Page TWO THE PIIX)T—Southern Pines, North Carolina THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1962 Southern Pines ■LOT North Carolina “In taking over The Pilot no changes are contemplated. We will try to keep this a go^ paper. We will try to make a little money lor all concerned. Wherever there seems to ^ an occasion to use our influence for the public good we will try to do it. And we will treat everybody alike.”—James Boyd, May 23, 1941. Happier Next Christmas, Mr. Nash! We print below a sad lament by Ogden Nash, which will doubtless ring a kindred note in many a fond parents heart. But there was one item left out, it seems to us. Tell us, Mr. Nash, didn’t you end up having a big time with all those presents yourself? Even to the un-Christmassy point of not allowing the kids to even touch those trains-and-all that Daddy had so delightfully put together? April Yule, Daddy! Roses are things which Christmas is not a bed of them Because it is the day when parents finally realize that their children will always be a jump ahead of them. You stay up all night trimming the tree into a veritable fairyland and then in the joyous morn you sprmg it on the children in a blaze of glory and who says Ooh . You. And you frantically point out the dictators ransom in building sets and bicycles and embarrassingly lifelike dolls with which the room is checkered, And the little ones pay about as much attention to them as they would to the punctuation in the Congressional Record, Because they are fully occupied in withdrawing all the books from the bookcase to build a house to house the pup in, Or pulling down the curtains to dress up m, And you stand hangdoggedly around because you haven t any place to go, . ^ 4. j And after a while they look casually over at the dic^tor s ransom and say: “Are those the presents. Oh. And you console yourself by thinking, Ah happy apathy, as long as we haven’t had an emotional climax maybe we won’t have an emotional anticlimax, maybe we 11 get through the day without hysterics, ah happy Ah, may th^^Yuletide indeed turn out to be the Yuletide without misapathy. ■ j. j e Ah, could this sensational lull but be permanent instead of pro tern; , , . , Ah and double Ah, if Christmas could but end at eleven A.M. ! . But it doesn’t, but the lull does, and here s something else you discover as you keep on living. Which is that Christmas doesn’t end for about two weeks after Christmas, but it starts all over again right after the following Thanksgiving. Tercentenary SYMBOL FOR THE CAROLINA CHARTER TERCENTENARY That the North Carolina legislature will convene in the new State House dur ing the State’s 300th anniversary in 1963 provides novel significance to the symbol which will represent next year’s state wide, year-long celebration. Though not until 1711 was North Car olina distinguished from the territory of Carolina, the State’s formal beginning dates from March 24, 1663. On that day King Charles II of England granted the Carolina Charter to the eight Lords Pro prietors. From the political freedoms granted in the Charter, North Carolina evolved. Two Year To Begin years later, in 1665, the first General As sembly met under the rights and privi leges stated in the Charter. Therefore, the 1963 legislature is a lineal decendant of the first General As sembly of 1665 and will enter the new State House during the year of North Carolina’s anniversary, or commemora tion of the granting of the Carolina Charter. Based on the original seal of the Eight Lords Proprietors of Carolina, the symbol has eight modified shields radiating from a central core. Although similar to the original Proprietor’s seal, the shields are represented in abstract form for easier and quicker recognition. Within the star-shaped core are the dates which give time reference to the Tercentenary celebration. At the center, is an abstraction of the new State House. The Charter Commission is urging business, professional, civic and cultural organizations to take part in the Tercen tenary. Displaying the symbol through out 1963 in conspicuous places and on papers such as stationery would assist in keeping the citizens of North Carolina aware of their 300th anniversary. Further information and instructions on how to participate can be obtained from the Charter Commission’s office at Box 1881, Raleigh. Stevenson Affair Though the National Security Council may not have been reduced (by the pu blished stories about its secret delibera tions) to the harassed, embarrased and frustrated state pictured in Bill Sanders’s cartoon on this page, the controversy of a few weeks ago—especially as it in volved Adlai Stevenson—has imdoubted- ly jeopardized the status of this centrally important group of men with the Ameri can public. Perhaps it would be better to say that the aftermath of the affair leaves the public cynical about the operations of the Security Council and disgusted with attempts to reveal its purported decisions and mode of reaching its conclusions. The Alsop-Bartlett Saturday Evening Post smear of Adlai Stevenson, a smear that was prodigiously inflated by the magazine’s handling of the article, was followed by Life magazine’s revelations that what the Post said had happened, in those fateful first days of the Cuban- Russian crisis, hadn’t taken place at all. Life credited Stevenson with helping to formulate the basic essentials of tile successful Kennedy strategy on Cuba. 