PAGE POURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR.' GREENVILLE, N. C.

Tuesday, January B, 19B0

Tuesday, January 5, 1960

Back To Work

Steel Strike Problems Unanswered

Settlement of the longest industry-wide steel strike in history is food news for the American people.

It should pave the way for labor peace in that basic industiy for the next 30 months, it will herald a period of great production in steel and allied indus* tries, a high level of employment throughout most of the economy and a period which the nation will achieve a new high level of prosperity

In all probability the settlementof which the details are. still to be announcedwill bring a new wave of inflation, however small, that will eat into the purchasing power of the dollar.

For the moment at least, we can be assured there will be no resumption of the steel strike after January 26 when the Taft-Hartley injunction would have expired. Industries that depend upon steel can continue with their production plans with assurance that their demands will he met without interruption.

There are also other aspects of the settlement ' and negotiations that led to the settlementwhich arc of significance. *

From the political standpoint. Vice President Nixon is being given credit in a large * measure for bringing about the settlement which was finally reached. His participation in negotiations in recent weeks brought praise from Labor Secretary Mitchell as well as from Steelworkers President David McDonald and R. Conrad Cooper, chief negotiator for the steel industry. At least initially, it appears that Nixons role in the settlement may afford additional political ammunition for his campaign next fall.

Another factor is that the terms of the settlement apparently were those recommended by Nixon and Mitchell speaking for the government. As such they at least in part place upon the administration respon-

Hodges Power !s Questionmark

By LYNN NISBET

ORGANIZATION One of the Interesting questions Involved in current and pending develop> ments is the extent of influence or control which Governor Hodges can exercise over the political situation. That is particlarly evident in the continuing talk about Melville Broughton running against Everett Jordan for his seat in the United States Senate. To somewhat less degree It is found In the list of probable candidates for Governor ' and Lieutenant Governor.

Nearly all the candidates for these offices have been careful to say they are not sponsored by the Governor, but none has denounced his support. Edwin Gill, as State treasurer and a member of the Council of State, has been closely associated with Governor Hodges In the administration throughout his tenure. He has been perhaps the most consistent ally of the Governor in Council of State meetings. Gill denied that he is running as the Governors candidate, and the* Governor has many times said he was taking no part In the selecUon of his successor.

It is of public knowledge that relations between Governor Hodges and Senator C.V. Henkel, an avowed candidate tor Lieutenant Governor, ara not cordial. There Is no reason to think that all the other prospective candidates lor the No. 2 placeTom White, Dave Coltrane. Dave McConnell. Cloyd Philpott, Bob Morgan, et ceteraare not on very good terms with the Governor. He has not Indicated preferene among them.

FAMILY ^ The situaUon Is different In the prospect of Everett Jordan and Melville Broughton locking horns in a contest lor the same offloe. They are both members of the Hodges, political family, and even though there Isnt a cohesive Hodges machine most observer credit him with enough Influence to prevent an internal family row.

Circumstances surrounding their adoption into the famUy make a fight between them less likely, without an open *break which would have far-reaching repercussions. ^

Hodges appointed Jordan to the United States Senate upon the death of Senator Kerr Scott In April of 1958. J(wdan subse-.quently was nominated by the executtvt committee and elected for the rest of the Scott term expiring next January. He is seeking re-election now for a full six-fear term In his own liidbt. At the time of the appointment charges were openly made

that Hodges could run this year for the full term. Staunoh Scott adherents voiced resentment. Both Hodges and Jordan denied any agreement In that dlreotton. and the Governor hss many times publicly announced his full support for Jordans re-eleoUon.

Prior to the Jordan Senate appointment, Governor Hodges had named Broughton as chairman of the non-political State Highway Commission, replacing Col. W.T, Joyner, who resigned because of pressure of his private law practice and implications of conflict of interest between his principal corporate clients and the highway set up. It is conceded on all sides that Broughton has done a good Job In the highway post, with only rare suggestions of violating the non-political concept. At the age of 37 be is proving to be a worthy son of his distinguished father, former Governor and Senator J.M. Broughton.

UNLIKELY It is improbable. almost unthinkable, that young Broughton would hazard his whole political future by flaunting his patron and challenging a veteran campaigner for one of the three highest poslttons at hands of North Carolina voters within 30 months after getting his first political office.

