The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-09-12
R0TARIANS HEAR
INSTITUTE STORY
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in the same area had never gotten
together in an effort at coopera.
ton.
Now, he said, we lead the 48
states in bringing our officials to-
gether for the systematic prac.
tice of cooperative effort" with all
law enforcement officers and all
legislative and administrative Off
GERS studying together through the
Institute.
Another problem that DR..
Coates and the Institute have I'm
dertaken is to narrow the gap be-
tween outgoing and newly-elected
officials which he said caused lost
time, lost motion and lost money
as the incoming official generally
knew vert little about his job.
One Of the. great difficulties, he
said, is that the laws governing
any one department are badly
scattered in location making it
very difficult for a new office hold
er to grasp his responsibilities and
authority.
All these laws have been put in
one book with the inclusion of
methods and problems met by the
previous holders of the office.
! However, if these books are not
read hey serve no Useful purpose
so they are broken up into short
sections and sent out separately,
| he explained.
Training schools for the purpose
of J ringing all officials into one
group last from three days to two
weeks at present, he said, with
the hope that they may eventually
extend to a 30-day period.
Another feature of the Institute
j ic i laboratory of government
There, different methods and prob
lens are presented with actua
forms in use filled out, book en-
tries are shown with one featur,
being the tracing of tax admins
tration in a certain Piedmont cit,
, through al steps.
Another service of the Institut
is the clearing house for dissent
nation of inforamtion gained o
problems of government.
In summing up the service o
the Institute to authorities, DR.
Coates named the four phases O
s the work as "comparitive studio
! presented as guide books. laugh
} in schools, demonstrated in labt
ratories and keut up to date by tn
clearing house of governmental ir
formation"
Tracing some of the past histor
of the work, DR.. Coates said tina
in 1882, a serious difference wa
arising between citizens and thos
they had chosen to govern then
over handling of civic affairs. Thi
led to resentment and misundel
> standing on both sides and it wa
not until the Institute suggested
that officials invite citizens to joil
them in learning more about thei
governments that harmony was re
stored. This was the first step @
it's kind ever taken in the Unite
States, he added.
A project scheduled to get unde
way this year is the printing c
guide books written in non-techni
cal language for distribution
through civic organizations and. i
a more elementary form, throug
the schools, coupled with shor
training program for teachers S
that citizens and the 100000 Mort
n Carolina High school students wi
+ have a better understanding {
their governments.
!, THE basis of my belief in popu
lar government" DR.. Coates said
) rs that no government is NOR
l powerful than the people benin
it. Initiative, energy and resource
, fitness develope in freedom" h
f added.
The past war was clash of tn
ideologies of the fascist Nazi an
popular governments, he said, an
we have seen our country, slowl
, and with many mistakes, develo
] great power under a democrat.
a In North Carolina, DR.. Coate
stated, we have seen the chang
in voting qualifications until now
almost anyone over the age of 2
may cast ballot.
There will be a struggle now
bring people who have won tn
}. power to govern themselves int
$ participation in that governmer
y . but the : realization of this Wi
0 come, he said.
"By evolution rather than revc
= luton. we can perfect govern
4 ment," he concluded.
o Earlier in his speech DR.. Coate
% had praised County COMMISSIONS
l Addison Hewlett, who ne said ha
y y aided him in the work of the 1r
o stitute since it's inception.
2 Sheriff c. David Jones, presider
q of the North Carolina ,Sheriff's A.
i sociation, who led that group i
Q unanimously adopting as a polio