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L ^^Thursday# November 17, i960

xhe Future Will Need Votes, Money

Southern newspaper publishers meeting in Boca an atmosphere of **forwardism, and much effort Raton (Fla,) have been told the future looks rosy for to make the dreams come true.

Dixie, and that our section is destined to become the Progressiveness of outlook is important, l?ut it

most prosperous part of the nation. cannot stand alone; there must be considerable strain-

The authority for this happy note is Arthur V, ing and bootstrap-lifting.

Weinel, president of U. S. Steels Tennessee Coal and Recent local news stories exempiify the necessary

Iron Division, Sheffield, Ala. Continuing progressive outlook within our own county.

We, you, all of us, relish that sort of forecast. Its For instance, the acquiring of Dr. C. Sylvester

a point that crystal ball-gaxers never omit in their Green to direct activities of the Pitt County Develop-prognostications ... something pleasant for the future, ment Commission. On the occasion of announcing se Customers like it. lections of Dr. Green for that post. City Manager Leo-

Of course a successful industrial uses no crys- nard Bloxam observed that it pointed toward a

tal ball, and his time is so precious that being called broadened program for thq commission . . . that while upon tor a return address is of small matter to him. securing of new industries would be the basic interest,

Rather, his views afe predicated on matters of sub- the program would include efforts in total develop-

stance and with an experienced eye toward assaying ment of the county agriculturally, educationally, trends. So it is with Mr. Weibel. recreationally and commercially. This is forward-

Accompanying his happy forecast, Weibel warns looking. This is a step toward achieving that which against some who are so busy looking back to where seek.

we have been that have no clear idea of where we are The Pitt County Board of education took a simi-

gcing. Among ua are some who have not been shaken larly positive view in endorsing the proposed Industrial from old habits, old attitudes and apathies. School ... a proposal later backed by the Utilities

There, in a nutshell, is the delineation which con- Commission.

notes the forward-looking community and the com- The school board sees in the $300,000 plant a

munity too complacent to work for the future. practical measure to encourage students and residents

Prophecies of a Southern industrial and economic to remain in the County and work here, bcom are not especially new; but it is well to remem- Resultant training would enable young people to

bcr that all are linked to the adopting of a spirit attain technical skills permitting them to receive skill-

* ed wages. Also envisioned was the lifting of the entire

Minority Race

'rlesponsibility As To Road Signs

By LYNN NISBET

ROAD SIGNS I the signs posted at highway intersections giving the familiar names of the county rwwls are to be retained. or restored when they fall down, the county commissioners must assume responsibility for their erection and maintenance.

The State highway commission adopted the policy two years ago of subatituUng small metal black-and-white numeral signs for the long familiar wooden plates. This step was taken as an aid to highway maintenance administration, and was deemed necessary in order to eliminate the confusion of duplicate nan^.

The State board of agriculture recently adopted a resolution asking the highway folks not to abandon the name signs. Numerals mean nothing to the traveler who is looking for Buf-ftlo Church, or Trinity School, or a historic center in which the postoffice has been discontinued.

POLICY -- The highway commission idea is that designation by number is necessary, and so far as iU purposes are concerned is adequate. Local names are important only to the community. Existing name plates will not be taken down until their physical condition requires removal, but no State effort will be made to maintain tiiem. Once removed replacement or substitution will on these terms: The county commissioners must formally approve the road name; then the county or privately contributed tocal money must pay for the new signs. The highway commission wUl erect the signs, billing the local unit for the cost; or local agencies may :eci them, ibject to highway apiH'oved siMK^ifications.

That is essentially the policy which has prevailed for years with respect to name designar lions on primary highwayssuch as the ^'Ocean Hlway signs along US-17 and the **Jefferson Davis signs on secU^ of US-1. 1$ and 501. It appl^ also to the "Keep Nwrth Carolina Green signs sponsored by the forestry assodations. These all had to be approved by the highway cwnmission, but were erected at no cost to the taxpayers.

