PAGE POURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR* GREENVILLE* N. C.

Tutttd aiy* Octoliiar 1 Sj> 1900

JTuesdaj) October 18, 1960

A Man With Problems

Realistic Transportation Policies

The State Highway Department's posting of weight limits, on secondary roads leading to the three Voice of America sites in Pitt and Beaufort Counties poses a problem that could be serious for tiis entire section of the state if a more common sense approach does not gain the upper hand.

The Highway Department is now said to be considering a limitation, for vehicles moving over the posted roads, of a tnaximum load of 8,000 pounds per axie. Such a weight linwt is below what has been allowed over a good many secondary roads of the state, and certainly it appears inadeqquate when one considers the many tons of machinery which must be moved to the three sites in order to construct the $26 million installations.

The Highway Department is, of course, doing its job with the view of preventing the secondary roads from being torn up by the unusual amount of heavy traffic they will have to carry during the period in w'hich construction is going on at the sites. Even under the weight limits now posted on the roads, however, considerable repair work will have to be done to keep the roads in good condition because of the volume of traffic that will move oyer them to the sites. Repair work will also be required w'hen the heavy loads cease after construction is completed.

Posting the roads with such a weight limit obviously will handicap the movement of materials to the sites. While it will not prevent construction of this important government project, it may serve to discourage

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other future projects in which private enterprise might be considering major construction in areas of Eastern Carolina accessable only over secondary roads.

The point is that if Eastern Carolina is to realize the economic development for which it is working, we must have realistic transportation facilities not only for moving goods which may be- produced, but for moving in materials necessary for constructing major facilities and plants.

Since highways in this sectibn are our primary means of transportation into many locations, we must depend on' our highways to meet the demands of new facilities and new industries that might be located or interested in locating here. The Highway Depart-inent as well as other state agencies have the obligation to lend a hand" to an area that is trying to enhance its economic development, and certainly it is not too much to expect realistic cooperation when'a major project is under construction.

It would probably be out of the question now to ask that the roads leading to the VO A sites in this vicinity be reconstructed immediately to carry the heavier traffic necessary to construction of the facilities. It is not unrealistic, we believe, to suggest that the weight limits now posted on the roads be given further consideration with a view to bringing them up to a figure more in line with the traffic which will have to move over these roads.

Unless the Highway Department does give further consideration to the matter of the present posted limits on these particular roads, the decision which now exists may discourage industries from giving serious consideration to major installations at many locations in this section.

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.By LYNN NISBET

A DAY WITH TRUMAN Harry Trumans visit to N<Hth Carolina last Thursday and Friday was a sort of modernized vision and combination of the old time railroad whistle atop* campaign and a tour of an itinerant book agent or medicine man.

Thursday he spoke at the State fainlrDunds to an audiencee of some 7,000. That afternoon he held a news conference, which was attended by more curioas politically-minded guests than wwking newsmen. That night he addressed a money-raising diimer which some 400 persons paid $50 apiece to attend. Hie local dinner program was intOTupted while the guests 'attended** the teevee debate betwera Kennedy and Nixon. A iUen m so screens had been placed in the dining room so no guest had to turn around to see the show.

When the dinn^ broke up shory after nii^ oclock. Mr. Truman held a litUe pep-talk e^sion with visiting county Democratic chairmen. That pretty well took care Thursday.

BIG DAY Prtday was another dayand a bigger one. At seven oclock the former President, who is now in his 77th year, walked briskly out of the Sir Walter Hotel f<H- his regular before breakfast eonsUtutional. A highway patrolman, two or three reporters and a politico cr two Joined him. The party walked around <pltol square, vistted the monument to Presidents Jackson, Polk and Johnson which President Truman had dedicated 13 years ago; then around several streets and back to the hotel. The walk was more thui a mileand the lit-

lesser officials, newsmen and visitors with delicious light eats. Mrs. Woodard confessed that when she saw how many folks were on hand she feared the food might run out. It didnt although newsmen and legislators made heavy raids (m the ham biscuits.)

From the Fleming stadium at Wilson the party moved on to the Harvest Festival at Nashville, after a stop at the home of Rep. and Mrs. Harold Cooley where more food was served. From the Clark and Woodard homes to the stadium, and from there to the city limits of Wilson the VIP contingent rode in open cars. Wilson schools had closed early to permit the children to see the former President, and an estimated 7,900 school kidsand several hundred oldsters lined the streets to cheer him. All along the route from Wilson to Nashville people lined the roadside.

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He man frtn Missouri was the freshest member of the party when it was over.

