PAGE FOUPTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Saturday, December 5, 1959

fimturday, December 5, 19^

The Brighter Side

You Get Only What You Insist On

Who can argue with the assertion that low quality of public schools can only be blamed on the low quality of support the schools receive from parents and citizens?

In an address delivered before the annual meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, Henry Belk, editor of the Goldsboro-Argus declared that the quality of high school instruction and of public schools generally reflects the demands and attitudes of patrons of the schools.

No one can deny the fact that conditions which exist in our public schools, including the quality of instruction offered youngsters of this state, is entirely the responsibility of teachers and school officials. There is no getting around the fact that the entire citizenry is largely responsible for the calibre of public schools that exist in North Carolina.

In the words of Editor Belk: Create an attitude and atmosphere which reciUirev high standards, which frowns on hasty or shoddy class work, and the level of accomplishment in the schools is raised.

Have the people of North Carolina placed sufficient emphasis on these things in lending support to the schools of the state? Or have they been more concerned with other things pertaining to the public schools?

Under the democratic form of government, the citizens generally get what they want. If they demand better highways and set about to get them, they usually succeed. If they want better law enforcement, better fire protection, better garbage collection, they make their demands, assert their initiative and usually bring

Hooe Persists

.-or New Entries

By LYNN NISBET

UNKNOWN Although nobody has positively announced candidacy for Governor, it Ls commonly accepted as certain that Terry Sanford, John Larkins and Addison Hewlett will make their active candidacies formal soon after the first of the year. They have gone so far and obtained commitments of support from so many people, it would be em-barassing for them to quit now.

Opinion prevails in many quarters, the hop>e in many other places, that one or more additional candidates will get in the running. There is cumulative evidence that a large sement of the citizenship is not happy with the choices offered.

The wide diversity in specifications of desirable candidates suggests that no one person could possibly satisfy a majority of the voters. Most commonly mentioned requisite is that he must be well knownnot only by name but with a record of activities upon which the voters could base judgment as to his qualifications for Governor. That is a recognized lack in the prospectus of at least two of the present top three contenders.

Which recalls the story of the man who tried to get a check cashed away from home. The banker told him he could not cash the check because I dont know you. The applicant replied that was a heck of a note, aince he couldnt get it cashed at home because the folks there did know him. Being known is not always an asset. Not being known is a definite political handicap.

RECORD From the statewide political viewpoint, Hewlett is least well known of the three. Larkins by all odds the best known. Sanford, who is youngest in years, has the shortest public recordbut more of it than Hewletts beyond county level.

Hewlett has served five terms In the General Assembly as representative of New Hanover county. Before his election as Speaker of the 1959 House he had been chairman of important committees since his freshman term. None of these positions required much contact outside the ranks of his colleague in the General Assembly.

Sanford served one term in the State Senate (1953), his only public office. Prior to that he had been State president of the Young Democratic Clubs and later was manager for Kerr Scotts successful campaign for the United States Senate in 1954. The YDC and Scott campaign positions broughth Im into direct contact with political workers in every county. In both in.stances the contact was limited to considerable degree by factional

linesand for that same reason every contact was not friendly.

Larkins has a record of Democratic political activity not excelled by any living North Carolina. Five terms as Senator from the seventh district where he was nominated and elected by the whole six-county district. President protem in 1941 (hLs third termt; finance dii'ector and manager of Jackson-Jefferson dinners for several years; secretary and chairman of the State Democratic Committee, and presently National Committeeman for North Carolina. Meantime he has been active in the American Cancer Society and other civic projects, and for a long time general counsel for the N.C. Sheriffs Association, inevitably in these relationships he has incurred some enemies as well as made friends.

QUALIFICATIONS Review of the foregoing records of public service and political activity of the presently leading three candidates, considered along with the admitted lack of satisfaction on part of many voters with the whole lot. would indicate that the people are looking for some other standard of appraisal for their next Governor. They want a man of proven capacity, but the^v do not like to think the office of Governor should be considered a door prize for past service. What the Governor can do for North Carolina during the next four years is far more important than what any candidate has done in the past. At the same time there must be some assurance in the record of the candidate that he can make good on promisesor at least

desperately will try to do so in

complete good failh.

