FACK i^nimiTTt DAILY RETLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Saturday, September 12, 1959

Eaturday September 12, 1969

Bell The Cat

No Principles Will Be Sacrificed

With Soviet Premier Khrushchevs visit to the IJwted States only three days away, President Eisen-Eawer has made it clear to American citizens, our allies around the world and to the Soviets that the United States will sacrifice no principles of the free w^rld in an effort to reach ground which would pave the way for^a summit conference to relieve international tension.

The firm manner in which the President reiterated the position of the Free World in respect to inroads hy Communism should make it clear to Khrushchev iifd his associates have failed in driving a wedge between the Western allies. Neither will it offer the Soviets an opportunity for gaining ground from the major western nations at the expense of smaller nations in any part of the globe.

- President Eisenhower, in short, has stated clearly he is ready and willing to discuss the causes of World tension with Khrushchev, but he is not ready to make any major concessions on the part of the United States or its allies. He is hoping the discussion will lead to summit talks that can clear away some of the obstacles to a more permanent world peace, but he is not willing to sacrifice the Western position in order to mure such talks.

By reiterating the position of the United States on

Continuity For party Records

man of record. He wajs succeeded for the 1908 campaign by Hugh G. Chatham of Elkin. Chatham was followed by A.H. Eller of Winston-Salem in 1910, who was succeeded by Charles A. Webb of Asheville for two years.

Thomas D. Warren of New Bern took over in 1914 and continued until succeeded by J.D. Norwood of Salisbury in 1920. John G. Dawson of Kinston was chairman from 1924 through 1927. The N&O Yearbook lists Dennis G. Brummitt of Oxi<M*d as chairman in 1928, but the Brummitt biography in the State Manual does not mention that service, and he did not handle the 1928 fall campaign. Brunmiitt apparently held the post the for a few months between campaigns, as did W.P. Horton 20 years later between the 1946 and 1948 elections.

Odus M. Mull of Shelby wa.s named chairman in 1928, handled that general election campaign (the A1 Smith debacle) and the one in 1930. He was followed in 1932 by Wallace Winborne of Marion, who continued until a> pointed to the Supreme Court in 1937.

Chairman Mull originated the idea of the congressional district rallies, but it was Chairman Winborne in 1932 who put the practice into general use as it has been followed ever since.

When Winborne was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1937 he was followed by Gregg Cherry of Gastonia, who served until Emery B. Denny of Gastonia was named in 1940. Denny was appointed to the Supreme Court the following year, and Monroe Redden of Hendersonville wsus named party chairman. Redden handled the 1942 election campaign and was succeeded in the summer of 1944 by William Um-stead, who managed the campaigns of 1944 and 1946. He resigned in 1947, after having been appointed to the U.S. Senate, and W.P. Horton of Pittsboro was named in his place.

Horton was replaced in 1948 by Capus Waynick. Waynick was appointed a few months later as ambassador to Nicaragua, and Everett Jordan of Saxapahaw was chosen as chairman. Jordan served through the 1950 and 1952 campaigns. In 1954 he switched to National Committeeman and John D. Larkins Jr. of Trenton became party chairman. Larkins held the post through the 1954 and 1956 elections. Before the 1958 election Jordan had been appointed to the U.S. Senate, resigned as National Committeeman, Larkins was recommended for that post, and Woodrow Jones of Rutherfordton was named State chairman. Jones directed the 1958 general election campaign, is now on the job as chairman, and barring unexpected developments will continue at least until after the J960 convention.

, ^ By LYNN NISBET - DEMOCRATSNineteen men *^ave served as chairman of the BU4 Democratic Executive Xonunittee since the turn of the ^Btury, according to Uie best ItviUable information. Reliable ^ords in the State Democratic t^dQuarters go back less than SO years. Prior to the early 40s Bo permanent records were kept. Saeh biennial election campaign Was vkgually a de novo proceeding. When a chairman re~ 0red auch x^ords as were deemed worth preserving were re-ipirded as his personal property. W were stored in some place *ldthout indexing and presmete later destroyed.

