PAGE FOURnE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

Monday^ Qcfober 3, I960

Monday, October 8, 1960

The Khnisher

Registration Books; Need Updating

Again in Greenville's bond election Tuesday the awaiting their turn to vote are justifiably perturbed ^ glaring need for a revamping of the citys registration, when the poll holders are unable to locate their names books was revealed. among those who are eligible to vote.

Although only slightly more than 750 people vot- it will take considerable time to revise the voter

ed in the election, many had to stand in long lines for registration books of Greenville and to bring them up ivhile pomtolders.lhiijnhed throjigh.ragifi* to datet-Tt will also take-time to consider aH the faeiors--tration books-^oiten futilly looking for names. and problems involved in creating a more adequate

To put it candidly, the voter registration books distribution of voting precincts in the city. Obviously ^of the city of Greenville are thoroughly fouled up. these need to be done, and the sopner the City Council They need to be revised and brought up to date. Con- takes steps to have them done, the better it will be

sideration should be given to the establishment of new voting precincts to replace the two polling places and five wards that have been used by the city for decdes without change.

The City Council should immediately take steps to revise the voter registration books of Greenville' even if it means establishing new voting precincts and calling for an entirely new registration. It would cost money to be sure, but at least it would give the city an acceptable set of registration books and make possible a more orderly conducting of elections and referendums. *

It has been at least two decades and probably longer since there was a new registration for Greenvilles voting records. The present registration books are cluttered with names of people who died or moved awayJProm Greenville years ago. The books are also cluttered with names of people who have moved from one ward to another among the five registration wards of the city. In the process many names have been lost from the registration books while others appear two or more times among the list of people eligible to cast ballots in city elections.

for Greenville and its citizens.

Farm Vote Displays A CoBtiumg Confidence

GontmUd confidence by North, Carolina farmers in their Nickels for Know-How program was shown by the ^erwhelming vote last week in which farmers of the state approved for ^another three years the five cents per ton

Fund oblained from the speciaF assessment is used for agricultural research in the state.

In the past nine'Vears the program has financed a total of 48 research projects for North Carolinas agriculture^ and-Friday's vote assured continuance of the program for another three years.

The record of the Nickels for Know-How program in North Carolina indicates farmer interest in research progfams that will contribute to the improvement of agriculture across the state and in the long run will

The books have become so outmoded that many provide greater knowledge^or more scientific farming persons who have registered at one time or another in North Carolina.' *

in recent years find themselves turned away from the polls because of* the poll holders are unable to find their names among the lists. Although the names are alphabetized in the books, there may be several places in the books of each ward where there are Ms, Ss

Nickels for Know-How is a voluntary program undertaken and paid for by the farmers of the state. It is just one of many examples of what is being done by the farmers in an effort to improve agriculture not only for their own benefit, but for the benefit of the

and so forth. Poll holders have to go through the tedi- general public which must purchase farm commodities. By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

ous process of looking here and there in the books in an effort to find many names. Sometimes they are found, sometimes they are not.

Meanwhile some people who have taken time to come to the polls get tired of waiting and leave in disgust. Others who have stood determinedly in line

Programs such as Nickels for Know-How refute those oft-heard, unfpundsd assertions that farmers are not willing to help themselves and look to the government to help them.

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By RALPH ROBEY

Much ado has been made of ttie fact that industrial production, as measured by the Federal Reserve Board index, pre-aumably dropped one point in August. We say presumably oropped because what actually l^pened was that the July figre was revisew upward one point and August merely came down to the original July calculation. Of course when the final data are in for August the present figure may be revised either up or down a little, but that ig for the future. If there is such a revisicm it will be honest, because the Federal Reserve division which compiles this index does not engage in statistical monkeyshiMs or subterfuge.

This index of production, it should be recalled, is based upon actual physical units, not prices, thus, does not affect the index. It is weighted by the relative importance of all the items included, and it uses the average of 1R57 as equal to 100. The all-time high of the index was last January at 111. The revised July figure was 110, and the August figure is 109,

It is quite imposible to make 6iis stability into a recession, and it is equally impossible to*^ make it into an upswing. What, then, is really happening in production?

The answer is that all kinds of things are happeningsome that are encouraging, some that are discouraging.

On the favorable side is the continued high (Mitput of consumer goods and business equipment, although production'Df furniture, television, and some ether home goods is slightly reduced.

