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THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE. N. C

Wednesday, March 9, 1960

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Wednesday, March 9, 1960

Not Likely Theyll See Eye To Eye

All Of Us Share In The Benefits

Announcement of a new furniture plant to be erected in Rocky Mount affords another industrial booit that will bring benefits to more than one community in Eastern North Carolina.

Initial statements concerning the new industry say it will eventually employ 700 to 1,000 people and perhaps more. There is little doubt that a plant of that size will draw its employees from a broad area rather than just in the immediate community in which it is located. Although the primary economic benefits derived from the new furniture plant will center in Rocky Mount, a much broader area will share in secondary benefits.

Most large industrial plants settling in Eastern North Carolina can figure on drawing their employees from a radius of 20 miles or so around the plant site. In the case of the new plant in Rocky Mount, it should not be surprising if it does not attract employees living in Tarboro, Nashvjlle and perhaps Wilson as well as from other smaller communities near Rocky Mount. Thus the new plant is of economic significance to a much larger area of this section of the state than just Rocky Mount itself.

The same is true of most of the large manufactur-, ing plants being located in Eastern North Carolina. The fact that the plant locates in a community means a great deal to that community. But it also has economic significance to other nearby communities which will help supply a portion of the employees

The DuPont plant near Kinston, for exaihple, draws employees not only from Kinston and Lenoir County, but likewise has employees who live in Pitt, Wayne, Craven and probably in other counties in this section. Thus the plant has contributed to the economic Improvement of a much broader area than just the immediate vicinity in which it is located.

?olicy On Use Of The Patro'.

By LYNN NISBET

HIGHWAY PATROL Thp current tendency to use the Hichway Patrol as a general civil law enforcement agency disturba the people who think the patrol ought to devote its entire activities to promoting safety In highway traffic. Many of these advocates of sole attention to traffic safety forget, if they ever knew, some of the most controlling arguments advanced for established of the patrol In 1929. There were many members of the 1929 General Assembly who opposed the patrol idea, largely because they feared it would eventuate into a State police agency.

Textile strikes at Gastonia and Marion were In progress or of recent history when the 1929 Legislature was In session. There was recognized need for some law enforcement authority between the city police and county sheriff departments on the one hand and the National Guard on the other. But the legislators were cool tow'ard all such arguments. They wanted no general State police. There was another approach that proved more effective.

By 1929 the State of North Carolina had invested something like $100 million in prim-ar> highway construction. Automobiles were being made and used that could travel 40 to 50 '"miles an hour. Franchise buses were getting into operation, and the motor truck industry was in travail of being born. These commercial vehicles, even more than private cars, were putting undue burden of speed and weight on the highways. There wasnt yet much problem about traffic safety, except preservation of the States mul-U-million dollar property investment in highways.

EVOLUTION Advocates of the patrol argued that the State had this hundred million dollar Investment, with no authoritative agency to protect it. They sold recalcitrant legislators on the idea that a State highway patrol was essential to protect the capital investment against damage from overweight and speed. It was nece.ssary to give this State patrol the right to cooperate with local authorities, and the obligation to respond to calls for local helpprimarily in traffic matters but not in emergencies for other activities.

The mushrooming development of highway trafflc. the increasing weight and speed of

vehicles, private and commercial, diverted major attention of the patrol from preservation of highways to protection of life and private property on them. Along with that came development of the revenue angle, and checking by the patrol of automobile license plates and kindred activities.

AffUiaUon of the patrol was changed from the Highway Commission to the Revenue Department, which then' had charge of licensing motor vehicles. In time it outgrew that secondary position in a department. and in 1941 the Motor Vehicles Department was established and given control over highway traffic, including the collection of license fees, inssuance of auto tags, and regulation of speed and weight on highways. Subsequently new divisions in the Motor Vehicles Department were set up, relieving the patrol of the licensing feature and primary responsibility for weight control of commercial trucks and operators permits. The major duty of the patrol was traffic safety.

DIVERSIFIEDThe demands of traffic safety called for more and more expansion of the patrol despite the channeling off of duties related to licensing and weights. The total number of patrolmen grew from the original hundred or so to the pre.s-ent approximate 600 men. And without any change in the original basic act which established the patrol, there developed the tendency to utilize this force for police work other than traffic control.

