FACE roimrHC DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

t*uid3r, July 26, 1660

Tusday, July 26, 1960

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Long Development In The C-of-C

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Bdltor# Note: The folloviiig grueist editorial was ix-epared by WILIARD T. KYZER, Manager of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce. ,

Someone ha? said, Some form of organization apparently is beneficial to all living things. The purposes vary with the forms of life, but man with his ability to reason has frequently found it to his advantage to become a part of a group to secure benefits which may be enjoyed only through a combination of individuals working together for a common purpose.

Evidence of that purpose is found in the first known Chamber of Commerce which was organized in the 15th Century at Marseilles, France. It was closely affiliated with government, and was operated as an association of merchants to promote and protect their business.

The Chamber of Commerce of the state of New York, one of the world's oldest and Americas first, was founded in 1768 and was followed in 1773 by an organization in Charleston, South Carolina. These with those formed in a number of other important cities, although organized independently of government, were exclusively Trade Bodies operated for the promotion and protection of Commerce.

This type prevailed until the beginning of the 20th Century, when changes in the social and economic order required a revision of the functions of a Chamber of Commerce. Bu.sinessmen saw that in the long run the successful business is one in which both the buyer and seller derive benefits. Successful Chambers of

Optimism Over CamDaian Tes

By LYNN NISBET

OPTIMISTIC - The travels with the Advisory Budget Commission took your reporter through the heavy voting central and western counties, which have given the national Republican tickets a majority in the past three or four elections. Opportunity for political contact was limited by reason of the purpose of the visit, but a number of Democratic leaders attended budget hearings and social aifairs. There is a apirit of optimism among these petle about the 1%0 election which hardly seems justified by the record.

There is evidence that both Democratic and Republican parties will be better organized and will wage more intensive campaigns than in recent years. It is generally accepted that the national platforms will be equally unsatisfactory to Naih Carolina on the civil rights iss^e and probably very similar on such matters as textile imports, national defense and foreign aid. The choice will be based, on which candidate or party i.^ believed most likely to effectuate the platform to the greater saUsfaction of North Carolinians.

The personal and religious issue will be highly influential, but it is not disturbing the Democrats as much now as they feared when Kennedy was nominated. Several factors contribute to the lessening of impact from this souceand the expectation that it will continue to decline, Govemor-nominate Terry Sanfords persuasive argument in behalf of the whole Democratic ticket, with perhaps special emphasis on the nati(Mial end because ctf his experiences at Los Angeles will be much mere helpful than was the somewhat reluctant support of A1 Smith by party leaders in 1928.

ORGANIZATION Democrats are counUng strongly on organizatiwi, Sanford proved himself a master of that art during the pre-primary campaign. He is carrying into the general election the same efficient organization headed by Bert Bennett of Winston-Salem as party chairman.

Statements frequently heard In Guilford, Cabarrus. Mecklenburg. Gaston. Buncombe, Pwsyth and other big counties were to the effect that the Republican majority would be substantially reduced If not overcome. Democratic registration in all these counties far exceeds Republican and Independent combined. Efforts are bemg directed toward a straight party vote all the way. The record is (hat since 1936 Democratic ma

jorities for President have consistently dropped from 400,000 to about 15,000, while majorities for Democratic governor have consistently increased from the danger point of 72.000 in 1928 to around 400,000 in the last elections.

Resentment voiced by supporters of other candidates against Sanford just after the primary has largely dissipated. The defection from the party line at state level will be less than appeared likely a month ago. There remains prospect that Sanfords majority may be less percentage wise than that of recent Democrats,

MOORE GENERAL The Advisory Budget Commission took a side trip to look over the Moore General Hospital facilities at Swannanoa. The Veterans Administration is abandoning this institution and the property will be offer;ed the State on somewhat the same basis as Butner was acquired ten or 12 years agofor practically nothing. The deal involves about 113 acres of land, with a fine power plant, laundry. water and sewer lines and other facilities, as well as a number of permanent homes.

The people around Black Mountain are very anxious to have the State take over the facilities and make use of them. Butthey do not want a prison Industry, or a correctional school, or any of the things for which the State has need for space. And the immediate reaction of the budget folks was that the State has no present need comparable to that obtaining for mental hospital beds when Burner was acquired. All of the old barracks and service areas are of temporary construction already deteriorated to the point they cannot be renovated. Water steam and sewer lines under the buildings ccmld nog be saved if the buildings are torn down.

