The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-12-01
CALL CITIZENS
TO STUDY OF
GOVERNMENT
Organizations Expected to
Assemble Dec. II for
Special Event

CHAPEL HILL. Dec. 1.-The
official representatives of % citi-
zenS' organizations, with a men,
berShip totaling more than 1907
600. issued a statement today
characterizing the invitation OF
the public officers to the private
citizens of North Carolina, to join
with them gin a program of sys-
tematic and continuous study of
the workings of their gOvera-
ment". as 1.-The most forward
looking and constructive step Of
this generation in promoting un-
derStanding and cooperation be-
tween government and the people
and in strengthening confidence in
our governmental institutions.
They called on their member
ship and the citizens of the state
generally to assemble informally
in their respective meeting places
throughout the state on Tuesday,
December -, from 80 to 2:30
o'clock. and join with state and
local officers in launching d
unique and distinctive program of
governmental education through
the Institute of Government.
The invitation for these assem-
blieS of officers and citizens in
North Carolina was extended by
representatives of all groups of
public officials through the col
umns of the press on Monday,
November 81. The public officials
throughout the state are planning
to assemble informally in the city
halls and county courthouses of
their respective governmental
units.
This is the first tiMe within
our knowledge" the statement
continued, that all groups of 10
cal. state and national officials,
working within the territorial linz
its of a single commonwealth,
have undertaken to coordinate
their efforts in the administration
of government. 1t is the first time
within our knowledge that all
groups of public officers have in
viteG all groups of the citizens
they represent to join with them
in a systematic and comprehen-
sive study of the working of their
"The weaknesses of citizens eff
forts to acquaint themselves with
their government in the past" the
statement pointed out. "have
been % that their interest was
rarely aroused except by the
pinch of depression and the pres
sure of hard times, and that it
too often vanished with mounting
prices of cotton and tobacco, and
a speeding up of the wheels of IN
dustry; (2) that their efforts
have been scattered and morgan
lied, poorly equipped to get at
the facts they desired, and Will
lack of comparative information
on which to test their findings .
Continuing, the statement OF
the representatives said, "This IN
vitation of the public officers OF
North Carolina affords the citizens
of this state the best opportunity
thew have ever had for a perma-
nent program of government
study"
The following are representa-
tives of the % citizens groups
Joining in this statement: =,
Roy Parker, Ahoskie. president
State Press Association; Sam H.
Denny, High Point, lieutenant
Governor for North Carolina
American Business Clubs; o. A.
Kirkman. High Point, representa-
tive American Business Clubs; DR..
Roscoe Mcmillan. Red Springs,
district governor Rotary Clubs;
w. H. Montgomery. Wilmington,
district governor Kiwanis Clubs;
John Barclay, Wilson, district
governor Lions Clubs; Irving >.
Bull Winston-Salem, district gov
ernor Civilian Clubs; E. S. Van
alta, University. Master State
Grange; R. R. Lawrence, Winston
Salem, president State Federation
of Labor; Arnold Schiffman, OF
Greensboro, representative State
Merchants Association; Forest
Shelby. president State
Bankers Association; H. P. Hard