POUHTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C

Thursday, Novamber 5, 1959

Thursday, November 5, 1959

In Custody, But Not Reformed

No Room For Apathy In Blood Bank

It is vital to Pitt County and its citizens that a workable plan be effected to bolster PitCs participation in the Red Cross blood bank program in order that the county may continue to receive the important benefits of the program. ^ ^ ,

During the past few years, Pitt County has consistently fallen short of Its annual quota for contributions of blood to the area program. In most cases, the county has called on the blood bank for more blood than its citizens have contributed from year to vear.

Obviously, we cannot expect the blood bank to continue indefinitely Pitt County as a participant under such circumstances. If we expect to receive our share of the benefita from the program, certainly we must expect to contribute our fair share to the program. . .

The current proposal whereby each organization will be asked to be responsible for a specific number of blood donations during each visit of the bloodmobile appears a reasonable solution to the problem. It should be more effective than the current methodin use for several yearsunder which varJoiis organizations have taken responsibility for soliciting donors for a .specific visit of the bloodmobile.

Under any plan for getting contributions for the bloodmobile, the success will hinge upon the willing^ ness of local citizens to dqnate blood to the program when called on to do sof It^s no more reasonable for the citizens of the county ajs a whole to expect the

History <oouia

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By LYNN NISBET

HISTORIC TRIANGLE Henry Belk of Goldsboro News-Argui comes up with another triangle idea. He suggests publicity for historic sites triangle of which Bentonville Battleground in Johnston county, the Charles B. Aycock birthplace at Fremont and Tryon Palace at New Bern constitute the points. The Tryon Palace restoration has been almost completed. So hae the Aycock homestead. Only a start has been made on the Bentonville Battleground, but already visitors come by hundreds to the scene of the biggest battJe ever fougJW on North Carolina soil and one of the decisive baities of tl^ OiVil War.

Belk notes that visitors from upstate could easily start a tour with Bentonville or Fremont. thence to New Bern and back by the other point without backtracking. From the Aycock place to New Bern is about 60 mes, and from New Bern to Bentonville about 70. The distance between Bentonville and the Aycock place is about 45 njiles. That make* a nice one day trip, with time to look. And theres plenty to look at.

Besides the main attraction of Tryon Palace, there are dozens of historic Places around New Bern. For those interested in other than history, detour of just a few mile* will take them by Cliffs of Neusc State Park, or the DuPont Kinston Dacron plant. And if the Uip i* made in the fall, the auction tobacco markets at Kin*ton and Goldsboro are right on the road.

Travel and tourism is one of the principal source* of State revenue. Historic sites are fast becoming major attraction* for travelers. The historic triangle idea is not likely to match the Research Triangle in the.Chapel-Hill-Durham-Raleigh area, but it has considerable merit for travel promotion and education.

OTHERS Several other one-day tours can be planned for areas not generally considered as being on the tourist lanes, with history as the main attraction. Prom Raleigh, with its famous captol building and many other interesting places, including the State Art Museum, the Natural History Museum and the Archives and History displays; by way of the Bennett Place near Durhamwhere Gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Gen. W.T. Sherman days after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox; thence by Alamance Battleground where the patriots and the Tories clashed in the beginning of the War for American Independence before the more widely publicized shot heard round the world" was fired in New England; thence by way of Guilford Battleground at Greensboro, scene of a decisive battle

near the end of that war for Independence; and on to Old Salem, where restoration excels Williamsburgbecause It is restoration and not replacement. This trip could add visit* to the colleg campuses at Raleigh, magnificent Duke, lovely Chapel Hill, and the biggest all-woman college in the United States and the biggest all-Negro collegeboth State Institutions at Greensboro. Also visits to American Tobacco, Leggett l Myers and R.J. Reynolds cigarette factories would include the source of nearly half the cigarettes made in the world.

Another historic tour might embrace the birthplaces of Andrew Jackson at Waxhaw, James K. Polk at PinevlUe, numerous points in Charlottewhere the original Declaration of Independence was signed, and Kings Mountain Battleground. 'Kings Mountain would take the travelers into South Cwolina, but all major participants In that battle, which broke the back of British invasion and was the prelude tc the Yorktown surrender of Lord Cornwallis to George Washington, were North Carolinians.)

