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Wednesday, November 4, 1959

THE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C

Hell Harmonize With Us^

Wednesday, November 4, 1959

Something For Them To Build On

Yes, the Grifton library is small; but it is now a reality . . . something that was not so a week ago. The townspeople now have something to build on; something to cherish and use, and as they use it they will build.

That new library in Grifton represents two good

assets for any community. ...

First, there is the library itself. It is something that can mean a wealth of pleasure as well as a fountain of knowledge. , ' r-

Secondly, the accomplished goal represents fruition of labors by a group of people . . . people who are willing to work for a community ideal and see it through. That kind of citizen is fully as good to have

around as a library. , , t

Its a pleasure to offer congratulations for adding ^

an important asset to a Pitt community. It s a pleasure Jg ^JOQIllZlIlGf 1 O

to again offer those congratulations to Grifton. ^

Th.-, ..... Return

The work of the librarys instigators has gotten off to a fine start, but unless their enthusiasm lags, they will soon find in actuality it has really only begun.

uishes it from most other enterprises. Once its established, the work is really only begun. You can keep adding to it, year after year, and the work is never done. Best of all, through the years there is no real depreciation of the expended effort.

A library is something to be enjoyed and treasured bv both the present and the future. It knows no age brackets for enjoyment, it knows no limitations in the tasies of people to be served.

Supporters of any library face no limit to its growth and fields of service. Their institution may

Purported disclosure that Cuban exiles are planning a comeback against Fidel Castro should not, on the face of it, be surprising.

The outs usually do want to get in, and the ins are just as determined otherwise. If the exiles had no dreaYn of return, then it would be extraordi-naj-y.

What is noteworthy lies in reports of a rudimen-

as well as perpendicular

Political Fron Notably Quie

stress one field or a multitude of fields. Put another tary organization being set up to make the dream come wav, they are free to undertake a horizontal growth true; for, despite convictions that many hold concerning the ultimate downfall of Premier Castro, something more than a passive outlook will be needed to hasten the day.

A good rabblerouser is hard to unseat; and theres no question but that Castro does well in that field. Add to that the distinctly military aura of his regime, and vouve got to admit the outs have a problem on their hands if theyre in a hurry to get back in.

Most obvious in the make-up of the current Cuban government is that its leadership was geared to revolution, not to governing. Instead of moving to resolve problems, the Castro policy appears more prone to creating greater problems and hazards to the welfare of Cuba.

When a political leader is reduced to seeking a whipping boy for his troubles; and for that role selects proven friends . . . well, you know for sure he has run out of answers.

It didnt take Castro very long, either.

By LYNN MSBET

STILL- QUIET With the time for filling notice of candidacy just four and a half months away, and although several men have been running for Governor for more than a yjiar, there is still a distressing dearth of real news on the political front.

Almost every newspaper story WTitten about the situation in North Carolina since the General Assembly adjourned in mid-June (except one can be repeated now with equal assurance. The exception was the positive statement by Lieut. Gov. Luther Earnhardt that he would not be a candidate for Governor inn9G0. The rest of the picture is just about the same in early November as it was In late June.

Soon after the withdrawal of Earnhardt the names of Sen. Arthur Kirkman of Guilford and Judge Hubert Olive of Davidson were given attention as prospects, without material change in the basic pattern.

Terry Sanford. John Larkins and Addison Hewlett continue as actively campaigning but not formally announced candidates. Edwin Gill and Beverly Lake maintained the same Barkis is willing attitud? of early summer. Attorney General Malcolm Seawell. who was in conversations earlier and then almost dropped, has moved back with his activity in connection with gasoline price fixing.

Rumors persist that Governor Hodges Ls not satisfied with the current list of potentialssentiment shared by a lot of other voters. It was whispered around Charlotte during the C&D board meeting that the Governor had advised some of his friends there not to be hasty in commitments. That, like all rumors about what big interests are supporting which candidates, could not be pinned down. Nobody could be found to admit where he heard it.

