jfAQE roimTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Monday, July 18, 1960

Guest Editorial

Time To Get It Out

So Many Assets In Greenville Area

Editors Note: The foUowing editorial was prepared by Herbert Wilkerson, President o the Merchants Association.

Greenville is a fine place to live, work, play and shop. You1l get more in Greenville* is just a slogan, but never the less, its true to a great extent. Our county seat and the entire county are highly influenced by several factors which tend to make this area a most desirable place. Some of these factors might be lisUd as follows:

1. East Carolina CollegeStrangers to this area have commented that there seems to be a difference in the people here and those in many other localities. Their conclusion often is that we are blessed with more Culture, caused by the college influence. Entertainment, such as concerts, plays, notable speakers, and even opera is available to the public. Then too, many of our people have received a college education a minimum cost.

2. Hub of Eastern CarolinaOur geographical position locates us just halfway between our State Capitol and the Coast. For recreation, we can run up to the Dixie Classic, for example or to the Sound or Ocean for an afternoon away from home. We have a fishing and hunting paradise around us and to the east of us as well as a mammoth boating area. This position afeo gives us an advantage for area distribution. More and more companies are taking advantage of this.

3. Mild ClimateFewer working days are lost to bad weather and snow here than in many other areas. Our winters are milder even than the close Piedmont area. Our roads are very seldom unsafe to traffic because of snow or ice.

4. Progressive GreenvilleOne look at our main business streets as compared with only five years ago will startle most of us. Nearly half of the stores on

Sanitorium Has ! Research Value

By LYNN NISBET

T. B. ~ Gravely Sanatorium it Chapel Hill is enough dii< ferent from the other sanatoria In the system Ul warrent individual treatment m the series of budget visit stories. Gravely is by far the smallest of the four units, with only 100 beds and average occupancy of 80 to 85. It is the headquarters administrative office for the entire system. and by reason of close af-ftliation with the University medical school and Memorial hospital. is one of the most important research centers in the southeast.

The institution accepts patients from three or four counties in the immediate area, but most of the beds are reserved for patients transferred from other sanatoria for diagnosis and surgery. Medical and surgical services are rwidered by staffs of the University medical school and Jdemorlal hospital. Medical students and trainee nurses have full benefits of the tuberculosis unit an advantage not available at most training inctitutions. The sanatorium also gives orientation-type training to students In nursing and. pubic health from other places.

Perhaps the most important iervice of Gravely Sanatorium is In research. Change in policy within the past five or six years Itts relieved Dr. Stuart Willis, general superintendent of the sanatoria system and other doctors of most administrative duties, leaving them free for medical studies of cases, experiments In treatment methods and research into causes, prevention and trends in the whole area of tuberculosis.

Some interesting facts have been developed. There is only a slight decUne in Incidence of tuberculosis, but a tremendous drop in number of deaths. In 1900 the death rate was 22 per 100,000 population. In 1956 it was 6 per 100.000. This record gives rise to the popular belief that tuberculosis is on the way out. That Is not the case, because incidence shows very slight decline. New drugs and treatment methods account for the low death rate.

As recently as ten years ago the average stay of patients in North Carolina sanatoria was 14-15 months: now it is less than seven months. Negroes represent about 25 per cent of the population in North Carolina, but account for more than 50 per cent

of Uie deaths from tuberculosis. Gravely has 40 beds allotted to whites. 51 for colored, for medical services, and nine for surgical service without regard to race. Why the death rate among Negroes should be so high, and why Jewish people seem le.s susceptible to tuberculosis than other racial strains, are some of the things researchers are trying to learn.

DISEASES The popular concept that TB hospitals have to treat only tuberculosis is very wrong. The 280 patients discharged from Gravely last year had a total of 680 different kinds of ailments 447 of them in no way related to tuberculosis. That Is where Gravely fits into the general sanatoria program. Many diseases, including heart troubles. have early symptoms very similar to tuberculosis. The ordinary institutions do not have facilities for thorough diagnosis, so when there is serious doubt the patient is sent to Gravely.

TOOTHACHE - One of the budgeteers w'ondered why the Division of Health Affairs at the University pi'imoscd air conditioning for the School of Dentistry and did not ask for it anywhere else except at Memorial hospital. The answer was satisfactory and surprising. The dental clinic operated at the school is hot and crowded. Last year 48,269 visits of patients were recorded at the clinic almost 1,000 a week. They came in cars, but mostly in groups by bus on recommendation of local health officers and under sponsorship of civic clubs or similar agencies.

