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Chapel Hill News Leader If's No Solution From Sen. Scott's Office VOL. Hi NO. 7t Laoding With The News .n Chopet Hill, Carrbdro, Glen Lenno* and Surrounding Areas MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1956 More Bi-Raciai Committees riit; N’cu'.s Lea'der ajjjrees wiili Rcprescnta- live |oliii W. L'ni.stead oiOran^e County that one way to lind a .soin(i(ni of the school seg- rcgaiitin proljleiii is to establish hi-nuial romnijttees in. cve.rv coininuniiy. )ii State and local commii.tees. Supporters of tlie Pearsall Plan argue that if (he Stale Coii.slitutiori is altered by the Vote on Sepleinber 8 time will be gained lo woi'k out somethivig .setisfactory. Pint ii slaiids to reason that nothing satis- faetorv to t.lic Negro people will be worked out if they are, denied equal lepresentation The Pearsall (ioiuniittee has not a .single .Negro tneniber. \’oiei'.s who: approve the Pearsr-’l Aincndinem will reeogni/.c it is at best a one-sided, one-raee |)lan. Is that in at - cord with dernoctatit print iples? One otlier (]uestion: II the Peasall Plan is deelared. :is Pnif. noiigiasMaggsO'f the Duke Ihiisei'sitv l.aw St hool believes likely, tin- (onstilutional by the unnts, what plasi will then eorne into (tperation.' Voting By Old Patterns Washing I on Report By BILL WHITLEY ELECTION. The stakes are unusually high this year for North Carolina and the South in the Congressional elections. If the Republicans gain control oC Congress, it will mean that the South will lose a majority of the major committee chairmanships in both the House and Senate. when committee chairmanships are considered in light of civil rights and other legislation in which the South has a deep in terest, this year’s elections be comes even more important. Walt PartymilLer in York Gartette And Daily “C'.lorified f)!d South patterns”, says Dr. Ucidipii Hill, student of people.s and popttla- lioiis in ilie I'N'Cl faeiilty. are vestiges of a day wbeii .Southern people were rooted in the soil and ( hiefly stationary. He ixiiiind.s us that the modern tendency of Southern I'aniilies to he on the move— either to ttnvii pr to seek better pay tmd con ditions—i.s intraiditcing' a new pattern ol life marked bv itTbaniration, industrialization, larnilv instability, and a change in the inas- ler- lass concept. T-'veiv day ibe South laces hew tiueslion.s auid racking.idecision.s. If we do not realize that familiar Southern patterns of life are breaking up and cannot be rigidly main tained, \ve wdll be in danger of trying to n avel in a hoTsc and buggy in tut, tuitomobile age. Dr.' Hill points lo three faimily patterns in herited from the Old South: the upper class nlantei' family, the mother-centered Negro family, the yeoman farm family. X'esligcs of these |Mltcm.s are .still to be found in many parts of the South, hut they are oil the way out or are being modified by nciv relationships. ’I he danger to the South is that it will ding to pattern and way of life that has already been undermined or e\en swept away by events and conditions. Fven t)ur \’()r.e.s must be enst. in recognition of the btet that the inovinf:^ finger not only writes but has already written. Toisioy Film Is Comoared Wiih' Gone Wi'h The Wind' Chips That Fall Bosley Crewther in N. Y. Times A Plan For The Schools Just as the .schools arc opening for the fall term eomes the word that according to a study of tlie Goldsboro schools made by tlie If.N'C. School of Education, the popula tion of fioidsboro has virtually doubled in the last 2v vrtars but the capacity of the local sc:Ik)o1s lias aegerl far behind. ' ■M' No doulji. the ' nne story can be told of other srhool.s in the State; for almost every where therS ts a ‘hoitagc ol space, lai:il!ties, classrci ,1 , :kI teachers. In a;-, era when far-rea'ching plans are be ing drawn up foi every enterprise, there i.s urgent need of a plan for yhe North Caro lina .schools. Siicli a |ilait': shonld be made nor just lot- five Ol leu years, but for twenty li\e and e\cn fifty years. It is commonly agreed that the rise in the .school population at the be ginning of thi.s fall term is only a foretaste of the snrg'e of children that will Hood the schools ill tlic forthcoming yeats. Statistics .show that in recent years North Carolina ha.s in many avenues not maintained tlie pace that it .set itself when the .State took over the school system. It has been rc-exam- ining itself with a view- to new energies and new improvements. One of its bi,gge.st assets lies in the etieigies and abilities of its young people. But -the State’s children cannot rise lo their best levels with scant or iitferior .school buildings and equipment. While plans are rising for this and that element of the population, why should there iiot be an overall plan to lake care of all the State’s children; and why should not every town and community look ahead to the demands of future years? Nixon As President 'Fliere is pn)l)ably no elt^inent In ihc o')!!!!