Evening star., 1961-01-09

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This 10 the sseead il Q series Of bic.
ssaphicsl end interpretive astielsl
On isemben Of the keaasdy cabinet
Tsmerow's article win Be On o.
vile Frssmen. iaeemias Ssesete',
Of Agriculture.
rocks. He uses both profanity
and alcohol in moderation.
The Hodges three children
are married. which leaves the
new Secretary and the former
Miss Martha Blakeney. his
wife since 1912. pretty much
alone. They have taken q fur
nished apartment at the
Sheraton-Park Hotel.
Wife Disappointed"
"She took it philosophically, f"
MFR. Hodges says Of the cabinet
appointment. "She was disap-
pointed, Of course. because we
had just bought this new
house in Chapel Hin and were
preparing to move into il after
my term rs Governor ended"
Mr.. Hodges. was succeeded as
Governor by Terry Sanford on
Januray 5.
my last act was to transfer
the Great Seal to my sue
cessor a. prescribed. by law"
he said. you know, I haC
never seen the damn thing"
The reason why Mr.. Hodges
had not, In his turn, acquired
the Great Seal from his pred
ecessor was that Gov. William
%. Umstead died In office and
the then 1t. Gov. Hodges au-
tomatically succeeded him in
November. 1884. When he was
elected Governor In 1855. he
had no occasion to see the
Great Seal. 90 his encounter
with 1t this month was his
first. ,,l,-r @
Mr.. Hodges already has
established that there Is no
equivalent symbol of office to
|be transferred at the Com
merce Department January 20
Couldn't Win Again?
North Carolina law prohibits
. Governors succeeding him
self to o second elected term
one reason why Mr.. Hodges
stepped down. Another reason
widely advanced by political
observers in North Carolina Ii
that Mr.. Hodges probably
could not have been reelected
had he been able TO run again
sThe Governor was not par.
ticularly popular with the mas
Iof voters" says Graham Jones
q former newspaper reporter
who is Gov. Sanford's press Sec
lretary. Sam Ragan. executive
editor Of the Raleigh newspa.
Ipers. agrees with this interpre.
ltation and points out that the
Igubernatorial candidate sup.
ported by Mr.. Hodges ran &
poor third In q field Of four ir
the Democratic primary.
Popular with the voters OF
not. MIR. Hodges was 0 splendit
front man for his State in 1t.
drive to develop itself indus.
ltrially. He travelled tirelessly
(75.000 miles last year,. social.
lied indefatigably Gas key fig.
ure In q fun-making group o.
opinion-molders called thu
Honorary Tar HeelO and never
ceased to promote "the Great
North State" -
Cuts Good Figure
That he was promoting Luther
Hartwell Hodges simultaneously
Is both unavoidable and under.
standable. Fortunately, Mr.
Hodges cuts o good figure
pleasant looking. well dressed
soft-spoken. intelligent ana oh.
viously loaded with ability ant
Integrity. In seeking an image
Q State could do worse.
OF all his accomplishment.
as Governor Of North Carolina
Mr.. Hodges takes greatest prid,
in the Research Triangle de.
velopment in the Raleigh Dur.
ham Chapel Hill area. In real.
izing his ambition to create tn,
Triangle. Mr.. Hodges drew OF
his talent for getting people t,
work unstintingly with him.
If 1t hadn't been for tn,
great admiration that busines
and corporation people have 70
him. the Research Triangl,
would have been impossible,
says Akers Moore. q key man ii
the TRIANGLE development
People just said. II Luthe
Hodges thinks this is q goo,
thing. I'll put my money int,
It,"
i On Mr.. Hodges say-sc
$1.775,000. was raised for tn
establishment Of q non prof
foundation to build and oper
at an industrial park devote,
to research. According to MI
Akers and others. the Re
search Triangle started as
glimmer In the Governors eya
. 1t Is now q burgeon technolog
center covering 1870 acres.
The Research Triangle too
advantage Of the presence Q