PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Monday, November 9, 1959

Monday, November 9, 1959

A Matter Of Perjury Is Involved

To Hold The Big Ones-

Although major public attention has been focused on Congressional hearings in the TV quiz show scandal, it is also of importance to the people of this country what New York officials decide to do about those who committed perjury in giving testimony to the New York Grand Jury which looked into the rigging of tho quiz shows.

Before the Grand Jury, as well as before the congressional committee, witnesses were sworn to tell the truth in giving testimony. In recent days it has develop-

greater importance that the courts of the nation continue to receive honest testimbny and that the publics confidence in the courts and in grand jury investigations not be undermined. If these people who have committed perjury before the grand jury are excused for their action, it wiil only encourage others who want to cover up something to also give false testimony to the grand juries and to the courts. It will say to the public, in effect, honest testimony before the courts i.s no longer of paramount importance. If you give false

ed that Charles Van Doren as well as others who ap-, testimony, you may get by with it as those involved in peared before the grand jury did not tell the truth the TV scandal did.

even though they were under oath to do so.

Will they be caled on to answer for their perjury Offense, or will the matter be overlooked by court ofticials?

Of the two matters involvedthe rigging of quiz shows and lying under oath to a grand jury who Can say that the fact the quiz shows were rigged is the more important?

The very basis of our judicial sy.stem which includes grand jury investigations as an important part IS the fact that witnesses are required, under oath, to give truthful testimony when they take the stand. If these people who have now admitted that they lied to the giand jury are allowed to go unpunished for the action, how will it affect future testimony before grand juries in New York and elsewhere in the country? Does the fact that they have become well-known people exempt them from the requirement to give truthful testimony under oath? Does the fact that they have now given truthful statements coneerning the rigging of the quiz shows excuse their early action in which they lied under oath to the grand jury?

While it is important that television be conducted fairly and honestly, certainly it) is of

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By LYNN NISBET

ORGANIZATION North Carolina is one of the .few states which has a formal written Plan of Organization for its political parties. Both Democratic and Republican parties In this state have such written charters that control their activities. There have been occasions when expediency seemed to justify ignoring the written rules, but for most part they are followed to the letter.

The Democratic Plan of Organization was materially amended last year, to bring the State organization for the first time in direct relationship to the National Democratic party.

A few minor changes were made with respect to the internal organization at the same time.

It now appears that the Plan for stalcwide application doe.s not meet the needs of .some countie.s, especially those in wrhich a large number of regus-tered Democratic voters openly adhere to and vote with the Republican party in congressional and presidential races. Amendments are being sponsored by Democratic leaders in Mecklen-bur, Forsyth, Catawba. Guilford and other counties where such local conditions prevail, to afford county Democratic organizations more autonomy in handling their local affairs.

The present Plan of Organization provides for the State Executive Committee to meet on or before March 10 of each, biennial election year to fix time and place for precinct meeting, county and state conventions. Traditionally these meetings are set within three or four weeks ahead of the primary, and almast always after close of books for filing notice of candidacy for pai'ty nominations.

TIMEThat affords sufficient time for organization in counties where party lines are clearly drawn. In. communities where registered voters do not respect the party affiliation given on the registration books the time for screening the perfecting- genuine party organizations has been found too short.

A movement is underway to have the Plan of Organization amended to permit counties desiring to do .so to hold precinct meetings and county conventions anytime between October I and March l preceding the biennial state convention, which usually comes about ten day.s before the primary. Back of this proposed change is the thinking that precinct chair

men, who compose tlie county executive committee, could be

elected to more accurately represent the genuine Democratic sentiment before the primary campaign gets heated.

It IS important to keep in

mind distinction between the legalized primary election, which of necessity must be nonpartisan. and the activities in party organization.sDemocratic or Republican. Election procedure must be uniform, with the same rules applying in

every voting precinct in every county. It is easy to understand w hy party machinery must operate under different rules in

Avery county, which is almost solidly Republican, in Northampton which is almo.sl solidly Democratic, and in Catawba or Mecklenburg where it Is difficult to distinguish between Democrats and Republicans before, during and after the election. PartLsans in those close counties have merit in parly meetings.

