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Tuesday, April 11, 1961

Hit Or Bunt Signals?

Steps In Acquiring The Property

mrd tn the series of editorials on the meUianict of the Than renewal and puWic housing programs. This editorial deaU with steps for carrsTUg out pxi urban renewal program alter pian are finally approved.)

After ita final plan for urban renewal of an area is approved and the city enters into the financial agree-

Disappointing^-

"n Safety Phase

By AVfiORA DOLLEY PROGRESS REPORT~In the realm of traffic safety legisla-tMO. the 1961 General Assemblys lo'ogreaa ie regarded as diaapp<^ting at this stage of the session.

After 52 days of work, this years State Legislature can feel that some progress has been made toward increasing safety m North Carolinas Mghways and reducing the terrific toll ot traffic fatalities, but there can certainly be no disputing the facts that practically no results hare been shown yet in this direction.

The single iriece of traffic safety legislation which has so far been passed deals with raising the legal speed limit on hght trailers towed <m public Mghwmys to the present limit being prescribed for other ve-Wcies--admittedly a minor en-nctinent.

Legislators have, on the -other hand, in these 52 days seen fit lo cause two other mea:5urers Jn the nature <rf traffic safety to bite the captol dust TOMBSTONES - Kled on tho floor of the House, without ever seeing the ligW of the Senate chamber, was a measure (defended as Uu-gely psychologi-

puted complusory automobile inspection bin* Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ed Scheldt has termed this the most important single piece of safety legislation before the Assembly this session, and has given his assurance that this measure lacks the bugaboos that forced its repeal tn 49. after a brief, unhappy two 3rcar try".

A .cheerful- thougl^ to proponents of the inspection law is the fact that this is the first time in over a decade that any proposed bill for auto inspection has gained even a fiivorable commiuee report.

Incidentally, of the 21 different pieces of legislation dealing with traffic safety and introduced so far this session, only eight have yet been able to get a favorable nod from their respective committee juries.

In the House the present compulsory liability insurance law, which will expire May 15 unless renewed, comes up for debate m the next few days. Nearly three weeks have passed before the measure ha reached this stage; passage after the House debate would, of course, only be the hills half-way mark.

The hot pursuit arrest proposal, authorizing municipal po-

ment with the Urban Renewal Administration, the first step |or the local Redevelopment Comniission is to obtain appraisals of property to be acquired and redeveloped.

Two separate appraisals by different groups are required for each parcel of land within the area to be acquired by the Redevelopment Commission. Normally the Redevelopment Commission retains appraisers, local people familiar with real estate values or qualified outsiders, or both,^to appraise the property. After the two separate appraisals have been made, the Redevelopment^ Commission then begins negotiations with individual property owners for purchase of the property. ^

In the vast majority of cases in other communities, the local Commission and the property owners have been able to reach mutually acceptable agreements on the price of the property, and the property has been purchased without taking the matter into court. In most cities where urban rnewal programs have been carried out, the prices paid for property by the Redevelopment Commission have been termed *Tiberal\

- If, however, a property owner and- the commission cannot agree on the price of a particular parcel of land, the property owner may take the matter to court where a jury' would determine the fair market value of the property in question.

In North Carolina the law provides that if a property owner takes the matter to court to establish theifair market value for the property, the Redevelopment Commission is responsible for paying the court costs, and for the cost of legal fees of the property owner which are set by the court. The property owner, therefore, does not bear any additional personal expense if he decides to take the matter to court.

The acquiring of property by the Redevelopment Commission from individual property owners is a gradual process. The buying of the property, the demolition of existing buildings in the area and the removal of families from the area probably would

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As fa.

By HENRY HOWARD

iSTwhirt would^av* lncreed ixe officers to continue the cover a penod of perhaps two years in the Shore Drive A Q1 /-A

C0DBid^bly the maximum pen- cha^ into another county, and grea. JTlZLi xJ-O -Z A. L JL X J.X

CODBiderably the maximum penalty for a motorists failure to dim auto lights for oncoming ears.

Also hardly given a decent burial by the committee arhlch atruck the fatal blow was a proposal designed to plug a legal loophole, and perhaps having an indirect effect on the general motoring populace It would have given a peace officer authority to arhest. without tepractically leaving to procure a warrant, a motorist involved )B a traffic accident and seemingly guilty pf a mcKor vehicle oCfense which resulted in the

accident.

