PAGE FOUR

Friday, May 12, 1961

THK DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C

Friday. May 12. 1>

The Warmup Pitch

rriaay, xuay x-, x^va. _ ' ' '

There Must Be Job Opportunities

Hi.h schools Ihrouehoot ^sicni North m\*nVthey'h'd*n'inind^Mny others, however.^will

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menc7mcnt"4ce7he"s and^from their older friends. Most communiUes in Eastern Carolina jrecognize

There may be a ready answer for one of the fore th ^___Vh.M'M-Aw^my^lnvmoTlt. onnortuni-

most questions in the minds of niany sters who do not plan to go to college

There may be a voung- positive steps to creaU better employment opportuni-

questions m the minds of many of the. c g people. In most cases, however, the com-

n-ho do not plan to go to college after they ft n,nty has largely failed to provide job opportunities

high school. , in sufficient numbers for the youngsters who are seek-

That question is: where do I get a joo. permanent employment each year.

North Carolina, and ''"rting The fact that such a situation exists oviTa broad

tidn of the etate. for many years ^ * uates'to area of North Carolina emphasizes the fact this sec-H good many of its young h gh school graduates v greater attention to its economic

other sections because of the lack of job opportun je^.giopment . . . to the attraction of industries which

for these youngsters. From each high provide job opportunities, to the creation of more

ing class in North Carolina this year ^er "ill be a ^ business which will offer chances for

number of boys and girls who will be looking vounirsters to remain in their native communities to

rather than looking forward to going to college in living for themselves and for the families they

u /I eventually have.

Some of them will be fortunate crreatest asset any community or section has

~T1 viding these youngsters with good basic educations m

the public schools. They should also'recopize the X V-/ value of providing sufficient job opportunities to en

able these youngster* to help develop the economic potential of the area once their school days are over.

Huge U.S. Gamble Is Seemingly Paying Off

The open manner in which the United States conducted its first manned space flight obviously is of grave concern to the Soviets even though gandists have gone to great lengths to belittle the

achievement.

This is indicated by the fact that just this \veek - the Soviets made a particular point of asserting that

their first manned space flight was not docked m 1400 aooio Certainly their assertion that such was the

case does not remove the fact that the flight was not acknowledged by Moscow until after its completion.

impediments

ourning

Early Ac.

By LlTiN NISBET

adjournment? - A5 the 1961 GeneraJ Assembly nears the end of its 13th full week, more than three months from convening date, and full grown leaves and rising thermometers herald the approach of summer, members arc turning their thoughts to adjournment. The tentative date of June 15 may be regarded more as wishful thinking than genuine hope. . ,

The 1%9 session convened on February 4 and adjourned sine die at 3:00 pin.. Saturday. June 20 The current session convened on February 8, four days later than its predecessor, and is not as far along with its big job as was the previous session at eomparaWe time.

Adjournment < June 20 two years ago was made possible by tbe debacle in the prolonged con-stitutiCTMd revision fight, which Included court reform and senatorial redistrtcting. These contr<> versial issues were separated this time, and a modified compromise court reform bill has. been enacted.

Legidative apportionment is further ccanplicated this year by reason o necessity for congressional redistricUng. There is presently little prospect of c^y agreement <m this mattw. The difference between the issue of redistricUng now and court reform two years ago that one must be settled before 1962 or everyone of the state s eleven representatives in the Congress will have to run In a state-wide primary and election.

Solution cannot be postponed, unless it should be decided to carry it ovw tor consideration at a special session later in the year. There are several reasons whv an extra session might be desirable for this punpose as well as to consider a bond issue for Stale aid In school building eoMrtriKition.

PEDERALThe necessity for a school buUding and issue depends upon what the Congress may do with respect to Federal aid lor education. And. the re-districting problem might he solved U the Congress-a very big If-ahould enlarge membership of the national House of Representatives to the extent that North Carolina might not have to reduce its conl^ngent. Other advantages for con.siderlng redistricting in an extras session are that it would remove the issue from influence of ill-will generate over finances and similar programs, and afford time for undivided attention.

