The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-04-15

y EDITOR!
LARKlfIS' MANAGER GIVES
REASONS FOR HIS SUPPORT

To The Editor:
In the latest issue of THE
COASTLAND TIMES, there was
an editorial which asked this ques-
ton: We sometimes wonder if some
of these county managers have
good reason for supporting
some of the candidates they have
espoused.
AS the campaign manager in
Dare County for the Honorable
John D .Larkins, Jr., l do indeed
have reason for my convictions. I
base my reasons for supporting Mr..
LarlSins on his record as a former
member of the General Assembly;
as the gube1natorial candidate who
has done the most for his Party;
as a man who will, without ques-
ton, give us good government for
four years; and as a civic minded
citizen.
In 1886, Mr.. Larlins was a mem
Der of the State Senate, in which
he has made an enviable record.
While that was a Special Session,
he has served the regular Sessions
of 1887, 1889, 1941, 1913, 1949,
1861, and 1858. He was president
pro tenn of the 1941 Senate. Dur
ing those terms, he served on i'm
portant committees, giving him an
overall view of policies of State
government such as few men have
today. In 1851 and 1853, he was
chairman of the powerful Appro-
priations Communicable only man
to hold that important position
twice in succession since 1924. He
surely knows then something about
what it means to finance the de-
partments, divisions, and interests
of State government.
He has served his Party in many
offices ever since he was old
enough to vote-from precinct COM
mittee to state chairman. He was
secretary of the State Democratic
Executive Committee for two years, :.
and State Chairman for four years.
and he has been delegate to four
National Conventions.
While Mr.. Larkins is not making
promises which he may not be able
to keep concerning what he will
do if he becomes governor, he has
made stand in one of the great
test fields of today-the field of
education. THE RALEIGH TIMES
of March had this to say: "Some-
body has finally mentioned
specific sum of money in talking
about state education needs. That
somebody was Gubernatorial Can
didate John D. Larkins, Jr., and
the sum he mentioned was 'ade-
quate should be found to do the
job, as much as rs million dollars
more annually should be expended
1t is good that Candidate Larkins
got that specific in his discussion
of school needs. Candidates Terry
Sanford and Malcolm Seawell have
come out for more money for
schools, but neither mentioned any
specific sum and Seawell unfortun-
ately included in his school propos-
al the words within our means
-. The needs of our public schools
must be considered" In a County
like ours, the majority of us are
aware that without State aid, we
would have no schools; then d
candidate who, although his figures
may not be all that educators want,
has at least expressed a figure has
something in his favor.
Mr.. Larlzins is civic-minded. A.
busy lawyer, he has found time to-
be state chairman of the North
Carolina Division of the American
Cancer Society; an active men,
Der of the Baptist Church, dea-
con for a quarter of a century;
and a member of a long list of
civic, fraternal, and patriotic or
A man who has served so well
in the past can surely be counted
on to serve well in the future.
Signed,
ROBERT v. OWENS