tAOi roimfHE OAD-y REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Thursday, July 23, 1959

Thursday, July 2S, 1959

Guest Editorial ,

When They Pass Out Medals

Savings In Time, Effort, Money

* Editor's note: The following editorial was prepated by Dr.

Ray Mingas, president of the Pitt County United Fund.

In years past, there have been a multiplicity campaign drives by organizations performing a service of educational, recreational, charitable, preventative, or health activities. Last year, The Pitt County United Fund,

Inc. was formed in an attempt to combine these many campaigns into one Fund Drive. It was felt that by such a consolidation of effort, necessary funds could be raised to take care of the social, health, recreational, and emergency charitable needs of our community with the greatest saving of Labor, Time, and Money.

Formation of the organization was not without Its problems. Due to a late start, time was limited. The numerous individual soliciting organizations had to be sold on "The United Way. However, for the greatest part, this was accomplished and the Pitt County United Fund, Inc. was formed. Only four local chapters of national fund drive organizations solicit-

Impressions At !?ress Gatherina

DR. R. D. MINGES

By LTNN NISBET

OPINIONS - A gathering of newspaper people from all parts of the state affords about as good cross section of opinion as can be found anywhere The editors not only have diverse personal opinions but they are trained in the art of digesting and evaluating opinions of others. Ttey are equally concerned with economic, political and social activities in their communities.

YiHir reporter talked with a number of attendants at the N.C. Press Association meeting last week and came out with these ideas of compofdte opinion:

The recent General Assembly dltot do as badly as some of the editors thought at time of its adjournment. There was keen disappointment at failure to get constitutional revision and court reform, but the effort in that direction was not wasted. Most of the editors wished more money could have been appropriated for public schools. The idea of no new tax levies was gratifying. The use of "windfall money from tax wlUibolding to balance the current budget is regarded as a "calculated risk* Majority opinion is that improving business will lessen the Impact of extra burden on the next legislature to replace the half-year loss in current revenue.

Several felt that some of the items included in the bcmd issue authorized by the Legislature probably should have been in the bonds submitted to vote of the pe<H>le. The $4.500.000 for a legislative building was most fre-tjuently mentioned in that conr iwetion.

GOVERNOR Perhaps the most interesting reaction was noted with respect to the upcoming race for Governor. Governor Hodges has retained his popularity with the newspaper folks, even at times when politicians and a number of business men were not in full sympathy with his program.

No particular enthusiasm was evidenced for any of the present^ ly active candidates to succeed him. It was suggested many times that maybe a strong candidate would emerge later, someone who has not been prominent In*pre-campaign speculation to date. That is where a very interesting element was injected Into the conversations.

By implication and inuendo, rather than by positive expres-slcm.t he idea was developed that maybe North Carolina does not need a really strong Governor with a vigorous new program for the next few years. It might be just as well to "ride the tide* and capitalize on the impetus given to state development during

the Hodges administration. Although by the end of his term December 31 next year Governor Hodges will have served longer than any chief executive under the present constitution, It is conceded that many of the plans he sponsored will not have been completed.

There Is precedent for this Idea. Much of the progress credited to the administration of Governor Cameron Morrison was effectuation of plans which Gov-ernorj Walter Bickett could not carry out because of World War I. The success of Governor Clyde Hoeys administration was due in large measure to his wisdom and ability to co-operate with the Federal government moving out of the depiesslon. and on the solid foundation laid by Governor Ehrlnghaus in depression years.

CONTINUOUS Governor Broughton was stopped from doing a great deal toward his aims because of World War II, but he held the line on stabihty of State government and paved the way for the progress credited to Governors Cherry and Scott. Governor William Umsteads illness and death prevented him from carrying out his plans, but Governor Hodges picked up his industrialization program and achieved outstanding success in effectuating and expanding it with his own added ideas.

Many of the editors and a lot of other people have expressed the opinion that this Is a good time to coast along for awhile. North Carolina has never had a weakling for Governor and does not want one now. It has often been said that it required more courage for Clyde Hoey to face realities of the situation confronting him and go along with the overall recovery program than it would have taken to promote his personal concepts. But in doing 80 he rendered highly valuable contribution to state progress.

