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SEC. II, PAGE 1 Has second step been taken toward lasting world peace? Has the "second step ’ toward lasting peace been taken with the announce ments this week by live United Sta.es, Britain, and Russia that they would cut bwck the production of nuclear explosive materials? When the international nuclear, test ban treaty was ratified last fall, President Jvennedy put it in perspective by quoting the old Chinese saying that "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” 'Hie prohibition on atmospheric atomic bomb testing was, lie s id, that first step. ._ _ _ The individual announcements now by the three great international powers come in the category of the inevitably necessary ‘‘second step,” if this all-impor tant journey is to be continued on its course. There may be some faltering along the way, but each step will be just a little bit easier than the one before. To reduce tension . , . President Johnson announced the United States' decision as a move to ‘‘re duce tension while we mainta n all the necessary power.” Buried dawn in h s statementwas an evcn hid:e explicit rea son for this decision. i In short, this retssan as given by the ' President js that America simply doesn't need* so many more nuclear, bombs, i 'iiere are now, in the mountainous sto k piles, of the ri\al powers, enough bombs to instantly .eliminate all humanity many times over: How to deliver these deadly charges to a given target is now the key to defense. The number of them avail* cble, after the fiist few million megatons, is of no basic significance. Appropriate to this fact are the President’s words: _ .“We must not operate a W’PA nuclear project to provide employment when oar needs have been met.” Of course it will be of significance as to whether the Soviet Union makes good its statement chat it will reduce its bomb manufacturing. It is only natural to both hope end assume- that' the D.S. will t< y to check oh Soviet compliance. It is still a bit speculative to state, but it now appears probable that the delib - erate law violation phase of the civ il rights campaign in Chapel Hill is over— At least it is likely over until a new gen eration of militants is grown or the com munity unexpectedly turns its back on the cause of human relations. __ - ' r The young leaders of the Chapel Hill movement over the past year this week voluntarily accepted the judgments of the Orange County Superior Court in vari ous cases of civil disobedience charges. In so doing they asked for and were given suspensions of jail terms, conditional on their refraining from public demonstra tions during the terms of their suspen sioris. If they do not abide by this, they agree that they clearly understand they will have to serve their active sentences. Some have not yet been sentenced by the court, so their future is at this writing uncertain. - ~ Objective cited ... Whether or not there are such nebu lous things as “demonstrations” in the Cihapel Hill community in the future in behalf of the elimination of racial dis crimination is not the real concern of The News. But it is certainly in order to expect there will be no more of these inappropriate, un-necessary, and truly harmful acts of law violations in behalf of civil rights. The quest for the elimination of racial discrimination is of itself a necessary and laudable objective, and the drive to this • goal must be continued so long as tire injustice exists. But it is surely in order that the court has held and the- defendants’ have ac quiesced to_tli£^court's judgments in ad vance, that not everything done in the name of civil rights is necessa.7 and laud able, and that punishment to insure the upholding of duly-enacted laws is in or der for violators. Don t bemoan un-spilled milk A Chapel Hill School Board member last month asked that a $10,000 private recreation fund be donated as a challenge gift toward a community stadium. Since then various patriotic citizens have come up with what they felt were even better suggestions on how this money could be used. School Board member Edwin Tenney stressed chat he was speaking only for himself when he made this proposal, but it has considerable merit. Chapel Hill Mayor Sandy McGlamroch, as adminis trator ot thisiFund, plainly states that be feels the money should be disbursed. It should go, he says, to a worthy cause in keeping with the general intentions of its donors, since it is not going to be used for its original purpose—the construction of a privatelyJfinanced community-wide recreation facility in Chapel Hill. That the money is to be used and a choice made as to what purpose will be in keep ing with the donors’ intentions is ai pro gressive decision. To put this toward a community stadium would be a very fine idea, and merits serious consideration along with other proposals. Meanwhile, now that the ice has been broken with die stadium suggestion, a whole lake full of ideas is forthcoming. The advice is cheap, even though all of the ideas may be worthy. However, con troversy over what should be done with money that hasn’t yet even been offeted to anybody is rather pointless. Rewriting history! ***** eO&OPEAA/ POt-AK ii *&t0ee9p/7wp*(/c I ***o*e*, dxma. WP/Z'+tAyHAve i £• fi II _^ - *V <»tt } 1 Wilt lit. ,\. IJUily Newsman's Notepad ... The editorial writers look 'em over and cast a few political pearls The easiest road to self-ordination as a monarch of intelligence is for a fellow’ to proclaim himself a political expert. Newspaper men, as purveyors of a oge-way channel in communications (cob t - unrns of type don’t often talk back), are the smartest of all people in this respect. “ _ At a panel discussion on North Carolina gubernatorial cam paign politics at the editorial writers conference recently the wisdom fairly welled over. The campaign and forthcoming primary election was sagely analyzed and settled by panelists of obviously . superior intellect and ring-side participants of scarcely less mien, including The Newsman. So that this information will not be denied the great un washed public, The Newsman will pass on some of the comments made on that occasion. There was a pretty general concensus that Rich Preyer is in the lead and will be top vote-getter in the race May 30. But this bet was hedged with potent signs that Moore is coming up fast and that Lake is a dangerous dark hoss. FACTORS FOR PREYER . ^ Working in Preyer’s favor is the effective organization he has, plus the well-executed campaign he’s putting on with the aid. . : or fop inffuentials^ in the state. The big new Negro registration is also expected to go Mainly to Preyer. What will hurt Preyer, every body agreed, will be a new rash of militant civil rights demonstra tions around the state. Even if they don’t come off those of the past winter will be more detrimental to Preyer than to his fellow candidates. For Moor* the underdog spot that this thinking places him In is not wholly undesirable, it is reasoned:-tt~ gives him the "right" and opportunity to snipe at the "top dog." An editor from a populous eastern county said with positive forethought that Lake had and would hold at4east half of his votes there. ” - NOT REALLY UNDECIDED ... Another interesting nugget he cited is that the supposed great “un decided” vote in the state as of now isn’t really un-decided— it’s almost all in Lake’s corner. This theory is easy to understand and accept particularly in Chapel Hill where a recent newspaper ^hrvey showed about 45 per cent of the sample voters un-decided. It is pretty clear by past example that the conservative feels in timidated in Chapel Hill. The old "pole" alto called attention to tho fact that past elections havo shown that the close campaigns are won or _ (See NOTEPAD, Page 2) Jleta* of grange Count? Published, Every Thursday By > THE NEWS INCORPORATED Hillsborough, N. C., 2727S Chapel Hill. N. C., 27514 Box 647 Box 749 Telephone 968-4444 Chapel Hill; 4191 Hillsborough Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Hillsborough, North Carolina, under the Act of March's, 1879 EDWIN J. HAMLIN . Publiaher ROLAND GIDUZ ....- Editor Hillsborough Office -Z-l—-—. S. Churton St. Chapel Hill Office-i.-..... 311 E. Main St., Carrboro SUBSCRIPTION RATES -$150, one poor, $1.75, six months, in Orange and Adjoining Counties; $4* otherwise in U. S.; $5.50, orersaas. c
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