FACE FOUKTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C.

Tutdy, January 19. 1960

Tuesday. January 19. 1960

The Door Is Not Positively - Closed

The decision of the State Board of Higher Educa- are for the purpose of serving the needs of the people tion not to approve the request of East Carolina Col- of the state. Over a period of years these needs are lege for power to confer master degrees in business ad- constantly changing. What was adequate a decade ago ministration should not arbitrarily close the door to may not be adequate today, and indeed what was such a possibility. considered adequate a few years ago may fall far short

As the Board of Higher Education pointed out filling the needs today,

in rejecting the proposal, it had no authority to ap- Only a year ago there were those who asserted

prove it because of the limitations in the charter of that a school of nursing at East Carolina College was East Carolina College. Such charter limitations how- not needed and would serve no constructive purpose, ever, must be continually reviewed, and perhaps re-^ Yet, since establishment of a school of nursing was

vised, to meet the demands being made upon the col- authorized last year, the college already has received

lege and the needs of the areas served by it. applications from more than three times as many stu-

The request to the Board of Higher Education dents as this new department will be able to handle was made only after officials of East Carolina College when it opens next year.

had considered the demands being made upon the in- Jt 3 highly probable also that the majority of

stitution for offering such a degree. It was considered those who have applied for admittance to the new and approved by the Policies Committee and Board of school of nursing at ECC would not have attended any Trustees of East Carolina before being presented to of the other state-supported schools of nursing because the Board of Higher Education. If officials of ECC still of economic or other factors involved. When it opens feel that there is a need for offering such a degree, that the college can effectively fill the needs of the state by offering this additional service, they should not hesitate to seek the cooperation of the Board of

being-antedrthority%rrward^ business administration should be determined not by the present wording of the institutions charter, but rather by the need which the college might fill in higher education in North Carolina if it were permitted to award such degrees.

The proposition deserves further attention by ECC officials and by the Board of Higher Education.

Sobering Reminder Debt Must Be Cut

HeU Keep Taking Uckings-

IF you DOW'T

GIVE IN. MA.

AND LET HI/A

WEAR LONGPAMK.

next fall, the school of nursing at East Carolina College will supplementnot conflict with-~other similar schools supported by state funds.

From the long range standpoint the matter of ECC

changes in order that the degree may be offered.

It should be remembered that state institutions

ooks Jror Long udget Survey

By LYNN NISBET

FULL HEARINGS Paul Johnston, director of admlnU-tration. fays there is no factual basis for the suggestion that hearings to be staged during visits of the Advisory Budget Commission to State institutions win be shortened this year. To the contrary, he hopes it may be possible to spend more time looking over iscilities at the various colleges and hospitals and discussing with locsl administrators needs and plans for development.

The more than usually detailed reports which the institutions have been asked to file, and the interim visits of budget officials to the several campuses. are designed to bring about closer cooperation and to give departmental and instltu-tionid administrators larger voice in preparing budget items.

Johnston conceded that accurate estimates are difficult so far in advance, but says the elasticity permitted in subsequent adjustments will take care of hardship cases. Purthermore, current estimates are not so much for dollars as for facilities that may be required. The dollar tag will not be attached until just before the General Assembly convenes. History indicates that dollar amounts may be changed several times during the legislative session.

While there is no desire or intent to curtail presentations, budget officials anticipate a somewhat easier time this year. Experience with the new system of A and B budgets, and trend toward consideration

fare payments to the aged. It could not have dealt with minimum wage laws or court reform. The proposed limitation would allow revision of tax laws for immediate needs, but would;: not permit authorization of bonds for long range capital improvements-

Advocates of the plan believe it would save legislative time. Iwelve to 18 days should suffice for the second or budget meeU ing. More than that could be cut from the regular session by eliminating prolonged debate over conjectural projections of anticipated budget requirements.

Federal,, county and minicipal governments operate on annual budgets. The State is the only agency attempting to work for two years at a time. >

CONORESS-rr presenUy an-

Merely Musing Arounc.

It must be a part of the 'scheme of things" that at this time of the year people are

of general purpose rather than strict adherence to line Items in administering the budget, has proven satisfactory.

ANNUAL Despite efforts and progress in simplifying and streamling budget making, it is still a complicated business. Classrooms, hospital beds and laboratory ficilities must be budgeted as well as dollars. Advance budgeting on these items is less difficult, because space does not fluctuate nearly so much as dollar values. The birthrats ofr 1937 can be projected with fair degree of accuracy Into first grade school enrollment in 1963. It is fairly easy to forecast the number of college applicants in 1963 from ninth grade enrollment this year. Estimating the dollar cost for taking care of these students is far more hazardous.

