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THE PILOT—Southern Pines. North Carolina
Friday. March 16.
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Graham Gkwg In
So Frank Graham has been given a job and
one of the hardest jobs going. It would be. And
he would take it. Not for him to refuse to work
for the government for fear of fights or slander,
or the fact that the task is an almost impossibly
difficult one. Those thing^ have deterred many
ia man working for his country of late, but not
Dr. Graham.
Secretary Tobin, in announcing the appoint
ment of the new chief of defense plant man
power spoke of Dr. Graham’s “notable success
in achieving cooperation between management
and labor.” He might well have added that Dr.
Graham’s notable success in bringing peace out
of war in Indonesia as well as his recent suc
cessful handling of the Alaskan situation, mot
to mention his years of outstanding service on
the War Labor Board, make him an obvious
choice for this position.
If there is anyone who can bring order out of
the chaos that exists, it should be Frank Gra
ham. H|e has always had the confidence of la
bor, but also, while on the Labor Board, he was
noted for the toughness as well as the justice
of his decisions. He it was, more than anyone
else on the board, who held out against the de
mands made at that time by John L; Lewis and
brought the labor czar to terms.
'This appointment of a man noted for his ab
solute integrity is especially welcome at this
time whs.n the whole country has been shaken
by signs of deteriorating moral standsirds in so
many branches of the government. From the
RFC scandal touching the White House and
reaching into Congress, to the recent defection
of Republican leader Senator Robert Taft from
the ranks of the upright to become a follower
of McCarthy, the cloud of suspicion and down
right corruption has been growing ever blacker.
The Graham appointment may bring upon the
administration censure from some of those re
sponsible for the former senator’s defeat in
last year’s campaign, but to the country at large
the return to public life and the service of his
country of this man of high character will come
as a breath of much-needed fresh air.
Dr. Greiham’s entrance into the labor man
agement scene, with its clashing elements so
threatening to the nation’s safety and welfare,
brings a gleam of hope into the picture. He is a
negotiator of great and proved skill, of which
the secret may be that he has an unshakeable
faith in mankind. It seems more than possible
that he will be able to bring the warring fac
tions together.
Thus it is that Dr. Graham goes to his post,
one of the utmost difficulty, bringing to it qual
ities and experience that hold promise of suc
cess. With him go the good wishes of his fellow
North Carolinians, proud of him now as they
have been so often in the past.
Operation United Nations
We are imcertain whether the title “Opera
tion Killer” is an official one, conferred by the
armed forces on the Korean campaign or wheth
er it has been coined by the press and the com
mentators. In either case, it would seem unfor
tunate. It denotes a bloodthirsty callousness and
cruelty that, we feel, is far from representing
the feeling of Americans towards this war or
any other.
And on the other side, such a term fits direct
ly into the crazy picture the Russians are try
ing tp create of this nation as a greedy, power-
crazy ruthless giant, barbarous and brutal, en
deavoring to swallow up the rest of the world.
Our country is, on the one hand, trying to
lead the UN forces to decisive victory in Korea.
We believe that we can convince the Soviet that
we intend and are able to resist any attempt
she makes to spread further her totalitarian
rule. On the other hand, it is just as clear that
the United States does not desire war, or more
power, or territory: that our people decline to
believe that all - out war with Russia is inevit
able and that they are determined that our gov
ernment shall explore every possible avenue to
peace.
This dual role is a supremely difficult one
and the bright boys who thought up the name
for the Korean fighting have made it a good
deal harder. Whether meant as a morale build
er or as a scEirehead for our enemies, it is a
stupid idea.
War is .a killing operation but Americans have
always looked on it as a dirty business that had
to be got through with, There is nothing in our
history to show that we have shnmk from any
of its aspects. Since the days of the frontiers
man with his long rifle and tomahawk right
down to the marines on Guadalcanal, we have
hated every bit of war, but we have always
gone through with what had to be done.
It is not necessary, it is, in fact, insulting and
revolting to imagine that Americans must be
built up as brutal and bloody fighters in order
to spur them on. But that is really the least of
it; just as in a certain sense, the war is the least
of it. It’s what will come after the war that
matters, and here is where the other side of our
dual role must be considered. It won’t do much
good to win the war if we lose the peace.
