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Friday, April 28, 1961

fHB DAILY REFLECTOR. OREENVILLE. W. C

They Dare Point The Finger?Friday. April 28, 1961

Demonstration Of Pride In ECC

whicTwby airdyv?. ^k*to |e tote f?r

ning by Gov. Terry Sanford, was an excellent tribute by the people of this county to the institution which has meant so much to this area.

this institution.

The county-wide salute to the college is one which we hope will set a precedent for others to follow in

As sDokesmen for the ^onsoring organizations the future. The Jaycees, the Chamber of Commerce,

pointed out, the salute to East Carolina could only Merchants Association, Moose Lodge and othMoytan-

renresent a token of the affection and appreciation izations which had a part in plannmg and earring out

ihe nwple Pitt County hold for the institution, the salute to East Carolina College are to be com-Even so, the tribute indicated not only to the college, mended for their undertaking, its faculty, staff and students, but to the sUte as a whole the fact that Pitt County is extremely proud || to be the home of East-Carolina College. It demon-strated in overt terms the fact that the college is link-ed closely with the people of the country and that the people are not unaware of what the college means A'l W

from the standpoint of economic, social, cultural and

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civic advantages of the community

From its small beginning. East Carolina Colle|re has become important to the state as a whole as well as to Pitt County.

As Gov. Sanford so vividly pointed out, How can we measure the enrichment of North Carolina s cultureits art^ literature, musicwhich was made possi-

Americans were warned, months ago, there would be more bad news before things began getting better.

The meaning of that warning has been sinking in of late; and realization of a setback in distant Laos is with us today.

Despite Administration hopes for a neutral Laos, there is really little ground to hope such a

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wl'*tanning of young men and women status can be attained. It is far more pwbable the land hers? Sucs it to say that North Carolina would have will remain divided into two fe^entej^o^^ been less than it is tonight but for East Carolina Col

lege. Csrtainiy the potential we intend to achieve in

Very Aware GOP Presence

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By AVRORA DOLLET GOP INPLUENCE The 1961 General Awembly is experiexxv tag a record number of Repub-Bean membtra. a total of 17. Two of this number are ta the Senate and the rematetof fifteen are seated to the Houae of Eep-reeentativea. Though thla proportion may seem less than competitive. cooaldertaf that there are I repreaentatives and 50 senators to all, the OOP members to this Isfislature preeeot a group demanding recognition.

When the chips are demand experienced legislaUMs face this reahtya bloc of votes Is twice as deadly if used in oppo-aitioa.

By the 66th legislative day. a total (rf exactly 800 bills has been introduced to the legislature. Sbrty-three of these have had a RepuWlcan legislator for a sponsor. (Ih case of multiple listings 00 bibs and resolutions, only the first name has been considered here.)

The GOP members of the General Assembly are holding their own fairly well in this departr roent. tatroductton of bills. Tbeto prop''ed legislation averages al-most four measures per Republican.

Democrat . sponsored tion averages approximately ^ measures per lawmaker, though the Democrats undoubtedly have quite an edge on the minority party in average number of years of legislative experience.

STONE WALL Though Republicans can Introduce bills of their own personal or party preference, seeing those pieces of legislation safely through to being ratified is quite another matt^ as many GOP lawmakers wlu frankly sUte In each and every committee, as well as In the hafls of'the House and Senate. RepubUcans represent an often helpless minority.

At this point to the session, less Uian 18 per cent of the Republicans bills have been passed Into law. Their Democrat colleagues have been more than twice as succMsful in this department. with nearly 39 per cent of the Democrat-sponsored hills being ratified.

Twelve other GOP measures have passed the half-way mark, however, and are awaiting committee or floor acUon In the final leglslatife branch. One biU of a public rather than local nature, had passed the House, where it originated, but was amended by a Senate committee before receiving Senate action. It must now get House approval on its amended state. __

Republican bills have covered i variety of subjects this session. The majority of the statewide measures Itove suggested alternative tax proposals, and ire still awaiting committee action. Another pubHc measure dealing with cruelty to animals was killed on the floor ,of the House by Democrats who ap-idied the n^aure to unsheltered cattle and considered providing such housing impractical*.

