p*c rouKfHE DAILY BEFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

TKurilaT Jun 30 1960

Thursday, June 30, 1960

Man Of Many Mask

Recess Is Also A Two-Edged Sword

The post>conveiition meeting of Congress to finish work on important legislation offers both advantages and disadvantages to the nation. In the face of no acceptable alternative, however, the Democratic leadership of Congress has taken the only course open by advocating recess until early August.

This recess will provide time for individual Congressmen to give some consideration at last to the important matters still pending that must be acted upon before Congress adjourns for the year. It will afford them an opportunity to get more first-hand information from their constituents as to the popular sentiment toward matters yet to be acted upon.

The net result of the recess could be a mere unhurried evaluation of legislation still pending, and avoiding the usual headlong rush which comes as the adjournment date nears.

On the other side of the ledger, the Dact that both major political parties will adopt their I960 political platforms and elect their nominees during the. recess cannot help but paramount the Novemmber election in the mind of every member of Congress. The political implications of every piece of legislation remaining to be considered will become more important, and certainly reprcMsentatives of the tw'o parties will, be extremely conscious of possible voter reaction to the stand they take.

In a national election year, Congress is naturally flection-minded and vote-conscious even before the

C & D Target Of 'Splinter' Plan

By LYNN NISBET

C & D.There are force* at work seeking to bring about aplintering the Department of Conservation and Development into several separate agencies. Latest of the suggestion* was msde by Governor - nominate Terry Sanford during the first primary campaign favoring divorce of the commerce-industry division from the rest of the department. Previously there had been proposals to restore the commercial fisheries divisin to the comparable independent status it enjoyed before C & D was set up 35 years ago. Forestry enthusiasts fear that current emphasis on industrial promotion is resulting in neglect of their projects.

The Department of Conservation and Development was established at instance of Governor McLean in 1925 to coordinate activities of the State in conserving and developing the natural resources embraced in commercial fisheries, inland fish and game, mineral deposits and water resources.

Early emphasis was on the conservation phase of the dou-ble-barrel program. The main Idea was to save what we had, to retard wasteful depletion of the natural god-given capital assets belonging to all the people. Heavy accent on development and promotion came later.

When commercial fisheries was brought Into the department It was basically a police agency, its function being to protect sources of seafood from depredations. Now almost as much attention is given to increasing the supply of fish and oysters, and to processing and marketing as to law enforcement.

Forest fire and tree disease control continues a major part of forestry division activities, but productiOT) of seedlings for tree fanning has assumed greater proportion year by year.

DEVELOPMENT. ~ Slowly at first, rapidly within the past decade or so. emphasis switched to the D in the name. Development. not only of basic natural resources, but the intangibles of Industry and tourism. claimed increasing attention. Nothing has been taken from conservation efforts, but nearly all the expansion has been taken from conservation efforts, but nearly all the expansion has been in the area of development. Growth of the commerce-industry and advertising divisions, and a new community planning section, illustrate the trend.

INTERTWINED. - The functions of these divisions are so Intertwined it is almost Impos-aible to distinguish or segregate them. The advertsing division includes the State News V rrc^iai

Bureau and State Travel Bureau, staffed with competent wTiters and photographers, and an associated public relations firm. It has about a dozen full time regular employees, compared with about 30 for commerce-industry, but its budget is twice as bigbecause it handles all the advertising and printing of literature for the entire department.

Furthermore, it is recognized that travel Is a major industry, as important as manufacturing. These agencies with annual budgets of nearly a million dollars grew from the little Governors Ho.spitality Committee inaugurated by Governor Hoey in 1937. Community planning is essential to orderly growth In commerce, industry and recreation. The Federal government puts up about half the budget for this division, local commu-' nities most of the balancebecause of the tie-in with total development. Expansion of planning services is contemplated.

DIVORCE. . Supervision of game and inland fishing was transferred from C & D to the Wildlife Resources Commission in 1947, Control of water resources, which had been divided among several agencies, was consolidated in the new Department of Water Resources by acts of the 1957 and 1959 Icgislstures, There have been instances of minor conflict because of overlapping interests, but they are not serious. The areas of activity are sufficiently independent and important to justify separate departments. Pertinent questions arise in connection with proposals for further splitting C & D.