The patrol has been called upon to do police duty in connection with strikes, which only by extreme Imagination can be related to highway safety. and to study conditions in prison administration, and other extraneous pusposes. None of this usage violates the letter of the law establishing the patrol 30-odd years ago, nor does ,lt violate the spirit of the law as interpreted today. But it is a far cry from the concept which obtained favorable votes for the highway patrol in 1929, which was to protect the capital inve^ment which the State had in its paved highways.

The evolution in the highway patrol operations is not unique, but it is typical of other insidious changes In policy of State government through the years, all tending toward centraliza^ tlon of power.

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While every community in the area look^ with envy whenever another community lands a new industry, it should be realized that every new industry which comes into Eastern North Carolina helps to strenffthen the economy of the entire area. As the communities individually progress, the area as a whole progresses.

Greenville, Goldsboro, Kinston, Wilson,' Farmville New Bern and many other cities probably would have liked to have the new furniture plant that will be located in Rocky Mount. Even so, having the new plant in Rocky Mount will mean more to these other communities than having the furniture plant located in the Piedmont or Western part of the state.

Petty community jealousies sometime prevent our recognizing the area advantages that are achieved when a new industry locates in a community or county other than our own.

Psychological Impact Frcir. New Hampshire

The presidential primary held yesterday in the sta^e of New Hampshire is a good example of the psyt chological importance of events in an election year.

Compared wdth the voting strength of many other states of the nation, the total number of votes of New Hampshire is a mere drop in the bucket. Somewhere around 100,000 voters ^ent to the polls yesterday to express their preference in a primary in which the spotlight was on Vice President Nixon, assured of the GOP nomination, and on Sen. John Kennedy, front-runner for the Democratic nomination.

But political observers have maintained that this first presidential preference primary of the election year has an important impact on the outcome. They say the result will create certain responses in citizens in other parts of the country where primaries are scheduled later. And beyond the primary and nomination stage, it may have an effect in moulding public opinion that will be reflected in the election in November.

The point is that the New Hampshire primary will be the first ballot-box expression of how the political wind may be blowing in this election year. The unofficial polls, the surveys and other methods of measuring public opinions have been going on and will continue. But in New Hampshire the voters have spoken through the process of the secret ballot just as they will w'hen they go to the polls in November.

How the people in New Hampshire voted may have a psychological effect on how the people in other states think toward this candidate or that. It may well provide a basis for some campaign decisions on the part of the candidates seeking the nominations.

From the standpoint of the number of votes cast in New Hampshire yesterday, the primary is relatively unimportant. From the broader political standpoint of public reaction, and political strategy, however, the primary is a most important faccor in this election year.

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By HENRY HOWARD

There Were No Losers

Trios Coll For

Monday night, local Optimist Club members heard four young gentlemen speak their pieces ^r laurels in a well-conducted oratorical contest sponsored by the club.

Monday nights session here was one of many throughout Optimism in this nation and others. Winners of the respective local contests will advance into stiffer competition until an international champ reigns.

Naturally, being the Optimists they are, the local club members are optimistic about winner Dick Atkinsons prospects of making a good shawln" Hp advanoe.s into contests boasting representatives from larger gcv/-graphic areas.

One of the real treats, though, to club members came after all the hustle and bustle of announcing the winner, etc.

The boys had gone to great lengths to prepare eloquent addresses and to ready themselves to deliver same with equal

eloquence. Their concentration haul been intense upon the common subject optimism on which they were to elaborate-

What perked up so many members* ears were the brief but obviously sincere comments from the contestants after the' addresses were finished. Not thanking the club for providing trophies and chances for glory. No. not that at all. The boys earnestly told the Oplimlits hovi^ grateful they were for the opportunity to participate In such an event.

Those brief comments pointed out to the club members the fact that these youngsters, but for this chance, had had little or no opportunity to even experiment with their speaking talentslet alone poUsh up defects of which they were necessarily unware.

though* the contest required a definite winner, there was no loser.

Hats off to the Optimists, a

relative newcomer to Greenvilles family of civic organizations. for this opportunity for local youthnot to mention the newly-organized and highly suc-cesshil junior rifle club.

Fhysicai

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-' dent Eisenhower took a physical beating on his South American trip, and showed it at times. He is 69. Is he going to put himself through the wringer again this year with a trip to the Soviet Union perhaps in June?

