PAGE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.

TiMtdajr, May 23, 161

Tuesdar, May 23, 1961

What Price Glory?

Ample Room Left For Sports Fans

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Severe timitations-on racruitmeat of athletes and-intercollegiate basketball competition imposed on the University of North Carolina and State College are certain to bring protests from sports fans and partisan supporters of the two schools. In the interest of preventing further involvement of players of the schools in game-fixing scandals, however, the severe imlings imposed by President William Friday are justified. ^

It seems clear that the new rules that apply to SlTTflT^lV PiOt EXDfiCtOu Carolina and State will in effect bring about a shift 2 r

of emphasis in their sports programs, if indeed it does not result in a de-emphasis of athletics on the two campuses. Limiting recruitment of players from outside the area of the Atlantic Coast Conference will restrict the number of potentially outstanding playera from which the schools will be able, to build their teams. Taking-the represeintative teams of the schools out of toj^rfi&ient competition other than the conference tourney and the National Collegiate tournament will restrict the exposure of the teams not only to possible gamblers, but to nation-wide attention as well.

.intfircoUfigiateAsports programs under the restrictions President Friday has announced, than to risk losing their intercollegiate programs altogether, or having them ruined by racketeering.

Major Achievements

A summit conference on the informal basis such as that announced by President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev cannot be expected to produce immediate and tangible results in the form of removing some of the most important problems that face the world.

At best the conference can only provide the impetus for creating an atmosphere in which there will be less East-West tension and an atmosphere in which wmrkf toward practicaT and reasonable solutions to some of the worlds problems can be worked out.

While the hew* ground rules set forth by President Friday appear severe by past standards, they offer ample leeway, it iseems to us, for UNC and State College to continue to produce and enjoy major athletic teams. It may take the schools several years to . adjust to the new restrictions and it may be that soma of the new rules will be altered in the future. At the moment, however, the new^ rulessevere as they appearwill serve the best interest of assuring sports programs carried oiit in the best tradition of the colleges. It is better for the institutions to operate their

Raleigh A Stage

For Big Festival

Bu AURORA DOLLEY

FESnVAlr-Raleigh. home of the General Assembly for over three months now, temporarily and abruptly changed sets the past weekend, and became a stage for what appeared to be another Gond With the Wind pic.

More Confederate flags hung over Fayetteville Street than surely must have hung over the entire State in Civil War days. At one street crossing were waving over 80 of the historic banners. and as far as the eye eould see were similar arrangements.

Confederate soldiers and ladles in flowing ante bellum gowns walked the sidewalks and were seen in every store. Even the old Capitol was filled with what appeared to be scenes from history bo<*s, colorful movies, and plantation life.

For two days the North Carolina Confederate Festival reigned over the Capital City, marking the beginning of the States four year Confederate Centennial observation.

Beards sprouted and trimmed for- the occasion have added realism, as have such details as fancy lace pantaloons showing beneath the little girls' kirbs, (One fond grandmother was heard explaining that those being worn by her little granddaughter were at least 85 years old.)

Timing of the celebration was et to fall on the 100 year anniversary of North Carolina's withdrawal from the Union.

PARADEYoungsters elbowed adults for front standing room to view the hour-long parade, a combination of elaborate floats, colorful^ snappy bands. Tar Heel girls who looked like Miss Universe contestants dressed as Confederate belles, and Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force exhibits.

The parade was a curious mixture of the old and the new. Leading off was a Confederate onitauthentically dressed In ill-fitting uniforms with creaseless pants. Heads held high, the group was spiritedly applauded. Incidentally, this was the only military unit In the parade not Integrated.

A Navy float with a model of the Polaris atomic submarine was loudly cheered by the crowds. Mood for the day was

set.by Civil War period songs, and the audience enthusiastically re^nded with flag-waving and shouts.

Col. Hugh Dortch, Chairman of the N.C. Civil War Centennial Commission, has reminded Southerners that the years of commemoration should not renew old animosities and bitterness, but should, instead, arouse a newer and deeper sense of appreciation of a greatness which has never been equaled.

SIGNIFICANCEOol. Dortflfti points out that the spirit of the Civil War period of strife and dissension persists to this day as a source of Inspiration and guidance, for it resulted in the unity of the states, and he believes that It is this spirit and the people responsible for it that the Confederate Centennial seeks to commemorate.