Would a separate commercial fisheries department revert to a police agency, with functions of increasing the supply of seafoods and processing them handled by another department? The paper pulp industry has come to North Carolina in a big way and is expanding. It is dependent upon pulpwood trees, heance a good forestry program.

If Industrial promotion, meaning manufacturing plants as distinguished from tourism and recreation, is^given independent status will separate advertising agencies and budgets be required for factory-seekers. sports fishermen and vacationers?

CpORDINATION, The desire* of special Interests for. more attention is understandable. But many conservation and development minded people. in and out of the General Assembly, looking at the Slate as a whole, believe that closer coordination and balance of departmental activities is desirable. rather than further splintering and dividing the power of the pull for economic growth. T~T~ I TiiT 'nm~ia

national party conventions. After the conventions, the presidential campaign begin^i and the m'atter o November votes becomes more irpportant.

The post-convention considerations by Congress will be extremely sensitive to political pressure from the nominees, the party leadership, and all of the special interest groups in the country. How much these pressures will influence congressional decisions in August is a matter of conjecture. It is reasonable to assume congress will be more sensitive to these pressures following the national conventions than would be the case at this moment.

The recess stands as a two-edged sword which may work of the passage of better or poorer legislation when Congress meets in August to wind up its business for the year.

No Explanation Given For Slurs At Legion

If the American Legion is scratching its head seeking out a reason for the protest of some high school students to its giving citizenship awards to graduating seniors, the bewilderment is being shared by a good many other citizens.

A couple of weeks ago in Westbury, N. Y. a graduating senior shocked an audience, school officiaLs,

Legion officials and the public by refusing to accept a citizenship award from the organization. The student said he could not accept an award from an organization whose policies I can not respect.

This week in Manhattan jeerring, hisses, boos and cheers broke up another high school graduating ceremony when another American Legion citizenship award was presented.

Why?

So far the question of why has not been answered. By HENRY HOWARD No reason, no explanation, no specific suggestions have been offered as to why these high seniors are down on the American Legion.

Was this latest incident merely an attempt by the high school seniors to imitate what had happened earlier in Westbury? Does the reason go deeper than just an attempt by some high school students to gain some sort of recognition?

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If there i.s a basic reason for rejection of the American Legion citizenship awards, why havent .similar reactions shown up in other parts of the nation as thousands of high schools held graduation ceremonies in recent weeks?

The American Legion is a respected organization that has contributed significantly to the welfare of the nation since its formation following World War I. The presentation of citizenship awards to high school graduates is to be commended, as are the students w'ho receive them.

If there is a serious reason behind the spurning of American Legion awards by these students in New York, they owe it to the Legion, school officials and the public to make these Reasons known.

^i^ockefeller Not Tollowina Rules

Occasionally, words more descriptive than words in general make themselves known here and there.

For instance, the other day we were preparing to attend this get-together down the road a way*. We were about on time, but as characteristic of summertime, the affair was sorta late getting started.

Since it was hot, we stood around outside, waiting for the meeting to get underway. We just stood there sipping cokes and watching the folks saunter up one at a time.

This particular occasion had created a considerable degree of Interest and many persons who might have been home watching TV otherwise were

trouping up to the meeting.

As people will do. each person had his own personalized touch to add to the generrl vogue for that day conversation about that meeting.

We could hardly have avoided overhearing many of the passing comments even if wed wanted to. And many of them were amusing.

In general, most folks were speculating on just what the meeting would bring about. There were pro* and cons from all conceivable angles.

Some of the phraseology was near-comic as was a great deal of the *Togical deduction set forth.

The most descriptive description of all, spoken in all ser

iousness, reared its head a few minutes before the meeting started.

A late-latecomer (who was actually right on time for the affairs beginning) came hustling up inquiring. What time does this SHIGAMALARK start?

Other Editors Saying. Best Of Bad Situation

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) New York's Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. once a likely prospect for the Republican presidential nomination. may wind up as his partys political untouchable of 1960.

At a time when Republicans ache for election year unity he has been sticking harpoons In the Eisenhower administration and Vice President, Richard M-Nixon.

This has delighted the Democrats and angered the Republicans who denounced him and rallied behind President Eisenhower and Nixon. But a Republican cold-shoulder hasnt chilled him. He is used to it.

