PAGE POimTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C

Tuesday. February 7, 196|

Tuesday, February 7. 1961 " ' . \ ,v

Aireviating 2 Of Worst Problems

^ The new arrangement designated by the City By eliminating the old ward registration books C^ncil for voting procedure in Greenville will not and combining the names of all registered voters^of the answer all the problems involved, but at least the new city^into one set of books to be used at one polling system promises to alleviate two of the worst prob- place, another problem will be eliminated. No longer \^ms. ^'111 poll holders have to search through* one set of

^ . , ' . I____books after another for a persons name *while the

In recent city prospective voter and others await their turn at the^

bo*. Neither will a voter be referred from one names that should have been pollhig place to another to seek his name on the voting

long TO still remain, and many other people^ who eliminate much of the

thought they were properly registered have been told confusion that has been present at the

on election day their names are not on the books. , . - ...---

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citys twb polling places in recent elections.

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The fact that only one polling place will be used in the immediate future may in itself create problems

By purging the books, as the Council has decided to do, most of the names that should not be on the

booksnames of people who have died or moved away a.i. s. . n u u

will be removed. The names that remain- will be unless city officials see that sufficient poll holders are arranged in alphabetical order and new* names added available on election day to expedite the procedure, during the coming registr^ation period will be inserted Having only one polling place for the entire city rather in their proper places alphabetically. than several likewise rpay pove in(;pnvenient from the

Such procedure will elimnate the necessity for tP;'?r

a completely new"fegistration, but at,the same time it

WU prvida tha city with yptttordatfi x^atmtjon bppkji for its elections.

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By LYNN NISBET

PART TIMEResignation of JJ. Broughton Jr. as chairman of the Highway Commission io-cusee interest on the problem of part time officials who are required to give a lot of attention to administrative duties. In moet instances, and the highway chairmanship under the present eetupis one., the time and work required Is out of i^^oportion to the compensation.

Duties of the chairman, with the director in charge of ad-mintetration. are not sufficient for a full time officer, but entirely too much for a part time man on commission per diem pay. Broughton said he felt it necessary to give more attention to his private law, practice.

In theory the director of high-wayi is eupposed to handle the Job in much the same way the diroctors of Conservation and De-elopnjent, Wildlife Resources and The State Health Officer administer their agencies. But aince inception of the statewide highway progriffi in isai the chairman of the Highway Commission has been the chief administrative officer. The 1957 Legislature changed the law. but could not change the desire and determinationof citizens to discuss highway problems with the chairman or one of the commissioners. Result has been that while the chairmen of C&D. Health and Wildlife boards have few interim duties between meet--4aaa,.4ha-xhainnan o%the Highway Commission hashaTlo devote some time of almost every day to the job. For that he gets paid at the rate of 17 per day and necessary travel expenses. If the chairman collected for a full day (of course, he doesnt) every day in the year his total compensation would amount to a little more than $2,000 annually.

BUTNER Governor Sanford t<rid reporters, at his latea news conference that' there are'' extensive plans for Industrial development in the Butner area. He said he could not give further Information now, but the industries would far more than compensate for loss of the N.C. National Guard warehousein event It should be moved to the Raleigh area.

Industrial development at Butner hinge on water supply. That is a condition common to most communities, but there are peculiar problems at Butner. When the army established a training camp there during World War n It also maintained a general hospital. After the war the State Hospitals Board of Control acquired the base haspltal facilities along with the water system, the fire department, and several thousand acres of land. The hospital was converted into one of the biggest and most modem units In the State men-

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Money

tal hospital system. Profits from sale of buildings, land and timber on the widespread acreage largely financed conversion ot the hospital to its present use.

All the while, the Butner camp and hospital, and later the industrial development, got water from the City of Durham reservoir on contract. That potential water supply, seemed entirely adequate for any anticipated development.

TRIANGLE Then came the Idea of the Triangle Research Park, with prospective demands upon the Durham reservoir for a lot of water. The hospital folks were told that there would be no curtailment in water required for the hospital, and that all existing guarantees for Industry would be honored, but that additional requests for water would be balanced against demands of the Durham community and the Research Triangle. Negotiations are still going on and there is still uncertainty as to total gailoaage requirements of the Research Park and the Butner development.

