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EDITORIALS, FEATURES... (Continued from Page One) parents, or pupils. A well-prepared community made . ] the otherwise difficult transition effectively. 1 he Chapel Hill School Board is still a defendant in court as Negro Junior High School pupil Stanley Vickers seeks transfer to a xUhite school. In addition, the specter of additional lawsuits remains from five other Negro pupils whose integration transfer ap peals were denied* Whether the Negroes’ requests are valid or not, the continual litigation dnd threat of more of it clouds Chapel Hill’s reputation for solving race problems harmoniously. (9) A local benefactor gave $40,000 for the Negro community a swimming pool. Homestead community built its own swimming pool; and the American Legion. Post in Chapel Hill prepared to build a magnificent pool. . ' fiswUs irievitatrie, theUniversityannouncrdthe -• end of its summer swimming program for Chapel Hill youngsters—except those with University affiliations. Six months from now several thousand youngsters— except for children of Country Clubbers, Homestead frs and ttretrjmsts, will face a dry summei in Chap* - el Hill—the place known as "the Swimmingest towr\ in Dixie• —/ his, too, while the three-year-old pri vate recreation center building program continues stalled with over $20,000 in its bank account. Chest sets a record . . . (lo) The Community Chest raised over $39,000 in Chapel Hilt — 25 per cent more than its previous re -cord total and $3,000 a'b(>ve its goal for the new year. Reporting on the success of the 1961 appeal, Com munity Chest officials also noted that many citizens fell some of the seven participating agencies should he supported 'through local government rather than the voluntary contributions to the Chest. And Chapel Hill and C.arrboro continued a house divided insofar as the Chest campaign is .concerned. The drive fen the, benefit of both towns has been conducted 6nty irn Chapel Hill. 7 So much for aipartial looik at the record of Orange County for the past year. To call attention to shortcom ings is not to detract from the accomplishments, hut slather, at this season of resolves lor the nety year,4o lay out new and continuing objectives before us. Letters to the Editor COMMENDS TESTS FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING To the Editor: < That was a good editorial on traffic safety in your Dec. 8 is sue. —Hope you get some re sponse to it. I believe there will be plenty of pressure on our legislators to push through the chemical test feature or drunken driving in the forthcoming session of the Gen eral Assembly. It was interesting’ to note that Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheldt recently stressed the need foi; these blood tests as his num ber two need after increasing the size of his highway patrol. Also, his number three and number four priority requests were for periodic mechanical inspection of automobiles and a tightening uo of ihe point • system as protection against habitual traffic violators. “Vicarious resident of Orange County” (name withheld) DEVICES OF OPINION MAKERS To the Editor: In response to my recently-pub . lished communication calling at tention to the selection of Harry Ashmore, aggressive propagandist for race-mixing, to be editor-in chief of the Encoyclopedia Britan nica, and the transformation of our formerly respected sources of information into a part of the •' liberal” propaganda mechan ism. a wise and distinguished \ friend sent me the following quo tation: “Tell me today what the phil tusopber thinks, the -university professor expounds, the $chod ? ' . master teaches, the scholar pub lishes in his treatises and text books, and I shall prophesy the conduct of individuals, the ethics of business men, the schemes of political leaders, the plans of economists, tne pleadings of law yers, the decisions of judges, the legislation of law makers, the trea tises of diplomats and the deci sions of . state a generation hence.” *r My friend then comments: ‘‘It seems to me pretty clear what the opinion makers (including edi torial writers) are handing out, and therefore what the forthcoming pattern of life will be in the next generation—very different indeed from what you and I grew up It is fairly common knowledge that a number of wealthy founda tions with radical directors have been pouring their wealth into race-mi*ng propaganda. that there (Continued from Page 1) in international affairs, finances, military science or other gov ernmental specialties. But he is determined ‘that he can and will learn about them to the best of his ability and as well as any other elected representa tive. In this capacity for growth —as we declared during his campaign for 'the nomination— lies a main strength of our new congressman. Diligent application and an in telligent, non-regional allegiance to the party under which he was elected. From the blending of these two qualities another great Sixth District Congressman can evolve. professSrsand textbooks, that many churchmen have been dili gent in, making emotional appeals for integration, that politicians have endorsed race-mixing ‘ pro grams with the expectation of harvesting minority group votes. But there has been little rea soned consideration to what the re sults of social mixing of the races would be. What thoughtful reconsi deration there has been has had difficulty in getting a hearing or finding a publisher. And yet vital issues are involved. W. C. George Chapel Hill, N. 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