Editorial And Opinion
“With our present knowledge, there is little excuse
Qr justification for dumping raw sewage in any stream
today."-—IV. A. long Jr., chief engineer of the XortIt
Carolina Stream Sanitation Corn nut tee, Stale Board of
Health. / ' .
Measuring The School Teacher
Can you measure limy good a job a schoolteacher is do
Can you measure it accurately enough to pay those doing
an exceptional yii ne job more .than those doing just an a vet
age job? ,
ThF New F.nglrtid School Development Council alter
a nine-year survey that contacted more than 3.000 New hng
laud teachers believe? the quality of a teacherwork t an be
measured act uratelv enough' to base salaty considerations on
it. _ - , . ■ .
They hcviTcbme up with a carefully worked out merit
salary program that, if widely accepted, might revolutionize
teacher salary scales and make jxissiblc paying top caliber
teachers wages in the SN.obo bracket. Hope, stub a plan
could.go f; t in attracting more people to teaching—especiafty
professional, and executive level talent.
However, the proposal tuns counter to widespread think
ing that paying a teat her more for doing an exceptional job
instead of just for long years t>f servile or years- of training
raises havoc with school morale.
.Only ; ...sprinkling of communities now have any sort
of merit salary plan. ^ .
Almost everywhere public schoolieat hers salaries depend
solely on length of service and whether the teacher has a mas
ters' or simply a bachelors' degree.
I Ills subject of teacher standards and leather salaries is
one--which deserves serious and continuing study for it is
the mix of many of the most demanding problems faced in
education in this set t ion today. It deserves-the best effort sof"
our best minds both’in the' professional education and lay
fields. — y*\": ■ X . —
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No Plain-Clothes Highway Cops!
The Safety Counc il of Arlington County. Ya., recom
mends as sec ret weapons-in the war on speeders, two unmark
ed police cats, manned by officers in plain clothes. They
should not. said the Council, make arrests, hut should-radio
ma. keel police cars to perform this duty. I lie Northern
"branch of AAA approves.
f ile use ol sneak'' polit e t :11s 11 >c tub highway slaughter
is being debated in mam sections ol the country’. And while
it is understandable that most policemen would rather work
openly, we believe the unmarked cars are justified by con
ditions.but. the officers who Use them .should be in uniform
. *. . unless we want to provide a set-up lor highwaymen,
car thieves and assorted thugs to pose as constables.
PlainWJothy.s highway police would add gruesome new
risks for all who chive.
Autos Can't Think , , v
A House c.r Representwrtits Sulxonimittee on TWlTTfr
Safety is t ■ a p.gpiisiug new Congressional approach to
an old pinbkm.
In ..cad of just orating about, highway safety, these Con
grcs-inen have been getting about the country finding out
what has been done about it. what is being done—and, ol
course, what remains to he done.
They visited, among cithers, the people who design and
manufacture our cars and trucks. If anv of the Congressmen
felt that the matudartitrers It; ve been ipdillerent t,*> the
safety question, their eyes W ere opened.
For as they were reminded bv one company’s v ice presi
dent in eh arge of Fngiurering Staff, the auto men have a deep
personal ■interest in salefv in' addition to their 'professional'
and business interest.
“Don't forger.'' they were told, “that we drive these c ars,
too. Out wives chive litem. Our children tide in tltem. " .
In pi; ms. proving grounds and laboratories the Con
gressmen saw demonstrated the results of the never-ending
efforts of, huge expenditures ol the auto industry to build
siVfety into its products.
They saw not only what has been adopted, but—equal
ly important—wliar has been rejected, l itis includes some
' solutions'' advanced by people who devote more emotion
titan thought to the problem.
For example, some argue that cars should be equipped
with engine governors to limit top speed. •
Tyouble is. the governor also limits what may be life
saving acceleration—a disturbing fac t tiny* will not soon be
forgotten bv the Congressmen who rode in a governor
equipped Oldsinobile as it pulled across a road at the C»en
eral NIotcirs Prctv ing Cbettind in the face of oncoming traffic.
They made it. of course—but narrowly enough to' provide
food for tholight. T , ^ ~ — w
The attio engineers also_cleimuuuateil that the increased
horsepower of modern cars lias raised top speeds only slightly
while providing big safety dividends in aca elerat ion. - per
formance, and responsiveness to driv^cpntrol.- '
And speaking of driver control, isn't that the really
crucial front in the highway safety campaign? The auto j:bm
panies evidently believe so, judging by the extent ol their sup
port of driver education programs.
We Itope the the Subcommittee gives proper thought to
this vital subject in preparing.its rejx>rt.
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Senate. Democratic Gov. Frank
Lausche seems to be ahead of
Incumbent Senator George Ben
der in Ohio, Douglas McKay is
said to be running behind Rc
pibiican-turned-Dsmoci.it .Way.e
Ai rse-in Oregon. ' %
It still lpoks as if Eisenhower
will win, all 1 ght, but the battle
is not nearly as one-sided as it
appeared back in the summer.
