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page fourms DAILY reflector; GREENVILLE, N. C

Monday, May 1, 1961

Monday, May 1, 1961

The Cock Crows

We Stand Now At The Crossroads

Greenville stands today at on# of the most important crossroads in its history. The citizens of.toe city will determine by their vot^s tomorrow which of the paths the city will follow in the years immediately ahead. ,

One of the roads is that of progress which is offArAH hy the proposed urban renewal slum clearance and public housing programs for Greenville.^he other road is that of passive indifference to the needs of the city and its people.

The road of progress holds out the hope of fulfilling many of the pressing needs of this city. It offers the promise of adequate housing for many of the lowest income families in Greenville who now find themselves living in hovels because they can afford no better, and nothing better is available to them at what they can afford to pay. It offers the promise of the elimination of slums which have gone unchallenged for decades. It offers the promise of a redeveloped area into which the now crowded bpsiness district can expand, creating more jobs, more Income for citizens and a broader tax base and more revenue for carrying on the necessary functions of local government. In the place of the pockmarks of bUght it offers an area that can be carefully planned .and developed to make Greenville one of the most attractive cities in this sec-

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N; C. Visitors

ON TOURThe bus load of out of slate AAA travel counselors have completed pie 1961 tour irith a visit to Old Salem and the industrial plants In the Twin City. The group spent three, days In the Wilmington area, then beaded up state to Pine-burst and Southern Pines, via of Fayetteville and Port Bragg.

The party visited the 82nd Air-bcme Division but the

chief attraction was the noncommissioned officers "open messa club house and facilities worth more than a million collars, which the operators claim did not cost the taxpayers anything and Is making mcHi-

*^The hotels In the Sandhills center cooperated in showing the travel promoters a gocxl time and good reasons why they should advise clients to visit this section. For most pan the weather has been very kind to the travelers. Init high winds required canceling the Sky Divers show at Bragg and rain knocked out the goU games at Pinehurst.

Hosts along the way have been chambers of commerce and private travel-service businesses except at Southern Plni. A unique situation prevails there. \t1ien the chamber of commerce ran into financial troubles three or four years ago a group of men. mainly city officials, organized a resort committee, and persuaded the town government to take over the functions of the chamber of commerce. Funds jwi allocated from the tax receipts for advertising and enter-' tainment. Many municipalities and some counties do that. But at Southern Pines the dty council is the direct managing agency for the affairs.

Another example of cooperation is the relationship between the Elks Cub and the Southern Pines Country Cub. The Elks needed larger quarters than they had uptown, and the country club was having money troublea The Elks bought the country club, sealed off a few rooms for ao-tlvitiee In which Elks only may engage, and made the reet of the building and golf couree available to the country club members and t public. The plan has proven very^ satlsfao-tory to all parties.

ADMIRAlr-Tb*i last event before the party took off fitra WrightsvUle Beach was the exchange of a check and an ad- minds cap between "Robbie Robinson and Hugh Morton.

Mortxm Is chairman of the . 8.S North Carolina Battleahip Commlssioii. and at the dinner the night before he had told of the plan to have every c<mtrlbu-tor of tlOO or more to the battle*

ahip food commiaaioned an ad-. mlral in the North Carolina navy. W.Q. Robbtnaon is manager of the AntofoobUe Oab of Hartford, Connecticut. Re coveted ttw hon-cr being the first out-of-state admiral in the Tar HmI navy, and just befwe leaving the area he handed Morton a cheek for 8100. The formal commission as admiral will be signed later by Governor Sanford, but aa a "receipt for the check Mofton laac-ed a borrowed admirals cap on Robbies head.

At the Fayetteville luncheon Miss Evelyn Covington of the C8iD advertising staff gave each of the vlaltora pieces of sterling Silver bracelets, cuff links, pins, etc.handcrafted by Stuart Nye.

PATTERNOne doea not realize how^ much the pattern of travel has changed in the past decade until given the opportunity of close association with experts In travel promotion. The change has been Insidious and almost imperceptible to some of the counselors. Believe it or not, the common use of air conditioning haa .had tremendous Influence on tiravel. People can work in comfort every month_-in any climate and travl with pleasure any time because of air conditioned offices, lodging rooms sod motor vehicles. This has brought about the system of year-rotmd stsggmtd vacation trips.

