PACE POimTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE. N. C.

Wednesday, January 13, I960'

Wednesday. January 13, 1960

The World Traveler

Conclusion: Not So Many Nazis

The current rash of swastika-painting, anti- Semitic slogans etc. is pretty sickening to people who recall the crimes of a little paper-hanger named Adolph and his gang of fanatics.

Swastikas and slogans have appeared in far comers of the world ... as though a master plan was at work. They appeared as if by signal; first in Germany, then in quick succession reports filtered in from other cities of Europe, South America, the United States.

' Reaction to'all this was, as to be expected, immediate outraged indignation. And the louder the reaction, it seemed the more those hated symbols spread.

So we smell a rat.

Its reasonable to expect a number of old-time Heil Hitler bullies are alive today; but it also is reasonable to believe time and the collapse of Nazism must have dampened their enthusiasm for Hitlers ideas.

The matter of personal freedom must also weigh heavily on their minds. Flagrant displays of Nazi loyalty would cost them their anonymity and peace.

Well concede the world still has people who, having nothing better to do to justify their existence, cling to the crooked cross. But so far as can be determined, they are relatively few.

How then explain the wave of swastika-painting?

Maybe a little story from South Carolina sheds some light

There, a 15-year-old boys says an argument with his girlfriend set him off on a spree of painting swastikas on road signs, service stations and other buildings.

Marriage Laws ! Raise Questions..

By LYNN NISBET

MARRIAGES An inquiry fr(Mn a Virginia minister about whether he would have to post a bond before he could perform a marriage in North Carolina, or if the bond he has put up in Virginia would take care of the situation, sent stnne State officials to the law books. It was the first time several of them had heard about the requirement for a bond in Virginia, and they still dont know Just what the bond is supposed to cover.

North Carolina does not require anything of that kind. It was further discovered that only two classes of people can perform marriage ceremonies in this state ministers of recognized religious faiths and justices of the peace. The statute provides for ordained ministers or persons authorized by their church.* That provlsloo takes care of Quakers and other recognized denominations which do not have an ordained mtoistry in the same sense as most churches. It also excludes fly-by-night and upstart emotional evangelists who call themselves preachers.

Legislators In the past have given thought to the idea of tightening the restrictions on ministers performing marriages, but the idea of requiring a bond has not been discussed. Most of the troubles arising from illegally performed marriages stem from justices of the peace.

Most recent widely publicized east was that of Miss Elsie Fosttf in Wilkes county, who went on marrying couples after her commission as a JP had expired. She had been reappointed by the General Assembly but had failed to qualify before the clerk of court as required by law.

The Virginia Inquiry and the Wilkes county situation suggest need for revising marrisge laws. They also suggest some interesting comparisons of judicial authority. and unavoidable intermingling of church and state relations.

CONPUSINO The sute of North Carolina recognizes any marriage ceremony performed by any person authorized by his or her church to act in that capacity. The SUte has no control whatever over the qualifications of these persons.

Nearly all denominations recognize marriages performed solely by civil authority, (out-sUnding exception Is the Roman Catholic attitude.) Yet the only civil officer authorized to pei form marriages in North Carolina is the justice of peace, the lowest level in the judicial system. Neither the Chief Jusice nor any associate on the high court can officiate at a marriage. Judges of the superior cort. and

in numerous inferior courts, can sign divorce decrees breaking up .marriages, but they cannot sign marrUge certificates.

A justice of peace, who can send a person to Jail for only a few weeks, can tie a man and a womtin together for Ufe. A superior court Judge, Who can sentence a person to death, cannot legalize a man and a woman sleeping together forgone night. An intinerant minister, even a non-resident of North Carolina, who has been ordained or authorized by his church to perform marriages, can legalize cohabitation: but they have no legal authority to prohibit it, before or after marriage.

BASIC Consideration of these facts raises anew the question of whether the zealous advocates of court reform, with special emphasis on the activities and functions of Justices of peace, may have given too much attention to misuse of power in debt collection and not enough to tome other phases of ov*aU acltlvity. And. whether the zealots for revising adoption, bastardy and divorce laws jiave given proper thought to marriage laws, the basic starting point for aU family problems.