During the 1944 campaign C3iairman William Umstead pur-hased some filing cabinets (pre-^iottdy they had been borrowed leased fen* the duration), and after the election he rented a room in which to store the recordsbut without anybody in charge. It was not until 1950, when Everett Jordan was chairman, that a permanent office with an almost full-time person in charge was established in the Sir Walter Hotel. Since then, under supervision of Mrs. Elisabeth <W. P.) Johnston, there has been continuity and correlation in the record trf Democratic party activities, including the biennial election campaigns. Jef-ferson-Jackson dinners, and other matters (such as nominations for the county boards of electicm) for which responsibility is imposed upon the State chairman by statute or by party rules.

Except for extra help on special occasions, Mrs. Johnston has constituted the *'staff of DemocraUe State headquarters. The Executive Committee in 1952 authorized appointment of a full-time assistant to the chairman, who would serve as a field representative, but that XK)siti(Hi has never been filled-

CHAIRMENWhen your reporter was asked the other day by a young friend to tell him who was chairman in a certain year, he thought it would be easy to find the answer. Knowing that the old records, he visited the State UlMary, the Supreme Ckmrt Library and the News and Observer offices. He discovered that many volumes of the North Carolhia Tearbo<^. published for 40 years or more by N&O, were missing from all the shelves. The official State Manual did not begin listing political party committees and officials until 1941.

From all available documentary Information, (except exhaustive check of newspaper files), supplemented by personal recollections of oldtimers, the following list of chairmen has been compiledand is believed to be accurate.

Piimifold M. Simmons was named chairman in 1892 and served through succeeding campaigns Including that of 1906 the longest tenure of any chair-

fhe eve of Premier Khrushchevs visit, the President has put his cards on the.table. He spoke with full assurance of the backing of the other Western nations and he has made it clear that the WevSt in the forthcoming talks will talk from a position of unity and strength rather than frorm a position of uncertainty and weakness.

Only if the West maintains such a position can it hope to make any genuine advances toward easing world tension in this or any consequent discussions with Soviet officials.

True Leader Of N. C. Press In Miss Bea

The death of Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of the Morganton News-Herald and for 37 years secretary of the North Carolina Pre.ss Association, takes from the newspaper circles of the^state one of its true leaders and one of the most beloved pers^^nalities it has ever known.

Miss Bea, as she was known to c.d and young alike associated with newspapers from the mountains to the coast, was active and aggressive at the age of 70 as she had been throughout her new'spaper career which began in 1916. Less than a week before her death early Friday she had returned from a trip to England.

Miss Bea afforded North Carolina leadership not only in the newspaper field, but also in the field of government and politics, having serv'ed the Democratic party of the state as National Committeewoman for 18 years before she resigned from that post in 1952. For many years she had been active in civic and charity projects of local, state and regional nature.

Throughout her long career as a newspaper publisher and as secretary of the stato press association she contributed immeasurably to the building of better newspapers for the people of North Carolina. Her death brings to a close one of the most constructive journalistic careers the state has known in several decades.

Someday WeL Xnow The Score

By DON SCHLIENZ

The Change Is Underwoy

It all happened so suddenly. . . youd wonder just when the change began. But there's no getting around the iact that summers end is in sight.

Those days of looking out at the

motionless, leaf-bright greenery of trees have ended. Now the leaves, though still green, have darkened: and the rustle with tentative breezes that are mildly cool is for real. No more days

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)THIS IS THE KIND OF STORY YOU CAN PASTE IN A DRESSER DRAWER AND LOOK AT IT YEARS FROM NOW TO SEE WHO WAS RIGHT: President Elsenhower or Sen. William Fulbright, Arkansas Democrat?

The TV talk Eisenhower made to the nation Thursday night on his discussions next week with Premier Nikita Khrushchev came one day after Fulbright made a stinging attack on him. Fulbright is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

There wasnt any real news in the Presidents talk: Hes going to confer with Klirushchev on world problems. He talked mostly in generalities, and what he said had been reported before.

He could not be expected, of course, to show his hand if ne is holding any cards to use on Khrushchev. He know^s the w'hole Western w^orld, now more than ever, is looking to him for leadership.

But it was the quality of that leadership w^hich Fulbright questioned, even though Eisenhower in 1959 has shown an increasingly active leadershhip at home and abroad.

