PACE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE,

Frid*r, My 29, 19*1

Friday, May 26, 1961

Some Are For It

Once Agoin-Register For Election

Those Pitt County citizens who ^ have not yet greatly enhances the attractiveness of a county to in-recistered for the special bond electiop on the pro- dustrial prospects and increases the chances of in-po!ed industrial training school for this county should dustries seeking locations in the counties which have

take advantage of the opportunity to do so tomorrow, these schools. la.

takeaavaniag in f fhp nr<cinct These schools also offer the opportunity for

Registration books V ill be op tomorrow from people within the county to learn new skills and thus polling th^ take advantage .of better employment opportunities.

9 a.m. until 6 p.m. for the * f th^ ?ountv The best way to assure that Pitt County will have

to register. It IS . soecial registration industrial training school which_hasji^n approv-

be aware of fact , P j^ction will be for it by the state is for the citizenfofShe county

and only those ^ho ^ nprson has nreviouslv to tighter in large numbers and vote in favbr of the

allowed to vote. The proposed bond issue on election day.

registered for a* ^ . election org the citizens of the county whc, have not

eligible to vote in the forthcoming bond election. yet registered for this special election to do so Satur-

The proposed industrial training school offers assure their eligibility to cast a ballot in the

many opportunities for the people of Pitt County

issue referendum.

the future economic development of the county. Be

cause the number of these state-supported industrial training schools is limited to approximately 20 the schools themselves may be expected to grow into sizeable industries in the years to come for the counties in which they are located._ At4he same time, the presence of such a school provides a facility where a countv can offer to supply any prospective industiy with trained workers it needs for almost any job. This

Some Basis To Think Chances Are Improved

;3emos Prepare

Reoraanization

By LVXN NISBET DEMOCRATSThe committee tssigned the task of revising the Plan of Organization of the Democratic party in North Carolina hopes to get a tentative draft prepared next week. The group has held several informal sessions and has exchanged a lot of correspondence. A formal meeting has been called lor next Monday.

One of Uie most bothersome problems is how to prevent persons registered as members of one party from participating in the nominating primary of another party. Aid of almost e<iual bother is the question of voters registering as Democrats solely tor the purpose of participating in the nominating primary of that party when in fact they have no intention of vot-Irig the Democratic ticket in the general election.

The law now requires registrants to state their party affiliation. and in primary elections voters are entitled only to the ballot of their party. Voting machines are becoming increasingly popular, and machine voting is not susceptible to such control. Expense of providing duplicate machines, one for each party, would be prohibitive. One man has suggested a plan for locking the machines and unlocking only the one party section icff vcAer.

Main trouble with all these ideas is that cffectuaUon requires a lawand the Dsio-cratic party cannot write rules with force of law. There is no Indicatlofl that the sew will attempt to discipline ordinary voting members of the party. There is strong sentiment ior a provision whereby any official of the partyfrom precinct committeeman up who failed to suwwrt the tictcet will forfeit his official status.

RAMIFICATIONS - Sometimes a litUe bill" that looks very simple on Its face Is found to be full ot possibilities for unanticipated application. The House committee on Constitutional Amendments devoted its whole time this week to a bill already passed by the Senate which would limit the required time of residence for voting for President and Vice President to 30 days. Regular voting requires residence of one year in the state, one month in the precinct. Proponents argued that since the President and Vice President were voted upon all over the country, in every state at the same time, citizens moving from one state to another should not be denied the right to vote.

Opponents argued that the 30-day limit Is entirely too short, that if the time is shortened it should be discretionary with the

Legislature not spelled out in the constitution, and that there should be specific provision that the right to vote for President does not involve the right to hold office in the stale.

It was further pointed out that since the votes would ge actually counted fca- presidential electors accredited to this state, it would be possible for a wealthy candidate or organization to round up several thousand people and give them a free vaca-Uon in North Carolina for 30 da3rsand use them to thwart the will of majcHlty /of the regular citizens.

A substitute biU providing for legislative discreUon was given a favorable repwt by the committeethanks to the votes of four Republican members. The bill will require a positive vote of 72 members of the House to submit it to the people. Sponsors concede serious doubt it will get that many.

DISCRIMINATION Further favorable discrimination to the adv^tage of one class of State em^vees is proposed in the bill by Rep. D. G. Bell of Carteret to take the limit off spending of employees of the Department of Conservation and I^veloiMnent while engaged in authorized travel on behalf of the department in promoting the development of commerce and Industry, in this state." Definite implication Is that the special consideration is extended only to the staff of the commerce and industry division of the C&D department.

