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Friday, June 10, 1960

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Friday, June 10, 1960

Faster Construction Of Classrooms

needs . undertake a two-fold pro- The state must also make available an increasing

clearly that to degenerate to amount of moneythrough bond issues or other means

gram if its public , to help in the financing of classroom construction.

''ThrouffMocal and ttate cooperation means, must The classroom needs of the state during this dec-

greater use of the c assioom facilities aireaay ava. existing facilities. However, if new class-

)ut the state. ^

aking before school leaders, city and county officials, J. L. Pierce, director of school planning in the

state Department i^^Xca^ilin^w^ fi"c;d rsed'^^tharmuch.'

that heuxen now and North Carolina cannot afford to close it, ep, ta

lumber, he said, will be about $216.5 million.

nless the classrooms are provided, North Carolinas nublic schools will become more overcrowded --------- -- .

and ; lowering of the calibre of education offered our pje^^anjl

youngsters will result. romiinf u The problem will not be solved unless the people

Enrollment m public schools of North Carolina is ^ positive, aggressive manner

being pushed by the increase in the state s population. . ..

By projecting the figures over the next decade, it is

not difficult to predict with considerable accuracy the school needs that will have to be met.

The problem is, how to finance this construction rale through local and state participation.

Unfortunately, some cities and counties of the state have for the moment reached their credit limit for school construction. Others are rapidly approaching the point where their credit will be seriously limited because of construction programs already undertaken. A greater effort on the part of local govern-

Waking

History s

Up To Value

Rockefeller Champions Dissenters In GOP

In spite of the lack of a serious threat to Vice President Nixons bid for the GDP presidential nomination, events of the past few days make it clear that all is not sweetness and harmony in the Republican

Partv. '

New Yorks Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, consistently regarded as a potential opponent of Nixon, this week put himself in the position to become the champion of the dissenters to Nixon's policy statements for the

By LYNN NISBET HISTORYSomeone has said that North Carolinians have been so busy making history they did not have time to record itor read it. They have never quite agreed with Henry Ford that history is bunk. But it has been only in the past decade or that North Carolinians have waked up to the economic cash-value asset of the SUtes history.

There are some who fear that when Tarheels did wake up they woke with such vim and vigor that there is danger of overdoing the job and putting undue emphasis on certain incidents and sites of questionable historic validity.

Dr. Chris Crittendcm, director of the Department of Archives and History, along with the governing board and staff of that department, makes valiant effort to verify claims before endorsing them in the name of the State. They do not always have cooperation of the Legislature and local philanthropic historians. The official guardians of historic accuracy are not at all sure that there was a Declaration of Independence signed in Mecklenburg county on May 20, 1775. But they cannot get the date off the State flag, where it was placed by legiBlative act in 1885.

The information given on hundreds of historic markers along the highways is factually accurate. Many markers arc of doubtful historic value. Not many people care that a recent Slate official, or a century-ago cabinet member or general, was born "one-third of a mile northwest from this point. Or that at some time or another a aurveying party came this way and estabUshed a boundary which perhaps has been changed several times since.

TANGIBLE Buildings with definite historic ties, which have been maintained, restored or reconstructed to original design. are in a different category. They afford visible and tangible proof of their contribution to the development of this country, and attract many visitors.

Outstanding examples of maintenance are BUtmore House at Asheville snd the Old Market House at Fayetteville. The Old Salem project is tops In the restoration list. Tryon Palace at New Bern is the outstanding instance of reconstruction, all new but in minute detail adhering to the original. Reproduction of the house in which Charles B Aycock was born in Wayne county, the rebuilt Mint Museum at Charlotte

GOP. He put himself in the position to become the ^ QPTTT TFTSlIZ

choice of the growing liberal wing of the Republican By DUXS

Need A Similar Audience

Party.

