PACE FOURrHE DAILY REFLECTO*. GREENVILLE, N. C.

Saturdji]rt Murch 14, 1989

Saturday, March 14, 1959

Back Door

War Does Include Ground Fighting

President Eisenhower's flat statement that the United States is not planning for a ground war in Europe has caused surprised reaction and concern not only in this country, but in the ranks of American allies

elsewhere. . , , - j

If the United States is planning for any kmd of

war at all, how can those plans be complete and effective without ground fighting?

Are we relying completely on nuclear weapons to

defend this country and the broad geographic regions it is nledged to defend from aggression?

if we are so completely committed to a one-weapon system of defense, we can hardly expect to sur-

vive# '

For years now the United States and her allies

have worked diligently and desperately to build up a ;U)-diviion defense force among the NATO nations of Western Europe. The NATO force has slowly risen to 21 1-3 divisions, and unless the Prfesident clarifies his no ground war statement, it cannot be expected that the NATO nations will continue expending money and manpower to build up ground iorfc*h in Europe.

If war should come^nucIear or conventional how would we defend the areas we are pledged to defend without ground forces? How could we possibly liberate areas overrun by aggressors without ground forces?.Have we reached the point where the beginning of a brush-fire war anywhere in the world will immediately trigger an all-out effort with nuclear wea-pons?

Are we to relinquish geographical areas in the face of aggressor ground forces until such time ai we deem the situation serious enough to warrant a nuclear war?

To be sure the United States and its allies do not expect to match the sprawling communist nations of Russia and China man-for-maii in ground forces. Yet it is imperative that we have adequate ground forces to cope with any situation which might arise. We must have ground forces properly equipped to defend areas against the ground forces of any enemy. And we likewise must have ground forces of sufficient strength both in men and modem equipment to move in and liberate areas of the free world which might overrun by the enemy in time of conflict.

How would the United States, for example, defend or liberate Western Europe without the use of ground firces? Would we drop a nuclear bomb on Paris or West Berlin to destroy Red forces attacking or holding such citis? What would there be left to liberate if we followed such a course?

The United States today can no more justify the elimination of ground forces as an important weapon in its defense arsenal than it can justify the elimination of missile development.

If President Eisenhower indicated the military strategy governing Americas defense system with his no ground war statement, our whole realm of military defense must be reviewed and revised radically . , . and quickly.

Development Program Will Need Auxiliaries

Constitutional Chanoe Dislikec.

By LYNN NISBET

UNPOPULAR The proposed *new corwitUutlon" la Juat about aa unpopular among leglilators aa a aalea tax on table fooda and baby medicine. Your reporter haa not encountered a alngle peraon who doea not admit the need for conatltuUonal revlalon In aome areaa, particularly with reaped to court*; haa he found more than half a dozen willing to go along with cietftlls of recommended pro-vlalona by either of the commla-Rlona which have studied the problem.

Practically all of the comment about Governor Hodgea special meaaage haa been commendatory for the way he handled the subject. It Is apparent that he had an Impossible "aelllng job to obtain support for the package deal being aubmltted. Both Ben. Bpencer Bell, chairman of the Bar Association committee on judicial study, and Victor Bryant, chairman of the legislaUve constitutional study commission, voiced pleasure at the way the Governor explained the propoeals.

Whether the Legislature or the Bupreme Court should have authority to establish rules of court procedure has been a controversial point for many yeara. The Bell commission would place that power In the court; the Bryant commission would leave It In the General Assembly, The Governor took a middle course, and suggested vesting It In the court "where U belongs," but hedged with proposal that the General Assembly might recoup the authority by a three-fifths vote of the entire membership of each branch without vote of the people Several legislators thought that condition weakened the argument, and think that the authority ought to be vested in one place or the other and remain there until the people ^hem-aelves change It.

BINLAROEMKNT Except for his conciliatory gesture to the Legislature on the point of recapturing power to regulate courts, the Governor approved most other recommendatloiui. The only other places he went farther than the commission was In suggesting further study of veto authority and elimination of the ban against a Governor succeeding himself In office.

COMMITTEES - The Importance of constitutional revision at this time haa ocrasloned dla-ciwslon of the committee set up Uj the General Assembly. TradP tionally every member la named to one of the big money committees half on appropriations the real on finance The law re mitres Joint meetings of House and Senate committees when considering the budget biennial appro

priation bill. By custom the finance committees of House and Senate also meet Jointly on the budget revenue bill, although that is not required by statute.

