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Saturday, May 20, 1961THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Saturday, May 20, 1201

Beginning to Lose Patience

Water Hazards With Sunuriertime

a

The coming of hot weather to Eastern North ' Water safety has become a matter of state-wide Carolina means the peak season has arrived for boat- concern and well it should m view of the toll that has ins. swimming, fishing and other water sports that been taken in recent years Greater emphasis is being have become so much a part of summer recreation put on boating safety, teaching youngsters and adulte In this part of the state. l'ke how to swim and how to exercise reasona,})!*

-It is also the season when farm ponds that have care when around the wa er. largely been ignored through the summer months In spite of the collective effort being put forth, suddenly take on a magic attraction for youngsters^the primap- responsibility for water safety still re^ seeking a cool spot to gain relief from the summers with the individual family. The youngsters must be ^ carefully taught to have as much respect for the water

Unfortunately, summer is the time of year when as they have love tw hl^r^

drownings and other water accidents are all too fre- from a fast ride in a boat must be aware that the r^

quent in this section of the state. In spite of the pre- sponsibility for the

cautions which are required^ by officials and those ers. \V ater spor^ offer plenty of excitement the taken by individuals, the summer toll of lives due to summer ahead, but along with the fun, water safety 'notsM. o/.nriSTifc. line cfpAflilv rlimbcd in this Dart of

water accidents has steadily climbed in this part the state in recent years.

This year there are more farm ponds than there were a year ago. There are more boats along the coast and on the inland waters. More people will be spending weekend outings along the water, enjoying the water sports. And unless extreme care is exercised, the number of drownings and other water accidents this summer w'ill exceed those of the past year.

!'nequities n Govmt

Seen

By LYNN NISBET

EXPENSES Most people at all familiar with activities in State government have known for some time that the industry hunters in the Department of Conservation and Development were permitted more liberal entertainment budgets than other State employees. It was also known that in some Instances U^was necessary for the salesmen to spend more on their own living expenses than rank and ftie employees were allowed- There was sound reason for some extra spending. It now appears that a few of the salesmen found the higher living while entertaining prospects had become habit-f{H*ming for all .tripe. Expense accounts arc now being thoroughly audited, and tome refunds may be called for.

Industry hunters in the C&D depaiteiwit are not the only State employees who find it impossible to do their job within the limits of expenses set out for general State employees. There art times when the news bureau needs to entertain out of state jdiotograj^ers and writers, here to do publicity stories for North Carolina. The record will show that through the years North Carolina has gotten mucn more favorable and profitable publicity from these guests'* than the State has bought in paid-for advertising.

The current attention focused on the industrial promotion staff may lead to adjusUnent in the law to take care of situations where extra spending seems wise. There will be Insistence, bowever. that all extra fpending be subjected to more rigid audit than normal expense accounts. None ot the current publicity will do damage to the industrial program, unless it is subjected to ridicule. There is some evi-dence that might happen.

WORK LOAD Another cause of irritation among State office workers is the apparent unequal work load imposed upon cerks of comparable classification. A casual tour of the corridors in many office buildings will disclose that some clerks have little to do, while others are l^ged down with detail wbrk. Personnel directors have two explanations for this condition.

In the first place, the chief clerk who seems to be idle a lot of the Ume must be, as competent and alert and capable of moving in promptly when something requires attention. Then toere is belief In many quarters that a lot of the detail typing and questionnaire filling which keeps the girls so busy is in fact non-essential. Legislators have voiced upon suspicion that some of this work is done just to make the agency or depart-

must be the concern of each individual who participates in the fun.

Humdhs Equated With

Bulldozers, Tractors

Fidel Castro has now taken the position that prisoners of his dictator state in Cuba are not just prisoners, but rather hostages to be offered for ransom to the United States or perhaps any other nation of the free world.

Castros proposal that the United States give him 500 bulldozers in exchange for 1,00 prisoners claimed to have been captured in the recent invasion attempt ' in Cuba is a modern application of the ancient practice of pirates and warlords.

