?g MOHa ? 1976 ASSOCIATION
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1977
Carter's first chat
The President's first television address to the American people did
more to set a tone and mood than to clarify substantive issues. But
this was the right note for the occasion. By his easy informality and
soft, conversational voice Mr. Carter conveyed a genuine impression
of wanting to keep in touch with the American people and of making
them feel they are being listened to. Never mind that the President
carefully rehearsed this "chat." His earnestness and thoughtfulness
came through.
Much of what he said echoed his campaign oratory, including his
pledges to spur the economy, reform the tax and welfare systems,
reorganize the federal government, streamline defense, and enhance
the moral tone of foreign policy. Even this early reaffirmation of his
goals is welcome, however, for it is one thing to make promises in an
election campaign and another to pursue them vigorously once the
office has been won. Mr. Carter indicates he is not changing colors
and is determined to see these promises through.
His caution on this score is merited nonetheless and Americans
will appreciate that he recognizes the impossibility of achieving
reforms quickly or easily. An honest admission that "there are many
things that a President cannot do" and that "both the Congress and
the administration. ..have limited powers" is a healthier approach
than raising expectations which cannot be fulfilled.
Quite properly the American people are told they must be willing
to accept sacrifices and to cooperate for mutual benefit. The
President's words on the energy crisis especially ought to be etched in
the public consciousness: "There is no way that I. or anyone else in
the government, can solve our energy problems if you are not willing
to help." he commented. "There is no energy policy we can develop
that would do more good than voluntary conservation."
This bit of gentle jawboning -* and Mr. Carter also directed it at
utility companies and industry -- is needed. Yet he surely is aware
from the experience of his predecessors that the public will respond
only to a certain point. Pep talks lose their momentum. Without
strong sanctions built into the law against the waste of energy,
without a policy that compels conservation (such as a stiff tax on
gasoline). Americans will go their prodigal ways.
But we have always felt that strong presidential leadership is
essential to give Americans a sense of national direction and
purpose, and Mr. Carter gives early hope he will provide that kind of
leadership. It is too early to detect that "toughness" which the
President will have to display to get results but we are not lulled by
the "softness" of Mr. Carter's television talk. Nor should Americans
be.
One last point. That the President wants to keep in frequent
personal touch with ordinary Americans is a refreshing aim. How
that will work out in practice -- with "town hall" meetings across the
nation and a White House switchboard tied up with incoming calls
"from the people" -- remains to be seen. Even the "fireside chat" (or
should we say "sweater session"?) could lose its impact if it becomes
too frequent and mundane. The challenge for the President will be to
keep an open, down-to-earth administration without depriving
Americans of the feeling that the presidency is something special.
Otherwise they may stop listening to him. Christian Science Monitor
Now the actors too. are getting on the bandwagon against
excessive violence on television. At least the Screen Actors Guild has
come out with comments we like to hear such as these: Scripts can be
made exciting without all the violence they have now. And the "skill
and daring" of stuntmen can create impact in feats that are not
violent.
A few reels of old movies should convince anyone that there can be
plenty of action on the screen without bloody mayhem. It is laziness
to substitute violence for imagination. Applause for the actors who
know that TV can get rid of its savagery without losing its punch.
Christian Science Monitor
Vivid not violent
'Isn't it wonderful . . . and it isn't even Christmas'
by Marty Vega
History To Be Told
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The terrible winter of 1976-77.
How will the history books tell it
100 years from now? They won't?
Well, maybe 50 years from now.
Some will claim that the whole
thing was staged by the American
Revolution Bicentennial Commis
sion as a dramatic re-creation of
the suffering and self-sacrifice en
dured at the time of the nation's
founding. But most history books
written for schoolchildren will pre
sent the bare facts, just as they
happened:
America had a very, very cold
winter during '76 and '77. There
were terrible blizzards, roads
closed and rivers frozen. The cold
caused an energy crisis which was
very bad.
