PACE riMK/HE UAILY KErLECTOR, GRERNVILLE, N. C.

Monday, July 11 1S>60

Monday, July 11, 1960

You Plan T^Be Staying Long?

Improvements Need Voter-Support

GrenviHe progress in the next few yearsso

A total of 159,000 in two other iitms is earmarked

far as capital outlays for permanent improvements are for improvement of library facilities of the city. One concernedwill depend upon the outcome of a item designates |45,000 for construction of a new Ne-$650,000 bond election set by the City Council for gro library to replace the inadequate facility now in September 27. use. The other provides $14,000 for improvements to

All of the many items included in the proposed Shappard Memorial Library.

bond issue are obviously needed by the city. Further-

Othe capital outlays which depend upon approv-

more, the financial position of the municipal govern- al of the bond issue include a fire department substa-ment puts Greenville in a favorable situation to fi- tion in the eastern section of the city which must be nance these needs through the proposed bond issue had if local fire insurance rates are not to be increased;

without an undue tax burden on local citizens.

funds for constructing a bridge on Elm Street; capital

miscellaneous items.

The bond issue covers a broad field of improvements urgently needed by the city. They are improvc-

We urge local citizens to consider carefully the <^utlay funds for the Street Department, Fire Depart-items included in the bond issue in the time between City Hall improvements, for the acquisition of

inow and the date set for the referendum. If they do, ^^''^tor vehicles for various city departments and other

we are confident they will on September 27 signify -------- ---

theii approval of the bond issue by an affirmative vote at the polls.

I^rge.t of the nine individual items which make should be made and improvements which

up the bond proposal is $343,000 earmarked for suppon of local citizens,

street^ improvements. This includes funds for recon-

.nruction of Elm Street between Tenth and the 264 TT ATITI Sll

by-pass and funds for sidewalks in the vicinity of vari- Y O

ous schools of the city. It also includes funds that w . n 1 TV .

could lead to the eventual paving ot all the dirt streets Aim At EQrlV ViCtOFV of the c^ty, thus eliminating a considerable portion of * J w I.WE J

t e citj s annual street maintenance expense. As the Democratic National Convention opens

officially in Los Angeles today Sen. John Kennedy appears the odds-on favorite for the partys presidential nortiination. He may not have the nomination in the bag at the moment, but there is little question that his first ballot strength will be considerably above that of any of his opponents.

If the Kennedy bandwagon continues to roll as it has the last 48 hours, it may well be that by Wednesday when the ballotiing begins he will have a com-foidable majority of the delegate votes on the first ballot.

^ ^ ^ The question no longer is who will get the nomi-

State Board of Education, theory, but is utterly ignored iiatioii hut ralhpr what rari hapnpn to kppn Kpniiprfv One thought tt tragic that a in practice. Long standing cus- rainer nai can nappen 10 Keep Kenneay

getting the nomination. ^ p QOTfPT QlfV

Two distinct changes have taken place in the LrLiCJjALrJli oLJJ\ULiOJ\. x

'.rleqlthy', Or

Tragicf Friction

By LYNN NISBET a.s the Genera] Assembly elects

INTEREST Two men were trustees o the University, it is talking about the Siler City ppropriate for it to elect pub-school squabble airing before c school boards. That is sound

McXtucM SmdiMta. tat.

community should be divided on tom has been to let the one school policies The other legislator or at most five

~ h,-p^rment' heated battle for the Democratic nomination during ,

*nd"'interesr in improvfnT^^the iaTive cWt^y*Vwjulres^ the week. A week ago, Kennedy supporters were

schools. other members to g o along making claims of a first ballot victory for their man.

