PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR. CR^ENVILLE, C

Saturday. March 25. 1961

> Saturday, March 25, 1961

Mind If Hefse#. Vour D^k?

Reds Given Choice Of War Or Talk

President Kennedy, in the first major intrh' tional crisis to develop d^uring his administration, has acted to show the Soviets and the world that the United States does not intend to stand by mieekly and allow areas to be swallowed up by communist forces.

In his statement on Laos, the President has made it clear that the United States will not back down from its commitments to insure the independence of that ~small naUn3" Sdutheast Asia. He likewise made it clear that it is the hope of the United. States that the communist attacks on the Laos government will cease and a peaceful settlement can be reached at the conference table.

While theJPresident made no threats against the Soviets, his carefully worded statement left no doubt that he would support the use of force if necessary to prevent Laos from falling into comm^unist hands.

While few Americans like to consider the possibilities of another Korean-like war in the Far East, the , position President Kennedy has taken in the present -acrisis should ser\e to show the Soviets that the new President does tint intend to hand over Free World territoiy to communism by default. It likewise should

show the Soviets that there is now in the Whitr House ^ a man who is willing to move offensively b.efore an

Some Contrast

..n riOQQGS i QlK Fitting Tribute To

^ international situation deteriorates beyond Ihe point of recovery, ^

The position taken by President Kennedy in thia situation may be a preview of a new kind of rink-manship which the new Chief of Staff of the United States is willing to practice to thwart communist aggression. The position he has taken indicates^ to enemies and allies alike that the United States intends to fulfill its commitments to weak nations in all parts of the world.

All things considered, this latest statement by the President, coupled with obvioiis military moves in the event they are needed, has lessened rather than increased the . possibility of armed^ conflict involving American personnel.-It has increased appreciably the chances of the Laotian question being settled at the conference table rather than on the battlefield. It has likewise brought about a situation in which the Soviets willjiave to re-evaluate the willingness of the United States to meet force with force in any area of the globe.

The President has made clear the alternatives in settling the problem in Laos. The Soviets must make the choice between the battlefield and the conference table . . . and there is good reason to believe

they will choose the latter.

By LYNN NISBT

STARThe tar actor at the CStiaens Association dinner here the othtt- night was Luther Hodges, secretary of commerce and fwmer Governor. He wasnt billed a the tar. In fact hLs came did not appear In any advance publicity, which did play P biff the appearance of Pred-riclE R. Kappel. president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company, who made the IRdncipal addre.

Hodges came to receive the Certificate of Distinguished Citi-aenshlp, awarded each year by the Citizens Association to some outstanding North Carolinian. The name of the recipient is always kept secret until the award Is made at the annual dinner. Enough information had leaked ut to assure a good attendance of Hodges friends among the approxlnmte 500 dinner guests.

CONTRASTThere was recog-cinU>le contrast in the speeches made by Kappel. who was presented as the head of the biggest corporation in the world, and by Hodges, who was presented as a member of the Kennedy cabinet. And close observers noted some contrast in the attitude of Secretary of Commerce Hodges and that of Governor Hodges, The cabinet member put more emphasis on the responsibility of government to, take the lead in economic development and scientific research. The corporation president accepted for private enterprise the primary responsibility for such projects. There was agreement that cooperation between government and private business is absolutely essential to survival. The difference was in the degree or ratio of primary obligation.

PROPHETIC-Kappcl did not waste much time reviewing the progress in communication and the contribution his company and Its auxiliary affiliates had made. He assumed the role of a prophet rather than a historian. He predicted that within a very few years any person ansrwherc will be able to tune in'* and talk to almost any person anywhere else in Americaand both parties to the conversation will be able to see as well as hear the party on ttie other end. And his vision was not limited to America or to the earth. He envlsag-td the conquest of outer space In the communication circuit, and pledged the resources of his ffigantic corporation to aid in this conquest. He said his folks are willing to take the lead in research and development and to make their findings available to govMnment.

MIDDLEMEN Between the positions taken by Kappel and Hodges came two distinguished North Carolinians who bridged the ffap. Governor Terry Sanford, who succeeded Hodges as chief executive, presented

Kappel. Spencer Love, head man in the far flung Burlington Industries textile empire, presented the award to Secretary Hodges. What they said was of equal significance with what the main* speakers said, but It lacked the news appeal.

