PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTCML GREENVILLE, N. C.

Saturdajr, February 21. 1959

Saturday, February 21, 1959

To Provide For An Orderly Growth

Legislation which would give municipalities zon- not passed, it will certainly be in the best interest of ing authority within a reasonable distance outside their Greenville and the area around it to have a local law city limits is a must if communities are to experience which will give the city such zoning authority outside an orderly growth. ita corporate limits.

The Reflector favors the passage of state-wide , ^ ^ ^

legislation that would give municipalities zoning au- T ATYll1*ir*n 11

thoity approximately one mile beyond their city limits. J-ivXfcllX XWVAU

From a realistic standpoint, however, the passage ^ .-i - ^

such an act on a state-wide basis is somewhat doubt- moOQg PUSJllIlCX

ful, even though many such local acts already are in * j m

effect in the state. ... In addition to being a pleasure trip, we hope

Greenvilles City Council is wise in preparing local pgrsident Eisenhower's visit to Mexico is an indication legislation to afford the city such authority in case United States is going to start paying more official the proposed state-wide measure does not receive the attention to its hemispheric neighbors to the South, green light during the current legislative session. During the past decade the foreign policy of the

The citys Planing and Zoning Comm8.sion did United Stales has been centered around affairs in not propose the local legislation hastily. They gave Europe, Asia and other far-away areas to the detriment the matter carefuL study before recommending it to of our relationships with friendly nations nearer us.

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the City Council.

If Greenvilles zoning authority is extended one mile beyond the corporate limits of the city, it should work no hardship on any property owner. At the same

The policy is understandable to some degree because of the tremendous importance of events which have taken place in these other areas.

In the overall scheme of international policy, how-

time, it will afford the city some assurance that its fu- ever, the United States has made the mistake of taking ture growth can be carried out in an orderly manner.

It will prevent a future jumble of residential, commercial and industrial areas within the city all overlapping and interlocking to the disadvantage of individual property owners and the city as a whole.

The matters of long range city planning and ordiu*-1y growth are becoming increasingly important fbr Greenville as well as most other municipalities. The legislature should pass a general law which will give cities reasonable zoning powers one mile beyond their corporate limits. And if such state-wide legislation is

They Have Great Responsibility

By LYNN NI8BET

POLICY The money committee*, appropriation* and finance, and the Judiciary committee* generally are conceded to have large reponlblllty In passing on major legislation. There are time* when other committee* asBume Importance by reaaon of peculiar condition*. Thl* year the committee* on Conitllutlonal Amendment* and State Government fall in that category.

Alway* the group* dealing with local problem* have more bill* to con*lder. The bill* are just a* Important to the affected communities as any statewide legislation. The load ha* been divided between Local Government and Counties . Cities * Town* committee*. Effort 1* being made to consolidate from function* and eliminate aome detail and duplication with regpect to purely local bill*.

The Houae Local Government Committee, chairmaned by Rep. E;d Kemp of Guilford, voted to Invite Alex McMahon, executive secretary of the N.C. a*soclatlon of County Commlaaloners, and John Morrlsey, general counsel for the N.C. I^eague of Munlrl palltle*, to discus* some of these problems. The motion carried Invitation for the Countlr*-Cltles-Towns committee to meet jointly with I.ocal Government for the preaentatlon*.

There was a bit of facetious by-play when the invitation* were being discussed. Point wa* made that budget and revenue official* brief the money committees. and they speak with come authority as representatives of the Slate. The county and m n n 1 c I p n 1 ass<x'lAtlon* lack State-backed authority, but as one committeeman suggeaU'd In a low voice, maybe they know more about the real needs and practical waya to meet them.

TRIGGER - A gkmste com-mlttee gave unanimous approval to a bill Authorbtlng cotmty and municipal governing bodies to meet at other than regular places, and even outside the corporate limit*. In event of emergencies due to threat of enemy attack. Several members suggested there ought to be more de-finite provision for the trigger that would occasion necessity for moving the meeting placo- perhaps a proclamation by the Pie-aident or the Governor. The com-mltl-ee agreed to leave It up to the local board to determine when the emergency was suf-ntient to Justify moving the weetlng place.

This la one of a nuniN'r of anticipated bills stwnaored by the Civil Defense organl?4itlons to assure continuity of govern

ment in event of war or major disaster. All hands agree that some legislation along thl* line la needed. Question* asked Indicated concern over relative Importance of continuity and stability In government.

