FACE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

/edneiday, January 27, 196C

Wednesday, January 27, 1960

Politics Bringing Welfare State?

Super Salesman

In every election year the vast majority of the members of Confijessthose who are seeking re-electionare keenly aware of the reaction of voters to what Congress does. Every fourth year when a national election rolls around the same thing applies to the administration.

Jhis is a general election year. And unless the pattern of past election years changes radically, the administration and Congress will be most interested in "doing something for the voters . . . something more tangible than just providing good government.

It is not unlikely that in this yearas in other election yearsCongress and the administration will give more than the usual amount of attention to expanding the programs that are rapidly leading this country into a welfare state.Through such programs, it seems, government officials are able to establish a closer tie between themselves and the voters.

Before the government rushes into another major expansion of its welfare-state programs in this election year, however, the people should take a look at what has been done in that direction in the past few years.

The Republican party is generally looked upon as the party that is more conservative, less inclined toward welfare spending and expanding the welfare-state program.s already operated by the government.

With that in mind, it is most interesting to note

N. C. Political Scene Confusec.

By LYNN NISBET

CONFOUNDED The uncertainty which has * prevailed in North Carolina politics for months has been further ccmfound-ed by events of the past few days and anticipated developments this week and next.

John Larkins positive statement that he Is in the race for Governor, made first to a small press conference and later on a bi - state radio and television hook - up, followed within 24 hours by Addison Hewletts definite withdrawal from the race for Governor (made wiUiout beneft of the air curcuits), at first seemed to clarify that sit-uaUon. The atmosphere didnt stay clear very long.

The bitterness manifested by some of Hewletts supp<Hlers in charges he had been sold down the river by promises of financial support which did not materialize, with definiet implication that Hodges administration Influence was responsible, revived rumors of an unnamed new candidate likely to get in the running.

Also it brought Alton Lennon home from Washington with display of resentment at a whole chain of events. Lennon had given serious thought to trying to recapture the Senate seat he had for a year and a half under appointment by the late Governor Unnstead, and which he lost to Kerr Scott in the 1954 primary. He was aLso prominently mentioned as a gubernatorial potential. When, the Hewlett boom gained momentum, Lennon decided to stay in the House of Representatives.

. Hewlett also had been assured some support In the Senate race before he decided to go out for the highest State office.

. IVhen he withdrew from that field, the old Senate support showed up again. Hewlett manifested some interest. And that gave Lennon the cue to charge that he had been sold out twice.

CONGRESS Then came the announcement from Graham (Hap) Barden that he would not seek re-election to Congress from the third district. That followed voluntary retirement of Carl Durham in the sixth district. and news that David Hall probably would not be physically able to make a race in the 12th.

Add to these district situations the prospect that Herbert Bonner in the first may face the toughest opposition of his career. and a wide open contest in the seventh if Lennon drops out, and it becomes clear that congressional district contest will have material bearing on the statewide races for Gover-nw and United States Senator.

While Hewlett implied, and some of his supporters definitely charged, that failure of financial support to materialize was due to the influence of Governor Hodges and Senator Ev

erett Jordan, there is evidence that it was also affected by the probable need of more money in the district campaigns than had been anticipated.

It was apparent weeks ago that except for the local patriotism of his own section, which embraces large parts of the third and seventh congressional districts. Hewlett had more general voting support in the northeast and southwest comers of the state, first and twelfth districts, than anywhere else. These are the areas that usually do not provide large sums of campaign moneybut sometimes enough to swing the balance. Developments have made it necessary for the folks who influence money and political prestige in these areas to conserve their resources for the localized campaigns.

Big business, which must include Labor (with a capital L), is inore concerned about what happens in Washington than about Raleigh or the court house.

CONFUSINGIt is both confusing and amusing to note that the people who now accuse the bodges folks of going to all lengths, ethical and otherwise, to block serious opposition to Senator Everett Jordan are the same folks who two years ago charged that the appointment of Jordan to the Senate was a device to keep the seat warm for Hodges.

In somewhat kindred idea the suggestion has been made that Hap Bardens retirement announcement may be followed by reconsideration, as was Senator Harry Byrds In Virginia two >ears ago. This involves the thought that .if Barden sees likelihood of someone obnoxious to him and his philosophy succeeding to the office, he might agree to stay for another term at least.

