Editorial And Opjpion
• Guarding Against Polio?
Have you had your child vaccinated against polio? Are
you vaccinated? Are your neighbors and neighbor s children
protected from this disease? If you are in doubt we suggest
that you check with your county health department and give
your child tfris added protection now.
North Carolina’s heaviest polio period has been exper
ienced in August in a number of past years, and the leaders of
the state are seeking to protect as many children as well as
young adults as jxtssible'against polio, prior to any potsible
widespread outbreak of the disease in the state.
Failure of the people to avail themselves of the polio
vaccinations has resulted in North Carolina lagging in its
polio immunization program. :
The polio vaccine is safe, effective and is now available
in sizeable tpiantities but is useless unless injected. The-phy
sicians ol North Carolina urge every parent in the state to
ma'ke certain that their child is vaccinated immediately.
Polio vaccinations now may prevent paralysis and other
dangers in August and September. 1
A little time now to get the vaccine may mean the saving
of a life or the prevention of a life-long handicap.
An Inflationary Threat
Manv people sincerely support tfifc%t/vf^nt proposal to in
crease the federal minimum wage, and to extend it to certain
service industries, notably retailing, which have always been
exempt. They reason that anything which will improve the
earning power of people in the low-income brackets is auto
matically good.
But there is another, a very different, side to the matter
when it's viewed in tile dear light of logic. Godfrey M. Leb
har, authority on retailing, says this, in a discussion of the
potental impact of the proposal: "The substantial increase in
the cost of living which would follow any such widespread
hike in production and distribution operating costs is pain
fully clear to anyone who understands what happens when a
minimum wage is imposed or raised. Not onlv those who
were getting less than the minimum but those who were get
ting more have to be raised. Organized labor has always in
sisted that existing ‘differentials’ be maintained.
"Let us make no mistake about it. Rising costs mean
rising prices, reduced sales, curtailed production, factory lay
offs and a>U the economic havoc: involved in unemployment."
A primary cause of inflation and related economic prob
lems has heed wage increases which have not been accom
panied by compensating increases in production. Manufact
urers and retailers have no choice but to raise prices—the pro*
fits of enterprise, with few exceptions, are not big enough to
absorb the wage increases. They must also pare their em
ployment to the maximum extent possible. And the inex
perienced, unskilled low-income workers are among the most
seriously hurt.
Insanity Headlined
It is a mark of insanity that it is never recognized by in
dividuals afflicted. It must be that the same rule holds true
for a society.
todays headlines tell a story ot national lunacy posing
as intellectual ism and few detect the masquerade.
Evidence continues to accrue that Uncle Same is in sad
need of a psychiatric couch. There is the story of emergency
for the federal highway fund now in exhausted state and with
Congress unwilling to raise the gasoline tax still higher. The
national debt is bulging past legal limits again. The public
is increasingly skeptical of federa,l bonds although fiscal calam
ity is averted only by selling new bonds to refund the old.
There are few sources of taxation left untapped and the
old ones are dangerously strained. The whole picture screams
of danger, and it might be assumed that an intelligent or
even half-sensible people would heed the warnings and rush
in with heroic remedial measures, j ...:■—
Instead, the National Education Association in conven
tion assembled petitions Congress for $8 billion of deficit
and “uncontrolled” aid in the name of raising the intellect
ual level of the nation.
The picture suggests that irrationality often occurs in an
intellectual setting. ' , , . .
Who'll Be First?
A law has gone intb effect in Iowa under which elective
offices of counties can be consolidated, excepting only the
county attorney and couftty supervisors (commissioners). Any
two or fnore of the other elective offices can be merged—sher
iff, treasurer, recorder, auditor and clerk of the district court.
No one expects elected county olficia<ls to speed consoli
dation plans. But sooner or later some of them could be
brought around to the idea if the public so desired.
Consolidations can be effected only by a referendum in »
county. The petition for such a vote must be signed by voters
equal in number to 25 per cent of the vote cast in the last
previous election for the county official who received the most 1
votes. .
Some merger plans have been suggested. Creation of a
department of finance is one. It would take over the duties of
some Or all of the following officials: auditor, treasurer, as
sessor and recorder.
Iowans will not hold their breaths waiting for a major
revision of their county government system. In the absence
of a major issue, such changes are unlikely to occur -r- the
lethargy of the public being what it is in such matters.
What is needed for even experiments in consolidation is
leadership from the officials themselves. And what county oh
ficial anywhere is going to propose doing away .with his own
office? >■■, \ •
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Ervin Explains
Inquiry Off
At Henderson
WASHINGTON - The McClellan
Committee of the Senate, upon my
iecommendation, voted last week
not to Investigate the strike at
Henderson, North Carolina.
