PAGE FOURFHE DAtLY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE. N. C

Monday, November 7, 1960

Monday, November 7, 1960

In UJS. People Pick Their Leaders-

Real Southern Demos Stay Loyal

There are a good many Nixoncrats in the South who have taken great delight in justifying their choice in this election by declaring the Democratic party has forsaken the South by nominating Sen. John Kennedy.

They have reiterated time and again that the Democratic party and the Deinocratic platform are on!Vinterested in using che Southxto get electorial votes and then will knife the South ifHhey gain control of the administration. .

Some Southerners have been influenced by this kind of talk. Others have discounted it as an attempt to sway votes, which, after all, is the purpose of an election campaign.

For thoiie who might still be undecided about the question of the Southern traditions and the plans of the Democratic party, we might suggest they consider the viewpoint taken by some of the dyed-in-the-wool Southern spokesmen.

Among those who have thrown their weight behind Sen. Kennedys bid for election as the Democratic nominee are such men as Georgias Sen. Herman Tal-madge and Gov. S. E. Vandiver; South Carolinas Sen. Olin John.'^on; Alabamas Senators Lister Hill and John Sparkman; Mississippis Senators John Eastland and John Stennis; and Speaker Sam Rayburn to mention only a few\ ^

The.e men are all Southern I'temocrats in the old-time tradition. Each of them has championed the cause

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By LYNN NISBET

TALKING BACKMrs. Heiirj (Doris> Cromartie, Democratic national committeewoman for North Carolina, has been passively restive under accusations of Republican campaigners that the leadership*' of the Democratic party is incompelant of not actually venal. She decid- ed the other night she had taken all of that kind of talk she could without talking back. At the 11th district rally at Spin-dale the other night, last in the series of congressioilal district meetings, she voiced the resentment she and the other women feel.

She reminded the Republicans, led by guvernatorial candidate Robert Gavin, who have so vigorously castigated the ineptness and crookedness of Democratic leadership. that more than half the leadership 0* the Democratic party Is made up of women. There are more women employees in State government service than me. as many women members on party committees and in other areas of leadership activitiy.

The politically active women In Doth parties are the same women who have as.sumed responsibility for leadership in their churches, parent-ieacher associations. and all phases of civic progi'ess. Cromartie thinks that attacks upon the good will and integrity of leadership in the Democratic party and State administration, is in effect an almost insulting attack upon the good women who make up *0 large a part of that leadership.

Dominant influence of women In civic-social affairs has been recognized for a long time. Up to now tbey have not been recognized for a long time. Up to now iey have not been markedly potent in politics. But bey are moving into that area, and any time they want to do so they can take overbecause tiere are more women than m?n voters.

CRYSTAL BALLS-Before the next Governor Is inaugurated, even laefore his election has been determined, many political observers are polishing up their crystal balls to pick the chief executive for the period between 1965 and 19TO.

At least three names bob up In nearly every conversation aboat prospective candidates in 1964. There is ample evidence that Beverly Lake, who ran second in two hotly contested primary' bouts this year, w'lll have to be reckoned jvith again. Both physical and political geography may operate to his disadvantage In the next election. There remains considerable .sen- timent for east-wP.st rotation of Governors and Lake a? an easterner would be handicanped by that tradition. It also Is quite likjcly that four years from now

his extreme conservative and segregation ideas may be less popular than now. There is also the chance that four years from now these issues may be even more potent.

The two names most frequently mentioned as probable contenders for the 1964 nomination are Cloyd Phllpott of Davidson and Woodrow Jones of Rutherford. They are nattu'als for prime contenders.

Philpott is a furniture manufacturer, who is at home in the conference rooms of big business men and working members of labor organizations alike. After several terms as representative of his county in the General Assembly he won the nomination for Lieutenant Governor this year over two strong opponents.

Jones is a lawyer, several times member of the General Assembly from his county, retired voluntarily from the Congress as representative of the 11th district, and has just completed tenure as chairman of the State Democratic committee Developments during the next four years may bring up a lot of other candidates. Looks now like Beverly Lake. Cloyd Philpott and Woodrow Jones wall be among those filing for. the top office in March of 1964.

ROAD NA.MES The State Board of Agriculture has added its official endorsement by formal resolution for retaining on highw-ay signs the common names of local roads. For administrative purposes the State Highway Commission sometime ago adopted the policy used in most states of designating all secondary and local roads by numbers instead of the commonly used local names. That is appropriate, almost necessary, for purposes of the highway commission. The policy can be very inadequate and unsatisfac-t.ory with respect to the travelers who are looking for famll-lar-name places. Many of the local road names have historic significance.

