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NATIONAL NIWSPAMI 'Die 92eu - journal PRESS ASSOCIATION Published Every Thursday at Raeford, N. C. hs" 110 W. Elwood Avenue Subscription Rates In Advance par far - $4.00 $ Month! - $2.23 3 Months - $1.25 PAUL DICKSON Publisher SAM C. MORRIS General Manager JIM TAYLOR Editor MRS. LUCY GRAY PEEBLES Reporter MRS. PAUL DICKSON Society Editor Second-Class Postage Paid at Ratlonl N. C. Your ward-Winning Community Newspaper "In These Times Of Crises, How Could lLet The Nation Try To Get Along Without Me?" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29. 1MB THE TIME IS NOW Eliminate Dual System Federal officials backed off somewhat last week from an ulti matum issued a week earlier to some 45 school systems in North Carolina, including the Hoke sys tem, but we can be sure that the action ordered in the first letter will be the minimum progress in desegregation that will satisfy them. In the first dispatch, officials of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare stipulated that the dual school system in Hoke (and in the other counties) must be eliminated by the be ginning of the 1968-69 school year. Failure to do so would cause fed eral officials to initiate action to withhold federal education funds from the systems still not incom pliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The following week, federal of ficials in Washington announced that the orders had attracted "over-reaction" in North Caro lina. They referred to the original orders as "routine letters" sent in compliance with a new policy established by Congress. We saw nothing "routine" in the first letter, which flatly stated that Hoke County was suspected of "probable non-compliance" (with the Civil Rights Act of 1964). It openly declared that if the "dual system of schools" is not elimi nated here by fall, action will be initiated to deprive the county of federal school funds. That, in Hoke County, would mean the loss of about $500,000 a year. More important, continued non-compliance would not be tolerated, even if federal funds were withheld, because the 1964 act is now the law of the land. Hoke County has accomplished token integration of its schools without serious incident, and we expect no real trouble when the job is completed. Certainly, we should proceed with the job as swiftly as practical and possible, for every hurdle we cross nowwill not have to be leaped in the future. If the ultimatum is not enforced next fall, surely it will be the following autumn, or one fall in the near future, and sooner or later, we can expect to have to establish total integration on a moment's notice. Any planning which does not provide for total elimination of the dual system is foolhardy. Whatever desirability or undesir ability of total integration, we must, therefore, accomplish it at the earliest possible moment, con sistent with our financial and phy sical resources. We have had 14 years to make the little progress that is now evident in the desegregation of our schools. We will have far less than another 14 years to com plete tiie job. In fact, we well might not have longer than now to September and we ought to complete the job as far as we can by that time. Great Good Can Come Great good may come from ef forts being conducted or planned for Hoke and other counties in Eastern North Carolina. With the blessing and financial assistance of the federal government, three separate programs will pour funds and other help into Hoke and the other counties, some of which are aligned in all three programs. Hoke and nine other counties are the target of a federal "Concen trated Employment Program," re portedly being set up in Washing ton to provide up to $2 million for on-the-job training for un skilled and unemployed or under employed workers. That program will concentrate on finding jobs for workers In their own neigh borhoods, which will require par ticipation by local business and Industry. Hoke and eight other counties form Southeastern Economic De velopment Commission, which last week received a federal grant of some $35,000 to establish an of fice and to hire a director and other personnel. That program operates under the Department of Commerce, Industrial Develop ment Administration, and will seek to find solutions to problems which are retarding Industrial and com mercial growth of the area. The third windfall for Hoke will come through Sandhills Community Action Program (CAT';f th-j i. 1-povc-cy. orjviization which has been In operation some two years in Hoke, Moore, Lee and Mont gomery counties. The SCAP pro gram Is being revised to put spe cial emphasis on manpower de velopment. Thus, we in this area are get ting as much or more help from federal sources as any other area in curing our economic Ills. The eastern counties of North Carolina need the help as much as any other area, with the possible ex ception of the delta country of Mississippi, because we have been the hardest hit by agricultural mechanization. Literally thou sands of people Negro and white who once made their