FACE reuTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, CREENViLLE, N. C

Wednesday, June 29, 1960

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Campaign Expenises Need A Ceiling

Many public figures in North Carolina, including the gubernatorial candidates in the recent contest, have voiced concern over the high cost of major political campaigns and the fact that the price seems to go up from one campaign to the next.

No one will ever know exactly what the political campaigns in the Democratic primary in North Carolina this year cost. Figures reported by the various candidates to the Secretary of State give an indication, but the candidates and their supporters are well aware that these figures only reflect a portion of the total amount spent. Normally in a campaign the reported figures indicate only what goes through the candidates headquarters, not what is spent in areas throughout the state.

It would probably be conservative to guess that two million dollars or more went into political campaigns in North Carolina this spring, the major portion of which went into the gubernatorial campaigns. If accurate statistics could be compiled, the total figure might be considerably higher.

In any case, the cost of political campaigns continues to soar and financial backing for a candidate 'has become as important as his platform or his quali-

Gratifying In !ts Decisiveness

By LYNN NISBET

GRATIFYING. One of the mo5t gratifying things about Saturdays riui-ofi primary was a decisiveness. The fact that aome 630,000 North Carolina Democrats participated proved i healthier interest than many had predicted. The decisive margin of more than 75,000 for Terry Sanford leaves no doubt 'that he is the popular choice.

Despite unkind things said ebout the candidates by each other, and even worse things Mid about them by outsiders, the campaign itself and the reaction of the principals was in the best tradition of north Carolina democracy. In conceding defeat Beverly Lake pledged loyalty to the winner, but said the principles for which he had fought would survive. The first statement by victorious Terry Sanford was an appeal for all factions to close ranks and work for continuing State progress.

Sure, there are some jjruises that will take time to heal. There is no reason to expect permanent scars. There will be new faces among the political leaders and new names on the State pajToll. Probably not any more than usual with changing administrations. The historic record is that every such change has contributed to progress in some phases of State government without loss of efficiency in others.

PROGRAM. The program advocated by the new Governor throughout the campaign was positive in general terms, not very specific as to detail. That leaves the way open for working out plans with members of the General Assembly and the heads of agencies and departments without the handicap of pre-conceived minutiae. Since preponderant majority of these officers supported the winning candidate, their cooperation aeems assured. This, plus anticipated rise in State revenue, hould make for smooth running in government circles.

HARMONIOUS. - Tangible evidence of harmony in the party organization, as contrasted with discord in prior years following heated primaries, was afforded at the conference of national convention delegates Monday. Fleet Williams, who M editorial writer for the News nd Observer, ha.s been a vigorous critic of the present administration, got the floor to nominate Governor Hodges as chairman of the delegation. The choice was made by acclamationas was that of Governor-nominate Terry Sanford for vice-chairman and Henry Hall Wilson for secretary.

In rapid order nomination of Paul Thomp.son of Fayetteville and Mrs. Martha McKay of Chapel Hill as members of the Democratic national committee were approved, according to expressed wishes of the new Governor. So were designations of Sen. Sam Krvin and Mrs. Eunice Ayers on the platform

committee, and several other convention offlcers.

Sanford was given an ovation when he was recognized, and his very appropriate speech in behalf of a united. Democratic front was applauded. So was Senator Ervins resolution of appreciation for services rendered the party by its officers during the few years John Larkins. Mrs. B.B. Everett, Woodrow Jones, Mrs. John T. Richardson and Steve Nlmocks, none of whom was an original first primary supporter of Sanford. Everybody loved everybody.

A more serious test of full party harmony will come at the meeting of the Democratic state committee after the national convention has adopted a platform and nominated candidates for president and vice president. The prime purpose of that meeting will be selection of a state chairman. Bert Ben-net, Sanfords primary manager, is slated for the post without contest. There are intentions of difficulty if the platform and candidates chosen at Los Angeles are unpalatable to a large .^egmest of North Carolina Democrats.

SURPRISES.The net result of Saturdays voting occasioned very little surprise. Sanford folks were confident, and except for a small group of enthusiasts, Lake supporters were only hopeful. The number of votes cast and the size of Sanfords majority did surprise a great many observers. Pre

election estimates of more than 550,060 were rare and many were below half a million. The official total count will be

around 630,000a drop of less than four percent from the record high on May 28.

Optimistic Sanford folks

among the rank and file looked for a margin of 40,000 to 50,000. The fellow who last week suggested more than 75,000 was an object of sympathy for soft-hcadedness. The final tally will show approximately 77.000only 10,000 less than Sanfords lead over Lake in the first run.

