FACE FOimTHE DAILY REFLECTOIL GREENVILLE. N. C

TliurdaT April 23, 1^59

Thursday, April 23, 195?

Another Feather In The Jones Cap

Sorry To Interrupt Der Funeral

Approval of the bill to increase membership of the State Highway Commission from the present seven members to 14 members from specified geographic reas of the state represents a distinct victory for proponents of the measure to bring the Highway Commission into closer contact with the people of the state.

And while the favorable report o the committee by a 16-14 vote by no means as-sures passage of the measure, it adds another feather to the legislative cap of Rep. Walter Jones of Farmville who introduced this controversial piece of legislation.

At the time the measure was proposed by Rep. Jones, The Reflector voiced the oninion it was a wise move to increase membership of the commission in order to afford citizens of the state easier acce.ss to the governing board of highway affairs. Although many arguments to the contrary have been offered by opponents of the measure, w^e stil! hold to our view that the states highway program will be better off if the 14*man commission proposed by the bill becomes reality.

While many opponents of the measure assert H Is a slap at Gov. Hodges who two years ago proposed the present seven-man Highway Commission organization, it is our firm conviction that Rep. Jones did not introduce the bill with the intention of embarrassing Gov. Hodges or anyone else. He offered the bill because he recognizes the need for bringing the Highway Commission back into closer contact with the citizens of the state. The bill does not propose going back to the Old Highway Commission svstem which existed prior to 1957, but rather modification of the plan offered by Gov. Hodges and adopted by the 1957 Gen*

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hf^n diverw ri*aetion to thf coin-position of thp 25-nmn aubcom-mitec which haa twcn asalgnfd the task of working ov^-r the budget ippropriations bill, Tlie group has been classified as a hold the line" corniiiiftee, and w one which the librala" will fontrol. dependintc upon the viewpoint of the appraiser. Some ohaervera without prejudice In either direction, aay that these different tppralaals mean the committee i fairly well balanced. When neither aide like it, it mujd be pretty well down tlie middle, commented one ItgUIa-tor who did not get on the team.

Flrat reaction of some ardent fnendi of more money for education was that they had l)een ardd down the river More careful study led to conclusion the school had three or four ataunch supporters, and at least 18 (probably IS) of the 2li could be counted on to stand for aome Increase in the education Items. Not ao many are listed as all-out aupTJortera of Increases for other projerta such aa health, hoapitsla and welfare.

On the other aide of the Picture. one of the "hold the line" membera aald he had received a number of calls suggesting that he and his assoi lalra of like mind had better prepare to dig in. berauae the wild eyed liberals have taken over "

Of the US Representattvea named by Chairman Clyde Harrlss. ten were auppotters of Hewlett for Speaker, four aupporled Ventera and Venters himself is a member. The it) Henator.s named by Chairman William ('o|M*land appear to he about equally divided between original aupporters of Henkel and Morgan for president pro tern,

ALIGNMENT The aubcom-mlttee members cannot be elaaa-d as "hold Hte line" or aa Uberar on basis of their votes In tha lealalatlvs organieatton procesa, nor even on basis of pro or anti administration on other mataera. For example, .John Kerr of Warren insists iqani calling htwMielf a conservative, yet he was a Hewlett supporter and is willing to find more money for choola If the money is used wisely. John llmatead of Orange Yot.ed lor Venters, but has been outopoken in favor of more money for mental health and oducatlonfrom the first grad* through the unlveralfv ayalem.

Even the two memlwrs of the Advisory Budget Commission, which prepared the money bills (Doughton of Alleghany and Venters of Onslow I have indicated pen minds with reaped to increasing approprlatloni-tf th money can be found, Both accepted the subcommltt4Mi assign

ment with great reluctance, hut Chairman Harrias and Speaker Hewlett felt their experience and knowledge would he of great value.

The committee is confronted with the task of reconciling prospective revenue and total re-qiicsts of some $130 million more than budget recommendattona for teacher and State employee salary increases, expanded mental health program, scientific research and capital impiovementi at Btate inatitutions.