living as tenant farmers or farm laborers are without adequate employment. Less and less farm labor is being used, and industry has not been established fast enough in the area to provide enough jobs. Had the jobs been available, the people are largely without the training and skills necessary to satisfactorily fill the jobs. The job now being attempted from three directions in Hoke and the other counties will not rely en tirely on the federal government. The "concentrated employment program" will rely heavily on industry and business in the 10 county area. The Southeastern Economic Development Commis sion program will use local peo ple to try to find local solutions with, of course, a financial boost from Uncle Sam. Sandhills Com munity Action Program's reju venated plans undoubtedly will seek to train and employ workers locally. mmmmmommy yim Taylor I There Comes I Time To Mourn i : P :::: Death always came as some thing of a shock to me, even when I was not personally In volved with the decedant, but when tt Involves my family or friends, I Just about head for the woods. Like my paternal grandfather, I am terribly chicken-hearted when It comes to the passing of people I hold dear, if duty were not Involved, I doubt I'd ever attend another funeral. Last week, I was called home by the death of an uncle, who Uved In Reldsvllle, but was a frequent visitor, over the years, to my home in Virginia. His passing was as if Santa Claus had died, for beginning with the days of my youth, he and his wife, who is my moth er's sister, were most benevo lent. More than that, I looked to Uncle for guidance In a great many things, and valued highly his Instruction In firearms, trading, watchmaking, and a dozen other hobbles in which he excelled. Most of all, though, he was a true and valued frlendnot only to me, but to all who knew him and he had a heart of gold. It was with sadness, then, that I attended his funeral, which brought together a lot of rela tives on both sides of the family that 1 had not seen In a long time, and some of his people I had never seen. I try to look upon death as I think a Christian should re gard It. That Is, that It Is the end of one's troubles on this earth and the beginning of a new and better life. If that be true and we Chris tians believe It Is true we should not mourn the passing of dear ones. Rather, we ought to rejoice, because they're mov ing on to happier times. Yet we do mourn. Maybe It's elfish to want to keep our kin and friends with us as long as we can and we often pray for their continued existence even when they are suffering from Incurable Ills but It's numan nature. And when our own health and safety are concerned, we want to linger as long as possible sometimes v. hen we, too, are In pain from terminal Illness. Somehow, we'd rather remain with the tangible friends we have here on earth than to em bark on the long, dark Journey to meet our friends who al ready have crossed the shoals. We oupht to rejoice, really, like the people of several other religious denominations do. The Irish, for Instance, are well known for their wakes. The Jap anese and the Chinese regard death as a desirable journey to the fields where ancestors abide. Hindus regard death as the end of life a a human, and the beginning of another life as another animal (reincarnation). Most of these people celebrate the passing of their kin. Not so among Christians. And perhaps It Is better, after all. If we suffered no grief at the passing of a friend, how could we profess to have loved him? 1 was thinking last week that many of my relatives who are of my parents' generation are approaching the dark curtain. Most are in their late sixties, and some In their late seven ties. One by one, they will depart within the next few years, and when they are gone, my world will be different. The really shocking thing about this deduction Is this; when you assign the generation before your own to the grave, that leaves you next In line. I have been told that one Is approaching old age when he begins reading the obituaries In the morning paper before he reads the sports page or mark et reports. He's anxious to know, they claim, which of the CUFF BLUE . . . Peopl' & Issues i'X'Ti'KWT'''''''' .n-rvt mr.BT.F 111 friends and acquaintances of his own age have passed on. Speaking of my grandfather, about whom I have written from time to time In this column, he refused to attend funerals, even those of his brothers and sisters. Said he wanted to remember them as they were In happier times, not as they lay In death with the relatives mourning 'round and 'round. For that reason, he would not look at a corpse (and I half way share his sentiments there, too). Even more strange, he would not say "goodbye." Not ever. I used to stop by his house during World War II every time I came home on leave and then departed for duty. He al ways Insisted our parting be on an optimistic note. To have said goodbye would have been, to him, a bad omen. In the end. It all does not amount to a hill of beans. We come like water, and like wind we go, according to