PAGE POUK.ME DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C

Thursday, February 26. 19*19

Thursday, February 26, 1959 .

Merit In Comptroller Proposal

Sen. Lindsay Wanren*s suggestion that North Caro- posal, it offers sufficient merit to be worthy of careful lina reconsider establishing a state comptroller's office study, scrutiny and consideration. with far-reaching authority should not be sidetracked thing is certain: unless North Carolina does

by the legislature. arrive at some more effective system of guarding its

The proposal in itself has sufficient merit to war- purse strings than now exists, the volume of wasted rant careful consideration. dollars in our state government will increase. And the

North Carolina, like other states, has witnessed a period in which the state finds

a tremendous growth in its government operations continually hard pressed to obtain sufficient

in the past few years. It will spend a. billion dollars ^venues to meet its needs and obligations, or mora of taxpayers money during the next biennium,

and if past experience is any indication, that amount fif

will continue to increase in future years. A V/IU XAlWJXUry OLiUlV

There la, no doubt, waste in the government of North Carolina which could be eliminated if the state had a comptroller with sufficient authority to carry out his duties. Thera also might be cases of fraud or The stern hickory stick that once w'as so meaning-

corruption which ara now going undetected simply be- ful a part of American classrooms has now returned jui cause there is not now sufficient central authority to Memphis in the form of a polished maple paddle . . govern accounting procedures or systems of the various and with judicial approval, we might add. state agencies and institutions. probably ranks among the most significant

As North Carolina's government continues to trends in ^education at Barlett High in many years. It growand it will do so as the state progressesit is probably has brought about in thu school a better ab-only natural to expect the waste of public funds to mosphere for learning, and has given the students a become greater unless some sound steps are taken to new incentive to pay more attention to the book-learn-prevent such waste.. . ing side of public education.

The proposal made by Sen. Warren, who served Notwithstanding progressive education philoso-as Comptroller of the United States, offers at least phies to the contrary, we're just old-fashioned enough one avenue through which the state government might to cling to the aged theory that a little hickory ( or approach this problem of waste of taxpeyers dollars, maple) properly applied can be of immense value to It offers legislators a sound starling point. And while both discipline and learning so far as public schools there are sure to be strenuous objections to such a pro- are concerned.

Aside from this, the fact that in Memphis at least

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8AFETY The first SJiStull on the states highway safety program In this session carne from a smaU mountain county. Rep. Leonard Lloyd of Graham proposed to allow three convictions for excessive speed In one year, rather than the present two convictions, before the driver's license could be suspended.

The bill had a few friends in House J-2 cqmmittec, but they obviously were a minority. After a brief discussion the bill was referred to a subcommittee to work out some discrepancies and conflicts with other statutes. After the committee meeting Lloyd said he feared that meant the death of his bill,

Youve got nothing to be sorry about." said one of his colleagues. The chalrmsn (Rep. Tim Valentine of Nashi appointed honorary pallbearers. Thais more than they usually do for my bills when they vAnl to kill them."

Lloyd made much of the fact that none of the Motor Vehicles Department folks had voiced opposition to his bill, from which he t.s8umed they did not object to It, However, the department has set out In its own legislative program request that two offenses" in one year rather than two "convictions" would automatically suspend the license.

Discussion ranged around delay and difficulty in obtalnlnK hearings, particularly in remote areas, before driving permit suspension. Admittedly there has been undue deity in many instances, but majority of the committee evidently thought it insufficient grounds to allow a third violation before suspension.

GRANDPAPAS ~ Rep. Roger Jackson of Hertford, one of the youngest members of the General Assembly, thinks maybe his children have more living grandparents than those of any other legislator. Both hit own grand-fatheri are living as are both hla parents, His paternal grandfather is Rev. Ira J. Jackson of Mlddleburg, and hla maternal grandfather is George Washington Murphy of Loulsburg, Both are hale and hearty. His father Roger R. Jackson Itvesi at Vad-kinvllle, and his wife's father, A.A. Barber, lives at Clarkton.

That givei his boys, Msurlce Ray (4) and Erlo Barber i2) two grandfathers and two great-grandfatliera. He thinks that's about as many living grandpapaa as the kids of any legislator can claim.

Jackson did a little aoouttng early in the session snd thought he might stake out a claim as the youngest member of the House. Then he found that WUlls

iDoc) Murphey of Halifax was born about three months later. Hirth dates for Jackson March 20, iy28, for Murphrey, June 19 the same year.