Winter started very early that
year. It started in November. There
was a presidential election. Presi
dent Ford, who was from Michi
gan. lost the election to Jimmy
Carter (pronounced CAH-ta). who
was from Georgia. The President
from Michigan knew all about cold
weather and snow and blizzards.
The new President from Georgia
didn't know about such things.
Between the election in Novem
ber and the inauguration in Janu
ary. there was a time called a
transition period. It got steadily
colder.
After the inauguration, the ex
president went to Palm Springs.
C'al.. a resort in the desert where
very wealthy people lived. President
Carter went to the White House.
In the White House, he put on a
sweater and talked to the people on
TV in what was called a "fireside
chat". He told the people to put on
sweaters and then he made a
speech about energy. Everybody
had a sweater to put on. But lots of
people didn't have a fireplace to sit
next to and this made them
unhappy.
The President promised he
would send everyone S50. They
could spend the S50 on anything
they wanted, even fireplaces.
Matters got steadily worse. The
city of Buffalo. N.Y. pleaded for
heip because of the snow but
President Carter ignored Buffalo.
Browsing in the files
of The News-Journal
25 years ago
Thursday, February 7, 1952
The Hoke County High School
girls' basketball team lost a close
one to Clayton High in Reynolds
Coliseum in Raleigh yesterday af
ternoon. 51 to 47.
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Landlords have only a few days
lett to register accommodations
which are now being brought under
the Rent Stabilization program.
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United States deputy collectors
of internal revenue will come to
Raeford next week to help people
with their 1951 tax returns.
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Thieves and prowlers were ap
parently abroad in Raeford Friday
night and before day Saturday
morning, as several cars in Raeford
were entered and items were stolen
from some of them and the locks
were tampered with on some.
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Bank of Raeford reported yester
day that S6590.62 had been de
posited in the Hoke County March
of Dimes for 1%2. Quota for the
county had been set before the
drive at 5.000.
15 years ago
Thursday, February 8, 1962
The Western Auto Store on Main
St. was broken into in the early
a.m. hours of Sunday morning,
and more thap ?1.000 worth of
merchandise ? as stolen.
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Sheriff s deputies will have a
"new look" soon, as counts com
miss;oners voted Monday to ad
vance the Department uniform
allowance money sufficient to pur
chase one new suit per deputy.
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he assistant ciuef of the Rae
ford Police Department. 43-year
old Charlie Proctor, has announced
that he will be a candidate for the
office of Sheriff of Hoke County.
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Raeford Lodge 1809 of the Loyal
Order of Moose gets officially
started this Sunday afternoon at 2
p.m. at the courthouse.
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Funeral services were held last
Friday at the Raeford Methodist
Church for Mrs. Sinah Peele Rose.
HI. widow of the late Will Rose.
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He got contused because he looked
at a map and thought Buffalo was a
part of Canada. But the people
persisted. So President Carter sent
his son Chipmunk as a special
emissary to Buffalo. He returned
and told his father what snow was
and the President declared it a
federal disaster area.
But people in other parts of
America were unhappy and began
to resent the way things were. Some
weather experts were predicting the
next four winters would be even
harsher than this, and that would
mean all the way to 1980 when the
President's term was up.
So some Americans began to
think they had made a mistake.
Some Americans wanted to call
back the ex-president now living in
California to come and lead the
country again out of the crisis.
So they made the call. But the
telephone company made a mis
take. They got the other ex
president living in California in
stead.
Puppy Creek
Philosopher
Dear editor:
Some Washington columnists
have been saying the past tew years
that one trouble with the country
today is that people have lost faith
in government officials.
There's another side to that.
Some government officials have lost
faith in the people.
For example. President Carter
has proposed giving every person in
the nation $M) apiece to get the
economy moving faster. His eco
nomic advisers say the release of
that much money, around 10 or 12
billion dollars, will stimulate busi
ness and get the w heels of trade and
industry whirring.
