PACE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GIJEENVILLE, N. C.

Thursday, October 6, 1960

Thursday, October 6, 1960

Can This Be Love?

What The College Means To Us ^ ,.

- _ ...u_* L..* . T_____-* ___ .Lj.... ........U *1,. hA':f .-

There are many ways of evaluating what East Carolina College means to Greenville, but none of them would reflect a true picture of what that Jnstitution means to this community.

CertarnlF^ithoirt-4he^^^^^^ ^any peopte^

who have received college educations at ECC would not have* been able to go to college. Its location in Greenville has enabled many Greenville and Pitt County boys and girls the opportunity for a college education that otherwise would have been beyond their economic reach. li

As a cultural center for a broad^cction of .Eastern North Carolina, East Carolina College has afforded Greenville unique position mong the cities and towns in this section of the state. It offers an attraction to people moving into the area that none of the other communities can offer.

Most people of this community are keenly aware of w^hat East Carolina College means to Greenville and Pitt County. Every now and then someone poses the question what w^ould Greenville be without its college? The answer varies, but generally it is agreed that Greenville would be a much less progressive, much less attractive and a much poorer community in many w'tys without East Carolina College.

From an economic standpoint, East Carolina College is by far the largest single business in Greenville. It has an important economic impact cither directly or indirectly on every business and every citizen who lives in this community.

3xim Interest-"n Reaistration

By LTNN NISBET

REGISTRATION - With election day less than five weeks eff, add with prospects ef closer than usual margins between Democrats and R^ublicans, party workers are concentrating on registration of voters and the eorraling of absentee ballots.

Registration books in 94 of the the 100 counties will open at 9 o'clock Saturday. October 15, and remain open until sunset on Saturday, October 29,' Between P oclock and sunsete on each of the three Saturdays Registrars are required to have the books at the respective polling places. Other times prospective registrants must find them at their homes or business offices.

Six counties have the permanent or continuous system of registration under which voters may register with the county board of elections any work day In the year. These counties are Cumberland, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, Wake and Wilson, The books in these counties close on October 17.

There is no law requiring counties to advise the State board of elections when they order new registrations. and Raymond Maxwell, executive secretary of the State board, says he knows of only two counties where complete new registrations have been called. They are Mitchell and rural Buncombe, (The City of Asheville has Just had all out registration for a water bond vote, and these names will be' eligible for the November election.)

Reports from over the state indicate more than usual interest 9 in registration. The counties which have open year round books have been busy entering new names (more than J8(X) went on in one week in Wak:'^

. and in the other counties plans re in the making for intensive efforts.

ABSENTEES The office of Secretary of State Thad Eure reported on Monday that there were on file 2.889 aM>lications for absentee ballots for military personnel. The time la running short for processing these applications. They must be forwarded to the county elections chairmen, ballots tljen must be sent to the military voters, they must be marked and attested and returned to the precinct registrar by November 8 in order to be counted.

Civilian absentees cannot be distributed yet, but the interest in them is illustrated by a letter received few days ago by the State board of elections. A former woman resident of Ral-lelgh wrote that she is now living in a trailer camp in up-state New York, has a permanent address of a post office box in Chapel Hill, and she wants a

MMSSSSmMSSmfSm^mSSSmUm^S^^

Wake County absentee ballot.

In some counties the absentee ballota mean the balance of power. In close counties both parties are diligent in getting as many as possible. New registrations bother the absentee ballot harvesters. The present lists are no good, and the workers must wait until the new books close on October 29 to start their work. The number' of prospects will be greatly reduced, because many of the absentees will not be able to register. One Buncombe man said the new registration order there would cost him about 250 votes. He was reconciled to the loss, however, because he said the other party is in the same fix.

His manifest interest in getting names on the registration books and in absentee ballets is taken to mean that there will be an unusually heavy turn out of voters next month. There is difference of opinion as to which party will profit most from a heavy vote.