Historical societies and travel promotion groups are trying to get more adeqquate information signs along the highways. Removal of road names if directly reverse policy and tends to defeat the purpose of making travel easier and more pleasant.

NEW COMMITTEE The State Personnel Council has recommended aopolntment of a special committee in the Legislature to deal with oroblems affecting Slate ?mployee.s. Here, toiore bills relating to woiking hours. salaries. qualification standard.5. etc . have been referred to various legislative committees. Consolidatin I hem into one channel will make it much e.asier for Interested persons to keep up with them.

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of the South over the years. They have fought the Souths battles on Capitol Hill against Republicans and within the Democratic party.

No one could tell one of these men to his face that he is knifing the South, that he is untrue to Southern tradition, that he is disregarding the welfare of his section by supporting the Democratic nominee in this election.

Nor can anyone say that these men have hitched their wagon behind the Kennedy star . . . they arent riding the bandwagon, they are helping it move forward because they conscientiously feel it is in the best interest of their people, their section and the nation.

The Bomber Is Like A Needle In Haystack

In some respects it seem? incredible that mysterious bombings could go on Sunday after Sunday in the nations largest city^ without police coming up with clues that might lead them to the terrorist who has now become a murderer.

^ The fifth mysterious explosion in New York in the past six Sundays claimed two lives yesterday in a subway an(i brought the total number injured by the explosions to more than 50.

For the police of New York City it must be like looking for the proverbial needle in the haystack, seeking the holiday bomber in the sea of people that inhabit the nations largest city. Certainly the law enforcement agencies of the city have come under severe criticism for not apprehending the bomber earlier. That 'criticism will increase now that two people have been killed by the blasts.

It should be remembered, however, that the officers are working against tremendous odds, looking for one person among millions and not even knowing who they are looking for. It is a tribute to law enforcement agencies everywhere that they have worked against such odds b(4ore and have found the person they sought. If the future can be judged by the past, the holiday bomber will he caught and brought to justice. It will take time perhaps, but police everywhere have learned to endure public criticism while they trace every po.'-sible clue and follow many blind leads before getting on the track that leads them to the person they .seek.

You're Invited To See The Returns Flow In

Pitt Countians have an invitation to join in the traditional Daily Reflector Election Party that will be held Tue-day night to compile election returns from Pitt Countys. 25 precincts and those from the rest of the state and the nation.

Election returns will be announced as they are received from the polling places throughout the county and posted on the huge scoreboard that has been erected in front of the Reflector building. Running totals on the election returns of North Carolina and the nation will also be posted as they are received throughout the nation.

?actors Behinc. Recession Talk

By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

So Many 'Uncommitted.

Copyright, I960, King Featares Syndicate. Inc.

The decision in 1960 puzzles the pollsters because of the enormous size of the uncommitted voters. Actually, it is unbelievable that so many voters should not, by now. know whether they are going to vote for Nixon or Kennedy. Why, then, do they not declare themselves?

In the first place, many state that they are uncertain because they favor or oppose one or the other for reasons which they themselves reject subconsciously. Among such emotional responses are the religious issue, the beauty contest, and glibness of the debates.

Thus, the uncommitted voter Is holding off .saying how he is going to vote becau.se he anticipates that he may make a last moment change. Uusually, in Presidential elections, there are few last moment changes.

James Parley goes by the rule that the voters decision is generally made Just after the Conventions. That has not been true this year.

New York State, with Ite 45 electoral votes, is a big prize in this campain. Vice President Nixon left the management of that state to Governor^ Rockefeller and Senator Jacob Javlts. It was most unfortunate because neither of them has done anything like an adequate job for Richard Nixon. Senator Javlts knows New York City politics and the very complicated racial and religious complex of this largest city of the nation. At no point did Nixon act politically sound in New York City. Profe.<wiionals of both parties say that he was sabotaged both as to timing and as to the centers he visited.

If Vice President Nixon carries New York City or New York

Other Editors Saying ... A-Bombs, Bacteria Too

By RALPH ROBEY

Never has there been as much discussion as today on whether we are in a recession. Some of it, perhaps the majority, arises from the fact that this is an election year, and the business trend has been made into a campaign issue. But much of the discussion arises from analysts and business men who are personally worried and uncertain.

Those who biplieve that we are in a recession have many facts that they can cite. For example!

