Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-11-28
ProposdIsfor
Assembly Hinted
In Cherry Talk
Stresses Schools
And Soys Service
Must Be Paid For
BY LYNN NISBET
Daily Dispatch Burea


Raleigh. Nov. Ex-Governor Cher
~ III ms address before the annual
meeting OF the North Carolina Citi-
HenS' Association here Tuesday gave
:. clearer indication than has been
had before rl ms attitude toward
legislation OF the next General AS
rmblH. He also presented some
title known facts about the eco
npmlc, social and health conditions
9. the State.
Most positive and perhaps most
sG&nItlcant statement IN his talk was
the promise that he Will ask the leg
Is!aturc to hold on 10 Il considerable
portion OF the general iuud sur
plus 10 replace lowered income Of
the expected recession period
Tie did not uuC;gr the public issue
Dat approached It from G!iierru;
angle than That taken by most pcr-
Ole. Recalling that since 1881 the
State has assumed responsibility iur
operating the publ, schools. hc S.tICt
!, |. only NATURAL that every COM
'uUn!ty ShuulC GeiuHnC the best.
NE bes, IN teachers. III textbooks.
the newest buses. etc. Declaring that
the best Is none toe guuu Tor uu:'
bCyS he reminds mat the bv>, costs
more money.
We must make up oUr minds. II
We expect the average public school
student coming from Il SCAuu! with
- teaching load OF 32 pupils e. COM
pete with Il preparatory school grad
Iote. coming from =. scGuu. w!lG Il
teaching load OF - pupils. ,nrm III
stead OF spending $50 per "J.I! pc.
yea! we must spend &l25 peg uuw.
d..
Tor public schools.
lie compared TINS with 'n" >i%.-
OUG.OUU being Spvu, .hss y".. uui 'ar
SOL 100000 !cuucstuC 'o. "ayu O: 'n~
mex, TWO year. lie .isr rvn..Gyd
ms audience tnUt while counties Urr-
vide the sCnuu! buildings. me money
ultimately comes i!um. IN. Same
pockets.
He devoted good bit O: a;ien-
ton "a he p-opuSrG State ,ncG.ca,
care program. wn,cn ne su.u wuulu
require $31.OOO.uO0 capital outlay and
I" million a Year =. operation. The
governor indicated SONS Ql>plca>-
ure at the Widespread uutavuvablc
publicity given the State a. 10 lis
health rating.
Il have gone to some trouble 10
look up some interesting data On the
public health situation IN the coUn-
,!y. ne SAID. Il find :nat North
Carolina ranks next 10 Inc highest
IL the nation ~ large families. very
m9h II nun-wN.lv families. below
Inc rational u|c.aGc n deaths from
tHDe!culOs!s. bat N!gn,i" above Inc
!:at!o"d! average IL infectious ana
contagious diseases. nigh IL draft
rcJectlOnS, OF which large percent
age was Coiored. Tina, CSC perccn,
q! our population are without sew
craee disposal facilities. ard that 81
percent have defective housing con-
d!tIonS: that oar perCapIta wealth Sc
)! .3i3 against a national average 81
81. 1855: that our pcrCauItd IaCumC Is
S3l6 compared with the national av-
cragc of S57G. That 10 percent Of our
DeUpie arc Il.Itcra'C compared with
the natIuna! average OF i3 percent.
That Il high percentage OF these low
statIStlCS come from the CUlurcd race.
Despite these figures. and Charlie
Mccarthy 20 the contrary nUtwIth-
standing, our death rate is below
that of the national average. From
the foregoing facts. /, would seem
that most of our trouble with the
health problem comes from Iguu.-
ance. poverty and lack @! sanitation.
Our 10" perCapIla earnings are at
the bottom o: Dotn ignorance and
poverty.
The governor emphasized tina.
" hateVer Is done for the white race
n education and health IN Justice
md fairness Ne must ito for tn"
COlOred race
Warning tina, handouts from