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Saturday, May 9, 1959THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Saturday, May 9, 19S9

No Ceiling On This One

Even Dead, Jones Bill Effective

Dead or alive, the propoRal of Rep. Walter Jones to revamp the states Highway Commission has had a healthy effect on the highway organization of North Carolina.

The proposal was soundly defeated by members of the House Thursday, but it was not written off the legislative agenda before members of the Highway Commission and other administration officials from the governor on down were made well aware of the fact that a good many North Carolinians are not en-tirely happy with the way highw'ay affairs have been since the reorganization in 1957. , , , ,

Prom the time the bill was introduced early in the session until now, highway officials have spent a good many days moving from one community to another in the state getting individual opinions not only on the reorganization proposal, but also other shortcomings of the seven-man commission. If the bill has done nothing else, it has put the Highway Commission in closer touch with the people of the state simply because it brought them out to talk with people they otherwise would have not seen.

More than that, the bill has made the cmm.ssion conscious of its lack of adequate contact with Tar Heels in many parts of North Carolina. It has made the commis.sioners conscious of the fact that the new system still needs to be sold to the people of the state.

Because of these things, the bill has served a most useful purpose even though it was killed by an overwhelming vote in the House. On a temporary basis at least, it has brought members of the commission into closer contact with people of the state. And in all probability, the very fact that the matter was brought to legislative attention by Hep. Jones will spur the commission to keep in closer contact with the people than has been the case in the past.

The idea behind Rep. Jones proposal for revamping the State Highway Commission was sound. The proposal has merit and it is entirely possilile that it may be reconsidered by the legislature again in another session.

In the meantime, even a* a dead bill, it has made

! Oerter Doesn

ook For Much

hf JAMKS MARLOW WASHINGTON (APl-fc-cretary of Statue Chrlatlan A. Hertcr with mall hope an<1 A deltbcr-diplomatic aecretivencM-Nfla out for the' Westeni for-rum ministers meeting with the ktvlets at Geneva next Monday.

Thufi will begin a series of talks which grew out of Premlex Nlklla Khrualichevs demand last Novernbi'r that the Big Three Western Alllre get tivelr U*o<n> out of West Berlin by May 27.

If the lalka blow up. there may be serious trouble aliead.

It seems too much to hope for any agreement at Geneva, Her-trr himself said In a radiotelevisin talk to the nation ITiura-dav iilglit:

"I do not go to Geneva with great exj)e<'taUons Negotiating With the Soviets does not warrant much optimism "

Hut If the American, British and French foreign mlrriater* can get along with the Soviets at Geneva without vituperation or propaganda, tliere may be a summit meeting later thla year Ijelween President Eloenhower and Khruehchev.

Harter explaJnedhut only In tha moet general terms, leaving details vague what he and tha other Weaterners would propose to Foreign Minister Andrei Oru-myko who la. In effect, ordy a ineasenger boy lor Khruahcliev.

But what hai>pen If the Soviets balk? Will tlie West yield some irround? Perhaps, But It was at thla point that Herter deliberately created a dlplonmtlc fog either Irecause the Allies are not agreed on what U> yield or because they want to keep tha Soviets gucMlng.

We will not deviate from our basic principles, Herter said. But we are willing to negotiate about their applications, provided that conct'Wilons from us are matched by e<iulvaJent concessions from thr Hovlet Union. Such coneesHlons nlicndy have pained the dlplomatie dlHcrliMimi of fall-back tioslilons If the Bovtets wont buy the Initial demands but show signs of talking business If the West yield on aome points.

One of the unhappy features of ihU meeting before It starts U the poaslbtllty, nmrli speru-isted upon recently, that Hie Allies may be fairly well agreed on Ihelr initial demands hut not at

all on concession* they might make.

For this reason, the Soviets may try to split the Allies with proposals of Ihelr own The Western proposals were agreed on by Uie American, British. French and West German foreign mlnlstera last week In Pari.s.