There is recognhscd Inter-rcla-tlonshlp between the work of the money committees, and by grapevine telegraph when formal communication Is not maintained each group knows what the other Is doing. All member* of the 1959 General Assembly are equally Interested In constitutional revision.

The House committee haa 33 members, slightly more than one-fourth of the membership; the Senate committee has 23 members, jiffit two less than half the total membership. The money committees share the morning hours. It Is almost impossible to find a meeting time for the committee on the constitution which does not conflict with committee* on Judiciary, agriculture, health local government, etc cetera.

TRADITION -T Suggestion has been made that all committees should be snuiUer. with less conflict In meeting time and place, which is the policy In the Con-greM. Trsdltlon Is hard to buck. Rep. George Uzzell of Rowan, who perhaps has more legislative aervlce to his credit than any member of the 1959 assembly, said he could do more effective work U assigned to four or five committees than to the dozen or more on which he is serving. "But I would resent It," he said, "If I were left off one of the money groups, or a judiciary or other Important committee."

The Idea has been advanced to switch committee hours, by having the money groui meet at nine oclock In the morning and run two and a half hours, and let Uie smaller committees utilize the afternoon time. Chief objection against It challenges tradition.

Tradition or not, most members of the Legislature are not willing to let a relatively small committee pass upon the constitution and be tjound by the rules to support the committee report In regular session. Several members have suggested that if the leaders Insist upon handling the constitution at this session, instead of having a later extra special session for that purpose, that consideration should be by "coininlltee of the whole" In which every member could participate with somewhat more freedom of expression tlmn Is possible In a formal session As of now 11 looks like if the Irsdership Insists on handling I he package deal on the con-sUtutlon In the same way casual amendments have l>een handled In the past, the whole package will wind up In the trash can

Pitt Countys lievelopment Commission Is juat beiiinning its important work in behalf of the people of the county, but already it is becoming evident that something is needed if the economic potential of the county is to be realized.

The county-wide organization must have local level support of individual community organizations throughout the county dedicated to promoting the general economic growth in Pitt.

Most citizens of the county realize that the 17-man commission and the full time economic engineer employed by the commission cannot do everything which needs to he done if Pitt is to compete effectively fo industrial plants which are being relocated. There must be auxiliary groups throughout the county working hand-in-hand with the overall effort to develop local industry a.s well as to deal with industrial prospects from other areas. *

These auxiliary groups may be in the form of committees or representative.s from each community of th'j county; but regardless of what they are called, they have a definite and important function in the overall development picture. Collectively they can make the eounty-wide economic development effort much fore forceful than it otherwise could be.

Th sooner Pitt County can become well organized at the community level as well as on a county level to push its own economic development, the sooner it can iiegin to feel the tangible results of what can be done through such a development proiram.

Sorli "s New Queen

Sy VERONICA GIRALPEZ

BUENOS AIRES (AP) "S*. Sa..S&rM. Sa. Aa. Jarli.

By ALVIN TAYLOR

ne Story Spread Fas

The chant erupted as Argen-tioas sexiest film queen, Isabel SarlL slid out o a car at the premier of the second motion picture, "Sabaleros." Young film fans broke through a police cordon and In an avalanche mobbed the buxom star, ripping her blue low-cut gown.

As the chant grew louder, the mob pressed tighter. The surging ians shattered glass posters, police whistles blared and Isabel fainted, Husky bodyguards had to lift her on their shoulders and slug* their way through to safety behind the glass walls of thq ticket booth.

Buenos Aires movie-goers could not remember a mwe surprising and delirious reception for an Argentine movie actress.

Local propaganda boasts that Isabel was more audacious than Frances Brigitte, Italys CRna and Sofia Loren or Marilyn Monroe or Jaime Mansfield had dons the trick. The premier was a sellout. Buenos Aires moviegoers could not remember a more surprising and delirious reception for an Argentine movie actress.

Argentinas movie critics roundly rapped "Sabaleros, a tale nf fishing folk. But the frenzied multitude cf fans loved every minute of it, particularly when Isabel shed her scanty fishing costume and plunged into a lazy lagoon.

The crowd rushed Isabel again as *lw left the premiere. Crushed and bruised, but always smiling. she finally escaped to safety in a convertible.

Remember that mercy call from Israel which was intercepted by a local "ham operator on Feb. 22?

