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Thursday, June 4, 1959

At TTie Same Table, A World Apart

Legislators CUng To Their Right

The plum of naming membew to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina is one the sUU'a legislature has no intention of giving up.

Quite obviously the legislature thought little of the proposal that the governor of the state be allowed to name one-fifth of the members of that board. A bill which would have written such a provision into law was laid aside at the request of its introducer because of the complete lack of support shown for the measure among legislators.

Some people may interpret this as another legislative slap at Gov. Hodges. Those who do, however, probably are stretching a point.

The power to appoint members of the Board of Trustees of the University is a power the legislature probably would not like to share with any governor. We get the impression that regardless of who was in the governors mansion, the legislature would not like fur him to have authority to name one-fifth of the members of the board.

Appointment to the University Board of Trustees Is one of the most sought-after things in the state every two years when the legislature meets. There are many, many aspirants, and of course many legislators who sponsor one or more of the candidates for the post. When the time comes for the final selection of trustees, the legislators cast their ballots.

While the procedure may have some shortcomings, certainly it affords North Carolina a good cross-section of its citizenry on the University Board of Trustees. It assures good geographic distribution of membership on the board, and for the most part it assures that capable people are named to the board.

The same situation might exist if the appointment of one-fifth of the trustees were left to the governor. On the other hand it might not. The present method of naming trustees of the University has worked well for North Carolina, and there is every indication that it

So Much Time On Petty Issues

By I.YIMN NIMBKT

LITTLK STUFF On* who sits In on leslslatlv* committees from day to day cannot fsU to b impressed by the number of petty Issues thst iwcupy so Urg*

pwl of legislative time. Nor esn he fall to retognlKe that In many Instances the seeming llttls things have far-reaching preced-ent-setllng impacl.

Classic story along that line Is the one about a special aesslon of a New England State legts* lature having to be called to tn-aert a conjma in the revenue act. Omission of s comma in the list of articles subject to a tax Ifvy where the phrase horse and buggy" fK'curred made It unlawful to lax a horse aeparate-ly or a buggy without a horae. The special session made the law read horse, snd buggy"and the fltste and local governmenta got many thousands of doUara extra money.

A very almllar incident occurred In the f onstltutlonal committee of the House the other day. Someone discovered that the caption line on one section in the Declaration of Rights artlcla was written "The legislative, executive and Judicial powera distinct." That might he con* strued to mean that the legislative constituted one branch while the executive and Judicial authorities together couslltuled another. So with much ado', formal amendment was adopted Inserting a comma after the word execullve", making it positive that three coordinate Independent divisions were Intended.

It is easy for grammar school pupil to understand the significance of that amendment. It Is not easy, even for the learned lawyers on a judiciary committee, to understand why constables rlerfed by townships arc county offlcera for social security purposes, while Justices of peace elected at th same time snd by the same people are not. The Attorney Oeireral opined the distinction. and the Leilslature is passing a bill putting them In same category otitslde the iociat aecurlty coverage.

TIME CONSUMING - A few legislalora and a large segment of the public resent the waste t?) of time devoted to these little detalla, and to purely local bills affecting only one small community. People with wide experience, however, know thst the ttme is not wasted, One oldtlmer

recalled that Supreme Court decision about one runaway slave precipitated the Civil War; that the asaaslnatlon of an obscure Slavic prince lighted the fuae that exploded Into World War I, and a alck chicken was basis for outlawing the NRA program of early New Deal days,

In the light of these historic Incidents it Is tmderstandable that a bill lo transfer the Job of issuing licenses for buying and carrying pistols from the clerk of court to the sheriff, ipelilng out whether deputies In the department of Insurance should have the right of arrest, or determining the Jurisdiction of a amall town recorder court, might have long range influence.

Truth Is, fhst faUure of some previous sessions to devote enough ttme to little matter la responsible for a lot of waste In time and effort required to correct mistakes. Practically every seaslon has a whole flock of validating" acts, giving post facto sanction to funrtloni performed by public offlcUla, w'hen at the time of i>erfonnance the official did not have the authority he assumed, When these validating blUa are questioned, the sponaor Invariably pleads precedent by pointing out that a almllar act was passed last ttme lor Home other county or person.

