PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE,. N. C

nlcMiflAy, AufiMl 29, 1990

Monday, Au^rust 29, 1960

Which Is Holding Up Which?

Housing Reflects Areas Progress

Greenvilles percentage increase in housing units during the past decade was one of the highest among the cities of comparable size in Eastern North Carolina, but in spite of the 54 per ent increase in the number of dwelling units between 1950 and 1960, Greenville still has more people per dwelling unit than most of the other cities in this part of the state.

According to the 1960 census figures Greenville has 6,620 housing units, an increase of 54 per cent or 2,310 units more than it had in 1950. Only Golds-boro, which showed an increase of 60 per cent in housing during the decade a greater percentage increase than Greenville among the six largest cities in this immediate section.

Kinston increased its number of housing units 53 per cent duripg the period, Wilson 33 per cent. Rocky Mount 31, per cent and New Bern 16 per cent.

In the case of each of these cities, percentage increase in the number of housing units w^as greater during the decade than its increase in population. In the case of Greenville, population jumped 35.2 per cent while its housing units increased 54 per cent.

The figures clearly indicate that the housing situation among these cities is better now than it was 10 years ago. They also indicate that during the decade considerable progress jvas made in catching up with the demand for housing that built up during and immediately following World War II.

In 1950 Greenvilles population and housing figures showed an average of 3.8 people per dwelling

Write-In Vote ?lan Killed Of::

By LYNN NISBET

WRITE-INS The attempt at an organized campaign to promote write-in votes for Beverly Lake for Governor died a*bom-Ing, Ik-. Lake himself requested abandonment of the plan and pledged suppOTt to Democratic-norainec Terry Sanford, Even ' without that push into the discard the idea was hopeless frcn the start.

Reports from the Halifax-^ Northampton section indicate that while there is no semblance of orgwiization behind the movement there may be several hundred write-in votes cast for Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for President and Beverly Lake for Governor.

Scouts in the Dare-TyireU .area repwt that a number of Democratic voters there have in-dicated they will go fishing wi November 8. To date there is no evidence of a write-in movement. Dare county gave a ma-'jority for Eisenhower in 1956. and Tyrrell has long been rated a close county. It gave majorities to Democratic candidates fM- Governor and President, but elected a Republican sheriff several times prior to 1954.

Halifax and Northampton are ;ln the second congressional dis-.ct, which fM- several past national elections has claimed to be the banner Democratic district*^ in the state, if not in the nation. Even in 1928 when the State went for Hoover, Halifax and Northampton came through with majorities of approximately five to one for A1 Smith, and about twelve to one for the Demo-crac Governor. Scouts report that the present defection is not serious, but it bothers the old-line Democratsand emphasizes the fact that everything is not as rosy in Nortii Carolina as Dem->cratic party leaders would like.

ADVANTAGES Governs Bodges, to greater degree than any recent chief executives, manifests determination to hold on to the obligations and prerogatives of the highest office after his successor has been nominatedbut not inaugurated. He is as much in demand few public speeches in and out of the atate as evr, and is accepting all the invitations possible. He is organizing and will head another industryhunting safari into the Chicago area in October, widespread doubt he would have previous incursions into the Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and European sectors.

At the same time he concedes, perhaps unconsciously, that there are advantages in being on the way out. Although he has never been very politic In his handling of in-state affairs. It is doubted he would have been as vigorous in castigation of the Neuse River Area Development Association, mak

ing a final and futile appeal for relocation of a bridge across the Newport river between Beaufort and Morehead City: or in criti-cLsm of the courts for light sentences in fishing law violations; and criticism of lack of cooperation on part of Outer Bankers in conservation programs, all of which were made during the. C&D board meeting at Nags Head, if he had not realized that his tenure as Governor was nearing an end.

Concensus among great majority of the people with whom your reporter has talked is that what he said needed to be said. But politics being politics there is widspread dobut he would have spoken as vigorously if he had another year or two to go in his office. He is in position now where neither sticfcs nor stones can break his bones any more than words can hurt him so far as his office as Governor is concerned.

EXCEPTION It often has been noted that the situation of a retiring Goyemor, months before his term ends but after his successor has been chosen, is traditionally pathetic. He has all the newly nominated Governor has gotten most of the top recognition. Luther Hodges affords evidence of exception to that rule. He is still Governor, and he doesnt want anybody to forget it. Terry Sanford, as Democratic Govemor-nominate, tanatmount to election, is being accorded recognition as the upcoming chief executive. But he is not displacing the incumbent Governor to anything like the degree Hoey d^placed Ehringhaus,

Broughton displaced Hoey, Cherry displaced Broughton, Scott displaced Cherry, or Um-stead displaced Scott in popular acclaim, during the period between nomination and inauguration.

