PAGE POURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR GREENVILLE, N. C.

Fridlar, July S, 19E0.

Friday, July 8, 1960

Ive Gotta Frisk You, Colonel

Plenty Ot Room For Improvements

Pitt Countyrank of 28th amonif the 100 counties of the state in per capita income is a position which places the county in a favorable lignt from the standpoint of the states economy.

It should be a source of pride and*gratification to the residents of Pitt that the per capita income of tnis county ranks above that in 72 other North Carolina counties.

Notwithstanding the fact that Pitt occupies a favorable position when it comes to ranking the counties place-by-placc according to per capita income, it is equally obvious that Pitts position is one which should be improved.

In spite of the fact that Pitt ranks 28th among the counties in per capita income at $1,327 per year, this figure is $93 below the state-wide per capita income in North Carolina for the year 1958, the latest year for which statistics are available.

In spite of the fact that the per capita income in ^Pitt compares favorably with that of most other counties that are primarily dependent upon agriculture for their economic well being, the per capita income in Pitt is still below the state average.

These factors should clearly point up the necessity of Pitt's continuing its efforts to bolster its economic position, both in terms^of agriculture and in terms of more industry. It is apparent that the county must continue to make a certain amount of progress year-by-year to retain its relative position in a state which is forging ahead in economic development. If Pitts relative position to other counties is to be improved from an economic standpoint, the county must make even greater progress.

Pitt can be proud of the fact that its economic progress has afforded if a per capita income above that of WHson, Beaufort, Martin, Edgecombe, Nash, Greene and other counties in this immediate area. At the same time, we must not overlook the fact that the per capita income in Pitt is below that of neighboring Lenoir and Craven which ranked 17th and 19th respectively in the eounty-by-county standings.

Although Pitt Countys agriculture has continned to develop over the years in terms oi diversification, quantity and quality of production, there remains a significant potential for further development and improvement of agriculture in this county. So far as industrial development is concerned, Pitt has made progress in recent years, but most people will agree that the county has just begun to scratch the surface of its potential in this phase of economic development.

The per capita income of Pittas is the case in every other countyis directly tied to the economic progress made in the county. If Pitt is to continue to improve its relative position, it must improve its relative rate of economic development.

Well Represented At National Convention

There are few, if any counties in North Carolina and probably few in the nation, who will be as well represented at the Democratic National Convention as Pitt County.

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By LYNN NISBET

BUDGET TOURYour captol square reporter will be out of Raleigh moet of the time for the next three weeks, traveling with the Advisory Budget Commission on its biennial tour of inspection of State institutions.

The official itinerary calls for visiting fifty or more installations, including more than 20 separate colleges and schools 15 or 16 hospitals, and sundry other facilities like deep water ports, commercial fisheries, correctional schools and historic shrines In which the State has invested taxpayers money. The half hundred calls Jtsted on the official itinerary do not embrace all the points where State money has been spent, or which might be vi.'^ited by the budget group.

We may casually drop in on some of the State parks, outdoor dramas, prison camps and ether places not on the base schedule, said one member of the budget commission.

FAdLITIES The advance notices make it clear that this tour is for the purpose of checking on physical facilities, the use being made of them, and the justificationor lack of it for additional capital investment in buildings, equipment and land. Operating expenses, except as they relate directly to maintenance of equijwnent, will not be considered. Those items will come up later in separate budget request presentations. The puspose of the inspection tour is to afford the budget-makers first hand knowledge of how the institutions are using the property which the taxpayers have committed to their charge.

BALANCEPrior to inauguration of the budget system in 1925 inspection visits were made by special legislative committees concerned mainly with developing the institutions coming within purview of their committee responsibility. The plan of having one group visit all the institutions, study the needs of each in relation to the total problem of State responsibility. makes for balanced effort.

There have been charges made in recent years that the budget folks have shown partiality to the University over other State supported colleges, and that hospitals for mental patients have gotten more than fair share of total State appropriationsfor boUi capital improvements and operations. Analysis of the record does not Justify these charges.

Surely appropriations to the University and to the mental

When the Democrats gather in Los Angeles next week four Pitt Countians will be on hand as ei.ther delegates or alternates to the convention. John G.