MONEY. TOOAnother impediment to early adjournment is the status of the money bills On the surface, these bills appear to be in good shape. The joint appropriations subcommittee has voted to go along all the way or almost all the way-with Governor Sanford's Pt-ogram JQ

education. The finance committees are not so far along in s^ port of the plans for raising the money to effectuate the Sanford

is considerable belief that the jwogram as outlined in GovemOTs messages and

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statements is too ambitioit, and that it tends to move Um fast. There is grave doubt among many staunch friends of the schools that the money requested for next year can be

By DON SCHLIENZ

One' Such Is

Neither thumb is green. And for those inclined

to

era, plus some other personnel Whether these teachers aro needed, or could do their job. without additional classrooms is a real question. And there is widespread belief that regardless of Federal aid or State bond issues, the needed classrooriM lust cannot Ije provided by the

faU of 1962. ^ '

With that in mind, several members of the House Education Committee, some of whom

p'rtn8*"ii"ghrto"iS'uciS impart kVound the worfd than the more advanced feat gS5?r7; 'wd

which the Soviets accomplished some 23 days prior to iSi'

ployed for groups whose capa- Cindr. Shepard s ilignt. cities indicate they can prc** most from special instruction

choice

paragus?

s;..< ..tiy 'SSsvs

when and where^the flight took place. S g professional eye told me the week Iwrought forth the

V Dirty, perhaps ... but not . . .

It appears clear that the public manner in which green, the U. S. test was conducted has put the Soviet propa- ^eeks ago, maybe long-

ffandists on the defensive. And this in turn suggests er. on the basis of pUnting two ganaisis oil tne xuof tho manner short rows of asparagus seed I

that Soviet leaders may be fearful that the manner becoming the as-

in which the U.S. conducted its test may nave greater paragus King wi^ our urb^

gus.)

ciue* ln*ct they can prolit The United States took a huge gamble with iU But the days have pwaed with

professional eye told me the patch was capable of grow'ing anytiiing. Weeds and grass used to flourish there.

Maybe they are sensitive, shy, reluctant. But I g1v ^7 -paragus (asparagi?) another week before calling the whole thing off and sow grass seed. I can always use grass.

It gets pretty discouraging to and what do

Survey

By GEORGE B. tOKOLSKY

Ckipyrifht, 1961, King Feture*

- Byndlcau, Inc.

I don't know whether you like io fill In * lot 0 QUtationp naires, but I am what 1 chp- acterised by the United Statee Xreaaury aa a ael-employed peraon. Whenever I have to employ aomeone I find that I am often aaked to pay not for ability but for tima which ia worthleaa. I recall an rtent-ditty, aung perhapa by he Nw> gro Bert Williama in my ohllti-hool, which contained the linca:

If time waa money Id be * millionaire Ive got time, honey And loU of it to apare.

The trouble with moet folka theae daya ia that they have t^ much time and want to be paid for it. m fact, aome people want to.be paid lor being alive which la no fault of mine and when I have to pay taxea to keep them going, I feel like a philanthropist, except I can t afford it. ,

What the self-emplosrcd busl-neaaman auffera firiKn most te questionnairea, forma and all sorts of papers he has to make out to keep the bureaucracy going. The bureaucrati dislike the self - employed small businessman and load him down with all kinds of bookkeeping and paper work which has no value and could be done once a year or maybe once in a lifetime. For the bureaucrats it ia easier to'deal with a big cor-poratiea which can afford to hire a mass of clerks and a battT of computers to do all the work required to keep the bureaucrats at work.

A friend of mine sentme a c(k>y of a letter which he had sent to the New York Telephone Company. Apparently the PCC wants to make a siffvey of telephone Services. Of cou^, they can get all the information they want from the Telephone Company. AH' they need to do

and of a very dark red rose

Sufficient

occasional rose bush, and cheerfully directed its setting our in accord with some undisclosed

and

have someone ask

osi irom specitti X... ------ " V ~ " 1 no sprouts sprouting . . . and you have planted ;

There was some suprise but manned space flight, but it seems clear that the have been and-*-on reciting the

graerjl wprvval in boosting American prestige. It watched! *

tol Square and legislative^ ^ ^_____-j +v,a Avfiin+ tViJif t.hA Soviets are now knowing anything about

cles when the three new Federal judges were announced. It is assumed that the nomination wiU b confirmed by the Department of Justice and the Senate.

