APE FOUR

Wednesday, March 11, 1959

THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

Dont Talk To M<

Those Re^rvations Need Airing

Reserx'ations to the defense budsret submitted by President Eisenhower voiced by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at a hearing before a Congressional Committee should give the American people some indication of the extent to w^hich differences of valid opin-ion are heard when it comes to fixing expenditures for defense.

So far the official record is concerned, the Joint Chiefs of Staff had given their approval to the Presidents defense budget when it was first submitted. But at the request of the Senate Preparedness subcommittee, each of the service heads listed his reservations to the budget as submitted by the President.

While a statement signed by all the Chiefs declared there were no serious gaps in key elements of the budget, they outlined in their reservations what appear to be serious differencci between what the budget provides and what tbe-.e top military men Chink is needed for the nations safety.

Tlje really basic differences on defense needs which may exist between the administration and top military officers apparently selaom becomes public knowledge. It is a simpltf matter of military discipline w hic h applies to all uniformed seiwice personnel from the highest general to the buck private.

He is bound by oath as well as tradition to carry out the orders of his superior officer. In case of the

Activities Aim At Next Year

By LVNN NWBET

POLITICAL There have been fewer developments on the poll* tlcal front than moat prognostlc-ttora had forecast for this date. There U plenty of evidence, however, that scouU and stratessta are busy In the background preparing for what Is expected to be a titanic struggle next year at both state and national levels.

Members of the General Assembly are so deeply Involved with their own Immediate leg-Isiatlve problems, they are not giving much thought to details of the next campaign although acutely conscious of the probab If effect of legislative action on Its results.

Visitors coming from over the State, many of whom have had recent contacts In Washington, report a lot of quiet activity. Main Interest Is In the races for Governor and U. S. Senator, although belief Is general that there may be more than usual In-Wrest In the Presidential campaign. Many people thin Governor Hodges will have more prominent place In national circles than any recsnl Governor and consequently might take less Interest in choosing hU successor. Tarheel Democrats gen daily do not like the selection f Los Angeles for the coven-Jion, They fear It will mean great-tr loss of prestige for the South and will lend to perpetuate control of Paul Butler or someone of like philosophy as national chairman,

There Is presently no support for any third party plan or walkout, despite the deep rooted Objection to anticipated platform declarations. Parly leaders such as Governor Hodges, Senators Ervin and Jordan, State Chairman Woodrow Jones and others Insist that North Carolina and the whole South will fare better to fight for principle within the party rather than from outside.

CANDIDATES All of the 20 or so potential candidates for Oovernow which were listed here weeks ago are still 'potentlal*'. It must be admitted some are less likely to get In the race than seemed probable last fall.

Edwin GUI. State Ireastirer, still acts very much like a can dldate. He Is getting around Jor a lot of speeches, many of which sound like lentitlve platform planks.

Terry Sanford, first come of all the prospects, and John D. Larkins. Jr.. latest to practically avow candidacy, are rejxirted-ly doing a lot of plowing and planting seed which they hope ran be cultivated to prtKluce votes in the lufio primary.

Sanford Is credited with a nucleus of sound strength among the followers of the late Govei nor and Senator Kerr Scott He has added support among con servatlve business men to a

degree that disturbs backers of some of the other potentials.

Somewhat paradoxically, Larkins appears to be rallying help from segments which had been more or less conceded to Sanford. It is rumored that tentative negotiations are underway to obtain recognlssed conservatives and big business men to manage both Larkins and Sanford campaigns. Surface indications are both will have well-

filled war chests. At least each

of them professes no concern over that Item which cannot be said of some other would-be candidates.

It begins to appear that the gubernatorial and senatorial rac-e;j may be more entwined next year than usual. Traditionally effort is made to keep tlfem

completely separate In theory If not In fact.

Senator Everett Jordan Is campaigning hard for re-election and Is making hay. He maintains permanently staffed offices at Raleigh and Waynesvllle and there is seldom a week he does not make a flying visit to the state. Belief that prevailed when he was first appointed upon the death of Senator Bcoll that he was Just keeping the seat warm for Hodges has been dissipated.

But there are a lot of people who still resent his selection and I hey are diligently seeking a strong candidate against him. Suggestions continue that Terry Sanford might switch to the Senate race, Hls close advisers feel he has gone too far and made too much progress toward the Governors office to think of changing courses now,

Scouts covering the Catawba and Potomac valleys, chiefly Charlotte and Washington, report manifested Interest In Alton Lennon, seventh district congressman and former Senator, as a contender for Governor or Senator -- with the latter more likely. It Is know that some of the men most ardently supporting Sanford for Governor are urging Lennon to get In the Senate race. And some of Senator Jordan's . folks would like to see Lennon run for Governor.

