PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C

Saturday. August 1. 1959

Saturday. August 1, 1959

But Work At Home Is Still Undone

While We Worry About East-West Blowups

Few people in North Carolina question the value which has been derived from the extended trip by Gov. Hodges to the Soviet Union with stops on the return trip in California, New York and Washington.

Neither do people question the value of the governors trip to the National Governors Conference in Puerto Rico after a few hours stopover in Raleigh.

There are, however, a good many people who question the relative value of this extended traveling by Gov. Hodges compared with state affairs which need the attention of the Chief Executive.

Gov. Hodges left North Carolina for his trip to Russia immediately after the 1959 General Assembly adjourned on June 20. Although he has received numerous reports and files from his office since that time, he has not been back in North Carolina for more than a month until Friday. After a few hours here, and a meeting with the Council of State, he was off again.

There probably couldnt have been a worse time for the governor to be away for such an extended trip. Loose ends that were left dangling when the legislature adjourned are still dangling. Appointments which were postponed during the first part of the year because the legislature was in session still have have not been made in spite of the time which has elapsed.

The strike situation at Henderson which took so much of Gov. Hodges time during the latter part of the legislative session has changed considerably since the governor left North Carolina, but National Guardsmen are still on duty there and the states taxpayers are continuing to foot a big bill which_may not be necessary.

Numerous other matters which should have been taken care of and normally w'ould have been taken care of during this period have of necessity gone with-

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Dr. Robert Collins, a research cichtist with the DuPont operation at Kinston, delivered a talk to the Rocky Mount Kiwanis club last week. The Rocky Mount Telegram used the talk as basis for its lead editorial Sunday. Despite a few purely local references the comments of Dr. Collins and the editor are apropos to the whole industrial pr(Hnotion program. Prom here on we let the editor write this column;

Why is industry moving to the South? No, its not so-called cheap labor, as some charge, but available labor, the well known scientist explained. Dr. Collins further clarified his answer by paying tribute to the type of personnel available in the Southmen and women who are intelligent and who are willing to put in days work for a days pay. The southward movement of industry is giving assurance that Tar Hells are wanted at home. We have been sending the flower of our youth to other sections of the country to seek their fortune. That has occurred after North Carolina educational institutions have helped prepare them for their life work. We are the poorer for their leaving in more ways than one. North Carolina can ill afford to be deprived of their talents. The new look on the Tar Hell industrial front should keep many of these fine men and women at home.

What must a community do In order to attract industry? Again Dr. Collins offered the answer as he explained what had been needed in Kinston for the DuPont operation.

Kinston has doubled in area since Dupont arrived: population has jumped from 18,000 to 26,000; many new homes have been built to take csu-e of the new citizens; the town has opened its doors to the DuPont people to become affiliated with all phases of community activity: new

schools have been built; utilities have been boosted: fire and police protection have been strengthened; and a positive community spirit has been en-genedered.

Purthermore, Dr. Collins told the Kiwanians that a grading system has been established for communities where it is applied as a sort of yardstick for an industry to use in measuring

an area before moving in. He didnt specifically outline the points considered in arriving at the correct formula. He didnt need to. It was evident that those things which Kinston has done and which every commun ity should be willing to do are regarded by industry as indLs-pensable for a successful operation.

Rocky Mount wants new industry, or at least we say we w'ant new industry. Are we willing to pay the price? If it becomes mandatory in order to get new industry for us to perhaps double the tax rate; cough up half a million dollars for a sewer line look what a time wreve been having in trying to get a sewer line to the college site); toss our municipal power station in the river; maybe excuse some taxes on a piece of property that could be made available at reasonable price; and really go all out in order to being a big industry herewould we do it? But those may be some of the things that would be required of us if we were to get into the big timeeven if we are to stay in the running w'ith our Eastern Carolina neighbors.

Weve got to think big. forget petty jealousies, make sacrifices yes, and perhaps eat crow, too, too, on occasionif w e expect to share industrys southward trek. . .We need not throw up possibility that we already have our hands and bemoan the possibility that we already have lost out or missed the boat. That certainly is not true, not when w'e have the word from such men as the DuPont specialist that the chemical industry alone, which has moved one third of its assets into the South since 1950, still expects to increase its migration to one-half its total operation in the South by 1965.

out the immediate attention of the governor.