Gossip around the captol was that Sen. Sam Ervin got a Judge (J. Braxton Craven): Sen. Everett Jordan got a judge (John D Larkins Jr.) and Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges got a judge Malcolm B. SeaweU). Governor Terry ^nford and his state organizatioh did not get in on the Federal appointments, but did not object to any of them, and the Governor will have ha day when he appoints four additional special superior court

^^In this instance the policy announced sometime ago of co^ eration and non-interference between Federal and State patronage was observed. Larkins and Seawell both ran against Sanford for Govepior in last year s primary but supported him in the rim-off after they had been eliminated. They now have good hi e-time jobs, but they also are practically removed from further political activity.

Craven and Seawell have had experience on the superior court bench. Larkins has no judicuti experience but has a long record of service in the Legislature and Democratic party activities.

There was disappointment on part of some others who had aspired to these positions and their friends, but popular reaction has been highly favorable to the selections. _

trying to ^create the jPPfff

space flight was carried out in full view oi me wor a, tastebuds, is a 'handicap, just as the U.S. flight was.

?ropaganaa.

Or

Natl Security?

too.

On* might assume two weeks is ample time for a seed to decide life was worth living, send out roots and a tender tendril to peek at the outside world. Beans do. Squash do. But as-

comments, or worse, ill-concealed boasting of their radishes.

But all is not gloom on the growing front.

If my efforts toward pleasing the inner man come to naught; the Missus is scoring big in another department ... roses.

In the early days of spring time she was wont to bring home (with the groceries) an

with the fragrance of a rose. (Blooms so beautiful, reeking with dusts and sprays are disenchanting, arent they?)

There are other buds soon to open.

Tears ago we tried roses, but a late and unexpected freeze spiHled an ambitious planting. Now this small success has red talk of more and more.

Things grow for the Missus. So maybe its Just as well there Is no surfeit of green thumbs in any family. One can gyt 'too much of a good thing . . . like rain, even.

Public Forum,

; Opinions Brief

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara seems to be gettlwf his concern for security confused with propaganda.

McNamara, as' civilian head of the armed forces, is wrestling with the same dual responsibility which beset his pred^ cejssors in the Eisenhower administration.

How to keep the country as fully Informed as possible without revealing vital military secrets to the Russians.

But a defense secretary also has a third responsibility: -Not to kid the public.

Last April McNamara, behind closed doors, testified before the Senate Armed Services Commit

tee. He spoke In great detaU on inadequate?

Russia that the Zeus anU-misse missile system development may not be satisfactory?

Then the defense secretary added: ^'What wc ought to be saying is that we have the most perfect anti-ICBM system that the human mind will evefme-vlse. I

If McNamara did put out such worda complete exaggeration if only because McNamara cant tell what the human mind will devisethe Russians might be misled but so would the American public.

If McNamara feels its all right to feed such propaganda to the public on Zeus, then it seems fair to ask: Does he feel the same about other parts of American defenses which he may actully and privately consider

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defense problems from a prepared statement.

Hi* security expert* In the Pentagon made public some parts of it aater culling out orders which they thought should not be revealed.

Then when he appeared before the committee he made additional statements under questioning. Wednesday the committee released some of the .statements.

They showed: McNamara ex- parts of it after culling out or-pres.sed shock that his security experts had rela.sed so much of hi.-^ original testimony.

It seems to me. he said, that we were releasing far more Information than would have been appropriate, considering the damaging effect of our .'security from the release of the Information that was proposed In asking security experts' rea.son.s for releasing parts of his testimony which he thought should be kept secret. McNamara .said he found that many of the Items previously had been dtsciLssed in public.

Why, McNamara asked the committee, should we tell

Theres no doubt he has an intense problem In trying to inform the public without revealing priceless information to the Russians, but other secretaries of defense before him contended kith the same demma.

He got a lot of sympathy from the senators on the Armed Services Committee. Elach defense secretary in turn has solutions that are a little different.

For example: At the time

THOtnas S. Gates Jr., was sworn in as secretary of defense on Dec. 2. 1959, there had been a standing policy for years that the defense secretary should be sole spokesman for the military establishment.

Under this policy the secretar

ies of the Army. Navy and Air For(i seldom spoke out except when they were well away from Washington. Immediately on taking office Gates said this policy would be reversed. m

He said he would encourage the secretaries to hold news conferences and answer questions. This writer has been tokl McNamara intends to follow Gates system.