JURISDICTION The voters of North CaroUna in the last election turned down a proposal to extend JurUdlcUon of Jaypees in money matters to bring it up to the original concept of the price ot a cow or a bale of cotton. Northing was impUed. then, or in any of the court reform arguments during the legislative session, about the exclusive right of Justices of peace to perform civil marriage ceremonies, or the need for tighter restrictions on the quaU-fications of anybody to function in that capacity.

It may be assumed with reason that most married couples think more of their children than of their living room furniture, and that they have greater concern over the validity of their marriage and the legitimacy of their offspring than about who has prime title to the TV set-

There are exceptional cases where parents are apparently willing to sacrifice their children for an automobile. These exceptions have been blown up all out of proportion to their real significance in recent arguments between the State and the Federal government over supervision of welfare funds.

Everyday more people are coming to the belief that if tighter provisions were involked in the starting of a family, there would be less trouble In the handling of economic and social problems stemming from family failurea. _

Multiply his case by a couple of hundred other 15-year-old minds, whose attention was drawn by public outrage over the initial insults to decency, and youve explained much of the story.

Add to that, a modicum of aiding and abetting by subversive groups from the Left; a little bit more from frustrated little minds on the Right: and it doesnt add up to a really big thing.

Nonetheless, even the sight of that Nazi symbol can make tempers rise in ordinarily very peaceful people.

Follow-Up Work Can Make Jaunt Pay Off

Gov. Hodges* plan to follow up contacts made by Tar Heel industry hunters in Europe must be viewed as the only logical method to produce the greatest possible returns from the European jaunt.

A considerable amount of time, money and effort went into the jaunt to Europe headed by Gov. Hodges. The initial impact made by the bold venture attracted attention not only in Europe where the Tar Heel delegation visited, but in this nation as well. As is the case in many such undertakings, however, the trip itself was the first step.

If North arolina is to realize any new business, new industry or iwireased trade from European countriesthe purpose of the undertakingconsiderable follow-up work must be done.

The contacts have besen made, and businessmen in Europe were initially impressed with the initiative of Tar Heels as well as what the state had to offer. The job now is to capitalize on the advantage which North Carolina scquircd because of the European trip. If the business and industry executives contacted during the trip are allowed to forget about North Carolina, we may be sure they will do just that. If no follow-up program is carefully followed, the trip itself will result in little return for North Carolina.

The initial step of most major programs is important indeed. In the long run, however, most programs depend for their success on how well the follow-up steps are executed and how well the details are carried out. Such is the situation with North Carolina^ effort to attract new business from Europe.

It is important to the state that contacts made In Europe by industry-hunting Tar Heels are further cultivated if they are to bear fruit for North Carolina.

Try No. 3 In Thirteen Years

By ALVIN TAYLOR

D

Promotion Has A

Price

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP)Por the third time in 13 years the Untied States and the Soviet Union are trying to settle the Soviets' lend - lease debt for American help during the war. But dont read too much into an agreement, if there is one.

The two sides talked about it in 1947-48 and again in 1951,52. without success. They started talking again Monday, but this time under different circumstances.

Premier Nikita * Khrushchev, when he was here last September. made a pitch for trade as part of better relations In a number of fields between the U.S.S.R. and the United SUtca. He was told a lend-lease settlement might remove a major ob-. Stacie,. and the new lend-lease talks are a result of his urging.

So there may be a settlement. If there is, trade between the two countries should increase a bit. but probably not on a large scale for a good while* Aliment on trade doesnt necessarily mean agreement on other big issues such as disarmament or the- Soviets demand that the Western Allies get their troops out of Berlin. It has been past Soviet practice to haggle on each issue individually. as if none was related to

aiw other. Dui

irlng the war the country provided- the Soviet Union with $10.800.000.000 worth of mUiUry and civilian equipment. After the war the United SUtea wrote off the military equipment and concentrated on getting paid for the civilian goods still in Soviet hands.

The value of the civilian goods was pegged at $2.-600.000,000 by this country. After the two previous talks the

United States had scaled down its claim to 800 million dollars. The Soviets offered 300 million.

There are various legal restrictions on trade with the U--S S R. Some go back to before World War I, because the Communists have never paid on loans made to the Russian government before the Soviets took over.