Sen, Henry Grady Shelton of Edgecombe Quipped that under the pending bill just getting scared would be sufficient reaaon for a city or county board to move it* meeting place

Thl* General Assembly Is more acutely conscious than any of It* predece*sors of the need for providing continuity in event of war. The Government Reorganization Commlasion devoted conlderablc attention to the succession In office, and U is understood the Civil Defense people will supplement those recommendations. At the same time, many legislators are reluctant to amend the laws so that long established traditions and aecurlties might be destroyed Ina period of temixnary hysteria Discussions have been featured with humorous and facetious comment*, But the legislators are coivscious of the seriousness of the problem.

TREND Increasing popularity of small cars is causing concern In rank* of revenue collectors and roadbuUders. While the effect on gasoline tax revenue is up to now very slight, official* admit there 1* *ome relationship. Highway englnet*ra have not yet conceded any reason to change their Idea* to meet the small car trend, but laymen are beginning to wonder If all these .Wto-feet wide superhighways and RlKacre clover-leaf arrangement* will be needed Um or fifteen years from now.

There Is growing opinion that highway engineers are designing roads to handle present day traffic, rather than planning for future developments. For 20 year* the trend ha* been toward bigger vehicle*. Roads and bridge* built for the IH20-30 autoinn biles are Inadequate for the 1950 decade type of cars. So the big folks are building bli^ faclU-ties. Now the trend has started hack to small, easily maneuverable vehicle*, with probnblllty of magnetic and radar equipment to prevent oveiiurns and eollta-lons, and with gadgets to enable parking In narrow apace without backing and turning over half a block.

These small facile cars w-lll use less fuel, and maybe of a diffeient tvi>e. so that gaoUne reventie may rnntlnue to deallne. By the same t(keb they will require less expensive load construction. That is the ha.sls for objection to bond Issues for highway building.

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ita cioKe neighbors for granted.

The nationa of Central and South America, while they are not major powers in international affairs, do constitute a large bloc of the nations of the free world. They are an important part of the free world bulwark against Communism.

From the standpoint of the United States, they are important links in the system of hemispheric defense.

While the United States has lavished millions and millions of dollars upon nations of Europe and Asia in an effort to boost their economies, we have largely overlooked the needs of our American neighbors. By comparison we have not spent nearly the time or money to cement our friendships in South and Central America that we have elsewhere.

This point was brought home sharply to Americans when Vice President Nixon made his Southern lour. It has likewl.se been vividly pointed out in our relationship* with individual nations south of our border.

1he Stale Department should put a great deal more emphasis on-U. S. foreign policy as it pertains to our Latin American neighbors. It should take a more po.sitive approach to building firm hemispheric relations rather than continuing to take the friendship of our I.atin American neighbors for granted.

We trust Mr. Eisenhowers Mexican vacation Is an indication of more positive step. to be taken in cementing relationships between the United States and onr neighbors.

By JIMMY ELLIS

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WASHINGTON (AP) Its just a simple question In philosophy right now - What Is force? But In a few months it may be the heart of g crisis over West Berlin.

This is a brief version of the problem;

Not only Is East Germany Communist-run, under the thumb of the Soviet Union, but as 1* the Eastern zone of Berlin which Is the capital of the East German government. The Soviets have troops there. Berlin is KM) miles Inside East Germany.

Hut the 2,2(K),(M)0 civilians In West Berlin consider themselves cllten of West Oermtiny whose capital Is In Bonn. West Berlin Is a Western showpiece. It* liigh prosjMuity is a glaring contraat to the drabness of East Berlin.

Since World War II day, through agreements with the Soviet Union, the Western Alllea have had troops In West Berlin. They are supplied from West Germany - by plane, rail and road - through or over KM) mile* of East Germany.

But since last November th* Soviet Union has made a number of demands and proposal* which compel the West to face 01 avert a crl*la. The Soviets in effect set a deadline around May 27.

They call for making West Berlin a free city; they want Western military forces withdrawn; they want a *eUlement of uutfy-Ing the two German.vs; they talk ol making a separate ix-ace et-tleinenl with Ea.st Germany.

And they talk of turning over Io the Eft.st German government full control of w'haf can enter Ea,st Germany. To put it another way, the East German Communists would be free to refu.M* to let the Allies send military supplies to West Berlin,

What W'ould happen If they did tlial? a lot of things could hap pen For one* The Allies can luinlly abandon the West Berliners who.se free aone would become n .small Island comjilete-ly siiriounded in the sea of Com-imintst East Germany.

