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Wednesday, Aufust 3, 1960

.Wednesday, August 3, 1960 ^

A Strong Bid By N. C. Republicans

Job For A Texas Cowpoke

tr There is no mistaking the fact that the Republican party this year will make one of its strongest bids in several decades to capture North Carolinas elec-torial votes for the GOP nominees.

Neither can there be any mistake about the plans of Terry Sanford and his key supporters about making -one of the most vigorous general election campaigns 3or the Democrats that North Carolina has seen in Teveral decades.

While a threat has been posed to Sanford by talk of write-in votes for Dr. Lake and perhaps others for governorplus the fact the Republican nominee Gavin is expected to campaign hardthe battle in North

parolina will focus more on the national ticket than on the state ticket.

.At both levels, the success of the Democratic party in North Carolina will depend on how loyal individual Democrats are to their party nominees. North Carolina has an overwhelming number of registered Democrats compared with its number of Republicans. The only ope the Republicans have of carrying the state for 3heir national ticket lies in the hope that enough Democrats will votfor Nixon and Lodge rather than Kennedy and Johnson.

In 1928, the last time a person of the Catholic faith was the Democratic nominee, the state voted

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Republican by a majority of some^ 62,000 on the national ticket. Even then the Democratic nominees on the state ticket managed to get the necessary majority of votes. It must be remembered, however, that in 1928 there were defections at high level in the Democratic party in North Carolina which do not appear in the making this year. There was also the prohibition question in that campaign which probably swayed as many Tar Heel votes as did the religious issue.

In 1940 the Democratic majority in North Carolina reached an all-time high of 396,000 votes when Roosevelt sought and won his third term in office. Four years later North Carolina gave Roosevelt a majority of 264,000 votes.

With States Rights inroads in 1948 Trumans margin in the state was only 72,000, but in 1952 Stevenson managed to get .an 85,000 vote majority in the state.

Four years ago when President Eisenhower sought his second term. North Carolina barely held for the Democrats and Stevensons margin dropped to 16,000

With a record vote perhaps as high as one and one-half million predicted for North Carolina in November, it is easily understood that the Republicans hope to overcome the 16,000 vote margin of four yearS ago.

Democrats in North Carolina cannot expect a few hard-working party leaders to do all that is necessary to keep North Carolina in the Democratic column this year. This is a year in which Democrats at all levels in the party should demonstrate their interest in the party by putting forth an effort in behalf of the Democratic nominees in November.

By LYNN NISBET

PORTS North Carolina's deepwater ports at Morehead City and Wilmington present several difficult budget and policy questions. The state has an investment of $11,797,400 in facilities at these ports, againist which has been charged depre-Iciation of $1.867.400, leaving a -current book value of $9.930,000. "The Ports Aurhority is asking for $9,040,000 at Wilmington and $5.420,000 at Morehead City, mainly for extending docks to accommodate more and larger ships and additional warehouse .jtpace for cargo- Availability of H^ds to meet these needs will depend upon the people voting bonds in the amount of $14,-460,000 or more for that specific purpose.

Business at the ports is growing and has almost reached capacity of existing facilities. During the first six months of this year, for example, the ports lEidled %1 ships as compared *^th 230 for the comparable period in 1959; carrying 460,572 tons compared with 329,768, and had gross operating revenue of ^$594,757, a 58 per cent increase ^4wer the $376,434 collected the Th-st six months of last year.

Recent dredging at Morehead City has deepened the channel to 35 feet. The rated depth has been 30 feet, and rapid silting reduced it to an actual 26-27 ieet. Wilmington has a project 35^pth of 34 feet- This will take are of all but the largest tank-'^8. Trouble is there is not enough docking, transit shed and storage warehouse space.

One school of thought is the poiis should be self-sustaining, that fees and charges should take care of ail operating ex-penses and repairs. Director Le-William pointed out that no Srts are fully self-supporting, Md that Charleston and Norfolk have recently allotted more than $20 million each for capital improvements, and they already had better facilities than North Carolina,

BOOKKEEPING The State appropriates $183,000 a year for "Operating and the ports earned 31,097.672 last year. These *4nds were intermingled with operating expenses and capital improvements being charged to both. The ports authority act permits use of the operating profits without budget control. The Advisory Budget Commission in-39ted that the accounting sys--4m be revised, so that the legislative appropriation would be earmarked for capital improvements. the revenue for operations. It also is likely that the law will be amended to bring the porta under budget regulation like all other Slate agencies.