At the same time, what he said did not strengthen and the Andrew Johnson house the position of Nixon in competing for popular votes

in Raleigh are examples of against whichever candidate receives the Democratic

nomination. ^ j i r n + Part of the success Alcoholics

Although some have viewed Rockefeller s state- has achieved Ues in

ments as an open bid for the GOP nomination this one key secret: the new member vear, such an eventuality would not be a long-shot at always ,2J!!',.^'^vo?al best. Nixon already ha, committed to him more than *Sa

enough delegate votes to assure his nomination. Noth- Further, he is aware his listening short of a major revolution in the Republican party er has undergone similar tor-eould sidetrack the Nixon bandwagon now . . and

time is too short for a real effort in that direction. unique and his observations

On the other'hand, Rocketellcr virtually removed thioa la

himself from consideration as a vice-presidential nomi- ^ sympathetic

nee on a GOP ticket with Nixon. He cited basic dif- audience, it gives him an extra

ferences between himself and Nixon on important incentive to go one more day.

matter# concerning domestic and international pro- " tri to

", , f n/ wiig. grams of the United States. In view of those statements, ^reak the habit: the kind of

tLkhly nvMtlgates and the general tone of what ne had to say, he and *^nc'

them. The St.le had no control jjixon would represent conflicting viewpoints and would-^ nM-Tmok-

... .nd therefore could not make a GOP ticket.

if they had such a corps of Rockefellers statement sot the Republican pot willing boiling again,and while the new fire probably will not upset the Nixon Menu planned by GOP leaders,

Rockefellers statements may cause some added trimmings to the otherwise drab GOP convention in prospect for next month.

combination maintenance and restoration. Halifax and Bath might be included in that list. There are many others throughout the state, and the tourist attraction value of all of them is proven by the record of visitors and the urge for other communities to re.store or reconstruct similar places.

The need for visible and tangible proof of historic value is further evidenced by State activities in reconstructing physical features of old Brunswick Town, the Battle of Bentonville and Indian Mount in Montgomery county. Before one dime of State tax money is expended on any of these projects the De-

over privately financed and publicized projects, some of which are of very doubtful historic authenticity.

ALIVE History deals with the past. Of necessity pure historic statistics are deadly dull.

It takei the touch of the novelist and dramatist to bring them alive. That is why, as the centennial observance of the Confederate War approaches, more books have been about the 1860s than about period in national history plains why Paul Greens Lost Colony drama has a record of nearly a quarter century continuing popularity add is still going strong in its original setting on Roanoke Island.

Those who have seen the presentations of Kermit Hunters dramas, Unto These Hills at Cherokee, and Horn in the West at Boone recognize that history is neither dead nor dull, but a vibrant influence on every day experiences.

A big feature of the 250th anniversary of the City of New Bern (June 11 to 25 will be nightly presentation of a Kermit Hunter historic drama, depicting the transition from a British royal colony to a free State In that section as Horn in the West depicts it in the west. Then as now, with nearly 200 years Intervening, the methods of approach were different but the ultimate goal of a free and independent clzenry w'as the same all over North Carolina.

History, which makes dull reading in school text books, comes alive under the magic touch of the romantic novelist and dramatist and is a tangible something when represented by the restored and reconstructed buildings which had part in its making.

I know.

For the past several days there has been a strong compulsion

on my part to Ulk with anybody who would listen about the pangs of not smoking. Trouble is, after the first five minutes they are bored and their sympathy fades.

Five minutes of discussing effects on physical and nervous systems just doesnt scratch the surface so far as the aubject is ccmccmed.

On one count the writer is lucky: a friend has joined the I-quit-smoking club, and there is now someone to compare notes with. But there isnt much time for talk during wiuking hours and after-hours were miles apart.

My pipes have been idle almost two weeks: my appetite has become horse-sizc: those

pipes stiU look mighty attractive.

The local Moose have a challenging sort of project planned for this Sunday in their Shut-In Day dinner.

They lined up a list of invalids and aemi-invallds over the city

from local minlstert. A dinner and entertainment, starting at 12:30 p.m. has been arranged, I understand a number of ministers will also attend.

The project may become an annual (Hse, and co-chairman James Harris thinks if It really catches on the ShuirIn Day dinner can grow into something big.

He tells me that Moose lodges in other part* of the State have made Shut-In Day a community red-letter day.

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-"Sound Strategy 3y Rockefeller

Rummaging through some assorted junk and papers saved over the years, turned up a couple of odd items for anyones souvenir collection: Two receipts.

The more recently dated reads This is to certify that Don Schlienze is a member in good standing of the Musicians Protective Association of Orlando. Florida Local No. 389. American FederaUon of Musicians. This card good until July 1, 1939."

