PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Monday, January M, 19ft

Monday, January 26, 1959

Potential New Conservative Ally

If Senator Paul Douglas (D411.) is right Southern conaervatives in Congresa have new alliea in the Mountain states of the West.

Commenting on the defeat of his gag rule proposal in the Senate earlier this month, Douglas called attention to one facet of the voting which has thus far been underplayed. The old bipartisan coalition*', he said, has been working beautifully. Conservative Southerners on the Democratic aide; conservative Republicans on the other side. This is the coalition that has been operating for 20 years. It is still in effect.

Now, I shall say something which will hurt me but in the interest of fairness I have to say it. They have been joined in this struggle largely, but not exclusively, by the small sUtes, particularly of the West. ... it is apparent that" a third element has now been added to the coalition, namely, most of the small

states of the West."

Perhaps the senator was jumping to conclusions based principally on the gag-rule vote; perhaps not. Time will tell. Certainly there is reason to believe the Mountain states could join the consei-vative coalition now existing. And, it would be a welcome addition.

The Mountain West, like the South, has a tradition of individualism. Both regions are semi-rural, with small towns and cities: not claiming big cities dominated by labor bosses. Nor arc either of them affected by leftist influences.

Common interests should make for a common-

.imitations In, ;V[akina Laws

By LVNN NI8BET

LAWS The proceM of enacting hills Into laws la governed by conatltutlonsl Umltattona, statutory authority and rulea adopted by the Senate and House. The constitution sets out a number of things about which the Legislature cannot make laws, and a few things are required to be handled. In both respects the General Assembly has often flaunted the constitution with Impunity.

No statutory provision of any prior session Is sacrosanct or Immune to amendment or repeal but until amended or repealed existing provisions are hindltiK.

A major function of committees Is to cstch Infringements In these areas. Most Important for members to know are the current rules of the rejspectlve branch in which the bill Is Introduced.

These rules Impose no limitation upon Ideas or subject matter. They do require that bills clearly state the subject matter in the title, lhat the text be easily legible and that a specified number of accurate copies accompany the main bill. Htate-ment of the bills purport la necessary for the presiding oflcer to know w'hat committee should consider It.

To aid legislators In properly preparing bills the Attorney Generals office maintains a bill-drafting service. It is not necessary that all bills be prepared or aproved by this agency. but a lot of time and trouble can be saved by that practice. No bill can be acted upon without going through a committee unless two-thirds of the members present vote to suspend the rules. That la a fairly eommon practice, particularly in the first and last days of the sesalon.

ENACTMENT No bill or re-aolutlon can be enacted Into law without majority vote on two aeparate readings" in each branch. The constitution requires three readings, but practice has established the Introduction as the first reading. If the bill purports to levy a tax, direct or indirect, the readings must be on three aeparate days in each branch, requiring a minimum of five days for final enactment. Bills other than tax measures insy be passed through both branches in one day. unless there is objection. If objection Is raised a two thirds majority vote is necessary to authorise immediate passage.

Requirement for more than a Imple majority vote of those present, after a quorftm has been established, Is statutory or embodied in the rules, on all matters other than submission of con-ititutlonal amendments. The con-etltutlon requires thsl before any amendment can be submitted to popular vote It must be approved by three-fifths of the

total memberahlp In each branch, which means an affUrmative vote by 30 of the 50 aenaiora, 72 of the 120 representatives.

All votes on tax measures and constitutional changes must be by recorded roll call, and on any bill when a member requests a roll call record It must be granted upon approval of one-fifth of the membera preaent.

Bills must be approved by both branches before they become law, It Is not unusual for a bill to pass one branch with preponderant majority, only to be killed In the other by a one vote margin.

When one branch amends a bill adopted by the other, con-concurrence of the originating branch is necessary. If It fails to concur a conference committee is appointed, and report of that committee must be spproved by both branches, Failure of either branch to approve resulta In defeat of the measure,

ENROLLING ~ After both the House and Senate have passed a bill by required majority vole It goes to the enrolling office, from which It comes back In completed form for signatures of President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre-senatives. That coimtltutes the final step In law-making. It was a bill when introduced, an act after passage, a law when signed by the presiding officers. This Stale does not require the signature of the Governor, nor permit hla veto.

North Carolina Is unique among the States In that procedure. It Is the only Slste that surrendera ..custody of acU before they become laws to an ad-mlulstrallve officer other than the chief executive. The enrolling office Is an adjunct of the Secretary of State's Department, and will be agsln this year In charge of l4*e Chaffin, former clerk of court in Harnett county, appointed by and responsible to Secretary of State Thad Eure,

MISOKM.ANEOUS - - In addition to the functions outlined m the foregoing paragraphs the Legislature hss Important miscellaneous duties. It must elect 111 Joint iiislon of Senate and Houae the trustees of the Unlver-slty of North Carolina: and In Joint session It must confirm the Governors appointments to ths State Board of Education.

