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Saturday, February 2S, 1961

Saturday, February 25, 1961

Front Row Full Of Drama Critics

It Would Appear yhe Only Answer

It shouldnt be surprising if there is soine unfavorable reaction in Pitt, County to the decision of the trustees of Pitt Memorial Hospital to increase by ap-proxim^ly 10 ^er cent the rates and fees charged patients at the county-owned facility.

We feel certain, nevertheless, that the trustees of the hospital were as reluctant to see the fees rise as were the other people of the~county.

In considering the matter, one must not overlook a number of- things which probably influenced the trustees in arriving at their decision.

During the almost four years since the rate of charges-of the hospital were last increased, costs have risen for the hospital just as they have for most other businesses and institutions. It is only reasonable toex-pect, also that the expansion program now nearing depletion at the hospiul will make the facility more costly to operate.

And while the hospital is not a money-making cJiity, it is the responsibility of the trustees to keep ^e annual operating deficit of the hospital within

reasonable bounds.

During the past few years, some $25.000 of county tax funds annually have gone to defraying the operating deficit of the hospital.

These funds, of course, come from the special tax that has been levied by the county each year since 1948 for the sole purpose of being used to off-set the hospitals operating deficit. In the current fiscal year this levy is three and one-half cents per $100 property valuation, and represents an increase of one cent over the levy of the two previous years.

With the prospects of an increase deficit for the hospital this year, the trustees faced a choice of either

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Assemblyiflans ?urther Jaunts

By LYNN MSBET JAUNTS The current General Aaaembly has accepted in-vitatioxu to hold formal legislative sessions at Greensboro on February 28 and Winston-Salem 19- Invitations are pending or contemplated for visits to other points Uiroughout the state, most of them not calling for sessions of record for the journal.

This will be the first time In 170 years that more 'than one day of the^General Assembly has been held outside of Raleigh. Before the state captol was permanently based in Raleigh in 1792. the Legislature met at various points in the state. Since 1793 every General Assembly has convened and held most of its meetings in Raleigh. From 1793 until 1937 no daily meeting of record had been held by the Legislature out of Raleigh.

By authority of a Joint resolution a- legislative day was held at EdMton In 1937. Two years later, the 1939 assembly held a rcconl day meeting In Charlotte farthest west of any meeting of the' North Carolina General Assembly. The 1959 assembly also held an official one day session In Charlotte.

Meantime one-day official sessions of the General Assembly hsd b^n held st Chapel Hill and New Bern, including one in Tryon Palace two years ago. And there have been numerous Jaunts when the Legislature made informal visits to Camp LeJeuoe, Cherry Point. Fort Bragg. Seymour - Johnson Air Force Base, and other points of Interest, but which did not include official sessions , for recording in the House Senate Joumala.

CLOSE TO BASE So far as youLT reporter can learn from check of records and interviews with old timers around the captol, the only official meet-, of the General Assembly held outside of Raleigh since 1793 hsLB been one at Edenton, two at Charlotte, one each at Elizabeth City. Chapel Hill and two New Bern. The 1%1 assembly already has accepted In-r.tationa for two out of town official oneday sessions.

* There have been several in-vitations for unofficial Jaunts of the legislative membership.

There are rumors that invitations may come later for the General Assembly to hold a record-day session at Asheville or some other point in the far west. '

JUSTIFICATION Queson has been raised as to whether these visits of the Legislature can be Justified. Majority opinion seems to favor them, for several reasons; although there is recognized hazard from some viewpoints.

There is merit in the Legislature once in awhile going to the people, rather than having the people always come to Raleigh. The formal sessions axe necessarily less dignified when held in the temporary quarters of some courthouse or athletic auditorium, than when staged in the old capitel building. But hundreds of people who otherwise would never have opportunity to see a Legislature in session can look In on these meetings:

Perhaps more important than giving citizens an opportunity to see the legislature In session is the opportunity afforded legislators on these tripe to see more of North Carolina, and to meet North Carolinians on their home grounds.