There is admitted distinction between the signs whteh promote ideas or projects and those which render real service in guiding travelers to their destination. Long distance travel is guided by numerals. Maps are available at nearly every service station abowing the Inter

state, US. and NC route numbers. Local travel is guided wholly by road names, and maps are not available showing the little metal tag numerical designations. The highway folks have sound administrative and economic btsis for their plan. The traveling public has sound basis for the claim that retention of names on local roads IS essential public service, of equal importance to primary route numbers.

county to a higher economic level and enable our communities to benefit from the students' abilities.

Such schools already exist in the eastern part of the state; Wilson and Goldsboro have them. Raleigh,

Asheboro and Kinston are planning to acquire them.

So Pitt County is not venturing into untried fields.

But endorsing a proposal . . . giving vocal support ... is not going to be enough. There is a considerable amount of money involved, and sooner or later we are going to have to back up our words with votes and dollars. tt a t m

All of us together have it in our power to make By HAL BOYLE possible the economic enrichment of Pitt County,'Eastern North Carolina, the entire State, the whole Southland.

But its realization will not be handed to us as a gift. We will have to work for everything we get.

Somethina

Tor Fat Men

WOMAN READERThe young lady wanted to know if there is any law or rale or reason why a woman could not serve as reading clerk in the General Assembly. She was advised that the only known reason was simply that there had never been a woman in that position. Women have served as members in both'branches. Mrs. Annie Cooper has most efficiently held down the position as principal clerk of the House since the middle of the 1943 session, after a number of years on the clerical staff. Most of the clerical work is done by women, "Don't use my name until I can contact the senators, requested the young woman. "But you may be sure that they'll have a chance to establish precedent by having a woman reader."

Mindless Mobs Will Be A Futile Answer

NEW YORK (AP)It is time the federal government did something to help the fat man.

As it is now, nobody does much for the fat man except jeer him.

"Hi, Tubby, they say, poking him in the stomach. "Arent you putting on a little weight? Yet fat people are vital to the American economy. Since we have some 25 to 30 million over-

Weve seen this happen before ... the heartbreak, the frustration, the anger and fears ,, . in Little Rock.

There were the mindles mobs there, too; and the^weightpeople, they outnumber mobs were of greater worry and concern than the is- *

sues which incited them. congress* regularly rushes to

Graceful, beautiful New Orleans is learning that the rescue of the farmer )Vith today. benefit payments and to the

The mob spirit is monstrous. It vialates the prin-cipal that thi ,os ruunoceoatinnetaoinshrdl etaoi etaa But the only government help serve not good, but evil. They are the mask for crime fat people et is a

which no thinking man, woman or young person would Seth*serv that u fliey drat consider assuming as their individual responsibility. lose weight they probably Youngsters participating in the mobs are learning wont live as long, to defy the law; the lessons learned this week may ^wl?**natural

W'ell be reflected on yet another day when they and sourceand they are! They

their families will stand aghast at what they have should be treated as such. The

. government should encourage k j them to reduce by offering them

Our sympathies are with the worried people and the parents of truant students roaming the streets . . * , v J * i. C*

all potential victims of violence in that mindless vortex T.GF liClltOrS i^Cll/inCJ . .

of emotion.

Rationally speaking, we know the battle lines for -rn or against segregation are properly handled by duly nniorcing r any i^'isuipm constituted authorities.

SANDThe time was three days after the election. The place was In front of the Raleigh postoffice. The occasion was one of the innumerable unofficial* post mortem inquests over election results. The participants were several sectional-ly-conscious Democratic leaders from Eastern North Carolina.

All of them felt good about v

the election results, and espec- In the end it will be their voice that prevails and (Raleigh Times)

laUy about the role their aec- the tears and fears, anger and violent protests will go JHl

tion played in the Democratic asked that their memlr o e

victory. There was some serious iiaugiit.

solid inducements. Just as It helps the farmer and the manufacturer and the oil well owners.

For example, why not a fat depletion allowance on your income tax?

Under this plan your doctor would indicate how much overweight you were, and give you a diet. Then when you went to pay your income tax, the collector would give you a 2 per cent reduction for each pound you had lost, in recognition of your valiant and patriotic effort to save a worthwhile part of Americanamely yourself.

And why shouldn't Congress strike off medals to honorithem as "Heroes of the Battle of the Human Bulge, and Savlora of the National WalsUine?

A federal fat control program such as herein outlined may sound like another raid on the Treasury by another special privilei^ group.