Believes Sovie

Charlie T. Wells. Jr. of Rt. 2, Greenville, who heard the original message, reports that he contacted the Israll "ham again last Sunday. He learned that a youth who was desperately In need of a new drug has since Improved and left the hospital for his home.

Wells picked up the call from Israel one Sunday. The far off "ham operator told WeUs that a drug called "Kanamycln" was needed for a seriously ill 20-year-oid youth.

He asked Wells to call the Israll embassy in Washington with the request. The local man did so and within a few hours

the embassy called back to say that the drug had been placed on a commercial airliner and was on the way.

Wells said h# had set up a time for contacting the short wave operator In Israel again next Sunday afternoon.

The story of the mercy call relayed to the Associated Press by the Reflector. It was tiien distributed throughout tha nation and the world by that re,vs-gatherlng organization.

Wells said he had been Informed that the article appeared in newspapers at far off locations, including Callfca*nia and even Germany.

Will a building taller than the Empire State Building be con-

Can Be Crushed other Editors Saylng.,

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By JAMK.H MARLOW WASHINGTON <AP) - President Elsenhowers tough stand against the Soviet Union on Berlin apparently Is based on the belief that the United States could smash the Soviets In an all-out war If It comes any time soon.

Secretary of Defense Nell H. McBUroy has expressed such a view repeatedly in recent weeks. So have others. They are basing their faith on American bombers, not on ground troops.

Fllsenhower himself this week ruled out land war by conceding the United States and its allies are far outmatched by the Soviets on the ground. He did not rule out nuclear war.

Nuclear war would have to be carried out by the American Str-at-eglo Air Command, which could strike from bases around the S.S.R. American reliance on lKunl>era will change as both this country and the Soviet Union develop missiles.

Democrats In Congress have protested that the admtnistration is letting the Soviets gain an even widening lead In mlsslle.s. Elsenhower retilles that he knows exactly what hes doing.

On dan. 20 McElroy said the United States has force.s ready "to destroy any nation attjieklng our country Again on March 2 he said this country has ilefl-nlle offensive superiority over the Bovtets at this time.

Sen. Richard Ru.ssell (D-OiO, skeptical about Amiulrau superiority as late as dan 20, began sounding optimistic.

On Jan. 2H Hus.\ell, clmlrman of the Senate Armed Servlce.s Committee, said "From the many twses that surround tla* 8*>-vlel Union we could deva.stale them. Only a madman would start a war now He atre.-i.si'd the supevlorllv of the Stiateglc Air Command. So did Oen. Nalhan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

But when it comes to missiles the ultimate weapons of the future Russell said: "No question that Soviet RiLssia Is ahead of us.

Even if this country haa destructive superiority now and If the Soviets gain it In the not-too-dlstant future, both situations raise painful questions.

The Western alliance Is holding together against Premier Nikita Khrushchevs demand that the Allies get their troops out of Berlin. No one knows for sure why he chose to precipitate a crisis over Berlin now.

There could be several reasons: to gain Western recognition for the Communist East German regime; to weaken the Wests will to resist Just a little bit by trying to force Uie West into concessions to avoid a showdown that might mean war: or, through Western fear of war, weaken the whole Western alliance.

By not ruling out the possl-blllty of nuclear war, ELsenhow'-er actually raLscd the possibility of it. In a nuclear war the Soviets even though being sma.shcd at home, would seek to retaliate In kind, the nearest target la We.ntern Europe,

What looks like a solid Western alliance now might fall apart tf this countrys I5uropean al-Ue.s came up to the brink of their own devR.statlon over the question of refusing to budge on Berlin.

If the flovtets in a few years have mts.slle superiority - mlsslle.s that could crush Western Europe and missiles that could cross the ocean to hit this country what will this do to American loughness and will to re.siat ?

These are all qtiestion* simmering In the Berlin kettle and the arguments between the administration and the Democrats over future defense plana.

(Wilson Time#)

L H. Fountain, our representative In the House In Washington, has some well defined areas of government responsibilities on

the federal, state and local levels. He should have as he is chairman of the Intergovernmental relations committee In the House.

In this day of trotting to Washington with outstretched

hands, Mr. Fountain counsels

against just this. He says state government "must assume a

large share of the blame for obstructing local self government. This does not absolve municipal officials and local citizens of an obligation to exert greater effort for the improvement of these conditions; nor does It automatically justify a reliance upon Federal aid

Mr. Fountain recognizes that In the general principles of planning. health and edudation, federal leadership la necessary. He terms the part of the federal government ' as one of planning and providing for research and technical assistance as a federal responsibility.