Just recently Marquis Childs wired the pa
pers from India: “The remarks of General Mc
Arthur, widely printed here, saying that the
sight of dead North Koreans was good for his
old eyes, has caused highly unfavorable reac
tion.” Such remarks, broadcast over the world,
are a serious handicap to our cause, just as win
ning the peace was easier of attainment before
somebody thought up the name "'‘Operation
Killer.”
Clean Up Lots
The Army Be Coining In
It wont be very long now before this section
is taken over by the army for maneuvers. There
will be camps established here and there and
the roads will be crowded with trucks and tanks
and artillery, not to mention the jeeps skittering
about on their breakneck errands.
Our people will be glad to see all this going
on. Upon the success of these war games, as evi
dence of our power and preparedness, may well
depend whether or not 'World War IH develops
and, if that tragedy should occur, how well we
shall acquit ourselves.
Many of us recall vividly the last time the
maneuvers were held here. It was an exciting
but in some respects a difficult time for civ
ilians. Proud as we may be of being chosen as
a pretend-battlefield, we might as well get
ready to put up with some inconvenience and
possible trouble.
The likelihood of forest fires starting is great.
It seepils that oiu- fire wardens are already lying
awake nights worrying about it. It will be a
miracle if thousands of GIs, turned loose to
build fires, smoke, shoot, and generally ca
reen about, do not start a blaze, or lots of them.
Our towns, of course, will be the goal of
weekend and evening passes and we shall have
to get ourselves organized to handle the influx.
If there are as many tfoops here as reports in
dicate, parrish house and community hall com
mittees may well begin now collecting beds
and linen and cookie jars.
But motorists are liable to have the hardest
time. It is no joke to cope with an army convoy.
If it is coming at you, driving is precarious,
and if you get behind one you might as well
give up. It is impossible to pass safely and. the
seemingly endless line proceeds at the relent
lessly measured pace of those under dire orders
to arrive at their destination neither before
nor after 17.04; or whatever. Motorists might
as well start right now laying in a super store
of patience.
Having said all that we can only add that,
aside from burning up the woods, which we
sincerely hope they wont do, the army is wel
come to our Sandhills. Whether they roll up
our highways, drop down on us from the skies,
or simply show up on the porch, looking as if
a cup of coffee would be an awfully good idea,
we shall be glad to see them.
This is the time when everything begins to
take a look of spick and span, spring-around-
the-corner freshness. Pamt gleams more
brightly, yards look greener, flowering shrubs
add their touch of color. To ride around town
at this time of year is to be impressed anew
with the attractiveness of our community. It is
an extra pity, then, that the general effect
should be occasionally marred by the looks of
a few untidy lots which the owners have failed
to clean up earlier in the winter.
Bad weather or other excuses are blamed for
the presence of straggling vines and high, rag
ged broom-straw where it ought not to be,* but,
after all, anyone can find excuses and such
evils beset everybody; yet in the great majority
of cases, people seem to manage to get their
yards fixed up by Spring. So the untidy ones
may well call themselves to account and hurry
to get caught up.
Southern Pines dogs are train-
wise, and a good thing too. They
roam freely over our streets but
we have never heaird of one being
killed on the track which cuts
right through the heart of town.
Saturday morning we observed
a pooch at the corner of New
York avenue and Broad. The
morning train was standing with
its diesel nose right at the inter
section. The warmng bell was go
ing, and the dog stood still.
He looked across New York
avenue and observed an elderly
couple walking toward the tracks.
He trotted over and followed
them across, his nose right at
their heels. Apparently he knew
that if they were going across the
tracks, it was O. K. Once over,
they parted, the pooch going one
way and the couple the other, un
aware that they had done a good
turn.
Like many things that get put off too long,
the putter-offer, in this case, is going to suffer
a bit. Or not, depending whether or not he se^s
things from the proper gardener’s outlook. The
easiest and quickest way to dispose of the
scythed broomstraw and collected leaves off a
lot is to burn it. . . thereby raising a nice smell-
mg smoke but also provoking howls of an
guish from aforesaid gardeners. “Don’t you
know you must NE'VER bum leaves and grass?