Henderson Inqutry Off
My suggestion as a member of
the McClellan Committee' was
based cm these events:
(X) The Regional Office of the
National Labor Relations Board at
Winston-Salem has handed down
a.decision in a proceeding initi
ated by the Union under the Talt
Hartley Act rejecting the Union's
claim that the management of the
mills at Henderson has failed to
bargain with it in good faith, and
the Union has announced its in
tention to appeal this decision of
the Regional Office to the NLRB
at Washington.
<2> Three Union officials, In
cluding the official having general
supervision of the strike, and live
strikers have been tried, convicted
and sentenced in the Superior
Court of Vance County, upon an
indictment charging them in sub
stance with conspiring to disable
the mills by the use of explosives.
These officials and strikers, who
refrained from testifying in the
trial in Vance County, have ap
vealed their cohvictions to the Su
preme Court of North Carolina,
which will not be able to hear or
determine their appeal for some
time.
Committee Position
The Committee has grave mis
givings concerning the advisability
and propriety of undertaking to
investigate the strike at Hender
son while these matters are pend
ing before the NLRB and the Su
preme Court of North Carolina.
The Committee is of the opinion,
moreover, that it cannot conduct
either a full or a fair investiga
tion of the strike at Henderson un
less the three convicted Union
officials and the five convicted
strikers are at full liberty to testi
fy before the Committee as to all
matters within their knowledge in
cident to the strike and that it
would substantially prejudice their
lights to call on them for such
testimony before the criminal
prosecution against them is final
ly determined.
In voting not to investigate the
strike at Henderson the Commit
tee reserves the right to recon
sider its present action whenever
it .finds that the three convicted
Union officials and the five con
victed strikers are at Ml liberty
to testify concerning all matters
within their knowledge incident to
the strike.
The Committee took this acjion
on my motion and without any re
quest whatever from the Union or
the management of the mills.
Basis For Probe
The basis for a probe of the
strike was to determine whether
the occurrences incident to this
strike indicated a need for further
Federal legislation. The Union
made a request of the Committee
for an investigation. I took the
position that, as a Senator from
North Carolina and member of
the Committee, the circumstances
were such that the Committee
should not reject the request for
a probe. I so recommended to the
Committee.
GEMS OF THOUGHT
SOLITUDE
Solitude, the safeguard of me
diocrity, ig to genius the stern
friends.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Being alone uhthoot feeling
alone is one of the great exper
iences of life; and he who prac
tices it has acquired an infinite
ly vfl'uable possession. — David
Grayson
Solitude is the nurse of en
thusiasm, and enthusiasm is the
true parent of geniu. — Isaac
D’Israeli
Solitude shows us what we
should be: society show us what
we are.—Richard Cecil
I had three chairs in my
house: one for solitude, two for
friendship, three for society. —
Henry David Thoreau
Nothing is so good as it seems
beforehand.—George Eliot
What we anticipate seldom oc
curs; what we least expected
generally happens. — Benjamin
Disraeli
We love "to expect, and when
expectation is either disappointed
or gratified, we leant to be again
expecting.—Johnson
'May I Have A Dime To Buy A Penny Candy?
Attention All Parents *
Student Guidance: How Does It Work?
Editor’s Note: In view of the
new interest in guidance and
the assignment of two guid
ance teachers in Orange Coun
ty schools this year( the fol
lowing article by a well known
educator is reprinted as a mat
ter of information.
t By DR. EDWARD C. ROEBER
Have you ever thought about
why you are working in your
present occupation? Perhaps it
was an accident — or you may
have carefully planned it to the
last detail. 1
Accidents may have worked
well for some of us. But most''
parents are not willing to have
their children’s success or failure
be an accidental thing.
, In order to increase the prob
ability that vocational success will
depend upon some rhyme or rea
son, student guidance leaders for
more than fifty years have been
developing ways in which to help
students plan and (develop careers
Because it is a difficult task to
help students make plans and car
ry them out, guidance counselors
cannot be sure of success in
every'case. There is no doubt,
though, that their work greatly
improves the chances for satisfac
tion and success in life.
The professional guidance coun
selor is interested® in helping
your child learn how to plan for
himself rather than be dependent
upon someone else to make his
plans for him. He also recognizes
that career planning and develop
ment cannot be settled in a short
period of time but, for almost
everyone, is actually a lifelong
process. New experiences change
opr interests, attitudes, goals, and
eventually may affect our voca
tional plans.
It is important that we fully
understand what is meant by the
word “career.” Research indicates
that most of us work in a series
of occupations, some related and
some unrelated to our final oc
cupation at the time we retire.