OTHERS An Invitation has been extended to the members of the Legislature to attend a forestry demonstration in the Sandhills on March 29. The affair is sponsored by the Seaboard Air Line railroad and a number of other firms interested in forestry. A special train will be operated between Raleigh and Southern Pines. This will not be a formal meeting of the assembly, but a demonstration in improved tree culture.

Almost certainly there will be other invitations for offside trips to industrial or historic places. Objection is sometimes raised to these jaunts." but many legislators think they serve to relieve the tension that builds up toward the end of the session and that they really speed up work rather than retarding it.

Besi(^es the out of town trips, there are numerious group part-.les staged at Raleigh. Plans are now In the making for such a party for the members from the northwestern part of the state, and also for representatives of counties along the coast.

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0 " iicreasing: the rates as they have done, or passing

along to the county government a larger than normal hospital operating deficit in-the years ahead. <If the trustees had chosen the latter, the county in all probability would have had to^ increase the levy that is used to off-set the hospital deficit.

We would suppose that .along with other considerations, the hospital trustees have evaluated the services being rendered by the hospital, and nieans of improving these services in order to provide even better medical care for the people of Pitt County.

Certainly the people of the county would much prefer that the hospital trustees take this approach even if it means a slight increase in charges, rather than holding rates where they are and risking a decline in the calibre of medical care that can be provided by the hospital.

Compulsory Insurance Need Will Continue

~^If legislative sentiment toward North Carolinas compulsory auto liability insurance law can be judged by statements made so far by members of the General Assembly, the law will not be allowed to die during this session of the legislature.

Signs now point not only to a continuation of the statute, but also to strengthening the requirements to afford greater protection for those who use the highways.

Although the states Parm Bureau organization has gone on record calling for repeal of the law, and many insurance companies are fighting the legislation, Rep. Bunn Frink of Brunswick county has introduced a measure which would increase the amount of insurance a vehicle ownerJs required to carry under the compulsory liability law. Furthermore he has'asserted he'thinks the General Assembly will approve his bill to increase the required amount of insurance.

Since the law has been in effect, it has afforded greater protection for those who have suffered injuries or property damage in motor vehicle accidents than was the case before the law went on the books. It has proved its worth many times over to the people of North Carolina.

It would be wise for the legislature to consider revisions in the law on the basis of experience from the the time it has been in effect, but certainly from the standpoint of the general welfare of the people of North Carolina, there is no justification for flatly repealing the legislation without providing something better in its place. The legislature i.s considering such revisions ^ready, and likely more legislation vyill be introduceilater in the session pertaining to this law.

The ned for a compulsory liability insurance law will continue in North Carolina. The legislators should see that adequate legislation is provided to fill this need ^nd that adequate protection against loss is provided for the people who use the highways of the state.

?orget Guesses On R.M. Nixon

Of - Gold

By ALVIN TAYLOR

Buzzards Roost

Qties and portions of cities have a way of holding on to quaint old names and using them for slogans. Thus Philadelphia is known as The City of Brotherly Love.

In North Carolina Charlotte is The Queen City Winston-Salem is The Twin City. Wilmington is The Port City and Greensboro is The Gate City. And in each of the cities there are undoubtedly sections which hav" promotional names of their own such as Raleighs Cameron Village.

And this leads us to our subject for today. Some of Greenvilles choicest business property is perched right on top of a section whose old name the merchants are probably just as happy to see forgotten.

Im speaking ofthe section of Greenville which was once known by the stirring name of/ Buzzards Roost A little search places its center in the vicinity of Fifth and Cotanche Sts., a point now surrounded by some of Greenvilles higher type stores. Its boundaries depend on

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - Unless you like applesauce, forget the guesses about Richard M. Nixons j)residential intentions.

What the highly ambitious former vice president does depends on how he figures his chances. He has another three years to examine them.

Now he probably doesnt know himself whether hell try again, loo many things can happen by 1964 to change his mind, one way or the other.

One thing is sure: Unless the Democrats make a total mess of it, he will never be able to run again under circumstances as favorable for him as those of 1960.

There were so favorable they looked ideal:

Eight years in the public mind as vice president, overwhelming Republican endorsement, and the help and blessing of the highly popular President Eisenhower.

