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THE DAIl-T REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N

Saturday, April 9, 1S60

Saturday, April 9, 1960

To Train A Mul<

Community Effort Still Stressed

The importance of community effort in industrial and economic development in any area continues to be stressed by state officials charged with the responsibility for developing the economic potential of the

Deciding How Theyll Be Done

dustrial development is difficult to over emphasize. In view of the increasing awareness of this fact, every local area should assess as objectively as possible its effort. Short comings which are apparent to the citizens of a community certainly will be obvious to pros-

R Henderson, head of the industrial division pects looking: for a new plant locaUon. ---------

of th^state Department of Conservation and Develop- In Eastern Carolina particularly, those counties ment referaU the assertion in meeting with repre- and cominumties who desire to f the industria

"ntatves o? development organizations of Pitt County growth of the state must see that their development

seniauves ut-vc up e, programs are backed by the citizens as a whole if they

* At Sst"99 per cent of the task of selling new are to be successful, industries on plant locations, Henderson said, is up to the local community. You must sell your own citizens

on the Idea of new industry and then sell yourself as WALESA WA

a community unit to the prospect.** . , . . - j Most communities actively seeking industries and economic development feel they have made a start toward doing these things. Some communities, no doubt.

OXV. ------------c-- f Greenvilles City Council is approaching a moment

feel they have done everything possible in this respect decision in which they will determine whether or not

and yet have not been as successful as they would like recommend to local citizens a major bond issue to

in attracting new industries. take care of a number of needs of the city.

It might be well, therefore, for every communi y Included in the considerations will be a large

to re-evaluate its effort to attract industry in the ig amount %f paving to hard-surface most of the many, of two factors mentioned by Hendern: 99 per cen Qf streets that we still have; reconstruction

of the task is up to the local community; and the coni- widening of a pbrtion of Elm Street; construction

munity must sell its own citizens on progressive deve - sidewalks in the vicinity of several schools; a fire

opment and then sell prospects on the community. ^ department substation in the eastern section of the

A community might ask itself several questions. city; construction of a new Negri^Ubrary; work at

Are the citizens of this community as a who e g^gppgrd Memorial Library and pi^^bly other items, really sold on the need for our attracting industries Such a capital outlay program for Greenville

and progressing economically ? + .f qq would be ambitious indeed, particularly as the propos-

If what our community is doing accounts lor yy pertain to the paving of many'miles of dirt streets, per cent of the work being put forth for our industria most citizens are well aware of the fact that

development, what sort of chance do we have in com- continuous maintenance of dirt streets is a costly item petition with other communities? . . .. in Ihe citys annual budget. By paving many of the

Has the community really made the eitort it ^hich provide the more costly maintenance

should to develop its economic potential and improve pj.Q|ji^jjjs, the city would eliminate a good part of its its economic condition? ^ u i, i# # annual street-maintenance budget, and in the long run

The importance of local effort in behalf of m- provide a savings for taxpayers.

Estimated figures on the cost of the suggested gy PATRICIA MOORE projects are to be ready for submission at a special meeting of the City Council next Monday night. While the official estimates have not yet been compiled, it is evident from the list of items up for consideration, that the total cost, if all the proposals are approved, would be in the neighborhood of a .million dollars.

Certainly the citys governing board will give careful consideration to the proposal for a major bond

Car Equipment

Tested By State

tches Much In Use

(Guet writer today. Bill Crowell, Department of Motor Vehicles)

TESTERSIn North Carolina when you step on the brakes and the brakes faU you can be reasonably assured that faulty brake fluid wasnt the cause. For It, and a lot of ottier auto accessories and equipment offered for sale in the Tar Heel State, must be approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Specialists in a UtUe-heard-of section of DMV handle the inspection chores under the critical eye of Ollis D. Griffin.

Manufacturers of certain auto equipment have been required since 1937 to submit their items for examination and approval.

Emergency warning lights, fog lamps, stop and turn signal lights, safety glass, seat belts and windshield wiper mechanisms are some other items requiring an official okay.

Each must meet requirements set by recognized testing laboratories, the most notable of which is the Society of Automotive Engineers. Griffins people receive samples of the arU Icle in question and compare it with lab reports. If the item checks out it is approved for sale in North Carolina.

