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Fridfty! M*fch 31, 1961

Friday, March SI, 1961

School Improvement Plan Opposed?

In recent weeks it has been the concensus among Tar Heels that'a vast majority of North Carolinians favor the proposals of Gov. Sanford to bring far-reaching improvementa in the public schools.

'While numerous'Objections have been raised to the governors proposals for providing sufflfclent additional revenue to finance his program, the opinion has prevailed that most North Carolinians were willing to pay the cost of the improved program through some sort-^of tax increases.

The results of a proposed school tax increase in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County this week may cause a- revision in that prevailing opinion. School officials of both Winston-Salem and Forsyth County had indicated they may have tp cut down on educational serv ices unless additional local revenues were provided to finance the local school system. Voters of the city and county went to the polls to vote on the increase in school taxes, and turn them down by a

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By LYN*N NISBET . UTTLE bill The little -bay^-tetrodactd early the session by Rep. Mack Isaac~of Avery to change the word **may to the word shall" turned out to be more far

inee be named. The State board did not appeal, but changed the appointment to conllrm to the

reaching than even the tntro-ducer and his Republican colleagues thoufbt. The purpose was to require rather than just permit the county boards of election from nogainees made by the county chairmen of the re-epective political parties. It looked food on its face, and some of the most rabid Democrats on the .committee supported it. In fact, a motion for a favorable report was made by an eastern Democrat. That motion was withdrawn at request of other members in order to give ti.me for further study. bigThe study disclosed that ft was in fact a very big bill that might disrupt the whole election machinery in the itate. Every Democrat who epofae against it at the second committee consideration 'and most of them had. originally fa-ored itt insisted their attitude was not influenced by partisan politics.

Two illustrations were given:

In one county last year the Democrats => were pretty evenly, divided into two factions. The wtn-ninf faction had a narrow mar-fin, but obtained control of-the county committee. A few days later the new chairman demanded the county board of elections to fire every registrar and poll-bolder and name an entire new slate recommended by the in-cfibent Democratic chairman And in another county there were nval factions, each claiming control ..ef the party organization. So the elections board could not know ^which set of nominees to accept.

Although the Isaac bill was admittedly designed to take care of bad situations in Just thfee.or four counties, when the eomniittee looked into it was evident that it- would seriously affectcounty in the State.

STATE RULEThe laws now Impose upon the State Board of Eleetioos with respect to ap-pOintiBf county boards the same mandatory limitations which the Isaac bill would have put upon the county boards with respect to precinct officials. The statute ' says that the state chairman of each political party shall have the right" to nominate personnel for county election boards. Then it shall be the duty'* of the State board to name members from thaf list.

Some years ago the late George McNeill of Fayetteville, e member of the State board of lections, refused to go along, with a rcommendation of the* county chairman hnd insisted on" naming another man to the Cumberland .county* board. The matter went to court and the Ute Judge W., C- Harris in Wake superior court ovtruled the State Board and dtdered that the county chairmans nom-

Lnter when Charles Britt of Asheville was chairman of the sute board he declined to accept nominatioha from about a dozen mountain counties and substituted friends of his political faction. That situation did not get into court, but there was public clamor and upon advice of them Attorney General Harry McMuUan the-SUte board held a second' meeting, .rescinded the original appointments and named county boards from - the list of nominees. . i ..

CX)NTROL Since the Isaac bill was reported unfavorably by the committee, discassion of Its provisions is academic. The i-ssuc, however, is not settled. There is question whether either the State or the county boards of elections should be hamstrung by specific legislation which places control over election machinery in the hands of unsworn non-public partisan officials rather than ip the hands ,of the legally constituted public of-' ficials who have taken oaths of office. _

NON-PARTISAN Because the bill was introduced by a Republican there was evidence of partisan color In the early debate. Some Democrats opposed. more or less frankly, just because.of its Republican sponsorship. Other Democrats supported it because on its face it seemed to be fair and they did not want to be put in position of opposing it just because of its sponsorship.

Further study proved that paf-ty affiliaUon had very little to do with the whole business. In fict, most of the later dpposi-tlon came from countlea which have no Republican vote of consequence. It was not brought out gt the committee meeting, hut learned from other aources, that the newly formed State A.s-soclation of County Election Officials was 100 percent opposed to the idea.

State law requires that not more than three of the five members of the State Board of Elections shall be from the same political party, and not more than two of the tjiree members of Lha county boards. Under ex isung condltiona that means a Democratic ^njority on every board. In event of a Republican state admlniatration it would mean a majority of Republicans on every board.

