PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Monday, June 20, 1960

Monday, Jue 20, 1960

Now, More Than Ever!

A Formula To Help The Planning

A perpetual formula to be used in determining the amount of money put into Greenvilles general fund each year by the local Utilities Commission can be a distinct asset to long-range local municipal financial planning, provided the formula includes factors to meet city neMs as well as utility needs.

Adoption of su^ a formula w^ould not alter the fact that all utilities profits are plowed back into improved facilities and services of one kind or another for the people of Greenville. It would merely be an instrument that could make better financial planning to meet the overall needs of Greenville.

In the past it has been the practice of the Utilities Commission to turn over from its profit each year money to be used .in the citys general fund. Generally the figure is arrived at by mutual agree-jjient between the Utilities Commission and the City Council. Although the amount of this turn-over has increased from some $80,000 several years ago to $150,000 now, there has been no fixed formula for determining the amount.

Usually an amount set for one year is continued for the next several years until it is increased as a suit of conferences between the two groups.

By establishing a set formula for the division of utilities profits between the citys general fund and

!rligh Mortality n Re-

ections

, By LYNN NISBET

REASON The mortality rate aoaong mehabers of the 1959 Iseglalature seeking re-election fo the 1961 session was heavy all over the state. It was particular-

high in the 12th congressional cUstrict and adjacent counties-Candidates who lost out in tlm primary included Tom Herbert of aay. Oral Yates of Hay-ifood, Marcellus Buchanan of J^kson, James M. Raby of Macon, Pred Holcombe of Madison. Benn Hunter of McDowell, Tolliver Davis of Rutherford, Charles Crawford of Swain. Leonard Uoyd in Graham and Harlon ^Icombe In Yancey won the Primary, and Mrs, C.W. Cover Itt Cherokee was nominated in Ctmvention. James C. Gaither of Transylvania and Boyce Whitmire of Henderson are in run-off. All face serious threats of strong opposition in November,

In several instances the incumbents lost because of local factional alignments, being defeated by former legislators whom their crowd ousted two years ago. Political analysts have been looking for more Ic^cai reason for the heavy con-cenb*ation of losses. The defeated candidates had divided allegiance la the contest for Governor, as they did with respect to the Apeakership in the 1959 House of Representatives. None of these items afford a common denominator. Voting records on tax withholding did not appear to be influential.

One politically-minded business man from the area suggests th|t the 1959 act providing for payment out of State tax mon-eys for the weekend trips home for legislators may have been one of the chief bases of popular resentment. A bill to that effect was introduced early in the session by Mrs. Cover of Cherokee, was enacted into law during the final days, and had support of practically aU of the mountain men. The fact that the North Carolina primary came along Just as news stories were beginning to break aboiit the excessive abuse of expense accounts by congressmen may have affected some votes.

REGISTRATION-No prospective voter can legally register and vote in the second primary of June 25, whose name is not already on the proper precinct registration book. That is the tentative ruling of Attorney General Wade Bruton in response W-inquiries from several county txmrds of election.

Apparent conflict between a 1959 amendment to the election laws and an older statute occasioned some doubt about vTBlch would prevail. It is customary in such cases to accept the latest legislative act as controlling.

The older act provided that any person who became qualified to register and vote after the regular registration period had closed but before election day might register and vote on that day. It had been held that the emergency qualifications includ

ed age and residence.

The 1959 act provides that ny person who will become eligible to vote in the November general election, for which the primary is preliminary (and actually a part of the same election process), can register during the regular pre-primary period, even though at the time of registering he has not attained voting age or residence. It further states that no person who was qualified to register during the regular period and failed to do sp shall be allowed to register on election day. ^

The effect is to prohibit W election day registration, since any person who would be eligible to register then was also eligible while the books were open.

Numerous instances of conflict in legislative acts have developed because of insufficient research. The chance of conflict will be tremendously lessened if the recommendation of the Commission on Government Organization for a research staff is adopted.

REORGANIZATION - The present commission under chairmanship of George Uzzell, a veteran of 13 regular and three special sessions of the General Assembly, and recognized authority on parliamentary procedure. is giving careful attention to a lot of "little matters.

Precedessor commissions have overlooked details in their consideration of major projects such as revamping the highway commission, the prison system and water resources agencies; establishing the Department of Administration as a sort of overlord of all State government activities, and recommending a new State building for legislative halls and offices.

