PAGE FOURTHE DAILY R'^FLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

IVedn*dr) Jury 28, 1961

Wednesday, January 26, 1961

The Flirts

Agriculturally, We Should Do Well

If friends in^high places mean anything, North Carolinas agrictturewhich depends heavily upon

tobaccoghould fare well by federal farm policies adopted by the Kennedy administration.

Three well qualified men, Tar Heels, have been named to key posts connected with agriculture irv the Konnedy a'd ministrati on. Charles Murphyi Duplin County native, has been named undersecretary of Agriculture. Henry Caldwell of Greensboro, master _ of the North Carolina Grange, has been named chairman of the advisory committee to the Secretary of Agriculture, and Horace Godfrey has been named administrator of the Commodity Stabilization Service.

Each of these men has been closely associated with agriculture in North Carolina and each is intimately familiar with the problems which confront the farmers of this state. Their understanding-of the problems will assure that any federal farm programs proposed in the nw administration will be given consideration with North Carolina farmers in mind.

Th%^*ttittrd of a4miwtitioa4awardagri;^ culture has a direct bearing upon the economic welfare of the people of North Carolina. In spite of its progress in industrial development, many areas of the tate remain largely depend^t ^|ipon agriculture.

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By LYNN MSBET - MERIT Merit rttlnf for school teschers sbould be based on quality service, not quantity of activity; merit raung is not a money saving device, and there must be an entirely different approach to merit rating for school teachers than that applied to Industrial workers.

Thaw would seem to be the key findings of the commission authorized by the 1959 Legislature and appointed by Oovem-or Luther Hodges about a year and a half ago to study the problem. This commission, headed by Rep. W.C. Harris Jr., of Wake county, released its report this week. The principal recommendation is for a legis-tive appropriation of 5350,000 t,o finance a four-year pilot program in two or more selected districts. And the commission laye dswn soms basic rules to govern the experiment. The three mentioned seem to be most significant.

CRITERIA - The problem of merit rating for teachers Is almost M old as the public school system. Some states have had statutory provisions for half a century, and the matter has been under study in North Carolina for 20 years. The imponderables are what criteria shall apply, and who will do the rating. Shall quality teaching be rated on instructional methods, or on progress of the pupil? How do methods affect pupils progress?

Incidentally, North Carolina is mbring into the area of merit rating for pupUs as well as for

teachers. The main body of public school administration tends to tervt the average boy or girl. This State is now developing programs for the below average and for the specially talented pupils. As the studies progress there may develop a definite relationship between pupils rating and teacher rating.

QUALITY - It is Inherent in the idea that merit rating Is Intended to award excellence with h^her pay. The commission report makes clear that extra worksuch as athletic coaching, lunch room supervision, and similar dutie.shas no relationship to quality merit. The commission does not make the point, but others have, that sometimes the additional money paid for extra-curricular activities tends to depreciate rather than enhance the quality of teaching.

The most bothersome question is who will bell the cat." who will do the evaluating of quality teaching. In the early days of public education in the United States the evaluations were made by the members of the boards who employed the teach

ers. Later the task was passed along to school administrators, the professional educators. Both plans had obvious deficiencies. The non - professional board members did not know what they were talking about, and the professionals tended to r*vc h;gh value to teachers who conformed to their own Ideas.

Most North Carolina school folks. Including teachers, approve the principle of merit rating. Governor Gregg Cherr>- appointed a commission In 1945 to work out a formula- Since then there has been continuous study, and no agreement on criteria or on who would bell the cat.Rvery plan proposed had serious faults, chiefly the fact that personal favoritism, either for individuals or for methods of Instruction, tended to influence decisions.

DIFFERENT - Anotbsr factor has been the Inclination to attempt merit rating of school teachers on the same basis as merit promotions in Industry. Perhaps the most significant conclusion of the Harris study commission Is that the approach must be different. And the best way to determine the proper approach is the suggested four-year pilot operation In a few selected districts.