Fulbright, in a speech Wednesday, accused Eisenhower of timidity. Fulbrights statements can be summed up this way:

1. He thinks this country is doing far less than it shouldin the way of work and greater sacrificesto achieve its maximum strength in dealing with the Soviet Union and the cold war.

2. He said Eisenhower has been feeding the nation tranquiliz-ing pills instead of using the full power of his office and prestige to get the maximum effort from Congress and the people.

The senator complained it Ls nonsense to say we cannot afford to do anything this country wants to do or should do. Here are some of the things Fulbright think.s need doing:

Spend a great deal on public school education: arm ourselves better; put foreign de

velopment loans on a long-term basis. He cited the steel strike as an example of wasted American resources and manpower.

He said that if this country undertook to do all the things he thinks are necessary the Kremlin would be a great deal more impressed than it is likely to be by evidence of our determination to balance the budget.

Eisenhower himself, in private talks, has mentioned the need for greater American work to compete with the Soviets whose long hours and national dedication have impressed him. But he hasnt called publicly for it.

Fulbrights ccmplaint is that Eisenhow'er doesnt have enough confidence in the American peoples willingness to work and sacrifice.

There is no doubt that Eisenhower. in his desire to keep down spending, has deliberately refrained from calling on Congress or the people for anything approaching all-out effort in work, spending, taxes, or production.

Fulbright particularly complained that Eisenhower has failed to use his prestige to get from Congress the full arsenal of means he needs if Americas purposes are to be successfully advanced around the world.

But Fulbright in turn failed to complain about his own Democrats in Congress where they overwhelmingly outnumber the Republicans and could have asserted leadership if they didnt think Eisenhower was providing it.

Instead, they followed the President meekly, despite occasional bleating that he w^asnt thinking in big enough or broad enough terms.

To sum up for future reference:

Eisenhower insists he knows what hes doing and the programs he asked for are sufficient in the cold war duel W'hich will get tougher as the Soviet Union gets increasingly stronger, militarily and economically.

Fulbright says hes doing far less than enough.

Other Editors Saying... A Real Deterrent?

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Is capital punishment a real deterrent to crime? Some will say it is, and others just as strongly will say that it is not.

Many studies have been made on various crime subjects. But w'e have not seen any comparison of crime statistics between states which have capital punishment and those who do not. Such a comparison would make interesting and informative reading.

North Carolina has capital punishment. Michigan is one state which does not. Does the fact that North Carolina has capital punishment tend to keep our major crime rate down? Or does the fact that Michigan does not put a man to death tend to encourage more major crimes there?

We do not have the answers to these questions. Perhaps sometime a study in comparison will be made if one is not now available.

When a man goes before the bar of justice and is found guilty of a crime, three factors enter into justice in the case. First of all there is punishment. Then if the defendant is not sentenced to death, there is the matter of rehabilitation. Then thirdly, there is the matter of preventing others from committing the same crime by causing the sentence itself to be a deterrent factor.

If through severity of punishment. others can be halted in their ways of crime, then justice has served a real purpose. If the lightness of the sentence is such that others may look upon it and feel that commission of the crime is worth the sentence involved. then they too. may be tempted to do the same thing.

We cannot determine what is in a mans mind. In Michigan every man committing a crime has the three factors to face. He knows in advance of committing the crime that he will not be sent to his death. He knows that if be Ls found guilty,

he will be sentenced to prison where punishment and rehabilitation begin. And if he faces a stiff sentence, that fact might serve as the deterring factor. But again this is certainly debatable.

If North Carolina does remove the death sentence in capital crimes, can we expect an increasing crime prevalence? It is quite possible that such will be the case. Yet, in recent years in our own state, we are witnessing an attitude among the general public to abolish capital punishment. And from what we have read there is a growing tendency all over the nation to do the same.

We surely cannot compare Michigan with North Carolina. A highly industrialized state in comparison with a rural state of the South will not offer sufficient answers to those who need them.

Within the next few years we could see the North Carolina General Assembly outlaw capital punishment. Before that happens, the state ought to get some good answers to some serious questions.

We do not believe, as some do. that in every murder case there are mitigating circumstances. We do not believe that the robber who invades private property to steal and then shoots his victims in cold blood has any mitigating circumstances surrounding his act. He deserves no sympathy. He should get none.

