Saturday, January 28, 1961

Saturday, January 28, 1961

We Must. Respect Their Standards

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'What we need, priricipally, is understanding from the United SUtes that this'is Venezuela and that we cannot attack our problems by North American > standards." We must show that we can work out our " problems in our own way and that we can do it without being accused of being under Yankee domination.** Those words from an official in the Venezuelan government should give the United States an insight ' into a new approach it might consider as it re-constructs its Good Neighbor policy toward Latin American nations. Indeed, it is an approach the United States mig.ht consider in implementing its* economic aid programs throughout the world. __

It is quite likely in our effort to help many nations we have failed to appreciate the fact that they cannot approach their problems by North American standards*. In a number of instances we have sought to solve problem^ in other nations by methods which have proven successful in our* own nation. And although the methods worked in the case of the Unit-,^tAtftg,jthey could not be applied successfully to* other places with complet^y

The United States is a, proud nation: proud of Its accomplishments, proud of its method of doing things, and proud of its willingness to aid other peoples. In this pride, however, we may have taken for granted that other people of other nations want to do things the same way we do, approach their problema as we do, and achieve the results we have. These

Vacation Time Starting

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By LTNN NISBET

TEAR 'ROUND Vacation timg la rapidly becoming a year *roand aeason- Used to be that beach reeorta opened about June 1 and closed around Labor Day. Nowf, many beach hoiela are pen all the year. The operation it profltaMe/ a part of the dlTidend coming from keeping an organiaation together and premlaea in good repair.

For a long time winter resort boCela were patronized only by th kD rich, who did not take Taoations in the usual sense. All the vooT folks had to work in the winter time. Florida resorts have discovered that summer business is almost as profitable as the In season" trade.

Now Plnehurst is going on a ealendar-round basis. Holly Inn Is b^g air conditioned for summer guests. The big Carolina Hotel several years ago extended its season opening a month earlier and remaining open a month later, with May and October devoted chiefly to conventions.

Most business firms give longer vacations with pay than they used to, and that has given impetus to the practice ol splitting the time one or two weeks in the summer, the rest in winter. Oddly enough many vacationers are gettmg a kick out of spending the summer vacation at a winter resort and going to the beach or mountains in the winter. This tends to equalize the load at both ends. It means less break In bu.slness routine by reason of everybody going vacation at one time, and it eliminates a .lot of the peak and valley business for the resorts.

HOLIDATS Paradoxically the popularity of the split vaca-tloo Idea runs smack into the exactly opposite movement for having all holidays observed on Monday. The idea Is that most folks do not work on Saturday er Sunday, and if all holidays are set for Monday it means a long weekend and opportunity to take a tripwhich is not possible when the holiday comes in midweek. Prom one viewpoint that makes a lot of sense, and most employees favor It. The idea has some very serious flaws. One Is the impact on traffic- and congestion at resorts. Another is that a full three-day break sev-times a year disturbs routine business, particularly In financial transactions.

Except for the New Year Day ehange in date of observance of &n holidays could be arranged

without serious effort. Changing New Year would require revision of the calendar and for practical implementation would require concurrence of all other nations.

North Carolina recognizes two holidays on Monday. Labor Day, the first Monday in September by congressional act. and Easter Monday by act of the State Legislature. By congressional act Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November. All other holidays are fixed by calendar month date rather than day of the week, without much justification.

George Washingtons birthday is observed as a holiday all over the United States on February 22. But George was actually bom on February 11, 1732. It was 20 years later, in 17^. that Gre%t Britain officll-ly adopted the Gregorian calendar, which knocked out eleven days, and fixed Georges birthday as February 22. The occasion could be observed with propriety on either date or any between.

OTHERS Memorial Day observed on May 30 could Just as well be the last Monday in May. For more than 150 years July Fourth has been recognized as Independence Day, because it was on July 4 that the continental congress voted for the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. Signing of the document required several months. The observance could well be set for the second Monday in July as appropriately as for the fourth day In the month And the people of the United States could render thanks for blessings received on any Monday during harvest time as well as on the fourth Thursday to November.

Although it Is treading on treacherous ground to say It. there 1s no real justification for observing December 25 as the birthday of the Christ child-Preponderant evidence Is that Jesus was actually bom to the spring and some four or five years before the beginning of the Anno Domini dates which are accepted throughout the civilized world.