The frict^n in Siler City was happens to be At mid-week their propaganda tactics were altered

Over the failure of the Chat- represented by a Republican. , ., , . , , m*. <

ham county board of education preponderantly Democrat- emphasis was placed on the ability of Ken- Copyright, 160. King Features

to continue employment of a membership has approved a ncdy to hold his pledged support through many bal- Syndicate, Inc.

high school principal. A very Republican county lots if neces.sary until he secured the nomination. , ^ control-

similar situation developed at hoard members, but that is con- i. < t * i people. In a democracy.

Mount Olive in Wavne county sidered a generous gesture, not . rapid series ot events in Los Angeles the people can vote the politi-

a few weeks ago. Several inci- sense a right to be ex- since baturday, Kennedy supporters are again push- cians out of existence: in an

dents involving principals, ercised by the Republican. It ing the band,wagon for all its worth, apparently con- ntocratic or totalitarian form

teachers and athletic coaches is true that the local nf the firtf hnllnf viVtnw onH man,, government, the people can

school feuds seldom sm from 01 the iirst Daliot victory and seekmg as many resort to revolution In either in-

partisan politics. They are bas- previou.sly uncommitted delegates as possible to hop stance, the people are led by

ed in personal differences. on for the ride. a different idiom and a

c.XTu?rr ?TM"rented .. ock in Los Angeles has gone up con- , , "SfuTerenf dlSSad't

in the state press is mixed with ^iderably with the announcement by some of the fav- different gesture, but the art of

always the

The Art Of A Politician

have flared in other commimi-tie.s.

These controversaries usually start with honest difference of opinion about the qualifications of the persons or the soundness

of policies. Too often they grow respect to Terry Sanford's de- orite .^cn candidates that they were throwing their sup- manipulation is

Into personal feuds with bitter ^ P^tpone announcing port to the V'Oung senator from Mas^^achusetts This s*me. Stalin, for insUnce. but

feeiini, even violence The ear- ^ choice for President until ^ ^ eiidiui iiuni mas.aonuseus. inia of manipulation is ally stages Mcate sincere ^he chips fall at Kennedy of a larger number of first ballot ways the same. Stalin, for interest in schools. The later The decision wa.s votes. Whether by Wednesday he will have enough to stance, had it easy because he

stages frequeny ignore school ^ the nomination on the first or second ballot re-

welfare * cir whftt Ik wnr^^ tiC8, iood Atrate^y and for the i.* 1.1 ^ mi 1 ^ Croker deprived bis oppon-

places ood people in posiUon of interests of North Caro- question that will be answered only when the ents of a Uvelihood; the Vare

biing willing to destroy the ^^8* Others regarded it as evl- votes are cast. brothers of Philadelphia drove

school in order to maintain a of seeking the band- Any headway which may have been made with

or -vmdio.lo- . SlTVu.ttS fte o": delegations by Senate Maiority Loader Lyndon John- toTt^uohXv'l tht

So it mav b# that ced by the Greensboro Daily son, Sen. Stuart Symington and Adlai Stevenson has play-actor, who achieved so

quoted were r"ht. TbrSu? wod the Ch.rlotte News, been largely overshadowed by the Kennedy conver-

Mducig!, Which supported San- techniques are mindful of those

ford in the primary. of Piorello La Guardia who had

The Greensboro editorial com- Certainly John.'son, perhaps the most astute po- *o many different authentic

is fine, the biUemess is bad. That the citisens of North Carolina are deeply interested in

public schools was proven dur-^ Sanford for professional litical strategist in the nation, cannot be counted out

-w. qw carrvine news confer. r <u r , which was the real man The

ence questions, and says: * running in pite of the apparent Kennedy Little Flower who read fun-

So North Carolinas Demo- strength. While he has made rv> first ballot victory nies to children over the radio,

cratic Governor-nominate play- claim.<, he doe.s have solid support that can be ex-

IfonilirH,' ^rto'lTngt ".I' jP "P Et Harlfm,

les as vice chairman of his tuost capable and influential politicians in the party, Franklin D. Roosevelt was

state's delegation but with an and if Sen. Kennedy should fail to win on the first or undoubtedly the most able ex-

mnuenc, and force which only second ballot, some of the bandwagon riders may be- 5

an mcoming Governor has. pre- , w , ^ r time, because he could

pared to make the most of the come dislilu.sioned. In such an event, the Johnson stra- manipulate the most irreconcU-conventton situation as it shapes tegy could pay off' handsomcIy and perhaps bring *We persons and groups the

up. A facet of what many about a shift in the tide. Republican Stimson and the

While signs in Los Angeles bespeak growing ^ 1 .