The Uzzell group has put primary emphasis on getting little buys out of these big projects, and on such details as-simplifying the printing of bills, providing adequate research staff for bill preparation and other otherwise improving procedure in the General Assembly. Some of the recommendations can be effectuated by revising House and Senate rules. Some will require legislation. Uzzell plans to arrange conferences with presiding officers, which fortunately already have been practically determined, well in advance of the convening date of the Legislature. They probably will be asked to bring along several of the men whom they expect to head major committees to discuss the proposals with the organization commission. That will enable the changes to be made effective from beginning of the legislative sessios.

The 1961 General Assembly may be historic, not only because of immediate economic and sociology issues to be resolved, but because it probably will be the last to meet in the century-old capitol building. The time table calls for the new legislative building to be ready for the 1963 session.

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a fund for utility expansion,'both the City Council and the Utilities Commission should find their financial planning problems made considerably easier. Many factors, of course will have to go into any such formula if it is to meet the needs of Greenville.

In order to meet the electric, water and sewer needs of the city, the local Utilities Commission must make a considerable investment each year in replacing old facilities and in extending new facilities to serve new areas. These fu%ds must come either from profits or from special bond issues. To severely curtail the proportion of utility profits to be used for this purpose would necessitate an increase in longterm bond financing or a curtailment of expansion and replacement projects to meet the needs of the city.

From the standpoint of the city governments general fund, each dollar that comes from the division of utilities profits means one dollar less which must be raised through tax levies in order to provide the required city services. Thus .the citys ad valorem tax rate in a very real sense is influenced by the amount of money turned over to the citys general fund each year from utilities profits.

The establishment of a practical formula for the division of these profits, it seems to us, would be a distinct asset in projecting the financial planning for Greenville. It would make the long-range planning of both the City Council and the Utilities Commission easier, and it should put the overall long-range planning of Greenville on a sounder basis.

Our Blood Bank Needs Some Large Deposits

Pitt Countys account with the regional blood bank is considerably overdrawn. Not only is the county some 350 pints of blood behind its quota for this year, but the county has withdrawn from the bank so far some 130 more pints of blood than its citizens have contributed.

The bloodmobile will visit Pitt County again Tuesday and Wednesday with a two-day stand at the Greenville Moose Lodge. During those two days local blood program officials will be seeking to meet the quota of 240 pints of blood.

It is important, to Pitt County that it continue a member in good standing in the regional blood bank. It is likewise obvious that the county cannot retain its membership in the program if it continues to withdraw more blood than it gives to the program.

The visit of the bloodmobile next week will afford Pitt County an opportunity to make up the deficit in its A^ithdrawals from the blood bank so far this year; but even if the quota for the two-day visit is mot, Pitt still will be short of its overall quota so far this year.

Through the blood bank program, literally hundreds of Pitt residents have received blood. The countys hospital is assured of a constant supply of blood of all types to be used in treating the ill of this county. Without the availability of this source of blood, the local hospital would be seriously handicapped in affording the quaUty of care and treatment it does for the people of this county.

It is the responsibility of the citizens of the county as a whole to see that Pitt continues a member in good standing in the regional blood program. Otherwise, the county will default in its membership for lack of contributions of blood, and the many advantages offered Pitt by its participation in the program would be lost.

We urge local citizens who can do so to make it a point to contribute a pint of blood when the blood-mobile is here next Tuesday and Wednesday. Those who do will be making an important contribution to continuing Pitts membership in this valuable pro-

Profits Below

BxDected Rotes

By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

'onoront About The U.S

Copyright, 1960, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

It will be remembered that when Nikita Khrushchev did his talking in Paris, two men were always present. One was Andrei Gnanyko, who has lived in the United States for many years, particularly as the Soviet delegate to the United Nations. The other was the Soviet Defense Minister, Marshal Rodion Y.'Malinovsky, a new face to most of us. Malinovsky did not'speak, but often Khrushchev whispered in his ear.