The sympathy of the American people are with those unfortunate political prisoners who have fallen into Castros hands. The American people also are full of sympathy for the Uncounted thousands of individuals who are held as slave laborers in Siberia

and the millions throughout the world who are virtual TTTnxTxy tTrkTTr a prisoners behind the iron curtain of communism. Even |>y xl<.NKx JlIUWAKLI if it were possible to purchase the freedom of these

people with material things alone, the free would \ O

would only be equipping the international gangsters ^ J[ of communism to crush the free world and what it

stands for. ^ recent article in these

In the free world which recognizes the dignity pages emphasized the signifi-

and freedom of the individual, the valu of a human Stel

life cannot be equated in terms of bulldozers, tractors, names came from in the first

ment seem more important than it is. ' ,

An illustration: Your reporter some months ago wrote a five line inquiry about one function of a State agency. The quesUon could have been answered in a maximum of 100 words. It was answered in a full two-page single-space tjrped letter, with notation that copies were being sent to several others.

Almost 20 years ago Bill Homer, then representative of Lee county, offered a resolution calling for a thorough review of State agency and department publications. He was named chairman of a study group, and sent out a form letter asking all agencies to submit samples

to his office at Sanford. Within . *

a short Ume all the extra ships, or any other man-made commodity. Such is not place and how si^mc l^aUons

the case under communist dictatorships w^here indi- associated with the

viduals are of value only so long as they serve the

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Be

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led, the overflow was sent to the basement at his home, and still the samples came. Bill threw up his hands, confessed he did not have time or facili-Ues for reviewing all the stuff and therefore had no specific recommendation.

CONFLICT - Nearly every year since then effort has been

purpose of the state.

Another publication weve seen recently has to do with attempt--- , c, . X j XU tag to explain the real mean-

After the United States turns down the oner jjjgs of persons surnames. Most

made by Castroeither by a statement or by com- dictionaries include an alphabet-

pletely ignoring Itit would not be surprising to se

the Cuban dictator turn slave trad^er by offering to business firms have

exchange some of his prisoners with other communist f^und the magic touch by con-to control or curta depart-, countries for machinery or supplies which he needs. ducting a modest amount of remental printing. Various acts . , , tt -r search and then furnishing their

requiring approval of the Gov- While the Castro offer directed to the United customers with costly illustra-

emor and the Attorney Oener^, grates was probably extended for propaganda pur- tions of their names,

or the Budget Bureau, or the ^ -

Council passed

SaJrs'es4bLh addiUoS ^is hemisphere

As a matter of fact, the art of exploring names consumes a considerable amount of some folks time. And. when firms gain the reputatifxi of being a reliable outfit to furnish the authentic coat of arms, their activities' are well worth the effort at least to themselves.

But to us, sometimes it seems that the leisurely study of common everday names that can-nt be bought is most interesting.

By reading bits of this and that, hearing fragments <rf idle conservation, and using good common SMise, its absolutely amazing bow many names can be traced to logical beginnings.

For instance, we were doing

cu of stat* hav'e BlibU poses rather than in any hope that it might ^ ac- I*a O

id by succeeding Legisla- cepted, it may well backfire on the Cuban leader m f )fnOT t" riltfYTJQ . Then just as glibly the hemisphere and throughout the world. iiiy

Much Room

agencies and commissions and tack on to the bills requirement,. that they shall make full report Vw to the Governor and the General . j 1 Assembly. That means more printing.

FILL INS There have been a record number of vacancies occurring in the current General Assembly. Even before the session convened the representa-tive-eect from Henderson county resigned, and was replaced by J. T. Randall. A few days later Rep. Max Childers of Gaston resigned and was replaced by Hoyle Efird. Then Rep. Fleetus Gobble of Forsyth died, and was replaced by Claude Hamrick. And Rep. J. M. Phelps of Washington died and was replaced by Mrs. Phelps. Only one vacancy occurred in 1959. Sen. Fred Folger of Surry resigned on account of illness, and was succeeded by George K, Snow, There was only one fill-in in 1957. Rep. Roy Parker of Hertford died and was replaced by Gordon Maddrey. The 1955 session. first one which legislative vacancies could be filled without election two members resigned. Rep. Wiltshire Griffith of Henderson was replaced by W. T. McShane and Rep Ben E. Fountain of Edgecombe Thomas G. Dill. --------

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WASHINGTON (AP)-The ir-ony in a Kennedy-Khrushchev meeting is that they cant possibly settle their most unsettling difference.

Its that determination of theirs to root around in each others front yard.

Soviet Premier Khrushchev cant agree not to since communism is dedicated to gobbling up any place it can. Laos is the most recent example.

And. since President Kennedy is dedicated to stopping any such thing, he cant agree not to stop it.

They still have room for discussing a couple of other major problems, such as a ban on nuclear testing and disarmament-But. unfortunately for the conversations and world peace, that is ironic too.

