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Tuesday, June 9, 1969rffE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE.

June 9, 19S9

Farmville Illustrates The Profit

Whom Does The Gentleman

From Oregon Arise To Attack?

The manner in which industrial development boosts tax valuations of a community or a county is vividly illustrated by the 195 valuations for Farmville township.

Of the 15 townships in Pitt County, Farmville showed the largest increase in county tax valuations from 1958 to 1959, and the gain is almost entirely directly attributed to the new Flakeboard plant which began operations in Farmville several months ago.

The 1958 listings for Farmville township (which were based on the value of property as of January 1, 1958) totaled $7,762,952. By January 1, 1959. with the huge Flakeboard plant constructed, valuations jumped to $8,959,233, an increase of $1,196,281 during the 12 month period.

While all the valualicn increase for Farmville township was not due directly to the construction of the new industrial plant, the vast majority of it was. The valuation increase in Farmville township alone accounted for more than half the total increase in valuations for all of Pitt County from 1958 to 1959.

Cased on a county-wide tax rate of $1.00 per $100 valuation, the increased valuation in Farmville township will mean an additional $12,900 in direct lax revenues for Pitt County during the coming fiscal yeear. That amount of revenue represents only slightly less than what would be expected from a county-wide tax increase of two cents, based on 1958 valuations.

Add to the county-wide tax rate the amount ol school district tax for the township involved, and the total tax revenue produced by the increased valuation would be considerably higher.

Doubts Over The Succession Rule

By LYNN NISBET

ILLUSTRATION - The *itu-tion which has developed during the past two weeks in Louisiana pinpoint* the need for proposed change* in the North Carolina Constitution with respect to succession to the Governors office in event of incapacity of the elected incumbent to perform his duties.

The mental crash-up of Governor Earl Long of Louisiana, and questions arising there as to who had authority to take over, came right at the lime the North Carolina Legislature was considering constitutional revisions on gubernatorial succession. There had been other Instances In State and Federal circles where doubt prevailed.

It has never been detennlned what actually was done or what should have been done about fixation of authority when President Woodrow Wilson was stricken down during the last year of his tenure. Questions were asked and never quite answered - about status of executive aiithoiitv when Governor William Umstead was phystcally Incapacitated f<r months In the first part of his term, but there was never any question about his mental alertness, Almost Identical problems arose when President Elsenhower Miffered a sertoiui heart attack end was physically Incapacitated for several months.

In the Elsenhower and Umstead rases, and to only slight degree during the last months of Franklin Roosevelt, there was no question of mental Incapacity. That Issue was raised in the Woodrow Wilson case, but was brushed off" as partisan poUllcs. There seems no doubt of mental trouble with Governor Long.

ORDERLY At present there Is no provision for determining mental or physical incapacity of a Governor, and no certain procedure for orderly auccension to the office, beyond the Lieutenant Governorand In that event there was some doubt about whether the chief executive's power was absolute or exercised as "acting" Governor. The pending proposals for constitutional revision fill many of the gaps, and there Is grant of legislative authority to fill most of the other*.

HYDRA-HEADED Another place where there seems to lie serious omission In both constitutional and statutory provisions 1* equitable division of author tty for enforcing law and presrrv ing peace under condltloiui such as prevail now at Henderson. The Bltuatlon there is reminUv cent of the ancient mythological hydra-headed monster. The monster originally had nine heads, but belief prevailed that every

tune one head was cut off two new heads grew in Its place, unless the wound was throughly cauterized,

It Is pretty generally agreed that responsibility for maintaining order In event of labor-man-Rgement dUput.es (strike* or lw;kouts) U dUtribu!.ed among officials of the labor unions and and the plants Involved, and Governmentat local county-inunlctpal, State and Federal levels.

DlfflcuUy arises in apporllon-Ing degree of responsibility and financing among the several agencies. Information at hand Indicates that in the Henderson sltuHtlon both labor and rnan-Hgernent have passed the buck for maintaining order to government, and there is evidence of buck-passing between Ktcal cmmty-muntclpal, atate and Federal government levels.

FAR-REACHING - There are far-reaching Implications Involving Joint participation In the Henderson sHuatlon. it Is not a local community problem. In one sense ie strike Involves only the two textile mills and the local unions, and nmlntenance of order U the obligation of the city and county. If that were the Whole picture the answer would be easy to find

Facts are that the local unions are affiliated with nallon-wlde organizations and to some degree are amenable to oideis and regulations promulgaled by oul-of-.stato authorities, Use of State highway patrolmen to maintain order gives a sliilewUle color, and use of National Guard i**oops. although subject to orders of the Governor, Implies im-tional participation becau.se the Federal government pays for the unlfornis, vehicles and arms of the guartUmen.