Another item picked up from overheard "shop talk on the bus is the Increasing popularity of air, highway and rail common carrier charter trips for touring parties. Nearly all" the agencies represented by the two dosen peiwosis on this recent tour wwe organised to aid In-dlvichial motorists and have in their corp<^ names the word "automobUe or "motor. Their functions have been geared to meet the needs of their members and Um public, so that now a large part of their corporate effort ia devoted to arranging tripe all over the worldby private ear. bus. airplane and trans-ocean ahips. and other means. One oeunaelor told of helping a woman who was making a eroaa eountry trip in an old fashioned wagon Another had organised a bicycle party, and another told of helping a bunch of long distance hikers.

Although stUl called automo-be clubs these agencies are in fact travel promotion clubs, without regard to method o conveiranoe. Purthermore, the icope of activity has espanded from the local area to every ccmtlnent and to thousands of lit-tie islands which dot the seven aeaa.

ton of toe state.

The other road of passive indifference to deplorably conditions in our midst offers too-little hope for Greenville and its people. It is a road that leaves too much chance for the cancerous blight of slum conditions to gobble up more areas of Greenville, and as it es, gobble up more of Greenville's citizens along the way. It is a road that may well lead to a perpetuation of widespread substandard housing in Greenville, youngsters grrowing up in houses unfit for human habitation, beset by disease and poverty that breed only their own kind. It is a road that may lead to a stifling of the city's business economy and indeed to minimizing the city's potential for all kinds of economic growth and development.

At this crossroads in Greenville's life it is imperative that local citizens give careful consideration to the human values which are at stake in tomorrow's referendum. Will the citizens of this city give a vote of confidence to the promises of the past that have led to constant expansion of our slum areas? Or will the people of Greenville show their concern for the human value of their fellow citizens and move forward on the positive and progressive course that has led many of our neighboring communities to better living conditions for their people, the elimination of slum areas, and the providing of better environments in which children can grow into healthier, happier, better citizens ?

The advantages of the urban renewal slum clearance and public housing programs offered for Green-_ ville far outweigh any disadvantages of the programs. They are sound, they are reasonable, and they offer the greatest good for the city and its people as a whole.

The Reflector has previously endorsed these programs for Greenville because it is our considered opinion that they offer the best possible course for the greatest good for our. people. We stan(| by that endorsement today, and on the eve of what may be the most important election in this citys history ^e sincerely and conscientiously urge the voters of Greenville to cast their ballots in favor of these proposals in tomorrow's election.

More Than Hopes Are Poised On Launch Pad

On a launch pad at Cape Canaveral stands the space vehicle which in a few days will carry the first American on a space flight and thus put the U.S. into the era of manned space flight, or it will cost the life of an American and a further set-back for the U.S. in the space race with the Soviet Union. ^

Although the flight from Canaveral within the next few days will not be comparable to the manned orbit successfully carried out by the Soviets some 20 days ago, it represents an important mUestone fdr the United States space program. If successful it Mil - be of value in helping to recoup some of the prestige lost by this country when the Soviets reached the coveted goal of being the first to put a man into space. If, on the other hand, the flight is a failure, it will compound the blow to U.S. prestige that came when the Soviets were first to put a man into space.

There is no escaping the fact that the flight from Canaveral within the next several 4ays is tremendous importance to the United States. Viewed realistically, it will be as important to this nation fpm the standpoint of its position in international affairs as it will to this nation from the standpoint of scientific achievement. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union have tied to two factors very close together.

The fact that this situation does exist, plus the fact that the United States is in the unaccustomed position of being second-best, should impress upon both the government and the people the necessity of accelerating our advancement in space projects. It is no longer adequate for us to maintain our relative position with the Soviets in the field of space accomplishments. We must catch up and then forge ahead of them, which means that our rate of advancement in this field must be faster than theirs if the goal is to be reached.

Disagrees Over

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By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

Dinner Table Chit-Chat

Copyright. 1961, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

A dinner party is amusing when the conversation is exciting or brilliant or gay. When It gets heavy, it can be a bore, particularly when one has to make a point with emphasis of voice and gesture. Might just as well stay home and listen to connubial Instructions.

Always at dinners, the discussions are topical and everybody seems to be well-informed on all topics, even if the preparation is neither knowledgeable nor meaningful. Keep it up, so that there is no deadly lull in the conversation, Suppose, you do not know what you are.talking about it does not matter as long as what you say is currently fash

ionable.

At this moment, ttie popular subjects are Cuba, Eichmann, Caroline Kennedy and the John Birch Society.