As your reporter appraises the situation now. based on conversations with a lot of people from all over the state, it is about

this- Terry Sanford, having started first and with the nucleus of an organization hanging over from the Scott senatorial campaign. is out front among the three active candidates. John Larkins, with his contects as

stato chairman and national committeeman, plus other semipublic relationships, is a fairly close second. Addison Hewlett, starting from scratch and with no statewide contacts other than legislative colleagues, has made more gains in the past three months and Is still gaining. Any other candidate who enters the race from here out must have a positive progressive program, backed upw ith a record of capacity to deliver, it he hopes to gel an.vwhere; or. he mu.st be able to capture the imagination of the electorate to such degree that the voters will forget fundamentaLs in an emotional splurge.

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The same thing applies to the public schools of this and every other state. As long as the people are w illing to have a school system of less than the highest quality, they will have it. And it will not be the fault of the teachers or school officials. It will be the fault of the citizens generally.

When the day comes that citizens insist that the quality of our public schools be raised, when they put forth the necessary effort to raise the standards of education, better schools and better education for our young people will result. **

Progress in this direction is being made. But the progress is far too slow for the times in which we live . . . and each year there goes out from our public schools a group of youngsters who missed the advan-tage.s of a higher calibre of education that might have betiii given them.

Every community in North Carolina could have better schools to better equip its youngsters if its citizens demanded; But as long as the public attitude toward the quality of our schools is indifferent* the calibre of public education will not reach the level it should.

One More Step For Mans Flight In Space

The 18-minute space flight of Sam the monkey moves the United States a little closer to the time when one of the astronauts will enter a capsule and attempt the first manned flight into space.

While officials have said this latest experiment wa.s primarily to test the escape mechanism that would return a man to earth from space, it is evident even now that considerable additional information w^as secured by the successful test Friday.

From the standpoint of space travel this latest test may not compare with previous successes by the S(viets of sending vehicles to the moon, but from the standpoint of mans entry and return from space the test completed successfully by Sam is of importance. It points up the fact that the United States is continuing to make progress in its space program, and that in spite of its previous spectacular failures in moon rockets it is carrying on a broad and successful experimental program.

Hiah ODtimism

3y Eisenhower

Santas

By DON SCHLIENZ

Mostly About Traffic

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (APIHi.stor-iafis will have to li.^t optimism flmong President Eisenhowers most persistent traits.

As he departed on his 11-nation pilgrimage Thur.sday night he still seemed optimistic about the steel dispute. Yet, so far for him thi.s has been a steady frustration going back to last spring.

All three things he wanted to avoid hav happened: A strike. Inflation, and government interference. To complete the irony Eisenhower, who protested again.st Interference, has been accused of interfering himself.

1. There is still no settlement in tiiis steel dispute which began with the negotiations opening May 5 and turned into a .strike July 15. The .strike, longest in steel history, -lasted 116 clays, was finally stopped lor 80 days by court injunction.

Now, unless settlement is reached within these 80 days, tile strike begins again. Ei.sen-hower wants to avoid a second strike.

2. The President wanted to avoil inflation through an upward thrust of steel wages and prices. But the long strike itself ha.s already cau.sed some inflation, since the result of it was loss of revenue to the government.

The lost revenue means government income in fiscal 1960, ending next June 30. will almost surely be less than government spending, thus creating a deficit for the fifth year in a row.

3. Ei.senhower wanted both sides to reach agreement by themselves without government Interference. But the government had to interfere, through the 80-day injunction to stop the strike. It may have to act again to prevent another strike.

And AFL - CIO President George Meany has accused Ei-.'^cnhower, himself of interfering on the side of the steel in

dustrywith his caution about inflation before free, collective bargaining had a chance to begin.

Just before he embarked by plane for Rome Eisenhower called on both sidesas he did as long ago as March 25to settle their problem. But he gave them a warning, even though it may have seemed mild.