Clark, Sr. of Greenville is a delegate at large from North Carolina, Dr. Paul E. Jones of Farmville and . W. Ivan Bissette of Grifton will be two of the four

1 delegates from the First Congres.sional District. Mis.s

Ji^uice Hardison, a member of the faculty of East By DON SCHLIDNZ Carolina College, will be one of the alternates from this congressional district.

hospitals have pyramided from thousands of dollars to millions of dollars. On percentage basis they have not pyramided as much a allocations to educational and hospital services below the top level The balancing force of the budget set-up has been largely responsible for this orderly development.

MAKE UPThe composition of the present Advisory Budget Commission gi>its assurance of fair treatment to all institutions. Lets take a look at it. Every member has had legislative experience and every one has proven ability to succeed in private enterprise. Four *of the six members are ex-offic;o by reason of chairmanships of legislative money committees. Two were appointed by the Governor, and both of them had prior experience as legislative chairmen, and as members of the budget commission.

Consider first the appointees. Kemp Doughton of Alleghany, banker and farmer; six Umes member of the General Assembly. chairman of House Appropriations in 1953 and 1955, and Speaker in 1957. Joe Eagles o Wilson, banker - farmer -lawyer - tobacco warehouseman, chairman of Senate appropriations in 1935 and 1957.

Ex - officio members Include Arthur Kirkman, High Point business and railroad executive, veteran legislator with service in both branches, and chairman of the , Senate finance committee now; and William Copeland, lawyer-farmer of Murfreesboro, veteran senator and chairman of the Senate appropriations committee in 1957 and 1959.

Clifton Blue of Aberdeen, newspaper editor publisher, with seven consecutive sessions to his credit as representative of Moore county and chairman of the 1959 House finance committee: and Clyde Harriss of Salisbury, three times Representative from Rowan county and chairman of the 1959 House appropriations committee.

No member of the Advisory Budget Commission has had less than three years experience in the legislature, and each one of them has a record of success In his private business. It would seem from that ^ckground that they will not recommend foolish or extreme policies to the next General Assembly. Particularly in view of the fact that Eagles, Blue and Harriss will be in the Legislature and have to support their budget recommendations. Copeland, Doughton and Kirk-mtn did not seek re-election to

In the strict sense of the party organization, these four will represent not Pitt County, but the state as a whole at the convention along with the other delegates and alternates chosen at the State Democratic Convention in May. From the standpoint of Pitt, however, it is .somewhat unique that three delegates and one alternate should come from one county.

The situation affords Pitc County a larger voice in the North Carolina delegation at Los Angeles than one county normally has, and therefore enhances the position of Pitt among the state delegation.

Gog-Washing Is Futile

uman is Let

Standina Alone

Summer* warmth invites the tackling of chores that winter, spring and fall discourage. Take dog-washing, for instance.

When the temperature ri.ses above 90 one doesnt overly object to a little splashing around in the backyard; all of which is a prelude to Cottons annual bath this week.

Back In his puppyhood Cotton learned there was a cool shade beneath the family car In summer; and the same hideout also offered a measure of protection in the winter.

So the grease and dirt on the back of his furry frame has been a sort of chronic condition. His back has been washed faithfully (once a year, but strangers and people who are not strangers of

ten remark on seeing Cotton My, what a dirty dog! Cottons two greatest admirers, Don P. and Mary J had been promoting the dog-washing project for several months. They were overjoyed when a tub. scrub brush, detergent and water were assembled. Twenty minutes after it was over, even their young eyes could see it was a waste of time. For,

When Cotton-the-dirty-dog was transformed into Cotton-the-clean-dog, he first vigorously shook himself then raced away to roll in the gr^. Once dried to his own satisfaction, the pooch made for his familiar shade under the car.

He was routed out of there by an alarmed and slightly antago

nistic family, only to race across the neighbors yard, across the street, and under another car . . .with a fresh smear of dirty grease on his coat.

So we shrugged him off as a Ipst cause.

For some people its alcohol: for others its gambling; for others its tobacco. For Cotton, its a dirty back. ,

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - The only big Democrat to use s cleaver so far in his partys presidential race is former President Truman who was never renowned for subtlety. Already hes beginning to look deserted and lonely. The only other weapons used up till now have been velvet sandbags-Truman last week tried to chop Sen. John P. Kennedys presidential chances to bits by implying the Massachusetts senators supporters were rigging the Democratic National Convention which opens next week.

It was a sensation for a moment but began to resemble a frustrated whisper as one after another of the top Dextiocrats sought to disentangle themselves from any connection with Truman's'Charges.

Floridas Gov. LeRoy Collins, convention chairman, denied rigging. Paul M, Butler. In charge of convention arrangement because he's chairman of the Democratic National Committee, also said it wasnt so.

