PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C.

Wednesday, August 10, 19>

Wednesday, August 10, 1960

The Driver Gets The . Blame

South Will Need Powerful Friend

The question of who will become the Democratic leader in the Senate after January is one which for gome reason has been pushed far into the background since Sen. Lyndon Johnson was picked by Sen. Jack Kennedy as his running mate on the national Democratic ticket.

Sen. Johnson has beep Majority Leader in the Senate since 1953 when the Democrats regained control from the Republicans. In that position he has become one of the most influential men in government weilding his power with skill that has seldom been found in the Senate.'

As a Southerner, Sen. Johnson has added prestige to the Southern bloc in the Senate, and while his voting record does not place him in the same conservative category with some of his collegues from the South, his ability to bring about compromises has soothed the feelings of the South on many occasions. At the same time his ability as a compromiser has brought to the middle of the road a number of efforts by more liberal elements of the party to enact far-reaching legislation opposed by the conservative wings in both parties.

Some veteran political observers have said Sen. Kennedy picked Johnson for his running mate for two principal reasons: 1. to hold the South in the party in November and thus be assured of their electorial votes; and 2. to place Johnson in a position where he could not block Kennedys legislative program if it were more liberal than Johnson would like.

Sen. Kennedy has already proved himself a care

ful organizer and a skillful politician. There can be no doubt that he will play the key role in selecting the Democratic leader in the Senate if he is elected president, just as he personally picked Johnson to be his running mate.

It is also true that Kennedys selection of Johnso brought misgivings from some of the more liberal elements of the party upon which Kennedy depended heavily in his successful bid for the nomination. Since the vice presidential plumb was picked with the conservatives in mind, it would not be surprising if Kennedy would pick the majority leader with the liberals in mind.

Whoever he is, he is not as likely to be as sympathetic to Southern or conservative feelings within the party as Sen. Johnson has been.

There is another aspect of the overall picture which should not be overlooked. Sen. Johnsons present term expires in January. As a candidate for vice president he will not be a candidate for re-election to the Senate, and if the Kennedy-Johnson ticket fails to win, Sn. Johnsons important role in the top echelon of government would end at least for the time being.

Since there is almost no possibility that the South will have one of its own as Democratic leader in the Senate aft^ January, it is even more important perhaps that irhave a friend as vice president and the presiding officer of the Senate.

Since there is almost no possibility that the South will have one of its own as Democratic leader in the Senate after January, it is even more important perhaps that it have a friend as vice president and the presiding officer of the Senate.

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'..nstitutionS AfG Pace Must Be Kept In SourCG Of PridG Schools Improvements

By LYNN NISB5T ::: OBSERVATIONS Here are

- aome belated observations about conditions at the 50-odd State institutions which your reporter visited last month with the Advisory Budget Commission-

The first observation is that -. .'no one can make this tour from yMu* to year as your reporter has since 1944. without a feeling of gratification and pride in progress made during that time. In many respect the campuses of colleges, correctional institutions - and hospitals retained familiar "format. In many other respects it was like going Into an entirely new world. The old atmosphere of despair has been replaced with an atmosphere of bright optimism and progress. It is almost like going from darkness of night into the bright light of day. And. Ilyet-

mm The light shining into dark ^comers discovers such great continuing and increasing need, there is almost a sense of frustrati(Ki in face of the appalling magnitude of the job still to be done. It reminds one of the travels who sets out on a trip to the top of a hill, thinking ^that may be his ultimate goal: but when be reaches the top and Views the panorama spread out around him, be realizes that his journey has only just begun.

To get back from the idealistic to the sordid realistic, every achievement creates new opportunities and responsibilities. Certainly the consolidation of control of universities, correc-rrtional schools, mental hospitals and TB sanatoria under respective centralized boards increased efficiency of operations. The question now is whether further concentration is desirable, or If de-^ntralization in scnne areas might be indicated. H CO-OPERATION There Is gratifying manifestation of co-TT. operation, on the surface and for the record at least, among State agencies and institutions. There is also evidence of lack of full coordination of effort and energy for attainment of maximum results in governmental economy and efficiency. Whether full co-T ordination can be attained with-* out dictatorship, and without de-3* trimcnt to the special services - rendwrd by the several agen- cles, is doubtful. And that runs into complications with respect , to relations between State and local government.