In a recent year some 224 items were submitted fw approval. Most of them were okayed. Mufflers, however, are not on the , Jist which poses somewhat of a problem for the Inspection crew.

Hotrodders, believing the Department of Motor Vehicles has some say so, constantly write in with complaints concerning the use of glass packed or Hollywood type mufflers. Such mufflers, while efficient from a technical standpoint. are much noisier than standard mufflers. Police despise them.

And although they are legally sold in many auto accessory stores and garages, installation has triggered a number of court cases in which owners were charged with Improper mufflers.

Owners reason, and not without some logic, if such muffler* can be sold legally there ought to be no question as to using them. But since mufflers are not on the approval list, the vehicles agency remains officially silent on the matter.

Griffin, though, volunteers this: To be on the safe side

it would be wise to get a re-

Theres a little bOok called Sketches of Pitt County written by Henry T. King and published in 1911, that seems to

placement muffler identical tissue before making a recommendation to the citizens, ^ake its way around.

with the one originally install- jjj meantime, however, citizens of the city should it came into our realm of

also be considering both the short-term and long-range knowledge recently when we , j. 1 were investigating the Tar Riv-

aspects of the proposal. goodly subject for in-

All of the things which are "included in the pro- what was interesting about the

Sketches, however, was the

Blunts Town and some Indian villages. There are sketches of the early settlers, and then on up to the first steel bridge across the Tar Riverand, of course, the great fire of 1910.

houses.

ed.

BACK ISSUES W. C. Cox. supervisor of stores for the Motor Vehicles Department, is an old time auto enthusiast. Once he trudged from Tabor City to Chadbourn to get a first hand look at his first automobUe. He returned home goggle-eyed to tell the folks the car ran on water. Actually, the owner had merely replenished the radiator, leaving onlookers with the impression that the one-cylinder engines burned H-2-0 instead of gasoline.

Cox wonder* how many of Lynn Nisbets readers can recall these old timers: Regal, Douglas. Grant Six. Pilot, Seneca, Templar, Whippet, Overland, Sayers, Diana. Or, perhaps. the Moon. Durant, Star, Elcar, Olympic, Kissel, Er-skine, Playboy. ^ ^

The Playboy, incidentally, inspired the most famoM bit of advertising copy in history. A lyrical piece, it was, that started, Somewhere west of Laramie, theres a bronco-bustin, steer roping girl who knows what Im talking about. . . We havent room to print the entire ad, but if you want to know more about North Carolinas Point System for driver control, write the Public Information Division, State Department of Motor Vehicles, Raleigh and well send you a leafletand the advertisement.

Speaking of years gone by, a half century ago the approach of one of them infernal horseless carriages sent Grampa into a tizzy. And with good cause for his team was sure to take fright and bolt, a contingency the state recognizes to this very day. Even though Old Dobbin figuratively succombed to the auto age long ago he can still stop traffic dead. The law is heavily one sided in his favor with an obscure passage in the Motor Vehicle Manual which declares any person mounted or leading an animal has only to raise his hand and cars must stop. The law originally was passed 1917 to ^insure the safety of all persons concerned and to prevent accidents. Assem-bljTnen through the years have never repealed the quaint law, possibly because the Tar Heel State boasts the nation's greatest horse and mle populaon.

posis will have to be done sooner or later. It is a

matter of deciding whether it is better to provide the anides^ a^'iit Greenville. Pitt

capital funds for these needed improvements in one county, the Tar and the accom-

bond issue, or undertake the outlays on a piece-meal panying historical , . , . , , have used this little book as a

basis which may or may not prove satisfactory. source.

The ultimate decision will be up to the people of The authors of the articles the city. The more consideration they give the matter didn't credit the book as a in all its aspects,-the better prepared they^will be to source, but certoin *cerpts

render a wise decision when the time comes for them anach writer**8wmed

We want to know what subject has NOT been used as a gimmick in a rock *n roll tune. Weve had the drowning Indians, Stagger Lees (spelling?), steamboat whistles, dogs barking and every such thing. Now theyve finally gotten around to Rock a Bye Baby rock n roll version. We wouldnt recommend it for the nursery.

to decide.

Navys Case In Defense

to use the very same quotes.

