PAGE FOUPTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Monday, May 30, 1960

Is Freedom Worth Dying For?

Fell Far Short Of Potential Vote

The fever pitch of political interest that reached its climax with Saturdays Democratic Primary is jrradually subsiding now as the people sit back and review what took place at the polls.

In the hotly contested congressional race, Congressman Herbert C. Bonner defeated Walter B. Jonp of Karmville by piling up a substantial majority in carrying 11 of the 14 counties of the congressional district Pilt was in the Jones column with the local candidate polling 58.3 per cent of the countys vote. Jones abo carried Chowan with 54 per cent of the vote in that county and Perquimans with 57 per cent of the vote.

Over the congressional district as a whole Congressman Bonner was returned to office for his 11th

While North Carolina was setting a new record for the number of votes cast in a Democratic Primary, Pitt fell short of its previous high vote in a primary and considerably short of its potential voting strength with some 12,500 .people casting ballots. This voting total for the county was some 2,500 votes short of the 15,000 fcrecast early in the sunny election^ day. It represents just over 50 per cent of the number of registered voters'in Pitt County.

Larkins And Seawell Failed Expectations

consecutive term with a vqte of confidence of almost . . '

60 per cent of the districts vote. Jones the challenger It was somewhat surprising to some people in received slightly more than 40 per cent of the vote of North Carolina that the gubernatorial contest turned Jhe disida out to be pretty much a two-man race between Lake

Although The Daily Keflector editorially en- and Sanford during the closing weeks of the campaign.

dorsed Walter Jones candidacy in the congressional Larkins, a veteran official and worker for

race, ve congratulate Congressman Bonner on bis re- Democratic party in North Carolina, was expected election and on the vote of confidence he received in support of veteran politicians

the district. and partv officials. Potentially that would have been

In the gubernatorial race, Pitt County gave 1. ^ formidable organization for a gubernatorial cam-Heverlv Lake the largest vote among the four candi- paij^n. but Larkins was never able to get his campaign dates for that office, with Terry Sanford running sec- rolling and came in fourth in Saturdays election.

longer Robert Wheeler of Frifton by a margin of al- expected never materialized,

most 1.600 votes. . 4. +

Aside from the questions of the winners and losers As election day neared it became aPParent that

in Sflhjrdavs ballotting in Pitt, there is one matter the contest was between Sanford and Lake, wiin an

which should concern all of the people of this county, fords organization

That is the size of the vote. and hoping to Pde up a big majoriy i r If >t

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Growth

By LYNN NISBET FIGURES Latest reports on population and payrolls in North Carolina fall short of advance cxpre.;.'pd hopes, but not far below realistic expectations. They afford text material for diverse dissertations on folks, farms and factorie.s. Despite desire to i.solate or separate these facets, they must be considered together in order to get a true picture of state progress. And they must be considered in light of national, perhaps pro-press. And they must be considered in light of national, perhaps worldwide, trends over which nobody in North Carolina can have much influence.

There arc more folks living in North Carolina than ever before, albeit fewer than had been hoped. Population growth of the state for the past decade was less than national average, and less in percentage than for several prior census periods.

There are fewer farms in North Carolina than ten years ago. but still more individually operated independent farm units than in any state with possible exception of Texas.

There arc more factories than ever before engaged in assembling, manufacturing and pr^ ce.ssing raw materials Into finished or semi-finished products, and more folks drawing more wages for working in these plants.

There are fewer school houses, because of consolidation, but more pupiL" enrolled,and more instructors to teach them. That means a lot more dollars spent on public education.

There are more miles of good mads, more State-lic''n.sed vehicles operating over them, and many more out of state visitors fpciiding money in North Carolina-

PRCXiRESS Thc.sc facts add up to definite progress in almost every segment of the economy. The further fact that progress has been slower than hoped for, actual advancement less than claimed in some areas, is a challenge to leadership rather than occasion for pessimism.

It is a good thing that authentic figures on progrc.vs have been obtained in the midst of a political campaign which has been featured by extreme statements-unprovablc claims of success on the one hand, and unwarranted charges of failure on the other.

The claims and charge^ made during the campaign cannot be

limited in distribution to North Carolina only. Unfortunately they have been widely disseminated, and it is natural that people in other states will take statements out of context and conditions which occasioned themand n.se them to the detriment of North Carolina prestige.