In their book, Ask Me Anything, William Randolph Hearst, Jr., Bob Considine and Frank Conniff give excellent

character sketches of these Russian personalities who are new to us. They had an exceptional opportunity to study them and without the pretentiousness of psychologists, they report what they saw and heard. Thus they describe Malinovsky:

"Malinovsky met us at his office. He was a man whose thick gray hair wa.s combed straight back from his bulldog face without a parting. His eyebrows were black and expressive. He gave each of us a bonecrushing handshake, shook hands with a major general and majOT inteirreters from the outer office and with his

?ublic Forum

By RALPH ROBEY

One of the assumptions underlying the Federal Budget for the the Federal Budget for the fiscal year starting next July 1 was that corporate profits before taxes would be $51 billion. At the time, this appeared to be a conservative estimate and many private forecasters thought the total would be a billion or so higher. It is now pretty evident that the actual figure will be below that upon which the budget was based.

Among the factors responsible for this revised expectation are the following:

Competition is getting more and more severe. This compe -tition is both from other domestic producers and from abroad. This is not hitting all industries and all companies with equal force, but theres practically no one who is not feeling its Influence,

2. Costs of production still are rising. The primary cause of this is wage increases. Overall. such increases are just about equal to those of last year, and there is not the leeway for offsetting them through increased outpnt per manhour that was present last year. This is because needless overhead and other sources of waste were rather thoroughly eliminated during the recession and early recovery months.

3. Buyers aie becoming increasingly resistant to higher and higher prices, and they are now in a position to make this feeling effective. In industry after industry vee have unused capacity and many inventories are relatively high. Automobiles provide a perfect example. At present the stock of cars in the hands of dealers is approximately 1,1(X),000, A part of this is caused by the increased number of models being offered this year, but this does not lessen the amount of funds which dealers have tied up in theu* mventories, nor the

pressure upon them to sell cars at any price which will give

them to sell cars at any price which will give them even a reduced profit. Somewhat the same situation prevails in household appliances and many other fields. In a word, we are in a buyers market and the

sellers no longer can call the tune.

4. The effects of the steel strike were more severe and widespread than had been anticipated. Railroads, coal, and a host of other industries have been hurt. Users of steel have found that they can get along with smaller inventories than

formerly, because- of quick deliveries, and steel production

has dropped by some 30 per cent.

5. The volume of business activity has not been as great as had been anticipated. Gross

national product, which is the value of all goods and services produced, was estimated for Federal budget purposes at $510 billion (at an annual rate) in the first quarter, and it is still possible that the budget estimate will be realized, but

many persons are beginning to question this forecast.

What are the effects of this shjinkage of profits? This can be stated in dogmatic terms:

First, it means that the Federal governnriint will get less revenue. A drop of $1 billion in pre-tax profits costs the government about $500 million.

Secondly, corporations will

have less money to invest for better machines and all the other things that increase effi

ciency of production. Some of this may be offset by paying less dividends, but this Ls not a process which can be carried very far.

Finally, the nation will grow leas rapidly than otherwise. This is important not only In relation to Riussia but, a.s well, m connection with taking, t are of our growing labor force.

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To the Editor:

The conduct of some of the newspapers of North Clirolina in reporting the gubernatorial primary now in progress, causes one to wonder if the great Ma-cauley would consider them representative of his "Fourth Estate, which is that segment of our press we have cne to know and respect-as not being subsidized or kept.

The great television and radio networks of our country have taken precautions to defeat any attempt to buy the election of the President of the United States in 1960. But the purchase of the lease on the Governors mansion in Raleigh seems not an unethical business deal in democratic North Carolina now, and some very self righteous editors in our state are promoting just such a deal.

If your editor is not cognizant of the fact, may I remind you that there stands aJx)ve the headline of your newspaper these words, Truth In Preference To iHction. If these have meaning for you may I suggest that perhaps you have a responsibility and obligation to your readers in presenting the political opinions of the editors of other newspapers, to point out the truth in preference to the opinionated lie. Even though these are paid political advertisements do not they fly against your ba^mer?

I call to your attention the editorial (advertisement) taken from the Goldsboro News-Argus, and printed in the Daily Reflector of Monday June 13th. I ask you to point out any truths, half truths or near truths in this article that catf be substantiated in fact or reason.

I ask you with reference to the editonal (advertisement) taken from The Asheville Citizen, and

printed. ia.4hsX>aily Reflector of Tuesday June 14th to differentiate between .truth and fiction in this article.

You might qualify this editorial for truth by explaining just who the Asheville Citizen is, artd how often before its voice has been raised in behalf of eastern North Carolina and its Interests. You might divulge the facts that the voice in the west has been lifted time and again with methodical and dutiful obeisance to its master, not in the interest of eastern North Carolina or in the interests of any section of North Carolina but in its own selfish interests, and those of machine politicians in western North Carolina.