Reports during the final week that Lake was gaining In the Piedmont encouraged his followers. Unofficial returns show that be did gain substantially, and in several counties Sanfords percentage vote was less than the first time. The western gains did not offset Lake losses in the east, where he had been strongest. On statewide basis. Sanford increased his first vote by 84,000, Lake by 94 000

CAROLINA. An interesting sidelight is that the Carolina Hotel at Raleigh retains the prestige of never having lost a major election campaign. Sanford's headquarters were there, as were tho.se of the late Kerr Scott in both campaigns for Governor and United States Senator. The colored bellboys at the Carolina are very proud of the fact that our man always wins.

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fications for office. Without adequate financial support, he can hardly expect to achieve his goal regardless of his ability or his platform.

As the coat of major state-wide campaigns has increased sharply, the same ha.s been true of district and county races throughout the state.

Impractical as it may appear at first glance, it would be in the interest of North Carolina if some ceiling could be put on campaign expenses for vari^^us offices, and some workable method adopted to see that the campaign expenses are kept within specified limits.

Otherwise, if the present trend of more costly campaigns continues, more and more capable potential candidates for office will be eliminated because of the financial requirement for a campaign. Either that, or any person who desires to seek public office will have to trade where he can for financial support before he ever announces his candidacy. Neither of these two prospects offers a wholesome picture for the future of government at any level in North Carolina.

M^hether any such program of controlling campaign expenditures could ever be worked out is indeed problematical, but at least it deserves thoughtful coi^ sideration.

None Of The Planning Includes Heartbreak

Almost all families of Pitt County by now have made their plans for the long July 4th holiday this week-end.

While some will enjoy the leisure time in their own homes and yards, many have made arrangements for visits with friends, trips to resort areas and outings of various sorts. All of these plans are centered around relaxation, recreation and pleasant times. None of the plans include heart-break, tragedy, or accidents.

The National Safety Council, however, has predicted that as many as 13,000 people may lose their lives or suffer disabling injuries during the forthcoming holiday week-end. Hundreds of othersmaybe thousandsmay be killed or injured in accidents other than those which occur on the highways.

It is a di.sheartening prospect to be faced on a holiday that is planned for the familys pleasure. And yet, to say it is the other fellow who will be included in tho.'ie statistics is to view the situation unrealjstically. Accidents are no respecter of persons. They can happen anyw'here to anyone.

We shouldnt overlook the fact, however, that accidents can be prevented if enough people are determined to prevent them. Witli some 73 million motor vehicles expected to be on the highways this week-end, every motorist who wants to come through the weekend safely should u.>e every caution in following the common-sense rules.of safe driving. With resort areas crowded, every parent, every child should make extra efforts to see that accidents do not happen.

That split second of carelessness could mean the difference between a delightful holiday week-end and tradegy.

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By PATRICIA MOORE

Notes On This And That

Not long ago we told a story ...from Tales from the Attic... about a little black cocker named Bonnie.

Biinie, like all liUle black . cockers, has a lot of hair which / is too hot and shaggy for summertime around Pitt County. So Bonnies owners took her to the vet and had her sheared for the summer, which made them very happy.

And, you'd think that Bonnie would be happy, too. But Bonnie is a victim of that embar-assment which plagues all

sheared cockers.

She hides behind the house and she. doesnt like for the other dogs to see her; Not with her hair all gone. This is a prime characteristic which you will note in all cocker span-lels under the same circumstance#. , ^

In the words of todays younger generation and the

beatniks, Bonnie is a cool cat. not a hot dog; but she is an embarrassed lass and can run fast when her hair is cast (off>r .' *

There was another little Incident which ,occurred this week which goes down in the record book.

We were walking along the street, heading toward the courthouse. In our hand wa.s a small note pad. commonly used by stenographers in most places, but also by reporters in some places.

A man, scurrying past us, said I see you are about to take shorthand.

WELL! If there is anything we are not, it is a stenographer. though we jcan take a form of shorthand which looks like hieroglyphics.

er incident which occurred with Uie same type note pad one ChristmM when we were covering #qgirade.

Tlicre we were, at our station, busily observing and taking a few notes here and there.

A man near us leaned over to his wife and said in a sini.s-ter whisper, Thats a reporter.

That signified our arrival in the reporting world, we suppose.

But enough of Incidents. Ev-eryUiing seems to be an indident of some kind. So its bard to get away from them.

But it brought to mind anoth-

Goodwill Visits Farewell To

Other Editors Saying .

