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6&trday, March 11 1961

I 'ms DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C

Its Going

Once Again In The Hands Of Voters

Now that the Pitt County Commissioners have -range of jobs. It will afford local people the oppo^. given their approval for $360,000 bond issue To fi- tunity to learn apeciahzed skills that .will enable them nance an industrial training center for the county, the^ to obtain better jobs here or elsewhere, final decision on the mattr will be in the hands of the The presence of such a school In Pitt County will Yoters. greatly enhance the county's position in the increas-,

tkst week the State Board of Education allocated ingly competiUve struggle to attract new industry. It one of 20 state-supported industrial training centers will put Pitt County in the pMition to offer prospective to Pitt County. The county has the'obligation pro-^ indus^ies excellent training facilities for workers with vide the physical plant for the center and thereafter practically any skills they require,^ the state will underwrite 90* per cent or more of its Although Pitt County now has a substantial num-operating cost. ber of workers from which a new industry could draw

Although the referendum on the proposed bond employes, it has very few skilled workers in its labor issue will not be held for several months yet; it is im- pool. With an industrial training center in the county, portant that citizens of this county,consider carefully , an industry could be assured of available workers with the benefits such a center will offef Pitt. County and the necessary ski Is squired for the industry. That its people. The cost of$360,000 for building the center, factor would make Pitt County more attractive to plus interest on that amount of bonded indebtedness, prospective industries.

is a considerable amount of money. Even so, the county There is also another factor which should not be stands to gain benefits many times that value from the overlooked in thinking of the new school. The train-presence of such a school l^ere. ing center would be a new industry in itself for the

The industrial training center will be able to offer county. Further, it would be an industry with consider-people of Pitt specialized technical training in a broad able growth potential, for as industrialization of North

Carolina continues there will be increasing demands on the 20 state-supported industrial training centers to turn out skilled workers. Although the school may initially have a relatively few students in future years it could grow into a considerable institution in itself.

Making the industrial training center a reality in Pitt County is an opportunity the people of Pitt cannot afford to turn down. The voters of the county should give their enthusiastic support to the bond issue for the school just as the County Commissioners and others have enthusiastically supported efforts to gain state approval for location of the center in Pitt.

Tha

Confiden PeoDle Approve

By LYNN NISBET

OONPIDENt In face of tMifiiting op opposition at Uie frau roots asalnst applying the ffiof tax to foods and to medi-elneeand there has been more Tlgorous objection to the medicine taxGovernor Sanford is coofldent the people will upport hia tax and education program.

Tbw is developing considerable opposition to the Sanford twopcal for an election on the Issue this fall, which would be held about four months after the new taxes become effective, if levied. Several legislators have voiced resentment at this plan for aubmltting their actions so directly to the people, when they are not running for office and ao have small chance to present their views. .Sentiment is grow-Inc for a vote before the tax is appUed, or no vote at all.

ORGANIZATION There Is considerable belief, though not very openly expressed so far, that an elecon on the tax issue this fall will be one-sided from the standpoint of organization. Governor Sanford has a very efficient organization welded through two primary and one , general election campaign. It is - axiomatic that organizations ' without something to do tends to disintegrate. An election this fall would afford opportunity for the Sanford organization to keep in training and be ready for the primaries and general election next year. Meantime, opponents of the taxes and other features of the program presently have no unified organization or recognized leadership.

Most objections heard to the Sanford proposals of Monday night are based on the medicine tax, the sales tax exemptions or discounts favoring high pric* ed motor vehicles, and Uk interim election. Next mostoften voice objection is that a more careful study should be made of usage of current tax moneys for schools before new taxes are levied cm foods and medicine for the school program.

COURTSThere arc half a down or so bills pending in the Legislature designed to Improve the judicial processes of the courts, in hforth Carolina, from bottom to top. The main pro-imsals are embodied in companion WUs introduced in the House and the Senate, and for lack of more accurate designation commonly known as the Bell-Taylor maasures and the Warren-Craw-ford bills.

Tho Mils introduced in the Senate by Senator Spencer Bell of Mecklenburg and others and in the House by Rep. Pat Taylor and others are modified forms of the bills sponsored two years by the North Carolina Bar As-eociation. The bills Introduced in the Senate by Sen Lindsay Warren of Beaufort and others and In the House by Rep. I C.

Crawford of Buncombe and others propose less extensive and drastic changes In the present Judicial system.

