PAGE POURTHE DAILY REFLECTORr GREENVILLE, N. C.

Friday, October 7, I960

Friday, Octeber 7, 1960

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Here, We Need Loud, Clear Voice

Yesterdays Reflector reminded our readers of the coming dales for voter registration^and the places to register.

On the surface, it would appear unnecessary to urge citizens to register; but there are a considerable number of people in the country who can't or wont vote.

Here, in Pitt County we should have a good crop of potential registrants this year among the young men and women who have reached the required age of twenty-one since the last registration.

Too, there should be a goodly number of i^ea citizens who have moved from one precinct to another, and whose change of registration must go on the books.

Eastern North Carolina voters hold a great influence on how the state goes in presidential election years. Politically, and .ielfishly, it is worth remembering that with the emphasis on voter registration in other parts of the state and nation it is important that we muster every available voter i^ossible. The dead wood at election time is an expensive luxury.

We would remind too that urgency of activating the areas voting citizens is underscored by census disclosures the East is proportionately losing population while other sections have forged ahead.

The task of seeking out and marshaling the Countys unregisteredbut otherwise qualifiedvoters is a great one. Perhaps the simple.st and most effective method would be for each individual to assure his or

Organization Is Campaigns Key

her friends and neighbors are able to vote in November. ,

A favorite story at election times concerns those instances when decisions hinged on a single vote.

Circumstances/today are such that while a single vote might not swa^ the state or nation, still it is conceivable that a relatively small number of those single votes would weigh heavily in the outcome.

Pollsters figured! show the presidential candidates are running "even in the South; and indications are the race is close across the country!

Aside from the responsibility of every citizen to share in the role of self-government by being qualified to vote, and voting, there is this to reflect upon:

The success or failure of domacracy is demon-.strated by the extent people participate in its functions.

Democracy needs a loud, clear voice in November.

Oppsites On Worlds Staae

By LYNN NISBET

CROWDS Prejudiced parti-an as well a.s aupposed-to-be unbiased political writers are having a good time comparing the number of people who attend the current series of campaign railieii. A favorite comparison is bettveen the crowds attracted by Kennedy and Nixon at their appearances in North Carolina. Kixon appeared some weeks ago at Greensboro and this week in Charlete. Because of the time of the mtetings. Nixon had more people at these two meetings than Kennedy had at approximately the same points on his recent visit. But the Nixon total in North Carolina is esti-mated at some 25.000 for two appearances, while the Kennedy audiences at four points are es-tifnated at more than 60.000.

It was predicted by local Democratic publicists that some 2 000 people would attend the third district rally at Jackson-%ille last week. The advance notices said enough mullets had been cooked to serve that many. Most optimistic estimates after the event are that some *00 people showed up to eat the fish and listen to the speeches. Two nights later a rally was staged at North Buncombe school near Wavrville for just a part of Buncimibe county. Sponsors expected from 500 to 700 guests. Post-meeting reports are that more than 1,000 showed up. In other words, a part-county rally In Buncombe attracted fifty per cent more people than a nine-cbunty district rally down east.

Why? Does it mean that the mountaineers are more interested In politics and government than are the mid-easterners? Hardly. The answer ^lics in organizational activity.

ORGANIZATION - The reason that Kennedy had a lot more people for his appearances at Greenville and Charlotte than he had at Raleigh was because local organizations at Greenville and Charlotte "put out a lot of effort to get the crowds. Major effort of the Raleigh local group was announcement that aeats might be scarce and if you dont come early you may have to atand up.

Similar comparisim can be made between the third congressional district and the North Buncombe rallies. A general invitation was extended to everybody to come to Jacksonville and then the sponsors started to cooking fish. In Buncombe the sponsors used telephones and automobiles and personal visits to get out a crowd.

Leaders of both political parties, newspaper writers and radio - teevee broadcasters, and others have been urging people to register so they can vote. Response to these appeals has

been somewhat indifferent. But when the Jaycees and the League of Women Voters organized a concerted drive in Wake County in one week. This was a completely non-partisan effort. The purpose was to get potential voters registered with-cut regard to party affiliation. Information is that more than 80 per cent of the new registrants were recorded in the Democratic column. If they vote like they registered the Democrats have nothing to worry about. Historic record indicate.s many of them will not vote that wayif they vote at all.