Rockefeller keeps on criticizing. Why? A couple of possible reasons come to mind:

1, He is saying what he thinks because he thinks it needs to be said,

2, He is trying to force Nixon and his party to accept some of his ideas or face los of, his support in the upcoming campaign.

Last Dec. 26 Rockefeller dropped out of the race against Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination. HU reason: the Republican leaders around the country had cold-shouldered him.

Later, he said he would accept a draft. But the more he criticizes his own partys leadership, the further away a draft becomes, Nuon a* of now is a cinch for the nomination.

Rockefeller says he wouldnt accept the vice presidential spot

on the ticket. Yet, if Nixon hopes to win against his Democratic opponent next November, carrying New York setms vital for him.

If Rockefeller's ideas are ignored and he sits on his hands during the campaign, it will be grief for Nixon.

Earlier this month Rockefeller needled Nixon with the charge that he wasnt taking a stand on the issues and that it was about time he did-He got his come-uppance in a hurry for this one. A Republican congressman, Alvin M, Bentley of Michigan, accused Rockefeller of political trickery. Tuesday at the governors conference in Montana Rockefeller tore into the Eisenhower defense programand not for the first timewith the complaint it has produced a paradox of peril. For this he got the worst insult yet from inside his own party. The Republican governor of West Virginia, Cecil H. Underwood, accused Rockefeller * of impropriety and political cowardice.

The West Virginian told a news conference that if Rockefeller wanted to act as he did, re should have continued as a presidential candidate and gone befoi^e the Republican party and the people with HU views.

None of thU seem* to affect the New Yorkers speech. Since he seems to be one of the least tongue-tied of American politicians, he may go on criticizing his own people up to convention timeand maybe afterwards.

(Greensboro Daily New)

President Eisenhower, addressing the American people Monday night on his Far East visit, made the best of the situation in declaring that the gains outweighed the losses de-.spite Japan's dis-invitation to visit Tokyo.

The Presidents evaluation is surely to be sharply questioned. The aim of the Communists was to block ratification of the U. S.-Japanese security pact. That aim was not attained. But the mere fact ttiat the President was prevented from making his widely heralded Tokyo visit caused this country to lose face and prestige, Peiping and Moscow. already wringing every ounce of propaganda out of the U-2 incident, were given added fuel for their propaganda fires.

The President did get tumultuous welcomes in the Philippines, Formosa and Korea. His Okinawa stay was marred by unexpected but relatively minor demonstrations.

Mr, EUenhower undoubtedly did what he felt was hU duty and to his countrys best interest. Certainly he should not have been allowed to go to any country where physical danger wals not merely possible but probable. As in the U-2 incident, the handling of the Presidents Tokyo visit was bungled: somebody showed poor Judgment: and our intelligence sources badly underestimated the situation which actually prevailed.

The President Is a soldier; the call of duty transcends with him. Hi* dedication to the pro-motiMi of world peace is beyond question. That is all the

more cause for pity and concern; his final peace efforts have, whatever the reason; been ineffective and terminate his administration on an unhappy, frustrated and disap-poinled note.

While Mr. Eiseivhower reiterated his readiness to go anywhere, any time, where a personal visit might strengthen or further world peace, it Is rather clear that the era of personal diplomacy has come to a close. Friendly visits by chiefs of state have their place, as they create understanding and good will. But such visits, in their general effect and application, should be differentiated from summitry which the Russians have generally managed to turn to propaganda gain. A safer, wiser course will be to work through regular diplomatic channels. It may be that a summit conference will be in order sometime In the future. But if we have learned anything, it is that such a conference should be preceded by effective spadework, that agreement be substantially reached beforehand and that the principals be not left to battle it out in the world spotlight or, in our case,' subjected to Indignity, disrespect and downright rudeness, such as the Russians have repeatedly exhibited and most recently revealed in their rowdy walkout from the Genevo disarmaent conference.

President Eisenhower is a great American; one cannot help feelij deep regret and sorrow that the course of eventsplace the blame where you mayhas taken an adverse turn during the final months of his administration.

This bird down the street the other night was teUing a small audience some really astounding things about this place. He spoke with apparent authority.

Many bits of Information, sworn by him to be accurate, were indeed news to evwry ear. Though not really ImporUnt, what he had to sty was fascinatinglike Paul Bunyan and his blue ox or tny other tail tale.