Conceded to be one of the most unfortunate developments in the current series is destruction of the political coalition among rival groups in the Wilmington area, which may lap over to interference with the united economic effort which has paid handsome dividends to that section.

It cannot be denied that the comers of the state, the northeast. the woutheast, the southwestand to somewhat lesser degree the northwesthave suffered economic lag because of poliUcal factions. The central or roughly described piedmont area, has coordinated economics and politics to far greater advantage in both fields.

Division between Hewlett and Lennon folks in the southeast and heated contests in the first and twelfth congressional districts. could have highly detrimental effect on the economic devlopment as well as the political prestige of these sections.

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the welfare spending record under the Eisenhower administration. When President Eisenhower moved into the White House in 1953, Uncle Sam was spending 6.9 billion dollars annually for the govemmenUs welfare program. When he leaves that office neirt year, the government will be spending at the rate of 20.3 billions annually for welfare-state programs.

Under the conservative government of a GOP administration the welfare spending of the federal government has increased almost three-fold in eight years . . . the most prosperous eight years in the nations history. Taxpayers are footing the bill for 13.4 billions more annually in welfare programs than they were eight years ago.

How much more can we afford to expand the welfare state philosophy and still retain our free enterprise economic operations? Can the taxpayers afford to add additional billions to this huge annual expenditure for welfare programs and still retain their individuality and independence?

In the interest of securing votes for next November are members of Congress going to expand their cradle-to-the-grave expenditures in the current session of Congress?

Already there are a number of moves afoot in Congress to expand the present programs and to reach into new fields of welfare-state operations. And unless the public speaks out against such proposals at least some of them will be written into law before Congress adjourns next summer.

The advocates and supporters of such legislation' will then tell the voters, look what we have done for you. Theyll probably forget to add that at the same time theyve increased the voters tax bill by more than 13 billions annually for welfare spending in the last eight years.

Not Too Late For

1 nere s

Gold In

By HAL BOYLE

United Fund-Giving By don schuenz

The announcement that Pitt Countys United Fund has not yet reached its goal should prompt citizens who have not contributed to this worthy undertaking to do so immediately. _ _

The official campaign for the overall fund-raising effort was launched last fall, but it is not too late now for contributions to be made. This is one instance in which the better late than never adeage certainly applies.

Many county-wide organizations as well as numerous purely local organizations in the 15 townships of the county are looking to the Pitt County United Fund to supply funds for their operations during 1960. Unless the go^ of slightly more than $100,000 is reached, the organizations will receive only a pro-rata share of their budgets. In that event they will be faced with two alternatives:

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1. Curtailing their planned operations for 1960 to comply with the funds available; or

2. Conduct individual supplemental campaigns of their own in an effort to secure the funds their program will require.

In either event these organizations individually will look to the people of the county for both the funds to be contributed and for the time its takes to make the .solicitations. Further, if it becomes necessary for the separate agencies of the United Fund to conduct individual supplemental campaigns this year, there will be little hope of continuing the United Fund for another year.

Pitt County can ill affor-d to let its United Fund die for lack of support. People throughout Pitt County will benefit by the work done by agencies represented by the United Fund. We again urge the people throughout the county to give their financial support to the United Fund in order that its ^pal may be met.

A quiet, enjoyable evening at home without the twenty-one inch screen ... a sociable affair, with just the family?

Sure it can be had; no strain, no pain.

They say (and I have never heard whothey are) that when TV moved into the living room . . . the den, the kitchen, the bedroom, the combination nursery and game room . . . they say the gentle art of conversation moved out.

This is challengeable; you can do the challenging in your own home.

In this more than mere conversation is Involved, because first of all, memories are stimulated and participants become emerged in reliving the past or sharing memories of

others.

All there is to It is the digging out of those hoarded old snapshots from desk drawers, the trunk In the attic and the box in the closet.

Leave your slides and projectors out of this; theyre too recent to really intrigue even you . . , much less the rest of the family.

