Chapel Hill News Leader
Leading Wah The hlews in Chapel HiU, Corrhoro, Glen Lennox and Surrounding Areos
VOL. Ill, NO. 69
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1956
Getting The Facts In Carrboro
It is reported from the meeting of the
executive committee of the Carrboro Par
ent-Teacher Association with the Carrboro
District Scliool Committee last week that the
people of the Carrboro Area are to be shown
a detailed presentation of two different meth-
or of improving the lot, of their schools.
Obviou.sly, we can only applaud an effort to
get more information to the people of Carr
boro or any other school area of the County.
The choice—by common consent—now seems
to he narrowed to two propositions: A vote
on levying a S.1.5 supplementary school tax
in the Carrhoro area as recommended by the
District School Committee or a vote on merg
ing the Carrboro area with the Chapel Hill
District, as urged by the Citizens Committee.
If the best possible cases are stated for each
side of this very significant and highly con
troversial situation it will be obvious in dol
lars and cents and in practical methods of
education which is the right one for Carr
boro. J'his newspaper is anxious to present
both sides to the citizens of this area, to in
form them, and to encourage them to make
their opinions known.
W^e have asked the Chairman of the Dis
trict School Committee and of the Citizens
Committee to provide us with their written
and graphically-prepared cases in favor of
the opposing proposals they favor in order
that we can print them side by side to help
everybody decide w'hich idea is the better.
We look forward to doing this at the earl
iest possible date, for the improvement of
our schools is not a matter which tVill be
caried out any better by further postpone
ment of any action.
The New Southwest Bypass
The new’ southwest bypass, appropriations
for W’hich have been approved, will make a
decided difference in the trend of traffic
.south, southw’est, and west of tow’n. The
new link will run from Morgan's Creek on
the Pittsboro highway to Highway (the
Creensboro road) west of Carrboro. Chapel
Hill will thus be skirted but not entered on
that side.
This link will complete the east-west by-
pa.ss the first half of which leads towards
Durham on this side of the Morgan's Creek
bridge. It will form a .sort of semi-circle, the
two arms of which will channel motor traf
fic coming from the south off to Durham on
the one hand and to Greensboro on the
other.
Thus Chapel Hill will be relieved of most
of the thickening traffic which formerly led
straight throttgh the middle of the town,
making an abrupt right-angle turn at the
light dividing East Franklin Street from
West Franklin. This relief will be particular
ly welcome as regards truck travel and foot
ball traffic.
In older days some towns fought off hy-
pa,sses in the belief that traffic through the
middle of tow’n brought in busine.ss. Bttt
stivdies show’ed that these advantages were
small and were offset by the losses incurred.
No doubt there will be some minor trade
lost to the town's central district, but the
complete east-west diversion of traffic will be
a gain to Chapel Hill in deaniness, order,
and efficiency.
Sick Man And Slick Man
The Sick Man and the Slick Man!
That’s the Republican national ticket for
1956.
It's the cold dish the nose-led San Fran
cisco convention decided to serve up to
American voters in November.
First, as to the Slick Man, Richard M.
Nixon. Many people, in his party as well as
outside it, distrust him. The United States
cannot hear to have a man in or near the
presidency who is not to be trusted.. Even
if tales of Nixon's lack of principle are called
overdratvn, the nation can’t tolerate, in that
position, a man who is not trusted. A kind
Providence has so far kept him out of the
office'from which only a heartbeat separates
him. It would be rank folly to tempt that
Providence for four more years.
As to the Sick Man, Dwight D. Eisenhow
er, it is deeply regrettable that his health has
failed, but it is a fact. He no longer is the
vigorous commander who led the Allies to
victory in Europe more than a decade ago.
He is not even the hale man whom his fel
low Americans hopefully elected to high of
fice in 195a.
This means more than the ultimate peril
of lifting the Slick Man to the presidency.
It means that President Eisenhow'er cannot
do his duty to the utmost. The spirit may be
willing, but the flesh is increasingly Weak.
It means that crisis, when all his energy
tv’ould be most neded, might put just the
strain on him that would prevent his apply
ing that energy. It means that national af
fairs must be run by a junta whose members
lack the responsibility of an elected offical
and often have clashing ideas.
It is fortunate for the nation that the
Democratic Party offers, in Stevenson and
Kefaiivcr, a strong, capable alternative ticket
to the sorry Republican suggestion of Sick
Man and Slick Man.