At 8:30 Truman boarded a ear, escorted by the highway patrol, and followed by a bus load of reporters, to go to Zeb-ukNa. He spent an hour or so visiting in the home of Mr. and Ifrs. E. C. Daniel, whCHn be identified as the grandparents of my grandchildren. Ris daughter, Margaret, married E.C. Daniel, Jr., a Zebulon boy who has moved up in newspaper circles throughout the United States and Europe to a high pot in the editorial offices of Ibe New York Times.

At 10:30 he spoke to some 700 to 1,000 people in the heart of frje Zebulon business district. Then to Wilson for another peech at Fleming Stadium, to ome 4,500 people. A delightful Interlude in the Wilson stop was a visit to the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Woodard and Dr. and Mrs. Badle T. Clark. Mr. Truman and several other VIP lunched with the Clarks, after calling at the Woodard homes. The Woodards plied the

JAM-PACKED The street at Nashville was so packed with folks it required all-out effort on part of highway patrol, city pch lice and manages of the festival, to get clearance for the Truman party to approach the speaking stand. How many people? Estimates ranged from 9,-000 to 15,000. Maybe soi^where around 10,000 would jApproxi-mate accuracy.

From Nashville Mount for another form speech to some 2,000 people. Then to the Rocky Mount airport where Truman boarded a private plane f(N: Abingdon, Va.. and another speaking day Saturday. As he tarned to wave to the crowd just befM^ the plane door closed, Harry Truman looked as fresh and debonair as when he walked out of the hotel at seven oclock that morning for his regulaf walk befw^ breakfast. The much younger State officials and reporters admitted they were pretty well bushed.

HOW?-How does he do it? Bow can he maintain the pace he does, at an age when most folks feel they must take it easy? The answer must be that he loves what he is doing, he loves meeting people and talking to and with them: and therefwe he does not regard It as work. He said several times he was doing what he docs because he likes it, and not because of any hope of reward. He admits he has had everything the Democratic pfrty or the people of the United States can give him, and adds that he is not going to quit working for the people just because he had already got his pay-off.

Regardless of party affiliation or differences in political philosophy, there is something in that attitude that apncals to the sporting instincts of Americans.

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Issue For November 8

A Real Fiaht

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The play on words by rival presidential candidates regarding Quemoy and Matsu appears more of a fishing expedition for issues than shedding light or new thinking on those islands.

Senator Kennedy is fully aware current U.S. policy on those two bits of land has been deliberately left vague to permit more room for choice of reaction in event of Communist attack. This same policy also gives reason for uncertainty in Peiping.

The Senator is also aware, as are most of us, that the islands are poorly located for effective U.S. assistance ... that their greatest importance lies in the amount military strength Chiang Kai-Shek chooses to allocate them . . . and that they pose a continuing temptation to the Communists. He too has said they should not be relinquished at the point of a gun". He simply does not approve of Nationalist insistance these tiny islands be held at all costs . . . even, perhaps, involving this country in a major war.

The Vice President has insisted the islands not be surrendered as a matter of principle"; and later modified his words to more closely fit current policy. He has chosen to picture his rivals words as soft* and inviting trouble.

Actually, the two are in agreement that Quemoy and Matsu should not be given up under pressure; that the islands present a source of future irritants. Both can quote military and diplomatic authorities to substantiate their views, but the Nixon matter of principle" has been shaded into a less positive position.

By HENRY HOWARD

Small Wonder It Haooens

Those specks of land in far-away China actually are providing no issue. They do demonstrate the candidates are aware that someday the problem of Quemoy and Matsu will have to be faced; but it cannot be resolved November 8. It will have to be confronted on another day.

As.often happens, one of the boys last night was freely tossing criticism at the poor ole newsimper.

He had something to say about how frequent mistakes can be in a daily. His critical remarks were indeed abundant as he wondered Why cant newspapers be Just a litle more careful and do their job right?

He then reeled off a long llp of specific instances (he had apparently memorized for the occasion) as examples of what he was so riled up about.

He knew them, too. He recited Instances of mlspelling, incorrect identification, typographical mistakes, and so on for nearly an hour.

As we have a tendency to do at times, we leapt to the defense of the poor ole newspaper. If we hadnt, the daily would have had no defense. We thought that just wouldnt be quite fair. So, like we said, we leapt to our defense.

As we explained it to our assailant, he seemed at least mildly satisfied there is some tolerance, if not justification, of mis-cues around a daily newspaper office.