PAST STARTWhether a fast start of the legislative process will shorten the session remains to be teen. One thing is for surethe 1961 session is scheduled to get off to faster start than any In recent years. Governor Sanford plans to deliver his budget message, with release of the Advisory Budget appropriation and revenue bills, on February fthc dy after the General Assembly convenes. Usually that presentation comes about a week or ten days lat^ er.

Lieutenant Governor Cloyd Philpott says he expects to name all the Senate committees mt later than Friday. February 10two days after convening. Usually the committee lists are delayed for two to three weeks.

Speaker Joe Hunt may not have all the House committees CMnpleted during the first week, but he Is expected to announce chairmen of key committees at the same time Philpott makes Senate assignments.

These early actlvitiea take care of the legal phases, and suggest possibility that the Legislature might get down to real work during its second week. There remains the human element. and experienced observers know that is more Important than legal compliance.' Before any constructive legislation can be enacted the 120 Representatives and $0 Senators must get acquainted with each other. There are more new, inexperienced members in the 1961 session than in any years.

That suggests the danger that too fast a start might result in unusual delays later, becauae of frayed tempers and misunderstanding of motives.

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ever, the city s two polling places for municipal elections have been located in the same general area tiowntowni antt we assttfne the one poHing pt^4o'be designated will be in a central location.

In spite of the handicaps that one cfttral voting place may have, we believe the revisions in the citys voting machinery authorized by the^Council last week will offer considerable improvement over the present system.

The registration books will be cleaned up and that in itself should enable individual voters to cast their ballots with less waiting and less confusion than has been the case in the past. Although the new set-up may not prove the ultimate in voting procedures, it will at least be a great improvement over what the city has had in its municipal elections.

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Legislators Feelings Are Not Surprising

By AURORA DOLLEY

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prominently active in state-wide educational circles and each intends to continue taking an active part in forthcoming legislative measures.

Mrs. Rodenbough, veteran of four previous terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives, is qualified by experience and background' to speak authoritatively on problems besetting the University system. She is particularly interested in

Pitt County, over a long period of years, has evidenced its interest in public education both from the standpoint of local support for public schools and from

the standpoint of state-wide undertakings for better- , xt

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ing the educational system. Carolinas most politically-suc-

It is not surprising, therefore that two of Pitts legislators who will serve in the 1961 General Assem- on educational measures, bly have positioned themselves squarely behind Gov. Both Mrs, Grace Taylor Sanford\s proposed program for enriching public edu- Dar?en TavS

cation. The third of Pitt s representatives in the legis- of Lenoir county keenly feel the

lature also has voiced the need for educational im- urgency of progressing rapidly

provement although he intimated, that he may differ in expansion of educational facii-

ai- a-. c f j 1. ' 4. ^ V. i. i-u hics Biid rai8gi educfttion!

with Gov. Sanford at some points on what the greatest standards and quality throughout

immediate needs of the state are. the state. Each has long been

The views voiced by Sen. Robert Lee Humber,

Rep. Frank Wooten and Rep. Clifton Everett in recent articles in The Reflector, reflect, we believe, rather accurately the general feeling in Pitt County toward public schools. There is, we believe, a feeling on the part of the great majority of the people of Pitt County that the public school system must be considerably improved in ijieiimnfdiate future. Withthis

there is the- recognition that such improvement will' basic .ean" The munlst system, and was strongly

not be had without more revenue to put into the school w^ ofSy young men P^red influenced by material things program. And there are also differing viewpoints on out over the snow and they died and addicted to the soft life.

the course to follow to best achieve the greatest im- in doubt and bitterness. Ameri- Was this merely an unusual

morlintga pf nnr rhnnlq an prisoners of war succumbed situation due to our being un-

mediate needs or our schools. enemy blandishments in un- prepared psychologically for the

Had the people of PittCounty been indifferent precedented numbers. ^Korean War?

toward thetr schools over a period of years, we do ^^Whajt^jvas wrong? what had not believe there would be near the concerrrfurpublic Snvkus

Other Editors Saying Lets Restore Patriotism

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in America of its contrasts with the Com-

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By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyidght, 1961, King Features Sundicate, Inc.

