PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Thursday, May 26, 1960

Thursday, May 26, 1060

Booby Trap

Time Has Strengthened Conviction

On Saturday people throughout the 14 counties of the First Congressional District will decide at the ballot boxes which of two candidates will represent this area in Congress for the next two years.

Some weeks ago, after a careful study of the records of the two candidates, and after careful evalua-ti(Mi of what each has to offer the people in the critical vcars ahead. The Daily Reflector urged the people of Pitt County to unite in support of Walter B. Jones for Congress

The lively debate of the campaign issues in recent weeks has served to strengthen our conviction that Walter Jones is the candidate most capable of giving the people of this district the vigorous, forceful and progressive representation they need in Congress.

We urge the people of Pitt and other counties of the district to cast their ballots Saturday for Walter Jones for Congress.

Walter Jones earned his recognized place as a leader and influential member in the legislature, not by long tenure in office, but by active hard work, forcefully thrusting to the fore the needs of the people and fighting vigorously to see that those needs were met. Hi record as a legislator is not cne of routine drifting with the tide. It is one filled with genuine accomplishments, reflecting farsighted, realistic approach to filling the needs of the people and bringing about very real and practical benefits to our county, our district and our state.

On the eve of Election Day, it is evident that Walter Jones has constantly gained popular support, not only in Pitt County, but in the counties throughout the district. There has been daily a growing awareness among the citizens that the most important issue is the relative ability of the two candidates to do the job in

A Turnover In Several Offices

By LYNN NISBET TURNOVER A Conversation the other day about the number of new members scheduled to be in the next Legislature switched to the turnover in several top bracket offices.

The record is held by the office of Attorney General, which has had five occupants in less than five years, all but one appointed by Governor Luther Hodges, Runner up i U.S. Senate seat DOW occupied by Sen. B. Everett Jordan, its seventh occupant since the death of Sen. J W. Bailey in 1946eight in less than 14 years, and possibility of another change if Addison Hewlett wins in the primary.

In contrast to these fast upsets. Thad Eure has been Secretary of State since 1936. Henry Bridges has served as State Auditor since 1947, L Y. Ballen-tine has been Commissioner of Agriculture since 1949. Other members of the Council of State have served at least six years and have been elected twice by the peopleonce for unexplred terms and once for full four year periods All are up for re-'Clection this year.

ATTORNEY GENERAL The death of Harry McMullan in the summer of 1955. after 17 years in the office, set off the musical chairs chain among attorneys general- Governor Hodges named William B. Rodman Jr. to the post. He resigned a few months later to take appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and George B. Patton was appointed in his stead. Patton resigned in the spring of 1958 to seekand winthe superior court judgeship in the 30th district, and Malcolm B. Seawell was , appointed. Seawell resigned February 1 this year to run for Governor, and Wade Bruton became Attorney General. He is now a candidate for election, without opposition in the primary.

IMPORTANT Because of developments over which they had no control, as well as because of the characteristics of the men, Attorneys General Patton and Beawell gave to the

office a degree of prestige which it had not before enjoyed. Seawell particularly demon

strated unwillingness to sit by and wait for things to happen, but made the office of Attorney General a vigorous and vital force In State Government. The new Attornej^ General Bruton, by

reason of nearly 30 years affiliation with the office as chief assistant, is exected to maintain that Influential status.

Which raises a point for the protocol boys. The Aitornry

General Is i^ot a member of the

Council of State, but by constitutional provision he is the legal adviser to the executive department. Yet in the listing of the executive department his office comes right in the middle of the Council of State offices. That is due to the fact that prior to 1944 the Council of State was comprised of the Secretary of State, the State Auditor, the State Treasurer and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. A constitutional amendment adopted that year added the Commissioners of Agriculture, of Labor and of insurance to the Council of State In codifying that amendment these offices were added after the Attorney General, which had been at the bottom of the old list. Result is that in protocol arrangements, including the issuance of low number automobile tags, the Attorney General comes right in the middle. Growing importance of the office should place it first, or it should be moved to the bottomthe position originally heldas a nonvoting associate member and constitutional legal adviser on the Council of State. Good lawyers advise this would require no legislation or constitutional Amendment, only adjustment in protocol rating.

CAR TAGS The allocation of the first 200 low numbers of automobile tags is based on a plan first adopted by the late W.N. Everett when the license plates were issued by the Secretary of State. No. 1 goes on the State-owned limousine provided for the Governor. No. 2 goes to the Lieutenant Governor for his personal car. No. 3 to the Speaker of he House, and on through the Council of State, the judiciary, members of the Congress, and other State officers. Sometimes there is rivalry and jealousy over low numbers. There have been instances when officials did not want them.

