing president, was the installing officer. Dr. R. O. Humphrey is his successor in office. HAPPY OMEN Patch’s is celebrating their 61st anniversary this week. That must make this leading Soutl first as the Hat the town ii spring. In these with peop’ same hous' town, for Patch’s ei ines store one of the been founded here, for incorporation of just 60 years ago this lays of impermanence, seldom living in the much less the same ore than a few years, [durance record is a Thomas Ray, of Robbins, was installed as a director of the San ford Shrine club for 1948, at the installation of officers and direc-f' tors held at the annual banquet meeting of the club at the Wib" rik hotel, Sanford, Wednesday Our Semi-Annual Clearance Starts Friday, January 2nd Continues through Saturday, January 10th Mrs. Hayes Shop Miss Edwards’ Kindergarten _ Enlarged With The Facilities of the Baptist Church School Iso First Grade—^With Separate Classes burs 9 a. m. to 12 Noon Ages 2 1-2 to 6 years Telephone 7982 lansportation Provided Ijandwoven AI^GLOm, tweed; BY THE YARD F
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