NO STOOGE The-idea of continuing the basic Hodges development program does not contemplate acceptance of all his organization plans or a mere yes man or stooge as next chief executive. It Is apparent that some of the Hodges policies with respect to highways and overall administration are not popular and need revision. The next Governor and the Legislature can deal with these technical problems. The main point is that the State of North Carolina might fare better to go along for awhile on present basic concepts, rather than have another revolution so soon after the one led by Governor Luther Hodges. Fear was voiced that another such complete change In basic policy might disrupt the continuity of Congress which has made North Carolina grtat.

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ing in Pitt County failld to join. These local chapters were prevented from joining due to a ruling by their National Organization that local chapters are required to pat on independent campaigns. The United Fund of Pitt County hopes that in the not too distant future these local chapters will be able to work out an agreement with their national organization allowing them to become participating members of the Pitt County United Fund. Until this can be accomplished we hope their individual campaigns will continue to be supported.

To take care of strictly local needs, not taken care of by local chapters of State or National organizations, a Community Service Organization, for each of the fifteen townships of Pitt County, was formed and accepted as a participating member of the Pitt County United Fund, Ind*.

The first Pitt County United Fund campaign was then held in October 1958.dn spite of the rapidity of the forming of the organization, and the inadequacy of time for proper publicity and education of the people to the purpose of the organization, approximately $89,000.00 was raised. All participating members received enough financial support to carry on their work without curtailing Iheir programs.

We, in the United Fund, began immediately to work toward developing a truly realistic program for the year 1959-60. Letters to ail eligible organizations were sent out requesting participation the 1959-60 program.

On June 8, 1959, the Admissions and Budget Committee of the Pitt County United Fund began meeting with the different applicants and carefully studying proposed budgets for each of these organizations. Study was not only given to the needs of local chapters of state and national organizations, for each Community Service organization presented a tentative budget for support of strictly local needs.

A tmtative budget of $107,222.05 was set up for final approval by the Board of Directors of the Pitt County United Fund. Of this sum, it is estimated that more than 75% will be used right in Pitt County. After this budget is approved by the Board of Directors it will be published.

Those working in and with the Pitt County United Fund feel that this is the most logical and ec^ onoijrrtcal-vW'ay to support the many Fund Drive Or-ganizaiionk Through the programs of the Community Service OTganizations we hope to rapidly increase activities of moral and character building of the youth of our community, as well as gradually build toward a sounder social, health, and recreational program and give help to those in emergency need.

I feel that active participation in the United Fund is the quickest way for the citizens of our County to actually understand the over all needs of our entire community. Understanding is the biggest step toward solving these problems. Support your United Fund and build toward a bigger and better future for Pitt County.

Now Involvec.

"n Steel Disoute

By HENRY HOWARD

Nothing For The Boys

Just pondering, during the current season of debuts into society, how on earth the selective service in that field works. Seems like men have been left out altogether.

Of course, the womenfolks are well taken care of by being selected as Debutantes. It just seems as sort of a crime to so sorely neglect the other half.

Lets Inspect the methods of attaining such distinction in our fair state and review the possibi

lity of dragging certain sparkling elements of the male population into the limelight.

First of all, wed have to provide some type of nomenclature for the male creatures. We might call them something like Debonaires. That may be good enough: but perhaps we need something just a little more official-sounding or with more dramatic punch.

After some deliberation. It seems feasible to apply the name

Other Editors Saying ... Anniversary For Castro

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)The Eisenhower administration now that Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell has become a one-man fact-finderis directly involved in the steel dispute.

The administration seems still undecided whether it will get in deeper by making public the facts Mitchell finds. This is the latest development in one of the strangest series of events in American labor history.

Just a few hours before Mitchell stepped Into the picture he was reluctantand this is said on excellent authority to make any move the steel industry or the steel union could consider government intervention.

President Eisenhower, anxious to have the two sides settle the dispute through free collective bargaining, repeatedly has said he wanted to avoid anything which looked like government interference or pressure.

But his repeated warning to both sides to avoid an inflationary settlementmeaning one which resulted in an increase in steel priceswas in itself pressure and therefore intervention.

The industry rejected the unions wage demands on the ground that this added cost would compel the industry to raise prices, thus setting off an inflationary spiral. So the strike began last Wednesday.

At his June 17 news conferencewhen Eisenhower was asked if the government could bring out impartial figures on profits and wages so the people could understand the i&sues Elsenhower said this was the most intelligent suggestion he had heard on the subject and he would have it studied. In the end he decided against pulling the figures together for the public to see.

