PACE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C

Thursday, March 2. 1961

Thursday, March 2, 1961

Real ^Thriller "In'The Other Room

Crime_Increase Is Local Problem

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The 12 per cent increase in major crime in the the nation is.net taJten 4ip in the ipdividual communi-'United .States last year should not be igrrtored by in- ties, it cannot possibly be effective. The fact that the dividual communities just because the increase repre- national crime rate has increased sharply in the past lents a nation-wide condition. year should concern every community in Pitt County

While it is a nkianal problem, to be sure, it is a and North Carolina just as it should concern New problem that can.be coped with effectively only at the York, Chicago, San Francisco and every other city and local level * town across the country .^Unless the tide is stemmed, it

Everycrime committed is a -local crime in some communiti^as well as the large,

communitv. The first to investigate the crime and seek The fact that the crime rate has increased should to prevent recurrence of similar crimes are the local concern the average citizen just as it does the law authorities.' The unhealthverivironments which pro- enforcement officer.-When a crime is committed, it vide breeding places for crime are purelv local in na- is usually one of the average citizens who is the vie-

ture, and on the local level initial steps must be taken to wipe them out.

Too often, we think, most communities take the attitude that national statistics have nothing to do with their particular situation. The percentage figures may not correspond exactly, but it is from the records of Indhidual communities throughout the nation that such statistics are compiled. The national statistics reflect the collective trend in the individual communities.

If the fight against the increasing crime rate of

Big Share Is. In p,omising

Travel Revenue Came To

tim ... not a law- enforcement officer. And if the trend in crime is to take a downward turn, it will require the efforts of the average citizens just as much as it will require the efforts of the law- enforcement agencies.

Crimes after all, is a community problem. As such it is a problem for the community as a whole, not for -* just a few people in the community. The collective effort of every agency, everj^ organization, and every citizen within the community should be pressed into the campaign to reduce the crime rate. Only if such an approach is taken can we hope to see a reversal of the alarming trend in the individual communities and in the nation.

Prospects

Nothing

By MSBET

TRAVEL REVENUE Analysis of the detail report on sales and use tax collections released week by the Department of Revenue shows very clearly that the travel industry, directly and tndirectly, is a major contributor to the economy of North Carolina.

With only a few exceptions the eounties which have new 'attrac-tions for tourists showed greater fains than those which do not have these attractions. Much more significant than the county by county listing Is the breakdown of business classifications.

The tax collected on hotel and mote] rooms, for example, was up 15 36 percent for the period from February i. i960, to January 31. 1961, from the same dates the year before The increase in tax collections on resuurants, cafes and hotel dining rooms for the same period was 5.82 percent. From filling and service stations the Increase was 4 47 percent, and from repair and storage garages 5 59 percent. Sales lax on auto batteries. parts and supplies went up 9.61 percent. These increases ' generally were higher than the average. Maybe it aint good propaganda, but hone.sty compels noting that the sales tax on toftib stones went up 14 72 percent and that paid by undertakers and funeral parlors wont up 15 38 percent. These p?^-niist nught argue that was also attributable to travel and the heavy traffic death toll. What we like to argue is that general prosperity enable.s families to pay more for coffins and tomb-atones for their 'deceased loved ones.

Whatever the approach, the fact remains that the travel industry is a major contributor to the total economy, tax wuse and otherwise, in North Carolina-

DOLLARS Switching from percentage increases to actual dollars collected from sales taxes on travel-related buslne.ss k is found that retail and whole-ale taxes collected on automobiles for the SIX month* period amounted to $4.849,227, and the tax on parts and accessories amounted to $3,109.970. From fining-service tatrohs and garages the receipts were $6,-242,501. Fi'Om lunchrooms, restaurants, hotel dining rooms, etc., the tax take was $3,375,906. From room rentals in hotels, motels and other places the take was $1,042.793.

These five categories account for nearl^y 424 m01io& of the total sale.s and itse tax collections of $89,551.535. When it Is remembered that travelers paid many thousands of dollars in ales taxes on merchandise bought from department stores, drug stores, and specialty shops. It would seem reasonable to as-ume that travel was respon-

alble for at least one-fourth of all the sales and use taxes collected by the State during the past six months.