Maybe the ancient peoples who reckoned calendar time by the moon and hour time by the sun, rather than by mechanical gadgets like clocks and chronometers. had more sense than we moderns. At any rate, they did not have to contend with speeding automobiles on crowded highways or misplaced reservations at hotels.

factors, indeed, may have been one of the great stumbling blocks that has prevented American aid to other nations from being as effective in helping those nations as it .might have been.

As the new Kennedy administration seeks to build better relations in the Western Hemisphere and elsewhere, it should keep in mind that the leaders of many nations want the United States to be good neigh-bof7^ot a big brother who insists that hia_methods always be u^d in situations where they might not be be^.

When a neighbor borrows a cup of sugar, the lender does not specify how' the cake shall be baked. When a neighbor borrows an egg, he doesnt want the lender to specify how long it must be boiled.

These are things the United States should keep in mind as it seeks to be a better neighbor to other nations.

Administration Seen

Closer

In his first week in office, President John F. Kennedy has left the distinct impression that he intends to be a President of the people, closely identified with every action of his administration and close to the people of the nation insofar as his office permits.

The very fact that he has permitted live television and broadcasting of his new's conferences is an abrupt departure from the past. This procedure will put him in the position of making many more direct appearances before the American people than has been the case with Presidents of the past. Just as the late Franklin D. Roosevelt used his fmous'fireside chats via radio to go directly to the people, President Kennedy may do the same thing wdth his new innovation in news conferences.

Another indication of what may be expected from the new President has also come during hirfirst week in office. Following his announcement of the release of two American fliers by the Soviets, President Kennedy announced he would greet the fliers personally upon their return to the United States. Subsequently it became known that he had personally telephoned the wives of the returning fliers to express his delight in the release of their husbands, and also that the fliers and their husbands would be guests at the White Housetmmediately^ after their return here.

These are personal touches that are not normally expected from the m*n w'ho has the most demanding job in the world. And they are gestures which are certain to give the people of the nation a feeling of closer personal relationship with the Chief Executive

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With now and ice on the ground, what else is there to talk about?

People.

People apparently are at their best, or show their sunnier side, when beset by winter weather.

They smile (warmly), Uiey wave from passing cars (warm-ly), they ask how youre doing (warmly) and exhibit all kinds of patience to slow-moving traffic. they volunteer help to strangers.

In the heat of summer people are not like ibis.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Kennedy, during the campaign, promised action if elected. So far the record shows he meant what be said.

In his first week to office he began work on disarmament, had a hand in settling a strike, acted to help depressed areas and the Congo, moved in other directions, and may have helped in getting Russia to Alease two captured . S. fliers.

During the campaign. Oct. 15, he said: We must let Mr. Khrushchev know we are permitting no expansion of his foothold In our hemisphere.

He let Khrushchev know It Jan. 20, the day he became President, in his inaugural address: Let all our Latin American neighbors know we shall join with them to oppose aggression or subversion anywhere to the Americas."

But during the campaign, Oct. 7. he also said: In my judgement we should follow the advice of Theodore.Roosevelt: Be strong. . .and speak softly. Although he stiff . armed Khrushchev in the Inaugural talk, he didnt rough him up, talked of cooperation and beginning anew. This was fairly soft talk.

Khrushchev seemed to respond: He released two captured American fliers, only survivors of the RB47 plane .shot down last July 1 by a Russian fighter.

In turn. Kennedy said he was continuing the ban on U.S. spy flight over Russia.

Kennedy said Oct. 12: We must use our supluses and our technologj to meet the critical African need for food."

He followed through at his first news conference, Jan, 16, with this: The United Stages government has decided to increase substantially its contribution toward relieving famine In the Congo.

On Sept. 19 Kennedy, critical of the Taft-Hartley Acts labor-strike injunction, its main strike-settling ustrument, .said:

Why should we be armed only with the power to enjoin

labor when, there Is a whole arsenal of other weapons available. . including mediation.

On Jan. 21, the day after being sworn to, Kennedy agreed to have his new secretary of labor, Arthur Goldberg, go to New York to try to settle a two-week old damaging harbor strike. It was settled over the weekend.

On Oct. 5, Kennedy said: We must get moving on the problem of depressed areas.

On Jan. 21, the day after becoming President, Kennedy in his first executive order started carrying out this campaign pledge by directing increased distribution of free food to needy families in depressed areas.