BENEFICIARY Majority opinion appears to be that the Democratic candidates will be principal beneficiaries. The reasoning leading to-that conclud-ion is sort of reverse logic. It goes about like this:

Preponderant majority of the voters are registered as Democrats. In the state at large the ratio is almost eight to one. Yet in recent elections the voting has been only two to one Democrat for the State ticket, five to four (or closer) for the national ticket. It is assumed that aU registered Republicans will vote the straight party ticket. Democrats who are sufficiently disgruntled to vote Republican will go to the polls without much prodding. The balance of power, or at least the difference between a very narrow and a wide margin for the Democrats, depends upon how many of those who would like to go fishing that day can be persuaded to go to the polls instead. It is believed that most of this group who vote will stay with the Democratic party.

If the total number of votes , cast is around a million, chances arc Nixon-Lodge will get the North Carolina electoral vote. If a million and a quarter voters turn out. the odds seem to be about even. Any more than a million and a quarter will Increase the chances for the Ken-nedy-Johnson electors to win. That is why the Democrats are hopefully predicting upwards of half a million votes.

Regardless of the number of votes cast, the State Democratic ticket does not appear to be in any dinger. A heavy turnout would mean a bigger majority for Governor Sanford and other Democratic candidates.

The Daily Reflector

INCORPORATED

Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday Established 1882 DAVID JULIAN WHICHARD, PublialMr

Entered at Poat Offloa. OreeovUla, N. O.. as matter.

SUBSCRIPTION RATES By CarrW WmW SOe

(BY MAIL, PayabU fai AdvBw) .

TTiree Months ..............-...... . ________ f 3.80

Six Months--------------------------f 6.SC

Onm Yaar ___________ $11.80

MCMBEB A80CUTBD ntm nts Assetltted Preea la xelu$ve)y saHtled to usa far poMlestloB all aews ^ispstehea erMfftai ts tt or not otBanrlss orsdttsd to this psp^ sad also ths loeaJ new publtshiMl hmwiii AO rigtots *sf pBb*tes<!lap-q jT art ilso^ mwrtsS"*

V

In recent years, 'tvith Its tremendous growth, the economic position of East Carolina Co.^ge in this city has become increasingly impressive. It s enrollment of mor than 4,500 students on campus generates con-purchasingipomfix~ainc)ft|^y.oi^ people that otherwise would not be here. With its growth, payrolls, employment, and operating expenses of the college hav moved upward sharply. So has the capital outlay program necessary to keep pace with this growth.

It wars about a dozen years ago that the enrollment at East Carolina College was near the 1,200' mark. Now, according to statistics released by the college, there are some 1,250 automobiles registered by students on campus.

The annual payroll of the college now is approxi-' mateiy $3 million per year and its employes number 625. Total operating expenses of the college amount to more than $4 million annually. ~

It is also significant* that in the years .since 1947 total outlays for capital improvements at East Carolina College have amounted to approximately^ $11 million. During the next two vears a capital improvements program calling for $7 million has been outlined.

These figures reflect only a minute portion of the total picture of what East Carolina College means to Greenville, but its a good idea now and then for local citizens to give serious consideration to what the college means in "this community.

Emphasis On Courtesy^ Is To Be Commended

Maybe youve noticed the little name tags that are being worn these days by most people who work in retail stores and business firms of Greenville. They are just one outward sign of the Courtesy campaign being carried on in cooperation with the Greenville Merchants Association as the first phase of the program Youll Get More In Greenville.

The Merchants Association and the business firms cooperating in the program are to be commended for deciding that emphasis on courtesy should be the first step in the undertaking. The old slogan Courtesy is Contageous applies in the life of a community just as it does in the relationship of one individual with another.

This program being carried on through the business firms of the community will have its impression throughout the*community. Because of it, shoppers as well as clerks, people in all walks of life in Greenville wil become more impressed by the pleasant atmosphere generated throughout the community through greater courtesy.

The local Merchants Association and the business firms cooperating in the program are to be commended for their efforts in this direction. Greenville has always been a pleasant community but as the effect of this renewed emphasis on courtesy permeates the community, it will become an even more pleasant place in which to live and make a living.