If he couldnt win with all that going for him, and he didnt, both he and his party will have to think hard before he puts <pn his track suit again.

His silence since November was normal. He would have been blamed for bad taste if he had sounded off before President Kennedy even got started.

Nixon Ls expected to join a West Coast law firm. He may start making speeches in a few months. That would be nonnal, too..

As the Republicans presidential candidate in 1960. he is titular head of the party and will be expected to talk out until the

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But his standing In the party seems, to uncertain that even hl.s role n.s titular head has been challenged.vANot by Eisenhower. He says thats Nixons right position.

But New York.s Gov. Nel.son A Rockefeller has airo dy called Nixon , leader of the party in name only. He has declaied for a collective leadership.

Rockefeller. Nixons only real, if only temporary, rival in 1960, appears the one most likely to challenge any ambitions he has in 1964.

Besides, many organization Republicans are teed-off politl-caUy at the former vice president for various reasons. ^

For example: They say that he wasnt tough tenough in the 1960 campaign; that he listened too much to those around him and not enough to the organization men.

Rockefeller will be in a pretty position to grab for the 1964 Republican nomination if he wins reelection as New Yorks governor by a big margin;

Hell not only be in the public eye constantly until 1964 but will control New Yorks big delegate vote to -4Jtie next convention. . /

This prospect bothers some Nixon admirers.

They seem to think he must offset such a situation by running for the governorship of California in 1%2.

Theres one argument against this; If Nixon runs for the gov-ernor.ship and loses, hes a dead political duck.

The most Important unknown factor in Nlxon.s future is this;

Will Kennedy be truly succes.;-ful in his first four-year term? It he_^ is and runs again, the chances of both Nixon and Rock-eller will be vastly diminished.

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The most pressing prpblem for Mao today i.s not to .eqter the nuclear arms race. Rather, if the Communist utopia i.s to come in this docnde. hed better be worrying over how to feed Chinas starving millions. San Bernardino (Calif.) Evening Telegram. -

(The Oiarlotte News)

What we would prefer to discuss in this space today is a proposal, purely fanciful we think to lend federal aid, succor and protection to the ruby - throated hummingbird For this, without anguish or hesitation, we would stand foursquare. The matter would involve little principal and no principle at all. Federal interest in migratory birds is long and well-established; moreover, the cost would be so trifling as to be of no consequence.

The matter we have to discuss, alas, is graced by no such comforting simplicities. President Kennedys program of general federal aid to education would reverse the long - standing principle of exclusive state responsibility for education. It also provides for expenditure of several billions which a sluggish economy is not now producing. We prefer the principle of state responsibility. We are dismayed by the prospect of a budget without semblance of balance. The easy thing to say is leave education to the states^ and save these billions.

But it cannot be denied the federal government does have a real responsibility to see to the improvement of education. Nor can it be claimed the states themselves can handle the' responsibility alone.

The tax sources left to the states are strained to the utmost to support present programs. Many of the poorer, principally southern states, have made strenuous but unavailing efforts to draw nearer the national standards. They continue to lose teachers to other states and to other professions. Their children continue at a disadvantage in

competition for Jobs and higher education with children richer states. To the detriment of the national interest, they continue to waste talents essential to an increasingly complex economy and to an ever more difficult but unavoidable competition in arms and ideas with the Communist powers.

The President undoubtedly is correct in saying there must be a new standard of excellence lij education and availability of such excellence to all who are willing and able - to pursue it. He also is correct in declaring that too many state and local governments lack the resources to assure an adequate education for every child. . .Too many teachers are underpaid, too many talented individuals cannot afford the benefits of higher education. Too many academic institutions cannot afford the cost of, or find room for, the growing numbers of students seeking admission. . .

The Presidents program prop-eriy concentrates on raising educational standards in the poorer states, and rightfully proscribes federal aid to parochial schools. We think it would better require rather than expect states to continue their own efforts, however, and, further, that prohibition of federal control should be written in language so concrete and explicit as to defy Judicial interioretation to the contrary.

If the country can afford any ^ of the Presidents spending proposals, aid to education surely deserves a high priority. The human mind, in the Presidents words, is the countrys fundamental resource. There is no way around the fact that it must be developed to a level beyond the reach of many states, Including North Carolina.

the particular era the ^dividuals happen to recall.