Certainly there seemed to be no animosity or bitterness shown by the parade-watchers.

As a matter of fact, the atmosphere these two days has been one of festivity, fun, and frolicor like characters acting on stage.

Typical remarks at the Memorial Service at the State Capital, at the parade, and at the State Fairgrounds Exhibit could just as well have been overheard at any other gathering. If any emotional impacts have stirred old wounds, there has so far been little evidence f It.

The TV-conditioned younger generation seemed less impressed than a few old-timers, which is perhaps to be expected.

The w'hole world piay be said to love a parade, but North Carolinians love the whole works parade, festival, and all the trimming provided for the Celebration.

It is with some difficulty that Raleigh re-set the stage at the Capitol for the Monday night legislative session.-

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According to the official announcements which confirmed the forthcoming meeting between the President of the United States and the Soviet Premier, there will be no specific effort in the talks to reach agreement on major international problems that involve the intere^ of other nations. With such a limitation on the talks, there are very few fields in which agreement could be sought at this practical meeting without involving the interests of other nations of the world.

The general exchange of ideas between the leader of the free world and the leader of the communist world may produce points of interest on which negotiations can later be carried out, but the summit conference itself cannot be expected to iron out major international problems.

In that the conference will bring about the first face-to-face -meeting of the new President of the United States with the Soviet leader, it should be helpful to the international situation. It'may well produce a basis for future summit conferences at which negotiations between East and West can be carried out at the highest level in an effort to resolve issues which are causing international tension.

Beyond this, however, the free world can hardly expect concrete achievements in the June talks between President Kennedy and T>remier Khrushchev. For the world to expect that the talks will immediately ease international tension on many major points would be a mistake indeed. For Premier Khrushchev the problems will immediately be solved, can only be viewed at folly.

The meeting betumeen* the two leaders can be realistically construed to be a healthy sign, but it should not be expected that miracles will come about immediately as a result of the conference.

Looking For A Goat In Failure?

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) The . Jomt Chiefs of Staff, the nations top militAi^ planners, have been blasted since the (hiban invasion disaster.

This writer has been told re-liaWy that President Kennedy is burned up at them and also at Allen Dulles, head of the Central Intelligence' Agency (CIA).

It win be no surprise if he removes Dulles and shakes up the chiefs. But th-e Is reluctancejn the Defense Department from the top down to see the chiefs get clobbered for this reason:

Defense Secretary Robert McNamara himself approved the decision to let the invasion be made.

What foUows is ti story of what happened, made timely once more because of what occurred over the weekend after Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, testified before a Senate committee behind closed doors. Sen. Albert Gore, Tennessee Democrat, said the chiefs had blundered incredibly and should be thrown out. A milder reaction came from Sen. Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Republican.

He said its an American habit to look for goats when things go wrong.

Those taking part in the de-cLsion on the invasion to over-thiow Fidel Castro were Kennedy. McNamara, Hemnitzer, Dulles, and Secretary of State Dean Rusk,* with McGeorge Pundy. Kennedys .special asstst-ant on security, sitting in on all sessioms.

The.se men had 'numerous meetings, went into all phases o' the Invasion exhaustively, including the pas.sibility of failure. They not only studied yard.s of maps endlessly but ev/*n went into the problem of invading on various beaches.

Generally speaking, the decision to go ahead with the invasion was unanimous among all those mentioned.

They made this decision know* ing only about 1,200 men would be the invading force and that Castro had 35,000 tons of Soviet-hloc equipment - and many thousands of men under arms.

Nevertheless, the White House group thought the odds were in favor of the Invaders. Why?

They thought only one-third of the CXkban population was loyal to Castro and that the other two-thirds, once the invasion began. would rise up against him-

In retrospect it seems incredible the decision for the invasion was primarily based on the assumption there would be an uprising, an uprising which never took place. The assumption had to be based on Information about the Cuban people.

Dulles' CIA. which would be responsible for information on the mood of the Chiban people, says its information was perfect. If It was, in view of the inva^on failure,-what went wrong?

This is the CTAs explanation: that the invasion had to be sustained to give the Cuban masses time to respond by an uprising. But it wasnt sustained. Why not? Thats a part of the story which hasnt been revealed at all yet.