1. How. for instance, is the Soviet Union going to agree to ban tests so long as France, the American ally, keeps on developing atomic power and is free to test?

The French havent shown any willingness nt to.

2, And how, for in-stance, can this country agree not to test if Red China, the Soviet Unipns ally develops atomic potver, as it will, and starts testing?

Red China Ls not only a menace to the United Stales now but. when it gets atomic weapons, may be even a worse menace to the Soviet Union.

But as of this momenUhe United Slates, which doesnt officially recognize Red China, ruMst pretend in international dealings jt doesnt exist.

So. while Kennedy and Khrushchev can talk about a lot of things. None will be rnore important than those menoned here and theyre not likely to settle any of them.

Alrewdy. before the two men get near each other, their meeting is being represented more as a feeling-out process than a meaty discussion.

And. if thats the way it is, Khrushchev will hardly try to demolish Kennedy as he did former President Eisenhower a year ago in Paris after the American U2 flight over the Soviet Union.

But its going to be Khrushchev and not Kennedy who can afford to be cocky. All the recent setbacks have been on the American side, not on the Soviet Unions.

The Communist overruning of Laos, for instance. The ridiculous American-backed invasion of Cuba, one of the biggest pieces of nonsense in the 20th Century.

And only this wfeek the South Korean army, much to Americas distaste, threw out the American - backed government for being corrupt The only saving grace here is that the new military regime says its anti-Communist. And maybe it Is.

But Korea cant stand too much of this instabilityonly a year ago the population tossed out American-backed President Syngman Rhee for tyranny without encouragning Commu-nist subversion from within if noi attack from without.

And the Kennedy administration. even In the Western Hemisphere. is braced for more Cas-tros and more Cubas.

If Kennedy knows that, then Khntshchev prolmbly knows it better. This puts him in non to high-hat the President bit.

And if he does, it wont do American prestige, already badly dented and punctured this past year any goud.

(Greensboro Daily News)

At tha meeting of university trustees on Monday the bit-by-bit parceling out of blame for the basketball scandals at Carolina and State should give way to an acceptance of responsibility where responsibility is vestedand- that means the officers the university and the trustees. It is true enough that the smelly fish of athletic cot-ruption swims in very congenial waters. All of us have helped make the waters congenial.

But rsponsibility must come to rest somewhere If the shame of the basketball fixes is not to continue. It is fanciful to think that a mass movement among sports fans will right the wrongs. Reform surely must begin in the university offices at Chapel Hill and Raleigh. President Truman used to keep a sign on his desk, the buck stops here. He had Uw right idea.

Naturally the universitys administrators are in a tight posi,-tion. More than one UNC president has tried to break up the sheltered rule of the athletics system, only to meet with defeat at the hands of the interests of the college sports world. But the time for reform was never better, now that even the blandest sports fan must realize that something is wrtmg with the system as well as with the morals of the young men who took gamblers' money.

No one but those in positions of responsibility can provide the beginnings of reform. Ex-Governor Hodges suggests that the cure for basketball corruption is to quit blaring teams. He is undoubtedly right. But his bold words, from the distance of

Washington, are a little after the fact. It is too bad that Governor Hdges did not voice his view sometime during the nearly eight years he held office, for as ex-officio chairman of the university board of trustees the Governor is in a position to influence the conduct of the university In sports matters..

Likewise, Governor Sanfords remarks at a press conferwice to the effect that de-emphasis should be carefully considered w'ill be of slight ava if he does not follow them up at trustee meetings and with the use of his influence with the universiy friends and alumni.

In sum, there Is a limit to the doctrine of collective responsibility. Somewhere the dodging has to stop, i^rts Illustrated made the point well in a recent editorial, answering an NCAA official who claimed basketball scandals did not originate within the college walls but merely reflect the poor moral climate of our times. .

As Sports .niustr&ted says, this is the sickliest kind of evasion. If the moral climate is poor, perhaps it is because too few people in positions of leadership and responsibility assume the onus and risk of leading. Sports Illustrated observes: Policies

which gave birth to the scandals did originate within the college walls. As for tiie moral climate ot our timesince when have college presidents not had the responsibility to better it?

And it might be added, since when have not only college presidents and chancellors but governors and university trustees not also had the responsibility to better it?

Monday is the time.

Just about as little as we could the other day when we stumbled onto a tale about how the name of a very popular commodity came about.

