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Saturday, February 7, 1959HE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Don't Feel Rejected

For A First Try, Quite Successful

Pitt County/United Fund leaders and individual. workers throughout the county are to be commended on the job which was done at the lirat effort in a United county-wide organization. ^

Certainly it is disappointing that only $88,000 of the original goal of $120,000 was reached in the fundraising campaign. But if the people of Pitt County are disappointed, they should realize how.much more ly disappointed were the leaders and workers in Pitt United who contributed countless hours toward the

campaign. , ^ *

While the goal was not reached, the achievement which was accomplished fully justifies retention of the organization and continuing it on a county-wide basis.

In viewing the results of the first attempt at a United Fund on a county-wide basis in Pitt, one has to keep in mind a number of factors which surely affected the results of the campaign.

First of all, the United Fund here was of neceessl-iy hurriedly organized because of the time element if it were to get into operation last fall. The fact that the organization was completely new led to many problems which could not possibly have been foreseen, nor could they be resolved quickly and effectively.

Secondly the United Fund idea was not only new to the Pitt Countians who actively participated in soliciting funds; it was also new to the people to whom the Fund looked for contributions. The result of these two factors was that many people who may have contributed to the United Fund were not contacted because of the lack of completely effective organization; and that many people who contributed to the fund would have given more generously if they had been more familiar with the purpose and work of a county-wide United Fund.

It is also possible that the final* b*udget figures, becau.se they had to be compiled with greater haste

Challenge Seen For Legislature

By LYNN NI8BET

REACTION Reapoiwlve re*

action to the Governors biennial State of the SUte" message delivered to a joint session of the General Assembly was varied. Many of the lefBslators said they were wlihholdUig appraisal until they receive the budget messaRe and money bills Monday night. There was almost com-plate unanimity on one point; The messaRe was a courageous challenge to the Legislature to face current and anticipated needs of the State.

Reason for reluctance to accord full commendation or criticism stems from uncertainty as to amounts of tax money proposed to be devoted to the several projecta. Appreciation voiced for the Services rendered by school teachers and other employees raises the question of how many more dollars will b# added to their pay checks. Advocates of the full amount re-

2nested by the State Board of ducatlon contend that much less than that would constitute Diockery of the nice words.

Endorsement of the "Incentive plan for larger local participation aroused some Immediate objection, but again the attitude Is to wait for a bill of particulars. Despite the Governors oft repeated assurance that he does not want to see the State un-li>ad Uie burden of education on ttie counties, there Is fear In quarters that the Incentive plan may be a ramel's nose under the tent. There Is virtually unanimous opinion that more money must be provided from some source for public schools.

In the area of higher education, the Oovernor calls for fuller utilisation of existing facUl-fles and elimination of duplicate oourses rather than substantial Ulerease in appropriations.

PRIDE - As contrasted with the usual kind of political platform which points with pride and views with alarm, Oovernor Hodges message voices pride In past achievements and even more confidence in the future.

There was suggestion that he mlRht have claimed too much for success of programs Initialed four and two years ago. because Oie experience record Is not sufficient for full appraisal. How-ver, he quoted ftgijres to prove the value of the new Income lax laws, the establishment of community colleges, services rendered by the Board of High Education and the continuing effectiveness of the Pearsall Plan

and related laws governing public school administration.

Token efiort may be made to materially amend several of these statutes. Oovernor Hodges declines to be put on the defensive and his message constitutes a ehaUenge to maintain and extend most of the provisions.

The message fiuther emphasizes the Hodges belief that the Oovernor of North CaroUna should have larger powers In many areas. Sincerity of this belief Is evidenced by the fact he cannot succeed himself.

EMPLOYMENT He un-equivocally recommends a law that would fix 7S cent an hour as a minimum wage. Revision of unemployment statutes with authority vested In the Oovernor to extend time for payment of beneflU under regulations fixed by the LegUlature Is re-omnmtnded.

Nearest approach to a defensive attitude was cognisance of crltlcUm of the highway commission set up, which he insists brings highway management closer to* the people.

STUDIES ~ Specific approval in most Instances, general endorsement of principle In others, Is given to reports of the several study commissions.

Recommendations for revision of tax laws, mainly at county and municipal levels; establishment of a central board for control of water resources; changing dates of primary elections; expansion of prison Industries, the work release law and use of probation; and a new leg-IslaUve buildings, are specifically approved.

On the controversial matters of revision of the constitution; leorganlfAtion of the entire court system, and highway safety legislation, the Oovernor gives general endorsement to the Ideas proposed and urges very careful consideration of methods.