The result is trade between the two countries is in tiny terms, compared with their economies. Last year the United States exported 3^ million dollars worth of goods to the Soviet Union and imported about 17H million dollars worth.

When Khrushchev met President Eisemiiower last fall at Camp David he was reportedly very upset over American restrictions on trading with the U-S.S.R. He was said to feel the Soviet Union was being treated like an outcast*

Undersecretary .of State Douglas Dillon said last September Khrushchev was told at Camp David that if the Soviet Union is reasonable about paying off on its lend-lease debt it may pave the way to easing American restrictions.

He said the Eisenhower administration may ask Congress-^ provided there Is a settlement to remove some legal prohibitions against dealing with the Soviet Union and to extend more favored tariff treatment.

But one of the main roadblocks to any big increase in trade with the U.S-S.R. soon-even if theres a settlement is that goods that American purchase want from abroad in substantial quantities, and which the Soviets have available, are already being supplied by free world countries.

Success has its problems! Take the case of Dr. Leo W. Jenkins who, after being dean of East. Carolina College for 12 years, was recently elected president of the institution.

Dr. Jenkins is very happy about the promotion but, alas, it means be will have to move from his office on the south side of the Administration building to the presidents off-, ice at the west end.

Now you would think the presidents office would be the mist elaborate on the campus and it probably is:

But readers will remember that the Administration Bulld-ig has recently been expand

ed and renovated throughout. Both the deans and the presidents offices are located in the new section and Dr. Jenkins had the opportunity of decorating his new office Just as be pleased.

For the paneled waUs he chose African mahogany, which was grown in Africa and milled in Paris:

Strangely enough the imported paneling, which has a red wood look, cost no more than a Nculh Carolina pine paneling.

The then-dean also chose pictures and other items for the office.

I hate to leave the office. he says. Its prettier and

lighter.

Such is the price (rf success, however. Soon Dr. Jenkins will move to the office behind the door labeled President at the very end of the lobby.

Other Editors Saying.., The Bitter Truth..

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS LEARN TO ACCEPT CHANGE

Nothing is constant but change. There is a sameness about lift all through the ages, yet there is a difference about life from day to day. And nothing is designed to make (me more unhappy than the failure to see that changa must come about in everything.

Parents so often fret over the fact that their children are changing In such an astounding fashion with the passing jrears* The pliable, obedient boy who never thought of turning the word with his parents becomes pretty uomantgetble sometimes in his teen age. The girl who was a homebody and stuck close to her mother'gets to gadding about at. a rate which alarms her parents no end. The older business execu

tive who was such a success is very often Impatient with the young fellows who coma along and insist that many things in the organisation he changed. Why change? These metiu^ brought us success. It would be courting disaster to adopt untiiecl plans and policies.

But the world changes. Get that well in mind, and as a boxer learns to take a blow and lessen Its consequences by going along with it. we. if we are wise, accept the fact of change and make the best of it.

And that best is sometimes precisely thatIt is the best. It is the best thing we could hojie for our families, for our business, for our political party, for the world.

(WashiBftoa Dally Newt)

The bitter truth is more sometimes than politically minded persons feel they can stand. All too often the very thought of facing reality is most difficult for them.

Here in the South we might as well face reality. When we lo(^ at the list of Democratic hopefuls for president, most hard and fast Southerners would like to see Lyndon Johnson get to be president. Mr. Johnson has shown rare ability as a senator, as an organizer and administrator, and as tiie Senate Majority leader. For the most part we believe he has the confidence of the Democratic senators of the United States Ck)n-gress. And he has the respect of the Republicans as well. They recognize him as a fair minded individual. They respect both his ability and his fair-mindedness.

But Senator Johnson haUs from Texas. And Texas has too much of a Southern brogue for much of the nation. It has been said many times that a man from the South cannot be elected president of these United States today. We might not want to face reality on this question either, but the sad fact remains that most thinking Southerners realize this to be true.

Senator Johnson li not liberal enough to suit many Northern and Mid - Western groups. He would be classed as a middle-of-the-roader if not a conserve-tive. When the Democrats get to the business in convention of picking a nominee for president, the party will give great consideration to the vote getting

possibilities. It costs a great deal of money to wage a campaign. The Democratic party has always been the poor mans party. and its treasury is usually at a low ebb. To nominate a man and then have so many Democrats openly to say he cant win cerUinly will disturb the Democratic coffers.