If there is a conscientious soul in the crowd who faithfully pasted In a snapshot album all the old family treasures, yours is a really rare household. No matter

Dig out those partially-completed albums and the pictures that somehow never managed to be albumlzed (my word), and bring thf treasures out to the kitchen table which, for

Other Editors Saying ... Some Stimulus Needec.

sotne reason is the most convivial gathering place in the house . . . and rally round.

Within minutes the family will be deeply engrossed in remembering old friends, near-forgotten highlights of past years, recollections of other homes, the faces of people once near and dear are suddenly iith you again.

The man of the house will again see himself (with more hair?) in bygone years and ruefully pat his thinning thatch; and the lady will unconsciously straighten Up, as if seeking to recapture the quick vibrant life that belonged to her past.

'Oie younger ones see their parents as they were before the family grew; they see themselves as Infants,' toddlers and then iM-inifing into boyhood and girlhood. *

Talk?

Golly, once "the evening gets underway one can hardly hear himself.

Convinced U. S.

Can Deter Reds

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)-The year 1960 started off with a grand snafu on how this country compares militarily with the Soviet Union. It probably is the result of a not-too-clear explanation by Thomas S. Gates Jr., secretary of defense.

Gates and the Eisenhower administration, after his testimony before several congressional committees, were accused by critics of trying to paint a too-rosy picture of American defenses in this election year.

What Gates actually meant to say seems to come down to this:

Although the Soviet Union is working hard on intercontinental ballistic missiles, the administration doubts the U.S.S.R-would start a war because this countrys own defenses are strong enough to discourage an atUuik.

Sen. Richard B. Russell (E>-Ga), chairman of the Senates Armed Services Committee, after listening to Gates and Gen. Nathan F. Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last week: At present I think we are strong enough to prevent any attack, except by a madman.

A novice in defense matters, in order to understand what the present fuss is about, must keep a certain distinction clearly in mind: The difference between space development and military missile development.

The Soviets are definitely ahead of this country in space development. Gates predecessor. former Secretary Nell H. McElroy, said as late as Dec. 2 this country will lag behind the Soviet Union in military ICBMs for at least three years.

But he said. Just before hts retirement. this nation has snough striking power in other forms to offset the military missile gap^ For .the next three years, he add. this country would rel^r heavily on the B52 bomber.

As of today, he said, the United States and the Soviet Union have about the same number of ICBMs a very small number. But be added that in the

next few years Soviet production would outstrip this countrys.

Although he said last July that the Soviet Union had fewer than 10 ICBMs capable of hitting the United States, not long afterwards Premier Nikita Khrushchev said a Soviet plant was turning out 250 missiles a year.

This is how Gates started the mixup with fancy talk before the committees: Heretofore,

we have been giving you intelligence figures that dealt with the theoretical Soviet capability. This^ the first time that we have\ad an intelligence estimate that says this is what the Soviet union probably will do,

Democrats in Congress blasted this kind of talk. Gates seemed to be talking a kind of guessing-game about Soviet intentions. That could be interpreted as mind-reading.

Finally, Monday, Gates tried to untangle his language by explaining: Neither he nor the administration has been trying to guess Soviet intentions in building ICBMs. Even if the Soviets build more ICBMs than this country thinks they will, this country still is strong enough to discourage an attack.

He explained he meant that this country, through a combination of missiles, manned bombers and other advanced weapons has a big enough nuclear counterpunch to discourage an attack.

He was backed up in this by Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force chief of staff.

On Jan. 12 White said the United States is much stronger than the Soviet Union in military power and may have a slight edge in war missiles. He apparently didnt mean ICBMs.

He said the Strategic Air Command now has the ability to destroy the war-making capacity of any aggressive nation, no matter how powerful, and to achieve military victory.

Sen. Russell said he agreed with Gales and Twining that \ye still have the ability to destroy any aggressor who attacks us.

(Henderson Dispatch)

Governor Hodges may have been a bit harsh in his nettling of Eastern North Carolina for what he considered its inactivity in gaining new indus-tiT, and he came back later to attempt to soothe the ruffled feelings of this section of the State. But perhaps, after all, we may have needed a reminder that additional determination is a requisite to obtaining more manufacturing plants.

It is quite easy enough to assume that the finger was not pointed at ,us, or for any particular locality to have that feeling. The Governor, of course, did not single out any town or city. His statement was in generalities. But the 'idea struck hard and elicited strong reaction from some quarters.