The Allies at this point apparently dont know what to expect. They dinsldel to try talking before the May 27 deadline. They propased that the United Stales, the Soviet Union. Britain

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Sometime last year, when the Town of ParmvlUe was deciding how to label It* 1959 municipal auto license tags, the suggestion wa* made that some tribute should be paid to the towns industrial growth.

The Idea struck a responsive note, and. a* a result, the tags are sporting the slogan. Home of Formica Plakeboard. The reference, of course, Is to American Cyanamld Croporatlons Formica Division Flakeboard plant in Farmville,

A couple of weeks ago, Formica Sales Manager Bill Drees was In Farmville for a meeting at the plant. While he was in town, he was presented with one of the tags for use on his Ohio-based automobile.

Instead of placing the tag on

and France have a foreign ministers conference.

This proposal had hardly reached the Kremlin when Premier Nikita S, Khrushchev threw another log on the fire Tuesday.

Referring to the Idea that the Soviet Union might let the East Germans refuse to permit passage of military supplies to West Berlin, he said;

Any violation of ths German TV, T *p\ fv T

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his car, Dreea framed it and put It in his office. He explained the action In a letter to Parm-viUe Mayor Charles S. Edwards.

Drees wrote, While in Farm-vliie two weeks ago, I was presented with Formica Plakeboard license plate No. 102. Rather than spoil it by placing It on my car. I have put it on the wall of my office where It attracts a great deal of attention and Interest.

This Is one of the finest gestures that I have ever know of. and I certainly wish to thank you and all the people involved for doing this wonderful thing for us. We are continually pleased with the cooperation we have received from you and all of the people In the area, and we are delighted that we did locate our

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gardles.* of how the violation Is made; by water, ground or air. Then Khrushchev suggested that if the Allies tried to shoot their way through East Germany to West Berlin it would mean war,

Everyone realizes that If anyone Btarts shooting that would mean the beginning of war, he said.

President Eisenhower, asked about the Khrushchev comments at his Wednesday new* conference, replied: We are not saying that we are going to shoot our way into Berlin.

He said if the Western powers were prevented from carrying out their obllgatlotts to the people of West Berlin It will be somebody else using force.

He said Khrushchev must be talking about shooting to prevent us from doing our duty. After all, that Is what is going to happen, if It happens.

That brings back the question which may have to be settled on the East German frontier: What Is force?

Is It force If the United States arguing it has a right and duty to ship supplies to West Berlin and has agreements with the Soviets to let the supplies through In.slsts on going through? Is that force?

The We.st would argue: No. But the Soviets, who now claim the old agreements are outdated, would Insist any attempt by the Alllea to setid military supplies through East Germany against the East German governments will la force.

Prrhap.* this will happen, if the situation gets that far; The first time the East Germans re-Rise to lei Allied supplies through, the West Instead of seeking a showdown there and then - may stop short of ti-ylng to ram through and take the case to the United Nations, at least for dkscusalon.

tWaihington Daily News)

When It comes to proposed legislation before the North Carolina General Assembly, there oau be only one cardinal consideration; whether the proposal is wise and of the state as a whole.

As the legislature moves through the opening formalities of Its new session, there Is an increasing amount of talk about the pro-Hodges and the antl-Hodges forces within the House and Senate.

Within the House there is still considerable talk about the Hewlett forces and the Venters forces as a result of the long and bitter struggle for Speakership which Rep. Hewlett won In the Democratic caucus.

The pro.spect of the legislature being spilt Into factions on the basis of personalities la alarming to The Daily News and to many other Tar Heels. And rightly It ahould be alarming.

North Carolinas General Assembly meml>ers are elected from people throughout the state to represent them In Raleigh and to act on legislation for the good of the state ai a whole. If the current scMlon of the legislature degenerates Into a body of factions which see In proposals only the person who sponsors a niea.xure. It will accomplish little of lasting value for the people of North Carolina.

No piece of legislation which I* considered during this session should be considered on the basis of whether It la an ad

ministration proposal or an anU-adminlstratlon proposal. Neither should the fact that it comes from Hewlett forces or Venters forces have any bearing on the fnal action by the General Assembly.

Each proposal which comes before the legislature should be considered Individually on the basis of Us merits and demerits. It should be considered by each individual legislator on the basis of what beneflu It will bring 10 the people of North Carolina as a whole.

In short, each bUl which falls Into the hopper of the House or Senate should be allowed to stand on Its own feet regardless of Its origin or the personalities of individual legislators who are supporting or fighting the bUl. Only by considering each piece of legislation on its individual merits can the members of the legislature fulfill their obligation to the people back home who picked them to go to Raleigh.