PROMOTIONS - Merit rating in Industry Is often reclssslflca-tion of jobs, and each business firm has its own standards for transfer and up-grading. In teaching, says the report, "with only one rung on the success ladder, the Job content, advancement opportunities, and relation between individual goals and organizational goals are marked differences which render less than significant the argument that what is used in industry may be dliectly applicable to teaching.

That observation pinpoints the distinction which many people recognize, and some have difficulty in understanding, between profit-motive business and service-rendering government. BusL ness deals with people for the purpose of earning dollars: government deals with people for the purpose of helping people.

Dividends from service to humans are often less tangible than dividends derived from investment of dollars, but in many instances they are more valuable.'That US what the study commission meant when It reported that merit rating for teacher* is not a "tax saving device. Admittedly. It will cost more dollars. Determination of whether It will be a sound btus-iness investment will depend upon results of the proposed pilot ventures in a few school districts during the next four years.

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Agriculture now and in the future will continue to b a primary part of the econom\ of the state as a whole. The farm policies and programs adopted by each administration go a long way toward determining how agriculture fares during its years in office.

Agricultural interests throughout the nationand particularly in North Carolinaare fortunate indeed that these men have been chosen by President Kennedy for prominent roles in shaping the agricultural policies of his administration. They will, we believe, afford the administration with a better understanding of farm problems and practical means of meeting these problems than was the case during the past administration.

The Nuclear Risk Has Been Proven Very Small

cimsk of IhA B52G bqjrnbej: of ,th? Strategic

Air Command near Goldsboro yesterday was indeed tragic, but in some respects there were factors in the accident which should be reassuring to the American people.^ _ .

On many occasions the wisdom of having nuclear weapons aboard aircraft has been attacked by those who assert that accidental detonation of such w'eapons could cause untold devastation and loss of life needlessly. In the confusion caused by such an accident, they say, a nuclear conflict might be set off before the real cause of the explosion were ascertained.

In the case of the SAC bomber which crashed near Goldsboro there were two nuclear weapons aboard, both unarmed according to regulations. One of the devices wa.s parachuted from the plane just before the crash and was recovered safely. The other, although it went down with the plane and a high explosive detonated in the crash, the nuclear device did not explode. The safety devices provided to prevent By PATRICIA MRE Its accidental detonation were sufficient even though it went down with the plane.

It should be reassuring to the American people that although adequate defense of our nation requires that nuclear weapons be carried aboard planes, ready

for instant retaliation in case of attack, elaborate pre- Following l* what one might cautions are taken to prevent accidental detonation it^ like this!* te s ry

of ti^eae wea.prms_under anv circumstances.__Bride-elect wa.s being honored

While there i.s certainly some risk involved in at ahower. composed invitation

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Happened 10 Days Prior

carrying nuclear weapons aboard'our planes that are hMtesse* sent the

const.^ntly in the air. the risk of accidental explosion is almost nil, if indeed has not been entirely eliminated

With the end result that fiie person asking saidshe just wondered when it was, since her invitation (addressed to her here In Greenville. N. C.) had gone all the way to Greenville, 8. C. and finally came back.

That's about It.

Elvidence Of His Self-Confidence

About 10 days later, woman walks up to one'of those who had attended the party and asks when the party is' being held After some deliberation, person asked deduced that the* party was same one she had attended 10 days prior

The people of Greenville are unique, or at least some of them seem to bo- This comes under the heading of The Cupless Cupcakes.

To celebrate Inauguration day, a lady friend made 36 nice cup*

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy shows a lot of self-confidence In deciding to hold his news conference on live television.

Still, it's natural for him to do this. His predecessors in the White House have been leading up to It step by step. He took the next one.

These Kennedy news conferences, appearing in living rooms all over America while theyre happening, close a gap.

They close the separation between citizen* and their government by giving them a more Immediate sense of understanding and participation.

Watching a Kennedy news conference on TV will be the same as being at it except for the inability to ask questions.

People will not only be able to observe their President but' pass private judgment on him, his wisdom and his policies-Kennedy, of course, could be creating a trap for himself. If he makes a slip with the whole country watching, its made,

' He co^ld eyen create a di.sasterremote as that .seems by a slip in foreign affairs.

