PACE FOUR

Saturday, May 27, 1961

Become A Spac Race Contender? '

The American people and the rest of the world her of years before the first satellite was put Into have long recognized that the United States and the orbit by either this country r th^,

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THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE. H. C

How Many Tractors Am 1 Bid?

Saturday May 27, 1961

Aviet Union are engaged in a race for the exploration we are to forge ahead, we must first catch up in the ^^ace^t is also generally recognized that the na- developraept qi some phases of our space pTOi^m. t^^n which uftimatelv maintains consistent leadership To continue atlhe rate of progress previouSyTolfow-

n the race looked to for le^ ed in our space program is not enotyfh to hold hope

in the race mil be looxea to lor f catching up and forging ahead. Greater emphasis

must be put upon the progrrani.

While the Presidents spending proposals for the

fields. ^ ^ , -

It should not have come as a surprise, therefore,

.7Uni:.'.rs.i

in a more favorable position

Union in the space-age race. _ nrnno'u peopleT or' must expect to have other bitter pills

Specifically, the President to swallow as the Soviets out-distance us in future

als to the effort to put a man on the .pace accomplishments. L

there i.s disagreement ^ has It should also be recognized by the Presidenfand

scientil.c value 0 an achievement, ta moo" ha* ^ j,o,.en,,ent leaders, that the lagwif the United

become ,a symbol of the next major space c nq <i,ates in the space race is not altogether due to the .^s such it is of immense . reach this fact that an insufficient amount of money has been

States must either compete^ ;fnt in this field. There have been delays in the pro-

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the fact that the United States still 1 for the lag in its space program dating back a num-

Assembly Into High

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Gear

By LYNN NISBET PRESSURE The easy-going tempo which has maintained in the Legislature almost since its hfginntng took a ratbcT sharp turn this week to frenzied haste und^ heavy executive pressure.

Up to now Governor Sanford has observed, to greater degree than most ol his predecessors, a handsoff. He let it be known *ar!y In the session what he wanted with respect to govem-ment organizationand he got most of his objectives without pressure. He experienced no difficulty in getting moet o{ the boards azKl commissions enlarged and in having tenure of incumbenta canceled, enabling him to name entirely new and .larger boards-

He proposed an enriched public school program, calling for tnmA ITO milllOQ more than budget recommendations, and new taxee of about $83 million above budget figures. He suggested apec^ aources for thla extra revenue, but said he would not insist on any particular plan 80 long aa the money waa provided. He maintained almoet hands off policy with respect to redistrlcUng and other Issues- until a few days ago.

Then the Governor and his advisers decided the time had come to crack the whip. He has set a target date for adjournment as June 17, so he can get away for the National Governors Conference in Hawaii on June 23. In calling the signals for committee and subcommittee action. Govonor Sanfn^ has exhibited the same ctnny cnse of timing that made his electicm caxn-paigns successful. Only a few of his close friends knew that a vote in Uus joint appropriationa committee approving the school jaxh gram would be called when it waa. Rlmflar surprise wras man-tfeeted at timing of the vote in the Senate finance committee on the tax htn And the Governor flew back from Ohio to press for a House committee vote on the aame subject. All these votes went like he wanted thrai.

WHIPChairman Shelton Wicker told newsmen Wednesday that hia committee would not vote on the bill that night, but wait until next day. Then word got around that the chief wants a vote tonight* So the vote was taken, and went for the administration plan although the chairman had to break two or tiree tie votes.

The Governor Indicates at a news conference Wednesday that he favored the redistricting plan that would put Republican Charles Jonas in a new district with Democrat Paul Kite bin. A bill to effectuate that arrangement had been introduced earlier to the day. Next morning

the Senate committee met and gave the bill a favorable report over protests of Sen. Van Lan-dingham of Paul Kitchins district and Sen. Claude Currie of Durham, who objected to such unseemly haste. They noted that bills which had been pending fw three fonths had not been voted upon. But the administration wheels were greased and the craimittee vote was 8 to 2 for a fav<Mxble report.

The cracking of the whip has angered some legislators who do not favor all of the Sanford program, and from time to time there are intimations of open revolt. At time of this writing no such revolt has developed, and chances are It will not be successful.