The hospital is located in the old State test farm. A considerable part of the land has been taken over for a 4-H camp, leaving about 115 acres in the main campus. Budgetcers agreed it would be a fine site for a college or an industry, but right now the State has no more need for it than the Federal government has.

The bargain at Butner stemmed from immediate availability of desperately needed mental hospital rooms. The actual cost of modernizing the wards has been less than new construction, and Is still in progress. More than two million dollars is requested for the next biennium for this type of renovation .

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Commerce became known as those which consideted the interests of the community as well as that of business, resulting in activities programs designed to promote the growth of the entire community along commercial, industrial, and civic lines.

To handle the enlarged scope of activities resulting from the change to a community development organization, the corporation type of organization was developed providing for greater delegation of authority and more ability to pool the communitys resources of men and money for worthwhile activities.

This change resulted in some mistakes, including the belief by some citizens that anything that affected the community should be handled by the Chamber of Commerce. Another mistake was the conversion of gome Chambers into more booster organizations, emphasizing growth regardless of economic principles. Then there were Chambers of Commerce that failed to realize that the membership includes all business and professipnal types and thifl each is in the organization not exclusively for direct benefits, but also for what they can provide in thought and energy, for the advancement of the entire community.

From these firsts with the changes that occurred along the way, has emerged the present day Chamber of Commerce defined as,

A voluntary organization of public spirited citizens banded together to do those things whicl^ promote and protect their community, which can be done more effectively by an organized group than by the same number working as individuals.

The modern Chamber of Commerce of today takes into consideration the welfare of the community as a whole. Its main objective i.s to assist in making the community a better place in which to live and work. The degree of success which it attains is limited by the number of its citizens who participate with their judgement, energy, and financial support.

In working toward its objective, the modern Chamber of Commerce develops a program of activi-tie.'i from projects proposed by the membership, that when realized contributed toward making the community a better place in which to live and w^ork. In small and medium size communities program activities are a.ssigned to appropriate project committees dealing with Agriculture, Civic Affairs. Commerce and Trade, Industry, Public Relations, Legislation, Transportation and Communications. For committee service, members are appointed on those of their choice and others are selected for their knowledge of the work to be done and interest in the possible accomplishments. In large communities, committees may be replaced by departments, with a trained staff member in charge of each

Urban and rural areas are dependent upon each other, so agricultural activities approved by Federal and State Agricultural agencies are undertaken to help better the economic position of the farmer. These include encouragement of diversification of crops, better market practices, the use of better seed, and support of Boys and Girls Club work, fat stock shows and sales, and in campaigns of farmer organizations Work-ing for improvement of agriculture.

Chambers of Commerce of the future will in general closely resemble the present day organization, however with changing development patterns in the making, they will be buying the services of research specialists to a.ssist on special projects.

The chief objective of the future will still be to do all possible to assist in making the area served, a better place in which to live and work. It will continue to be a voluntary membership organization, with public spirited business and professional men providing the judgement, enthusiasm, energy, work and financing, needed to carry out its program.

Its successes will still be limited by the lack of active support of a group of business and professional citizens, who are willing to accept the tangible benefits resulting from efforts of those who by their thoughts, work, and money, back their desires for pro-gres.s by pitching in to get the job done, for they believe that,

As long as there is a difference between what a town could be, and what it really isthere is a need for an active Chamber of Commerce.

Mixed Blessing 'n Nixons Trio

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By DON SCHLIENZ

roohies In The Kitchen

These are the timea when unsung heroines are proudly alligning trophies, row on row.

They shine, they gleam; they are wealth- . .the product of an investment that includes (aside from some money) a considerable amount of work, perspiration and skill.

Other than their artistic merits, which the good wife eyes with no small satisfaction, these trophies represent a form of capital which the household will fall back on when fall, winter and early spring hold sway.

For this is the fruit of the land- . .summers yield of plenty; canned and preserved with an eye to the future.

Out of sight are foodstuffs

that have been frozen (which is another story) but a real prid,e of accompUshment is to be found in the glass-enclosed treasures.