Admittedly conditions are pec-Mar at the ports. It is more TTbusiness operation than a governmental service, and is in di rect competition with other ports along the Atlantic seaboard and Gulf Coast, Furthermore it is impossible to sche

dule activities in advance because of shipping conditions elsewhere.

CONFEDERATE The Confederate Womens Home at Fayetteville is one of the smallest independent State institutions, and is unique in its character and service. It was established in 1913 to care for the widows of Confederate veterans. The original charter act provided a life of 40 years,'or until January 1. 1953. The 1949 General Assembly extended the period to January 1, 1960, and the 1959 Legislature added another ten years and made the closing time January 1, 1970. Such extension had been anticipated in 1957 when the Legislature appropriated $35,-000 for capital improvements. Uses to which this money could be put were broadened in 1959 and provision was made for contingency and emergency supplements if necessary. The home is situated in northwest Fayetteville on the Old Fort Bragg road and consists of three brick houses on a six-acre tract.

Illogical Request To Make Of Any Jury

HcNaudit SjrwLivU.

Its an illogical situation.

A jury of non-experts is asked to decide whether cigarette-smoking causes cancer or whether cigarette-smoking does not cause cancer.

The question is one which doctors of mpdicine can argue and then at best come up with an opinion, which more than likely wdll not be unanimous.

(We know doctors who smoke.)

But the laymen comprising a jury are asked to give a verdict which experts cannot really answer as yet.

They are bombarded with conflicting testimony by experts; their sympathies played upon; their ner\^es frayed by a period of confinement . . . and perhaps a third of them might well be habitual smokers praying for a recess so they can light up.

Can anyone imagine a sane society calling upon twelve untrained good men and true to make a medical diagnosis? Would you trust your health to such a

By HAL BOYLE

Burned Offerinas To Ra

NEW YORK (AP) If Aristotle were suddenly transported through time to a modern American beach, what would he think?

Glancing around at the sands studded with sprawling mortals slowly reddening under a hot sky, he could reach only one conclusion:

What a strange heathen tribe these Americans are! Obviously they are sun worshir But what an odd form tl., . rites take!

Instead of sacrificing animals, they anoint themselves with

oil, lie prostrate and turn themselves into burnt offerings under the terrible eye of their God. What awful guilt has driven them to this inhuman self-punishment?

Wise old Aristotle would regard this as a form of cult madness, and even the most modern present-day physician would sadly have to agree with his diagnosis.

Comes June and millions of Americans quit chasing the dollar. and begin a new mass pursuit a summer tan. They turn* the country into one vast human

jury?

GUESTS Current population is 36 women, maximum capacity, ranging in age from 75 to the high 90's. About three-fourths are ambulatory, the others are unable to leave their bedrooms. Some years ago admission eligibility was amended to include daughters of veterans, in which group most of the current guests are classified.

The State appropriates about $57,000 a year for maintenance of the Home, approximately $1600 per person. UDC and other organizations supplement tax funds with donations, principally of such things as radio and television sets, electric fans, etc.

The institution is governed by a seven-member board appointed by the Governor, with Mrs. A. P. Hughes as superintendent. Improvements and renovations made under the 1957 appropriation have put the property in good condition. It is not thought any additional major sum will be required during the present life expectancy until 1970.

Continued maintenance of this institution cannot be justified by logic or application of the non-discrirainatory provisions of the constitution. Butthe amount involved is small, and the emotional appeal so great budgetcers and legislators cannot resist it. Even though only 36 among the several thousand equally needy elderly women can be accommodated, The Home is quite likely to be continued beyond the present 1970 deadline.

It is the sole direct connecting link in name and sendee with that period in North Carolina history which marked the highest point in courage and patriotism. The money spent here Is no more than that being spent on inanimate historic establishments at other points, and it brings comfort and happiness to the elderly guests.

And yet, in one sense, that is what the federal jury in Miami was called upon to do. Only in this case the ailing man is already dead, and the jury cant do him any further harm.

Its his estate that is asking over a million dollars on the grounds that because he smoked cigarettes for thirty years and died of lung cancer, and for this the cigarette manufacturers should pay.

Has the family of an automobile driver, who died in a wreck, lately sued auto manufacturers?

This is an opportunity that shouldnt be overlooked if the jury in the Miami case had found for the plaintiff.

Other Editors Saying... Sairness For Growers

Only War Can Answer Issue

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WASHINGTON (AP) One of the hottest issues in this campaign wont be settled by the voting.