TOO BUSY?.:.. Down around
Reeky Mount — and in certain
oih r areas of the State as well
—they are’quietly pushing Tom
Pearsall for Governor.
Said he last week when asked
about it: “I'm not running for
anything but staying here* and
doing what I like.”
He sounds Hke he’s practical
ly a candidate already.
COUSINS ... Two first cous
ins made news last week—ope,
unannounced,in Rzifeigh. And" the
other from the headlines in Win
ston-Salem.
Santford Martin, J-r., who came
_ here from Gardner. Webb College
about six years ago as public
relations man for the Alcoholic
Rehabilitation Program artd who
has been for four years special
writer for State College Founda
tions, etc., is going with the
American Potash, Institute in
Washington. D.C., on December 1.
His salary, though unannounced,
will run. intA^ five jigures , r.-it
sayshere.
The younger; cousin of Martin,
W. Z Wood—Winston-Salem at
torney—made the big news at
the YDC meeting last weekend
in a nip-and-tuck battle with Bill
Smith of Raleigh for national
committeeman. He won; 406 to
400.... after a parliamentary
knock-down-drag-out which saw
Raleigh's next - door neighbor,
JFrapklip Qounty and l^ouisburg
CC’rcge, finally throwing the r
votes, and the victory, to Wood.
WRITING THE GOVERNOR . .
Probably no Governor in recent
years has received as much spon
taneous mail as Luther Hodges.
Maybe you would like to write
him. It's no trouble Just sit
right down, take pen in hand,
and' address Soar letter to: “Tft’S
Honorable Luther H. Hodges.
Governor of North Carolina, Ral
eigh. N' l- '
Don’t do like Bill Sharpe tells
you on the last page of the Oct.
6 issue of The Stat? magaz. ne
He says if you want to writs
“Luther M. Hodges and want’ to
be precisely correct, yrite to
“The Honorable Luther M. Hod
ges, Governor of North Carolina.
Raleigh, N, C.”
Well, now if you really want to
be precisely correct, , better use
"H" as the middLe initial instead
of “M". The Governor will prob
ably get the letter either way.
On, the inside, you should begin
the letter: “My dear Governor”.
Incidentally, even though he
soon will have been a resident
of Raleigh for two years, Luther
H. Hodges' name is not listed in
the Raleigh telephone directory.
The Governors’ Mansion is TE 2
4468 - -
The Governor's office telephone
is listed under the Capitol Cir
cuit TE 4-3611. Tell the operator
you want that nAmber. When it
rings, tell that operator you
want the Governor's office.
Y~u may get him, but here's
a hint... he’s easier to write
than to get on the phone. If you
want to call any State office here,
first call for Temple, or TE 4
3611. • -
“AMUNKS” ... Since Bill
Sharpe’s readable magazine g )t
us off on Raleigh names and
telephone numbers, we should
report on an interesting little
item in the current issue of his
publication.
In his Watauga County issue,
he tells hAr Three Forks Bap-,
tist Chur A is situated about
three miles east of Boone. Th:s
was the church of Jesse Boone,
brother of Daniel. Bill tells how
one entry, of around 1800, re
lates that Jesse Boone had been
heard to use profane; language
and as a consequence he was to
be considered “no longer amunks
us.” - ..
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Other Editors' Comment
A Good Newspaper
The Concern Of All .
4, The fact that this is National
Newspaper Week probably means
little to anyone other than we
dedicated souls that spend long
weary hours trying to produce
the news and advertising that
makes up your newspaper.
It should not be like that A
good newspaper is the concern
of everyone from the subscriber
to the biggest advertiser. The
subscriber may apend his time
telling the world what he does
or does not like about his news
paper, but his time would be bet
ter spent telling his editor what
he thinks. Constructive criticism
helps everyone. Although we are
not of the school that feels a
subscriber should dictate the pol
icy of a newspaper.
• *~* Newspaper advertising will pull
community business up by its
bootstraps figuratively speaking.
. During a newspaper strike in
Detroit last Christmas. It was isT
timated that retail sales fell $35,-'
OQO.OOO. ^The estimate was made
by the Michigan State University
business --*■ research department
and didn’t, include the loss of
the newspapers and their erii-"'
plovers. The strike lasted 4 days
and with the loss of the news
papers added, it cost Detroit bus
inessment one million dollars,, a
day., ' * .
Newspaper advertising is an
essential part of any going, busi
ness operation. It is never miss
ed, nor are its effects felt unt 1
it is not available. It is no
panacea or cut and dried affair.