Yes. they were spelling my name wrong in 1939, too.

Other Editors Saying...' Questionable Foreign Aid Opinions

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By JAME.S MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller is not going by the rule books of professional politicians in looking for the Republican presidential nomination.

The New York governor seems to be playing politics upside down.

But if you examine his problem his latest move Wednesday makes sense. It was a biting criticism of both Vice President Richard M. Nixon and the Elsenhower administration.

Up until last Dec. 26 Rockefeller was in the race against his only rival, Nixon, who had the Republican pros so solidly lined up on his side that the governor finally quit and said he was out of the race.

Then he got back into it May 25 by saying hed accept a draft for the nomination if the Republicans wanted him. By this time Nixon seemed so far cut in front that even Rockefeller conceded he didnt have been used by Rockefeller to try to line up support. Instead, he left the field free to Nixon who did the lining up for himself.

Rockefeller said he wouldnt encourage anyone to campaign for him. Nevertheless. If you go back over those lost months \ou might get the impression Rockefeller had been campaigning for himself.

For this reason: He kept

talking out on Lssues facing the country. He kept himself in the public eye. He himself would probably explain, as he did Wednesday, he wa.s just trying to encourage public discussion.

All this time he had never one* said he endorsed Nixon for the nomination. And any praise he gave the vice presl-dtnt was faint praise. This kept the Republicans edgy.

If Nixon got the nomination and Rockefeller didnt campaign fur Idm. Republican chances of carrying New York next No-\ ember would diminish painfully, Anri the Republicans badly need New York,

Wednesday Rockeeer thiew away his feather duster tnd hit Nixon between the eyes for the first Ura* with this: He criticized him for deciding not to talk out on the main Issues before he geUs the nomination.

If by lliLs UtMkefeller thought hed needle Nixon into stlckmg hw ntck pul. he failed, 'ihe vite pijidrdi assi'vliles saxd he wouldnt do any niajur speech making until after the licpuhlican nominating convcu-tioii in July. ,,

This is understandable, from a politicians view. If Nixon were to come up with new programs before he gets the nomination, he would appear to be criticizing the Eisenhower administration.

After his nomination any programs he offered different from Eisenhow'ers could be accepted as natural since hed have to have aomething of his own to offer. And Eisenhower himself has suggested Nixon should have some ideas of his own.

Rockefeller Wednesday talked on a number of problems facing this country. Most of them he had talked about before.

Still, just by wrapping them up in one bundle and getting a little harsher than before. Rockefeller managed to criticize the Eisenhower administration for what he considers some failures: For Instance, an Inadequate national defense.

Put all these Rockefeller pieces together and they add up to something like this:

1. All this time he has stayed aloof from Nixon and the Elsenhow^er administration. The result. He has presented a picture of himself as an independent Republican who doesnt identify himself with the past.

2. Nixon is Identified closely In the public eye with the administration. If the administra-ton should suffer some disastersuch as in foreign affairs the Republican pro might feel they couldnt hope to win with Nixon, since he was .such

(Continued on page eight)

Public Forum

To The Editors

The Greenville Qty Board of Education, all the employees of ihe Greenville City Schools, and I personally, wish to thank the Daily Reflector for its help during the past school year.

The reporters on your staff have taken a lot of time to acquaint themselves with what the ichools are attempting to do. and they, in turii, have told the public what our alms end purpotes ere,

The Reflector has beer per-ticularly helpful in getting eeross to the public what our philosophy of education Is. and how we think schools aliuuld be place.s id hai'd Work and Intensive effort.

Again thauilng you f-r your help, I am

Yours sincerely,

J, H. Ro.se Suiv i intondmt of Grennville City School

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The primary purpose of American foreign aid, the public has been told, is to help those nations not committed to communism, to remain outside the Soviet orbit, and if possible, remain friendly to the West. Thus far U.S. contributions certainly have kept such critical areas as Southeast Asia, including India, from succumbing to the blandishments of Marxism. To this extent. American foreign aid has been purposeful and successful.