The thing he got the biggest kick out of was our description of a repoi-ter gathering news via telephone. He really perked up his ears. >

As we have learned from experience, some telephone conversations can be very trying, no matter how valuable.

We all realize we must gather as much news as possibleand that Includes telephone conversations with just about anybody that happens to call or be called. And most of these phone talks are very pleasant and informative to say the least.

The main problem Is this. No matter who youre talking to, theyre talking like a house afire. Meanwhile, youre taking notes on a typewriter <wn the other end of the line.

As is the case with most reporters, youve had only limited training in tsrpewriting and iird yourself something less than a "speed demon on the keyboard. Still, you must attempt to keep writing as fast as your friend on the other end of the line is talking.

An example:

A lady phones up and says:

Were having a special meeting tb^ht and Afrs. Lulettia D. Brosconwortb will introduce our main speaker. He will be Dr. Icon R. Zaberglast. He is president of the Tuscaloosa Mine-workers Association* in Alabama and loves kids. ^

You type: specizl meeein Mr. Louilaty D. Br will introduce speeker. Dr. Ik.R. Zavrgas, pres. Tus mineworkers assn. In ala and loves kids.

There you have It. Of course, there are several questions you want to ask the nice lady but she hangs up before you can get In a solitary word other than Yes Mam.

From there you take your piti-' ful notes and put tc^ether an announcement for todays paper. And people wonder how we make mistakes?

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Vegetable Opportunity

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) The presidential candidates compounded confusionIn their argument over Quemoy and Matsu by ignoring what each other said and by their own fuzzi-ness.

Read Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Sen. John F. Kennedy carefully on this subject, which is not a burning problem now but may be later, and it bolls down to a dispute not over whats right but whats shrewd.

Those two small islands, within 10 miles of the China mainland. are claimed by both the Red Chinese and Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa, which is 110 miles from the mainland.

Chiang, an American ally, has troops on them. The Reds have bombarded them for years and in time may try invasion. This country by treaty is obligated to deiend Formo.*:a itself from attack.

But the treaty carefully avoids saying Quemoy and Matsu must be defended by the United States. The Eisenhower adminifitraiion has never .'aid" they woulo be defended unless .*^^uch action was considered essential to Po:*mosas defense

Kennedy, asked by a reporter in his Oct. 7 TV debate with Nixon what hed do t pre.sident, said he would, of course, defend Formosa since this country is committed to do so.

But as for Quemoy and Matsu, he .said they are not strategically defensible. To support that, he quoted not only American military leaders as saying .so but also Chri.stian A. Herter, then undersecretary of state.

So, he said, he thought Chiang should be asked to withdraw from the islandssto avoid our "being dragged Into a war ever them He did not sav hed force Chiang to do this. On the contrary, he said hed let Chiang decide.

But he made it a point that the Islands would be yielded only under peaceful conditions and pot under Red pressure. He put it this way: He would not yield at the point of a gun.

Nixon, in that same debate.

said he would not favor giving up the Islands. Why? He said it was a matter of principle, even though the islands themselves are unimportant. He said it would merely encourage the Reds appetite for more territory.

At this point Nixon ignored what Kennedy had said. Nixon said we should not force our Nationalist allies to get off Quemoy and Matsu. But Kennedy had said nothing about forcing them off.

In the Oct. 13 debate Nixon was asked if hed go to war over the islands. He avoided answering by saying it would not be to the best interests of this country to tip our hand to the Reds.

But by this time he had sUh>-ped talking about holding the islands as a matter of principle. Kennedy called this a Nixon retreat.

Nixon did go this far: He said he would defend Quemoy and Matu from attack if an attack on them was believed to be a prelude to an attack on Formosa, So, he was now simply restating the Eisenhower position.

At this point Kennedy ignored what Nixon said by accusing Nixon of saying this country .should go to war *f those two islands are attacked, Nixon had just said only If this attack was a prelude to an attack on Formosa

Then Nixon did the ignoring. As if protesting a Kenpedy position, he said: We^aie not going to make a concession at the point of a gun But Kennedy had said precisely the same thing.

So it boils down to this: Kennedy would yield the islands tut only under peacetul cf'cum-stancesto avoid getting into a war over them, since he con :id-tTR them lunmportant to Formosas defence: Nixon would

hold them 'oecause. he .says, to yield them would be to encourage the Reds to look for more.

But both men raised a much bigger question than either of them answered. Both said they would not yield Quemov and Matsu at the point of a nun.

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(Goidsporo News Argus)

Eastern North Carolina famers* are neglecting a real opportunity In failing to grow a fall vegetable crop.