Becausa the Westerners hope the talks with the Hovlets nt, Geneva would tie, as Herter pul n, buslness-llke and not a propaganda exercise, the Western foreign mlnlsU'rs didnt and Herter didnt level their proposals In detail.

He said they would lay 11 down for the Soviets at Geneva. He outlined this much hardly a revelation, since It already had leaked out of what the west would suggest to Gromyko

1. Ueunlflcallon of GArmany, with the understanding It would not be done suddenly but would take time to work nut.

2. Then some kind of arms control In Central Europe but not by itself since each step In this kind of program would have to be linked with a similar for-w'ard atep In the reunification of Germany.

3. And finally a free Berlin. But-until the other two programs were carried nut the Allies would Inslsl on their rights In Berlin, But when Germany was unified Berlin could be con-aldered free since it would be the capital of a reunited (lixurauy.

This kind of piograin would take years to work out. It's been called a package deal. It's unlikely the Soviets will buy It What they have demanded Is that the Allies get their troot out of Berlin and sign a peac# treaty with East Germany.

Khrushchev has already made It clear he wants no part of a unlflrnllon plan that might deprive Communism of East Germany. Its a foregone conclusion the West won't buy any unifica-linn that lets Communism swallow West Germany

In sliort; The most II seems rea.snnable to expect from the Geneva meeting Is talk If this meeting gne.s well, It msv be the beginning of many other Inncdrawnout Islks But If these Initial Geneva talks blow up. hold your lial

Tblng.s In Ibis world may get uglv.

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the Hii?hway Commission keenly aware that it had fences which needed mending. And it has caused the Commission to do considerable mending in the past couple of montha.

If Guard Is Needed, By All Means Use It

If now violence occurs in Henderson, Gov. Hodges should not hesitate to immediately Send National Guard units into Vance County a.s he has indicated he will.

No community or state can tolerate the kind of violence which has gone on in Henderson during the long and bitter textile strike. The sooner the people responsible for the violence are made to understand it will not he tolera|ed, the sooner the violence will end and greater reliance will be placed in other avenues toward settling the dispute.

The Highway Patrol has been in Henderson long enough . . . and from the standpoint of the states highway .safety program, they have been there too long. (iov. Hodges decision to return patrolmen to their regular duties did ndt come loo soon. His decision to order National Guardsmen into Hender.son if violence continues and local agencie,s cannot handle it, is the only logical course to he followed.

Armed with their new arrest powers in such situations, the (iuardsmen should be able to cope with violence if it recurs in the textile strike.

Violence in conjunction with the Henderson .strike has not only endangered live.s and property in that city, but it ha.s given the entire state of North (Jarolina a black eye so far a.s union-managcment relations are eoncerneii. The longer the violence is allowed to continue, the worse it may be expected to become . . . and the greater the damage both in Henderson and the entire .stale.

if the presence of the National (uard is required in Hendfuson to maintain law and order, the citizens of that city have no one to blame except those re-hfjonsible for the violence. North Carolina cannot tolerate lawieHsness and violence. In fairne.sa to all of the people of the state, top government officials must do all in their power to prevent it. If the National (iuard i.s refpiired to achieve this goal, there should he no hesitancy about using it.

Decentralizing

Reins Of Govm

Gooc.

Health

Brews

By DON SCHLIENZ

Somethinq New Is

By GEORGE IE( K

Former United Stales Senator Wllllnm E. Jcnncr of Indiana, who was fiiKl elected to the Senate In l!M4 and served In that l)Ody until December 31, 195B, wax not a candidate for re election on laat November 4 The Senate arst the citizens of America are koImr to mHs the voice of this l.aunch. conservative, un-Modern Hepubllcan. In his very eloquent speech of farewell In Uie .Senate, he referred to the ItlMual opposition aa 'Centralists No name more aptly describes the left wing element at Washington which slowly but sure Is driving this nation Into a .Sf>claltstlc economy.

In thla column, time and time Hgaln, we have decried the growing cenlrall/atlon and expanding bureaucracy at the nations capital we have viewed with alarm the Interference with and the usurpation by F'ederal Gov-ernnjcnt of many functions that coustllullonally and rlghlfully belong to the Individual slates. This process is weakening the individual states and U transforming our Hepubllc into a democracy which the Founding Father* set up safeguards to prevent.