Besldea the increases asked by all State service agencies above budget recommendallons, Governor Hodges is backing a $10 million incentive fund to encourage further participation by local units in public school ot>eratlons.

The aubcommlttee. like its parent body. Is still waiting for an Interim report on Income tax receipts as a puilial guide to fixing appropriation goals. The joint finance eommillee is more or less marking time waiting for the same Information as basis for deciding whether new tax amirce.s must t>e found,

LQt'AL BUYING After a good bit of oratory about It being Just aiKdtier case of seeking to get a foot in the door for complete Htate control over local governments, and Inslslenre that the hill would assure local gov-einmenls of the control which tlie Legnlature talks so much-and does ao little bImiuI, the House Counllcs-ClUes-Towns co-mniltlee conducted funeral services over the proposal to imt-mlt Ii>cal units to buy from .mate contract suppliers at Stats contnict prices.

Mnloilty of tlie conimllleemen apparenUy thought there was much ado atKxil mighty lilUe, hut Itiere was some danger that the little Mdng could grow big. The bill was sponsored by tho Association of County Commls-alonera (which meant a reversal in policy for that group which a few years ago opposed the same idea) and the l.eague of Munlci-palltlls. Sponsors contended it would save tax money, wdille op-IMtnents argued the savings would not compensate for loss of business to local merchants. All llanda conceded the amount of SRVinga or loss would l>e small.

Fear of the foot in the door, the camel nose under the tent, the eatabllahmant of precedent toward more centralized control, seared off the majority. In fac# of warning by Hep. Tim Valentine of Naah, Introducer of tha hlU, that killing It would be construed as evidence that the Oene-rs! Aaaembly regards one purpose of county and municipal government to be providing a market f(g l<Kal merchant.s. 13 of the 22 meml)er.s present voted for an unfavorable report

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Primarily, the propogal of Rt-p. Jones which now has been sanctioned by the House Roads Committee, increases membership of the Commission from seven to 14 and specifies that one member o the commission must come from each of the 14 highway divisions of the state. It requires each commissioner hold a public meeting for the discussion of highway problems in his division monthly.

While the bill increases membership of the commission and designates geographic areas from which commissioners arc to be appointed, it does not upset the state-wide approach to North Carclinas highway problems. Neither does it alter the status of the fulltime director which now head.s the highway department or any of the other profes.s:ona structure which was initiated with Gov. Hodges proposal two years ago.

The bill aims es.seniially at alleviating the condition which has brought the moat criticism to the high-way commission in the past two years: the fact that commission as now constituted is too far removed from the people.

The highway reorganization bill merits the favorable report w'hich it received from the House Hoads Oimmittre, and it likewise deserve* similar approval by the full membership of the Hou.e and subsequently the Senate.

Organization And Tearn Play Provide The Key

Organization and teamwork provide the key to most successful undertakings, nnd the effort to boost the economic development of Pitt County is no exception.

Pitt Countians evidenced their desire for teamwork in bringing about greater economic development by voting last May in favor of ertablishing a county-wide tax supported commission for that purpose. In recent months there has been a focus of activity throughout the county in the establishment of community groups to work with the county-wide commission in dealing with industrial prospects and developing local industry.

This i.s not only a furth#r sign of teamwork to develop Pitt from an economic st.Giflpoint; it is also evidence of the greater degree of organization which Pitt is achieving to boost its deveiopment program.

Plans for tlie establishment of local development groups in communities throughout the county has prompted L. A. Weston, engineer for the Tbtt Development Commission, to predict ihat Pitt wdll become the best organized and most effective county in North Carolina for its own economic deveUqiment.

Admittedly, thats placing >^it,t County a long way up the ladder from where it was r, year ago when the counly-wide development commis'ion was still an idea rather than a reality. It is also setting a rather ambi-tiou.s achievement for this countv which is a johnny-come-lately in the highly corapejtlvo business of convincing industries to locate new pKr.ts within its borders.