Luther Hodges does not have a political organization which recognizes his leadership to anything like the recognitloo formerly accorded Fumifold Simmons and Max Gardner. He is. nonetheless. the most powerful person in North Carolina politics today. He would be forced by circumstances to_ disavow Broughton us a senatorial aspirant. both because of his public commitment to Jordan and be^ cause of his emphasis on the noD-poUUcal aspect of the highway commission.

Fr<Hn all of which it is deduced and predicted that Mel Broughton will not be z candidate for Governor or Senator thtt year. What may happen six or eight years from now is another storyor maybe a continuance or sequal.

There are still a lot of people looking for a real contender against Everett Jordan for the , Senate seat. Chances grow less every day that one will emerge. If he (or she) does, it will be somebody outside of the Hodges poUtlcal family.

Latest reports are that Dr. Rachel Davis of KlMton, first woman ever to be elefcted to tho North Carolina Leglatige from east of Charlotte, expects to throw her headgear into tho ring.

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sibility for the results the settlement afirreement produces. If, in the months to come, the steel pact has an inflationary effect upon the economy, both the steelworkers and the industry will be able to point to the government as the responsible party. The industry particularly, will be able to use the government as a whipping boy, if necessary, for justifying any steel price hikes that are forthcoming.

Although the strike was settled during the 80-day cooling off period authorized under the Taft-HaHrtley law, the former threat that the strike would be resumed may not be entirely overlooked by Congress. Neither will the economic effects of a long and bitter industry-wide strike in a major industry be ignored by Congress as it considers what, if anything, is needed to further implement the present laws on government labor*>management relations.

Settlement of the strike takes the pressure off Congress, but it does not remove entirely the aspect^ of what might result if the nation found itself faced in the future with even a more serious situation and only its present laws to cope with it

In all the elation over the settlement, the bright prospects that lie ahead and the prosperity that might be in store, it must be remembered that the long and bitter strike cost the economy of the nation well over six billion dollars. Even with peace again in the huge steel industry, it will take the country a long time to make up for the loss.

Latin American Tour Is Somewhat Overdue

President Eisenhowers forthcoming trip to four Latin American nations is another of the long-overdue tours that should help bolster the relationship between the United States and some of its neighbors. .

Coming on the heels of the Presidents 11-nation tour to Europe, Asia and Africa which brought forth, some of the most spectacular demonstrations in modem history, the Latin American jaunt may well appear less successful. It must be remembered there was a sharp contrast between the reception received by the President on his most recent tour and that accorded Vice Resident Nixon when he last visited Latin America.

The very fact that the President will visit nations in South America is indicative of a growing interest on the part of our government in the relationship between this country and other nations in the Western Hemisphere. Though the trip, in our opinion, is extremely tardy, perhaps it will mark a period of greatr interest in the welfare of Latin American nations.

Just as the United States needs to strengthen its position with free nations in other parts of the world, it needs to strengthen considerably its friendship with its Latin American neighbors. As a part of a positive program aimed toward that goal, the Presidents trip should prove beneficiaL

S.elf-Control Is To Get Big Tes

By ALVm TAYLOR

;R,ound Brooms Go West

Everybody In this section la familiar with round brooms as opposed to flat ones. Such brooms can be bought In most local stores and In many rural businesses. ^

Many Individuals In the far-off frontiers of this great na-,tion have never laid eyes on 'suh'a thing as a round broom, however.

Were referring to the residents of a town called Oakland in the wild and wooly western state of California.

But, despair not. A former cltlaen of North Carolina, now roughing It In California, has obtained one of these symbols' of ciTUfikton to absolutely amaze the natives of that out-of-the-way region.

And for this educational act, everybody concerned can thank the OreenviUe Lions Club, which now can claim that its ahnual broom, sale reaches from Greenwood Cemetery In the east to Oakland In the west.

It all caAe about when Mrs. Mamie Ruth HoUoway of Rt. 1. Greenville was Informed by her daughter, * now a resident of Oakland, that the round brooms simply were not available on all the- Pacific coast.

Mrs. HoUowells daughter, Mrs. Roy P. Smith, wound up in rustic Oakland because her husband, a 15-yesr Navy veteran, was transferred to that area.

One of the things Mrs. Smith had received from her mother while living in Norfolk was a round broom. This one had long since worn out, however, and the daughter sent back a hurry-up cafltfor a new one.

Well, Mrs. Holloway had heard about the Lloiu Club broom sale so she decided to purchase .a round broom from this club.