Seasoned observers, as wen as veteran Republican lawmakers themselves, can recall only two state-wide GOP measures which were passed, ^

One. a poultry inspection law. was sponsored by Rep. T. E. Story of Wilkes several ye^s ggoand was successful to being ratifiedbut later that same

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nist, the other leaning Westward in a haphazard way

For if a ceasefire is accomplished, as now seems at least possible, it is inconceivable the communist rebels would relinquish control of the nearly half of Laos they now hold. It would be more in keeping for them to consolidate their position and prepare for tek-ing over of the royalist segment at a later date. This in turn would provide them a stepping-stone for

further conquest.

The courses of action left open to American policy- makers are filled with obstacles and dark omens for the future.

While Russia apparently put off replying to notes calling for a ceasefire and negotiation in order to allow further communist successes in Laos, it would now appear a ceasefire is less t be desired from our own JL

standpoint. v # t + l Roebuck. Sr., of Wash-

As long as the military phase of Laos struggle is ington, n. C. waa a vtoitor here in progress, there remains at least an opportunity to glj

recoup. Carolina College.

Admittedly, this is a 'Id^ooded aiipraisal; birt the tipie seems to have come for restraining gentle- Greenville and made a tidk in

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manly instincts w'hen fighting back-alley thugs.

itession the GOP bill was superceded by a different poultry ta-Fpection bill introduced by a Democrat,

In 1935, the present gaa chamber law waa enacted, replacing the electric chair as a meaiva of capital punishment. GOP Rep. Charles Peterson introduced the gas chamber bill.

THORNY PATHRepublicans do not agree among themselves to regard to the amount of partisan opposition they find In the State legislature. Some try to minimize it, shrugging their shoulders as If to rid themselves of the thought. Others are frankly bitter and resent treatment which they and their legislation have received.

Democrats, too. differ .to their attitudes toward party feuds. Some openly claim to love their GOP members themselves but refute anything that reminds them of Republicanism.

A few stalwart Democrats still wage open warfare on any local OOP bill, but the majority of Democrats ta committee meetings loudly jMTOclaim that Its a bad bill; Id vote against it even If a Democrat had introduced it.

This is undoubtedly a sincere ftatement in many of the instances. But the facts speak for themselves a bill Introduced by a Democrat has more than twice the chance of becoming law than one introduced by a Republican. The records of the 1961 session of the General Assembly 80 far prove this.

In actual practice, moreover, OOP-sponsored state-wide bills have an infinitesimal chance of l^ing ratified, as records of previous years show.

But, a observers agree, the 1%1 session is far from ov-. . -

News Assuredly Will Get Worse

a tobacco warehouse.

Roebuck remembered that Rogs opened his address by pointing out tht he had toured Greenville with Ed Flanagan that afternoon.

By the way,* the great bumorst continued. Ive ridden ta big cities and little cities, autos and hacks, but I learned

a new traffic law here today-The only traffic law you have In Greenville is when you see an open spot Jump for it-

That visit was many years ago and Im sure it was an accurate (H>servation. Whats more things havent changed much.

ovw Nca^ Carolina to hear the famous man.

Rogers died in- aa^ airplxne crash in 1935- He was a passenger in a NeM piloted by WUey Post. The aircraft crashed in a fog near Point Barrow, Alaska and Rogers died at 56 years old.

Roebuck is an admitted admirer of Rogers whose homespun cowboy quotes are still around the nation. Roebuck recalled that the warehouse where Rogers spoke was extremely hot that afternoon. K was packed with people who came from all

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP)- American newspaper editors were prepared this week for what Pres-Idt Kennedy warned about ta his State of the Union message last January: The news will be worse before it is better.

For two days in the big auditorium of the State Department Kennedy and some of his top men briefed editors from all over the country on the problems the United States faces abroad in dealing with communism.

Under the rules laid down nothing they said can be directly attributed to any of them. But if what they said could be boiled down to one sentence this would be U; This country Is in for some tough days. There may be wins; but there may also be losses,

The administration is taking seriously Premier Khrushchtva seriously Premier Khrushchevs before Kennedys State of the Union message referred to perilous days aheadto expect a series of revolutions like the one in Cuba. . .

'"''lit that time Khrushchev said there are three kinds of war;

1. The thermonuclear kind, which the world has escaped so far and which Khrushchev said he wants to avoid.

2. The brush-fire kind like the Indo-China fighting of 1953-54 and the British-French invasion of Sue* ta 1956. The Soviet leader said he wants to avoid this kind. too. It could lead to thermonuclear war.