The M-1

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON lAP) President Elsenhower, still cool toward summit conferences, is high on goodwill visits by heads of state and looks on his foreign journeys as a success-In his report to the nation Monday night he was enthusiastic about the value of his recent Far Eastern trip' which was marred by the Tokyo rioLs that forced cancellation of his visit to Japan.

He glossed over the face that non-Communists supported the Tokyo demonstrations against the American-Japanese defense treaty and he directly blamed the Communists for inspiring the riots.

As recently as last summer which was before he agreed to meet Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the summit in Paris on May 16 of this yearEisen-however took a dim view of summit conferences-At that time he made it know'n he did not like the modern development of diplomacysummit meetingsand considered them a step backward for the heads of state to spend their time on work that belonged to foreign ministers, the specialists.

Monday night he drew a big distinction between summit meetings by heads of state and goodwill trips by heads of state to foreign countries,

*'I believe that heals of state and government can. occasionally, and preferably on an informal basts, profitably meet for conversations on broad problem.s and principles. They can, of course, also convene to give solemn approval to agreements previously prepared by normal diplomatic methods, Elsenhower said.

But heads of government meetings are not effective mc-chanlsnis for developing detailed provisions of international compacts, and have never been so considered by this government.

On the other hand, the goodwill aspects of a visit by a head of government eaii freciucntly bring about favorable re.-'iili.s tar transcending those of normal diplomatic conferences.

Still fresh in his mind as he talked was the fact that Khrushchev not only wrecked the May summit meeting but also called off Eisenhowers Uip to Russia.

It WR.S possible to read into what the President said the belief that the success of his foreign tnp.s before the summit meeting ,su disturbed the Communisus that llils wa.s their real rea.son for railing off ids vi.sit to l(u.isia.

Aiirr blaming the Uumiiuudsis for itie loKvo di.NnJera, Et;4eii-liovvcr .suid; Ke.spetmg Jajiaii, in .spite of the outrageou.s conduct of a violent and disorderly minority, I have f)ccn asisured that the people there were, in

overwhelming majority, anxioas to welcome me as a representative of a nation with which they wished to cooperate and to have friendly relations.

But on June 13three days before the Japanese government cancelled Eisenhowers trip and while the riots were increasing in intensityThe Associated Press reported from Tokyo:

It is not correct to give the easy, pat explanation that the Communists created the present crisis. Japans gravest since the end of World War II. But they have certainly played a major role. The political chaos is tailored precisely to their desires. This story, pointing out the feeling among many Japanese against the defense treaty which was supposed to go into effect June 19, the day of Eisenhowers scheduled arrival, said: The Communist effort could not have been effective, of course, if it hadnt had widespread Japanese antiwar, anti-KLshl Premier Nobusukc Klshl, antinuclear bomb and even antiforeigner sentiment to exploit. The President said final approval of the treatv bv the Japanese government was a signal defeat for international communism.

But there is still one question pending: Will the antitreaty feeling become so widespread that the treaty, for all practical purposes, will be rendered meaningless?

Opinions 'h Brief

"Our nfficials have lost a lot of the public's confidence as a result of the padded expense accounts. They should show' the pay in correcting the situation Eli/.abetb City Daily Advance.

(Green Bay Press-Gazefte)

Many news stories, though current in nature, have a way of bringing the dim past into distinct focus. Such a story was one which emanated from Washington a few weeks ago and stated rather tersely that the Army has begun issuing iLs new rifle, the M-14, to the troops.

This, ordinarily, would not rate mention in these columns except for one thing. The arrival of the M-14 means the ultimate departure of the M l rifle-one of the best and most famous military weapons ever devised by man.

And. certainly, the passing of the M-1 nfle will be looked upon with nostalgia by those GIs of World War II whose fate it was to slog into battle with only God and an M-1 standing between them and eternity.

The doughfoot of 1941-45 vintage must feel not a little sadness at the passing of the M-1. As his mind turns back nearly 20 years hell recall the nomenclature of his weapon:

The M-1 rifle is a gas-operated. clip-fed. air-cooled, semiautomatic shoulder weapon. It has three main groups: The

trigger housing group, the barrel and receiver group the stock .group. Its weight is 9.5 pounds; its length without ba

yonet 1-s 43.6 inches, Its clip ca pacity is 8 rounds; its average rate of aimed fire per minute is 30 rounds

The M-1 to the combat infantryman was like gold to a miser. He slept with it, ate with it, traveled with it, cleaned it, cradled itoften it was his only passport to life.

