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Saturday, June 3, 1961

Saturday, June S, 1961

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Charle-i M King is to be commended for tions of public housing and urban renewal on May 2. his tie-treaWnr^ol casTM night al^g with While we commend Mayor Kmg on th.s pos.t.ve

the

authorize

housing autnority may carry ve members who make up the Housing Authority,

whether or not there is ^ need for public nousing in understandable that Mayor King objected to

Greenville.

- . appointment of a Housing Authority by former Mayor

le application for study w^gf in the interrim period between the referendum

i n iVA \T Q .. 1 _ X?___rr: a 11*.

When the matter of the . . . .

funds first came to the Council two weeks ago, Mayor questions and the time King himself officially

favor of the action which paves the way for a study he had known who the people were he

" ' their appointment to the

of housing needs by the housing authority. By his vote ^vould have agreed to theii Thursday evening, Mayor King has taken a positne authority.

step toward implementing the will of the majority of. Howard, Jr., Dr. G.

_^ . Earl Trevathan, Joseph

the'^peVpie as expressed in the referendum on the ques- steelman. Dr. Andrew Best and James E. Sutton are,

in our opinion, conscientious, dedicated citizens who will make a careful and objective study of the housing

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By LYTfN NISBET

REDISTRICTING The first public hearing on the matter of congressional redistrict-ing, known for several years to be a serious problem for this General Assembly, came on the 98th legislative day and more than three and a half months after the first bill on the subject was introduced.

The hearing conducted by the House committee under chairmanship of Rep. Ed Kemp of Guilford ostensibly was on SB 353. commonly known* as the Jonafr-Kltchin Bill because it puts Republican Congressman Jonas of the 10th district ,Un-

needs of the city and report their findings in an unbiased manner to the City Council. We feel the city is fortunate in having five men of their calibre who are willing to place themselves in a controversial position bv accepting the difficult assignment as members of the local Housing Authority. Regardless of

.. what their findings may eventually show, we are con-

ly because of ^ fident they will give every consideration to every

otSr^factor ws the coming in diver.gent viewpoint among the citizenry in connection

of many industriahsis from the -^vith their study and whatever report they would

north and midwest who had the Council will not reflect merely the view-'

^^jSE^ENBRG^ohn War- 'point of any one group, segment or faction among the

ren. chairman of the Mecklen- citizens of Greenville, but rather a thorough evaluation

burg Democratic commute. housing situation within the city,

heffrmg' Sf ,5^adrtgTuy t' At its initial meeting the present Housing

the charge he had heard that Authority adopted a resolution im which It expressed Mecklenburg created this prob- desire and intention to work with and for the city

administration and the people-at-large of the city of Greenville. The same resolution contained the Authorb

lem. Reference was to the fact that the majority given Jonas in Mecklenburg county assured his election.

He disagreed with Charlie Mauze of Davidson and Tom Hoyle of Guord on one point.

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coin county) in a new 8th district jje said the schizophrenic vote of this agency shall never be influenced by such

I? a iorces_as coercion, malice or selfish purp^.

the present developed, however, that members of the committee as well as visiting citizens who had asked to be<t heard demanded op* to discuss the whole

problem.

First of all there was expressed resentment of the undue haste with which SB 353 had

from people who had moved It resulted from action policies of the Democratic party among homefolks.

Lest some others might not know what the big word means < Your reporter didnt till he looked it upi the dictionary defini

tys unqualified pledge that our conclusions, recom- T)ON SCHLIENZ mendalions and actions shall always be associated with ^ the utmost logic and sincerity; and that the work y ^ ^

lime

The fact that there has been a transition in the citys administration since these, men were appointed The foUowing parable has to the Housing Authority does not compromise the SbTumes% mw hl?e

pledg they have maqe to make an honest and con- j^issed it before, so its being

scientious study of the housing needs of the city. passed on.

. We applaud Mavor Kings decision to allow the Ive had a yellowed clipping

tion of schizophrenia is; A type Athnritv in rarrv out its studv of the housing ^ly drawer for maybe

naaie wim wmcu .v. of psychosis characterized by , Li a month, and it reports (author

been handled. It was introduced loss of contact with environment needs of the city; but trankly we leei me present unknown) that the source of the

on Wednesday, May 24, given and by disintegration of person- Hous.ing Authority should remain in office and carry story is also unknown. It goes

favcwable report by the Senate ality. j4. duties in keeoirfg with the pledge it has made bke this ,. , ... ..

committee on Thursday and WARNING-Without excepUon QUiies in K^piiiK p k ^ jan liv^ with his

to the citizens of Greenville. parents in a pubUc housing

development near a big city. He

_ _ * 1 * I * attended the public schools and

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committee passed second reading in the Senate on Friday and third reading Monday.