It will cost very little more to air condition the entire school than for the clinic area alone and will cost much less to do it all at one time than to split the Job.

AUTOMOBILES - University rules do not permit freshmen to have automobiles on the campus. Last year the enrollment was about 6,000 above the freshmen class and there were 3,633 cars registered. That means 60 per cent, three out of every five students, had an automobile. Parking space is a problem. These figures also tend to discount the claim that students are too poor to pay reasonable tuition fees and room rent.

It calls to mind the quip that it isn't the high cost of living so much as the cast of high living that puts the big nick in the family pocket book,

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main street have remodeled either the inside or exterior, or both, to belter ser\e the potential customer, and to make a more beautiful city. By the time one new marquee or a new store front is finished, it seems that another is started. F'our large off-street parking ^ lots, plus many off-street business-owned parking lot* have sprung into existence ip this period. Industry that will provide more and mor'jobs and higher average income for all is gradually moving in. The Voice of America, College additions, the boat factory, and the new industries in the rest of Pitt County are all welcome additions to Dupont, National Carbon Co., the Rug (carpet yarn) factory and other older industries that we already have. Our ranking in per capita income of 28th of the 100 counties of North Carolina proves we are on the move.

5. Public relationsThere is not only toleration )ut good feeling and understanding between the different races and classes and religions here. We have no distinct labor groupwe are all workers and business men and investors combined.

6. Merchants and Busines. HousesGreenville has an abundance of all types of businesses. For example. we have nine banks located here, and over 100 retail stores of all varietie.s. This makes for more competition, better price.s and bargains for the consumer.^ It also assures the customer of excellent service and selection. We are blessed with a fine group of merchants, it seems to me, men of high character and integrity. These men are the ones who are helping to guide our city onw'aid in this improvement period. Our businesses are run for the most part by people who are willing to put up considerable sums of money for merchandise and store investment, on the assumption that they can move it at a profit. This profit is by no means guaranteed, nor is it subsidized in any manner. These business house.s pay all the taxes others do, plus the property taxes on the large inventories they must carry.

All merchants, of necessity, base their selling prices on purchase co.t plus profit. Most types of stores have an overhead expense including rent, salaries, utilities, insurance, etc. of from twenty-five to forty-five per cent, depending on the type of store. Most stores aim at a net profit of four to five per cent on sales, which is about the amount of interest you can draw on your money in savings. Of course, this varies with the prosperity in the area, credit risks, total sales, and many other considerations. Merchants must get their prices right in a competitive town. If prices are too high, your competitors can put you out of business; two low and your creditors will put you out.

It is a privilege to be in business in Greenville (in fact, we pay a merchants* privilege tax), and most of the merchants know it. That is one reason why they assist so much in every community development such as the United Fund, the Pirates Club, and other projects. We like the people and want them to like us. It would surprise you to know how well we get to know* them and how well we like most of them.

Greenville is on the move, and I believe our city is improving every day. We can look forward to much more modernizing, until the streets will look entirely new. There will be more parking lots, both private and busine.ss. Probably some of these public parking lots will be city owned to guarantee their continuity, and can be paid for out of the money collected from parking meters. There wdll be wider streets, with possibly all off-street parking in the business sections, CO give the streets more useability. There will be better approach streets into the central business area There are still open areas in down towm Greenville area that possibly could become a central park. The park and lake at Green Springs Park will some day be completed. Playgrounds will be located at regular intensis in residential areas. We will get new industry to help raise the standard of living. These things will be done and are being done with proper planning.

Greenville is on the march. We are on the way to these and many other goals. Lets w'ork together and get there in a hurry!

Impact Of The .S. Pay Boos

By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

Younaer Men To The Fore

Copyright, 1960, King Featnreo Syndicate, Inc-

Senator John Kennedy has accepted the challenge of the oldsters and has announced the Break Through of the Young. 1960 marks a new era. It represents a new world. It is a world governed by younger men. He, John Kennedy, is of trat age and world. So, he said, is Richard Nixon, a younger man. Of course, Khrushchev is an oldster. 66 years old.

What, in effect, he asks, have you oldsters, with your vast experience, accomplished that is so good? Have you provided peace? Have you guaranteed security? Have you ever preserved the validity of your money? What is your experience compared to the demands of a younger and discouraged. generation?