Whatever its boundaries were. Buzzards Roost was quite a place in Us daj(. And its day seems to have lasted until sometime between the turn of the century and World War I,

Policeman J.L. 'Whichard recalls it as the livery stable dis-/ trict back in the time when the horse was the main means of transportation. Others recollect that the towns saloons lined Cotanche St. when open bars were strictly legal.

But Herbert Elks, a 76-year-old retired tobacco buyer who came to Greenville in 1913, told me how the area got its name.

He said that back in .those early days Greenville came to an end in the Cotanche St. area. Beyond that there WAs nothing. He recalls there were dead pine trees standing in the area iww occupied by the Junior High School, dwellings and assorted buildings. Buzzards used to roost in these dead trees.

The boys in Dogshead used to set their dogs loose in the roosting area and scare the buzzards away. Elks reoalls.

As everyone knows Dogshead was and is located in the Carolina Grill area at Dickinson, Ave. and Ninth Sts. Again this areas boundaries depend on whos doing the talking. ^

Well, over the years Buzzards Roost has seen considerable change. The livery stables, with the exception of one, gradually disappeared as the auto came on the scene. Saloons went out many years ago. In their places modem stores anxse and Fifth St. built up out in front of the college to become a fashionable residential district.

Buzzards Roost as a name got lost over the years and today the average man wouldn know what you were talking about if you dusted off the name. But in a bygone era it proved to be a suitable name.

Opinions In Brief

A country has about hit bottom when an honest man is the only one who doesnt know how to keep out of Jail. New Haven Register.

Customs seldom change. People still stand up when they hear the National Anthem and fall down when they try to sing ILGastonia Gazette.

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

The organization of the Federal Reserve System was -mo-' mentous in American ecohomic history. The currency problem had bothered the United States since the founding of the nation. There were times when there was no system at alllocah - banks were issing currency and sometimes money became so tight that 125 per cent was paid for call-money. From time -to time banks failed and the depositors lost aU that was put into them.

In 1906, when the country was moving toward a financial panic. Jacob H. Schiff, one of the most brilliant minds ever to come to Wall Street, warned that unless the currency of the country were reformed, a panic of major di? mensions would ensue. The Pan* ic of 1907 duly arrived and it f was a dilly. It started wiih the run on the Knickerbocker Trust Company in New York. When a., run on a bank of good repute starts, anxiety appears throughout the country. This was a currency panic: the banks simply did not have enough money on hand to meet the demands of their customers. It was during this panic that J. P. Morgan asserted his leadership in American finance; he, in effect, ordered the banks to obey his dictum and puUe<J the country through.

Prom that moment on. It became obvious that the currency of this country would have to be s3rstematizcd. In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was organized, and all banks were, one might say, in a mutual self-protective association. However, the Federal Reserve System can only function to absolute advantage if the economy of the country is sound and its currency secure.

The Federal Reserve Bank, In effect, amounts to a centralixa-tioiu^ reserve. Over the regional federal Reserve Banks is a Federal Reserve Board. Every national bank must, and state trust companies may contribute to the capital of the Federal

R^rve Bank in its district. The ^eral Reserve System is not a central bank in the European sense, but it serves to mobilize and control <n*e<iit and it can put a brake upon a political treasury which might stimiilale inflation.

Since its organization in 1913, this country has gone through two major wars, a depression in depth, a continuing military and economically cxpenswe operation called the Cold Wft, a faulty gold policy since 1933 and its currency has thus far survived every attack although at this moment, as in the period between 1929-1934, it is in serious peril.

The London Economic Conference of the League of Nations was called In 933. Its agenda said:

In the field of monetary and credit policy, thC objective must be the restoration of an effective ' international monetary standard to which the countries which have abandoned the gold standard can wisely adhere. Each government must, o course, remain free to decide when and under what conditions it could adoi^ such a standard . . . there are a great number of ec<MM>-mic as well as financial conditions which must be fulfilled before the restoration of an international gold standard can be a practical possibility. Moreover, it will be necessary to provide effective safeguards against such a restoration oi the gold standard leading to a fresh breakdown . . .