The sincere desire of candidates to improve the schools cannot be questioned. In their zeal to get votes some of the canoidttes have pa.nted a picture of sorry schools, inefficient teachers and biased curricula, which is grossly unfair to thfc men and women who are working in that field The light of agriculture has been played up to such degree as to encourage farmers still on the 3ob to abandon their fields and seek employment elsewhere.

The story of industrial development, listing prospective new factories with employment opportunities for hundreds of people which did not pan out. has^ been equally overemphasized.

SOUND Out of the welter of conflicting claims and confusing charges which the current campaign ha.s produced, there emerges a definite belief that North Carolina's economy, while far from perfect, is essentially sound. There nothing basically wrong that North Carolinians themselves cannot make right.

Traditionally. Tarheels have moved slowly in transition periods, in business and in government. Sometimes they have moved faster than average, but never so fast as the extremist promoters. Sometimes they have fallen behind the average rate of progress, but never at the tail end of the procession. The composite common sense of North Corohn-ians has been, and is now. the outstanding characteristic of the citizenry.

It is significant that the nickname **Tarheels derives from the fact that North Carolinians cannot be stampeded by temper-ary expediency. Governors come and go, but the basic stability of State government is not seriously affected.

Regardless of census reports or personalities of the elected administrative and legislative officials. North Carolina will retain Us basic Integrity in allegiance to eqipnty of oo-portunity in education, the right to earn a living at a chosen ,ob and equitable distribution of the burden of supporting government.

a matter of overcoming Seawell and Larkins and striving in the first primary to come within striking distance of Sanford in a run-off.

Before the day is over, perhaps, there will be an official announcement by Lake as to his decision whether or not to call for the run-off. Supporters of both Sanford and Lake apparently feel sure the second primary is coming, and they already are making pteparations for it.Monday May 30, I960.

Causes

By HAL BOYLE

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Day For Rosemary

Behavior Of T.: Stock Marke

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By RALPH ROBEY

For weeks the New York stock market has been nervous and sentiment has been jittery. When the Paris summit conference was destroyed by Khrushchev the market behaved as though it was a jumping jack. This raises the question of whether one should sell and hope to buy back at lower prices, or continue to hold a substantial investment portfolio.

To answer this question it Is necessary to recall a little recent history of the market.

There are numerous attempts to measure the behavior of stock prices. The one most frequently used by professionals is the Dow Jones average. This covers, in so far as industrials are concerned, only thirty companies. It Is most widely used because it is the only average carried by the Dow Jones stock ticker, and this is the only ticker which reports every single transaction on the market. Further the average is calculated on an hourly basis, .and this is more or less important to brokers, and is used in the application of the so-called Dow theory.

The high of the marketthe all-time highwas last January .S. On that day the Dow Jones industrial average closed at 6R..47. After this the market backed and filled and finally on March 8 reached a low of .M.IO.

Now, according to the Dow theory, once a low has been established It is nece.ssary for the market to have a rally and tmen come back down and test the previous low. If the previous low is not broken, the market again start.s up and may or may not go to another new high. The test of the March 8 figure came on May 2. On that day the market closed at .*>99.81. The difference obviously was not great enough to prevent the necessity of having another test, except that there was no selling climax no selling in

such volume that the reporting ticker could not keep up with the market. To ardent Dow theorists this was a serious defect in the test of the previous low.

How many Dow theorisUs there are is not known, but we are net among them. Nonetheless enough traders watch the theory for it to have a major impression on the market.

One final point. The Dow Jones industrial average can move with amazing rapidity. For example of May 18, the day of the extraordinary and inexcusable press conference by Khrushchev, the difference between the high and the low was over 12 points. On that day the market closed at 62.3, which was only a little above the previous closing.

With this background how docs one answer the question propounded above?

The first point to make is that the market will not go up day by day from here on. It never does. On the other hand there is no real basis for assuming that the previous, lows will be broken. This moans that there is no point in selling good securities at this time, because the possible decline will not be enough to offset the tax and get back in even a comparable stock at a profit. Of course, if one holds a stock w^hich if fully priced it Is desirable to sell, because such a security is not likely to advance much more.

Secondly, if one has idle cash it is time to make investments, but this must be done with utmost care. It is not time to buy highly speculaive issues, unless one is going to sit over the ticker.

In other words, in spite of set-backs, we shall have a rising market in coming months. The uptrend will be a bit labored because business profits are again In a squeeze, and many other elements are not too favorable, but if one selects his securities with great care he will make money.

Editors Note The following column, written in 1957, won wide praise from readers who felt It caught well the spirit of Memorial Day. It is repeated by request

Bv HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) America today wears a sprig of rosemary over its heart for remembrance.

