Editorial and Opinion
Program For Defense
“The prime purpose of government is to protect its citi
zens from aggression - both physical and economic
The quotation is a part of the basic philosophy of the
NationaFGrange, as expressed in one of the three Grange
Gdideposts, adopted nine years ago. Gross, Master
of the National Grange, in the current issue of applying
that principle in the present emergency.
• His analysis of the events and forces which led to the
conflict in Korea point clearly to the task before all de
mocratic nations if they are to survive the threat of com
munist infiltration and aggression. He sees the war in
' Korea as but one phase of a conflict that has been in the
making for over a hundred years.
“Communism, with its atheism and cruel materialism,
has constantly maintained that it could not live in the
same world with capitalism, democracy and Christianity;
that one or the other had to survive; and that its destiny
lay in promoting revolutions so that Communism might
rule the world,” Goss asserts. “Suddenly it has become
unmistakably clear that if nations are to be permitted to
live in freedom, Russia’s course of world aggression must
be stopped.” < :
The biggest mistake we can make, Goss says, jfs to fail
to recognize that this is a world war in every sense. Even
if the shooting should be confined to Korea, the struggle
will go on, both on the ideological and the economic fronts/
he thinks. “Make no mistake,” Goss declares, “we are at war
on the military from, the economic -front and the spiritual
front, and we must be prepared on all three.”
Goss outlines an 8-point prrogram for sound national
defense. '
“i. We must rebuild our military might to repel future
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We must develop a sound tax system. There must he
no war profiteering. ■ • ^
“3. We must finance war’s cost as far as possible from
current taxes requiring art austerity program both per
sonal and governmental. - *
.“4. We must allocate critical materials, by compulsion if
voluntary means fail S
“5. We must attack inflation at its source through re
lation of supply of money to goods.
“6. We" must have rationing when supply of goods be
comes short. /
"7. We.most control prices, supplemented by rationing
if rationing alone fails to prevent profiteering.
“8. We must, if necessary to prevent inflation, control .
wages, prices and profits together, across the boardi”
Gross advocates that the first five steps to be taken at
once. Future policy concerning use of the other steps should
he determined, he thinks, through close collaboration of
Congress and the Executive Branch. Congress, he points
out, is-still our policy and lawmaking body, directly re
presenting the»people, and should constantly keep control
to make sure that its will is carried out.
“Where special powers are given the President to act
.m order to avoid delay,’’.Goss declares, “Congress can and
should maintain it^ Constitutional responsibility in two
- ways: 'First, -every Special transfer of power should be
dividually revokable by the Congress by a simple majority
vote of each house; second the Congress and the President
should work in the closest harmony on all things.
“Such close cooperation could be materially advanced
by providing a bi-paitisan liaison committee chosen with
out regard to seniority for frequent contact with the Presi -
dent. Such a committee cpuld be of inestimable help to
the President with the termendous responsibilities on his
shoulders when so many grave decisions have to be made.
Let us not abandon our belief in democracy either un
der stress of warDT in the formulation of peace policies.
Let U6 rather strengthen it and develop practical ways of
making full use of it so that we can combine the guidance
of the representatives of the people with the quick decisive
ness of the Executive on detailed operations so frequently
necessary.”
Better Safe Than Sorry
Tobacco is selling again. And selling high.. Higher than
in many, a yeas. The average for ^season as a whole *
probably will set a new recorcfT Y.
That means money will flow freely in these parts.
That means also, that the confidence man, the trickster,
and the thief will be sneaking around looking for ways to
separate some some of us from some money.
' Police officers know that each tobacco season brings at
» least a couple of confidence cases or thefts.
- With money freer, we are liable to grow careless in
handling it and to fall for some slick scheme,
r* n is a Sco<f idea not to give much credence to some story
told by a person you do not know.
It s a good idea not to he carrying around in our pockets
[large sums of money. If we do someone of us is going to
he very sorry about losing a roll by accident.
The bank is the safe place for any sizable amount,'of
money. The quicker that money gets into a bank, the safer.