We say Its a popular commodity. Well, as a matter of fact, we know quite well what it is, in spite of the fact that we have limited actual contact with It.

The story, as we heard it, goes like this:

In the old days, when King Henry (the eighth, it seems) was the English ruler and was all-powerful with his Divine Right to bestow kinghthood upon his choice, elaborate and ludous, feasts were the order of the day. . for King Henry, at least-Wei. one day he found himself confronted with a rare and new delicacy brought to His Majesty, the King by peasants from surrounding countryside.

The illustrious king could learn of no fitting name for such a tasty delicacy and, thus, began to inquire of his royal subjects of the wwiderful gourmets ori-

^

It was a steak, he was told, cut from the finest loin of the finest young steer.

Well, ole King Henry was so carried away, he immediately caUed for another. When it was brought befcM'C his table, he deftly drew his sword, leveled it broadside on the slab of the slab of prize beef and yelled: I hereby do dub thee for now and evermore. Sir Loin.

So, what happens? And sure enough for evermore? We long for Kin^ Henrys Sirloin Steak.

See how interesting names can be?

Opinions In Brief

This bit of wisdom can be appreciated by anyone who has had anything to do with legal documents: "The big print

giveth ... the fine print taketh away. Flemlngsburg (Ky.) Times-Democrat.

The proper time to bridle your tongue is when It is rearing to go. Elbertson (Oa. Star.

Its a lot easier to remember what you said when you tell the truth. Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press.

A filing cabinet is the means whereby we can lose things sys-temaUcally. Elbertson (Ga.) Star. /

By GEORGE E. SOKOLWT Copyright, 1961, King Features Syndicate, Inc. _

The aaaumptloo of many otu-dents of American politics is that the President, being the cWef executive officer 'of the United Statee, wlio with the Vice-President, is the only, nationally elected official, Is alone responsible for the conduct of government.

The Founding Fathem had a difficult time getting around the fact that they could not provide for a king in the Constitution.

No principal European country, at that time, was without a monarch. Also at the time of the founding of the United States, the office of Prime Minister had not yet developed so that the Head of State was excluded from all executive 'and administrative functions. George HI continued to interfere in the function of the government and Louis XVI had not yet been decapitated.

Upon the Prertdent were heaped the responsibilities of the Head of State and those of a Prime Minister. The experiment was a very successful one until the government became so complicated that in some Instance the President could not know .what was happening Jn some 'agencies until he read about it in the newspapers.

For the President then to assume total responsibility for all the activities of government is an absurdity. Even in the conduct of foreign affairs, there are so many agencies, that the President may or may not know.

In advance, how'each ia carrying out his policies.

The State Department is. of course, ti (jentral agency of government dealing with fordgn relations. But then there is the CIA, an extraordinarily complicated mechanism in charge of espionage, counter-cspUmage and paramtiltary activitiw (doak and dagger stuff). Then there is the -ICA which distributes the aid we give to foidsn countries and In this category there are several other agencies, some strictly American, s<Hne international with Americans in charge, using principally American money. The American Ambassador to the United Nations must be considered in the development of foreign "poBcy as he has a day-by-day relationship to it.

It is Impossible fw the President of the United States to assume personal responsibility for everything men. engaged in. the conduct of foreign policy, do.

Before he can assume such responsibility, he must* have the power to hire and fire every person engaged in handling foreign relations, fix the first place, many important officials who hold such offices must be confirmed by the Senate, which can be a limitation upon the President. Theni the Foreign Service employees are pert of the STdce and can ocJy b dismissed OT cause, or removed within the status that they had attained. In some instances, this is a wholesome provisloo. ,de-veloping a career sendee of experts: in other instances it acta as an umbrella for the tnefficlentt the doctrinaire, the blabbermouth.

The Presidents autiiority thus Is limited by law and by practice and while the Boss is always responalble for tha cntira works, he must not, in a political sitimtion, act as an lanbrel-la for those who should be separated from govemmit becauss of their errors.

Constitutionally. It is poatbla to say that ti sola respwMiili-ty for every excoutiva and administrative act of government rests upon ti President, but what of such agencies as TVA or the PCX! or the ICC or tbs World Bank? The Hoover Reports have established beyond doubt the Inability of any one man to monitm: ti whole of the Anrican government or any large part of It.