These are interesting answers to the charge of inexperience and they represent a normal response. Is there a family where the parents have not been faced by Just such an attitude? What have the past three or four generaons of parents, since the Flappers, added to the happiness of youngsters? What have the 30*8 and 40s contributed to American atrength, physical or moral?

Let us have a look at two men: Jack Kennedy is 43 years old; Richard Nixon is 47 years old. Both entered the Congrcs.*! on the same day 14 years ago.

Both were bom In the 20th century. Their immediate predecessors were products of the 19Ui century. Both were educated in Uie 20th century.

Kennedy studied at Harvard and is a most characteristic Harvard man, in his cultural attitudes and in his 20th century Liberalism. Richard Nixon is a graduate of Whittier College- in California with a law degree from Duke University. Kennedy graduated cum laude.

Nixon comes from a family which was never well-to-do. His father was a grocer and Richard had to work his way through college. Kennedy's family was rich during his entire lifetime. His grandfather, John Francis Pitx-gerald, was a man of means; his father. Joseph P. Kennedy, made a fortune in whiskey, real estate and other enterprises. Joe Kennedy was American Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, so that the numerous Kennedy children have had the advantage of propinquity to British culture. Each of the Kennedy children is worth at least a million dollars, the father having so provided. They are a close clan, deeply attached to one another. Even the in-laws are part of the clan. Nixon has no such family support.

John Kennedy is a Roman Catholic. His family has always been attached to the Church; the Senator, however, is regarded in

Other Editors Saying Thanks. Dutchman

By RALPH ROBEY

As of the first of this July all Federal Civil Service workers, which includes all employees of the Post Office, got an increase of pay of not less than 7U per cent. The total cost to the government, and the taxpayers. is over $700 million. It was granted as a result of both Houses of Congress overriding a most vigorous veto by the President. To appraise the action the following points must be kept in mind.

1. Only two years ago all these employees were givdn a 10 per cent increase. Since then the cost of living has increase only a small fraction over 2 per cent. On this comparison, therefore, there could b no reason for this latest rise.

2. The Department of Labor currently is making a quite elaborate study of government wages in relation to those paid by private employers. The Con-gre.ss provided the funds for this study ($400.0001 and Its purpose is to provide a basis for determining whether the government is paying enough. The results of this analysis will be ready in about two months. No one can be certain what the scrvey will show, but it is expected that we shall find lliat only in the higher govern-nienl jobs Ls the pay below what is customary in prifate employment. This will not be corrected by the current rise because those holding the.se positions do not come under civil service except in a few instances.

3. Government employment does not offer an opportunity to iH'Cume wealthy, but it ha.s certain a.si)ecta which arc iiut fttnd ill the private sector of our economy. Such eiiipluyees have what amounts to a guar-aiitced annual wage, thirty days vacation each year (this is much longer than private indu.s-Uy grants ) substantiai sick

leave with pay, excellent pension system, and what In effect Is an almost complete protection against being discharged. All of these have to be put on the plus side from the viewpoint of the employees, and they all cost money.

4. As a result of this increase the average pay to government workers will be above that of comparable work in private industry. and much above that of state and municipal workers, The $700 million, therefwe, is far from the total cost of the action. States and municipalities will have to raise their pay scales, and private industry will be under renewed pressure for hlfther wages. What the total cost will amount to for the economy as a whole is not possible of determination, but it certainly will be in the billions.

5. Even without this increase there was a growing question as to the projected $4.2 billion federal surplus for this fiscal year. This was because the Congress obviously was in no mood for serious economy and had many extravagant proposals before it. With the pay increase and if one or two of these proposals Ls pas.sed, there will be a deficit rather than a sui'plus for this fiscal year.

6, Passage of the pay increase, and overriding the Presidents veto, was sheer, blatant. raw politics. Only 69 in the House and 24 in tht Senate voted to sustain the veto Here was pressure politics at its worst, and it is almost frightening to see it in operation.

7, The rise definitely has In-flutiuiiury iinplicatiun.s. 11 will hinder our attempt to solve onr imernatiouai deticit. It materially le':stns Ihi prospect fur income tux rate reform. It inak(\s it increasingly diificnil for u.s to have steady, sustainable growth.

(Rock Hilh S.C., Herald)

A Dutchman gave us renewed faith in America, Hhc ideals for which it stands and the American people.

Sometimes we become greatly discouraged withour country and its citizens. We feel that we are too complacent and too interested in obtaining material goods and perhaps that is true. And often we feel thai the countrys patriotism is slipping.