SUJl another one-day tour can be arranged for the southeastern corner of the state in a triangle with Fayettevlllf, Fort Macon (near Morchead City) and Port Pisher (below Wilmington) as the corners, This would Include Moores Creek Bridge battleground of Revolutionary War significance, and many places of historic importance in the Civil Warincluding the scenes of operation of the famed blockade runner ships, the lifeline of the Confederacy for more than a year. Also old Brunswick Town and Charlestownmade famous to Inglis Fletchers historic-based novelsand the area in which Flora MacDonald and her fellow Scottish Highlanders made history.

DIVERSEThese suggestions represent only a few of the special tours which might be scheduled for visits to historic sites. There are many others that could be planned for industrial plants, emphasis on educational institutions, andalmost without limitfor scenic beauty, ranging from placid streams flowing under liveoaks with beards of Spanish moss and bordered with gorgeous azaleas, to high mountain VLstas crowned with rhododendron in the spring and the mad splendor of colorful forests in the fall.

Henry Belks idea of a historic triangle could well be adapted for statewide application by the Travel Council of North Carolina and the Slate C&D Departments advertising and travel divisions. Whether in triangle, parallel, or straight line form, there are literally hundreds of opportunities for promoting one-day travel tours In North Carolina. ___

area to assume our rightful share of the contributions that must be made to the program. In short, the program must have public supportmore than has been evidenced recentlyif Pitt is to continue as a member in good standing in the blood bank.

Because Pitt County is a member of the area blood bank program, any citizen of Pitt County is entitled to receive blood without charge when he needs it. Members of his family dont have to hunt donors^and perhaps pay them $25 or so a pint for the life-giving fluidin times of emergency. A constant and plentiful supply of blood from the area blood bank is available to the local hospital for use of our citizens, and even the rarest types of blood can be had.

That Pitt Countys participation in the blood program is of immense value to the well being of the citizens of this county cannot be denied. That the benefits of the program that accrue to the people of the county far outweigh the value of what they are required to give in return is also generally recognized.

The key to the situation which Pitt faces is that of apathy on the part of its citizens toward the program. Certainly Pitt citizens cannot afford to lose the benefits they receive from the blood program. ^

Leaders w'ho are seeking to reorgahize the method by which Pitt will meet its quota of blood donationsand thereby retain its participating in the blood bankshould receive the support of local organizations and individual citizens.

Exemplified Ideal Of

Willingness To Serve

The death of J. B. James, Sr. takes from Greenville one of its most prominent citizens and one who was among the most devoted to affording his community whatever services, whatever leadership he could.

In the case of Mr. James, that period of leadership and service to the community covered a span of more than half century from the time he began ^his law practice here in 1908 until his death this week.

As a young man in his mid-twenties, Mr. James served as mayor of Greenville for a two-year term. Later he served as county attorney for 12 years and more recently from 1941 until early this year he served for 18 years as chairman of the Greenville School Board.

During the period in which he was chairman of the Greenville School Board, the public schools of the city experienced their largest growth in history. The physical plant of the system, though stymied in growth during the years of World War 11, was enhanced by the construction of three new schools and major expansion programs at four other schools during the period in Which Mr. James served as chairman of the School Board. To public education in Greenville, he afforded leadership that played a large part in building the city schools to their pre.sent level.

Over the span of years his leadership was recognized in practically every phase of community life in Greenville, and his willingness to contribute of himself for the betterment of the community a? a whole was a distinguishing mark of his personal character.

Through a lifetime of activity he exemplified the ideal of service to ones community and ones fellow men.

Should He Pay

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By DON SCHLIENZ

When Everything Stops

The other night the light* went out down our *treet.

It happened while part of upper was on the stove, and being electric, progress in the kitchen came to a halt.

A clock topped. The refrigerator stopped. The youngster* who were simultaneoiusly watching television, looking at a picture book .and building a house with plastic blocks came alive with a surprised Heyl".

There was orne confused

scrambling and fumbling around to locate candles, but when they were lit the atmosphere was till one of waiting for the light* to go back on.

It was just a little bit aggravating to see electric current on the street running parallel to ours was uninterrupted. THEY had lights, we didn't.