The problems which face this 19.59 General Assembly are nu-merou.s and unusually complex. If they are to be resolved In the best interest of all of the people of North Carolina, they cannot be allowed to become Involved In personal squabbles between members of the General Assembly snd the administration.

Each bill offered for con.sider-allon In this legislature should stand or fall on Us own merits and on Us merits alone: not on some factional pro or anti tag which is attached to it.

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plant in Farmville.

The Idea for the license tag and the reaction it has gotten from Formica officials are regarded by Edewards as positive proof that the little things DO count. It has helped build a positive and friendly relationship between the^Wn and its industrial firms.

Incidentally, this is not the first time Farravilles attention to little things has prompted replies from the Formica people.

Incidentally, this la not the first time Farmvilles attention to little things has prompted replies from the Formica people.

Back in November, when the Flakeboard plant was dedicated, Formica President D J. OConor, Jr., and American Cynamid President Dr, W. G. Malcolm both praised "the scrupulous attention to detail by Farmville residents In helping the plant get located and started.

Both also told Governor Luther H. Hodges that such efforts had been potent factors in the decision to locate the Flakeboard plant in Farmville. They also suggested, gently, that Parm-viUes way of doing things in industrial development could be a model for the entire state.

The idea of labeling municipal auto tags, such as Farmville has done, is apparently gaining strength throughout the state.

Greenville, of course, proclaim* itself as the home of East Carolina College, and Washington tells the world that It is The Original Washington. But, of them all, I like most the slogan Mount Olive used to used, and may still use for all I know.

Mount Olive called itself, The Pickle Capital Of The World. That slogan has always conjured fanciful flights of imagination for me, wondering just what kind of pickle they were bragging about.

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NEW YORK (AP) Your signature often shows what you want people to think of you, says handwriting expert Helen Yun, but your handwriting reveals what you really are."

Mis* Yun, a Korean-born psychology major from Vanderbilt University, ha* been making her living with a life-long interest graphology after ftndlng teaching jobs scarce for an Oriental in America and life humiliating in Korea for an American-educated ^wwnan.

"You will often find that a businessman, who makes small capiUU letters in the body of hit writing will make big ones with flourishes when he writes hi* signature, said Mias Yun, Hea a shy, msecure man putting on a bold front.

Slant Tells Characiar Mis* Yun insists that much can be read of ones character from the slant of ones writing; that breaks in the middle of words show strong Intuition.

Although a i* impossible to tell definitely either the ex or aga of a writer. *ay* Mis* Yun, it is often possible to determine tha state of health and mental attitude of a wrtter.

The small Korean woman her faier was a baron and her grandfather Minister of War and the Treasury before iba Japanese took over in 1905 was aent to a girls school in Kentocky for her primary education by her Christian father. Conditiong in Korea were *o turbulent she MUyod on to aRend college where she made Phi Beta Kappa. After that she retarned to Korea, briefly.

Unhai^y In Korea I tried to go back, she said, but I found women considered so inferior, and their clothes so drab that it made me ashamed to be a woman. I decided to return to America and be a part of the white mans world."

When she came back, however, it was the mid-depression and the only job she could find was that as an entertainer in a New York night spot reading hand writing. She has been doing It ever since currently in one of the lounges of the Manager Vanderbilt hotel in New York.

Graphology, she says seriously, "dates far back into European history French priest*

were among those who studied it in the 17th Century. But now it is recognized as probably the best and most precise and accurate short cut to knowing something about a person. It is even being used by psychologists, medical clinics and some detective bureaus.

Miss Yun became interested as a boarding school girl when she ran across a book on the subject. For years It was hobby I was always trying to analyze people by looking at unopened envelopes that came to friend* and getting them to check my deductions. Now it is her business.

Im an entertainer, she says, "and I love it. Its a nice way to get to know lots of pe<MPle.

Opinions In Brief

Taxes should not be increased. On the contrary serious consideration should be given to a start on a program of cutting down the Income tax. A thorough housecle.nnliig in the excise taxes getting rid of World War II emergency and so-called luxury taxes is long overdue. To make the.se things possible, spending should be sharply reduced. It can be done All thaUs needed is determination to do It. Indianapolis Star.