BUDGET The message delivered Thursday contained Ideas and suggestions which the Oovernor has no cotwUtutional or statutory power to Imple- ment. It represents a sort of platform upon which the budget message to la? delivered Monday night will be based.

The statutory powers vested In the Governor as director of the budget affords much great authority over that area and the budget proposals, while subject to legislative approval, are genersl-ly accepted as much more authoritative than the general recommendations

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than normally would be expected, reflected a higher total quota than actually was necessary from the overall standpoint.

Even though the $120,000 quota was not reached, the fact that the people of Pott County contributed more than $88,000 to their first United Fund campaign is in itself a significant achievement. It is also important to note that contributions came from every township of the county although total contributions in some townships were probably much smaller than township leaders had hoped.

The immediate problem now is whether some of the major agencies which participated in the United Fund this year will find it necessary to conduct general independent campaigns in an effort to obtain sufficient additional funds to meet their original budgets.

In any event, it is our considered opinion that the Pitt County United Fund has already experienced its most difficult undertaking with its first hastily organized campaign.

If the communities of the county collectively will see that the United Fund organization continues united in its county-wide effort, It will be considerably stronger in its second year of operation and will continue to increase in strength in subsequent years.

Pitt Countys* first attempt at a county-wide United Fund may have been disappointing in some respects, but it was far from a failure. Indeed, in spite of the fact the goal was not reached, it was, in our opinion, a successful and commendable undertaking.

Notable Stress Given Better Medicial Care

Eastern North Carolina counties, recognizing their need for more and better medical care facilities for their people have made remarkable progress in the past decade.

Throughout the area new hospitals have been built, old hospitals have been enlarged, and areas which were without hospitals now have modern facilities to care for the ill.

In many cases it has been necessary for communities which have built hospitals in recent years to expand them to care for the increasing demands for rooms and beds.

One of the many examples is here In Pitt County where plans are now being completed for a major expansion program which will add approximately 75 beds plus other important facilities.

Perhaps more startling however, Is the case of Beaufort County which opened its new hospital less than a year ago. This week the Commissioners of Beaufort County appropriated the countys share of funds for addition of a 24 bed wing to the new 100-bed hospital.

In nine months after opening its hospital, Beaufort County has decided its capacity must be increased by 24 per cent.

It Is an indication of the emphasis which is being placed on better hospital facilities and better medical care in this section of the state.

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By ALVIN TAYLOR

Row Many Early Birds?

There are few people in this world who arent plagued with the problem of how to bound out of bed at a bright and early hour each day ready to tackle a full dayi work.

A few among ua are lucky enough to awaken with an exuberance as the sun rlsea each day. For them this starting the day problem Is something they hear other folks discuss. Then there are those who just dont have to get up. They can lick the problem by Ignoring It.

But for most its the same

thing every day. As going to work time approaches we must pry open our weighted eye lids, fumble for our clothing, stagger to the breakfast table and then shuffle off to work.

Yours truly Is no exception to the rule. In fact, my situation might serve to tophaslze the rule, lor I fancy myself one of the heaviest sleepers In the county.

At any rate a year or so ago 1 decided 1 would lick the problem of over sleeping in the morning, so when Christmas time rolled around I let it be

Othe: Editors Saying... Nasser 8c Hate Bombs-

By JAMR8 MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) ~ The 21st Communist party congress In Moscow, dominated by Premier Khrushchev, showed once again the difference between him and Stalin, It was the difference between an undertaker and a salesman.

Stalin was a constant reminder of death. Khrushchev puts on the Jolly. "Lets get together, fellows act. Hes just as tough as Stalin, but smoother,

Stalins Idea of getting rid of anyone he didnt like was to blow his head off. Khrushchev just shoves them Into oblivion but lets them live. He has a growing list; Molotov, Malenkov, Bulganin, and others.

Khrushchev let the congress delegates get off steam by publicly scorning the old time Bolsheviks he pushed aside. But theres no sign he Intends them any phyalcal annihilation. This would seem a pretty good indication of his confidence In himself and his own sense of power.

Reports from Moscow disclosed nothing sensational at the congress which endrd Thursday, Perhaps It was tougher for being fairly placid.

Khrushchev didnt really budge an inch toward the West, although near the end of the congress he called as he was before for an end to the cold war. In a burst of .self confident generwtlty he told the West It could consider Itoelf the winner, just so you end It forthwith " He (lid boast of Soviet missile production, letting Aineiicn.s snd everyone else gucs.s whether he was talking true or making propaganda And he promised. a.s he had before, a belter life for the Soviet masses Theres no reason to think he

wont or cant make good on his promises. People who have tried to undersell him before have found themselves wrong.