Presentation of the Citizenship award to Hodges cdpped the big headlines in North Carolina newspapers and radio announcements. The Kappel speech got priority treatment in newspapers . outside of North Carolina. Sanford and Love were mentioned in nearly all of the^news stories, but at secondary level, both in and out of the state.

DIVERSITYOne of the most Interesting things about the Judiciary committees of the General Assembly Is the diversity of subject matter in bills referred to them. Consider one House committee meeting which was admittedly much duller than average.

The issues discussed Included the propriety, or lack of it. of mentioning in open court the fact that a defendant in an automobile accident damage suit was covered by insurance; a brief discussion of the controversy between Certified Public Accountants and just plain Public Accountants as to rights for making out tax returns, etc.; discussion of whether or not the sheriff of Guilford county should be absolved from accountability for damages done to automobiles removed from the Greensboro-High Point airport for violation of parking restrictions at the airport: and whether all licensed dentists or only members of the N.C. Dental Society should have a vote in nominating members of the dental licensing board.

All of these matters, and a great many more, must be "covered by legislative regulations. as to committee handling. And the Judiciary committees have the dual role of responsibility for most of the highly Important legislative proposals dealing with basic rights of the people and a sort of trash box dumping place for everything the presiding officers do not know where else to send

Our Greatest Asset

The Salute to East Carolina College** to be staged here next month under the auspices of the Greenville Jaycees and with the cooperation of other organizations, is a fitting tribute to the college and what it means to this community.

There is no getting around the fact that East Carolina College is probably the greatest asset Greenville and Pitt County have. Neither is there any doiibt that many communities of North Carolina would put up literally millions of dollars to relocate East Carolina College in their respective areas if that were possible. They not only recognize what a college like East Carolina means to an area and a community, but they also look with envy upon those relatively few communities of the state which are fortunate enough to be the location of major institutions of higher learning.^

The special salute to East Carolina College will serve to reiterate the awareness Greenville has of the benefit East Carolina College is lo the area. It will also serve to show those directly affiliated with the college and those in other parts of the state that Greenville is proud indeed of the important service East Carolina is rendering to the state.

The histories of Greenville and East Carolina College for more than 50 years have been identified closely. What affected East Carolina for better or worse also affected Greenville, and vice versa. The future of the institution and the city are likewise bound together.

In saluting East Carolina College, Greenville is saluting the institution which has played a vital role in making the city what it is today . . . and what it wiil be in the tomorrows of the future.

By ALVIN TAYLOR

Traffic Iniuries Mount

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Things just go, on getting worse as far as traffic Injuries in North Carolina go. Figures released by the North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles show that there wei^e more than four times as many injuries in 1960 than in 1940.

The 1940 injuries for the state were 5598 and in 1960 there were 26,953. Of course, there were many more miles driven last year than 20 years ago which would account for much of the increase.

However, the jump m traffic deaths has not been nesu'ly so dramatic. In 1940 there were 991 traffic fatalities in the state while in 1960 there were 1,218. Strangely enough there were more traffic fatalities in 1941 than there were In 1960j. In fact, the record for the 20 year period was set that year when 1589 persons died on the highways.

There was a drop off in fatalities during the war yews thus-ly: 1942, 842; 1943. 684; 1944, 658; 1945, 732. Highway deaths went right back up in 1946 to 1,028. For 1947, 48, 49. 50 fatalities stayed below 1,000. In 1951 the number went to 1,071 and deaths

ha^e stayed above 1,000 since with the exception of 1954 when they dropped to 991.

Injuries during the 20 irear period hit a low po4nt of 3,l6l in 1943. From then on it was almost a steady increase reaching the figure of 12552 in 1950; 17,875 in 1955; 19,061 in 1957; 21,412 in 1958 24,802 in 1959 and 26,953 in 1960. *

lows .8. 13 which, of course, passes directly on a north-south course through Pitt County.

However, promoters said they will not necessarily follow U.S. 13 from its present deadend at Goldsboro if It goes toward New Orleans as has been proposed. They say the Pleasure Route will probably go to Clinton and then follow U.S. 701 on south.

If there is anything to the power of suggesticm. travelers on the Pleasure Route will soon be the happiest folks in the world.

As they travel this north-south route, motorists will be confronted with a smiling moon face marker adorned witti the words Pleasure Route.

But, they pointed out, all plans so far are tentative and they are open to suggestions.

Ooinions

Promoters hope that travelers will be so happy along this route, what with some promotion by businesses along the way, that they will tell their friends and they, too, will follow the smiling sign.

Such plans were laid out by officials from a promotion association who met with local individuals here this week.