Omar, and somebody else manipulates the strings. Isn't It well that we do not know the time or the place? Coinage Metal Nickel's gleaming appearance and ability to take a hard sur face finish are among the main reasons for the metal's popular ity as a practical coinage mate rial. Mining History The first mining In the Sud bury District of Ontario began in 1886 when some 3,000 tons of copper ore were removed. Today the area is the world's leading source of nickel, yielding nearly 20 million tons of ore annually. KACtS Ai:l ON With the flllnj deadline i.,r Mate and district offices having passed the raes are now on and from now to May 4 the tempo will be picking up. ..hile many people feel that !!: win be a second primary t etermlne the Democratic nominee for governor, some lel that to get ready for the f"i' battle there will be much sentiment against the runner up, calling for a second pri mary should no one receive a majority on May 4. Feeling Is that Hawkins may receive up to 150,000 votes, and If he does, It will lie hard for Scott or Brouchton to bag a clear majority In the first pri mary. With only two In the race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, their ftfht will be over on May 4 and Ihey ran immediately start healing wounds preparatory for the general election tight. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR--H, Pat Taylor Jr. encountered a couple of surprise opponents during the last couple of days for filing. Mrs. James M. Har per Jr., a former president of the N, C, Federation of Women's Clubs filed notice of her ran dlcacy for lieutenant governor on Thursday; and Frank R.Mat lock of Greensboro filed on Fri day, COUNCIL OF STATE Three council of state contests will be strongly contested and watched closely. For superintendent of public Instruction, there are four candidates In the field Dr. Raymond A. Stone of Moore County, Everett Miller of Raleigh, Craig Philips of Greensboro, and William D. Harrell of Forest City. It Is not expected that anyone of the can didates ran lag a majority of the votes the first go-around, and here again, unless the vote Is very close between the two top candidates, we doubt that a second primary would be called. For attorney general, Incum bent Wade Bruton Is belngchal lenged by Senator Robert Mor gan of Harnett County. This race will be decided on May 4, but no predictions here yet. State Treasurer tdwtn GUI Is now encountering his first primary opposition since he was first appointed by Gov. William Umstead In 1953 with Rep. Sneed High's announcement last week. This will bea strongly contested race. Gili has been close to Gover nor Monre and regarded as one of his close advisors. High was t loyal .supporter of Terry San foul and served as the latter's com rr is.: toner of revenue (a post once rilled by Gill) during the last year of Sanford's adminis tration. Edwin S. Lanier, commiss ioner of Insurance, is challenged by two Democrats In the May 4 primary. They are George A. Belk, Greensboro, and Fred benson of Raleigh. Two Republi cans are seeking the GOP nomi nation, CarlW.RIceof Charlotte and Everett L. Feterson of Clin ton. CONGRESS Most Interest ing thing about the congressional races Is that in two districts, new Democratic candidates have won the nominations without op position L.Rlrhardson prey er In the Sixth District and Volt Gllmore of Southern Pines In the new F tghth District; and the veteran Rep, Charles A. Jonas, Republican, has not only won his party's nomination, but the elec tion as well without opposition In the Ninth District. U.S. SENATE While U. S. Senator Sam J, Ervln Jr. has three Democratic opponents In the May 4 primary, few expect he will deem It necessary to take off much time from his Senate duties to wage a cam paign. AUTO SALES Chevrolet led Ford In January auto sales In North Carolina, selling 2676 cars and 1084 trucks to 2491 cars for Ford and 998 trucks. Other car sales were a follows: Bulck 843, Cadillac 199, Chrysler 259, Dodge 606, Im perial 14, Lincoln 57, Mercury 383, Oldsmoblle 658, Plymouth 1100, tontiac 1061, Rambler 315, Jeep 25, Foreign cars 873 with 609 being Volkswagens, Ming Midget 1, International 1, Rover 1, Shelby 1. Total car sales 11,571. Truck sales were: Autocar 1, Dodge 144, CMC 181, Interna tional 147, Mark 31, Reo 1, White 17, Jeep 26, Foreign makes 14; Diamond Reo 2, Checker 1, Plymouth 1, Oshkosh 4, American La France 1, Crane Carrier 1, Michigan Crane 1. Total truck sales 2,655. ROGERS SIMMONS Roger Simmons, editor of the Hamlet News-Messenger, was the only newsman on LBJ's recent trip to Fort Bragg and California who was not a member of the White House Press Association, Congratulations, Roger! SENATOR SAM ERVIN SAYS Philosopher Wants Guard To Empty His Garbage Cans Dear edits r: Since one of the problems of living on the farm out here on Puppy Creek or any other place In the country Is what to do with your garbage, naturally I fol lowed the garbage collection troubles of New York City, in the newspapers and on television. If you haven't thought about it, you might suppose that