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YTffC DAILY REFLECTOII, GREENVILLE, N.

Wednesday, April 19. 1961

Wednesday. April 19, 1961

First District Is Left Undisturbed

AlthougiT heated legislat!^ bailies recertain square miles . .-1,800 square miles more than the to be waged over the two congressional redistricting next largest district.

proposals now before the General Assembly, it appears proposals now before the

a foregone conclusion that the, First District will re- do not split up the 14 counties which now

main largely intact. Under eacH'of the proposals the up the First District.is of significance. It Is also

existing Ifirst Disirict would be enlarged to include two jn^portant that the two proposals differ only in that additioiiall counties. - Kemps bill would add^vorthhamptonand Bertio-

considerable speculation that the 14 counties of the There are certain to be bitter criticisms of the

present First District would be distributed among other redistricting proposals from some areas of the state neighboring districts in a reshuffle. At that time it some individual counties. So far as the first

'was pointed out repeatedlyparticularly from other djgtrict is concerned, however, the proposals set forth sections of the statethat the First District already ^ reasonable pattern for retaining in the northeastern T^as the smallest of the 12 districts of the states in j^^^tion of North Carolina one of the logical congre^ terms of population. Its population was 32,000 less gjo^al districts of the state. Although the district would than that of the next smallest district and 135,000 less smallest of the proposed 11 with a population

than the most populous district in the state. pf approximately 300,000, the area covered by the

It w a also pointed out, and justly so,^ that the proposed district could hardly be expanded without First District, in spite of its lower population, was at reaching unreasonable proportions, the same tim the largest district in the state in terms of geographic area, encompassing more than 7,800

Pandoras Box?

!Democrats Saw iv'ely Meeting

Bt LYW NISBET LIVELY DEMOCRATS-Most ef those who attended the Jef-ferson-Jackson dinner and relatad actlviUefi here last Saturday will agree with Governor Sanfords comment at his Monday , news conference: It was a fine tribute to the vitality of the Democratic party in North Carolina, and to the efficient and enthusiastic leadership

There had been some fear expressed that moving the dinner itself from a downtown hotel to the fairgrounds arena would lessen interest. On the contrary, nearly three times as many people who had never attended one of these affairs paid for tickets and showed up for the dinner and the political conversations before and Rafter. The dinner netted the Democratic campaign fund around 75.000.

The whole affair had less of the social atmosphere and more of the purely political which is another w'ay of saying it was more democratic spelled with either a little d or a big on^ The customary luncneon for Vlt* at the county club was displaced by a luncheon at the Governors mansion for all the county chairmen. The somewhat exclusive tea.s and receptions to which inviUtions were issued save place to a general hand shaking reception in the hotel ball room to which everybody was invited and most of eju went..

Of course there were some mlscues, ' some mistakes and oversights. Preponderance of opinions expressed during and after the event was that it was the best J-J dinner occasion in history, and made substantial contribution, in dollars and active intereust, to assuring continued supremacy of the iDemocratlc party In Nath Carolina and the nation.

DISTINCTIVE AREAS Not the least of accomplishments of the J-J dinner occasion was bringing about better understanding of the distinctive areas in which Federal, State and local organizations should be recognized as dominant. Relations between the Governor and the State organization and the county chairmen were cordial, in atriking contrast with the situation several years ago when the county chairmen in a separate meeting protested the way the Governor had ignored them in making appointments.

Every member of the congressional delegation was here, except the one Republican and Ralph Scott, of the fifth distnct, who was in the hospital. So were many members of the General Assembly. When dkscussion got around to congressional redis-tncting, the State legislators sought advice from the representatives In Congressand didnt get mucli. The general at

titude was that redistricting is the responsibility of the State Legislature. Of course, each congressman wanted his district, the area and the people with whom he has worked, disturb-, ed as little as possible All of them had sense enough to know that radical readjustment is unavoidable.

If any congressman exerted, or attempte,d to exen, undue Influence on any member of the Genera] Assembly your reporter did not discover it. That was not due to indifference, but to the factwhich every member of the Congress is alertly aware that unless the sUte is redistricted to reduce the congressional membership from 12 to 11, every congressman will have 'to run at large with every voter in the state having a whack at him at the polling place. Unless the district lines are revised before the 1962 election, a voter in Cherokee county will helpt elect the member of Congress from the coast.

HOLDOVERS Ellfec-tive dates as set out in the constitution and the general statutes for new officers taking over were fixed before the custom developed of the General Assembly "remaining in session until midsummer. That has resulted in a nunuRual number of holdover or lame duck members of several* boards.