Once canning was a necessity. It no longer holds true today: still there are thousands upon thousands of families whose kitchens steam and reek with the fragrance of fruits and vegetables being preserved for another day.

shaped lips, the same slender lines, the uniformly perfect hairdos, the same bright smUes; and the feeling of being overwhelmed by so much youth.

Im afraid Id make a poor beauty contest judge. The sight of so much in so little space apparently dulls my appreciation for beauty.

Could be (Heaven forbid!), my years are beginning to show.

Watching the recent Miss North Carolina Beauty Pageant on the home screen the writer felt there was a sameness to it all.

The same perfectly etched eyebrows, the same perfectly

Other E(ditors Saying Making A Recorc.

By JAMES MARLOW

CHICAGO (AP) Vice President Richard M. Nixons sudden and secret journey to New Yorks Gov. Nelson A. Rocke-fellerjust three days before the Republican convention opened here was a mixed blessing.

The two men reached what they called an agreement but it turned out to be an agreement but it turned out to be an agreement with big holes in it. It looked like a shrewd political maneuver at first. But it may prove to have been a tactical error.

It seemed at first that Rockefeller had put Nixon in his pocket or that Nixon had the governor in his pocket. But now that isnt clear, either.

It got the governor off Nixons back, at least temporarily, but it angered some Republicans. And Democrats in the upcoming presidential campaign will probably try to wrap the whole business around Nixons neck.

Rockcicller. for month.s critical of Nixon and the Eisenhower administration. only last week here in Chicago indicated he might continue hLs criticism If the Republican platforms promises fell .short CI his dc- irti,

'Ihis Was Kiuesoitie news for Nixon, almost certain to be the Republican presidential nominee, .since he will probably have to carry New York if he hopes to win the November election-

The vision of a disgruntled Kockefeller, sittmt on his hands during the campaign instead of tning to carry New York for the Reliubhoan tlrkei .spelled peril for Nixon, Late Friday Nixon tried to .slrairlili'U tlmig.x out.

He flew secretly from Washington la New Voil apparenily without consulting Pieeudent Eisenhower or even hi-5 clase.xt aides here in Chicago to see the governor.

Rockefeller had complained re

peatedly that Nixon wasnt taking either a clear enough or strong enough stand on some issues. Nixon therefore had had many weeks to reach an understanding with Rockefeller.

Why he waited to do no until almost the last minute before the convention is still a mystery. The obvious answer seems to be he felt he badly needed Rockefellers support or was afraid the governors continued criticism might ruin him-In the end Rockefeller Issued what both men call an agreement on basic positions. But as Nixon later disclosed In a news conference there were some major gaps in that agreement which didnt show up In the next.

For example; while the agreement calls for strong defense efforts, Rockefeller feels the government should be -spending immediately an additional S'a million dollars. Nixon didnt agree on that.

The agreement doesn't mention any money item. Neither does the defense plank approved Sunday by the party platform com-, mlttee which has been working here a week.

R(h kfeller thinks nmjor strikes .should be i^eltled by compulsory arbitration. Nixon does not agree Neither did the platform committee in the labor plank it .sanded and polished and presented t-o the public-The sharp edge seemed to be removed fitim Rockefellers it-titude toward the plstformit least it appeared that wav from his TV appearance Sundayso the Nixonite.s may feel the vicT president caplureil the governor.

Hut the very f.aet Nixon made what his riiiica may call a pd-gi linage to the New York may be interpreted *j meaning the governor captured him and made him bow. to some extent, to Uockifellrr'i plalionn deinaiicL.

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(The WilsoB Times)

Congress will soon be back on the job. And according to Jack Kennedy, the Democratic nominee for President, it has much work to do, in order to set a record for campaign material. He says an upped minimum wage, medical care, and enlarged social security base are must legislation.

It appears that the demand for vote getting will out weight statesmanship. There is also talk of increased appropriations for defense. You could not help but think while all the oratory was going on at the convention. Of course you were not supposed to think, when all the fault finding was taking place. For it should be remembered that Congress passes the laws.

The past four years have seen the largest Democratic majority of any Congress in your lifetime, that we can remember. And if it had not been for the cooperation of the Democrats the President could not have put over any of his program. So it is foolish to try to place all the blame on either party. And that is one reason Kennedy is trying to make a record Just before he goes on the campaign trail.