Th* fre* world has many other problems than hokHng tha sea. Success ther* alon* can not assure liberty. Without th* ia, the great democracies of th* west and freedom Itself will die. Ancient truths ar* Icmg truths and these words of another ag* of desperate world struggle still ring true today: 'He who would be secure at horn* must be sji-preme at sea. Adm. Ernest M. Eller, USN.

Clean Ud Your Medicine Chest

Strength For Today

By EARL 1.. DGttGLAS.q .STRANGE HOW IT IIAPUENS

A group of very privileged men who have been carefully trained to the point of great competence meet each year to give .serious attention to certain prtv blems of education But the book publishers, wanting to ctir-ry favor with the.se men. hold drinking paiTles at which va.st quantitle.s of free liquor Is so available that by nlut* oclock each night, the majority of these highly trained and umtauul men are ju.st plain drunk The satue obtains in busUieas clreltNfi Unb s.x many people ^re out to tell mallelou Ue.% about thetr buslnea.*! colleagues, many convention ut bnaine.xs men end up coala* and vomltlng brawls.

And many of these men- who drink, sjng and vomit- are the leading Industria ll.als of the country

Every churchman and every decent living citizen ought to cry ahame on such crude. Childish, unintelligent, and thoroughly ouUafieou.x performances If the Appalarhtan meeting of btg-.ihot criminals had ended in this wav. that would have been en tirely in keeping with the occaston and the participants But for lead era In education and bu.slness to make crude stH'ctscle* of Uun\i.rlves. ut they are often reported to do. makes one wonder what gets Into qtiife superior l>eop!e somettme.x to lead them to make pigs and fools of them elvc*.

By EL.MER R0R.S8NKR

One of the most dramatic campaigns of Ui year will sell very little of the sponsors products, but it may save 35 lives and prevent thousands of dangerous illnesses.

It I* the clean up your medicine chest campaign financetl by Bauer A Black, manufacturer of hospital dressings and firat-ald supplies

It is being carried on nationally through drugstore* and other sellers of proprietary dr\igs. and through ma.xs media Retailer* are passing out a leaflet urging the destrucUon of overage and unlabeletl drugs, and compliance w ith eight safely rules They are also using displays and offering, at half price, an aluminum door shelf on which dangerous drugs can be kept above the reach of children

HOW TO RE SAKE

The eight safety rules are*

I Keep ail poboiious substances and dangerous drugs in a alt stot'iiic place and not in

the medicine chest.

2. Twice a year discard old medicines and unused prescription drugs.

3. Date all drug supplies on purchase and protect labels with iraivsparent tape.

4 Follow prescription directions exactly

S. Always throw away bottles it labels are missing and you are uncertain o contents.

6 Paste names and phone numbers of doctor and druggist in your medicine cabinet

7. Prevent everyone from taking anothers prescription

8, Always use prescriptions in a w ell lighted room to assure cor rect use.

8.000 POLSONTNGS IN ONE CITY

StaU.stlcs indicate that ab*ut

3.1 persona, many of them children. die tach year, from accidental poLsonlngs In bathrooms, by ulng stole preacrlptlons, taking someone else'.s prescription. 01 by taking the wrong drug.

in addition, ther* ara ub-

countable cases of serious Illness from the same causes, and the prolonging of other illnesses by taking stale, ineffective medicines, Many people are unaware of the fact that many drugs lose their potency with age.

In New York City alone there were 8,000 poisonings in 1958. Half the victims were children. They were given WTong medicine.* or overdose.s by elders, or they took unguarded, dangerous potions. ,

Bauer A Black is one of the few companies that could spon-.sor such a campaign through drug outlets If a big drug manufacturer put it on. there would be suspicion that it was interested in replacement sales of Its own products. But Bauer A Black bandages and hospital ^upplle.s do not deteriorate nor are they ever dangerous

The company may pick up a few sales when families take stock of OMtur mediOM bmssa, but its

major gain will b* ia good win among druggist* and consumers.

In the long run. this may be belter than Immediate aales a point worth thought by other companies In planning promotions.

! PERCENT DROP IN AUTO TOIRS FORESEEN BY TR/VEL MEN

The percentage of travel by auto in the United States may drop from 85 to 70 per cent in the next five years, says the National Aasoclatlon of Travel Or-gamzatlotts.

It give these reasons: Higher taxes on fuel and everything connected with autos: more toU charges: high costs of storing or parking cars at destinations; greater stress and strain* in drlvlni. safety considerations, since highway travel via jM*i-vate automobile is by far tho most hasardous form of tran.cpori tatlon,'. and time-saving by public carriers, mlth rental cars

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