Production, as measured by the Federal Reserve Board index, has declined the past two months and is now four percent below last January.

Steel is .still operating at only a .shade above half of capacity, and the date of an upturn keeps being postponed.

Housing starts are well below last year. They showed an increase in August, but in September they fell to the lowest level this year.

Inventories are .still being liquidated, and this backs up across the board, hurting both production and employment.

Business investment in plant and equipment has stopped increasing, and at best is leveling out and it may be on a slight decline.

Corporate profits are rather sharply down, and there is no prospect of an improvement in the near future.

Many industrial and raw material prices are soft, and concessions have to be made from quoted prices in order to move the goods.

In general businc.ss is shipping more than it is getting in new orders, which means that backlogs are declining.

Grass national pro^^uct. which is the total monetary value of all goods and services produced In the nation, declined in the third quarter. The decline was less than one-half of one percent, but it was down not up.

Now that is an impre.sivp list, and if one goes to individual m-diistries the number of items cm be increased suhstantiilly.

None the less, there are many persons who firmly believe that we are not in a recession. and not about to enter one. Among ttie.se are, In the Admin-i'tration. Secretary of the Treasury Anderson, Secretary Cf Commerce Mueller. Secretary of Labor Mitchell, and Raymond Sauln.er. chairman of the Presidents Council of Economic Ad-\ isor.s. All of ilit'.sc, of cour.s*', are political appointees, but they also are honest men and would

not consider shading their conclusions for campaign purposes. What leads them, and many private analysts, to a more optimistic view' on the outlook? Again the list is too long to give in its entirety, but included are:

The decline in gross nationsd product was caused primarily by the continued liquidation of inventories, and that process has just about run it.i course.

Retail trade is holding up well and will .set a new record this year and be still higher next year.

The new automobiles appear to be well received by the public and next year will be better than tiis.

Steel production will start to increase in the near futureit has to because inventories have been reduced just about as much as possible.

Housing starts will begin to increase almost Immediately and over-all construction will make another new record next year.

Farm income is on the rise, and will be appreciably better for 1960 than earlier appeared passible.

Pear of inflation has been eliminated, which is one of the factors tending to hold down investment in plant and equipment

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

Exports are Increasing appreciably more rapidly than imports, and our international deficit is becoming somewhat less important.

Personal income continues to rise, and so does employment.

The Federal Reserve System is following a policy of relative money ea.se and Interest rates have declined sharply.

Those are Just some of the favorable factors, but they are enough, in our Judgment, to warrant the concln.nion that we are not about to enter a recession. q

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"At fire drill recently held at Veterans Adminl.atrtion office, the fire rinef and hi.*! staff were invited to watch. With the ringing of the fire alarm, the 6(j0 employe! evacuated the building in a little over three minutea. Everyone was pleased until quitting time rolled arouml. This time the building was cleared in two minutes Hat. Lamar (Mo.) Democrat.

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

The recent Army decision to strengthen its defenses against gem warfare emphasizes a point military men have long known: atomic warfare is not the only mass-killer threat to the peoples of the world. Little publicity has accompanied the alevelopment of f whole new family of deadly germ agents, mainly because of the mcftt spectacular elements of nuclear warfare.

The U.S. Army is trippling the supplies of antibiotic wonder drugs which it keeps available for quick use by troops. It is not felt that the Army's action is oromoted bv any eviderxe of an Increa.sed threat of germ warfare. But Army doctors recognize there is an , enemy capability of unknown magnitude tr induce illness in varying numbers through exposure to biolog* ical agents.

T. e Army is also experimenting with several promising live vaccines against diseases which might be used in such warfare. These include a Russian-developed vaccine against rabbit fever In humans and a vaccine against Venezuelan equine en-cephalo myelitis which also can infect man.

Incrcasd stockpiling of antibiotics is motivated by evidence that practically all diseases due to bacteria and rickettsia. ^as well as to certain of the viruses, can be controlled readily after they onset by the early use of adequate quantities of antibiot

ics

Currently the supply requirements for antibiotic drugs are being raised io 25 grams per soldier, to be stored as close to him as feasible. This is an upward adjustment over existing i.rmy levels of perhaps threefold.

Adequate stockpiles of these drugs are attainable and constitute the best single move that can be made to reduce the impact of bacterial and rickettsial diseases regardless of how the outbreaks rtiay be initiated.