These were some of the rea-sor,s behind the White House decision to go ahead with the invasion:

1. It was thought this was the last time the American government could assume C^tro could be overthrown by anything short of direct American intervention.

2. Continuation of the Castro regime is a danger to the United ^States In its relations with other Latin American countries.

3. There was some puzzlement about what to do with the rebels if they didnt Invade since they-had been In training for a year. For In.stance; where, if they did not hit Cuba, could they have been. ab.sorbed?

4. There was a marginal chance of overthrowing Castro.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLAS.S GUIDANCE

St. Paul was required on one occasion to appear as a prisoner before King Agrlppa and his wife Queeh Bernice. He recited the circumstances which had led up to his conversion Christ had appeared to Paul In a vision as he was on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus. Pauls description of that profound vision ends with the stirring declaration: Whereupon. Oh

King Agrippa. I- was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision. (Acts 26:19).

Visions have not ceased. The validity of objective visions today Is too lengthy a subject to te discussed here. But the inn^r vwion, the Illumination, the in-tuiUoo ~ this type o( vision is

Death is pretty well accepted by the human race since it inevitably comes to all of us. Normal humans accept the fact that it will come some day and thus put it out of their minds..

Occasionally, however, death takes a child. Then it is distressing, indeed, for there is a tendency among people to be more sympathetic with the loved ones of a lost child. It is truly heart-rendering to see a jroung life cut short because of disease or accident.

Time has a way of softening the blow and, with the passage of time, even the death of a child is eventually forgotten, except by the closest loved ones.

But, wait, perhaps the child who has passed on is not completely forgotten after all. At this time of the year they are remembered again. Their

friends, schoolmates of past years, seldom fail to recall them at graduation time. Thus it is that in many high school annuals, pages are found dedicated to classmates who didnt make it to graduation. Death or accident ended school and life, itself, for them somewhere along the way.

That happened to Linda Bowen of near Winterville five years ago. Sure enough, her classmates didnt forget as they graduated this year. There was this letter to Linda in the annual:

Dear Linda,

Well, it looks as if wC have finally made it. Yes. in a couple of months we will be graduating. We are . sorry that you will not be here to walk down the aisle with us. We miss you a great deal, Linda. When we

Other Editors Saying Annual Report On Waste

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

Reporte on excessive spending by the armed forces arent new, and it has been a long time since such a report offered something different from the usual wasteful spending habits of the military. In fact, the regularity of such reports tend to support the suspicion that the armed forces are by nature a wasteful necessity. That may be true, but we cant help but believe that such irresponsible activity can be curtailed.

The latest such repwt has been tendered by the General Accounting Office in the testim<Miy of a hearing before the House Appropriations Ckimmittee. Some of the Items listed have a familiar sound, since most of the examples of wasteful spending are merely repeated year after year. Nevertheless they must be extremely painful to Mr. Average Taxpayer who has to foot the bill. Ironically, it isnt the brass who pays, yet the brass seems to have the big hole in the pocket.

An idea of how our tax money is thrown down the drain is the notation that the Air Force wastes $112 million a year on aircraft maintenance, and $71 million more on flight pay to keep nearly 27,(X)0 officers flying who either are excess to stated Air Force requirements or who are occupying positions where flying skills contribute nothing to eftectlve performance of required duties.

The commanding officer of the Army Chemical Corps base at Edgewood, Md., wanted his house tidied up. The house was done over at a cost of more

than $60,000, as compared to the legal limit of $22.000 for the cost of a new house. The Navy changed its contract for the construction of bases in Spain from a cost-plus-flxed-fee basis to a fix-ed-price basis. Why this was done is not explained. What is explained is the contract conversion cost $9 million more, without providing any material benefits to the government.

At a Marine Corps air base in Japan it was found that high percentage of aircraft (ranging from 13 to 50 per cent) were out of commission because needed' parts were not available in the Navy supply system in Japan. This condition was found to exist even though the air base in Japan had on hand an inventory of aviation material and parts amounting to over $6 million, and over $1.2 million worth 0 additional material on order from the U S. that was not even needed.

Now this type of report goes on and on with monotonous regularity. Thfe point to get across is the monotonous regularity with which this kind of vast waste is carried on by the military, Pinpointing the blame isnt easy, since the armed forces are fajnous and skilled in the art of passing the buck. But an effort should be made to pin the blame in order to reduce future costs to the taxpayer. Of course, it is, in a sense, merely a matter of dollars and nickels, but at the same time a cleanup and a crackdown would help increase the efficiency of our armed forces, something that might be needed desperately later on.

started back to school that year it just didnt seem right not seeing you there. You were usually a rather quiet girl, but your sparkling eyes and friendly smile could say more than words.