So the matter gets back to necessity for organizational activity to get these more or less indifferent voters to the polling places on November 8.

EXPENSIVE This organizational effort 16 one of the most costly phases of political campaigning. Very httle of the actual total cost every shows up in expense reports. That is because interested citizens give many hours of time, use of their pi'ivate cars, personal telephone charges, et cetera, for which no biUs for reimbursement are made. There still must be a number of paid workers in offices and out in the field to get the job done.

There is evidence to indicate that in some places money has been spent for outright purchase of votes. Heinz Roll-

man, the 12th district former Democrat now^ turned Republican candidate for Congress, has .aid that he knows of instances

where as much as 100 has

been paid for one vote. These instances are rare. Responsible party leadership does not condone buying votes like merchandise on the open market. The party leaders do recognize necessity for prodding reluctant

citizens to vote even to the j)oint of providing traosporta-X tlon to the polling places.

Just as the turnout for the campaign speakings has been light in some places, heavy in others, due almost entirely to the degree of organizational effort in the localities, the turnout of voters on November 8 at the several precincts wull be due to the same kind of effort. North Carolina citizens, like most others in the United States, are generally apathetic about exercising the duty and privilege of voting unless somebody prods them or hauls them to the voting booths.

That is one reason why advance polls of sentiment do not give any clear indication of what the vote will be. The ballots counted will be determined by the effectiveness of organization efforts to get out the vote.

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WASHINGTON (AP^ This would be a dull world if look-alikes faced each other. They havent for some time, at home or abroad.

Instead, its a matter of opposites. Take President Eisen-how'er and Premier Khrushchev, for instance, or the presidential candidates: Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy.

Tubby Khrushchev is an actor. a highly charged, outgoing experimenter, unpredictaole. ready to pop off in an assembly hall, on a sidewalk or on a balcony.

And he's no respecter of rules, as he demonstrated at the United Nations.

Eisenhow'er can throw up his arms to greet a crowd like a Tammany politician, grin in public as easily as Bob Hope, and Dump a hand as hard as Khrushchev.

But he never seems at ease in a mob. He mkes speeches from prepared texts, is as predictable as a clock, preserves his dignity, and follows the diplomatic rules.

And hes a conservative, not an experimenter: Witness his

concern for balancing the budget.

Closer at home the presidential candidates are opposites, too. Here Nixon is the actor. Kennedy the reserved one.

Like Jack Benny, Nixon always has his ear cocked for a sound from the audience, and can knowledge it with a smile just as fast. Trained in debating, he

never forgets how he looksand soundsin public.

He wraps himself in the flag a lot as does Kennedy and once he finds something he thinks the crowd likes he plays it over and over.

For example: He hadnt been mentioning his running mate, Henry Cabot Lodge, then did, got a big audience response, and then repeated it every place he went, w'ith trimmings.

Kennedy also knows some things which have crowd appeal like repeatedly mentioning his war record. But hes no actor. He doesnt even know how to use his hands well.

For example: He gestures endlessly with his right hand, up and down, to emphasize a point like a man chopping meat.

His speaking voice, after one listens for a while when hes making a speech, get irritating. Yet. althocgh he was bent on the presidency a long time, he only recently began to take advice on using his voice.

Hes not only not a baby-kiss-er, he's not a very willing lady-kisscr, as a recent photo showed when a woman admirer burst through a crowd to embrace him and he jerked back like a man about to be slabbed.

There always seem to be opposites. Just go back a bitto President Truman w'hen he ran against Thomas E. Dewey.

The overheated Truman, quick with a crack, w'as full of fire and damnation for Republicans. Dewey, stiff as a starched shirt, never learned to unbend, even when playing to a crowd.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS A FAITHFUL SERVANT

One of the greatest men who ever lived was Louis Pasteur. The opposition and persecution to which he was subjected almost surpasses belief. One would think, as he listens to the accusations made against this man by many of his contemporaries, that Pasteur was a cheap and stupid charlatan.

The story of how he treated his first patient after his discovery of the hydrophia reveals the mans deep concern for human welfare. He had experimented for a number of years until he was able at last to procure a virus which would make dogs immune to hydrophobia. Then he began to ask why, if he could make a dog immune, could he not make hu -mans immune also.