And, although the mills under strike are locally owned. It Is common knowledge that the management of every other in dustrlal plant In North Carolina (and maybe In the whole Southeast) Is greatly concerned about probable effect of the Henderson altuatlou on their oprraflons.

While Governor Hodges, acting for (he Htate and In some respect* for the Federal government, and the county-municipal authorities are dlscus.'lng areas ol responsibility and co operation ?, and local labor union official* are keeping contact with big national unions, other indu.s-tries are closely watching nc tlviUes of the management of the Henderson mills to see how developments might affect Ihnn.

As of now\ It looks very much like every time one head Is cut otf the Hydra at least two new heads of trouble grow In Us place.

The increased tax valuation for Farmville township from 1958 to 1959 should serve to illustrate the manner in which local governments can benefit tax-wise from industrial development. The increase in Ux revenue because of the higher property valuation brought about investments in buildings and equipment may be used either to meet higher costs of government and thereby help avert tax increases, or eventually, with sufficient development and valuation, it may tend to reduce the overall tax rate of local government. .

In short, the development creates more taxable property which tends to provide a broader base for financing local government operations. And aside from industrial plants themselves, the new jobs and additional income provided by a new plant will in time reflect itself in more homes, more automobiles and other things which will also add to the property valuation and tax revenues.

Farmville has done an outstanding job of pulling^ itself up by its own bootstrap.s with industrial development in recent years. It is evident from the increased property valuations that in addition to helping itself and the area by providing more Jobs and more payrolls, it is also benefitting the entire county by creating additional taxable property which in turn creates more tax revenue for the county as a whole.

From a county-wide tax standpoint, the increase in valuations in Farmville towmship help.s the taxpayers in (ireenvillc^, Ayd n, Chicod, Bethel and all the other townships of the county. As the property valuations in each township increases, the taxpayers in every township of the county are helped.

It should be evident to all of the people of Pitt ('ounty that the best method of meeting the constantly increasing cost of local government is to create greater taxable wealth through indu.strial and general economic development.

Vance Board Should Take Realistic View

When Vance (Jounty CommisHoners meet Wed-ntisday to reconsider their attitude toward providing more officers to cope with the Henderson strike situ-aiion, we hope they will view with greater realism the obligation of local government to maintain law and order in the territory under its jurisdiction.

Previously the Vance commissioners declined to hiie additional officers to cope with the strike violence. asserting it was Ihe responsibility of the state.

Fnforcement of law and order in any community becomes the responsibility of the state only when local government has done all within its power and still needs ussi.stance to prevent disorder. In the case of Henderson, neither the municipal nor county government, in our opinion, has done all within its power toward preserving law and order.

Perhaps Vance County cannot afford to hire a couple hundred additional officers to patrol the strike-torn area. At least it should be abb to providej more officers than it now does, and by doing so it would relieve tiie state of at least a part of the financial btirdt'ti it now shoulders by keeping National Guardsmen in Henderson.

If 59 or 100 additional offictu's can be hired by the local governrnent.M, the complement of Guard forces in Henderson could be reduced by that many a'nd'T+HNfinancial burden on the state reduced also.

Any Tocal government which denies its responsibility to see that law is enforced within its houndries likewise deni(s itie obligation to protect the lives and proprty of it.s citizens.

Vance (ounty officials should not oidy reconsider their previous stand in this matter, t)ut they should also renounce their previous declaration that law enforcement in connection with the state is primarily a state rather than a local re.H[)onsibility. Further, they should make a genuine effort to shoulder as much of the burden of enforcing the law locally as is im-pos.sihle.

aking A Look At The Ex-Brass

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By DON SCHLIENZ

So They Killed A Gator

Reading about that big alligator they shot in the Pamlico hurt something deep, deep inside.

Youd have to attend the University of Florida to understand. There we made quite a totem of the gator. If the school had *a mascot, it was that swampy saurian (rampant).

The football team was known as the Fighting Gators. In keeping with the "other side" of that fierce-looklng reptile, they were a pretty peaceable lot.

No Florida zoo was complete

without a caged tank full of alligator*. whtch proved to be the quietest, most somnolent-looking exhibit to be found anywhere.