The enthusiasm which Pitt ('ountians have shown for this n(*w program in recent nontbs however, tends to support the prediction.

If Pitt (ouniys efforts continue a.s they have begun in recent months, it will indeed have the organization and the teamwork to compele effectively with other areas to bring nliout the degree of economic development it seeks. The cnuntv has rapidly shaken off its form*r ajjathy toward ecoaoniic development and has now set its .stride toward aggressively seeking industry from other area.s and at the .same time developing the jiotential which is in Its own backyard.

'laq Swallowed,' Arabs Cautious

By DON SCHLIENZ

Wilsons Newest Pride

According to one published account of that grand opening staged by the new meat packing plant in WiLson Saturday, "more than 10,000 persoas" were there during the day.

Nowhere does one read that I was there; but it happens so. As a matter of fact, quite a number cf Greenville and Pitt County families attended; evidence the meat packing plant is of considerable more than purely Wilson County interest.

The report I saw mentioned 21,000 hot dog.s and 900 crates of soft drinks consumed by guests. On the number of hot dogs, I would quibble. The drinks were In ten-ounce bottles, one of which is about par for the course. With 24 bottlea to the case It comes to 12,600 drinks ... a good yardstick for counting guests. But cn the hot dog front, a real addict seldom stops w'ith one; may go as far as three or more

if It's near mealtime. And our little party aaw occasional epicures making off with small boxes of franks, chili and mustard lor consumption at home.

Methinks there was a mUcalcu-lutlon in ccuntlng them. Small matter, they could make weiners faster than the crowd could eat them.

(At this point I would further digress to remind that . even should we accept the 21,000 franks figure, measured at five Inch-e*" per hot dog, the linked meat would stretch close to a mile and a half.)

Other than being Impressed by the size of the establishment, the unique machinery, the system-izatiop, tiC obvious huge potent-tui capacity of production it all represented, the biggest story was what it could mean to Eastern Carolina meat producers.

It is by no means stretching the story to add that aome of

Saturdays bacon and ham specials at your market could conceivably come from hogs sold the packing plant on the prcceed-Ing Monday. It would Uke some stepping, but they can do some quick curing there.

The rarrty of driving out of town and aeelng the country side was an added pleasure. We saw what seemed to be an unusual amount of tile stacked for future field drainage; and evidence of a considerable amount cf earth-moving was around. Tree-planting projects seemed more numerous, and there were fewer weatherbeaten shacks and more new, small and neat houses.

What we saw reeked of prosperity

Other Editors Saying. Smoke Big Industry

By WII.LIAM L. HYAN TTie West Boon may be obliged to accept aa a melancholy fart the descent of an iron curtain around the Arab state of Iraq. What to do nowf The answer may be In oil. But there's not much time Communism already U a real menace In the Arab East, whose oil and aeography are of vast imports nee to Western economies and defenses The only sensible approach which aeemi to suggest itself to the West now. 8 iter years of fairly senseless blundering In the area, is to get behind the Arab economies and build them to a point where they will be strong enough to pre-'tnl I repetition of what happened In Baghdad Arab leaders .seem ready for the West to make an tntelltgent move in this direction. Thlg becomes more apperent etch day from the repoil.H of the Important Arab League oil congress (urrently meeting in Cairo.

Unhappily watching Iraq, other Aral) lenders seem to be re-\t.slng their thinking, Perhaps.it 'Aould be wise for Western policy iuaker.s to revise some of their cwn thinking A new wariness lias crept Into Arab leader.^' atilHutrs with ro-spfct to their relations with the West. This wa.s indicated at the Oil congress. One Instance of it was flte cool receptton Arab leaders gave n proposition by Saudt Arabia that Aiaba use their unhampered right to modify oil conces.slon agreenients at will.