But Hendrik J.A. Hofland, Dutch author-editor who visited Rock Hill recently gave our spirits aboost.

Hofland is foreign news editor for a newspaper in Amsterdam-One of his assignments was to cover the Youth Festival ip Vienna.

This is the story he tells: "There were some 17,(X)0 young people from all over the world there at the festival. The Communists were using it as a major propagandaweapon. For the first two days, the Communist youths from China and Russia and other Iron Curtain countries, dominated a seminar on higher education. They had high praise for their

fine buildings, etc

Then the third day, an American youth from Harvard took the floor. The Communists had shut off the public address system for the Americans speech. But that didnt stop this young man. In a booming vibrant voice, he held the audience of some 400 completely in his palm. He told them of American universities and colleges and of the freedom they enjoy. He told them of the many contributions these schools were making. This young man proud of his country and its schools. The students from the Iron c;prtain countries were dumbfounded. It was something they had never heard. It was contrary to the propaganda they had been fed,

"And I have found that this is not an isolated example. Americans show up well when they are placed side-by-side with people from other countries. They represent a wonderful country and Uiey are proud of it

Hoflands remarks were moat welcome and extremely encouraging.

Catholic circles as a Liberal Catholic with a penchant to question clericalism. Richard Nixon is a Quaker which is undoubtedly the most Liberal of Christian sects.

Both men are specialists in foreign relations. Both men are widely travelled and have met face to face the leading figures in the current world. Both arc close to the politics and policies of the Administration. Nixon has had the advantage of sitting in the Cabinet and in the National Security Council and of acting as the Presidents representative abroad.

Both men are able apeakera ^ and each can speak as well without as with a manuscript. Both are good at repartee. Both write well. Both are excellent face-to-face debaters. Both have a sense of humor. They are likely to campaign wlUi no holds barred.

Both are admirably married. Pat Nixon is a lovable woman, gracious as a hostess, utterly Californian In her attitude. Jacqueline Kennedy is more sophisticated, is somewhat European in her outlook. Is comfortable in French and other European languages. Pat Nixon has long been active in politics and understands the role of a wife of an American public official a difficult and lonely' role to which some women cannot adjust, Jacqueline Kennedy is somewhat newer to that picture, although the past few years have been very tough. Wives of politicians are part of the stage properties of each ones particular drama and the public does not always recognize what a difficult role they have to play.

Nixon might be termed a Conservative: Kennedy a Liberal. But neither defines his terms so that a philosophy of Conservatism or Liberalism can be fixed for either of them. Kennedy will be forced, as he moves along, to free himself from A-D.A. extremism; Nixon will be forced to free himself from Eisenhower obscurantism. Perhaps by October, it will be easier to say what these two 20th century personalities really mean.

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Even with all the gadgetry of the modem home, though, apparently the best (or worst, depending on how housewives employ their leisure) is still to come. Gadgets are expected to shear 12 billion hours from housekeeping chores by the end of the BlxtlM in the United States. Jackaon, (Miss.) State Times.

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By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK, Mass.,-This column first warns readers that the days of passenger trains are nearly over. Several roads now operate only one passenger train a day; whe passenger service is being cut by all railroads. This is further Imuv tened by talk of railroad mergers. Let me give you some illustrations. *

THE GRAVITY ROADS

The first recent Important railroad consolidation was that of the Norfolk & Western and the Virginian Railway. These two hlghgrade roads did not need to consolidate for financial reasons. However, they both serve the soft-coal fields of West Virginia, hauling coal to the seaboard at Norfolk. Virginia. Merger was thus very natural; in fact, the Virginian perhaps should never have been built.

I have been especially interested in the above two road.5 because they profit so much from Gravity, which readers know is a hobby of mine. Gravity not only enables the traiiw to "coast down from the West Virginia mines, but Gravity also generates Bome of the electricity used in bringing the empty cars back. I believe Gravity will be a factor in many other railroad consolidation. At present, it is used industrlaUy only In connection with water power. It surdy will sometime be used for irrigation and small power requirements.

BALTIMORE A OHIO CHESAPEAKE & OHIO

One of the largest railroads is the Baltimore b Ohio; this road duplicates the sfu*vice of the Chesapeake b Ohio. The two roads can be consolidated with considerable savings to both shippers and investors^ the I.C.C. gives a green light, and if the stockholders of the two roads and other interested railroads agree, such a cmiMli-dation wUl take place.