Oldest member of the General Assembly Is Rep. Bruce Etheridge of Dare, who ceelbrated his 80th birthday last summer with a surprise party given by friends from all over the state, Etheridge also had the earliest service of may members of the General Assembly, having come first in lOOli He is now doing his loth Stine in the House, after taking lime out lor one lei rn in the HH17 Senate and as director of Couaervatlon and Development from l'j;i3 U) l!>4!t. A youltiful colleague paid iribute to "Uncle Bruce" the other day when he ob.servpd that he still has "very young Ideas."

LABOR I.abor lohhylsls are playing a cagey game with legislation this year. They want a minimum wage law (macted. For that reason they indicate more support jf the T^ ceuLs mini* mum in the Quinn Phelps hill introduced the first day of the session, rsther than for the $1 Mi an hour minimum set out in the bin by Rep, Sam P'lrrow of Randolph and others, in this case the principle is regarded ai far more important than the amount.

Officials of the State I.abor Department In unquotable state-menls, but with permission to report their attitude, also voiced prefptence for a low slahiroiy mltilmum, mainly because of ru-forccmenl problem. The higher the limit, Hie more vioiatloim anticipated and more niforceimmt machinery required. We know ftum past experience, said a departmental spokesman, tlint we will he required to enforce the law and that we will not be given the necessary additional personnel to do a good job. Even with the Hn-udd thousand persona covered by the 75 centa minimum the department will have to han

thore is now an official judicial rulinsr to back up this old theory adds credance to its renewed application in the modern system of public education.

It all started when the principal of the school removed the soft drink machine from the cafeteria because it was tcetting too many lead slugs. About 20 students tried to organize a boycott of the cafeteria. By DON SCHLIEiNZ Nabbing 17 of the offenders, the principal gave them the choice of taking seven licks from his paddle, or f a three-day suspension from classes and the licks when they return to school. Most chose the former.

Naturally some offended parents immediate-ly took thfi matter to the jiidife. The judge, appraising

the Hltuation, ruled the principal was well within his img to each other about some-jurisdiction in administering f^e disciplinary action, thing or somebody or some-If the teacher is going to have responsibility for the .... . . .

children, certainly such responsibility carries with it to be heard sayingSlavery'^1 certain aut hority, he declared. not dead!", and the other nodded

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By JA.MES MARI.OW

WASHINGTON (AP> - While Secretary of State John Foster Dulles fights cancer - and the vvurld Hwalta the outcome - -American piobUuns In foreign pollry rtng the earth.

Dulles Is able to read newspapers and magazines and, while it Is no doubt comforting to him, it probably also stnkeui him as ironic that after all the crl-ticLsm he has drawn In his six >cnrs in office, hi is now being lavishly praised.

The pialso ranges from mild to excessive. Including the suggestion that he Is indispeasable. I,ooked at coldly the word "trullspensHble" Ls a little le.ss than realistic when applied to any ji'an.

If tomorrow Dulles decided he no longer could do his Job and resigned, some one would have to take his place. No matter how valuable a secretary litis been.

this country has long been ac-dle eniorcement largely on has-, cuatomed to aequlritig a new is of complaints of vlolaUon rath- secretary every time a new ad-

r than initiated action. The high er the minimum set the greater problem of enforcement.

'Ibese departmental and legislativa attitudes, considered nhm.i with (iovernor Hodger. avowed preference for the 75 cents minimum s more praclleal. Indicate likelihoud of that amount being finally written ltdo the'law.

On another front Labor, apelb ed with a capital "L", aeema dis posed not to attempt amendment or repeal of the ao called "right to work" law enaeted in HM7, Infoimutlon is that the Labor folks are depending upon (on-gress to enact national legislation banning this provision in all operations going into interstate commerce.

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T*rtte, Dnllc.'s ha.H ao completely dominated and handled American fotelgn policy that no one could now ju.d step In and take over without some hltelms, stralns and delay.*! until he could mn.sirr what a secretary of state neetla to know.

Most of the talk an far about whether or not Dulles will continue In office, or have to retire, aeems to be a conversallon piece,

U mnv be aome wcc'ks before either Dulles or Ids doctors can know whether he will be able to resume his Job hUl time, part-time, or not at all. Meanwhile there are problema that need continuing attention.

First and foremost: What to do about the Soviet demand that the Allies aet their troops out of West Berlin and leave it s free city. Unless handled right, the Weals whole position in Germany could crumble.

The West is bracing Itself for a showdown on Berlin, perhaps around May 27. As late as Tuesday Soviet Prender Nikita Khrushchev was being tough and unyleidlng. despite Allied propasis for a forelgu ndnbtera conference to talk about it.

In the background, always, 1 the continuing problem of how to cope with Red Chinas growing strength and its inevitable Influence on all Asia where the United States has built up alliancea which have hardly been tested yet.