A miracle of resurrection takes place in millions of households as the dead come home again, and walk the earth once more in gladness.

Their presence is invisible t.o the eye. inescapable to the spirit. For this haunting day of return they are as live as we.

The loneliest man in the land is the man who has no one to remember on Memorial Day. He is Indeed a soul lost, a stranger on the earth, a pilgrim going from nothing to nowhere.

For it is the memory of the dead that In great measure keeps us human, that sets us apart from stone and .star, moss and mole, and all other feeling and unfeeling prisoners of the great jailor time.

What is Memorial Day? asks the child. W1 I get a present like on Christmas or my birthday?

* It Is a hard question to answer. How can we, who are ourselves

Saying

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(Raleigh News * Observer) Under the North Carolina law I. Beverly Lake has every right, if he wishes, to call for a second primary in the race for Governor. In the field of four candidates Terry Sanford came out short of a majority over all the other candidates, but he came out with a lead over Lake of close to 90,(MX) votes and Lake himself got less than a third of the votes cast.

Under the circumstances, it seems apparent that while a second primary would cost the state and the candidates a lot of money, the chances that the result would be changed seem very remote indeed. The simple fact is that there is no issue in this campaign. In the race field, which Mr. Lake emphasized above all other.s, no segregationist would be running against any integrationist. Both Lake and Sanford are -committed to the maintenance so far as possible of the separate

schools now existing in overwhelming mea.sure in North Carolina.

In 1950 when Willis Smith came from behind to defeat

Frank Graham who had led him only by 54,000 votes in the first primary. Dr. Graham had served on the controversial

Civil Rights Commission, and he w'as known to hold views which for a Southerner were very liberal on the race question.

In 1960 when Terry Sanford leads Lake by 90,000 votes no similar .situation exists. Sanford actively supported the Pearsall plan under which, un-deb certain circumstances,

schools could be closed on the basis of integration. Indeed, so far as can be seen the only difference between Lake and Sanford on the integration issue L that Lake has promised that if he is elected he will try to aiir up the thunder on this Issue. Sanford wll try to proceed in accordance with policies which have succeeded well so far.

Undoubtedly in the recent primary Mr, Lake gave many citizens an opportunity to express their indignation. He did not give them or any one else apy ve.stige of a plan by which the climate he proposed to create would protect this state from any integration in the schools.

No race l-ssue exists in the IKilitics of North Carolina today. Terry Sanford ha.s made it clear that he will try by every legal and orderly means to maintain ancient customs of separations in the schools. Mr. Lake has said that he would, if elected, create conditions similar to those which have resulted in bringing more integration to the .schools in other angry sUtes than has occurred in North Carolina.

Undoubtedly. Mr. Lake has many friends who would like to .see him Governor of North Carolina. But the present records Mr, Sanford has shown that he has more. Of such a popularity contest not much can be said. But it can be said that no real race issue can be raised In North Carolina in a second primary, when both candidates would be by record and sentiment equally in favor of the prevailing Southern views on the subject.

childishly bewildered by the mystery of both life and death, explain the puzzle of that living-loving death we call memory?

Perhaps the best answer you can give a child Is to say, "Memorial Day 1 the day when everyone anyone ever knew is alive, and nobody Is dead

The dead have far more power over our lives than we ordinarily realize. We read dead mens books, sing dead mens songs, obey dead mens laws. Dead men won us our present perilous safety we especially honor them this day. and to dead men we owe our finest visions of heaven.

Every step upward we take in life has been made possible by the sacrificial steps taken by our guardian dead-

There are more tombs than there are living men to journey to them. And so it is one must pick and choose which dead to revisit on Memorial Day. which to ppend a quiet morning with, or talk to for an hour.

Mostly, of course, we spend the time w'ith those dearest to us through personal grief the lost relative, the absent frientl. the cherished neighbor who moved away forever.

But on this day I also like to pick up old books and bring to life again old comrades of my spirit I never knew in thefle.sh men like John Keats. Thomas Hardv, and Tom Wolfe: women like Sara Teasdale. Emily Dickinson and Mother Eve

It is a corruption of Memorial Day to make of it a trek into sadness and self-pity. It should ideally be a shared voyage of rediscovery. For how often, when we summon up the memory of our dear dead, are we surprised to find that through some mystic alchemy we now understand them better and appreciate them more than when they walked daily among us!