Actually we do not have as large a fall vegetable crop as we did some years ago. One explanation may lie in the fact that tobacco has been such a superior cash crop since the support price was established Farmers are busy harvesting, curing and selling tobacco during the time they might be growing out some good fall vegetables.

A second explanation for neglecting this opportunity is that It is more difficult to grow quality fall vegetables than summer vegetables. The heat and sometimes lack of rain are extra hazards. And the destruction of plants by bugs, beetles, parasites and disease is greate;, probably, in the late summer and fall season.

But these handicaps can be overcome with attention and care. For certain crops irrigation could be used to guarantee moisture. Many tobacco farmers already have irrigation systems that could be used. Great progress has been made In pro-aucing sprays or dusts to control disease and pests.

By all means Eastern North

Carolina should be producing quality tomatoes until frost hits. There should be a supply of quality homegrown tomatoes on the market now.

But go to your supermarket and you will be lucky if you can find any homegrown tomatoes. 'The demand is largely being supplied by shipped tomatoes that have about as much flavor compared to the homegrown ones as shoe leather to quality steak. We do know of one exception to this statement. This enterprising farmer is making a good thing of late to-

The Vegetable Test Farm at Faison recently has called on area farmers to offer vegetables for a Raleigh market. Radishes were pointed to as a vegeable the Raleigh buyer needed.

If we had vegetables in quality and quantity nowwe would have the market practically free of competition. When our spring and early summer truck crops are coming off we generally are In competition with Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina growers. Toward the end of our season our h*uck hits the market at glut time with that of Virginia and the Maryland shore.

It would take more time and trouble to grow fall truck crops, but it would be worth it.

To the Editor:

The rowdyism displayed at Evans and Third Streets over the weekend by self-proclaimed Democrats Is apparently what we may expect from much of the rabble attracted to the party its giveaway appeal and its studied resort ot invective.

This type activity smacks of a new day in the partys apparent movement away from principle and dignity. It should be unthinkable to the conswva-tives of the old Democratic party. many of whom are quick to admit that their party has left them. This sort of thing is not new to people who have witnessed hooliganism of this sort in labor union centers up North.

Could this be an off-shoot M Harry Trumans name-calling and swearing in public? And do Democrats associate themselves , with disgraceful rowdjdsm and Trumanlsm? I. certainly think not!

John H. Behr

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Whatever ahspt our society is in today, the government is largely responsible. If the responsibility reaUy lies there, the cure would seem to be to reverse the trend of the last couple of decades which has been to more government responsibility and a resulting decline in local and individual responsibility." Bedford (Ind.) Daily 'Hmes-Mail.

By George E. SOKOLSKY

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The midpoint in the campaign has been passed and there has been little change in at-mospl^re. Senator John Kennedy has become somewhat aggressive bijt he takes too much technical advice from his-Harvard colleagues some of whom are doctrinaire liberals; Vice President Richard Nixon continues to move in smooth stride. Never have I witnessed a cabner, less exciting campaign. Apixir-entl! Charles Tafts pledge for what is called a cleah campaign is being lived up to except by Harry Truman, who is not a candidate. It is also a deadly uninspiring campaign.

Why should anyone want these two very likable men to slug it out? The answer is quite simple and correct. There has been no debate in a Presidential o<mtcst since 1932. We have been suffering from the same goals but different m^ms.** We have been deprived of r^uon by me-too-Ism. We have lost all sense of proportion by the cry of the frightened ones that debate, discussion, reason would only ip-ply the enemy with ammunition and give the impression of a divided America.

First, it was Hitler tiiat soared us. He ran in every Section while he lived. Even after his ghost was laid, he showed up in American politics. Whoever did not blindly agree with Franklin D. Roosevelt was a pel of Hitler. Whoever did not accept the legislation of Tommy Corcoran and Benjamin Cohen was a black Fascist. Whoever did not believe in the basic assumption::: of World War n was a pro-Nazi.

Then came Stalin and for years it was not sound to dis-cusf, domestic American affairs or our foreign policy lest it give comfort to Stalin. Senator Joseph h^arthy has been blamed for/ thk atmosphere, but it should bt clear that the American people became conscious of the peril of Communism long before McCarthy, and Richard Nixon uncovered the Alger Hiss pumpkin papers betor% McCarthy.

In a word, the revulsion to Communism particularly Its American emanation antedated the McCarthy investigations. Nevertheless. McCartiiyism rather than Stalinism became a campaign issue and diverted attention from other dcmiestic questions and from foreign affairs. Harry Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey not by debate and argument but by a stirring assault upon Republican negativism.