At his July 15 news conference he not only dismissed the Idea of setting up a fact-finding board but said: "I believe all the facts are pretty well known.

He said all the facts were contained In various government reports and statistics "so the facts are there and the public knows them, if they want to take the trouble to read them.

But the trouble was the public didnt know all the facts be

cause they are scattered throughout the government and not brought together for comparison. Therefore the public isnt in a position to read them.

As it turned out, Eisenhower apparently didnt know all the facts, either, for otherwise Mitchell would hardly have thought it necessary to announce he would become a one-man factfinder.

When he makes his investigation he will report to the President and after that, he said, it will be decided whether to make his findings public.

Mitchell is known to have expressed doubt that the collection of facts, as suggested by a reporter June 17, could be made public without certain segments of the figures being used to prove one side over the other in the steel case.

He also believed that any government action short of a genuine emergency could badly damage the process of free, collective bargaining.

How is Mitchell going about gathering his facts? "From the seat of my pants. he said. He win have various government agencies give him their facts, and he will go anywhere necessary to find others, he said.

The administration has been under growing pressure, particularly in Congress, to do something. Mitchells assumption of the one-man fact-finding role is apparently a compromise between two other steps that could be taken.

The Presidentif he considered the strike an emergency could set up a fact-finding board under the Taft-Hartley Act and force postponement of the strike for 80 days. But, since he sees no emergency now, this kind of board is out.

Or Elsenhower could do what President Trumah did in the 1949 steel dispute: not use T-H but set up a fact-finding board anyway. That board made recommendations which neither side had to accept but which both did accept generally in the end.

What has seemed obvious from the beginning in this case is an administration uncertainty on how to stay out but still get a settlement satisfactory to Eisenhower.

(Greensboro Dally News)

One year ago Fidel Castros youthful revolutionaries launched their first unsuccessful attack on Fulgencio Batistas forces in Santiago.

That attack now known as the 26th of July Movement began Cuba revolution.

But the men who start revolutions often sadly lack the qualities to institutionalize them. Fidel Castro, the intellectual, trigger-happy. emotional hero of the Cuban people, won the military contest with Batista. But he is far from winning the tedious, backbreaking job of governing which follows the military glory.

Batistas regime was corrupt. It deserved its fate.

But now Batista is gone, and the Castro government must prove its worthiness. The ability to govern is more difficult than the ability to fight. Castro is learning that to his sorrow.

At the heart of his trouble lies a revolutionary land reform program as ambitious and radical as anything attempted by Stalin. The motive behind this program may be w'orthy and humanitarian; but its effect is a sort of irresponsible Huey Long - type "share the wealth bitterly opposed not only by the wealthy landowners but also by the small managerial class, the shop owners and merchants.

Class war is fast swallowing up Cuba, Castros army has seized the big ranches of the central provinces, pending expropriation by the Agrarian Reform Institute. All opposition to Castros decisions is branded treason. A landowner who tried to make a radio speech opposing some of the expropriations in the western, tobacco-growing Pinar del Rio region found his path blocked by a crowd of 60 men wielding clubs.

In lengthy emotional radio and

TV speeches Castro has urged his peasant followers to converge on Havana for the first anniversary celebration of the 26th of July Movement next Sunday. Thousands of straw-hatted, machette-carrying Cubans are answering that call. All of this Is reminiscent of Juan and Evita Perons shirtless ones.

At the same time Castro retains Batista as a "whipping boy. When President Urrutia blasted reactionary forces in the U.S. for interfering in Cuban affairs but also denied that Communists were infiltrating Castros government, Castro blasted Urrutia and forced his resignation. In a quivering voice Castro criticized Urrutia for delaying land redistribution and then added:

"I am not a Communist and neither is the revolutionary movement, but we do not have to say we are anti-Communist just to fawn on foreign powers.

Castro may not be Communist. But some of his activities, if carried to conclusion, may out-Com-munlst the Communists.

Meanwhile tourists and foreign capital are deserting Cuba in droves. Castro is destroying Cubas economic stability in the name of reform. Once that economic stability has disappeared, whatever democratic Institutions remain will be next on the list.

A reformer turned dictator (by the nature of the political emergency) cannot tolerate opposition. Yet the more Castro attempts the use of naked force, the more opposition grows. Class war may become civil war; and Castro undoubtedly knows more about war than governing wisely.

