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THI DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Tuesday, April 4, 1961

Monday^ April 8, 196

Stp-By-Stp

If is nt likely thut alt of the people' of North Carolina will be pleased with the final outcome of the redfcibution of representation epacted* by*^he General-Assembly, bht it is clear now that the legislative body is following a step^y-step program for handling the issues.

Already the House has passed a bill which would reapportion its membership, giving each county ^ required representative^ and, allotting the remaining 20 to counties on apopulation basis. The matter of increasing^e number of the House has yet to be acted on, and there is noitourance now that such legislation will receive House approval.

On the Senate side, that body this week is expected to come to a showdowm on how its seats will be redistricted throughout the state. By the last of this week or early next wee]c the outcome probably will be a matter of record.

Apparently the legislators have adopted the attitude that the Senate will approve whatever proposal

Speakership In '63 Considerec

Of Problem

for reappbrtionment the House gives its approval to, and in the House fepresentatiyes will approve what ever Senate redistricting bill the Senate decides upon. Por all practical purposes, therefore, each house of the legislature has been given by^ the other the problem of determining where its membership will come from. J..

Just So YDont Misunderstand, Nikita

MAERlC#>i REPUBLICAKS ftKO DEIAOCRATS HANE THEiRblFFEREMCES-

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By LYN^ NISBET

PREMATURE Although the 1961 Ckneral Assembly has not really f<^n down to work or faced up to any of the major problems which members have known for two years they would have to face, there,is already some, activity In the race for, speakership of the 1963 House. Beiote this session was a month old. Rep. Herbert Hardy of Greene let it be kndwn he is a receptive candidate for the big chair next time. Long custmp has been to alternate the Speaker between <* the east and west, and next time it will go eastaccording to most gen-ily accepted ideas of where the east and west meet.

The population center of North Carolina based on the 1960 census has been established at High Point, which is west of Greensborohome of incumbent Speaker Joe Hunt. Tte geographic center of the state remains fixed at Gulf on the border of Chatham and Lee counties.

Other- names frequently mentioned in connection with the Speakership are Reps, Dave Britt of Robeson, *Sam White-hvirst of .Craven, Ed Wilson of CasweU and'"Gus ZoUicoffer of Vance. None of Uiese men has actively indicated interest, but none of them frowns when the subject is brought up in their presence.

Most oldtUners agree that 1963 speakership talk is premature. In the first place, the representative must be elected to the House before he is eligible for the preeidinf office. The eastern members are not likely to have much trouble in*November If they get by the primary. It is recalled'that RB. (Jack> Mor-phew of Graham was an avowed candidate tor speakership of the 1937 House, rafter serving three terms, but was defeafi^d in_the November election. Rumor prevailed then and still persists that certain Democratic forcea throughout the state contributed to his defeat and the late Gregg Charry of Gaston landed In the big chair-

SEWAGE DISPOSAL There are several cities and towns in North Carolina faced with the proWcm of voting bonds or levy.-Ing extremely high taxes for pay - as - you - go provision for sewage disposal plants. The Btate Stream Sanitation Committee, which is affiliated with but an organic part of the Stale Water Resources Commission, is charged with respon-sibility for classifying streams for different t3T>es 9f usedomestic jor city water supply, irrigation, *prts. power development, etc. The commission has not exercised its authority to force compliance by court order with its recommendations, but spokesmen for the agency say that tolerance time is running out.

If private industry and munlcl-P<^1 gQverniug. boards do not comply with order* to clean up the streams, they may be called in

to court Just exactly what can be done about it in court has not been determined. Majority thinking Is that private business operators can be fined or Jailed. and that members of local governing boards can be individually indicted for misfeasance If they faU to exert every effort to cooperate,

ELECTIONS What happra if Stream Sanitation requires' a , sewage disposal plant, and the issue is submitted to vote of the people and the people vote It down? . That question hasnt lieen answered, but it may be in the courts before many months-

The record is th'at several communities have voted against ^nds for sewage disposal one* time, and then when, the facts were better understood a second election has resulted in authorizing the bonds or taxes. One of those facts, often not eraphtized. is that in most cases the Federal government .will put up 30 per cent of the total cost, or a quarter million dollars, whichever is less.

RECORDIn recent months three municipalities have voted down, bonds for sewage disposal Edenton, Jamestown and Murfreesboro. The State agencies recognize the need for an educational program to convince the people not only of the legal requirements. but of the long range economic value of protecting the purity of streams.