3. The third class war or national war of liberation, such as Fidel Castro fought In Cuba and the one being waged now by the Algeriana agaiiwt the French. Khrushchev said world communism fully supports this

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Red Chineee thla way: - *

1. The Chineee always have been cxpaneioniet- So their claim to Tibet, for taetance. Is nothing new- ... -.-r <

2. But they lack some very Important natural resources, like, oil and are horribly short of land.

When they feel strong enough they can turn in three directions :

1. Tell the Russians to move over in Asia to make room for them.

2. Follow a more peaceful path and seek food and other

things by trade.

3. Or just try to take what they wantsuch as natural resources and landby moving into Southeast Asia.

What this official didnt allow for is the possibility that in a few yearsby the technique of the third class kind of war mentioned by Khrushchevcommunism may have gobbled up much of Southeast Asia before China has the bomb at all.

If you think all thia sounds Atioomy. the editors were told tM administration docs not accept the idea that the decline of the West is Inevitable.

But an official said; Its possible that in five years the United States will have lost much of its Influence In the world'.

This kind of talk a dozen years agowhen this country had s monopoly on the hydrogen bomb and before communism began Its big drive under Khrushchev would have been unthinkable by a government official.

Its a good Indication of how powerful communism has become and with what misgivings the American government views It.

Other Editors Saying ..Quality Education

,The administration coMldera 1

it tough enough to ^ LA x-/ a %

(sountry from external attack but protecting It frtm the internal, or revoluionary assault, is a truly formidable task.

But the administrationas u tndng to cope with Castro and save Laos aiwl South Viet Nam from a Communist takeover were not enoughmay get hit by Khrushchev with a new crisis over Berlin In a few months.

And ta the background, but containing perhaps even more explosive danger, is Red China. Right DOW its trying to get on its feet. In a few years, if it develops the atomic bomb, It may start moving. ,

One high official talked of the

It is a strange paradox ttiat the American people are intensely interested in their ^ealth, yet they spend more money on smoking and drinking ($16.6 billion) than on drugs, hospitals and physicians combined' ($15.4 billion)according to the U.a Department of Commerce. In addition, they complain about the cost of medical care but are willing, if not anxious, to spend comparable amounts on their socially pleasant poisonstobacco and alcohol." Illinois Medical JournaL

(Unoir News-Topic)

Dr. Leo Jenkins, President of East Carolina College, states that the much discussed g<l of quality education for the youth of North Carolina cannot be achieved unless (iollege facilities are kept staffed with excellent teachers.

After reviesvtag out-of-etate recruiting forays and the loss of his own faculty members to other states. Dr. Jenkins pointed out that both colleges and public schools in the State are losing their key teachers to other areas.

Dr. Williams Plemmons of Appalachian State Teachers College at Boone has said the same thing time and time again.

Contrary to popular thought in some circles. Tar Heel college graduates do not seek the positions to other States Other States come to N-C. seeking teachers for their colleges and public schools.

As evidence of this we recall visiting the administration building at Appalachian recently and while looking over the large bul-letln board we found do$ens and dozens of letters from out of state schools begging for tea<:h-ers and painting for them pictures of financial return that this State cannot touch.

The biggest mistake that 1961 general assembly could make would be to fall to provide funds for Governor Sanfords educational program. We have too long been nibbling at these needed improvement to our e<lucational system. It is time to take a full bite and end the pusssriootlng. Perhaps lobbyists are putting the pressure on many of the senators and representattves but the time Is at hand when the majority of the jwople favor better education and the masses can outvote the special interests c<xne next elec

tion. It is E thought for them to ponder.

It is my personal conviction, the East Carolina' President continued, that the presence on any college campus of a corps of distinguished teachers is the most valuable provision that any legislature, or any church, can make for the youth of this State.

All of our colleges are losing experienced and distinguished teachers due to toe inbaiance in salaries paid in North Carolina as compared to other states. he declared.

President Jenkins continued Presently at East Carolina we may have as many as 49 resignations; and, in many instances, these professors cannot be replaced in quality or in kind. Urging wide support for the total program of education in the State. Dr. Jenkins said that the tide must be reversed or else we face a situation that will slowly weaken the whole fabric of education in North Carolina. ^ ^ .

