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Thursday May 11, 1961

THE DAILY REFIECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C

Thursday, May 11, 961

Harvard Was Never Lace^This!

Up To Those Who Register, Vote

Pitt County voters who wish a direct voice in say-infir whether the county shall issue $395,000 in bonds for construction of the proposed industrial training school will have to register on one of the next four Saturdays in order to be eligible to vote in the referendum on June 17. . ^

In a county-wide schooIHhond eleetiea-aueh as this, a special registration of voters is required, and "only those who register during the specified period will be allowed to vote on the bond issue. Having previously registered on the countys voting books does not automatically qualify one to vote in this special

bond election. '

The location of one of the state-supported industrial training schools in Pitt County has been approved by the State. Board of Education and subsequently has received the endorsement and support of the County Board of Education, the County Board of Commissioners, the Pitt County Development Commission and various civic and business organizations throughout the county. The erection of such a school in the county is recognized by these groups as a great potential asset to Pitt as the county seeks to broaden its* industrial base and develop its economy.

Under the legislation which authorizes such state-

Some Progress

supported technical schools, the local government la responsible for constructing the physical plant of the school and paying about 10 per cent of the annual operating cost. The other 90 per cent of the annual operating cost of the school is underwritten by the state.

It is now squarely up to the voters of Pitt County^

to say whether or not such a facility will be located here. In more realistic terms, it is up to those who register for the forthcoming special election to say at the ballot box whether Pitt shall have the advantage of the proposed schopl.

We urge citizens throughout the county to take time this coming Saturday to register at one of the 2^ polling places throughout the county in order to be eligible to vote in the June 17 bond election.

The technical training school is a facility which will increase considerably the development potential for the county, for it will provide here a source of trairiid workers for any kind of industry which might consider Pitt as a possible location for a plant. Moreover, the school will provide here in this county a facility at which people can learn skills which will enable them to secure better jobs in Pitt County or elsewhere.

Local citizens should see to it that Pitt Couiity takes advantage of this important opportunity by approving the proposed bond issue that will make the school a reality here.

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In Redistricting Chost-Of Old Program

Again Proves Downfall

By LYNX NISBET

FORMULASubtaaUaJ progress cas made toward aolving the ocmgressional rediatricting problem in the House committee Tuesday morning. The members discussed criteria for establishing the district lines and to all Intents and purposes agreed upon three primary points.

The first coneideration Is to be the welfare of the mocratic party. The seond is to guarantee security for incumbent coa-gressmen. Third is the best interests of the skate North Carolina.

Of course, they didnt state the formula quite so baldly. In factr" all the direct statements placed good of the State in first place. Elaboration an explanation of the several district arrangements which have been jmoposed accented security of the Democratic party and incumbent congressn^D.

There was auggeraoo that the aeniority and committee prestige enjosred by incumbents should be evaluated as one of the Items In detennlning whether he would be left alone or put m a distnct' with another Incumbent. This attitude assumes that the congressman has an inherent personal property rigW in hla scat which is contrary to all ttie tenets ol democracy.

There was clear Indication, too, that east-west rivalry will have substantial influence on the committee and that may tend to solidify a stalemate. The congressional district committees It both bouses are composed of one member from each of thb-* present 12 districts. That means the committees are about divided among east, middle and west areas.

SECTIONALOf the five bills wHcfi isve "been iiU^ two would pit western incumbents against each other, three would put the duaJ-member new districts in the east. Rep. Ed Kemp of Guilford and Sen. Robert Morgan of Cleveland would put Congreeemen Harold Cooley and L. H, Fountain in one new district. Sen. MaX Thomas of Union would pirt Fountain and David Henderson In the same new district. Bills by Rep. Herbert Hardy and Sen. Bill Eubank would pit Congressmen Basil Whiten-er and Charles Rap^ Jonas against each other In a new district.

Hardy frankly said that his main purpose is to get rid of Jonas, presently the only Republican in the congressiwial delegation. He thinks that can be accomplished by taking Mecklenburg out of his district and running him against Whltener of Gaston a proven Democratic vote getter. The tenor of conser-vaon around the committee ta

ble wag that each member wants his own area left aJcme, and the reductlcHi in number of congressmen made somewhere else.