Don’t you . . . poor benighted lunatic. . . know
that it makes the most wonderful fertilizer in
the world. Mother Nature’s World Famous
Guaranteed Mulch, Free to the User?”
Some do and some don’t; mostly don’t, ac
cording to indignant growers. But however that
is, the burning of trash, from now on, is strict
ly against the fire warden’s views, until things
start to grow really green and the danger from
brush fires is over. So, it’s too late to burn the
trash that has accumulated and will be added
to when those vacant lots are cleared. Never
theless cleared they should be, even if it forces
sceptics and reluctant scoffers to go in for
mulching in self-defense.
There is a town ordinance that calls for the
cleaning up of vacant lots around town. Like
most of our town rules, its enforcement is sel
dom necessary. Most of our people know that
part of their responsibility as citizens of an un
usually attractive little town is to help keep it
looking its best. However, for the delinquents,
there the ordinance is. It was adopted by the
town board, it has the backing of our people as
a sound and sensible measure. We submit that
it would be a good idea for everyone to cooper
ate in carrying it out.
Every year a good many go
from here to the annual Azalea
Festival at Wilmington, with es
pecial enjoyment of beautiful Or
ton Plantetion, the only surviving
mansion of colonial days on the
Cape Fear river. We have been
asked to publish the dates of the
Festival when the sinnouncement
came, sb here they are: Thursday,
March 29, through Sunday, April
1, at which time the famed aza
leas are expected to be at the
height of their bloom.
Beautiful Orton, built in 1725,
stands in a formal setting of box
woods, camellias, azaleas and lily-
pools on a high bluff overlooking
the river. More than 50 varieties
of camellias and azaleas grow
there.
Tom Kelly is a man who has
dreams. Several in his lifetime
have turned out, by accident or
some supernatural design, to have
significance. He dreamed once of
an error he had made in a bid
while employed in a bondselling
house, awoke early and checked
his figures and sure enough, there
was the error. He wired the com
pany not to accept the bid until
he could revise it.
Two years ago he said that,
while traveling on Cape May, he
dreamed of seeing Bill Fownes
and his brother Heinie, old
friends of some 40 years’ standing.
In the dream they passed him
with heads lowered, not speak
ing. He awoke disturbed, and de
cided to go 120 miles out of his
way to drop in at Bill Fownes’
summer home. When he reached
there he found Bill wEis not there
—^he had left for Pittsburgh early
that morning on receipt of the
news of Heinie’s death. Then last
year, of course. Bill died.
A strange coincidence—but
maybe not worth bringing up at
this late date, except that Tom
has now dreamed of two other
friends related to each other,
who passed him with heads down,
not speakmg. Don’t ask him who
they afe—he won’t tell you. But
the dream brought him into the
Pilot office last Saturday, to in
quire if we had had any bad news.
living room. . . There’s hardly al
rehearsal when one or more ^
would-be spend - the - nightersj
don’t appear at the door, and|
stand open-mouthed while they
observe the antics of what must
look like a large and utterly crazy
family.
One night the cast looked up to
observe a stranger who- had enter
ed unseen, closed the door and
stood there for no telling how
long, during that mad scene in the
second act when one character is
posing, another painting, another
dancing, another playing the
piano, others shouting at the tops
of their voices. . . Things slowed
down as the cast stared at the
stranger; he stared back, gulped,
flung open the door and fled into
the night. ^
With Our Students; Robert F.
McLeod, son of Dr. Vida C. Mc
Leod. is on the dean’s list for the
sprmg semester at Duke. Alton
Blue, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carson
Blue, a sophomore at ECTC,
Greenville, served as electrical
technician for the production of
Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town”
recently given at the college—a
responsible job, as the play uses
no sets and depends on lighting
for its effects.