Is the United States militarily able to counter an attack by the Soviet Union?

The balloting will indicate only to certain extent the amount of confidence in the claims or complaints of one party or the other.

Nothing except a shooting war could prove either right.

The common goal of both parties is to deter a conflict in which neither the United States nor the Soviet Union could win but only apply a mutual and ghastly devastation. The hope is that if the United States has the ability to destroy the U.S-SR., the Soviet logic should be against gambling on attack. There are unpredictable factors in this, including the degree of Soviet logic.

In general, the Democrats have been saying the Republican administration has been laggard in the race with Soviet military and related technological efforts, that the Reds are ahead. They say the Republicans have been stingy in providing defense funds.

This moves President Eisenhower to indignation. In his speech to his party's convention the former general contended that the Democratic administration of former President

Truman was laggard, that the succeeding administration had to start the military build-up practically from scratch. He contended that in the sum of our capabilities we have become the strongest military power on earth.

Broadly, this will become the theme of the new Republican standard bearer. Vice Pr^ident Richard M. Nixon. But the shaping of the Republican platform disclosed attempts to accelerate spending.

Ail four top men of the two tickets should be able to speak from the experience of service veterans.

Nixon, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the Democratic presidential nominee, and his running mate. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, have had naval service. U. N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Nixons running mate, is a major general in the Army reserves.

The candidates and the country- debate in the political forum the relative strengths of the United States and the U-S S R. and the amount of dollar and technical effort which is or should be applied against a disturbing backdrop of international developments.

From ti',e Soviet Union has come strident warnings of rockets on the United States if American action in the Cuban situation should displease the So-(Continued on page ten)

(Henderson Dispatch)

Controversy that has arisen over the blue tag law for tobacco outside the state as sold on Georgia warehouse floors is hardly more than was to be expected when the Georgia Legislature enacted the statute last winter. From the outset it had the appearance of discrimination, as is now being charged, and while it may operate to the advantage- of Georgia growers, the tendency may be to reduce warehouse sales and hence profits of operators.

Suggestions that the South Carolina Legislature be called Into extea session to enact retaliatory measures against Geor^ gia farmers only aggravates the dispute, and would be a further step toward raising something similar to tariff barriers between the States.

We have never seen the logic, or even the profit, to growers from other states who sell on Georgia markets. After they make the long haul by truck, sometimes as much as hundreds of miles, it would seem that costs would offset the advantage, such as it may be, of higher prices that might be obtained.

There is a feeling that the far southern markets, first each year to start their auctions, have an edge in prices- The contention, of course, is not wholly without justification. Many a time higher prices paid on the Georgia markets have tapered off by the time the season advanced as far north as the Middle Belt, or in Eastern North Carolina at times. Even so, costs of the long trip to Georgia neutralize to a large extent whatever benefit may have accrued.

It Is difficult to understand why a grower would not be better off by selling his crop in his own neighborhood, even where the distance is no more than to Border Belt markets. All of which, of course, is a matter of choice on the part of the

grower.

The Georgia law requiring outside tobacco to be designated by blue tags, in contrast to white labels for home-grown leaf, apparently was designed to discourage outsiders from bringing their tobacco in to compete with the local crop. To what extent, if any, Georgia growers have in the past suffered by this Intrusion we would not know. But such a law is an abridgement of the free movement of commodities and is a gesture toward erecting tariff barriers as between the States. That has never happened, as such, in this country, and it will be a sad day when it becomes common practice, if it ever does.

The time for South Carolina growers and their spokesmen to have registered a protest was when the measure was under consideration in the Georgia Legislature. Perhaps little is to be gained by attempting to lock the stable door after the horse Is gone. Retaliation now by South Carolina would only make bad matters worse, not only from the standpoint of banning outside merchandise, but likewise, and probably even worse, the ill will that would be engendered by prohibitory legislation.

(Boyle; who recently returned from a vacation, is still peeling from a bad case of sunburn.)

Ooinions

''n Brief

Whatever of a move may be undertaken should be aimed at having the discriminatory law in Georgia repealed. If that cannot be done, and if Georgia growers and warehousemen want things to continue as they are, the best and most logical thing for South Carolina growers to do is to stay out of the Georgia markets and wait two weeks to sell on warehouse floors near their own homes.

The whole impasse Is deplorable in the extreme, but It could be made far worse by action which has been suggested and W'hich is being agitated in South Carolina. Fairness to growers and equal treatment for all is of primary importance.