And even the two men who figured to gain most by Trumans charges if they were true Sens. Lyndon B. Johnson 01 Texas and Stuart Symington of Missouri ~ left Truman standing by himself.

The two are Kennedys leading rivals for the nomination. Symington i.s Triimans personal choice for It, although Eleanor Roosevelt says Truman really is on Johnsons side.

This week Symington said, there has been nothing to indicate to me there has been any rieglng. He said to the best of his knowledge his people had been treated fairly on convention arrangements.

This left it up to Johnson to trail along with Truman or disown his charges. Johnson, never a simple man. seemed to be on Trumans side and suddenly he didn't seem to be.

The day after Truman had his .say on Kennedy, Johnson leaped in on Truman's side, saying he agreed with the former president and accusing Butler of

failing to consult him on convention arrangements. At that time, Johnson had not yet publicly admitted he was even a candidate for the Democratic nomination.

But for lack of support Trumans attack on Kennedy began to look like a pale' rider on a pale horse. By the time Johnson got around to announcing two days later he was a candidate, he had no complaint to make.

He was asked that day if he was going to cite a single instance of riggingthis was the lanky Texans big chance both to back up Truman and to help demolLsh Kennedy by citing .some evidence of a fix, if he had it.

But Johnsons answer was

no.

All three contendersKennedy, Johnson, Symington have been more or less as gentle as cousins on each other, except in. a backhanded way.

Symington, in fact, has stayed so far back in the picture hes been almost out of it. His only hope for the nomination is that Kennedy and Johnson will knock each other out and therell be nobody left but him-

When Kennedy on July 4 answered Truman, by denying any knowledge of a fix, he stressed the need for a healthy young president. This would have been taken as a dig at Johnson who had a heart attack in 1955,

Thats just how some of Johnsons top aides took it and responded at once with a look who's talking kind of mmpiaint. They said Kennedy hadnt alway been so healthily bouncy

Whethr or not they did this with Johnsons approval is not known. The Johnson forces might be able to damage Kennedy if his aides attacked him while Johnson remained a symbol of sweetness and light.

At any rate, when Johnson finally announced his candidacy he not only didnt raise any questions about Kennedys health but went so far as to say Kennedy had demonstrated he didnt have any health problems.

Other Editors Saying Government Stepping In

A story:

In Castle Rock. Colo., an & year-old boy asked a girl of the same age to marry him, but was promptly rebuffed.

We only maro relatives in our family, the gM replied. My daddy married my mother. My granddaddy married my grandmother, and even my uncle marrieil my auntie.*

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Raleigh Times)

Senate investigators are rightfully disturbed over the increase in juvenile delinquency throughout the nation.

The learned lawmaker* have come up with what they believe is a partial answer to the unpleasant events that are taking place in the world of young people. The members of the inquiring committee, in a prepared statement, declare that the major ingredient which is lacking in controlling the problem is the lack of trained personnel.

The gist of the report is that the State and county governments are doing very little to control the problem of wild youth in their communities. It believes that the situation has reached the point where Uncle Sam should take a hand in producing experts to guide the teen-agers on their way to the safe, straight and narrow road.

The committee says that establishment of such a training program is an essential way in which the Ffederal government an maintain it* ahare of the responsibility for developing adequate delinquency fighting machinery.

Luckily Raleigh has been fairly free of juvenile delinquency to the extent that it upset the tranquility and peace of the community. As far as is known there are' organized gangs here such as have been operating with such disgraceful, often fatal results in the larger cities of the nation. But even with the situation as good as it is still a considerable amount of work for the local juvenile and domestic relations courts to handle.

The fact is that young people

are enjoying a new freedom. There is a new day for youth in North Carolina as well as in the State govemfhent. Young people either own their own automobile or have ready access to the family jalopy; they roam to the beaches on the weekend, and in general do about as they please. When such a situation exists there is bound to be a few bad apples in the barrel. It is a credit to the Raleigh young people that the few shady characters do not spoil the whole lot.

When young people permit their enthusiasm to get out of hand then there 1* bound to be serious trouble. The Newport Jazz Festival riots were a very recent example. When 12,000 youths could not get into a jazz srhow the situation got completely out of control. Troops were called, 100 were injured and scores were carted off to jail. There have been other, and dangerous, student out-break.s in South America and other parts of the globe.

It is probably a good thing to have government take a hand in helping to control the juvenile problem. There is one potent danger. Where government advances financial help it always steps in to control the local activities, adding to centralization of government and loss of status by the states and cities.