Ralph Courtney of Spring Valley. New York, has written u a letter In which he. too, decries this undermining of the foundation of America, and points out ttie need for decentxall/,atlon. Even of greater Import, he suggest* ways and means as to how such a decentralty.ntton can be brouMlit about. He states the case so aptly that we are passing on to the readers of this column the full text of his letter From here to the end we quot^ It

The highly centraltzed social or<ler of I lie pi e.sent dny is not a succe.ss Its education Is not good. Us economy Ls not economical and Its regulating hurcau-craev Is ton easily And. although people are always hopeful that a new government will be an improvement on the one that went l)ciorc under eontralLsm this can tievrr f^e the case It Is not po.s.sthle for a centxal political aiitluuMiy to regulate luunan re-1hIIou.s1Up.s ImpartiaUy In the equal Intere.sts of all

Ihus the ccnUalt.Nl aocial or

der as we have It today Is not salUsfaclory Nor would It be greatly Improved If It were split up Into smaller units. If political centralism is bad, the smaller units could but develop the same faults.

A good society is one in which the cultural, political and economic arrangements are all satisfactory. It Is under these three headings that a functional decentralization of the social order could be carried out, Citizen* could he given even more liberty In the cultural and economic a.sppcis of their lives, while their government would confine Itself to the sole task of safeguarding common rights.

In a decentrallst swlal order, * right Is not something that the citizen receives at the hands of government. Rights are tho-se things tliat all citizens are presumed to hold In common and which nobody, not even the gov-erumcnt. can take away. In the words of the Declaration, the.se rights are unalienable

The government of a decentra llzed state would not be allowed to create special privileges. It la even possible that, under sufficient public pressure exerted by a strong riecentxalist movement, Uie Supreme Court would have to accept thLs point of view. In Uiat case, political corruption would also disappear,

A functionally decentralized social order would not come overnight Fur the present, education would continue to be under the control of government, but in the name of cultural liberty, parents could, at their option, receive tax refunds to help pay for educaUon In private schools. Similarly, although many special privllcRPS have been created in the past, a decentrallst movement could not hope at once to abolish old privileges, but would voice Its opposition to the creation of anv new onc.x

The de.NU abtllty of a decentral-Ist social order and the fundamental soundne.Ns of Vs socially moral principles, can l>e unlver-sally recognlzed. and If a popular movement for drcentrallza-Hon were started, it would un-douhiedly receive wlde.spread support.

Within minutes after the pre.sses begin to roll a number of freshly-printed Dally Reflectors are carried to the newsroom for quick perusal of the days product.

This gives the staff an early look at how' their slorlea, pictures and articles fared between the time they left their hands and the time they were printed.

Downstair* In the advertising department, the same proce.ss Is taking place; though to be honest about It. this is conjecture. Im never there at that particular hour, being pre-occupied with catching my breath and resting up.

Anyhow, from those early papers there may erupt an anguish

ed cry, an Inner glow of satisfaction, a slow burn over an injustice done a piece, or a mental note of some follow-up activity on the morrow'.

Among the news staff, writers are wont to re-read their own stories , . . photographers reexamine their pictures ... editors again scan headlines and story-placement, not only with an eye to catching errors but for guides to future work.

Yesterday the customary pattern changed.

When the papers were brought up. the city editor carried one to an easy chair and turned first to the page with the full-color advertisement. He just sat there and looked for a full minute be-

Other Editors Saying... ohnny Demands A Car

Strength For Today

(Louisville Courier-Journal)

Johnny is older now, and the question of whether or why he cant read has changed to whether or why he cant own an aum-moblle a question which seem* to concern him far more than the matter of his literacy. Frequently It turas out that he can own an automobile almost as soon as he Is 16.