'There was no question, said Life, that he wanted to trade U. S. bases for Cuban In Retrospect missile installations or that he was "soft” in any of the ways implied by the Sateve- post. When journalists of the top rank in Washington differ so radically in their conclusions and findings, the public’s con fidence is bound to be shaken. Can we assume that Life was any more right than Satevepost? Divergence in accounts of the “inside” of the Cuban crisis was not simply in matters of interpretation. In plain facts, there were huge, all-important differences. The President has made it clear that he has faith in Stevenson and was grate ful for his counsel and assistance, in and out of the UN, but the President left too many unanswered questions. Nothing ex cept his direct denunciation as untrue of whatever it was that was false and mis leading, and whoever it was who wrote the lies, in any of the “inside” articles, will ever set matters straight. This he failed to do. And the trust worthiness of certain men close to him (whoever they may be) as well as of American journalism, has taken a terri ble beating because he has not assumed this unpleasant responsibility that none but he could take. “SpeakUp,Men! AllIAsked'Por Was' Your Honest Opinion!” LAND CONSERVATION FUND PROPOSED Outdoors Not *Free* — Crisis Seen By STEWART L. UDALL Socretary of the Interior Today we face perhaps the gravest threat in history to our resources of land and water— and particularly to the once plen tiful “green acres” which tradi tionally have played a vital role in shaping the character and des tiny of America. And this is at a time when some 90 per cent of our people— turning back by the millions to the spiritual solace of the land— take part in outdoor recreation of some form. Two Problems While heartening, this vast movement to the out-of-doors presents two thorny problems: First, our people are multiplying and more people need more land, both to live and to relax; and, second, the demand for industrial, commercial, and residential de velopment for this burgeoning population is chewing away a million acres of remaining open space a year, wiping but suitable outdoor recreation areas at an alarming rate, and, at the same time, through ever stiffer compe tition for use of the land, send ing the prices for the remnants of our natural, unspoiled wilder ness and waterfront to levels swiftly approaching the astron omical. Obviously, a solution must be found. But to find it we shall have to pay a price because, for better or worse, in the 1960’s the out-of-doors is no longer free. An example of the cost may be seen in this Administration’s vig orous efforts to save needed land to preserve our wildlife. Before 1961, land acquired for Federal wildlife refuges cost an average of $12.40 an acre; in fiscal 1961, this average price rose to $69.39 an acre; while in the 1962 fiscal year —as suitable land grew scarcer— the average price had soared to $86.71. Spurred by the President’s leadership, the conservation- minded 87 th Congress took un- presedented action in setting aside three superb strips of seacoast as National Seashores at Cape Cod, at Point Reyes, near San Francis co, and at Padre Island, along the Gulf Coast of Texas. Praise from President In May 1962, President Ken nedy called the first White House Conference on Conservation since the turn of the century. At that extraordinary gathering of con servation leaders from throughout the country he said: "I can think of no more suitable effort for an administration which is concerned with progress than to be identi fied with efforts to preserve this Crains of Sand land and maintain its beauty.” Congress will act this yeeu: on a proposed pay-as-you-go Land Conservation Fund to be financed by those who now enjoy our su perb outdoor recreation areas and from recreation and land related Federal receipts. The bill establishes modest user fees for campers, picnickers, boat ers, and others who in 1961 com prised more than 300 million vis itors to national parks, reservoirs, and seashores. Revenues would be utilized by the States and the Federal Government to plan co operative and comprehensive out door recreation programs and to acquire suitable new recreation areas. Annual Pezmits Further financing for open space acquisition programs would be provided through a car permit which would entitle annual ad mission to all national parks, for ests, fish and wildlife recreation areas, dam reservoirs, and other federally financed recreation areas throughout the Nation. With sufficient public under standing and support, this is the program which, in President Ken nedy’s words, will enable tis to move ahead in 1963 toward re payment of our debt to the past— and meeting our obligations to the future. Bomb Scare Affecting Children BY PETER B. YOUNG In Raeford News-Journal Just last week I came face-to- face with a pretty 6-year-old girl child, who had a bad case of bomb jitters. This was not a pleasant sight and, of coiuse, I had to face up to the degree of responsibility I had for her condition. Various writings of mine had persuaded her parents to make some mini mal Civil Defense precautions which, in turn, considerably upset the child. (Of course, this child also watches television, which was a spook thing to do during the Cuban crisis.) Anyway, as I looked at this upset child, and thought about children in other parts of the world who have been equally up set (or worse) by preparations for bombs and, in some instances, bombs that were actually drop ped, it occurred to me again that life in the 20th century carries risks and psychological burdens that our