There was a time when pop-.pa and mama aided and abetted by the hickory stick and the woodshed had pretty good control of the juvenile problem. Now that day is gone, apparently forever. Whether it is a good or bad passing remains to be seen.

The presidential sweepstakes fever must be gripping local imaginations to a greater degree than you might expect. After all. the Democratic national convention doesnt open , until Monday.

But Wednesday afternoon the newsroom phone rang and the staffer who answered it came running to the teletype.

Theres a man on the phone, she gasped, "who w'ants to know If its ti'ue Harry Truman has announced he will be a candidate.

It jolted me, too.

Today Im not sure whether the caller was the victim of a practical joke or whether he was pulling one himself.

Ooinions

It is interesting to note in a time when states require inspections of almost everythng from elevators and boilers to barber shops and cows, that 34 sUtes do nothing in regard to the biggest crippler and killer of all the automobile. Corvalils (Ore.) Times.

We sometimes suspect that the.se psychiatrists who make public statements are only trying to drum up business. If so, they are probably succetdlng. At any rate, we wish that orne of themat leastwould confine their advice to the patients on the couch.Louisville Courier-Journal.

That still small voice within u.s used to be called conscience. Now its a transistor radio. Amarillo Daily News.

I ruman

Speaks

Mine.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 1960, Kiag Fcatttrek Syadteaie, Inc.

When Harry Truman speaks ol the special Interest*, he employs a term normal In American traditiona. When he uses the phrase a party of privilege, he means the same thing. It is the concept not of the superiority of the mass over the skilled, but rather the Jcfiersonian concept of the equality of man in the eyes of the law and of God. It is this view which produced Populism in the broad Missouri-Kansas area that also produced Harry Truman.

trlctly on moral grounds, Harry Truman made his protest against a bought Democratic Convention. Although Truman made it clear that his opposition was primarily aimed at John Kennedy and Adlai Stevenson. he was indicting the system of primaries and of conventions which chooses the candidates of either party. The expenses for these operations are enormous. The poor man who goes into this thing must become dependent on all sorts of persons and influences. Naturally, John Kennedy has large sums to expend; his father earned the money. Nelson Rockefeller also has tremendous sums to use; his grandfather earned it. But Rockefeller is Inexperienced politically snd too stubborn, so that the money did not help him. Hubert Humphrey ran out of money. Richard Nixon is a poor man and a campaign fund had to be raised, but as he is his partys sole candidate, not too much has been required.

In a word, the cost of getting nominated la so high that only those who are thennselves rich or who can raise enormous amounts of money have any chance at all. Men like Abraham Lincoln or Woodrow Wilson would face real difficulties today. Truman said:

The future usefulness of the party and the restoration of direction and leadership to the nation are of such paramount importance that I am Impelled to disregard the pleadings of some of my friends to remain silent about the situation that has developed. They have urged me not to do anything to upset or offend anyone by speaking up now'.

Those who proposed that Harry Truman remain quiet apparently do not understand the moral character of the man.

They fail to recognize that when Harry Truman was elected by the people in 1948, his personality underwent a sharp change. He was no longer an accident. He w'as no longer the Vice President who was cleared by Sidney Hillman. He was no longer the piano player with Lauren Bacall on the lid of the piano. He was chosen by the people after a tough campaign in which he appealed directly to the people against the special intercsU." He had defeated Tom Dewey who to him represented the special interests. It was a moral victory for a moral man. He developed qualities# heretofore not obvious.

This has to be understood in relationship to Harry Truman* opposition to John Kennedy, whom he does not like as a man although he pretends to. But apart from any personal likings. Truman resents the blitz, the attempt so to arrange matter* that thre will be no balloting at the convention no realistic balloting. .

His apostrophe to Kennedy is an amazing statement:

Senator, are you certain that youre quite ready for the country or the country is ready for you in the role of President in January. 1961?

It will be used during the campaign, should Kennedy be nominated, by the Republicans.

It ca'ttnot be writhdrawn. The que*tions it raises cannot be ignored. The answers given by Senator Kennedy were impressive but they did not remove the sting of Trumans question.

Whether this comes too late to affect Kennedys fortunes at the Democratic Convention, we shall only know after the convention, but that it will cut deeply in the vote on Election Day is beyond doubt.