On the unfavorable side is the lowness with which the prciduc-tion of iron and steel is advancing, and a mild curtailment of textiles, paper, and chemicals.

D<ens of other examples of uch cross currents could be dted from the details published by the Federal Reserve. This is what is to be expected when the economic trend fundamental

ly is moving sideways, as it has been since the first of the year in production.

The major issue is a*hether we shaU break out of this stability on the upside or the downside. A reasonably good argument can be built for either, but my judgment is that it will be OB tte upside. Among my rea^i^ for taking this position ire:

Steel production is on the way up. The increase will imA be spectacular, but at least It wiU add strength to the busing trend.

Housing starts are showing an increase. Again it is not startling. but after the disappointing and unexpected bad figures in July, the upturn is most welcome. and experts believe it will continue.

Inventories as a whole are not high in relation to the current volume of business, and should show a slight increase in coming months.

There are substantial free reserves in our banking "system and it is the purpose of the Federal Reserve to maintain this situation. Interest rates have declined. and while the banks are not out hunting borrowers, it is easier to get a loan than it was a short time ago.

Personal income is edging upward, and the public has not yet shown a tendency to stop buying.

Government spending is increasing at both the federal and the state and local levels.

On the other side, business profits are being squeezed, competition is severeboth domestic and foreign, and in most instances it no longer is possible to raise prices to offset Increased costs of production. Also the international problem is not getting better, and we still have the worry of what the election will mean.

With such pm and cons it obviously ^ BO time to be dogmatic. None' the less, as stated above, it is my belief that for the remainder of this year we shall hpve a .slow* uptrend in the business curve.

By LYNN NISBET

WELCOMEOne of the most interesting panel discussions at the recent conference of national travel organizations at 'Virginia Beach was on the subject of w'elcome stations for visitors at state lines.

Florida has the most elaborate setup in this activity. There are only eight main highways equipped with welcome stations, a seventh is under construction and an eighth is expected to be authorized by the next Legislature. These stations cost $75,-000 to $85,000 to buUd and about $31,000 a year to operate. Each nploys about eight people.

North Carolina with half a hundred highway crossings from four states could not approach such expensive operation. Pennsylvania has a unique system of mobile welcome stationsoff

ice or house trailers which can be moved about from place to place as need requires. They are manned by small staffs who give out literature and information about the statebut make no recommendations about where to eat or sleep.

That kind of set up might work well for North Carolina- The mobile imits could be stationed in the mountains and on the coast during the summer travel season, and then moved to the heavy traffic north-south highways for the movement to and from Flor

ida.

Spokesmen from Florida, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Ohio noted that literature can be distributed more effectively and more economically this way than by mail. One advantage is that the recipient has already demonstrated interest in the state by coming.

PISHING MOVIE Your reporter went with Charlie Parker, director of state advertising, to check on the color and sound movie of deepsea fishing along the North Carolina coast, being put together by Haycox Photo-ramic Co. at Norfolk. The folks who are supervising the editing and cutting are distressed because they must omit so much good film footage in order to keep the run to less than 15 minutes. They have enough film for a full half hour show. It breaks my heart," said Jimmy Mayes, but we just cant use It all." Funny thing is, when the movies was authorized t;* the C&D board fear was expressed that there would not be .enough good material, and that some second rate stuff might have to be used.

COLORIn the other end of the state the fall color parade is just starting down the mountain sides. Some of the oldtim-ers who have cashed in on this natural color as a business asset (Continued on page five)

Copyright, 1960, King Featurei Syndicate, Inc.

First of all, it seemed very queer that two candidates for the Presidency of the United States were debating before a large audience, yet no American flag was on the stage. Such a debate held without a flag on a street corner in New York City w'ould involve the arrest of the participants.

A year ago, Martin Gabel and Richard Boone put on a live show of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates. Martin Gabel was Stephen Douglas and Ricliard Boone was Abraham Lincoln, Their debating was superior,

Stephen Douglas was elected United States Senator from Illinois as a result of the debates: Abraham Lincoln eventually became President of the United States. The debates ave become classics of American history.

Douglas said:

The Black Republican creed lays it down expressly that under no circumstances shall we acquire any more territory, unless slavery is first prohibited in the country. . .1 answer that whenever it becomes necessary, in our growth and progress, to acquire more territory, that I am in favor of it, without reference to the question of slav-en. .