S^ltiment is growing for annual budgeting and a session of the Gmeral Assembly every year. Many who oppose full scale annual sessions concede merit in the Idea of constitutional restriction of even-year meetings to monetary budget matters. Hangover problems from ' the 1959 General Assembly afford Illustration of bow this plan might work.

A restricted budget session could have taken care of the situation that developed In wcl-

pears that all incumbent members of the Congress from North Carolina, except Carl Durham in the sixth district, will seek re-election. It was thought at one time that Charles Raper Jones in the 10th, only Republican in the delegation, might step down: and that David M. Hall In the 12th might not run on account of his health. Late reports are that Jonas expects ,to stay-in the raceand in Congress. despite strong Democratic opposition. Word from the 12th Is that Hall will seek re-eiection, even if he has to campaign from a hospital bed.

The congressional picture as of now is about like this: Berber Bonner in the first district is threatened by Walter Jones. ^ Pitt county legislator. L. H. of Fountain In the second. Graham

Maybe taxpayers who have for years regarded a huge national debt as inevitable will take another

look at the situation in view of the fafct that interest p ririXT cr'XJT TT?TVT7 on that debt is now the second largest item in the na- -L/vJ-lN 0L/.LIL4IINJ tional budget.

President Eisenhower, in his budget message to Congress asserted it will require almost 9l^ billion dollars of tax funds during the coming fiscal year to pay the interest due on the national debt. During fiscal year 1961 the interest on the national debt will be higher than the 9^^ billion dollar figure in spite of

the fact that the President expects the total defit to be caited'upon'to ourtbcir*im

some 4 billion less by that time. come Ux forme (etate and fed-

So far as budget items are concerned, the item for interest on the national debt is second only to the Jrcnt worn out yet), andlLt item for national defense. Moreover, according to the their personal property for tax Presidents message, the budget item for iterest on the purposes, national debt is the fastest growing item in the entire jg^goinV on* *tSey re* exposed national budget.^ ^ darziing array of millipns

When one-eighth of the national expenditures for *ud billions of dollars to be

a single fiscal year has to be earmarked for interest on governments and ag-

the national debt, 'that should be sufficient indication departments and off-

to all citizensparticularly the taxpaying onesthat Under some circumstances it

the government has too long lived beyond its means, would solve a taxpayers wounds It should be a signal for Congress to carefully review ^ where his money is go-proposed expenditures, given equal attention to those ^ . -r-i 1

which appear in the budget for the first time. i^lhor Q/ntrin/^

It should emphasize to the citizenry as well as o ...

to members of Congress the necessity for keeping ex- ^ -

penditures within federal revenues, and likewisethe hP ( PHirt HOQ T JptOlHpP

need to begin reducing the national debt on a realistic L J. IW-O

basis.

ing; and make it easier to explain to his beloved little deductions why itll be a long time before the family budget can afford a vacation.

Truth of the matter Is. however, that in looking at my own maze of confused calculations, all I can see is how very few paydays a revenue agent will get out of my contributions.

Yesterday proved to be one of the prime examples why it doesnt pay to heed old sajdngs.

Just plain unreliable.

Wonder how numy housewives had a washerful of clothes waiting for the sun to come out?

my

"Rain before seven.

"acar by eleven . . .

Thats the way an old saying goes about the weather. Old sayings just dont happen; they must have some root in Truth, or they wouldnt last long enough to get old.

(Hap) Barden in the third, Harold Cooley In the fourth, Alton Lennon In the seventh, and Ba-sil Whitener In the eleventh see no clouds on the horizon Ralph Scott in the fifth. Paul Kitchln in the eighth, and Hugh Alexander in the ninth, hear distant rumblings of thunder in their bailiwicks, but so far there is no identifiable opposition.

Horace Kornegay of Guilford and WUliam Murdock of Durham are actively campaigning for the sixth district seat relinquished by Carl Durham. There may be other entries, but opinion is general that the real race will be between these two.

Dave Clark, who reduced to its lowest point the majority of Republican Jonas in the tenth district last time, is seeking another chance at the champion. He may have a primary fight, but betting odds around captol square are that he will win the nomination.

A sure candidate against Dave HaU in the 12th U Roy A. Taylor, former legislator and long - time county attorney of Buncombe. There almost certainly will be others. Thad Bryson. former solicitor, whose so-hcltorlal district embraces seven of the ten counties In the congressional district, has not entirely abandoned the idea.