The gold standard was not restored. Instead, Roosevelt made the man^ulation of the vdue of the cirrency an open and admitted instrument (rf public poUcy. (From tiie Morgen-thau Diaries of J<An Morton Blum.) PoUtically, currency remained an issue during the whole of the Roosevelt A(Jmlnls-tration. Father Ckwghlln, a Roman Catholic prieet in Detroit, gained great popularity as a critic of the fiscal policies of the country and particularly of the Federal Reserve Bank. His voice on the ra^o was a great force.

The United States bought gold at $35 an ounce which was a good price when it wa so fixed. At this price it came Into possession of most of the monetary (Continued on page six> j

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By ELMER ROESSNER

Here are some business fore-"' ca.sts. based on analyses of current trends and stirred with a tiny bit of advance Information:

Fast Sugar Act extension: The Sugar Act expires March 31. While President Kennedy o may have some trouble with Con-gress, he wopt over a vole to extend the act for 21 months, both sides of both Houses will speed the extension to give the Administration a strong hand In dealing with Fidel Castro.

Rise in auto sales: Coming good weather will help break the log-Jam In autos. Since personal Income has continued at high levels, the unusually bad weather in most parts of the country this winter must be blamed for much of the slowdown in auto

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Freight-car shortage: Freight-car loadings are down around 15 per cerrt. partly due to the declneTnKiri1r. titttr'tO-tt Feather. But so many cars have

that a business upturn would 'finj severe Shortages, especial- ly of the more desirable types.

Coming; coffee oil: A Brazil

ian company is extracting oil from coffee beans and mixing it with other oils for edible use. If accepted by consumers, this might relieve chronic coffee surpluses In Brazil and other Latin-American countries.

No cheapmoney In sight: Interest rates may go a little lower. but not much. Most analysts expect no more than M per cent decline in basic rates. However, at those, and'" current prices, more money will be available. The Federal government has Increased the supply of Fanny Mae mortgage money and has ea.sed restrictions togivc savings and loan associations more lending power. Congress may act to provide more moneypossibly $4(X),-000,000for Small Business Administration loans. However, any more than jt token drop in interest rates would tend Jo increase the flow of American money abroad, where rates are -Whew'

FEWER FREE SERVICES

More government fees: Pco-add.

ernment services ana to TnCreaie old ones may soon emerge in Congress. A Budget Bureau study indicatea $200.000.000 a year

can be added io Federal revenues by ' increasing rents for grazing lands. Security and Exchange Commission fees and patent charges. ^ and that agencies find ways to cover administrative costs.

While Presidents Truman and Elsenhower failed to get such legislation enacted, the looming shortage in the first Kennedy budget may bring action.

Easier visas: Many foreigners hesitate to visit -the United States because of. questioning they must undergo to get visas. Many are asked questions they regard as Insulting; many consular officials are regarded as cold and unfriendly, if not actually rude. The State Department )s now working on plans fr simplifying visa procedures and B secret directive will go out ii it hafnt gone alreadycau tioning personnel abroad oh 4on-duct.

OLD PROMOTER PLANS

TO END GOLD DRAIN

pounced when,Jhe jjalled on hls^ weekly visit today. "A big rear on for the drain on our gold

supply is that travl's spend so many dollars abroad. Foreign banks demand gold in exchange lor these dollars.

So what I suggest is a great big Yankee, Go Home! campaign. The government can rent billboards all over Europe and cover them with Yankee, Go Home! messages. It might add that Uncle Sam Needs You! drawing by James Montgomery . Flagg.

The government oould hire sandwich men to march in front of the Rltz Hotel and Harry-Bar in Paris, with signs reading, Yankee, allez a son pays!*

We could buy (.space on the back of night-club menus around the world for Yankee, go home In a dozen native languages. The best part about thlh campaign is that wed get enthusiastic assistance ^ from groups overseas.

Not the hotel keepers, tha night-spot owners or the pijb-

the dW

if Alncrican spenders come ' home, they wUltepme over here

might help end the recession.

' Our endorsement' is still held.