Kennedy strength, his best chance for the nomination PUDllC

ing the recent primary. The fate of the schools was a paramount issue in the gubematorial race. More significant was the fact that In many counties positions on the board of education were the moat hotly contested. And in that field the primary vote is advisory only, the official appointments being made by the General Assembly.

STATE-LOCAL The Republican party platforms for years have advocated local popular election of members of the county boards of education. Many Democrats share that view. During the period when the State put up major part of the money to operate the schools, the Legislature felt it proper to retain control over local administrative agencies re-ponsible for spending the money. The public school boards are in different category from the county commissioner*.

A fiance at the tax bills rendered citizens in most of the counties, certainly the larger units, will show that from 60 percent to W percent of the locally levied ad valorem taxes go for schools. In many instances the local money, counting capital investment, supplemental salaries and extra personnel, is as much as the State spends in the county. There is more justification now for larger share of local control.

It has been said tha inasmiKh

have termed a new day in North Carolina politics may w'ell be reflected in its recognized personification by an ex

will be on the first or second bllot. If he hasnt made

No^''c.rotolTvote not j* may begin to lose strength as another The Editor:

cast down a rathole as it has bandwagon begins to roll. There are any number of ex-

been in the past. We get the impression that such a view is shared cellent reasons why a person

The Charlotte News leads off u.. Kennedy sunnorters and thii flccniint fnr tho -couW. in good conscience, favor with the familiar quotation ^enneaj supporters, anu inu.<* accounts Tor the candidacies of Senators Ken-

from Haorace The mountains push being made lor Xirst-ballut votes for their ncdy or Johnson or any other

are in labor; an absurd mouse will be bom. After citing the decision to defer choice. The News says:

Frankly though owning this opportunism as Mr. Sanford's privilege, we are disappointed. Political daring is rare days, and the ojd sport of .sticking one's neck out for a cause is even rarer. We looked forward with genuine relish to watching a young .southern governor - elect of proven vigor ra.sping against the grais. But no. it is not to be. He will wait; worse than that, he will wait and lay his money on the odds-on horse.

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By R.\LPH ROBEY

For many, many years the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor has been attempting to measure productivity or output per man-hour. It just announced its compilation for 19^, which revealed an Increase of over 4 percent as compared with 1958.

Actually the figures are 4.2 to 4.4 percent. This variation is the result of using two sets of employment data establlab-ment reports of payroll hours and labor force reports of Individuals. This is worth noting because it give* one example of how difficult it is to get any figure that is worth printing. The Bureau is most conscious of these difficulties and also that the figures constantly are misused and have misleading conclusions read into them. But there is nothing the Bureau can do either to prevent this misu.se or the misinterpretation.

Even granting the limited value of the figures there are some things that need to he said about them:

First, it is customary for output per manhour to rise substantially after a recession. Various factors contribute to this, .such a.s management adding empIoyee.s only as they ciearly are needed the poor producers having been eliminated during the busmens downturn and the introduction of all possibit cosUsavini procc.v-es and device* as volume rises A 4 percent-plus rise in 1959, therefore does not give (-VU11 an indication of what will ur may happen in 1NKl,

Sefuiid, a year-to-year chalu'C in PI odnriivity never .slunifi-caiit. liathcr, only the long

term trend is. Indicative of what really is happening in the economic system; and the longer the period covered, the better are the results because in the longer period some of the inevitable errors may be offset. For the entire postwar period 1947-1959 the annual increase was between 3.1 and 3.4 percent, according to the Bureau depending upon which series of manhours is used. Considering that during this period there were three recessions, this, is a rather remarkable showing, but the period is still too short to warrant hard and fast conclusions.