COURT REFORM Sponsors

of the court reform" bill Introduced last week by Rep. H.P. Taylor. Jr., are very optimistic about enactment of its essential features if not exactly as written. There are. however, very substantia] groups in both House and Senate which have declared that "it shall not pass." The principal objection is that it attempts to drastic change at one time, and reluctance to yield as much authority to the chief justice as the bill would give him. Almost certainly some improvement will be made in courts below superior court level rending to uniformity. Many people think that Vill be the extend of change at this session

sing Mails

Sun On Alternate Days

Probably many persons, in-

N.Y TIMES - The New York Times Sunday will include a 24-page section on North Carolina. filled with news stories and advertisements, many in colo. The front page features a,, color picture of Governor Sanford receiving from retiring Governor Hodges a brief case inscribed Good Government is a Habit in North Carolina." The section will be included In all of the regular 1.371,000 edition of the Time.s, and the State will buy 10,000 reprinus for distribution. The C&D Departments published a similar section about four years ago, but only in black and white. The current Issue is much more attractive.

Hopes that the 1961 General Assembly would get off to a faster start than its predecessors seemed to have fizzled with the third week of the current session coming to an end. o

From all appearances the legislature this year has moved no faster toward getting down to the hard matters of legislation than has been the case in previous years. Although momentum is gradually picking

up in'Raleigh, the pace is still slow and the legislative UTTTVTliv a ork

accomplishments have been few. rlildSKl LlvnVAKLI

It appears to us that little time was gained in getting committees down to work by the early caucus of House members to name their speaker in January.

We had hoped that this would enable committees to be ready for operation just about as soon as the General Assembly convened; but this has not proved to eluding myself, were quite pieas-

be the ca.se. morning to see a clear

. . ^ky and a warm sun again.

Another stumbling block now has appeared in- And again tomorrow probably sofar as important money matters. The legislature many persons, also including seems to be marking time on the question of new myself, will anticipate a recm-sources of tax revenue until it hears the special mess- todays weather.

age of Goy. Sanford' slated for March 6. but Tudging^ by* th wla*

Certainly it is not reasonable to expect the Gen- ther pattern dui-ing the past

eral Assembly to plunge into major decision-making everybody may

sessions as soon as it convenes. But this year there morning ^ by comp^teiy ^Ver were several signs which initially pointed to more cast skies and maybe a little rapid organization, a greater state of readiness to drizzle, handle major problems earlier in the session than has it /ee^^very aiteriTato dfy L been the case in the past. It seems to us that these bright and sunny. The inter-promising prospects have come to nothing.

It to be hoped that the pace of legislative pro- Qnxn-nrr

gress will increase appreciably in the next few weeks HjLiiLwi O OLlyiliy . , >

in order that the legislators can begin getting behind

No Foot-Dragging

spersed days lately have been gray.

We must admit the topic is boring to say the least. But it seemes to us a vivid example of what they call the weather cycle.

Up here in the newsroom, we open all kinds of letters from" all kinds of offices, agencies and people.

The days mail always brings the unexpected. Sometimes we receive quite timely news. Some letters report what the writer calls a hot news tip or something like that.

As a general rule, we receive

them some of the major problems that have to be resolved during this session. Otherwise the log-jam of legislative business will mount to the danger point fot the legislators and for the state.

TRANSITION - A superior court judge' was di.scuasing the need for additional judicial manpower. and said that lawyers moving up to the bench ought to have at least 60 days to clear their private desks. He favora election of judgea by. the people where possible, thus assuring the waiting time. In casea where judges are appointed the effective date should be two or three months after the appointment is made, he said. He cited casea of delay in trials because lawyers either had to give up casea which they had prepared, or found them5clvea in embarrassing position as the sitting judge.

A SimilaritY In Dulles And Rusk

NEW QUEEN In addition to Miss North Carolina who will close the North Carolina part of the Ohio Valley Travel day, issued a statement on his

Shaw at Cincinnati next week, views about defense.

By JA.MES MARLOW WASHINGTON AP)-There is one basic similarity and two basic differences between the expressed views of Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his famous predecessor, the late Secretary of Slate John Foster Dulles.

It may have seemed new when Rusk, after a tliree-hour acaslon with the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee Tucs-

sponse

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the Tarheel contingent will have oil hand all the , time Misa Variety Vacationland in the person of Miss Jean Snyder of Charlotte. The travel show will be opened Saturday March 4 by Governor Sanford and closed Saturday night. March 12 by Miss North Carolina.

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Actually, he wa.s only echoing what President Kennedy said months ago in the I960 campaign* and what Dulles had said early in the Eisenhower administration.

Tusk foresaw the possibility of two kinds of war: the all-out nuclear kind and the limited war on the ground where both sides might tangle but both wanted to atop short of all-out.