The question is not representation of the minority party, but how' these representatives shall be selected, whether by unsworn non-public party chairmen or by sworn public officials respon-aible to all the people of the atate..

There is growing sentiment that Instead of extending the mandatory provisions to county boards, the State'^board should be relieved of the statutory obligation to accept partisan nominees.

vote of 4 to 1 in the county and almost 2 to 1 in the city. ^

This should raise important questions in the minds of the leaders of the'state:

If the' people of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County are unwHHnf to inerease thair local taxea to proVide for their local school needs, do they feel the same w*ay about increasing state taxes to provide for school needs?

Does the result of the referendum in Forsyth County reflect the feeling, of people in other counties across North Carolina?

Although there was considerable criticism two years ago of assertions by Gov. Hodges that local governments should assume a larger share of the burden for public schoeis, it is evident that local governments will have to do more for schools at the local Jevel even under the far-reaching state-wide program proposed by Gov. Sanford. If local governments are not willing to itiove forward to enhance their local public school programs In conjunction with a state-wide effort, North Carolina will not 1be able to make the progress in education now envisioned.

It is to be'^hoped that the recent vote in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County does not reflect the atti-"tude of North Carolinians as a whole toward providing additional revenue to meet the needs of public education. At the same time, state oificials and educational leaders should not ignore the possibility that there is considerably more opposition to the much-needed school improvement program than heretofore

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UN Could Fcdl Apart For Failure To Share

It is-difficult to visualize a United Nations that has.withstood the siege of international crises for more than a decade being undermined and destroyed because its members refu.se to financially support it. its members refuse to financially support it.

' And yet, that is the situation today as the U.N. faces bankruptcy because fe.w of its members re willing to share in defraying the co.st of the U.N. action in the strife-torn Congo. Without the efforts of the United Nations in the period since World War II it is highly probable that the nations of the world would have been drawn again into global conflict. Short of another global war, there can be no doubt that the prevented many time.s in those yers smaller wars that* would have reached into every segment of the globe.

Such open conflicts would have cost the nations of the world many times what it has cost to support the United Nations as a f-oriim to iron out international difficulties. Those same nations which now refuse to pay a share of the cost U.N. operations would have paid many limes morenot only in money but in blood had it not been for the work of the organization. Now they say for various reasons they cannotaf-

8y ALVIN TAYLOR

News Out Of Charlotte

Recently your columnlat haa taken cognizance o! the religious scene in Charlotte through the pages 0 sister publications The Charlotte News and'The Charlotte Observer.

Things are mighty interesting in the Queen City, I can report; mighty interesting.

For instance Julian Scheer who writes a crackerjack column in the News reports n the predicament of Dr. Warfter Hall of the Coventnt Presbyterian Church.

Seems the learned man was on his way to the First Methodist Church where he was to act as a pallbearer in a funeral,, Scheer reports.

What would happen but that

his car should run out of gas squarely in front of the House of Prayer for All People.

One of the late Daddy Gnaces captains came out and gracieusly offered Dr. Hall a ride, Scheer stld. Dr. Hall was grateful, hopped in, rode off in the car with House of Prayer For All People painted on the side doors. *

He was a little late getting to the church and the family of the deceased (all prominent South CaroUnlans) were, waiting. They almost collapsed when they saw the wheezing 1930 Cdillac drive up and a uniformed man hop out. The man opened the door, clicked his heels, aluted and bade^a-fend farewell

to his passenger Dr. Warner Hall I

Meanwhile over at the Charlotte Observer, the community's morning paper, a reporter had been ealled jipon to cover the doings of an evangelist named A. A. Allen.

The -Observer reported that Evangelist Allen told a crowd of about 200 people there recently that if they each pledged $100 to him God might give them Cadillacs.

ford to participate in the cost of financing the organizations operations. Indeed, history appears to indicate they'cannot afford not to paj** the cost of the organization's operatioiij^.

Without the United Nations, international relationships today would be vasHy more chaotic than they afc. Future efforts toward establishing real and lasting peace in the world would be rendered w;holly ineffective.

Individual governments Jook the po.ition several decades ago that they could not afford to support the League of Nations, and so they deserted the organization . . . only to become embVciled in World War II.

In a very real sense, it is not merely the organization known as the United Nations which is at stake in the current financial crisis. The future of civilization is likewise at stake, and nali('n.s large and imall, strong and weak, rich and poor .should quickly recognize this fact.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The quiet, please." technique of the Kennedy Administration has paid pretty good dividends so far at home and. abroad, in handUng both Congress and the Russians.