Arch T. Allen, secretary of the board of trustees of" the University. felt It w'ise to announce at the meeting this week when the trustees were electing Dr. Otis Singletary as chancellor of Womans College, that he had obtained an opinion tiom the attorney general that those trustees whose terms expired on April 1, but for whom successors had not been named, had full voting rights.

The constitution prescribes that the Cjevernor shall appoint ind Joint session of the House and Senate confirm members of the State board hi education on or before Apr 1. Governor Sanford announced the new appointees well after April 1 and at time this Is written they have not been confirmed. Maybe they* dont need to be. because it is further set out theat appointments to fill vacancies occurring in mid term do not require confirmation.

Terms of Dallas Herring. Guy Phillips and Gerald Cowan expired AprU I. Two weeks later Governor Sanford announced reappointment of Herring and Phillip* and substituted John Reynolds for Cowan, who had asked not to be reappointed. The new and renewed appointments have been almost unanimously approved by popular opinion. There remains the legal technical question of necessity for legislative coniirmation.

Odds Are Against Big Clash Over Cuban War

There ^3 no escaping the fact that the invasion of Cuba by Anti-Castro forces Monday has created a new '^TTternational-crisis only 90 miles, from the mainland of the United States.

The Soviet Union has pledged support to Castros forces while blaming the United States for intervention in Cuban affairs. The United States while expressing svmpathy with the effort to overthrow the Castro dictatorship i.n Cuba has flatly denied any connection with the forces which landed.^n Cuba.

The two most powerful nations in the world both

have direct interest in the affairs in Cuba. The Soviet GOLIT TT?'NI'7

Union is anxious that its communist foothbld in the UvJiN

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Western Hemisphere be preserved. The United States would be delighted to see Castros communist control of Cuba obliterated.

Though the situation in Cuba is one which could quickly bring the United States and Soviet military forces face-to-face, events of recent years indicate chances are against such an eventuality. It is not likely Monday*, that the United States will directly interviene in the traditional in our land to

current Cuban conflict. Neither is it likely, we think, that the Soviets will risk direct conflict with the United States in rendering aid to Castros government.

Stories

Time, and the soothing balm of humor, assuage the pangs of income tax deadlines such as

Questions About Cuban Invasion

grumble a bit, to wish aloud for an end to all taxes, to pray for more spartan government.

On the other hand, income-tax-paying-time is a perenml favorite season for cartoonists and comedians. But some of the better imaginative reaction

comes from real life.

Due to the restricted nature of

my days it isnt easy to round up a selection of post-tax-filing commentaries from the local scene; however, the Associated Press has from time to time provided us with choicer experiences from a wider front.

And so my thanks to minions and moguls of the AP, because the lighter aspect of the season helps ease what may be for some a painful memory.

Take for instance the story of a taxpayer who wasnt sure how to back up her deductions

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By JA.MES MARLOW WASHINGTON 'AP; Five questions stand at the heart of the anti-Castro invasion of Cuba.

What will Russia do? Why did the invaders pick April 17? What part. If any, did the United States play? Are the Cuban people for or against Fidel Castro? If the invaders win. what kind of government will they set up? .

In Moscow the government newspaper Izvestia said the Communist world stands behind Castro, called the invaders "American hirelings. The official Soviet news agency Tass said Russia and its allies are ready to help Ca.stro.

Although the Soviet Union and Its satellites have given Castro arms, now in his moment of peril further help from them is a long way off unless they send in planes.

There Is a limit.on what they can do without risking war with the United States.

Twice now in seven years e' treme left-wing governments set up in the Western Hemisphere under the American nose have been invaded. In Guatemala In 1954 the government was aush-ed.

The Communists have been trying to do to the United States what this country has done to them, that is. esUblish alliances clo.se to American shores. The United States has made such alliances with some of Russias closest neighbors.

If Castro falls, it would not be surprising to .see Russia, or Its emissaries, create a crisis for the United States elsewhere. It has been stalling on a cease-fire in Laos, for instance. It could turn Laos into a furnace.

Last Saturday three Cuban air basei vrere attacked from the air by bombers. Two of the planes later landed in Florida where one of the pilots said he and his companions had deaert-ed the Cuban air force.

This raid apparently was an attempt to destroy whatever planes Castro had left. Two days later came the Invasion. They seemed linked. That still doesnt explain why April 17 was the target date.

Perhaps the invaders decided now or never in fear that if they waited much longer Castro might be too well armed to

overcome.