I think my hand will tremble when I go on to treat mankind,*

he wrote. But one day a distracted mother brought into Pasteurs laboratory her little boy suffering from fourteen bites inflicted by a mad dog two days earlier. Pasteur knew what the attempted cure might cost death for the boy, disgrace and probably prison for himself, and certainly the end of his work as a scientist. But he took the chance. After many anxious days the certainty of cure was established. The name of Pasteur rang around the world, as one of the greatest of human benefactors.

He died September 28. 1895, cne hand clasping a crucifix and the other resting in that of his loving wife. The crucifix represented the thing he counted on highest value in lifesacrificial love. His life was based on that faith, and in the power of that faith he passed to his reward.

Opinions In Brief

One of several proposed rule changes for the Senate is to ban time - wasting, irrelevant speeches. Well, things just arent going to be the same If a man has to say something every time he opens hi* mouth. Waltham (Mass.) News-Tri-bune.

great deal in trying to demonstrate that the United Nations does not operate by the consent of the big powers but, if neces-.sary, in spite of them. The Manchester Guardian (ISig-land)

In his dignified refusal to be brow-beaten by Mr. Khrushchev, Mr. Hammarskjold is playing the part expected of him by the smaller powers. Mr. Hammarskjold has staked a

Grinning men with stout hearts and flashing white teeth are acamp once more in the mountains. Their intention, various versions agree, l.s to destroy the Red tinged dictator before he destroys Cuba altogether. Richmond News Leader.

YOU SUPPORT THE SALVATION ARMY WHEN YOU GIVE TOTHE...

Cyrus

By DON SCHLIENZ

Her Odus In Eat Sharp

atons Dinner

% By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Cyrus Eaton, the Cleveland speculator who is often called a capitalist, gave a luncheon at the Hotel Biltmore in New York on September 26. Eatoii conducts his own private diplomacy in utter disregard of the reque-ments of his country. I have the list of those whom Eaton invited. although I do not know whether all those invited attended.-As it is, in the circumstances, libelous to say that an Ameri*

' can attended such a luncheon If he did not, setting him down as having a treacherous and disrespectful heart if not muid, I must refrain from publishing the ,, ' list until I can check whether those asked, accepted.

Thirty-four Russians were invited in addition to Khrushchev. The list of Americans asked does not contain too many dis-, tlnguished names, although two or three persons force one to raise an eyebrow. It wl be difficult to check the more obscure persons. My list shows that in addition to the Russians, CjTUS Eaton invited 163 persons.

He delivered an address. The report states that as he spoke, he improvised and added to the address. Copies ol the address were given to those who attended. He opned on this note;

I should hope that this luncheon would not only lead to strengthened friendships, but tl-o serve as a forum for discussion of ways and means to increase business between the Soviet Union and North America, and to secure cooperation to the mutual advantage of all three nations in the markets of the world.

He then hoped to take Khnishchev to the Hall of Fame

After all. it did look good; and the mild fragrance wafted .cross the kitchen made the old taste buds quiver, so one shouldnt complain.

But it somehow made me think of Dagwood putting together one of his late-evening sandwiches. Only this girl is no Dagwood. . . just a normal, healthy, ev-eryday-sort of girl who wanted something to eat while watching ]ier home screen.

It was obvious she had something in mind when hefting the last golden banana in the fruit bowl. You dont want this, do youl^, she asked in a confident tone. I said no, and disinterestedly watched as she

peeled it, then laid the fruit aside.

From the freezer she brought a carton of ice cream and from it scooped a large bowl of contents. Over that she spread slic-es of banana, then another layer of ice cream larger than any-thuig you get at a soda fountain. 'The bowl was more than filled. The ice cream was piled high above its rim.

Humming to herself, she returned the ice cream carton to the freezer. , .disposed of the banana peeling and looked thoughtfully at her gastronomic composition (in "cat sharp). Obviously something was missing: but what was it?

Other Editors Saying The Changing Scene

(Washington Daily News)

Not only have educational

values and educational conceptions changed over the past 40 years, but educational facilities hape undergone drastic change.

In a recent report issued by the North Carolina Advisory committee on the Civil Rights issue cites many changes. Some of the changes have nothing whatsoever to do with racial discriminations and with civil rights.