Latest home cxample: Th comfortable House vote Wednesday for President Kennedy's program to help depressed 'areas. This about clinche.s it for -him. The Senate already had pased a similar measure.

And thla week, too. he .seems to have persuaded the Riussians to cool off a bit on Laos.

In foreign affair* Kennedy, like President Elsenhower, has avoided loud noises, except that in Eisenhowers case his secretary of state, JolTif Fototer Dullles, made enough noLse for both of them.

Kennedys secretary of state, Dean Rusk, just the opposite from Dulles, Ls letting the President d(f the main talking in foreign affairs. And Kennedy, while itlonty touuli, lias...piU:ht^-t^ everything in a low key.

In one Important way in. dealing -with Congress Kennedy Is following President Eisenhowers policy, although U seems to be natural with him anyway. But in one important way he isnt.

Eisenhower avoided name-calling. personal attacks, and. fights with senators and r(^presenta-tives. even when they were undercutting him. So does Kennedy.

There the similarity ends,

Whefe Elsenhower seemed to pat his programs on the head, send them trotting up to Congress, and wish them well without fighting, to put them through, Kennedy does the opposite.

* Still, while Kennedy and his aides work over the members (ff Congress, in person and by phone, there's no blood on the "Byjgund when its over, Btit.'rin see'What a roughhouse it was, lOok at some of th^ .close votes,, even when he lost.

When he wanted the House to enlarge the Rules--Committee

so as to outnumber the combination of conservative Republicans and Southern Democrats who could strangle his programs he won by only 217 to 212.

Last week his side fought to keep Republicans and Southern Democrats from chopping up his minimum wage bill and lost 18 to 18.5. The House went on then to pass a much weaker measure than Kennedy w-anted.

Its been reported since he had enough House votes to win, if the votes had only shown up in time. But they didnt. They were either still in their office or on their way to vote,

Thi.s was Kennedys first big setback. The enate still has to act on minimum wages. Before it's over, the President may wind up a little better.

Congress has passed his bill to extend unemployment pay, one of his major item.s. but only after a skin-tight 44-42 vote killed, an amendment which would have hashed up what he * wanted. ^ ~

(Henderson Diipatcb)

One of the primary objectives of increased industry is that it provides more jobs and fattens payrolls in a community. That is wholesorpe and desirable.

In Hendefson. five new industries have set up operations in the past several years. Some are small, others are quite large. In addition, at least some of the manufacturing establishments already here have been and are on full time. Yet there is unemployment despite all these gains. Monthly reports of the State Employment Service indicate that.

What, then, is the answer to this seeming paradox? On of the major contributing factors during the winter was-the fact that the Taylor company did not process millions of pounds of burley tobacco which are usually sent here for that treatment. The reason for that slackness was the transfer of operations from the old plant to the new one, which is not yet in operation. but will be by the time a new crop comes onto the market.

To just what extent current conditions may be worse than normal, If they are. is difficult to determine offhand- One can but Imagine what the situation might have been without the new industries that have moved in lately to augment the economy and to fill some of the gap that may have existed.

What it' ail adds up to is that, even with the enormous benefits that have accrued, there la still room and ui'gent need for more industry. Fortunately, a new, one is added at interval*. Only last week announcement was" made that another plant would move in to set up opera

tions in the next few months. The news was' received with the greatest satisfaction.

But there are still those who are without employment and would like to have it. The community has profited immeasurably by the progress that has been made. But It dare not cease it* vigilance. Nor indeed would it if there were already enough Jobs to go around.

At the national level it i* being freely predicted that the recession of the past several months is leveling off at bottom and recovery is,getting under way. Observers are even saying that a broad upturn to new highs in prosperity seem* to be certain.

The rece*s|on has been a comparatively mild one, a* such things go. That means that when recovery picks up steam it will be starting off from a higher level than usual. Increased gov-ernment spending, whether wise or ..unwise, is in the cards. As people earn more, they will spend more. That mean.s inventories will be reduced, that new orders will be sent to manufacturers, jobs will increase^ and profits will assure more tax income for government. If a recession breeds recession, recovery, by the same token, breeds recovery. Then unemployment will recede, and the country will move on toward new levels of prosperity, barring war, either major or minor.

Itwill help greatly, too,, If. people will stop talking about recession and hard times That frightens away many who otherwise would be spending from the abundance they still possess. It is a process which concern* every one and in which all must have a part.