A year ago this notion would have stirred enthusiasm smong Arshs. Now it U being cold-shouldered. Ttie Arab leadenship ones not appear willing to worsen Its business relations with the West at this critical moment. It IS In dsnger enough sires dy from the Communust thregl.

Another Indication i.s the reception being given to the proposal of Emile Bustani, the Lebanese Indu.strlRlist, for an 11-Aiab effort to lift the arcs out of Its morass of backwardness by cr tnmon effort, Buslanl aclvinced tills proposal more than two vcars ago. Not much attention wa.s paid to It, passtbly becau.se Bustani believes In cooperation with the West.

Now the Arab oil congress takes the proposal quite seriously. Bustalnl envl.sions an Inter-Arab bank for development, )is-Ing a certain percentage of the oil slaic.s* huge revenues to raise standards In both have and b.yve-not nations.

Egypt's controlled press now wilcomes the idea. One newspaper which speaks for Oamal Abdel Nasacr halls the propasal as offering great opportunitie.s for "bolstering relations between tha oil producing states and the foreign stales which Import oil." This Is sn imporUnt statement.

It is possible for the West to get behind the plan with a showr of enthu.sla.sm But before it trios to cooperate effectively with il'f Aralxs. it may take account of tt)o awkward and uncomfortable poslUons of the Arab leaders and show some patience.

Nas.ser and the Pan-Arab tia-tionalisus are out on a limb. They are rommltteed to the notion that Western impcimllsm has l>ecn responsible for all Arab woes. It will be difficult for these leaders now to commit thenusrlves openly to cooperation with Britain end France In a scheme to raise Arab standards,

But the United States could take the lead. Pcrhajvs there are poluiral nbstscles, but for We.sl on policy there \s only one au.s-wer to Arah turmoil: an attempt to ease it by encouraging some measure of stability.

(Hertford County Herald There is no more truth to the yarn of Sir Walter Raleigh and his pipe than there is to Parson Weemss fable about George Washington and the cherry tree. Sit Walter's servant wa.s not so filly as to think his master on fire. He doused Raleigh with water to quench his masters en-jtyment of tobacco. The fellow was merely one of those people who have j>ersevered through the ages in regarding relaxation Ks wicked and who cant stand 10 see another enjoying himself, however Innocently,

Tliius it is interesting and reas-fiiring to learn from the issue of "Tobacco News" the first publication since Raleighs time to b(' issued by Americas oldest In-clu.strythat tobacco is probably here to stay. In fact. Amerlca.5 lirat export commodity has grown into an Industry of $6.1 billion a year that supports entirely or partially 17 million people one American out of ten) and serves a large majority of the adult population 65 million customers.

The importance of tobacco to ihe present Government of the United States is no le.ss than it was to the original Colonies over vhree hundred years ago. President James P. Rlchard.s of The Tobacco Inslltute. Inc., former Congressman from South CiroUnt and former President Eisenhowers special ambassa

dor to tite Middle East, notes that the tax yield on tobacco is over $2..S billion arid says: "... tobacco is .supplying rich red corpuscles to the economics blood-atieam of the nation in a critical period of our history , . . enough tcxe.s are paid on tobacco annually to cover more than the ertire expenses of the State. Post Office, Commerce, Interior and Justice departments for a lull year."

Mr. Richards also observes (bat in addition to the efforts of (he antitobacco crusaders over me centuries, tobacco has aLso been "the whipping boy of taxation and regulation" and that about half of what we pay for (uir cigarette* goes to Uncle Sam which la two-and-a-half time.s what our floo.ooo tobacco raisers get for 'making the crop.

"Lsn't it about time, he asks, "that we put the brakes on these harra-ssments? . . . After all It is the people themselves who have raised tobacco to its high estate ... 1 do not think anyone should be penalized for Indulging in this pleasure. And derive, their livelihood by supporting tobacco should be penalized by discriminatory taxation or other restrictive measures."

In any case, it Is in a fact that any anti-tobacco campaign, whatever its nature, is directed against the majority of the adult population of America.