The people are, of course, not concerned with the details oi structure; they l<X)k at the facade and blan a President for the whole works. Not since Woodrow Wilson's time has a President had a taut, working Administration. The gargantuan characteristica of administration appeared during World War I and have been growing since. Roosevelt increased the plqrsi-cal size of the Executive branch of govemnnt as a phase of his solution of the Depression and finally to suroly the needs of (Continued on paga six)

sH Financing Small Business

Pays

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

GOD STILL SPEAKS TO US

In what sense can we speak to God? The Bible tells us of many instances; we think irresistibly of the boy Samuel in the house of the high priest Ell. There is no doubt that God spoke to David, unworthy as he often was. The prophets of Baal in the time of Elijah tried to learn the iwophets "secret. and many men have b^en deceived, into trying to find a method of communication with God. But one has only to think of St. Augustine, Brother Lawrence. Thomas a Kempls. and Emanuel Swedenberg to have objective evidence that God can and does communicate directly with meii. and does so continuously and eecvely. ' .

There is little we can do about it. He will speak to whom He' pleases In his own good time: to his priests, niinisters and rabbis, to laymen, and to those who are truly his servants. Through long experience^ the Church has plenty of evidence that this Is so, and the Church is very conservative about the matter. It wants to be sure that the voice that comes is the genuine voice of God, and does not merely seem to be his voice, but when He speak|^ as to little Samuel, we shall never be mistaken. The Almighty lets us know in his own good time, and in his own way.

Revelation has not ceased, nor will it cease as long as time lasts. Pray with the conviction that God hears prayer and always answers' iL

By ELMER ROESSNER

Financing small business is good business.

The Small Business Investment *Act of 1958 offered certain advantages to corporations organized to finance small businesses through long-term loans or equity capital, that is. by buying stock. Since then, more than 200 stich corporations have been set up, with capital of almost $200 million.

In addition, the Small Business Administration, which administers the program, has given tentative approval to about 130 more corporations and about 70 more applications are under study.

Of the first 200 corporations, 24 have gone public, that is, they have offered their stock to the general public. Stock in the rest is held by private Investors and banks. Many banks have formed their own small business investment compagnies.

DOUBLE IN VALUE

The 24 investment corporations 'that went public had original capitalizations totaling $127,600,-uub. Today tbeir stdck value ia

around $300 million. The corporations have more than doubled the value of stockholders uivestmenis.

The most "recent' company to be formed is the First Small Business Investment Company of New Jersey. Its offering of 300^ 000 shares at $12.50 a share was oversubscribed twice which shows how investors regard this type of Investment.

The Small Business Investment Act was fathered in the Eisenhower Administration, but the Kennedy Administration is attempting to incubase its effectiveness.

PhU David Fine, a Boston lawyer and friend of the Kennedys. has been named deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration and chief of its investment division. He is engaged In a drive to increase the number of inve.stment companies and to make small businesses more aware of this source of private capital.

"Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, he told me. Census figure show'that of th 4,700,000

businesses In the United State, 4,465,000 meet the Small Business Administrations definition

ofsmall.' ----------

BANKS LIKE SYSTEM If we keep small businesses supplied with capital for expansion, we will streiMlthen the economy for all busine.

Banks like the new investment companies. Banks cannot invest in the stock of corporations, but their small business subsidiaries, under the act of 1958, may. Thus banks, through such subsidiaries, can participate more in their local economies and help overcome the idea that banking organizations are only for big business. Furthermore. prosperous small businesses make good customers for other banking services and there is always hope that a small business will become big.

The Small Business Administration will lend part of the capital for. formation of an investment company,..providing it IS secured. Of the $200 milUon available for lending', the SBA has put up ahjout $22 minion. The small business investment

companies are permitted to borrow $4 for reinveotment in small businesses for every $1 In capi- ' ial. while other iaveatmeot oom^ panics . are allowed to borrow only 50 cents to $1 for every $1 in capital.

The SBA continues to maka direct loans to sound nail business when other sources of capita] are not available.

THREE INVEWPriONS BROUGHT WOMEN INTO BUSINESS Threb toventloi of the 1W. the typewrUer, the trtepbooe and the electric light bidb, are responsible for women entering tbs business world, according to Robert J. Duffy, presideot of Ma New York office planning and designing firm. There were only seven women stenogn4>ben in the early 1876a, but their number increased with tyi>ewriKers and today there are 2,500,000. The telephone required more women for switchboards and ans. wering, and electrically lighted streets and conveyancee made it possible for women to return home safely after sundown, Mr. Duffy obmwid.

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