The power Interruption lasted about thirty minutes, during w'hich time the smallfry became great admirers of that new

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marvel of modern ingenuity called candle*.

When the lights came on again, the normal flow of activity resumed.

It was just a little thing, a temporary power failure along the line, but it was a strong reminder of how much we are dependent upon electricity in our everyday lives. When the power goes off, it seems a* though just about everything comes to a standstill.

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By JA.MES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)--You can Start a fast argument with this one: Should Charles Van Doren give back the $129.000 he won through fake on the TV quiz how, Twenty-One"?

Van Doren admitted three things this week before a congressional committee:

1. The program was phony. He won the money by_pretend-ing to think up answPto the que.stions asked him. He was given the answers beforehand.

2. He lied repeatedly in denying the show was rigged.

3. He is full of remorse for the fake and the lies and I would given almost anything to reverse the course of my life in the last three years."

But when reporters asked him if he would give back the money, he said he didnt know. He aaid he owe* more than he ha* left. Taxes took more than half hi* winning*. The rest, apparently, has been spent.

So it might take more than a lifetime to return the money, particularly since Columbia University has just dropped him frpm a $5,500-a-year teaching job and NBC has just canceled his $50,000-a-year contract with the network.

This is where the question comes in. If he Is truly repentant for what he did and wants to make amends, shouldnt he return the money as dishonestly earned? But was it earned dishonestly?

In the first place, to whom should he return it?

Van Doren says Albert Freedman, producer of the show, not only was the one who,slipped him the aioswers but actually talked him into accepting them to help himself and build up audience-appeal for the program-. You can argue that since the

two men agreed on how Van Doren should earn the money, and since Van Doren and Freedman each carried out his part of the bargain, then Van Doren earned his money honestly although being dishonest with everyone else.

You could argue that the money was not Freedmans but belonged to the drug company which sponsored the show and, since the winnings were earned through deception, if only on the public, they should be returned-

But doe* Van Doren have an obligation to the company. It sponsored the program to get the widest possible audience for the advertisement and sale of its product.

And it cannot be denied that Van Doren, although through a fraudulent performance, worked up national Interest and a tremendous audience.

Theres another question-More than half of Van Dorens $129,000 had to be paid out in taxes. The government wont refund that money.

Therefore, even if Van Doren wanted to return his winnings, should he have to pay the money which he never really enjoyed sine* it went in taxes?

There is something else to consider.

Suppose you agree Van Doren has a moral obligation, if his remorse is sincere, to repay his winnings. Then should he also have to pay back to NBC all the money he has earned from the network under the $50,000-a-year contract? Or did NBC get its moneys worth after it hired him?

The only reason he got that contract was through gigantic fraud, pretending he thought up answers already given him. This gave him a national reputation ajid credit for brains he didnt deserve.

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Business expenses incurred in the normal conduct of any enterprise have traditionally been construed in America as including all outlays necessary to the continued existence and prosperity of the undertaking. If certain proposal* /low before the Internal Revenue Service are permitted to stand, this will no longer be true.

Under the new regulations, it will not be possible for an American business or industry, threatened with extinction by cheap imports, to deduct as business expenses the cost of informing the publicor even it* own employesthat it is faced with ruin as a result of government policies.

Private enterprise can protect itself against government-imposed adversities only out of profits, say* the IRS in a series of continuing rulings which will seriously hamper businesses, trade organizations and antl-bu-reaucratic activities generally. As is usual in the case of administrative Interpretations of unclear legislation the IRS has liberally Interpreted a 1919 statute barring for business deductions sums of money expended for lobbying purposes, the promotion or defeat of legislation, the exploitation of propaganda, including advertising other than trade advertising, and contributions for campaign expenses.

Under the regulations which are slated to go into effect shortly, the income tax bureau has ruled that it will not allow outlays for advertisements explaining a business groups position on any public matter directly affecting the organization, nor will it permit deductions for dues to trade organizations which act as agents in promoting the alms of their clients.

If these regulations are per

mitted to stand, the Internal Revenue Service will become an overseer of all business advertising, possessing within its devious channels the sole authority to decide what is lobbying" and what is trade advertising."