The Bell-Taylor bill would revamp the entire court system from justices of peace through the Supreme Court. The War-ren-Crawford bill deals only with courts between justices of peace and the superior courts. That Is the level in which everybody agrees revision or "reform is most desperately needed.

Surplus Still Of

Food Plan Is Great Value

Saturday, March H,

erms

Although the state-wide program for distribution

By PATRICIA MOORE

While sponsors of the two pro- surplus foods comes after the woitt part of winter diffeenw'i apparently has departed North Carolina, it will still that the Bell-Tay!or folks think revision at all court levels is-necessary to obtain efficiency in the inferior courts, while the Warren-Crawford folks think the revision process should be. limited now to the intermediate , courts between Justices of peace and superior courts. All sides admit there is valid argument for both positions.

PROLONGEDThe controversy over changes in court structure has been long drawn out.

Commissions have studies it for many years, and in the 1959 General Assembly one of the bit-floor fights was over that issue. The' Bell-Taylor bill now pending is a modified form of the bill which was defeated last session. James McMillan, president of the N.C. Bar Association, told the House committee the other day he felt the most objectionable features had been eliminated. He begged the legislators not to spend time "killing dead snakes by opposing the current bill because^ of what the 1959 version contained..

North Carolina is not the only state where efforts for drastic court revision have been carried on for a long time. A paragraph in the Public Administration Bulletin notes that voters in New York will be given an opportunity to authorize a more efficient system of courts this fall.

A proposed constitutional amendment, passed by two sessions of the legislature, would unify the courts of New York City and add family courts upstate. Five or six courts would be abolished and their functions consolidated in one court. If the voters approve the plan, it will be the-first substantial reform in New Yorks court system in 113 years.

The columns on this page provide a place for interesting stories and sidelights which other-

be of tremendous value to many citizens of the state.

Throughout North Carolina it has been a hard winter, both in terms of weather and in terms of economic pressures. More than the normal number of people have been without jobs and without eligibility ie"ngM"^omitted*fromT^^ for unemployment compensation. These factors in turn paper, and also offer a refuge have thrown a heavier load on welfare agencies and

have caused available assistance to be spread thinner some of them are too good to over more people. p&ss up (there could be a dif-

In spite of the fact that employment will be more , t . 11. 1 s.- -X- j 11 think we stumbled upon one too

plentiful as agricultural activities gradually increase,

and as construction and other outdoor jobs open up any rate it was all in the with better weather, ther will still be many people line of duty, in North Carolina without sufficient food for their The new bookmobile had arrlv familie's. The surplus food program will provide welcome relief for these people.

By participating in the program, Pitt County will make possible this additional assistance for many of its own people who otherwise would find times still hard and food scarce even in the Spring months.

Sidelights On The Week

ed a short time ago. and the Sheppard Membrial Librarian, Miss Elizabeth Copeland, set out to attend a banquet here in town in it, so that those in attendsmce could observe the vehicle. This was only right, since they had worked and hoped for it.

So far so good. She got to the banquet and she remained through it. After it, she chatted for a few minutes. Those interested observed the new bookmobile (which incidentally has a few differences from the older

Other Editors Saying Policy Change Ur gee

onethis is important).

Then she left, proceeded to Fourth Street and at that point the bookmobile ceased to cooperate with her. It ceased running. . . . period.

When her efforts to start the vehicle failed. Miss Copeland .turned on the inside lights and proceeded to read a direction book to find out what to do.

It was at this point that assistance arrived; and found the librarian In the midst of Fourth Street reading within the bookmobile.

We hate to poll the story, but they got the bookmobile started and we dont imagine that trouble will happen again.

Stars In

ruture Xennedy Cabinet

ATTRACTIVESeveral members of the Legislature are concerned about the trend toward making crime attractive. He_^ noted, pending bills to abolish capital punishment in most cases; to raise Jurisdiction of recorders courts from $100 to $200 IB cases Involving stolen property, and to spend $180,000 for swimming pools at correctional schools. This plus the rehabilitation program at State Prison some of the legislators fear makes crime attractive.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) Its that time In the life of a new administration when looking at the Presidents Cabinet Is nke examining a chorus line to guess wholl, star.

By this time in President Elsenhowers first administration three of his Cabinet already were tagged as standout; Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey and Defease Secretary Charles E. Wilson. .

Its not that easy with President Kennedys Cabinet. Yet, he has some extremely forceful men around him. But so far Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg has had far more attention than the others.

Dulles, Humphrey and Wilson all lived up to early expectations. but in different ways, and w'ere on stage till the end of their service. Dulles and Humphrey became dominant and controversial.