ThU is provided that he whimpers pathetically enough about how under-privileged he Is compared to most of the other guy* and finally promLses convlnclng-Iv enough to earn money on the side to pay for the Installnients and upkeep. In these circumstances, his attention to his school books almost Invarlablv wanes, his grades decline and mediocrity. If not worse trouble, dooms him. perhaps for life.

The whole problem has been studied sympathetically sympathetically even for feckless Johnny by Ora Spald of The Courier - Journals staff. Mr. Spalds researches, as reported In articles Sunday and Monday, must have Interested hundreds of parents of high school boy* and girls and. we can hope, pro-videii some help.

Mr. Spald had the advantage of authoritative surveys of the relationship between scholastic standing and car ownership surveys conducted at two of the county high schools where parking lots dally resemble those at the Fairgrounds during a basketball game. There was nothing to prove that car ownership Is inevitably fatal but plenty to prove that U is a dubious thing far more often than not.

What is the answer? We think Mr. Spald came nearest to getting it from Dr. Wayne E. Oates, a teacher at the Southern Bap

tist Theological Seminary and a man of some experience in family counseling. This experience had led the professor to the sad conclusion that we are living in wlvat he calls a pedlarchal society, wherein the child lords it over both parent and teacher. It is unfortunately true that where mothers and fathers and automobiles are concerned, the pa-i*ents are too often simply scared to say no.

At 18 a child Is legally entitled to drive a car. At that age. in fact, some youngsters may "be better drivers than some of the oldsters seen regularly behind the steering wheel. Further than this, earning the money to buy and maintain an automobile may teach certain lessons of tlirlft and industry that Is, in certain cases, although probably in most cases the child would be far letter employed with his textbooks.

But to get back to the answer Mr, Spaid got from Dr. Oates: "If he (the boy) can buy It, he can have it. But I would set a sub-floor under that, that as long as he can operate at a certain grade level he can use his car. If hes at home studying, he doesnL need a car.

There ought to be normal limits set on the number of night* out. hfturs, and so on. If he flunks out on these or cant keep his grades up. then he can cuss and yell and beat his head against the floor, but he cant have the car.

In other words, if Johnny can own and operate an automobile without damage to his real business, which in those years Is his education, tlien let him have the car. however reluctantly. But if he cant, then Immobilize him and put cotton in your ears.

fore turning to tha other page*. The womens editor took her paper to her desk, and first turned to the page o color, then to her own pages.

There were ooohs and aaahs from one end of the room to the other. Writers forgot briefly their days output and interest was the something new that had been added. Even the composing room crew members took a moment to give the page an appreciative glance in the midst of their labors.

Why all this interest in a iM-lnt-Ing process that has been around since about the turn of the century?

To begin with. fuU-color presses are a rarity among small newspapers and are comparatively infrequent among even the newspapers several sizes larger.

In North CaroUna, yesterdays full-color ad was the first printed by a newspaper east of Durham; and the Durham paper . . . after installing some new gear . . . carried their first such ad about two weeks ago. The Fayetteville paper is another that has only recently put in some equipment that permitted fuU-color advertising, which was applied soon afterward. Im told there are several newspaper* in the western part of the state that have carried full - color advertisements.

But aside from being a first, the really inigung pari of fuU-color process is the story of delicate precision behind it all.

For yesterdays 12-page edition. the carrying of that one advertisement required three-fourths of the capacity of The Reflector's 32-page press.

Each of the primary color* used (red. yellow and blue) as well as the standard black ink. required a separately engraved plate on Uie pres*. Each color plate is minutely graduated to produce the desired blends for the composite effect. More than that, each plate must print precisely over. In. and around the mate plates that comprLse the finished product. The sheet of newsprint racing through the P0SS must maintain an ever-constant tension, otherwise the colored print will crawl out its intended design.

As on other occasions, ihk space has today been devoted to shop talk which may or may not be of interest to readers. The foregoing account wa.snt intended to be a brag . . . though it may sound like one. Rather, as long as subscriber* and readers are the most important people In newspapers, it seemed to me they should be told about our new baby . . . w'hich in the end. Is also their*.

At this end of the parly line were pretty happy about this milestone, t

By PHILLIS B. ELGANKS .