The Pleasure Route now fol-

Brief

"n Saving Laos

Helph^ with the dishes and housework makes for a happier marriage and Its a shame mory wives dont do it.Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont,

SHIFTING PAGES-The policy of working shifts for pages, which has been invoked more this session than ever before, occasions frequent complaint on part of legislators and others who depend upon the pages for running errands. Just about the time the pages learn where members are seated and how to carry bills and messages, a new bunch of pages Is brought In. This policy allows many more boys and girls to get the experience of serving, but It undoubtedly handicaps efficient operation of the General Assembly.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Kennedy has three gigantic problems in trying to save Laos an unproductive country of 90,000 square miles and two million easy going people from communism.

In his news conference statement on Laos Thursday night he avoided a shrill note. But two of his problems, the immediate ones, are danger-loaded. The third, long range and simple-looking, is just as baffling.

1. How peacefully to get the rebels. Red-led and Red-supported to stop trying to take over the country by force. Kennedy has called on Russia, which is giving supplies to the rebels, to agree to a cease-fire.

2. What if this faUs? Use force, which would be mainly American force, to stop the rebels? It could be another Korea, but worsea war with Red China or Russia, or both.

3. Suppose a showdown Is averted now and Kennedy gets what he says he wants; A neutral Laos "tied to no outside power. How can It be saved from A Red-takeover eventually anyway, from inside if not outside?

Laos borders on two Commu-nl.st countries: Red China and Red North Viet Nam. china stayed out of the Korean war until Gen. Douglas MacAHhur took his forces close to the Red Chinese-North Korean border.

Laos has four non-Communtst neighbors. It is therefore a key place In Southeast Asia. Once Laos goes, the pre.ssure will begin on the neighbors.

Unless the Reds are stopped In Laos, they will take it as a sign

of Am^icftn weakness and push ahead to the next stop. But even if there is a truce and Laos becomes neutral, then what?

It cant stay neutral. Thats simple. The United- States and the Communists will both be busy in Laos trying to influence ft in one way or another. This, struggle would go on for years.

Since 1954 this country has poured $314'million Into Laos. But and its a very important but 85 per cent of that money went into the Laotian army, the police force, and financial support of the Laotian civil budget. . . j

The army is equipped, trained. paid and even fed by this country. Laos earns only a tiny fraction of its own expenses. Its exports In 1960 totaled only $1.6 million while Its national deilcity was $33 million. It would need outside help even If there were no East-West contest over it.

If Laos were neutralized, neither the West nor East would permit the other to build up the countrys military forces. It wouldnt need much of an army, anyway, If it were truly neutralized.

But the West and communism would compete with each other to help the Laotians in other fields and try to influence them, openly or otherwise. Thus the contest between East and West, without war would be unending.

One thing Is sure: In our time real peace Is unlikely In Southeast Asia. Anyone who understands communi.sm, and has watched Red China, knows It wont slop trying to gobble not only southeast Asia but all Asia. _

Other Editors Saying More, Not Less

(The Raleigh News and Observer)

Automation, reports a Congressman who is also a member of the Steelworkers Union, will eliminate four million Jobs in the next five years.

This gentleman, in a report to Pri^dent Kennedy, was speak-iSirWil^fly of office and clerical workersSUndoubtedly, however, "labor sa^^g devices are jiist that. He wants a further study of the matter. It might be useful but his complaint Is at least as old as that of the "loom busters who resented tl;jp elimination of hand looms nearly two hundred years ago. Many printers were sure that the linotype machine would end the hope of workers in the printing trades. The fact is that in both these fields Jobs have multiplied.

Of course, the problems presented by automation are serious. It is also serious that many feel that America today cannot produce at costs which compete with other nations in the free world. This country has got to produce more for less if it is to maintain its leadership in business and industry. The way to that is what we now rather shame - facedly speak of as "American know-how. And in the days of our pride in that phase it meant using American

Ingenuity to produce more, better, cheaper. From that ingenuity, we were able to raise American living standards to the highest point in the world and in history. We are not going to keep those standards high by putting a penalty on Ingenuity which is the parent of automation. ^

There is no way of knowing how m&ny American youngsters have been lured into original scientific thought through the science fairs held annually across the length and breadth of this nation, but there are probably many. It Is one of the brighter prospects on a horizon that has not been universally bright.Tulsa Tribune.