In that same department, and in numerous others scattered throughout State agencies, departments and institutions, are employees who are required to travel and spend mohy in promoting North CarolinaPerhaps in other areas than commerce *and industry.

The generic terms "commerce and Industry" perhaps would be broad enough to cover them, except for the requirement they be employed by C&D and that travel be on behalf of that department. That probably will include representatives of the advertising division and 'rkvel bureau, but does take care of representatives of the Ports Authority, or employees of other departments traveling in behalf of the Research Triangle.

When somewhat similar discriminatory advantages were proposed for classified workers two weeks ago, John McDevitt, director of Personnel, stated the position of his agency as very clearly opposed to favoritism, but that all employees doing comparable work and encountering similar danger or need for extra spending, should be treated alike.

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Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday E.!tabli8hed 1882 DAVID JULIAN WHICHARD, Publisher filtered at Poat Office. OreeovUle, N. C, as Mcond elaaa matter. ___

It is too early to jump to the conclusion that the Civil Aeronautics Board will approve air service for th^ joint Wilson-Greenville petition, but at least there is sound ground for thinking that chances of the joint effort succeeding are much better than in previous

years.

W. W. Speight of Greenville, who has been the spearhead for the idea of area air service for Eastern North Carolina for the past decade, pointed out upon his return from the CAB hearings in Washington that there-are factors working in favor of the joint effort for air service that have not been present in previous similar attempts.

First, there is the policy made clear only this month by a joint-announcement of the CAB and the Federal Aviation Agency stating that the two agenflies feel that area airports would be more practical in that they would allow improved schduling of flights.

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Secondly, for the first time an air carrier, in the case of Wilson-Greenville it is Piedmont Air Lines, has requested reaffirmation of the hearing examiners* decision that an airport to serve Wilson and Greenville

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would be feasible.

With these new factors on the sides of Wilson and Greenvilles joint effort to obtain air service, they culd well prove to be the balance that throws the CAB'S decision in favor of service for the towns on a joint basis. They are factors that have not been present in the past in CAB hearings in which Greenville and Wilson have been involved.

There is reason to be encouraged by the course events have taken so far in the joint undertaking of Wilson and Greenville to obtain air service. Certainly the outlook is much brighter at this particular stage in the undertaking than it has been at any other time since^the idea of joint efforts for air service first was undertaken by communities in Eastern North Carolina.

It3 an annual affair that has bemi around for a good long while now. About 45 years or more, they say.

Thats the John Pierce Fellowship Dinner that attracts several hundred Pitt Countians and others to the shady banks of Contentnea Creek every May.

Wednesday was no exception. More than 300 politicians, officials and Just plain friends gathered for the annual barbecue feast at Camp Contentnea.

It was quite warm and sunny. The muddy waters of the Contentnea streamed lazily by.

Everybody gathered outside the small lodge neatb the oaks.

Haadshaking. backslapping. and wondrin when the barbecuell be ready were the order of the day. That is, the early IMkTt of U.

After everybody had eaten and had wiped ttie last traces of the meal from their lips, the business session conunended.

The presiding officer climbed onto a bench in the shade and called the meeting to ord-. After election of officers, the new president recognized attending dignitaries-

Roreign Aid, Reach Masses

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Bv JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) This country is building up the realization that clean-hands foreign aid must reach the masses in backward countries to give them a reason for preferring the West to communism-

This was the message Vice President Lsmdon B. Johnson returned with Wednesday from a 13-day tour through seven countries in Red-threatened areas. It was a theme made to order for President Kennedy's foreign aid broadcast today.

Johnson said; "Give something for which to fight, the people of A.sia will mart the ramparts of freedom ar^ they will man them yith valorR But the people do not fight in steaming jimgles to preseiwe hunger and squalor and oppression.

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Johnson made clear the Asian leaders now understand that U. S. economic aid must be matched by sacrifices and reforms by the receiving nations to make sure the benefits "go directly to the masses rather than to the dictators and aristocrats."

President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles talked of helping the masses around the world with foreign aid.

But the ned to do so takes on new meaning a.s Russia and Red China grow stronger and In-crea.se their pressure on the backward countries, particularly in Southeast Asia.

Thus country recently realized with a shock in Laos that jn.st dumping aid. particularly if it Us mostly military aid, is not enough.