He presented his bits of information in the form of questions Do you know this or that.

For instance;

Do you know that 14 mules died in Pitt County last year?

He was like a walking almanac on facts and figures that didnt matter a great deal. Still we listened.

Did you know that. . .

Tires on Greenvilles fire engines make a total of 314,-976.006 revolutions per year?

The soil on one acre of Pitt County tobacco land weighs more than 300,000 tons7

In Pitt County alone last year, there were 6,723 puppies. 7,001 kittens, and 31,893 rabbits born?

Pitt County youngsters shot a total of 11,219 rocks and marbles at birds last year.

The total length of all Pitt Countys trees laid end to end wouW reach to Hong Kong and back twice.

And so on for hours and hour* as long as anybody would listen.

He had very little important information to pass along, but it was about as interesting as many so-called "earth-shaking* lectures nowaday*.

Opinions In Brief

"American tourists who go abroad and sneer at local custom or deride conditions that do not compare favorably with tho.se in the United States may lase this country much of the goodwill that it is winning through it* programs of asaiat-ance,Canton (Oa.) Tribune.

*Youre young only once. After that it takes another excuse. Richmond (Ky.) Daily Register.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. I960, Klag Features Syadlcate. Inc. Unaccustomed as I am to th* great outdoors life, I thought that 1 would go to a baseball game and a trotting race and a prize fight. The baseball game was most amusing. I went with Jim Parley, and distinguished Democrat, and ho told me what was goihg on la the Democratic Party, which spiced th# ball game, that, I am told, was an extraordinarily good one.

The trotting <race, I witnessed from indoor*. The trotter* wer# outside, running hither and yon, but we sat behind window, having our dinner, wh the trotter* trotted. They seemed to be doing very nicely. I bet on each race and came out 123 ahead, which means that I am not an expert In picking horses. The way I picked them was by going along with certain numbcra which sometimes came out well and other times badly, I won half of a dally double, but I waa told that hill was equal to nothing, which denies the old adage that half a loaf is better than none.

The fight that I went to was ballyhooed as the greatest. I had gone to a prize fight once before and had a ringside seat which seemed a mile from the ringso I saw nothing and have little memory of the ordeal. This Johansson Patterson fight started in the Stork Club where were gathered a multitude of poliUcians, lawyers, journalists and beautiful women. It was a pre-fight celebration. For me, it was the best part of the evening as I saw many friends, kissed politely several delightful girls, saw the philosoplier. Max Lemer, freshly returned from India, watched Roy Cohn act a* host in his new role of a fght promoter, and saw William Fugazy wear a pink dinner jacket and a scalloped dress shirt.

Then we drove up to the Polo Grounds where the Giants used to play ball. Well, to get from the Stork Club to the Polo Grounds in New York, even on a busy day. is not much of a chore, but this fight night was something different. The car* were stacked up for a mile or so and 1 thought we would never make it, despite the ,act that I drove in -a car marked official. When we came acrw* a rare traffic cop, he could not read that swil or was a Jeffersonian, belie that all men are equal.

When we finally reached the Polo Groundsr "Te--* found that the aforesaid Jefersbhan doctrine was still prevalent, for the gatemen let in those who had and those who had not tickets. We all went in together. A great argument has develop-cl over this doctrine of equality. Bill Fugazy maintaining that if a man paid for his seat, he was entitled to it, but if h# did not pay, he should not be permitted to enter. Police Commissioner Kennedy maintained that a fight is a private enterprise and the enepreneur should spend his money to see that the gate* are properly manned. Whichever side of this controversy prevails, the disorder at the gates was a sight to behold.

Once we got in. it wa* something of a chore to find tho proper seat, the usher* not being familiar with the layout. Also, it was being whispered that the ushers performed no service unless properly tipped which was a new device for getting money without paying income tax. I know that more persons sat in my $100 row than there were seats for. The place was jammed, tickets or no tickets. It was said that 40.000 persons were at the Polo Ground*. It looked like more to me. Anyhow, I took a look in the press section and there were some faces I knew, having been in this business clo.se on to half a century, boy and man, but there were many whom I never saw in any form of newspaper work. Between the press section and the $100 seats was a space, probably for people to walk. This space filled up and nobody threw the bums and free-loaders out.