Had word via telephone from an excited aunt (living in Michigan) of a remarkable eight hands of bridge pUyed last weekend.

She and her partner scored .5.820 points in eight hands of Contract. If you dont play bridge, the feat means nothing to you. But an expert compares it to a hole-in-one by a golfer.

The pair bid and made five slams, doubled and redoubled, while playing in a two-table gath-tring.

Last night I played in a family affair. After about thirty hands we broke up. High score was just over 4,000 points, which isn't nuch, but serves to illustrate what a phenomenal eight hands the Michiganders must have had.

Relax,

Dside

Down

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YOKK AB) - Theres a new way for the tired busl-ness-man to get ild of nagging tension. He can stand on his head yep, right in his own office.

This upskis down posture might even clear his thinking, and help him close a million-dollar business deal.

Head standing in the modern American office as a quick way to relax Is not a visionary dream. It is being done..

Two of the leading exponents of this form of office exercise are Hugo Perettl. 41, and Luigi Creatore, 37. two of the brlghP-est geniuses in the music recording field.

"I can cure a blinding headache in five minutes by standing on my head. boasted Hugo.

He Is a reformed trumpet player. His partner, Luigi, is a former free lance writer. Both have a special talent for finding and developing new recording stars.

It is a nerve-wraeking industry. and its strains often drive the men in it to ulcers or the psychiatriits couch or both. Borne time ago both Perettl and Creatore felt the pressures wert getting them down.

"Then we heard of yoga, the Hindu system of mental and body discipline. Hugo said. "We decided it was worth a try.

Since then they have tossed away the tranquilizing pills, they say.

When the tensions of a fast-paced day begin to turn their nerves to twanging banjo strings, they simply shut the door, turn off. the phone, go to a small gym they have outfitted behind their office and practice their yoga exercises.

"The exercises are designed to bring you mental relaxation ^and improv yoiir posture,* explained Hugo.

Luigi usually does the head stand, because he is better at it. Hugos favorite Is the lion pose.

"In this, said Hugo, "you kneel, then sit back on your haunches like a lion. Your hands are stretched out past your knees. You let your tongue hang out, your eyes bluge and then you stretch every muscle in your body, let them relax, then stretch them again."

Secretaries were at first .unnerved when they eateredi the gym and saw Hugo,'* his byes bulging, making like a lion. But in the music worU you soon get used to AoythiBg,* % ^

In another favorite yoga position the partners simply stretch out on the floor and try as hard as possible, said Luigi, "to look like a piece of raw liver."

"After five to 15 minutes of these exercises." said Hugo, "we jump up completely refreshed. We are good then for another 10 hours of work."

Once a week the boys visit their guru, or yoga teacher, for an hour of advanced instruction.

The partners have taken considerable ribbing from friends-But they think the beneC^ in their own case have showw any worried execuUve might iniprove liij health by a lUw juci&ious head standing.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS LIFE IS A SCHOOL

There are many figures of speech which are continually applied to this earthly existence iJe is a pilgrimage, a vale of scrrow, an aiivanture.

All such designations contain fome truth, but the designation of life as a school is probably the truest of all. We are pupils, and the world is our schoolroom. The tasks to which we are set, the trials we must bear, the temptations we encounter, the problems we must solve these are out lessons. Modern educators today are doing everything to get children to like to go to school. There is a little of thU in Gods tutelage to us. He has given us a beautiful world in which to live, and to even the humblest on earth there are joy* and satisfactions which can be entered into because they are the ccmmoa lot of all men. But it

appears at times that God doesn't care much whether we like cchool or not. He does not appear to be particularly interested to make the lessons He sets before us pleasing. Life can be hard at times, but no matter how hard it is, it has a lesion fOr us, if we will but learn.

Some pupila are unruly and have to be expelled from school. The Bible refers to these as the lost. Others are suspended: still others are chastised. Some are kept in after school to learn through hard years the lessons these have obstinately set themselves against learning.