He said if the union and the industry cant act responsibly, their countrymen will see that they do. He used the world countrymen as a synonym for the government. He meant government.

Nevertheless, his optimism still showed through.

"What great news it would be if, during the course of this journey, I should receive word of a settlement of this steel controversy, he said in his talk Thur.sday night.

Last March 25 when Eisenhower asked both sides to reach a non-inflationary settlement in the negotiations due to begin in May, he Indicated he would not stand idly by if a wage boost pointed to a price boost in steel.

Whether he still feels that way after what the 116-day strike has done to the economy or would just be happy if there was some kind of settlement, whether or not it caused more inflation, is not clear.

In his talk his anxiety seemed mostly directed at a renewal of the strike. He didnt say anything about price boosts. He did say he wanted a settlement fair to all sides, including the public.

Scretary of Labor James P. Mitchell said Nov. 8 Elsenhower would send Congress, when it returns In 1960, recommendations for ending the strike if it starts up again.

The proposal the Steelworkers Union made Thursday night that it is willing to make a settlement within the framework (Continued on Page 6)

I missed yesterday's Santa parades ... all of them,

My feelings werent altogether hurt; had plenty of observers from home and office to fill me in on the story. Not that attending a parade by proxy has any special qualities, but it beats nothing.

One aspect of the afternoon held my special attention, that was the traffic. In other year.s, I remembered a frustrating half hour or so In traffic when the crowds broke up. It seemed as though all the cars in Greenville were in the business district at one time.

In the back of my mind this week lurked a report Issued by

the Automobile Manufacturers Association advising what to expect in the way of growing vehicular traffic.

They say there are 82 million drivers today, surd by 1975 there will be nearly 30 million more. (That, neighbor, adds up to a lot of motorists.)

The actual predcitions are for 111 million drivers by 1975 and for an increase of 2,400 miles of driving per year for the average driver.

On reading that kind of data, the natural thing to do Is to project it to the local scene; and in contemplating the growth of Greenville, aside from the rise in our vehicular population,

Other Editors Saying . Shrinking Farm Prestige

The Best Way to Say Merry Christmas

(Washington Daily News)

There w'as a time in America when the politicians looked to the farm people as the one group which exerted the mast Influence. That was becau.se the farmers were numerous and the voting power great.

Through the years we have w1tnes.sed a decline of the farm prestige in American politics mainly because of the fact that year by year there are fewer farmers. At the same time we have witnessed a picture of the great surge of organized labor, mainly because of the numbers of union people and the fact that they are so well organized.

The power and prestige enjoyed today by tlie labor movement in America was once enjoyed by the farmer. The farmer is an individualist. He is not going to be regimented into any movement which destroys even part of his freedom. Hell belong to several oiganizations. but he is not going to lose his Identity as a farmer. And that is a tribute to his initiative and his principle.

Today with farm prices sagging all the time, it would seem offhand that the politicians w'ould be frankly worried at the trend. Some of them do profess to be worried, but little is done to remedy bad situations,

Richard Nixon, vice pre.sident and leading contender for the GOP nomination for president, has said that the farm Is.sue might "head the li.st of domestic issues m the next campaign Just why Mr, Nixon is suddenly Intere.sted in the plight of the farmers of America is difficult t<p figure out. It was he who in

the congress broke a tie vote which prevented the return to rigid high-level price supports on basic crops. The senate had a tie vote, and as vice president, Mr. Nixon broke that tie.

Breaking the tie vote against high level supports mi basic crops definitely aligned Mr. Nixon with the Benson school, of thought. And Ezra Benson, secretary of agriculture, has been a thorn in the side of many fanners ever since he has been in office.

But the fact that Mr. Nixon has taken cognizance of the farm situation at this late date might indicate at least a passing interest. But talk is cheap. What the farmer wants Is less talk and more action.

How'ever, todays farmer realizes that his voice is not heard as it formerly was. He know's that his numbers are fewer and his political prestige lower than they used to be. He knows that more and more he is being pu.shed around as the forgotten child of tlie American economy.