;3ig Decisions : In Budget Scope

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)President Eisenhowers budget, many months in preparation so it could be handed to Congress Monday, is a good barometer of the extent of his .wisdom la this new age-

Yet by studying the budget, no one can say with certainty at this moment whether Eisenhower Is one of the wisest of our j presidents or whether he was far out of date in his own lifetime and didnt understand his problems.

There are a couple of reasons:

1. More than a week ago he revealed the apending budget his esUmate of the cost of running the government another year would be 179,900.000.000. It was a record for pcaceUme. But it was far less than some of his critics think necessai7-

Trouble is. his estlmata and their complaint are both matters of opinion. It will be years before his ideas on spending can be proved right or wrong-*-and then only by the results as they show up.

2. Elsenhower took over the presidency as a new age was dawning an age of missiles, space travel, competition with a surging Soviet economy, and a military competition with rockets undreamed of a few yeaj-s ago.

Its because we are still in the infant years of this new age that DO one can say for sure either that he underestimated the national problem and the American needs in terms of spending.

In his 1952 presidential campaign Eisenhower criticized the Democrats for spending too much. He promised to "cut the fat out of the budget- He was in the Army all his life and may have had an oversiiflpllfied idea of government costs.

There was a drop in spending

after the Korean war, briefly. Steadily. In the past five years the budget he offered Congress has been going up. although accompanied by a warning from him to keep spending down.

In other words, his budgets may have .been setting peacetime records but each time he considered his figures a minimum necessity.

He can argue he tried to make good on his promise to trim the fat. But his critics complain that he cut bone and sinew, too. by not making provisions for a number of programs they think the nation needs or not spending on others, such as defense and government aid to education.

Earlier this month Leon Key-serling, who headed President Trumans Council of Economic Advisers, said the government next year should be spending about 10 billion dollars more than Eisenhower Is calling for.

He urged further stepups to a total of 102 bUllon by 1964. HU theory is that the expanding American economy requires that kind of thinking and that such spending would help the expansion.

All this happens at a time when Premier Nikita Khrushchev U confidently predicting

that Soviet communism in sheer prosperity will sail past the American capitalist system in a few years.

Thus the economic competition with the Soviets, hardly a problem in the 1940s. U very real, U being watched by the rest of the world, and in the end may change history.

All thU had to be in the minds of Eisenhower and his advisers when they decided $79.800.000,. 000 would see the United States through another year. Were they right? All the rest of us can do U wait and see.

(Hendersea Dispatch)

On Thursday the State Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the conspiracy cases growing out of the Harriet-Henderson Cotton Mills strike. 'The verdict of the Franklin county jury which sat in the case and sentences imposed by Judge Raymond *B. Mallard were upheld in all instances by the decision. except that Justice Bob-bit dissented as to Boyd E. Pay- < ton. though concurring as to the other seven defendants. All were convicted of conspiracy to dynamite mill property and the power company substation which feeds electric current to ttie mills and and to the community generally.

There will be differences of opinion as to the ruling, even as there were about the verdict which came at the end of the long and hard-fought two weeks trial last July. If the high justices were not unanimous in all phases of the convictions, the public could hardly be expected to be of one mind.

This batch of cases was the last of some seventy to eighty defendants tried and convicted in superior court here of violations in connection with disorders arising from the strike. All the others had previously been acted upon by the dourt, and in all but three instances were upheld.

Now the conspiracy cases are to go to the U.S. Supreme Court for farther review. Fourteen of those previously decided have likewise been appealed. But most of the dozens of defendants, for contempt, assault and other alleged offenses have accepted sentence and have either had their fines paid or have served sentences In jail or on the roads, or are scrvlng them now.

The tragic aspect of all the court actions, aside from the punishment meted out, is that

hundreds of people who once were employed in the mill plants and went on strike are sUU without work. Tbe union has found jobs for some, but it will be no easy matter to place that many individuals, and even if it did there would be the uprooting families from places of long ridence and from acquaintances of many years, and removal from the community of which they have for so long been a part.

Even prison sentences or fines, as the case may be, only Impose judgment; they do ot rehabilitate the individuals concerned. It may or may not be a public responsibility to make these adjustments, but the fact remains that there is need that they be made In some manner and as speedily as possible. Unfortunate-ly, there Is no assurance of Immediate assistance of a perma-ment character. Wherever the blame might be laid as to the plight of these people, the facts are not altered by such a con-elusion.