Changes In Racial Attitudes
One of the seconding speakers after the
nomination of Eisenhower for president at
the Republican Convention in San Eranc'is-
co was Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, Negro teach
er of graduate history at North Carolina
College in Durham.
In an interview given to Dallas Mallison
and printed in the Raleigh New’s & Observer
she said she realized the difficulty of some
of the problems in the racial segregation
issue. /
"I am aware of areas with large Negro pop-
lations and all the other factors usually pre
sented in a discussion of this perplexing mat
ter.”
As a solution she had two proposals: first,
“the opening of some of our universities and
colleges to Negroes now, arranging for .some
integration In areas tvhere Negroes are not
a large factor in the population”; and sec
ond, “providing for bi-racial committees to
sttidy and arrange for other areas over a
prolonged period in order that changes in
attitudes may accompany changes in status.”
The Newts I.eader has from the first ad
vocated the formation of bi-racial commit
tees to deal with all segregation and related
questions. Without the.se committees, demo
cratically organized and democratically ope
rated, confusion and rancor are liable to
contimie.
All reports, decrees, and elections involv
ing racial questions should take place in ac
cordance with the fundamental .American
precept that “just government rests on the
consent of the governed”. The status of the
relation between w'hite and Negro elements
'of the population has been changing through
the years. The consequent changes in atti
tudes ought to be based on intelligence, not
blind emotion.
Egypt Is Not Knuckling Under
^yhen Nasser announced that Egypt w’ould
nationalize the Suez Canal, Great Rritain
bellowed and snorted and shook its horns
in a w'ay which might have made an impress
ion a decade ago but which is now outmoded
and ineffective.
For Egypt no longer stands alone in a world
of big bullying governments but is the head
of a cluster of Arab states which though
tveak individually, are, as allied, a threat to
the biggest nations. For they lie athwart the
oil lines on tvhich Britain and France, to
name the most affected powers, are depend-
eiit.
For once, the U.S. is not backing up Brit
ain and saying “me too”. One possible rea
son is that the British and American oil com
panies, though outwardly oooperative, have
never been on friendly terms, and have in the
past exhibited considerable animo.sity and
rivalry.
The U.S. is, however, supporting a pro
gram leading to joint operation of the Canal.
This might of course mean eventual con
trol, but the horrid svord is not being men
tioned by the diplomats concerned.
In .so doing, the U.S. is running some
risk, for if a demand were set up for joint
operation of the Panama Canal, it might be
embarassed. Of course, all the waterways of
the W’orld ought to be open for public use
just as much as the high seas are, but a nar
row nationalism is not ready to grant this.
The w’orst thing about the Suez situation
is that it contains the seeds of w’ar, and such
seeds w-il] flourish as long as an outmoded
colonialism cannot recognize that its day is
done.
You're The Artist
What We're,Really Voting On
(Editorial In The
Smithfield Herald)
The Pearsall Plan has gain-cd
strong support in North Carolina
because the people have been led
to believe that the plan can save
the public school system and at
the same time preserve segrega
tion.
Anyone who accepts that view
of the Pearsall Plan should take
a . closer look at the plan. A vote
for the Pearsall Plan will not be
a vote for segregation. A vote for
the Pearsall Plan will not be a
vote for keeping the schools op
en.
The truth is that the Pearsall
Plan offers no guarantee against
a mixing of the races in the pub
lic schools. On the contrary, it
is a foregone conclusion that
there will be some mixing of the
races if the Pearsall Plan goes
into effect.
What the Pearsall Plan docs of
fer is an easy way to close the
public schools as Negro children
are admitted, under the law, to
schools attended by white child
ren. And that is hardly a way to
save the public school system
which guarantees educational op
portunity to all the children of
North Carolina.
It should also be understood
that a vote against the Pearsall
Plan is not a. vote for mixing the
races. There will be some mixing
of the races whether the Pearsall
Plan is adopted or not. The Pear
sall Plan does not put before us
the issue of segregation versus in
tegration. The Supreme Court of
the United States has decided that
issue by ruling compulsory seg
regation is illegal. Either we ac
cept that decision as the law' of
the land or we pursue a policy of
defiance. Governor Hodges has
stated repeatedly that North Car
olinians are law-abiding people
who will not defy the Supreme
Court.
Thus what we really will be
voting on in the election of Sep
tember 8 is whether North Caro
lina ought to continue its guaran
tee of educational opportunity to
ail its children or open the -way
for abandonment of the principle
of universal education champion
ed by Governor Aycock.