ALIGNMENTS-Developments of the past few weeks have confirmed opinions previously expressed, that tradtional factional alignments will not hold through the upcoming campaign. The

lines were never very clearly drawn between conservative and liberal elements (both

terms being misnomers, but it was an easy division for casual appraisal. From the turn of the century until the late 1940s

there was another surface division between machine and antimachine affiliation in the Demo cratic party. That no longer

exists, for the simple reason that there is now no semblance of a machine or a coherent and effective organization paying allegiance to any accepted leader like Furnifold Simmons or Max Gardner.

The late Kerr Scott had a powerful personal following, but no political ^organization worth the name. It was proven in several abortive attempts that he could not control or transfer his influence. The voters in two primaries turned dowm his pro

*tegesFrank Graham for the Senate in 1950 and Hubert Olive for Governor in 1932. Two of hLs appointees to the Supreme Court also were turned downMurray James by the executive committee in 1950 and Itimoiis Valentine by the voters in 1952.

HODGES Governor Luther Hodges, who boasts that he Is not a politician, and whose following has been dike Scotts) more personal than organizational. has had better luck with his appointees. He had no difficulty obtaining approval of the executive committee of hLs appointment of William Rodman as Supreme Court Justice, Malcolm Seawell as Attorney General, and Everett Jordan as United _ States Senator. All of these officials have been elected by the people.

Governor Hodges latest appointment to high elective office was that of Justice Clifton Moore to the Supreme Court. Judge Moore will face primary nomination next spring, with present indications he will have no opposition for a full eight-year elected term.

FACTIONS That gels back to the question of factional alignment. and the larger question of whether Luther Hodges may have a more coherent and effective organization than some people have thought.

Terry Sanford, by close association with Kerr Scott from Inception of his race for the Senate in 1954, but not in his race for Governor in 1948, claims support of the old-time liberaLs in hLs campaign for Governor. John Larkins, by reason of long time official connection with the Democratic party organization, feels justified in claiming support of the Democratic party work-horse element. Addison Hewlett, newest comer into statewide activity, made an excellent record as Speaker of the 1959 House of Representativesa position he obtained. in opinion of many observers, without help from the Governors office, if indeed not over the Governors protest, Such proven prowess, his supporters claim, entitles him to major consideration as a person of importance.

With respect to these three most prominent potential candidates for Governor next year the factional lines afe vague. There*iis so much overlapping of support it cannot be said that anyone of the three has clear sailing with any group. That leaves the off-side prospective challengersGill and Lake and Seawell and Olive and Kirkman ct alsopportunity to move in and pick the niche they want to occupy.

KEYMany North Carolm-lans will not be happy to recognize, but they may have to come to it. that the man who sits in the big chair in the big office on the southwest corner of the Capitol, holds the key to the situation.

By ALVIN TAYLOR

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The First Hundred Years Are The Hardest

The world may not know Charley Burton, of Olney, Texas.

With that the youngster, as Stuart says, lifted his foot up and stomped my toe as hard as he could.

Incidentally, the kid could run faster than Stuart, too.

Pity the poor photographer!

Reflector Photographer Stuart Savage went to Wahl-Coates School Friday night to take some Halloween party pictures.

He had flashed his camera several times when this cute little tyke walked up to him.

Mister, will you take my picture? the little boy asked.

Stuart checked his film supply.

Sorry, he said. I only have Ihiee sheets of film left and , , , , . , , T j I have some other pictures to

Its probably alright with Charley; we ve heard

no complaint from him. (So its a draw.) ^re you sure you cant take

But according to the Associated Press, Charley Burton has reached the century mark in terms of years,

and for the last two years Charley has been in the ^->.1 ^

hospital with pneumonia, influenza and a broken hip. V^yiJflGr IliClltOrS oCl y liiy ...

Things like that can be pretty discouraging for anybody.

But Charley isnt just anybody. lie is a hundred years old, which would make him a marked man anywhere.

Now about those hundred years: it hasnt been

The sonic booms which rattle windows and cause nervous folks to jump frequently in this area, have come to the attention of the County Commissioners.

The board voted to send requests to both Cherry Point and Seymour Johnson Air Bases to seek a remedy to the problem. Commissioners reported there have been numerous complaints fron. Pitt citizens ranging from

explosions rattling windows to their shaking the court house.