The Sandhills Women’s Open,
to be played March 24-26, wiU be
the first to bring women profes
sionals to this golfing community
. . . However, in 1928 Mrs. Fran
cis T. Keating originated the idea
for the Pine Needles. . . It was
the year the Pine Needles open
ed, and while none of the women
professionals of that day were
able to attend the tournament,
Mrs. Keating deserves the credit
for having been the first golfer to
propose and establish a Women’s
Open, according to the views of
Bob Harlow, publisher of Golf
World.
The event was won by amateur
Virginia Van Wie of Chicago,
who defeated Glenna Collett in
the final at the 20th hole.
Women’s professional golf has
developed greatly in the interven
ing years, and many topnotchers
in this field will be on hand for
the Women’s Open benefiting the
Red Cross, to be played the first
day at Pine Needles, the second
at Mid Pines and the third on
Pinehurst No. 2.
We don’t know what is going to
happen to the Frank de Costas’
tourist business, nor what sort of
reputation their Southern Pines
Cottages is getting up and down
the highways. . . Rehearsals of
the zany play ‘"You Can’t Take It
With You,” have been going on
nights for, some time in, their big
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
L. T. Newcomer, who celebrated
their 51st wedding anniversary
Sunday. . . . That is a rare and
wonderful achievement. . . We
wish them many more happy
years in our midst.
If The Pilot’s classified ad de
partment can keep on matching
up losers aind finders, as we did
week before last in the case of
Diana Pearson's bicycle, we’ll be
mighty happy even though it
loses us some ads.
A. R. Preiss phoned Saturday
to say he had a pair of glasses,
apparently a child’s, with extra
strong lens, which were found
near the corner of Rhode Island
avenue and Ridge. . . Chances are
a distrait parent will be in to ad
vertise the loss. . . We hope to re
port next week that, thanks to
Mr. Preiss’ thoughtfulness, some
nearsighted kid is wearing his or
her specs again.
We can imagine nothing so use
ful to the owner, nor so useless to
anyone else, as a pair of special
glasses. . . Unless it’s a set of
false teeth.
The philosopher Immanuel
Kant concluded that each person
ought to have two aims in life:
(1) to make himself perfect, and
(2) to make others happy. People
run into aU sorts of trouble when
they try to make themselves
happy and make the other fellow
perfect.—Greensboro News.
If you’ve ever wondered awe
somely at the person who finds
time to read a couple of books
each week and at the same time
leads an exceedingly busy life,
vou needn’t wonder. The fellow
has a system for harnessing time.
There are many like him.
Linda Roberts recently outlined
in the Boston Globe her 10 points
on “How to Get Time to Read a
i^ook.” Here they are:
1. Talk less.
2. Carry a book in your bag.
3. Put a book under your pil
low at night; if you can’t sleep,
read.
4. Wake up 15 minutes earlier
every morning and read.
5 Keep a book handy to pick
up in the kitchen, bathroom, on
the dresser, telephone stand.
6. Have a book ready when
meeting unpunctual people.
7. Take along your own book
when going to the dentist, doctor,
lawyer, hairdresser. Why read
their old mtagazines?
8. Keep an unread book in your
car in case of traffic jams, or a
wait for repairs.
9. Never go on a journey with
out a book; you might not like
your seat-mate.
10. Remember that a book in
the hand is worth two in the
bookcase.
In Bygone Days
From the Pilot files:
TEN 'YEARS AGO
Bill to extend city limits of
Southern Pines is killed in comT
mittee during closing days of
State Legislature.
Robert Bailey is winner in
American Legion high school ora
torical contest.
Season in full swing—Sandhills
race meet, Pinehurst horse show.
Southern Pines hunter trials.
North and South Open, Women’s
Mid-South Golf Championship at
Southern Pines Country club and
polo match at Pinehurst all on
xhedule for week.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Theft of 15 golf balls by two
mung colored boys provides
Southern Pines’ new municipal
•■ourt with its first case.
Fox and drag hunting season
';loses for Moore County Hounds
and Verner Z. Reed pack at Pme-
hurst.
James Tufts and John Hemmer
start museumi of local antiquities
and novelties at Pinehurst, with
Indian artifagts being the first
items placed therein.
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