The ring waa at times invisible. Where I sat, there were some policemen, but they and the firemen came in uniform to see the fight.

(Continued on page 5)

Strength For Today

More Of Same In 'Second Hal:

Rv EARL L. DOUGLA.SS PIT LIFE INTO THE PROJECT

In Coleridges s^Anclent Mariner one confronts the scene of dead men rising up to manage the ship, some pulling rope.*, .some steering, some trying, to .jpread the .<a!l.s. Charles H. Spurgeon. one of the greate.^t preachers, England has produced, and preaching about a century ago, spoke of this .scene from the Ancient Mariner and then went on to say: I have gone into churches and 1 have !een a dead man as a deacon, and a dead f,^n ius deacon, and a dead man hnlrtini the plate I thr door, and dead men .sitting to

bear. . .1 h\e s(en'these dead men go about the bu.*ine.ss of their Lord just as orderly and

V. iili :\s much n.; if

iticy li:ui tn*<Mi nutitiii.i(ii,ns, :iml in With lut tu'ui'l anti

iiuit at Ml). Uu >011 Hunk (iott will f\cr Ulc.'.s a church like

that? Never We must have living ministers, living hearers, living deacons, living elders; and until we have such men who indeed have the very fire of life burning in their souls, who have got tongues of life and cyc.s of life and souls of life, we shall never see the kingdom of heaven taken by storm.

The atmosphere of each generation is different from that of preceding fenerations. The superficialities change. But be assured that moral problems today are w-hat they were when Spurieon preached, and at that time they were bwlcally what they had been thousand year* before.

Of one thing wa can ba sura we can never run the church of Clirlst wUh di'uil iuimi. or rvm witli men ii.3lf ahve t'hri't i.-. init-tr ted not in wtut we haw ur ara but in tha wliula of our Hve.v.

By ELMER ROESSNER Not much change in the overall business level may be expected in the half year beginning tomorrow.

In some sectors of the economy there w'ill be a little slowing down; in others, there will be some acceleration, with Jhe aggregate about the same.

Some of the most significant sectors:

Inventories: There will be

little increase, perhaps none at all, because of the simple fact that most materials are readily available. The buUd-up of inventories in the first half, of this year w'as largely a rcplcui.'vh-mcnt of Slocks reduced by the' steel strike.

Auto; Current lush level* of sales may be boosted even higher by erowing iutere.st in compact car.-i' oiie wag cnlks Iheiu tu.elliorno.vs hif.i'i*** uml the fart Uiat once avaui new luodeLs will be inU'odiurd eailiMi'.

MORE WEAPON.S

Military spending: A shaip

increase is coming. The temper of Congress, as shown in criticism of the Presidents

foreign policy and in balking at excise cuts, favors higher spending for arms. If additional money is not voted, the Defense Department will be encouraged to speed up the spending of funds available.

Plants and equipment: Commitments already made indi

cate a 10 per cent rise In Investment in new plants and equipment. 'I'hl* may be increased further by the rise in defense fipendlnf.

Money: Money has become slightly more available at siiihtly lower interest rates m recent weeka and that rend is likely to continue.

Housing: Home constiuction

lagged (turtng the first half of I he year hut I-; now .*howtiiy UM1.S pipkma up. Two factors poiut la a rauiiiiuaure of the uici.up. a sonivwtut gicaltr availability of mortgage money

and the still high rate of family formation.

THE STURDY CONSUMER

Consumer spending: Consumer confidence has modified all recent business decllnea and there IS no reason to expect consumers to slow spending In the last half of this year. There is nothing, such as fear of widespread strike or of recession to cause any slackening.

Wages and salaiies: These will continue to rise, perhaps at a slower rate, because of built-in inflation. Many, if not moat, existing union conti-acta provide for automatic increases.

Consumer prices: These too will, rise for the same reason. A.s wages CO up, so must prices because things cost more to make, and workers have more to spend.

Gold: The drain on the United Slaic.s hoard will coutinuc because there Is no ren.*(n to ev-ppct anv great inrrei.se in ex* port.'i or any greui decrea.'ve in imports, iudUiliug our si)tudiu;

for foreign travel, which is an Import. The rtcent rise of the interest rate in Britain will tend to attract investment money, hence, gold, from the U.S. to BrtUln.

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