Actually, it isnt. Unlike the federal farm surplus program it probably would more than pay Its own waybecattse It would

talk about the responsibility implied and the consideration due the eastern voters for their part in holding North Carolina in the Democratic columns.

The meeting broke up after one fellow made this semi-facetious comnrient:

Governor Luther Hodges ought to spread a little bit of Eastern North Carolina sand on his breakfast cereal every mMT.-ing. Besides being good for his digestion, it would remind him that if it hadnt been for the votes In that section, he would not be eating many more breakfasts as an official either In Raleigh or Washington.

Final Nails For Cubas Coffin

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By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press NeWs Analyst

Underground sources report the communists are just about ready for a try at driving the final nails into the coffin of what once was free Cuba.

As the Cubans begin to lose their enthusiasm for government by mass meeting, the Communists are moving on two Important fronts to conaoiidata their grip and substitute government by fear and suspicion.

First, the Communists are the inspiration for the organisation by the Fidel Castro regime of what appears to be a secret police system closely fashioned on the lines of the Soviet BfVD of Stalins day.

This police setup is reported to go under the name of "0-34 for reasons known best to its organisers. A Czechoslovak Communist who himself Is a veteran of the Soviet MVD service is reported to be In complete charge of whipping the network together, so that control eventually will be complete over every aspect of Cuban daily life.

When this organization is in final shape, the Communists can hope Cuba will be as much a satellite of the Soviet Union as Hungary, no matter what label the Castro regime chooses to pin upon itself-

Second, the Communists are quickly enveloping the leadership of the labor unions and taking steps to insure domination in that field. A new set of regulations, either already adopted or about to be adopted for the control of labor, has been drawn up by the executive of tht Cubsn Labtr Confederation, which Mort and more is coming under Communist domination.

Every labor center will become a garrison In which the working class will wage a battle for production, says one of the new regulations, foreshadowing a barrack*-llke existence for many a Cuban working man.

"In every plant and firm, vigilance mast be Increased to reduce the danger of acts of

sabotage by the enemies of the revolution. says another, in an echo of the ever-wary leadera of the Communist world.

All these things have the ominous sound which has been heard many times before as other Democratic regimes in Europe and Asia were alowly suffocated.

Cuba today apparently swarms with agents of Communist nations. Their first objective appears to be what Cuban Communist chief Bias Roca has just demanded: "Solidifying the

revoultlon. This means taking the revolution away from Fidel Castro, making him a figurehead for as long as his in-esence on the scene may be necessary, and running the country to suit the policies of Moscow.

Once the Communists rivet their totalitarian controls into place, the United States can expect a steady atream of trouble in many areas of Central and South America.

Opinions ''n Brie::

"Citizens In the United States have pretty much taken freedom for granted. It Is something that they have always enjoyed like the air they breathe. They overlook the fact that as the air of our cities i.s becoming more and more polluted^ so i our freedom. industriaJ News Review.

"No mm can Xntm the Imperfections of a hus he owna until he tries to sell it.Asheville Citizen.

"The general flection has demonstrated the wisdom of

changing the electoral vote to permit a statee electoral vote to be divided proportionately in a* f ordance with the popular votes cast.sen. 0am Ervin, N.C.

State Democratic Executive Committee resign that post on grounds that he supported Robert L. Gavin, the Republican nominee for Governor.

Well, the Lee Democrats are on perfectly sound ground. No man who defects from any political party should have any place in future counsels of that party. If this particular man should refuse to resign his state committee post, the committee should bar him from participating in any further meetings, and should omit his name when the roll is called.

There has been considerable shouting this year about a tw^ party system being nearer realization in North' Carolina than ever before, due to the record number of votes the Republican candidates for President and Governor received. It I true that those men did receive terrific votes, but It isnt true that North Carollna is one bit nearer a real two-party system. Most of those votes came from people who are registered as Democrats but who kicked over the party traces and voted Republican. Until those people change their registration to Republican, there can be no two-party system in this State.

Wake County is an example. There are approximately 5,(KX) registejred Republicans In Wake-

Another

By ELMER ROESSNER

There'S a new spotlight on suburbia.