Yet. strangely, over the years American presidents have made extraordinarily few blunders at news conferences.-Anyone who has been in Washington any time knows this. Kennedy has been here steadily-since 1947, serving in' Congress.

Besides, he has demonstrated he Is extremely well able to take care of himself In a fast give and take a.s in his TV debates with former Vice President Richard Nixon.

By going on live TV, Kennedy has thrown aside one safeguard against mistakes which other i>reaidcnt8 used.

They cither insisted upon

being quoted Indirectly or havinf their aides check over the qucs-tlon-answer transcript before allowing direct quotes.

There was no televising of President Trumans meetings with the press. President Elsenhower permitted TV cameras to record his conferences.

But before.he could be quoted directly or shown on the nations TV screens, hi* pres secretary, James Hagerty, had the right to change or ban anything he decided should not be reported or shown.

Still. White House newsmen who covered ELsenhower from the beginning do not recall that Hagerty ever in eight years cut anything of importance out of the word-by-word transcript.

If something Eisenhower said might be open to misinterpretation. Hagerty at times put out an explanatory note, along with the transcript, to set the record straight.

Nor did he cut anything of Importance out of the TV films which were shown later.

Nevertheless, he could have done 80 If he wished. There wll be no one to backstop Kennedy.

But Kennedy Ls better prepared to answer questions about government than Eisenhower was. starting out.

Other Editors Saying ... The* Kennedy Style

cakes for her office companions and carefully placed them In the back seat of her car. Then, proceeding in the general direction of her office, she made several stops at different points in the downtown area of Greenville.

After she had reached her final destination of her office, she counted the cupcakes, but there were only 30. Giving the cupcakes a few minute^ to rest (and multiply) she cdBBteii the cupcakes again, but there were only 30. Some of her office friends chipped in and ciunted, too, but there were no more than 30.

The solution was simple somebody somewhere along her route had lifted aix cupcakes from her car.

Whats so unique about the

Anyone who knows the character of President Kennedy must assume that he wUl have the final voice In the conduct of the foreign policy of this country. He has organized his foreign affairs team in such a manner that obviously he will be forced to act as arbiter among Dean Rusk. Adlal Stevenson and Chester Bowles and it will test his own diplomatic capacity to keep this team rolling in a single dl-rectlon without prima donnaish overtures.

Adlai Stevenson has already said his piece Concerning China His statement produced many coflfueiiii iieadiiRfiSv whii^shawa what happens whn a -clear statement of fact is not said with clarity. Stevensons 'Statement of fact, in effect, was that It is probable that the United States will be voted down In the United Nations in the near future and that Red China will be admitted to the United Nations. He did not say that he favored such a development.

Chester Bowles spoke more clearly and succinctly. He is opposed to Red Chinas entrance Into the United Nations and he Is in favor of Formosa and of the holding of the islands of Que-moy and Matsu. His only qualification. when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was that the United States should not withdraw from the United Nations should Red China be admitted.

It is significant that the China question loomed so large In the discussions before the Foreign Relations Committee. It Indicated to the Kennedy Administration that this is not an Issue that can be passed over lightly by the State Department and that public opinion in this country was still, If not more so. anti-Peking.

The otheF^de of the coin is that with the shift in the balance of power in the General Assembly of the United Nations, the United States may not long be in control of the situation there. The Afro-Asian group, if it holds together, and the South AmerW can group, which used to vote with us solidly but no longer does, can produce a sufficient vote to embarrass the United States by voting with the Soviet bloc.

Even If the Western Europeans were of one mind on the subject of not admitting Red China to the United Nations.

whole thing is the fact that only which they are not. the actual

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new administrations cabinet is so heavily weighted with brains that Congressman Sludgfpump will introduce a bill calling for a .secretary of stupidity to see that a large and Influential segment of our population U rcpre.sented. 'Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Unlon.

(Greensboro Dally News)

The question still to be answered, as James Reston put it. is whether John Fitzgerald Kennedys inaugural address was merely a graceful television performance in the snow or whether American idealism has now been allied to American power and those who now speak for America mean to act for America.