A psychologist would probably say Khrushchevs a lot smarter at geiUnf work out of the Russians than Stalin.

Stalin got work and compliance by holding aloft a sword of terror. Khrushchev tries to give the Russians a sense of participation in the creation of their own future by whipping up enthusiasm for his programs.

The routine nature of the 31st congress was In great contrast with the sensations of the one in 1956 when Khrushchev shocked the whole communist world not to mention the rest of the world by downgrading Stalin.

Its a good guess he did that at that time in an effort to erase from everyones mind, by demonstrating the reasonableness of the new Kremlin men, the idea that Soviet leadership was a symbol of barbarism.

If this is a correct assumption, Khrushchev now apparently feels his Idea worked. He has no reluctance to pay some tribute to Stalin for laying the foundations of present Soviet successes.

Khrushchev stirred up the West with his demand that the allies gel their troops out of Berlin nd leave it an opiui city. II was a good starting point to create dlsArnston among the Allies who may wind up having different ideas on how he should be answered

He may have given the ap-l>ri Hucc of willingness to make concessions about West Berlin, Its an optical Illusion so far. For example* he talked of possible unification of East and West Germany.

(Greenthoro Dally News)

When Sen. 8am J. Ervln announced he would cosponsor a bill to help apprehend school and church dsmamiters. the Daily News suggested that the possibility of a nation-wide conspiracy of racists and hate groups be investigated.

Now we learn through David Lawrences column that there is a pattern in hate bombings. Moreover, there seems to be connection between these unfcurtu-nate events and an antl-Jewlsh campaign flnanced by the United Arab Republic.

Mr. Lawrence quotea from a study by David Burk, staff reporter of the New York Dally News, who made an Independent Investigation over a period of many months. Said Reporter Burk;

Nearly 90 dynamite blasts have echoed around the country in the last two years, aimed mainly at Jews,'Negroes and sincere Cliristian citizens who have publicly backed these groups. FBI and internal security agents had long been on the bombers trail, but when a $100,000 gash was torn in the Jewish temple at Atlanta, Oa., last October, a grim and startling fact leaked out for the first time.

Practically every operation fitted Into a national pattern which, authorities believe, was etched by a loose-linked network of American neo-Pasclst groups peppered around the country.

This hale corps . . . today has emerged as a fifth column acting In behalf of President Nasser of the so-called United Arab Republic and his dreams of empire . .

There is a mass of evidence of direct liaison between agents of the United Arab Republic and leaders of the American race

groups held responsible by U.S. authorities for the (Atlanta) bombing . .

The race grout here, co-ordinated rather than oranlxed and with a total following throughout the country that officials estimate at not more than a few thousand, are zealously following the party line.

So much for the possibility of a nationwide netw(wk. Why should Nasser want a fifth column In the United States? Justice Department officials explain It this way: Nasser and the Arab world he dominates get the story from native American racists. He frankly believes that American Jews and the Washington Administration are the foun-tainhead of Israel's moral and financial help. Thus he must knock out Israels backers in the United States before he can keep hla pledge to his followers to knock out Israel Itself.

Those who have heard speakers from certain Arab embassies, as well as certain Arab students, know that Uiey often attach unusual Importarle to the influence of "Jewish newspapers" and to "the power of Jewish voters."

For example, not long ago In Greensboro an Arab spokesman told a civic club that Americans did not get the true story of the Suez crisis because newspapers would not give it to them.

Congress should act swiftly to past the Kennedy-Ervin Bill, and then the FBI should lose no time cracking down on the ring of evildoers. Southerners particularly should endorse such a bill and such a campaign since so many of the bombings have occurred In the South. There Is no reason why the South should get a bad name fdr violence conspired at and fiiUMed in other regions.

known that Id Uke an electric alarm clock.

Christmas came and so did the alarm clock and 1 felt my troubles were over.

I set the clock at pay bedside and turned the alarm hand to 7:45. The next morning at 8:15, I looked at my new clock. It was running on time H wasnt making a sound.

Oh well, I though, maybe I f(-got to trip the switch. The next night I set It again and, this time I cltocked the switch. Morning came and again I awoke 30 minutes late.

This went on for several days and fliMilly I came to the sad conclusion that I must be turning the alarm off in my sleep since I never heard it.