Complex as they have become, certainly Congress never Intended to include in its income tax laws the creation of an advertising censorship Board. But that Is what the IRS must become if it is to enforce it* interpretations of the law.

Every citizens has a stake in the outcome of debate on this matter, because the drain on industrial profits should industry be required to pay for public service and promotional advertising out of Income after taxes would produce a severe jolt to the economy. Most of the concerns which would be affected pay the maximum 52 per cent cwporate tax rate.

Thus for every doUar now spent on a wide range of industrial advertising, two dollars will be required under the Internal Revenue plan. And of course, the consumer pays for follies of the government which result In higher industrial costs.

On either countheavier taxation of industry and all profit making organizations, or government control of an important segment of private enterprise there is nothing to be gained but further progress toward national socialism. Only Congress has the power to change the w'ording of its legislation, but many agencies have the assumed power to interpret as they see fit.

When it becomes necessary for Congress to restate laws already on the books to keep intact legislative Intent, that is part of the legislative responsibility. Such a need has arisen as a result of a new interpretation of a 40-year*old law.

Sometimes one is tempted to think the calendar Is all mixed up. Yesterday was a good example.

Instead of the bright brisk air of fall, the atmosphere was loaded with the langour of spring. Steps with a *nap in them were tempted to loiter along the way. Ambitious undertakings were prone to be deferred to another time.

Any deep-breathing exercises had the effect of putting great weights on the eyelids and the temptation to just sag had to be resisted with unknown reserves of willpower.

Wednesday was a day fit for lotus-eaters. The zip of fall had best return in a hurry or well get nothing done.

Once in awhile you hear stories about an honest fisherman . . .which is a nice switch. And to bolster their position in society well pass along a story told by another fisherman.

It happened somehwere In the briny deep on the other side of Atlantic Beach. All those hopeful people in boats were hoping for King Mackerel, with a growing amount of dismay in the air.

As is frequently the case, the boats radio was on and discouraged fishermen were keeping tbelr spirits up by listening to others report lack of progress.

Over the snapping and crackling sounds accompanying communications they heard one conversation about not much of anything doing where we are. How many do you have in your box. Captain?" And the reply sort of jolted everybody. . . About a dozen".

A dozen Klngs7".querid the first (with surprise in his voice).

A dozen mullet for bait", replied the other. We cant find anything to take them."

F eline Eamily

Erienc.

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP)One lifetime isnt long enough to. get used to the ways of a cat.

It probably takes 18 lives- nine of yours and nine of the cats.

My leading hobby right now is trying to get accustomed to the strange antics of a cat. As^one who spent most of his years believing a dog was mans best buddy beyond himself, it was something of an ordeal of adjustment when a cat first came into my world to stay.

Where I live the landlord doesnt mix dogs and kids, and if your kid wants a pet you have to choos^B between cats and parakeets. So our daughter said a cat it had to be. and this bundle of fur called Lady Dottie entered our lives more than a year ago.

Since then I have had to change every idea I ever had about cats.

For example, I thought cats were ungrateful and selfish, I thought cats were silent and surefooted and moved about with the disembodied grace of a ghost.

Well, maybe some cats are all of these things, but not our cat, not our dear Lady Dottie, who is becoming better known in our household as Ole Clobberfoot" or Miss Hoofbeats."

Lady Dotties ancestry stretches in an unbroken line from Ancient Egypt to a nearby alley.

This cat is the pampered darling of six children on our apaiT-ment floor, and half a dozen more in the building.

She will put up with absolutely any nonsense from a child.

But the biggest surprise Ive had to get used to is in the manner of her moving. Surefooted Silent Graceful. She has the grace of a disabled buffalo. She is as noiseless as an indoor hurricane. If she ever caught a mouse, it would have to be a mouse that was deaf and tired and lame.

Whether she prowls by night or by day. Ole Clobberfoot manages to knock more things over than if we turned loose a w^hole kennel of playful great danes.

A cat is wonderful, not for what you think It will be, but for what It becomes to you, and I guess the w'ord for Ole Clobber-foot is indispensable.