The name of Mel Broughton, son of a former Governor and Senator and presently chairman of the highway commission, is heard with Increasing frequency In connection with the ^nate.

CONCLUSION - Inescapable conclusion la that both Governor and Senate races are wide open There is as much uncer-iRlniy now as six rnontlis ago as to what names will appear on the hijnfd of elections books when filing time ends or who will be rated the pre primary favorite 1.1 months from now The one shKolute certainty Is that an in-teresttng time la ahead and It will he more plea.sanl for aldr-llne ohservera than for participa nta in the big races.

Chiefs of Staff, their immediate superiors are the civilian heads of the various services under the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary in turn looks to the Commander in Chief.

How then could we expectofficially at least^ anything but approval of the Joint Chiefs of the military budget submitted by the Prc-ident?

But to say that the final determination of the military needs of the nation are determined by the needs of the military services in sheer folly. At best they represent the, third echelon of the policy-determining organisation. below the President, the Secretary of Defense and the civilian department heads. And while other opinions carry weight in arriving at the final decision on what is needed, their opinions can likewise be completely disregarded by the higher civilian authorities.

All of which brings us to this important question:

if final determination of what is needed for adequate national defenses were left to the military chiefs, how much would the defepse budget differ from that which has been submitted?

It would be healthy for the nation if the military chiefs had the opportunity to more frequently and more frankly point out to congressional committees and to the public their reservations to defense budgets upon which the fate of the nation may well hang.

Could Be A Year For Local Independence

This just might be the year in which local governments of North Carolina are emancipated from the legislative hails of Raleigh.

In the past few weeks there has developed what appears to be growing support from legislators and other state officials to do something about the unnecessary amount of local legislation handled in Raleigh every two years.

At his news conference this week Gov. Hodges gave his support to a move in that direction. I am heartily in favor of anything that will cut down the number of local bills, he said.

The number of purely local bills from local governments throughout the state which go to the legislature is absolutely ridiculous. These billswhich constitute a major part of the total legislative load largely deal with matter.s w'hich could and should be handled by local governing boards. They go to Raleigh simply because local go'^ernment boards are not allowed sufficient autonomy in managing their own affairs.

Legislators, if they are mind to, can relieve themselves of the load of local legislation and render a great service to local governments of the state as well. All they have to do is cut some of the strings w^hich require legislaiiveapproval for so many actions which should be left entirely in the hands of local government.

Dull Season But

By ALVIN TAYLOR

Missed Two' Farewells

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) This would have been a pretty dull season In Washington If It hadnt l)een-.for the dollar sign. It has given Demcrata and Republicans a lot to talk about.

Actual legislation paased by Congress so far could be stuck In one eye without making you blink. Things will pick up after the Easter vacation, Meanwhile, budget balancing has provided a llveiy conversational topic, Balance the budget, says President Elsenhower, dedicating himself to economy in UI59. It's the way to prevent Inflation, he gays. And since Inflation means you can buy less with a buck, his slsnd has pretty wide appeal.

Nobody knows that better than the Democrats, They know what It could mean in the 1960 elections if they defied Elsenhower loo much, voted a lot more money than he asked, and let Inflation milk a few more pennies out of the dollar.

So while the Democrats keep laiklng shout how Elsenhower Is skimping loo much snd how the co\ui(ry needs more than he proposed. theyre still edgy aboit leaving thetivselves open to the Republlcan charge of being big spenders.

it Is easy to see how' this can provide plenty of conversation, and It has.

Meanwhile, everybodys dancing on s hair Elsenhower in his hndpel provided only s hairline margin iMUween halanclng the budget snd going In the red. Even that nrargln depends on smne (uillkely new taxes snd a sharp lncr''R.se In revenue.s from otlrer taxes already on Ihe law books. If U work.s out the wav he figured. It will l>e one of the be.st juggUng sets In history Elsenhower called for spending no mrrre than 77 billion dollars.

in itsself a record for peacetime budgets, and estimated that when the government got through deducting the 77 billion from all the revenue U took in. it would have 70 million dollars left over.

But tlie Democrats look at the 4.700.000 people unemployed and want to extend the special unemployment pay Congress voted last year for the jobless. This would cost another 400 millions, they figure.

Since Elsenhow'er didnt include this In hls budget, the 40<l million would upset the balance, knock spending Into the red, and add to the deficit carried over from the current year. But that's not all.