Students who are to teach in our public schools need the best type of education that we can provide at the college level, and a scholarly and dedicated faculty must be retained in oi^ North Carolina college, he said-The amounts requested by toe various colleges for faculty s^-ary increases are relative^ small, Dr. Jenkins concluded, but never have wc asked for appropriations any more important for our State. We are asking for money to keep us on our campuses a creative personality, an art, an Influence for our youth; toe kinds of men who build the lasting impressions of education when the routine has faded. All North Carolinians have a stake in this appeal; if we succeed, all will benefit from the rewards; if we fail, all must share In the consequences.

Sen. Robert Lee Humber got ta his licks as he introduced Gov. Sanford at the Pitt County Salute to East Carolina College banquet Wednesday night.

Its taken us a long time to fire this first salute. he told the audience, but now its fired, rm not sure it is a shot to be heard round toe world.

However, he commented slyly that he would be happy if it were heard xs fsJ'* xs Raleigh and heard by the ears of members of toe Approp^tions Committee. *

The governor smiled.

At the same banquet Dr. Leo W Jenkins, college president.^ had a few words to y. He recalled that the first time this Isstitutlon fielded an athletic team the merchants In town contributed the imiforras. Referring to the cooperation between the town and college he asserted, Its been that close.

; Opinions In Brief

If Patrick Henry thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see what

happened with representation. Hailey (Idaho) Times.

'The next time someone pops off about Americans being selfish, money-crazy capitalists. remember: In 1960 their capital contributions to philanthropic activities were $43.96.Elgin (III.) Courier News.

Three salient features have contributed to making the democratic process work In America: first, our faith In it as a way of government; second, our acceptance of the precept that ours Is a government of law; and third, our wllllngnees to abide l:^ decisions.Zion (111.) Zion-Benton News.

Parents spend the first part of a childs life urging him to walk and talk, and the rest of his childhood getting him to sit down and be quiet.Rockford (HI.) Reflstor-Republic.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright. 1961. King Features Syndicate, Ino-The United States failed ta Cih ba The camps to Miami and in Louisiana were organized for Invasion. They were camps manned by Cuban refugees who hopea to save their country from Communism. They were willing to risk and sacrlfloe toelr llv for their country and They expected the support of the United States, That support was inadequate and

had ample support provided by Soviet Russia:

The object of the Was to establish a beachheaii upon which toe rebels would set UP a government headed by J^ Mlro (tardona, Dr. Maniwl Antonio Verona and ^

three important Cuban^ of varying political complexion, once the government was ally on Cuban 89II, .it could be recognized by the United States Legitimacy would have the value of making it possible for the United State* to send supplies to the govenament which It recognized. , ^

This legitimacy was oiy Important because some of toe ex-^ts to* toe State Department Stt toe united ates

could violate toe authority of . the Organtoatlon of Antarican States (OAS). On toe other hand the members of toe OAS have permitted toe violation of . the Caracas Declaration, tn-ed on March , 1954 and which provided:

The American republics at the Ninth International Conference of American States declared that international Communism. by its anti-democratlc nature and lU interventionist tendency, is incompatible with the concept of American freedom, and rwwlved to adopt within their respective territmrtes the measuree necessary to eradite and prevent subversive activities; , ^

The Fourth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs recognized that, to addition to adequate internal measures to each state, a high degree of Internationij cooperation is required to eradicate the danger which the subversive activities of international Comma-nism pose for the American States; and

The aggressive character of the international Communist movement continues to constitute, in the context of world affairs, a special and immediate threat to the national Institutions and the peace and sccur-' ity of the American States, and to the right of each state to de-velopJts cultural, political, and economic life frcty and nat-unly without intervention in Its' internal or external affairs by other states. . . . bcr States; *

Further, this Declaration of Solidarity for the Preservation of toe poUtical Integrity of the American States stipulates: That toe domination or control of the political institutions of any American State by the International (tommunist movement, extending to this Hemisphere. the political sysem of an extracwjtinental power, would constitute a threat to the sovereignty and political independence of toe American States, endangering the peace of America, and would call for a Meeting of Consultation to consider the adc^on ofgippropriate acti<to In accordance with existing treaties.

Thus, it is clear beyond per-adventure that the memb(H: states of toe OAS arc required to Join the United States in opposing toe establishment of a C^ommunist satellite anywhere in the American hemisphere.