Wilson, who occasionally popped off to his own disadvantage, was as controversial a* either of the other two but never seemed to acquire their authoritative voice.

By comparison the rest of that first Elsenhower team with the exception of Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson remained shadowy figures.

Goldberg, if only because of the events which Immediately began to overtake him. so far has given the impression of more speed than anyone else in the Kennedy Cabinet. His problems. of course, were of the kin* to make headlines.

First, he had to settle a tugboat strike which had New York in knots; then he had to settle an airline strike which had the nation in knots. He made a trip through the depressed areas, ap

peared repeatedly before Congress. and even flew to Miami to talk turkey to the APTL-CIO Executive Council.

Some of the others in the Cabinet will move up front and center as their problems multiply. So far theyve stayed pretty much out of sight, as if hibernating until spring.

Its doubtful Secretary of State Dean Rusk will ever get the publicity of Dulles. Hes not the type. Dulles was undisputed boss of foreign policy, went in for dramatics, was leaned on heavily by Elsenhower.

- Rusk lacks Dulles sense of dramatics, doesnt push himself or his ideas into the spotlight, seems determined to let Kennedy make the big statements in the foreign field.

Except for a few statements Agriculture Secretary Orville L. Freeman has been in the background, And this is a guess unless his farm programs strike sparks he isnt likely tobe a fiery figure.

J. Edward Day, by the very nature of his job as postmaster general, isnt front page material. And theres nothing theatrical-about Abraham A. Ribi-coff, secretary of health, education and welfare, an earnest, quiet man.

The rest of the Cabinet is unpredictable. The Presidents brother,' Robert F. Kennedy, attorney general, Isnt apt to cause problems for the President by pushing forward.

He is. however, a very active young man. And his actions, rather than his words, may assume an extremely important role in any appraisal of the Kennedy administration.

Interior Secretary Stewart L. Udall, aggressive and outspoken, almost certainly wont stay quiet to avoid conflict. Its too soon Continued on page six)

(MryviIle-AIco Times)

The visit of South American newsman, Juan Saldana of El Mercurio in Santiago, Chile, has merely confirmed the suspicions of many in this area of what has happened to our relations with South American countries.

Saldana, the managing editor of the biggest newspaper in Chile and one of the oldest in the Southern Hemisphere, edits what is called the New York Times of Chile. It is the national newspaper, if one could be called that in a country which has freedon of the press.

As such a newsman, he is\ a keen judge of international re-J lations and it was about thii^ that he talked to Maryvillians during his visit here with this writer. He spoke of many things but the main points he drove home were the lack of knowledge of our South American representatives of tiie customs and language of the people and the ihct that the exchange program adult and student should be broadened.

Saldana said that no.nation in South America could understand why the United States had ignored them since the war and they wanted to know what had happened to the "Good Neighbor policy. He spoke ot the billions of dollars that had gone out to other nations and the mere millions that had been spent in~ South America for the purpose of helping them improve themselves.

The South American people did not want gifts but they seemed to feel that the United States could offer them the same loan privileges given to far less deserving people, people who had not been good U. S. friends through the ages.

United States representatives evidently do not get to know the man on the street or the farmer out in the country, except the big landowner. They go around

with other American nationals and do not get to the grassroots of any political or economic program. Most of their time with South Americans is spent with government officials who take them where they want them to go and speak the straight

government line.

In addition, U. S. representatives generally did not speak the language of the country nor did they know or learn the customs of its people. Saldana spoke of one ambassador who spent eight years representing

the United States in a South

American country and made no attempt to learn the Spanish

language. ~

How can we expect to gain _T

friends in this manner? We [ 1

certainly do not seem to be fool- J-x s-

ing the South Americans with our lack of knowledge of their language and customs.

It is time for this country to wake up to the result of Inattention to our South American neighbors and to start putting our house in order there. We should do this for the sake of our relations with them as well as saving those countries from the dangers of communism.

Unle.sa we do help with the educational progress In South American countries through grants, loans, and technical help, there is a great chance that the countries will go to communism.

Unless we help the people of those countries to attain individual stature and jffess for agriculture and industrial reforms, they are likely to take the revolutionist way of achieving these goals.

This is a great challenge to our new President. He has taken one step in the wrong direction appointing a Puerto Rican as head of South American affairs.

It is our hope that the new administration will consider the other programs outlined here.