Theres no telling how many thousands of 'gators were on the loose in Florida, but their living space is dwindling as humans take over all that real estate. Civilization ha* taken a lot of "shirttall lakes" from the contemporary scene, but every summer or so someone used to "discover" a spring-fed lake In the backwoods that had a small

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By JAME.S iMAKl.OW

WASHINGTON (AP> What could be nicer for a teUring gen-rral or admlrnl than to get a Job paying up to $40,(KHi a year or more with a cijmpsny which sells some kind of ndlltary equipment to the government?

Hut the qucsflon Consrew; Ls K(Muk to ask now is: What does he do (0 etun hb money'

About July 1 a Ho\i.sf Armed Services .sutwommKtee fyradcd by Rep. F. Kduiird Hebert (D-Ltt) l.s going to strtil henrlngs digging lulo quc'dlon.s like Ibcac

1 When n Retired goiu'inl or ndmiial get.s a fid Job from a compuiiy selling to the armed forcvs. Is 11 strictly bccau.tr of hUs executive ability and proc.s.aion-al experience I*

2 Or Is lc reallv hired as a lulibyusi ur Influence-peddler to use hl.s old rilendahips and contnets in the IVnlagon for the benefit of the coinpuny which lured lilin?

There la a third, underlying (;ue,stlon' I.a a high rnnklnu offi cor, .still In the service, Innnenc* cd In the .selecting of equipment from 11 particnUir compnnv by Ihe pi aspect of going to work for tlml company when he re-tire.s'*

Hebert says the plrtuie la not all white and black that nmnv I cl b ed officers now with mill-(nrv equipment companies do a gma!, legitimate Job because of Uieii knowledge and background

Hove vet he .says he think.s more business in Wa.'hington is done on the golf links and over the cocktail tables than t.s ever lran.sacted In ttie Ienlagon

lUi^ any legUUstlon Couire.s coiusldeiR to correct a bases--and Hebert expeet.s to have remedial measuies for rongiT.ss when U returns In l!ku),,qun.s squwrrly Into a problem' of individual rights

Many officers retire In the piimr of life and, like nonmUl* tary pi'ople, have a right to

make Income in addition to their pMislon particularly in fleld.i where their knowledge and experience should v>ay off best. Pending results of the Hebert Investigation the House rejected Ijost week s ban on such em-tiloyment for five years after re-tuenicnt. Hut there 1 long hl.!tory of congres.sional agitation atauit mUary brass going into private Indii.stry which does busl-iit'its with tile government-When Sen, Gerald Nye. a North Dakota Republican, conducted hi hi.NUii'tc investigation Into immitnms-maktng hack in the bcitis. tt was brought out that retired military brass had big Jobs In thiil Industry.

there Is a difference b<'tween the Nye inquiry and Uie one to tie made by Hebe id.

The former bad tts roots In American paciflci.sm and neutral* bill tilts countiy was Isolation-i.st then and the munlttons niakets were accused of getting fat bv fomenting conflicts around the world.

Tbtqe is no dispute now about American needs for heavy arma-uieni. Tlie American t'conomy Is so lightly linked with defense pitHiuctlon that a sudden de-ebiun to 1 ediKe armaments dras-lieally might throw the country into dcpres,ion.

The Heln'it Investigation will examne not only the roles of retired ol fleers In firms dealing with Hie government It also will want to know Ihe mllttary equip-mriu mak^l^ go about competing wltfi one aiintlier to sell their pro-dueUs to the government. Meaning. liow tliey try to influence (It'cbUms m their own favor President Ft.xenhower, asked at his new.s eonference la.st Weilnosday alHiut the role of Ihe nuinltions makers In American di'feu.s purcha.se. said: "Ob-\iously something besides the strict military lu'ed.s of the eouu-try are mihienotng decutons **

(Henderson Dispatch)

Come to think of it, North Carolina doesnt have a single living former Governor!

And analyzing the events of history for the pa.st generation, one comes up with the further rather startling fact that few of the men who have held the high office in recent year* lived very long after they left office. Some went on to the United State* Senate, but did not last out their term there,

Hoey, Broughton and Scott all died while members of the upper house of Congress. Broughton had been there only a few months at the time of his death and Scott only a few years. Hoey was in his second term.

Governor Blckett did not go to the Senate, but died a few years after leaving office. So did Angus W. McLean, and Max Oard-uer died in New York on the eve of his scheduled laUing for England to become the American ambassador. Ehrlnghaus practiced law a few years In Raleigh after leaving the governorship until his death. Oregg Cherry died two years ago in Gastonia not too long after his term was out. Cameron Morrison lived longer after being Oov-rrnor than most chief executives ot his century, and died only a few years ago while on a vacation trip to Canada, but nearly thirty years after he served as chief executive. He did short term* In both the national House and Senate.