In this eampaign, so far, the

Republicans continue to pursue a defensive policy. Kenn^ attacks the record of the Eisenhower Administration which ends on Jamuary 20, 1961. But Nlion does not attack witii vehemence the Kennedy infiationary io-gram. From appearances what we face is that if Kennedy is wrong because his inflation may cost $10,000,000.000 a year. Nixon is right because his wUl cost $9,000,000,000 a year. Tbis Nixon cannot mean.

Of course, as I pul M, ttie statement is exaggerated but is altogether within the spirit of this campaign. Dont step on anyones toes, lest R kwe six votes!

The reason for this is that the campaign does not ^ow clearly who is going to win. The election is sot in the bag. It la not a sure thing. The candidates are still playing for bloc votea IronS* wherever they may come. Neither candidate feels sure. None of the experts forecast with assurance. It was when Thomas E. Dewey was sure tiiat Harry Truman set out on his whlstle-stop campaign. Nobody believed that Harry Truman could win except his friend, Les Blffle, who had made a preliminary survey. Dewey was practically counting hto majority when Truman knocked him out

In the 1960 campaign, nobody feels sure of anything. Candidates and experts are running frightened. is just at such a time that one or the other could jar the nati(m from its complacency by stirring, fighting. Inspiring speeches. But such speeches canned be delivered by one who is afraid of offending anybody. Such speeches can only be delivered by a man who dares to be defeated. The question is: which of the two men is the more courageous?

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Automation Is Only Solution

By Elmer Roessner

Ooops! Last week It was stated here that the next ten years would be critical for American indusirs because ol intensityuie forelcn cjnipetiiion, and what could be done about it would be tlLscussed the following day.

i ut it quickly became apparent that additional research was needed and the situation was iurtlvi cjniplicated by the Pentagon announcement that foreign insta 1 la tion.s would buy more American gooi..:

Solater but more precisely these steps are recommended: 1. The e itire matter of spend-ine abro' mu< be 'viewed.

For yea is we have br;;i buying a considerable amour.t of domestic supplies for bases abroad. It has seemed rtason-able and economical to buy Stilton clee.se In Ensland instead of buying Wisconsin Stilton and shipping it to the tight little isle. And many other bargains in produce have been available to base purchasing agents in

that circle of bases w# have crawn ajound the Soviets.* BUSINESS TODAY CONT JOYCE NEW RULES

Perhap.> we must re-examine policy even more deeply. II we are to conserve our gold supply for critical competition, perhaps it will be better to ship Wisconsin cliedriar and Monterey jack to bases in Europe iivstead of buyin::' local curds. And this idea can be extended to all the products that the Pentagonand the State and other departmentsbuy, abroad.

That will be only a stop-gap action. The heart o the battle for international competition ahead must, for us. surely be:

2. More automation. It is clear that Euronean and Asiatic labor will work eagerly for far lower wages and far many more hours than American, workers. It is also clear that it will be futile to ask American factory hands to work 10 hours for 13 so that the company can compete with Japanese transistors in

the Bombay or Bueno# Afire#

markets.

America does have an edge in raw materials. Minerals and commodities are abundant. We waste more grain a year than France eatsa statistic puUed out of a hat but which nevertheless may be true.

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Thats not hough. One of our abundant materials Is cotton. But the Japanese can buy it here, take it to Japan, convert it into garments and ship it back to the United States for sale at prices far below similar gar-mer.i made in America.

R.sie automation will enable us to compete.

An American will not work for the wages paid an Asian or a European. But an automatic machine can turn out products far cheaper than an Italian, or a Japanese, can make them.

And in that Is our big answer to competition in the five or 10 years ahead. A forelgu laborer can work cheaper than an Amer

ican workman, but h# annot work cheaper than American machine# end live.

Obviously, every American production unit must look ahead and estimate the foreign competition, and then make plan# to reduce produetion coeU by automation or other meen# lo meet it. Otherwise, Us dead.

More automation of coarse raise# the question: What of workers thrown out of work by mechanical monsters?

WHAT OP WORKERS?

Theres a double answer. First, automation generally generate# abo^^t as many jobs a# it destroys. It become# more of e way to produce more goods 'with th same number of bodlea than to produce the same number of goods with fewer hands.

Second, the American economy is expanding services. As automation Increases production rates per man. it also Increase# spending per famy for services This, no fooling, wUlbe dlscuase( tomorrow.

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