Unfortunately, unle.ss a special meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee should be called, the proposed changes cannot be made applicable to 1959-1960. Next regular scheduled meeting of the com-mirtee is on or before March 10. 1960.

RUNNING MATESIn every election campaign candidates are careful to avoid any semblance of lining up with other candidates. The idea of a ticket which would include candidates for offices from United States Senator and Governor on down to county offices is anathema for polite public conversation. However much it may be denied, the fact is obvious that the races for the United States Senate, Governor and other statewide elective offices are inextricably entangled with campaign.s in several congre.s-sional districts, and for legislative positions in a number of counties.

It is an open secret, so open in fact that the secret label can almost be ignored, that big money spent by candidates for big offices Is used as much to promote the election of local officials as for the big men who provided the war chest. There are instances which can be proven by casual research of money .sent into a county be a candidate for Governor or Senator or their friendsbeing used more for the benefit of a sheriff or a county commissioner than for the specified beneficiary And there isn't much anybody can do about it.

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Unle.ss our judicial sy.stem is to be placed in jeopardy, those who have perjured themselves before the Krand jury must be called on by the courts to answer for their action. Just because they are now famous people does not give them the right to disregard the cardinal requirements of our judicial system.

Justice, after all, is supposed to feed every individual, regardless of station in life, out of the same spoon. It is the responsibility of the courts to see that justice is done.

Some Sidewalks For

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Our Younger Citizens

Official note taken by Greenvilles City Council Thursday night of the need for sidewalks in the areas of some of the city's school.s should lead to a positive program to provide those needed facilities.

Parent.s spend liteialiy years trying to teach their youngsters the dangers that lurk in the .streets, and train them not to play in the streets. Then, when the kids start to school, they have to walk in the street because there is nowhere else for them to walk. Particularly for the younger children, it is probably difficult to understand why it is all right to walk to school in the street, yet it is not all right to blindly chase a ball when it rolls into the .street.

There are a number of problems which must be resolved before the needed sidew'alks can be provided particularly along the more heavily traveled streets in the vicinity of some schools. Nevertheless, the fact that these particular streets carry a heavy volume of vehicle traffic is all the more reason the children .should be provided sidewalks on which to walk rather than having to walk in the streets.

We trust the City Council will exercise all deliberate speed in seeing that the needed sidewalks are provided for the protection of the youngsters of the city.

A Visit

By HAL BOYLE

Thinas Learned In Mai'.

Little To Be By Federal

Gained

Activity

Federal legislation prohibiting rigging of TV {jiiiz shows and similar schemes to deceive the public via the broadcast media would mean little indeed if the networks themselves did not shoulder the '^primary responsibility for seeing that such deceptions did not take place.

And if the networks are going to take sufficient steps to prevent such activities in their own industry, what purpose would be serv^ed by federal laws of the nature that have been proposed?

While the public was deceived by the rigged TV quiz shows, the television industry has suffered much more from the scandal which came from those practices than the public which viewed the rigged shows. The result has been a tremendous loss of prestige for the television industry, which the industry probably will be most anxious to regain if at all po.'isible.

There is every reason to believe, therefore, that the industry itself will impose stringent controls to prevent a re-run of the quiz show scandals. It i.s probable, too, that the controls will go far beyond the realm of quiz shows. As The Reflector has said before, the burden rests upon the industry itself, and little is to be gained by attempting to project federal laws into this particjular field.

Suppose Arms Outlays Slashec.

NEW YORK (AP-Things a columnist might never know if he didnt open his mail:

Wearing red clothing in woodland areas during the deer hunting season is no guarantee you wont be mistaken for a buck and shot. It is estimated that eight per cent of Americas 1,200,000 hunters are color blind.

You cover your mouth when you yawn out of politeness, but in the superstitution-ridden past people did so out of fear. They were afraid an evil spirit might enter their bodies.

One of the worlds greatest shortages today is in doctors. In some countries there Ls only one doctor for every 180,000 inhabitants.

Our quotable notables: Our liberty depends on freedom of the press. said Thomas Jefferson, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

How far do you drive your car

e|ch year? The figure for the average motorist is 9.571 miles.