That may be due in part to the fact that Luther Hodges has been Governor longer than any other man since the 1868 constitution was adopted and folks are so accustomed to calling him Governor they have difficulty in changing. Mostly it is due to the fact that Luther Hodges is just the kind of man who refuses to be i^wed or sidetracked, who shirks neither the obligations nor the honors due the office he holdsso long as he holds it.

To greater degree than at any time since Max Gardnerand there may be question about his rivalry for the honorthe personality of Luther Hodges dominates the office of Governor. Yet he has no political organization comparable to Gardners, and no personal loyally following comparable to Scotts. Political dopesters are puzzled to analyze the situation, but of necessity recognize and accept it.

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unit. According to the 1960 figures the average in Greenville now is 3.4 persons per dwelling unit, the same as the ratio of people to houses that exists in Wilson. In GoldsboiM) now there are 3.3 people per dwelling unit, Rocky Mount has 3.2, Kinston 3.1 and New Bern 2.9.

This increase in housing among these cities during the decade also reflect the degree of economic progress that has been made, for without a sound growth in the economy of the communities the percentage increase in dwellings would not have far outstripped the percentage increase in population.

Compared with the state-wide increase of 25 percent in dwelling units during the decade, these cities of eastern North Carolina reflected favorable progress during the period from 1950 to 1960.

Another Season Of Challenge To Parents

This week thousands of youngsters throughout Pitt County will give up their annual vacation and go back to the matter of continuing their formal education.

For the youngsters the beginning of another school term will represent a drastic change in the routine they have followed since the summer recess began three months ago. For the parents of these youngsters also, there will be a drastic change in routine. The summertime schedules will be abandoned and a new schedule adopted to conform with the requirements of a school day.

The youngsters, whether they are first graders entering public school for the first time, or seniors finishing their last year of high school, will face new problems, new situations, new challenges and new responsibilities. The parents will face these along with the students, the teachers and the school officials.

How successful the school year is educationally speaking will not depend alone on the teachers. It will depend upon the youngsters and their parents as well as the teachers. It will depend on the net result of the effort put forth by the teacher to instruct the student, the effort put forth by the student to learn, and the effort put forth by the parents to see that the youngsters take their school work seriously and apply themselves to study outside the classroom.

The beginning of another school year presents a challenge not just to the students and teachers. It presents a challenge to the parents also.

No Recession In

By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

One

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Business Todav

Copyright, 1960, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

When the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association meets in Washington on August 31, one of the questions before it will be the Connally Reservation. Of course, the American Bar Association is not the Congress and its determination will be obiter dicta, but it will be influential. The lawyers will understand what a Reservation means and that is more than many who faw its discontinuance grasp. Tlreat Britain and Prance have stronger Reservations than we have

and there is no movement in those countries to revoke their Reservations.

At issue is only one question: Does the World Court or the United States decide what is a domestic question within the United States? The continuance or repeal of the Connally Reservation raises no other question. It does not withdraw our membership from the International Court of Justice. It does not lessen our interest in adjudicating international questions by juridical rather than military decision.

Those who favor the removal

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By RALPH ROBEY

It is almost inconceivable how much talk there is today on whether we are in, or at least on the verge of, a business recession. At a press conference of President Eisenhower a short time ago, fiw example, he was asked for his opinion. The President made an optimistic reply, and at once he was answered by David J, McDonald, president of the Steelworkers union, with the comment that Mr. Eisenhower is being given inaccurate informationthat we are in a bad way and there is no use trying to hide it.

All of this, of course, is a bit silly. Some parts of the economic system arc not dtng too well, and steel production is outstanding in this regard. But the rate of production of steel almost certainly has made its low for the year and probably will continue to advance with fair regularity for the remainder of 1960.

The railroads also have been having trouble, to a considerable degree because of lack of steel shipments. Homebuilding and construction in general have not been as strong as anticipated, but with an increasing supply of mortgage funds available there Ls every reason to assume that we shall see an upturn in this field.

Because of higher costs of production, increased competition from both at home and abroad, and various other factors, business profits have been reduced. The stock market has been having a relatively hard time, but recently has shown a renewed tendency to work higher. Congress is playing politics to the hilt, and so far has done nothing to support business confidence. And various industries, such as farm implements, find it to exceedingly difficult to maintain their level of sales.

But all of this together does not spell recession, either now or In the immediate future. Consider some of the facts on the other side.