Aside from, the value of the book as source of factual Information and a link with the past, Sketches of Pitt County is rather colorful. Theres a lot of talk about Ucohuerunt. King

With the birds: It was several weeks ago that we said something about a Save the Bluebird Campaign. We gave proper instructions for construction of a home for bluebirdswhich excluded all other birds. Now we are gratified to hear people did build bluebird

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) The Navy apostle of the moving duck theory as against the sitting duckwould like to be this countrys first line of defense. It may never be, but its making progress.

Since World War II. the seagoing arm of national defense has been overshadowed by the development of the fast, long-range bomber and the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Even the worth of the aircraft carriers, with their short-range planes, looked questionable.

Then the navy began development of an atomic-powered submarine capable of firing the Polaris missile, with a nuclear warhead, 1,200 miles. In time it hopes to have 45 such subs. It has only two afloat now. None will be in iteration till fall.

This week President Eisenhower approved stepping up the production rate. In three years the Navy may have 21 of these submarines which can stay out of sight of an enemy, slip close to a continent, and start firing. .

The Navys big pitch for The Polaris-missile submarine can be summed up Uiis:

An enemy would know the launching sites of this countrys ICBMs and its shorter range missiles abroad because theyd be on fixed platforms, immovable. Theyd then be sitting

Opinions In Brief

Odd that American boys should take Hitler as an idol, when the movies and TV are giving them so many other famous men to emulateDillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, Al Capone, the Purple Gang, etc. Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatch.

"Why Is it that folks we would expect to survive a nuclear attack and even light bai k complain bitterly because they have to shovel the snow out of their own driveways?Shelby (N.C.) Daily Star.

DisDute

ducks for enemy missiles turned loose in a surprise attack.

But the Polaris submarines are like moving ducks whose loca-t.ons would be unknown to an enemy andin case an enemy began a missile attack on this countrycould fire their .own 1,200-mile range missiles against any enemy target.

And theyd be out of sight while they did it.

Adm. Arleigh Burke, chief of naval operations, has argued that if a nuclear war started smce all the destruction would be on land on both continentsthe Navy, not a stationary target, v'ould be the only defense line left.

But Burke doesnt sell the aircraft carrier short, either, and naturally, since hes an admiral. No matter what anyone else thinks of the future role of carriers, the Navy brass is high on them.

But theres a difference between the use of a carrier and the use of a Polaris submarine. The former would be at its best in a limited war, such as around Formosa. The Polaris-submarine missile would be mainly for all-out nuclear war.

Burke has spoken out a number of times on the two subjects: As long as you need manned aircraft for any type of warfare, youll need carriers. And youll need manned aircraft as long as you need search and attack missions w'here youve got to look for your target before you strike it

He has described., the use of the Polaris sub this way:

It is good for only one thing to destroy cities. Its the best city destroyer in the world. It vUl destroy any city you want any place, any time. Thats all its good for, though.

Its no good for destroying a village. Its a good weapon for mass destruction. Carriers on the other hand can do mass destruction if they want to, but that Is not their primary job. The Navy also puts up this argument: A Polaris sub costs about 100 million dollars. Forty-five of them would cost4*2 billion dollars. But they would last for about 20 years, .

Other Editors Saying... emergence Of An Issue?

It also recently came to our attention that there was a beauty contest around here. It wasnt so much the publicity, as it was the men dressing up in their nice ties and spring suits to impress the ladies. It went on for several days before we really figured out the reasons for the fancy dress.

And then there has been that air of helpfulness, you know, aid to the damsel in distress, as If a beauty contestant is in any distress!)

But from the ladies* side of the contest, we think the new Miss Greenville is vry pretty. Our ladies' committee <a secret organization) congratulates the judges on their choice.

Strength

For Today

(Greensboro Dafly News)

The first semblance of an issue is beginning to emerge in the gubernatorial campaign.

Understandably the first

weeks of the campaign were given over to organizing, to setting up state and county headquarters and exposing candidates to audiences the state over. The principals are getting the feel of the situation. So far issues have failed to emerge; differing personalities, factional support "and generalities which tend to reflect philosophies of government are about all the campaign has had to offer.