It is little wonder that more people who live in today's trying times are subject to mental str^-et. A hundred years ago there were more dangers from natural diseases, to'be sure. There was no wonder drugs, no marvels of surgery as we know' them today. But at the same time a man knew the only dangers faced from an enemy nation w'as rifle ball and cannon shot, plus perhaps the bayonet if the enemy got that close.

Today, however^ he lives w'ith the full' knowledge that he can be destroyed without his enemy evir leaving home to threaten his shores personally. And the death that faces him comes in particularly horrifying form: slow death through radiation fallout; the searing destruction of atpmlc explosion, the creeping paralysis of super gas agents. and the varying forms of bacterial agents which can lay him low.

State, it will be because of the religious issue. Unfortunately, this was revived by two factors: One, the Insistence of the Puerto Rican Roman Catholic bishops that It is a sin to vote for Governor Luis Munoz Marln l^ause he favors birth control and secular schools. No matter what happens in Puerto Rico, the attention paid to the activities of these bishops on two Sundays, the failure of the Vatican to denounce them, and the widespread use of their activities by Republican propaganda unquestionably helped Nixon.

The othr factor is that various organizations of bigots have accelerated their propaganda of hate. Many Catholics who dislike John Kennedy dislike even more the anti-Catholic propaganda. They will vote for Kennedy not because they prefer Kennedy as much as they take umbrage at anti - Catholicism.

Those who are conducting the anti-Catholic propaganda are not Republicans. They are Protestants who sincerely and fanatically believe that the Roman Curia dictates the conduct of every government hestd-ed by a Catholic, Religious movements usually run deep and w'hen they come to the surface, their impetus can be riotous. It is unfortunate that at a time like this. In world affairs, such a question should arise in the United States. It is not likely to die d(wn soon. For what has been raised in this campaign are many local issues, such as the large Increase in parochial schools and high schools, the use of public busses by children going to parochial schools, tax exemption for church property, etc., etc. These questions have nothing to do with the Presidential campaign but they are the side effects of the hate campaign against Catholicism.

Should John Kennedy be elected. the Republican Party will Immediately face a battle f(W control between Senator Barry Goldwater, the Conservative leader, and Governor Nelson Rockefeller who will move to the left of the Democrats. Whereas Goldwaters conception of the loyal ooposlUon will be for Congress to put a brake on the eqpendltures of an inflationary

inflationary Democratic Administration, Rockefeller is likely to contend that the Democrats are not doing enough. Most of the remaining Republicans will follow' Goldwater, but Rockefeller will Immediately put his , pre.sently quiescent organization in high gear to capture the 1964 (Continued on page five)

Industry

Of The uuturd

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK, Mass.,-When the electronics stocks were becoming popular, I w^as slow to discuss them In this column. Now, however, I have concluded that ~electronics will be the next industry.

AITTOMOBILE INVESTMENTS

Forty-five years ago, nearly forty different types of automobiles were being advertised and sold. In the stocks of the companies making these forty automobiles, there was much speculation. Mr. Fords Tin Lizzie was the most popular, selling around $500, while the most expensive car was the Packard. Another popular car was the Studebaker, whose manufacturer was once the largest maker of wagons and carriages. Both the Packard and the Studebaker since declined in production, resulting in severe reorganization which effected a combination of the two companies.

Another very popular car of those early days was the Hudson. while the Nash also forged ahead. Notwithstanding intensive advertising and sales efforts, the production of these two companies were united into the present American Motors Corporation. Thousands of investors lost money buying the stock of these once popular auto manufacturers. American Motors, however, has since put out the Rambler, and under a very able leader. Mr. Romney, has been rapidly coming to the fore While the other stocks have gone down, American Motors has climbed from around 2 In 1936-1957 to 20 today. HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

My reason for giving the above illustrations is to warn Investors that the market for electronics stocks in which peo-ph are now speculating, probably over thirty wl go through a severe reorganization and most of them w'Ul go out of business. Yet the industry as a whole will be a great and permanent one. Lei me explain one reason for this last statement.

Thu? far, the electronics industry has depended very largely on defense spending. Present talk about a reduction of armaments gives the electronics people the jitters; they wonder what they will do when, as, or if there comes a reasonable peace. This must come about same day, or else we wiU all go broke from armament expenditures or World War HI. Electronic automation is inevitable; but it must come slowly. It is very expensive for prtmte manufacturers to change their plants over to electronic automation.