Some pundits say that suburbia elected John F. RLen-nedy. Suburbs In the past have tended to be conservative, Republican. But the outpouring families from the cities have clung to their urban Democratic beliefs, making the suburbs Democratic.

Thats a theory that can be debated from now until next election. when the debate will start over gain.

But whether rweiiini tnburbia is responsible for the political swing or not, it is responsible for a lot of other worries.

Whether suburbanites know it or not. they thrust trtmendous burdens on central oitlef and the relatives they left there. DEMANDS FOR SERVICES

Mast of the working suburbanites work in the city central. A typical suburban dweller may apend tifht workl&i houTA ia UM

Yet, Republican Gavin got 17,-156 votes in this county. That can only mean that 12,000 persons registered as Democrats voted for the Republican gubernatorial nominee. Since election day, not a person has changed his registration In- Wake from Democratic to Republican.

There can be no real two-party system until there are real primaries in each party. There was no complete slate of Republican candidates for Waka County offices this year. la fact, there were Republican candidates for only two of the three House seats, and no candidates at all for any of the county of-ficea.

On the other hand, if there were 17,000 registered Republicans in Wake County, there would have been a real primary contest. That would have led to a hotly contetted genera} election eampaign,

Thoae people who openly and actively supported the Republican candidates should go the whole way and register Republican.

To have strong political parties, there must be party discipline. Wake Democrats should follow the lead of the Lee Democrats and take disciplinary action against any Democratic Party official, from precinct com-

Feason

By GEORGE E. S0K0L5KY

Copyright, I960. King Features The most imparessivf fact about the recent, tight action was that It cost too much in time, in money and in human energy As for time, from the pre-primary effort, whiph started two years ago, to Election Day, men who ahould have fully engaged at their work, were chasing about the country seeking delegations, making deals, exhibiting themselves in the hope that they might be elected.

No one will ever know, not even the candidates, what the election actually cost. There will be formal reports but these will represent only a small share of the total. In the first place, there are |1I sorts of separate organizations and committees with which the candidates have little contact. These organizations are usually devised to make it possible for those who wish to contribute large sums to split them up. Also, there is much handling of cash money under the table. This can never be proved and that Is why it is done that way.

There are always men who contribute to both parttcs and to a variety of candidates and committee!. By this device, they make their way to Heaven no matter who is elected. (I am, of course, not limitiug this disi. cussion .,to Presidential candi-cates.) "

There ought to be a law. auch 5 the British have, limiting campaign expenditures. It is not significant if the law limits campaign Income, becauae much of that can never be proved. For instance, labor unions can contribute to a campaign out of educational funds and labor unions do not need to account for their contributions as political. But expenditures can be found. The largest bills are for television and travel. These can be accounted for. If a rigid. Inflexible figure were made law and an over-expenditure made a felony, the election could become honest. Certainly, as H is. no man does not havg access to unusually enornHius sums of money can be elected the Prertdency.

The time to discuss this is now when nobody is running for office and when no partisanship is involved. Even the reported figures for this election, when they shall be published, will be disgraceful and abould be thoroughly investigated. The Roman Empire collapsed when public office went to the h^hest ladder. We do not want to reach that eatate here.

As for tone, it would seem that ori4i^^th of campaigning la enough, if not too much. Ocly the television companies gain by prolonged campaigning and they oty gaih tr they can scU nonsponsored time to a large number of stations. Otherwise, the prolonged campaign benefits noboy and is, in fact, a bore. After the first three or four spei^es. U is all repetitioua. It got so that I could make the Nixon and Kennedy speeches by heart. The candidates thenoselv-es must have been bored by the repetition of the same stegans, the identical run of words, none of them meaning very much but aU of which had to be said with vehemence and vigor.

It would seem to me if the campaign were cut down to one month by law, all candMates would be exultwit. They would perhaps have the time to write thrir own speeches and eysn to think about what they say^They would say what they mean. They would not be reading documents which they had jutver seen before, written by psrsons who had, on their own account, achieved slight or no 'distinction as public figures or philosophers- Most speech xwriters are inexpert persons on the fringe of iMiblic relations or in the professional discijUnes. Most of them never adiieve any stature and have only fncm-orles of "making other mim.*

A month of speech-making is ample. I think that if toere circumstances and personal 'were a week of silence jult be-

keep millions of former fat people alive longer, paying taxes years beyond their expected span.