There is a substantial number of members in the House who favor increasing the sales tax on present Items to 45 rather than extending coverage pi the 3 per cent levy to basic foods. The amount of money to be collected win be nearly the same. The issue la developing not to one of Just getting the money, but of getting It the way the Governor suggested in his budget

of complete understanding of what various development programs w^ere seeking to accomplish, where there was duplication of effort and where there was worthwhile complimentary work being done.

If Congress approves the accelerated space development program proposed by the President, both the executive and legislative branches of the government should insist that waste of time and effort in the program be eliminated insofar as possible. They should insist not only that the new funds be spent as wisely as possible, but that the obvious squandering of funds that has previously taken place in the space program be stopped.

The United States has no choice but to try to compete effectively in the space program. But along with spending more money on the program^ is ssential that it get more nearly a dollar s worth of gy ALVIN TAYLOR value for each dollar spent than has been the case in the program in the past.

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RjtS'MAHUlM

Important Inquiry Into Selecting Grand Jury

Nearby

City

clean and cheery eating places. But today they, too, axe silent. The tantalizing smells which once came from their kitchens are no more. Modern restaurant equipment la untended.

There is a post office in the city which at one time handled a heavy mail volume just as any bustling small city post office would. But it is a rare dsur now when even one letter

was true because it numbered no poor among its citizens. Few were rich, but all had a decent place to stay and three square meals a day.

Its population loss was terribly sudden, though. Consequentiy even today its buildings are modern and well-kept. Its streets, all ived, are in good condition and there are no pot holes to fracture the springs of

message. The fight is ot pres- , County Commissioners review the system come from other towns-

tige and recognition. Presently ^ offnrf in Hpvirp a more eauit- S^res in this ghost town now

lA- #- ihM. riAwt-nnr of juror selection in an effort to devise a iiiore 2Lk. Their front doors

able system of selecting persons for jury duty. Ihe locked. No clerks stand be-

There is a city I know which became a ghost town almost overnight recently.

Its thousands of citizens stampeded over the city limits and Pitt Countys Grand Jury inquiry into the selec- scattered to other areas far and

tion of persons for jury duty in the county is a matter

which should be of concern to the County Commission- attached to their town that they

ers as it is to the Grand Jury and apparently to a num- would not leave it when their

ber of citizens of the county. _ . . street* of wnen even OUC XCT.VCX

The Grand Jury this week called on Commission dropped in the mailing tots, passing vehicles.

Chairman Robert Little to appear before it at its next only an occasional car passes ^ ahoi^^w^the^ity tois mi

meeting to explain in detail the current system of 1ot* i, a ctty auditorium appearance of cities in NevU

jur?* selection. Wcles, And the cars that do and an elementary school in our

In its January report the Grand Jury recommend- move down the streets generally- deserted city and. of c^se.

- - housing for its thousands of

former citizens. All of it idle.

____ This city is not a gold rush

to win on major points. able system of selecting persons for jury duty, me locked. No clerks stand be-

CONTRAST - Sen. Thomas Qrand Jury said in January and again in its report this hind their counters, for. you

White of Lenoir offered a traffic V in which citizens who ^

safety bill in the Senate which week that it has heard of cases m wnicn ciuze s present

would fix minimum as well, as have spent their entire lives in Fitt County nave never there would be no customers,

maximum speed or motor ve- Kppn called for iurv duty while^others are repeatedly This city had several restau-

hlcles. Except undw specified -fnt- inrv Hnfv bustled at

conditions passenger cars and called for jury uuty. j x # xi,^ nw mealtimes. They were bright,

Ught trucks would be required If this Situation is a product of the method now

to maintain at least 40 miles uged for jury selection, then certainly consideration -i C*

'shourdefet5m<nfymgf^^^ boitors boyinq

that some citizens will not escape the responsibility

of serving as jurors, and others will not be called on TTVr^-T^irirr Tn THp WpCit

time and again to render services as jurors. The situa- vV U.iliiliy ill ^ ^ * CTOL

tion apparently has not improved since the Grand

Jury called attention to it in January. Perhaps it will (Rocky Moiurt Telegram)

not improve following the meeting between the Chair- North Carolina Democrats

man of the County Board of Commissioners whose

duty it is to select jurors and the Grand Jury. It may ^ involve the states

be that legal restrictions governing the selection of only Republican congressman, in

persons for jury duty leave little leeway for the

County Commissioners to modify their present method ^^e stone:

of selecting persons for jury duty. namely, they will avoid squeez-

In spite of these possibilities, however, it appears *"* Xr.'om tL^nd^^^

to us worthwhile for the County Commissioners and p^u^h Districts, and they might