Russian Leaves '

8y ALVLN TAYLOR

Touchina All Four Bases

THIS IS A WORM? . . .Mike fair. It is manned each night

Windham, four-year-old son of by two men from the Staton-

Mr. ajid Mrs. William Windham House Fire Department and

picked up a worm on the fam- two men from other rural fire

Lys farm near Falkland the oth- departments on a rotating baser day. is. Other departments partici-

Only this little creature didnt pating are: WinterviUe, Green-

turn out to be a worm. It stuck ville. Bethel, Ayden, Grimesland,

out its tongue at Mike.

The youngster dropped the worm and . . . well in his words, He stuck out his tongue and I stomped him.

Stokes.

RARE THING . . . What happened at Respess Bros. Barbe-fflcue House last night w^as most Turns out the thing was' a lit- unusual for this Democratic

tie copperhead snake.

stronghold of the E>emocratic south.

FIRE PROTECTION. . .First There Were two meetings

thing the visitor to the Pitt scheduled for the supper hour

County Agricultural Fair sees in two private dining roofs.

as he enters the gates is the Staton-House Fire Truck.

The vehicle is not there tor show alone, however. It also provides fire protection op the crowded grounds.

The fair grounds are not in the city limits. Thus the association is a member of Staton-House fire protection group.

The Pitt Firemens Associa-

Pitts Democratic precinct chairmen were meeting in one dining room. Who was in the other? A Gavin-Nixon group. You have to be truly an old head to remember such things around these ports.

WRONG PRIMARY. . .Your Columnist happened to attend the Jjiemocratic meeting where tion promoted the idea of plac- Ivan Bissette, staunch party

Ing the truck on display at the member in Grtfton, had some-

World. Gu6SSinQ other E(ditors Saying

NATION/IL AOVVNTIIIING RKPREBBNTATIVBB rhomat r Clark Co Inc , Ntw York. Chicago Atlanta Mam bar Audit Burtau of Circulatloci

advtrtliint eopy muft tm rvcairtd a|. laaat on* day btfora publicatiM) dato.

By JAMEvS MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)It was just as if the trees bent under a big wind and then shook the dust out of their hair and stood straight again as the wind passed.

Nikita Khrushchev, after two weeks of rocking and shocking the United Nations with his demands and threats, still leaves the world guessing as it did before he arrived: Why did he come here?

He has accomplished nothing visible. If he wanted to win-over the neutrals, there is no sign he did. If he w'anted a meeting with Pre.sident Eisenhower, he did his best to prevent it.

Possibly he did want a meeting with Eisenhower. He didn't say so. He didnt say'he didnt. By not slamming the door tight, he left it a little open. Yet, he didnt quite, do that, either.

He said he would meet with the President-but only on terms he knew Eisenhower wouldnt and couldnt accept. He wanted the President first to apologize for the flight of the American U2'spy plane over Russia.

* Then Eisenhower made a summit meeting impossible any time soon by saying nothing doing untll American and Russian representative first met to make sure Khrushchev meant business.

Khrushchev tried to save- face then by saying what he had said before*-that he would not meet with Eisenhower, either, until the President apologized for the U2, This was neither shrewd nor clever. It was an almost childish piece of tit-for-tat.

If not a summit meeting, then what did the Russian want?

In his very first speech to the United Nations he said he warded disarmament, and in the same speech said'he wanted the United Nations to get rid of its

one-man secretary-general and set up three secretaries.

One would represent the Westi one the neutrals, and one the Communist bloc. But this was a wrecking expedition since, under Khrushchevs plan, any one of the three secretaries could veto what the other two wanted to do.

When he realized he had received a cool reception on this even among the neutrals to whom he was bidding hardest Khrushchev then threatened. He said there could be no disarmament unless the United Nations was revised to suit him. vThis didnt get anywhere either but it was a piece of outright bullying which could not escape even the most retarded among the neutrals.

Khrushchev demanded that Red China t>e admitted to the United Nations a move the United States opposed and prospects are that Red China will not be admitted.

It has become almost common practice in American journalism now to accept as a fa^t a reported ideological split between Khrushchev and Red China on the grounds that Khrushchev'-- insists that war with the West is not inevitable while the Red Chinese communists insist it is.