The anniversary of the 26th of July Movement should be a day of happiness and thanksgiving for Cuba. Instead It could mark the creation of a dictatorship as repugnant as the one it overthrew.

Dukhobors. Now that sounds official enough, although the words meaning goes somewhat awry from our original intended purposes.

Dukhobors (well pronounce it "doo-ka-borz) are actually members of a certain religious sect booted out of Russia back in 1885, but well use the word because wholl know the difference at the Ball?

Having named them, we shaU be obligated to apply some orderly set of selection standards. Of course, we want OUR Dukhobors to be the very best Dukhobors anywhere!

One requirement for selection probably should be that Dukho-bor should be good looking.* This is undoubtedly a tough requirement for most of us to fill.

What this means is that the young man should be "appealing and, frankly, from this point of view, such a creature never existed. Well by-pass that requirement.

This leaves us to consider two main aspects: Wealth and Nobility.

Our Dukhobors must be at least considerably wealthy. This is imperative to facilitate the financing of each candidates week-long stay in our Capital City supplemented by Grand Balls in the State Fair Arena.

On the nobility side, we must consider even the tinyest twigs on the family trees of the great landed aristocracies. Naturally thisll be quite a task, since every tree has such a regular habit of producing countless numbers of twigs. Could be that all our males may turn out to be some sort of "twig.

Obviously, this whole plan could turn out to be too much of an ordeal, and what th* heck anyway? Who in the world wants to be a Dukhobor?

Quote...

"If railroad passenger service were facing possible extinction simply as a victim of progress, it would be no more a cause of general regret than the passing of the dinosaur, the dodo or the stagecoach. But the fact is that the railroads troubles are largely artificiallargely created for tiiem by the overlapping Federal and state agencies which regulate them with such relentless intimacy. This is done on the basis of the truly outmoded theory that railroads represent a monopoly of transportation.Wall Street Journal.

Actor

Wants

Change

By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP)Cary Grant has become a symbol of suave certainty and self-assurance to millions of movie-goers.

They might be surprised- to learn what his biggest interest is when he isnt lacing the cameras.

"Im interested in any kind of self improvement, said Grant, who rose from a stilt-walker and Coney Island barker to become one of the worlds top-paid film stars.

He feels that life for every man is a constant search for himself.

"You go from one plateau |q another, he said. "If a man every five years faithfully put down his views of life, love and the world, at the end of 20 years he would find a frightful mass of inconsistencies.

"People cannot stay the same. They change every second. They cant even stay the same in outward appearance.

The tall, handsome actor, visiting here, has learned one thing for sure about himself. Some 57 films in 33 years have given him no appetite for tragic parts. Hell leave Hamlet to others.

"You can make people cry very easy,* he remarked. "But it is much harder to make them laugh.

"Yet that is always what I wanted to do. I still do. I love my business, and I shall keep on doing it.

"If I can make people laugh, thats enough. It does some good.*

Grant is convinced that what defeats most people is "their own egoeswhich too often imprison them from new steps to knowledge.

"The biggest problem In the way of self-improvement is the ego_ones unwillingness to admit, even to ones self, ones own ignorance.

"You can never accomplish anything if you worry too much about staying in the same place.

"Like a ship, you cant stay at the same rotting pier. You have to go out into the harbor.*

What is the basic rule for self-improvement? Cary gave this answer;

First, you have to learn how to learn. You have to learn how to concentrate without distraction and how to apply the results of your concentration in any field of endeavor you choose."

Asked what had been the biggest handicap In his own self-improvement campaign. Grant suddenly dropped his serious look, and replied smiling:

"Running off at the mouth. If I had any true wisdom. I wouldnt have need to talk about Itto convince you or myself,*

Strength

For To(dav

By EARL L. DOUGLASS AT THE VERY CENTER

People sometimes think that when they have changed a form they have changed a fact.

Let us look at this a little more closely. We can sometimes change things superficial without in the least changing things fundamental. In the realm of character, we can even reform our conduct without in any way having changed the drift of an inconsequential or evil life. Much reform throughout history has been a superficial matter. Men have changed the outside without changing the insidethey have changed the form without getting the spirit and the content.