Twelve years ago when w'e entered Winterville Higti School we were a group of scared little boys and girls. Now, after twelve years of hard work and much fun we have growm and developed into young men apd women. We are now- ready to go out into the world, to marry and settle down and to become Christian men and women and good citizens of our great country. Pray for us, Linda, that we may obtain each of these goals.

We, your classmates, have decided to dedicate this page to you as a token of our love and friendship for you. Now, you will not only be a part of our memories but also a pari of our annual. Bye now, Linda.

Lindas mother, Mrs. Hersel L. Bowen of Rt. 1. Winterville, was touched by the dedication. So much tihftt s^ie wrote this "^reply on behalf of her daughter:

"Dear Classmates,

As I sat by the windows of Heaven today, I saw boys and girls, now yoimg men and women on their way, to a great day in their lives. It is graduating time. Classmates live on, live on. Life is such a joy. As ' you walk down the path of life, take love, courage and most of all, take God. Someday well meet In this beautiful place called Heaven. Then as classmates and friends, well always be together.

Departed classmates are often remembered in high school annuals at this time of year. Just thought youd like to know about one of them.

Opinions In Brief

The trouble with most folks isnt so much their igi'orance, but knowing so many things that arent so.,Carlsbad Cur-rent-Argus.

Lest we feel too much abctshed, it would be well to remember that had Capt. Alan B. Shepard made his historic jaunt three weeks sooner it would have been the sensation of the world.'^-Catskill (N.Y.) Mail.

The lesson should be clear; government FOR the people inevitably is paid BY the people. San Marino (Calif.) Tribune.

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By aocident I came across tie singular fact that the Timken Roller Bearing Company has had the courage to put tq> a light for freed<n of speech and free-dom of the press against the Internal Revenue Service wMch acts as a oensorship agency.

Ttmken .is stdng tbe <3overn* ment for $1,500,000 which It clftiins it has overpaid for income taxes, the Internal Revenue Service having taken upon itself the duty of deciding that ad-vertislhg is not a cost running a business. This expenditure was taxed as though it were profit not an expense.

The Treasury objects to institutional advertising, that Is, the . use of advertising space paid to attract attention but ddivering a mes^ige instead of directly advocating the use of a inxxhict.

Institutional advertising is used because tbe advertiser finds that a message attracts greater attention to the product than boosting the pnxiuct itself. The Metropolitan life Insurance - Company baa for many years used its advertising apace to tell about health. Its object is to prolong life. It is possible to say that the insurance coo^wnies are. charitable organizations which love mankind and therefore seek to prolong life. On the other hand, these advertisements are keenly read because they are informative and are good business because they keep the name of the company before the public in a favorable manner. Whether it is a noble act or a gimmick, it Is of value.

In the case of Timken, ths Oov-crnmwit objected to advertisements which . .hailed tbe Spirit of Christmas, urged gifts to the United Fund, presenting the companys side of a controversy with a union, and promoting the city in- which the companys plant was located in the hops of attracting other .employers to the area.

The Internal Revenue Service apparently sets up a censorship of tbe contents of an adv^ftise-ment, assuming that it can determine the nwtive for the employment of the sp&ce far something more than directly poshing a product. Timken, I read, sponsored broadcasts by Pidton Lewis and George Sokolsky. These, too, were disallowed as tax deduction, presumably because we did not tell the Bsten-er to buy bubble gum. Also small new^)aper advertisemwite proclaiming such iH^dcasts were disajlowed.

Perhaps Timken should have broadcasted that roller bearings are not to be eaten or chewed or fed to babies because they might kill the creature, but wlii used in machiiry, no one could be hurt. Or maybe, the Internal Revenue Service jrefers slr^rs to speakers. I do not tow what . Pulton Lewiss singing voice is like, but the good Lwd when he made provisions for Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr.. probably felt that they were enough for one country and left me without a singing voice. I can always tell when another is off-key, but I have been told that I am always off-key. 6o I cannot do my piece in song which apparently is permissible, particularly if no one uiderstands the words. The Internal Revenue Services censor must be very weary of such words as moon and June which are deductible because they are not controversial.