At Chapel Hill the University operates the utilities for the X whole community. There arc

- recurring problems of relationship and responsibUity. At Raleigh the Dorothea Dix HospiUl generates its own electricity, with standby agreements with Carolina Power k Light, and provides current for the State School for the Blind and Deaf

and some collateral arrangements with State College. Up to now the plan has worked very well. Increasing demands for service pose questions about future uses.

FARMING Time was. and not so long ago, when colleges and hospitals needed to operate farms to assure a source of food supply, as well as for therapeutic and vocational training. Conditions now make farming by institutions to provide food uneconomic, and the therapeutic and educational value is far less important, because of advancing mechanization. There does remain need for vocational training on farms, in industrial centers, print shops, etc. Distribution must be made more clear than formerly between the phases of therapy and training and commercial production-

PRISON ENTERPRISES - A big factor in this changed concept is the development of Prison Enterprises as a means of employing prisoners, both to keep them out of mischief and to produce goods for other State institutions. Farming, and its related operations in canning and freezing of farm produce, is a case in point. Why should colleges and hospitals duplicate facilities of the prison department, and at probably higher costs, for food productionunless the operation can be justified wholly on therapeutic and training bases?

There is effort now to have all institutional laundry processed by the prison department. It would be cheaper, and would afford employment for prisoners. Some hospitals object because they feel the need to keep control over surgical laundry, particularly, and over all bed linen in general. Training Schools protest, because they want to keep laundry work in their vocational training programs. Same idea goes for canning and other processing of farm crops. They contend it is no more important for Inmates of the State prisonsito be kept employed and trained than for their own pupils to get this training. Further question is raised as to need for Investment in capital stock of linens if a three to four day prison service is substituted for the one day institutional laundry.

CONCLUSION Final con-* elusion is that while there is gratifying cooperation among all State institutions, a lot of work remains to be done in fully coordinating activitiesi for economy and efficiency in the total program of education, rehabilitation and training of youthful and adult North Carolinians who find themselves enrolled, voluntarily or otherwise, in State in.stitutions.

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Most North Carolinians are proud of the public .school systems of the state, and at the same time they are aware of the many improvements in facilities and quality of instruction that are needed.

Steadily year after year, the public schools of North Carolina have improved. In every county of the state new schools have been-constructed, better programs for the youngsters have been carried out and increased emphasis has been placed on affording better public education for our young peeople.

The fact that approximately 75 per cent of the funds spent by the state during the last fiscal year went into education is evidence of North Carolinas interest in her schools. A part of that amount went into state-supported colleges, but the majority went into public school programs.

In spite of the seemingly large share of the state budget which went into education. North Carolina in the years ahead must make greater strides to better educate its young people. Education is the basis of the increasingly better state we hope to make of North Carolina as years go by. Unless our young people are better prepared through better education for the problems which will confront them, we cannot hope to build a better North Carolina.

onnson races

iouanesi les

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) Congress renewed session which turned into a political Donny-brook right from its star4will be the toughest test of Sen. Lyndon Johnsons leadership.

The, tall Texan, often called the most able Senate leader in the 20 century because of his ability in getting warring factions to work together to get things done, has his hands full this time.

Johnson, for the first time, is playing a dual role. He is not only captain of the Democratic-run Senate but is the Democrats vice-presidential candidate.

He and his running mate. Sen. John F. Kennedy, the Democrats presidential nominee, came back to work with some ideas on what they hoped to get done before their election campaign gets under way in earnest in September.

Because the session had been planned to last only three weeks they would have to work fast and the number of pieces of legislation they could hope to get through would have to be fairly limited.

Then Monday President Eisenhower handed a long list of things he wanted done. It would be impossible, if Congress followed its usual pace, to get all of them through in three weeks.

Eisenhower was aware of this when he said I urge that we stay on the job until it i.s done, certainly we cannot adjourn the public interest.

But for one very obvious reason Congress isnt likely to stay at work very far into September. All House seats and one-third of the Senate seats are at stake in November and the members want to get back home to campaign.

But If the Democrats, led by Johnson, Ignore much of what Eisenhower wants, the Republicans will have a campaign argument that the Democrats were big on promises, short on performance.

Kennedy quickly indicated, but in very oblique language, that Elsenhower's basketful of suggestions was a political move.