As for Cuba, the argument these days is that we have to go it alone but we dont want war. How do you go it alone without warthis is a very bad question to ask. It is fashiMiable to say that we should go it alone without war. Next month, war may not be currently comform-able. Then those who opposed war will be In favor of war, provided that their men folks will be let off. It is startling to meet so many young men today who should have been in World War n but were not.

As for Eichmann, his trial is

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By RALPH ROBEY

Finally the Congress has received the recommendations of President Kennedy on taxes. In his first three months a chief executive, Mr. Kennedy sent an unprecedented number of messages to the Congress, but none had the pra-buUd-up of this one* Week after week it was promised and then delayed. And now that the proposals have been made, one cannot help but wish that the message had never been sent.

This Is not because our tax system does not need an overhauling. There Is no more important problem facing the nation than taX'-rate reform. But the Kennedy suggestlon.s do not even begin to do the job.

In broadest terms the message consists of two parts. First is a tax device for encouraging business Investment. The coet of this Is estimated at $1.7 billion. Second are changes designed to recoup this loss of revenue.

There is no question as to the deeirabillty of modification In our method of handling depreciation, but the Kennedy program will not do this. Oiur present system Is less liberal than in most Important foreign Industrial nations, and this is hlndPrinfl 0** ability ^to compete with these producers. Currently, too our to- ti depreclstioB to some $5 billion less than it should be to covw the real cost of the wear and tear on our capital equipment. This means that American business is paying taxes on this much over-statement of profits.

The Kennedy system is to provide ft tax credit dependent up-on the percentage which new investment is of current depreciation allowances. The formula is extremely oomplicated. 1 it were enacted into law it might

cause some increase of Investment, but not enough to be significant, and it would leave the basis depreciation problem untouched.

To offset the anticipated reduction of revenue from the proposed change in deprecation, nunm^UB suggestions are made. The more important are:

Require a company to pay a tax on profits earned abroad In developed nations; in the underdeveloped countries the jmcsent defMTal taxes would be continued.

Tax foreign investment companies, American citizens living abroad for a temporary pei^ lod. property owned abroad, and bring the taxation of foreign dividends into line with ttiose on domestic dividends.

Impose a with-holding tax of 20 percent upon all dlvidendi and Interest.

Repeal the present $50 exclusion of dividends from taxes, and the 4 percent dividend credit.

Eliminate abuses in business expense accounts by prohibiting the deductibility of excessive entertainment and such Items as yachts, hunting lodges, and sc forth.

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than as capitaTgalns. any galii from the sale of Idepreciable business property.

Improve the taxation of cooperatives and bring them more In line with what other organizations have to pay.

Stop inventory manipulation for the purpose of curtailing tax-es.

Extend the present 2 cent rate on aviation gasoline to jet fuels.

The President refers to bis proposals as a "set, and urges that they be considered as a "unit. Such oonsideraUn will iContinued on page^five)

To The Editor;

I wrant to congratulate you and your newspaper for the fine job you had done In recent weeks by outlining f<Mr your readers the facts behind the proposed Urban Renewal and Public Housing Authority program. It has been obvious from the advertisements which have been seen in the paper recently that these programs mean various things and carry varied emotional overtones to different groups and individuis. It has been refreshing for me to read the factual articles and in particular your April 24th editorial "Just To Set The Record Straight to help me keep my own thoughts on this matter unclouded and objective.^

Quite a few have asked why the doctors in Greenville are so interested pro and con in these questions of Urban Renewal and Public Housing. Some doctors are genuinely concerned because they feel that these programs represent further Federal intervention and control. It seems obvious to me that the control of these programs will be in local hands and m> Uu^eat to local governmental autonomy will occur. The doctors and other citizens who are in favor of these programs for Greenville feel that they are vitually necessary for the future of our city and all of its citizens. We who are In favor of these programs want to see a b^ter business district-attractive enough to compete with our neighboring cities. We w^ant the low income groups of Greenville to have adequate housing at a rent w'hich they can afford. We are not opposed to Neighborhood Conservation; we are highly in favor of it. But, we recognize that U is not a satisfactory solution to the slum problem now existing. Neighborhood Conservation is better applied to prevent slums. What Is needed now Is low rental adequate housing and private funds cannot and will not furnish this.

Regardless of the outcome of the straw vote on May 2nd. a great deal has been accomplished by both sides in awakening all of us to the needs and prob

lems of Greenville. Let us hope that apathy does not return on May 3rd.

Sincerely.

Edwin W. Monroe, M.D.