Another phase of the auto tag business develops in the use of permanent tags for government owned vehicles and some utilities. These are white with black numerals preceded by the Letter P. The same style and colors are used on all the permanent tags This has given rise to some resentment on part of State employees driving public cars so labeled being accused of using for unauthorized purposes when many times It was a local county or town vehicle . Suggestion has been made that the State-owned cars have blue and white tags, or red and black, to distinguish them from local automobiles. __

Congress the people need and expect in the years before us. We feel Walter Jones is that candidate.

Saturday is the day for the people of the First District to speak out and make themselves heard at the ballot boxes. It is the day when the people of Pitt County should raise their voice in unison for the'congressional candidate from their county who has shown himself eminently qualified for the high office.

We urge the people to cast their ballots Saturday for Walter Jones for Congress, a Pitt County man of proven ability whose election to Congress will mean fresh ideas, new thinking and a more vigorous championing of forward-looking legislation for the common good of all the people of this Congressional District.

Why Not A Big Rescue Squad For Disasters?

Nature has run wild in Chile.

That narrow, rocky,, mountainous strip of land running along the western coast of South America has been shaken by great earthquakespounded by tidal waves, and provinces terrified by revived volcanoes.

News reports have it that .thousands are dead or missing, and perhaps millions homeless.

In the wake of such disasters there is always the aspectie of plagues and famine over the stricken land.

Several weeks ago a city in North Africa was literally erased from the map by a tremendous earth shock.

Iran, a frequent victim of heavy tremors, has also had its share of recent quakes. In many countries the elements have dealt hard blows of one kind or another this past winter and spring.

Routine disasters are usually handled with dispatch by the areas involved.

But there have been a number of incidents of devastation in which relief measures were difficult to institute and suffering by multitudes of people was unavoidably prolonged.

The Chilean government, for in.stance, faces a rescue relief task which their limited resources will require weeks to accomplish. And that is only to meet immediate needs; rehabilitation will take years to accomplish.

Such disasters sugge.st a rsther obvious countermeasure in an international relief force ready for instant dispatch to troubled spots.

For such a body we can only visualize the United Nations as the sponsoring organization.

True, the UN has been nearly impotent in attempting to establish a police force for peace; but the maintenance of a task force designed to meet an.v kind of major disaster seems hardly grounds for controversy.

People and governments are alway.s anxious to help other people in times of great trouble. Such a UN function would be a logical outlet for that kind of help . . . like an overgrown Rescue Squad.

We all know what that means to us here at home.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON! APi Togetherness lasted less than a week.

Democrats and Rebublicans, in a moment ol bewildered silence which they called a united front, rallied behind President Eisenhower when Premier Nikita Khrushchev humiliated him and wrecked the summit meeting.

But politics and the upcoming elections got the better of them.

Khrushchev performed on Monday. May 16. The togetherness here lasted until Thursday when it must have become strf-focating to Adlai Stevenson. He attacked Eisenhower. Things got back to normal fast.

Now Democrats disagree with ^ Democrats, Republicans with Republicans. And Democrats and Republicans are charging each other with being "soft on communism. a phrase not heard much since the days of Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

This a kind of bonus for Khrushchev.

Stevenson, who may once again get the Democratic nomination, said that while- Khrusht chev smashed the sumlnit, Eisenhower handed the Soviet Premier a crowbar and sledgehammer through his adminLstrations handling of the spy plane incident.

He said it was the obligation of the Democrats to expose and criticize any carelessness and mistakes by the Eisenhower administration.

Then a former Democratic tlonal chairman, James A. Farley. lit into Stevenson for saying such a thing. Vice President Richard M, Nixons press aide got his bols name into print by saying Stevenson shocked him.

Thirty House Democrats In Congress broke their few days silence with eight questions they want Eisenhower to answer on the series of tragic blunders connected with the spy plane and the summit. ^

Sen. Everett M, Dirk.sen of IllinoLs, leader of the Senate Republicans, came up with an

Bv HENRY HOWARD

?olitickina Hits A Peak

Most folks are saying the politicking around here has just about rea.ched a peak over past years.

Theyre probably right, too, because the candidates, and strong ones, for the various offices in Saturdays primary election are numerous. Notables all over the state are saying were experiencing one of the hottest gubernatorial chases in North Carolinas history.

In addition, the congressional fights have created intense interest.

The candidates and politicians have set the stage for a successful voting year in North Carolina. The interest, in most cases, has been sufficiently generated to draw eligible voters to the polls Saturday.