Gov. Hodges trip to Russia was important to the nation arid also of importance to North Carolina. His return via the W.est Coast and then to New York where he plugged the state's development program also were of importance to North Carolina.

The fact remains, however, that important matters at home have had to go unattended because of the extended trip.

First Poll Should Be Followed By Others

Editor Henry Belk of the Goldsboro News-Argus came up with some interesting results in his poll of Tar Heel newspaper editors to determine which candidates, in the opinion of the editors, Were front runners for governor of North Carolina and for the Presidential nomination.

Sixty-two per cent of the editors replying to the poll said Terry Sanford of Fayetteville appeared to be leading in the gubernatorial rac at the present time., John Larkins of Trenton ran a poor second with only 15 per cent of the editors feeling that he was leading in the race and Lt. Gov. Luther Earnhardt could garner only nine per cent of the votes in the poll. House Speaker Addison Hewlett seemed to be running ahead of other candidates in the opinion of only eight per cent of the editors polled.

Arm chair political strategists w'ho would attempt to analyze the results of the poll among newspaper editors should keep in mind that the question asked the editors was not who they favored for the office, but who, in their opinion, appeared to be gaining the most support for the ofce. The result of the poll doesnt necessarily indicate the personal preference of the editors from all over the state, and neither does it indicate how much editorial support the individual candidates will get from various newspapers when the campaign gets rolling next spring.

The same thing would apply to the opinion of the editors concerning the leading contenders for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Sen. Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Symington appear to be running neck-and-neck for the nomination in the opinion of some 89 Tar Heel editors wnth Kennedy having a slight edge at the moment.

We trust Editor Belk will follow up this initial poll with another or perhaps .several more between now and next spring. It will be interesting to see how much if any change is indicated in way the candidates stack up. After all, primary time in North Carolina is still 10 months away, and in the words of veteran political observers, interest in politics, like the sap in the trees, doesnt really .start rising until spring.

By DON SCHLIENZ

McNaught Syndicate, Inc

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With my vacation starting sometime this afternoon, it seems a dirty trick for the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development to have mailed us a copy of their new Variety Vacationland book just the other day.

If it had been planned, they couldn't have put my wl^k of resting in the shade of our cottonwood trees in a worse light. An Imaginative person could make more interesting comment on what Im not going to do in the week ahead, than on the planned agenda.

This Variety Vacationland

bookIncludes 101 pictures in full color of places in North Carolina I am not going to see and things Im not going to do.

Theres a .scenic vista from the crest of Mount Mitchell which invites contemplation; and a nx-k-.strewm mountain stream is the subject of another camera view that holds promise of rainbow and brown trout.

Other colorful panoramas include the overlook at Newfound Gap and on Clingmans Dome. A full page illustration of a watermelon-cutting on Roan Mountain do pretty girls go with all these sightseeing spots?;

Background To Tecent History

Other Editors Saying... ADDointment A Reminder

The foregoing editorial emphasizes what the official State industrial proriioters have contended for years, that a favorable economic and social climate is one of the most important considerations in selecting new locations. Many of the disappointing failures experienced by new industries have been due largely to the fact that the community was not prepared for the type of industry it obtained. Part of the blame must rest on the industry for moving in before making sure the total climate was congenial.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)Why did President Eisenhower decide to seek the presidency in 1952? One main reason was to beat President Truman whose re-election, he felt, would be bad for the country. As it turned out, Truman didnt run.

This piece of American history and all that followsexcept for background material in parenthesescan be stated on high authority as an accurate presentation of some of Eisenhowers views.

Besides his feelings about Trumans administration, Eisenhower had been persuaded to run because he had certain ideas w ith respect to the relationship between the federal government and the states. He is still not happy about that relationship.

Two of Eisenhower's chief political adviserswhile he was still commander of the NATO forces in Europewere New Yorks Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge (R-Mass>.

They told him Truman would try for a second full term and that only he, Eisenhower, could beat him. And he had become persuaded that re-election of Truman would not be good.