Consolidations, as the report points out, has reduced the

number of school buildings from

5.552 White schools and 2,442 Negro schools in 1919 to 2,122 White schools and 1,010 Negro in 1958.

To look at these figures might cause many people to wonder what has been happening to our North Carolina public schools over the past 40 years. But the answers are very simple.

In 1919 we had few, if any, school buses operating in our state. Small school houses dotted every county. As better roads came into being, many of the small schools were eliminated, and larger consolidate

schools came into their^ own.

It is not a case of having fewer pupils. On the contrary, more and more boys and girls are entering public schools each year.

The same picture applies to both White and Negro schools. In both instances we have today less than half as many public schools in our state as we had in 1919. At the same time we have more pupils.

We suspect the experience In North Carolina in this regard can be applied to every state in the union.

If the fact that we have fewer schools is to be used as any basis for a civil rights discussion, then we eI to sec the . connection.

While it is true that in 1919 the White schools had greater actual value per building than did the Negro schools, we must realize that the same values still apply even though the gap has been closed somewhat. A school building, if it is to be sold, will usually get of more value in a White district than in a colored district, not because the building itself might be of poorer construction, but because of property values in the district.

Every thinking person in North Carolina should realize that changes must be gradual. Whatever inequities exist now cannot be changed overnight. Thousands of children are being transported today by bus to schoolsboth White and Negro. That does not mean that less education is being given. It actually means that better educations are being given.

We say this. Whatever fight in the direction of civil rights there is to be made should keep social and economic facts separate. School consolidations, better roads, values on school property, and other such items have I'othing to do with civil rights. They never have, and in all probability they never will.

My casual attitude toward the proceedings was whetted by suspense.

She snapped her fingers as inspiration filtered through, and turned to a nearby cabinet.

Im looking for the strawberry preservess was her explanation. And she looked and looked.

Being helpful, my suggestion was that there were some at about the level of her head and in plain sight. But no, she didnt want those. I want some I pre-( served last spring, she said, and rummaged around behind canned goods and jars.

Moments later the desired strawberries were uncovered and brought to the counter where a lid was removed and the para fin top

After appreciatively siiiffing the contents, a big spoon was procured and strawberry preserves were ladled out and spread on the mountain of ice cream and banana. . .again and again.

AS I said, the fragrance "was beguiling; the spectacle was. well, interesting; my interest was growing. From the appearance of things one might presume the girl had company in the living room and they would share this hunger-pany-slayer.

But no, she .strode away with the laden bowl and only one spoon.

Within minutes her dish was returned.

Empty.

That was sure good, she volunteered; and seeing the expression on my face, would you like me to fix you some? again said no, and thanks, but I had had breakfast, lunch and supper; and that usually sufficed.

As an afterthought, Youll be a big girl when you grow up.

Hah! That was nothing, she responded; and went back to the TV set.

And so I too retreated, to buckle down to work on a column for the morrow. It had been an evening of new wonders to speculate upon.

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By refusing to hire men past 40 and urging the early retirement of workers, American busi-ne.ss was scrapping the most valuable members of the labor force. Testing has shown, on a national scale that 40 per cent of the workers past 46 and up to 65 can outproduce younger workers.Houston Chronicle.

of which he, Eaton, is an Elector, and then he would like t^ Russian to attend one game-tif the World Series. He then turned to economks and said;

... I, as a capitalist, believe there Is abundant room for both of our systems, and others, to flourish side by side on the same planet.

Having said that, he buttered up Soviet Russia in this manner:

We of the West have not failed to note superb Soviet accomplishments in other than economic areas. For some years, I have had the privilege of knowing many of your scientisLv, whose eminence is evidenced in numerous ways, but particularly by y(Hir brilliant advances in space ballistics.

I have seen your great schools, colleges, and libraries, which testify to the soundness of your educational methods. Most recently there has been the admirable performance of your athletes at the Ob'mplc Games in Rome.

CyTus Eaton then discussed disarmament. He does not propose inspection and control. Regarding disarmament. Eaton said:

Since lofty ethical considerations and terrifying prospects of destruction have failed to move mankind, I suggest that we now earnestly put forw'ard the unquestioned economic advantages to both our countries of terminating the arms race. We can discuss these matters with complete frankness, because I am sure you know the facts. The world is now spending 'mors than 1100 billion a year on armaments. Close to half of thij amount, I must add regretfully, is being spent by my country and, to my even greater regret, some well-meaning men in the United States are actually urging an increase of 20 per cent in annual American outlays for armaments. .