_________ the Grand Jury to jointly consider the problem which hit it lucky and get rid of Rep.

ersize equipment Is so that the xug Grand Jury has brought to the attention of the Charles R. Jonas, the GOP con-

patrol or other omoera could _po- Commissioners, and seek a reasonable solution which

will eliminate the inequities which the Grand Jury houndto prove mighty popular

type ghost town in which buildings were quickly thrown up to accommodate those who came to seek wealth only to fall in decay when the people left.

This city waa carefully planned and its buildings well built-^quely it had no slums. This

The highway patrol Is charged with responsibility for enforcing minimum speeds In the same way it enforces maximum speeds.

The same day Rep. Tom Newman of Sampson introduced a Wll to the House which would permit the movement of oversized farm machinery on the puUic highways without special permit when such machinery or equipment is being used in connection with farming and agricultural purposes, or is being delivered to a farm for such purposes.

The reason for requiring special permit for movement of ov-

iice the operation for the safety of the public users of the high ways. These general users fall to see the difference between a piece of farm machinery or a piece of cotton mill machinery blocking traffic on the open highways. Concessions have been made for the use of slow moving farm tractors on highways, which often add to traffic hazards.

has pointed out.

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He Plan

'-ast Does

To Go?

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP> President Kennedy while walking a cautlwis military pathacknowledged in his talk to Congress the need for a bold dash down the social and economic road around the world.

But he still has to show by performance how far and how fa.st he Intends to go.

His caution on the military side shows up in instances such as these: When Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson returned from Southeast Asia he said, in Kennedys name, he had promised the backward nations there this country would make any safcrifices in the fight communism.

But he said there are no plans to send U. S, troops.

Kennedy could have sent troops into Laos to try to stop the Communist push there, but he didnt. If he had. the Red Chinese umk)ubtedly would have moved in, thus creating another Korea.

American-backed South Viet Nam is plagued by Communist guerrillas. The United States will help the Vietnamese with military supplies and training and with economic aid. But there has been no public promise American troops will be sent in.

In short: Although Kennedy talked Thtosday of increasing and streamlining Americas nonnuclear fighting forces, he mentioned no specific place where he Intended using them.

His whole talk was anti-Com-munist. It was also non-belligerent, which is perhaps a requirement If his meeting with Premier Khrushchev In -Vienna in June is to.have any success. But Kennedy sounded more ac

tive, Imaginative and determin-ed when he spoke of filling the needs of the masses in the backward countries in order to make communism unnecessary or unattractive.

There has been so far as this writer knows no concentrated effort, as a policy, to compel the leaders of the backward nations receiving American help to make sure the masses receive the benefits.

In a number of places receiving such help there has been corruption while the gap between the very rich and the very poor was Intense and deep.

You might read into Kennedys words that a continuing effort still be made in the future to see that the needs of the masses art* filled. But he didnt say that in so many words.

He did express awareness of the need for such a policy by saying of the worldwide revolution by people seeking Independence and a good life;

They seek an end to in-jastice. tyranny and exploitations. They seek a beginning a Jungle road to bring.a doctor when a child Is ill a school-house to unlock the mysteries of knowledge seed and fertfll-zer. jobs and food, a chance to live and be more than Just alive.

- Those are the alms of their revolution

Then the President did a remarkable thing when It Is remembered the late Secretary of State John Poster Dulles sought to make the expense of foreign aid palatable Jn Americans by saying it w^ being enlighten^self-inter ^ Kenne(^ at least verbally (Contmued on page eleven)

from a partisan viewpoint. But the repercussions could prove unpleasant and disconcerting. For exEunplc, the states Republican headquarters foresee such a move as a sure way of electing at least three additional Republican congressmen. But the keenest analysis of the situation was provided by the Winston-Salem Journal in editorial comment on the touchy subject:

They (meaning Democratic leaders from the East) blithely insist that the states congressional districts be redrawn to pit a Democrat against Republican Representative Jonas in the lOth District. They claim the East has been the saviour of the Democratic party in North Carolina and therefore is entitled to be left alone.