To the Editor:

The citizens of North Carolina recently witnessed an extra-ordinary political battle which took place in Greenville. Astounding amounts of energy and money were poured into an effort to promote a program of neighborhood conservation. Through the widespread use of advertising during the campaign the people of Greenville became thoroughly acquainted with the broad and noble aims of neighborhood conservation. The city-wide improvements vWch can be brought about by at neighborhood conservation program are commendable aims for any community. It would seem safe to assume that practically all citizens within a community would agree that such improvement and progress are desirable goals.

In the recent referendum which was held in Greenville a program of urban renewal won approval from a majority of the voters. The impression has been created, however, that acceptance of urban renewal by a majority 0 the voters indicates at tbe same time, disapproval of neighborhood conservation by a majority of the voters. This is indeed, extremely puzzling. It does not seem logical to assume that the majority of the citizens of Greenville were indicating an

objection to the goals of neighborhood conservation by accepting urban renewal. On the contrary, the voters acceptance of urban renewal in the face of strong and organized opposition would seem to indicate their very deep desires to improve "Greenville.

I am not alone in my fervent hope that the strong body of loyal citizens who ,have recently been so outspoken in their promotion of neighborhood con^r-vation, will not give up the fight for achievement of their high ideals. Many of us hope that while urban renewal is revitalizing a relatively small section of Greenville, a strong neighborhood conservation program will, at the same time, be employed to upgrade the entire city. We also hope that the recent strong proponents of neighborhood conservation will continue to direct their prodigious pro - election amounts of energy and money toward future improvements in keeping with the fine goals of neighborhood conservation. We feel that the people of Greenville have evidenced their willingness to stand firmly behind these dedicated citizens should they choose to prove their sincerity by continuing their struggle for community improvement.

Janet H. Fetterson Greenvlllt

If medical science doesnt stop making us live longer, our gi-andchUdren wIU be telling us to pay off all this national debt ourseif. Carlsbad Current-Argus.

It is obvious that if 'Thomas Jefferson were alive today he would stick to his saving that he would rather live in a nation with newspapers and no government than In one with a government and no newspapers. With newspapers there soon will be government. Dallas Morning News.

"Sleep may be something dreamt up by the cavemen (as scientists say it is) to while away the dark hours, but our only complaint is that they didnt go far enough in perfecting the technique. Shreveport Times.

Now the issue in Cuba is finally and officially recognized for what it is: the struggle of Cuban patriots against international CMnmunism."Cortland (N.Y.) Standard.

"There was one good thing about the old dollar watch. You could start one by shaking it." Cijawfordvllle (Oa.) Advocate-Democrat.

too easy. Wht fun would thera be in being an inspector if nobody was bothered?

But my friend is a tough guy. He had ^Olice been a fighter; has an exceUent war record; ia still an excellent wrestler and he hates bureaucrat*. So, ha declined to be pleasant to a survey team. He did not throw the team out of the window or submit them to judo or fence with them. He merely told them to go to the Devil which is a good place for survey teams to go. He wrote a letter to the Telephone Company which contains these two paragraphs:

If, as explained to me by the urvey team which came during jn very busy office hour period, they rtcked this office by lot or chance, then there are hundred* ef thousand* of other office* available to study. I would suggest, however, that by arrangement. the surveys or inventories be done at night or on hoUdaya so a* not to cost the subscriber valuable time.

T belong to the vast majority of small businessmen who desire to be left alone in accordance with the free cnterprisa system and do not want controls, inspections, surveys, Inventoriea or studies, perhaps at my expense (through taxes) by the federal or state government. Oh! Dear me! Why not Uv# and let live? The bureaucrat* need something to do, particularly the FCC which fears to do its principal business which i* to supervise radio and television. If they monkey too much with that, how will they get Jobs after they leave low-paid government service? We should be fair and let them occupy themselves counting telephones discovering khy it is Imposslbla even to see the Astronaut do America proud without constantly being interrupted by som# dames fipging dull and tiresome jingle* which we have heard time and time again. The PCC docs not care about this.

Bureaucracy can become a disease because these people need something to do. It is like cutting out paper dolls or building houses our of tooth-picki. Maybe It is cheaper at that, because If we fire bureaucrats, we increase unemployment and taxes wl be high^. If the bureaucrats would twiddle their (Oontlnued oo Page )

Pattern Of Gyps To Beware Of

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS FATHER AND SON

Some time ago a knock came at my office door. I opened it to find a stranger outside. But before he had a chance to introduce himself, I spoke to him by name and invited him in. Though I had never seen him before, this was no miracle. I knew his son; and this fnan looked so much like his son that I knew that I could not be mistaken.