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

WARNING

With the minds of men and the columns of newspapers full of wars and rumors of war between capital and labor, those of ns who have lived quite a few years think often of the labor-ing's mans plight fifty or more years ago. At the turn of the century the American industrial workers were slaves. They were at the mercy of their employer, and, worst of all, directly at the mercy of the foreman of the department or the superintendent of the mill. Men worked unconscionable hours six days a week and frequently seven. Then came a change, and this change was due to one thing, namely, the rise and maturity of labor unions. The best thing that has ever happened to the American workman is the fact that he can now demand collective bargaining.

But as the philosopher William James said. We never get enough of anything without getting too much of it. These very unions which have blessed the laboring man are now becoming such a power in national life that they can actually defy the government. Worst of all arc the labor leaders. These often sinister figures who largely are without regulation dominate the life of the individual worker, defy the supervisoi7 power of the employer,^ pour contempt on-the government.

Nation ruin may be nearer than We realize unless we can bring these willful men under the power of law and decency.

'-eatherbedding The Big Issue

Opinions In Bef

*'A primlUvs country is one that has no taxes to pay for handling juvenile delinquency in case it ever gets civilised enough to have some.Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.

aovernment ststlsticlans show ooncern over the fact that 25 per cent of American families live beyond their incomes. Look whos talking." Leroy Journal.

dozsd for a fraetion of a second, Your eyes close, the hesd dips, then you straiihtsin up with a sudden awareness bordering on psnlo. It might take only the tims for a snap of the fingers to regain control. Iri such an experience, you brush against the wings of death," Waltham (Maas.) News-Tri-bune.

"Nearly every motorist who has done late night driving can recall instances where he has

Again wf are .struck with the thought that the reason the grass looks greener In the other fellows yard is because it is." Columbia <S.C.> State.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The biggest single issue in labor relation* at the moment is not wages, not Inflation, not the 30-hour week but featherbedding.

Featherbedding or something close to ithas been the kernel of the steel dispute. Wage rate* have always been subject to mediation or arbftra-tion but the point en which the employers stood firmest wm control of working condition*.

The ateel Induatry expects that automation is about to make radical olisnges in its procesaos. It is probable that within a few years a single man at an electronic control panel ^ can direct the conversion of ore into steel and waste, and the steel companies have to pay for such equipment they do not want to be forced to pay wages to ' union members who stand by, lolling in economic featherbeds.

TIGHTENING RAILROAD

This consideration has made steel companies firm in resisting union demands about working conditions.

The issue is erupting on another front.

Railroads, which have been paying $500,000.000 a year for work not needed or performed, are toughening up In negotiations with the operating unions.

For years the railroads, reveling in lush profits, have acquiesced to make - work rules. The roads, making fat profits, were willing to pay tribute to unions rather than risk their gains. Now that railroad earn-lngsare lessening, there is less boodle to shaie with union members. The railroads have the choice of fighting tribute or of losing stlU more traffic to truckers and airlines.

There are many examples of the uneconomic effects of featherbed rules; ones enough for today: An engineer making Uu 452 mile roujMl

ween Washington and New York in a single day collects four-and-a-haH days' pay, or about 1100.

SPREAD THROUGH INDUSTRY

Featherbedding has spread far beyond rail and steel indul^-tries. Mill & Factory surveyed industrial firnls of all types and sizes and of 188 replying, 27' per cent said make-work or featherbedding techniques increased costs unnecessarily.

Significantly. 72 per cent said they are planning a strong effort to eliminate these practices in the near future,"

Among the more 'wasteful practices mentioned were: Pay for hours not,worked, excessive wahh-up time, inability to eliminate workers with labor-saving equipment, unnecessary training of new employees as demanded by unions, pay for union officers and committeemen, artificial production ceilings, and many others.

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question; Do the employees Involved in 'featherbedding' belong to a union?" The answers: Yes .... 94 per cent ....

No .... 6 per cent The term "Peatherbeddlng." by the way. is supposed to have originated at the turn of the century when Rock Island railroad men complained about corncob-filled mattresses m their cabooses.*A train master Is said to have asked, What do you want, featherbeds"

Guess they did.

A leading Industrial designer, Walter P, Margulles, characterized the new compact cars of the Big Three as a compri>-mise from almost every viewpoint, With the exception of the Corvalr," he said, the' new models are just shrunken fac-simllles of what weve been seeing on the road for yeers. The new oars aren't really competition for either the foreign makers or American Motors.

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