And these Easterners, by virtue of the power accorded

them by malapportionment of the General Assembly, have the votes to back up their desires. Their pian now is to pit Mr Jonas against Democrat Paul A. Kitcbin by splitting up the Ninth and .Tenth Districts and re-juggling congressional alignments in the entire Piedmont.

Mr. Jonas is not through if he is legislated out of Congress. He will have a leg up on the governorship as the martyr candidate. If he wins. thejtwo-party millenium will (have arrived. And the Democntts of the East will have si^tched from _ saviours to cruciiiers of the party, all in the name of misguided party loyalty."

That is strong medicine, but could well fit the situation 1 the plan is carried through. Gov Sanford, who earlier this year had declared he would have no part in such a back-door scheme to get rid of Jonas but would rather try to beat him at the polls apparently has had a change of heart; he now favors the current plan. This switch in sentiment by the chief executive leads one to wonder just how much control Sanford has over his lieutenants in the General Assembly, and just how much weight his opinion carries within the party, for the group favoring the Jonas plan goes merrily on its way, blithely disregarding Sanfords previous declaration that It is far more desirable and proper to-Jonas at the polls.

Shutes On the Beach where the worlds metropolises were left deserted, but undamaged, after nuclear war.

Our city, however, actually exists this very day, and not far off. Sound improbably and. if probable, sad?

Well, its not so sad as it might seem. For soon this city of 5.000 persons will be bustling again. Its shops will come to life; its restaurants will reopen and its post office will resume normal volume.

The ghdsi city Is Tetly venr close to readers of this column. For many, it is in walking distance and a look will show it to be in very good condition, indeed. ^

Its name is familiar. We all know it as East Carolina College.

1 Opinions In Brief

A boy is growing up when hed rather steal a kiss than second base. Onawa (Iowa) Sentinel.

By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball he cant hit that far.Wyoming Eagle.

Just be thankful that you are not getting quite all the government you are pajdng for these days." Bartow (Oa.) Herald.

Character is what you are in the dark. Metter (Oa.) Advertiser.

We submit that the promulgation and preservation of socialism in backward lands is not a proper objective of U. 8. policy. The Wall Street Journal.

beat

If all the cars" in the world were placed end to end, some fool would pull out and try to pass them. Sparks (Ga.) Eagle.

The annual report of J. Edgar Hoover, Director , of the FBI. provides a sociological review of the United States. This report comes in the form of testimony before the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. The FBI pays for itself to the dollar value of fines, savings and recoveries and therefore really costs the American people nothing. ,

As (Mie reads the testimony, the question must arise as to why crimes continue to Increase in this country. What is wrong with our people? Is crime due to the shift from rural to urban life? Is it due to lack of parental influence? Is it due t6 broken homes? For instance,^ the" FBI repwts that in 1960, 17,430

stolen automobiles were located. This represented $26,500,000. Most automobile thieves are teen-agers. What causes a teenager to steal an automobile?

Hoover told the congressional committee:

Preliminary figures for the last calendar year, 1960, reflected a twelve per cent increase to crime over 1959. This is a shocking situation when we realize that the year 1959 registered tf record-high volume. Each major crime classification showed an increase in I960. . . Auto thefts surged upward 7 per cent, forcible rapes and murders increased 4 per cent.

While the population Increase is one <rf the factors to be considered in the rising tide of crimes, to reality we can trace our Increasing crime rates today primary to two malignant conditions public apathy and moral deterioration or decay of our population.

Public apathy is a frightful condition. Recently, sometime after midnight, I heard a woman shriek, Help! I looked out of my window and saw a tall, dark man seize the womans purse. Considering that I live on the eighth floor of a tenement and that I can not run much, I tried to call the police on the telephone but could not reach the operator. It used to be so easy to dial O. get an operator, say that you want the police and be put right through. But not these days. O comes on slowly and by the time she arrives, she is not needed.

So, I put on a coat and went downstairs, six or seven minutes later. The superintendent of our building had tried to capture the purse-snatcher and failed. The fellow was too fast, but he was finally caught to a subway station and identified. The police, on this occasion, did very good work.