He questions whether the cities are "doing all that they might to solve their problems. He says that both cities and states neglect their responsibilities expecting the federal government to come to their rescue.

Mr. Fountain believes In decentralization of government. He thinks the states should assume

greater responsibility for meeting public needs, and the cities should be permitted and encouraged to "perform all functions ^ within their competence."

This is all true and the general belief of everyone. But it has been too long the other way. This is brought about because the federal government has assumed great taxing powers. This taxing power strips the states of the Income needed to carry out the very responsibility Mr. Fountain speaks of.

Then the local city and county governments can only assume but 80 much of the responsibility that is rightfully theirs. They are the third to get the tax bite, and by this time It Is pretty small. The local governing units must support the local organizations and aervices, schools, and agencies too numerous to mention. If something big is needed In Improvements, bond issues must be floated, the debt considered and the Interest rate. This brings additional burdens on the people.

So In desperation the cities and counties run first to the state and then the federal government*. Mr. Fountain would do democracy a great service If he would try to bring back to the local state, city and county governments not only lost authority but some of the Income necessary to carry out the functions that are rightfully their*.

structed in the near future?

Taint likely, says Engineering News Record.

Chances are slim that anyone would be wtlling to finance construction of .such a building. In I act 40 stories high is apt tn be the limit.

High construction costa make it Impractlcai to build skyscrapers anSjjMeher than 40 sto-rle.:, and most Investors are inteie.stnd in the all-nupose building that will elve the greatest reiuru under current market condltlor*s.

Ad vences in construction methods, in iti'uct'jral and mechanical techrlqtie and in materials, may make it ieaslole to build taller skyEcrarera in the iu-bore, one prominent New York architect believes, but if so, it will reoure an equay outsize plot and a prestige tenant.

Height is determined by a balance of three things; size of lot, economics, and esthetics, states another New York architect. "The current trend is toward buildings between M to 40 stories high. Above these heights, the structure often becomes a financial risk."

The minimum height of a building should be such that net income wUl at least amortize Initial construction costs, according to a New York contractor. Whether Uic building should be higher than the minimum depends on how much the Investor want* to spend.

A realty and construction man stresses the value of a more costly 20-story building over two ten-story buildings that could be built on the same lot. He says "There is prestige to a higher building, and more people will clamor to rent space in it. Whats more. It gives you more rentable space.

"But height Invokes a costly penalty, he adds. "To build the 38th floor of a building costs twice as much as the second floor.

'The film and the premiere have nailed down Isabels fame as Argentinas most talked-about actress. Only a few months ago, ahe emerged frcwn virtual obse-curity with her first nude swim in her film debut, a Paraguayan tale called "Thunder among the Leaves.

The film critics said Isabels acting was better In her second movie but only because she spoke fewer lines than In the first outing.

But the critics did concede her one orchid we dont need to see any more Brigittes, weve got our own.

Isabel, soft spoken off the screen, takes It all in stride. Nursing the bruises on her arms and legs suffered at the premiere, she murmured: "I was a bit frightened there for a moment. But when I caiight my breath, I thought it was all wonderful.

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"By centralizing power In tha Federal Government, we have descended to a level of state sociali.sm which is obvious. If not admitted. Social democracy la a subterfuge for sound government and constructive enter-pjrlae. Its evils are historically documented wherever nations have stooped to It."Sen. Harry F. Byrd.

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Foy Business Enjoying A Boom

Strength For Today

By EI.MER ROESSNER

Its a lusty toy industry that Is showing its wares to dealers In a series of shows In New York this week. There Is the American Toy Fair, a British Toy Pair, and a series of .^mall-er shows by groups or Individual manufacturis.

B> EARL L. IMH(;LA.S.S IHHtHT UAN BE HEALTHY

Some people claim that Uie source of genuine religion Is unquestioning faith. This la not true. A man who has never question ed hla faith has never pondered it The most sea.soned Chilstian sometimes has periods of doubt. And every believer, no mailer now complete his faith may be. feels occasionally the stah of doubt regarding the basic lioith of religion But doubt becomes a sin only if a man cherishes his doubt If he loves doubt more (han afflr inatlon, then he Is committing evil. If he poildles his doubts around and tries to niusctUe the faith of others, he Is a splrllual menace Someone wa.s written, "Though thou ta* .scholarlv. beward the bigotry of doubt

some iM'ople take a strange delight

In blowing candles out Yes. some people would rather blow out a candle than lliiht oi^ie They gel a real delight In unsettling the rellglovis faith of ottiers.