If you want to get kicked by a cow, one of the surest ways is to try to milk it from the wrong side. Cows are traditionally milked from the right side.

On the political front: Could a Jew be elected president of the United States in this generation? Of 47 Republican and Democratic party leaders asked this question by the Jewish Digest, 31 replied yes.

The Old West Isnt altogether tamed. Some 6,000 wild horses still roam the mountains of Nevada, but its now against federal law to hunt them down on public lands with jeeps or other motorized vehicles.

A thought for the elderly: To be 70 years young. said Chief Justice Oliver Wndell Holmes. Is sometimes far mre cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.

Other Editors Saying ... Advertising Good News

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By RALPH ROBEY

Although there is little passibi-lity that' we may get a reduction of major proportions in federal .spending within the next year or so. there is much discussion of what the effect of such a cut would be upon our economic trend.

Benefits of Reduced Federal Spending

This problem usually is pased in terms of a reduction of our military spending of. say $10 billion because of an end of the cold war. But there would be the same type of problem if the reduction of spending came in the nonmilitary part of the budget.

In other words, in the discu-s-.sion It is assumed that the spending itself, regardless of it.s pur-po.se, IS an essential element in the present volume of business. So, for the purpase of argument. let iLs a.ssume that we had reduction in government outlays of ten billion dollars. What would the results he?

If the reduction was in the non-military parts of government it would mean that the public would have just that much more to spend as it saw fit. This would be true regardless of whether taxes were cut by an equal amount. The difference betv\een a reduction of taxes and the alternative of the same amount paid off on the public debt, would be solely in the dus-tribution of the proceed.s.

And there could be a difference according to the type of tax reduction made, and the portion of the public debt paid off.

If the tax reduction was all given to those in the lower income brackets, the vast majority of It would be spent. If the reduction was for those in the upper income brackets, a major portion of it might be inve.sted. If the tax I'cduction was aetos.s the income board, it would be used much as picsgnt personal

income Is used.

One other possibility need.s mention. If the reduction were made in business taxes, it would reduce the cost of production, and prices would be lower. That would be assured by competition.

If the proceeds of the lower spending were used to pay off part of the public debt there also could be a variation of its effects according to the owners of the obligations repaid.

If the owners were commercial banks it-would mean that their reserves would be increased by the amount of the payment, and they could increase their loans and investments by an equal amount, or actually perhaps a somewhat larger amount since reserves do not have to be 190 percent. If the owners were private citizens there would be the same variation as in tax reduction.

The .same situation would prevail if the reduction in spending was in the military, except in this instance some companies, and some industries, would feel an immediate impact. 'These would be companies and industries dependent, to a greater or lesser degree, on military orders In some instances the readjustment probably could be made without too much trouble: in other instances the rcadju.siment would be severe.

Federal .Spending Not Basis For l\S. Econoniy

What this all mounts to is the fact that our economic activity us not basically dependent upon government spending.

This does not mean that government spending does not affect business. Of course it docs. But given a little time, we would adjust to a reduction of government spending of any magnitude. This will be true just as long as our desire for goods is not completely .sated, and there V no iTHson to a.ssnme that we are eveu close to that point.

(Hertford County Herald)

The reporters, correspondents, columnists and editorial writers are responsible for only a small part of the most important information your newspaper brings to you.

Equally important to you. the reader and subscriber, is the news furnished you in the pages of your newspaper by the advertiser. Often the business news contained in advertising columns is employed to more direct benefit than the general intelligence of the reportnrial and editorial output for it is a guide to savings at the budget level And the advertisers are mighty important to the reporters, columnists and editorial commentators also, for It is the advertisers who support and expand free enterprise in a land where freedom of expression can be maintained, without government control or subsidy.

Advertising within itself is good news. Often it tells the readers for the first time of some new product that will make the users he.althier and happy, how to save labor and money and how to enjoy more fully, the American way of life.

Were it not for the demand created by advertising, the limited number of many products would place them out of the reach of the person of an average income.

Advertising is educational information which is necessary for progress. Advertising has brought about healthy competition which has made America great.