But the public should know all the facts. The welcome news Is that the federal budget for the year just ended showed a billion dollar surplus. Those who value their savings, who desire to see a dollar worth even about half of its former value, welcome this news.

But equally as important are the facts on the social security fund which has shrunk the same amount. It was also forecast by the experts that it would be In the black after the past two straight years in the red. The new higher social security

taxes were not enough to get the social security funds out of the red column.

Now congress is to be asked to put this fund, that is paid by you and me, further in the red. For more and more people are drawing from the fund yearly. And this is certainly to increase.

The plan to cover medical expenses will have to raise the social security taxes and steeply. Everyone wants to take caie of the indigent aged and sick. But the plan is not just for them.

Here is an example of how social security can work. It is not based entirely on what "you have but what you earn. You can inherit any amount of money and continue to get the income from it. But you can only work and earn so much.

Here is an example. One woman inherited a quarter of a million dollars, not many years ago. She was a clever person, and for this she certainly should not be blamed. She worked only the necessary quarters and then stopped to ad(l social security to her income. And it is said that each monthly check approximates aU the contributions she made.

Now under the present proposal the medical bill will also be paid by the social security taxpayers.

What we are saying is that Congress, regardless of the need for a record, should not railroad through an ill-considered medical bul that will put an even bigger mortgage on our future.

This is just one of the pieces of vote getting record legislation that will be passed in the q,ext Congress. Read, think and let your congressmen know that you want a sensible and practical government. For the taxes will be there from president to president.

This is the summer our five-year-old gets his first chance to catch a fish. Were looking forward to it. (The We, in this instance is not the editorial we.)

As a matter of fact, he has been talking it up for some weeks; and with a thrill in his voice and sparkle in his eyes that suggests the famUy has a true-blue fishing enthusiast in its midst.

Last summer (he was only four, then), he was gravely disappointed at being left out of his Pa's few ventures into the realm of the hook-and-line. There was some berating at that time, and even now he occasionally conveys the feeling he was shortchanged.

At the supper table he brought up his new-favorite topic (fishing). .and was so wrapped up in it there was no feeding problem that evening, he ate automatically.

I tried to cool his enthusiasm by warning it was stUl some time away: and finally asked just when we were going.

After just two more church days, he responds.

It figgers out that way, too.

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House members may not be able to collect their salaries until they give a public accounting of funds spent on junkets. No t i c k e e, no whitewashee." Miami Herald.

Strong Or So:: ?olicy?

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 19M, King Features Syadlcate. Inc.

One of the conflicts within both the Republican and Demo-ocratic parties is whether this country hould have a strong or a soft foreign policy. The Eisenhower Administration, when John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, pursued a strong, independent foreign policy based on the assumption that the United States cannot be sacrificed to serve the purposes of any European or Asiatic nation. Dulles was duly attacked by all the foreign agencies which exist in this country to brain-wash the American people. Under the joint operation of our policy by President Eisenhower and Christian Herter, we have beyond doubt grown soft. The operation of our policy toward Cuba lias been absurd. The Democrats will take full advantage of that.

However, more Democrats than Republican favor the soft policy. If Adlai Stevenson is to have a voice in the for* mulatlon of the Kennedy foreign policy, it is bound to be a soft one because Stevenson has often proclaimed that as his position. What can the Democrats say to soften their own platform regarding Red China where Americans are still incarcerated?

For instance, It 1 the policy of Red China to Imprison American Catholic iviests. A Red Chinese Catholic Church has come into existence which does not recognize the authority of the Pope or the Vatican. It must be pointed out that there have been Roman Catholics among the Chinese people for at least five centuries and that the most recent Catholic to be imprisoned is Bishop James Edward Walsh, an American, who is accused of being a spy for the United States.

We have no way of dealing with Red China. The recognition of that country by the United States for any purpose would imperU the lives of Americans still In prison there for no other reason than that they are Americans.

The principle of the inviolability 01 American life and property has always been upheld by both parties until Woodrow Wilsons Administration when we went soft. The Republican Party has never had a soft foreign pblicy until after the death of John Poster Dulles in the Eisenhower Administration. This is the record and Richard Nixon could win or lose on that record.