The Democrats are working on housing, airport aid. help for depressed areas, and other legislation that would cost more than Elsenhower asked.

The Democrats also express unhappiness about the money he a.sked for defen.se and what looks like a conUnulng gap In missiles between this country and the 8o-vle Union. They are making sounds shout more money for defen.se

The Soviet demand that the AI-lle.s get their troojwi out of Berlin, and the Allies' determination s(. far that they'll do no such thlnp, hft.s created a sense of crisis coming up

So Its no wonder Democratic leader.x of Congre.ss last week reportedly a.sked Elsenhower after he briefed them on Berlin If he didnt need beefed up defense Beefing, of course, costs money.

Elsenhower reportedly said no, that things were all right.

Soviet Premier NlKlta Khrushchev could make everybody s Utile happier, and take some of Ihe heat off the American dollar. If he'd jus soften no on Berlle. and lei the crisis melt away

The social life of a newspaperman can be a very unsure thing to say the least. Frequently the unexpected can Interrupt even the best laid plans of a reporter.

Im thinking particularly of Billy Arnold, Reflector staffer who journeyed to Raleigh yesterday along with several other

draftees for his Army Induction physical.

At this writing Billy has not been heard from, and the silence Is ominous. In all probability,

by the time this is in print Billy will be drawing his first army clothing from warehouses at Ft. Jackson.

But to get back to the subject, Billy, fairly certain that there

would be no coming back from

Raleigh, decided he would work through last Thursday afternoon and then take a few days off before leaving for the army.

By aU rlghU the last day on the job should be an easy one regardless of where you work. However, last week there were more than the usual number of meetings to be covered by staff members particularly on Thursday.

So, when it was learned Stabilization Corp. was to have its district meeting here that afternoon, Billy was the only man left to cover it.

"It shouldnt last more than an hour, he was told,

BUly agreed that he would have plenty of time to handle

the meeting, so at 2 o'clock he took oil for the court house.

In the meantime some of the gills at the office had talked up enough money to purchase doughnuts, cup cakes and cookies. The plan wa.s to have a surprise party for Billy on his last afternoon.

A hour went by and Billy didnt return. The newsroom crowd began to get fidgety. Another 30 minutes passed and still no Billy, then another 30 minutes. Finally at 4:15 someone decided It was time to check on him and Womans Editor Peggy Smith walked to the court house.

The meeting was still going on, BUly told her, and it didnt show any signs of abating. Go on and have the party without him.

Peggy came back with the sad news. By then It was qulUag time and so the cookies, dough-.nuts and cup cakea were stored away.

But that wasn't all. Seems BUly, who completed his coUege work with the winter quarter, was also a member of the East Carolinian newspaper staff at the college. It also seems Uie college paper staff had had a simlar idea. Thus, sometime during the afternoon, Katherine Johnson, editor of the East Carolinian. caUed to have BUly steered toward the college. They, too, were having a surprise party for him.

Of course. BUly proved as in-acce'sable to the East Carolinian

staff as he was to the Reflector news staff.

The missing staffer of both papers flnaUy returned to the Reflector newsroom around 5. He seemed pretty phUosophical about missing the two parties, but then as one former soldier-turned wag remarked, he would be attending a party, every Friday night for quite a few months to come. GI parties, I believe, they are cal^L in the army.

I dont know what happened to the East CaroUnlan party, but folks at the Reflector had doughnuts, cup cakes and cookies with their-coffee for a couple of days afterwards.

Opinions In Brief

"There have been attempts In recent years to curtail freedom of the press. The idea behind this action Is that an ignorant public is much easier controlled than a well-informed citizenry. Certain government officials, in most cases appointive rather than elective, have taken upon themselves to decide what is good for us to know and what Is not. In regard to their particular departments.'* Bernice (La.) News-Journal.

Wednesday, March

Author By The Dozen

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) A boyish-lookiog ex Army offlcer virtually unkiwwn to the public Is making a strong bid to become Americas best-selling author.

*T never bothered to learn to parse a sentence in school. dryly remarked John D. MacDcmald. But he now earns more to a year than Edgar Allan Poe earned to a lifetime, and is creeping \ip fast on Ersldne Caldwell and Mickey SpUlane.

This one-man fiction fwstory became an author by accident. But be has turned out 38 booka and some 500 short stories, novelettes and serialsa total of more then 15 million wordssince 1945, His books lave sold some 14 million copies in 10 countries.

MacDonald, 42, who emerged from the war a lieutenant colonel, first turned to his typewriter in 1944 when he was stationed with the Office of Strategic Services in Ceylom

The only kind of letters you -sould get through censorship then made pretty dull reading, he recaUed. So. instead of a letter. I wrote my wife a short story. ^ ^

She sold it to a magazine for $25, and I decided right then that it looked like an easy way to earn a living.