But the outlines of an issue are discernible now. All four of the seekers of the Democratic nomination have placed education at the top of the list. Terry Sanford has endorsed the program of the United Forces for Education which would increase per pupil expenditures by $45 per year at an estimated cost of $100,000,000 during the next two years. John Larkins has advocated a 15 per cent teacher pay increase which would cost around $45,000.000. Malcolm Seawell gives schools top billing, noting, however, that the states budget must be balanced and asserting that school budgetary needs should be constantly reassessed. Dr. I. Beverly Lake has been more concerned with internal school improvements. In his view at least $20,000,000 will have to

be found per year in new money to keep services at their present level.

None of the candidates has gone beyond generalities, especially in recommendations as to where any additional money can be found. But just there an issue Is beginner to emerge. Both Larkins and Seawell have voiced the possibility of meeting school needs without imposition of new taxes; they rely upon North Carolinas expanding economy and the surplus which is even now accumulating, under what had been regarded as tight budgetary estimates, in the state treasury. Governor Hodges has intimated the same possibility.

North Carolinians can only hope that these rosy prospects will materialize. But what if returns from the present revenue act are not sufficient to maintain, much less expand, state services, of which schools stand to the fore, during the next biennium? Will there be new taxes and what will be the next Governors recommendations?

Are we slowly moving to the battlefront of successive legislatures; Whether to hold or break the line has been the ultimate point of contention? Personalities will not answer this question. Principles and philos-5 ophy of government will. In event of this recurring battle, what will be th attitude of the Man Downstairs?

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

FAMISHED SOULS

Someone has said that prosperity is like salt water. The more we drink, the more thirsty we become.

There can, of course, be lofty pride and a little touch of hypocrisy in a statement of this sort. We all strive to be prosperous and the drinking of salt water has considerable truth to it. for experience demonstrates that the thirst for prosperity can grow to ^uch an immoderate degree that a person comes at last to think about little else. There are actually people in the worldand quite a lew of them, be it said in sorrowfor whom prosperity is the chief thing for which they live.

More often, however, people make the mistake not of surrendering their lives wholly to the idea of prosperity, but of putting prosperity first. It does not occupy the whole of their Uves, but the position it occupies is one of such advantage that everything else has to faU in behind.

Jesus was constantly trying to get men to put first things first. He beUeved that there was a sequence of real values. He held that because we are spiritual beings, the things of the spirit come first.

' Physical, financial, material things have their place in Ufe. It is foolish to claim they have not. But their place must never be first. If we put them first, then we become like famished, shipwrecked sailors drinking salt water and finding death.

By GEORGE E. 80K0LSKY Copyrifhl, 160, King Feateret SywUeate, Inc.

A i^phiet Issue* by ttia Ministry of PoreigD Affairs of Cuba says:

Viewed from the Cuban side, the commercial and the economic relations generaUy between Cuba and the United States are dominated by sugar.

As sugar production constitutes about one Uiird of Cubas total national income and sugar exports represent about 80 per cent of her export trade, the position occupied by it and the treafrnent accorded to its importaUon into the United States market are absolutely fundamental, in fact decisive, ior evaluating the commercial relaUons between the two countries from the p<^t of view of the inters ^ Cuba.

This would also be Uie American view of tlM situao if teert were an American view. And recognizing this as a fact, the United State* would, by now, have deixlved Cuba of whatever advantage the Castro government enjoy* from iU sugar dealings with the United States. We might have done it on a quid pro quo basis, namely, Uiat whatever-.-econixnic mischief Cuba did to American property, similar but intensified damage would be done to Cuban sugar .

However, the Castro regime denies that there Is any reason why Cuba should be grateful to the United State*. Note this:

. .The American public is continuously being given the impression that because Cuba ha* the largest individual sugar quota in the United State* market and because Cuba ob-' tains for the sugar sold In that market a price higher than she usually gets in the other markets outside the United States, Cuba enjoys a position of. privilege and receives from the United States a free bonus or gift for wbtoh she only should be grateful The point the Castrolte* make is that the quota system, from which they benefit, was designed to assist the United States, not Cuba. They go back to 1934 to make their point: but one can go back to 1903 to make a better . point, namely, that the United States has always assisted Cuba since the Spanish-American War. The Castro Ministry of Foreign Affairs states;

There can be no doubt, to the light of the record, that ths quota system on sugar to tha United States was bom from the need to afford protection to con-ttoental sugar producers and the inadequacy of the tariff, no matter how high it was. for achieving that purpose. .