What dividends can the arfns race yield but death and destruction? Conversely, think of the untold benefits to all mankind of the equivalent in trade and commerce of the $100 billion now being wasted etch year on armaments.

Thereupon Cyrus Eaton told Nikita Khrushchev:

Then there is the present w-eakness of the American dollar, which, for Instance, is currently worth only 97 per cent of the Canadian dollar. Our American gold holdings have fallen below $19 billion dollars for the first time in 20 years. Inflation and taxes, mounting as they inevitably must with increasing armament expenditures, impose (Continued on page five)

Planned Spending For Family

By ELMER ROESSNER Planned spending instead of old-fashioned budgeting is urged on families by Sidney Mar-gOlius, noted authority on family economics, in a netv Public Affairs pamphlet, How to

Stretch Your Money.

Many young families avoid

budgets, Mr. Margohus writes,

because it sqems to put them into a financial strait jacket As ft con.sequence, they handle their money in a purposeless but anxious way He added: There a.i*e powerful pressures on you today to let others man-agt your money through re-volvmg credit, pheck credit,

open budget and similar plans . .You dont even have to stop to arrange credit: it Is prearranged Hut while it.s .simpler to get into debt nowadays, no one has invented ,a jimple way to get out

For plained spending. Mr. MargoUu.s / sugge.sts plugging leuk.s in^^e areas of spending? food. iiusurRiice.o commercial t n ter tain t n e at. ti a i ispor t a ti ou.

costs and household upkeep.

Points he makes In these areas:

1. Most families overspend for meats and prepared foods. Example: 2 cents worth of fresh potatoes are equivalent to 4 cents worth of canned potatoes. 6 cenls worth of frozen French Iries and 19 cents worth of fioz-en stuffed baked potatoes topped with cheese. However, he notes that many prepared foods may be worth the extra cost in tmie saved. Cake mixes cost only a fifth more than homemade mixes and frozen orange concentrate is cheaper than fresh oranges.

2. Insurance, concentrate on life coverage for the famUy breadwinner, avoid weekly payment policies, compare coats.

3. In hou.sehold operation.!, coiusidcr .savinr.s po.s,sihlf In Veafher.stripping, storm windows, causing and insulation. But avoio overcharges by house-to-house salesmen.

Mr Margoliu.s stre.^se.*! the importance of knowing the ca'^t.s of in.stal!mciit ciedit and bor-luwcd moncj. He cites ihtoe as-typical true interest rates; cred

it unions, 6 to 12 per cent; commercial banks, 8 to 12 per cent; department stores and mail-order houses, 12 to 24 per cent on new cars and 18 to 42 per cent on used cars.

Businessmen will object to many of Mr. Margolius points. He will stir up the old arguments that spending to the limit ol income and even beyond it by the use of credit has been a big factor in making America prosperous: that dangling goodies on credit before the public has caused American families to increase theu* income; and that American prosperity is based on consumer credit.

To this Mr. Margolius would surely reply that he is in favor of consumer credit. What he be oppo.sed to Is high prices iur credit

The effect of the "planned spending program on business will depend much on its adoption, If it l promoted by unions - and Mr. Margolius Is popular in the labor pre.ssit might re-cnce purchases of certain thingssuch as baked stuffed

potatoes with cheese topping. However, if it should lead to any revision of consumer spending, it would mean that the consumers would be far better credit risks, and a better source of savings for capital investment.

TROUBLE THE WORSER GETS WITH TO-THE-REAR BIG CARS

The latest of many signs seen decorating the rear of imported German cars reads. No honk. The hurrler I gb the behinder I get. '

IRADING STAMP COMPANY WOOING TINY T/QTS

Get em young seems to be

the new program of a trading stamp company (King Korn). It has introiluced a Kiddie Klub trading stamp plan, offering youngsters speolal books and premiums for the stamps they collect. Now being tested la Dayton, Ohio, It may Induce youngsters to badger parents into seeking out that brand ol trading stamps.If'