Therefore, he called for building up both this countrys nuclear striking force and Its convention forces, such as ground troops.

This Is exactly what Kennedy told the American Legion in Miami last October he would try to do if elected President. '

Six years earlierIn the April. 1954, issue of Foreign Affairs quarterly magazineDulles aid: "Massive atomic and thermonuclear retaliation Is not the kind of power which could most usefully be evoked under all circumstances. To deter mggresslOTT it is Imporunt to have the flexibility and facilities which make various responses available.

"The free world must have the means for Responding effectively on a selective basis when it chooses. It must not put itself in the position where the only re-

So much for the similarity between the two secretaries. Their differences are more noticeable.

Dulles often acted like" a man who was feeding himself verbal pep pills. While his policy was generally defensive, there were times when he said confidently he could see the Soviets backing under Western pressure fOn Feb. 24, 1955 he said the \wie^ had forced Soviet policies to rail and' compelled the Russians to devise n^w ones. At other times he .said he could not see where Soviet policies had changed.

At one time he could see the Soviets in a bad way" and the tide of history" turning. But there were other times when he displayed an impressive respect for Soviet strength.

So far Rusk has avoided any belittlement of the Russians or prophecies. He has been playing cautious since he took office in January.

Up till now the most notable difference between Rusk and Dulles has been In their salesmanship.

Dullea was the flamboyant, high-pressure type. Rusk goes in for the .soft sell.

Dulles talked in scare terms, like "massive retaliation," which he never tried; and agonizing reappraisal of American relations with allies, which he didn't make; and treadiftg oh the brink of war," which he carefully avoided.

Rusk, anxious if possible to establish as part of the Kennedy policy a new and friendlier relationship with the KremUn, bti pitched his few public ftate-ments so far In low key.

(Greensboro Daily News)

Governor Sanford obviously has his hands full with an education program requiring much more pot-sweetening than the Advisory Budget Commission provides.

But in his desire to put first things first, the Governor, We are glad to see, will not play coy with other presiding needs. At his press conference Sanford said, I am committed to re-districting and I am going to use my best efforts to obtain proper legislation." However, he added: By its very nature the job will be complex and I think it best for me to wait and see what the developments are."

Mast legislative observers anticipate^ little trouble getting House reapportionment since it requires reshuffling of only four seats. But senatorial redistrict-ing is something else. Population growth in. the Piedmont creates a sharp division of opih-ioft between large and small population counties. There are more of the latter. Their present inclination is to oppose the clear constitutional mandate to reapportion.

This foot-dragging has been evident since the census of 1950 when the General Assembly w-as duty-bound to revise its membership in line with new population figures. Its majority has refused each year, using feeble excuses.

Now new census figures give the revision more pertinency than ever.

since Governor Broughtons successful effort.

Governor Sanford also took the oath of office to uphold the State Constitution when h was Inaugurated. As duly constituted Governor of'North Carolina he has a responsibility to put all the weight of his office behind such legislation. We are glad he has reiterated his determination to do Just that.

Understandably there must be give and take In the fight on reapportionment. Neither aide can attain everything It wants. But in order to emphasize the importance of reapportionment the Governor as well as legislative leader- must lead. There has been enough foot-dragging.

copy through the mail that Is similar to our own copy in at least one respectwe all make mistakes.

Most miscues are inadvertent. but nonetheless mistakes. While defended by their unintentional nature, mistakes are not protected from being amusing.

Grammatical errors are numerous enough. They would be even more plentiful, but often we fail to notice them. Naturally, to recognize an error a person must know quickly what should be in its place.

Other errors are also abundant. It seems, though, some of the most amusing are the misspellings written out in long-hand.

For instance wc recently received by mail a report on activities of a Cub Scout pack in the area. It was a timely report we were glad to receive.

What tickled us was the spelling: Club Scouts.

RECIPE FOR SPRING (The Anderson Independent)

Spring, a puddle mixed with a small boy, a chunk of wood, a partially split match and a piece of paper.

The recipe Ulto

'much, but in yesteryear it was not an uncommon sight around the rural sections of the country and In the smaller communities. The boy got wet, probably got a scolding along with a hot bath and dry clothes, biit even then what did It matter? He had sailed a pirate hip to Tlmbuc-too, or had sailed a Navy ship giving battle to vessels flying the Jolly Roger off the coast of Tanglers. He had explored 1,000 out-of-the-way places in the world.