The Massachusetts senator said: A presidential message calling for action on bills previously vetoed, and complaining about spending after a broad series of demands, is not unexpected in an election year --but if it can be backed up with Republican cooperation and leader.ship, this will be a productive and constructive session.

Johnson also gave a political twist to the Eksenhower nie.s-sage. He said the President appear.*. to be trying to embrace vast portions of the Democratic

platform.

What makes the whole business even more political is that five of the six most important men in the presidential campaign are all sitting in the Senate.

Besides Johnson and Kennedy, they are Vice President Richard M. Nixon, the Republican presidential candidate; Sen. Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky, chairman of the Republican National Committee, and Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington. chairman of the Democratic National Committee.

Nixons running mate, Henry Cabot Lodge, the Republican vice presidential candidate, is U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

This is the first time in years when Congress, returning to work after the political conventions. could be 'judged by the voters before Election Day on how hard they tried to make good on the promises in their party platforms.

Every move in these next few weeks will beor will be suspected of being somehow hooked into political motives.

For all the following time until November both parties will be blaming each other for any shortcomings, real or alleged.

Johnson, as Senate leader, ha.s the task of trying to get Democrats and Republicans to work together under circumstance.s different from any he has faced since taking over the leadership in 1955.

Since Kennedy and Nixon have an equal stake in the outcome, meaning election in November, the role each of them plays will be scrutinized harder than any they have played In the past.

If you have hopes for great accomplishments, keep your fingers crossed.

Opinions In Brief

The playing of Tlie Star-Spangled Banner means nothing 10 many of the children of today. Recently at a public gathering *he band played The Star Spangled Banner as their last number, and the number of children that ignored the music wa.s appalling.Nazareth (Pa.) Item,

No matter what their word-s, there i.s almost always an overtone of amazement in the voices of tho.se who describe on-the-spot rcactyjn to the South amazement at its cjlural patterns, Its social deiPloprnent, its economic progress. The Birmmgham News.

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By ALVIN TAYLOB

'Money' For The Bank

TEMPTATION . . Your columnist has wrestled with temptation and lost!

This item popped into my mind and I rejected it. But back it came again and again. We

mortals arc weak, so here goes.

The Rev. Money led the dedication ceremonies for the new Planter's National Bank and Trust Co. building Monday.

It was the Rev. H.T. Money,

Public Forum

of course, pastor of Hooker Memorial Methodist Church.

I suspect this is not the first time that such plays have been made upon the reverends unusual last name. Anyway the Rev, Money appropriate for this particular job.

WHAT DO WE EXPECT There has developed in the present political campaign quite a controversy over philosophical concept which have generally and erroneously classed as religion, so in order to clear the air and in favor of a better understanding let us dispose of the fallacy that this is a religious controversy.

Religion in its true aspect is an s&cending philosophy of faith and hope for an eternal life. A belief in a supreme being. A human aspiration, religion, is neither the product nor the position of a particular group of humans uor a particular segment of the world population. It is the inherent individual right of every human being regardless of race, color, or creed. A religious creed is not a religion; it is adjunct. A religious creed prescribed an avenue or a path of approach to religion and involves an association of people, of like ideologies and practices. (An old Chinese Proverb says; there are many paths to the top of the mountain but the view is always the same;) When God created man, he automatically created religions and other creeds, if this premise is not correct then we are unconstitutionally and unfairly castigating the Communist Creed. The first Bill of Rights does not specifically guarantee but usage has affirmed the freedom of any sec or group to provocate and support any particular creed or creeds subject, however, to the limitation imposed and implied by other sections of the Constitutions and Bill of Rights.

Under our Constitution,' therefore. the rights of the Communists or Atheists Creed and so far as religion is concerned are just as sacred as those of the Catholic. Jew, Mohammendan, Protestant, or any other religious creed or the so called UNCHURCHED. The difference In the philosophy of human association iipon various religious creeds are founded and may produce deep seeded controversies but religion itself is neither a controversary subject nor an issue in the United States and should not be between any of the peoples of the world. Let us not therefore, confuse the Issue by cloaking it in the guice of religion.

The logic and the propriety of electing to public office people

of minority ideologies, philosophies, creeds and color will be debated and discussed very heatedly. We presume fairly and honestly we hope in coming months- It is going to be up to each of us, as American Citizens to decide and reach fair and logical decisions as to which of the candidates ability and which platforms are best qualified. We provocate, preserve an offense welfare of our Country as a whole not just one segment or section but the welfare of all of us individually and collectively. We shcHild have no basic antagonism towards any candidate as a result of creed. We are fundamentally and probaWy selfishly interested in the welfare and continued progress of this country and preservation of our constitutional philosophy of human association.