The whole procedure has been tragic and regrettable. When an Impasse of this character develops, bitterness follows sooner or later, as It has here. Violence, of whatever description, is regrettable and Inexcusable. It does not settle disputes but merely aggravates them.

All that is left for the courts in the many cases that have been tried is the action that may follow in the United States Supreme Court. If. when, and as that comes, it will be the last word. How soon that high tribunal will act is uncertain. It is not likely to be immediate, since legal technicalities must be complied with in the procedure. Until then, there will be little change in the existing status as to defendants for whom the appeals will be made.

Years and yean ago . . high school phase, in fact a lady fi-om Prance once mentioned in passing that back home* many'books were printed with simple paper covers, and the buyer coukl have as ornate a binding as he wished. The binding was a separate operation.

She went on to say that this made books much cheaper and more readily in reach of people.

I still remember thinking bow practical it all was; and have since, wondered if perhaps part of the inspiration that developed our own paperbacks came from France.

Be that is it may. paperback editions have made it infinitely easier for people to acquire books that were recently on the "best seller list.

A few days ago, on seeing "Anatomy of a Murder In paperback form, I gave up trying to get hold of a copy in any other way . . . and bought one.

It has been a long wait.

Quote...

"The advice we offer is for every high school or college student to lesm to write well enough to express his views. . . . Being able to expres oneself clearly is an advantage in almost any avenue of Hie. It can make the dlference in getting jobs. In salary increases, and in achiefVing agreements, and in almost every other field/-Lis-bon Falls (Me.) News.

festive

Year Is Aheac.

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) Mister. youd better buy a couple of new white shirts and tell your missus ^ to get herself s new gown.

Whether 1960 is a - record boom year or not moneywise. it is bound to be the celebrat-Ingest yesr, culturally speaking, there ever was.

America has a tradition of proclaiming and observing special occksions. It is a custom that goes back to the Pilgrims and their first Thanksgiving Day.

Now every yegr we find more and more things to celebrate. This year, according to Chases Cslemlar of Annual Events, there art some 850 boUdays and special occasions of all kinds to obeenre, or nearly twice as<> many as in 1959.

The tradition Is getting s bit out of band. Fir example, if -you and your wife conscientiously and consecutively celebrated sU the special days, weeks and months now on the 1960 promotion '^calendar, youd be ^making nonstop whoopee for 18 years, 6 months and 5 days.

Among the newcomers this year are National Barefoot Freedom Week. International Carillon Day, and National Mayonnaise and fislsd Week.

Here are s few choice items?

It is too late to blow whistles and ring bells for Save-the-Pun week. Big Brother Week and Large Eeoaotny Size Week. They are already over. But you are now in National OuiUr Week; NaUonal Winter Gold Weekwonder if President Ike has been told: and next Tuesday your wife might want to give a cheer for the start of Nstionsl Pur Care Week.

February is full of goodies, including National Sickroom Needs Month, Good Breakfasts Month. National Childrens Dental Health Week, and National Pimento Week. And dont overlook Weight Watchers Week. National PencU Week and Bacbelora Day'on Feb. 29.

March ia buttermilk bread month. It also has Return-Borrowed-Books Week. National Peanut Week. Irish Linen Week, and National Smile Week. Don't forget on March 21 to say a kind word to any teenagers you meet, ^r that is National Teen-Agers Day.

April 1 s NaUonal Ladder Month. National Rug Cleaning Month, and Natianal Wallpaper Month and eontaizu Lets-All-Play-BaU Week:

Here, picked at ryAom. are a few other evtntif you and your wile surely wont want to miss:

MayNational Domestic Rabbit Week, plus National Domes* tic Rabbit Week.

JuneBaking Soda Bath Season begins. Old Maids' Day is on June 4. ^

July NaUonal Het Dog Month and the Republlean NaUonal Convention.

August NaUonal Make-It-Yourself-Wlth-Wool .Week.

September 100 Per Cent Pure-Maple-Synip Week.

October National Fatlier-in-Law Day and NaUonal Gleaner Air Week.

November NaUonal jCase Bird Week and NaUonal Indigestion Week.

December This Is NaUonal Give and Serve Meat for Christmas Month, as if anyone could ever forget that!

Dont tell me you dont know what to do for fun in 1960. If you dont hsve a good time, its your own .4^ult.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS DONT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY Who should receive an education?