She called Mrs. Cora Powell of the Merchants Association who told her to contact Richard Worsley, president of the Lions Club. Worsley was sym-

By JAMES MAROW

WASHINGTON (AP)In 1960 Vice President Richard M. Nixon will get the best test in a field in which he prides himself: self-control. R will be more than just the most important year in his Hie. It will be the toughest.

Ever since getting into politics in 1946 Nixon has been an ambitious young man on the way up. The exzet elevation was ncer-tain until he became vice president in 1953. There never has been much doubt since where he wu aiming.

Now for a man of 46he wont be 47 until Jan. 9he has an incredible future; an almost certain grip on the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, without an <4>ponent In sight.

Because of it this year he will be subjected to the greatest scrutiny of his existence, not oiy Democratic foes and Independent voters but by Republicans measuring him lor White House size.

But its the criticism which should teat his self-control. He will be getting more of It from the Democrats in 1900 than in any previous year. Their dislike lor him goes away back.

They condemned him for his campaign tactics before he ber came vice president and again for the way he performed In the 1954 eoagresslonal elections. Since then be hu followed a less Irritating line.

He is a good talker and a good showman. He Is aggressive and quick on hls feet. But above all he is aa exoaUent planner of his

own political future.'No one In years has been able to tantalize , him Into impulsive statements which might hurt him.

But he is facing something special now.

Usually a political party can't concentrate its fire on the presidential candidate of the op-psiti(Hi until he has been chosen at the summer convention.

Since Nixon looks like the sure-shot Republican candidate, the Democrats can start on him right away. They will reach a peak in^the campaign, of course.

So Nixon and everyone else .ought to be able to learn just how deep his self-control runs. But no one knows better than Nixon, a shrewd politician, that letting himself be pushed off balance into one public display of temper could ruin him.

BuV even President Eisenhower may have some self-consciousness aboift Nixon this ytnr. Eisenhower has made more use of his vice president than any president in history. It helped build Nixon's national stature. .

No question, was raised about it so long as Nixon was just the vice president. But now the use Eisenhower makes of him may be labeled politics by the democrats, an effort to build up Nixon for the 1960 campaign.

Since Eisenhower is in the most active phase of his own presidency, with plans for wide traveling this year and even a summit meeting. Nixon may be left pretty much on the sidelines until convention time.

Other Editors Saying.., Bridge At Morehead

(GeUsboro News-Argas)

More and more the question is being asked. Wonder la, probably, that a reetiveness and insistence hasnt developed before.

Reference Is to the plans for a new highway bridge on UB. 70 between Morehead City and Beaufort.

One must be built 1 Mordiead Citys state port is to break out of the bottleneck In which it cow finds itself. A new warehouse now building at the growing port will practically fill all available space for expansion of the port.

The new bridge site was sup-sposed to have been well on toward an actual decision as of last June. The State Highway Commission wanted the recommendations of the State Ports Authority on the matter.

The two bodies worked together in preliminary discussions. It was demonstrated conclusively that the Prats Authority had a big stake in the future based on where the bridge will go.

If any decision has been reached or if progress toward a decision has been made that has not been made public In Carteret or among the counties now backing the Neuse Development Association.

Meantime Alligator river bridge la In the works and Wilmington Is promised a structure

which that area long has needed.

Naturally those interested in the Morehead ports future are wanting to know what has happened to the bridge plans for their section.

Large support has been manifest tor a new bridge at Morehead which men in the know say would not only give needed new.jacreage to the state port but would open a magnificent frontage along Newport river for Industrial development. This group visions a sort of by-pass to the west and nralh of Morehead City. It would swing in a wide arc to croas to the Beaufort side a half mile or thereabouts to the north from the present approach and bridge through Moreheads business section: Acreage sufficient for the cx-pansirai of the port for 25 years to come would be made available.

Bridges now are being planned to last near half a century and must be planned to accommodate developing traffic flow. The arc approach and bridge also would eliminate eight rail crossings on tiie Morehead side and one or two on the Beaufort side of the present strufi^e.

Dont be surprise#^ you hear of some delegations going to Raleigh and asking State Highway Chief Babcock. whats the situation.

Oood old daywhen a teenager went into the garage and came out with the lawn mower. Chicago Tribune.

pathetic to the problem of the Californians so he turned the matter over to George Brown, chairman of. last years broom ale.

Brown called on W. C. Taylor Jr. who Is storing the brooms. Taylor packed raie tip and sent it off to Mrs. Smltb In California.