- ' irv. inrludin^yTiis nvn backers, (|uite trnsis Mre,President Nixon. Yet it the GOP ivitis in November and anytbinj^ happens to Ike. Nixorr. will become president of tlic rSA. G i' ll! tliar case, wbat would he likely do? In tlie Jirsi: pkxe. lie is largely the creature of the Ing'twterests which pat up the money that brouglvt hnu to AV^ashinoton. ft mu.st l.ie assumed fuGnauld be responsive to their promptings aviwl .diesires. Secondly/ we .blight be in an .Asiatic wat even more tnassive-and me.ssy than the Ko rean one. - lie .strongly urged war when we pul one -foot' ifoo the Tndo-China conflict between F'rance and native rebels. So it miisi be assumed he would place rlie I.ISA alongside the powers ifnat are'trying to main tain an outmoded colonial policy. Thirdly, it must l>e assiimed he would not tolerate opposition or difference of opinion. He accused the DeuKKrals of. being' a party of treasoti because they were not Republi cans. Here is a situation that amounts to a funny paradox; When “Gone Wiih the Wind” was published as a novel and later made into a film it was of ten and reasonably described as - “the American ‘AVar and Peace/ ” the reference being, of course, to Leo Tolstoy’s cla.ssic novel of Czari.st Russia during the Na poleonic wars. The comparison is inevitable and proper, since both novels have to do with the ravages of w'ar upon a privileged and tradi tion-laden social class. In “AVar and Peace” it is the landed Rus sian aristocrats w'hose leisurely way of life was shaken and whose bulwarks of ' superiority were breached when Napoleon invaded their country in 1812. And in “Gone With the Wind” it is the genteel Southern plantation-ow'ii- ing class whose world was utterly destroyed by the Auierican Civil War. Re^emblahce may be noted even further—in the natures of somef’of'^'the characters, in the • patterns of families, in the ways of living and in the destructions brought on by war. In “Gone With the Wind,” for instance, the burning of Atlanta was a pictorial .display of dis aster that is paralleled by the burning of Moscow in “AVar and Peace,” And bringing of the wounded to Atlanta, which was a graphic evidence of the horror of war in “Gone With the Wind,” is matched by the scenes of slaughter at the Battle of Boro dino and the slow destruction of Napoleon's Army on its retreat: from Moscow in this film of “War and Peace.” Hansome Photography Further, both films, being efforts of supreme cinematic achievement in their respective ■ days, haVe been distinguished by the best in contemporary color photography. ■ This “War and Peace,” which is showing at the Capitol, is something to see for tbe beauty of its scenes in At^ista- Vision and for Jack Cardiff's camera work. But we feel that the reasonable comparison between “AA^ar and Peace” and “Gone With the AVind,” as motion-picture pres entations, cannot go any further than this, alter duly noting that both run well over three hours. For, whereas the central char acter, Scarlett O'Hara, in “Gone With the Wind” was a dynamic, flexible woman whose attack up on life completely changed after experiencing war's destruction, her opposite number. Natasha, in “War and Peace” is a volatile girl who changes little, ejlcept to become more subdued, after seeing her home destroyed aud losing the man she loved. There is no demonstration, either in incident or in the performance that Audrey Hepburn gives, of the spiritual and social maturing of Natasha that is in Tolstoy’s book. No Theme But more perceptibly absent from this picture is a positive dramatic theme, such as the theme of social transition that was tremendous in “Gone With the Wind” and /u’hich, indeed, is strongly under-running through the ’JOO-odd’ pages of ;“AVar and Peace,” The individuals contem plated in this picture are a va riety of aristocrats and a couple of nnlitary loaders, the Russian general Kutuzov and Napoleon. For an hour and forty- five minutes, this handsome film is given up to a slow, mildly inter- .,esting description of the domes tic gn'd amorous affairs of a doz en members of three or four faniilies. Then Napoleon invades the country. Some are killed. Everybody has trying experi ences..,,Napoleon is forced to re treat,. , and the aristocratic