During the campaign Kennedy promised a code of ethics for government employes. Two days after taking office he appointed three law professors to advise him on ethics and conflict of interests in government.

On Sept. 10 he said peace requires an America that Is planning, preparing and striving for (disarmament.

Tuesday, Jan. 24, he began his administrations study of disarmament to a White House conference with his top advisors on that subject.

In his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination last July 15, Kennedy promised to do something about the blight which, "has descended on our regulatory agencies like the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Power Commission.

He acte.(T with sharp speed on this by asking James M. Landis, former dean of the Harvard Law School, to investigate the agencies and report on remedies. Landis turned in a blistering report.

On Dec. 29, or 22 days before taking office, Kennedy assigned Landi.s the job of his special as-.sistant in reforming the agen-cie.s.

But Kennedy made campaign promises in many fields like housing, education, depressed areas, and the economy and appointed study groups to make recommendations to him-by the tContinued on page six)

With snow and ice on the ground, what else is there to talk about?

Doga. At least one dog Im familiar with.

Faithful old Cotton, our friend of many shaggy breeds, hasnt been one to complain about the weatherhe just adjusts to it.

Yesterday morning 1 paused

before getting to the car to survey, the whitened landscape. The stillness was broken by a lot of barking sech as the kind used in chasing a car, a bicyclist or challenging another doggy tres-passer two houses down the street.

It was enthusiastic-typc bark-tog.

I looked for the familiar black-and-white streak to go racing across the yard, but no

streak". Looking further, I_ found Cotton i^g to his

doghouse- . .attention focused on some distant object worthy of barking.

But he wanted no part of leaving his shelter. It* was understandable. ^

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 1961, King Features Syndicate. Inc.

Two small political jw-oblems Washington as much as M5 big ones of world-wide'^slg-nificance. They are New York and California In 1962.

In New York State, the Democrats have not yet come up with a suitable candidate to defeat Governor Nelson Rockefeller for governor; in California Governor Pat Brown has lost much of his popularity and the Democrats fear that Richard Nixon might run foe governor and b elected.

' The New York aituation is particularly interesting for, if Governor Rockefeller is re-elected in iQfiy he will, beyond doul^, be a canMaiO^w'm- tr3atcr to 1964. The Democratic Party in New York State la so broken into factions that It is doubtful that there is time between now and 1962 to rebuild the party. The violent a|t#cka 00 Camine De Sapio have definitely wetfr-ened his political influence, but De Sapios weakness has add-_ ed no strength to Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt or Governor Lehman who as prospective Tammany bosses are to a grotesque role. Instead. ReiMesentative Charles Buckley has emerged as the effective power 1 among the New York City Democrats and Buckley has more political sense than anyone who comes out of Washington to handle this very complex lecture.

Before anything can really be done about 1962. a mayor has to be elected in 1%1. U Mayor Wagner runs again, he will probably be elected, although It has been known in these parts that when Tammany has been thwarted, it delicately cids the throat of the thwarter. The Re-pulcans have no candidate. They talk about Fusion but there is no one to fuse with. The only advantage of the word, Fu-^ . ... Sion, fw the Republicans is that

people to the house, their mother and I were unable to put our treasured phonograph to much use. We removed the handles from the doors for two years, making it impossible for the kids

With snow and ice on the ground, what else is there to talk about?

Phonograph records.

With two very active young

Other Editors Saying Task Force Reports

(Wilson Times)

The inauguration with all its soiemnity and gaiety is history. The business of government is now the order of the day. We are interested to seeing what parts and the full Impact of the many study group reports on the legislative program.

Prom tbe number of study groups appow.ted and the detailed reports submitted you would think the Democratic platform insufficient as a guide of party policy.

Is the desire to be accountable for its own ideas, as has been said to be the case, the reason for the reports or is the new administration working for an image of independence and originality?

There have been reports on Pentagon reorganization, educational aid, economic affairs, housing, federal regulatory agencies, al(T to depressed areas and the widely publicized proposed overseas youth corps.

Then there are more to come that could not be completed before the inauguration. President Kennedy has not endorsed any of the reports Ir toto. He describes the place of study reports In his administration thusly: I want to be a President who originates programs as well as study groups."

One of the Washington pastimes now is forecasting how much of the task force reports will be Included in the legislative mill. The study group recommendation on education calls for a nine billion plus in grants and loans for education to the next four years.