Perhaps, on Memorial Day, the dead may even feel the same Way toward us. the living. It well may be. Surely, if life has A perspective, death does, too-

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That Paris summit rhubarb had at least one aspect in its favor. In the long and largely barren history of negotiatiois with the Ru.ssian.s it was the first occasion when so much became apparent in such a short time.Daily Oklahoman.

Of The

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By ROOEB BABSON

babson park, Mass. It docs not seem reasonable that the Summit Conference of the four Urgest world governments broke up suddenly in a turmoil without a cause.

THE SPY INCIDENT Khrushchev must have known for a long time that we were flying spy planes over Russia and that tt was a routine thing with our Intelligence Service. Surely 11 cmild not have been the real reason for the Summit Conference breakup. Something else must have happened to cause Khrushchev to give President Eisenhower an ultimatum and demand the abject apology which Khrushchev, of course, anew he would not get.

It also was a general surprise when President Ei.senhower indicated tnat the U-2 spying would be suspended, at least for the time being, though many interpret this as a final canceUa^ tion. Many rumors are flying in the various capital cities as to the reasons for the collapse of the Summit Conference and tht caUing off of the spying.

A REA PROBABLE REASON When I was in Moscow a short time ago, I heard the United States hasts discussed. The United States, it was said, was depending mainly upon these missile bases which surround the Russian empire. Furthermore, it was understood that in the event of the outbreak of World War III, these missile bases would be the first targets of attack; that Is, Russia would first try to destroy these.

Also while in Russia. I heard that the U.S. bombers were to be. gradually withdrawn following the .S. Defense Department's disagreement as to whether we should depend upon bombers or upon missiles and rockets. This may have been another Eisenhower compromise. Also when in Russia, I heard much about rocketry and missllry. Rockets are necessary to perfMm stunts in space, such as going around the moon: but there arc various tvpes of mUsiles that are sufficient for fighting on land or water. They can be fired from East Germany to any city In the United States, or from any of our Citic.s to Russia.

WHAT KHRLSHCHEV KNEW ABOUT BASES What may have made Khrushchev so ugly and insistent on an apology from Eisenhower Is that he was Just learnini.of these . mobile bases. For instance, now most rocket bases arc fixed, Eisenhower, however, was probably informed that the mobile rocket bases are a practical suc-ces.s. If this is true, the United States may have* no further need of spies to discover rocket ba.se.s in Russia. Furthermore, the United States may be able to give up rocket base.s in countries now surrounding Russia.

The land-based mobile rocket will work as follows: Instead of being on a fixed foundation, it will be on a hea\*y weighted car operating on heavy rails. This mobile base could be moved each night so that it would be constantly in a different location. Some nights it might be moved only twenty-five miles, other nights a hundred miles. Furthermore. at junction points it could be shifted to another railroad.

Of course. Russia will also adopt mobile bases, but she has no such railway systems as we have. This would make the work of both the United States and Russian spies more difficult and dangerous.

OTHER POSSIBLE. REA.SONS FOR KHRUSHCHEVS SUDDEN LEAVING Khrushchev probably had news from Moscow which caused him to destroy the meeting before it opened. It may have been some action of the Presidium directly after he left Moscow, or he may have felt that some other man was looking for his job and he had to be home to protect it. He may have heard -that the younger element in Moscow is getting aroused, as in other countries, demanding reduced armament expenditures so that they may have more consumer goods. He may have been (Continued on page 5)

By EARL L. DOUGL.ASS AN UPSIDE DOWN WORLD

The accusation made against

the Christians of the first century was that they had turned the world upside down. This accusation was correct. That was exactly what they had done, and today to

they continued to do so for two going,

more centuries.

Bet of all the accusations made against the Church today one never hears the accusation that ChrLstlan.*; are turning the world upside down, U.sually it Is hard to distinguish a church member from a non-church member We h.^ve pa..Cd

through two world wars, and the Christian Church ha.s not only been unable to prevent them; it ha.s. a.s a matter of fact, not even tried. We live in a world that IS la.st Umg turned up.sUle down, bill I tie Cliurcli is not doing the luintnK.

Two ceneralions ago the New York City clcrgynn^n. Hr. Park-6urst. sent Bws Tweed to Sing Sing prison tnd dealt political corruption a mighty blow. Heri Was I Chrigrian turning tht win Id upside down When John W slt-v v\ 4.S burn, Envlainl wa-s ui the n.ui, t o( a va t nigral de-pio^tiuii wtiaii tit \Xiid, tig and his a-^^uciites had raised the moral bnie ol Hit- wiiole

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English-speaking world. Dwight L. Moody, a layman, led 500,-000 people into active Christian experience.