Either we will save North Car
olina from the calamity of increas
ing ignorance and poverty. Or we
w'ill open the gates to that calam
ity. For, in the words of Govern
or Hodges, the result of doing
away with public schools “will
be appalling in ignorance, pover
ty and bitterness.”
The primary issue before the
people is public education and
continued progress versus closed
schools and growing ignorance.
A secondary issue is whether
the Pearsall Plan will result in
more or less mixing of the races.
On this issue the Pearsall Plan is
weak.
The probability is that adoption
of the plan will stir resentment
among the Negroes of North Car
olina, who regard the plan as an
evasion of the Supreme Court de
cision. And resentment likely wull
be translated into court actions to
force admission of Negro children
to schools attended by white chil
dren.
The further probability is that
the plan will discourage rather
than encourage the “voluntary
segregation” that Governor Hod
ges and North Carolinians gen
erally hope for as a means of les
sening the racial tension. With
out the Pearsall Plan there would
be reason to expect much volun
tary segregation and relatively
little actual mixing of the races
in North Carolina. With the plan
the state would increase the risk
of mass integration and interrac
ial strife.
This is a time for clear and
calm thinking in North Carolina,
not blind and emotional voting.
When a supporter of the Pearsall
Plan claims that the plan will save
the schools and keep the schools
segregated, he should be called
on to explain how the plan wdll
achieve that result. So far, advo
cates of the Pearsall Plan have
failed to give any realistic and
logical support to their broad
claims.
Chips That Fall
A CASE OF HARD LUCK
(We The People)
An author wai? telling a friend
of the worst experience he had
ever had.
“I was in San Francisco,” ex
plained the author, "and without
funds. I received a money order
for S50 from home. I looked
around for someone who could
identify me at the post office.”
He paused a moment and hi.s
face took on a look of great sad-
“Do you know what happen
ed?” he continued. “The only
man I could find to identify me
so T could collect that sorely
needed $50 was a man to whom
I owed $48.”
WOODROW WILSON STORY
(We The People)
Woodrow Wilson was the son
of a minister. His father, who was
tall and extremely thin, would
often take young Woodrow with
him on his parish calls, which
were made in a horse-drawn bug
gy of their era.
One day on one of these calls
a parishoner asked:
“Reverend, how is it that you’re
so thin and gaunt while your
horse is so fat and yleek?”
Before his father could reply,
young Woodrow burst forth with:
“Probably because my father
feeds the horse and the congre
gation feeds my father!”
NEVER!
“Next to a beautiful woman,
what do you think is the most
interesting thing in the whole
world?”
“When I’m next to a beautiful
woman I never stop to consider.”
FLAVOR CENTER
Characteristic Spee^c
One of the outstanding charac
teristics of native Sandhills
speech, as shown in the following
“dictionary,” is a tendency to
make two-syllable words and vice
versa. Thus, “how” may be
spoken “hi you,” while “orange”
will be contracted to “urnge.”
Here is our own dictionary of
Sandhillese subject . to correc
tions, additions deletions and
rude comments: ,
I pull—The fruit that keeps
the doctor away.
Wow well—That portion of a
building that supports the roof,
and in which windows and doors
are located.
Gay You—To proceed, to be on
ones way.
Shay you — An exhibition the
movies. Example of usage of
/ these two words: Did you gay
you 1,0 the shay you last night?
Owl—The entirety, everything.
By Skit Bowel — A popular
winter indoor sport. ‘
Flee You—^Past tense of flah.
Bud — One of our feathered
friends. Example of usage of
these two words: The bud flee
you to the tree.
Stow Were—Place where goods
are for sale.
1-^
, wiil^
House Spittle—P
bay buzz are
'My Youth
with and eat
Neigh Use
with.
E Your—Wha
Sea Girt —
Chesterfields, el
Shiver Lay, F
Tack—^Popular
otherwise knowi
sometimes abbr J
Toe. See Dan is
red body type,
tee you tay yun^ f
Free Yute —
products as pitcl: f
plooms, strew
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Diiion
tifli
lifii
II yt
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mouns, pond I p
yups, war meins
Dowg—^Bow
Kite—Meow.
Ho Warese—
Pay you See
Warse.
Me Yule—^Tra'
ing on the fanii
Chun—Lays 
Ree Youster-
do.—From ‘GrafI
Southern Pines
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On Things Undd
East Franklin Street has a
few liandsome crepe myrtles
in flower. Why not all the
way? Goldsboro has show’n
the world what can be done
with crepe myrtles in light
ing up what might otherwise
be commonplace streets.
Gliapel Hill c;m surely do no
le.ss.