The Senate la required to confirm numeroua executive appointments of administrative officers and trustees of State In-BtltuUorva. Usuilly these confirmations are perfunctory, ilnce In most Instances the appointees are already serving. Most notable example of that was when the Joint aesilon In 1981 adjourned without taking action on Governor Kerr Scotts appointments of Mias Marjorie Alexander and Mrs. Romas Sawyer Cheek to the State Board of Education.

sense strengthening of the conservative alliance. The Mountain West might well prove to be a practicable oartntr for Northern and Southern conservatives in the struggle against the over-zealous liberals in Con* gress.

The prospect* bear watching.

New Legislature Has A Weighty Calendar

According to a tentative list of activities awaiting the 1969 legislature, as drawn up byGovernor Hodges* liaison man ... ex-Senator Joe Eagles, the forthcoming General Assembly may well be the busiest in many a year.

As to being or^e of the most constructive legislative sessions in Nort!h Carolina history'*, the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.

3uch things as the proposed withholding plan for state income taxes, a new legislative building, the matching fund for the state to equal local expenditures for school construction, court organizational changes, rebuilding of the Outer Banks, possibility of re-raising the auto mechanical inspection law . . , all raise as many (or more) questions than their mere introduction answers.

Too, we are told the legislators are going to have more study commission report* to act on than at any previous time in history.

This quick summary of what confronts the next assembly sounds impressive enough; but there are bound to be introduced a considerable number of other proposals of widespread interest.

In all likelihood, more money will be involved than In any past budgetary contemplation. This alone would make the coming session of more than passing interest.

But the quality of a legislative session, newswise or in its impact on a states peoples, doesn't lie in the menu that is placed before it,., rather, it's the positive actions that result.

The weight of difficult decisions often promotes uncertainty and procrastination, and the legislature convening in February has a heavy burden awaiting.

As Eagles suggested, this could well be the most constructive legislative se.sslon In North Carolina history ... or, we may witness a piecemeal operation.

Either way, Tar Heel observers are going to hav* much to ponder over in the month* ahead.*

Developments Worthy Of Note

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Several current developments on the busln?.is front again are worthy of note.

First, In December private housing starts on a 8ea.Honally adjusted annual basis rose to the highest since 1953. For the yea.' as a whole there were 1.I98,0(W housing starts.

Private forecasts had been that 1939 would show about a million and one-half, or better, so this la really good news. Further, and equally important, it is now obvious that the housing Industry will remain strong for at least the next six months and.

If mortgage money remains plentiful, probsbly (or all of 1959.

Construction as a whole continues to make new high records. This Is the result of the road building program, schools, hospitals, and so forth. In November total construction was at an annual rate of $52 bUll(^. ind It Is expected that this year as a whole will malnUin that pace.

Second. IndiLStrtal proluctton, as measured by the index of the Federal Reserve Board, rose another point in December. That brings this Index to 42 per cent above the average of 1947-49. The gain in December was only one-third as great ns in November, but this Index always Is stated In full numberi, which means that 11 the actual Increase was 1.4 It would be reported as a one point gain In the report. This December rise was caused by a lurth-er Increase In durable goods production, largely tutomobUe* and their component parts.

For the year ax a whole total induatrlsl production, according to the Reserve Board Index, was 134 as compared with 143 In 1957, Production of non-durables was the same In Iwlh years, but durables had declined from 19<) to 142.

Third, personal Income declined In December, The drop was caused by a lower volume of year end dividends and a smaller amount of transfer payments In the form of unemployment compensation, social security and veterans payments. Wages and salaries continued to advance as a result of a slightly longer workweek and a smtU Increase in the rate of wages. The total net change was a decline of approximately $90(1 million. For the year as a whole personal Income was $3.33.4 billion some five

and one-half billion above 1957. For 1958 wage and salary payments were about one billion below 1957, but transfer payments more than made up this drop. In Its mid-year budget review last September the Administration estimated personal Income for the year at $352 billion. The final figure, in spite of the December drop, Is almost $1.5 billion above this estimate, which means increased revenues lor the government.

Fourth, unemployment In December increased to 4.1 million. In Novemlier the total had held steady with that of October at 3.8 million. This December In-crease Is approximately double the normal seasonal change for this month, and January and February are to be expected to show still further rises, This Is because these two nibnths normally are the high points for the year. As we have said before. If the total holds to, say. 4 5 million It will not be too serious except for those out of work.