Voters should do a little advanced thinking. If theyd all pause for a moment and look into their personal futures they might see a time when they might be violently criticizing the govern

ment leaders elected by the people.

Such criticism is a wonderful thing. It's a basic principle of democracy. But. there should be a prerequisite to criticizing the government especially for qualified voters.

No eligible voter should feel justified in offering criticLsm un-les.s he exercises his vote.

So, when the polls open less than 48 hours from now, every registered voter should make every effort to cast a ballot. More iBJportant than voting for one candidate or the other is the act of voting in itself.

If for no other reason, eligible voters should cast their ballots to become certified governmil critics.

Reported developments during the last week or so of the first districts congressional campaign have been numerous.

The tempo has been constantly on the incline and will reach its

climax Saturday- There will be a comparative lull in campaign activity while the ballots are tabulated.

The District is seeing its first congressional race since 1946 and the competition is refreshing.

Each side has been striving untiringly to persuade the 14 counties voting population in his behalf.

The campaigning has resulted in reports from various areas m the district that conflict slightly in .some cases. Each side has overlapping claims.

One wise observer pointed out the cruel truth: You can say what you will, but not a Single \ot will be cast until 6:30 Saturday morning.

Hes right, but Its still interesting to speculate.

angle. He said Stevenson himself had helped torpedo the summit before it began.

He said Stevenson in a presummit interview with a Paris reporter advocated concessions to the Soviets. After that, Dirk-sen siid, Khrushchev would have been a fool not to postpone the summit until after election day.

Steven.son at first denied the interview. Then he said the reporter confused discussion with opinion. The French reporter stuck to his story.

Somewhere along the line Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the front-runner among Democratic aspirants, got into the act with a comment in Portland, Ore- He said Eisenhower could have expressed regret to Khrushchev for the siiy plane.

This was too much for Sen. Hugh Scott, a Pennsylvania Republican. He sent the Senate into an uproar by declaring Stevenson and Kennedy should be summoned before congressional investigators to relieve themselves of the gross suspicion of appeasement.

Kennedy strode into the Senate, denied he was an appeas-er. Scott said hed accept Kennedys sayso. But another Democrat. Sen. John A. Carroll of Colorado went after Scott. He accused him of playing raw politics.

Some Democrats wanted a Senate investigation of the spy plane disaster and the summit debacle. Some Republicans didnt. But some did. A New York Democrat, Rep. Samuel A. Stratton, deplored the action of the 30 Democrats who want Eisenhower to answer eight question.s.

Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-Mont) .saia Diik.-'Cii in.sinuated the Dein-ocf-ats. If elected next fall, would be soft on communism Paul Butler, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said the Eisenhower administration had too soft a policy

Other Editors Saying How Do You Explain It?

(Goldsboro \ews-Argus)

We have pondered the question but have not been able to hit upon a satisfactory answer.

You will remember last Fall the shock of surprise which roiled over the state when Dr. John D. Messick unexpectedly announced he needed a less fatiguing job and rexigntd as president of East Carolina College at Greenville. You will remember also the hue and cry which went up. It came not only from students and faculty, but from the public at large.

The committee named to nominate a new president for East Carolina was deluged with suggestions by telephone call, wire, letter and personal visit. The Letters to the Editor columns of the states major newspapers got many discussions of the topic-Everyone seemed to have his own ideas of just what should be done or who should be president and why. Editors rolled out their think pieces and got into the act.

When the unexpect^'d announcement of the resignation of Dr. Hollis Edens as president of Duke University came there also wa.s surprise, and some shock. The Duke faculty got into the act with resolutions. The alumni in a chapter or two passed resolutions. The editors wrote.

But did you notice that there were not nearly so many letters to the editors in the newspapers on the subject as there had been on the East Carolina resignation?

Duke is a nationally known and recogimzed institution. Edens had even before he came to Duke been a national figure with service in the national e<|ucational foundation administrative field. Duke, on the mere basis of enrollment, is almost twice as large as East Carolina. It is more than twice as old, 122 years against 52 years for East Carolina.

Why then didnt the letters to the editors pour in in even greater volume that was the case for the East Carolina resignation?

The General Manager, who gives me most of my good ideas, says that it was because Duke Ls a private university and East Carolina a state - owned college. She says that Mr. Tar Heel anywhere f^lt that he had a personal holding in East Carolina and hence was entitled to make his ideas known.

There may be something to this view. Or could it e also that the letter writers felt closer to East Carolina.

If you can reason the matter out with better logic, let us know.