Linoln replied;

. . .1 hold that the history of this country shows that the institution of slavery was originally planted upon this continent without these police regulations which the Judgq now* thinks necessary for the actual establishment of it. Not only so, but is

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another fact: how Dred Scott decision to be made? It was made upon the case of a Negro being taken and actually held In slavery in Minnesota Territory, claiming his freedom because the Act of Congress prohibited his being so held there. Will the Judge pretend that Dred Scott was not held there without police regulations? ...

This was debating. There was no softness of thought or manner. There was no absurd politeness which was so synthetic on the first Nixon-Kennedy Debate. There was no pleading about which of two men w*as more experienced. There were no silly questions from radio commentators reading from a script, Lincoln said:

I have stated upon former occasions, and I may as well state again, what I understand to be the real issue in this controversy between Judge Douglas and myself. . .The real issue in this controversythe one pi^ess-ing upon every mindis the sentiment on the part of the class that looks upon the institution of slavery in this country as a wrong is the sentiment of the Republican Party. It is the sentiment around which all their actions, all their arguments, circle, from which all their propositions radiate. They look upon it as being amoral, social, and political wrong. .

There is no nonsense in this statement about having the same goals but using other means. What Lincoln believed to be wrong, he said was wrong; what Douglas thought was right he said was right.

After listening to the Nixon-Kennedy Debate I sat down to read the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, It was a refreshing interlude. Suddenly it came to me that what was wrong in the Nixon-Kennedy Dbate is that Ixith men fear to be defeated. Nixon has taken on a new personality, polite, urbane, gentle. He is not^ like that at ail. He defeated Jerry Voorhis by knocking him out in a debate on principles; he hit down Helen Gahag-an Douglas by battling her on every issue. He frightened, the opposition so much that they forever fear and hate him. It was Nixon the fighter that emerged from an obscure member of Congress to be the candidate for the Presidency of the United States in 14 years. The image of a different Nixon a grey Nixonwhich someone convinced this energetic, aggressive person to be, does not suit him.

On the other hand, John Kennedy is no capitalist. The fact that his father is one (rf the richest men in the United States speaks for his fathers acumen; it does not speak tor Jacks political' position. After ail. Frederick Vanderbilt Field, the Communist, is a descendant of Commodore Vanderbilt, and CotHss Lamont, the Socialist, is the sim of Thomas Lamont, late ctadr-man of J.P. Morgan and Company, There is no relationship between inherited wealth and un-inherited ideas. The, sooner Nixon and Kennedy fight out the issues. the sooner the people will respect them

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This week saw publication of* a book that could prove to be one of the most influential books of the Cold War: wameson G. Campaignes American .Might, and KSoviet Myth.

We say that his book could be this significant not for any want of confidence in Mr. Campaignes powerful argument. His book could be enormously inf.uential if only he can get it read in the right places, and that means reviewed in the right media, and pushed in the right s. ores. His publisher is the small and highly respected house of Henry Regnery in Chicago: the book is well designed and fairly priced at $3.95.

But Jim Campaigne Is an angry man, and in todays climate of liberal opinion, he is angry at all the wrong things: Foreign aid, the United Nations, the Communists. He believes in and documentsthe power and glory oi the American Republic, and he scorns what he terms the myth qi Soviet strength He is a man in love with his country and ashamed of those who would weaken its position by timidity. '

ThiS raw red meat is not likely to w*ind up on the menu of the tea and sandwich supplements, where patrioilsrp Is regarded as distinctly bad taste and one must not be beastly to the Reds. We wish Mr. Campaigne luck, but the observation of recent years p^uades US that liberal book revi^ media selddm open their cH^dels even to a pqlitely conservllve title,' and the gefntleman from Indiana is not especially polite. He knocks with a batterii^ rain-It IS a wonderful thing to ex-peewttce Jfta -giontMtlted -a genuinely' angry man' Mr. Campaigne. as editor of the Indianapolis Star, puts out one of the dozen mast brilliant editorial pages in the country. He has traveled widely around the world'; he has gazed upon some

of the lunacies of foreign aid with his own alert and troubled eyes; he writes out of a monumental exasperation at the uncritical acceptance extended to foreign policies that manifestly, .have not worked. In his view, the billions invested in foreign aid have purchased neither firm military alliances nor lasting political friendships: all too often, these fantastically extensive exercises in global boondoggling have won for the United States not gratitude but a sort of envious ridicule.