There are places where expensive efforts to develop recre-- atlonal facilities along rivers and Impounded .reservoirs are regatcd by Insistence of the industrial plant or one municipality upstream to exercise its * right (?) to dump raw sewage or pol.sonous chemicals Into the water.

One of the functions of run- ^ nlng streams is to carry tsay filth. That function cannot be allowed to supersede all the others which Include furnishing drinking water,for citizens, irrigating croplands and providing food and sports for people dwn stream. The pufpose of Sanitation Committee is to correlate, evaluate and properly balance these several functions.

It has the legal authority to enforce its orders, but up to now it has been patient and slow to use that power.

In that connection the comment of Settle Bunn seems apropos. Bunn was a member of the first water resources commission and a former State Senator. He said on his farm in Nash county there is a spring which furnished water for the family of his grandfather, his father, his own family and those of his childrens He used to think the water from that spring belonged to his family exclusively. His experience on the water commission convinced him that It belongs to everybody between the spring and the Atlantic ocean. He was not facetious in that comment, but very realistic.

It also seems clear now that legislation for changing the states congressional districts will not receive serious legislative consideration until the matter of the General Assemblys" reapportionment and redistrict-ing have been resolved.

By adopting this approach, the legislature has avoided the possibtlity of any package deal that would have tied all three problems together. Progress on handling the measures individually has been much more rapid than would have been the case had all fthree been lumped together. Indeed, the matter of Te-apportionment and redistricting, so far as the state legislature is concerned, has been much less bitterly fought than had been expected. ~

The step-by-step approach to these problems is, in our opinion, largely responsible,for the progress the legislature has been able to make in this phase of itj assignment

An Opportunity For Co-perdtive Effort

The industrial conference of some 21 Eastern Carolina Counties slated for Wednesday in Tarboro should afford counties in this area |m ideal opportunity to give consideration to the idea of greater cooperative, effort in-bringing about area development.

As we ^mderstand plans for the conference, its primal^ purpose is for the discussion of community preparations for industrial development and the^han-dling of industrial prospects. The formal program probably will not provide time for consideration of area-wide problems and area-wide approaches to living these problems. Even so, the gathering will af-ford representatives from the various counties at least a few minutes to talk-informally among themselves for the possibilities for closer cooperation within the area.

It is not unlikely that Gov. Sanford in his address f the conference will touch on this subject. His administration plans to introduce legislation which would help area development groups organize and seek state help in planning'ways to promote economic progress.

Although steps have been'^taken from time to time by Eastern Carolina groups toward such^an organization, one of a permanent nature has not yet been effected. There is much for this area nf the state to gain from cl^er cooperation and closer coordination on the part of individual community and county economic 'development groups. There are numerous problems common to the area as a whole which might better be approached from the area standpoint than from the ^mmunity standpomt.

Far from detracting from individual community and county efforts toward development, an area or-.. ganization could greatly increase the effectiveness of the efforts of individual communities. And certainly whatever is done to boost the economy of Eastern North Carolina as a whole is reflected in better eeo-nomic conditions in most communities individually.

If only on an informal basis, we trust that out of the meeting in Tarboro this week will come some sort of progress toward bringing about an area development organization for this section of the state.

T. WHEM IT COAAESTO BACKINC OUR PREIPENT

By PATRICIA MOORE

What HaDDened Easter?

This i* called an Easter review, or rather what happened ,durin Easter in and around our fair city or to people concerned.

First of ril, we found that there wasnt an Easter parade of fashion this year. At least not in the churches, where it usually begins. The people seemed to be dressed as usual, except for some lovely rose shaded head decorations.

Second of .all. We found that there were extremely few Easter corsages in evidence, at least in church. And we have compiled a survey, which ijs authentic, on which to base our deductions and publications.

Which posea n Interesting query; What happened to all the Easter outfits sold in the stores, this year,, and to all the flowers sold for Easter morning. Did the weather dampen springs efforts, or did people

go out of town.

Or, contrary to what fashion exprts predicted for this springy have people come to care a little less about decking out for Easter, as such, and put an emphasis elsewhere?

Our only comment i* that it was a bit of a relief to find that people werent clothes conscious, and that women can go to chiirch, happily, without an Easter flower, on Easter morning.

On the activity front during Easter, one visitor to Carolina Beach reported a fire on the beach. One visitor to Morehead City and Atlantic Beach reported -a fire on the beach.