To such an adventurer punlsh-

Speaking of Scouts and scouting, we recently learned from a Boy Scouts of America circular that President Kennedy, his vice president a,nd the Cabinet are and have been active scout-ers.

Secretary of State Dean Rusk, the circular said, was knot tying champion" in the Atlanta Council back in the 1920's.

We were thinking maybe his experience then may be quite helpful to him in his new job as he tries to untie a few.

ODinions

The world is divided into people who do the work, and people who take the credit. Try, If you can, belong to the first class; theres far less competition."Mattoon (Dl.) Journal-Oazette.

In 1941 Gov. J. Melville ment meant . little; for a few

"Times winged chariot thunders ona fact of which we are reminded in talking to a grown and married woman who cant remember where there werent parking meters.Nashville Tennessean.

Broughton did not hesitate .to speak out atrongly for reapportionment and act behind the scenes to boost it. Many believe his leadership was crucial in persuading legislators to do what their constitution required them to do. No chief executive has put so much emphasis on reapportionment in the years

brief moments he had held the world in his hand.

Todays completely mechanized play equipment pretty well rules out the dreams playing in a puddle, but well bet it doesnt stop the visits to "enchanted places Boys and dreams surmount even the most technical paraphernalia.

"'The American Negro today numbers 19 mUlion. They earn more than 20 billion a year, or about $1,100 each. This per capita figure is as high as the per capita income of Britons and higher than that of the French.Orlando (Fla.*) Sentinel.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT ,

Copyright, 1961, King Feature* Syndicate, Inc.

I recently wrote something that started an endless receipt of mail, some antagonistic, some flattering but all, beginning with the second paragraph, identical. So after a few mlsslv I stopped reading them as life is fleeting and time is precious. Some of ^ the letter-writers had read the column they objected to; others frankly said that they had not.

As these letters pile up. I think of the poor members of Congress who, under the constitutional right of petition, receive-a huge mall which no man could read even if he had nothing else To do. Some friends of mine solve the problem by counting the pros and cons that is, having a clerk "do it.

Popularity can be a poison. Many men are so astonished by their own importance that they lose all sense of proportion. The receipt of a thousand or so letters on one subject, whether pro or con, could make a politician believe that he was sent from Heaven. I am told that a movie actor once tried to walk on the water of his swimming pool after reading his fan mail. Alas! He did not drown.

Mass mail, pleasant or un-^ pleasant, gives the impression of organization, of a planned attempt to influence opinion by pressure. Few men of character submit to this type of pressure. A mature man has developed his philosophy of life and whereas he might be Influenced by a great teacher or an outstanding scholar, he will Ignore any attempt to brain - wash him by mass correspondence. So far as I am concerned, I cannot help feeling that those disciplined robots who buttered me up in the first paragraph and then used a uniform second paragraph to set me straight, are intellectually and spiritually as weak^as Communists who follow the party line.

The Communist aticepts the party line becuse he recognizes himself as a sldier in a permanent wai. His general staff (the Presidium) and his leader (the Secretary-General) do all his thinking for him. There are some con.servatives and reactionaries who believe that this method is sound and should be adopted by all those fighting Communism. But the central fact of conservatism is the dignity of man. the independence of thought and action by an Individual for which he assumes __full personal responsibility. The man who lines up behind a leader as Hitler or Mussolini becomes a hopeless robot who can only move when wound up and when pointed in a direction.

One of the most serious problems facing this country and therefore the world is whether our system of government can survive the enormous social and economic changes which are taking place here. Segregation, for Instance, is not so much a Negro question as it is one of the sovereignty of the state which the Constitution recognizes. The fact of the matter Is that the state* are no longer sovereign, that having been settled by the War Between the States. A sovereign political body can join or secede from a general confederation. For instance, the United States refused to join the League of Nations but it did join the United Nations. It could leave the United Nations at wUl. That is sovereignty. An American state has many limitations and ' the limitations are increasing as life becomes more complicated.

For instance, New York City is an area in which peopile work who^live in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey. Also many who live in New York work in Connecticut and New Jersey. These states are so united by roads^ bridges, tunnels, and administrative measures that increasingly they are becoming united. Recently, the three stat^ met to consider joint commuting aid. The Port of New York Authority, an instrument of the States of New York and New Jersey and authorized by Congress, is an enormous Joint venture uniting the two states In traa-^portatlon and other services. Such joint operations are becoming Increasingly numerous.