forebears could not and would not have believed possible. I know of no military leader, politician or scientist who thinks that both the USA and the USSR can continue to manufacture nuc lear stuff without some of that “stuff’ going off—either as a re sult of deliberate choice or “accident.” I know of no military leader, politician or scientist who thinks that these two great countries can continue indefinitely in a sup- The Public Speaking Bouquets Tossed to Post Office Workers To the Editor: Right now is a good time to toss a few bouquets to overworked and underpraised friends at the post office. Think for a moment about how much of your Christmas depends directly on the services of the people who work in your postal system. Considered in any wray, you can’t get more for your money than by investing in a stamp. So let me give them our thanks and best wishes for a happy new year—that is the time they have been able to dimly sense is be yond those mountains of Christ mas boxes and acres of Christmas cards. MRS CHARLES PHILLIPS Southern Pines pressed state of conflict without some final resolution. I do know that three Ameri can Presidents have made inter mittent and haphazard pleas for a consistent and realistic civil de fense program. I do know that the nuclear trigger fingers on both sides quivered during the recent Cuban crisis. I do know that never again can American children be brought up with the certain knowledge that they are safe and secure when Mommy and Daddy tuck them in at night. American children now will know the ter rible anxiety that has afflicted the children of other lands. POEM FOR THE NEW YEAR Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages; May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust. Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. — W. H. AUDEN New Year's Wish; Peace Writing of the huge pubUc re lations budget of the military to promote more armaments and the disruptive news that promotes more armaments, Drew Pearson summed it up neatly: “The military this year has $31,000,000 to spend on public re lations to educate the country on war while the State Department is allotted only $l,5OO,O0O to edu cate the country on ways to win the peace.” Poor Peace! But must it always be; “poor” peace? Good For Man And Beast The Pilot was handed a pre scription by an eminent Fayette ville physician the other day. Written on the regulation pre scription blank it said: “Grains of Sand. . . one each week for 1 year. Take in Southern Pines Pilot. . . Refill p r n.” At the top where it says AGE, the blank is filled in with “Old enough to appreciate The Pilot.” Couldn't Make It Once more we clip a stirring tale from our favorite sheet, the Potomac Almanac. This is about a business crisis that recently took place in that town. It seems that “a do-it-yourself type gal,” as the Almanac calls the heroine, decided to stop up some holes in the walls of her stable. So she got in her tiny Cor- vair and drove down to the local gravel pit for the makings. When she lined up with the big gravel trucks to be weighed, her little car didn’t even register. But let the Almanac tell it: “Finally her turn came to move in under the huge conveyer belt that had been spewing tons of gravel into the trucks. The man peered down at her. “You lost, lady?,” he asked. “When she showed him her two burlap bags, saying she wanted one filled with large gravel and cne with medium, he looked stunned: ‘St. Peter!’ he said, “Wa’ll need a shovel! Anyone got a shovel?’ Upon which the whole automatic operation of the gravel company came to a halt while everyone looked for a shovel. “An hour later, with sacks filled, the little Corvair went poketa-poketa to the weighing- out platform. It stiU registered nothing. When the heroine tried to pay anyway, the gallant gravel man shook his head: ‘Why, lady, we spill that much off our trucks and never notice!’ ” Try, Try. Try Again ‘Happy New Year,” the phrase goes back a long time. Carolers at Christmas ended many a Noel with the hopeful voices as the next year came close. The message of peace on earth, good will among men must have seemed just as impossible, just as foolish, in those days as it does today. Then as now the world was beset by the sufferings and wrongs of human existence, with the evil of war, then as nov/, the greatest enemy. And still they knew, as we know today, that war is the result of man's cruelty to man, his bad will getting the upper hand. And so it is the second part of the angels’ message that is the im portant part. The carolers knew this as, through the years with staunch hearts they sang their enduring message of good will to all: Fast away the old year passes, Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Heedless of the wind and weather. Sing we joyous all together: Love and joy come to you And God bless you And send you A Happy New Year! The PILOT Published Every Thursday by THE PILOT. Incorporated Southern Pines, North Carolina 1941—JAMES BOYD—19U Katharine Boyd Editor C. Benedict Associate Editor Dan S. Ray Gen. Mgr. C. G. Council Advert^ing Bessie C. Smith Advertising Mary Scott Newton Business Mary Evelyn de Nissoff Society Composing Room Dixie B. Ray, Michael Valen, Thomas Mattocks, J. E. Pate, Sr., Charles Weatherspoon and John E. Lewis. Subscription Rates Moore County One Year $4.00 Outside Moore County One Year - $5.00 Second-class Postage paid at Southern Pines, N. C. Member National Editorial Assn, and N. C. Proas Aasm

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