What causes one to wonder, however, is the continued aid we are giving to nations already behind the Iron Curtain, such as Poland and Yugoslavia. The reason for this, so the Washington experts claim, is to encourage these nations to rely less on Moscow. For this reason the U.S. is about to hand Poland another big economic aid package even though the Poles backed the Soviet Union in denouncing the U-2 spy plane incident.

According to the workings of the brains in Foggy Bottom, which is the parlance used in Washington for the State Department. this makes good sense. But to the layman it is difficult to see how the giving away of a $100 million worth of American "w'heat. cotton, fats and oils will help the cause of this country when Poland is already in the Soviet camp and working hand in glove with the Kremlin

against the peace of the world.

If a free country were to be threatened with Communist aggression one could sec how Western aid could turn the tide against the Red threat. But to continue aiding and succoring a country already declared in the enemy camp remains a mystery. Polish and American officials appear determined not to allow Sovlet-Amerlcan tensions to spoil the improvement in political and economic relations between Warsaw and Washi^ton.

But the problem Is* this: even though relations improve, that is all It will ever amount to. We cannot hope to extricate Poland from the clutch of Moscow. Poland win thus remain an enemy of the West, whether the people of Poland arc our enemy or not. 'The point is, the government of Warsaw is a Communist government, dedicated to our destruction, the same as that in Moscow and the same as that In Belgrade where Tito is the boss.

We should remember that Poland will be allowed to take from us aU that we will give: the Kremlin is glad we are helping so as to take some of the economic burden off Russia. But thats as far a.x it goes. In the end, Russia, not Poland or the U.S., will benefit from the generous aid we so readily hand out to such nations.

A German veterinary surgeon asserts that dogs are more moody, irritable and disobedient than they were 50 years ago. It looks Uke the atomic age jitters have been passed on by man to his best friend. Or, it could be that dogs, like people, are surfeited with good things and no longer find the struggle for existence strenuous enough to engross their attention snd keep them out of devilment. Montgomery (Ala.) Alabama Journal.

A survey of some nine hundred communities recently revealed that youngsters sUnd a bettor chance of living a crime-free Hie if they come from rural areas, or from small cities, than if they are reared in metrapoli-tan areas.' Jefferson (Ohio) Gazette.

Senator Symington said the other day he regarded the Presidency as a management job running the biggest business in the free world without a profit motive. Right now, the Federal Governments debt is around $290 billion. In view of that, the Senator's position, like the taxpayers money, .seem.s to be well taken. Wall Street Journal.

Costly

Ballots

Studiec.

By GEORGE E. 80K0L8KY Copyright. 1960. Kiag Features Syadlcatc, 1m*

Until a law is provided which atricUy limits election costs and makes It a felony to spend one cent more: until auch a law excludes every possible gimmick, including under-the-table cash contributions and the organization of committee only to receive additional contributions until this happens our elections will not be fair. Some of them will be crooked. The British manage to have clean elections. Their laws are strict and are strictly enforced.

It is absurd that Presidential electi(ms should cost millions of dollars, the amount constantly increasing. It will soon be that only a multt-milUonalre, a servant of the large labor unions or a minion of the racketeers will be able to raise enough money to pay for the costs of an election. If every candidate were required to swear to a statement of total expenditures In both primary and general elections. includihg every under-the-Uble contribuUon made not directly but to associates and members of the famUy, few men would dare to run under presem conditions.

One of the principal costs is television. Candidates should have suitable time on television free of charge. .That would be a reward for the people of the United States providlnf air waves fires of charge, a pracU-cal monopoly to a restricted number of users. On this subject. Robert W. Samoff of the Na* tionai Broadcistinf Company had this to say:

Another aspect of proposed legislatioR demonstrates how Ul-coDceived regulation can breed problenu that beget stUl more regulation. An example is the recent bill that would make broadcasters give at least eight hours of free evening time to the Presidential nominees of ths two major parties during the election campaign. Here is a bill that would unfairly compel lnt)adcts-ters to do what they have in the past been prevented firom doing by the imprtctical restrictions of Section 31S of the Communications Act.

Those restrictions made it impossible for a broadcaster to present the msjor-party candi-dstes for President without giving equsl time to every (Rber candi(late for the office. In 1956. that would have meant some 15 other candidates.

Devoting hour upon hour to the often quixotic antics of little known minority and splinter-group candidates would have been an unreasonable price on the publics patience and a disservice to common sense."