Hardy said at one point that he is trying to help the Democrats in the west, and warned that if something like" Ws bill is not enacted we eastern folks wont care how many Republicans you electwe are not going to elect any. Rep. Jack Palmer of Burke asked Hardy to repeat that statement, said he was afraid he didnt bear correctly. Thereupon Chairman Ed Kemp warned against heated personal references. Then Rep. Pat Taytor^of-Anson suggest--ed that some criteria or formula should be adopted before maps are drawm. Items should take into accoiuit populati<Mi, area, communication facilities, prestige of incumbent congressmen, protection for the Democratic party, and other factors.

BY-PASSRep. Roger Jackson of Hertford said he felt like reaching out a long arm, clear across the piedmont, and shake hands with the small counties in the west and work together with them. . -The far western fcjks are satlsfted with almost any of the pending bUls. There was no way redistricting could affect them except by adding nwre counties on the eastern edge and the added counUes would tend to Increase the Dem--ocratlc majority.

INDEPENDENT Meantime, House and Senate committees are meeting separately considering the bills introduced in their respective branches. Suggestion has been made that sometime next week the two groups meet together to sec'if they can work out a commonly acceptable district pettem. It must be remembered, too. tbatr 4hw R members of the House and 38 members of the Senate who are not on the committees, but who have just as strong, ideas about bow the lines ought to be drawn.

Rejection of the proposed auto inspection law by a 58-55 vote in the House yesterday bears* out the assertion that good legislation may be quickly forgotten in North Carolina, but poor legislation is long remem-

bered. , ^

It was in 1947 that North Carolina passed its first motor vehicles mechanical Inspection law, and for the next two years citizens were required to wait in long Ifnes while their vehicles were inspected for mechanical defect by designated persons. The mechanical inspection law caused Such a furor throughout the state that the General Assembly two years later repealed the law,_

In each session of the General Assembly since then there has been a move to revive mechanical inspection for motor vehicles in some form. And in each session the matter has been rejected by the legislators, primarily because of the adverse reaction created by the initial mechanical inspection program.

Passage of the mechanical inspection measure In the Senate and the defeat of the proposal by only three votes in the House this week represents the closest North Carolina has been able to come to adopting a new mechanical inspection program. It indicates that the impractical program undertaken more than a decade ago still is remembered throughout the state, and the ghost of the old program has, session after session, proved the downfall of new proposals.

It may be that some future seession of the General Assembly will write into law a new mechanical inspection program for motor vehicles in North Carolina, but it appears the taint of the poor legislation originally passed will be associated with mechanical ifrspection proposals for years to come.

Not Bgcking Up

By ALVIN TAYLOR

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Yea, yesterday was a miserable afternoon. The rains came one after another drenching Greenville from city limits to city limits and Pitt from county line to coui^y line.

Your columnist faced the task of writing this effort for todays edition. So I decided to hike down to the Blount-Harveys parldng lot wlre the Jaycees were staging a kiddle circus for the day.

The rainfall had ceased at the time so it seemed it might be a pleasant hike. But, alas, the bottom dropped out half way between here and there and your.columnist was soaked.

Only the benevolence of one Max Ray Joyner saved me from pneumonia. He spotted me cringing against the Blount-Harvey building and kindly offered a ride.

Oh yes, I can report as the result of my venture that there werent nare youngun on any of the rides at the time of my visit. In fact the circus workers were huddled under the merry-go-round tent attempting to remain dry as sheets of rain fell.

The elephants and ponies Just stood and bore it.

Oh weU. I trust today will be a sunny one.

Todays bankers arc encouraged to continue their studies. This was indicated by recognition of approximately 25 bank employees at the tenth annual American Inj^tute of Banking Greenville chapter banquet Tuesday night.

These employees from Greenville arwl nearby towns had completed courses offered through the AIB. One group recently completed a course entitled Negotiable Instruments" taught by Attorney WUliam Brewer. Another group finished a course entitled Principles of Bank Operation taught by Reid

Hooper of Wachovia.

R.W. Howard, senior vice president of Wachovia, pointed out this aec<rad class had continued through 21 weeks.

xioward urged the bankers, who represented all Greenville banks as well as those in oths towns, to pursue such studies-"Here is your opportunity to

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Improve your skills, to Improve your ability to do a better job. he declared.

He predicted that practically everyone iii attendance will be called upon at sometime to do something and they w'ould hesitate to do so because of inadequate training.