One person we know reported, firsthand, that a fire occurred ntfttt door to him. Another reported a second house burned ' in this town during the week-

Other Editors Saying ... Forsyth And Schools

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We can report a wreck in our neighborhood.

So, you cant assume it was a quiet Easter, whether that' conclusion means anything or not.

To really finish things up, the

children.s Easter egg hunt was postponed twice and then It rained all yesterday afternoon. (In Asheville it was snowing.) Easter comes but once a year.

Opinions

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The President wants truck taxes raised to help pay for highway Improvements. 'That fellow who hunahecLwas stalled behind a truck lineup the other day.' CatskiU (N.Y.) Mail.

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MCMMES-AM>IA

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (APt - President Kennedys only real surprise for the Russians would be to try something new in Ameri--can foreign policy. The one he inherited has followed a- fixed pattern for years.

At this moment In Laos, the Russians, like poking him with a stick, are testing the obvious and spectacular part of his presidential leadership how he reacts to crises they create.

Far less noticeable day by day will be the long-range test of his leadership in giving the rest of the world the will to resist communism when there is no crisis or military action at all.

Kennedy has shown dissatisfaction with thi* countrys two main foreign policy weapons against comipunlsm defense and foreign aid and he has proposed changes.

But they are change* and not new concepts.

In defense he wants more hidden-missile production, such, as on the Polaris submarine. ' He wants better preparedness to fight limited wars. He wants foreign aid made long term so the recipients can plan ahead Instead of year-by-year as ik)w.

American, foreign policy in dealing with Russia was put together In spurts. With the pieces welded together It ha* remained basically unchanged.

Kennedys two predecessors.

Presidents Truman and Eisenhower, walked this road along w hich he, too, perhaps can travel indefinitely. There is no assurance it is permanently good enough.

This American foreign policy since World War II has gcwie through two main phases;

1. The Truman decision to give economic help to countries wishing to' avoid the kind of internal collapse which invite* communism.

- First, it was help for Greece and Turkey, then for Western Europe, and finally lor around the globe.

2. The Truman decision to dis-^Courage Communist attack, first in the form of a military tJU-anee with WestTi Europe. Eisenhower broadened this with other alliance* elsewhere.

But this was simply an extension of th* Truman policy,> not a new one. Eisenhower, however, stood firmly against testa of his leadership on the Lebanon, Formosa and Berlin crises.

But the Russians are stronger now than In Trumans day and they are stronger than In thrir years of decline with Eisenhower.

Therefore,* being more confident, the problems* they create for Kenneily may be far bigger and more hair raising than they dared try with Truman or Eisenhower,

(Rocky Moant Telegram)

The two separate elections held in Forsyth County last Tuesday are significant from several viewpoints. First, the emphatic rejection by the voters of a proposal for a 12-cent supplemental school tax for city schools, and a 30-cent increase for a special school tax in Forsyth must be taken to mean that the citizenry is getting fd up with continuous increase in their taxes, for whatever purpose they may be intended.

Second, in this particular case, indicates the people of Winston-Salem and Forsyth think their present tax rales should buy sufficient quality of educa-" tion for their children. And although school superintendents immediately said their budgets would have 'to be ciit, there is some opinion in that area that, rather than cut the budget, the cuts should be applied to the so-called frills' of education

This latter opinion was voiced * by Boyd Idol, a member of the Forsyth board of education. After the Tuesday election he issued a statement criticizing the present methods of instruction. Many people throughout our county are very much dissatisfied with the methoda^ we employ in teaching rtading to our beginners, he saffl. Everyone knows the ahililly to read, spell and understandttie printed word is the most essential requirement in order to make progress in schools and all subjects pertaining thereto. Great numbers of people have chosen to express their critloism through the ballot box, he went on.

T. Ray Gibbs, rural school

superintendent, also Issued statement. He pointed out that three times in the past six years the people of Forsyth County have emphatically rejected proposals which in the judgment of school officials were essential to maintaining the educational standards. His conclusion of the election could be' considered in one of two ways:

Either/the vast majority of people disagree with the present boards position on education needs or trey feel unable to bear the additional costs required to meet these needs. If the boards philosoplw of educational needs is in conflict with what the people want, then obvious personnel changes are indicated. But on the other hand, if the board feels the people are in agreement with the evaluation of educational needs but feels unable to provide the required financial support then the board must provide for those phases of quality education which must take top priority.