Fhe town could be made
much more attractive, espec
ially ill late summer, by
judicious plantings that
would divide busy streets into
double traffic lanes. But in
most cases the streets are too
narrow. Rosemary, for in
stance, ought to have been
laid out in twice its pre.sent
width. It hass the excuse of
having been born in horse
and buggy days.
The new streets arising
around the fringes of tlie ex
panding town have no such
excuse. Yet many of them are
obviously too narrow and
cramped even for moderate
auto traffic This is a bVilure
not only in planning but in
imagination.
★ ★ ★
One of the most searching and
poignant statements in the Eng
lish language is this from the
Book of Common Prayer: “We
have left undone those things
which we ought to have done and
we have done those things which
we ought not to have done.”
Here is summed up man's rec
ord, not as a medhanistic, chemi
cal product of blind chance, but
as a religious being concerned
with his relationship to deity and
to his fellow creatures. In every
soul—near the surface of some,
buried deep in others—is a con
sciousness of things left undone
that needed doing, an^ of things
done that might better not have
been done.
Perhaps it is an accident, per
haps not, but the prayer book
gives first place to things undone
—the sins of ommission. Yet the
ftiSil
ri
fact is (hat th(
difficult to deal
iires against lyin
worship of false
rest are, general
and open. Avo
of commission-
nots”—can be
exercise of det
age, a degree §fiSl
But is the
the worthy and
undone, that nu
the soul. By
society guards
the sins of cor
for the most p;
of omission. A
to be upright,
moral strength,
done what oug
done. He alone hshgi
measure of hi
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By BILL WHITLEY
FUTURE. In the hope of mak
ing farming a more profitable
business in the future, added em
phasis is being put on research
year by year.
During the current fiscal year,
the Federal government will
spend almost two million dollars
on agricultural research in the
state of North Carolina. Most of
this money, which represents a
sharp increase over past years,
will be spent in the form of
grants to the state to be used for
research in the state’s experi
ment stations.
Last year, Sen. W. Kerr Scott
asked for a complete rc-appraisal
of the government’s agricultural
research programs. It was his
feeling that more emphasis
should he put on tobacco, since
it is a major source of revenue
for the Federal government and
in view of some transitions be
ing made in the overall industry.
pasture resean
production.
“In the yeai
said, “we will '
more dependen
farm prosperitj
it is impossibi
ize its importa
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The new U.
Saratoga is saW
300,000 gallons Pf
completion.
COTT
More than 1'
of cotton are c
by the wire an
Speedy way to start a fam
ily fight: Try to choo.se
among a dozen proofs of a
camera portrait.
★ A ★
Go West, young man! It’s
an old general slogan. Soon
comes a diancc to apply it
specifically, for a trip from
Washington back to Cali
fornia, to R. M. Nixon.
★ * ★
National scandal brews
about doping of prizefight
ers. Dnrbam recently had an
evening of professional box
ing that was a sorry me.ss. It
would be a good idea to put
an end to this “sport that's
as sporting as kicking Gran
'maw in the face.
X'acation time comes near
its end. and lots of folks will
rejoice to return to the ac
customed serenity for the job
' from the .frantic toil of a
♦ holiday.
* ★ ★
The Spinx is the tradition
al riddle-a.sker, in Egypt, but
others there pose problems.
★ ★ ★
INCREASED. Largely as a re
sult of Scott’s interest in re
search, this year’s federal ex-
penditure.s for research in North
Carolina have been greatly in
creased.
During a series of several con
ferences with officials pf the De
partment of Agriculture, Scott
expressed the opinion that more
emphasis ought to be put on
grants to the states for research
work. In this way, he contended,
the state experiment stations
would be able to guide their re
search into the areas that would
be most beneficial to the farm
ers of the state.
Last week the Department in
formed Scott that the research
grants to North Carolina would
be increased this year by $212,-
836.
In addition to this, an addi
tional $89,430 will be spent by
the Federal government on re
search projects it carries on it
self in the state.
The state of Vera Cruz in Mexi
co supplies an estimated one-
third of the entire world supply
of Vanilla extract and some asso
ciated products.
TOBACCO. Included in the
puograms the Federal govern
ment will carry on in the state
this year is a research project
“to overcome or reduce grower
hazards in flue-cured tobacco by
improvement of varieties and
strains for de.sirable growth,
quality and resistance to ,the
combinations of the prevailing
diseases that overlap in certain
areas.”
An aditional $21,300 will be
spent on these projects alone.
There will also be sharp in
creases in the funds spent on
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