SNAIL'S PACEFurthermore.

in thie dismal report of nearly two months legislative in the viul field of traffic safety. only three measures have even managed to graduate from one house and move into the other. .

Three Senate-originated mea-iurera which now wait in House committee for action are (D a bill making driving under the influence of any drug a criminal offenseat present amended to allow a defendant to introduce ax his complete defen.se proof that the drug had been administered by a physician without the dofendants knowledge of the daiMging effects; (2> a bill allowing highway patrol officers above the rank of sergeant to ride in unmarked cars; (3) a bill providing that "commencement of legal proceedings ggaini# a motorist would not automatically du^lace an order from the Dept, of Motor Ve-bidea for suspensioo of drivers license.

SHOWDOWN Four other

chase into another county, and a hill to allow revocation of drivers license for traffic offenses occurring on military property are also scheduled for an appearance on the floor of

the House this week.__

NOWHERE FAST Among those traffic safety measures now bogged down in legislative committees or not yet brought up m the same committees for discussion are piuposed bills to authorize scientific tests for detecting intoxication analysis of blood, saliva, urine, or breath, with a blood content of 15 per cent automatically proving the driver drunk and less than .05 per cent proving he was sober: a bill providing that auto license plates stay with the owner rather than follow the

Following the redevelopment of the area, including streets, utilities and the like, the redeveloped property (except that which is retained for public use) is resold to private developers on a bid basis. Zoning ordinances and building codes govern the use which may be made by private developers of the land within the area.

The net cost of the redevelopment of the area that is the total co.st of the project, less the amount re-ceivegi when the land is resold to individual owners is paid for by the city and the Urban Renewal Administration. The city Ls responsible for one-third of the net cost of the project and the Urban Renewal Administration the other two-thirds. ' _ ,

rather than louow the The financial agreement between the city and the

vehicle after a sale: a biU to Urban Renewal Administration also provides that the

license driver training schools citys one-third of the cost may be provided in kind

by ihe Dept, of Motor Vehicles. funds spent for street improvements, utilities

improvements and similar items within the area. In the case of Greenville, the city probably would receive credit for funds it has spent in recent years widening and paving First Street through the area, the

portion of the utilities outfall line through the area

to connect with the new sewage disposal plant and other similar items.

Re-assigned to another, committee is the bill to make changes in the point system for negligent drivers, making penalties more severe and adding more offenses-Also still in committee cloister are the following; a bill to require auto liability insurers to. offer coverage against damages by uninsured hit-and-run

motorists; increased compulsory auto insurance limits; distribution of license plates only by Dept. of Motor Vehicles; strengthening the point system by providing that two speeding offenses (followed by conviction) within a year rather than two convictions in the ame year would allow license suspension (present law being avoided by postponing trial dates).

Awaiting committee disposi

As were many hundreds of people, we were among the throngs that jammed the Port City during the weekend for the annual Azalea Festival.

Only briefly, but, nevertheless we were there. What we were involved in boiled down to something resembling a makeshift inspection tour.

We were quite impressed. As much as we usually are come Azalea Festival lime each spring.

One aspect of the 1961 edition of the weekend - long celebration of something was that the flowers-that named the festival could not have been better prepared.

It appeared as though each azalea blosisom in the entire city had previously agreed unanimously to save their best for the big weekend. To put it briefly: They were 'as gorgeous as they were profuse.

Saturday's parade all four hours of itwas billed as the biggest and best ever. We watched on television until we were con

vinced it was indeed colossal.

E\'erybody and everything was arrayed in a festive mood. Gov. Sanford even showed up to crown the youngest Azalea Queen ever. In fact she was younger than the young lady croiKTied Azalea Princess.

And on the beaches? Yes, we ventured that way too. Discovered the. traditional mobs of collegians who Jampack the coast every Azalea Festival,

Upon striking up conversations here and there, we soon learned the great majority, also as usual, were content to maraud around the resort area and leave the azaleas, parades and such to the rest of the world.

It reminded us of our own college daysnot too far back when the bumper-to-bumper traffic along the narrow waterfront streets wound its way painstakingly from one end of tie beach to the other. And the constant stream of sweatshirted students sauntered aimlessly along. All that was viridly familiar.

Later onduring Sunday ai-

BMUurm desUnei wMhln

the week for what may be a final showdown on the floors ot the Senate and House. Each has. after discussion, debate, and in ome oases public hearings, finally got a favorable report from the committee to which It had been assigned.