America's relations with its friend, the Pldltpplnes, have deteriorated and need fixing. Then theres the task of trying to lielp India, with its bursting population and extremely low living standards, to Improve Its economic conditions.

Moving west a bit, there Is the sUll unsolved problem of trying to get along with President Na.s-ser of Egypt snd keep him out of the clasp of comnumlHm.

In Iraq, which had been closely tied in with the United States until a revolution destroyed both King Faisal and his regime, the Communisla, and through tliem the Soviet Union have ateadUy gained Influence.

At this moment there seems a genuine puzzlement over Iraq whether or not It may go Communist. If it does, the U.S 8 R. will have gained its first indisputable foothold in the Middle Ea.st.

Such an event would call for a complete rearrangement in the thinking of the Arabs and the West. To say It would cause a convulsion in the area seems mild.

Right next door U another American friend, still friendly: Iran. The task here how to Krfp it friendly and help it resist Soviet threats and pres.sure.

Behind the uiK'Omtng crLsi* on Berlin, of cour.se, is the old problem for the United States and its allle.s of how, in a way .satis-factory to them, West and East Germany can be unified.

Tuesday Khrushchev brushed Ihc Western AlUes aside, saying the question of reunification could not even be discussed by the United States, the Soviet Union, Hrilam and Phance. He said it is a question for the "tw'o German states themselves."

All the.se enormou.s hurdeivs. awaiting solution, are on he fchouhler.s of Dulles who was 71 years old yevterday and flghtlnf for his life against cancer.

his hands in animated discourse.

"Look", he said, "we cant sleep late in the mornings anymore . . . havent for three years. Time for hobbies or reading has been cut to almost nothing. Its tyranny."

Hla companion nodded darkly,

"We know what you mean.

"Not much point in inviting anybody over for an evening of bridge; and you cant go out together, either . . . and I dont en.1oy going out alone."

"You work forty hours a week trying to earn a living, picked up the first speaker, "and spend the other 128 hours standing guard over what youve got. Destruction runs rampant at our house; debris aU over the place.

And If you added all the *1 wants heard in a day it would take a Santa Claus or a fairy godmother with a magic wand to keep up with the demend.

"Have you ever stumbled over a truck in the living room?

His companion shrugged this off as nothing remarkable, and interjected a complaint about his meals.

"Even odr diet is Influenced," he vowed, straightening up in his chair. "If they dont like something we like, my wife takes that into comsderation when planning her meals." Then he glowered, "I think theyre taking advantage of it. too. Week by week their list of dislikes is growiftg."

He plaintively added: "I used to be able to read a magazine, a book or newspaper at the table once in awhile; but not anymore."

The listener could no longer restrain him.self,

"What are you two talking about?", he exploded.

"Kids", explained one of the pitiful pair.

Other Editors Saying... Copter Service Is Answer

(Goldsboro News-Argus)

Eastern North Carolina must have air service to catch up with rcalJzallon on its great resources of location, people, climate, raw materials.

The cities and towns of the

rich region are too small to attract major lines except at points where many counties may be

served.

Answer to the whole problem Is helicopter service providing a sort of circle route a couple of times each day.

Such a service could pick up passengers at a half dozen or more of the areas largest cities and put them down at points where they could transfer to

through air lines. The helicopter circle service would not only b# a quick and convenient method of reaching air line Junction points, but it would be a quick way to get from town to town in business and distribution or

other commercial project.

A helicopter service might originate in Goldsboro and on one circle schedule tie In with Kinston, Jacksonville, New Bern, Morehead City, Washington. GreenviUe, Rocky Mount and Wilson. It could make connec-tton.s with north south through plane service at New Bern and ea.st-west service at Kinston.

Another circle might lie in Selma Smithfleld. Ralelgh-Durham, Dunn, Clinton, FayettevUle, Wil

mington and Wallace.

These are not supposed to be hard and fast routes. It would require surveys and studies to determine the final decision on such a system.

We are told that improvements In whlrlybird design in recent years have materially cut the cost of operation per mile. The helicopter will be used more and more for feeder lines as the major sir carriers adopt jets requiring larger airports and larger center.s of population.

Charlotte realizes this and Charlotte Is looking ahead to take advantage of the situation, liie city, tlirough its business orgarlrations, is petitioning for

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A grand Jury in Philadelphia formally complained the other f'ay that the city's house of correction l.*in't tough enough. As examples of the facilities provided there, the Jury noted piped-ln music, a beauty shop, excellent food and a good auditorium. In the womens division, dolls and other feminine" decorations were found. For all our wish to rehabilitate people who

required certificates which wmuld wrong, a prison l.s

allow beginning of helicopter service, Charlotte Intends to make such service an aid to its business, banking and commercial enterprises.