The Symington reports call for a reorganization of the Pentagon. James Landis was asked by the president to draw up the legislation program on reform of the federal regulatory agencies.

The Samuelson report calls for government spending from three to five billion to prime the economy looking toward a business upturn. The Douglas report calls f(M* $^9 million in low interest loans to economically distressed areas.

JOBepih McMurrays housing report is to but the President has not commented on it to date. The President is in full accord with the recommendation for the peace corps, several hundred young Americans who will go to help develop undeveloped areas.

Now the people wait to see what becomes of these reports. The new President appointed the men to make the task force reports. Their position on the subject covered was well known by him. You can add up tbe figures and see that they make a bold sum. What the citizens want to know is how much of the programs will be put toto legislation and how much burled.

For the treatment and adoption of these reports will decide the course of legislation for the Kennedy administration. Will the President bury them with a pleasant thank jrou? Or will he adopt a majority of the recommendations?

If this happens billions will be added to the budget and there will be new interventions on the part of the federal government on the state and local level.

to enjoy some Yuletide music and soon thereafter: blooey!

It has been repaired a coupl^ of times but on the whole weve had very little recorded music to the house for the past five years.

A couple of-weeks ago the machine was restored to like new" and my old favorites were hauled forth to be played.

The disappointment was great.

Recordings that have been carefully preserved for thirteen years and more are no good. More needle-noisc than music.

Nine-tenths of the entire stock Is not even good trash any more; and the ones I miss most were recordings most enjoyed and was saving to play for my grandchildren.

Aside from having been played many times to past years, which causes wear; Id judge they had passed through too many seasons of humidity and dryness, too many seasons of hot and cold. None of them were warped.

And while they are no good now. I dont want to throw them away; theyve been around so long.

Opinions !'n Bnei

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission .says if a manufacturer advertises that a product will grow hair, it should grow hair. Nobody has a sense of humor any more. 'Vancouver (B.t.), Province.

The ' merchant who saves money by not advertising also saves money byjiot wrapping up goods that he hasnt sold. Hertford County Herald.

Every man believes in trial by jury until he" is summoned for jury duty." Johnstown (Colo.) Breeze.

"A local physician told The Tribune' that of all the injuries he had seen sustained in automobile accidents, In his opinion a majority of them could have been avoided or minimized by the use of .safety belts.Mount Olive Tribune.

A real wild party Is the woman who didnt receive an invitation. - Charleston News and Courier.

rurintog a Democrat on the Republican ticket. If not a Democrat, an opp<Mtunist like the late Fiorello La Guardia who belongs to everything at the same time.

If Wagner is elected, he might run for governor against Rockefeller. It is suggested that the Kenncdys like ETanldto D. Roo-sevtt. Jr., for governor. Such rumors could be false. If true, they add up to political nonsense because in tiie present split character of the Demoijrats, the name Roosevelt calls forth Im-jwecations upon motbr and son alike. Organization men prefer not to deal wiUi them.

Kennedy carried New York State by the support of the Lib-esal Party, a Socialist-trade union party which normally supports Democrats. It is impossible to believe that the leaders of the Liberal Party, Alex Rose, David Dublnsky and A.A. Berle, Jr., would prefer Franklin D.^ Roosevelt, Jr., to Nelson Rockefeller. Nor is it beUeval)l that Adam Clasrton Powell, Jr.. who presently controls toe Negro vote, would prefer young Roosevelt to Rockefeller.

Therefore, the problem that the Kennedys still face If they want to eliminate Nelson

Rockefeller to 1964 is to defeat him for governor in 1962, Nobody can be defeated with nobody and thus far no name has been presented which will be acceptable to the Democrats of this state, or the Liberal Party or mast of the voters.

Whoever gave the Impression that toe Kennedys wanted

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr to run for governor of New York State was not politically wise. He has made that recordless man a target for'opposition and attack a year too early. He has no forum to defend himself. He has been told formally that he cannot be appointed to the

State Department position to which he was named. He is better off not to be. as. considering all qur difficulties with Cuba, the Dominican Republic. Brazil. Venezuela, whoever is to charge, always gets blamed for unfavorable results, even if errors were an act of Godas the insurance policy reads.

On toe other hand, if Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., does not take a job. what is he to do? It is tough being a son of an eX-Pres-Ident unless one has a profession. Robert A. Taft went toto the United States Senate and made a career for himself, so that a monument stands for him ijj Washington. Theodore Roose-(Continued on page 6)

^ublic Forum

ity- Press Taking Its Knocks

Ta THE EDltOR

Whether you realize it or not, Greenville rapidly becoming a trailer city. Look around you within the city limits!