There the American government. supporting a right-wing regime, gave mostly military aid.' The Communists, with promises of a better life, began to sweep the country.

This writer believes that if the American government made public all the information on Laas It would show that there were hundreds perhaps thousands of desertion.s from the American-backed regime to the Communists.

This is exactly what happened in Indochina where the French Who wound up l(mg half the country to communism, refused to give the Vietnamese their freedom or put in reforms for their benefit.

Nor is it enough to dump foreign aid of the economic kind into a backward country without some assured program for using it to the benefit of the masses.

For example: In South Korea a military coup recently overthrew the elected regime which the United States not only backed but helped. The American government didnt like the military take-over alittle.

But the South Korean military leaders said the overthrow was necessary in order to end "corruption, among other things.

~ One veteran Associated Press reporter from the Orient told this reporter of what happened to some American aid:

"Nitrates are a good example. The farmers badly needed them. The United States shipped them over at fairly low costs. But when they got there they passed through a number of people, each of whom made some money on them.

"By the time they reached the farmers, for whom they were meant in the first place, they couldnt afford the high price."

Nor is foreign aid which goes to the enrichment of a few powerful families going to persuade the masses who watch the rich get richer and the poor get poorer that turning to the West Is better than communism.

In Iran recently, another American - supported nation where the gap between rich and poor is extreme, there was a government shakeup to cope with corruption.

Mixed up in all this i.s a critical question for the Kennedy administration: Is It going to support state-owned projects which, in the backward areas, may give the masses a sense of participation and ownership? If so. this is socialism.

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(The Raleigh Times) framed in dollar marks; Natur-

Reaction to de-emphasis of ally, we hate to see the Classic

basketball at State and Carolina go. It was financially beneficial

was predictably swiftand the . to our basketball program.

Jiiat ceacUaiL_straDly_pcQyje<dLthe_rhat proves jpresident Pridsy/s reason which President William point about tournaments being

C- Friday gave for discontinuing tht far-famed Dixie Basketball Classic at State College.

In his statement. President Friday gave this reason: Holiday tournaments, of which the Dixie Classic is a prominent example conducted at a time when college is not in session, exemplify the exploitation for public entertainment or for budgetary and commercial purposes of a sports program which properly exists as an adjunct to collegiate education. These tournaments subject the students, the coaches and the colleges to unnecessary demands and unwise distractions."

It is slgnilfbant that the first reactions to discontinuance of the Classic simply served to emphasize Fridays point that such tournaments are for public entertainment or . for budgetary and commercial purposes. Business leaders here protested, noting that the Cfiassic meant a business boom for hotels, motels, restaurants, service stations and a host of other businesses here. Of course the aassic meant just that, and It is unpleasant to see that much business lost to Raleigh. But that business for Raleighs merchants and innkeepers has nothing to do with the prime business of a college, which is education. The concern over loss of business simply emphasizes Fridays point that such a tournament exemplifies exploitation of a sports program for commercial purposes.

Athletic Director Bill Gibson of Wake Forest College mourned the passing of the Dixie Classic, too. Why? Well, his answer is

exploitation of a sports program for budgetary reasons

The flurry of criticism over cancellation of the Dixie Classic is just the first which will be directed at President Friday and Chancellors John Caldwell of State College and William B . Aycock of Chapel Hill. They can weather this criticism without too much trouble, but they will need help and suppwt from all their friends during the long and lonely months and years ahead. Make no mistake about it^ the wolves will begin howling loudest when the national ratings come out and State and Carolina arent on tiiem. The wolves wiU howl when State and Carttoia begin losing regularly to Duke, Wake Forest and other close rivals. -

The things these three men did yesterday had to be done. If anything, they were late in taking their action, and there are those who feel that they did not go far enough.

The actual truth is that they did go far enough. They went as far as they could go and expect to make their decisions stick during all the years to come. They were wise in going that far and no further.

, The trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina virtually unanimously approved this action yesterday. That support was heartening.

Such two-fisted support from the Trustees will be needed even more this time next year, however. It will be needed each dav during this conxing year, too.

It must be forthcoming.

At the outset, he recognized Pitt Countys Commissioners.

<AI1 were present but one. That meant, of course, there were foin* of them.

And, as they always do at the fellowship dinners, the crowd formed a huge circle surrounding the dignitaries. Each dignitary recognized, in turn, steps Into the opening to receive hij applause.