There have been repeated'reports for weeks that a number of Cubans have been trained as jet piIot& in the satellites and that Castro has received from behind the Iron Curtain a batch of jetplanes which are still in crates, waiting to be assembled.

At the United Nations Adlal E. Stevenson denied an offensive had been launched from this country against Cuba. Secretary of State Dean Rusk again stated the U.S. poUcy of non-intervention.

But Rusk avoided any flat commitment that this country is not giving back-door aid to the re'" e!s Nor did President Kennedy at his news conference last week say the United States would not help anti-Castro rebels.

He said neither Americans nor American armed-forces would Intervene in Cuba.

But the New York Times has said flatly" Cuban exiles for nine months have trained in this country and Central America for invasion.

i What .still isnt clear is how many Cubans .share the anti-Castro feelings of the rebels. The invaders will have their hands full if most of the Cuban people are pro-Castro.

Cuba has had a long history of dictatorship, and revolts. The anti Cuban exiles in this country range from right to liberal, to say the least. Last month they got together in a coalition called the Cuban Revolutionary Council.

This togetherness may last no longer than it takes to crush Ca.*5tro. Then who wins, if they win, is anyones guess.

Public Forum

To The Editor: We could

think of nothing more hopeful than to see a new library built on a site, not a lot. A site where one might envision green grass, flower beds, recreational facilities. - a . swimming pool. A site that would some day be a focal point of beauty and civic pride where our city today would meet its obligations for tomorrow.

Ruth F. Trevathan Greenville

Other Editors Saying Senate Satellite System

(Charlotte Newa)

The central court reform issue ia^whether justice is to be made uniform all over North Carolina. On that issue, Sen. Lindsay Warrens much heralded compromise bill is not a compromise at all. It is neither half loaf nor quarter loaf; it is the crust well hollowed out. If passed by the North Carolina Senate it might well cripple the movement for court reform for years.

The most casual glance show* why. Vital to the recommendations of the North Carolina Bar Associations Bell Committee, the basis of Rep. H.P. Taylors current reform bill, is the idea that the patchwork quilt of local courts should be scrapped in favor of a uniform system offering the same opportunity for fair couit relief to any citizen, wherever he lives. Obviously, it is not enough that the General Assembly simply decree the existence of a uniform system. There must be central administration to set standards of procedure and financing on a statewide basis.The Bell Com- ' mittee concluded that state-wide standards could not be enforced from the General Assembly. As a legislative body it is subject to score* of local and county political pressures. Accordingly, the Bell Committee a.sked that administrative power be vested in the topmost branch of tl state judiciary the state supreme court.

The word compromise suggests that Sen. Warren and his large group of cosigners in the Senate are disposed to accept at least part of the principle, bound by certain safeguard^. Thi* 1* what the Taylor bill offers. It offers a legislative veto over the rule* and regulations set by the Supreme Court. But Sen. Warrens bill does little more than tip its hat to uniform administration. Though tal^g upon itself the aura of reform." it in fact leaves ^to

tal power over North Carolina* courts squarely in the politics-dominated legislature, attempting to conceal its uncomiwomis-* ing purpose by accepting certain other of the Bar Associations proposals. It is clear, however, that Sen. Warrensbffl is worse than nothing would deflate the court reform movement without giving essential reforms.

Once more. Sen. Warren seems to be making headway toward; building his own clear it with Lindsay system in the Senate, if not in the whole of the General Assembly. His bizarre personal power attests, of course, to the senator* formidable political skill. It attests to the vitriol of his tongue, so well displayed last week during the show of power in which Senate redistricting was avoided by a meaningless bill that was worse than nothing at all. But his personal power also attests that many other members of the Senate willingly set Sen. Warren upon a throne, bow down to him. consent to revolve around him like pusillanimous court pages.

This is not doubt to the senators liking; but the consequences of this satellite system aie clear. Sen. Warren is proceeding to take the major institutional issues that confront the Senate, one by one. and deflate and discard them with empty compromises, He could not perform such slaughter alone, but he can perform it with the assistance of 39-odd fellow senators.