Coming close home, however, one is justified in speculating as to just what more Henderson could have done than it has in the way of enticing outside industry to locate here. In the past two years it has acquired half a dozen or more new plants, some small, some of large proportions. In nearly all instances there has been generous response on the part of local citizens in furnishing a part of the money needed to interest outsiders, and likewise for the establishment of enterprises here at home. Both are commendable, and are helpful in strengthening the economy.

Strenuous efforts have, been made to convince Inquirers of the advantages available in establishing a business here. Climate, shipping facilities and la

bor arc all at hand- There are good schools and many churches. The hand of welcome and cooperation has been outstretch* ed to all potential comers.

It Is probably true that local capital could be marshaled to establish more industry of our own, 00 a broader scale than has been done. We may be open to some chiding on that score. But as to outsiders, every reasonable inducement has l^en extended, and the community stands ready to do still more as the opportunity offers. Even now. it is awaiting word from a prospebt to go ixio action in providing such facilities as are required.

Governor Hodges was picking no crows in Jils comment, which was more by way of an appeal than anything else. Resentment aroused by his bristling remarks may have been justified to an extent, but. as he stated in his subsequent explanation. he had the interests of the east at heart the same as that of all other sections of the State.

'Hiose old family snapshots you have stored away were preserved for a reason . ; a rea-

. son such tif, this, to share and re-live treasured moments.

Get them out one more time, and a ball.

NEW YORK (AP) Would you like to search for burled treasure?

Well, dont overlook your own attic, basement, or bam loft. . There may be a small fortune hidden there in the form of old books bought long ago by your great-grandfather.

The hunting is likely t<r be particularly good if you are the member of a pack - rat family that sentimentally clings to lU possessions for several generations.

There is a real boom in the rare book market today, particularly in Americana, said Van Allan Bradley, 46, literary editor of- the Chicago Daily News.

In a volume of his own titled Gold of Your Attic, Bradley lists some 2,000 scarce books worth $25 to $25,000.

The $25,000 item is for a paper bound first edition of Edgar Allen Poes The Murders In the Rue Morgue, which sold for only a few cents when it was originally published in 1841.

'"The chance of your finding such a book in your attic is extremely remote, Bradley said, but now and then it does happen.

None of his readers has stum-c^bled upon a $20,000 book, but a number have found books worth $1,000 or more, and many have turned up books worth hundreds of dollars.

Examples of valuable finds by his own readers range from a copy of the first Chicago City Directory of 1844 that brought $210 to an 1841 edition of Lans-ford Hastings. The Emigrants' Guide to Oregon and California. which fetched its discoverer the tidy sura of $3,000.

Bradley estimates there are perhaps 6,000 serious private book collectors in the United States not counting museums, libraries and foundations plus 100,000 more who collect In a mild way.

You cant tell the value of a book by its title, he said, pointing out that a SO-cent 1859 copy of a booklet called Guide to the New Gold Regions of Western Kansas and Nebraska and recently sold for $1.800.

Books dont even have to be very old to be valuable. Copies of the first edition of L. ftxnk Baums The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, published in 1900, sell for $175 to $600.

Would it pay a man now to stow some of todays modern books away in the attic for the benefit of his great-grandchildren?

Certainly, said Bradley, if he were wise enough to pick important UmUed fizsi .editions by important authors. Books can be a good long range investment.

Happy hunting! But if you find an old book you think is rare, dont write me about it. I collect old cigar bands myself.

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In Nixon, the Democrats have within, their sights a man they have always loved to shoot at. But they also have a man they have come to know increasingly as a tough, resourceful competitor. Corbin (Ky.) Daily Tribune.

If you have occasions to criticize a mule, do It to hla^ face.Anderson Independent.

"All that ia necessary for the triumph of evil U that good men do nothing. Edmund Burke.

Strength. For Today

Of one thing there can be certainty, namely, that a huge industrial empire will not be created by sitting idly by with arms folded and waiting for the red apples to drop into the lap. On a statewide scale, strong efforts have, been put forth to impress outsiders with what North Carolina has to offer. From there on it is the responsibility and opportunity of individual communities to lay their own cards on the table with all possible emphasis upon their claims and advantages.