But by the time it became apparent Tniman would not run again, Eisenhower felt his own political career was well launched and there was no way to withdraw.

Eisenhower seemed pretty well up to hi.s neck in politics at the beginning of the 1952 presidential year.

On Jan. 7, while Truman w'as .still undecided about running, Eisenhower not only disclosed he was a Republican but indicated he would try for the presidency if he received a clearcut call to political duty. This meant if the Republican convention the following summer chose him.

In that same niontlb while he

was stiU at NATO, he said: Under no circumstances will I ask relief from this assignment in order to seek nomination.

But Lodge had entered him in the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, which he won March 18, beating Sen, Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio). In the same states Democratic pri-Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn) beat Truman.

Eleven days after being beaten in New Hampshire, Truman announced he would not run again. Four days after that, on April 2, Eisenhower asked to be relieved of his NATO command by June 1. He came back then and campaigned for the nomination.

What about Eisenhowers reasons for seeking a second term in 1956?

He felt there were certain objectives related to his philosophy of government the relationship between government and the individualwhich he wanted to- see carried out.

He was fearful the Democrats would nominate and elect a candidate who represented an opposite philosophy and he had been told that only he could be assured of winning in 1956.

Looking back on his decision to run for a second term, it can be said he is glad none of several other people got the presidency. This writer does not know what people he has In mind.

But Eisenhower feels deeply disappointed by the dlffioulty and failure to work out any significant redress of balance of federal and state functions which he tried to initiate at a conference of governors.

He found that the governors talked loudly of wanting to recapture states right but were reluctant to do anything about it because hey were unwilling to take on the burden of higher state taxes that might be involved.

(Kinston Free Press)

The appointment of Hon. Algernon L. Butler of Clinton to be Federal District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina brings to mind some recollections of an attempt to secure the appointment for his distinguished father. Hon. George Butler back in the Calvin Coolidge Administration.

It was when Judge Henry Connor. Democrat of Wilson who had served with distinction died that a group of citizens went to Washington in behalf of Major Butler.

It was realized by the Democrats of the district that it was no use to undertake to get another Democrat appointed to succeed Judge Connor, so agree-men was reached to support Major Butler who had been active in various civic and community undertakings as well as in his profession. A nonpartisan committee was named consisting of about 40 citizens of Eastern Carolina and some from other sections. The late Judge Vernon Cowper of Kinston, who at the time was the chairman of the State Democratic Committee it was before he had taken a place on the Superior Court Benchand the State Republican chairman headed the delegation. The writer was asked to represent the general business and citizens group of the section. We went to Washington spent about 40 minutes in President Coolidges office urging the appointment of Major Butler. We had no inkling of any plans in the making for the appointment. The President was frank in the customary Coolidge brevity style.

He said Thank you gentlemen We left after being thanked by the Presidents ONE secretary at that time Bascomb Slemp and went over to the Attorney Generals office. We were received with hand shaking and back slapping and after spending sometime outlining the fitness and qualifications of Major Butler we left the Attorney Generals office and when we reached the street some members of the delegation purchased from a nearby news stand a copy of the afternoon edition of the Washington Star. On the front page was the announcement of the appointment of the late Judge Ike Mee-kins of Elizabeth City. Not a word or hint had been given to the delegation that the appointment had already been decided upon and actually made. We had gone up the hill and we descended as gracefully as possible.

This anecdote though true in every detail is a preface to a word commending President Eisenhowers selection of the distinguished son of a distinguished father. While we dont know personally the appointee we served on many committees with his father and from all reports he is a chip off the old block. We are confident that he will make the grade and serve with distinction.

Incidentally he is suscceeding one of the ablest judges wlxo has sat on any bench in North Carolina in the present century, the Hon, Don Gilliam of Tar boro who was forced to relinquish his place on account of 111 health.

We wish for Mr. Butler prompt confirmation of his appointment and long and useful service.

and shots of Fontana Dam, the outdoor drama Horn in the West and the Unto These Hills spectacular are on other

pages.

Whitewater Falls, and black hears on the highway in the Great Smoky Mountains provide still more things no Har Heel can afford to miss.