There is seonomic but not political sophistication in Sar-noffs statemwit The economics are sound because it is not good business to pul the full cost of the campaign on this one industry. The politics are unsound because it is the right of Americans to form independent political partas aiul these parties, under state laws, hmev all the rights that tiM major parties enjoy, The essential problem is to reduce the cosU of elections while at the same time each candidate and each party ha* access to adequate time on radio and television.

Many solutions to this problem have been offered, none of which seem very practical:

1. That all political expenditures be paid out of Uxes by a governmental agency. This would violate the nature of our elections which is that they are conducted by and for the people;

2. That a common fund be established from which contenders could draw for expenditures. This seems to be too trustful of human nature: whoever controlled the fund would control the election. It would be like some of the Foundations left by donors for honorable purposes, but seized by predatory do-gooders to feather their own nests and to add a aalary to their respectability;

3. That expenditurftB be restricted. -The Hatch Act and similar provisions have not succeeded in keeping down expenditures or making elections honest.

What is required is a strict limitation upon the final amount that may be expended and to make it a felony, with a long prison term, to spend one cent more. It does not matter how (Continued on page 5)

Dollars Are Blind To Prejudices

By ELMER ROESSNER ^

Economic factors are playing an important part in racial problems all over the world.

Economics may have started some of the current troubles in the South.

Ten years ago advertising representatives of Negro newspapers, magazines and radio sta-tion.*? started whooping it up about the "negro market.

The Negro market, they said, amounted to $15 billion a year. This Included Negroes spending of their own income and Negro buying for others. If a white womans colored maid wanted Squall soap powder, ah* got It, the argument ran.

While the figures were prob-ebly exaggerated, the faet that the Negro Ls an economic factor of importance wa.x immensely true

TUI Kft ATIONOE $15 BILLION Many companies reacted. Some bought advertising in Negro media. Othcr.x added Negro detail mm" to the .staffs, to call i)u Negro merchants and ujge

them to rtock friendly products.

What Negro leaders had known all along was being dramatized for the entire rac: They had economic power.

On* of the early tests of this power was the Montgomery, Ala., bus rumble. With only nickels and dimes, Negroes won that fight.

Sildowns in Southern units of national chain stores was a natural consequence. Selection of national chains was shrewd. A Negro economic punch at a chain unit in the Deep South would not hurt that unit much, but a right cross to the chains itorw IB big Northern cities w*s greatly effective.,

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Chains are sticking to their announced po.lion that all prejudices are local and that eaCh unit will abide by local cuitom. iut the fact U that management and stockholders are uneasy.

Their first Intere.xt is economic. not racial. And their final

arynot brotherlylove.

Some wll argue that the traditions of the South are being sold out. But a group with $15 billion in buying power which may today be even greaterwill get much of what it demands. There will be social resistance, but not much economic resistance. Theres an old saying that you never kick a customer in the face.

In South Africa, economic pressures are also having an effect, The Negroes have not yet been able to generate much buying power. But the country, for its economic development, needs fresh capital. And it is difficult for South Africa to find it in world markets.

The money lenders of the world are little concerned with segregation, equality and jiwtice. But they are concerned wiUi security and ability to repay..

As long as South Africa is rent by those who insist on apartheid and those, demanding equal rights, there are dangers of up-risings that could destroy the

decisioivs wtii be based on pecuni- physical securitirs for loans. As

long as they exist, few lenders will put up the stuff, no matter what they think about racial matters,

"FAIR TRADE LAW UPHELD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

The trend toward declarmg unconstitutional laws that permit manufacturers to fix the retail price of their products was reversed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court. It Jield that states price-fixing law constitutional.

ROLLING-IT-YOURSELF CAN SAVE $27 YEAR

Theres a boom in machinc.x with wluch smokers can roll their own clagrettes. A bisic rea-lon, pmnted out by Brown and WiUiamson Tobacco Corp., is that smoking tobacco Is taxed at 10 cents a pound, while Federal taxe.x are K cents a pack on ciearettes, taxes in 4 .state.s add an average of 4 cents mure. A roU-your-own smoker of 20 clgs a day pays $2 tax a year: pack-a-day buyers of

rcady-niadcs pay $23 a year in taxes.