Goldsboro if she got in on tht ground floor and became headquarters for a copter service, would be in a most favorable position.

The Eastern Carolina city that takes the lead in such forward

still a place of punishment. The purpose is not Just to get criminals off the streets and thus protect .society, but to penalize the offenders for breaking the law.The Macon News.

"With addition of Ala.ska as Ihe 49th and biggest state. Mt. McKinley becomes the highest point in the U. S. The lowest, of cour.se. Is Texas.New Or-looklng projects will benefit most, ans States and Item.

But the whole Ea.*itern Carolina

region will feel the effects. We say "will feel" for it will be only a matter of time until some enterprising group brings helicopter service for the region to the region.

"The un.'mcces.'iful effort to establish a drastic gag nile reminds us that Senators do like to talk, whether their remarks a*-e germane or not."-Asheville Citizen.

Yes", chimed In the other. They dominate your life, asleep or awake, They turn civilized human beings into brutes and angels, ogres and saints. They make you old before your time."

"In recent years Ive often marvelled over how my parents went through this particular phase without any psychological scars, carried on one bravely. "They must haW had some remarkable . . . very remarkable children."

The third party In this little tableau turned to go, but was restrained by a clutching hand. "Wait", said a stronger voice. "Dont get the wrong ideas. We love em. Wouldnt trade them in for a color TV set or even a Jaguar. When I said awhile ago I was looking forward to the time when I could say why dont you run away from home?, it was a bit of exageration,

"Actually, I wouldnt want to miss this experience. Its purely wonderful."

And his friend chimed in,

"Yeah. Were looking forward i'> the day when you have some oi your own. Six, maybe; or

'lut the interested listener Wds wi'-.zing away; rather fast, too.

I hope he heaid those last well-wishes.

Opinions Brief

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By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) AU ths good ideas cwne from the heart," said Maurice Chevalier.

There are few men his age today who can match Frances gay * boulevardier in either grace or gratitude.

I am 71, and have been in show business now for 60 years yes, I started at 11, he said. I take my job seriously, because it is my whole life, my whole happiness.

"You have to love a profession that has been so good to you."

, Chevalier, who quit a dubious future in a IDumbtack factory to become the most durable song-and-dance man of his time, retain* a charm that is financial as well as physical. Nearly 30 years ago he was making 120,000 a week, and today is more solvent than the Frengh government. Or the American government, for that matter.

Seated In the Dving room of hi* hotel suite. Chevalier was the picture of a timeless, old-fashioned sport. He wore a smart plaid suit whose pattern looks as if it had been woven in Braille. His spring-blue eyes crinkled in a ruddy complexion.

But at 180 pounds, his agila frame gave a slight hint of port-Dness.'

It I were inteUigent, I would weigh a little less," be sighed. But I am getting at a moment la my life when it is hard to refuse to eat a little more, or drink a little more, if I feel Uke it,

"To give way to all the bad instincts that we aU havethat la what defeats most people. When I see young artists who are broken by liquor and things like that, it makes me sad.

I am not a moralistah, no: I only know what is good.

I know you never run a risk in doing less of anything tempting, and you always run a risk in doing too much of anjrthing.

"To much of anything Is too muchwhether It is virtue or vice."

Chevalier is Immensely pleased over the International success of his latest movie.

Despite his Ught-hearted air, work has been a religion with him. His art is endlessly rehearsed.

But the old boy, now minus his famed straw hat, still wears life like it was a flower in his buttonhole.

Take exercise? Ah, no!" he shook his head. But I stopped smoking 25 years ago, and I drink very little.

"Whisky is the best drink when you can indulge it. It give you a lift. So" he laughed "So you- must not drink It until you faU down."

SAFE DRIVING TIP

A motorist thou id navar bt distractad whit* driving.

Chitdran In tht front aaot eon provt axtramaly bothar* tom* to tha drtvar, and aqfa-ty aaots ora rtcommandad for youngstars to mok* aura thay do not Infartar# wltb tha drlvar's concantrotion.

Common a ant* dlctotaa thot young chlldran should not b* alionad fratdom of movamoiTt In th* front aaot whil* th* cor la In motion, poiiftt out tht Chicago Motor Club. At no tima thouM o Child ba parmlttad within aoay raoch of tha ear*driving machanisms.