Its a question which no doubt will get plenty of consideration by his doctors and advisers.

Somebody goofed on this trip. An exploratory party, which preceded Eisenhower to South America to make arrangements, decided it was too hot and strenuous for Mrs. Eisenhower to undertake. So she stayed home.

But the schedule worked out for the President was so terribly fast, and in such overpowering heat, that even the reporters and aides who accompanied him felt the fatigue, too.

In December ^ Eisenhower visited Asia, Europe and North Africa. The pace was slower, the heat less intense. He stood up well.

In mid-May he has to go to Geneva for a summit meeting. Any trip to the Soviet Union would have to follow that.

StlQin Oiher Editors Saying

Four sucn trips in seven months time would be tough on anyone, but particularly on a man of Eisenhowers age who in five years has had a heart attack, an intestinal operation and a slight stroke.

Presidential press secretary James C- Hagerty, always anxious to put the best possible light on Eisenhower was feeling fine throughout his South American Journey.

But there were times when the President looked worn out to reporters with him.

After Elsenhowers return here Monday Marvin Arrow-smith. Associated Press White House reporter who has covered Eisenhower since 1953. reported that some of those who accompanied Eisenhower knew for a fact that his doctors were deeply concerned at several points on the tour.

Arrowsmith said it is doubtful the Presidents doctors would have given a go-ahead for his South American journey if they could have foreseen how it exhausted him at times. A slower pace with more rest would have been recommended, he said. ' n

Results Of Ike's Trip

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

THE MASTERS METHODS

During His ministry our Lord was asked many questions. Seldom did He answer them. Often when His opponents threw at Him a question which today we would call loaded. His reply was a series of questions designed to deflate their ego and to show the ignorance and malice of their attitude.

Another thing which Jesus continually did and which the average reader of the Bible often does not discover was that, for the most part. He discussed with people the things they already knew. There Ls very little in the teachings of Jesus which l& not in the Old testament. Jesus brought In some new teachings and gave a turn to old teachings which set them in an utterly new perspective. But tjje greatest contribution Jesus fnade to

humanity was the gift of Himself. He was and remains greater than anything He ever said or did.

But always He was reminding people of the things they already knew. The commandment to love God with all the heart, soul, strength, and mind was recited by every Jew every day of his life. To that Jesus added another commandment, namely, to love ones neighbor. As He went about the countryside of Palestine, He was not a radiant figure telling people things they had never heard before. He was a simple, Ood-like man discussing with them the things they already knew, teaching them how to peer deeper into the truth, and raising their eyes to heaven that they might'knew whence is the source of all truth.

Not new teachingbut age old truths tested by continuous use.

(Henderson Dispatch)

President Eisenhower is back home from his two weeks good will trip to South America, and a report on the results wUl probably be given by him to the American people. A casual evaluation might be possible in advance of that statement, however.

In the first place, it was a good wlU mission. While only four countries were visitedBrazil, Argentina. Chile and Uruguary expressions of cordiality and assurances of helpfulness were intended for all the nations. Con-' ferences were held with heads of tate to pledge United States cooperation in strengthening the over-all economy, with some financial assistance, and in an effort to dissipate as far as possible some of the misunderstand-ing that has developed in recent years. There long has been a feeling that Washington had neglected Latin America In distribuUon of its billions of dollars of gratui-ties In the years since the war, and Elsenhower hoped to allay such convictions. How much foreign aid was promised each, or in the aggregate, has not been revealed, though it ought to be.

Except for anti- American demonstrations in a few instances, the crowds were enthusiastic in their greeting to the Presl dent. These were customary and natural, but could so easily be exaggerated in significance. Mobs can be swayed one way or the other to suit the occasion. They are not always necessarily an

Indication of sincere convictions and attitudes.

These manifestations were not as great in South America as in most places Eisenhower visited in Europe, Asia and Africa in December. Density of population is not as great in South America as in many of the cities where he went in the Old World, and that is one explana-ilon.

Whether lasting good will was generated only time can answer. But the President did what he could in making the effort to that end. The trip was justified because of its objectives. Success or failure is something fen* the Latin American peoples themselves to determine. They cannot rightly expect the United States to assume the full re-. sponsibility. It cannot afford, for many reasons, to accept such a role. Nor would they like it that way, either.