In a difficult campaign, the swing will be on three factors: personality, issues and the course of events. So far as personality is concerned, both men are strong and young. ^Those who do not like Nixon can never say why. They have heard something or been told something. Likes and dislikes are not to be analyzed. There arc those who would not vote for John Kennedy if he were the Angel Gabriel and there are others who feel that way about Nixon. The bigots will be out in fujl force against Kennedy because they fear the Pope; on the other hand, there are so - called Liberals who never forgot that it was Nixon who found the Pumpkin Papers which did Alger Hiss In.

As for issues, there are those who are keen students of problems and there arc others who live all their lives without giving a thought to anything but their own little lives and their own small environments. Not everybody is interested in why the Congolese are so offbeat.

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS KNOWING GOD^S WILL A philosopher once said that man has Just two main duties in lifeduties which embrace all his other activities. One of these is to know Gods will; the other is to do it.

Though this philosophy may be stated simply, it is not a simple one to practice. Even the most devout Christians do not always find it easy to know Gods will. Human affair.s are complex, and accordingly Gods will is complex, too. There is no single, easy rule for all to follow.

A first step to knowing Gods will is to ask Him, in prayer, to reveal ft, praying earnestly

and sincerely for guidance as to what is right to do. The very act of stating our problem clearly to Ood often shows us. even as we put our question to Him, that there is only one answer. It is not always an easy answer, but it is the one to which love and charity direct us.

When we have asked to know Gods will, we should be wiilinf to listen to his answer. Sometimes our understanding of his will is not clear because we are so rushed by dally pressures, so distracted by demands of work, and time, and money, that we have not given ourselves the chance to hear, Be still and know that I am Ood.

They Live In A Different Worlc,

By ELMER ROESSNER

The platforms are formulated and, as usual, the politicians have shown that they live in a different world than do the voters. The politicos have decreed that the candidates shall rise or fall on what is to be done with the eighth point after the decimal in Social Security, the third point after the decimal in Social Security, the third point after the decimal in the sugar quota, and the first and second point after the decimal in Congo relief.

Voters do not want to vote on whether Khruschchev or Lumumba are no-goodniks. That an.swei they know. *

I have condurted no .scientific public opinion poll. 1 have tieen listening to mv friends and pkkiiig up scjtps of conversa* tion in busses and these. I know, are what people want derided:

Why. after seven :eticratiob*i. are pickles stUJ packed in jars

from which they cannot be removed without maceration?

If it was wrong to fix the $64,000 question, why is it all right to fix the wrestling matches?

THE SICK SIX-PACKS

Why isnt there a Constitutional Amendmeui prohibiting the packaging of six cans of beer into packs from which they cannot be removed with out foaming them?

Why can't shoppers get cash for their trading stamps no further than three feet from checkout counters?

Why doesnt Congrg^ forbid auto tire chains that cant be put on without jacking up the wIieel-H or playing acrobat?

Why not a law' requiring packaged meats wrapped with tran.-parent bottoms, so the buyer can see the fat. gristle and bone tucked away on the underside?

How about a Constitutional Amendment making all beer and soda bottles identical, and

requiring the nearest dealer to make refunds on all presented to him, regardless of label or brand?

THOSE TENDER MUFFLERS

How about party planks requiring all auto makers to supply mufflers that last the life of the car, and to replace all those that rust through while the car still lives?

How about meeting the defl-cit with a tax on people who call wrong numbers?

Why not a mandatory catsup bottle from which it is impossible to remove any catsup at all, thereby ending this foosh struggle of trying to get half the catsup paid for out of existing bottle.s?

A.*s long as there is all this agUation for safety belts on autos, why not a law requlr-tnf safety belts on all buses? Haw?

Or a law requiring contcnt.x of foods bring listed on packages in type as BIG AS THIS?

Regulations requiring cellophane wrappings around bread to be removable without crushing the contents; in fact, a law requiring that cellophane wrappings around any food article be large enough so that the consumer can rewrap the contents again after opening. Did you ever try to get a hunk of cheese back Into the cellophane in which you bought it?

A schedule giving consumers rebates for every bit of parra-fin found in waxed milk container.

Why not a law requiring packages to state whether bacon enclosed is from grain-fed or garbage-fed hogs? Or dont you care?

We could go on all nightuntil we Ixirert ourselves as well as you But these are the kind of problems most of the people want answers to. They are willing to leave Polaris approprla-, tion.x to the experts on weapons; the average votr is an expert only on barely living.