And further emphasising the significance of the Ultle things, it has developed that the validating statute was necessary in order to make a marriage performed by a Justice of peace legal, or a paper notarising transfer of real estate effective,

NIGHT RIDERS "The night riders are on the prowl," quipped a vilerin of many legisla-ture when the first full-scale night aeslon of the House was called for other than Monday night.

There Is still a lot of material In committee files and during the past week bills have come In about as fast as they have been passed. In other words, the log-Jsm is not lessening as session end approaches.

Trouble Is that much of the controversial, or more proper designation might be "converaa-tlonal". legislation la still to be clebaleri on the floor of each House. Depslte that fact IcgLsla-tors show almost as much non-chalsnce now as they did early iiv the aesslon shout delaying consideration "until we can check with the folks at home.

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will continue to work well.

The iefialature made a w.*e choice in turning a cool ahoulder toward th propoeal that the governor directly appoint a gpecified portion of the University trustees.

Committee Could Use Some More Boosters

Greenvilles Committee of 100 Is now officially in business to promote the industrial and economic growth of the city and its surrounding area.

At its formal organization meeting last week it was reported that the Committee of 100 had a total of $13,385 in cash and pledges from 140 members. With these financial resources and with a membership of 140, the local committee can be an effective instrument to boost the industrial and general economic growth of Greenville in conjunction with other organizations working toward the same goal.

It stands to reason, however, that the more members the Committee of 100 has, and the greater its financial resources are, the better job it can do for Greenville and its people. The greater the number of local citizens who are actively interested in promoting the economic growth of Greenville and its surrounding area, the greater the results which can be expected from such a program.

Now that Greenville's Committee of 100 in or-ganizerJ aqd in operation, we trust its membership will continue to grow to 200 or 300 members in order that efforts to promote better economic conditions for this community will also expand.

in this day of keen competition for economic and Industrial growth, only those communities which put their best into such efforts can expect to reap the greatest benefits from their efforts.

Pupil-Spanking Isn't An Unreasonable Item

No one particularly likes the idea of pupil-spanking . . . least of all the teachers in the public schools of our state.

It seems not only reasonable, but nece.ssary, however, that the teachers'of our school .sy.stem should have the backing of the law if they find it necessary in extreme eases lo take the proverbiable hickory stick to properly diijcipline youngsters in their charge.

The courts,in effect, already have said that teachers are within their bounds of authority to spank a pupil if the situation warrants such action. North Carolina's legislature, by writing into law the bill already passed by the House, will merely be implementing the decision already rendered by the courts.

Teachers in our public schools today are looked upon as far more than academic instructors. They are expected to teach the youngsters not only what is in the text books, hut discipline, how to get along with others, how to be good citizf?ns and in general guide the youngsters far along the road toward social as well as intellectual maturity.

In short, while the student Is In the classroom ftr about five hours a day, nine months of the year, the teacher is expected to perform the duties of parent as well as teacher.

With teachers as well as with parents, understanding. love and guidance sometime fail to get th(^ point across to unruly youngsters. Other forms of punishment fall far short of making the impres.sion made by the flat-of-the-hand properly applied in the proper place.

Passage by the Senate of the pupil-spanking law already approverl by the House certainly will not mean any more pupil-spanking in our public schools. It will merely put the teachers on firmer ground on the rare occMsioas when they find it necessary to exercise the pupil-spanking authority moat people agree they already have.

After all. if we expect teachera to properly train and discipline our youngster.s as W'ell as teach them, we must afford teachers the reasonable tools with which to work.

Strauss Battle To Be A Bia One

By DON SCHLIENZ

Missio 15 Per Cent?

An acquaintance whoae eyea had all the outward aymptonia of having been prayed with a most of onion juice, was taking. He nodded in my direction, and remarked

Now with rimmed glassea like hla, you lose maybe fifteen per cent of your peripheral vision,

I see every ting."

His blinking eyea raised orne doubu in my mind so I lingered awhile . . , and learned something.

The heart of the conversation was contact lenses, and the speaker was being adjusted to them. Had been wearing them Just a couple of days ... it takes lime.

For Instance, on the first day he wore them three hours, the next day four ... and gradual

ly building up his tolerance. Hes up to eleven hours, now; and it seems this is fairly rapid as compared with some initiates.