Another little sidelight occurred this week. It took the passing through of several different tsrping machines before it came out this way (purpoted to shock the proofreader, of course);

A barbecue and fried children dinner V will be held Saturday. Serving begins at 11 a.m. and will be sponsored by the heirs of Patrice Lumumba.

One of the boys w>ared this morning with a Ix-and-a-half-Inch Pepsi bottle.

His comment; Somebody must have picked this one befor It was ripe.

Opinions

If food and medicine are taxed under current relatively prosperous conditions, what wotdd North Carolina resort to in time of greater emergency? Greensboro Daily News.

Life Is a little thing life lasts only a little while, and If it goes out lighted with the torch of glory it is better than if it had lasted upon a dull level a thousand years. Woodrow Wilson.

All men are experts at coaching the football team, raising the neighbors' cWldren, advising the president, and Judging beautiful women. The California Farmer^

If we wer# realljT a political democracy. Instead of the republic we are. the will of the majority would habitually ride roughshod over the will of the majority. A republic creates and develops tolerance that acts as a bulwark against tyranny by the majority.Sen. Margaret Chase Smith.

That We Use

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 1961'. Kign Features Sjmdlcate, Inc. .r Every once in a whe, an accountant, quite offended, protests that I .do not make a distinction between tax evasion and tax avcridancje. I have no Intention of doing so. If a fellow sets to work with accountant and lawyer to discover a hole In the law. a gimmick, a trick, a weakness of administration, he Is evading taxes. The accountants would prefer that this be called tax avoidanc. They do not advise their cliente to evade taxes because such advice might put both client and the accountant in Jail. Nevertheless, they do show him how to avoid paying the tax, which they regard as honorable. Their excuse is that Congress write tBe lw carelessly and that they have no moral ohUgaUon not to take full advantage of Congresakraal poor craftsmanship. One accountant writes me:

". . .you create the impression that these profession vr* responsible for the laws that are obviously the wort of our legislators.

It does not matter whether It Is called tax evasion or tax avoidance, the fact is that there are large numbers of Americans who have discovered means not to pav taxes on a lsla of equality with other tax-payers. One can personalize the work, law. and give it an unjustified moral weight. A government policy, whether pursued by executive fiat or in accordance with some law, may have served a temporary purpose or may be an error of political Judgment or may have ceased to serve current conditions. Surely, this country, which has been suffering from excessive outflow of both gold and dollars, needs to adjust all its policie# relating to these conditions. Therefore the -outflow of dollars lor the purpose of tax evasion or tax avoidance is intolerable and the holes in the law making It possible should be plugged up and cemented over.

Why should I pay a fun Ux if another citizen can ship his dough to London to open a salami factory and pay no taxes because he is cultivating better international relations?

Some of the better relations are now coming home to roost. Brazil is an excellent example of how we get caught in traps of our own devising. We have poured millions into Brazil to assist that country to build its fantastic new capital and to give it new Industries. Many Brazilians and Italians in Brazil have become very rich as a result of American aid of variou orts. Also, we have encouraged the Brarilians to get a pedal benefit from the American peopla by the unconeclonable rise in ie price of coffee.

So Brazil now has a sew President and It is his p<>llcy to tell the United States to go to the devil. Imitating Ostro, President Quadros is giving the United States a bad time.

Why wait until the dtuation becomes too unpleasant? Why not take action right nowtoday? Why not put a tariff on Brazilian coffee which will make every Brazilian squirm? Let them sell their ooffee to Soviet Russia and Red Oitna, where the people, quite sensibly, prefer tea.

To avoid taxes, AntMrtoans putting their money aH over the world. Granted that taxes are high, that they are brutally collected by narrow - minded, unimaginative coflecton whose pay is so poor that they never understand why someone else earns more panted all that, tax evasion and tax avoidance are intolerable. They are tricks to give one dttzen an advantage over another.

An aocountant qutie eorreetly writes me;

. .The harm eonslsts not only in diverting funds to other countries for construotkm of large plants, with subsequent drajn on our gold reserve, but the employment of foreign pep* soimel which Increases our unemployment problem in this country. Further, the articles produced abroad are returned to this country at mooh lower prices than comparable articles produced here.

One grows a fait weary of self-serving moralizing socn as this;

"It must be mdsratood bat

(Continued on page at

Predictions Not Based On Stars

By ELMER' ROESSNER starve.