Some feel as Boyd Idol does, Including some politicians of the county: that the board members should give consideration ta the elimination of extracurricula activities in favor of teaching textbooks during class hours. But Gibbs disaiareed, and believes these extrp Items are not -/TrUls. Despite the disagreements, the election result stands: no more taxes at present for the educational system of Forsyth. It will be up to the school officialsand the people to decide on what constitutes necessary education for the money on hand, and what frills should be eliminated.

A woman in Los Angeles was nted a divorce. Her com-laints were that her husband (1) kept a pet raccoon and (2) went out with a young girl from his office. In that order. Knoxville News-Sentinel.

They're making machines so nearly human that they can do things without using any intelligence. Carlsbad Current-Argus.

In modem geography and economics you learn that almost all countrie.s touch the United States. Mattoon (111.) Journal. .

The world has grown alarmingly smallevery country is now in reach of Uncle Sams Pocketbook. Alberton (Ga.) Star.

The person we cant help but look up to Is that one who has the same ailment we have, but doe.snt mention it while were telling him about ours. Buddy, thats will bower I Mount Olive Tribune.

It still is true, as it was in the days of Thomas Jefferson, a true liberal in his day, that the least, governed are the best governed. Dallas (Texas) Star Post.

If in narrowness of vision and from selfish motives of our own, we turn to government to regulate business to the point where no abuses can be possible and profit is eliminatrd, then we are sure to discover too late that we have shackled the giant of free enterprise and in Its place created a giant bureaucracy. Ellsworth (Kansas)

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Trial O: A. Killer

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright. 1961, King Features ---Syndicate. Tnc. -

The mbst unusual jurldlcial action starts on April 11 In Israel when Adolf Eichman is brought to trial. He committnd no crime in Israel, but is charged with organizing the murder of 6,000,000 Jews in Germany. Poland and other territory that Hitler conquered. If convicted, he will turn out to be the most' efficient murderer in history, if that reputation is worth, any-

^Murder was Elchmanns business. He was In charge of genocide, an unusual occupation for any man. He did sot give his victims a trial: they were guilty by birth. It was not necessary to Indict them, to gather evi- . deace against thenu to trsLthem. They were guilty because their grandparents were guUty. They were guilty because they were Jews. Even, If through conversion or intermarriage, they were Christtana, it did not matter. Elchmann employed the grandmother test. Whoever had a Jewish grandmother was ipso facto a Jew, even If the grandmother were Nordic, straight out of the sagas.

So Eichmann is to be tried for genocide ajid murder, mrael got hold of Eichmann by a most dramatic kidnapping. Eichmann was in hiding in the Argentine. He was traced, seized, and kidnapped. The kidnapping was. be-' yond doubt. Illegal but as th# Argentine slywed no disposition to go to war with Israel over Eichmann and limited Itself to a protest, the matter becanrie a fait accompli, which in diplomacy is often acknowledged. as inevitable and unavoidable. It is now unbelievable that Eichmann will be returned to the Argentine, which does not want him.

There can be no question but that Eichmann will get an absolutely fair trial. Less than that would be harmful to Israel. However, he will not be on trial. What will be investigated and judged Is history the history of a period which has outraged every moral development of the human race. Eichmann was the Instrument of that historical indecency. He was an instrument of maniacal brutality. Whether he was more than a tool, the trial will show. Whether he is the originator of the genocide, the trial will show.

In many respects, the Eichmann trial can disclose the history of the period in its blackest and ugliest hues. For while this vast murderjplot was unfolding,

, the rest of fiuinanity sat by and 'pondered the possibilities of Hitlers greatness. Soviet Russia, which pretends to be so humane, actually entered into an alliance with Hitler, and to please his genocidal concepts, dismissed the elderly Maxim Litvinoff and appointed Molotov to negotiate-with Ribbentrop. The Molotov-Ribbentrop agreement was on# of the most .outrageous documents in history. Subsequent to it, Stalin entered upon an anU-Scmitic period which has continued to this day in all the vast territory of Soviet Russia. In fact, if Eichmann is found guilty, why not try his Russian counterpart?

There can be little doubt but that Eichmann will evade capi-tal punishment. Such a verdict is antagonistic to Jewish law and the religious spirit of Judaism. Eichmann is being provided with a lawyer at the expense of the State and any witnesses he chooses to bring to Israel will be brought at the expense of the State.

The Eichmann trial is obviously and definitely political. The Israeli are attempting to establish by a trial the irrefutable evidence of genocide. It is a Mghtful Idea to wipe out an entire people, the innocent along with thjp guilty. It is not justice to destroyHhose who have committed no crime because they were bom to the wrong parents.