The only way we are going to have more jobs or more of anything is to produce more. Of course, there might be more jobs if we let several men do what one man with proper equipment can accomplish. That would mean less goods and higher prices. It would mean that America could not keep pace with other nations which are too effectually competing with us now.

* "Piggybacking is a logical evo-lutlon in transportation which the Teamsters Union cannot block any more than the railroads could prevent the use of tracks. Industrial News Review.

" His tax proposals are liable to make the truck driver so mad at President Kennedy they wont even tell him which are the best places to eat.Kansas City Stafr.

The problem Is not making things less efficiently. The prob-' lem for all is making more efficiently. Such change will cause pain to some. Public provision should be made to give them greater protections in change and training for change, too. Any proposal, however, which would put brakes on Ingenuity In gettings tasts accomplished with less human labor would be one to slow down Americas progress at a time when other nations are blowing hard on the back of our necks.

When politicians agree, the angels may rejoice but the voters just wonder whats cooking. Boston Globe.

When government Is growing faster than private business we know that we are getting deeper and deeper into socialistic government. McCiMnb (Miss.) Enterprlse-Joumal.

"Remember, the government is you and you are the government. When the government spends moneyyou will pay in increased tax rates. Gibson (Minn.) Gazette.

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Even when a man retires to the den in his home he is no lion in the house.Crawfcatl-ville (Ga.) Advocate-Democrat.

By GEORGE E. S0K0L5KY

Copyright. 1961. King Features Syndicate, Inc.

" The Soviet strategy Is hit at the West, spot by spot, couatry-by country. Diixing this year. Red China and Soviet Russia have attacked three spots, Chiba, Congo and Laos. This Is a beginning. Unless American policy firms up, before th year is over, the West will be attacked In Brazil and Panama as well as In Napal and perhaps Kashmir. R Is an Imperialist movement for world conquest.

The Soviet Universal State strikes wherever there Is weakness. Its principal function is the eventual weakening of the United States until this country cannot afford to withstand Soviet pressure upon It. It is a brilliant strategy and thus far has been surprisingly successful. With Prance absorbed in the Algerian-situation and weakened by It, no great Power remains on the continent of Europe to resist Soviet pressures. Great Britain, which once was a bulwark o fstrength, haa only recently recovered from economic weakness and is not prepared to do more than support American policy wherever it can.

Great Britain is troubled considerably by its Commonwealth, the members o which are no longer willing to follow a foreign policy designed at 10 Downing Street. India . pursues Its own course; South Africa has withdrawn from the Commonwealth; Canada is beset by an irrational nationalism; Australia and New Zealand have no stomach for another war against an Oriental people. It Is British policy to accommodate Itself to Red China In the hope of lessenlhg tension in Asia, but sooner or later, such countries as Afghanistan, Pakistan and India will feel th# squeeze of Russian and Chinese pressure and will be shrieking for help. Will Britain be able to help them or shall that burden be hurled at us?

Labs^ an example of what is happening^Laos rather than the Congo. This is a small area cut out of what used to be French Indo-China. This French colony is now divided into four countries: North Viet Nam,

South Viet Nam, Laos and Cambodia. Laos is a slice that lies between Viet Nam and Thailand and therefore it is very Important because if Laos should become Communist, both Cambodia and Thailand would be in peril. It would mean that Communist Power would come down to the Gulf of Siam, and Burma would be In immediatt danger.

The United States spent hundreds of millions of dollars to strengthen Laos, but what has been necessary since 1945, in Asia, has been to recognize reality, namely that Red China is an enemy of the United States and seeks to destroy this country in accordance with the teachings of Marxism-Leninism. Tho easiest way to damage the United States is completely to Isolato this country, to cut off its trade. Its associations wltii other nations. <

The northern boundary of Laos is Red China, the old provlncs of Yunnan, now called Kunming. This province contains many non-Chinese peoples, particularly abor^inal tribes which regard the Chinese as enemies. Thers are also Burmese peoples in this region and Khmers who aro unrelated to the Chinese. In recent years, leftovers of Chiang ^ai-sheks Nationalist armies have settled on the Burmese frontier and make forays into Yunnan. Nevertheless, the CTil-nese Communists have succeeded in assisting Communist armies in Laos. Some of it has been done by air-lift in direct violation of decisions of the United Nations. The theory that a way to peace can be found by admitting Red Chain into the United Nations is negated by their conduct in Laos where they are continuing to pursue the fundamental strategy ol the Soviet Universal State which is to take over pieces of the Earth, wherever there Is softness or wherever the Western powers retreat before their threats.