By EARL L. DOUGLASS TRUE RELIGION AND UNDEFILED There is such a thing as being well educated, yet knowing almost nothing. Sometimes a man has a whole string of letters after his name indicating that be had diplomas from all varieties of learned institutions. Yet when you meet the man. you realize that he knows only certain things he learned out of a book. He has no real and basic intelligence.

The same deplorable condition obtains in the field of religion. People who are sometimes as orthodox as were the original apostles themselves do not have the slightest suggestion of true religion in thelf hearts. Such people know nothing about love. They can recite the creeds backwards, they could keep fifty commandments instead of ten if there were that many to be kept.

But when It comea to living a kindly, upderstandlng, and meaningful life, such people fall down completely. From the standpoint of theology they ara sound, from the standpoint of the true New Testament religion they are heretical.

Religlon-.speclally the Christian religionis an inner matter of the heart. It was the religious leader* of Hia day who put Jesus to death. He got along most amicably with the pagans, the sinners, with the unbelieving Gentiles. But the religious leaders finally brought him to the cross.

A good question always to ask isWhat is my religion? A thing of belief or a thing of actionor both? Is it something I hang on the outside or something I experience in my inmost heart?

7he Ratio Of Labor To OutDut

By ELMER ROES.SNER

You can increase productivity by firing your brother-in-law.

Well get back to that idea later.

One of the most misunderstood words in American economic jargon is productivity.

Most people think of increases in productivity as extra human energy. A punch-press operator goes on the wagon and turns out 1,800 instead of 900 key lags a day. A television assembler puts eight sets together in a day Instead of four.

Increase in productivity? Obviously.

But these increases are offset by other punch-press operators who take up bourbon, or television assemblers who slow up because they are worrying about their wives.

THE REAL INCREASES

True rises in productivity result from broad scale actions; The introduction of labor-saving machinerj', or the Introduction of methods that rediw* .

tlo of labor to product.

Thats what productivity is: the ratio of labor to output. The latter can be measured in dollars or units, and both methods have pitfalls for the unwary.

Assume that it takes 24 minutes to turn out a torslon-twls-ter in a machine operated by a man getting $3 an hour. That That means that production labor costs are $1.20 per tortlon-twister.

No prodding, no bonuses can increase productivity much. But a machine that will turn out a tortion-twister every six minutes will Increase productivity mightily. ^

Production would be increased 400 per cent. But the machine operator would probably get his union to demand more money say $6 an hour. So while physical productivity would increase only 100 per cent. Thats right: 100 per cent, not 200 per cent. All objectors are sent back to the fifth grade. THE ADDED COSTS

Tn thil inatariAa mtm aq.

sidering only production - labor costs. But in actual practice, the cost of a torsion-twister includes many other labors: secretarial, sales, legal, administrative, clerical, accounting, and all the others needed to get a torsion-twister from the crude metal into the hands of the ultimate user.

This leads to two observations :

1. An increase in production facilities will not necessarily mean much of an increase in the basic productivity. In the case In question, new machines increasing production 100 per cent in units, mlghf Increase productivity, measured by dollars. very Uttle. Suppose a unit costs $1, of which 10 cenLs is production costs. If these costs are cut In half, productivity is increased. But it is only increased by around 5 per cent.

2. Since productivity is based on total labor costs, the cutting of these costs any place along the line can Increase productivity as measured by dol

lars.

Thus, the company making torsion - twister* could Increase It* producUvity ratio by firing a few unneceaaary employee* just as much as it could by buying, new and faster ma-chinear'

By laying off unneeded worker*. a company reduce* that ratio of labor costs to output.

And that* why firing a-loafing brother-in-law can lncrea*e producUvity just as much s' buying machines that produce more goods.

SCOTCH WHISKY BETTER LATER ON THIS YEAR

Scotch whLsky will be better, say the Scots.

This ,claim is based on the attributes of a new 25-acre warehoiwe at Clackmannanshire. where the atmospheric condlUons are said to Improve the whisky. About IS.-'iOO.OOo gallons can be stored there. Spirits aged there will flow into the United States . later this year.