When the issue of Senate redistricting arises again, as it surely will, Sen. Warren and his Senate satellites may look back and say. oh, but we redistricted the Senate in 1961, If Sen. Warrens misleading court reform passes, they may likewise claim to have reformed* the courts of North Carolina. Actually, they will only have stitched a few more patches to the quilt.

for drugs and medicines, l^e showed up at the tax office wUh five sh^ boxes filled with empty pill bottles-Then, on the West Coast, an aging taxpayer sought help at an IRS office and remarked on leaving: If it wasnt for taxes and my wife Id be a rich man. Of course I wouldnt have anything to complain about then In another IRS office, those seeking help pick up a number as they enter so they can be served in proper turn. One day (so says the AP. and it must be true) an entrepreneur arrived early and without being observed, snatched a stack of the lower numbers. When others arrived and found only high number* left, this man began peddling his supplj^ at 50 cents a number.

As everyone knows, Revenue offices get many inquires by phone.

A woman called one southwestern bffice and asked if she could claim a deduction for safety equipment. Asked to be more specific, she said she was talking about a playpen.

Another woman asked how laxge a charitable contribution she could claim for her gift of blood to the Red Cross.

Both received discouraging replies.

The IRS runs into just about everything. . -such as the taxpayer who listed an aunt as a dependent, stating he was sending her $50 a month. Asked where the aunt lived, he replied I dont know. I havent seen her in five years.

And yesterdays teletype carried the story of a rhyme, mailed with a tax *form to the Baltimore office of the Internal Revenue Service. It said Income tax once again this year,

And brings anything but good cheer;

Each year it seems I pay you more-er,

Each year I get a little pooT-er.

I think theres a story to be told about the boom in farm ponds, this spring. . .especially in Pitt County.

Last Sunday my brother-in-law, Jim Elks, took me for a ride in the Black Jack area and in a matter of minutes we saw a good dozen or so ponds. Most of them appeared newly-dug; dirt from the excavation still piled high.

"^ver since. Ive wondered how many more we might have seen had we gone further afield.

The writer has seen nothing like it in the past fifteen year*. It might have been a regional trend; it might be generalized. Anyhow, the sight was most encouraging.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright. 1961. King Feature*

The most amazing document sever issued by the State Department is the White Paper on Cuba. It cannot be read without assuming that the United States is apologetic, in some manner, for the misconduct of Castro. Here is the opening statement:

. . .The hemisphere rejected at the overthrow of the Batista tyranny, looked with sympathy on the new regime, and welcomed its promises of political freedom and social justice for the Cuban people. The challenge results from ,the fact that the leaders of the revolutionary regime betrayed their own revelution, delivered that revolution into the hands of powers alien to the hemisphere, and_transformed it into an instrument ttnployed with calculated effect to suppress the rekindled hopes of the Cuban people for democracy and to intervene in the internal affairs of other American Repub-

lies *

In the first place, the hemisphere meaning North and South Americadid not devote itself to the overthrow of Batista. The subject was hardly import* ant to most human beings. Besides, economically 1956 was Chibas best year, There is a sectarian group in the State Department which believes that Rightist dictators are v and Leftist dictators are good. Thus. Stalin was good; Hitler was bad. Thus, Batista was evil and Castro was good; Trujillo is l?ad, and so it goes. These doctrinaire Fourth Floor deskmen n the State Department disregard hi.story In their desire to establish a world of good men, dictators who call themselves democrats or democrats who are dictators.

The White Paper says;

It is the considered judgement of the Government of the Urnied States of America that the Castro regime in Cuba offers a clear and present danger to the authentic and autonomous revolution of the Americas to the whole hope of spreading political liberty, eco-nomic development, and social progress through all the republics of the hemisphere.

This is a new use of the tem.^ Government of the United States. A considered judgement of the Government of the United States could be a joint resolution of Congress. Surely at no time has the Congress of the United States or the President in a formal me.ssage to Congress referred to the authentic and autonomous revolution of the Americas.

Precisely what iS this revolution? What have the United States and Canada, for instance, to do with this authentic and autonomous revolution?

Surely it is not true, as the -White Paper states:

When word arrived from the Sierra Maestra of the revolutionary movement headed by Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz, the people of the hemisphere watched its progress with feeling and with hope. . .

Who in the Northern part of the hemisphere watched Castro* butchery with feeling and hope? From the start, many Americans looked upon it with loathing. What is the White Paper attempting to doto give the impression that the hope of this country was centered on Castro? Are the authors of this document trying to Justify the aid given to Castro by the State Department? Were the men who wrote the White Paper responsible for the support Fidel Castro received from those in the Stato Department?

In later pages, the White

Paper changes ils tone and

tells what a treacherous devil Castro is. It describes the Communist take-over. However, even so, Castro is the poor little darling who is seduced. Note:

. .When Castro first went to the hills, the Cuban Communist Party dismissed him as bpurgeois and putschist. Only when they saw that he had a chance of winning did they try to take over his movemeflt.