For all its .effectiveness, the M-1 was a simple thing. Men learned to take it apart and put it together blindfolded. It wi^s not a complex weapon. And its lack of complexities helped it establish a rate of malfunction so microscopic as to be overlooked altogether. It could be rendered almost soggy by sea spray in a bucking landing craft and yet fire with deadly and unrelenting rapidity. It could take a dunking in slimy jungle and not misfire.

'Up to this point, at least, the M-1 must be regarded as the most famous basic Infantry weapon of all timeif for no other reason than it was used with uncommon success by more men under more trying conditions than any other weapon of its kind.

We couldnt let the M-1 go without giving it the historic and traditional military accolade;

Well done.

It is finally peaceful to have elections over and the days, hours and news pages restored to only bickering over national events.

Of course, charity and other things should have their beginnings at home and therefore, politics are of vital interest when on the local level.

Now everybody can enter into the national races and their odds of who will get what.

We will place odds on the fact that one physician attending that conference somewhere in the U.Sthe one who dis-cassed the medical defects of some prime presidential candi-date-possibiIitleA-^6 ene of the most unpopular people in our country on this particular day.

Especially since, after the good doctor named the medical hindrances of each candidate, each candidate and his physician said all was well medically.

An old Spanish proverb reads Asi es la vida, or Such is Ufe.

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While teachers and parents have tried to instill safety rules in young minds, we all have a duty to take that extra precaution at this season of the year to in.sure the return of the next generation to the classroom. Dont spoil their summer and yours with traffic mayhem. And don't depend on the signs watch out for the kids. Schools out.New Orleans Times-Plca-yune.

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By GEORGE E. SOKOL8KY Coiiyrlgkt. I960, King 'Feature.

Syndicate, lac-

In searching for the views of various candidates, I prefer to go back to what they said before they were canvassing voters and when they were ptr< haps writing their own material. The general asc of the specch-w'riler has had the effect of robbing us of a look, at the minds of men who are to be our rulers and representatives. Nobody could ever doubt what Herbert Hoover' has had to say; be always writes his own.

President Eisenhower has suffered from a variety of speech-writers, some of whom seemed to lack maturity. Whenever he spoke off the cuff, it. was possible to recognize his superiority to his spcech-wrlt-ers# Nelson Rockefeller his too many styles of presentation disclosing more than one author for his gtate paper*. Occasionally he wUl father a happy* phrase; moat of the time, his speeches read as though they came out of the Life-Time-Fortune factory.

I recently came across a letter that Lyndon Johnson wrote to John Foster Dulles on February II, 1957. It dealt with the effort being made to force Israel to withdrew its foreu from the Gazas Strips end the mouth of the Aqaba Gulf. Johnson wrote:

To put It simply, the United Nation* cannot apply one rule for the strong and another for the weak; it cannot orgenize its economic weight against the IttUe State when it has not previously made even a pretense of doing so against the large states. I have, Mr. Secretary. seen no suggestions In the United Nations of the application of economic sanctions against the USSR. Israel has in very large part complied with the directives of the United Nations. Russia has not, even pretended to be polite.

In 1957, this was an important statement to make. Obviously. the United Nations has i never been able to take a stand against a large nation and that will be its ultimate failure. In this paragraph, however, we recognize the mind of the man.

I do not know whether this letter was made public at the time- If it was. little notice was given to it. The assertion of the principle of a foreign policy based on equity ought to be fundamental in such a body as / ' the United Nations. If the two .

great powers, the United States and Soviet ROssia, are to be j beyond the iuthority of the United Nations, what moral basis can that body have for its existence?

The letter ends on this;

...the merits, the justice and the morality in this situation are clear against sueh imposition of economic sanction. It is my hope that you will instruct the American Delegation to the United Nations to oppose with all Its skill such a proposal if it is formally made."

If we base our foreign policy not upon convenience but upon moral criteria, we may be able to work out a policy which will be understandable. Whether one favored or opposed their positions. it was always possible to know exactly where Dean Ach-eson and John Foster DuUe stood. Dean Acheson based his policy upon the necessity or liquidating World War II, while containing Soviet Russia within the margins of its expanse.

He declined to assume that we could do more than that during the period of his secretaryship-John Foster Dulles sought to build a tight alliance of countries on all the boundaries of the Soviet Empire and to bring other nations in the rear of them for support in depth. Acheson and Dulles built their strength on faulty personnel, which cannot be helped in a country like ours, and lack of enthusiasm among our allies.