It is possible this is part of a plan agreed to between Khrushchev and his Chinese allies for this purpose: to soften the

West into thinking Krrushchev is a man with whom peaceful and satisfactory settlements can be worked out. If the West buys this idea, it may then be inclined to slacken its defenses and will to V'sist Red advances.

That would be a great and cheap victory for communism. But Khrushchevs performance at the United Nations, Instead of demonstrating how reasonable he is to do business with, has bcen^all to the contrary.

Presidency Is Not A

(Henderson Dispatch)

As important as it is by comparison, the election lor President is not by any means the whole story of the upcoming national referendum. Not even as it affects the states.

It is to be remembered that one-third of the U, S. Senat-e and the entire House of Representatives are to be chosen in November, More than that, most of the states will elect governors and many will name their Legislature personnel. Nor is that all. All over North Carolina, and presumably in many pther States as well, local coqnty officials wil be voteii on. That is why it is termed a ^general election, since nearly everything is involved except municipal officials, who usually are selected in the spring.

Regardless of who may win the presidency, it is a foregone conclusion that the Democrats will retrain control of the Senate, Its better than an even bet that they will also control the House, though their present majority is so top-heavy that it might be reduced slightly, unless there should be a landslide that will sweep everything before it one way or the other. The c6ntest between Kennedy and Nixon is considered by most observers to be extremely close as of now at least.' But also as of now, it appears probable that the Democrats will capture the White House Jo give them full control of the government

for at least two years, possibly four.

All of this lays upon the electorate the necessity for careful and serious consideration in the marking of ballots on November '8. Some observers think a heavy vote throughout the country, which seenis to be ^ely, will favor Kennedy, since the records show that more Democrats than Republicans are registered.

President Eisenhower has gotten along fairly well with a Democratic Congress, but that reflects the Eisenhower personality rather than the party. It also indicates a fairly solid core of reasonably conservative members of Cong ess who on many occasions wcnC along with his theories as to legislation.

The set-up will probably be different after the election. Prospects are that liberals and ultra-liberals wUl make substantial rains tn 'Congress and in some States, including North Carolina. The trend toward the left in government is to continue, unless all signs fail. There is indeed a strong element of conservative strength, but hardly suf^^cient to off-set the liberal leanings -of the public.

This years elections thus are exceptionally Important. That is true for both sides. The signifi-.cance extends all down the line and does not apply alone to the presidency, although that is receiving major attention now, and naturally so.

Quot

So far as ypecifics gr, Mr, Nixon offers liWle that 4he Democrats do not top. His proposals are most remarkable In that they amount to bipartisan acceptance of vastly greater Federal responsibility for a host of local problems."Wall Street Journal.

thing to say about primaries.

He pointed out that many voters had registered Republican in his town and lat^r switched to Democrat so they could participate in the primaries. There were some 100 who did this, according to Bissette.

Thats what worries me, he declared. There ocght to be some law to keep these Republicans out of our Democratic primary.

The laughter culd have been heard in the other meeting.

Strength for To(day

By EARL L. DOUGLASS Torches and Eye Droppers

The frankness and arrogance of the communists in announcing how they Intend to despoil us, enslave us, and liquidate us is astounding. We listen to these threats and they appear so grotesque that no one pays much attention to them. The great mass of the population seems to be utterly oblivious of everything but their pleasures and in* terests. The office-holders seem interested in nothinf^ but holding their jobs and beiiit re-elected.

Communism is k conspiracy. It makes no claim to be anything else. Its adherents are going through the world applying torches to inflammable material wherever they encounter it. The free governments, the churches, the educational systeTns of the woarld are making a feeble protest against it all. The communists have torches, and wt are trying to put out their fires with eye droppers. ' *

Think of their passion. If five per cent of the avowed Christians of any one cpuntry threw themselves into the work of the kingdom with the passion manifested by a card-carrying communist in the spread ci his monstrous doctrines, the whole rearmament against communism would take on a new aspect. If they ever overwhelm us it will not be because they bomb us. but because their zeal has triumphed over our lethargy. If we are really seeking protection let us remember that our defense is in our own hearts or r.owhere.