Assuming it musters inspec-fien here tand few legislators are confident enough of this to assert so in a loud voice), each 0i the four measurers must sorely quiver at the reception already anticipated for it across the hall in the other chamber.

Up for debate in the Senate fe a few days is the much dis-

pension of license fw l30 days on convtetion of speeding, more than 15 m. p. h. over any posted speed limit; repeal of the exemption which ambulances now have regarding speed limits: prevention of cancellation of paid-up Insurance policy by company except upon policyholders conviction of motor vehicle offensei punishable by more than 60 days imprisonment or $100 fine or both; a bill to fix fine of $500 or imprisonment for 60 days as minimum punishment for prearranged highway raclhg and revoking license of offender or owner of "car for three years!

Under the !w governing urban renewal projects, the local Redevelopment Commission is responsible for assisting families displaced from the area in finding suitable living quarters elsewhere in the city. In addition to this, the Redevelopment Commission likewise is required to pay the cost of moving the familys belongings from its old residence to its new residence.

The local Redevelopment Commission has full responsibility for carrying out all phases of the urban renewal program in the designated area.

- , ' !!^oosevelt Role

LBefore Kennedy

Other Editors Saying Industry-Area Air Service

ternoons showers tihat blanketed the entire areawe heard ' the TV weatherman warn of the possibity of violent activity accompanied by rain and hail. Sometime between now and about 7:30, he said.

He even forecast the possibility of an isolated tornado.

We turned off the set and turned toward Greenville. The BH Better Half, or Betty Howard) said she wondered if that tornado had anything to do with the whirlwind that would accompany the multitude of "students on their way back to Mondays ciasses.

Opinions In Brief

Instead of advocating an Increase in the minimum wage in , the United States we should be advocating a minimum wage for the workers of Japan. If a substantial raise in wages could be made in Japan. West Germany, Italy, Great Britain and France, it would help business in America. McComb (Miss.) Enterprise.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) President Roosevelt, who died 16 years ago Wednesday, wouldnt have trouble recognizing the world today. He helped shape it, the good and the terrible.

There are similarities, and dif-fernces, between him and President Kennedy. But much the Utter istrying to do would hardly be possible without Roosevelt.

Roosevelts early view of tiie wwld was more limited than Kennedys. But the Utter can thank RooseveK for helping make his broader.

Before he died Roosevelt laid the groundwork for creation of both the United Nations and the .atom bomb, the former a landmark in mans efforts for the good of mankind, the Utter mans most terrible i^hievc-ment.

Of all that has happened in these 16 years perhaps only two developments might surprise Roosevelt: the aggressive march of communism, which until World War H had stayed inside Its own frontiers, and the freedom of colonUl people.

By the time Roosevelt ran for the presidency in 1932 the country was sunk in depression. Even so he was not clear on how to handle it. He worked that out Utcr.

In his San PrancUco Commonwealth Club speech of Sept. 3. 1932he said Amerlcca was no longer a place of endless opportunity where a man could head west and settle on new, free land. There ws no more fn-tier, he said, beeauae tha Pacifie had been reached.

These were aome of hia words? The turn of the tide came with the turn of the century. Our last frontier has long since been reached.

This was atnctly t man thinking tn national terma only. He Uttr ltd the country late inters naUoaallam.

I^nedy, 28 yeers Uter, also spoke of a frontierbut not the Jast one.

^ In accepting the^ Democratic nominaation at Lott AngeUa Uit

July 15. Kennedy said: the problems are not all solved and the battles are not all won and we stand today on the edge of a new frontier.

Kennedy now was talking about the wiM-ldwldc challenge of the future. Later, in hU inaugural speech of Jan. 20, 1961, Kennedy picked the word tide, which Roosevelt had used, to say it was ^running out on us.

But.lt was Roosevelts thinking developed the hard way. by trial and error, during the years of his presidencywhich makes it possible now for Kennedy to think as he does and with such self-assurance in such fields as foreign aid (Roosevelt started it with lend-lease) and the recogmti<m that the go,>^ ernment haa responsibility for the general welfare.

Roosevelt accomplished this with Supreme Court backing in .such fields as Social Security and unemployment pay.

All this had become an accepted part of American life by the time Kennedy ran for the presidency. His programs in one form or another are extensions of Roosevelts program.<i. for example his request for medical care for the aged under Social Security and extended unemployment pay.