And the Lord said. My cMl-,dren can have the best.

Opinions !'n Brief

Thla Element, *o the Observer says, was made after

Daisy Matthews of New Jersey, an evangelist who aomeUme* travels to the Allen revivals, had just told the crowd about the Cadillac God gave her.

She has just pledged money to Allen in a revival, she said, and was praying about wAat kind of car to buy, a Corvair or something cheaper.

And you know the Lord blessed me, she said.

The dealer didnt giv* it to her but somebody else gjye it to her," Allen put in.

She wa* thinking about getting a two-door Cadillac, but a friend with her was believing on the Lord for a four-door, she aald.

The dealer gave her a low price on the four-door, she said. "And even with an electric eye and six-way seat And 1 know thats God."

Why dont you make a liOO Pledge." Allen asked the crowd. Maybe God will give you one.

Did you hear that boys, how God gave her a brand new Cadillac?

We' wish that more people living in urban communities had urbane manners. But we wouldnt want suburbanites to become suburbano. Charleston Nawa, and Courier.

The Jump in th* tax on liquor will seem to Virginians to be something else indeed, on the day the Sanford plan was reported, Richmond reported that Virginia liquor tales were the worst since a new 10 per cent tax became effective last July 1. This la now a familiar story .in Virginia. Everybody here knows that the increase was a mistake.Norfolk Vir-glnian-Pllot.

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By GEORGE E. 80KOLSKY Copyright. 1961. King Features Syndicate. Inc.'-Historical mistake* can never be corrected. A chain of event* i* aet in motton, often unlve^ ally.'^rom which there 1* ni retreat except.by revolution oi war. Event* move too rapldlj and become too complex U leave'time to erase the error of tateamen. - ^ ^

The world today 1* living In i

period of the conaequencea o^

world War I. These conaequcncfe may be Hated a*.follows:

1. The collapse of great empire*. orne of which had a thousand year* of history. *rhe. Immediate iwreasure* demanded that wherever a political vacuum appeared, It immediately be filled; that wherever an economic Impediment eetabllahed Itaelf, it be removed. Thu* the collapse

-of the Hapsburg, Romanov Ho-henzoUem Empire* during World War I left much of Europe in political chaos. The so-called successor and liberated countries were only, in a few in-sUhcei, ready for aelf-govem-ment. The League of Nationa aerved no ^facttve purpoa^ tween the beginning of World War I and the end of World War n, the British and Dutch Empires collapsed. The Jalnese Empire, patiently built since 1868, disappeared. The Romanov ' Empire was succeeded by tha Soviet Universal State. The European economic Interest , in China and India wu destroyed.

2. Four non-European power* -rose to pre-eminence, namely, the United States. Soviet Russia. the Moslem Arabic Society (still in formation), the Latin American Confederation (still in its emoryonic state). These changes are keeping the entire world in chaos.

To them must be added the Slnic Society in the East of Asia which is emerging as^ an enormous ppwer with satellites that are larger in population and potential wealth than many coun-trlea of Europe. What the his-torlb influence of the Slnie Society will be. it is impossible to foretell at this moment but iU physical Influence extends far into the Indian Ocean. Its present physical objective is the Chienlung Line which extend* from TurkesUn. through Tibet, down along the eastern boundary of India to the Bay of Bengal. Take a look at a map and draw the Chienlung Line and recognize that the Sinic Society, if successful, must ultimately absorb India.

3. The above political and geographical changes do not explain what has happened to mankind in half a century. The Western world has lived under an lunbreUa of a moralistic philosophy based upon Judaism, Christianity and Aristotellantsm for at least 2,000 years. The ways of life were fixed by the Natural Law, a concept of the rig^t as reviled by God. In the West particularly the rights of the individual 'were recognized as fundamental, extending far beyond the rights of the state. The Common Law of England, the Scandinavian Laws with' which it la associated, the Code of Napoleon which grew out of Romai^ Law and the Constitutional system of the United States represent a moralistic effort to free the individual human being from the shackles of state whimsicalities tantamount to tyranny.

This concept has been challenged by Hegelianism-Marxisra in its various formulations, particularly by different Comi.m-nist and Socialist government* which have come Into existence. It needs to be remembered that Fascism, Nazism and the Welfare State are born.pf the same parentage as any other form of Socialism. It needs also to* be noted that suchVountries as the United States and Great Britain and moat of the new nations that have come into existence are directly influenced by this central change in thought. No country on Earth is today unaffected positively or negatively by Marxism which seeks to replace Christianity as the prevailing thought of the' period. New scientific developments and unproved postulates of the social sciences are producing an antagonism to religion and the family which can, in time, destroy our particular civilization.