Third, the rate of growth varies widely from one section of the economic system to another. For example, during I960 agriculture showed practically no Improvement in output per manhour, but for the entire postwar period the annual increase was 6 percent. The Bureau has not published the rate by Industries, but that unquestionably would reveal quite enormott variations; and the same would be true If we had data on individual companies.

Fourth, the figure does not represent merely the contribution of labor As the bureau puts it in its release, the figure measure* the combined effect of a number of interrelated influences, such as skills of workers, msnagerial skill, changes in technology, capital investment per worker,^utiliia-tion of capacity, layout and flow of material, and labor-maiiauviiuMU relatioiu5. This luraius. of coiir.se, that the im-ljovetni*nt i*t not a .sound bas-tCoiiliuucd on page 5;

good Democrat of national stature for the presidential nomination

There is another reason which should be among the last to enter into any consideration of a choice for president. That reason was the one empha.slzed by gubernatorial nominee Terry Sanford at his much-heralded press conference at which he was to have named his choice.

Mr. Sanford did not get around to naming his choice, but according to the press, he said he thought North Carolina would benefit more by going with the winner from the first. He <Mr. Sanford) saw such an outlook as practical politics.

I hope that this is not going to be Mr. Sanfords philosophy as governor when he considers the

Communist Browder: the idealistic Tugwell and the pedestrian Ed Flynn the Democrat.

Jim Parley, and the Socialist. Sidney Hillman. One can go on listing Roosevelts complexes, but the fact is that while he left few friends who worship him as Herbert Hoover continues to have, important ele

ments among the masses adore his memory. His mark was upon the populace not upon the intimate. Those who. knew him least loved him most.

From this description of

Roosevelts personality, one can draw the conclusion that the smart politician is one who walks on both sides of the street. It has never been true, A competent, effective, successful politician always takes his stand.

The reason that the businessman nearly always fails in politics is that he attempts to be cute. He believes that the customer is always right aud he will sell the customer both white and pink soap if necessary. He molds himself to the customers taste. Thomas E. Dewey depended upon polls to a greater extent than any other politician and he was defeated; Harry Truman depended upon his own sensibilities and he is still a factor in politics. Wendell Willkie wanted the support of the National Association of Manufacturers and of the Wilkie clubs which were New Dealish Republicans. Nelson Rockefeller has maintained a

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desires of the 35 counties (including Pitt) which gave majorities to I. Beverly Lake. Or when he considers the desires of the 75 to 90 thousand bloc voters to whom he owes his nomination. It is to be hoped that decisions will be made on the merits of a question, not on going with the winner.

State Senator Spencer Bell, one of Mr. Sanfords chief lieutenants. is reported in the press as indicating that North Carolina must change its outlook on political and social matters to be more in conformity with those who bestow the political favors. The inference to me is that political and social principle might well be sacrificed for material political gain. I take it that this would involve no sacrifice for Senator Bell.

The glorious new day Is dawning! Lets all relax and go forward to our reconstruction.

staff of all kinds of experts to tell him what to say.

Politicians must take a stand but they are flexible because they deal with the same emotionalism that requires a woman to wear her skirt one inch above or below the knee, depending on the year. But the woman does not change. The politician can turn on a dime, but he does not move from his position. The better he can accomplish this feat, the longer he lasts.

I have been in the business of watching politicians man and boy for more than half a ctn-turn. I knew Tim Sullivan. Leon Trotzky. Sun Yat-sen, Baron Shidehara to mention only a few very skillful manipulators of men. One of the brightest politicians of my experience was Mike Borodin, a Chicago lawyer, whom Karl Radek selected to become the dictator of China with Chiang Kai-shek as his pawn. Borodin was brilliant in a strange country among a very strange group of peoples.