Businesses are taxed 51 per . cent of net profit. Naturally, the * accountants take off expenses of all kinds before they determine the net profit. Tbe President baa been appealing fc* business to provide more Jobs, but the Treasury has been taking steps not only to price American goods out of all markets, including the American, but to give the Euro-pean and Asiatic competitor every poesibTe advantage. This is particularly true as regards expense accounts. A West Crerman salesman can afford to make the proapective customer to feel salubrious and willing by the normal processes of cairitalistic sales procedures, namely, an excellent dinner, theater parties, flowers for the customers wife, etc., etc. The American salesman is forced to justify his expenditures, providing details of the process, which can be nbar-rassing. We may be very virtuous but goods will not be sold that way and never were.

Perhaps the Internal Revenue (Continued on page six) i

No Claims For Curing Economy

a.s real today as it has ever been.

We can be quite sure that God did not go away and leave the uorlii-after He had created it. Lkewise we can be sure that after He had created our souls He did not forsake us. We can have just as definite and profound guidance today as did the saints of old. The Holy Spirit is Gods presence in the world guiding men into the way of all truth.

If you are anxious about any event of life, do not hesitate to bring it before the Lord in prayer You will be guided, illuminated. just as believing and faithful people have always been. The next move Is always up te you. Do not be disobedient to the heavenly yision to Cods unfailing guidance. ^

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By ELMER ROESSNER

There now seems to be no doubt that the economy has turneo upward; there is little doubt that it will continue to flourish through the rest of the year and that new highs will be seen on most of the charts.

Duns Review will report in its June issue that 67 per cent of 1.537 executives interviewed expect sales in the third quarter of this year to top sales a year earlier. Even discounting the natural tendency of ex-excutlves to be bullish, the pre-' vailing optimism, even if little more than wishful, will have ah effect on business generally. That is, an executive who convinces himself that hi company will sell an extra million units In the fall will be-Inclined to start ordering materials and hiring workers in the summer.

But with all the Improvement,** . note this, well: The Kennedy Administration will be highly cautious in claiming Keu-

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nedy measures have cured the country of the Elsenhower recession.

REASONS WHY

These are rumors that top Democrats have been warned against making such claims. If they have not been, they should be. The reasons:

1. Most of the Kennedy remedies are still lagging in Congress. The economy recovered without them.

2. Despite the Improvement In business. Improvement in employment Is slow and any claims that the Administration rescued the country from the recession will be met by a doleful, unemployed chorus.

3. The fact that the economy would recover by midyear was freely predicted before John F. Kennedy ytook office, and these evaluations are a matter of record. (In my New Year column I wrote, Sometinje before fall, perhaps by midyear, the turn will com.l

4. This is most important of all; If the Administration should claim credit for curing the 1960-61 recession, it would be vulnerable when dips occur during the next four years as they certainly will. Ifthe Democrats should claim the glory for the emergence from the recession, when the next dip comes nasty Renublicans and carping, unlabeled critics would say, "You claimed to have restored prosperity in 1961, so restore it now! OTHER LOOK-AHEADS Here are more business predictions:

Cheaper air cargo: Agreement oi lower air freight rats across the Atlantic July i now appears certain. Some cuts will be more than 60 per cent.

Contianing housing boom: Marriages over the next five years, plus the trend toward vacation homes, plus the increase in demolition of older buildings, means America will need 6,500,000 new homes or apartmenU in the next five

years, or more than 1,300,000 % year. This means brisk sales for furniture, home furnishings and thousands of ctor products.

No top-bracket tax eat: Ad-, ministration proposals to cut In- * come tax rates on top bracket-1 eers will get no action in Congress. Labor and liberals ars j against the pn^Msal. Besides, people in the 90 per cent brack- ; et are not worried. They can escape the tax by investing in tax-free securities, or by using: various devices to convert ordinary income into capital gains. OLD PROMOTER BEMOANS | OLD FERTILITY RITE >

A card from the Old Promoter;

The May 15 Advertising Ages photo coverage of magazint and advertising conventions shows 14 people in 12 pictures holding highball glasses. Isnt th^ one advertising man with enough imagination to carry a brandy snifter with him to these festivals?

' Or a bottle of milk?

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