The difficulty lies in the very natural reaction of ones eyes, which tend to reject foreign bodies. (Hence, bis blinking, tearful look.)

Why did he switch from conventional spectacles?

The question was raised from among a small circle of dubious admirers; so his natural explanation was that this summer coming on and the seasonal migration to the beach (and all those girls), he didnt want to run the risk of not seeing everything ... a reference 'to that peripheral vlcion block, by gum!

I accepted that for several days; wondering If maybe contact lens would be a suitable ao-

Other Editors Saying ... No Subterfuge Financing

cessory for an old glrl-watcher (semi-retired >.

Later, a less-in-jest explanation was proffered. It seems there is a small matter of economics involved. He required rather frequent changes in prescriptions for his spectacles; the contact lens, while n^fesenting a larger initial investment, are going to last much longer.

He has been wearing them now for ten days; and the. blinklng-squintlhg ordeal is pretty much behind him.

Just the same, Ive been wondering about my peripheral vision handicap . . . very conscious of it ever since the subject was raised. The terra has a musical sound, and Ive been rolling It around in my mouth like a bit of hard candy. But that isnt the reason It provides a temporary distraction.

The thing in the back of my mind is:

When I go to the beach, am I missing some of the better scenery?

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WASHINGTON (AP> - The upconiuig Senste fight over President Elsenhower's choice of Lewi* L, Strauss * secre-(sry of commerce will dwarf any fight of Its kind In years. It may last weeks.

StrauM, former banker and adviser to the Rockefellers, is In for a monumental raking over.

The Pre.xident let it be known Tue.xdy he not only w'ouldnt I'ull back his nomination of ati U.S.X as head of the Commerce Department and member of his Cabinet but wouldnt withdraw It even If Strauss requested it.

Many but not all of the De* mocratic senators are agaiiuit SUans*. He piled up enemies among them when he was chairman of the Atomic Energy Com-misstun. So far as is known all Hcpubllcaiui except one Sen. William Langer of North Dakota are for him.

Straus.x' performance while he headed the AEC from 1953 until his term was up in ID.tk I* at the root of his trouble. But hts attitude toward Con-BIP.M or what Democrats dls-Itke about his attitude helped dig a grave the Democrats are trying to bury him in.

Here are some of the thinta they said about him; be was too .<ecretlve and domineering; he took a god*like credit lor development of the H-bomb; there was a "patlern of deviousness and deceit In his te.allmony before the Senate Contmerce Committee: he lied to the committee: he deliberately wUhheld information from Congress; he sup-prc.><.sed vlial facts abiuit detecting ainmtc blasts; be made pbli-one answer to charges against him

SUau.s said some of the wit-

nejwes at the committee hear-Inga lied about him; be promised he would never keep information from Congress for political reasons; he admitted the AEC had made some mbtakes while he was a member of it; but he denied creating any jnytlw about himself.

One of hU Democratic foes Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Washington * said:

Strauss creates controversy wherever he goes, and with half ot the Senate feeling uneasy about him. I dont see how he could do a competent Job as secretary of commerce. Republicans have cried politics atwut the Democrats savage attacks on him. Sen. Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania Republican, at* ctwed the Democrat* of a "nitpicking expedition -- travels through the territory of trivia * Strauss had the backing not only of Eisenhower but of former President Herbert Hoover. Some sclrntisls with whom he had dealings in his AEC days were for him, some against him.

Straiws has been serving tem-iHuartly as secretary of commerce since last OcIoIkt, But If he is to remain in the office, the Senate must approve hts nomination.

The Ilrst step w as lor the Commerce Committer to hold hearings on hkv qviaUfication This normally i routine.

Not tbLs time. The committee delayed hearings and didnt start till MaiTh 17. II didnt finish up till May 1! wheij Siraus.'i gpl approval by the skin-Ught margin of

The Senate still mast act. That Is where In. foes say they will make Ihetr big fight Sen, Wavne ^!or.^e >D Ore> even threatens a filibu.'itcr lo block appro-\al.