The strong stand that Secretary of State Dean Rusk is taking on the Laos question is therefore fully justified. One may ask why Insist on Soviet Russia acting properly in Laos, while we have passed over so many incidents In other places. A stand must be made somewhere against

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Some Rambling Business Notes

By ELMER ROESSNER,\ opinion.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS HOPE OR DECLINE

The mortRagean Interesting document but for the most part a sad one.

It depends, however. on whether the mortgage represents hope or failure. Many times it represents hope In fact it does so probably in an overwhelming majority of cases Two young people starting out want to build a home. They cannot possible,, raise Immediately the money necessary for the building of that home. They buy' the home, therefore, subject to a mortgage and this they amortize by payments over a stated number of years. This represents hope. In all thi^. field of investment there Is nothing so profitable as the purchase of a borne which the bqjer himseli

occupies. Here we see the mortgage as a sign of hope and expectation.

But. sometimes the mortgage is a *sl((n of failure. A person has started to slip, slip,^ slip, and at last a mortgage is 'clapped on property to try to forestall further financial slipping. This is.the mortgage in Its saddest aspect.

Some rambling notes wby a rambling business reporter; -Tenderloin steak isnt so expensive after all. I recently paid 53 cents for a four-ounce package of "Genoa salami. Thus happened in a supermarket where, as everybody knows, they sell for less. That figures out to $2.12 a pound. The store also had packages of bologna at only 33 cents a four-oynce package, or $1.32 a pound.

There are always two sides to every human problem, the^

happy ridp,^ and he sad or slnlstef side, the mortgage

ought to be and in most cases Is a challenge, a spur, an ambition to be fulfilled. It is the symbol of hope, the growing family, the vision of better things. We need to snap to solemn attention if it is &nj-

People born under the sign of Tam-us must be unlucky. I have tried almost all of thq crabgrass killers and still have the finest crop of drabgrass pn my block. ' - ...

THE NOTE OF HONESTY

The name of a frjend of mine is frequently V given as a reference because he has such a great heart. He always cites some vi^y minor shortcoming, such as, Jones was not one of our best spellers. or Jones was a little too aggressive in defending his own ideas in staff meetings This made effusive praises of other points actually seem credible.

An ad in the New York Journal of Commerce read:

LIQUOR COMPANY. WUl repre.sent In the state of

of Sun CSiemlcal Co., predicts industry will spend $26 bllUon (sic) a year on packaging by 1970. In other words, ultimate consumers will be paying $26 billion a year for packages they cant resist. One of these days some genius is going to bring back the old cracker barrel.

mals can convert surplus whai# meat Into pelts. One farm reports it costs an average o $19.17 a pelt, which appears to be cheaper than United States costs.

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.-Tf I were hiring someone. Id question the candidate about jobs he had held for only one or two months,. then cihecc Jhose 'employers. They-* might not have so much Information on the applicants abilities, but they would bf much franker in glvtng their

part. Active in recent campaign. ' Have good connec-> tions. The best of references. Resident of Olympia, the Capitol...

Would a company that (eesnt know the difference between "capitol and "capital know the difference between "whisky and whiskey?

John S. Thome, fice president

"BY A NOBLEMAN IN THE COUNTY

My favorite Worcestershire sauce, complying with the law, states on the label: "Prepared from soy, anchovies, onions, eschalots, tamarinds, garlic, vinegar, water, sugar salt, spices and flavoring.

Get that: they put In soy, an^' chovies,-opions, eschalots, tamarinds. garhc, salt and spices and then they flavor U!

A cute promotional ginunick to Increase the sale of staples and staplers is a booklet telling how to make toys, plajrthlngs, gifts and household articles out of' paper, remnants, buttons, cardboard, etc., with staplers. For a free copy, write Bostltch, 2021 Briggs Dr.. East Greenwich, R. I. jfc I *

The Japanese are now raising mink. Farms there had 34,000 animals by the end of 1%0. Because 8 per cent of a minks diet Is fish or .animal meat, several whaling companies' have started mink farms. Ihs' ani-

Billboards may become a new medium for selling single houses. In Winston-Salem, N.C., Jack \ Thrift, transferred to Atlanta, had a 24-sheet billboard put up In a good location and sold his house in 11 days. In Portland, Ore., A.L. Platky, transferred to Los Angeles, sold his house In a snort > time with a sipgle WUh * board. His cost for layout, production and board rental was 1145.

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