Nazism was a moral wrong. The economics, of National Socialism were not dissimilar to other forms of Socialistic economics; the political organization of Germany under Hitler was not different from other monolithic states, some of which are on our side. Hitlers crime was neither economic nor political; it was moral. He presented to the world* the posture of an anti-Christ, of a human who regarded himself as a god and who murdered at will.

Such a man ordered the genocide of the Jews, because those who believe ineGod cannot believe In the supremacy of an (Continued on Page i)

Toy Industry Is Settling Down

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS 'GREATER LOVE

Dr. Tom Dooley, who died some weeks ago. will have bis name inscribed on the mind# of a whole generation and on hu--manitya-role of honor. Hi* compassion for the siflicted was a bright light shining In a dark wjorld. He died young. He died of 1disetie from which hr tried to shield others. His life appeared to have been cut short yet was It?

God has measuring sticks and He keeps calendars which are far different from anything we know. A thousand years in Gods sight is but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch In the night. Methuselah lived 969 years and died that was all. There appears to have been no

particular aignlficanoe to his living. Jesus lived 30 years and changed th# oours# of human history. It is significant that Tom Dooley wia almoet the same age as the Master whom he served so well.

Length of yeare on our ealm-dar is one thltig. Length of years on Oodi calendar is scmiethiiig quite different. We measure and pass Judgement. God measures and the declsKms He makes on the basis of that measurement spell eternity with all Its plus or minus values for us.

There is nothing more nobte than a man who lives his life for his fellows. "Greater love hath no m%n than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

By ELMER R0ES6NER

The March toy fairs are over and the Industry is settling down, not to manufacture, but to wait.

The toy Industry la one ot the most democratic Industrie# in the United States. Anybody can get Into it. and its surprising how many people do.

Like the furniture Industry, there are orily a few big manufacturers. There are hundreds of small ones, and hundreds of more sidtliners.

Because of this sprawling pattern, there is a lot of bunk generated by varioua producer*. TRUTH, TOO, IS A TOY ,

At the fairs, everybody talks big. At the fairs this year, responsible spokesmen said that total retail sale* this year would reach about I1.8S billion, compared with $1,7 billion last year.

She smaller fry forecast $2 bil-^ on. Almost every ccunpany pre-' dieted its own" sales would be

from 33 to 50 per cent above last year and, if these wee*'all true, the total would be $2.5 billion.

At the toy fairs, everything is described as new. A publicity man showed me a toy which he said was brand new. Thats what you told me about that last year, T replied. Im net a man te tell you one thing one time and something else another.

Sometimec the newnees eon-iats of an added gimmick or a different colored package.

ONE OF A KINDERS

Sorbe toys can be spotted as reallv new. They are the ones of which the manufacturers I|ave only a single, handmade modef. Our engineers rushed this through in time for show, the exhlbiUMTiexplained.'

Sometimes thats true. But ,moet of the time the manufacture put handmade samples am as a teat. Buyers from de-y^tjDont stores, variety chains.

supermarket chains, mail-order houses and other channels of distribution examine the samples and place preliminary orders OT pass them'by, as their busmess acumen Indicates.

If the preliminary orders are promising, the manufacturers order parts and dies and go into production. If the ordera are diecouxwging, the manufacturer withdraws the item and is out only the cost of the hand-fabricated samples. Sometimes you may see pictures of an unusual new toy in newspapers, on television and elsewhere. But unless the professional buyers like It enough to place OTders, thats the last youll see of it.

Sometimes manufactursrs especially the few blji ones have enough confidence in their underetandlng 6f public demand to start production Immediately. But even In these cases, the output will. be^ low until orders dome in.

At the present, toipe toyn^ak-

ers haVe started production on summer and Christmas toy*. But at the moment, most of them are waiting for more OTders. They are t also waiting to see how strong the business recovery is. If its vigorous, theyll step up production. If not, they'll wait until buyers lay it on the line.

HOW TO SAVE MONEY AFTER YOURE DEAD

The government will help pay the costs of burying you if you use the right tax dodge, the National Tax Savcm reports. The organization has found a section of the tax, law that provides that Internment expenses. Including the grave site is tax deductible if acquired firom a nonprofit orgamaation before death.

The organization has a list of nonprofit cemeteries In 80 state* and promises to send details free to those who write National Tax Savers at 238 Uvingston St.. Brooklyn 1.