This brought a call from Henry Oglesby of Grifton, secretary to Congressman Herbert C. Bonner.

Oglesby said Bonners office had also received complaints from all over the district about the booms.

His office and the military are investigating. Oglesby said persons with complaints may contact him or they may contact H. "V. Collins, of the Investigating Section, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point.

Federal Aid Is Fantasy

easy, according to Charley Burton.

But we can understand.

Very few people ever make it.

^Reasons Were

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)Charles Van Doren, who got fame and fortune by taking credit for knowing more than he knew, finally decided on honesty as the best policyfor non-intellectual reasons.

In the end this may be the source of the bitterest remorse for this 33-year old ex-teacher who had preached the glories of the intellectual life. Columbia University accepted his resignation Monday.

Van Doren stressed the mental tortures he endured before deciding to admit he got help in winning $129,000 on the rigged TV quiz show, Twenty-One. Actually, he lied as long as he could expect to get away with it. He arrived at his moment of truth only after he knew he faced possible pro.secution for perjury if he kept on lying.

He didnt say this. He explained Monday to a congressional committee investigating crooked TV quiz shows that in the end it was a small thing that tipped the scales in inducing him to own up to his deceit.

He said a woman, a stranger, wrote and told him that the only way he could ever live with himself was to teU the truth. It does not speak well for his intellectual proce.sscs to .say tliLs aphorism tipped the scales for him.

Van Doren grew up in a cultured,. intellectual world, a member of one of Americas best-known literary families. He had been exposed for years to philosophical discussions o f truth.

The idea of telling the tnith because you have to live with yourself is at least as old as Socrates.

When he appeared on Twenty-One he put on a great act of struggling to come up with answers to the questions asked him.' He admits now he received 80 per cent of the answers before he appeared on the air.

He told the committee one of 'the reasons he accepted the answers from Albert Freedman, producer of the showwas that Freedman told him: That by appearing on a nationally televised program I would be doing a great service to the intellectual life, to teachers and to education in general by increasing

public respect for the world of the mind through my performance.

What he connived in was actually a betrayal of the intellect, a fact he admits now. for he told the committee I think I have done a dis-service to the world of the mind and public respect for it.

Van Doren said he and Freedman both agreed, when a New York grand jury began investigating Twenty-One, that they would deny any wrong - doing. Both did. Later Freedman

was indicted for lying.

Still later. Van Doren said, he learned Freedman had gone

back, changed his story to the grand jury, and Vnplioated

him. It was after this and after the congressional committee

called him in that Van Doren caved in.

He went to the New York district attorney and admitted he had not told the grand jury the truth. He faced a possible perjury indictment if he didnt. He still faces that possibility.

But if he came down and lied to the congressional committee, and the government could prove it, he faced a charge and trial foS perjury here, too.

His testimony ended a three-year period of deceit. Why did it happen? True, Van Doren .succumbed to the lure of fame and money. But why did this happen to a man with his family. educational and ethical background?

Perhaps Van Doren himself still doesnt understand. His own statement to the committee was moralistic and remorseful. But it wasnt analytical-

(The Augusta Chronicle)

One.of the interesting by-products of the continuing drive against the Constitution of the United States and the free enterprise system in the United States is the increasing trend in private advertisng towards emphasis on fundamental Aneri-can principles.

It is refreshing to run across advertisements of this kind in the national magazine and to realize that, to some firms at least, preservation of sound principles in economic and government seems more important than dollars and cents.

At least It is logical to assume this when a firm takes a whole page in a national magazine to declare that Federal aid is

you. For every $1 in Federal 'aid* the average state gets back from Washington, you pay to Washington $7 In Federal taxes.

Why should you pay for benefits to someone a thousand miles awayand why should he pay for yours? The only one who benefits in this sleight of hand is the tax collector. Youd be better off to keep your money and pay your owm billsand save the difference, and your self-respect.

KEEP WALKING (Rocky Mount Telegram)

Contrary to popular belief, the noun pedestrian was not coined in the early years of this

century by an angry motorist . . , ^ In a 1910 Overland who, narrowly

as childish as Santa Claus of Eas- ^lissing a foot traveler, sput-

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ter rabbits and then expounds that idea without ever mentioning products or prices. But that is what Warner and Swazey of Cleveland. Ohio, makers of precision machinery is continually doing.

