The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1961-07-28

old saying to the effect there are
better ways to kill cat than to
choke it to death on butter. Could
be.
But there is no better way to
kill a Federal project than to let
it get caught in the church-and-
state cross-fire, Certain Death!
Federal aid to education in the
states wandered in to this no-man's
Land. Now it is as dead as a do-do
bird. 1t may be revived some day
but not soon. This will be a big
loss for North Carolina.
There are those who fear it may
be dead forever unless powerful
church group excuses itself from
the argument. This will not happen.
BACK TO RALEIGH?... End of
the trail for U. S. aid came as bad
news to legislators last week. They
had been home from Raleigh only
a month when it hit.
With one voice they were asking
this question:
"Will Terry Sanford call a spe-
cial session? ?"
The defeat to Pres. Kennedy-an
ironic one in view of his being our
first Catholic Leaders, hard
blow to Gov. Sanford.
Had he thought the schoolhouse-
building program would be kicked
into death in Washington, he coulo
have set the wheels in motion for a
bond issue vote here in Tarheelia.
Now to do it he must spend up
wards of 100000 for a special
session of the Legislature.
FROM BOTH SIDES. Rumors
here have it that the Governors
friends-at least some of them-are
urging him to ''let good enough
alone. That is, not to call a special
session. and thus let school rooms
wait.
They fear the legislators would
come back to Raleigh's mid-sum-
mer heat in bad temper. And, it is a
known fact and legal one as
well-that, once here, they can do
anything. And undo everything
they have already done done.
Those opposed to their second
coming tell the Governor that only
the Lord knows what they might
do. For instance, they could-and
very we'll might-tear up anew the
Congressional districts. Whic h
would kill at one blow the fight
developing between Kitchen and
Jonas.
On the other hand, there is no
doubt that many a school child will
have to have his classes in the
library or a corner of the auditor
ium come September. This will be
true-evef more true in Septenl-
Der of 1862. Those pleading for a
special session point to this situa-
ton. The Governor is acutely aware
of it.
TINES. =. But these are troubl-
GUS times. The people are unsettled.
State taxes are much heavier. Thus
the question Gov. Sanford is asking
himself these days is:
"If 1 call a special session and
clear the way for the voting Of
bonds for school rooms, will the
people go along with me?"
The Governor is now faced with
a difficult decision.
Although it has now been about
five weeks since adjournment of
the Legislature, times changed
radically in that short period. Take
only last week for instance.
Due to sword-rattling 10000
miles away, most N. C. citizens
were thinking more sharply about
a bomb shelter than a school
room.
THAT OLD WORD. You can
put this down. Nobody is going to
beat out U. S. Sen. Sam Erwin for
that seat he holds along the
Potomac.
He may not be as popular as ne
was two, three years ago, but he is
good enough. Nevertheless, some
Sanford sidekicks would like to see