By the time Roosevelt died this country, no longer self-centered. had shaken off isolation and had entered deeply through war into International cooperation.

ICennedy is extending that and elaborating upon it. jut as Presidents Truman and Eisfii-hower did.

The relief jH-ograms Roosevelt created for the hungry and jobless at horn, over some intense opposition, were simply an early form of the Trumgn-Elatnhower-Kennedy (oreigb aid programs for backward pfoplai.

Thus Roosavelt, feallng hia way and without a clear philosophy on it when he ftrat took office, worked out basic policies, both domestic and fcMreigii, which are still basic.

(Wilson Times)

Recent events bring new' hope for the attaining of an area airport. Governor Sanford, speark-mg 1' Tarbor on industrial de' velopment for Eastern Carolina, cited air service as a necessity for area growth.

Area air service is the need,

the goal and it is what we must work toward. We cannot be deterred from the main objective. For there isnt a city in Eastern Carolina that can generate enough air traffic to make service profitable to the

airlines.

But an area airport could support both trunk and feeder lines. You have been reading of the effort to get Piedmont service, either in Wilson or Greenville. There have been conflicting statements because of the circumstances. One point needs emphasizing. This is that we have a better chance for area service than we have ever had, if we work together.

Wilson is ready. We are not holding out for the Wilson airport or any airport. We are ready to go in with our neighboring cities to build an airport that will serve the area. We are not going to quibble if it is closer to one point or city than it is to Wilson. We are ready b

to sit down, make plans and work with the CAB or the board responsible for selecting the site.

The canvass of the trade the airlines can expect' has been made and it is adequate for a profitable operation.

We know the G()vernor Is right when he says air service is one of the major needs of Eastern Carolina, We recognize that the big trunk lines are fighting to hold the Raleigh-Durham airport as the service point for Eastern Carolina-As of today there is no trunk service but at two points, New Bern and RaJeigh. Both are too far away from the population center of Eastern Carolina.

The Governors speech ties in with recent events. With his help, with recent events and the announcement that Piedmont Is expanding its service in Eastern Carolina, the opportunity is now.

We need tiie CJovernors help, we need public spirited citizens that put area above local ambition, w need vision. In other words we need to get our sites into the air. Then let them drop on a site that will serve many points as possible in a convenient and practical area.

We need an area airport. All our energies should be centered in that direction now.

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even W'ith him; forgiving one sets you above him.Benjamin Franklin.

A four-day work week probably would call for more pay to help workers finance their additional leisure. Catskill (N. Y.) Mail.

Religion

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 196U King Feature Syndicate, Inc.

"'Don J. Milam, pastor of tha Ysleta' Baptist Church of - El Paso, Texas, write me;

I am very interested in your editorials on Federal Aid to Education.

Would you please expound, further upon your ideas oi what would become of the Public ^ School System li Federal Aid 1 granted to Parochial Schools.

It seems that the moment this Federal Aid is granted Parochial Education, whether in the form of a gift m- as a low-^ Intereot loan, there would oe a mad scramble of all denomination and church^ to grab th money to build their own educational systems, and to withdraw their denominational students and teachera out of the public sidhools to fill their church schools.

The Public School System would become overnight a mutilated student body controlled by a decapitated head. Then would follow a vicious competition of denominations that would make the Holy Wars look like a Sunday School picnic, and the Fe<t eral Treasury look like a shambles. What is the answer?

The view here seems to be that the various denomination exist to grab money and that the competition between them has nothing to do with idea, principle, hopes, aspirations, beliefs. It would seem that churches exist only to scramble for m(mey.

This view is difficult to understand because religion exists a a moral equivalent; its purpose is the buUding and self-policing of character based on the Natural Law. This is true of all religions* and there have been hundreds of expressions of an identic c<mcept in the history -of man.

The insistence upon a mon<y hthic educational system is undoubtedly the same thing. Pei^ haps this Intensive conformity IS due to television where conforming advertisements are over-(framatized. The other day,

I was listening to an advertisement about a detergent that 1 being used in a washing-machine and in a few minutes I heard another advertisement say approximately the same thing about another detergent.

The assumption that all education must be uniform and identical is not wholesome. There are varieties of approach to knowledge and to the building * of character. One of the important deficiencies of our time IS the lack of respect for parents which is traceabl to lack of religion and moral training. Children grow full of wisdom at an ear^f age but ofti become dull as they advance into adidt years. They reject guidance, except from a friend that 1 a child their own age. Adults, including parents, are squares. Manners arc deliberately vulgariz as a mark of independence.