And while my preoccupation thus far has been wlth the mountains, the re.st of the States vacationiands arent overlooked in the book.

Fort Macon and the Ocracoke Lighthouse rate pictures, as do the various beach sites along the coast. . . . again, liberally sprinkled with pretty girls. The Southeasts azalea season, the festivals and Tryon Palace; Old Salem, the Museum of Art, Bllt-more Hou.se and Orton Mansion are all represented. One could go on and on.

And every so often those pictures include pretty girls or an angler catching fish. It makes one wish .such things could be guaranteed bonuses along the vacation trail,

As previously mentioned. Im seeing none of those fabulous North Carolina treasures this summer. This time wC stay home.

The allures of travel and .scenic beauty are taking a back-.seat to such things as giving the pooch an overdue bath, polishing the family chariot, trimming the grass, putting up some shelves In the tool shed, maybe a picnic, a little swimming, and theres talk of a quick trip to see a ballgame.

But if you want a handy reference of where to go and what to see in the Old North State, write the Dept, of C&D, Advertising Division, in Raleigh . . . and ask for a free copy of their new Variety Vacationland book. Itll open your eyes to some things youve missed.

And If you cant see them all this year; pardner, youve got other years!

Its long been my opinion that while its fine to lure out-of-staters to see our North Carolina beauty spots, the biggest market for tourism is right here among our own people who are more inclined to look to distant horizon.s in holiday-tripping, or get into an overly-familiar rut in their outings.

Weve got everything.

Paying

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By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) Looking for a sense of security? Bandleader Ted S^le gives a tip.

Get Interested in something besides your job, he advises. Develop a hobbyand make it pay.

This outside security even helps you in your career by giving you more peace of mind. It has worked for me. I have been 25 years in show business, and I have never been out of a job.

Steele, once a $65-a-month NBC page boy. now is in the six-figure income bracket. An all-around performer, he has writen some 30 songs, foade more than 100 recordings,

A vocalist, pianist and organist as well as a bandleader, he also doubles as an emcee and newscaster. Ted currently carries one of the heaviest schedules in the radio-TV field. He is on the air 25 hours a week.

But he has always believed in having something outside* working for him. For years he ran a 300-acre i dairy farm^ in Bucks County, Pa. He solJ it w'hen hired hands became too hard to find.

Now he operates two pet shops on the East Side here.

Between entertainment chores Steele likes to visit his shops, which stock everything from 5-cent guppies to $500 white poodles.

He finds it relaxingand profitableto spend an hour or so each day in this small world of singing mulescanaries crossed with wild goldfinches; kissing gouramisfish from Honolulu, and black Japanese waltzing mice.

The pet shops give me an added feeling of security, too, he says. I know that, if I had to.

I could make a living from them.

Ted numbers among his clients doctors, dentists, many society notables, and such entertainment figures as Anna Magnani, June Valli. Carol Haney and Lloyd Nolan.

Pets with wealthy owners today live in a special world of privilege. Some dogs arrive in chauffeur-driven cars for a beauty treatment that can cost up to $25.

White poodles who like to wear toenail polish now have a choice of more than a dozen colors. The canine set also can put on tha dog with its own tuxedo collars, top hats, ankle bracelets, necklaces and cashmere sweaters.

Many of the dogs have better wardrobes than their mistresses, said Steele.

Steele says his accountant is still grumbling over his decision to go Into the pet business.

He thought if I needed an outside interest I should get interested In telephone stocks.

But telephone stock canf lick you in the face when you're feeling low.

Opinions n Brie::

It would be a good thing If personnel directors everywhere would just remember that a mans age is only a measure of how long he has lived.Chapel Hill Weekly.

Not being able to understand women wouldnt be so bad if they didnt understand men. Wall Street Journal.

Of course there are bigger things than money. For example, bills. Des Moines Tribune.