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TEE NEWS of. Orange County
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PRESS COMMENT
You’ll Agree
People Funny
■v WE WONDER '
(Chatham News, 8iler City, N. C.)
The guy who coined the phrase
“people are funny” had a hatful
of wisdom although we doubt that
he ever received,, credit for same.
Because people ARE funny...
particularly in emergencies... but
their antics are not calculated to
make anyone laugh.
Despite broadside protestations
by folks who shoud kb(W that
there are no real shortages, these
“funny people” are rushing to the
stores to buy up supplies of things
far beyond their normal require
ments.
We wonder how they feel about
their hoards of food when they
read the headlines and stores
about the young Americans in a
thin line, who are fighting and dy
ing in Korea . . .fighting and dying
for a principle.. .that America
shall remain free and that some
semblance of this freedom shall be
accorded other peoples who yearn
for it. _-_%_
F.rankly, we’d choke on every
morsel if we knew that the food
we had hoarded was depriving
anyone.' v -
But hoarders don’t care.. .be
cause they are ‘funny” people._
They’re so ‘Tunny” that they’d
make contributions to an unbal
anced economy in wartime by do
ing things that the Commies want
them to .do.. .so that people who
wdrkTfor salaries and wages won’t
be able to make ends meet.
They sure are “funny” —and, io
some countries, where such “hu
mor” is never tolerated they’d ■
be taken out and shot like com- ]
mon criminals, i
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Wise Or Otherwise
He who runs may read things
about himself he never suspected.
—'Dalles News.
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Revised for the trailer age:
“What is home without a motor.”
—St. Louis Star-Times,
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A psychologist is a person who
uses $2 words to explain a failure
caused by laziness- —Buffalo News.
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It’s no wonder the underworld is
so rotten when you observe the
kind of important citizens it. pals
with. Chico, Calif., Record
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Civilization is the condtition in
which one generation pays the last
gener ation’s debts by issuing: bonds.
for the' next generation to pay. —•'
Troy Record. *
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AN ANSWER, GOVERNOR
You p>obably Heard about
Governor Scott recently ful-’
' filling a childhood dream when
brought a bunch of Shetland
ponies. They’re down at hit Haw
River farm and he’s planning
-to- raise* Them; ~~ —y■
One little nine-year-old glrl
- Gwendolyn Burgess of Balley
- heard about It, too. Last week
she wrote the governor and
wanted to know how long It
would take her to buy » pony
from him at the rate of 90c a
‘Week... .- "• - • • ■
She said she got a ^dollar a
week allowance, but gave a
tenth of It to her church so 90c
a week was all she could spare.
“I thought,” she wrote, “by
the time you had some ponies
to sell, I might have enough
money saved up to get one.”
The governor was out of town,
but the pony-cost question was
waiting his return.
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North Carolina has more than
600 historical markers along its
highways.
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•North Carolina has the only
known trout stream reserve^ for
ladies only. It is Neel's Creek at
the base of Mt. Mitchell, loftiest
peak in Eastern America.
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Driver’s license examiners is
sued a total of 47,492 licenses
during July, the North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehicles
says. **
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Fort Raleigh, on 'the site of the
first English settlement in America
on Roanoke Island, North Caro
lina, is being reconstructed by
the5 Natinoal Park4Service. ... J.
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by Ralph Stein
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A CHAW AT LATIN...
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Letters To The Editor
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The Editor, ’ ~ **
The News of Orange County
Hillsboro, North Carolina
Dear Sir: *
In a front page story in last
week’s News of Orange County
Sheriff Latta is reported as having
“Looked over tfte list of August
recipients of Welfare Funds...”
and of having pointed out two
instances in which assistance al
though the prisoners had been re
leased and were able to support
their families. The General Statute
of North Carolina, Section* 108-59
makes it unlawful, except for pur
poses directly connected with ADC
for any pefson to disclose.... any
list of .... persons receiving ADC.