One explanation of the short Lfe tenure of former Governors I. that niMt of them are In at least middle life when they attain to the high office, end are. ol cour.e. (our years farther along the Journey by the time they retire. 'c

Perhaps, though, the demands and tension* of the responsibility

take their toll. There Is always something for a governor to be concerned about. Some of them allow it to worry them; perhaps most of them do.

Only two former Presidents of the United States aie still Uving. Herbert Hoover, now in his eighties, had his cares in office, but took things as they came. Harry Truman thrived on the Job as thoroughly as any man of the present generation. Actually, he teemed to enjoy It, and probably would get a genuine thrill In having another fling, d^pite his 75 years.

ELsenhower is moving on toward the end of his eight years, snd la ineligible for reelection. He wouldnt want it If he were. Very likely he will be the happiest man at the next inauguration. some eighteen months hence, when he can lay down the responsibility and pass the reins to hi* successor. His honeymoon in the White House lasted longer than that experienced by most Presidents. But he came down with a severe heart attack and later was forced to undergo furgery. Fortunately, he ha. apparently recovered from both.

Despite the exactions of such weighty responslbUlties as devolve upon a governor or a president. there are always those who covet these offices. The Jobs never go begging. There is an Incessant scramble for them. Even though the ambitious poll-Uclans know well what they will be confronted with.

But it is significan of these pinnacles of eminence that they do take their toll. Nevertheless, there Is a legacy of prominence and of service that can be left to one's children and grandchildren. and so on down the Une. A place In history is secure for those who ascend the steps to attain these goals of ambition.

sandy beach.

The word would spread and bathers congregated.

It was nothing unusual to be told on arrival that a gator or two was around: and sure enough, on looking, you-nnlght see a couple of black knobs floating off in the distance. The attitude then was that gators were more scared of humans than vice versa: so everybody played a policy of live and let live, . .we did our swimming on our side of the lake, they did their swimming on their side.

Alligators have been long known to have a taste for dogs.

William T. Tetterton (known as "Jack for some unfathomable reason), lives on West Fifth Street extension in Washington. Tranters Creek is about three-eighths of a mile behind his house.

Jack had a retriever who loved the water. . .would go swimming in the creek maybe two or three times dally.

About three weeks ago the dog returned from swimming with his hips and hind legs badly mangled. The dog had to be shot. Jack thinks an alligator was responsible.

There have been several reports of late about alligator* between Washington and Cboco-winity; but the news editor of the Washington Daily News says no reports of property damage attributable to gators have been heard.

Beyond having a taste for dogs, and being repugnant to look upon. there isnt much you can say against alligators. Not much you can say for them, either. They look coldly cruel, fierce and natural killers.

Maybe thats sufficient reason to kill them; but I Ju-st dont feel that strongly about that kind of a deal.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS RIGHT COMBINATION

Thorwaldsen, the great Danish sculptor, made a statue of Christ for a church in Copenhagen. He molded the statue with the head .i Christ raised imijerlously as the King of Kings.

But a.s the plaster dried, the head sank down upo^ the breast and Thorwaldsen realized that what he would ordinarily have considered a mislmp of great consequence turned out really to be a revelation of the tnie nature of that Jesus who had said, Learn of me for I am meek

.rase That Scow!.

By ED CREAGH

WASHINGTON (AP) Wipe that scowl off your face, willya?

Ive seen you scrunch past a million times, with your Ups clamped tight and your eyes like oncoming thunder.

You dont walk. You grind the pavement* beneath your feet.

You dont see people. You see potential pickpockets.

You dont live. You hate yourself into gritty dust.

Yes. its you Im talking about -- the you who cant bear the reflection of yourself in a store window.

Ive seen you In a hundred cities, clutching your little worries, stroking your petty grievances in to disasters.

Wise up, willya? Lifes too short for hatred. Ponder a minute on that old wheeze. Even if you live out yoqr three score and ten which you wont, at the rate youre using up your vital juices there isnt time or hatred.

Im watching you go past on the street as I sit here at a typewriter.

You dont look good, Youre gray, even when young although you probably were born old.

You wish all the time, to destination nowhere. Whats the hurry The grave will claim you soon enough, and the grass will grow unhurried to cover you.

Try strolling. Start earlier and take longer. Risk a smile now and then even a secret inward smile. Work up, or outward, to a smile at some total stranger. Even me. We wont understand. Well stop being saddened by the sight of you.

Try joy, young man with the clutched attache case. Try glory, too-soon-old gray lady with the hoarded purse. Honest, happiness is not a dirty word. The post office lets it go through the mails almost every day.