The answer wilL indeed, determine whether all those diverse applauding elements from Kremlin Communists to Republican Conservatives really approved of the Presidents inaugural.

For surely all of them cannot like it. Mr, Kennedy had something for everybody, it is true, but somewhere along the line he will show his hand and then it will better be seen who likes what he has said and intends to do and who does not.

For the Kennedy inaugural was In the traditional revolutionary spirit of America. It was also part of a new tradition first sensed during the campaign by the ever preceptive Adlai Stevenson. Governor Stevenson told the story of the differing reaction to speeches by Greek and Roman leaders of another era and compared them with hts own and Kennedys speeches. When Demosthenes spoke. Governor Stevenson noted wryly, everyone commended his speeches as great oratory. When Cicero spoke, the people said: Let us march.

That special dynamic quality of the young Kennedy came across Friday in the Washington snow. He had set the stage carefully (not planning, of

sun and penetrating wind).

The inaugural address had careful preparation. It incorporated the two polar extremes of American successidealism and practicality, Mr. Kennedy emphasized both as he properly should. Both are sources of our strength.

While the new President was warning the Communist world to play hands off in the American Hemisphere, he was promising a new beginning" in the realm of international co-opeia-tion. He had words of encouragement for old allies and new allies. Finally, he had news for Americans at home: The new start will require sacrifice

All of this emerged in strong sentences devoid of adjectives or cluttered verbiage. The Kennedy powr stemmed as much from lean oratory as spare action. Only six adjectives appeared in the first 110 words of the Inaugural. Nouns and verb-s follow each other In powerful cadence, The~ President has mastered the difficult oratorical style of Cicero. It comes naturally from his personality.

And the response to the In-augiu*al itself the widespread approval even among the 49 per cent of the voters who went the other way on November 8 proves that the Kennedy leadership is asserting itself.

The new Presidents own determination to be President of all the people will keep him wedded to the little acts of consideration. the wooing of the opposition, which have characterized his' behavior since November 8. But the test of his leadership and its direction will be apparent only when his

six cupcakes were taken when there were 36 thereor maybe thats all the person could carry at one time.

At any rate, she wont forget that Inauguration day.

Have you ever seen an astrological clock? Theres one In the town managers office in Ayden (Cleveland Paylor).

It Is unique as clocks go. surpassing in originality all the gold sun clocks, birdie clocks and chime clocks.

It is a rectangular clock' with a facing of fine beige linen framed in fruit wood. The hours are in black, with each of the 12 signs of the zodiac present on the clocks face, along with the four seasons of the year and the sun and moon. Yellow, black and beige are predominant colors

It certainly does lend an atmosphere to that room. And it certainly is an un>isual clock.

Opinions In Brief

"Freedom of opportunity is related in one of the parables of the Bible. You will remember the parable of the talents, wherein three men were given one, two and five talents. The man who had one talent buried his,' but the other two worked hard and they increased their bolding two-fold. Marion (Iowa) Sentinel.

coimse, the smoking lectern or the. Inccpdlbjy harsh prayer of program reaches the firing line, r , Catholto Cdrdteal, but fulir '^**^''' rf^mnnstrate

aware of the moving potential of Robert Frosts white hair and granite-like character emerging even above obstacles of glaring

Then toe., .will, t demonstrate whether he has the wisdom and courage of a Lincoln or merely the mediocre political qualities ,pf a Harding.

"Those additional students of the I960* are going to have to hump themselves to help provide the extra funds that will be reeded lat^^adncating Nanothec. new wave of college boys and girls in the 1970s. Danville (Ky.) Advocate-Messenger.

decision on any question In the General Assembly of the United Nations could numerically go against us.

This is a realistic situation which requires a realistic decision. We cannot hope to hold these people to our side as long . as they read In the newspapers ^

that peoples of their race and color are regarded as inferior savages because of race and color. We cannot say to them,

Vote for the United States in the United Nations," and then have Incidents In this country which prove to them that they are despised here. It is as simple as that.