On the other ha d If the figure goes above 5 million It 1* certain to have repercussions on the Congress. Five million unemployed Is a trigger point for spending legislation.

Fifth, the budget for fiscal 1980, the twelve months atartlng next July I, reflects a determination on the part of the Administration to hold down Federal spending and get a balanced budget. The amount of the budget was released shortly before Christmas, and became the object of Immediate criticism. The general thesis of such criticism was that tt simply is not possible to reduce spending to $77 billion, and that the revenue esUmatea cannot be realistic. With the unveiling of the budget In detail, however, It is evident that the estimates are reasonable and can be realized if the Congress goes along. To get the Congress to do that Is going to take a fight by the President and his Cabinet Members. There Is every reason to believe that this fight will be made, but there Is no assurance that It can or will be successful

Finally, ths Presidents annual economic report waa presented to the Congress. It refects great optimism, but that deserves a column by Itself, and next week we shall devote this apace to that report.

NEW YORK (AP) Celeste Holms favorite drink Is milk. But she is a gal with a champagne spirit, and hss the easy sir of one who floats through life in a saddle on a bubble.

"Im supposed to have the energy of six wildcats," she remarked, But I'm not aware of It.

Celeste made an unplanned iheatrtoal debut at the age of three. Her mother and father had taken her to lunch at the old Waldorf-Astoria. She was seated on two phone books at a table when the chamber music startr ed.

The small child slipped down and began to dance, unconscious of anyone else. When the music stopped, everyone In the room smilingly applauded her.

Startled back Into awareness, the child ran. sobbing, and hid under the table. When her mother gently asked why she had wanted to dance. Celeste wept;

I didnt want to waste the muslcl"

This Incident from her childhood fives a good insight Into

Miss Holm. She never has been one to waste the music of living.

You pay for what you get in this world." she observed. But, on the other hand, you also get what you pay for.

Its affair deal."

A girl who has shown she can do practically anything in the theater except possibly the Indian rope trick, Celeste was the last leading lady for George M. Cohan. She made Broadway history with her singing of Im Jlst a Olrl who Calnt Say No" in OklahomaI" and she won a Hollywood Oscar in the iiUn Gentlemans Agreement."

Her gift for satire shines brlghUy now In her latest Broadway comedy, Third Best Sport." The third best sport after sex and baseball, according to the authors is attending business conventions.

As a bride forced to spend her honeymoon at a busbiess convention, Miss Holm hilariously explodes the current myth of The Corporation Wife" that a woman who marries an executive al-

Other Editors Saying... What Price Stability?

(Wall Street JowriMt)

Without going In for wage-price controls, the Administration plans to campaign vigorously for price stability. A special Cabinet committee will examine Government progranrut for their effect on price*, and exhort labor and management to hold the line.

Now price stability sounds tt first like a highly agreeable condition, especially after the experience of the past 25 years. And this new committee may be able to do some good, especially In Its scrutiny of Federal projects. But the question ought to be asked whether price stabll-ty 1* actually the goal we want.

Literally, price stability would mean prices woull go neither up nor down. That would have to mean wages and salaries could not go up. We doubt that the scores of millions of people who work for a living in this country would care to contemplate a future without pay increases. Also, most of us would like a situation in which prices could go down as well as up. rather than price stability.

In short, Its pretty hard to argue that there's something wrong with pay Increases as such. Its equally hard to argue

that prices should not fluctuate in a free economy.

The trouble lies elsewhere. What has happened In much of these past 25 years la that the Government has been Inflating the money supply. It is that inflation which hss largely made it possible for labor unions to demand and get wage boosts which exceed any economic Justification in tms of Increased output or other contributions. This pressure, plus the Inflation itself, has goaded prices on thelf fairly steady upward march through the years. The absence of Inflallon would not preclude wage Increases, but would make the more rational; the absence of Inflation would mean that prices would respond dowm as well as up with much greater alacrity than now to changes in demand and other conditions.

So we suspect that when people they want .table'

prices, they do not mean that at all. They want a dependable currency one that isn ot continually eaten away by inflation. We would all be getting somewhere at last If the Government would concentrate on giving us not stable prices but stable money.

so marries his corporation.

The role is perfectly suited for Celeste, who is an individualist to the core. If anything in life bores her, it is social hjrprocrisy.

I h^te tbe idea of always trying lb. na for people so you can fl^-^^hem nicely into some pigeonhole of your mind whether they really fit there or not," she said,

I like to remember something my mother once said. She said that a sophisticated person was one you could enjoy spending an hour with without finding out what he did for a Uving.