A recent political announcement in Nashville, Tenn., ought to stop all the clocks for a while. Sanders Anglea, candidate for vice mayor of Nashville. says his friends have not prevailed upon him to run; he has not been told the city needs his services; his canldacy en tails no personal sacri]^ wants the Job.Raleigh (

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOlGLAS.S YOU MAY BE AMAZED

Sometimes it seems as if everybody in the world uses liquor In some form

Such a conclusion is a great mistake. There are a number of religious bodies in this country and the world which will not permit drinking among its members. There are thousands of very distinguished people who move in sophisticated society and yet who never take a drink. One of Uie most amazing things Is to encounter such distinguished people and hear what they have to .say,

Cary Grant Is quoted as say-iini: Tm a little'tired of that .subject <cuniinrnt.s on his good health'. I riotffeel that I'm particularly hcajthy. I just don't

drmk or smoke. Yes, I used to. But why should I put poison into my body? It isnt that I take such good- care of myself. Its more that a lot of people dont take any care of themselves, About one-third of the adult population of the United States never drink alcoholic beverages of any kind. Are you amazed? You would be more amazed if vou knew how many people who receive a great deal of worldly applause have no use whatsoever tor liquor. They just dont feel that it is right for them to poison themselves.

total abstinence Is not a Ptui-tanical attitude. It Is fir.st of all good common a'li.se. It be-come.s souiiid morality when it becomes a part of our cliaractcr, when it undergirds our convictions and policies.

By EL.MER ROESSNER

The biggest industry in the United States is not steel but taxes.

The steel Industry*! gro.ss income. before the strike, was around $12.5 billion a year. The gross Intake of Federal taxing agencies in the year ended June 30 was $68 billion. Slate and local collections brought the grand total up to more than $1(K) billion.

In terms of employees, the industries axe closer together.

There arc about 500,000 steel employees. The Treasury employs about 80.000. State and local governments employ about the same.

In addition, a large part of the nations 400,000 auditors and accountants work almost entirely on tax matters; so does a smaller share of its 200,000 lawyers and judges. ^

In additiqn, there are thou.sand.s of clerical workers, tax advisors, .statisticians and other specialists earning a lining in the tax industryto say nothing of wardens and jailers.

RELATED INDUSTRIES

The tax Industry doesnt end there. There are scores of tax reporting services, each enTploy-ing large staffs and collecting fat fees for reports on tax legislation and tips on how to escape some levies. There is a vast tax publishing business, producing books, forms, newsletters, etc., for the tax industry.

In addition, there are biusiness consultants, writers, tipsters, informers, analy.sts, Congre.ssional employees and others making livings out of taxes.

This, of course, refers only to those working in the tax fields as laborers and supervisors; it does not include those who are simply supported by taxes. That is another .story.

EDUCATION

The fact that such a sizable portion of the population works in the tax indu.stry .suggests that the educational authorities of the nation have neglected an important sphere.

Taxation Is an important subject in law and accounting col-

of COIirsa UmI ii iU nCk.

glected in mast other schools of higher education. This is a 'grave situation. Colleges may spend thousands of dollars educating a writer who will lose most of hisRoyalties because he has not taught how to spread them over a number of years; or educating an engineer who will become a public charge because he did not know how to convert his discoveries into capital assets.

A few high schools have started courses in filling tax forms,p but these teach blind following of forms, rather than the more popular and profitable phases of tax avcddance. It is possible that those who get As in these tax courses will end up on relief. while those who flunk will be the capital-galns millionaires of 1979,

START E.M EARLY

Tax lessons should start with the three Rsright in-the first grade. Toddlers might be educated in the facts of life by imposing an absentee tax, or a leave-the-room levy upon them. Rv *h a viMinester i$ |R

the fifth grade, he should know enough to fill out his income tax form; by the time he #5 In the first year of high school he should be able to convert income into capitals gains, and by the time he enters college he should be able to negotiate a tax-loss merger.

Only when such courses are established wUl the graduates he able to cope with life as it really is.

If there had been such courses in schools, would Joe Louis be constantly set upon by a pack of Federal tax terriers today? Or would Bud Abbott be forced to start a new career just at the time he expected to re-the?

SWEETNESS. NOT BIGNESS, OUR ALMOND GOAL

Russia may produce the biggest hams in the world, but the United States la tiylng to produce the smallest almond. Seems as if the candy industry wants tiny almonds, and Department of Agriculture scientists are trying to produce a sturdy tree that yields small almoncU eoflsistaetii

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