Now. since this event, whenever 1 see the son, I think of his father, and recall how much alike they are. And I think also of how important that father-son relationship is to all Christians.-Qne common weakness In.

our faith often takes the form of a feeling that God Is remote, unknowable, beyond our power to comprehend an aloof, distant deity But Jesus Himself, the Son of God. has told us that this is not so. Through Jesus we can know God. even as we can often recognize a father if we, know his son. Jesus has promised us this: "He that hath seen me hath seen the Father,

The record of Jesus life on earth Is before us all: a life of teaching, healing, helping, and saving a record of loving kindness to men. It Is this loving Son who Said. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. .

By ELMER ROESSNER

Writing an article on spring gyps yesterday was Interrupted by the door chimes. At the door was a man of about 30, about five feet six. with scrawny eyebrows, a pen-line moustache and a pointed chin. He wore a black suit flecked with grey: his hair waa straight and black; he had long earlobes and had a birthmark on his left cheek. He spoke with a southern European accent which I'd better not specify le.st I, too. become untouchable.

I noted these things carefully because I intend to report them to the Better Business Bureau.

His company, he said, was in-, troducing a new kind of siding li' the neighborhood and wanted to have a job to show off. It would be happy to do my house free.

"Free? I asked.

FREE, PLUS A PRFIT WeU. he %ald. its this way. 'The company charges you $300. but you get back $25 for every sale it makes in the neighborhood, and so you could actually have a free job and make a couple of bundled dollars on top of that.

Give me a contract like that and IU sign it, 1 said.

He gave me a paper. He became nervous and perspired; this sale was becoming too easy.

This is simply a promissory note you cam discount at any bank, r said. It says nothing here about $25 commissions, or any guarantee that youll try to make any more sales, I said.

"Wrong paper, he said IU bo back to the office and get the right one. ,

He hasnt come back nor will be.

Thats the pattern of a multitude of gyp today. New siding, new roof jobs, new painting and weatherproofing are offered on those terms, but th^e ments, if they do say anytning about commissions, offer no guarantees that any effort will be made to make more sales.

Furthermore, the agreements are negotiable. The gyp doesn t hava to put up one siding before he can sell the contract to a bank and the guU has to i^y .It out. The law doesnt carp whether he got anything for his sig-

SEE*^^YOUR LAWYER To save money: never sign a contract of this kind without a lawyers advice. Sure, he may charge you $25 or more. But

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that may be only 1 P^ nt of the money be saves you. And If the . contract is really 'lor a free jobmirabile dictu! you can well afford the fee.

Other watch outs:

Conteste: There are far more contests than the sleazy ones for lots. A familiar one is the phony radio contest. The phone rings and a voice asks if you can identify a song ii^ the station MUMBL contest. You can; its Yankee Doodle. But whether you give that answer or say, Massas in de Col. Col Groun, you get a check-like thing in the mail next day. Rs a slip of paper saying its good for $50 toward a bedroom set, t piano, a washer or an electric churn at a certain sUM-e-^-and so > It is, because the prices have , been raised $50 per item. Etont tr^ to use the check. Mail it to your Better Business Bureau with a statement of circumstances.

A variation of this contest idea: A doorstep salesman invites you to pick one out of 50 envelopes. You do, and the one you pick contains a similar

tomorrow.

ontest mongers.

Aluminum windows: Its

strange that aluminumyicreens aiMi windows figure in io many sly* swindles. They aro fine pro-, ducts, which may be the reason the gyppers use them so often.

There are many variations. SometlHMS aluminum window* are the bait in ths show racket deocrlbcd at the start of this article. , _

In another variation, th# salesman offer* a complete *

high price; when the er balks, the saleaman cuts the price way down if the er wUl install them

the latter agrees, wh^the w^ dows arrive they do not fit ana he has to pay dcwhle the amowat to get correct sizes.

Another device is to offer w^ dows at very low prices. Th# order" tbe buyer tually a pronasory note that can be discounted at bank before any window is installed. - ^ ______

To save nwney: deal only with established local companies , But the worst racket of all ia the home-improvetnciit gyp., The sucker can lose his home, hi*

gsii, s. >o"pSor .t

To sive money; laugh at these