But now here comes a Senator
saying it won't work, that too many
people won't spend their $50.
they'll sock it away in the bank or
in savings and loan or under their
mattress. Or. what is worse, in
stead of rushing out and buying
som. ,1'ing new they'll apply it on
then olJ debts and this won't
nudge the economy up a nickel's
worth.
This is what I'm talking about.
The Senator has lost faith in the
American public. How can he be so
far out of touch with reality?
Doesn't he know that, except for a
few moss backs who don't under
stand the economy and think you
can save your way to prosperity, the
rest of the people, given $50, will
spend it as fast as they can get to a
store or thumb through a catalog?
Public officials ought to get out
among the people and find out how
they operate. Furthermore. Con
gressmen. as soon as they get their
economy-stimulating 25 per cent
raise on top of their present 44.500
salary, ought to set an example and
pledge themselves to spend that
extra $10,000 as soon as they get
their hands on it. Saving up for a
rainy day isn't the way to do it.
Although, come to think of it.
perhaps a lot of the country should
have been saving up for a snowy
one.
If that Senator knows of anybodv
who won't spend his $50. strike his
name off the list and send the
money to me. I know what to do
with it.
Yours faithfully.
J. A
When Shakespeare spoke of "the
winter of our discontent," he might
have been predicting this year in
the United States, becausc this
coldest of cold winters has plunged
this nation into the worst energy
crisis in its 200-year history.
The President acted quickly last
week to face up to tne serious
shortage of natural gas that has
closed industries, thrown people
out of jobs and disrupted our lives
generally. He requested emergency
powers from the Congress to help
deal with the situation, by giving
him control as to where gas in the
pipelines should be sent.
The Senate acted quickly on this
emergency legislation, and I am
proud that I was a co-sponsor of the
bill that was passed with little
delay. Because, this is more than a
winter of "discontent." This is a
national crisis in which we are all
trying to survive until the weather
grows kinder.
I think it is important to see just
where we stand, now that this
legislation has been passed and the
President has some power to take
action in the emergency.
In broad terms, it gives the
President the right to order gas sent
through the pipeline to the areas
where the need is greatest.
We have two types of pipelines
through which gas flows in this
country. One type flows across the
country from state to state and the
other carries gas within the borders
of a state. Now, the President can
order gas shifted from one system
to another, an important factor to
North Carolina which is supplied
by only one interstate pipeline.
The President now can order
emergency sales to pipelines at
unregulated prices. If there is a
dispute over the prices, he has the
power to set what he deems a fair
Report
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To The
People f
by Senator Robert Morgan
value for the gas. This power was
granted because interstate gas is
regulated while gas produced and
sold within a state is not.
These are purely emergency
measures that will exist until April
30. when we should be out Of
danger. It is a stopgap measure,
enacted quickly to meet a crisis, to
see that homes have heat and
hospitals are kept warm.
But no Act of Congress can
increase the amount of natural gas
that we will have next winter or the
next. Producers of gas. which
include practically all of the large
oil companies, tell us that the
supply is low and our reserves are
dwindling. Some believe that their
estimates may be too low, but as of
now there is no way of challenging
them.
In the present crisis, the people
are being called upon to band
together just as if we were at wat\
The present plea is to help yoftr
neighbor by conserving energy --
and that doesn't mean just oilr
North Carolina neighbors but our
neighbors in other states as well.
Florida's crops have been ruined
and Ohio's industries closed, and
Maryland. Virginia. Pennsylvania
and New York are among our
hardest hit neighbors. We are all in
this together and it is a national,
not a regional, effort to get through
the remainder of the winter.
Congress and the Carter Admin
istration must soon, very soon,
come to grips with a long range
energy program. 1 think that the
current crisis has made us all more
aware of this. But during the days
just ahead, we must meet this crisis
as best we can and that is what the
emergency legislation, together
with a national effort to use as little
energy as possible, can hopefully
accomplish.
CUFF BLUE . . .