But why'* If you have religious doubts, keep them to youraclf until you have had time to reflect upon them a bit more Be careful about the enthiLsluMU with which you expre.ss your doubt. 11 makes much more seiL^e to light a candle'than to blow vuie out

Doubt tnvnlvcs eon.slderahle re^pon^lh^Uty for the dtuibter He has a i espoiLstblllty to him-sclf. to others, and to Gotl, Handle your doubi.s carefully and re.specifully They can be dynamite or they can b* dynamos.

11 shows what free enterprise PLUS an expUwlve birth rate can do In the economy.

The.se two Lnedor have the Industry headl.i, toward a n<w sale.s record. Retail sales, ac-curdmv; lo cs..mate of stores* buyers at the show, bli fare to top the i;'.v; r.^eord of $15 billion. They were down to $14 bll lion last yea.' Recession or something.

The basic cause of the tov bm>m Is. of course, the high to-t.al of births More than 4.1HH).-IHH bambino como toddling into the American world every year, and they can ue up toys fast. When they rech the age of five or six. they can demoltsh toys at a rate of something like $l> worth an hour Their grand-fslhei.s never made as muchl' l.NLI.MITEl) COMPETITION

But the boom Is helped along by the competitive nature of the business. There are only a few big .toy manufacturing companies. A vast abare of production la by small companies. Sometimes a man and hki wife can make a profitable fUng In the field. How'ever. the very small ones uaueUv hang on. after one 8UCC 'asful hit, and lose their wln-nliivs.

Its competitive In that big operators as well as little fellows can jump ui. This year two reucU cJiUi^'nics Eberhard Faber and Venus toss Impressive I. tcs. of toys into the market. In the past, auto manufacturera. food proceasora and producers of basic materials have brought along toys.

The toy boom nourishes Itself In this way the fact tha* sales keep rising lures more and more de.'ilgner*. engineer* and Inventor* Into the field, and toys become Increasingly InterexUng. JWIENCE V?t. WESTERNS

Judging from buyer.s* interest, science and the hor operas are leading In childrens aaou. Rocket launching aiUbs art

duplicated in many showrooms; corridors vibrate as rockets blast

off

Almost every Western TV celebrity has a line of toys paying him royalties. Pistols are noisier: one manufacturer <Hub-ley. Lancaster. Pa.i has added a richochct twang to Its cap-flrlng revolver,

Tov designers appear to have decided that the quickest way to a parents pocketbook is a promise to educate the children. There are endless numbers of educational games, devices, gad-geU and instruments. There are dominoes with colors to match instead of numbers <by Mis* Barbara C3o., Sommersworth, N. H ): toys and game* to teach counting, music and reading, and kits with which youngsters may construct model* of ship*, models of birds, models of aUMnic power plants, models of atomic submarines, model* of mLxsUes. moilcL" of radar stations to track tlirm, and on anti on.

One of the most unusual kits provldc. materials for a foot-high model of the Crucifixin, w ith the Corpiia id' an.. Ivory finish. iPreculott Plastics, 4647 Sten-

ton Ave., PhUsdelphla 44.) STRANGE ANIMALS

Among the more unusual new toys are a group of strange, out-of-this-world animals, such as Roecoe the Many-Footed Lion, designed by Dr, Suess (for Re-vell. Inc., Venice, Calif.); a revived hoola hoop, made of aluminum in a ripple design which produces waving sjrtn* (t>y Mlr-ro. Manitowoc, Wls.); a plastie horn that blows bubbles as well as notes (by Merry. 953 Gest St., Cincinnati Sh and a battery-powered electric train mounted on a float for playing In swimming pools. <By Kusan. Nashville. Tenn.t

There is alto a gun that flm plugs out potatoes; If enough of them are sold It will reduce the potato surplus. <By Cose-man. 7039 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Calli. I There's also a cir* pular rocker for the one-to-four set; U rotates on a circular basin that can be filled arith water in waim weather. >By Manning Mfg Corp . tTcago.' One of the hits of the show is a metal table that unfolds to provide four attached seats for little folks. Kusan* Nashville, Tenn