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THE DAILY REFLECTOR,. GREENVILLE, N. C

Thurs<)yy Fiebruary 2, 1961

Thursday^ February 2, 1961 V - . .

Realistic Appraisal Of The Times

Often a fine line divides the realktic point of view It was shocking,' perhaps, to hear the,President

from either the pessimistic or the optimistic. And say that before his term of office ends we shall have equally as often there is disagreement on which term to test anew w^hether a nation governed and organized most accurately describes the viewpoint,' such as ours can endure. It was equally startling to

So it is with President Kennedys first State of hear the President declare that the international tide the- Union message to Cpngress. While rnany political of communism was running against America . .

iMders and veteran observers his evaluation -that 4ve must meet the challenge or be iost. And cer-

of the nations welfare as pessimistic, it appears to us shivered at his blunt as-

that the new President had a more objective view- ^jjg American economy is in trouble.

, point than such messages have convej^ed in the past.

It might well be, also, that his first State of the Union Others have said these things. Indeed John F.

message is more objective than will be the_case with Kennedy said most of. them before he became Presi-others which follow after he becomes more involved dent. Many individuals have arrived at similar con-in the maze of tremendous problems which affect this elusions long before the State of the Union address nation at home and*abroad. this week. The fact that the President has now de-

The President did not paint a tosy picture for the dared them forthrightl.Vj however, gives them a cer-Ameri^an people. For the immediate future, and for; tain official accreditation which they did not have be-the^long pull, he declared that the United States has fore. serious problems both on the domestic and interna-

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Water rWill Be ?rominent Issue

Bj LYNN NISBET WATER Present indications are that water may be almost as important lasue in the 1%1 General Aasembly as money and 1 e g i a 1 a t i V e apportionment. (Again it i noted that there is i no such word as re-apportionment in the dictionariea ava-able to this ariter.)

Governor Sanford has aid in public peechcs and in private conaervations that he regards the conservation and proper use of water one of the major problema facing the state and the nation.

Speaker-designate Joe Hunt, who haa responsibility for appointing committees and assigning billa for their consideration, has authorized the statement that he regards water conservation and usage a matter of major importance. Although he declined apeciflc commitment that he would appoint a special committee to handle water problems, he clearly indicated his purpose to do just that instead of channeling bills affecting use of water to the overall committee on conservation and development.

MIXED-UP - Despite the fact that under inspiration of former Governor Luther Hodges the 1957 General Assembly established a Water Resources Commission as a full-rank State department, con'o! over water usage is still divided among several agencies agriculture, health, ports authority, stream sanitation and* water resources-The farmer who wants to build a small dam for a farm pond must get a permit from the , agriculture folks. But the water must conform to regulations of the health agency Whether a running stream can be used-primarily to carry off waste or to provide drinking water for humans is determined by formula subject to aw>rovaI of health, stream sanitation and water resources officials. If the stream Is navigable, depending on regulations of severaJ State and Federal agencies, it falls in a different category.

COMMITTEES The trend has been for several legislative sessions to reduce the number of committees. Custom also has been to appoint every member on at least one. often three or four committees. This has tended to make committees top-heavy. with much of the important work assigned to subcommittees. The big multi-purpose committees often run Into conflict of meeting time and members who are especially interested in bills before more than one have "to ask for postponement. The result Is that instead of streamlining legislation, which Was the avowed purpose of coasolidaLiig committees, the practice has actually delayed action in many Instances.

Speaker-designate Hunt declined to say he would seek a change ' In House rules to provide more committees. He does not, however, see any advantage in the

system of a few overworked committees as contrasted with > a number of smaller groups who can keep the wheels turning.

Since there is a distinct Water Resources Department, it would make sense to have a legislative committee concenied only writh that issue. There are distinct Highway and Motot* Vehicles Departments, one concerned with organization, financing and construction of roads: the other interested in law enforcement and traffic safety. Combining legislative functions in these diverse areas to one committee doesnt make any more sense than consolidating general health and mental institution committees and not nearly as much as put-tmg all the re-districting problems congressional, judicial, senatorial and solicltorial in one pot. The problems are the same for all re - districting, and of necessity there is overlapping of interests.

EASIER The breaking up into smaller units of the big committees charged with handling diversei major legislation, and the consolidation of several less important committees with kindred problems, ^ould relieve pressure on the appointing officials.