garbage would be a minor problem in the country, but think about It a minute. Where would YOU put It? start your own trash dump? Haul It to town? Let It stack up? Dig a hole and bury It every time the wastebasket is full? It's sort of like Vietnam. You didn't know there was a problem there until people started call ing your attention to It, did you? Therefore, I followed the New York sltuatttn closer than I would a good western and what I'd like to know is why can't we get a system like that going around here? I'm talking about the solution. It's simple, as I understand It. All you do Is suck your garbage outside your house and If the Mayor won't pick it up, the Governor will. Mav at first nobody pays any attention to It, but Just keep stacking It up and sooner or later It'll get noticed. Sometimes pol iticians are said to be Insensi tive to the problems of the people, but It's not true when It comes to weeks-old garbage. When I saw those television pictures of that New York gar Lire over'lowtng the sidewalks and piling up in the streets I said to myseif, I don't nave the answer to that problem, but somebody's going to figure It out. It's different In the country, though. Just this morning I was eyeing my trash can, wonderln; if I could get a little more parked Into It, maybe round It over on top, or should I go ahead and call out the National Guard to empty It, wondering If 1 should wire the governor or go over his head and contact the presi dent. I'll empty It myself in a day or so, I guess, but In the .nean tlme It'a gratifying to know that when It comes to garbage I'm up on the New York level. You can't beat sophistication. Yours faithfully, 1. A. WASHINGTON -- The Senate Separation of Powers Subcom mittee, which I have the privilege of chairing, has scheduled hearings for late March and early April to deter mine whether the National Labor Relations Board Is ex ceeding the powers conferred upon It by Congress. The hearings will deal with a fundamental problem of gov ernment, i. e.. Congressional oversight of the administration of the laws. Congress has been concerned with this prob lem for some time, and last session the Senate resolved to do something about it when it established the Separation of Powers Subcommittee. Administrative actions affect virtually every aspect of our lives. During the course of its studies, the subcommittee will look Into the functioning of gen eral administrative agencies. Of particular concern, In re cent years, has been the func tioning of the NLRB as it has dealt with labor-management relations. Criticism has been voiced by labor and management that the NLRB has not been the Impartial agency that Con gress intended it to be. It Is said, too, that the NLRB has engaged in a little legislative writing on its own during the course of its interpretation of the laws. Beginning March 26, the sub committee plans to go Into these charges and ascertain the state of the administration of the laws by the NLRB. The sub committee Is fortunate to have the services of outstanding con sultants who are authorities In the field of administrative law. Subcommittee consultants include Professor Philip Kurl and. School of Law, University of Chicago, Professor Alex ander Bickcl, School of Law, Yale University. and Professor Robert McCioskey. School of Government, Harvard Univer sity. Witnesses at tic hearings will Include .senators id Con gressmen, members of the NLRB. inenitXT of the aca demic professions, respited lawyers and judges, and out standing union and management representari ves. The subcommittee enters this study with the purpose of find ing out whether there is need for improvements in standards governing the functioning of the NLRB and whether there is need for greater Congressional oversight of its actions. It has often been said that "we are a nation of laws, and not of men". However, that prin ciple is challenged when the legislative power of Congress becomes muted by an tndetin able power exercised by a Fed eral regulatory agency. The Subcommittee will seen ans wers to guide Congress as it deals with the NLRB's inter pretation of legislative enact ments and the administrative problems posed thereby. The subcommittee will limit Its Inquiry to the administra tion of the existing law, and will not be making recom modations In the field of sub stantive law. The hearings will deal with a problem of immense import ance to every citizen. It will be dealing with the proper func tioning of the federal system of government. Turbine Metal Nickel alloys play an impor tant role in gai-turbine engines, particularly in those being devel oped for future automobiles. High-nickel alloys are essential for components auch as turbine rotors and noulra, gas ducting pipes and combustion chamber linings. Mining Motor The largest mine-hoist motor in North America will he used at International Nickel's Creighton mine in the Sudbury District of Ontario. The motor weighe 72 tons and generates 6,500 horsepower. Gloss Tlntor Nirkel is used to produce black, purple cr amethyrt tints in the coloring of fine glans.