The Chesapeake b Ohio stockholders now feel that the Baltimore b Ohio needs them, rsth-er than vice versa; they believe the Chesapeake li Ohio stock is worth considerably more than the BaltlmMW 4t Ohio la offering exchange.

NEW YORK CENTRAL SITUATION

Ever since the suicide of Robert Young, the New York Central has been a great disappointment to its stockholders. In view of the previous fight for c(mtrol, most stockholders felt that the stock was very valuable and refused to sell it. This was a great mistake. (Incidentally, a proxy fight often affords a good opportunity for stockholders to take profiu. as the price usually declines afterward.

In looking for a friend, the New York Central officials have flirted with the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Baltimore b Ohio, The Chesapeake b Ohio, and the Erie, but nothing concrete exists at the moment.

FLORIDA RAILROADS

Negotiations between the Atlantic Coastline and the Seaboard have proceeded almost to the point of final agreement. There is no doubt but what the Florida East Coast should also merge with the above two roads.

Both the Atlantic Coast Lina and the Seaboard are in excellent financial condition. The history the Seaboard is. from an Investment point of view, truly miraculous. Large amounts of money were made by the purchase of Seaboard stock directly after the reorganization. In fact, only directly after reorganizations do I buy zllroad stocks.

NORTHWESTERN ROADS

There is always talk of a con-iolidation of the Northern F-clfic, the Great N(-thcm. and the Burlington. At one time merger was almost certain, but it was stopped by a court fight that triggered the panic of 1907. There also is constant talk of merging the Boston b Maine, the Maine Central, and the New Haven; but no one now seems to want the New Haven. All of these New England railroads are short line roads which are being tvoisd by personal selfishness rather than by c<msideration for the good of the nation as a whole.

New Batteries Have Biq Future

B.V KLMEK ROESSNER

Cordless electric vacuum cleaners, table lamps and lawn-mowers are on the drawing boards. They may be followed , by electric scooters, electric grills. The day may come when no traveler off beaten tracks need be withoul a broadcasting unit to summon help or reply to messages For what's beyond, let imagination play: television re

ceivers that ire no longer than a portable typewriter and will play anywhere, a personal wire-leas telephone in every'one'i pocket.

The guts of these products will be rechargeable nickel-cadmium batlerie.s. which can be repowered by plugging into any AC outlet. The.,e la.-.i from 15 to 2U years, and also on drawiiii boards are models that mav la.st as long as 50 years. FIRST IN SHAVER.S The nickrl'Cadmiuiii battery wa.s developed in Germany and

perfected in the United States* In addition to bsing rechargeable, It neither swells, leaks nor loses Its strength. Once charged, the power is there until used.

One of the first applications was the coidleas electric shaver. developed by Remington. Recharged through any outlet of 1)0 to 250 volts. It provides 30 minutes of shaving.

In addition, flashlight, radios, dictating machines, recording devices and clocks art in operation today. American Telephone and Telegraph uaea large ones as atandby sources of power throughout the United States and Canada. And the nuclear freighter, the NS Sayannah. is equipped with large banks uf nickel-cadmium baitenea for use in case its atumic power fails.

In addition, the big natural gas transmission companies use nlckrl-cadmlum batteries as ouix(M of emergency power at

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stations. iOT FOR AUT08 YET

Sales of the batteries last year were above 110,000,000, compared with $625,(X)0.000 for conventional lead-acid batteries.

However, there is little chance that the nickcl-cadmium batteries will replace the conventional auto battery for many year*. The present auto battery costs from $15 to $25, while a nickel-cadmium unit for auto use would cost between $300 and $325.

Between 200 and 300 different siZe* and shapet are being produced. Some, about the size of a stack of six dimes, will run electric shaver*; those about the size of match Ixixe* will power instruments or alarm sv*-terns, and , larger ones provide stand-by power.

One market for Immediate development may be for household standby uses. A moderate-sizrd unit could supply a home with lightand keep food In

freezers from spoiling for several days in event of a power failure. Stand-bys could provide emergency light, weter-pumping, elevator and similar services in Industrial plants, office buildings and ho.spitals. They could be put into action faster than gasoline generators of emergency power

PRESENTATION TELLS BACK-TO-SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES Tht back-to-scbool market has almost doubled in the last decade, accordmg to the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, The increase, estimated at 8.1..5 per cent since 19.W, and ilte retail opiHirlunities arising therefrom, are told in a new folder presentation, lack to Schoola Profit Story Worth Repeating. being shown retailers by mo.st daily newspapers In the United States and Canada.