Many politicians stand up and speak for labor. They seem almost to get their orders from labor officials. We speaks for todays farmer? Outside of a few politicians from the South and Mid-West, the voice of the farmer in legislative halls is almost silent.

The political power seems to be vested in big city organizations. labor union organizations, and the like. The farmer is too proud, too individualistci, and too freedom loving to become a number In any far flung political organization. And the chances are that he will remain that way.

Oh yes, that AMA report of many-more-drivers-by-1975 included a bright side, too.

U.S. government forecasters are also looking for a decline in the national traffic fatality rate from last years 5.6 per hundred million vehicle miles to 4.4 by 1975.

They are looking to youth education as a big factor. Organized traffic safely education programs, running from kindergarten years through high school, are expected to glow and their impact be felt.

Sure hope so.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS CROWDS

In a world fashioned as ours is, we soon discover that we cannot live without the presence round about us of other people. There probably are a few real hermits in the world, but they are so few as to be negligible. We are gregarious by nature. We cannot live without one another.

Therefore, we have to settle ourselves to the problem of learning to live with one another. And. of course.t his problem becomes more overwhelming with

you can see,there* going to be traffic problems all over the place.

That was why my Interest was more in the traffic problem than whether or not Santa appeared as scheduled.

This" I know: banning cars from along the parade route strained available paxking facilities. Solid lines of cars were parked for blocks alwig streets feeding into closed-off parade route.

My informants tell me that once the post-parade traffic began to roll, it was a smooth operation; Just a lot of cars in motion.

But I learned, too, that others beside myself were thinking of future downtown traffic needs, and, inevitably the controversial mall solution was raised.

It was brought up that a smaller city, such as Greenville, would find It easier to develop the necessary of-street parking than would one of the larger, older cities.

Still another voiced the opinion that with the growing automotive population a new' approach to city life would be needde.

All Indicative that a number of people are looking ahead.

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By NORMA GAUGN The Santa Claiu with the biggest pack on his back this Christmas woi^ from the cold facts in a social workers casebook.

At first glance it may seem alien to the Joy of giving to organize it in platoons of statistics on just who needs what.

But in practice, it brings order out of the might seasonal confusion resulting from the burst of generosity that strikes people at yTiletide.

This mammoth Santa is the Christmas Bureau of your local United Fund or Community Chest.

It is set up long before Christmas to act as a confidential agent between people who want to give and people who need help.

Suppose Joe M. at the county home for old people needs a set of dentures. Someone tells the local Christmas Bureau. A community womens club turns in $150 as a gift for the needy and Joe gets his false teeth.

A probation officer t<dd a Syracuse, N.Y., biu-eau about 15-year-old Jimmy, who was tmylng a second hand bike for his newspaper route. Then it was stolen when he still owed $20. A couple who annually give through the Christmas Bureau bought Jimmy the present be wanted mosta new bike.

Every year mors en:^)loyt groups give up office Christinas parties and exchanges <rf interoffice greeting cards. One such office collected $700 and turned it over to the Christmas Bureau which used the money for gifts, clothing and turkey dinners fM- eight large families. Individual wants were considered and agency ^volunteers delivered the gifts so the parents could act as Santa Claus.

There may be critics who complain of a cold heartedness in organized Christmas giving. But there are plenty examples of disorganized generosity.

The Milwaukee Christmas Bureau reported 743 potential gift duplications. Another said that without checking, two families would have had help from four different donors and 11 three donorswhile other needy eases were ignwed.

Six different service clubs may descend on a single childrens home with quantities of candy, mittens and toys. Tw'o blocks away a family can live in real want, unnoticed at holiday time.

Oontributions to parties for needy children may make a merry few hours for all concerned. Contrast that, agency people say, with the lasting good of money to pay for braces fcwr the crippled; picnic baskets, box cameras and folding chair* for a club of elderly persons; play equipment for the often forgotten youngsters in detention homes. There is a wide range of ideas for gift giving where it counts. One group of school children turns In pennies to buy a food scale for a 12-year-old diabetic boy; a mens club reconditions TV sets at an orphanage; people give trading stamps to a Christmas Bureau to buy toys and clothing.