Our variety of North Carolinians in Pitt county are typical of our section. We have not long dwelt in the cultural environment which we are just being introduced, and perhaps we do not do many things well. In the vernacularism of Governor Hodges, we know how to operate a rocking chair, and to take life as it comes without dreams of smoke stacks. We farm the tobacco that helps to create some of the wealthy western barons. We used to know how to trade mules, the knowledge of which is a lesson in human relationship, We learned to check our trader as well as the mule.

We surmise that in spite of good advice from our newspapers. most of us will fa to take advantage of the opportunity to trade an integrated school in Greene, or other eastern counties, for a factory in Buncombe, and will support Dr. I. Beverly Lake for Governor in the primary on June 25th.

Thanking you, I remain.

Very sincerely, William W. Walker Fountain, N.C.

chunky girl stenographer. Malinovsky then took his place at the head of the familiar conference table and indicated be was ready.

He wore nine rows of rib-.bons beneath the dangling gold 'star of the Order of Lenin. The single Marshals star on each thickset shoulder was the size of a sheriffs badge. A painting of Lenin reading Pravda looked down from one wall. On other walls were large, flaming paintings of Russian arms in triumph and torment on land and sea.

The Marshal has a deep voice and it was with an air of complete authcaity that he gave his blunt estimate of Rus slan military thinking at this sensitive hour in relations between two great powers."

Of this same Malinovsky, Stalin had (wacc said: "An old woman could operate tanks better than you.

These writers point wit how aggressive Malinovskys conversation was with them but he showed an extraordinary ignorance of the United States. The following colloquy shows how little he understands:

Western military men consider political influeiwe cpon their affairs hampers them, Conniff said. Why isnt the same feeling not valid in the case of the Red Army? Malinovsky seemed surprised, The Communist Party is the ruling party of the U.S.S.R. and it influences all fields,' he said, spelling it out. I would say it would be the same thing as the control your Republican Party has over your military at present.

The mouse-quiet major general seated several chairs down the table, opened a bottle of Russian beer with a long bang and served the Marshal a glass which he barely touched.

You do not understand. he continued, Many Soviet military units have their own Communist Party organizations, just as any nonmilitary organizations have their units, I reject the suggestion given by capitalistic countries that an army must be out of politics,

The armed forces of the Soviet Union are a practical instrument of the Communist Party, an extension of the teachings of Lenin and Marx. It bespekks unity. Our practice has proved correct. " Concerning the war in Korea, this conversation took place:

Certainly we helped the North Koreans. We sold them some arms in much the same proportions as America provided arms for Syngman Rhee.

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J: OllOUt

Shelter

Needs

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK,^ Mass.. If World War III should come suddenly and your community bo hit by A-bomb or H-bomb attack, it would be demolished; probably no preparation on your part could save your life. The chances are, however, that your city will not be bombedthat you would have only fallout to worry about. This fallout is the radioactive dust thrown into the air when a bomb explodes. If Detroit, for instance, should be bixmbed, most of the people there would be killed. Then a cloud of radioactive dust would travel with the prevailing wind. Probably everyone wiUiln 50 miles would be subject to burns-

There, everyone within a radius of 50 miles from a bomb . explosion should go to a "shelter aiMi be prepared to remain there for tlee or four days. This shelter should have a supply of good waier, a stock or rice and canned goods, some reading matt^, and a battery-operated radio for the official news. Radio stations would op eratc only at 640 or 1240 on the dial; these are the Conel-rad stations. Mortgage pay-pasmients of principal and interest would be "frozen" and all stock exchanges closed.

WHAT FOOD TO EAT

Even when the fallout had dissipate and you could again lead a normal life, you would 'have to be very careful what (you ate. Other things being equal, states having the greatest rainfall divided fairly equally throughout the year (Oregon, for example) could be the safest in which to live or loan money. The reason is that rain washes off this dangerous dust from most of the things that you would eat.

The safest foods would be fruits such as oranges, bananas, lemons, and others which hava a thick skin that can be washed and peeled off.

Apples, peaches. berries, grapes, tomatoes, etc. with thin skins should be avoided until the government pronounced them safe to eat. ScteftUsts are not yet agreed on potatoes, carrots, etc., which are underground but have foliage above ground. It is rumored that a Matron bomb will be iM'ought out which has no faflout; but I will not comment on this until additional details are available. I, however, am carefully following this new development.