When we arrived at the salt mine this morning, we noted a huge object in the process of construction directly in front of the Reflector.

Its a giant scoreboard thatll be used Saturday night to post election returns.

Though unofficial, the figures provided by this newspaper for the public's eye will be indicative of the official result.

Opinions 'n

Reports reaching the free world in ever greater volume from the Iron Curtain countries indicate that 15 years of su-s-tained attack by the Satellites states on Christianity and 30 year.s of such atheistic crusade by the USSR have failed to eliminate Christian mores from the hearts and minds of the people. Aledo (111.) Times Record.

More than 3000 people are killed each year by farm work accidents , . . more than in any other major Industry. More than 11,000 farm re.sidents are killed each year in all types of accidents. Farmer.s are getting scarcer all the time; let's not waste them through accidents. Wynne (Ark.) Progress.

One needs only to review the life and actions of his forbears to realize how inadequately he compiles his own family records,Plainvlew (Tex.) Dally Herald.

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.By GEORGE E. SOKOLXKY Copyright, I960, King Features Sundicatc. Ine.

James A. Farley, former Postmaster General in the Roosevelt Cabinet, has come through many political ordeals wh the reputation of being ?.n unusual politician who Is unable to compromise with his moral principles. Although he is re-sponsible for the original campaign to make Franklin D. Rocwievelt President, he broke with him over the question of a Third Term, a breach not to Farleys advantage politicallv but. as it could be said of this man, he saved his soul. Since then, Farley has gone into private business, but his influence in Democratic politics has been continuous.

Adlai Stevenson, the pragmatist, wa.s flipped out of lha 1960 campaign by Farley who, when the need arose, came out of his silence and slabped down the impatient, pushing, hopeful candidate for the Presidency. Parley put country above party, as he naturally would be impelled to by his sense of citizen responsibility. He said:

". , . It occurs to me that Mr. Stevenson is attempting to use thci ncidcnt uhe Summit Conference to sledgehammer and crowbar* another disastrous nomination for himself as the Apostle of Appeasement out of the Democratic Party.

What Adlai Stevenson seems to have forgotten is that in 1952 and 1956, he was nominated for defeat. This often occurs in politics when it is realized that a party cannot win, as the Democrats could not win against Eisenhower in those jears. Stevenson, who had been an obscure figure, even as Governor of Illinois, immediately became a national personality and gained a personal foUowicg among the liberal Intellectuals who preferred his literate language despite the fogginess of ideas and the Impracticality of his proposals.

In I960, the Democrats feel that they have a chance to win. no matter whichever of their candidate-s the Convention nominates. except Stevenson. They therefore do not want to nominate Adlai Stevenson who has been defeated twice and who never developed any excited enthusiasm within his party, although he has dotie well among the Park Avenue Liberals a special breed of nch person.'^, mainly female, who are Inclined to go to any extremes to propitiate their consciences for being so rich, mostly by inheritance or aUniMiy.

Such persons are rarely partisans. At this moment, for Instance. they are for Adlai Stevenson and Nelson Rockefeller for Presidertt. This acrobatic stand is not new for their kind: they were for Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wendell WlUkie simultaneously. Generally, they are opposed to John Kennedy because, they say, they know him and adore his wife, a non sequitur but typical of Park Avenue logic. They arc opposed to Nixon because, as they say. I never liked him. They have never heard of Lyndon Johnson and as for Stuart Symington-well, he is supported by Harry Truman whom they also do not like.

When they tell me about the glories of Adlai Stevenson. I become mean and ask each to write a 500-word composition on his perfection. They do much better with Nelson Rockefeller. Of * him, they sty: I adore

him. He is divine. Apparently that is an answer to all ouftstions! They also adore Clark Gable. Gloria Vanderbilt, Frank Sinatra, the late Aly Khan, Elsa Maxwell, and the Duke of Wins-sor. All are divine. Some day. they will come around to adoring Mr. Armstrong-Jones. He also is divine.

I devscribe Adlai StcvenAons principal support because actually there are no votes in it. To win against a fighting Nixon, the Democrats will need a strong candidate who can hold the Solid South and can win the Eastern and Western states. Both John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson might be able to do this. Possibly Stuart Sy-(Continued on page six)

Sales Good But Not 'Soarina

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOIGI.A.SS RELISH FOR THE HIGH TIILVGS

There is something very strange about the way appetite behaves il;clf in the .scheme of life. Feed an api>ctitr. and strangely enough, it is not ap-pea.sed. It simply builds up an added capacity for more.