But it didnt turn out to be so easy. In the four mtmUis of his terminal Army leave MacDonald wrote )0,000 wordsthe equivalent of 10 books -- and lost 20 pounds.

It was pretty horrible stuff, he acknowledged, "but it taifght me my trade. At times I had 50 short stories in the mails at once.

"When they came back rejected and crinkled, I used to iron the pages flat to save the trouble of retyping them and send them out again. Later, I burned them all.

He started clicking in 1946.

MacDonald, who is tanned and wears a graying crew cut, lives in Sarasota, Fla. He writes on almost any topic.

He Is so prolifto that once h# had foul- books published on successive days.

His latest novel, a story of hi-jinks in an American art colony in Mexico, took him 20 months. It gave him a lot of trouble. But during this same period he turned out four light suspense novels.

What qualities make a writer?

T youre not by nature an omnivorous reader, forget about being a writer, he said. "The one thing that all writers I know have in common Is that they are all ccmipulsive readers.

"Secondly, a writer has to be an iconoclast. If you believe all that you are taught, read or told, you will have too standard a mind to become a writer.

"You will lack an individual viewpoint of your own. This a writer must have.

SAFE DRIVING TIP

Other Editors Saying.. Risk It...Go Home!

(The Charlotte Observer)

Despite the contradlctpry statistics and the most-repeated jokes, the typical American husband goes home after work hurriedly and expectantly. It is, after all, a place to go and. besides, after eight hours of organized futility, home has a certain appeal.

Fools, all of us. How are we to know that the wifely greet-tns: will be a burst of tears? Thai Junior has wrecked the -ar? That Susie has frolicked her way to s "D in Latin? Thai the power company is threatening to cut off the electricity unless Reddy Kilowatt pets his bi-monthly due?

You cant go home again rot tranqtiilly Home Is too often a house beset by travail. And yii You rush home And sooner or later, before the night is ended Junior offers convincing testimony that the wreck was a gross Improbability. -Susie persuades you that a "D was well above average.

And you suddenly remember youve carried (unmailed) the Kilowatt check for ten unexplaln -able days. So you go to bed. warmed by the sense of famUy, cheered with the conversational communion that develops during TV commercials, determined to mall that check. You maU it. Reddy stays his lightning blow. Light, in short, prevails.

You survive the office routine, the business luncheon, the absurd telephone calls, the needless conferences. And rush home. Junior has re-wrecked the car. - Susie is flunking algebra. The batik Das cafled that youre overdrawn. The bathroom drain is clogged.

This la living? This is living.

At 9:55. the rain makes a gentle Insistence on the weatherproof roof: Susie yawns in freshly-bathed splendor; Junior turns off the television set: and the lady-ln-your-llfe smUes prettUy. "You know." she says, "I think youre really lucky You really are. Brother. You almost certainly are. Rush home.

If government employment remains an island of .security-conscious men and women, let American business make every effort to attract young people with the courage to take a chance and the confidence to succeed. Trite a.s It .seems, It Is nonetheless true that this great nation was neither conceived nor built by persons demanding sick leave and Insurance programs. And as tiightenlng as the thought Is. it is also true that America can never meet the 'challenge of communism If its citizens prefer Job security to the opportunity to make a million dollars. Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-nion.

"A New York business writer reports that a new style in suits may start men on a buying spree. Not, hosvever, until what clothing they now have is pretty well gone.Raleigh Times.

We must keep the door of opportunity open in agriculture, and we cannot do this through more and more government spending: which alway-; means more and more controls, more and more regimentation, Agriculture Secretary Eara Benson.

ANrayt dim yovr Iraod-llglits whM onoHwr cor op> proachet.

If the oncomhig motorltt folic fo dim bit tights, do act retaliate tof shining your brights In hls cyss. The Chicogo Motor CIM) points out that this will hilnd both of yoo temporortty ohd moy cause o hsod-oii cotlisloa.

Instcod, fllek your twlghts off end on. This will let the other driver know kte Itghlt art Impolrlng yoor vlfioa. If he still refuses to dim his lights, there ore three things yeu should do:Reduoe your spued, puit os cloee to the right edge of tfie rood os pottibie, and keep yeer eyes on the right edge of the roodsMe pavement to eseope m much f tort eu^ pouelble.