The 1959 Senate had 32 standing committees, to which 50 Senators were assigned. The House had 47 committees to which 119 members were assigned. In both Instances not more than half the committees were rated as Important enough to make chairmanship desirable. Pressure on the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House for these Important chalr-manship.s is terrific. It is well known that disappointment, jealousy and rivalry among applicants for these posts has resulted in lack of cooperation and retarded legislative progress.

It would be absurd to suggest that there ought, to be enough committees to give every' legislator a chairmanship. But if orne of the big committeea could be broken up by functions, each new committee of approximate equal standing; and some of the less important committees consobdated so that chairmanship and membership would be occasion for pride, the pressure on the appointing officers would be lessened. More significant, the legislative jffoc-ess would be speeded up.

Membership on some of the major committees has been given fictitious Importance. Everylegislator has full right to attend the meeting of any committee and is accorded priority recognition to speak for or against the pending bills. In fact, there is one advantage in not being on the committee, because unless advance notice is given the committee member is expected to support committee action, whereas if he had not voted In the committee he is free to oppase the issue when It comes to the floor.

; It is, w.q |hink,,jt realistic appraisal of the prob-

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problems squarely, for unless the government and the people recognize and set about to cope with these problemsastounding as they might seemthere is no hope of solving them. They will not disappear if we merely close our eyes to them and go 4>ur merry way. They will only become more threatening.

If the Presidents words,'gloomy as they may have seemedi awaken the people of this nation to the problems which lie ahead, they will assure that the problems will be overcome.

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Rural

Strides Seen In Fire Protection

Rural volunteer fire departments which have

sprung up ih various sections of Pitt County in recent at VTISI TAVT OR years have gone a long way toward the kind of fire ^ Ai-iVilN protection that is needed throughout the county.

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To a great extent, the county-wide Firemens Association has been responsible for the movement which has seen one after another of these small volunteer

groups form in a community, solfcit funds and provide ____ ____ _______

themselves^with equipment for fighting fires. To some getting on~the 'highwVya'**after extent also, smaller incorporated towns in the county stortas but occa-

have joined hands with the surrounding rural area LMt^Saturd^T n%1n my bro^^^

to provide better fire protection for buildings and er Carlton, had to catch a train property located outside corporate limits. hi Rocky Mount for a trip to

Florida. Since the blanket of While commendable progress has been made. It had covered

is evident that a considerable amount remains to be fore.^7%xpwl^the\oi^t ^ done before Pitt County as a whole can hoast of fire far as highways were concem-protection for its entire rural area. Additional com-

munity departments must be formed in areas which wiX^^jeif.^^ind Ray and*^^Mar* do not have fire protection.^oW, and additional equip- garet Hardee set out on N. c. ment must be acquired to ser\-e these areas. ' ^3 for. Rocky Mount. We were

surprised to find the roads in

. Certainly every rural area which provides itself *hape with the ice

with a volunteer department equipped to fight fires * Toe'poto S I'^UiJTthat affords itself much needed protection. At the same somebody had to do a great time, the county as a wholenot just one small communitybenefits whenever a new department cOmes into being. It means more fir^ equipment is present in the'county to he used in emergencies, and the number of men trained-to fight fires is increased.

amount of work to get the highways in such good shape following this dangerous winter storm. The credit has to go to the State Highway Commission.

Following this and other snow storms of recent years the Highway Commission employee have been out on the primary roads with road scrapers immediately after the precipitation stopped falling.

Usually temperaures warm up to bring on a little melting the day following a snow and the idea is to scrape away the bulk of it. The small amoun^ left will then melt when the sun shines on it. ^ ,

So we had a safe journey to Rocky Mount Saturday night because of the efforts of Highway

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Commissloti employees. True, there was still some ice left in spots shaded by trees but the highway folks had spread sand in these spots and those familiar Ice on Bridge signs were in place.

Its all part of the job. of course, but once again the Highway Commission employees worked long hours through the night to make the highways,, safe for the motoring public.

In spearheading this undertaking, the Pitt Firemenj^ Association has done a great service to the county as a whole. In continuing their efforts to provide real county-wide fire protection, the Association .......... _ ________

should have the cooperation not only of the people in ministration, so theres no need rural areas, but likewise the full cooperation of countv ^ strain at all and credit Guii-

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and municipal officials.