So powerful and vital a factor has advertising become in the general scheme of things that cities, towns, states and other community advertising programs now flourish on national and even international scales.

Wise advertisers have always known that truth pays and that misrepresented products will result in more harm than good. This is why advertising not only tells the truth, but gives a liberal education in scientific developments for a better way of life.

Demand causes mass production. advertising creates demand. and competition Is the force eternal behind the story Amencan industry has to tell through the medium of advertising.

In countries where there is little advertising, newspapers are by necessity subsidized and as a result are so slanted they can never put up a fight for your right to know. Advertising is not only news about progress, but it enables a newspaper to remain free and independent. Without advertising there would be little progress in this land of ours and newspapers would be like those in many of the have-not countries of the world.

It was Willa Gather who observed, No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.

Strength

For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS THE ONLY WAY OUT

Be ye reconciled. . .

Saint Paul was writing to the Corinthians and urging them to be reconciled to God. But the words have a mighty message for iCs moderns also. Not in centuries have nations stood glaring at one another across inter-tional boundaries more viciously and sullenly than today. If newspapers cared to confine themselves to reporting acts of violence and domestic disorder, they could fill their pages every day with this type of news. The juvenile delinquent is not just a bad boyhe is a horrifying reminder that we are bringing up a certain portion of our youthful population amid circumstances which encourage crime. Think of the number of divorces each year. One-fourth as many people seek divorces each year lationship. People are appearing as enter into the marriage rein open court daily and saying that they just cant live with each other. Incompatibility, mental and physical cruelty, general hatefulnessthese are given as causes.

The world is full of torrential disorder. With all our talk about peace and modern refinement, millions of people are at bitter enmity one with the other.

Be ye reconciled. It needs to be said to millions of married couples. It needs to b said to tho.se who were once friends and now are vengeful enemies.

The words are brief and simple i Be ye reconciled.

Opinions In Brief

* It is fine for us to enjoy religious freedom with the right to worship as we please, but it doe.s us little good unless we really wor.ship.Canton (Ga.) Tribune.

Ibow grease is a better busi-ne.ss lubricant than soft soap, Anderson Independent.

To See 'Russia

By ROGER BABSON

MOSCOW, Russia, After traveling two days from Warsaw, Poland through Russia, we have remained about one week m Moscow. It certainly is a wonderful city, with 5,000.000 people plus 2,000,000 in the suburbs; but, of course, to comment on Communism after such a short visit would be foolish FREEDOM TO INVESTIGATE

Many Americans report that they are compelled to tour with Communist guides who>show them only what the Russian rulers wish them to see. This I do not believe. First, because of the language difference, ^ guides who can talk English art ahsolirtely necessary. English-speaking persons are very, very scarce here. Second, I can testify that our guidea woman took us everywhere we asked to go. She had no prescribed route: also, every question we asked she answered frankly. Furthermore, tourists from the United States are well treated, especially since Mr. Ks visit to the U.S.A.

Unfortunately, the weather has been against us. It seemed very cold to us; two days it snowed hard, which made it impossible to see much from our taxi; but the guide took us into every building we asked to see. Let me add that our U. S. Embassy here was most helpful.

Russia Now Is Materialistic

Russia was in wretched condition when the Revolution camo In 1917. Moscow had narrow, poorly paved streets and mostly wooden houses. The new governments first act was to widen greatly the streets of every large city and build five-story cement apartment buildings. As these were built the old houses were pulled down, and this It still going on today. This rebuilding naturally caused th people to worship Stalin, accepting blindly the new Communist form of government. In the course of 20 years this has succeeded in giving every family a good home in p. modern a modern apartment building and through the collective farmsplenty to eat,with free hospitals and other comforts. There are now no slums in Russia such as are in our large cities!

At the same time, all church worship w'as discouraged. The old Russian churches under the Tzars had done nothing for the people; so Stalin decided tp wipe them out. Almost all the people you meet state proudly that they are atheists. We, however, insisted on visiting one of the beautiful remaining open Orthodox churches. Our guide stated that she had never been in a church before, although we found that this one was attended each Sunday by over 4,000 praying people, all of whom must stand since there are no seats. True worship is coming back in Russia gradually; but first everyone who Is v;illing to w^ork is being given shelter and food.