We could, of course, get out of the United Nations altogether and let the Afro-Asians rim the place, inviting Chou En-lal to come from Peking to dictate what should be done. But then, our problem would be: where would we get allies or have bases should Soviet Russia make a fighting war -on the United States?

These are questions that are not In the distant future or the long run. They will come up at the next session of the General Assembly in March and they will arise in the Assembly after that.

Red China is conducting a world-v^ide propaganda of hate against the United States. It is using all Its weapons to force a war between the United States

and Soviet Russia in the wilv be- j,

lief that Peking can take ad

vantage of both countries during such a war. Its theories are based on the strategic adage. Let you and him fight.

We are now engaged in a battle of wits against Red China,

In a battle which we have been losing because we have no effective propagandistic weapons to use against Red China among those who now hold the votes in the United * Nationsthe non-white pec^Iee. -"

There are many In this county who refuse to recognize our (Continued on Page 5)

Observations By An Old Rporter

Calling His Bluff

By ELMER ROESSNER When your reporter was young, a big garter company launched a massive advertising campaign on the theme. "If,you wore your garters around your neck youd change them more often.

It prompted two reactions: L.The company was implying I was a slob.

2. It reminded me that no one else sees your garters anyway, so why bother?

So I stopped buying garters. Socks seemed to stay up rea-.^onably well without them, and circulation Improved. Several million otjier men miust have liad the .sameT reaction and the same conclusion- Garter stocks are certainly not soaring above US Steel on Boeing.

Now the Hat * Corporation of America has launched a campaign featuring a full - page picture of a man with a disorganized head of hair and HNjictsilly diSdtiianizerf toeard text carries the line, Youre more of a. mao with a bat on."

Hope Hat Corp. knows what its doing.

HOW TO SAVE MONEY ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACT " A friend dropped-into a small business hardware store near a big plant with a government contract. A man wearing a plant badge came in and bought a screw driver, paid cash, and asked the hardware man to sign a petty cash slip. Several other plant workers came in. made small purchases and made the same request.

My friend, puzzled, asked the proprietor why workers in the giant e.<itablishment were buying tools at retail.

The company encourages it."'' the proprietor explained. "Un-,der the government contract, it takes about $16 In paper work and two days to get a new screw driver. So the company set up a petty cash fund. When small item 1* needed, a worker

dashes over here, buys it, and 1*' reimbursed right away.

The ' company e>iss and* of dollars and 1 make a few bucks."

INSTANT NOODLES

ARENT 80 NOO Reports from Japan say that the new food sensation is instant noodla8.o.Ttoi,..gra, sftlri la, packages which, immersed in boiling water for a short time, yield servings for two to 7 cents a packet. The manufacturer using 700 workers, is turning out 16.000 packets a day.

Scores of competitors are springing up offering noodles and other instant products, among them an instant snack of sugared red ham. Still to hit the market: instant sukiyakl.

Instant noodles are not so new. When your reporter was gtlley-man on. the freighter Thalia . many yeahs ago, he and steward Chuck Henderson wandered around Hilo, Hawaii, late one night and stopped at a wagon In which an ancient Oriental was vending Instant noodles. >'

He would fill' smflll strainer with noodles and dip \tliem up and down intq a pot of water

coal brazier. When he decldea the noodles were properly ten

der, he drained them, poured them into a bow'l, sprinkled them with soy sauce and served them.

whit became of Chuck Henderson, an Oregon l*o. xnd the noodle vendor. I

sometimes think about the girl who ran the curio store on the main road. She said she was the daughter of a Japanese woman and an American Army captain. She. sold a great volume of curios because she always agreed to dates with her male customers. However, she never showed up.

Twenty years later I picked up a 01 hitchhiker near Port Totten. N.Y., who said he was juat back from duty at Hilo, He said the shop wag still there and the, woman, who ran it wai aUlL making dates but never showing up. 1 calculated that must have been the proprietors daughter

I suppose by how her grand- daughter is running the business (this Is a business news storyi and- is still not showing j flie ' dales she makes ' WI soldiers end swllore.