Why propose the expenditure of money to beautify a few blocks in the center of town and show no apparent interest to our community as a whole?

Granted, for the moat part, the trailers are well kept and toe residents thereof fine, upright citizens.

The fact remains, trailer camps within a city lower tb property value and give toe city a transient atmosphere. Will new industry consider locating permanently in a trailer city?

Greenville is, on the whole, a pretty town and could remain sobut unle.ss zoning laws.are to.#Jjr .e,Uy.,j:sjri^nji^ the placing of trailers insidelne city limlU, we shall lose our appeal

to people desiring to make Oree^yllle their home.

I would love to see progress continue in reenville, but not the kind that would be a detriment to our town.

Take a stand now while there is still time. Our City Council should not be expected to take action on their ownwe should make our wishes knownand as long as we have private citizens who put personal gain above community prijie. we must take drastic action and take It at oncetomorrow may be too late. Public apathy could easily result - in our citys loss of prestige and its resultant deterioration toto a second-rate town.

Our Councllmen are anxious to see our town Improve to stature. They will listen and act If we will but unite our efforts toward ^ a . lovelier, more progressive

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, Mrs. Bailey, Jr.

By ELMER ROESSNER The vanity press is sure being kicked to its fanity these days.

The Federal Trade Commission has ordered Exposition Press, Inc., a New York vanity publishei'. to stop using deceptive royalty claims. Previously, Expo.sltion, Vantage, Pageant, Greenwich and Comet publlsh-

lishers to that they use the writers money, insteadof their own, to pay for toe publishing.

And, according to both Elean-or Morehead and toe FTC, they are guile, misrepresentation, hokum and downright lying to get authors to pay money to be published.

Miss Morehead writes that an

tog houses, called the big five average 250-page-novel costs toe

of the vanity publishing business, signed onsent decrees prohibit-has also Issued broadside de* tog certain practices. The FTC nounclng sharp practices by vanity publishers.

In the February Esquire, Eleanor Morehead tramples, figuratively. on toe vanity press, calling it a preposterous enterprise and driving spiked heels Into its innards.

WHAT IT IS

The vanity press is the broad name for a group of publishers who will publish books turned down by other or trade" pub-

Writer $3,800 payable to three instalments. The contract specifies 5,(M)0 copies, although it does not provide that all of them shall be bound, and promises the author 40 per cent royalty instead of jhe 10 per cent offered by a regular publisher There are promises of advertising. newspaper reviews and all toe other hokum. But to the end, the vanity publisher sells only a nominal -umber of books; the writer Is stuck for the publishing costs. Miss ^Morehead quotes the FTC: The writer-wlll be lucky to recoup $100 of

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They differ from trade pub- ' Tbe burden of- tbe FTC's and

Miss Moreheads beef is that vanity publishers mislead writ* ers, inducing them to put money toto publishing books the vanity press knows will not sell, nudging them up the primrose path. Writers are led to believe, it seems, that their works are great, they will be famous and profits will be limitless.

That, of course, is wrong. Any enterprise that takes money from the little people by prtMn-ises of fame and wealth is de* serving of PTC writs and Miss Moreheads spiked heels.

But in free America, there is still need for some kind of press at which the little people can get their Ideas into print.

There stilJ must be some place whre the person with toe unpopular (or nonbest seller") idea can get it set toto type and bound toto a book. The individual. of course, should not be led to believe that publication will lead to riches. He should toAj A f^w thousand will bring bbii ree^

ognition as a Hemingway, Bu every freeman, it seems to me, has toe right to lay the costs on the line to have a book published for hto own distribution, whether the contents be If I were President or An Ode to a Tode.

If the existing vanity press is not satisfactory, then there should be a new vanity press or, perhaps, a freeman pfess. where anybody could have a book printed. It would promise nothing and the author could sell or distribute his copies any way he chooses.

That might be t new job-make project for toe new Administra-tloh. a-

FATHERS OF INTERNS DENIED TAX BENEFITS Students give parents an income tax deduction,, but medical totems, are not students, the Tax Court ha* ruled. So fathers cant deduct money spent to sup-jport interns over 18. (Bfwl^r 85 TC HO. -- - , - V-