Other Editors Saying ... The Voice Oh America

(Greensboro Daily News)

North Carolina has secured a. notable enough number of appointments in the Kennedy Ad-

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WASHLNGTON (AP> - Pres-ident Kennedys televised news conferences could become a tremendous lobby for him,

1. Prom coast to coast he will reach various groups affected by his programs and by so doing stimulate them into pressuring Congress for action.

2. He will, to a degree never achieved by any other pre.sident, keep hinvself in the public mind.

He could, of cour.se, manufac-tuie dLsaster by pulling some prize boner.s in national view. He seems confident that he wont.

Washington is full of lobbyLsta paid by pressure groups to work on Congres-s for or against something.

Presidents from time to time have done their own lobbying.

Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower took to the airways when they had an explanation to make or sought public support.

But these were only occasional performances in special situations.

True. Eisenhowers news conferences also were televised, but they were shown later and then only in fragments.

Kennedy, with live TV appea,r-ances at every news conference, could make hia three predecessors efforts on behalf of themselves look meager.

Kennedy wont have to make .any appeal. His answers to reporters questions will Include hia Ideas, proposals-'nd pro

grams.

Since at any one conference he will cover a varied field, his an-.swers will have special Interest to various affected groups.

For example, his proposals on, a medical care plan for the aged will get the acute attention of older people.

He doesnt have to look at them through the camera and say. I wish youd back me

His statement of the proposal and perhaps an indication he is having trouble getting Congress to go alongwill be impetus enough for a lot of people to get after Congress,

From a political standpoint-provided Kennedy doesnt make big blundersthe live TV news conferences should be of inestimable help to him.

He was a great unknown ,to most Americans when he began the presidential campaign. Vice President Richard M, Nixon was a' widely known public figure with eight years to put himself in the public mind.

Nothing In the whole campaign did so much to shove Kennedy Into the public con.scious-ne.ss as his TV debates with Nixon,

This public consciousnes.s of him should increase beyond measure in four years of appearing weekly, more or less, on TV screens from coast to coast.

If he wants to run again in 1964, hell have a firm*founda-tioa. ,,

ford-born Edward R. Murrow to the Tar Heel contingent.

Yet, contrary to The New York Times, Mr. Murrow, new U.S.. Information Agency director, Is not a native of Bellingham, Wash. He was indeed born in Guilford Countynear Centre Friends Meeting House, about 10 miles from Greensboro although hq, left at an early age.

We want the record clear. And while we are at it, someone should point out that one Tar Heel born is replacing another Tar Heel. George V. Allen, former USIA director and Veteran diplomat now heading the Tobacco Institute. -

Naturally Mr. Murrow has not had enough time to enunciate

on the Intelligent, diplomatic Mr. Murrow not to be strident.

New legislation will be necessary. however^ if the USIA i permitted to tell Americans what it is doing abroad. Pres-both the USIA and the Interna tional Co-operation Administra tion are forbidden to publicize their activities within the United States.

Numberous congressmen, both liberal and conservative, oppose any kind of propaganda, some out of a feeling that the whole idea is inconsistent with American tradition, and others out of fear that bureaucrats will propagandize for the admiistiatin in power.

But in the business we are; and there is no way of getting out. Certainly our adversaries have no Intention of quitting the race. Our problem is one of finding more effective ways of presenting the American story.

Things looked ghi^ly at the hallway of the court house yesterday. It was the first day after deadline for filing taxes. The first two days of the week the hail had been thronged with long lines as last minute listing went on.

Even though listing was lagging at the middle of the month, tax listers said they were'ahead of last year at the end of January. Only a couple of books remained yesterday to be complet- ed at the courthouse.

Those who list late must pay-a penalty for not-listing in the prescribed time.

; Opinions In Brief

Its easy for the pessimist to say that the days of opportunity in America are over. But opportunity is still very much around for the individual with a go<^ product or idea and the enterprise to follow it up. Sometimes the results can nearly bowl you over. Industrial News Review.

policy, but his first observaUons _Happily our information ag-

about the oft storm-tossed agency make good sense. First he said there would be no wholesale dksmissals, that he will move in gradually without tearing up things by the roots and will leave policy questions to be decided as he goes along.

Then he made these points about how he planned to run the agency;

The United States needs a louder voice in the world, but it should not be strident.

It would be helpful if we could tell the people in this country a little more about what is being said and done in their name abroad.

I hope we can move out Information a little faster.