4. The result has been a moral revolution, the consequences of which move more swiftly and more daringly than political and economic change. The moral standards of all peoples have

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aos Affair To Affect Business

Before this year isi'ovcr, judg-liiK by the skinny mwgains of hi* victories, Kennedy may yet get clubbed and clobbered by CongreliS. Its too soon for him to develop comfortable feelings.

What remains to be seen is this: If Congress rough* hlnv.. up. will he like other* before hirrt in adversity get tougher, publicly and privately He talked sternly with the Russians, but not 'roughly, to get them to agree to a cease-fire in Laos. They havent yet, but they are not responding with any tough ^alk.

If he had done otherwise the .Soviri.s. to save face, might have pushed tlieir luck In Laos even If It nieant war Hut hi.s deaHnps with theiti. like his dealings wilh Concres.s. are still in heir in--fanry.

But if ,one ^conclusion about Kennedys performance at home and abroad can be mad^ this early, it's this: He acts like a man looking for success and not for personal trlumflhs.

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Whatever the outcome of the Laotian crisis, there are certain to be effects on business.

If sweet compromise prevails, fi may be expected that tha United States will assume the burden of greater economic aid

to Laos (..the local economy will have to be stiengthened to improve the lot of the. Laotians. If there is limited assistance by Southeast Asian nations, then the Uniled States will be expected to increase its' military assistance to Thailand, South Viet Nam and other participants. And If another Korea develops, we will have all the irhpaot that the war in Korea liad.

The .situation has already had significant effects on business. The war stocks have risen on stock exchanges. They are shares in companies that manufacture munitions or supply ma terials for them.

COMMODITIES AFFECtED

It Is true that the speedup foveniment spending as a counter-recessionary measure would

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-faave made many-of Hteee <toeks more attractive, but they prob-ii^ly would not have shown quite as much strength as they did.

The commodity market has al-*so Seen directly influenced by-the Laotian trouble. Although Laos IS not one of the principal rubber suppliers, rubber pricgs have fluctuated, laxgely upward, In'recent day*.

Copper prices have gone up. but this wu partly due t6 the ' port strike in Chile. Lead and fine prices have shown a greater steadineu. *

Grain prices have also shown strength. Here again the Ad-If the affairs wor.sens, It may have been a contributing factor. Goins in cotton wool prices have been attributed to the Laos crisis. .

NEW WAVE OF INFLATION If the trouble Ijp,. Southeast Asia involves a sharp Increase in government expenditures, it Is probable that the currently slowly rslnk current will become another tide.

The Federal budget la expect

ed to be in the red Mveral billion dollars; since there is no tima to ineraase taxes, expenditures In the Ladr aituatlon will increase tha deficit. And Federal deficits are directly inflationary.

If the crisis worsens, it may be Interesting for businessinea to examine the stock, commodity and other trends during the Korean War. However, while theu will be informaUve. they will not be a poaitiva gulda. SuppUaa of basic materials have chanted over the last decade; military conceptions have altered; the' pattern of government contracts has changed. Some stocks that shot up during the Korean War may lag behind the market u we get to i)ieoting in Laos; others that luged then may be Jet-propellea.

If the affairs worsens, it may, profit buslneasmen to make sure' their inventory situation is in good order, and, strange though th4 may sound today, their supplies of skilled workers are adequate.- Any warboom would

quickly absorb the more skilled unempldyed, leaving only the unemployables. ;

And if it worsen*, manufacturers may profit patriotically by determining earlier how their facilities can be utilized. SIGNIFICANT SPARKS FROM THE BUSINESS WHEEL

Said the New York Journal of Comniaroe: Tha, reoeaaion now appear! to be grinding r to a halt." . . . The Internal Ravenue Sendee rulea (Rev. Rul. 61-46) that peraons attandlng church convention*, astembUes. etc.. In accordance with their rifhta. prlvUegea or obligatlona as members of the church, may not deduct their expense* as charitable contributlona, but that chosen delegates may ... A Chicago auto dealei^is offering Larks and .Hawl^a with rumble aeata . , . After yeara of conservative reluctance, British banka are now hiring preas agents . . . Oaa oon-aumptlon increased 3 per-cent last year, one of the smallest rises since the war. Reasons: taxes and smaller ears.