Neither the figures nor any statement of the case explains why. when the United States was seeking to defend American continental producers of sugw from competition with Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Philipptoes, it was necessary to give Cuba a quota that amounts to about one-third of the American consumption and to give Cuba about a two cents per pound favorable differential above the world price. In fact, the Castro government regiurds our sugar relations with Cuba as a disgrace. Read this paragraph: Throughout the changes that have taken place to the sugar legislation and in the commercial alreements between the two countries, this fundamental aspect of the Cuban-American commercial relationships has been maintained. This i* a disgraceful state of "affairs. As long as Is it <sic) maintained, nobody should expect that Cubans will feel that their economic relations with the United States are used on an equal footing, governed by a spirit of mutual rights and obligations freely agreed upon and accepted, as should be the relations between independent nations if such relations are to be conductive (sic) to reciprocal satisfaction and selfrespect.

If Cubas self-respect is to be restored, one take* It, the the quota system. If that lsso, Castro can readily be accommodated. The quota system can be abolished; the price differential can be abolish^ According to this officW^^lpamph-let there is no bonus tv gift to Cuba because the United States pays a higher price for Cuban sugar than the world market.

The curiosity of the Cuban argument arises from the fact that Cuba, like so many other countries, seems to take it for granted that the United States (Continued oo Page 9)

Taxes Ppy For Shipping. Autos

f rvlcs

UNITED STATES

The Salvation Army

I960

SUPPORT YOUR UNITED APPEAL

By ELMER ROESSNER

On the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, there are autos that pass in the night as well as ships.

When civilian employees of the government are sent overseas, the government is usual-Iv agieeable to shipping their autos, as well as their furniture to new bases. And when th^ tour of duty is ended, Of they are called back to the United States for refreshers in government policies, the government brings back their cars.

Thus. whUe a 1958 Pontiac is on the way from Washington bs boat and train to Heidelberg, another 1958 Pontiac may be on the way from Heidelberg to Washington.

Time was when not many of the cars came back Before being recalled, many U. S. employees sold their cars abroad. LOCAL SALES NOW SLOW

All Afnerican stationed in a SmiUa American country ones

told me that the only net savings a U. S. employee could make in that part of the world was the profit on a car.

Living costs were so high that salary and allowances were always spent, but after two or three years the family car could be sold for a gain of several hundred dollars. Then, on leave at home, a new car could be bought and the game stalled again.

- However, that day is over. The various governments nave cracked down on this type of sale. Besides. Europeans and Japanese have come within low-cost, high-mileage cars.

So the government ships the used cars back home when employees return. Sometimes the cost of shipping a car back exceeds the value of the cai*.

Sometimes the government's desire to move cars about reaches extremes. For instance, in some outposts, the government will pay for storage of au

tos for up to six months only. So an employee recalled to the States for nine months of a year simply has his car brought back for him<~ at government and taxpayer expensehis car brought back for himat government and taxpayer expenses. sometimes by government ship? sometimes by private carrier.

POSSIBLE SOLUTION

It would seem that an international Hertz or Avis csr-rent-al agency could save J-he government a lot on the shipment 01 cars. A system could be set up whereby a government employee would simply turn his car over to the agency in the U. S. when he was ordered

abroad.

Then when he reached Bogota Tokyo or Karachi, a similar car would be waiting for

lent caxvi-would b waiting for him here. Or. perhaps It could be arranged so that he would get a new car by paying the, difference to value.

The government might be expected to pay the c^st of Stopping the rental cars to foreign bases, but it would be able to save a lot-on the ceaseless back-and-forth shipping of cars.

AS 80 MANY

BORROWERS DID LATER~

The first savings and loan association was organized In Prankfiwt, Pa., in 1831. Eugene^ M. MoHlock, president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association of New York, told a recent American Bankers Association forum.

Four months later it made Its first loan to one Comly Rich, who paid a $10 premium for a loan of $500 for a home

vhcn ordered back 1 the. U. ofsTO square feet of livable area

S., he would turn that car back area.

to the agency ai^d

an eqUiva- Comly Rich defaulted.

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