Other Editors Saying

One Big Pledge More Harm Than Good?

AMENDMENT The committee gave a favorable report to the bill providing for automaUc apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives by the Speaker of the House after "every enumeration'^ by order of Congress. Rep. Pat Taylor thought the word enumera-o ought to be clarified and the fact spelled out that it n^ant the decennial census. When it was explained that language has been used in the constituUons and all statutes, both Federal and State, for many years. Taylor accepted it But he still insisted on an amendment. He changed the first letter o the word from a lower case e to a capital "E". _

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WASHINGTON (AP) Pree-Ident Kennedy, speedy in making good on some campaign pledges, is not backing up his promise to promptly offer and ftght for a broad (iivll rights program. '*

Before he was elected, he was all for new civil rights legislation in a hurry. Now, after almost four months in office, he sees no need for speed.

Last September he promised to make a bill embodying all the pledges of the Democratic platform" civil rights a first order of business" when he took office. He named two Democrats to prepare it.

This week these two Sen. Joseph S. Clark (Pa.) and Rep. Emanuel CcUer (N.Y.) offered their civil rights package In Congress.

What was the administrations reaction?

White House news secretary Pierre Salinger said Tuesday the aark-Oller offerings are not administration-backed hills. He said the measures were "introduced by them and are their bUla.

Salinger said Kennedy had made clear that "he does not consider it necessary at this time to enact new civil rights legislation. He added that Kennedys position has been to exercise all possibilities under legislation already i the books and to employ powers * which the executive department possesses.

The fact that the administration didnt push for new civil rights laws 80 far this year must have had a pacifying effect on Southern Democrats in Congress where Kennedy hasnt had too

much trouble getting'his other programs through up till now.

In a Congress as conservative as this one, antagonized Southerners teaming up with conservative Republicans could have done a wrecking job oh Kennedy programs awaiting congressional action. If he came out now for powerful civil rights proposals, and really fought for them, those other programs could get royally fouled . up by the Southerners war on civil rights.

Yet. this Is what Kennedy said last Sept. 9 in Los Angeles when he was campaigning for the presidency:

"The president must give us the legal weapons needed to enforce the constitutional rights of every American. He must draft. the programs transmit them to Congreas and fight for their enactment, taking his case to the people ii Congress is slow-acting.

Much legislation is needed. We must continually strengthen the legal framework which will allow us to move toward economic, educational and political equality.

"Such legislation Is already being prepared, I have asked Sen. Clark and Congressman Celler to prepare a biU embodying all the pledges of the Democratic platform, and that biU will be among the first orders of business whMi a new Congress mbets in January.^

These ,promises got a lot of attention at the time, particularly when the Democrats were seeking the Negro vote In the large Northern cities. But to date the administration has not backed any civil rights program-

(The Houston Chronicle)

President Kennedy did not make a good enough <jase for greater self-censorship by newspapers in his talk to the publishers Thursday night. He will have to give more documentation than he gave the publishers if he is to establish that the enemies of freedom get a great deal of information out of our newspapers which they otherwise could not obtain readily..

As a matter of fact there is plenty of evidence that the Russians can get every bit of information they need whether it is printed or not. No newspaper printed the specifications for making the atomic and hydrogen bombs but American traitors gave them to the enemy.

The Russians have an extensive and efficient espionage system in this country. Their swollen staffs at their embassy and at the United NaUons: every ' member of the Communist party; and any number of their fellow travelers are obtaining and passing information on to them oU the time. No one knows how many Alger Hisses, Judith Coplons and Roeenbergs are still active, many of them within government. Or how many com^ munications workers are agent# of the Communist conspiracy.

The President i# entirely right

in his statement that Communist cold-war tactics constitute a threat that ranks with war itself, and that danger has rever been more imminent. It is also true that at such a time every pfublication should ask itself. before printing certain information, whether it could prove of value to the enemy.

But we are convinced that precious little such information has been printed that the enemy did not already have or was not In position to obtain anyway. We are convinced that if any -responsible newspaper and most newspapers are responsible obtains information that the enemy should not have it wl check with the proper authority before printing it-

The Presidents address unfortunately will encourage officials to withhold information the people should have. There has been entirely too much ol that already.