Thc.se all turned the world iijv side down. But what about you and me? How much are we doing keep the good work

BuilduD To increase

; Opinions In Briei

An old lady was overheard saying: Theyll never get me into an airplane. Flying Is uguinst n.aturr. Im going to .stay twrc on Hie and walvh

ion like the (imhI Uod tuteiuled me to. I.antar iMo.) Democrat.

Note to legirla'oi n. R*-ioie VU do It remembera new tax Is About as iy to' *lap on as a cott of painttnd about as hard to take off.Grtenvllle i.SCM Piedmont,

' Some fwlks tliink its.a recession wlisii tiiiiy can't atfrj a new tar to tow their boat." (le\el,md (0.4.) Ciiiiri'!.

By PXMEIl KOESSNER

Inventory accumulation ^will increa.se in the next few months. Russian threats are certain to cause a step-up in defense activity: that will require more basic materials and companies, in or out of defense work, will figure that building up inventories of raw materials will be a good hedge against further rises in prices Inventory buying stron.ely af-fi'cUs the general economic level. Heavy buying in anticipation of the steel strike strengthened the economy so much that the strike depressed it only slightly. Restorim?, inventories ufter the strike gave bu.sine.ss added .stiniuUus. accounting for the boom late last year. Then after invrntories were tmill np a sain by early I960, the emn-omy I and . the slock market) siipptd A bit.

Mow the course of inventoriestnd the general economy ar heading upward again. DTIIEU FDREC.Vri H< l e are inor Uuik - ahen(b, ba ei on aiui>-t'^ of it. vti<p-iii| irttiKU;

More rockets; Propasis in {oii it'.-s to f;> I mo/e io

the air will receive only modest support, but proposals for intercontinental rockets, and ground-to-air rockets will get enthusiastic results The basic reason is that the public wants enemy bombs to burat before they hit; it is less interested in retaliation.

Insurance for aged; Some kind of Social Security health insurance plan will be worked out this session. Neither Party dares to face voters next fall without a gift for tlie oldsters.

New corporation highs; Despite some dips In the first quarter. corporation earnings will hit a new high this year. Continued rislug peivsoiial income, plus a beefing up of defen.se apeiuting, will .send them above the record high of $?t.r hUlion la.st year.

SMALL IMPORTSTHIS TIME FRIGS

Compact foreign regrlgeia-tors; Paraileling the successful invasion of the amall auto will be the small refrigerator from Kui upe America all t ailv bad niaiiN one-:iiui one-and a tiali-cub pt refiigeralor#. but ales haveni been feensial, neuii ai d nio.sily at ducbii.s. d.iu-

gists and big executives with private bars. But Eurbpean manufacturers are sounding the market in preparation for promotions of slightly larger re-frigeratorg as second boxes for home use: in playrooms, on patios. at summer places, etc.

More coin vending: For several years, department stores have been talking about coin vending machines for packaged .staples as a means of cutting down sale.s costs. But most machines tested failed to make enough sales. Now new testa by Macys, New York, are being closely watched by merchants all over the country. If they pay off on trith Street, youll see ttiem on Main Street.

Fewer hack-to-scliool cat-

sloKues: One big buying office and at least one riepailment store chain arc reported to be pas.img up back-to-school caU-loguA this year. Reasons, the back-to4chool. season is very ahort, and manufacturera are shuwing a reluctanre to carry p.irt id the co.sts l)t*caasc> ot Hie U(l. of relurn and becaiiae of Fideial Trt^de roinuii Sion ralea-

Cu-iber beer: Price rises are

being tested in many areas and will become general is the public tolerates them.

OLD PROMOTER WANTS CREDIT CARDS FOR FINESi

What these credit card pro^ moters need is fewer overprlfc-ed restaurants and a few more police stations, the Old Promoter declared today on his W'eckly time-murdering vbsit.

Sure! we said, hoping that ended the inteuupiion. It didnt.

"No card I know of is good for ball or fines, he said, tif these credit provacateurs really knew^ their business they would get. for iiustance, Ar-monk, to recognize credit cards. Tliea if a cardholder got pinched foi- throwing cigarette butts out of hU car. all he iKcd do w show hi.s credit card. The credit company would put UD bail or, 1/ the customer wished, pay the fine. At the end of the month the customer would get a bill for .$5 fine or bail, pins another $5 for cost, and 31 ctnl.i. Itie itsiiai 7 per cent, for the Judjte."

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