In North Carolina murder, rape, burglary, and arson are punishable by possible death. Should the state take a life when no life has been taken? Again we have a difficult question. Some people honestly believe that only when a life has been taken should the state exact the^^ie^th penalty.

Tllngrowing tendency seems to be to do away with our gas chamber. Before we finally reach that decision, let us be satisfied that our great state will not suffer bitter circumstances.

(for awhile, anyhow) that feel as though they were spawned inside a blast furnace.

The trimmer-of-lawns runs into another bit of conclusive evidence: the grass is tougher, growth seems slower.

Fog Is more apt to form these nights, too.

You can look out a window of an evening and see the first whisps of ground mist form, then be lost In the gradually spreading smokelike vapor.

These days people are apt to greet each other in the morning with a Golly, but I really slept; spelling an end to restless nights of mid-summer.

Of course, the prosaic could look at the calender; others could prove their point by a look at the sports pages.

But the big story these days is the bowing out of summer.

She was quite a gal.

If youve never been a Boy Scout, or had one in the family, you just wouldnt understand what it means to get the Eagle Badge.

Not a whole lot of scouts get that far. Still fewer are 13-year-old Eagle Scouts. That's what makes young Thomas Taft, of Greenville, a very remarkable sort of guy.

Thirteen years old; and by virtue of a lot of work and study in acquiring the necessary number of merit badges, hes picked up a considerable amount of knowledge and skills far beyonil the ordinary. Additionally, the Eagle Scout has learned how to learn. . .its something he can use forever.

Other than that, these elite among Scoutings ranks are marked as having ambition, ability and a great promise for the future.

All this is an old story to men closely associated with the movement, but one worth repeating over and over again.

Public Forum

TO: Th Grand Jury of Pitt Countys August Term of Superior Court

Congraiulations for your splendid work in generaland e.'pecially your consideration of the County Home of Pitt County.

Mable Randolph,

208 W. 3rd St.

Greenville.

i ouns Story Switch

By GEORGE MILLER

NE'W YORK (AP>Oiwe upon a time, not too long ago, European immigrants flocked to these shores by the thousands.

Times have changed. Now Europeans swarm to this country as visitors, simply to see the wonders of the New World, and then go home.

Even in the travel boom of the roaring twenties Europeans didn't show todays interest in the United States, says the American Express Co., which handles a big volume of travel trade.

The United States Department of Commerce reported that in 1958, 60 per cent of the 190,000 residents of Eurqpe and Mediterranean coimtrles who visited th United States were pleasure-bent.

The year before_only 44 per cent of the visitors from th# same area were tourists.

Last year people who entered the United States from Europe and the Mediterranean area for busine.ss, pleasure, educational and other reasons spent 86 million dollars on their travel. In 1955, 131,000 European visitor# spent only 68 million dollars.

Biggest bloc of pleasure-seek-ers was from the United Kingdom, 42,000, with Germany, France, the Scandinavian countries, the Benelux countries and Italy following in that order.

Major spur to the flow of tourism probably has been Wtest-ern Europe's rapid economio growth. Many countries, no longer impoverished, have lifted currency restrictions and raised travel allowances.

In their new-found prosperity, many Europeans now have more money and more leisure to do what Americans have done for generationsto go and look at thlng.s theyve read or heard about.

Other factors figure In the .swing: relatives coming to see war brides and their families, sports contests, fraternal and professional conventions.

Thomas Cook and Sons, another worldwide travel organization, attributes the rise primarily to the new economy fares on air lines. and to greater travel allowances permitted by some European countries to their citizens.

To find out what lured foreign visitors to this country, American Express conducted a surv'ey through its 187 oversea# offices.

The travelers* Interests ranged from New Yorks United Nations headquarters to San Franciscos Chinatown, from great cities like Boston. Chicago, Detroit and New Orleans glamor spots of Miami, Holly-w'(X)d and Las Vegas, from scenic areas like Yellowstone and Grand Canyon to historic polnta like Williamsburg and Gettysburg.

New York used to be a plac# where you boarded a steamer to go to other places. Now its becoming a port of call for cruise liners originating outsid# the United States.

The trend began last year when the liner Iberia of th# Peninsular and Orlentel Steam Navigation Co. made what was widely heralded as the first post-war cruise ship stopover in New York.