CorDorations Clobbered In 1958

Strength For Today

ID KARL l 1)01 GI,.ASS A .SVEKni

Duilng A icccnt canuialgn to Ulerease the building fund of his eluu'ch, a man who was acMng as one of the campaign solid-'01* appma' heri another mem oer who was an old friend "Frankly. John." hL* frleiicl said, when he had heard the re quest for a contribution, "I dont see why 1 should give anything.

1 dont attend church any more, or take part In any activities. Why should I give to the chui'ch^ What does the church do for me^" The aollrltor thought a moment. "Well," he replied, "you were almost certainly baptized b\ the church, you went to Sunday School there, ymi met your w ife in the young peoples group;

you were married there Your chlkiren were baptized there, and till attend Sundav School.^ Two years ago, when your father d.ed, the service for him was held ttiere But thats not all What kind of a comm\mitv votdd this b' If we didnt have any

churches? How much would Ju

venile delinquency increase without chvirche.*^ How many youm?. neople does the church help start on the right path**

"And thats ailU not all. The cluuTh wojit quit just because you dont give a few dollars, or even if you stay awsy. The

church keeps rtght on gotng

and Its you who had better get back In step again "

Said his friend. "I will right now 1 Let me get my checkbook."

By EI.MFK ROESSNKR

Last year tot.vl bbor income was $246.2 billion . ompared with $247 1 billion In ITTT, Thas a drop of es than two flf h.i o one per cent.

In the .*ame time the nerl income after laxe* of 2.219 lea'*-Ina Corporation.* dropped from $15 8 billion to 113 ) billion That's a decline o 12 per 'ent. Fivure !n this para^rap!; are gleaneil from the Mairi* Duer of T-.c Fir.* National Oy Bank of Ne\ York.

In short, while labor took a Ucktng. the corporations were clobbered

The bank retuarks that the arntnpa of corporations were actually higher than hird been anticipated The decline In the first half of the year was much grecler than in the second, NLHVOUNLY, WE SMOKED

Only a few Induslrlal group.* .showed a gain la.*t year, and the largest wa.* registered by 13 to baccu product mauufactm era ia

The First Nationa! City compilation, Their net was up 21 per cent. Perhaps people smol ed more biM'ouse they were worried abou:. the recession.

other gain.* were made by 20 real estate corporations, up M ;>er cent; 11 telephone and telera ph companioi, up the same iigure; L>T eh-ctrl power, ga.s and other rhiUUea. up 8 i>er cent: 2^ food chain?, up 7 per cent, and 175 commrrclal banks, up 4 per cent Lei'.*'.* alus were made by 118 food product corporations: 30 bev-erae companies; 32 lumber and food products companies; 33 drug, soap and cosmetic companies: 64 cement, flaa I: stone manufacturer.*: .54 transportoUon companies other than cla.*e I railroads; 13 hotel and restaurant corportUon.s; 175 commercial hanks and 122 Investment tnists U N CGMPANIES MADE I.KS.S The large.*t loser was a group of 17 amusement companies, down 49 per cent, followed by 4$ automobile and paru companies, down

42 per cent, and 40 iron and steel ctanpanlea, 30 per cent lew than

In 1937.

Other large declines Included 17 nonmetal mining and quarrying companies, down 27 per cent; 81 petroleum production and refining companies, down 25 per cent: 37 nonautomoUve transportation equipment ctxmpanles. (lown 23 per cent; 14 metal mining companies, down 21 per cent; 113 class 1 railroads, down 19 per cent: 55 textile products companies. and 16 shoe and leather companies, down 17 per cent.

Within most of the industry groutv*. the changes among Individual comiMinies were extremely uneven," ,the lnk ob-.serves "Reports of some companies showed sales and earnings establtshlng new peaks, dto-' spite the general busines.* reces-.slon and the downward trend in the totals of their industry groups Others fell far behind 1957 results and suffered dficit

It added that further analysis shows a remarkable recovery

during the last quarter of 19.58, especially among manufacturing companies. These suffered a decline of 28 per cent during the first nine months of the year but gain.* in the last quarter shrank the drop to 18 per cent. The 620 manufacturing companies included in the tabulation made a net gain of 13 per cent in the last quarter, compared with the last quarter of 1957. M PER CENT CLAIM DEDI C-TIONS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Of persons who itemlaed deductions on gross tmxtmes ot $5.000 a year or more to 1956. 96 per cent listed contributions, according to a Commerce Cflearinf House report.

That does not necessarily mean that 4 per cent give nothing to charity; some may have made contributions and forgot to list them or failed to save records. Also. It doe not mean that 91 per cent gave to charities, churches and other institutions Hear tell therea someUmcs cheating 00 tax returns. ..