Mr. Campaignes particular anger is directed, however, at the unquestioning fashion in which most American com-menators accept Moscows figures as gospel truth, and yet discount the provable facts of American achievements. He has a truculent reply to the Communists threats: We .should reply that we expect to see them buried, and freedom a ruse in Rassia as well as in Eastern Europe and A.sja.

When it come.s to the Gold War with Communist Ru-sria, Mr Campaigne.s idea is to win. It is an old-fashioned idea, not much in vogue these days, but it has a marvelous apoeal. He propases to wage freedom

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

WONDERS OF EVERYDAY

A man fell ill some months ago as the result of $n infection, and his health was restored by the use of one of the new wonder "=' working drugs which science has recently discovered. In his gratitude, the patient sat do'vn and wrote a letter to the scientist who had made this great discovery."'The scientist in answering said; This drug is performing cures far beyond our expectations and, singularly enough, we havent the least Idea how it brings about cure."

And it might be added that we have no idea how anything occurs. One of the marvels of life occurs in the transforming of thought into action. A man concludes that he will raise his aim, and the impulse

is somehow conveyed to the muscles-and the arm is raised. We look out upon a landscape and behold its marvelous colors; we hear people talking round about us; we lay our hand off an object and feel it. How does sight, hearing, or a'^sense of touch take place? What is the origin of parents* love for their children, the love of men? 'Whence comes the desire of man for a life lived above the levql of the animal?

The whole thing seems to go back to a power higher than oiu* own. We lie in the center of a Hand which, we can be sure, is entirely sufficient for our life and our security.

The great wonders are not Biblical miracles. The great wonders are the everyday circumstances which we usually take for granted.

The more you study relief schemes, the more 3f0u wonder why both parties are so eager to get credit for them.^Mos-kogee Daily Phoenix.

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By ROGER BABSON BARCELONA, Spain, During the weeks I have been in Europe, I have constantly aske questions. I have talked with all kinds of people from taxi drivers to Ambassadors. Let me add that the U. S. Embassies everywhere have been very kind and patient with me, as they are with all Americans who call upon

them. _

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The first question I always ask is: Do you expect World War III?" The answer, almost unanimously; Yes, but not ftw ten or twenty years." Furthmnore, most expect that it would be started by China.

Will it be an atomle wart Most people replied Probably"; but some feel that by that time there will be some sure defense against atomic bombs.

Will Cuba be Communist?" Yes, but there are many breeds of CcHnmunism as there are denominations of Protestantism."

If Russia attempts to too far in Latin America will the . S. enforce the Monroe Doctrine?" Answer; Yes."

Does Mr. K tmly want a reduction in armaments?" Tes, because to hold his power he must constantly improve Russias standard-of-Uvlng. To do this, ^Mr. K must spend leu on armanients.

Could Eiu*ope possibly re- . main neutral in the event of war between Russia and the U. 8." Yes, in view of the new weapons which may then be available." '

Are you European people in-^ terested In space travel and g(^g to the moon?" Answer: Not so much as you are in America. We have trouble enoi^ch on this earth without seeking more.

What about Africa and undeveloped nations in (^er areas?" European nations are interested in every part of the world where there are natural resources of minerals, oU, gas, water, and sunshine."

How do Europeans feel about InflatKm? Everyone looks upon inflation as dangerous. It is very harmful for all who have savings in banks, insurance pedicles, or annuities."

Have any Europeans benefited from inflation?" Yes, Uiose few who held mortgaged real estate and the gold to repay these mortgages. Those who held unmortgaged real estate profited provided they had the gold or its equivalent to pay the taxee. In what are careful Europeans now invni^ing?" rente ed or producing property away from possible Coaanunist sei-sure. Surikarenl eatakMs (xxn-stantly increasing in vahie.

What about utilities as in-vtotments in Europe?" Answer: Since most oi the utilitlee are owned by municipalities or the state, they offer practically no investment possibilities." -How are personal taxes in EuiYMpe? The European people think they are high due to state welfare projects. But I am inclined to belktm tim . S. haa the highest taxes in tiie w(*ld.

What about unemidoyment in Europe?" With the exception of West Germany, Italy, Iwit-serland, and one or two other countries th^e ie much unem-plojonent.

What about wages?-* Both wages and the cost-of-llvliig are low in Europe. Probably Spain has the po<n*est record."