*HSeonomt News, pubii.shc.cl by American Institute for Economic Research, starts one of its very Interesting baile tins thus:

"Pifteeft years ago West Germany stood virtually destitute, stripped of its industrial power, apparently overcrowded, ill A nourished, 111 - clothed, and ill-housed. Bomb damage estimated in excess of $50.000.000,-000, more than 10 times the damage in England, had destroyed much of Germany's industrial plant. Who w,fiuld have believed that within/13 years the Secretary of the Treasury of the United S^tes and the Under Secretary of cdiT 16

Germany, hat In hand, to beg a little financial help in various ways?'*

It is to be remembered that the occupation authorities. Americans Included, attempted at the end of World War II to impose on Germany, as it did on Japan, a Keynesian. Fabian Socialistic economy. The West Germans escaped from that. They established sound money, backed by gold and as far as they could, they restored the free market. West Germany's economy Is among the soundest in this disordered world.

President Kennedy, in every statement he has thus far made, has spoken of the receding economy of the United States. Some have criticized him for scaring the wita out of the American people: others contend that he is giving Us a bad name throug!i. out the world. But. the fact is that our economy Is doing quite badly and while it is difficult to get absolute figures, unemployment looks larger than the 5.000.000 figure which the President gives. For in many plants there has been a reduction from five days to four days and even less and although such a worker Ls receded as employed, he must also be regarded as unemployed or, at least, in adequately employed.

Undoubtedly' the principal error, from the standpoint of our economy, has been the giveaway. program, beginning with the MTarshall Plan and continuing to this day and beyond in various forms of aid. This has involved export of dollars, allocation of gold from our coffers to that of other nations, and the loss of revenue to American industrialists and workers. lU i-s Impossible to abolish, at a moments notice, every kind of foreign aid, without antagonizing many more nations whlch percent cannot carry 70 percent; aCdstdfea the^clves m

we must look ,t the whole popu- *<!>> ui"

lations needs.

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maintaining the prestige of this , institution.

As long as w'e slice our funds for the University we stand to lose, Mrs. Rodenbough feels. S.he hopes to maintain the status and respect the University now has and to retain qualified professors and administrators.

Though a practicing physician in Kinston, Dr. Davis has long been f staunch advocate of Increasing the quality of education Itself and instilling an even' greater respect for education in North Carolinians. For years I have talked to my patients about educational needs in this state, she says.

"Quality education should apply not only for the gifted child but also to all ability levels,

in America in the decade, or decades,

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schools on the part of Pitts elected representatives in that cut youth adrift from faith the General Assembly. If there was not throughout the patriotism that took away county considerable pride in what already has been meaning^of s^ac^ice?*^^ ^ done to improve the schools locally, there would not xhe answer, of course, lies a be the genuine concern for further school system im- long way from Korea, it goes provements.

While this and other counties are for the moment watching to see w'hat comes of the -school improvement on a state-wide basis, there should also be the recognition that all our school needs cannot be filled home this past weekend to hun-from Raleigh. Individual counties and communities dreds of persor^, niMtiy young must be giving serious thought to local efforts to improve schools while the legislature is determining what can be done from the state level.<

back to the universities, the colleges. the schools, and the home and the waves of attacks on the values of society and the dignity of the individual.

The truth of this was brought

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) The two Ks President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchevhave aome things In common besides debating Richard M. Nixon.

Neither Is a stuffed shirt. Both to some extent, are unpredictable and give their bodyguards the creeps.

Theyre blunt, have humor, believe in action, and show an interest In Individual.

Khrushchev almost has turned patting babies into a hobby. His antics scared his bodyguards when he was at the United Na-< Uons in New York.

He would scoot away, button-hold strangers, pop up In shirtsleeves on his hotel balcony In toll sight of any crackpot with a gun. -

U.S. Secret Service men, used to protecting the fairly predictable former President Dwight D. Elsenhower, have their hands full with Kennedy.

He gave them fits at the inaugural ball by, jumping boxes to shake hands'with friends.

At 2 a.m. he dashed off to a hOust

minutes before going to the Capitol.

He took a plaque across the street to the home of a woman neighbor as a token of thanks for her klndne.ss in giving hot coffee to new.smen who had been standing for days In freezing cold outside his house.

The day after his election he began arrangements to have hLs own physician. Dr. Janet G. Tra-vell, treat a newsman who had covered his campaign with an acutely painful, ailing back.

Kennedy later appointed her White House physician, the first woman in history in that Job.