More persons are at work today than ever before in our history. and at the highest wages, still have four million unemployed, which is too many, but by October this will drop to around three million, and much 01 thto is from so-called depressed areas.

Industrial production, as measured by the Federal Reserve index. is holding steady, which is a little amazing in view of the low output in the Steel industry and the early curtailment of automobile production for model change-overs.

Retail trade to holding up and showing a slight increase month after month.

Investment in plant and equipment is on schedule and still promises to rise to its previous all-time peak by the end of the year.

Gross national product is constantly rising; and with prices fairly steady, the Increase is realnot the result of higher prices.

Personal income is slowly advancing, and is at the highest level In our history.

The early prediction that net farm Income would be down for the year now appears to have been in error. It is now clear that this is going to be an excellent crop year and farmers will net just about what they did in 1959.

Interest rates have declined sharply, and the Federal Reserve Board has approved a second reduction in rediscount rates. The commercial banks currently are operating with net excess reserves of about $200 million.

These favorable factors, and many more could be mentioned, far outweigh the pessimistic items. In other words. President Eisenhower is not being given fallacious information, and his optimism is thoroughly justified. We are going to have good business over-all for the rest of 1960.

Opinions In Brief

For centuries the word America among the great masses of people over the world has been an emblem of hope of more security in lifeand more freedom.Herbert Hoover.

Other Editors Saying We Knife Another Frienc.

(Richmond News Leader)

Let ti be conceded: Genera^-simo Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina, commander in chief of the Dominican Republic, is not cast exactly in the mold of Thomas Jefferson. General Trujillo has suppressed political opposition, throttled free speech, jaded his enemies without fair trials, and engaged in various intrigues of high and low degree. He is no beauty.

But when that has been said, it remains beyond comprehension why the State Departinent, the Congress, and the President suddenly have joined in an effort to toppie one of the staunchest friends the United States government has in the Caribbean. How is it possible, with the ominous example of Cuba before our eyes, that our government can duplicate the very blunders that led us to Castro?

Even his severest critics have admitted that General Trujillo has taken great strides in recent years toward the relief of living conditions in the Dominican R^ publican. Edwin Lieuwen, in his Arms and Politics in Latin America, credits Trujillo with a period of political stability and economic progress unparalleled in the history of the republic. In the past few years, new highways have been built, harbors modernized, power plants constructed, agriculture diversified. industrialization promoted schools built, illiteracy reduced, hospitals erected, and disease attacked.

Yet Trujillo today Is the target of an organized campaign to overthrow his administration and to cast his country into chaos, In

the hills a few miles from the capital city that bears his name, armed rebels, supplied by Communist Cuba, await with Itching fingers.

Do we never learn? Do we learn nothing by the overthrow of a Batista in Cuba and the entrance of a Castro? By what combination of blindness, stupidity, subversion or misplaced idealism do we fawn upon Patrice Lumumba of the Congo, and turn our backs upon the anticommunist Tshombe of Katanga? Who are the forces that would oust Trujillo? Why, they are the leftist dictators of neighboring Latin American countries, as repressive in their own ways as Trujillo is in his.

It is now proposed to take away from the Dominican Republic, so long as Trujillo is in power, a sugar quota of vital importance to this tiny country. Other diplomatic and econcmiic sanctions are to follow. The State Department already has meddled in the Dominican Republics internal affairs with denunciations of its'policies on free press. Yet this same State Department encourages a wide variety of trade with encourages a wide variety of trade with Russia, Poland, and Yugoslavia, and invites Nikita Khrushchev to come sleep at Camp David. What price consistency?

As far back as 1938, a magazine writer described Trujillo as the Caesar of the Caribbean. It is a fair epithet. Caesar had his Brutus. And Rafael Trujillo has a Brutus of his own in the United States Government today.

of the Reservation believe tiiat the peace of the world can best be assured if all nations accept the World Court as the final arbiter of international issues. If the world were different than It happens to be, this could be the best device for reducing or avoiding wars.

There are now 82 members of the World Court. The membership will increase. Many of the members represent Soviet states and other anti-Western bodies. There are 15 Judges in this Court, no two from any one country. The present 15 judges are:

Abdel Hamid Badawi, United Arab Republic; VJC. Wellington Koo, China; Sir Percy Spender, Australia; Jean Splro-poulos, Greece; Bohdan Wlniar-ski. Poland: Jules Basdevant, Prance; Roberto Cordova, Mex-icao; Ricardo J. Aliara, Panama; Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, United Kingdom; Lucio M. Moreno Quintana. Argentina; E.C-Armand Ugon, Uruguay; Green Haywood Hackworth, United States; Helge Klaeatad, Norway; Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Pakistan; F.I. Kojevnikov, USSR.