life is resumed. It offers a panorama crowded with incidents but little point, except that war i.s fright ful and peace is to be desired. Hardened radio li.sreners, bruised and driven to cover by the raucous cdianis of tlie KIvises, arc surprised uiid gr:'.elul when' a /nice gaiT like Doris. Day comes along, and sings wirli real charm: “Q[ie Sara., s a r a — wliatever will l>c, will be”. It is all the more ehariiiing from hav ing an accompaniment with a true .Mexican lift. Bradv's Blarney 'A Casserole Kick' 'The jtresideitcy dI the I S,\ is tht' must powciltil political office knmvn to civiliza tion. VV'iili Nixon occupying it. the nation would probably secretly feel as if it were in possession of a distrusted man armed with a smoking midcar weapon. By J. P. BRADY (In The Franklin Press) Tlie -ft’ifo is currently on a ca.sscrole kick at our house. Anything that will support cheese on its top soon finds 'Get Ready, Get Set . . What The Ted^ Can Do ’The “l-ed’y, as the Federal Reserve System is (■: r led,; rWispn that money ha,s been too plentihil .and has put a damp on.it. The effect will he felt by every inlirihitant of the roiiinrv. from the biggest eit\ down to the smallest hamlet. supply is to put a clamp on w central artery. Every line of endeavor i.s either halted or in terfered with in some measure. The opera tion may be successhil, hut the patient sul- fers. • . Interests rates ate now the highe.st since KIg'P which was the lieavy year of the de pression. The "Fed's” decree is that a new round of inflation has been started and must be cuib- ed. It may he tliat a financial einergeiK v exists that compels the ‘ Fed" to step in, hut theic's no denving that a risk is involved. Busine.ss hardship end faiiure is only one of the |>os.si- hle conse(|uence.s. .V loss of confidence in the financial struc ture or .a tease of fear might be the fruit of ail inidtie restriction of the money supply. We think of the seat of govennnent as re siding ill the ('.a])itol or the \V'hite House, but at .s'ucli a moment we have to recognize 'tfi'ifi'nciiher'has siich baisic power as the But to put a da'inp on the country’s credit "Fed”. .-tffpt: * When a runaway is threatened, a' Itrake musi be applied. FIcnee the administration at AVasIiingtcm has authorized the “Fed” t.o take action.' - '• •• r ' .. ' /•> ^Vf SENATE. In the Senate, for exasnple, if the Republicans gain control of Congress, it will mean that Sen. James Eastland of Mi3.sissippi will be replaced as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee by Sen, Alexander ■Wiley of Wisconsin. This is the committee that handles all civil rights legislation. Jiist as important is the Senate Labor and Public Welfare Com- mottee, which handles most of the social legislation other than civil rights. If the Democrats lose control of Congress, Sen. Lister Hill of Alabama will be re placed as chairman of this com mittee by Sen. Alexander Smith of New Jersey. Other Senate committee chair manships that w'ouid be taken from southerners if the Republi cans win Congress are: Agriculture, now held by Sen. Allen 'Ellender of Louisiana would go to Sen. of Vermont; Am now held by Sen. sell of Georgia vvcl Styles Bridges ol shire; Banking ^ now held by Sen. J of Arkansas woui Homer Capehart i nance, now held Byrd of Virginia w Edward Martin of Government Open by Sen. John Met ansas would go McCarthy of W Post Office and now held by Sen. of South Carolin Sem Frank Carlso 0^ HOUSE. In th Carolina would f immediate effect cratg lose contro. Rep. Harold. C replaced as chj House Agricultt Rep. Graham Bat the chairmanshij Labor and Educa and Rep. Herber be replaced as t House Merchant! cries Committee. ’ Rep. Carl Dur f lose his up-cnmi| man of the powi mittee on Atom! In addition to er southerners w as chairmen of tees. Free Wheeling S'/ Bill Crowell—Reporting From Ralel MS! F’niix Hickcison w;is in bi.s I’.eihu liotel one day this sunnner and .sVvitdiing dials on the . radio to catdi .some F.ngli.sh language new.s when there .eaine a burst of famil iar voices and nnisit. It was the. GaiiiiJus WU.NC studio on the air. Hickerson s:jy.s it wa.s as dear as ho were in t’.hapcl Hill instead of Ger- nianv. ’ . Eb Merritt knotvs of . a pond not far fnini (iliapel Hill where big ba,ss come dose to sliore and loaf in CAR SICKNESS . . . Science now knows what causes motion sickness, that queasy-in-the-stom- ach feeling you sometimes have on long motor trips. The trouble comes from the type of food eat en, kind of clothing, and bore dom. Children are especially suspect ible. Which leads Free Wheeling to advise a simple diet (no past