So the alarm clock idea had to be chalked up as a failure.

Time went by and a few months later I was telling someone of my problem.

"Thats easily solved, they said. Just place the clock away from the side of the bed. That way youll have to get up to turn It off.

That seemed like a good Idea. So the next nhrht I tried it.

I set the alarm for 7:45 and carefully checked to see if the switch was turned on.

Then I went off to bed, confident that the new system would roll me out In plenty of time the next morning. Daylight came and, as I had expected, the harsh buzz of the clock brought me out of a deep sleep.

My problem is solved. I thought as joyfully as one can upon awakening. Then I gjanced at my clock. Apparently the thing had been buzzing for 30 minutes or so. It was 8:15.

Opinions In Brief

Now faced with defending himself on the income taxes in federal district court, Dave Beck Iff able to take a quick look at the dictatorship situation In Cuba and be glad ihat the system of justice In this country differs a great deal from that prevailing In the big Island south of Miami Beach."Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Re-vlew.

BaslcaUy, the President's economic report, like his budget message, is, in Budget Director Staqs* apt phrase, a hold-the-llne document. That Is a worthy objective, but a somewhat limited one for a great nation. Business Week,

.ye 'Defects

By ALVIN fTlINKOPF

LONDON (AP) Are fom* art masterpieces partly the result of poor eyesightr Did some of our greatest painters, develop styles and manner-iKoii because of eye diseases and defects?

Are some artists great (mly because they didnt tee well?

These are questions being hotly debated lar Britons rince aa unnamed eye surgeon analyied artists* eyes tm tbs British Sax>ad> casting Corp.s wsighty Third -Program. , ,

The surgeon told of a Oer-man eoHeague who studied the canvases <K an artist he had itov-er met. The spedallsl decided the artist was partially color blind. Investigation proved that he was.

EyelMdla of many artists, arid the surgewi, are not perfect spheres. So images are a little distorted on their retinas, and the distortions art recorded on their canvases.

These distortions, tbs Iwoad-easter pointed out, sometimes me accepted as a master's caprice a mannerism In which he Indulges. A more likely reason for the distortions, the eye surgeon argued, is that he rec<wds the scene as It appears to his defective vision.

The elongated flgmes of the 16th century Spanish master. El Greco, the surgeon said, might be explained in this manner. El Grecos celebrated portrait of the Grand Inquisitor, Don Fmnando Nino de Guevara, which many viewers feel to be over long from top to bottom, becomes truly proportioned when it Is photographed with a lense correcting astigmatism, the surgeon ra-lated.

Hans Holbein, the younger, who tends to brctaden his paintings along the horizontal axis, as In the familiar painting of a very wide King Henry Vni, Is a better Instance because we find that his tendency to horizontal elongation is equally apparent with recumbent figures, who become, tiierefore. tall and tli, and not, like Henry Vm, broad and fat.

The myopic short-sighted artist, also was discussed. Objects at some distance became increasingly blurred to myopes, and colors tend to run together, tl^ surgeon said. Distant objects, losing detail, take on ge(netric shapes, so that myopic artists may have a physlcsil as well as an artistic Impulse to be(X>ms cubists. To them much of tiie world becomes a scene of lines and angles, which those of normal sight may have dliflculty recognizing..

Myopes with l(mg eyeballs also seem to have a different sense of color values than persona of normal eyesight, it was argued. Their eyes were said to focus better on colors produced by tbs longer wave lengths of light the red end of the spectrum.

Cataracts In the eyes of artists may also mislead art critics, U was suggested. What seems to be a deliberate change in the style of an artist as he matures may not be a new style at all, but merely evldeie that be la getting old.

The eye surgeon, although himself an art connoisseur, was promptly taken to task for trying to reduce art to such a coldly scientific basis,

Ray Bothers, a painter who wears glasses, said it Is generally agreed that painting ia not "optical,

"Painters do not try to copy nature any more than poets and composers create by recording actual words and sounds. hs wrote.

"El Grecos i(toent on verilcal directions is just one of the many time-honored methods of organizing pictures. One might as weU say that all architects of Gothlo buildings suffered from astigmatism."

Richard Eurich reminded the eye surgeon that "all painting la distortion.

"The failure to reoognlae this," he said, "leads the soleiitifla mind into the error of believlnf that the artist tries to reproduce exactly what he sees wltii Ms eyes, whereas all artists re-create on a flat surface, with very limited materials, whit they both see and feel. If this were not so, then naturalistic paintings would be of such similarity from so many hands as to be (fulte valueless as works of art.