Then comes Commencement Day, and to those who have "passed, we hear the Oreat Teacher stying, "Well don good and faithful servant; thou'hast

been faithful in a few things. I will make thee ruler over many thing*. Enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.**

A Real Peace Means Recession

Opinions In Brief

* 8onu*ttuu's U sriMUH to jolt r'Uglous poiNOUs to lrr urws-i'apeini'i) say the Bible I.s thi* Mriifo.st reporting j>l> tn htstoiy. 'rbrso poopli* s'rin to forget that wl.ilf jho Hli)le contalua tho wntd of ilod. U'waj!. lopoilrd la the wordA of mpn. One of the

reason* ;he Btblp has iTn)rtlned a 'beat aelie-* (whioh rralty has iRt'e to do with it.' actual Impon ance) h{i5 been the fact it was written with mch jnagnift-ie(,t .slmpltciiv and clarity ' ontario-UpK nd tCalif.) Dully Ripurk.

By ELMER ROEHSNFR , II true world peace auddcniy cernes to piBs, the United State.s would be plunged into a deep iiceasion.

Its not likely to happen, but 1* could. The ma*es of Rusila and China might rise and overthrow their present ruler.s. Internal atrtfe might divide the Red countrlp* into small, pow-nation. Pestilence might weaken them.

Things like that have happened

The leudcra of the Communbt world micht suddenly realize jhaf the lot of theu* people could he Improved If truculence wa.s abandonrd Or some .summit P'cellng might re.sult in real vurUI disarmament.

Thing* like THAT have never happened But let s imagine that through Divine Intervention or some human endeavor, real iieace was u.stored to the world.

PA.NIC GVERNU.in?

Government pending for defense and military purposes would diop about $.50 billion t year al-nost Immediately. Contracts by tJie thousands would be cancelled. Even if production of war material was continued and thrown tn the *ea to maintain some order tn the economy, that would only postpone the day of reckoning.

Hundreds of thousands of worker.* In defense plants would lo.^e their job-t. TfJia of thousands of merchants who aupplted them with goods and credit would teeter toward bankruptcy. Ghoat towns would pock the land.

Even If half a million men were kept in uniform to destroy equipment, pre.serve records, mow Irwns and wait on officer*. 2.-0( (XK) more men would be released with only accunuilated leave pay. pensions and other mall sum*. ^

Giant corporation*., seeing their n'aiK^et* dissolv* with the cut m gcvenunent speiidmg and Uie bal

looning unemployment, would reduce production hence employment.

OTHERS WOULD SUFFER TOO

With withdrawal of $50 billion a year in government spending iiifd another $50 billion or more in consumer buying power, holders of stock would try desperately to unload. Stocks would fash dlvg. Banks would be jeopardized.

Other nations would be simllir-Iv beset. Foreign trade would collapse and nations we aided in the past could not help us. In fact, they would need aid more than ever before.

In the misery that foUewed, comnumism might rise again in America. Fascism might gain a hold. And. tn the end, divisive Internal warfare might break out-and we would be cur.sed tv the irouble.s some of us wish for the Communists.

Thl.s Is not to say that the Cold War is good, or that the r.alion cannot prosper in an era

of tnie peace.

But it is to say that someplace In a batttred ofce in one of the older and decaying buildings of Washington, ttwre ahould be a little group of men planning end replanning a vast program aomething that would expand the civilian peace economy by something in the order of |50 billion and 10,000,000 Jobs a 5ear.

The plans probably never will be needed. But their coat would b less than one ten-thousandths of one per cent of the cost

of a "peace reeeasien "

BITS AND PIECE.S OF BUSINESS SIGNIFICANCE

Although met itata tax col-l(rctlon failed to rise last year, clgareue taxea jumped U.9 per cent . , . The World Dryer Co. of Chicago has announced a policy of giving hiring preference to salesmen between .50

and 7.5 . More than l.lOO Unit

ed States cities annexed 2.400 square miles in years ending 1957, the Amerlkaa Municipal AssociatioQ reports.