The first point can be better taken care of in a year or so. The Voice, of America will be strengthened with the completion of Its new transmitters at Greenville by the end of next year. And surely we can rely

The hottest fires of hell are reserved for those who, In a period of moral crisis, maintain neutrality.-Dante.

ency has about abandoned the policy of emphasizing U.S. material abundance and high standard of living. Instead of making the world emulous, it made others envious and hostile to the

free economic system. -

Somehow Americas ideals and Then there is the Texan so best traditions should be held up. rich he allegedly had his own

A sure W'ay to teach yoor children to count Is to give them different allowances. Mattoon (111.) Journal-Oazette.

to the world, even while the contradictions are obvious to all. But all should know that our propaganda can be no better than our performance our effectuation of our ideals, day in and aay out all over the coun-tfy. If U S. policy is not successful. US.information agents rno matter how talentedcannot disguise failure.

Edward R. Murrow Is a splendid choice for an agency which needs high competence at the top. But in the end the way Americans and their leaders meet'their challenges, at home and abroad, wUl be our best or worstpropaganda.

unlisted telephone company. Chicago Tribune.

Overheard in a crowded hotel lobbyYou can tell theyre so loud. Tallahassee Democrat.

With Congress back in session, a favorite joke circulating in the capital concerns a letter a constituent wrote to his ep-lesentative: Dear Sir . . . Two things in life are certain Death and Taxesbut thank goodness death doesnt get worse every time Congress meets, Chattanooga News-Free Press

hilling, Govmt Offices

Bv GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright. 19til. King Features ' Syndicate, Inc. ^ When one is elected President of the United States, he is faced by the political necessity of ap- pointing a host of deserving and undeserving fellow - countrymen to positions in the government for which they may or may not -be fitted. No man can possibly know personally or by name all those who are recommended by Senators, Representatives, politicians and even personal friend.^;. The pressures are frightful and often disgusting. _ , President Kennedys State De-

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strosity which, may straigmen out before long. Already Adlal Stevenson spoke out of turn as to what he guessed the President intended to do about-a meeng with Khrushchev. This did not comport witn the Pr^-idents own statement at his press conference and Pierre * Salinger, Presidential press secretary, had to say that Stevensons statement was his private

opinion.

Immediately thereafter a general order was issued that all public pronunciamentos made by the great of the Administration had to conform to Its policies. This was supposed to refer psirticularly to an address Admiral Burke was to have delivered, but it could apply to Stevensons obiter*^ dicta at the United Nations. At any rate, that ought to be the rule or we shall have all kinds of opinions. Issued by all sorts of great men. for the woods are full of them and they all like to talk.

The appointment of Thomas K. Pinletter to be Ambassador to NATO is undoubtedly a phase of the political sitnation In New York City. Mrs. Eieanor Roosevelt, Senator Herbert Lehman and Thomas Finletter are organizers of the Democratic reform-er;s who hope to oust Tammany Boss Carmine De Sapio and take over the Democratic organization. Obviously neither Mrs. Roosevelt nor Senator Lehman could be Tammany bosses. They just would not know how. Thomas Pinletter could have taken over if the leaders wanted him which they did not. And now, he has been appointed to NATO which takes him out of New York politics where some advocated that he be the Democratic candidate for Governor against Nelson Rockefeller who would probably have made mlnce-meat of him.

As for the appointment of Edward R. Murrow to be the head of the United States Information Agency, It is only possible to say that since its organ-Izaon. this agency has never been suitably manned. What is required there is a competent propagandist, a firm believer in the nature and product of American civilization, an able administrator of a large body of advocates and propagandists in every media. Not to get into a controversy over personalities,

I sha.n name two dead men as examples of the kind of personalities which I believe would be fitted by training, experience, imagination and temperament to do this work. Ivy Lee and Carl Byoir. In their fteld there are many capable men in this country but they are not in politics or In the public eye. They project,their clients not themselves.

Maybe Murrow can do this propaganda job better than his predecessors not one of whom understood the great art of press a gentry which is at the heart of the work. The late Herbert Bayard Swope disliked the word, prees agent. He called himseli a policy consultant. The fanciful term theee days Is public relations consultant. Call these workers in the field of propaganda what you will, this country needs someone who will bring to it flair, imagination, devotion, belief and vast skill in the projection of ideas. The best at it are the British who skillfully and convincingly have beaten down a deteriorating view of their significance. The Russians are not equally good at it because they are coarse and offensive. They do better than we do. What we have to sell is human liberty and human dignity. The peoples of the Earth somehow do not believe that that is our motive.