It has not been unusual for the Communists to give the appearance of opposing one whom they support. It is also true that Soviet Russia has often found local Communists to be nuisances and have acted without their knowledge, whipping them into line when the proper time came. Finally, on page 19, the pamphlet reaches The Delivery of the Revolution to the Sino-Sov-(Continued on page five)

More Motels-The Reasons Why

Strength For Today

Bv EARL L. DOULASS PATIENCE Not long ago a friend showed me his extensive collection of American coins. I remarked on how much it must have cost hun over the years,

Not nearly as much as you probably think,' he replied. I have one rule I almost never break: be patient. I hardly ever buy a rare coin at a high price. I have discovered that if I am patient and wait. I can always find it or trade for it so that it costs me much less.

In our time, when so much emphasis is put on speed and high pressme accomplishment, patience is a virtue which come* in for relatively little praise. Yet the fact Is that patience.is one of the primary qualities. along witb such more obvious

one* as courage and love, which man needs to survive.

Primitive man understood the need for patience very well. The hunter or fisherman on whose success the life of his family depended had to school himself in the ability to wait aUently for the right moment, no matter how long It took.

Civilized man atill needs patience as much a* ever. Most of lifes troubles can be borne If we will bear them patiently and work and hope for better days. Those who lack the patience to endure often end as mental cases or auiclde*. Everything has an ending at last, and most things. If we give them their course, have happy ending*.

Be patient.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Wherever you hang your hat. you probably say: There hasnt been more than one good hotel built in this town in the last thirty years!

And you may go on: Whats the matter with the hotel business anyway? Is it* just milking its Investment?

The truth is that the hotel business Is more interested in motel*, than hotels.

There are many reason*. Cities slap bright new taxe* on hotels. Inspectora prowl them demanding haniiout* or repair of alleged etiolation*, union* keep pumping up demand*.

But motels escape urban taxes. ln.spectIons. regulations and biles; they operate with local, unorganized worker*. Sometimes this turna out to be the owners wife.

EXl RBAN LlXl RY

^ Why should a traveler sfop at a downtown hotel, paying a heavy rait for accommodations.

paying more dollars for parking his car, filling dozens of outstretched hands, bucking fender-denting traffic, and paying 99 cents for drinks he can pour out of a bottle at half the price?

Come, now! Im not against hotels. Some of my beet friend* are hotel owner*. But the bald economic fact i* that many people fln<T motel* give more for their money than the downtown luxury Hotels do.

And the bald economic fact* are that estimate* say that a total of $3.1 billion dollar* will be spent in American motels thi* year. That is aboqt a 7 per cent increase over 1960.

Prentlce-Hall. in a aummary of the motel branch of the hotel industry, say* that last year motels took in more dollars than hotels did. It estimates that there were 62,000 motels In

motels have swimming pools, landscaped .gardens, air conditioning, costly furnishings, cocktail lounges, restaurants and unctious attendants. Some in Nevada are said to have slot machine* in the public rooms, or are prepared to send roulette wheels and croupiers to guests apartments.

All this, as P-H points out, constitutes a market for many industries. Motels are in the market for better furniture, better plumbing, more luxurious conveniences.

They need everything a good hotel tt^ds; furnishings, restaurant ^uipment and supplies, bedding, soap, tissue, and appliances without end. Everything required for a modem home is also an item to be sold motel operators.

Many motels operate their own shops, selling drugs, souvenirs, records, stationery; can-

1960. a rise of 4.000 in two year*

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Thi trrnd to morf Itixury Is fdlM nd other tleins Msny have ^qulrcments. Code

children. Others have restaurants with such fine cuisine that city dwellers drive out to supon coq au vin, catfish, bagel mit lox and other specialties.

Whatever you make or sell, its time to take a new look at the motel market. In 60 days, when the summer traffic starts, operators will be too busy to talk to your salesmen.

CODE TELLS HOW TO MEET GOVERNMENT PACKAGING RULES

Companies seeking a government contract, or holding a contract that requires military packaging, may profit by studying Packaging Requirements Code. It establishes and defines a system for coding essential preservation and packaging data, as prescribed in all Defense Department contracts. For copies, send $1.25 to Government Printing Office, Washington 25. D. C., for Packaging

evident to anfone who hits the open road these days. M^

swimming pools and play areas for local as well as travelers'

Standard 726. Published in May, I960, it is still'in effect.