The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-15
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secured from the general assem-
bly, a grant of $50. 00o d year for
two years for administrative ex-
penses and which he said, was the
first such grant ever made in
the history of North Carolina for
ports purposes.
Paying tribute to Jack T. HERS,
executive secretary of the Will
mington Port Traffic association
as the best posted man on freight
rates in the state and a man who
has been of great help to the
Ports Authority, the speaker
caught the rapt attention OF his
audience when he said that al
though efforts of the Ports Author
ity to purchase the North Caro-
lima Shipbuilding company prop
critics from the Maritime commits
sion have proved futile was, of the
opinion that in the not-to-distant
future, arrangements will be made
to lease from the federal govern
ment, a considerable portion Of
the yard and which will enable
the States Ports Authority to at.
tract needed industries to locate
on sites along the Wilmington
waterfront.
Reminiscing m o M e n tarily,
Broughton said that on his visits
no VITO Wilmington. he misses
greatly the smile and h%andshake
Of the late Bruce B. Cameron and
then recalled a visit to. Airlee
which resulted in the gift to the
state Of a very famous portrait
Of Sir Walter Raleigh, the por.
trait now hangs in the Hall of His
Dry at Raleigh where it is viewed
annually by thousands of people.
Hard Workers
Regarding the future Of North
Carolina, the speaker pointed out
that the state is founded on a
type of independence philosophy
and has made it -~self-reliant
state-a state populated by men
and women who know how to
work and r not afraid Of it.
The future of the state, he said.
is linked unquestionably with its
ports development and called at
tention to the fact that from
Maine to California, every state
along the Atlantic seaboard. the
Gulf coast and the shores of the
Pacific, all have great ports with
the exception of North Carolina.
But that handicap to future de-
velopment Of North Carolina
soon will be overcome. Broughton
predicted.
Referring then to the decision of
the United States Supreme court
this week in granting lo-~er freight
rates to the south and ordering an
increase in northern rates, he said
that this decision, equalizing freight
rates between the North and South,
was the greatest thing that has
happened to the South in 100 years.
Describing tae decision of the
court as a great emancipation for
southern shippers, Broughton call
ed attention to the fact that c..
Med. Davis. president of the At
lantic Coast Line railroad, had seen
fit as a loyal North Carolinian, to
point to the decision as of great
future benefit to the South.
Progress made in North Caro-
lima v the years, he said, has
been made possible through the
rugged determination of our people
plus a stability Of government
the kind of government that bust
ness has come to know with pride
and the kind of government bust
ness can trust.
Referring briefly to industrial
achievements during World War II
in North Carolina, he pointed out
that our workers can now do just
as highly skilled work as any men
in the nation-that the record of
the North Carolina Shipbuilding
company during the var years
proved to one and all that North
C%arolinians could and did build bet
ter SHIPS at lower cost than were
turned out elsewhere in the ma
ton.
Know How Now
Training secured during the war
years has made precision work
men out of many who were un-
skilled before and the records es-
tablished by North Carolina in
dustries, he said, has exploded once
and for all, the false notion that
we don't know how to do things.
Today, he continued, we have an
abundance of skilled workers, plen-
ty of available local capital, ample
power and other resources and
nothing can stand in the way of
North Carolina progress if our peo-
pie make up their minds to utilize
what they have.
That they are already doing so.
is manifested by the fact that be-
fore the war, Broughton pointed
out, North Carolina had only five
freezer locker plants. Today there
are eighty.
And if the citizens of the state,
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