Only little children. said the noteworthy advertisement, believe they get something for nothingor for just being good. Yet school boards plump for Federal Aid to build local schools. States and counties demand their share of Washington billions for roads. Areas that call themselves depressed (who isnt) want Federal dollars to make them prosperous. Thousands expect jobs to be brought tu them by national subsidies rather than move to where Jobs are. Builders want Federal aid so they can build more housing at a profit.

Federal Aid? There is no such thing. The money can only come from the Uxpayers, from

teringly hurled thLs oppobrious epithet at him; Why, you pedestrian you!

Pedestrians have been around for centuries, even longer than equestrians. Several centuries before the invention of the gasoline engine, the adjective, pedestrian, was defined by the dictionary as, of, or pertaining to, walking, hence slow, dull or commonplace. Rather Insulting, then as now.

And there is this contemptuous definition of pedestrianism: One who Is addicted to walking as a form of exerciseas though walking were a sort of narcotic monkey to be shaken from a hikers back before he can be made whole again.

But the point is that pedestrians have been a problem down through the ages, and theyll probably be around for a long time despite all efforts to get them off their feet.

East Carolina Colleges superb marching band staged another fine half time show on the soggy College Stadium field Saturday night.

Using orange pin lights the band formed a grinning Jack 0 lantern on the Halloween night.

Later they made a skelton on the field.

Majorettes and the drum major offered some deft handling of the fire batons while the lights were out. We didnt see a baton dropped during the entire show.

Opinions n Brief

Few Americans will find fault with action on the part of the Administration to counter the adverse effects of a continued steel strike. The strike, which had only recently begun to close down plants in various sections of the country, reached a stage in the past few days where the national economy was seriously involved. Harvey (111.) Tribune.

Packers use everything In the pig except the squeal they leave that for the budget-minded housewife.Miami Herald.

Marriage brings about punctuality, thrift and several other virtues which a man would not need if he .stayed single, Carlsbad Current-Argus.

You cannot have a bushel of fun these days unless you have a barrel of money.Anderson Independent.

As we take note of one strike after another and their deleterious results, we regret there has been so little evidence of concern for the public good. Columbus (Ohio) State Journal.

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Bv HARRY S. BRADSHEER KARACHI. Pakistan (AP) The Richshaw is declining and slowly disappearing.

In some places this form of one human pulling another is losing the economic competition to mechanical mean of transport. In other places it is being banned by governments.

Richshaws coi|ie in two basic forms. The original, which supposedly was invented by a Christian missionary in Japan during the last century, consists of a seat for two over light wheels pulled by a man trotting between long poles. Variations in Himalayan mountain resorts use four or five men to push, pull, or hold back going downhill.

The 20th-century form hitched a bicycle to the front of the seat but still employs human leg power. In some parts of India bicycle richshaws are brightly painted in elaborate patterns.

The typical rickshaw man is weather - beaten and undernourished. His clothes are rags. Heavy veins stand out on his legs like thick ropes. His feet are callused and cracked. He pants heavily at work.

fn' most cities there is no fixed schedule by which the rickshaw man is paid. Normally. he gets about 5 cents a mile.

Richshaws have always been used by the Asians themselves. But they remain in the eyes of national leaders a sjmibol of Western exploitation of the Easterner. In the wave of freedom movements after World War II there was a demand to abolish this importation of colonialism.

In countries like Indonesia the movement got as far as substituting bicycle rickshaws for some of the runner type. But most rickshaw pullers could not find other jobs.

Some cities, like New Delhi, India, adopted the gradual system of abolition of refusing to license new rickshaw pullers. Only the tired old men still ply the trade.

Karachi moved the other direction in 1948. Horse - drawn carts, called gharries or victorias, were the basic form of cheap transportation when Karachi was a small provincial capital. There were no rickshaws because this is on the Western fringe of the rickshaw zone.

When Karachi became the boom-town capital of Pakistan, more cheap transportation was needed. Bicycle rickshaws were introduced. Now there are about 15,000.