It will take many years before the Court can work out a system of mtcrnational jurisprudence that will not be based on l(^al custom and tradition, but on written legislation. Meanwhile, we must maintain this one little safeguard, the Con-nally Reservation, to protect ourselves. The Statute the Ck)urt Is a surprisingly ambiguous document. For instance, it deals with general ilnciple8 of law as recognized by civilized nations.

What Is a civilized nation? If Great Britain, the United States and Canada are civilized, are FYance, Soviet Russia and Saudi Arabia civilized? The systems of jurisprudence of these countries are ndt identical nor do they have a common source. Until there is an agreement as to which law to to prevail or if a new law to to preavila, how can any major nation leave its national security to a majMdty vote among representatives of nations who require obedience? For iitotance, an American judge is not regarded as a trait-< to his country if he renders a decision against it- Actually, in this country, we have a Court of Claims for precisely the fgovernment and the United States Supreme Court even declares Acts of Congress signed by ths President unconstitutional

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Four

And The Future

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK, Mass., Prom my knowledge of the majca- candidates for President and Viet Presldeht. I believe all four are good men. I aincerely hope my opinion may be correct; but I may be wrong. I had many surprises when I ran for President in 1940 on the Prohibition Party ticket.

IS ANY CANDIDATE TOO YOUNG?

Mr. Kennedy to 4S; Mr. Nixon Is 47. The tvnage age of Mr. Nixon and Mr. Kennedy to about 45 years, and the av^^age of Mr. Lodge and Mr. Johnson is 55 year*. The average age of the four men to 50 years. Looking back on my life, I was at xny prime and did my most impOTtant work when I was at an age which compares with the above averages. I not only had good idea*, but I had, the energy and ambition to carry them out.

I think ttuti every reader of Uiis column who has reached over seventy years of age wUl agree with my own experleoce.

I Mippose this age (Ejection will be rehearsed in literature put out during the campaign. The answer to tJds age eilticin as issued by Mr. Kenn^ly was certainly eonvineing from a hie-tm-ical p<tot of view. Age statistics regarding the previous leaders of our own country are. in themselves, eonvlncing; but, un-wiUlng to stop with thto, Kennedy went back to show that if there had been an age lixnto 468 years ago, Columbas would never have dtocovered Amalea!

WHAT ABOUT THE PARTY PLATFORMS?

It to an old saying, the form of a political party to like the platform of a street car*, oi use only to get in (. Ctoi-ginally. the Republican ^atfonn was considerably more omuer* vative than the Democratic platform. but at the earnest soliei-tation of Governor Rockefeller, the RepubQoan platfonn was made much more liberal. I doubt if this will lose Mr. Nixon any of the old hard atell*' RMMibll-cans, and it should secure cf him many indepradent votes. However, we may now forget platforms.

The real difference between the two candidates will be shown by the speeches they malm daring the coming two mcmths. It now looks as If each will toy to outdo the other in the giveawi^** goal. It seema to me thto may be known as the great ''giveaway* campaign, where both the liberals and conservatives offer sugar-coated promises to * win the great indepmdent voten who may determlM the election on November 8th. I doubt if the? religious question will be a real factor. The Florida vote will depend upon whet the respective candidates promise to do with the (?uban situation.

SAVINGS VERSUS COMFORTS

As I talk with many peoi^, the consensus seems to be that those who own their homes and have savings accounts or Invest-- ments howevw small they may be will vote the Reimbli-can ticket to protect the value of the collar. On the other bmd, those who do not own any home and have no eavings e-peotolly those who owe considerable amounts on install* ments for automobiles, fumi-ture, etc.. or even tboee who have large limg-term home mortagee will vole the Demoeratie ticket to depreciate the value &t the dollar.

The most important quecUon to me to how long thto gtonme** political e<npetltlon can continu. Certainly thto tread te the left 1 found in all countries while traveling about Eurcgw. However, it certainly cannot last indefinitely: although 1

would not BOW predict whetiier World Wer m would hasten it or delay it. It may eontiniie during the next two or three presidential oampelgnt, until all parties see that our cowntnr to reaching a dangerous eeonomio precipice. The result may be the appointment of a dietator, or at least of a ooalitioii gevenv ment. Otherwise, we eovld be headed toward eome form of Communism. My grandchildren feel that Russia may gradually move further to the rlfdto with each generaticm while the

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Compact Car Economy Is Here

The guy who ought to be investigated is the disc Jockey who played rocknroll records not for payola but because he liked them. North Vernon (Ind.) Sun,

Strength For Today

By EAR I. L. DOUGLA.SS ONE STEP ENOUGH Foresight is a wonderful thing. Everyone admlre.s the man of vision whose. predictions about politics, business, or sports are fulfilled in the events.