There is nothing mysterious or
magical about it, Tj'ut if 't is used
correctly, tt brings results that
are felt in the cash register. It
.cannot improve a business or a
product, but can only s.how it
in a metre; favorable light, ft must
«be repeated time and time again,
m'nth afiVr'month to get results *
• National. Newspaper Week and
evfcry week. subscribers and ad
verfsers alike, could, do well to
pause for a "second and try- to
visualise life without a news
pap?r. The results wauld be dis
astrous, to say the least.--Hert
ford County Herald.
SENATOR
SAM ERVIN
•JAYS a
WASftlNf(JvrpN — Recent Con
gresses have seen a close num
erical division between Demo
crats and. Republicans.
. Close Divison
The general election on Nov.
6, 1956, will determine the make
up of the Senate for the next
two years. Of course deaths and
resignations can change the po
litical complexion of a Congress
when the balance is so close.
Recently I studied a pamphlet
on information about the politi
cal division of the Senate dur
ing the past century The facts
were interesting.
A Century
The 34th Congress took its
seat in 1855. The nation had a
total of 62 Senators at tint time
compared with the present 96
(two for each state in the Union).
Of that total. 42 were Democrats,
15 were Republicans arid 3 be
longed to other -parties. The
* high water mark for Democratic
* Senators was in the 75th Con-'
gress (1937-39) with a total of
75; that Congress had 17 Re
publicans and there were-4 Sen
ators listed as-belonging to other
parties, i .
/ Lowest Ebb
Democratic Senatorial; power
was at its lowest ebb with only
11 members in the period of the
War Between the Slates and Re
construction; it was in the 41st
Congress that the Republicans
had 61, seats, and they also
reached their maximum of 61 in
the 60th Congress from 1907 to
1909 At the latter date there
were 29 Democrats in the Sen
ate.
Recent Division
The last Congress to show a
considerable political division
was the 81s.t (1949-51) with 14,
mare OemoeraK than Republi
cans. Since that time (the 82nd,
83rd and 84th) the political di
vision has been very, thin numer
ically. And when the t1 me came
to organize the Senate it was
necessary for each political party
to have every member pres’nt.
I will not discuss the political
division of the House of Repre
sentatives except to say that the
present division shows 232 Dem
ocrats and 203 Republicans
' The last ( me eith '"wh-dy of
C ngress .was organized due to
death was in the 72nd Congress
(JTR31-33) when the " House was
organized by Demorcats.
Chips Are Down
It can be seen that, as a* con
sequence of the close political
division, in the Congress', no ef
Garden Time—
- Robert Schmidt
,In North {Carolina, late fall is
the best time to transplant shrubs
or set new fruit trees. The win
ter rains will settle the soil
-t*
around the roots, and the plants
will be established before the
h:t weathej- of next spring comes
along.
Deciduous shrubs and trees—
those that lose their leaves as
soon as cold weather arrives— .
may be transplanted as soon as
they ha've lost most of their
-leaves. They are usually dug up
with bare roots..The roots must
not be allowed tq dry out while
the shrubs are wailing to be
.transplanted:
It 'is not uncommon to see a
person drive out into the country,
dig up dogwood ' trees in the
woods, tie them to the running'
board of The car vviff^h j iproleei
lion f r the roots, drive bark
home again, and. with the roots
thoroughly^ dried out. transplant
them in the yard: Such a plant
has very little chance to live.
Evergreens are Usually trans
planted with a ball of earth
ground their roots held in place
by a piece* of burlap, it is not
necessary to remove the burlap
in transplanting. After the shrub
is set in the hole simply untie’
or unpin the burFap around the
stem, throw the flaps back and
fill the hole with earth. The bur
l'-P willlsoon rot away. Balled and
burlapped shrubs, and shrubs in
cans, may be transplanted at any
time during the year. *■
In transplanting shrubs or
frees, dig a hole large enough
and deep enough to accomodate
the root system without bending
or crowding. Separate the top
soil from the subsoil and fill in
around the roots with topsoil. Do
not put fertilizer or fresh manure
in the hole in contact with the
roots. Pack the soil around the
roots so that no air pockets are
left. *
Thorough watering ;s advis
able.
Shrubs and frees that are
freshly dug for transplantng
probably have had a considerable
portion of their root system cut
off in the digging operation. The
tops of such trees and shrubs
should be carefully pruned in or
der la-balance the tops with the
root systems.
fort is being spared by both par-.
ties to control the Congress , it
has also developed a greater
a-.va-e: ,’ss"* of the, make-up of
Congress among the people ' ""
Not only will November 6
general election day. be imDort’
ant in the quest for the P*rsi~
deney, -but the voters will deter
mine-who will run; the Congress
for he next two years which
will be the 85th Congress.