It will not be long before public opinion will force the United States to have a uniform divorce law for the protection of children. Already the FBI has step-

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS DO WE REALLY KNOW ANYTHING?

Kipling wrote many years ago that

There are six and twenty ways Of composing tribal lays

And every single one of them is right.

Some people just cant get this truth into their minds.

gradually tlipping away like vheat runnmg out of a sack with a hole In it. A lack of self-confidence tortures and slays Its thousands, but obstinancy and bigotry its tens of thousands.

The open mind should not be open at both ends, for then truth goes Into the miuri and out again without accftmpllshlng anything worthwhile. But the mind imust

By ELMER ROESSNER

Iti General, 1 a man Takes his lunch near his office, the cost is not deductible for income tax purposes. If he goes out of town on a business trip and returns the same day, the cost of his vlttles are not deductible under Internal Revenue Service rules.

But In certain circumstances, they may be, the Fifth Circuit Court has,ruled. A railroad conductor took the train from Montgomery, Ala., to Atlanta at 5 a m. every morning, had a six-hour,layover there and conducted a* train bick to Montgomery that evening.

The Internal Revenue Service

for a.meal and a room for nap-

^ a., . lest we diepartlc-

only-two waye to yfOv*fffriy"mentanr this thlng-^y way and the There are ways of doing things wrong ..waiL^4iik

be TO *^up|d and perverse as tver thought about. Lots of not been awaV from home ovt^f* torcise their ^fflnda lo - ul , ipgiht..-JBul the tak court decid-

in the stream of business news:

Celiuloid collars dangerous, warned a sign offered plants by the National Safety Council after World War I. When fires broke out, wearers often got the neck signed. . .France Is in- -creasing its imports of soybeans. Maybe processors are mixing the oil with olive oil. . .Venus Pencil is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The original Venus is much older. . ^-Australia shipped 192,000,000 pounds of meat to the United States last year.

For Hie first Utne, Japan ia. allowing iinporlH of inslant coffee.

A businessman.s guide to two-way radio is offered by Oen-

on

Washington 25. D. C.

Sales of liquid, calorlesiounted, diets are now at a rate of $100,-000,000 a yeai-. . .On the other hand, people are buying so many more sweets that manufactur-era wUl spend 170,000.000 in consumer sdvertising this year, Don Oussow Publications estimates . .Were clean. The Association of American Soap & Glycerine Producers says sales reached a new peak last year.

Recession note: Cash divi-. drnds in January were above a year ago.

A Long Lsland-j appliance merchant is convinced that the re-' cession hit us because people are watching TV and movies

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leV. '7' .The punucr firB^wird-' ered by so many auto models thafr

privileges to magazines with s minimum pf_55 per cent paid circulation will be a crushing blow to small publishers, says the Gallagher Report. Editor Bernard P. OtUagher asks, "Who sent the Post Office. Ilka a one-eyed monster, trampling over small publlshsrs?"

COMMUNISTS SNATCH TWO U. t. MARKETS WhUe the United States is offering help to Poland, the Red Poles are replacing us in the Cuban market. An agreement provides foe the exchange of $22.000,000 worth of goods this year, with Poland supplying bS' con and materials for a slaugb-ty Blant^ and Cubs supplying

'evftrent triith f atir trying to ath-vanee?" If folks ^would .only listen" to- TeawoTv^ - r-r

So they rant along with the little sense they were born with

as compared to what there la. _.day retjtriied a deductible meal.

-*er

to know is air Htftln -of-mnd' compared to the area of the North American continent.

IT ttedtrcttoto, hotel room and deductible tips.

Here art mors curious items

Jox 4197, moheV.'. ' .The pilDUcDRrBewnd-' hraw? smd other commddRiea^.

Va. . A booklet ered by so many auto models thafr Until* WS^^Ciiba had been Ina-

dmeft1:air^^TgTgf** hreaew> aimpr4ing-- |IL<K)(W of-

salesmsnshlp, called "Sallys pie, recognizable lines for *1962. meat, mostly pork, from the .

Selfihg aMiw

lished by Fairchild Puhlicgtioos,___Canadian friends old Commu- to the U.S. And In the first Id"'

months of I960, Poland hatl bouRiTt Sl.^OO.tWOjworth of hides and skins from us.

ed by Fairchild Puhlicgtioos._ Canadian friends J^w^York J. at $1.95. . ."Export- "nlst (7hina $60,<K)0,000 worth of

Ing for Profit" is a leaflet offered free for asking the SBA.

grain this month. . .New pastal rules denying second-class mall

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