To The Editor:

Although I am a student away from Greenville, I still have an interest in the future of our community. On May second the eligible voters of Greenville will cast their ballots to decide one of the most important in recent decades. The possibility of an Urtn Renewal Program for Greenville will be endoireed or rejected. There has been much discussion and controversy over this issue; therefore, I have investigated the proposed plans before forming my own opinion < even though I will not be eligible to vote.)

Any proposal which could be made about slum clearanceViU have both advantages and disadvantages. Thus, to insist on the absolute rightness of any positiwi (for or against) is to obscure the facts of history. It must be acknowledged, however, that certain proposals are more advantageous than others. The responsibility of the voter is to determine which proposals are best for our community and to vote for their endorsement.

During the reseerch I have done, severe! features of the Urban Renewal Program strongly impressed me. Perhaps the most striking element in the plan is the number of controls and decisions which the local authority to given. When 1 read that the local Urban Renewal Committee and the City CouncU must approve each step of the planning, it becomes apparent that we would not be committing our community to a plan administered by non-citizens. The other feature of the referendum that caught my attention was how nearly it seemed to meet the needs of our community. I do not think the cit|^ns of Greenville are discussing whether there is a need for changethis is an obvious fact: the discus-(Oontlnued on Page $>

ig to be dull. A funny little nt&n in a glass cage being tried for killing 6,000,000 persons is an Interesting show for a week or two. The prolongation of toe trial, the legalisms, do not make exciting conversation. What can one say about Eichmann? It was aU said so cogently in the Biblical text of Esther when Haman was the exterminator and Ahasuerus (Ar-taxerxes) was King of Persia. Man always kills men whether it is the Nazi who kills Jews, the Mau Mau who kill whoever stands in the way, Russians who kill whoever stands in the way, Russians who slaughter Hungarians, Turks who murder Greeks, Greeks who murder Turks the history of the human race is a prolonged tale of murder, individual and mass. Little Eichmann evokes neith^ hatred nor sym{thy. sitting in the glass cage, he looks like a shnook.

"Before television, talk had to be entertaining; otherwise one went to sleep. Today, the easiest way to avoid boredom is to turn on televisionat least, you can see a murder or a war picture or a missile being hurled into the air. Television spoiled the Eichmann case as a conversation piece. Perry Mason conducts a much more Interesting trial and his witnesses look alive. Eichmann is given no make-up and he already looks half dead.

So one turns to Carolines ducks and that is good talk because every mamma can talk sbout dogs and rabbits and hamsters and other objects of special affection asd concentrated kindness. You can never tell about children. Some of them get gawky and others take on blubber. And some are shy and others are fresh. And all that leads to talk about pediatricians, schools, clothes and clever talk.

Throwing the atom bomb at Hiroshima when Japan was^beg-ging for an armistice was not nice at all, but then It was war and war seems to be an excuse for anything. A friend argued against that. He Insists that obedience in war time is not a moral equivalent for anything. He does not believe that anyone can order him to kill. He will no^ kill. That, of course, is very noble and genteel except it gives all the advantages to him who is willing to kill. The impudent can control the world unless someone stops them. Murder, Inc., might have controlled New York and chosen its Mayorif nobody had electrocuted Lepke. It Is very sweet to say "I shall not kill. but If Soviet Russia makes war on us those who art not for us are against us.

And so, the evening progresses until those who are still permit^ ted to smoke weary of it all' and wink to their spouses to go home. It has been pleasant enough to listen to the inexpert obiter aljout all sorts of dicta and one sometimes wonders If geography Is not something that still needs to be studied In school so that one knows where Mali is.

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK, Flonda I believe in Insiffance; Jlfe4n-surance, fire insurance, accident insurance, and especially in the "Blue Cross and "Blue Shield.

If I were not a statistician. I would he selling insurance.

The I960 HURRICANE I own property a few miles north of here which goti sad treatment from "Donna. 1 am ' now down here settling up my leases with the Insurance company. These losses were first on the house, which (after some dickering) we agreed would bo $400.00. Thto included leaks in the roof, windows and screens broken, and other damages. The Insurance adjuster finally gayo me a check for the damages. When looking at It, I saw "it to be for only $300.00. When^ complained he courteously asked: "Have you read the fine print of your policy? 1 replied that I had not; but up(m doing so I learned that the Insurance company can make a deduction of $100.00. In fact. If the loss had been only $100.00, I would have received iwtiiing!