It has happened many" times In history that the most capable man did not get the nomination. Insofar as capability is concerned, it might look cruel to have to bypass a capable Southerner for a less capable Nprthemer or Mid - Westerner. But that might have to be done.

Senator Ruasell of Georgia has gone to many Democratic conventions with the suppcu^ of the Southern states. And to our mind he is one of Americas most capable men. But he couldnt get the support of those outside the South in any national election.

Sometimes it happens that geography and popularity mean more than ability and leadership.

So when we look at Sanator Johnson and weigh his presidential chances both as to nomination and election, we must come to the inevitable conclusion that he will have little chance of getting either. He could be the vice presidential n(Hninee, and any top flight candidate ought to be proud to have him as a running mate.

Senator Johnson has all the tooli to make a great president. But one big stumbling block is in the way. Geography is definitely against him.

Panty raids. Ivy League styling, telephone booth packing and other college fads may spread from campus to campus. But comes one now that were betting' wont be seen on the East Carolina College campus.

Its the art of creating bigger and better icicles which Is the newest college craze in New England. The Associated Press reported that students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a trlcolored Icicle four stortes high. Using colored water they got a red, white and blue effect.

Maybe this thing wUl be a challenge to local college students, but we doubt that a icicle even four feet high could be created around these parts at least not without some mighty unusual weather conditions.

Oh well, things could be even nu>re frustrating. Think of the poor students at the University of Miami.

It Can Happen To You?

By SAUL PBTT NEW YORK AP)It was breakfast. The kids werent down yet.

And be happened to say: Would you pass the marmalade? 8tM said: Better go easy on

' It.

He: Why? Im too old for acne.

She; Just that there isnt much this morning. We ought to save some for the kids. Theyll be down soon. Try some jelly.

He: Are we rationing marmalade now?

She: No, were not rationing

marmalade now. Its just that X forgot to get some.

He: Thats great! You know 1 cant eat eggs without marmalade.

She: Be brave.

He: One morning, just one morning. Id like to have breakfast in peace.

She: You started tt.

He: By asking for the marmalade?

She: By whining about the marmalade after you were told all about it.

He; Its just lousy pUnning. If youd write things down, youd know what you needed when you got to the supermarket.

She: AU right, my field marshal, suppose you reorganize me. Suppose you get me a chief of staff. Have him start by ordering up reinforcements for our cheeking account?

He: A man asks for a Uttie marmalade andWbit atxxit our checking acooontf She: Its down to HJ6 and Ive stm got a stack of bills to pay and thats whats about our checking account, general-He: What about the $380 I deposited two weeks ago?

Thers was the mortgage peyment. my dear Baron Rothschild. and the payment on Helens braces and

He: But $250!

And the bill for the new fly rod you (otlered and remember Errol, remember New Yeara Eve at the Country Club and I kept telling you to go easy and you kept saying a wife shouldnt try to make a husband feel small and earthbound all the time? Remember, my charming astronaut, how you took otfl Well, we just got the bill for all the champagne and

He: One morning, just one. solitary little morning Id like to have breakfast In peace* Just one.

She: And theres the breakage hill from your dancing, Mr. Astaire, and the garage man wanta $64 for the fender, and were a month behind on the oU bill and therea $66-tf worth of small bills which cmne under miscellany, and that. Dr. Schweitzer, is why I was so distracted I forgot the marmalade at the supermarket and

He; Do jrou have to bring up money at breakfast?

She; Would you prefer 1 bring it up at dinner?

He: Pass the jelly, please.

Opinions In Brie::

. Nehru, once the worlds lead- fiction but It has to go some to ing neutralist, has learned a lot' cnitdo a rumor.Miami since the Red Chinese incur- .. .,

sions Into Indian territory. We are glad he has. His new-foimd knowledge serves not only to alert his own people but also to jog the sometimes fading memories of the peoples of the Western world." Memphis Press-Scimitar.

"No student ought to be allowed to reach the end of the school road, whether it u coUaga or high school, without mastery of the means of expression. Fort Myers (PU.) News-Press.