Joy, glory, happiness are your rightful legacy from God or your healthy heartbeat, if you still have onCi Unfrown. Unsnarl. Unzip your resentments. Love. The early Christians know the meaning of that. Whatever became of them, or of the Word?

Okay, its raining. Dont hunch your shoulders like a brooding hen. Walk in the rain. Strut in it. Youre waterproof. The worst that can happen to you is a head cold and a dry-cleaning Job Youll recover from both.

Slow down. Straighten up. This is your world. Enjoy it. Dont look down your nose at strangers: theyll only look back at you. Glare at the world as I Just saw you doing and it will snap at your heels.

So endeth todays sermon, which never would have happened if your reporter had not glimpsed himself in a store window mirror today, scowling, rushed, and ornery for no earthly reason, than pure unnecessary cussedness.

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and lowly in heart, and he shaU first rest unto your souls."

Although Jesus Christ Is King ot Kings, although all authority has been put In His hands, he ever remains humble and by His humility implements in the lives of men the eternal and loving purposes of God.

Jesus in His Sermon on the Mount declared that the meek shall inherit the earth. How many times without number that declaration has been verified. Everyone who has tried to own the earth and dominate its people has gone down to defeat. Those who i have served humanity in ths humble spirit of Christsuch as Francis of Assisi, David Livingstone, Father Damien. Albert Schweitzerare the worlds real heroes. Their heads arc not held high. They are bowed in humility and submission to Christ.

Sometimes we feel that we s' know a great deal. Maybe we do, and. again, maybe not. But whether we do or dont, let us remember that King of Kings and Lord of Lords, "Meek and lowly in heart,"

Offer Less Pay, Good 'Fringes

Bv ELMER ROES.SNER A corporation had this problem: Its condlUoo was shaky. Its best hope was to hire the executive vice president of the competitive company. He was getting 150,000 a year. The troubled company offered him $75,000 hut he declined. Said the in* creaue was peanuts after taxes.

So it called thi* department several times The first time >oiir correspondent was out, leaching an Italian chef how to make s better marinara sauce The .second time he was tied up rewriUng Uie rules (or Jai alai The third lime he was teaching Ca.ey Stengel how to talk double talk So the corporation hhed an^ other man If he had caught yotu* correspondent in, this i* what he would have suggested'

1. Cut the offer from iTS.OftO to S49 500. That will pique his interesli.

2. Explain that his new Job will involve managing Hie Florida office during December. COVER ALL OVER

3. Also iiudst he will have to take charge of the Parb of* flee in April, If Iheif I* no Part office, rent a suite in the Hotel du Serbie.

4. Explain that because of his position, he will have to meet people it the best club ih town and that hU dues and tabs will be a company expense

5. Advise him that it will be necessary tor him to ride in a company car with chauffeur, even though he prefers his 1h,'x) MO

KlRTHER RE.srONSlBILITIKJi

6 Let him know that he will be expected to entertain tmpoiT-sni prospect. at hk home and that therefore the company r piacing an tS-room mansion at hi* dipaal. wtth an operating bar, a barman, four servauts and

a swimming pool.

7 Let him know Uiat he mal become a beneficiary of the companys "split dollar" Insurance program, which will drop a lot ol split, tax free dollars in his or his widow' lap g Warn him he will be expected to spend .vorne time on the company's yacht, possibly entertsiln-in* guest i. Let hun know that a personal publicity man will be in attendance writing his speeches and getting mention in the trade press and .seeing that his name l.v spelled correctly.

li) Introduce him to the secretary you have hired for him. and tiptoe out of the room.

11. Explain that tlie company h*5 set up a private club and .H.at he will have to .serve a* piT,ident and thereby run further rusk of getting his name and picture in the paper.

DONT HOLD BACR

12 Then tell him about the stock option plan. Point out that it's no free gift; that hes got to get it |nd be a genius to make the stock worth more, but that if he turns that trick, he can make a million at capital gains tax rates.

1,1. Promise hun a. many windows to hia office and any thickness of carpet he desires If the boy isnt smart enough to realize that at a lower .alary he cwD have lot* more fun after taxes, he Isht the man for the Job.

Too bad I was out Might have laken the Job myself, ff.atherbeddin;,

NEW YORK STYl.E Gov. Nelson D. Rocekefeller of New York has signed a bill providing that every ship sailing up ihe Hudson River beyond Yonkers hire a licensed pilot, or pay the full fee to the firt pilot who aiXarm his ssrviCSA.