And the further danger, if our newspapers should apply selfcensorship too stringently, is that the American people would be denied facts they should have while the enemy would have the information anyway. We can go too far in abridging tb^ people# right to know. Thati 1# the greater danger.

City clerks office received a call about the time Charles M. King was being sworn in as mayor replacing S. Eugene West yesterday morning.

The person at the othCT end wanted to speak to the mayor.

Which one? ti puzzled clerk asked.

The voice replied that it didnt make any difference. The caller just wanted the mayor of Greenville.

Opinions In Brief

"It is well to keep in mind that the inner workings of this free nation are known to ,all the principar powers oLHihe world. How well we conduct our home defenses will invite or discourage attack from those who would destroy our way of living in freedom. Landrum (S.C. Leader.

"Not much is new. During Nero's time, 200,000 Roman citizens were on relief drawing seven bushels of grain from the government each month, plus a free show every day to keep them occupied. Mattoon (111.) Journal-Gazette.

A REWARD OF^

THE

STEWARD

Mails

Helping

Spies

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

copyright. 196L Ptg Feature Syndicate, Inc.

I hold in my hand a registered letter, similar to hundreds or who know# that have been #ent to Hungarian# living in the United States. The stamps on eati envelope give evidence of a very expeMlve mailing. The letter I have show# that the Ckunmunlsts In Budapest have the addresses of Hungarians la the United States

^ In detail. ^ ^

I cannot read Hungarian but It is obvious from the picture that tWs 1# A propaganda iaga-zlne. On page one are some girls who obviously have told

to mile because all but two of them look as though they have Isamed to say cheese.'

The question that bother* me Is how the Hungarian Con^u-nlsts got the addresses o< all the Hungarian refugee In the United States. It is even ^ible that the Hungarians who are receiving this propaganda are now American citizens. Is toe Post Office of the United State# to be used to put pressure# upon persons living within the United States? Hungarians in this country are incensed at receiving these unsolicited paper* and many do not read them. They throw them away or use them to line garbage cans. Nevertheless, they wonder at the policy which permits propagan-distic swill to be sent in freely by registered mail.

They particularly make tne point that this is unsolicited material. It 1# different If on subscribes to a publication, pay# for It UiHlcr such circumstances, to withhold the publication is to interfere with freedom of the press. One la entitled to read what he chooses to read. But when one i* snowed under by unsolicited mall, he ought to be able to have eome action- taken against a nuisance. The Hungarian government i# clearly committing a nuisance. The Hungarians could not have had all these names and addresses railess they maintained a lArge and efficient espionage system In this, country. Neither the State Department nor any other agicy of government is entitled to cover up for spie# on toe ground that we do not wish to have bad relations with a coimtry. If we catch a spy, we ought to shoot him or expel him. It would be preferable to_ shoot a few, although the history of espionage is that there are always spies no matter how many are killed.

Apparently all the refugees in this country are under surveillance by spies who seek to exercise a power over them. "Why those spies are permitted to operate is not readily explainable excej^ that our laws give them an advantage that does not exlM in any other country. I look at the wrapper before me. I am authorized by the recipient to reproduce it: Marika Berchtoldt c-o Reney I- ^ _

325 East 80th Street Apt. 4E.

TSTqttt V/\rIr ____

JTCw XUlJL

U. S A.

How could this magazine get this address In such minute detail unless someone in the United States contpUed a list? It takes time, labor and expense to get up siffih a* list of hundreds or thousands of persons scattered all over the United States. Who does this job?

The time is rapidly coming when the United tales wall weary of such semantic expressions as Cold War and will recognize that war has many different device and that World War II never ended but ha# continued in different forms.

A distinguished #totesman said to me:

You know that the American people do iH>t want their sons killed in war# in Asia or in Africa or anywhere. This ties the hands of the President who undoubtedly feels that should he insist upon upholding American rights, he woid find himself without popular support.

This is a point of view but it is not good enough because it turns this into a nation of cowards. It is too early In our history to give up. The alternative to war is involuntary isolation and perhaps reduction to the paucity of a Soviet satel-

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I# this an extreme view? What of those who were two years ago denying Castros connection (Continued on Page t)

Human Termites Are ^warming

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS Honseboats And Tugboats

Anyone who has llve(P5around the water can tell a houseboat from a harbor tugboat. The houseboat has a suite of luxurious cabin# equipped to provide every comfort. U#ually it is painted a spotless white, with gleaming chrome or brasswork. What Is contrast with the dingy tug, whose small pilot house is crowded in above a hot, puffing' engine. The houseboat Is mostly cabins with a little engine. The tugboat i# mostly engine with very lltUe cabin space. The houseboat 1# built for pleasure, the tugboat, for work.