Stolid Stalin sat in the Kremlin. Khrushchev, a man of action, bounces around the world, makfes speeches, gives interviews. and has turned Rus.sian foreign policy Into new, imaginative, and aggressive channels.

people, who attended the Diego Freedom Forum.

Two speakers in particular told the story of how it happened.

William Teague, president of Pepperdine College, Los Aifgeles, told how it began:

It started way back in the early 1930s, when it became fashionable to be liberal in criticism of American economic enterprise and history, and the elimination from textbooks of such patriotic remarks as Commodore Perrys Dont Give Up the Ship, and John Paul Jones I Have Only Just Begun to Fight.

Maj. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, commander of the Marine Corps Depot, showed the result in Korea:

"The Communists alerted us to the knowledge that our fighting man was ignorant 'of the issues, hopelessly naive In political matters and'unable adequately to defend himself in a dialectical discussion. They proved he

Well, lets listen to the general again on the situation today:

Only half the men entering the Marines can make a rational explanation of the meaning of the Fourth of July, and fewer can discriminate, intelligently among the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independenre.

They are aware that communism Is bad and that they should be against It, but they dont know what they are against . . .even worse, most of them are not sure what they are for.

The men in Korea did not know what they were fighting for, and were unprepajred to accept or understand the reasons.

This, then, still is a picture of too many young people today a generation adrift from the basic principles of life and freedom. These things dont come naturallythey must be learned, miLst become a part of and a way of our life.

The Federation Forums, such as the one just conducted in San Diego, will go a long way to help restore the concepts of patriotism. But, in the end, we must reach down and down through the entire educational system, and finally Into the homes. If we are to survive.

How is this to be done? Time Is against us. Mr. Teague said the Communists have been patient and they "can wait for the generation which is receptive, which is now being made receptive.

Every school, every home, must become a Freedom Forum.

I am interested in whatever it takes to do this is Dr. Davis answer to a request to discuss types of legislation she has been considering.

Mrs. Rodenbough hop^ that in the early weeks of this session the legislature will thrash out problems pertinent to schools. "I have never liked waiting till the rush of the last days to push through such important bills, complains the former Salem college history professor.

From teaching state government In Salem college to becoming a state lawmaker, Mrs. Rodenboughs interest in politics was increased by the fact that two of her brothers, John and Edward Taylor, proceeded her in the North Carolina House. Activity in the Young Democratic Club spurred her own ambition to participate further.

Dr. Daviss political career formally began when she was appointed by Gov. J. Melville Broughton to the N. C. Commission of Correction and Detention. Though In Kinston her office remains open when she must be in Raleigh for legLsla-tive sessions and committee meetings. Dr. Davis explains that other physicians in her hometown attend to her patients.

With a seriousness of purpose matched only by their enthusiasm and willingness to devote themselves to whatever work becomes necessary in the important legislative session ahead, both Dr. Davis and Mrs. Rodenbough will undoubtedly continu to ^set an example of high standards for other Freshmen in the house men and women alike.

Much that has actually hap pened was duly described In advance of the occurrence by thase who have regarded the entire foreign aid program as misconceived a'nd surely, as very badly handled.' Nevertheless, we have -gone through with It and now face the position of the man who outlived his own generosity and has to ask for support from those whom he aided. Their reply quite naturally is that they have problems of their own.

These two Items, the dollar and unemplosmient, are - not postponable and the solutions to them must produce results, Freeding unemployed workers 1 not giving them jobs. It is not a solution: it is a palliative. Giving out food stamps only puts Americans on the dole. A grandiose program of public works will not provide permanent jobs. This country has had a long and trying experience With welfare state remedies, which reduced the dignity of the American individual and tied him to government. We need a better device than a dole; we need jobs.

This Is what President Kennedy faces. His program of palliatives will help, but they will not solve the problem which is to produce, goods at prices which will make* them competitive in the markets of the world, including the American home market.

It is true that the current depression did not start in 1961. The statisticians put it at 1958. It can be traced back, in aome phases, earlier than 1958. The accumlation of problems relating to unemployment, Inflation, a weak dollar, an inadequate gold reserve are now dumped in President Kennedys lap. It does not matter that it Is not his fault: what does matter is that (Continued on page six)

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By ELMER ROE.SSNER ^ fessor John K. Galbraiths idea If the Kennedy Administration system of ^clic^y (5rad-

and the Congress accept some

current proposals for increasing hjs h(wk. The Affluent

unemployment compensation, Prof. Galbraith suggests that un-

lences such as responding to.alarm clocks and getting to and from work Li fair weather and foul. Second, holding a job involves out-of-pocket expenses,

tion on It should be watched because ideas like these sometimes suddenly flower into laws.