It was a long and hazardous adventure of many thousands of miles, and was accompanied by a ripple of uneasiness as plane trouble developed on the way back north while the jet was racing over one of the most impenetrable jungles in the world. Fortunately, It came through without any serious difficulty.

Apparently, the President stood up well under the tMlur- ous ordeal, as he did on the long jaunt late last year. At least it can be said of him that he was willing to devote all the physical strength he possessed in the interest of peace and of hemisphere goo(i will and cordiality.

- And while were taking our hats off, lets please remember another Monday contribution.

This particular one was of, well sort of, symbolic significance. Judge Malcolm C. Paul presiding over Pitt County Superior Courts current civil term, dealt a staggering blow to obstructors of justice.

He played it cool. too. He waited patiently until the time was ripe. Then he nipped the trouble In the bud.

As court adjourned for the day. Judge Paul was eyeing a menace to orderly procedure warily. The culprit had been gallivanting rcMcssly about the court room for more than an hour. An ordinary Judges patience would have been badly frayed.

Judge Paul, though, calmly summoned the courthouse custodian and ordered a weapon to eliminate such contempt to courtand by a courthouse resident. too. The custodian fired the .22 caliber rifle at the enemy but missed.

Still calmly, Judge Paul took the mission upon himself. He drew a fine bead on the vandal. fired a single shot, and the boisterous intruding pigeon fell lifeless to the floor.

Likely, thats something of a courtroom precedent here and one that should serve as ample and timely warning to future mockers of Justice.

Opinions In Brief

Our country is faced with possible nuclear destruction from the enemy should war come. Somehow it seems out of place for the services to be issuing manuals which would be more appropriate for a country club.Tidewater News, Franklin. Va.

A foreigner can photograph the exteriors of a nation, but I think that is as fau* as he can get. No foreigner can report its interiorits soul, its life, its speech. Its thought. Mark Twain.

Man must cease attributing his problems to his environment, and learn again to exercise his willhis personal responsibility in the realm of faith and mo-rals.Albert Schweitzer.

Cuban

Sugar

Frices

By GEORGE E. S0K0L8KT COPYRIGHT, IMO. KING FEATURES SYNDICATE. INC.

Castro U beginning to feel the pinch. Otherwise, he would not have tried to bind our hands prior to a conference on outstanding dlfflculUes.

Prom the authoritative McCarthy Sugar Report,.* I take theee figures which ought to make an American think:

To Russia -1 mlllioa metrle tons at $3.10 per 100 lbs. equals $68.342,000; To the UB.-l million metric tona at $5.10 per 100 lbs. equals $112,434,000; Thus Russia gets Cuban augar cheaper than the .8. by. . . $44.092,000.

(The top world spot price this week was $3.10 per 100 pounds (F.O.B ) (Cuba), and UB. spot on a comparable basis F.O.B. Cuba was $5.10).

Actually, of the first on# million tons, Russia bought 575.-000 tons at a lower level than the indicated $3.10 price above. She bought last September 230.-000 tons at $2,P06 snd on February 5 of thla year 345,000 tons at $2.78 per 100 pounds. These sugars will go into the deal as part of the 1960 one mllUon tons since they were purchased (or shipment this year.

As a matter of record Russia always buys sugar from Cuba at a discount under the spot price. In (act. DO other country In the world alnce Castro became Cubas dictator has bought sugar for less than Russia. Russia la the fair-haired boy.**

Obviously. It makes no sense for the United SUtes to pay more for Cuban sugar than Rua-sia pays, or than any other country pays. Why must we always be suckers?

But It is not only sugar that we buy from Cuba at a subsidy price that comes out of the pockets of the American taxpayer. We also give Cuba a direct military subsidy of $543.000. This money is military assistance to Castro, tor the training of jet fliers. He could use those fliers against the United SUtes. Do we have to subsidize our enemies?

When we pay more for sugar than the world price, we are paying a subsidy. It is true that some of that money goes to American companies In Chiba which employ Cuban labor. Since the first Sugar Act of 1934, the United States has given Cuba a higher quota for the Import of sugar that has amounted annually to 375,<X)0 tons.

So advantageous has been the quota and the subsidy that a number of American eampanles have found U beneficLal to invest in Cuba, All their properties are now imperUled by Castro policies.