The society in which we live has its houseboats and tugboat# too, figuratively speaking; We all

know the houseboat type of person: charming, attractive, glam-oroiss, leisurely and often idle. Like the houseboat which catches our eye by its beauty, this person automatically draws our admiration and Interest. It is much harder to see the virtues of the tugboat type whose hard .work and constant devotion to duty often make him appear plain and uninteresting.

But ju#t remember; if you start out to buy one, you wUl find that tugboats cost more than houseboats. And when the water get# a little rough, there wont be a houseboat in sight, but the tugboats will #tiU be doing their job. Dont let- a llttHr paint and pol&h fool ypu about the value of boaUor of people, cither.

By ELMER ROESSNER Termite# swarm this time of ietr.

The insect type comes out of burrow# in wood and flies off, seekliig new places where they can shed their wings and bore into wood, eating, eating, eating.

The human type comes back from 1^ Vegas, Miami Beach, Jail or other wintering places, fi(eking home owners they can victimize, cheating, cheating, cheating.

There are new gimmicks each year but, curiously enough, most of the human termites continue to use old swindles. It is easier to find suckers who are un-famUlar with the old gype than It is to perfect new ones.

WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR Here are some of the more common swindles:

. The free lot; This Is expected to be worked heavily In most parts of the country because, it has been t#aed only lightly in the last few years. Householders are given chances on free lots, purportedly to promote a ne# development, usually some place

in Florida, Texas or California.

All who mail in coupons* or postcards are notified that they have won a lot. Sometimes they are invited to buy an adjoining lot at anything from- $99 to $9(X) to^ make the prize lot an estate.

But always there Is a fee for surveying, registering title, writs of habeus plottus and other things. The gull 1# separated from several hundred dollars and if he ever finds his h>t he will discover that it is $9 worth of desert or.#wamp.

To save money; remember that if a development 1# good, no one has to give lot# away for advertising.

YOUR OWN BABYLON

The sharp landscaper; These horticultural termites have been fairly quiet recently, but they*-" are likely to emerge in swarms with the rise m new homes. They approach home buyers and draw up a plan to landscape , the layout. The sketches look wonderful, with imposing Rees and impressive shrubbery just where they should be. The price is amazingly low onljr$200 or

$300 With a contract already.

The home-owner signs, the landscapers come around, they scatter a bale of peat moss and a yard of top soil, sprinkle a couple of pounds of grass seed where the lawns are marked out, and plant the trees and shrubs. The trees are two feet tall, and the shrubs are four or five inches high. If the homeowner waters, fertilize# and waits 20 years, the effect will be just like the sketch.

To save money: deal with only c^pUshed, local land-scapers.

FERTIL-THEY SAYI2ER?

The lawn gimmick: Thi# i# a

quickie. A pair drive up in a truck and begin ecattering black stuff on a lawn. .When the lawn is half covered, one rings the door chimes and tells the householder that hes just discovered he made a mistake. He had an order to spread $150 worth of fertilizer on a lawn in the next block but got the numbers confused. He cant rake up .the stuff, but to save his job, the < home owner can have the full load for $49. Compassion (laced

with avarice) often causes the home owner to agree. The black stuff usually turns out to be so^ from oil burner# and can kil^ a lawn dead for three years.

To save money: 1 someone scatter# stuff on your lawn, call the cops.

THE BOILER BUNKO:

The biniace racket: A slicker Qffer# to examine the furnace and-or boiler at no charge; sometimes he represents himself a# city Inspector. He dismantles things like crazy and after he has the furnace room strewn with parts, he announces that a new furnace is needed at some large price. He cant put the old one togetiier, so the householder wl have to decide quickly* Thi# it more often a fall than a spring gyp, because snappy weather ioroea faster decisioos.

To save money; let only youf regular gas or oil suppUars, or established flhns In your neighborhood, advise you cm furnace and boUer problem#.

The door clmes are sounding: we'll have to postpone the rest oi thi# until tomorrow.