More and more the answer to labors problems are political. Our job will^ take us into the community agencies, into local , and state p(dltics, into social planning. Jamas B. Carry, President of Electrical Workers.

The challenge is in the legis-latlve halls and our answer is political education and political education and political activity. I have always said we dont want our own political party but if we have to do that to lick the

where, then go conveniently blind to more flagrant examples at home.New Orleans SUtes-Item.

Were not so sure aboitt these new jet airliners that get you almost anywhere in three hours. Thats hardly time to tell your seat mate your ideas for improving whatever business he happens to be in.Vancouvet (B.C.) Province.

If the state withholding tax is annoymg you just now, rc-people who want to drag us back member how nice it will be thla

to the past, we will start our own political party. Oeorge Meany, President, AFL-CIO.

We get wrath or show high disdain when we hear of double dealings in Latin America, the Philippines. Thailand and else-TYuth may be stfanger than

time next year to have all your income tax for 1960 already paid and probaUy with reiuncis on the way. The Raleigh Times.

One example of unequal distribution is the way a woman puts on fat. Anderson Independent.

ranium Is Still Wanted By U.S.

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"A DOZEN DOES IT

By ELMER ROESSNER Theres an Idea fluttering around that the United States government doesnt want any more uranium.

Nothing to It.

Last year the Atomic Energy Commission bought $280.-000,000 worth of uranium, compared with $190,000,000 In 1958 and $159,00,000 in 1957.

Whats happened is this; Uncle Sam has taken his foot off the panic button. The government is no longer plowing discovery bonuses for new uranium veins. It is buying less uranium ore abroad because domestic supplies are now stable*

But it still wants the stuff. And in the next decade it may want it more than ever.

THE INDUSTRY PICTURE Heres a run-down:

The Industry is only 10 years old. When it was first decided that uranium had enormous pos-ibilities, the government launched a massive program to find more of it and to encourage dlscpvery, mining and refining. Millionaires were made overnight.

Now. 10 years later, there are about 500 uranium mines, 26 refining mills and 10 major operating companies!

The AEC rules the market. Almost all of the uranium mined Is bought by AEC. Theres a tiny free market, taking about 1 per cent of the total production. But aU the rest is the governments.

The AEC policy is to provide an adequate supply of uranium. To do this, it contracts to buy .certain amounts Ircmi each producer, and each price is calculated on a basis of costs and overhead.

Thli effectively regulates production. No company is going to process more uranium than it can seU, and each knows exactly what it can sell by reading its AEC contract.

POWER PRODUCTION MIEAD The AEC never teUs What it does with the uranium it buys. Some of it has been used for A-bombs. But theres a suspicion In the industry that the AEC is building a stockpile for us by Industry when fission pro

duction of electric power is finally made cheap enough to be practical.

The industry thinks that 'in this decade this will be achieved anl that when it is. demand for uranium will soar.. Exploration under the AEC bonus system has uncovered deposits that wiU^4urovlde fine profits. The ASK contracts expire after 1966. but by that time, the industry believes, use of uranium for generating electricity will increase demand greatly.

Most uranium in the United States is found In the Rockies. However, deposits in Texas have been discovered and developed and the Susquehanna Corporation, which now operates two of the nations 23 milling plants, Is opening another plant in. Texas.

Despite the fact that the AEC has given up discovery bonuses. anyone can hunt uranium and. if they establish a claim, sell it on the market. All he has to do is to get it to the nearest mill and sell it at the going price. Theres a mill within

100 miles of most of ihe uranium areas.

These milis are located along the Rocky Mountain spine of the continent. Some people have found uranium In New Jersey, but the lodes are small and shipping th ore to a Western mill would cost more than the uranium is.worth.

LOOK WHO. FUMBLED INTERESTRATE CBARGEDI

Can you imagine banks mistaking facts about intarest rates? Five banks In the St. Louis area advertised 4 per oent financing of new cars. But the St. Louis Better Business Bureau did some slide - rule w(wk and found that the actual rate charged was nearer 8 per cent.

The .banks changed their a<S' verUSiments.

TAXES AND WAGES MAJOR AUTO COSTS One calculation Indicated that the person who buys a $2,-100 auto pays $778 in Uxes and 11.061 in wages, leaying only $267 for profit and raw materials.