But there were men on the street when the purse-snatching occurred. They minded their-T3WH- bustoess. The womart screamed. There were plenty of taxi-cabs moving back and forth but none stopped. A driver once told me that to interfere might cost him a day or two of earnings while he sat around being questtoi^d by time-wasting police and then he would have to testify'in court. He is no hero. He moves on. Some cab-drivers like* to be heroes, but not this one who was tal^g to me. So the woman might have been mugged.

Near where I live is a beautiful park, which cost the dty millions of dollars to create and care lor. But the children will not play there and adults are frighten children and who abuse that parks should be occupied by drunks and homosexuals who firghten children and who abuse women. And there are packs of hoodlums who move about the parks, molesting girls, seizing clothes and committing mayhem and in the darker hours rape. Central Park in New York City is one of the most beautiful parks in all the world, but no one enters it aiter dark, except in a few protected spots.

Does the public complain? Do they make crime a campaign Issue? J. Edgar Hoover says of this:

The rising crime rate is ample evidence of the unfortunate spread of moral deterioration among the growing segments of our population. This condition not only exists within the criminal element Itself, but has also corrupted millions of our Nations citizens who are wUling to compromise their ideals if an easy dollar can be made. (Continued <xi page eight)

embezzlements Have Mounsnea

By ELMER ROESSNER

Embezzlement is big business.

Its not as big as bootlegging used to be. and it doesnt rank with the auto or restaurant industries. but It is fairly large.

It floui'ished so much in 1960 that companies writing fidelity insurance for financial institutions were lucky to break even, reports the National Underwriter."

There were 110 bank embezzlements of $10.000 or more last year, with a total of more than $10 million. Other financial Institutions suffered comparable losses, and embezzlements in nonflnanclal institutions ranged higher. When pilferage is added, tha total business losses may have been in the billion-dollar range last* year. And many of the 1960 embezzlements still have not come to light.

The Report on Credit Unions and In-plant Banking Services" lists some of the Financial shenanigans in the credit union field, TEACHERS HELP SELVES

Among the items: Embez-aJement ol> about $25,000 from

the Atlanta Teachers No. 2 Federal credit union was charged to three suspended or ex-teachers. A shortage of about $65,000 has been found in the Chrom Craft/ employees credit union in St. Louis. . .The treasurer of the Oak Ridge, Tenn., Hospital Federal credit union was arrested by the FBI and charged with embezzling. . . .

A former treasurer-manager of the Statler Hotels employees crodit union in Detroit was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling $31,000. A treasurer of a Torrlngton. Conn., credit union of American Brass Co., was sentenced to two years for making false entries totaling atK)ut $40,000.

Funds of the Victory credit union in Winston-Salem (N.C.) were frozen early this year. The credit union is said to be one of the largest Negro financial enterprises in North (Carolina. Assets were supposed to be $650,-000. The main trouble was delinquent loans and some discrepancies. **

The treasurer of a Bridge

ton, N.J., Coca-Cola bottling plant credit union was charged with embezzUng $1,000. He used the money to pay blackmail to some crooks he hired to kill a lodge brother.

There were manf other cases. There was no attern. Embezzlement appears in the giant financial instituttoos as well as in the small organizations of friends and fellow workers.

There are three precautions:

1. Check carefully the references and the background of people put in charge of money; check them thoroughly; check them all the way back. But even this is not enough: men have lived with impeccable honesty for 60 years and have been tempted in their 61st, So;

2. set up dual controls. Arrange constitutions, Inowpora-tlons, etc., so that at least two persons bear the responsibility for the disbursement of any fundsincluding petty cash! Of course, two or even more can conniye to bleed an institution, o:

3. Insure, insure. Insure! Insist that every person handling funds has a fidelity bond. Make sure the bond provides adequate coverage. Carry insurance that will protect the organization from losses outside of surety bonds. This is so important that if no other aptoopriaqon has been made, embezzle enough money to pay for such Insurance!

WORLD EATS MORE,

STEAKS, BURGERS

The world is eating more beef, the Foreign Agrlculturall Serrlce reports.

Meat packing facilitiea are being added to Africa, the northern parts of South America and Central America. Outside of North America and Asia, the number of cattle increased. The decline in North America was largely due to the seizure and killing of herds.

The largest grower of cattle, including buffalo, is the United States with 97,139,000 last year. Russia had 75,800,000. *