CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County'* Newspaper EDITORIALS FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1956 Protection is Possible Out of a study of huivicanes have come recommendations for lessening the damage which future storms might cause. i Emphasis is placed on individual communities and counties' making spe cific plans to protect themselves. We fear, however, that in this day of "let the government do it," few communi ties will take hurricane-precaution sug gestions seriously. The hurricane project report, issued by the North Carolina Council of Civil Defense, and released through the gov ernor's office, suggests that a special coastal district be organized. The re port says, "Special development dis tricts are often organized on the basis of a single function, like mosquito con trol districts. There is no reason why a special development district could not carry out all of the protective measures that should be executed ... Its re sources, jurisdiction, and responsibility would be larger than that of the county, but smaller than that of the state." The report makes it clear that "a ma jor portion of the money for hurricane protective works must come from local sources." While the state is making every effort to obtain federal assist ance, special districts set up in other states have found that they cannot de pend on state and federal aid. It has been suggested that the state, however, in addition to offering tech nical assistance, establish a revolving fund from which money could be bor rowed at low interest rates, to carry out hurricane protection projects. It rests with local communities, to draft zoning laws and enforce building regulations which would protect people from building in places which continu ally flood, or putting up houses which invite wind and wave destruction. The vastness of planning against hurricane invasion staggers anyone who gives the situation more than pass ing thought. For this reason, the hurri cane report recommends that the state assume responsibility for the guidance and coordination of a hurricane protec tion program. Yet there is something that mayors, town and county commissioners can do right now. They should read the hurri cane project report. They should know what has been done to define the prob lem facing the coast ? and what can be done to protect our natural re sources, businesses and homes. Unless they acquaint themselves with the task, they will be in no position to work in telligently with the state. Hope for Cripples The amazing progress in caring for the crippled is one of the most obvious factors noted in the news released in conjunction with the 1956 Easter Seal campaign. More has been ac complished for the crippled in our time than in all generations of man's civilization. Improvement in tech niques is one explana tion for the progress. Another is the work of both public and private agencies without whose effort* scientific advances would be meaning less. Not many private organizations can match the superlative contribution made by the National Society for Crip pled Children and Adults and its affili ates, including the Carteret County Easter Seal Society. For more than a quarter century, these societies have been providing care for the crippled and informing the public of the crip pled's needs, spending Easter Seal dol lars wisely and well. The campaign in this county has meant these tangible things: purchas ing braces, wheel chairs, hospitaliza tion, speech correction, transportation to and from the hospital, direct medi cal aid, and crippled children's camp. This is the time of year when resi dents of Carteret can again contribute to the cause. The Easter Seal program is in the finest tradition of humanity and deserves support. It opens tomorrow and continues through April 10. Orange is Still Orange (Greensboro Daily News) A rose by any other name may smell as sweet, but down in Florida they do not believe an orange in other color will sell as well. For some uiirty years orange grow ers have been routinely using artificial coloring to pretty up their ripe oranges that still looked green on the outside, 110 matter how ripe and sweet they may have been on the inside. Everybody was happy. The man in the orchard knew he could market orange oranges with greater ease and better profits than he could market the same fruit looking green. The man at the breakfast table knew what he liked ? and what he liked was an orange orange. Then last fall the Food and Drug Ad ministration in Washington suffered an attack of conscience. Maybe the orange dye was poisonous. The secretary of agriculture issued an order that use of dye on oranges would not be approved after February 15. Orange growers were up in arms. As far as they were concerned the new orange order was purely a lemon. They wrote their con gressmen to pass a law to save the orange orange. A bill was introduced in Congress. But now the tempest in the orange crate is all settled. The growers man aged to squeeze an orange compromise out of the Food and Drug Administra tion. They may still dye their oranges for three more years, while the admin istration's scientists continue to test for any ill effects. So rest well, drinkers of orange juice ! When you totter sleepily to the kitchen in the morning for your glass of fruit juice, the orange will still be orange. All you have to do is squeeze it. 4-H 4 All As 4-H Week comes to a close, adults would do well to note again the 4-H Club pledge, because the pledge, if lived by, would improve every com munity. Too frequently adults look patroniz ingly on youth programs, setting them apart as something only for the chil dren. The grown-ups feel they have ac quired all the principles and teachings necessary to live successfully. Unfortunately that's not true. Thus, if adults would join 4-H youngsters in pledging themselves to clearer think in*. greater loyalty, larger service and better living, Carteret would be a model for all communities. ?i Carteret County Newt-Times WINNER OF NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION AND NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARDS A Merger o I The Beaufort Newt (Eit. 1B12) and The Twin City Timet (Eat 1836) Publiahed Tuetdayt and Friday* by the Carteret Publlahinf Company, Inc. 504 Arendell St., Morebead City, N. C. LOCKWOOD PHILLIPS ? PUBLISHER ELEANORE DEAR PHILLIPS ? ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER RUTH L. PEEUNO ? EDITOR Hail Rates: In Carteret County and adjoining counties, 16.00 one year, tS.SO tlx months, $1.25 one month; elaewhere $7.00 one year, $4.00 six months, $1.50 one month. Member of Associated Press ? N. C. Press Association National Editorial Aaaoclation ? 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The Department of Agriculture was very gracious about it, and came through with the increase without a whimper. Last year, the same peanut growers had a tug-of war *1th the department and then wcr# given only a token increase. A week or so after increasing peanut acreage, Secretary Benson announced that he was putting surplus cotton stocks up for sale at competitive prices in the world markets. This was another delayed action. For the past 18 months, Benson has refused to do just what he proudly announ