Tar Heel
PEOPLE & ISSUEsI
By Cliff Blue . ' ' -
vjjC . This column hit the
IjjMfU&eve regarding the out
the State - wide YDC
races which culminated the 21st
annual convention held in Wins*
ston-Salern last week. As predict
ed Steve Nimocks of^ Fayette
ville won the presidency over
Tom I. Davis of Selma, and the
race for National Committeeman
was close; in fact it was a photo
finish jilSt like" the Kefauver
Kennedy race for the vice presi
dential nomination in Chicago.
B;ll Wood .won over Bill Smith.
Th? vote: Smith 400; Wood 406.
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GOOD . The YDC convention
was successful from most, every
standpoint:'’ The attendance was
and the interest, keen. Tt#
races* ftfr president ■ and national
committeeman with both going to
a vote provided plenty of inter
est; and then with a red-hot nat
ional campaign-underway the set
ting was perfect.- It appeared
that the convention v/as run
more by the young people than
some of the-past meetings, even
though quite a few of the old
heads were still active. However,
it appeared- to the writer that
that there were fewer members
of the VN- C- General Assembly at
the legislative bfeakfasf on Sat
urday morning‘than in previous
years. - — •***-Ji* -
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YOUNG DEMOCRAT . . The
YDC’s official publication is the
‘Young Democrat,’ published
quarterly w'ith Tom and Janet
Davis serving as editors and, Sam
Johnson as business manager.
The September 1956 issue was a
4 page 7-columh format. The fuir~
back-page consisted of an adver
tisement by the North Carolina
Distributors of Malt Beverages.
With sbme people the policy of
the “Young. Democrat” accepting
a large beverage advertisement
did -not sit very .well.
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8TH DISTRICT SECRETARY
.. Rumor is that Miss Jane Pratt,
long-time secretary to former
Congressman Walter Lambert
and the late Congressman W. 0.
Burgin will be named Secretary
for the 8th district office again
by A. Paul«Kitchin when he takes
over in 1957. Miss Eolith Marsh
ef Monroe and one-time a clerk
in the Washington office of Con
gressman C. B. Deane is repor-ted
as a possible member of Krtehins
staff also., Miss Pratt, by the why,
served for some seven months
as “congresswoman” from the
8th district, filling out the un
expired term of- Congressman
W. O Burgin' who died in office
in the spring of 1946. Whoever
Kitchin names for his Secretary
and office: help, they will have
big shies to Pill-for in John Lang,
Congressman Deane had one pf
th? best and most effective secre
taries in Washington when it
came to helping his. boss get'
things done.'
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HOME SUPPORT .. Whether
Adlai Stevenson wins the presi
dency is still a "very big question,
but many p:ople are of the def
ir te opinion that the .former
Illinois Governor will run much
stronger this year than he did
in 1952. A good .illustration is
that his own home-town
ily owned newspaper i»
ing him this time ii
Tne B.oom.ng.t
graph took a nautral a«ii
In North Carolina man
Democrats who f0Ur
supported Eisenhower ar
openly supporting Steve
saying that they do not
vote for either Ike or Ad
fact that the Supreme
handed down its’ integrat
ci-’on under" the prsd(j
Eisenhower’s Administrat
made it hard for many (
to follow the Repub]ican
data this tithe.
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VOLUNTARY SEGREd
• *: You catf talk abort the
Assignment Law and the
sail Amendment, and we
both of them—but to or
thinking the thing which
most to promote voluntary
gatipn -is to give the colon
pie absolute equal school
ings, and facilities. If th
pole is to be on top of the
buildings they should not
erlooked when, plans f,
colored .buildings are
drawn. ;
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CAMPBELL COLLEGE.
may have said belare th
Tar Heel history for 195J
that eduactic.i will have
chapter with reference to
education. Presbyterians I
way with seventeen comm
throughout Eastern North
Ena bidding high for thei
solidated College. Nex! cas
Methodists and they arena
ed toward two colleges fa
ern Carolina, one at Rocky
and ’another at Fayet
Campbell Colleger owned I
Heel Baptists, is now ed
on a $250,000 fund raising
in order to provide facilil
accomodate its present
ment of nearly 8(t) student
we mustn't overlook thsf
I?orest has just opened its
in its new Winston-Salen
tion.
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SHORTER PROGRAMS..
Larkin’s goal to held th
gressional rallies with*
hour’s limit is most coa
able. We have always tl
Ling programs more borin
winning. Ninety-five pen
those attending the congre
rallies arc sold for the
cratic ticket from top to'I
. else they would not be
But the rallies are essenti
g utd.. They generate entht
in the leaders and thrmlj
press and other news im
have considerable inliuet
those less polilically-mindi
home. The -streamlin’d ft
should tend to cause
crowds. As a rule the *
usually increase as the talii
held nearer election day. <
course to the growing iiha
Ihe candidates and the is
“IIow did you overslwi
morning, Betty?" asl{e(* ^
sonnel manager.
“Because there are eight
in the house, and the alart
set for seven." replied the
girl.
Hometown Mirror
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