DANGEROUS THINGS TO EAT AND DRINK

After a bomb (frtms anywhere in thia coun^, we should drink no milk until the government permits us to do so. Cows eating'gEfaas whiph has been contaminated by "fallout give radioactive mk. This raises the question whether we should eat butter and cheese. Unless the grass has been thoroughly washed off by heavy rains, the beef of the cattle may also nc contaminated. The same could be true of sheep, hogs, and other livestock. Listen to CONELRAD for advice.

Ground fish, such as cod and haddock, should be safe to eat; also posfiiUy lobsters. But fish such as mackerel, which swim near the surface, could easily become radioactive. Drinking water is very important. Fortunate are those families which have a covered well from which pure water can be pulled by hand, a well not dependent on electricity. People who get their water from uncovered reservoirs or rivers should have a supply of pure water in their shelter. Each shelter should have a cot for each member of the family and enough blankets to permit the family to sleep for two or three nights until the fallout disperses. For further details, write Col. H. W. Buchanan. C.D. Director, Barton, Florida.

BABSON (cont)

WHAT FALLOUT * DOES NOT KILL

Fallout does not kill Uees. so far as we now know. I further further believe ghat the only 100 percent hedge against inflation is acreage with growing trees and fireproof apartment buildings.

Htmseholders who have no basements should build a fallout shelter In the backyard of concrete blocks covered with boards and about three feet of dirt and properly drained; otherwise there should be a

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opon Products Stir Animosity

By ELMER ROESSNER

American attitudes towaid Japanese products are creating almost as much animosity in Japan as the new Japanese-American treaty.

Opposition to the treaty comes from the left: Japanese Social-Lsts and Communists. But opposition to American restrictions on Japanese goods.

In this country, demands are piling up for tariff and other restrictions to limit the imports ot Japanese products. The complaint is made that Japanese electronic, camera and textile products are being sold in the United States under our cost of manufacture.

The Agriculture Department has asked for a special levy on textile imports to offset the subsidy paid on raw cotton exports. The complaint is this; The U. S. government pays an export subsidy to enable U.S. growers to sell their cotton In the world market.

BARGAINS RETURN TO BE SET

This gives Japanese nulls cot

ton at low prices. They turn it into fabric and send it back to America. Even after paying for the roundtrip by boat, Japanese exporters cart sell these fabrics at less than American made kinds.

The Tariff Commission has studied the Agriculture Department request for a levy to ja'ck-up imported prices to the level of prices of American-made goods. Not it is understood to be sitting on its conclusions until after President Eisenhower completes current business with Japan. Approval of such a block to Japanese exports might provoke further riots in Nippon.

Meanwhile, some labor unions rave declared ,their intention of boycotting Japanese products. These declarations were made just before Eisenhower left for Japan. Whether planned or not, this timing will strengthen the position of the Socialists and Communists in Japan.

Both the conservative Japan-c.se government and the wealthy rightists have let it be known that they will resent any

further action to limit Japanese textile sals to the United

This, they hold, will be a violation of the gentlemens agreement by which Japan has voluntarily held .down textile imports,

Japan has restricted exports of sewing machines to prevent a disruption of the American market: it has restricted exports of electronic equipment, although much is admitted superior and cheaper than comparable American Items, and now its cotton restrictions are under attack. The rightist section of the economy is talking about the ending of its voluntary control system. Such an ending would thrust final decisions on the Administration, and any decision would offend American interests or Japanese interests or both.

The United States appears to have accomplished the impossible in international diplomacy. It has succeeded in alienating both the left and right factions in a friendly country that has

very little middle.

Todays fwediction: More

trouble in this sector.

HOW TO THREATEN DELINQUENT WITHOUT MAKING HIM ANGRY

There was a twinkle in the Old Promoters eye when he dropped in for a visit today.

"Nobody likes to threaten a delinquent customer with a suit, he said. "It may mean an immediate cut-off in sales, suing one customer may make others resentful and, besides, the plaintiff may lose.

But Iv run across a businessman who gets the same results without making threats. He drops in on trade associations and heads of chains and casually remarks that he is planning some nasty legal action against some who have failed to meet their obligations.

It work.sfaster than attor-ney.s threats. Word is passed quickly. Delinquent customers hasten to pay and they and the supplier can still talk to each other without rancor.