During the past summer thre# ships, one Dutch and two British, brought In visitors for short stays, long lough In some instances for passengers to look over the sights in New York, Philadelphia, Wa.shington anil Niagara Falls.

By the end of September, nearly 4,000 foreign-crulse pas-.sengers will have come Into port this year.

Illustrative of the growing awareness of tourisms effect on the economy is President Elsenhower recent proclamation designating 1960 as Visit USA Year.

The Commerce Department has reported that foreigners, more than half of them Canadians, spent 825 million dollar# In the United State* in 1958. Overseas visitors accounted for 256 million dollar* of the total.

Backed by the National Assn. of Travel Organizations, anxiou# to spotlight the nations role as a ho.st country, the drive ha# earned support from the State Department, the Voice of America, many state tourist office and other*.

Advance-Fee

Jr lourishes

By ELMER ROESSNER

Despite warnings by every Better Business Bureau in the country and despite crackdowns by the Federal Trade Commission, the advance-fee racket Ls flourishing more than ever. It can be expected to increase even more in the fall.

Its a hard racket to silence, fir.-t I roi.M'i' th." lake is .so lusit and, .econd, becau.se the schemes are based on es.sentially legal practices.

The racket take.s two forms. The operators offer to arrange loans for businessmen, or tliey offer to find buyers for their businesses.

There is niithlng illegal in offering to find a lender, nor to charge a commission for so doing. It Is done every day, le-ly and aboveboari. gaily and aboveboara. collect in advance and then do so little that the victim never gets a loan.

HOW RACKET WORKS

The racketeers advertise that th* y can obtain loans at mode.'it rates of intcre.st, that they have affiliation.s with lending institutions (Uiey have $10 dposited in

a savings bank) and that they can solve financial difficulties.

When a sucker nibbles, a salesman calLs and gets the facts for a loan prospectus. The biusi-nessman is told that there will be a charge, usually around 5 per cent. If that gives him pause, the salesman assures him that he wont have to pay it now; it can simply be added to the total of th.^ loan. The victim is then asked to sign the application and several other forms.

Although not iLsually pointed out to him one Ls a promLsory note. The racketeers discount the note at the victims own bank. They also mail out an offer to borrow to banks, savings and loan associations, factors and other institutions around the country. A careful reading of the contract shows that is all tliey agreed to do. Lenders normally ignore such offers. BUSINES.S ALES RACKET

In the other form, the racketeers offer to find buyers for biLsinesses. That, too, Ls done every day by respected business brokers.

But th* racket boys usually

advertise that they have eager, gelt-loaded buyers waiting. When a business-owner inquires, a salesman inspects his property and asks what the owner ex-pecLs, The owner is always told he can get much more. If the owner asks $30,000, he Ls told he can easily get $50,000. In his elation, the owner is a ready signer of proffered papers.

Again they include a pro-misory note; again the racketeers circularize possible buyers or place a few advertisements, which is all they have agreed to.

The FTC has obtained consent order# from some of the advance-fee operators. In this process, the operator consents to a court order prohibiting specified illegal practices, such a.s misrepresenting connections with lenders and buyers. But court orders rarely if ever prohibit the offender from starting a new company under a different name, or making his brother-in-law the dummy head of a new firm.

In the areas hit by the steel trike, many businesses will need iresh linauciug lor sur

vival: they will be lured by circulars headed: Need $50,000? If your local bank cant accommodate you, contact us. And a# winter approaches, many elderly proprietors will think longingly of retiring to California or Florida and a letter starting: We have a cash buyer for your business wlU get readings by eyes, clouded by dreams.

Thousands of businessmen will be rooked of money they cannot afford to lose. But protection is so simple: Never do business with a loan arranger or a business broker without first checking with your local Better Business Bureau, your lawyer or your banker: never sign anything without reading AND understanding it.

BECAUSE AIRPORTS

ARE further out OF TOWN

Increase in air travel hasnt cut travel time for salesmen replying to a questionnaire by the National A.ssociation of Womens and Childrens Apparel Salesmen. They said they spend an average of 35.1 per cent of their working time in travel: in 1 t '.ey .spent 33.7 per cent ol u ...g tun#.

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