The word, principle, is generally confused with the word, _ _ _ __

purpose. We say that Carmine De- uon. minrtacturtngr and agr'i-Sapio is without principle but culture. 'The customer must be

that Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt -gold if he Is to buy houses,

has principle. What we really merchandise, or even farm promean, in politics, when we say ducts. 'Truly, the harvest is

that is that each has a pur- great. although the good'sales-

pose and that their purposes jncQ ue few. The nationi prob-

J: uture Jobs O:: Grads

By ROGER BABSON BABSON PARK, Mass.,Now that graduates from high schools and colleges are looking for jobs, may I devote this weeks column to a discussion thereof? Let me start by saying that the first step is to analyze oneself and ascertain the line of work for which one is best fitted.

Five Different Pathway*

Most of todays graduates have come to a parting of

the roads and are faced with five different paths which they may follow. (1) The professions.

If you feel you are best suited to be * doctor, dentist, lawyer. teacher, or minister, you must go back to a college which spcciallzea in one of these professions. I sometimes think there are enough lawyers in the country, but certainly the other groups arc rendering a needed service and are being amply rewarded (2) Engineering and Building. There are many opportunities in this line provided you work in a progressive and growing community. (3) Manufacturing. This is the line of work which will probably confine you to spending your life with one or more large companies. If you like people and are not ambitious to be your own boss, it is well to get connected with a large manufacturing company. You, however, must be willing to go where you are sent and to obey orders. (4) Agriculture.

At one time this meant working on a farm, but it is not so any longer. The reason Is that raising both crops and livestock has become an intricate business. Those loving such work could take an additional course at an agricultural college. Every state has such a college with low tuition.

(5) Selling and Advertising.

If you want to sit in an office ' and dictate to a blonde, yoif should not take up sellingnot even selling advertising. If. however, you are willing to wear out shoe leather, ring door bcUs. and fight for business, selling offers you a great opportunity. -Salesmen have never needed a labor nion to order tl> get higher wages or commissions.

A salesman can always get well paid, according as he produces. I know a salesman who earned more money than anyone who had gone Into the first four of the above mentioned lines of work. A salesman must be willing to start at an average wage; but the sky Is the limit, if he will produce. This especially applies to those who sepuret^-a vpotitjon.., with ..high-grade banking houses and are able to help float Important underwritings.

Another tng. all of those who choose one of the first four lines of work listed shove are dependent upon the selling of their products or services. This Is especially true of construc-

are different. If, for instance, you want to test that try to write down what you believe are the principles which guide Carmine DeSapio and Eleanor Roosevelt. No matter how different their purposes are. their principles will turn out to be the sameand very thin ones at that.

The politician who is all things to all men fails. Franklin O. Roosevelt was not all things to all men. His art was that be manipulated vaieties of men to accept Roosevelt. Perhaps that too was the gift of Dr. Samuel Johnson who could not write as entertainingly as Boswell or paint at all like Reynolds or be a poet like Goldsmithbut all men sat at his feet.

Quot e

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. And therefore if a man write little he need have a great memory; if he confer little he had need of a prsent wit; and if he read little, he need have much cun-Slncerely yours, ning, to seem to know that he

Allen Taylor, M D. doth not,Francis Bacon.

lem of employment add in fact the prosper!^ of the nation are dependent, not on Uie Administration or the Congressmen and Senators in Washington, but rather upon the salesmen of the nation; they control its economic destiny. Some will Wonder why 1 did not make a special sixth division for Banking, but the successful bankers must be excellent salesmen.

When climbing a ladder, use the first rung, and climb slowly upward. Do not try to start where your parents leave off. The fun of life is in the striving, rather than In the arriving. Present starting wages in all the above five groups are good at the present time; but sometime there will be a day of reckoning. Trees 'do not grow to the sky and prosperity does not continue forever.