Bob White, for example, may
have begun as a car washer, then
worked in numerous auto service
stations as an attendant, before
becoming an auto mechanic and
eventually the owner of a small
auto repair shop. All of these
kinds of work represent Bob’s
career. In his case, his occupa
tions were definitely #related to
each other.
Roger Smith, on the other hand,
did niany odd jobs around his
neighborhood and worked pa»i
time at all sorts of jobs while
getting a medical degree. Most of
the early jobs were not related
but depended upon circumstances
ajd accidents. After getting his
degree, Roger became a doctor
in a small community; but after
a serious Illness, he became a^doc
tor at a university health service
and later director. Not too many ,
years passed before he became
director of research for a national
drug firm. What Will he <lo next?
it is safe to guess that it will
Have something to do with medi
cine, but in what capacity? What
- ever be does, Roger’s career i*
the complete array of all his oc
cupations.
It is important that parents
realize that a pattern of occupa
tions, or a career, cannot be pre
dicted with certainty. Two chil
dren may be alike in most ways
but react rpiite differently to the
same experiences at school or
eventually at work. In the same
way,' two students, who are very
much alike, may find economics
conditions affecting their chances
for jobs in different ways.
The key to understanding vo
cational guidance rests upon an
understanding of these lifelong
careers. The target for vocational
guidance becomes a series or pat
tern of somewhat related occupa
tions rather than a single occupa
tion, a mere speck among the
40,000 or more kinds of employ
ment in the world of work.
Vocational guidance begins
with a child’s many evperiences
and decisions while he is still in
school. It can eventually influ
ence his entry into the world of
work. Vocational guidance can al
so follow and assist in his pro
gess once he is employed, but
it is most important in his stu
dent life.
|In order to see more clearly
just how complex adequate voca
tional guidance really is, parents
might like to look at one example.
Be sure to remember that this >s
just one example — and each
child’s planning is usually quite
different.
An organized program of voca
tional guidance provides a coun
selor with special skills who
could talk over the student’s
ideas as well as those of his par
ents. These discussions occurred
many times during the high
school years and especially at
those points when critical decis
ions and? plans were important.
Whether to take college prepara
tory courses or not? What courses
to take? Or what school activities
might be beneficial.
Periodically, the student’s in
terests, abilities, aptitudes, and
achievements were checked with
tests of various kinds.)
Records of school achievement,
as well as other in-school and
out-of-school activities were kept
from year to year.
An up-to-date collection of ma
terials provided the student with
all types of .information regard
ing vxocational schools, colleges,
occupations, the armed services,
school adjustment, etc.
He was -exposed to many types
of educational and occupational
information through his regular
classes, assemblies, home room,
career days, college nights, the
school paper, and other group ac
tivities.
In findihg an appropriate col
lege, he was assisted by receiving
information, filling out applica
tion blanks, locating a scholar
ship, and other such activities. If
he had decided to find a job or
go into tjie armed services; he
would ’' have found an equal
amount (*f assistance provided
through the vocational guidance
program... ..• j .. .... .. „ .
In addition, while still in
school and after leaving school,
this individual was contacted
from time to time in an attempt
to offer further assistance in
planning, preparing for, and pro
gressing in his career.
Adequate vocational guidance
requires special knowledge and
skills. Take the above example
and multiply him by a few mil
lion—you now can sense the size
of the task ahead in guidance.
It is only good sense that a
school which helps a student pre- i
pare for some career should help
him explore, plan for, and pro
gress at that career. Perhaps the
years ahead will see less and less
schools leave vocational guidance
to chance.
Jar.k Gilmore's
Garden
Gossip
The heavy rains are causing a
great deal of “damping off” in the
garden especially among the new
seedlings. Even some of the old
sweet rocket chimps are yielding
to this gardening menace.
Morning glories love moisture
and are taking over in the bor
ders. I love these pesky flowers
and just let them climb gaily over
everything. In fact there ate njgny
weeds that I like to cultmite.
Pokeberry is one of my favorites
along with Mullier^ and Trumpet
vine.
I miss the gold finches this year,
but I forgot to plant Ragged Rob
ins (corn flowers) and miniature
sunflower seeds in the early
sping - so the (birds are going
elsewhere. Next year I shall re
member to prepare for them.
The spider lilies will soon be
with us again. They like the hot
moist weather and should flower
profusely this year. If you plan
to move these bulbs, do so right
away or it will be too late.