The Charter of the OAS arranged at Bogota to 1948, sets forth toe purposes of the Organization as follows:

A) To strengthen the peace and security of the continent;

B) To prevent possible causes of difficulties ana to ensure the pacific settlememt of disputes that may arise among the Member States: $

C) To provide for common action on toe part of those States to the event of aggression;

D) To seek the solution of political. Juridlcial and eoonomio problems that may arise among them; and

E) To promote, by cooperative action, their economic, social and cultural development.**

Obviously, there is ample evidence to establish that Castros (Ccmtinued on page five)

Taxes Do Cause UnemplOYmen

Strngth For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS LIFE AT ITS BEST The English - word thrifl* to derived from an loclandio wore meaning serf. When a man in ancient times became a slave, either through capture ta ww or through accumulation of debt, his owner stood him against the door - post of his house and punctured the cartilage of his ear. This was thrilling

the ear. 'The man after that was a thirl, from which we get English word thrill.

AU.of which constitutes a helpful little parable. A thrUl is generally looked upon as some

thing,' quite desirable. We speak about thrUltag experiences.

and

It la always Intended to convey the idea of pleasure. But It means an exeltiat t ef pleasure, and the derivation of the word leads us to see that a life made up of thrills is really not a hai^y Ufe. but a life of servitud?. These people are of little value either to themselves or to others. Life for. them becomes an avid seektag after new and exciting experiences. and when a person gets to a place where that Is toe main object of his Ufe, he is a slave Indeed.

The way to get the best out of Ufe is to Uve it to the'fuU. That wUl mean some loss and sorrow, but triumph at the last.

By ELMER ROE88NER

The Kennedy tax proposals a governmental confession that present levies are a cause for unemployment.

The major proposal is for a $1.7 bllUoD tax remisaioo for businesses that make new ta-vestmeitts ta plants and equip-ment. \ _ ^ ^ ^

There is Uttle urgent need for new plants and equipment at toe moment, such as tow was to 16^ la mMiiv industries tPdfty there is an excess of iflants and equipment. Steel production, for erampls, is so far under capacity that the industry no longer makes figures public.

The only current shortages may be ta plants and equipment to produce hardware to overtake the Russians in the sice age, and government contracts m these fields usually provide for plant and equipment expansion and development.

CREATING JOBS The real purpose of the tax -remission. Administration spokesmen agree is to create

more Jobs.

If tax remission makes Jobs, the obvious coroUary is that the present high rate of taxation of corporations (up to 52 per cent of profits) is lowering employment.

No corporation will healtate to make an investment In plant and equipment if that investment will pay off under present tax schedules. If a facility will produce $100,000 in profits after . interest amortiza^ tion a year, no cdfpbrillon *wta

countants and tax analysts-IXAT]

hold off. even if the government takes $52,000 of that $100,000.

However, if the jricld is In leaser ratio, or if the returns are doubtful, management may hestitate. Why risk $1.000,000 when toe government takes a fat half if there is a profit, but the company loses If there Is a loss, tapital losses are deductible only ta offsetting capital gains.)

The Keimedy proposal, Inclr dentaUy . is ao compcated that. If it doesnt make Jobs for constructors and machinists, at least tt will make Jobe for ao-

COOPERATIVE TAXATION

On the whole, business would prefer tax relief In the form of accelerated depreciation allowances. but will probably accept the Kennedy proposal as tiie best available.

However, there la much to be said for acceleratecl depreela-tton.

At present, a corporation spending $1,000,000 for a new facility may deduct, as depreciation, a certain amount each year. There are several formulas. tU complicated, but if toe cost should be depreciated in tiie atraight-llne method over 20 years, the corporation would deduct $50,000 a year as depreciation. That would mean a tax deduction ta the neighborhood of $25.000 a year.

Under accelerated depredation allowances.'the e<i>Qration would be allowed to charge off depreciation ta 10 or 5 yeara. If five, the company would get a $200,000 deduction each year for five years.

in any case, the oorporatioo would eventually be able to deduct Us cost; the government would lose taxes on $1 million in income ov?y 5,10 or,20 years. ActusUy. the government would gain, because the new facility would generate added taxable income.

^ In deducting costs over a short period, the c(npany would save financing costs, since it would regain its investment sooner. In effect accelerated depredation would bo the (Rimva* lent of an Interest-free loan by toe government. Take my word for that; U would take several columns to explain It.

JAPAN TO LIMIT BASEBALL GLOVE EXPORTS The Japanese Ministry of International Trade has asked Japanese manufacturers of baseball gloves to limit exports to the United ates. Rea^: the Japanese governmentyfears that If export* are nor limited, the U. S. will do $0 by Tariif Commission acU