Behinc.

Nikitas

Actions

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY .Copyright, 1980, King Fealurci Syndicate, Inc.

' When a. man w'ho has attained to Khrushchevs position in life acts the^way he did m Paris and the way he Ls now acting in the United Nations, he is either suffering from some pathological misfortunes or he is politically desperate. By 'the looks of him, he undoubtedly is of tlie Eastern European type that, when prosperous, develops diabetes and arteriosclerosis. His current wild temper musjt be new or Stalin would have had him decapitated. Stalin never accepted impudence from equals much less from . subordinates. The compulsion to drink water constantly is characteristic of diabetics. Reports have it thai Khrushchev is on a low salt diet such as is usually insisted upon by physicians treating patients who have cardisw; difficulties.

The loss of temper on Saturday is beyond belief under the circumstances. Responsible men cannot afford to be .so irresponsible and to risk their own country and its allies as Khrushchev does constantly. Up to a point, his buffoonery is an act but last Saturday, it was the responses of a man who had lost control and lost it pathologically.

On the other hand, Khrushchev does have serious political troubles. Here we shall mention only two:

1. Khrushchevs relations with Mao;

2. The neutralist bloc.

1. Khrushchevs difficulties with Mao are essentially ideological, but to a Communist country the basis of thought and action is Marxism. The Chinese are orthodox Marxists; Soviet Russia is opportunistically Marx-c 1st. Red China Insists that it is passible to establish Communism without going through various stages of socialism; Soviet Russia is now a socialist country in the perspective of a rising industrialization and those in power hope to keep it that way.

What Khrushchev calls co-ex-istence is an effort to compete with the West economically and diplomatically without resort to war; Mao correctly believes that the Soviet world has reached as far as it can go by infiltration and corruption; that now war is required to finish the Revolution and to achieve the Marxist goal of a universal state. Shall the heart of the universal state be Moscow or Peking?

So far as Mao is concerned.

It could be* Peking; Khrushchev insists on the hegemony of the Kremlin over all socialist countries, even? those'which haverno intention of becoming Communistic. Khrushchev is concerned vrith intcntipns because he believes In the inevitability of historic results, one of which is -nationalism. internationalism, end capitalism belong to another era. He acts in the United Nations the way he does, because he regards opposition Jo *^his scientific point of view, utter nonsense. Besides who are these small countries to challenge mighty Russia? And who is this Irishman to tell the gr9&t Khrushchev when he is to spgaJc and when he is to shut up?-

Mao Tze-tung can pour 100,-000,000 persons into Siberia and Uzbekistan and what will Khrushchev do with them? Kill them? That could help to strfive Maos population problem. He would merely send another 100,-000,000 into Siberia and Uzbekistan. ,

2. The neutralist bloc la a particularly difficult problem because it represents a third force which can grcrw into a fal and effective power. It wl n^t likely be led by Tito and live the powerful support of Nehru. The neutral blocs major problem is to avoid .being gobbled' up by either Soviet Russia or Red China. If Mao Tze-tung decided on the coaquest of any pare of India or the whole of it. India would not stand the slightest chance, unless India were protected by either Soviet Russia or the United State. Which protection will India ultimately be forced to choose?

Nehru apparently still believes that Khrushchev can. influence Mao Tze-tung. Thi is an error, as every student of the China problem knows. Ultimately Nehru will be forced to seek protection from the United States and that day Is not too far off. His neutral bloc allies are useful in the United Nations but should 4 (Continued On Page 8)

Gee-Whiz. Quotient Is Going .Up

Opinions In Brief

The question of how adequately to recognize scliolastic excellence hia.s been second only to the question of how to over come campus traffic lams. Rice Institute has resolved tiie latter by limituig uto parking tn the football stadium area, half a mile from the classroom complex. And the former has been solved by giving the top 200 students special privilege* to IT rer,New"'

build a fire all by hl'mself. With an electric fire starter, of course.Sumter Daily Item.