Is it safe for American rnami-facturers and investors to buy -stocks of West German, Italian, or French ccaporations?" Answer: Mont of these are making m<mey, but it is riskr to buy such stocks unloM one knows the corporticm offkera and indei^ stands why the owucfs are selling. There is no Dun A Brad-street" in these countries, no Securities A Exchange Ciom-mission."

What about the American election in Kovextber?" The feeL Ing is that Kennedy wUl be elected. althmigh the prople with property say they would vote tor Nix(m. Some believe that if Kennedy is eleoted, his father will try to baidc tiie biggest bo<toi in U. 8 history witii the Dow-Joncs Industrial Average going to 809.

Conclnslon: When we visit these old churres and palaoes we forget that Europes experience with democracy ti much (Continued on page live)

Mail Service Is Getting Slower

By ELMER KOESSNER Mail service, already slow, will get slower in the period immediately ahead.

It.s difficult to determine whats happening to the mails. It m'ay be that morale has been weakened by Congresss refusal to confirm President ELsenhow-ers nomir.ition for postmasters. It may be that the rank and file' are dissatisfied with their new pay rise. But. as most bius-

with the same agressive vigor inei smen will tell you. mail ser-

thaf Mr. Khr\ishchev wa^es tyranny. and he Is far mo-e,concerned with winning freedom and liberty than with preserving a fearful peace on Soviet terms.

There is only one reason for carrying on the Cold War he writes. Tiiat is to preserve our liberty and extend aU uman liberty II our liberty is nor Im-porta.nt, we should quit now and avoid further dangers. If

srrouidadeier os.

This Ls fightln talk. We hope devoutly that it can be heard, above the delicate couching of the Lippmann .set, In places of political influence acrass the land.

vice .S slower than ever since the war.

There are some dedicated men in the servicesuch as the mailman on my block who advances pastage due charges to get mails through faster. Others work a> breakneck speed to move letters and pa 'els. But a miasma of indiff?rr..ce4^ overlays many workers.

2. The holidays Columbus Day, Election Day, Veterans Day Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Day will cause interruptions in the mailing of letters and parcels, and in the handlihg of them in post offices,

3. Chrl-stmas card and gift mailing will congest post offices, Your million mailed offers of smoked Thanksgiving turkeys may in the corner of a

post office while pw^tmen speed Aunt Agathas studio card to her niece at Oxnard, Calif.

4. Pay rates discourage the mast able applicants for extra work before the holidays. I recall the extra last year who said to me, "You gotta write down California How does the post office" know where San Francis-CQ^te?

..The signals are up: Mail ear-

to come:

1. Weather will worsen in the months ahead. Rain, snow and gloom of night w;ill slow these appointed civil service workers in the completion of their appointed rounds.

Air Transport Association, now meeting in Cannes, is xpected to make material cuts in trans-Atlantic air rates.

New off-season round - trip rates that went Into affect (Saturday) are scheduled to end next spring. But a big, unspoken secret In the airline* that there 'wUl not be a full return to on-season rates.

Defense boom; Civil defense authorities are trying to make themselves believe that Khrushchev has so scared the pub-. Uc that it will at last start building shelters. But in the end they will find that Mr. K. has been no more scccessful. in scaring the public than have Dvil Defense job-holders and there wiU_ be no rush to burrows*.

New dirt food: Another low-caiorie powdered meal product for weight rfductlon is being

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More look-aheads in buslne.-s: Cheaper air ratos: While airlines continue to .bemoan that they are not making satlsfac-lory profits, they may still cut their rates. Tbe^ Inleraatlonal

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OLD PROMOTER fEKS FORTUNE IN DE-9CENTER8

fThe Old Promoter had tiia look of one seeking an investor when he dropped in today, so wt asked, 'Whats your new proposition?"

Its a scent that kills the scent ha detergent*, he aaid. It*s impossible to get a good meal in many restaurants today because the detergent soent clings to the dishes and to the pots la-Which the food is cooked. Ive had eggs tasting like violets, spinach tasting like strawberries. So Im working on a product that wlB kiU these smells end tastes. Theres millions in It and I hope you have a thousand or sc to invest."

He read the answer in cur expression.

But look I" he said. After wt get this working, well develop AaaiAthlng. .4bat will .1011.. .the-cent ill hkthroom and kitchen deodorizers. Some of them are worse than boiled cabbage

We remained firm, so he helped himself* to a cigar from the box on our desk and wandered out, seeking other investors.