OTHER EDITORS SAY
WRAL VIEWPOINT
Liberals Deny Viewpoint
Of All Others
There is justified amusement
to be found in the angry pro
tests being registered by The
News and Observer against some
tort of recorded telephone an
nouncements which, in the news
paper’s view, are “bate messag
es” being distributed by “char
acter assassins”.. We haven’t
heard the messages, and have
no particular interest in hear
ing them. Still, when The News
and Observer commences to talk
about character assassins, there
will be many to suggest that it
takes one to know one. We
may be witnessing the ultimate
in the pot’s calling the kettle
black.
Apparently the recorded tel
ephone messages have been di
rected at certain activities of
the National Council of Church
es. The information contained
in the messages may indeed be
false and unfair. If so, it is re
grettable that the sponsors of
the messages did not choose to
select valid information about
the National Council of Church
es which needs to be brought
to the attention of church mem
bers who may be contributing,
knowingly or unknowingly, to
that strange organization.
There are many respected
churchmen who are genuinely
disturbed about the activities of
the National Council of Church
es. Much careful research has
been done, and many thought
ful evaluations have been made
of the council’s role in stirring
up unrest — and, yes, hatred
— across the land. We have
in mind, for example, North Car
olinians such as Dr. G. Aiken
Taylor and Dr. L. Nelson Bell,
both Presbyterians, both relig
ious editors. Dr. Bell, by way of
further identification, is Evan
gelist Billy Graham’s father-in
law.
But men like Dr. Taylor and
Dr. Bell have been almost total
ly ignored by the “liberal”
press. These men, too, voice
warnings about “hate.” But
modern “liberalism” — in the
press, in the clergy, and in pol
itics — rejects the counsel of
the Dr. Taylors and the Dr. Bells
of our time. For th6y, you see,
point to the errors and frailties
of all — of liberals as well as
conservatives.
If one accepts the theory that
there is a reaction for every ac
tion, the turbulent dialogue of
our day becomes somewhat more
understandable. Those who have
encouraged the disorders of the
civil rights demonstrations en
gage in piotis pretense as they
protest the night-skies’ being
reddened by flaming Ku Klux
Klan crosses. What did they
expect? Who will assign all jus
tice to one, and none to the oth
er?
The liberals who today cry
bout character assassination and
hate, and “half-truths” have con
venient memories. What, one
might ask, will objective histor
ians, have to say about the con
duct of the liberals in the 1964
Presidential campaign? Who
called whom a war monger?
Who persuaded the American
people that the election of one
candidate would result in cer
tain destruction of Social Se
curity? Who, as a matter of
plain fact, built such a climate
of hate and distrust that Lyn
don Johnson’s opponent was nev
er able to obtain from the Am
erican people a reasonable eval
uation of his principles?
For whatever it is worth, we
too regret the present posture
of America, for the nation is in
deed hoisted on the petards of
emotional and therefore often
unreasonable conflicts of opinion.
But the simple truth is the peo
ple are- beginning to feel that
they have nowhere to turn.
They have learned that those
who most often cry out about
character assassination are
themselves character assassins.
The news media have too often
traveled a one - way street in
the discussions of America’s
problems. The Congress has
become, except in rare instanc
es, a rubber - stamp for a mast
er politician. Clergymen are
busily engaged in marching in
picket lines, or in creating con
Frosty Mom
Meats Inc.
“Helping to build a better Livestock
Market for Eastern North Carolina”
n
No Commission Charge
No Waiting
- ■■
-/'JP A ^ .
3-5103 Kinston, N. C.
" I ■
ttl
New Recruiter
For Leathernecks
A Marine sergeant ’ with 16
years of service has been as
signed recruiting duty in the
Kinston area.
The new recruiter is Gunnery
Sergeant Floyd Lee King a na
tive of Reidsville.
Sgt. King, or Sgt. Arnold Pate
the present Marine recruiter in
this area, will be in Kinston each
Friday from 9 a.m. until Noon,
in the Federal Building. Inter
ested persons can contact eith
er recruiter in Kinston on Fri
days. ;
PARRISH AT NORFOLK
Pvt. Robert C. Parrish, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Parrish
Jr. of 1620 Brody Street in Kins
ton, was assigned to Headquart
ers, 4th Missile Battalion, 59th
Artillery at Hampton Roads De
fense near Norfolk on Octobei
14.
fusion about the birth and ex
istence of Christ, or in defend
ing the political activities of the
National Council of Churches.
Our courts appear to be more
interested in protecting the guil
ty than in protecting the inno
cent. Moral codes are being re
designed, working for a living
has been declared old - fashion
ed. Old truths are being dis
carded in favor of what liberal
ism chooses to call “new” truths.
Yes, there is indeed character
assassination going on in Amer
ica. Our national character lies
bleeding and dying in the gut
ters of apathy and deceit. It
may be that all of us deserve
to go on trial for first-degree
murder.
Nursing Homes Limbering Up to Get
Their Share of Medicare in 1967
The state’s licensed nursing
homes will have to make only
two minor administrative chang
es to become eligible for partic
ipation in thev new Medicare
program, Dr. J. W. R. Norton,
state health director, announc
ed in Raleigh.
“When Medicare becomes ef
fective in nursing homes on
January 1, 1987,” the health of
ficial reported, “each home
must appoint a ‘utilization re
view committee’ and sign trans
fer agreements with at least one
hospital to qualify as a nursing
home for Medicare patients.”
Dr. Norton said licensed nurs
ing homes in North Carolina al
ready closely adhere to require
ments of the new federal aid
program, due to the high stan
dard of licensing set by the State
Board of Health.
In this state, a nursing home
must be under the supervision
of a full - time registered nurse,
with a registered or licensed
practical nurse on duty at all
times. In addition, all physical
structures must conform to
safety standards of the uniform
state building codes.
DISTIJJJED FROM GRAIN
LAIRD'S
PINT
4/5 QUART
LAIRD AND COMPANY, SCOBEYVILIE, N. J.
'66 FORD LTD IS HERE!
Quiet quality! Ford could be the world's quietest car. All
the better to hear Ford's new stereo tape player option!
WANTACIION?
Action by the "buckets" full! Comes with high-perfor
mance 428-cu. in. V-8, front disc brakes, Cruise-O
Matic or 4-speed transmission, dual exhausts. Test it!
POWERED BYRIRD...PRESENIED BY YOUR FORD DEALER
SEE YOUR LOCAL FORD DEALER
}