Having seen some of the rest, of the world, I know the un-paraUed value of AMERICANISM. and dont propose to willingly neglect nor carelessly contribute to its emancipation or the substitution of any philosophy. We should ask of any candidate that he be technically and morally well qualified for the office he seeks. That he will honestly and conscientious defend and support the constitution and its cpncepts of human association and provocate the welfare of this country as

a whole to the best of his ability. While trying to put on paper a declaration of intent I felt would establish a candidates sincerity, honesty and patriotism, I came upon the Declaration of Oath required of a candidate of citizenship. Certainly if we can require such a declaration from a prospective citizen, we should expect a comparable one from the candidate for political office. If any of us have ever read this declaration before, it should be a valuable interest to all of us, as well as a reminder by solemn obligation as American Citizens :

I hereby declare on oath

that I absolutely and entirely renounce at adjoure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign

prints, potentant, state of sol-undy, from whom or which I therefore, been a subject or citizen: That I will support and

defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States of

America against all enemy, foreign or domestic; that I will

CUSTOMER IS KIND DEPARTMENT. . .1 was at a local drive-in the other night when a customer came up and ordered a hot dog all the way.

The only thing that made this different from all the other hot dogs ordered each niht was that this particular customer wanted this particular wiener wrapped outside the hot dog roll.

No, I didnt find out why he wanted it that way. Thats his business.

SIGHTS AT THE BEACH. . . Your columnist took a trip to Atlantic Beach last weekend and though Ive been a hundred times, I always find the beach new and exciting.

A brisk breeze blew across the ocean and it was downright cool at Ft. Macon Beach where we were stretched out in the sun.

With the development of plastics, the life preserver type rings which the kids use have become lighter and lighter.

Thus it was that, as the strong winds blew, it wasnt long before one such ring came sailing by on the sands. It traveled for a 100 yards or more. In its path came a little child, probably under six, distressfully trying to close the ever widening gap between him and the moving plastic ring.

PRACTICAL JOKER DEPT . . .As you enter Morehead from the east you find a sign board type affair on which are mounted the emblems of various civic clubs, they are similar to those (Continued on page five)

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bare truth, faith, and allegiance to same: that I will bare arms on behalf of the United States when required by law or that I will perform noncombat service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by law or that I will perform work of national importance under civiliance and direction required by law; and that I take this obligation free without any mental reservation or purpose of invasion,' so help me God. And in acknowledgement, therefore, I have here unto affixed by signature.

I can see no honest reason why any true honest American can not wholeheartedly and conscientiously subscribe to the above.

Leonard Bloxam.

Game

Victims

By GEORGE E. 80K0L8KY

Copyright. 1960, King Featuea Syndicate, Inc.

Phytcians, from time to time, write to me, telling me of the badger game of which they suddenly discover themselves victims. Dentists are accused of raping patients, so that a wist dentist keeps his door open for his nurse or secretary to witness ihe propriety of his conduct. And such persons are not particularly good witnesses because they are hired help.

It is estimated that one in seven physicians is bothwed by malpractice charges, using up their time and their means trying to prove that what they did was correct, what they prescribed was proper. Nowadays patients read advertisements and medical news items in the press and make demands bn physicians, accusing them of malpractice if they do not obey the advertisement. When I was ill in the hospital, I received an enormous mail from readers advising me how to cure a cancer by everything from prayer to electricity. There'are apparently radio stations which give medical advice, some of which can readily kiU sick people, but there are thousands who believe that the man on the radio must be truthful or he would not be on the radio!

A physician sent me a clipping on this subject which he cut out of a medical Journal, giving neither the name of the publication nor the date. Nevertheless, I quote from it because it contains an extraordinary good paragraph:

A physician can be sued If he expresses an unfavtM'able opinion or a favorable one: if he conceals an error or reveals it; uses a new drug w fails to use one; keeps records or is sloppy about records; discloses a fact about his patient or conceals same the possibilities are without number.