One thing you can say about any one who opposes this program of national recogoitioa.

He aint a fat man. The fat man already gets enough advice. What he needs is real help with a weighty problem.

Sirepxgth For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

AN unpleasant memory

Some yeans ago 1 met a husband and wife who through these years have stuck ih my mind as an unpleasant and pathetic memory. ,

The man was good looking, bright, cheerful, and optimistic. His wife was about the homeliest female I have ever looked upon. Her conversation usually consisted of mutterlngs against certain people and thinga which appeared to displease her. Her voice had a constant tone of complaint. In all the time I knew them I never heard her utter an interesting or encourag-mg word.

Then suddenly this woman died. The grief of her husband was the most intense I have ever witnessed. Here was this interesting and able man married to a thoroughly disagreeable and tiresome woman. Yet his devotion to her was such that when she passed away it looked for quite a while as if the husband woudl past away immediately. He did linger on for about flvi years. He never remarried. In fact, he hardly lifted his head. It was the un-afiimous opinion of his friends that he had died of a broken heart.

"Aaint love wonderful. It certainly is, or perhaps It i just unrealistic. At any rate it draws strange people together and appears to make them happy by strange and incomprehensible combinaUoDs of

characteristics. Why people take unto themaelyes the spouses they do is something the reason for which must be known only to the Most High.

But more of that tomorrow.

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"TLanks to the research revolution, creative man may in

mittee member on up, who pub- ^ the end triumph over organiza-Hcly supported the Republican tion man. The Research candidates. Revolution by Leonard Bilk.

fore Election Day, It woiAd be Very beneficial. The people could then make up their minds without the cacophony of political speeches. They might sit back and read what had been said. They might analyze what had been said. They might read the Party Platforms or they might do nothing about It at ill, depending upon their suboon-scious to guide them a-rlght, Sfely that would be better than' the Present prepostersous method when the candidates talk so much that they drown in a sea of words.

Spotlight On Suburbia

city, a lunch hour and an hour or to from point of arrival in the city to his job and from job to point of departure - to say nothing of an occasional evening in town.

He spends about a third of his week in the city and, whether he wants it or not, the the city thrusts services upon him. It gives him police pro-iection, it protects his person and the premises in which he works from fire, it guards the purity of his food and the strength of his liquor, it provides him With ewerfemty health services, protects him tin a way) from sharp practices by vendors and provides justice for him,, even onto a prison c#u.

for this hf pays UtUs: trifling taxes and surchargtt here and there, Hri bii; tax payments are to his uhurbnn community. He may even point out to clly-dwellers that he gets new schools and iArJps s4 Mr IM

tax costs than they pay.

OTHER BURDENS ON CITY Thats not the end. Suburban communities frequently make advantageous deals whereby metropolitan areas furnish water, sewage duiposal and fire protection at rates that are cheaper than the suburb could provide the same services.

Suburbans often ring metropolitan areas with stores that undersell downtown establish-ments because they escapi sales taxes, property taxes and other levies. Sometimes suburbad in-\ntmce rates ire tdfhtr btcwuse ef lack of facilities: often they ar lower because loss rates are less. Auto insurance costs art often cheaper In the suburbs. Ratfs fall about go per cant when you Ifgvt N#w York ^Ity.

$ame of fliese frinfe areas refuse to incorporate, keeping tax rate.s down. In some places the suburbs permit honky-tonks and vice resorts which draw

these are relatively rare, The big drain ou metropolitan areas are the legitimate costs. The city areas must provide some mnimums of sewage^,health control, fire protection and policing to protect their own. Suburban tasldents often take advantage of city spending for parka, swimming pools, marinas and oUier recreation facilitlss.

Some fitatss permit cities some control over unlncorporat-d, adjacent areaa. Nona yet provide controla over incorporated suburbs. But until aan-cepts of lovemments undsy the state level are changed, su^bs will continue to be problems for metropoles.

WHEAT EXPORTS TO ICAOl NEW HIGH Amefiofn wheat exports are expected to set a new record In the fiscal year ending June 30. 1961. The government

expects the total to peach