Go to most university campuses and note the manners and demeanors of our future leaders-Somcwhat of a change for the better is taking place but sloppi-ness is still the vogue: dirty shoes: unkempt faces; improper dress is still the fashion. This represent a type of mind; it bespeaks a methodless life. It a product of a pragmatic

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form of education which leave (Continued on page 7)

Strength-For Today

By EARL L- DOUGLASS NOW BE CAREFUL

I wont!

How often we hear the child say this. How often we say it ourselves, generally, not audibly but to our own consciousness. I wont forgive and I wont forget. The way he kept me from advancement is something I shall always remember. The things she said about me were simply So awful that I never even want to see her again. Gods commands are too severe. Nobody could live up to them and I dont intend to try even.

You think that little six-year-old tike who stamps her foot and declares, I wont, I wont. I wont, is just an example of

what original sin is and how it operates? As a matter of fact, that youngster is you and I speaking out and saying what we often really think, purpose, and do.

The fall oi man came about as the result of disobedience. We often pretend that we really do not know what the pathway of duty Is. This is largely pretense. That pathway is much more plainly Indicated before our feet than we are willing to admit. The stoicc cries out, yet we arejMWl^ $o obey commMT

Sin is spiritual disease, and the outstanding sympton of that disease i disobedience. I wont, I wont, I wont I

Honest Graft Costs Run High

By ELMER ROESNNER In most cities (not. of course, where this is printed!) there is a curious anomaly known as honest graft. ThLs is the payment and collection of cash or goods for certain services by policemen and other city and state employees.

In some cities, the distinction between honest graft and dishonesty^ is curiously prescribed. In one '^city. the cop on the beat may be entitled to two drinks and $2 a (lay at each tavern, for which he is expected to divert obnoxious characters and not to enforce local ordinances too strictly. (In some cities, the ordinances appear to have been written purposely to permit policemen to levy a friendly tax on many businesses.) But the cop who insists on three drinks a day and demands $5 a day in Rifts is a dihonest grafter and a phone' call to the captain can get him tranaferred to Boondocks Avtnue.. .....

In many clU. police consider It hont to take modest payments from gamblers, unless the cops are on an antigambling detail. ih which case any bonus from a bookie is dishonest. However. t4png money from a pro^

titute is dishonest graft.

An old-time New Yor.k police reporter told me that cops in New York, except those*on the gambling detail, found nothing wrong in accepting a few dollars from a bookie for merely looking the other way. Furthermore. he said, that if a cop was seen pocketing such money his comrades, even though they took nothing themselves, would protect him. But woe was the lot of a cop who would shake down a prostitute; even his best friend would turn him in.

AU this Is preliminary (gad-fry, Roessner is long-winded today!) to observing that throughout business, in big firms and small, there Is such a thing as honest stealing. EVERYBODYS DOIN IT ' It has grown up through the years and ha.s become so firmly entrenched that Utile can be done about it shove of a national *1noral rebirth.

As with honest graft, it ha U curliHis anomolies.

In many compaa, th employee who flicked a couple of 4-cent stamps into Ws own.pocket would be regarded as a thief. But another employee who put hi personal mail through the

mailing ro<wn would not be considered dishonest. He and his * fellows might reason that his personal mail might have some business impUcations and besides the boss does the same thing.

Petty supplies are also targets of honest thieves. The man who would rush in to report a 10-cent 'overpayment in hi.s envelope would think nothing of taking home $1 worth of pencils, paper envelopes and erasersfor his own children.

One employer told me he was aghast at the number of people who, applying for jobs, used stationery of their current employers.

It may be that U.S. Steel encourage employee to use it letterheads in seeking new jobs, but they are not for me, he .said. "If they will use the company stationery to get me to employ them, why wont they use my Utionery for their other purpoats? he asked.

OeMUt' tfiMf occaaloBti objections to honeat itealUif, many cofnpanie toltrat it. In addition to stationery, pencils and postage, many firms lose typewriter ribbons, ink, blank books, varioua stickers, staplers

and other kinds of office cce#* sdries.

This sort of, freedom soon leads to charging other person?* al expenditure to company a<^ counts and the total loss to business probably runs into millions of dollars a year.

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