It Is so boring to have people Judge what you are merely on the basis of your job or your Income. People fascinate me more than anything else in the world but not their jobs or their Income taxes.

Celeste, an all-around actress, doesn't want to ever to be typed merely as a comedienne.

A sense of humor is a wonderful thing," she said. But comedy, after all, Is only one aspect ot life. It Is the spice of life not the bread and butter of living."

She doesn't believe in a completely planned life.

If you are bound too much by rules antf regulations, they can paralyzyou. You have to be free in soflie situations to improvise to be creative."

She sums up her philosophy thusly:

Do the best you can with whatever* at hand. Value the present if you want to keep interested in life. The present is all we can hold in our hands. Live life as it comes.

But always remember to save a little time to do what you really want to in this world .then youll have the strength to do what you have to."

Opinions In Brief

"Why isnt advertising aimed at meeting government competition legitimate? Actually it may be more legitimate than normal advertising aimed at private competition. For the governments competition In the electric power field la not always fair. Public power projects enjoy certain financing and tax advantages unavailable to private uUllti*.-6alt Lake Tribune.

To Beat Gravity

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK, MASS. JSr* eryoue knows the force of gra. vity. Tbe baby learns it when hr first falls to the floor; the child learns It when be slides down the stair banisfor; and so it goea.

I got one of my main lessont when I worked for the Adirondack Power Company at Niagara Pails, New Yijrk. Tbe greatest Illustration in the world j* at Kariba Gorge, on the Zambezi River in Africa, where I have been In tbe past few months.

HARNESSING GRAVITY

Gravity, like electricity, wiR some day be harnessed as a source of cheap power. It is true that we now do not know what gravifcy is or where it comet from. Gravity waves go through buildings Just as do radio waves, which we also know little about. We do not know where electricity comes from or how it travel*. With all the pow-er it possesses, we cannot see electricity or magnetism.

Gravity is the only known physical force that cannot yet be retarded. We can insulate against heat or cold; we can shut off light by pulling a window shade or. closing a blind; but retarding gravity even 10 per cent has thus far been impossible. Of course, no one wants to eliminate it 100 per cent, as we would rise to the moon without it, whether we wanted to or not!

ANTI-GRAVITY STUDIES

It is, however, very important that the downpuU of gravity be regulated or partially insulated. Certain airplane companies are now feverishly working on this problem. The U. S. Defense Department is hoping that Russia will not discover the solution before we do. A partUil insulation of gravity would revolutionize the making of rockets, missiles, and all sputniks" or "luniks," Its regulation could also render partial relief to the 10.000,000 U.S. citizens who suffer from arthritis, bursitis, and other rheumatic troubles.

Therefore I am especially interested in tbe educational work which the Grfcvlty Research Foundation of New Boston, New Hampshire is doing. Here Is a huhible organization which is trjdng to discover a means of preventing people from getting tired" when working in factories, homes, or stores. As air-condition-. Ing adds so much to the wellbeing of people during the hot weather, a slight refordlng of the force of gravity in the factory and home would do much to keep manual workers and mothers from getting tired" at their Jobs.

GSTpRfG OVERTIRED 1 DANGEROUS

Most colds and many Illnesses are now caused by getting overtired. Every physician will tell you this. We never catch cold" when we are rested and healthy and have proper sleep and diet. Even shopping Is a tiresome chore. Think how the stores where gravity could be retarded w(xild get the patronage! Moreover, the stores would be able to regulate this gravity pull by a thermostat, letting it be natural" in the morning and decreasing ifo pull toward the end of the daii when ewryone feels tired.

I believe that Investors should be interested in the studies of the Gravity Research Foundation. The total efficiency of every plant would naturally speed up if the workers did not get tired" during the latter part of the day. Time studies will prove this. I further believe that getting red" is a basic cause of many strikes which are so destructive both to good will and to profits. Regulation of the gravity pull would do much for industrial peace. Fatigue is the great enemy of man.

INCREASING SALES

Let me conclude by referring to my own experience. It is very hard for any one to sell me anything, land, stocks, merchandise, or even an idea, when I am tired. If this is true of me. tt should be true of 75,000,000 other adults in the U. S. Think how sales of all kinds would Increase if, upon going into a store, we would feel refreshed and anxious to buy. Of course, the ability to regulate gravity pull by a thermostat and thus prevent people from getting tired has not yet been achieye<L Neither hss a cure for ctn-cer and other scourges; but 1 can assure readers aU these are on the way.