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Strength For Today

By EAKL L, DOl (U.ASii THE PLIMBUNK*

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In the Book of Amos we find these words: "The liord stood upon a wall made by a ptumh-Une, with a pluntbllne in his hand

The plimibllne was a cord with a weight St the end of It and all masons, even to this day. use s plumbline to make sure that they are building their wall straight The wall to which Amos referred was the nation of North ern Israel. The moral foundations of this nation had begun to stok. The v*a!l had becotftf so completely out of Une tiiat It w;us Ir danger of collapsing. Yet the people of the nation* vent on apparently unaware of their danger Anu>s.,tlie shepherd prophet, warned the people that the life or their nation was such

that God had put a plumbline against U and revealed to anyone who had eyes to see that the wall was leaning, insecure, and ready to fall

The lesson here contained for every generation of men is that God constantly puts a plumbline agaiivst our lives. He also puts It against the Ufe of our nation and the lUe of onr world. Day by day. God's constant scnitlny and evaluation of ouj* Uvea go on. Judgment Day eomethlng which wlU come v the end of time, hut U Is siwnetblng which tshe.s place every day.

God is meesuflng u* to <-cover the state of our lives and the condition of our foundations If we do not butld straight, if we do not heed the plumbline. the whole power of a spiritual universe begins to operis against us.

By ELMER RORS.SNER

Bargain day at the old editorial gas pump You get two columns for the reading time of one. Both are about gas staUons.

ColHma 1. Motorists are Kissing off valuable free services by driving through xa stations too fasi, according to a Soeony survey.

Service station dealers spent t8I.U(K),0Q0 giving free services to motorists last year, an average of $450 per station, accord ing to the survey But many auto-ists didnt get their share

Biggest loeers. Socony found, were those who were in a hu^ ry. Drivers who tell attendants, "Get me out of here In a hurry!" acUiaUy invttr superficial sertdce. the survey focmd.

Beat bet. It found, la to drop In during nonrush hours by ap-polnlmenl. If you can arrange it Then bask In all the little extras the dealer doe.s for free BE A REGULAR

Becoming a regular custom

er is a good bet. the survey found. Many dealers dont tell casual gas buyers about the extras; besides, a regular dealer can add on servicwn more ef-ficlentb*. For instance, some send regular customers reminders when cars are due for an oil or grease change, or a tire or battery check. Some dealers pick up and return cars when they need servicing.

Some dealers offer many specials to their "steadieii" One checks tbelr home| when on vacation. Otiwrt plow snow from their driveways. Some will lend regular customers a ckr while their own it under repair

AU theae areover and above the more ordinary servicea of checking oU, batteries and tire pressvurt, of wiping windows, ptcking bugs out of radiators and telling you where the nearest off-limits Joints are.

CoRtmn t. Service statloo owners are frequent vicUnui of fa.M-buck boys. Atlantic Refinery iff warning its dealers ia its onr-

rent "Dealer News.

Dealers (perhaps because they are so busy throwing in free services. as noted In Column D are prime targets of skip-awty boys. NOBODY IS SUCKER-PROOF "It s a rare dealer who has never been approached by a promoter offering exclusive right on some sensational new product - an oil that Checks engine wear, additives that revitalize engines. fa.soUne pep pills, niyglare tint for vlndsaeUds, the publication comments One dealer was sold on a chrome polish after a demonstration After the salesman left, the polished parts turned black. The polish contained a quicksilver lotion which looked wonderful for . a little while.

Another 'dealer was soM on a Wonder wax which was said to clean, wax and polish In one operation. It cleaned, waxed, polished - and removed paint. A miracle oil turned out to be a light petroleumand oothing

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Chirioualy onotigh. tho AUantio warning veers closely to tho Socony stu*vey when R pollita out that dealers art often victima of their own dealrt to gala more buslneu by offering additional services,

Atlantic wants tim atalnat coupon books, and other deals by which thoy agree to perform extra services, such as free kib-rications and wastms. in the hopo of bringing in new customers. "Coupon bo(A plans are eharacfU erfeed by mlsrepreoentatfam, over-seUtng and wrhirtwlnd pramoHo> al drive." aays Atlantic, ing the Philadeiphia Ctedlt ikar-eau.

And, H adds, "XXxnt faH for promoters who attempt to tna trwci memberaW ieco In ffoclatlons that are stippoaed to Include dealers who maintain high standard! to attract motorists. '

In short, dealers should glvo service, but not their bucks $ shsk grofnglsg.