They will be banned April 1. Pakistan said its decision was guided by expert opinion of health and social welfare authorities that rickshaw pulling is inhuman and injurious to the

health of the pullers.

Strength For To(day

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

Here is a fine personal witness on the reality of Gods leading when one really prays with faith;

In 1937 I was out of work, writes Jack Bannick in a recent issue of Clear Horizons A job was opened with a certain, company, and I prayed for help in obtaining it. That was my will, what I thought would be best for me. I did not get that job, but without contact from me a man I scarcely knew telephoned and offered me a job with his company. The job I prayed for exists no more. The company is bankrupt. The job God saw fit to place before me was very good and brought me increased earnings and executive responsibilities. . . I know from experience that if I leave things to God, trust Him, and pray without selfish intent, Gods will turns out to be best for me in the end.

Few people know the real mean ing of the prayer, Not my' will, but thine be done. To pray thus and to mean it requires a lot of faith: it involves a rigid spiritual discipline. But what rewards when the spiritual achievement Is really made! As Jesus prayed that prayer, hLs very blood mixed with his sweat and ran down over hLs face. But when finally he yielded completely, he had peace.

All of which is a pattern for us, and the charter of oui spiritual emancipation.

Factors Ploying A Bigger Role

By ELMER ROESSNER

What is a factor, daddy? So. paraplmased, readers write these days.

Bankers publicly stat^ that there is plenty of money available for small business men. Operators of small and medium-.size businesses privately reply that their banks wont extend their credit. Many are turning to factors. We hear more about factors today and' thats why readers ask about them.

Factors are not loan sharks. They do charge higher rates than most banks do: they usually give more lor their services. Most of the money they lend is borrowed from banks; banks often refer customer.^ to them. So factors must be honorable men.

FACTORS AND BANKERS The basic difference between factors and bankers is that they advance money on different kinds of security. A bank will lend money against inventory, plants and buildings, securities, good will, chai'acter and, of

course, cash.

But banks normally wont lend against accounts receivable. Thats the money owed the business for sales.

Suppose you are a garment manufacturer. You buy materials on credit, pay workmen out of reserves. and sell to wholesalers and retailers on promises to pay when the money starts coming in from customers. At one or more points every season, you are without cash and owing suppliers and all you've got to show for it are the promLses to pay for your goods when the consumers buy them.

These arent even firm pro- mises in most cases. All you have are your invoices.

Banks wont lend money on them. But factors will. However, they ask high rates, about three times bank rates- And they insist on a measure of control of collections HOW IT WORKS

What actually happens is thLs: The factor buys the accounts receivable. As soon as Ui onnrU

are shipped and the invoices are forwarded to the factor, the business man gets his money. This often keeps him in business.

The factor takes over the bookkeeping, makes collections and assumes credit risks. The business man, while paying a high rate of interest, can cut down on his credit and collection staff, pare bookkeeping expenses and forget about occasional defaulters.

Often the factor knows more about the credit rating of the customers than the manufacturers and can advise customers about market conditions. Factors often make it possible for manufacturers to take advantage of suppliers cash discounts, reducing outlays by 1 or 2 per cent.

And while factors charge higher rates than banks, they usually charge for only the precise time their money is advanced, A bank, lending money at 6 per cent, may require that half of

be left ou deposit, making an

effective rate of 12 per cent. Other bank costs may increase the effective rate. Thus, a factors rate of 18 per cent may be a bargain after costs and. ex-pcivses the factor bears.

Walter M. Kelly, president of Commercial Factors Corp., one of the oldest and largest factoring concerns, points out that factoring services are now being used by thousands of business firms in some 50 industries. In addition to textiles, factoring is beneficial in many other seasonal Industries, including garden equipment, apparel, toys, shoes, fui'niture, hardware, rubber goods, bedding, paper, chemicaLs, fertilizers and mill supplies. And, because of the tightne.ss of the money market, the number is growing rapidly.

At 18 or more per cent. Lsnt factoring lushly profitable? Not as much as it seems, because of the collection, accounting and other services, and the assumption of risk. "If It is a-s profitable as many people imagine, the banks would get into it, 1 a tjpical iacUu: rejoiader.ft