.. ,*A comforting thought to cling to Is that, no matter what happened at either convention, some syndicated brain was proved to be wrong.Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union.

The easiest way to get along on four hours' sleep is twice a day.Avondale (Ga.) Sun.

A kiss that speaks volumes is seldom a first edition."U. S. Coast Guard Magazine.,

The man who says money Isnt the most important thing in life probably has been frustrated in efforts to make it the most Important in his life. Gastoma Gazette.

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barbecue pit.

Those who can afford to do so, go to the nearest real beach. Others take off as much clothing as the law allows and spread-eagle themselves on the grass of back yard or public park. StiU others climb to their rooftops and slowly stew in their own juices on tar beach.

But wherever the sun shines, it shines on grub-white limbs and bald pates, on countless miles of human epidermis seeking a chameleon change. People too busy to lie in the sun try to apply instant tan from a bottle.

The theory behind this zany fad Is that a tan makes a man look more virile, a woman more beautiful and both sexes more healthy.

But, as any doctor knows, 15 minutes In the sun each day will make the average person as healthy as he needs to be for all practical purposes. And, as any cosmetician knows, too much exposure to the sun will in time make the skin beautiful only to one who admires the patina of old leather.

Two generations ago any responsible mother would spank a daughter who went out In the sun bare-headed and thereby risked ruining her fair complexion.

If this mass madness for an even deeper tan continues, the verdict of a future anthropologist on American civilization may be:

They lay too long in the heat of the sun, and all went crazy at once.

What this country needs is sunnier winters and cloudier summers to save UR from ourselves I

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Atop a hill In New Xnglaiid. in the sUie m secltuled fann, miles ttom a dty, I watched boUi tbt Democratic and Ri^imbliean conventlmis. I had been to several conventioiui and had auffered the heat, the noise, the smoke, the dlstrao-tioos. Here 1 had an opportunity to wat(di the proeeedinga calmly and in the event that 1 requii^ more detailed infmma-tion, I found the tong distance telephone faster than my legs ever were. In fact, it seems to me that I was able to find whomever I wanted faster by telephone than by searching in the mases of hotta ai^ ami^-theaters. As my task Is not what is called the gathering of spot news but the relating of such news to the forces and movements of history and ao* ciety, I find that I can do my work better by atudying these cvMits more calmly tln on the spot.

The marvel of it is that, in this age of mechanical wonders, I was never out of touch with either convention. Unit my perspectiTC was better and that by teletypewriter I could have documents almost immediately.

On this farm, not all television channels come in with equal efficiency. I found that a Hartford, Connecticut, station had a better signal in this area and I used it almost exclusivtly. This gave me C B.S. rather than A.B.C, or N.B.C. eovve. This was not a matter of choice but of mechanics. I found the coverage to be excellent and the conunents of Waltw Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow informative.

I was surprised about Mur-row. He had, in the past, struck me as a man who was so biased that it hurt him to be fair about those whom he oiHXised. I must say that such a criticism this year would be absolutely untrue and unjust. He went straight down the middle, as the expression goes. In fact, the television reporters and commentators seem to have matured since the days when they tried to lM*ain-wash their audiences. They told the story straight and although there might have been a slip or two. they did not average more or were not less restrained than we, writing men, do under similar circumstances.

In a word, television is maturing and is leaving behind it the staccato shoutinj and fast-talking which marked radio and was so ugly and so lacking in Information. I am told that the other networks did equally well.

The Republican Convention was much more difficult to re- port than the Democratic. The Democrats were, as usual, unruly and therefore picturesque; the Republicans were well-behaved, started on time and moved like a clock. It looked like a dull pcirty. Then the first really Important speeches were delivered and they were all conservative. Former President Herbert Hoover, Senator Barry Gold-water and. Representative Walter Judd caught the imagination and the hearts of the delegates and gave life to the convention.

While Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller were i^jrlng tiddly-winks ov&c a p^tform which was not even read to the Convention or by the delegates, the excitement over Goldwater and over Judds speech was intense. Goldwater became a candidate against his will and a groimd-swell developed for Judd for Vice President. What looked like a completely contrived convention, not worth the hotel bill, came to life in side issues. This gave the television men an opportunity for good reporting which they did.

Nelson Rockefeller tried to be an enigma, but it is impossible to be enigmatic before the blaziqg light of , television. He started like a baU of fire and television was constantly upon him; he ended with a campaign straw hat on his head and a Nixon scarf about his neck one of the boys.