Charleetofl News A Courier Writer CHARLESTON, S.C.AP) - In the era before antibiotics and miracle-aids to beauty, homef remedies prescrUied good health and good grooming with equal portions of wit and wisdom laced with a pinch of witchcraft.

As recenUy as when the present curenty was in its bawling infancy, grandmothers provided inexperienced mothers with old-hand advice and a traditional junior first aid kit containing camphorated oil, paregoric, a honey and lemon juice cough mixture, and asafetida, a gum . resin with a garUc-like odor.

Often, good-natured laughter greeted the cure-alls from grandmother. But often, too, some were secretly tested: a string of amber beads worn next to the baby to ward off colds; mud from a mud-daubers nest to soothe gums swollen from teething; two straws laid crosswise on the back of the victim to cure hiccoughs; soot mixed with cobwebs to halt bleeding from a cut; a few drops of turpentine on a spoon of sugar to break up a chest cough; and a cloth bag filled with asafetida suspended from the neck to prevent cgroup (asafetida, smelling so evilly, Ms properties could probably ward off anybody and anything).

Many of the gems which attested to ancestral fortitude have been long forgotten, but farmilies now and then discover among old books a fascinating volume of useful hint* and receipts. On# such was published in New York In 1857 under the intriguing title Inquire Within For anything You Want to Know; or Over Three Thousand, Seven Hundred Facts Worth Knowing.* Dauntlessly tackling any problem, the book among other things Instructed the home dentUt In filling teeth: Take an old silver thimble or coin and with a very fine file convert to filing*. Sift through gauze to separate the coanse from fine particles. Take finer portion and mix with sufficient quicksilver to form a stiff, amalgam and while in this state fill cavities of decayed teeth.

A sore throat was treated by pouring a pint of boiling water on 25 leaves of common sage. After half .an bour, Add vinegar enough to make it acid and honey to taste. Gargle several times a day. (One advantage over others pleasant to taste and may be swallowed oc-cslonally without danger.)

Beauty receipts had men in mind as well as women. A Pomade Against Baldness called for beef marrow soaked in several waters, melted and strained half a pound; one ounce of tincture of cantharldes In one ounce of proof spirit; 12 drop* of oil of bergamot.

Should this prove ineffective, the suggestion was made to restore hair by "onions rubbed frequently on the part requiring M.. The stimulating powers of this vegetable are of service In re-tor ing tone of the skin.

To cultivate luxurious eyelashes. readers were told the mode adopted by the beauties of the East to Increase the length of eyeslashes is simply to clip the split ends with scissors about once a month. Mothers perform this operation on children, male and female, when they are mere Inlants . . . The practice never falls to produce the desired effect.

Opinions In Brief

As the offending reports have it. Mr. Macmillan is stealing some of the Labor Party * clothesthat is, some part of its policy on disengagement and negotiations with Russiabecau.se he see* that Labor has a chanca of winning. The American Administration, in turn, is supporting him for the same reason. So both Mr. Macmillan and the American* are trying to carry out part of Labor wants. > Manchester Guardian, Oreat Britain.

Sen. Wayne Morse (D-OrlF com plains that the Democratie congressional leadership U following Btsenhower. It could be because Ike is President of the United BUtea.

Bv EAUL I.. DUUGL.A.SS

DONT THROW IIAIMMNE.SS .

A\V,\Y

Some people lhriw happiness a\\ay with holli hand.H They litive lo\e. oppoiihnily. fine heredity, gtK)d health (he makings of a luek sell-,unt rol, or have a jealoiLs spirU. or nurse a grudge, or love money too much, they ea.Ht all ehances of happine.vs away lu exchiu\ge for .some buuhle, Mtine tinseled toy not worth the having.