The mectingls chairman waited patiently to allow the commissioners what he thought was ample time to piU in their collective appearance.

After a few moments, however, a nose count showed only three commissioners. "I was sure there were four of them here, said the chairman, I saw them,

Heads turned, voices called out. And coming up the hill behind was the fourth commissioner, Bruce Strickland.

Later, at a meeting of the commissioners Wednesday night, Brime was ribbed for going fishing dmg"QirfglO wshtrgsthep-

ing.

But,"^ Bruce protested, "the weather was so fine- The sun was so warm. And that other gentleman. . .Did you see him sittin down there on the creek bank?"

Prom where he sat, it looked like Bruce was about three or four jumps ahead of the crowd instead of being tardy.

We dare say, if the fellowship gathering had lasted a little longer and the boys had brought their poles, any straglers would have had a tough time finding room to wet a hook.

It was a perfect day for it. Bruce had the right idea.

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"At long last it appears that the government is going to do something about deceptive packaging. A manufacturer makes his intentions obvious when he puts a plastic bag of breakfast cereal inside an out-sized box twice as large as the contents. Deception is the manifest purpose. But rather curiously the Pood and Drug Administrations decision to investigate isTeng attributed not to the complaints of consumers but to those of retailers anxious to ease their shelf space problems. This tells something about consumer complacency or any rate about the consumers reluctance to express his resentments.Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman.

By GEORGE E. 80K0L8KT

Copyright, 1961, King Features Syndicate, Ine.

Fmr some reason. aU of a sudden, more and more public officials are in'opoeing some form of censorship of the press. Apparently, they are becoming increasingly fearful that the people will, in due course, know what goes on and will protest. Such a protest could swell Inw. anger. Ai angry people can do unpleasant things to politicians, iMuticularly in this coimtry. country. They can and usually do throw them out of office.

John A. Panning, a member of the Natiwxal Labor Relations Board, was making a speech ^ fore the Southern Newspaper Executives Clinic. He said that the NL.RB. tries to eonduct bargaining rights electiowr without undue pressure. In a word, he prefers a vacuum. Fanning did not say so, but be apparently believes that only management and labor are concerned in a strike situation. He does not recognize that the consumer* is equally affected by the outcome; that the general public is worried what a strike will do to the town, to the small businessmen, to grocers, butchers, beauticians, etc.

Fanning, not being concerned with the public Interest, can say:

"In the midst of labor disputes. the immediate parties may be torn by various loyalties, -d^ires and even fears. They may lo<A: for guidance to any voice that speaks with authority and the editorial page is such a voice.

Apparently, because ths newspaper may speak In the name of the public interest and may be believed, the newspapers-should be silent, should say nothing about what may be the most important question before that particular community.

-The report does not say that those who attended this meeting of newspaper executives booed and hissed this bureaucrat when he proposed that newspapers be silent about the news. The probability is that when Panning was through with his speech, he was duly applauded and perhaps even invited to dinner.

There is too little anger In this country, too few of us who have decided not to listen to nonsense, not to be pushed around by politicians and bureaucrats. Too many of us ^sit back and applaud whatever we ilsten to, evert if it is a direct insult to our rights and our intelligence.

What is |he vlue of a newspaper if it does not providb the truth in the news guidance" in understanding the course of events? Is it Just a jumble of words and pictures that are un-_ - relatedto mh -other and ths t provide neither meaning nor guidance?

It is because of lack of Indignation on the part of our people that the Teheran papers have not yet been published. It is because of lack of indignation that the American people do not yet have the whole story of what happened in Cuba. Senator Gore opened the window a little bit but not enough to give the American people a full view of the confusion and bad thinking that produced what has come popularly to be called the Chiban Fiasco.

But what about the Laotian Fiasco and the Korean Fiasco? How many fiascos must we have before Congre asks for a public explanation? Executive sessions hide nothing from our 'enemies; they were there and know what.happened. Executive sessions of a congressional committee only fool the American people. They maks them believe that much is being done; actual- ' ly nothing is done about errors, stupidities, political back-' scratching until the public gets very angry. And the public only gets angry when the press tells the whole story, honestly and completely. The CJuban story has not yet been told honestly and conmletely.