There are some 200 Christmas Bureaus throughout the nation, developing from a pro-am started more than 40 yefws ago. They offer a giant pack for would-be Santas to fill.

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the passing of time. Ilie story is sometimes told of pioneer* on the frontier a hundred or two hundred years ago who moved out of the crowded area* of the east and headed west when people began to live within ten mUes of their home*. But now with cities, with the petle on the same floor of or apertraent house to whom we havt never spoken and whom wt would not know if w# pxassd them on the street, the ailuation becomes entirely different. There arc places in orne cities where five thousand people hve in one block.

This is a tremendous test of character. The closer we Hve to people, the more we must discipline ourselves, put ourselves aside, think of others rather than ourselves. There is really just one great social problem todayhow can I live peaceably and pleasantly with people who crowd In upon me?

When we have answered that question, we have peace. Without a proper answer we have ebaoe and misery. ^

More Lookaheads For Business

By ELMER ROESSNER

Here are more look-aheads In business, based largely on analyses of developing trends:

Fresh demands for credit controLs;: The continuing rise in consumer credit is alarming many conservative economists. Every day from now through December 24. a new high mark in outstanding credit will probably be set- The total outstanding is approaching $50 billion. Tliat's more than one-eighth the annual total of all personal income.

Americans are meeting their payments all right. But a sharp downturn would slow' payments and increase defaults, thereby worsening condition.s.

Some economists are concerned because present high interest and service charges on consumer credit is diverting a large .share of expendable funds away from trade and industry to money lenders-

NO ONE SHOOTS SANTA (LAIS

Cash spending goes 100 per

cent to merchants and flows back to distributors and manufacturers. Of credit spending, 6 to 18 per cent, perhaps an average 10 per cent, flows to *uppllers of goods.

However, there will be no serious demands for restrictions on consumer credit until next year. Charge and Installment purchases are swelling the volume of trade. And no one. not even serious economists, takes a shot at Santa Claus.

Slide in housing. We are approaching the winter downturn in home building, but tight money may make it steeper than expected. High interest rates are only one cause. Most prospects are aware that they can refinance mortgages if the rate falls. But at the present, private lenders are insLsting on larger down payment* and that keeps many out of the market.

NEW TAX ANGLE

Pirh for ms.t. With Federal 'p r.'T their most thorough

' 1 In years, there ..... wc new pressures for a

manufacturers sales tax. Many people, Including manufacturers, favor such a tax on the theory that it would permit reductions in income, corporation and excise levies. However, the opposition will be strong, chiefly on the grounds that taxes on manufactured goods trend to pyramid, and that consumers would pay $2 for every $1 the manufacturer pays.

Less tax selling. Every December there is a large volume of stock selling to establish losses for income tax purpose. There will be notably less this year because many canny investors sold when stocks dipped in the fall. Thus they have established capital losses and, by reinvesting their receipts, are on their way to making new capital gains.

Big brokerage profits. High turnover in stock markets, higher commission rates and higher dollar volume have swelled brokers' earnings this year. Several of the biggest Wall Street firms w'ill show record-high profits lo* 19.59.

OLD PROMOTER PLANS

INDOOR BARBECUER

FYom the look in the Old Promoters eye one could see hat he was working on a new project and from the length of the ash on his cigar R was evident he had found a backer. The eigar was far better qualil7 than he buy for hlmseli.

Yes. he confessed, if* a great project: an indoor barbecue cooker. Just think what a boon it win be!

The men of the house will be able to cook meat without insects getting into It. Outdoor breeze* will no longer blow dirt and leaves on to the steak and chicken.

With proper Indoor vwitilation, a shift In the wind wont blow smoke and cinder* in the gue*ts faces. Furthermore, the barbe-curer wont scorch tree* and bushes, and the guest* wont trample shrubs and law*. I think I can bring America all the goodness of barbecue cooking without the usual discomforts.

If it werent for that expensive cigar he had, I would think tha old iellow was pulling my kg.