The electronic experiments at the Providence, Rhode Island post office may hold the answer. The government, to prevent uiemployment, could greatly help the industry by operating all their Important post offices electronically. This would take some time and, in the meantime, prevent any serious period of unemployment. Furthermore, w ith the governments getting behind this proposition, congress could pass legislation requiring the standardization of all mall as to size of envelopes, location of addresses, stamps, etc.

WHAT IS THE MIRACLE?

Some post offices are now using electronic shaking machines to sort letters and di op them into the proper slots for 300 cities; but the reading of handwriting electronically is just being developed, and this is what I call the miracle of the Industry. It is technically known as scanning. The scanning machine will first be used In the Oakland, California Pa?t Office, and then in Detroit. Scanning should keep down the postage rate, which will Interest every reader of this column.

The concern which Is getting the most publicity on this scanner is Farrington Manufacturing Company of Needham, Mass-Its main competitors in postal equipment include International Telephone and Telegraph (which built the Providence, R.I, Post Office), International Business Machines, Chance Vought, Pit-ney-Bowes, Food Machinery and Chemical- (now building the Oakland plant), Emerson Radio, Sperry Rand, and Western Union. Many others will enter the Held, In some cases the stocks will tnple in price, but in many cases the companies will go into bankruptcy. However, I now say: Watch Electronics.

Some Business Probabilities

By ELMER ROESSNER Here are more probabilities and predictions in business, ba.sed on analyses of developing trends;

New campaigns against moving plants will be launched by unions as soon as the election nonsense is cleared away. Unions are doubly lo.sing jobs with removal of plants to low-wase, unorganized sections of the country and to low-wage foreign nations. Leaders are busy charting drives to halt both Cheaper flights to Latin America and Asia are coming. WhUe airlines are yet to determine advmntagi! of the new 17-day trass-Atlantic tourist rates, they are sweet enough to start studies of similar off-season rates in other directions More no-deposit bottles are likely In 1961. The no - returns boomed t few years ago, then lost out U beer'* and soft drink cans rose In popularity. Now the glass tndusry i? challenging the tin can ' Indu.stry with lower

prjfrs.

.MORE PAY RLSES,

BUT MODERATE

Pay Increases will be moderate during the next six months. General Electrics settlement on a 3 per cent rise has set a pattern. Many other industries are talking about a 3 per cent-or strike policy and, in view of all the talk about a recession, many unions will accept. Significantly, a 3 per cent rise approximates the increase in productivity, which means that the rise would not, be inflationary.

Steel price rises are certain, dejipite the lag In buying orders. Basically, most steel companies figure they cannot pey tha December 1 rise under the steel strike settlement, unless prices are boosted. How'evcr. because of the inventory situation, the rises may be less than originally intended.

OIL MARKET WEAKENS

Petroleum prospects are no brighter. than an oil lamp. The domestic surplus U being increased by lower gaa and oil consumption of smaller cars. Mild weather so far has cut demand for heating oils and a mild winter, not unlikely, could brake the seasonal increase in

demand. The world situation is cloudy.

Nonlerrous metals demand will sag further. Demand has been declining and stockpiles are growing. Foreign producers show signs of willingness to cut prices to gtt larger shares of the languid U. S. market.

Phone answering services are endangered by po.ssible auto-m a t i c telephone answering. Newest phones cau be attached to devices which would auto-matic^lly answer after a specified number of rings and then record the callers message.

Stable wholesale prices will prevail at least through the middle of 1961. Tl-iera ara no great shortage* and, except in foodstuffs, no great surpluses. Under these conditions, buyers can make long-term commitments at less than- current prices, forestalling sharp rises and cushioning sharp declines..

Factory Earnings Outrace

RcresHlons, Inflation Despitx two recp.H.'iiuns and constant inflation, the average weekly earnings of Ameridao

factory workers Increased from 19.50 to 1959, a study by the National Industrial Conference Board shows.

The average weekly rate Increased 51 per cent in thoie years and after discounting- for inflation, was still 24 per cant ahead .of 1950.

Why Net Run Railroads Like Highways?

Railroad after railroad Is getting into a bind because of rising costs, lower revenue.? and highway competition, the Old Promoter remarked on his \1slt today.

"Heres an idea for the naw President: let the government put trucks and railroads on an equal footing. Let the government take over the tracks Juit as it owns the highway*, Then make railroads pay licenses fee# and taxes, just like the truckera do

Of course, aince any truck can use any highway, any railroad company could use any track.? ~ and .so could Individua* companies.

Theres the Idea, Jack and Dick. Taka u awaf I