But sometimes in our eagerness to know and enjoy the future, we tend to overlook the present. However bright and hopeful the future may seem, we need to remember that we are alive only in the present; and only in the present can we actually do anything.

Every clergyman knows parishioners who wantprobably sincerelyto lead better live.s, and who intend to begin lading them soon. Meanwhile, well, the evils and complexities of the

moment make it necessary to postpone the better lives. Before they can possibly turn their lives over to God, there are a lot of things, they feel, that they mu.st see about first. But some day soon, . .And on they stumble in the same old darkne.ss.

There is no time like the present: and for any Individual, there never will be a time exactly like it again. Our needs are so well summed up In the famous prayer-hymn by Cardinal Newman, "Lead, Kindly Light: Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant sceneone step enough for me.

Before we worry about tomorrow. let us do the best we can with todajr.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The United States is moving into a compact car economy.

The rising preference for small cars is having many effects on business. Some are beneficial, some are not. Here are a few;

1. The steel industry is hit. Smaller cars use les.s steel; auto companies are buying less: layoffs are rising in the steel mills-

2. Nonferrous metal companies are also hurt. The trend to lighter autos has also been a trend tp cars with less gingerbread. Less chrome, copper and nickel go Into bunny cars.

3. The aluminum industrys pasition to stronger. Aluminum engines are coming, to save weight. Anodized aluminum to already replacing cluome. TOUGH ON GAS STATION.S

4. The oil industry has been kicked in the pants- Compact and other small cars use very much less gas and oil. Tanks are small, so the ratio of attendants' time to gallons sold to increa.sing,

5. Garages are losing lush charges. The compacts are simple as well as small; there to less to go wrong, and replace-tnenU are cheaper.

6. Tire manufacturers are suffering. Small cars use smaller and cheaper tires to begin with.

,^ecause they are lighter, they wear out less rubber. Replacements are also cheaper.

7. Finance companies are pinched. Loans to finance balances on small cars are much smaller than those on large ones. Financing on small cars may be $1,00U less than on a big one. with a loss per car of several hundred dollars over a two-or-three-year financing. Some companies say the average unpaid balance to down as much as $200 a car.

8. The used car market to being squeezed. New compacts are often cheaper than used biggies, forcing down resale prices One company reports that compacts have forced used-car prices down so much that it loses $400 on each used vehicle it to forced to repossess, twice as much as a year ago. according to the National Automobile Dealers Associations magazine.

BETTER ROADWAYS DEMANDED

9 Demands for better streets, and highways are growing, A roadway that may be fairly comfortable for a rider in a big car may jog the teeth of

a compact driver and, if he has a vote, hes letting Cfity Hall know.

10. Insurance companies are being forced to revise ratea. Smaller cars do smaller damage. Most of them operate at lower average speeds. Some companies have cut rates already: .others may be forced to by competition or by state regulators. And lower rates mean lower commissions.

11. Tax returns are being re-dued. Smaller cars use less taxed gas and oil. They carry less Federal excise and local sales taxes. They are assessed less for annual plates when the levies ere based on weight or dimensions. They are assessed less as personal property.

Note: Small cars have put state and local governments In a bind. They cannot increase levies on the compacts without also increasing them even more on larger cars and any further tax levies on larger cars will simply turn more people to the bitsies,

12. The smaller cars are bringing countless families Into the auto market, People who have looked stonily at $3,ono. $4,000 and lai'ger price tags on

big cars are now ftnttiny lhai UOO

in cash, a loan from Uncle Ki-cobar and an Instalment ooo-iract carrying an outrageously high rate ol interest ean put them behind the wheel of a compact.

MORE TWO-CAR FAM1UE8 Unit sales have not yet increased significantly, but over the next five years the k)W prices on compacts can bring more than a millloo families Into the auto market, aad make two-car families of a million more.

There are other tffeeto of the small car. It to forcing changes in parking rate and redeelgn of parking fields. One fifth of cubicle space in new garages and parking towers .will be waste.

The small car will affect styles. Few girls in the current vogue look graceful in getting out of a compact.

It may even affect thinking. If a family to brought to realize it does not need leviathan Size and Chrtotmas-ti-ee chrome on the car it may figure it packaging, economy sizes that consist largely of air, and a lot of razzle-dazzle with every thing It buy*. That would send a lot of people looking for Jobs.