Getting right down to the world In which we live, we need always to ask ourselves what we are really working for. Are we trying to get something deep and significant accomplished, or are we simply Interested In Improving appearances? Are weto use a Biblical flgujrecleansing the outside of the cup and the platter and leaving the inside full of extortion and excess? Are we making a few adjustments in our behavior or are we really trying to bring about a change of heart? Are we changing our program or are we changing our mind?

Dont fall into the trap which Satan sets for the feet of many, namely, dallying with things superficial and letting things fundamental go undone.

Its our hearts which need to be changedwe ourselves at the center of our lives.

Other Values In Status Symbols

Opinions In Brief

"St. Pauls advice to his friends in Corinthcharity en-vieth not; charity vaunted not itself, is not puffed uphas seldom been more needed than it is today among the professional charity organizations of America. Christian Science Monitor.

25 group makes up only 14 per tent of all licen.scd drivers. The Tulsa Tribune.

"During 1988 drivers under 25 WSi:it.-i0^1yed in, If not actually reaponslble for, 27 per cent of all fatal accidents and more than 20 per cent of all accident.*; Injurii^K others. Yeb tlie under-

New York taxicab drivers are enraged over the 19 per cent tax on cab fares which went into effect a few days ago. The tax is pa.ssed on to the rider, but the cabbies feared that their patrons would take it out on them by holding back on tips. This fear appears to have been justified; one driver reported hi.s tips off 60 per cent. Alabama Jourijal.

By ELMER ROESSNER Novelists, analysts and college professors have worked themselves up Into a fine tizxy over "status symbols.

Whether a vice president has carpeting on his floor, how many windows a woman has in her office, whether a stenographer has a desk near a window or on an aisle, whether an administrator has his own secretary or must draw on a pool all these are status symbols and people clawing and knifing their way struggle for them mightily, they say.

Thats true.

' Corporate fledglings do contend mightily for keys to the executive mens room as vigo-roiuily as they vie for keys to the mens executive rooms. Secretaries boll over if some other one gets a mauve typewriter while they toil along with a grey one. Executives in charge of ab-i^encefs w'ill stay home if their name is not on their letterheads. THE OVERT AWARDS Meanwhile, other novelists.

analysts and professors have discovered that many executives and people on the way up prefer memberships in country clubs, stock option plans, entertainment expense accounts, seats on company planes, company in surance plans and assignments in Florida and Paris instead of cash raises.

That, too. is true.

Prom these two truths emerged one fiction, which said au-tors, analysts and professors are now bandying about as gospel.

It Is that it is better to reward men with status symbols such as parpeting and windows -f-than to Increase their pay.

Fish! Likewise, tush!

THE REAL MOTIVATIONS

Executives and others on the way up like to get their rewards in club memberships, stock options and foreign assignments because they are tax free or aimost so'. Its not status that tnakes a three-months tour In the London office so attractive; ll.s tho.se company-paid meals, hotel rcxims

and expense accounts.

Some people may be awed by intra-office status symbols, such as carpets and first pick of avail-ible blonde secretaries.

But the fact is that these status symbols are chiefly useful in getting tough Jobs done. The symbols impress not the holder but the people who report to him. A FEW EXAMPLES

Instance: A dynamic young executive struggling for months to get hLs ideas accepted by his own staff. He wrote memas and summoned subordinates, but got only token action. Then he arranged to have his office moved next to the prestdents. His staff immediately snapped to attention.

Instance: A secretary was curt to her boss. Instead of firing her, he got a rug for his office. She thereafter treated him with deference.

Instance; A shirt-sleeve type boss put his desk in the middle of the main work room. Employees were friendly and fairly respectful. But they did everything their own way. He moved

into a private office, barricaded by two receptionists and a secretary and sees people only by appointment. Things are now done his way.

The conclusion is that fringe benefits and status symbols are important, but that the main drlv- . ing force In business today is still the old take-home moola. ONLY PEARLY GATES STILL FREE OF ADS

Everything is a medium for advertisers.

A Philadelphia agency has developed a plan whereby liter-atuie or premiums is put into shopping bags at supermarket checkouts. A paper mill is selling advertising space on its paper napkins. A new shopping, bag doubles as a shopping list, on which advertisers can have names of their own products printed. A candy manufacturer is offering space for 16-letter messages on mints which remain legible until the candy is dissolved. Another company is offering metal advertisements to be affixed to outdoor waste receptacles.