Education Now The Goal

During the years Stalin, and now Khrushchev, have directed great efforts toward free education. Most beautiful school and college buildings have been built. Everyone must attend school from the age of 7 to ago 14. At 14, they are given competitive exams and those who pass are admitted free to high school for three years. At the age of 17 directly after high school everyone must go to work in a factory, or on a farm, or in construction work, or in the army. During those two years they are carefully watched to see whether they deserve a college training in science, mathematics or inventions.

Of the million children attending school in Moscow, about 50,000 are now in colleges or universities. They are constantly checked and about 5,000 are given the very advanced work which results in development of space missiles and other remarkable inventions. Certainly there Is much that we in the United States can learn about educating our young people. Moreover, if any of the Russian students feel they were overlooked in the sifting described above, they have the opportunity of studying under the Continued On Page i

"s There No End To Inflation?

By ELMER ROESSNER

There Is no end to inflation if one IS to accept Petersons law.

Peterson is Prof. William H., New York University economist. The law is:

History shows that money will multiply in volume and divide in value over the long run. Or. expressed differently, the purchasing power of currency w'ill vary inversely with tlie magnitude of the public debt.

Professor Peterson expounds hts law in the November Issue of Challenge magazine. By happy coincidence, the magazine is published by New York University. Profes.sor Peterson has frequently been .seen in the University. cafeteria with Dr. Haig Babian, the editor of the magazine. This is interesting in con-necton with Roessners law, which Is: One of the best ways to get published is to know' an editor.

SIGMFICANT ARTICLE

And while Profe.ssor Peterson se em.v to write with a twinkle In his ti'pewritcr, his conclusions

appear as sound as the Swiss franc.

Professor Peterson introduces law with some deference to Sir Thomas Gresham (Greshams Law: bad money drives good money out of circulation) and Prof. C. Northcote Parkinson Parkinsons Law; Bureau-caracy tends to expand. Professor Peter.son proves his point empirically. He takes coins at random throughout history and shows their value has constantly been reduced. He poinls out the English penny was originally .struck of sterling .silver. fYom 1275 to 1816, the weight dropped from 22 troy grains to 7.27 grains. He might have added that the .symbol for the penny Is d which stands for ^denarius, a gold coin reputed to be worth the price of a cow.

Debts Rise Proportionately

Professor Peterson points out that national debLs rise as the value of currencies falls.

By now you may be getting the idea that public debUs were made to be increased and cur-

rencie.s made to be devalued, and this is precisely the point of the law at hand. Consider: originally the pound, lira and peso referred to certain monetary weights; now all have been eroded by time, their original meanings lost In the dust bin of history.

He concludes: The investigations will go around in circle.s. The people will exercise no restraint, the government w'ill exercise no restraint. The public debt, handmaiden to inflation, will wing onward and upw'ard; prices and wage.s . , will continue to lisp, money could continue to multiply in volume and divide in value.

Petersons law Is a purely scientific discovery a facV of history, a part of humaii|g|iure. Lorelei may be on thJIW^cks. and our sailors are hu^n. The law makes no moral juagmcnts. It stands removed from polf|cs. It po.sps no solutions. After all. it Is not the businr.ss of the sclentlst.s tb .shut off the tap w'atcr. Enough for him to tell

us the tub Is overflowing. And it is. indeed.

OI.D OFFICE DICTIONARIES HEADING TOWARD DISCARD

The language of modern bu-lne.ss is being tangled by the terms introduced in the electronic data-processing field.

At the recent National Business Show in New York were exhibited pdp-Mek-a-Punch and pdp - Data Integrator machines.

Pdp stands for peripheral data processing and that means the handling of data that flows into the central office from the periphery. The periphery is where the branch offices are located.

A description of one machine Is: All the data Inputs are automatically combined and punched out on tape. The tape output can be fed directly to a computer, or to a tape-to-card converter for luse In tabulating machines and systems.

Hereafter, dont .sneer at the language of the beatniks. Some of them are pdp - beat, too.