All this happened several weeks ago and Mrs. Holloway has smce received a letter from her daughter informinf the local woman that she received the broom,

i^e seld it was a curiosity to her neighbors.* Mrs. Holloway stated. "She wrote that one of her neighbors said she had never seen such a thing/ -

The round brooms. Incidentally, are a stand-by in the HoUoway household.

Weve used them ever since they came out, said Mrs. HoUoway.

Anywey, at least a smaU portion of Oakland has been enlightened concerning the finer things in life.

Who knows? The idea might spread to the other settlements of California. Majrbe some bright North Carolinian can head for the Pacific state and get rich aeUlng round brooms to the natives.

Opinions In Brief

A jet pilot just flew at' a. speed of 14120J miles an hour, a new worlds record. Thats okay for jet pUots, but we do wish so many of dbr drivers wouldnt try and beat it on the highways.Raleigh Times.

The mania for munching tranquilizing pills caught the American public at about the time of the. outbreek of the Korean War. It has been estimated more than 40 mlUion persons buy those makes for which a prescription is not required. Without anxiety in reasonable proportion man should be indifferent to everything and the world would be chaos. Who wants to live in a world of tranquility achieved via a pill box? Beverly (Mass.) Evening Times.

Resolve Not In

Haste

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP)How are you oomlDg with your New Yearz reaoiotions?

Forgotten 'em already? Good. Bl probably better to get them out of your system early and get back to your normal mlxed>up way of living as soon ss possible.

Many psychiatrists say it Is a good thing to make New Years resolutions- Im not so sure it always is. I'd like to read a few of the reeolutions that psychla* trlsts write down on their memo pads for themselves this time of year.

They probably read about as follows:

'Must get a firmer grip on my ID. It's been getting out of hand lately.

Get new and more cheerful cover for my couch. The present one is ao duU it depresses even me.

Resolve to quit letting my mind wsnder while Mrs. ZUcb tells me hra fancied trouMes. After all she pays me $10 aa hour to listen to her.

Find otR why my dog is showing unmistakable rigns of schizophrenia. Is it Ms fault? Is tt my wifes? Is K ratoe?

It is my theory that psychiatrists. -like ordinary mortals, make a fundamental error in making New-Years rea<riutkms. They do tt at the wrong time-

The right time to reeolve to correct your method oi living iS' at the end of a restful summer vscatton. Then the sky is smiling. birds yodel in joy from every bough, and you yourself feel at your best.

Tben, If you pause in your pleasure and note a few fly-specke in your character, you might resolve to get rid of your more outstanding bad habitsand really do something about it afterward. You have the strength to.

But not on New Tears Day. Exhausted by unwonted good will, drained of energy, you magnify your defects. You so# youraelf as a depraved monster wMch you probably arenX any more than your neigbbor Is-

You overlook the vtrtues you really have. You have a eon-vlctlon you are so bad the only proper place for you Is the nearest jail. And If the police arrested everybody who felt that way on New Tear, thered be 75 millioo Amerteans behind bars by nigbtfsU.

8o what do you. do/ You arw overcome by a tiesire for an Impossible righteousDeaa.'ToM make high resolves to changeuyour-self from a comfortable human jalopy to a RoUa-Royce overnight. You make vows that would numb a fourstar angel to perform.

And what happens? You write down this long list of good resolutions. and put it away in a drawer. Next April, when It Is time to figure out your income tax. you will go through the drawer again.

You will find the list R will be rahting outside. You will read tho list, and find that you have failed to carry out a single one of your forgotten good resolutions. And you win feel Mue fwr days.

Heaven, as the poet wrote, is not gained in a singlS bound. You have to change youraelf graduallythat Is. if you want to live to see the Improvement yourself. If you want to make a better buUdlng of yourself, you must do it brick by^brick.

For examine, a close friend of minehe Is married to my wife adopted this year only these resoluttone:

Dont uee muff.

Avoid betting on inside straights In poker games.

No matter what Congress does, dont waste money on congratulatory telegrams. Stick to complaining postcards.

Quit leaping up in crowded buses to give a seat to tired lady shoppers half your age.

No matter bow many- Girl Scouts beat on your door selling cookies, never buy more than one box at a time.

Come the dawn of 1961, this fellow may not be a greatly finer human being. But be will be . sure of one thing: When he makes a resolve, be is a man of his word. He will have kept faith with himself in 1960.