Everybody. This does not mean at all that everyone should receive a college education education. Only a limited percentage of the population of any counUry can secure a college educaUon or

something definiteis a truth which w need to ponder carefully.

The person who can do practically anything is the person who spends his life doing trivial things for others. He never stands out as a leader. Regardless of what type of education of woman. a faithful member of the human race. For the women

indeed profit from receiving one. of every generation undoubtedly

But everyone must be educated. There are some whose education should consist in the development of manual skills. There are others who can serve society best by being trained in certain techniques and giving their entire time to the utilization of such techniques. But that everyone should be educatedtrained for

are the teachers of the world.

An ideal society would educate everyone according to his or her abilities, needs, and inclinations. No use trying to educate people to be gomething they do not want to be: but that all should be educated is a truth to which the experience of society in every generation testifies.

Trademarks Pose'A Foggy Fielc

ODinions In Brie

"We must remember that the United States reached its present strength and freedom through strength and V ];or, not through laziness and Indifference.*Clewlston (Fla.) News.

ed to cost of living indexes and a general expectation that wage increases automatically call for higher prices. Norwalk (Conn.) Hour.

"Public apathy has replaced consclouanesa of the dangers Inherent in a continually upward aplral of prices. Inflation has been present so long it is accepted by many persons as an unalte/'able condition, as witnessed by wage Increases gear-

It is true Uiat featherbedding makes jobes, but it can cost more joba than it makes. The cost of featherbedding is to be found in prices. When product or servid^ prices go up there are fewer customers. Fewer customers mean fewer Jobs." Nogales <Ariz.> Herald.

By ELMER ROESSNER

One of the foggiest areas in American justice is in the field of trademarks.

Docs "Jump-Up" infringe on the Seven-Up trademark? Dcies "Get Up"?

One does and one doesnt-

Of course, you see why. Or are you mixed up too? And would "Mix Up infringe, on the "Bottoms Up" trademark?

Reading the annual review of the United States Trademark Association leads to the Inference that whether one trademark conflicts with another depehcU entirely on how the Judge or''commissioner got along with hli wife that morning.

If there are better criteria than that, they are lost In the legal chili con came in which the trademark system is Immersed.

HOW FAR ITP IS UP?

The Seven-Up cases are in

teresting. The company succeeded in preventing these names from being registered on the grounds of infringement:

Que-Up.

Mor Up.

Jump Up.

. Way Up.

However, it was unable to stop the registration of:

Up-Town.

Bottoms Up.

Get Up.

The only pattern dlscernable to the uninitiated is that some deciders, get ham and eggs for breaklast; others get weak coffee and Burned tout.

There were other puzzlements.

Courts ruled that "Thunderbolt and "Thunderblrd" did not conflict as marks for wines, but the Patent Office found that I^ink Lady wines conflicted with "Pink Lady fruit juices.

confusion unconkined

The courts found that "Johnson for floor waxes wu not infringed by "Johnson wet mops and brooms, and the Patent Office decreed that "Ravel No. 9" perfume wu an Infringement on "Chanel No. 5" perfume and other cosmetics.

The' manufacturer of "Tile Tex" uphalt tile and "Flexa-chrome" vinyl plastic tile wu unable to stop a competitor from using "Tile Tome" and "Plex-tone for similar products. But markers o Kool Aid" were able to stop another manufacturer from bringing out "Cool Sip."

Other marks held infringement were "Parm for antiseptic rubefacient (something that reddens the skin) on "Parmo" for petr()latum. a petroleum jelly; Goodrlde" machinery for capping tires on "Goodrich" Ures; "Dutch Boy" flower bulbs on Dutch Boy paints; "Dajmy Boy Iresh fruit on "Andy y"

fresh vegetables; and "Milze-ma" akin cream on Noxema" akin cream and other products.

On the other hand, the Patent Office found no conflict between "Sweetheart" toilet soap and "Sweetheart" toilet and facial tissues; "Newport" cigarettes and "Newport* gin and vodka, and "Peter Pan" brassiers and "Peter Pan" rain wear.

In many cases, of course, ths lettering and the art w^ either heightened or dlminlshffr the resemblance. However, in one cue. the courts ruled that be-ca'ise labels and packages of "Pepsamar were distinguishable from labels and packages of "Pepto-Biimal" at 20 feet, there was no Infringement, even though ohie manufacturer imitated the others pink color.

That, at leut, is a some sprt of yardstick. Does "Ravel No. 9" sound or look like "Chanel No. 5" at 20 feet?