ries, mayonnaise, fish) for young sters during a trip. Also loose, comfortable clothes, and a fav orite toy or coloring book to oc cupy the srriall frys’ attention. As a further diversion, when children get restless, the Smith- field Herald suggests some sim- ing off engine standard trick fc Tom 'doesn’t but he can eve ished figures. C iyEi Cii TisEet aay i Mm Isles 1 ryta llki the .shade. A bird dog slips . pie game like seeing which one /up and set5 the fish by die can scream the loudest. hour, (iot to keep his nose in practice, even in. the oft sea’soii. self in the di.sh and cooking in t^e oven. Nothing, not even week-old left overs, is safe. “AVhat gives with'this casserole kick?” I ventured at the table the other night, after fighting off the urge through about four casserole meals in a row, “You mean the ‘budget kick’.” she replied haughtily. “If you’d make enough to feed us 1 would not have tu use my ingenuity...” “Ingenuity!” “Yes, ingenuity,” she contin ued ag if I hadn’t even spoken. “Casseroles are nourishing, fill ing, and very economical... “So.-is garbage . . .” ..-.and they’re -easy to fix on these hot days,” she conclud ed. “I’ll say easy to fix. Looks to me like you just empty the re frigerator and then co^cr the mess w'ith cheese.” “Well,” she, said angrily, “you seem to be thriving on them from the looks of that layer of fat hanging over yojir belt.” “That was a very unkind re mark and you’ve cut me to the quick,”! fought back feebly, “and that’s not fat, it's undeveloped muscle!’'’ She drove the barb home: “AA^hy don’t you admit you’ve got a spare' tire around your middle and lef it’go at that.” “If it was spare you’d have it trimmed bit and in a casserole di.sh topped with cheese,” was my triumphant rejoinder. “Not a .bad idea,” she decided menacingly, poking her knife to ward my midriff, “but lard like that lends itself more to tomato sauce than cheese.” “I think ni have some more of that delicious casserole,” I said meekly. “You say the sweetest things,” she complied, putting down the knife. HOT CARS . . . Tom Secrest, assistant head of the Motor Ve hicles Department’s Auto Theft Bureau, is the car thief’s worst occupational hazard. The former highway patrolman turned sleuth uses chemistry, clerking and checking in upsetting the plans of auto and truck pilferers who find the practice of their trade tough sledding in North Caro lina. Tom doesn’t low rate the pro- • fessions^ auto thief. He relishes matching wits with the pros who, for the most part, are the ones who keep him in business. “Kids who snatch cars tempo rarily for joy riding seldom keep them more than a few hours,” he says. “And others eventually abandon stolen cars after impulsive, and usually foolish, journeys. It’s the pro- • fessional who displays real cun ning at stealing cars and trying to cash in on them.” To try and sell a stolen ve hicle in North Carolina is a risky business. Despite new paint jobs, scat covers, extra accessor ies and the like which the pro fessionals -employ to dLsguise a hot car, Tom and his inspectors can spot them with frustrating (for the thief) regularity. Grind- A secret for an obliterated brings it back mystcrioiisness. numbers, often grinding, are dt facility by inv( A battery of eyes on title paring them mimeographed When they det action, as they Tom detains investigation. ' He has pea as the unhappy when FBI me; him in tow. Tom’s inspei (plain-clothesn work hand in ^ specialists of Theft Bureaiilfc. spoil one bus lina doesn’t w lane 'jf* il Iiei :?! li 1 It 11 it! lull liilia sil h Ilfcj 'St( (1 til tti ttt E Ha N acEE Chapel Published Thursday by Company, Iin Mailin; Be Chapel Street Addre Cai Tftleph Phillips Euss Roland Giduz L. M. Pollanc j. J. Hendric E. J. Hamlin NEIGi CORRE DEATH DECLINE Death rale in. the U. S. ha.s de clined by about 46 per cent since 1900. Carrboro MILK INTAKE A dairy cow eats 100 pounds of food daily to produce 20 to 25 pounds of milk. . Mt. Carmel - New Hope _ White Cross Negro Comm M; FUEL CENTER About one-half the U. S. natural gas supply comes from Texas. NICKEL COIN Switzerland issued the first nickel coin for general use in about 1881. As late as 1870 it is reported that there were less than 150 hos pitals in the U. S., and they were confined chiefly to the eastern seaboard cities. WTTjSON SAID what’s good for General Motors is good for the WORD IS . that Ike will fire Charles E.^ Wilson after the clec- iJertfo-rd County Herald country. AVfell, Ike's apparently •-tion. Thaf'ought to-be--good-For going to get himself a new model, some Ford and Chi'j'sler votes.
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