(Hertford County Herald)

By the time this gels off the pre.vs, it is more than likely that North Carolina will have an income tax withholding law. Governor Hfxlges wants it. Nobody has proposed an acceptable substitute for it to raise the revenue necessary to balance the budget the administration has proposed, not to mention the cost of additional appropriations sought for educational needs, teacher pay increases and salary hikes fqr state employees, and many other requests for expenditures above the proposed Imdget. The legislators are getting restless and want to come home. So, it is most likely that the Hodges proposal for financing the stales operations for the next two years by double taxation of income taxpayers will he accepted by default by a lackadaisical Legislature,

Income tax wlthhholding as a method of payment and collection of income taxes has some merit. The federal government uses this method, taking tt.s tax cut from the salaries of wage earners at the source, the employer having the responslbllUy for making the deductions and serving as tax collector, banker and bookkeeper for the government. The taxpayer makes hla payment on the installment plan and Is saved the pain of one big payment at year end It might be that those wage earners whose Incomes are large enough to have to pay slate income taxes W'ould like this installment plan ot paying. On the other -hand, the burdened bualnessman certainly wants to have no more tax collecting and bookkeeping chorea thrust upon him by the

state government. He has more than enough problems with re-porU, red tape, bookkeeping for the government as It is now.

But the thing of it is, it is just not good business; It is not good financing; it is not good legU-lating. It is bowing to fiscal expediency. For the purpose of this tax withholding Is not the adoption of a meUiod of paying in-cotne taxes that w'lll be an improvement over the present lump-sum method It is for the p-uri)0e of balancing a current budget through double taxatlcm. It is a subterfuge and a delusion. It is the .same sort of unsound financing of current expense for the state as It would be for an individual to fall for the Une of the loan shark and borrow at usurious rates of in-tcre.st money to pay for current improvidence tmt of future earnings. if any.

Let us have income tax withholding. if the General Assembly honestly believes It to be an improved .system of tax collection and payment. But also let us have sound and honest financing of current expenses. Extra revenues brought to the state by double tax coUectlons of income taxes through withholding should be devoted to permanent Improvements or put into the till to spend during the period when the taxes would normally be due. They should not be used for the convenience of an administration and a General Assembly, anxious to get out of the Raleigh heat and as the Greenville Dally Reflector puts it. willing to appropriate, spend and be popular . someone el.e have achea In 1961.

Last night I heard and watched oalladeer Burl Ives with a measure of fascination and wonder.

Entertainers who start out as singers of songs often venture into drama, but more often comedy, and Its a rare thing for them to really score in a less familiar field. Ives grew into a big man on the stage, screen and television: without relying on his musical background,

Wednesday nights television stint put the emphasis on his songs, and of them all, his familiar Rock Candy Mountain was pure Ives . . . which is good stuff.

Somewhere I read he is as individualistic in private life as before the public ... a trait most of us admire but can indulge only to a limited degree.

Listening to. and watching a well-rounded (which fits Burl Ives) entertainer in action Is always a pleasure. Doubly so when his material iito the mood of the ewening.

And thats the way It was.

As Well Be Rich

By ED OAEAGH

WASHINGTON CAP) Hal Boyle, the rightful landlord of this igtoce in your newspaper, likei to turn Poor Mans Philosopher and make with hcane-spun observations.

Now that Boyle unlike most poor men o our acquaintance is gallivanting about Europe, lets switcb the pitch and play Rich Man Philosopher.

Proverty 1 no handicap if you have money enough to afford it.

Money cant buy everything, but it can buy a lot more things than no money.

The tolling of a cathedral bell may be more melodious than the jingling of a cash register but where did the'money eome from to pay for the beU?

Julius Caesar was great, and Napoleon has his admirers, but why don't they put up a statue to the man who invented credit?

Neither a borrower nor a lend-er be. Just have rich parenU and disconnect your doorbell and telephone.

When you are poor you have to borrow a buck from time to time. When you are rich you cant afford to borrow less than a million.

Never forget that the rich man and the poor man have the same right to sleep on a park bench.

The love of money may be the root of all evil, but the lack of it is more likely to turn a man into a pickpocket.

If all the money in the world were divided equally among aU the people, of the world, women would still insist on having charge accounts.

Any man who wouldnt rather be thin than wealthy deserves to be fat and poor.

Start worrying about money when you miss your first meaL

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS USE IT IN FAITH

Jesus declared that all authority had been committed unto Him.