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People & Issues
J.H. BROYHILL . . . While I
have known of and heard about
James Edgar Broyhill of Broyhill
Industries, headquartered in
Lenoir for many years, 1 never had
the opportunity to have a full
appreciation of the man until
recently when 1 read a feature
article about him in the January
1977 issue of "Nation's Business"
magazine. Having "followed the
mule" long enough, at the age of
21. and with SS in his pocket that
his dad had given him he headed
for Boone to enroll in Appalachian
Training School, followed by ser
vice in the Army during World War
1. Afterward he became involved in
the furniture business with his
brother. Now 84 - years old. J.E.
Broyhill operates the second largest
furniture manufacturing business
in the United States, employing
6.500 people with annual sales of
5200 million from his 16 plants.
The product of a one-room,
one-teacher school before going to
Appalachian. Mr. Broyhill says:
"Every day, 1 read a chapter in the
Bible. Most of my reading is
religious literature. The Bible is the
greatest book ever written. Thou
sands of books have been written
on how to manage people, but none
of them is as good as the Bible."
Yes. J.E. Broyhill appears to be a
chip off the old block that gave us
sucn industrial leaders as James B.
Duke. Charlie Cannon and other
benevolent men.
RAEFORD LADIES ... A night
last week 1 was invited to talk to a
group of Hoke County ladies with
the topic, being "Legislative
Action." After my little talk we had
refreshments and informally dis
cussed political subjects. While I
am not strongly opposed to ERA, 1
have never been able to see the need
for it. As I talked with the Hoke
County Ladies 1 came away with
the feeling that many ladies who
favor ERA do so because they feel
that in many instances they do not
get equal pay for equal work, and
that in some way the ERA
Amendment will enable them to
equalize pay with work. I am in
agreement that in too many
instances it's the woman who does
most of the work and the man gets
the credit and the bigger pay check.
This is not right and should be
corrected.
CARTER Ac HUNT . . .
President Carter and Jim Hunt
were faced with an unexpected new
issue which came upon them like a
cloud-burst at the beginning of
their administrations--the energy
crisis. Both appear to be facing up
to the crisis pretty well with a good
passing grade.
ERA ... In a letter to the editor
of the Fayetteville Observer. Donoa
Sulser wrote: "I have never under
stood why women want to be equal
to men. All my life 1 thought 1 was
superior and now, if ERA is passed
I will have to drop down to be
equal."
CONGRESS PAY HIKE . . .
U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr..
Virginia Independent, spoke some
statesman - like words last week
when he said: "How can Congress
effectively urge labor unions to hold
down wage increases and industry,
to hold down price increases If
congress itself gets a 29 per cent
pav increase."
ELECTOR'S PAY . . . The bill :
introduced by Rep Richard C.
Wright of Columbus County in the ?
N.C. General Assembly to increase {
the per dime allowance for mem
bers of the Electorial College from ;
S10 to S25 and the mileage pay ;
from five cents a mile to 15 cents ;
recalls some early background to ;
the United States Constitution.
When our republic was coming ;
into being two hundred years ago. ;
our forefathers were taking a big ;
move in going from a government ;
headed by a king who served for ;
life.
In this new nation our thought is ;
that the framers of the U.S.
Constitution had little thought of ;
the average citizen having a direct ;
hand in the election of the :
President. The average citizens
would simply elect capable and
knowledgeable leaders to select the
President and this impressive group
was called the Electorial College.
Well, pretty quick, having tasted a
bit of freedom and independence,
they started electing Electors com
mitted to a specific candidate.
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SOCIAL SECURITY . . It
seems that reducing Social Security
payments $1 for every S2 earned
over S3, 000 is a great determent for
our senior citizens to have a^
sufficient income to enjoy more
than the bare essentials of life.
Social Security was never intended
to be doled out like welfare
payments. It was established to
provide a retirement program lor
senior citizens regardless of whet
her their income is S3 ,000 or
S30.000.
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