It very often hai|H'n.s that married ccniple, becanse they Kieally dhslike some little failing In each oilier, destroy the pos.sl-l)Iy of deep and abiding happi-ne.VN People who have heen friends for yeais .Hometlme.s di.s agree over some petty matirr and lumeeforth are .drangei.N to each otlier. Many a btiy who has had everything under the sun given to him and who should be a great .Nucee.ss If Ufe, ha.s ca.st all away in the pursuit of an nlmle.'-s lite ol pleasure Jealousy ha.s shoved many persons off the road to happy, purposeful llvtng and kept on pushing them until

they went over the precipice. Judas Dcarlol. for thirty piecc.s of silver, sold out a man who loved him; and many are those who have .scoffed t love and trampled it under foot, Uiat they might gain rlchrs.

Why do we cast away our treasure so revkle.Hsly? Why an* we so prone to empty our hearts of good and fill them with drass? It's easy to throw happiness away, but happiness thrown away t*< hard to puk up a* .Npillnl Water.

Quote. .

"S( vrral years ago the head of llie buoioIl.st party iti the Untied Htatf's said mucli of Its long-term lirogram natl been adopted by tlie major pohtical portles Pre-Nunudily, If a Koelaltstle Idea IvecomeN part of tlie .national .l)nuHmfm (ir Rrpubllrnn phvt-foiin. n _]o.ses Us St'cialpsttc label

I.urn be It on . Rota suntan.

ollipops To Replace Pay Boosts

By ELMER ROE.S.S\ER

The high rate of lax on earned Income Is having .still more curious effects on the American economy.

Because of the almost confLs-eatory rales on upp*r-bracket salaries, top exeiutlve.s find plain old Inflated money not much of an Incentive, So corporations offer stock optloa5. inspection trips to far-away places and other lollipop* to talented execu-'

Itvei

The Miami and Los Angeles branches have become an open Joke m corporation suite*. Many such branche.s are maintained at lo.Nses solely so that top-eschelon officers can tske turns runntng them On such temporary duty they may take wives and families, di In at a luxury hotel and use fat expense accounts to entertain executive* of other companies similarly having tax-free va-ratinas A few companies have such branches in Part* and other

play spots.

Some of these dlsguided vacations have become so no* torioiis that the Internal Revenue Service has announced it is checking expenditures for them. So far nobody has gone to j*U AFFEiTS TRAVEI, FACILITIES

The large number of people w ith company money'to spt?nd on business execiursions Is affecting the construction pf hotels, motels and other travel facilities. Why butld placws for budget travelers when theres such a demand from expenNe-accouni Uaveler.5?

The new.vletter of the National As.NOciadon of Travel Organizations says. The cost of travel i the one grave daivger. It could become prohibitive for the average man. who coasUtute.s the ms.N* market. The warning .sitas are out. Too mgnv of the new travel facdities are being bidU fpr the man- with an unlimited expense account and tbe re

latively few people who need not

count the cost."

A TAX COLONY A new project Is attracting the attention of corporation* who want to lavish tax-free attention on their executives and tax-deductible ho.spitaUty for custofn-er,s and prospect*.

The Ringwood Country Club, which Is on a 500-acre tract at Ringwood. N.J., I* offering to erect twenty $100.000 housiMi on ten-acre estate* And lease them to corporaUons as hoepttality hou.se, where Important customer* could be entertained or jaded executive* restored Each house would have from fifteen to twenty room.s, a patio for dancing and it* private swimming pool. Guests would have use of the $200,000 clubhouse, a golf drivUiR range, an 18-hole golf cour.se. a private beach, boating faculties, a ski run in winter and an ou;door nightclub in summer.

Unless IRS tgenis flrvd something wrong, the money cor-pmwtions pay for their share of all UUs fun would largely be tax deductible.

GOVERNMENT REEKS BITLD-ER FOR HOTEL-GAMBLING CASINO

Paraguay is the latest country to desire some American dollars for a gambling venture and the United States Department of Commerce is lendihg a helping hand.

Investment OpportuniUe* Abroad." published by the Department. announced that Paraguay, which has never legalized gambling casinos, has promulgated a law permitting the establishment of hotel-caslnos. and giving tax concession* to investors The idea is to promoe foun.sm. Full details are available from the Inve.stment Development Division. Bureau of Foreign Commerce Commerce Depart-happjr hfa. But because the/