Whweas television showed Herbert Hoover to be a gracious, sincere patriarch instructing the young, it showed Thomas E. Dewey to be a clever man who enjoys his own sarcasm. Hoover was given the greatest reception of his life; Dewey was just another speaker. So passes glory! I wonder what would have haiH>ened had Harry Truman attended the De-(Contlnued cm page ten)

Odd Facts In The Business News

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS EXAMINE THOSE MOTIVES

God, give me guidance."

Most people who make this request make it sincerely. But there is the danger in the case of everyone of us that what we long for is not the guidance of God but the confirmation of our own conclusions. More often than we suspect we arrive at our conclusions rapidly. Our determination is quickly fixed to do a certain thing or not to do It. Then we may begin asking God for guidanceand doing it In all sincerity. But if we could only look into the bottom of our hearts, we would see that what we are asking for is not Gods guidance, but a confirmation of our desires. Shall I take this course or that? Yet down In our hearts we are as determined

as we can be about anything that we will lake a certain definite course.

To say this is not to condemn ourselves or to cast aspersion on the general run of human honesty. Just as the greater part of an iceberg is submerged, so most of our reasons and motives operate in a realm far below consciousness. Psychology sometimes calls this the subconscious. What the subconscious is no one knows, but certainly many of our acts and opinions stem from motives which emerge from beneath consciousness.

Try once In a while instead of asking God for guidance to ask Him for the capacity to look into your own life and take a realistic appraisal of your motives.

By ELMER ROESSNER More strange and curious jetsam has been cast up on the business news beach. For instance:

A young member of the Amish sect in Pennsylvania has ordered a horsediawn buggy with beamed headlight, turn signals and a dome light that goes on when doors are opened, still conforming with the faiths injunctions against automobiles. . . Feeding chopped cobs along with the corn produces leaner ham. a Michigan study shows. . .A Texas hosiery manufacturer has Increased sales 10 per cent by scenting the plastic packaging.

A Webster Grove, Mo. man confessed he and his wife bought Identical autos so neighbors would not think they owned (wo cars.

UNCLE SAM. CO-SIGNER The man who rides the after-deck of the company yacht, copilots the duck hunters plane, sits by while caviar is spooned

out and the crepes suzettes are sizzling. . is none other than Uncle Sam, writes Clarence B. Randall in the current Duns Review. He points out that inoney channeled to expenses* to also being channeled away from taxable income.

Colorado demands that all drivers licenses after September 1 carry color photos of the applicants. distinguishing the Piutes from the whites. . .The recent anti-American flare-tp in Japan has had little effect on American importers, according to a new marketing survey. . .Canadians are smoking more cigarettes ^ and wouldnt you if you had Americans living south of your border?

The average executive spends 15 hours k month reading trade magazines, a Conover-Mast survey shows. In this time, each could have consumed 20 martinis a month. Perhaps the average executive did.

Only 10 per cent of paper

saved since 1910 hasnt deteriorated, a survey shows. . .Africa swine fever to killing off Spains hogs. . .Talking elevators in Hess Brothers store in Allentown, Pa are driving old ladles batty. Voices from a hidden source guide shoppers to w'anted items. TOMORROW WE MOVE

Harry Kirschenbauin, executive of a moving company, reports that June, July and August are the raovingest months for businesses as well as the general public. . .A man lived in, a window display of furhlshings in a furnituie store in Great PaUs, Mont., for six days and nights, attracting many passersby. . -Abolishment of tax stamps on cigarette packages has .'^aved the government $5,000,000 in the first .year, Tobacco News reports.

t hief advantage of seat belts me psychological, one survey hints.

College educations would be available to every student who

could raise up to $325 a year, under a new plan. . .Proposala for one-third gallon botUet lor liquor are puzzling the Internal Revenue Service. So are plans for one-sixth gallcm bottles. . . . Establishment of ovrseas idante for production of machine tools as exported untold thousands of American jobs,*' says Steel-ways, published by the American Iron and Steel Institute. EMPLOYERS SAY UNIONS SEEK MORE FRINGES

Almost two thirds of 268 plants surveyed by Mill Factory magazine report that unions they deal with are planning to seek significant fringe benefits in future contracts. These include noncontributory insin-ance, more holidays and vacation time, broader pension coverage, aever-ance pay and supplementary unemployment benefits.

Of the remainder. 19 per cent said unions wfere not plannlz^ to ask for more and 17 per cent said they did hot know.

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