I next showed the insurance adjuster where my^ beautiful palm trees had been torn out. These had cost me $75 00 or more each. We agreed that my loss on the valuable trees, shrubs, etc. was at least ^00.00. But when I asked for a check to relratoirsc me, the adjuster Inquired if I had read the fine print in my policy which specifically exempted the insurance company from all such losses! But this was not alL T/also suffered the loss oi/ff feet of concrete wall eight fe^high attached to my houseufeurely. I expected to be relmonrsed for rebuilding thto wall; but for the third tin#'the adjuster asked; "Have you read all the fine ja^t? Upon doing so I found that the fine print on the poli- cy held the insurance company absolutely exempt from responsibility for damages involving the destruction of any walls! INSURANCE COMPANIES NOT TO BLAME It Is not the fault of the Insurance companies if you and I fail to read the fine print. Furthermore, if all of these exceptions were not specifically spelled out, the premium which I paid would have had to be much higher. It is the bid story; "We cannot have our cake and eat tt too. When buying insurance, or real estate, or anything else, we cannot beat the basic laws of mathematics. The only safe way to try and beat an insurance company (or a real estate agent) is to buy when ixv-tcrest rates are high and cash in when they are low.

The same general principle applies to bu3ting stocks. Insui> ance companies make money by selling umhrellag when the sun is shining. But brokers make money by selling stocks today when ev^Tone wants them. The careful investor will not be fooled by popular demwd. which is usually wrong. Write on the cover of your check book:

" Come Into the parlor. said the spider to the fly

WHAT ABOUT INSURANCE STOCKS?

As most people are stupid and usually do the wrong thing at the wrong time and never read the fine print, I have decided to invest more money in insurance stocks: life, fire, accident, and casualty. In fact, over the past fifty years the life Insurance stocks have done more for investors than any other class of stocks.

All insurance companies are slow in getting started; they cannot pay dividends during their early years. They must use their profits for establishing reserves- Insurance companies are carefully supervised by state aur thorities. Yet. everyone Is working to help them make money. This includes the doctors, the druggists, the legislator^, the fire departments, and the schools. In fact, even President Kennedy with his work to help the aged is prolonging life, which greatly helps aU life insurance companies. Hence, Instead of worrying about "the fine print, I am going to go home to Maasachuseits and buy more insurance stocks!

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"The world into ' which we were boin is gone. We have little or no idea of the world into which our children may grow to maturity. It is thia rate of change, even more than the change itself, that I see aa the dominant fact of our time.** Julius A. Stratton, Press. MIT.

The Law And The Business Man

By ELMER ROESSNER

Laws about which businessmen gripe the most are often the best protection they enjoy.

All businessmen, especially those who complain the loudest IRai "tiWB keep bustness in a strait jacket, might take a few minutes on Law Day U-S-A. (May 1) to review the total effects of law on their enterprises.

Law Day orators will dwell on the fact that rule by law is the big difference between democratic and totalitarian aocietles; that law in America makes men

But in addition to the beneficial principle, there are material benefits. A businessman may well conclude: "Rule by law pays off.

HOW BENEFITS FLOW

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Many businessmen complain about various laws; -in truth, there are many laws that should be complained about and repealed. But many complain

about the very laws that protect

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These are common complaints:

"I could make twice as much money if I didnt have to put up with all these inapections "I.could do a lot better if I could get together with my competitors on pricing. I wish I could get together and divide up this territory with other companies in the same line. "We ought to have.jnore leeway in brag-giM 'about our producto. "Suppose the stuff doesnt worknobody is hurt. And on. and on.

A little deeper look into the

matted will show that every law that restricts a business also protects it from excesses by competitors. The law that prevtnta bakers from getting together on retail prices also protects them

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to get together and fix flour prices. The law that prevents a baker from adverttoing that hto bread will stop dandruff also prevents suppliers from telling him that an additive will keep break forever from stalifig. And on and on.

HISTORIC PROOF This is not theory. It has been IHX>vedproved about as dramatically as any principle ever wasi

Once there was an industry

that operated entirely outoide the law. There were .do inspec

tions of production, no restraints on apUUing up territoriea, no bars to price fixing, no restraint bn false daima, no limit to misrepresentation.

Without law, violence ruled the industry. Theft and triekaiy deminated the induatry Thieves, when caufht, were elaln on the spot. Pubuc offlcLale were corrupted. Unwelcome oompetitora were malned or ehot. Sometimea rivals were massacred with machine tuna. And the cemeteries of America today are dotted with gravea ot cuatomera who believed the llee about the aouree and purity of the product.

But there was one good thing about Prohibition, tt demonstrated beyond doubt that there la freedom->an<f ecurity and life itsallunder rule by law.