There ought to be a carefully drawn up code speclfjting tho responsibility of a physician to his patient. I have watched a physician go step-by-step to discover the cause for an unusually large number of white blood cells in a patient. He had to rule out many causes, some of which might have been fatal: some of which could be handled with anti-blotics. As he ruled out each posslWe cause, he started on another research because the white cell count remained high and there was no apparent reason for it.

Parents can becMne impatient with such thoroughness, but ,if they have any common sense they will be grateful that ttwy have a physician who is not afraid to say that there is no obvious cause for the manifest results of a high white ceil count. In the end, he will find the cause, but whether re can effect a cure depends upon many factors. This particular patient had once had mononucleosis and this might be an aftermath. But aftermaths of illnesses can be quite a nuisance and even serious. Thus, parents would be wise to get a competent physician, with a good, local reputaticm and to trust him. He will not know everything because there is too much to know, but a good man. with a hospital connection, with access to a patholc^y laboratory wUl know how to discover whatever is available.

When I had a heart attack. I was bothered by countless friends to try this wonder of the ages or that brilliant man. I declined. A cMnpetent heart mended and that was suffldent. man, connected with a first rate hospital, had been recommended and trat was sufficient. These great men and a pain in the neck sometimes. When a patient is very sick, the temperament of doctor and patient is very Important. If they do not jibe, the doctor should drop the patient and recommend somebody else because the psychological effect of physician on patient Is very Impmiant. They must be in absolute rapport. The same is true of nurses. A bothersome biddy can upeet a patient no end; a friendly, kindly but rigid nurse can save a life.

Doctors and nurses should not be sued by patients who do not know what it is all about nor should they be tried by Juries which cannot even understand the terminology. Just as lawyers are Investigated by Bar Associations which make rec-(Continued on paft 6)

,S. Is-Winnina Cuban Cold War

By ELMER ROESSNER

We are winning the cold war with Russia over Cuba.

We arc not winning Cuba or Cubans yet. But on the economic front we are licking the Soviets. They probably know it and. with Marxian cunning will probably abandon the ideological enclave there.

Cuba, like your own car. needs gasoline to keep running. To obtain It, the Castro government has seized American and British reflnerres and made deals with Communist countries to obtain petroleum.

But Russia is having difficulty In moving oil from the Baku fields of Rumania and from southern Russian ports to Cuba. Russia has not enough tankers, and world fleets are refusing to lease theirs. American oil companies have announced they will boycott lines that lease tankers, to Russia, The Soviets have oeen offering up to 50 per cent aoovt the goiag rats lor umkers

and. despite the fact that theres a world surplus of tankers, the Russians are not getting them. SHORTAGE OF BOTTOMS

So far. RiLssia appears to have been able to deliver only minimum amounts agreed to, and Cuba is still short of gasoline without much hope of increasing imports.

The Soviets appear to have overextended themselves. They have offered oil to India as well, but so far have not been able to deliver adequate amounts.

The United States is also winning the battle of sugar. Our refusal to pay premium prices for Cuban sugar not only notifed Cuba that' the United States would not support a Communist-tolerant government there but also that it was serious in Its relations with the island republic which truly may not have been realized by locals.

Furthermore, thsrt is a bountiful surpl'u in o>her sugar-grow-tng nations, m much UmU tha

retail price of sugar has begun to slip back to normal, pre-Castro prices in recent weeks.

We have other advantages. Cuba's second largest Industry has been tourism, and travelers are few and far between. This hurts the government where It is most painful1 the graft departmentbecause tourists were the prime suckers in the crooked gambling games. ^

We are winning because we are nearer to Cuba than Russia or China. Shipments from shanghai and LeninfTad must have hlfb trmnsporiatton JisMll-Curtaln goods will laaaa stiook-Ingly higher prices for the Cubans.

In short: Cuba needs the

American market, American goods and American spending. The laws of economics will work everything out.

Cuba cannot maintain an economy based on deals with Russia and China, eaeh balf a werld away, while Ameriea,

stands ready to supply the products of automatio factories.

No matter how much Russia docs, no matter how little we do, Cuba will eventually resume ecMiomlc ties wiUi the UJJt. CHARGE SYOTEM SUITS INVOLVE NO CREDIT BUREAUS

A United States fovenuaent antitrust action against two charge systems, one In Baltimore and the other in the Dlstrlet of Columbia, has worried merehants elsewhere who use eredlt taMau senrloea.

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