Kennedy "tpromisd action * the unemployed ro-ay be better conthoas^of full ynployment, for transporiation, meals, prop-

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party in a Georgetown.

Last week, after a snowstorm, he left the White House for a local theater to .see a movie* which ended at mldnightr Kaqnedy. like Khrushchev, is i fhirtslMves man.

Reporters who were with him during and after 4he oampaign still recall his sitting down with them, coat off, smoking a cigar, chewing the fat for hours, a week ago be wandered Into the White House office of his press-stcreiary. Pierre Salinger, found a newsman there, sat down and talked with him for 1.1 minutes Keaaedy hAs always been informal, Even on his inauguration day he did the unexpected a few

which began as soon as he entered the White House and shows no signs of letting up.

Both men debated Nixon when he was vice president. Khrushchev In Moscow, Kennedy on TV in the presidential campaign.

The Russian likes bluntness, as he showed when he demolished the 1960 summit conference and ridiculed Elsenhower.

Kennedy also is bluntas he said, by preference in repeatedly picturing the American economy in bleak and somber color.

Khrushchev has humor. Hes a bit of a ham. ,

Kennedy's humor pop.<< through also. The night after his Inauguration at a private dinner he defended his appointment of hla brother. Robert, S4. as attorney general by .saying it gave his brother a chance to get some legal experience before he started to practice lav*

off than the workers.

The First National Banks monthly letter points out that the Kennedy task force headed by Professor Paul A. Samelson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology urged Improved unemployment compensation as a most Important anti-recession measure. It quoted: Unemployment compensation benefits. . .go to those who need them and who will spend the money promptly: they also go up at the right time and the right place. .

The report also suggested vanUig benefits that would go up when unemployment is high and go down when unemployment Is low,

JUST LIKE-A RAISE

jauk.fi. letter^ continued:

when unemployment is 2,-000,000 or lesCOC would ge paid In the amount of say half the difference between standard unemployment compensation and the indiyiduals last wage.

"When unemployment passed 3.000,000, the .COC payment would rise to two-thtrds and perhaps to a top ot four-fifths of the difference at 4.000,000. At this point the position we have been in these last six months the worker who earned the average 1956 weekly wage of $80, ^and was entitled to s regular (and comparatively generous) .payment in that year of $36, would ha\e a total Weekly InComo of"t7r20,

EASIER LIFE

There are three essential things that this approach . Ig-

r clothVn'g, union dues, etc.

Finally, the proposal overlooks the fact that unemployment compensation Is tax-exempt whereas the worker Is subject to withholding taxes which make his' pay a mythical amount that has no meaning save as a base lor calculating deductions and tax liabilities.

In New York State, for example. a single man or woman working at $80 a week would find a maximum of $63.80 in his pay envelope. He could get himself a rai.se of 12 per cent by taking Prof. Galbraiths $71.20

LOYALTY REWARDED IN OLD ENGLAND

A reader sent us an ad from R British magazine. It shows a memo from the personnel manager and reads: Jones Retirement47 years service. Letter from chairman. A gold watch? And 0 course a Farepak Hamper!

Good old Jones I He hasnt wasted hlg 47 years.

MORE PEOPLE GO BROKE; THREE CAUSES CITED

Bankruptcies hit a new high In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1960, Commerce Clearing

House reported. The total was 110,034. The Increase was largely due to the rise In personal

a week. If Idleness were made, bankruptcies, which constituted 80 rewarding. It Is hard to see 94,414 cases.

ink's letter, contim

LSI pfOprtSlTlFirst, TATiphsyTwrrt tndorsement In principie of Pro- Tolvea some personal Inconven-

how the unemployment rolls could ever be reduced. The problem in.stead might be to get people to work.

AV toe' Ute

is stiU remote. However, ac-

Other sources attribute the high number ol personal bank--ruptcles to oyerextanslon ot instalment Indebtednoss, a decline in peaaocial ifitefritgr, aad-doem-ploymeat