Harry Truman has developed into a surprising personality. He is broad. He is understanding. He is (Xitspoken. He is uncompromising. He gain* in popu-(Oontlnued on page 6)

Federal Pay Boost Affects You

Strength For Today

By EARL L. IM)UGLASS RIGHTFULLY ACCUSED

At one time during the preaching of St. Paul, his enemies diagged him and his associates befoie the rules of the city. Thus was ihe accusation they made atiainst them: These that have turned the world upside down are oome hither also . . and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus (Acts 17:6-7.

How often It has happened that the opponents of Christianity wer-absolutely right in the ac-casation.s they hrouyht aii.aiiust the faith. fVrlainly the oppuitiutl.H of Paul were rivlu on thus oc-ca-iun For he and lu.< a ^u laies were Indeed turnini the world upside Uuw'h. they were giving people new' standards of right-(Mj. iir. , They were oiK*nlnK up to them spiritual power which

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enabled them to live new and better llve.s. To the hopeless they were pointing out a future which was full of hope and light.

If our Christianity means anything at all. it means the turning of the world up.side down for all of us. If our religion is not doing that very thing, then what we call our religion is a mere intellectual. belief. t facade, bit bf sterile nothingness.

And, of course, the Christiins say that there i* another king, one eJu.s. He 1 above all earihly ixiwer?,. Ilis kingKltip is ift-.st for all iLt who beiieve in him and who truly follow him

So the oppaiients ot the Chiti-tian faith were right. Ths faith was turning the world iip*ude down and leading men to a su-piTine alleglancr in the King of Kings, one Jesus.

By ELMER R0ES8NER

The pay increase for Federal employees, which Congress passed over President Eisenhower's veto, will have many deep effects on busliie^.

It will give another twist to the inflation spiral. In increasing Federa! workers pay faster than their productivity, it i* directly inflationary. The increases of from 7 to 8 per cent appear to be greater than the increase in productivity since the last rise was voted in 1958. It ii also greater than the rise in the cost of living, about 2.1 per cent, since then.

It wUl hot mean any immediate direct increase in taxes, since the government is operating with a slight surpluk at prei.ent. Hut eveiiiually it miist all come from laxes, either in auded levies or in po'^tponment of any reduction. uomfetuio.n for .skii.i..**

A more immediate impact will hr the grratrr roiiipclilion for skilled workers. 'Flie govern-

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ment is the larKe.st employer in the country; there were 2,342.900 on the civilian payroll in April. It is alao the biggest competitor for office and administrative skills.

Furthermore, it is an active recruiter. Prom time to time government teams travel about the country to induce secretaries typists and other clericals to take government jobs, with such Inducements as service abroad, etc.

Generally, private employer* ire forced to offer higher pay than the government dots: it must offset certain government advantagea.

Tht government liffer* more aick leave and vacation time than most employer.*: the Pcd-ernl iM'iLsion plan Is mure gcn-eioiw than Social Security and many private plans.

The lovernmeni offers and ths is a pain! many private employers might well study more dignity. Employees arc a.s iurd Ihry have % muk rinr statu*. GnvxnjineiU etiquette

provides that employees treat each other with deference. Tough bo&ses often find their employees arranging transfers to other departments, or find themselves questioned by Civil Service Commission employees.

Another great advantage the government offers la .security. Firings can be only for caiwe, reduction of staff or the abolition of job, and In the latter two instantes employees u.sual-ly have rights to other job.s. And while there arc declines in total* from time to time, the long-ttrm trend is higher, providing ^or jobs and mors promotions.

Consequently, prtvatf employer* will son find it necessary to offer 7 or R per cent higher wagc.s to recruit workeis who could get government jotis. 'I'hi.x will proiiablv prevail by fill And for the same reasons, alinosi all wage* will be 7 or a per cent higher by this time next year.

The incita.sc anplir;, only to 1,500,(Kki oI the 2,300,000 govern

ment employee.*. Pay of the other* i* determined by prevailing local rates, usually union.

The average increase of those benefited will be around $500 a year. That mean* each of them will become a much better customer for most retail goods.

The firstand quite human reaction of most benefiting families will be to get that one thing it always wanted and never had quite the means for: a new car, an air conditioner, an outboard motor, and on and on. Retailer* right now should be identifying Federal Employ-te* on their customer Ust or buying local lists Of auch employee* on their customer list* or buying local lists of such employee. for special promotions, or cultivating this iwiten-tial in other ways.

There's 1794,000,000 more a year being paured into the economy and, sines merchants are putting up a large share of it in taxp* or in losses by Inflation, they should gel back os much 0* they CAN.

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