Here are more business prog- Help to

JiQ&UcaliaQ5 based more on Through all

Chiang Kai-chek:.

this, the United

Strength For Today

analyses of developing situatJtS^ States ^ must permit NeiioneUst

By EARL L.*DOUGLASS THAT EXTRA EFFORT

"I was glad when they said 'unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord

Crime is Increasing faster than the population. Divorce Is on the Increase. Juvenile delinquency has reached alarming proportions. There must be

than upon the stars;

Fade in Japanese boycott: Union demahds for boycotts of Japanese textiles will diminish. Unions leaders are getting the message from the White House that enforcement of such a boycott would aid Communist na-

something wrong somewhereisepeclally China,

So Said the psalmist, but what u/hat Lk it? yewRpii china in the United Na-.

say you? Glad? Perhaps willing. Maybe with the fecilng, Do I have to do this again?, but getting to church fairly well on lime anyway.

"Wait. you say, "I am s regular and faithful church attendant. Fins! Praise the Lord, and may youc^,trlbi .A

godlHi nation'is-on the sIBiU, aniTsure sooner or ister to be cast out on the dump heap.. But can we say that our nation la a godless nation?

no;* Htrfl * wr ran- thank Ood for this fact. But this does not mmn

What is it?

For the most part coni-placency. Were not so bad. and we let it go at that. We live decent, upright lives and attend church with more or less consistency. We beljj^e what the church teaches and what the minister says.

Wh&i -then? one.

-oceasibn; When ye shaU-have done an these things which were commanded you. say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which wak our d)ily to do.. iLuke 17:10). '

We have to go a bit beyond

tions: Analysis of existing evidence Indicates that it Is only a question of time until China is admlttedi Whats needed now is formul' by which the Red Chinese. 15 Free Chinese and the Ur. d Slates can save facCT* VITTLE . FOR MAO

Aid. to Mainland China: Once

China to save face, too. There will be more military aid to Taiwan, especially of the more spectacular kinds, such as jets, to the Formosa outpost.

Red China wHI consent: Since it regards the Taiwan government as ineffectual. Peiping will trade its threats of attacks for U.N. recognicin. But it wlll not give up the privilege of denouncing the Chiang government.

If all this sounds Improbable, clip out this column and put It in your December. 1961, file, at which tlmeeyou may have good grounds for writing sarci^tic letters.

MORE LOOK AHEADS

x>ur..4ipirltijaj ,lif)e ls_^ that, and each has to decide for play patsy n operating at top efficiency. hlms'elT hoV

lle^TOrrk - tz-rtdntitteai^ to ,

United Nations, it wiD IMmlt the lanes of many steel users- are

existence of famine but, again lower than they have admitled.

to save face, will spurn gifts. They will begin to correct the

but make bargain purchases of Inventory situation this month

gralh ani tAfew tbodstuifs. Once because few dare to afltar. the

again, the United States will ~ summer months with insufficient play patsy rather than let any materials. Steel orders have al-

the rise will bs greater through this month.

Tax records can save yon: It is becoming ihore apparent that the Administration requires more money for New Frontiers, yet durst not ask for tax rate rises. The only solutions are unpopular increases In Federal borrowing,the tightening Federal tax collections. The latter will obviously come before the former. So keep business records whistle-clean. Document all expense - account items; make sure owners travel and expense items are justified; make sure payments for employees expenses are not merely bonuses to them.

Drab days ahead for foreign, bottoms: Bottoms of cargo

ships, that is. The campaign to - stop ,U..ftDUlow

ing ttghte? enfdrcoihent of regu- lations prviding for sending aid abroad in American ships. Meanwhile, the new managers of the ' Export-Inxport Bank are to report to NationalAdvisory Council by the end of this month

- fs JtiPMD Aamg Joarea^es Jiiil yhat^ steps ahoidd t^^ takea

make American roanulaotureri more competitive ta loraign markets. The bank may recommend greater use of domMtlo ships. On the other hand. It may encourage American producers to export by the cheapest ear-riers, whether American or not. This situation will mal^ bead* llnei in the ne;|) few weeks.

.SELL THEM ANYTmNO ' BUT NOT TRAFFIU TICKET8I

"Let% call a halt to thia exi* port business, the Old Promoter said as he laid one flat foot in front of another in his marcli to the visitors chair today.

"By shipping yo-yos, hula hoof. and chewing gum abroad; ***we may be Americanizing th world.' but we arent making friends. Recently the London bobbles started issuing

oan^tyI; tftflc VdketsT.i-___

er found one under his wtodihteld wiper and declared, *I accept hot dogs.* I accept l<jed tea. But I will not accept American traffic tickets.- __

We said wc agreed and a&