(it leans 11 iii^-Picayune.

You dont need initiative anymore. Fvery thing is pre

planned, precooked, electronic or autoinatic. 'niat'.s uhy iut-dKU barbecues arc so jaipular.-They give a man a chance to

The old IjPague of Nations finally coilap,sed under just the s-ort of attack now bing made by the totalitarian bl(K. Then the toulitamns were Japan, Germany and Italy. When they walked out of the League of Na-

-i UJllS liUl-. iil lilfliyat iniv , iKit.

Miong lnoiK*h to Kurvlve. The TJnlted Stiles was not 'a mem-br''aml the other Western nations were too weakened to keep it lugether. Hut the United Na-tJon.s Is not the l eague of Nu-tioas. It is: far ..trgngcr. Grecuiboro Dally News.

By ELMER ROESSNER If the stock market has been going down, the gee-whiz quotient in business has been going up Here is some proof;

The Internal Revenue Service has sliced a hair with an electric can opener in ruling that the excise tax do(^ not apply when a manufacturer sells an electric can opener, but the tax doea apply if it is .sold as an ac-ces.sory to an electilc mixer. . . Many corporations Hre*"l|doptii)g new trademarks and one of the most puzzling new ones will be that of a fam(us drug maker. . .

A typewriter invented in Japan translates spoken words into Japanese chnracters.

TielT Neviiw, phin^erWtnYe^^ ing promotional weeks S^.weelLs- ego. Is now calling on other promoters to drop silly \veel:s.

Advertising in eonsiimer mag-azine.s will he off 5 per cent In the last half of thks.year, say.s Bcinard Gailaghcr, broker. . .

In Louisiana, where skin color

drivers license to carry color Is important, a new law requires photos of Ihe holder. . .Depart-'rnent store sales so far this year are 2 per cent above last year.

RAINBOW OF WRAPPING

One autorlty estimates $120,-000,(WO wiMk be .spent in gift wrapping this Christmas. Thats enough to pay for one extra toy for each kid. . . Half the people buying autos on credit also buy credit life Insurance without knowing it, ,thc National Better Business Bureau says. *. .Edwin P. Engle, sales promotion manager for the National Retail Mer-chant.s Association. Is warning memhers to maintain good la.ste "Uftfr "ttdvertikihg references to the WaV Between the State*.

Frozen cockta ls have appcay-eo. All the* user has to do.is to pour rum. rye or gin over the frozen tidbits to create a drink.

Newest frauchiac pl'^u is for motels. Participants. get guid

ance. promotional' service and network reservations. . .German hops prlce have risen this year.

AIR PROTECTS FREIGHT Inflatable dunnage bags to cushion railroad freight shipments have cut breakage of products ranging from electric motors to gla.ss test tube.s... Theres been a rush since, the American Hotel Association offered to lend 50-star flags to new school and hospital buildings across the country. . .Checking up on tU long-distauce calls saved one garaie operator |9(t a month.

"Commercial banks, from the standpoint of the tax collector, ^ grow goat hair while mutual fi- iianCial In-tltulioiis grow ' r.hcro'-sanet wool, lamented Idaho banker Harry Eaton befoe the American Bankers Association ^ A *big soap company is appealing 0 recipients of its soap coupons not to try to redeem I hem without buying the brand. Dont embarrass yourself, it

urges, . .A New York advertks-. ing agency says It has found 107 ways ip whiOh a supermarket can enhance their Image to attract customers, . EkonomIch-eskaya Gazeta reports Russian mills; built to refine beet .sugar, are having trouble refining Cuban cane.

EMERSON SAYS IT USES t' NO JAPANESE COMPONENTS

L. H/ Llberman, director of public TelaUona of Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp., ha-s protcaled a statement this column that Emerson, among others, was using Japanese Components.

Over his signature. h write, No Japane.sp components ii'-ed. , .

Earlier thtis year, Benjamin Abrams, president of Emergon the stockholders that it was importing 15.000 Japanese radios -a month, but these are complete radtos. nqt components, and are fcold under the Jcffcrsou-Travia label, not l^ersoa.