This country cannot afford an interregnum in the handling of its foreign policy at this time.

It is necessary to recognize that President Eisenhower and his Cabinet will be out of office in January; it is more than (Continued on Page 7)

DuDlicotion Sours Gost Soiro'.

From now on tlie iJace to go is nut the summit but the United Nationsthe only organization which has made any substantial gahis toward world peace. Ihe United Nations does have its critics. It is sometimis derided a.s only a debating sociely, but it is better to hurl words in debate than to hurl .steel and explosive.s in uar" FiUhburg (Ma.s.s.) Ev IJbvrto.

Thus far, tlie Kremlin has not atiiitved luuablr suciess in splitUng Europe otf from the Dnlied States. Our tallies, fearful llu-y may be about Ilus Inu.. rotkil-raUling. remain i>tCHfi-i.v.st, CuUkill tN.Y.) Daily Mail.

By ELMER ROE.SSNER

Duplicate facilities cause one of the greatest economic losses in America today.

Duplicate faculties in gas .stwtions add to the .cost of gasoline, it was pointed out here yesterday. But duplicate facilities among the oil companies themselves surely add to the wholesale price.

Driving along any hundred miles of highway, a inotoi;-Lst may see from six to a dozen tank truck.s heading In the uppo.site direction. It he pulls oft the road, he can see as many tank trucks headed in the direction in which he was g(v ins.

The.se truck*, which most cost a pi'etty dime to run for a very short di.stance, must skip five out of .MX. or eleven out of twelve, .stations because tho.se statiorus dont sell their brand.

This wa.ste in mileage and ga.soline is compounded ly tre-nicndoas cro.ss liauluw DLslrib-uiurs in lldhervlUe truck gas to .station-, in Von town, while distributors in Yonstowu are ttucking the stuff to HithcrviUe. THE DKIVEIl PAYN

This cost of duplicate truck

ing, with labor at Teamster Union rates, must be tucked into the w'holesale gas price and eventually with the retailers mark-up passed on to the autolst.

The same duplication exists in another area of the petroleum business: in fuel oils. On one winter day, your correspondent counted 23 fuel oil trucks, each carrying a different brand and each piloted by a well-paid member of the Teamsters Union, pa.ss by in a quiet residential .street.

It was apparent that the drivers were spending more of them time going frqin customer to customer, and very little time to filUng the tanks. Tht trucks themslfvcs represented in investment of around a third of a niillion dollars. The amortization of this investment. a.s well as other costs of delivery and deliverymen, had to be packed into Jie bill of cacli u.mt of fuel oil,

GTIIER SERVICE miFl.ICAIION

Similar duplicattona persist elsewhere. Any brivht urchin can lead you to a corner with two drusturc.s. with each car> ryuig the identical lines, each

charging the Identical prices, and each operated with what may someday be identified as American Drug Store Unctious-ness,

Its reassuring to have a drugstore on a nearby corner. It may mean your life. But having two only assures that prices have to be maintained, tha neither will carry stocks in depth, that employees will get rrinimal wages and that the proprietors will always be tottering over the pit of bankruptcy.

The answer Is not, of course, in creating mergers and monopolies; it is not in giving certain stretches of highway to a single tas company, as some of the *l8ll roads do: it is not in pivini territontl franchise* to drugstores, as some states do with liquor stores.

May the day never come when a free American who has the hare e.s.s(Mitial.s may not go out and .start hi.s own .service .siaiiitn bu.siucds, whether it be aluiw a siviatie higluvay or on a two-lane desert road. And may the day never come .when an ambitious person with a rca-roimbic a mount of credit be denied the right to start a drug

store in any legal zone, even next door to a drugstore already operating.

But may the day come to-moiTow when smaU enterprisers look over desired locations and decide for themselves whether there is full room for theu* business, and whether its establishment will cause two entrepreneurs to starve where one lived well before.

SHORT AND SKiNIITCANT BITS OF BUSINE.SS NEWS Passenger car advertising In the first three months of thla year was 35 per cent higher than a year ago. Media Rtcorda reports. . Amchem Products has a 52-acre crab grass farm near Ambler, Pa., to test new weed killer*. . .Cuspidors ire now minufactured again. Fos-toria Corp Q Huntingdon Valley. Pa., makes them for playroom decoratloiuH, flower holders and oilier mudohaecii iLse.i . . , tiadway J'lxpre.-.s Aveney Is of-ieiinw, a new compact car to the employee who come.s up with the be.st new name for the company. Railway and agency are nusleacling, the company ieela.