Think of what this means. We are told in the Bible that our lives can become one with the life of Christ. Our life and His may merge, if we are willing to pay the price of having it that way. And when our life merges with His. then the authority and power which were put in His hanils comes Into our hearts and within the circle of our Uves. As He is aU powerful, we are all powerful.

Now this does not mean that we are necessarily elevated to a position of trust. Neither does it mean that we are able to domi- , nate others and have our own wlliful way. It just means that the same type of power which fills the life of Christ comes into our lives and gives them a new and higher significance.

But be practical, I hear you say. What does this mean in actual living? It means beUeving in the revelation of God, in the life of love, in the power of spiritual things, and believing to such an extent that the sluices of heaven are opened and the power which is of Christ and from Him begins to flow into our Uves.

Human life can be very low and degraded. It can also be very noble and exalted. The power which is Christ may be ours. This vast reservoir is placed at our disposal for use under the providence of God.

The authority was given to him. He gives it to us. It is ours to use.

Opinions In Brie::

We can afford to do all that 1 necessary, and much that is desirable,'and pay for it But we should not retch for everything at the same Ume. Even a rich country can get into trouble if it keeps spending beyond what It pays for currently.Sec. of Treasury Robert Anderson.

Raising a youngster is like shooting off a rocket. You got to do all the adjusting and shaping early in the game. Once the young-un is launched, theres nothing you can do except hope you aimed him right." PonUna (Calif.) Herald. ,r-

*Tf 'sky high Inflation is ahead, as predicted by some E. {ruu "Some women get most of seers, it Is not too soon to and let their exercise by running up bills determine how high is sky high* the head- nd jumping at conclusions." in the spage age." Gastonia

Denver Post. Oaxette.

esson From Recession-Time

By EL.MKR ROKSSNER

One lesson of the recent lYf-cession haa been largely overlooked.

It te: Many baxinessmen devote etjfigy to belt tightening that should be used for plugging.

One mens furnisher is learning It only this week, Don't l(H>k for his name and place down-town, he.x a thousand miles from hfip. He occupied the corner Ktoif in the principal office building in town Had twn there since i Has erected, almost 0 .vears ago.

Outride his front door streamed the kind of pedestrian traffic th.it made it what landlords call a 100 per cent location. Down the block was a huge new carport that hdiH*d thicken the flow of buyers in this retailer s diTam street At the back of his shop a diKu led lu a lobb>, aud

a busy bank of elevators.

This shop was known to every man and boy in town and the owner ba.sked In a reputation earned by faithfully outfitting three gencraticms of the town's cltisen. Perhaps success had softened the business fiber of this nu'rchant. He felt no anxiety when others in the neighhtir-hood modernised their stores, broadened ihelr lints, updated their Styles, increased the size and quality of their advertising. What wa* good for hla father and ht customers fathers waa good enough for him and hts son.

Came 1957 and a .slight .*Uack-entng of trade Early in 1958 --at about the tune his lease was up for renewal - the building m which he was locsted was sold. When the new. management presented him with a lease u car

ried a rent Increase. The landlord refused to budge, the tenant was calm and Independent.

The real-estate man suggested a compromise: reduce the space, cut the store in half, Uke either the street or the lobby side. The half bordering on the street waa pjtced higher, so the merchant chose the arcade. Thai, the haberdasher reduced his rent. It fit his policy of retrenchment, would Increase fus net income. No trouble about maliitaing his sale* \olume. His reputation would take care of that. Didnt he virtually twn his old customers?

Alterations were to be at his expense, but ecoiromies of rent and overhead would more than offset that. And. besides, he could let one clerk go. About dll* for retirement, anvway And there would be no need to replace worn fixtures and maintain so Large an inventory. A chance

to live off some fat.

Within 60 days the new landlord rented the street side of the store to a mens wear#hain store. The new tenant modernized the old store. Inside and out. Hifh-atyied fixtures and brifht, fresh merchandise, together with alert and enterprising personnel, combined to attract a husky share of some of the best business in town.

This week the kindly but unimaginative old hiberdashir was taking turns iaU&i to himsrlf and a high-powcrtd bniiae.vs management consultant who was trying to save the business from a situation that appeared hopeless even with a large and ener-getic progr*n^*

The old man doesnt approve of the consultants ideas, his fees or the cut of hii clothes But he know Be baa to do somethings task