' Everyone is coiusclous of this in the matter of food. The more we eat. the more we want to rat. The same Is true of all other appetititcs. Fred them, and they become tyranmcal. The urge of appetite and the law of habit blvnd and mate a ..iUi.alion lecom\s \ei y eompelliii,-^ Hut there 1-. a tjuiid ide to all tliL', Hrii(ile e.iii dt-wlup apPr 'de.s fur good tluiig.'). Tin 1C cau Uc

appetites for mental and spiritual things which are as strong, if not stronger, than the appetites some people build up for food and the grosser urginps. Anyone who has ever read St. Francis DcSales books on devotion realizes that there was a man whose appetite for heavenly tliing.s n .sharp

as some men.s appetites become for worldly things.

The .secret of the matter Is that we can develop an appetite for lifes higher values if we resign ourselve.s to them and let them h.ave lliiir w y with n.s. Tin. IS the way aiiin-lile.s dt vt lup ill all lt> Ills -oud a well as had. Wt- (.sn ilevelup an a.>pflile for the lu,lu:r llmi. s of lilt il ue wul.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Retail sales so far this year are ahead of comparable periods in 19.59, gut not enough to give substance to the soaring sixties forecasts.

In the first three months of this year, total retail sales were 3 per cent above the first quarter of 1959, according to Department of Commerce statistics. Department store sales in the same period were no more than even with the comparable period la.st year, according to Federal Reserve fi res.

All sales have moved ahead somewhat since then. .

TWO EA?iY i:X( USES

There are two easy obvious r'asons: .yevere late-winter weather In many parts of the country, which curtailed shopping, and the lateness of Easter,

which po.-.tponed many apparel .-.ales from March to April. That made April a lu.'.ty month for department stores. In the weeks ended April 2, 9 and KV total .s.ile.s were 1.3

aiul 13 pel' CfiU r<. ppciively

ati.ive curre pondin:- ltj9 wtrK.. In Jtie ne\t two we.-l.s lliey were 4 and 7 pci' ceul

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higher, then slipped to 1 per cent lower in the first week of May.

The Commerce Department series shows that the largest gains in the first quarter of this year were made by restaurants, cafeterias and lunch rooms, and be meat markets, each 9 per cent aboVe a year ago. Next came drug and proprietary stores, up 8 per cent. Household appliance stores and mens and boys clothing and furnishing stores were up 7 per cent. Women's ready - to - wear stores were down 7 per cent, indicating that while the gli'ls postponed purchases because of the late Easter, the boys did not.

Six per cent gains were made by mail order houses in depait-ment store merchandise and by gasoline service stations.

AITO SALES HIGHER

In the aiftomotive group, franchised auto dealers reported ah Increase of .5 per cent over the same 19.59 period Wliea u^ed lai' clealer.s .s.ile.s were added to the total, tjie i i. e was only 4 per cent: Tire, balLcry and accessory dealwa

reported a 5 per cent rise.

Liquor stores and drinking places each reported a 3 per cent rise.

Declines were reported by shoe stores and by lumber, building, hardware and farm

equipment dealers, both groups down 4 per cent, and by bakery products stores, down 1 per

cent.

In the March. 1959 - March, I960 figures, there were some unusual shifts. Fuel and fuel oil dealers took in 24 per cent more than a year ago, in consequence of the weather, and book stores rang up -24 per cent more for goodness knows what

reasons. Camera and photo

graphic supply store .sales were down 16 per cent, variety stores were down 13 per cent, and optical goods stores down 32 per cent ..

line reel, blue jeans, a pants creaser, hosiery. childrens shoes and play clothes and yard goods.

70.006 TONS OF PEACHES TO BE DESTROYED

California peach growers are about to destroy 70,000 tons of cling peaches. The crop is very heavy and growers and canners have agreed to destroy 10 per cent of it.

Every tenth row of trees will be shaken until the green peaches falL off. Thats called the green drop. If there is still a aiupUus at harvest Unit. it will be fed to hogs.

PRINCESS GRACES TOTS CAN (iO WADING NOW

A Chu'np.0 mall-orriir house irpuri.s an (uUvr lnm

ih Hire R'iiiier hI Monaco, lieuw Inriiuieil a familysi/e wading poul, two power driiJs, a cioUits

MINNESOTA SINKS PRICE-FIXING LAW

The Mlnne.sota Supreme Court has declared the non-.signer clause of ils so - called fair trade net uncnn.Htitulional. This is the 14th state to have ruled out this clause. Nonslgn-er clauses provide th.at If a luanidariurer and one dealrr sign an agreement to fix the retail price of a product, no oLiier dealer cm out m yiice.