I opened this weeks message by referring to graduates who are meeting a parting of the road. It may not be long, I fear, before these five paths may converge again into a temporary period of readjustment and unemployment. Then the travelers of all these pathways will be competing with one another, and surely with the hardworking intelligent people of Europe.

Mare Free Riding Of Phanes

By ELMER ROESSNER There appears to be a considerable rise in free rides on phone company facilities. These consist largely of using the telephone bell signal for various purposes.

At a station I know, there are usually lines of male commuters

home on the 5:29. Six rings, hell stay downtown.

ONLY FOR FRIENDS The late, great Peggy Hopkins Joyce had a private telephone in her suite in the Hotel Del-monico In New York. If the phone rang twice, then stopped, she would answer when it rang

MAKE EM ANGRY

All this infuriates telephone companies and AT & T stockholders. It involves the use of expensive facilities without paying full toils. Furthermore, the

most areas In recent years. Others resent the difficulty in getting coins back if phones are out of order. I lost 30 cents one night trying vainly to get a number; I am sure I can get

lost income represents almost it back any day Ill spend $1.30

w'aiting to use phones. Sometimes again. If it rang more than

these callers make serious conversations. But most of them step into the booth, put a coin io a slot, dial a number, count the ringing sounds and, at a certain point hang up and get their coin back.

This Is what happened: The wife knows that some time between 5:30 and 6:15, the jphone will ring. If it rings three times and stop.s, papa is at the station waiting to be picked up in the car. If it rings five times and stops, he has brought someone from the office for dinner.

And *0 on along the line of phoner.%; most called up and, after a certain number of rings, hung up. The number of ring.s jinkled out a messaae. One man I know ilue.s it iruiii lii.s office. He calls hi.s Wife exactly at 4:15. ThK'c rings means he aili be

twice without stopping, she did not answer.

Only her relatives, lawyer, doctor and preferred admirers knew this code. Those without it could call in vain.

There are other variations. A boy friend may call someone and hang up after one ring; call again and hang up after four rings; call again and hang up after three. Obviously, this spelU out I love you.

There is another variation: A company executive in New York has a colored phone on his desk with in unlisted number. The office rule is that no one but he may pick up tha phone If it rings. The reason: Only hLs

Culiforuiu uftiie ktniv^.'< thr mitiihci: it can fhcivforc make

pure profit.

Phone companies say that the ringing around is not the actual sound of distant bells; that it is a recorded sound only roughly approximating the bell signal. They warn that the Inadvertent dialing of a wrong number may lead to misunderstandings; that Mrs. Ferencz. hearing two rings, may dash to the station to find only Mr, Roessner.

They say that women who do not answer phones because they think the ring is part of their code may misa other important calls. And they say that in some states that such trickery is a technical vielation of the law, although I know of no woman In a pokey today for failing to answer a phone.

Rea.sons for the rise In this telephone mislletoeiiig are int hard Io find. Many people re-

|ier.s<Hi-io-ptrMin {all at sltttuui- sent the rise in plume rate.s. Pay to-siatiou lalc*. aiUftti i'Ataa iiav* ftfP*fH(t

in time, trouble and postages to complain.

The situation is worsened by the increase in gangs who loot phone boxes for kicks, or for cash to buy kicks.

An honest man, put upon by higher phone charges or ^eatcd by jimmied phone boxes, may feel justified in taking free rides on phone company facilities, even though he would not pick another mans pockets.

WORLDS TANKARDS TO BE LESS HOPPY

Beer around the worjd may have less flavor in the coming 12 month*.

The hops crop in the twelve months just ended was 1.400,000 pounds lesa than in the prceding 12 montha. There wire increases in the United States, Yugo*lavla. West Germany. Japan and Fraucp. wiikh were more tluin off.Ni1 lijt decline* iu other ooiiii-