Strength For Today Foreign Travel Boom Growing

By EAEL L. DOUGLASS KEEP AN BYE ON POUCIES

Arnold Toynbee, In his stupendous book A Study of History. lays down the proposition u the result of a lifetime of research-that civilisations disintegrate because of a deficiency In the spiritual life of the nation. By the same tok.n. those nations which make spiritual emphasis and which are particularly dUlgent as regards social responsibilities, improve and press on to heights of cresr tive achievement. The firstSign of.decadence in the life of a nation is the deterioration or absence of these neoeesary spiritual factgri.

All thia Is pregnant with meaning fra the students of modem world affairs. Whither are we bent? Toynbee would say that we stand 109 close to the scene today to be able to evaluate all the factors Involved. But certainly we can get some Idea of the direction in which we are going If social justice is the prerequisite of natloual greatness. If a willingness on the part of clUzeos to sacrifloe makes a

nation great. If unselfishness and love have political as well as moral connotations, then we had better ponder the poUclea of modem lilt.

For a generation or more, historical facts have been assessed chiefly from an economic standpoint. It is refreshing to find a great historian such as Toynbee making^the spiritual emphasis.

Qaasf-Szal-ltfi

By ELMER ROESSNER

American expenditures fra* foreign travel hit a new high in 1959 and will probably reach an even liigher figure this year.

Considerably more than 1.500,-000 Yankees visited foreign countries last year. They spent about I2-4 billion, two-thirds of it in foreign countries.

This year travel authorities expect an outpouring of 1,600,-000 Americans and an outlay of more than 12.5 billion.

About 40 per cent will be spent for travel In Europe, 20 per cent in Canada, 20 per cen In Mexico. 10 per cent in the West Indies and Central America, and the rest In other areas.

Travel behind the Iron Curtain will be a mbderately significant factor for the first time. Russia and other Red countries are making a bid for Western travelers. They may get quite a few of them because, curiously. Russia ||ias snob appeal. Anybody can talk about having been up In the Eiffel Tower, but how many have . ever ridden in the Moscow sub-SiT

OpportunUlet On Both' Sides

Since the average traveler spends about two-thirds of his outlay in foreign countries, about )1.75 billion wUl be spent in the United States for clothing. gear and other accessories. ,

This constitutes a growing market for all kinds of goods and services in the United States. Many borden hoppers live not far from Canada or Mexico, but most ivAmericans must spend money for travel from homes to points of departure. Foreign travel means no less prosperity to owners of motels, hotels, gas stations and transportation facilities.

Amounts spent abroad, and even amounts spent In the U. S. for foreign goods and services, such as a flight from New York to Zurich 00 Swiss Air, prepayment for a Volkswagen waiting at a European port, constitute an import, just as other foreign expenses.

It is strange that buying ice cream from a wagon in Rome constltute^^ an Import, but It does'on staUsUcal tables. The

Ice cream is not imported to the U. S., but the money to buy It was an export, and that makes, the ice cream just as much of an Import as a case of Spanish sherry.

Advantages of Exchange

Spending abroad, therefore, increases the drain on the American gold supply. Every $35 spent by Americans abroad, not balanced by equal spending by foreigners for American goods or American travel, diminishes our gold supply by an ounce.

However, travel is good for us.

First, by placing American dollars in the hands of foreigners, we enable them to buy goo^ and services here. Instead of taking the gold.

Second. American travelers (or most of them) serve to advertise democracy abroad. The fact thif so many Americans can afford the luxury of travel equates democracy with wealth; the ethical lessons come easy after that.

Third, spending abroad strengthens the Internal econom

ies of visited countries. It provides sales, employment profits; these form the bases of economic and hence military etrength. During World War II man Italians would much rather have fought for American tourist spending than for tho Fascist nd Nazi levies on their freedom and possessions. Fourth, traveled Americans are better educated politically. Foreign relief, NATO defenses and burgeoning democracy mean mwe to a person who has traveled to Ima, Peru, than * to one who fi remained lifellng in Lima, Ohio.

Industrial Firms See Sales Rise, Higher Prices

A survey of 24 industrial forms by Mill A Factory shows that 64 per cent think business will be better this year, while only 5 per cent think it will be lower than In 1959. The rest think it will be about the same.

A total of 72 per cent said prices wl be higher and only 2 per cent thought they would be lower, with 26 per cent thinking they will be about the same.