There is a tendency on the part of some businessmen and members of Congress to oppose any action about either the quota or the subsidy at the present time, on the general ground that Castro will come to his senses and that then the American companies that do business in Chiba will continue to benefit by quota and subsidy. They feel that a subsidy once removed will never be reinstated. They are undoubtedly right, as there is a growing opposition to subsidies which seem to be unnecessary in a rising market. ^

Those who favor doing nothing about Castro have learned nothing from 40 years of experience. A revolution, such as the Castro movement in Cuba, that is. a social revolution, does not recede unless put down 'There Is too much to loot for those in power to give way unless they cannot hold up.

Cuba is not Russia. It Is a minor country with small economic strength or potential. Its blackmail prospects are excellent because of its proximity to the United States, but the only way to ^et rid of a blackmailer is to knock his teeth out so that he cannot put the bite on.

Certain figures in the McCarthy Sugar Report are worth quoting in this connection:

On September 1, start of the new crop year world stock was 12,541.(K)0 metric tons. World production is estimated at 48.-

900.000 tons and consumption at 50.317,000. Thus world stock on August 31. 1960 WUI be 11,000.000. While the stock figure will be less than the 12.541,000 tons of the previous year it will be-more than the 10,071,000 on hand September 1, 1958. A drought In Europe cut into estimated production.

"Of the total world production Russia will take an estimated

5.880.000 tons against 6.260,000 (Continued on page five)

Drug Industrys Price Practices

OPERATION

By ELMER ROESSNER

The drug industrys pricing practices are vigorously defended by Jerome B. Cohen, professor of economics at City College of New York, in the new issue of Challenge magazine, published by C.C N.Y.s friendly rival. New York University.

In answering the charges and innuendos made before the Ke-fauvcr committee. Pi of. Cohen states. "The facts are that this industry has probably contributed less to inflation than almost any other industry.

It may come as a surprise to many but over the past 20 years prescription costs have risen less than medical care costs, less than mens haircuts, less than shoe repairs, movie admissions, automobile repair or laundry service, or the cost of a ride on a public conveyance. DRAMATIC PRICE REDUC-TIONS

Professor Cohen reviewed the high cost of developing aud in

troducing a new drug, a point which the industry finally succeeded in making before the Ke-fauver committee.

He added a tew points: that as soon as a new product is introduced, other manufacturers try to make it obsolete; manufacturers often must pay the high costs of patent litigation usually accompanying the introduction of a new product. *5 Despite these costs, some amazing price reductions have been made.

"The price history of lihost new drug discoveries shows a characteristic pattern of a high initial marketing price that falls sharply with volume production and market acceptance, then tapers off to relative stability, the economist wrote.

CITES government DATA Quoting a government report, He noted:

Penicillin in 1943 sold for $20 per 100.000 units In injectable form. In 1956 U sold for 20 cents

per 100,000 units in the more convenient tablet form, a drop of 99 per cent.

Cortisone cost $200 per gram when introduced, then made from animal bile. Two years later it cost $50, after research had found ways to make it from yams and other plants.

Streptomycin dropped 40 per cent in less than a year.

Insulin has dropped 94 per cent in price since it was introduced 30 years ago.

He also cited the fact that new drugs had reduced medical costs in other ways. Twenty year* ago it took three months salary, he said, to pay doctor, hospital and medical bills for a case of pneumonia; today it is usually treated at home with $6 worth of tetracycline. A generation ago a mastoid abscess required a difficult, painful operation costing about $1,000 and involving the possible permanent impairment of hearing. Today most cases are cleared up witb

a few dollirs worth of antibiotics. Diabetics used to face a 2 to 1 chance of an early death now live out normal lives with a drug, taken orally, that costs less than a package of cigarettes a day. PRESCRIPTION INSURANCE TESTED IN CALIFORNIA

Speaking of drugs and prices, the Bricklayers Union in San Jose, Calif., is conducting a pilot study of insurance against drug costs. The union, a pharmaceutical association and an insurance company with the approval of the local medical association, is making the test.

Whenever a bricklayer or a member of his family needs a prescription filled, he takes it to a participating pharmacy. A medical committee then passes on the prescription and price charges and sends it to the insurance company, which pays the bill in full.

Cost of the insurance is expected to settle down around $1 a month.