More Look-Aheads In Business

Strength For Today

Hv EARL L. DOl GI.AS.H WE MI ST MEET BA.SIC RKtnHREMENTS King Solomon wts one of the most dtatlngulshpd human bp ings that fvor lived. Yet he waa also one of the great failures. Hv stands with two other men Aristotle and Leonardo da Vlncl - as among the best Informad psraon* the race has produced. As a king he had wise domestic and foreign policy His name meant pracf" and his life and reign, save at the very end. weif clat actfi l/ed by peace

IU .-U4 . --yvM'Sr 4rfs-

seemed to cave In on dolomon. He died an unhappy msn. Hv left a horrid legacy to his son. He who should have gone down as one of historys greatest characters went down as one of historys greatest failures Solomon had cerlaln allmenU-

and they were spiritual ailments. In the first place he was vain and luxury loving to such an extent that he waf willing to oppress his subjects in order to satisfy his own vanity. Again. Solomon would not fsce a moral problem and settle 11. He swept all moral problems under the rug His many wives worshiped many different gods, and Solomon In a spirit of * good-nstured tolerance allowed these women to bring these gods into the land of Israel and corrupt the spiritual and moral lift of the land

- for Sdlomon or an>oue else 'save sptrllual luccess Make and keep the vul right with God and succf.ss will take care of It-SfU. And always remember that the only real succeas Is that ^Whlch confoimx to the requirements of.our spultual naturci.

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By EI.MER R0E5kSNER

Here are more look a-heads in business, developed from analyses Of developing trends;

Mere Alaskan get - rich

chemea. Never in history

have fast-buck boys failed to cash in on public excitement over a major new development and there are no signs that Alaska will be sn exception It will 'oe wise 10 check with bnU, Better BuRlneis Bureaiux snd attorney* before Investing in Als.x-kan land, mining, timber and other schemes.

t'redU card Iraubie. Rebellion Of restaurant owners against 7 per cent charges by credit card companies i& growing, fanned by the restaurant trade press A

they will add charges for credit - which mav be the best way out anyhow, The card carrier .ihuuld be willing to pay for credit services, especially when In a spending mood,

W \NT AN OLD ri.ANET Prop plane problems. With

large number* of jet planes on

order, many airlines are worrying about what to do with tholr prop planes, many of which are almost new. Some, of course will be needed for shot runs But the South American market, which has been absorbing many replaced planes, is near saturation and many South American nations are in financial trouble. Cement record. OutstandlnE orders and highway and con-RtrucUon programs indicate a demand for more than 310.000.000 barrel* of cement this year, top-ptng ths record ot 309,000.00 la If.56.

. Tax-screw lurnlng. Tougher checks on income tax reports are aure for this year. Tax men have been given refresher courses in

surgical-hospital Insurance plan for people over 65 has been tested In lows. Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana and Is now being extended to Connecticut. New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Maryland. Delaware, Ohio and the District of Columbia. On the tmsis of early reactions, it will soon be extended to most of the rest of the states. No medical examination is required and policies are noncancellable.

Storms la June. The month of June will be the most crucial In labor relations this year. Steel, shlpbufldlne, lumber, printing and publisbtng, .mining, utility and West Coast longaboremea contracts come up. with sever-|1 unions spotting for a strike.

Cheaper coffee. Despite recent

WtmirtlY dbtrrtfSf'^Tttr '^Admtfie-HPetictroti^ t- eoffee- prwesr -deep-" istratlon is trvuig to squce/e out er cuts seem immliiem U^ln-

Aaiericsn surpluses are larger than expected and Latin gqv-%mental actions seem unable to hold back the mountainous itppUes

CHeper **i. G.sollne stocks are heavy and are increasing as

as much tax money as pos'ble under present rates to keep the budget In balance.

MORE OVER as HEALTH IN-SlRANtE Greater health Insurance. A

cold weather increases demand for fuel oils and cuts demand for gas. A drc^ in prices before spring is Ukely, followed thereafter by the usual seasonal rise. OLD PROMOTER WORKS ON STEREO-STEROPHONIC MUSIC The Old Promoter haB that got any money to lnve" look in his eye when he called loday.

rm working on stereo-stereophonic much reproduction," he said.

We said. Huh?" several times and he went on:

Stereophonic music is an ^Improvement over monophonic music. But while it picks up sound from both left and right of musicians. It is still In a siiMile plane. But With pickmi up the sound left and right sod fore and sfl trf" ttnfiTrti*iettn3r.T citi-Fet tme sound reproduction

There may be some technical problem.'; we suggi-fited gently.

What an technical problems - when there are ttttl miUions in it? he demanded. Ouc&s they arent so much.