Meanwhile our colleges and universities are being denuded of professors who are taken over by the Administration. What Harvard will do about a faculty is up to that university which apparently can afford to rid itself of its scholars for any AdminlstraUon that wants them. Perhaps the best way to get a (Continued on page twelve)

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS . ACCORDING TO MY GOSPEL* In hi Epistle to the Romans, Paul speaks of My gospel. Was he justified in so doing?

There ts one gospel for alt men. ^ Is Christs gospel. It is the gospel of love applied. to human and social relationships. It is the revelation of God's purpose. It is the setting torth, of Gods righteous demands. And this gospel is the same for all men in all parts of the world at all periods of human hi-story.

However, Paul was right when he referred to my gospel. for there i a way in which we irmve to

and make it indeed our.s W'e have to apply it to our evary-day needs. We have to see It

as it is related to the circumstances of our particular lives. I have a gospel. You have a gospel. These individual gospels exist within the framework of

the general gospel of Jesus

Christ. They are the gospel of

Jesus Christ with our names on

it.

There , is no conflict between my gospel and the gospel set forth for all men everywhere. But there Is a peculiarity about .such a gospel which makes it as different from all other formi ige

those of everyone else In the world. "ftosTrh the -ftcriptwea 'Sitid will find that they peak a message directlyto your heart. Tius is your gospel.

of the gpspel as our fingerprints are different * from . those

#^y*^ELMER 410ESSISER Odd is business. These bulletins show it:

A $4.000,000 factory is about to begin turning out cigarettes at Dar es Salaam. Tanganyika . . . A company has been incorporated to help other companies select their names. The new companys name: Names, Inc . . . Business Week says 70,000 private swimming pools may be built this year.

Fifty years ago rayon* was Introduced as artificial silk. It got its name from the rays that it reflected, plus the on from 'cotton.

A one^itop, self-service cleaning village has been opened at Quincy, Mass. Shoppers may clean suits. Jewelry, golf balls or almost everything else. Its

Prob^^ -the v.,mosL o|,

figures announced so far this year are contained in a Foriegn Agricultural Service report. It says that in 1959, Great Britain produced 938,000 hundredweight of frozen vegetables, compared with 469,000 CWt. in 1955.

Cant you just see a busy little group of British civil servants compiling year-old figures for this report, thereby keeping themselves off the unemployment rolls? And cant you also visual-li# a number of Americans in Washington, also staving off unemployment insurance, transcribing these stale figures into a government report?

By the way, a hundredweight (CWt.) may be 100 pounds in the United States, but Its 112 pounds In England. I happen to

4kt ^ Xbi.. because d.urlof the

be established in > the United War I was ordered to fly from

Slates. London to Paiis on a 6 a.m.

A USELESS STATISTIC plane, with a 60-pound baggage

limit. So at 4 a.m^ in the sub-basehier oflhe' 5trand*H(^I, H porter, a greengrocer and I tried ,to calculate the weight of my Valpac on a produce scale calibrated in hundredweights. We estimated my dunnage at 58T4 .pounds. I got to Paris and we won the war. but not without considerable tips to the porter and greengrocer.

FASTER YOU PEDDLE, SLOWER" YOU GO Many parts of 1961 autas are glued together with new chemical bonding agents. Chemical Week reports-Electronic data-proces.sIng services ar now available to nelghborbood stores In New York and will soon be ready in other major cities. The ..smallest of businessmen may take hts prob-^ j^ational

Cash Register shops ana get ah electronic solution.

However, the laigcst problem

^ education- of sr.., busmess operatbfs so thafThe?' will understand how these machines can serve them.

A Montreal peddler was fined $10 for peddling signs reading, No Peddling Allowed, without a peddlers license.

IF YOU HAVENT A GYM. YOU MAY GET AID The Internal Revenue Service ruled that a bequest to an art club was not deductible as an educational gift.

It noted that the club had a dining room, lounging rooms and sleeping quarters which, the IR3 said, were not for educational purposes.

However, the District Court pointed out that the club did .not'have a gym or other athletic-facUm*^.i_billiard or pool tabks, card or game rcwm or'a bart and those omissions suggested that U was truly educaUooal.