Pinch back Calius and replant
the cuttings for they will root
readily. ♦
Never again will I be without
Calodiums. The ones I have now
are a mass of color, and they are
so easy to grow. A little slow to
start by once they do start the
continue until frost. The insignifi
cant blooms should be pinched
back as it weakens the bulb. Isn’t
it amazing that such georgeous
foliage could produce such a
feeble^ flower? • ^
GEMS OF THOUGHT
E X PE CTa TIO N
Uncertainty and expectation are
the joys of life. — William Con
greve * V *
With ichat a heavy and retard
ing weight does expectation load
the wing of . timev^-Willia* Ma
son
Tar Heel
PEOPLE & ISSUES
By Cliff Blue
A COUPLE OF FUMBLES . , .
Jim Currie's Revenue Department
appears to have made a couple
of. fumbles which have attracted
considerable attention since the
General Assembly adjourned. First,
Jim sent out a notice to all Reg
ister of Deeds saying that a tax
on real estate transactions had
been levied by the General As
sembly, and instructing that the
tax be collected effective July 1.
Attorney General Malcolm B.
Seawell a few days later ruled
that the tax was invalid as it was
a roll call bill and had not been
passed on three seperate days as
required by the State Constitution.
Then week before last one of
Jim Currie’s revenue collectors
stepped In and collected fees from
a couple bf out of state lawyers
defending the defendants in the
famed Henderson Dynamite case,
one of the lawyers bring Mr.
Black of Alabama, a son of As
sociate Justice bf the U. S. Su
preme Court Hugo Black. Well,
a few days later, Jim’s deputy
Jim had to hand that money back.
But this is all part of the game
of trying to do a good job ad
ministering laws which are some
times not exactly clear.
INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS
. . . Two of the biggest industry
announcement made during the
past two years appear to have
fallen through, for the foreseeable
future at least. , '
In 1957 Governor Hodges an
nounced that a big industry was
purchasing a large tract of land
near Wilmington on which to build
a big plant with several hundred
to be employed. This was good
news, particularly to Wilmington
people who had been told a few
months earlier that the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad was moving
its Wilmington operation to Jack
sonville, Florida. The Wilmington
industry was to be engaged in
the productions a National De
fense item which the government,
now, no longer uses in the quanti
ties expeeted in 1957, which ac
counts for the decision not to
build the plant. We understand
that the firm which purchased the
land says it plans to Use the land
for another type, industry as soon
as possible.
About a year ago Governor Hod
ges announced that a huge atomic
reactor plant would be erected on
the Pee Dee River in Anson Coun
ty. This attracted big headlines
all over the State and the people
ir. Anson and Richmond counties
in particular .were greatly elated
over the prospects of the big
plant. This plant, like the Wil
mington one, was to provide items
in our National Defense program.
Now, we read that this plant will
r.ot be built, that the firm, Bab
cock and Wilcox has been award
ed the contract which the propos
ed Pee Dee plant had expected to
receive. Plans are for the new
plant to be located m Lynchburg,
V'a.
Many years ago we remember
the Botany Worsted Mills pur
chased a tract of land between
Aberdeen and Southern Pines on
which to locate a plant, but the
plant was never built and the land
was finally sold some three years
ago far general use.
N/ C., « few years asn i
dotfce Worsted Mills
considerable land «
a plant, but the
been built.
TTieae are some of n
why industry leaders m
ly so hesitant to make
nouncements of new
they contemplate.
GOVERNOR’S CANDj
Could it be that Govern,
candidates for Governor
tenant Governor will i
Broughton Jr., of jjj
Highway Chairman, kr
her one spot, and Voit c
Southern Pines, a C. 4
ber who was with the
in California and act
him to Puerto Rico f«
tidnai Governors Coif«
way in which young |
came to the defenses
highway program mig
him the one to carry t)
istration’s banner for
Until the Bill Rogers r
as Chief Highway Eng
Broughton's speech ki <
the Highway program I
considerable talk that
resign as Highway Cha
run for the Senate again
Jordan. This appears tol
window now, so jf yon
going to run for high offt
it will likely be for gon
more has long been n|
close to the governor,
no secret that he has bo
with the idea of running
tenant .governor, in vk
he , would in all likelihoo
ged as the “governor’s
s
BELK’S POLL . ..Be
the able, prolific andl
scribe of Goldsboro is
leasing the results of H
Tar Heel editors on their
regarding the N. C. guk
race and the Dcmocnf
dential race for 1960.
prospective candidates7
Governor, Tepry Santa!
the lead with John LarU
er Bamhardt and Ad|fl
runners-up- in the c^ds
In our ballot, we
as the man “now
we heartily agree wito
“The race is not won,
are not formed." AWl
for vice presi denl,.
of four of the editors
Tar Heel governor
promoted for Vice
many were some'
about the matter, fe«
had but little chance
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