I find it difficult to believe that
Sheriff Latta has violated the
statute,, since if he had obtained
his information odirectly from the
Welfare’ Department Tie ’would
have found that it was not in
accordance With the facts. Neither
person cited by the sheriff received
a grant in August. The family of
one of the persons cited did re
ceive support for his children
while he was in prison since the
laws of the nation and the State
of North Carolina make provisions
through Welfare Funds for chil
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dren who are deprived of parental
support. When the father in this
case was released from prison the
Welfare Board terminated the
grant according to the statutes.
Also untrue was the second case
cited, who according to the sheriff,
“has been nicking the Welfare
Fund for $45.00 per month since
he was released from prison.”
Again under our State and Federal
Statutes, County Welfare Boards
are directed to find eligible for
ADC only those families in which
breadwinners are absent, dead, or
physically or mentally unable to
support their fwnilies, When chil
dren of this man received a
grant, which Was for the months
of March, April, May, and une,
1950, the man was in bed with-a
heart ailment so diagnosed by a
Hillsboro doctor, his wife wasin
bed with pneumonia and the fami
ly needed financial support. When
he recovered from his attack, Wel
fare Board terminate^ the grant.
Very truly yours, .
Mrs. Jearj M. Heer
„.' Suptfintendent
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0 Raleigh — North Carolina’s
Earned 30th Division of the Na
Itional Guard can expect a tap on
the shoulder from Uncle Sam by
October 1, according to a report
here. ■ *
Most of the guardsmen here
about had breatHed a little easier
when thcy heard a Tennessee com
bat team of the 30th had been
called up. They figured that meant
the division as a whole would be
well down the list.
Your Capital Reporter hears via
the grapevine, however, that the
30th is high on the list and can
expect a call to active duty be
fore the football season gets out of
its diapers.
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Other Washington gleanings via
Raleigh: t
Deferments , for married will
soon end. The entire deferment
policy will be spelled out more
clearly when government leaders
set the balance between industrial
and military needs for skilled per
sonnel.
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of re
venue uritil he backed the loser
Charley Johnson in the last gov
ernor’s race, is slater for the job
of U. S. Collector of Internal Re
venue for North Carolina.
The present collector—Charles
H. Robertson--is expected to re
named to the federal post, with
headquarters in Greensboro, be
fore the end of the year.
Gill was in Raleigh last week,
reportedly lining^ up support for
the job. _ ... ■ •_
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Here’s some behind the scenes
dope on Governor Scott’s second
visit with Oscar Chapman, secre
tary of interior, Tuesday in Wash
ington. _ ' _ _
As you know, the goyernor took
along a delegation of some 19
State officials and other big shots
to meet v^ith Chapman, the State’s
senators pnd' congressional delega
tion to get. a picture of North Caro
lina's power potential.
Governor Scott has been holler
ing about a shortage of power in
the State for some time now. Two
weeks ago, on his first visit with
Secretary of Interior Chapman,"
the governor found out that North
Carolina was behind other states-,
-even those of the South—in pow
er output. This has resulted, he
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Light Company territory,”
Yet, less than eight months from
that day Sutton authorized an «
Iargement of the Lumberton plant
then less than a year old. *
Some folks now-are asking this
question: Is there a shortage o'
power or a shortage of vision?
Someone' needs to shed a ii;n>
light on the question. '
The prc--campaign .jockeying f<*
the 1952 gubernatorial race is
taking some funny twists. Once
beaten Charley Johnson a. Char
lotte resident less than a year and
seeking nomination as a -western
er”. is gaining favor with the OB
Guard.
Capus Wavnic k, Governor
Scott’s- campaign manager and a
cat* with nine: lives, politically
speak.ittg, reportedly’Tis trying to
make up his min^ which way to
jump; He’s made no secret of the
fact that he .-jvoqlfj,, like to be
governor. But "ffe’s' been hearing
storiei about Scott losing favor and
may>decide to cut away from the
Scott camp completely. In the past,
he has alwayg landed pfi his feet
when he jumped the traces—and
he was in town last week testing
the wind to . see which way to
jump.
Another opinion sampler, Sec
retary of State Thad Eure, re
portedly getting ambitious, too, no
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