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( HAl I.ENGK OK THE PLAIN

The fxpeHence of transflfiira-tlon consUtutfs ona of thr outstanding experiences in our I.ords life. There on ihe mountamtop three of HLs dl.sclptr.s beheld Him ilcriou.^ly transformed before their eye*. Not only was Hts person ansfortncd. InH even the gainirnts lie wore, II was the (a.sr of Hla divine and heavenly nature shining thnniKh His flesh and eve'n bunging an unearthly beauty to Hla garments.

Peur. speaking for his two companion, besought Jesus to remain on the moumaln. If ex-penmces of thLs sort could occur there, why not nunain'there forever I* a os so much belter than lUe^ down on the plain.

Thl.s Was indeed proved whrrt they n>acheU the plain, for a dis

traught father had brous;ht his epileptic son that Jcs'w might heal him One hour tlrr dtsciplea had beheld Christ* glory; the next hour they found themselves confronting human affliction and misery at its worst.

But onr Lord had descended from the mountain to the plain with grim and purposeful Intent, He knew that it wa.s not right to remain on any mountain of ti anstlxm atlon v^hen Ihei'e w'is .so much help to be rendered to the misery laden on the plain The lesson to all generatioiLs of brllevei.s. of rour.'<e. Is that after every variety of mountaintop experience we need to descend to the .plain. There wUI be duties, challenges. pitiful sltnatloivs awaiting our helpfulneaa. We get our Inspira lion on the mounlam; we iMifornj our duty on the plgln.

By ELMER ROKSSNER

There will not be a third Ameri' can tax rebellion. There is no opportunity for a Castro of income ta'.es in the United Slates.

The first two rebellions wer the Revolutionary War and the WhLHkcv Insurrection of ITPI The chief reason there won't be a third is a psychological fact that was demonstrated in a curuMis way in tht early daya of World War II.

There was high rate of nervous breakdowns among merchant seamen who survived torpedolngs. Bu* in one attack, consequences differed. Tau do/e.i men escaped in a lifeboat. One seaman had,a revolfer. In the darkneisa he ftred s'x sliots in the general direction ul the sub.

Not one man in that boat suffered a brH*kdawn. And when the Navy ttas able to mount guns on merchanuuen. few of'tho.se men torpedoed ever broke down. IHKV HAD OITLET Iheie i* other evidrnc* to

show men dont turn violent as long as they have an outlet for their emotion.' or recourse for wrongs. The foregoing is cited because your reporter knows wiiereof he writes: he .'at in on a high-level conference on the subject in 1943.

Under our present system o( govcrnmen.. It is not necessary to take down the squ^rtl rifle when taxes become oppretalve.

As fir as available records show, there it no case in which a sane person shot at an income tax collector, threw a bomb into an Internal Revenue Service office, or called u|Kn his neighbor.^ to march on ihe exaeieni of taxes.

A person who feel# oppreased by taxes can avoid. UUgatt or evade.

If income from securities la evceaslvely Uxed, the victim can switch to tax exempt bonds, or invest in oil wells, miives and such fidds in which Kith depreciation raie.x low-iax income Or be can invest for capUai

galnr. liustead of short-term income

EVERYBODY IN ACT

If too much of an earned It,come disappears in taxes, the earner can make many arrange-nlbnls to take capital gains inr stead of highly taxed pay.

This is not only a blessing for upper bracket boys. One reason iiniona have been pressing so hard for fringe benefits is that many of them arc not taxed, or tha'. the fax is postponed until retiremcni, when rates may be lower. There are hundred of other avoidances fa! expen.*;e accounts; travel ftsr companv bwtness: u.'^ of company cars and yachUs Jill' so-called buslne" purposes: Use of tuinpauy vacation area.x, and so on w'lthout number.

If legal avoidance does not relieve the feeliog of oppression, the taxpayer can lUipate. ..This ran go on lor years. Any lawyer can think up new strateglea to pursue; cases can be made to drag on for years. Eren if he lose* ik the esd Gm usually doesi

the taxpayer can purge himself of his aggreMions.

EVA.SION IS A VALVE, TOO

The third recourse is evasion. This, of course, has its dangers. Fines can be high and imprisonment long, if the evader is caught, and there's always a chance he wont be. Furthermore, no penalty can be as bad as getUng ahot in the head in a rebellion.

There are ao many loopholes and disputed point In th* tix law that it almoat eem as if some genlu of ptvchology de-vL^ed them solely to prevent a physical uprising. They are so broad that almtvsf eveivbody IhlnkI he has a ipeetaJ angle that saves him a few bucks; they are so readily available that alm(wt everybody has an opportimity to .sublimate his feeling of fru'iration.

Each one of ua c.xn stand up in a boat and fire a p*ycbological shot In the dlrecUon of the sut-marine that sank most of our income.