'Whenever a public official

wants the iM-ess to establish any form of censorship, his plea is not in the public interest. Freedom is preserved only through the people, and the people have moral and ccmstitutional right to know what is being done to their country by their offl-(Continued on page five)

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7axes Induce Leasing Equipment

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS ^ Dont Let It Get You Down

Do worry and anxiety ever lead you to the brink of despair? The word despair means hopelessness or the rellnqishlng o all happy expectation. It is a fearful word. It is something to be feared and shunned.

But we should remember that the word despair comes from a Latin word "spes," which means hope. This Is slgnlficamt. Even despair has hope in it. In fact, despair is the twisting about of something good, something hopeful, something full of happy expectation until, it ha turned sour and we find ourselves sick of mind and soul,

Therp'is never any reason for despair in a world created by a good God and presided over by

that same Creator. Things can get rough. They can get so grim at times that we wonder whether or not we can , really take it. But behind everything Is God. "God is love." (J John 4:8). "God Ls light ajid In him is no darkness at all." (I John 1:5), So the basics for hopeful living are built Into the universe in which we find ourselves.

We may not understand why certain things happen. We may cringe. We may cry out In pain. But do not despair. The word despair is based on a word which means hope.

Despair is hope gone sour* Despair is hope which has fallen ill. "Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him. who is the health of my countenance and my God." (Psalm 42:11), .

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By ELMER ROESSNER

One of the most significant announcements of the day is that leasing accounts accounted for 25 per cent of Royal McBees commercial electric typewriters last year.

In 1959, 18 per cent of this production went into the leasing market this year, Royal McBee expects to lease 35 per cent of its new typewriters.

This represents a remarkable change in business practices. A generation ago a businessman bought, his typewriters utrlght. 'or scratched his notes In long-hand. Now, 'it seems, a third or more are leasing them.

It is true that modern electric typewriters cost considerable more than the old threa-shift-Oliver, the hidden Remington or the early Underwoods (which helped me raise a family).

It is also true that there has been a broad trend toward leasing instead of buying Irt recent years. Trucks, salesmens autos, earth - moving equipment and even n>Ihlng equipment is leased as ottn as 11 is sold. But leasing sojpicthlng likea typewriter

seems as curious as leasing paper clips.

TAXES INFLUENCE IT

A big reason why companies lease ^autos, machine tools and typewriter is the tax laws.

Under present tax laws, the purchase of a typewriter is a capital investment. There is no immediate deduction for capital investments. The company buying a typewriter, can deduct a small amount each year for its depreciation until, at long last, the full cost can be deducted, at which time the machine is theoretically worthless.

The law covering depreciation of capital equipment is complicated. It Is quite possible that the cost of accounting and record keeping on the cost and depreciation of a $998 electric typewriter may be mwe than the resultant tax savings over-15 years.

FYirthermore a typewriter sold today may be outmoded In ten, five or even one year., If so, tax laws - permit realistic depreciation deductions. ,But this, too. means * added bo<rtckeeplng and accounting ^osta, proof of

depreciation and so on.

Under tax laws, as enforced on taxpayers today, leasing may be cheaper than buying. When a bulldozer or a typewriter is leased, the full cost of leasing is deductible In the year met. Its a straight business expense, deductible and without legalistic questions.

But If bought out of capital funds, only a small part of the cost may be deducted each year, the costs of maintaining accounts (Often over 20 or 30 years) are considerable, and there Is always the costly liabUity of being called upon to prove that the depreciation rate conforms to tiie law and to the Internal Revenue Services interpretation of the IfilW,

Shortage of capital and fast growth may also prompt many firms to lease instead of buy. But the major reason is the application of tax laws that tend to make leasing, easier and cheaper than buying.

WAY TO MANS POCKETBOOK

chance to go to camp during the summer and that fact is being exploited by the spring crop of swindlers.

All over the country, new organizations are springing up "to send a kid to camp." Few businessmen will resist their appeals for funds.

Most of the organizations do operate camps, and do harbor a few underprivileged youngsters. But most of the take is whacked up by the promoters.

The St. Louis Better Business Bureau reports on one organisation operating camps for boys and girls. A man, ths bead of one and the iMromoter the other, drew $46,000 for his work, and the income of his wife, iMad of the girls camp, was not disclosed.

To save money, and to make sure what you do give sends more kids to camp, check every appeal with your local Better Business Bureau, your Chamber of Commerce or with local charity coordinating organiaa-tions. In that way. you can send

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IS THROUGH SOFT HEART / kids to camp, not promoters in Sure, every kid should havcyR Miami.