Rep. Pat Taylor of Anson led the in-committee fight on undue haste. It appeared for a few minutes that he and Chairman Kemp might seriously clash on the question (A whether the chairman or the committee should prescribe rules and allot time for hearing citizens. That hazard was avoided when the chairman said another opportunity would be given for public hearing and Kemp and Taylor apologized to each other for what might have seemed, but not intended, rudeness. Nobody was mad. And nobody was very happy about the whole business.

SCOPEIt quickly developed that while many of the Eastern legislatOTs are concerned chiefly with avoiding district lines thsa would put two Democrats on a new district, the Piedmont spokesmen are concerned with the total impact of redistricting upon the whole state. They.contended for district lines that would recognize economic and social affinities rather than maintaining the supremacy of sparsely populated eastern areas.

Davidson county folk fw example, emphasized that they have nothing in common w'ith Nash, home of the congressman in whose district they would be placed by SB 353. Wilkes county iRWkesmen said they have lit-

the Piedmonters warned that punitive action taken by the presently powerful eastern group against the more populous areas would react against them by getting more Republicans in the Congress rather than less.

It has been further pointed out that the decline in state population which resulted in loss of a seat in the Congress occurred in the section that is now trying to penalize the progressive section for gaining population. There is nothing new or surprising in this situation. It is his^ torically true that no group has ever voluntarily surrendered political power. The reason for that was pretty well summed up the other day when an experienced observer of politics quipped that human nature was made before the constitution was written.

MORE HEARINGIn face of the almost frantic rush for adjournment of the Legislature under administration pressure, the House committee has scheduled another hearing on the re-districting mafter for next Tuesday morning. June 6. in the highway building auditorium. There was suggestion that still , other opportunities might be given for the citizens of the state to express their view's. The argument that these hearings more properly should have been held

der the public school lunch program. He entered the Army, and when he was discharged retained his National Service Life Insurance. He enrolled In' the state land-grant university, working part-time at the state capital to supplement his GI education check.

Upon graduation he married a Public Health nurse and bought a home with an FHA loan, then obtained RFC financing to go into business.

A baby was born in the city hospital. One day the young man

For Our New Graduates Other Editors Saying

Record graduating classes from J. H. Rose High CTIIVVQV BlQjnt School and C. M. Eppes High School in Greenville ^ ^

this year evidences another milestone in the growth of i^iison Times)

the citys school system. Secretary of Commerce. Luth-

The 215 -seniors who received their high school diplomas this week132 from Rose High and 83 from of interstate high-

Grouping seems to be the more effective way of billboard advertising.

The legislature voted down the federal bonus at the last session

bought a small ranch with the aid of the Veteraxis program, and obtained emergency feed from the government. Later he put part of his land in the soil bank and the payments helped pay for his ranch.

Later he installed his father and mother on the small ranch where they lived comfortably on their Social Security and Old Age Assistance checks. REA lines supplied electricity, the government helped clear some pi the land, and the county agent showed the young man how to terrace it. Then the government came bock to help him build a fish pond.

All through his' life this man read books from the public library and to bank account was insured by In agency of the government. The clit gjcey. up, and entered public school, ate under the lunch program, rode the public school bus, swam in the municipal pool and joined the PFA.

The man owned an automobile which he drove on public high-

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 1961, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Congressman Abraham Multer has writtai to me about his bill to withdraw the present twenty-five per cent gold coverage of the dollar. Modestly he says;

I am prepared to concede that we may be wnrong. I wUi not concede, bowevr, iat all of the people who approve the principle protxised by H R. are anything but good Americans, who have the Interest of their country at heart. This goes for the Presidents Task Force on the Economic Situation and Balance of Payments, headed by Allan Sproul, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; the vast majority of the members of the Committee for EcomOTUc Develophnenta Research and Policy Committee, headed by T. V. Houser, former chairman of Sears, Roebuck 8i Company; John J. McCloy, chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank; Henry C. Alexander, chairman of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company; Roy L. Reiersori. senior vice president and chief economist of the Bankers Trust Company; and nmny other respected businessmen.

^ 'The question is not whether these men are good Americans-It would be a task to define a good American and then to fine-comb careers and reputations to decid whether these gentlemen belong to the noble category of good Americans or whether they are motivated by self-interest or whether they are pursuing an econ<nic dogma which accepts fiat money. Also -len may have the interest of their counter at heart and be utterly confused and damaging.

Therefore, I for one, must ignore the list of names which Congressman MMller presents as an ad hominem argument. However, the Congressman docs

raise-a question in his letter which deserves serious consideration. He says:

. . .your federal Reserve note (most of our currency) is guaranteed not only by the surplus and assets of our Federal Reserve Banks (they are all ow'ned by the United States Government) but, in addition, are backed by every dollar of assets of t United States Government. Those assets are many

times more than enough to meet all the obligations of the Federal Reserve Banks. The

twenty . five per cent gold reserve is not needed to make up any possible deficit.

This raises the question of what are the assets of 4^he United States. Our budget docs not Include them. Our Treasui:ys annual reports do not incude the assets. Our federal book

keeping system is based on the

Enpesrepresented the largest graduating classes in b Twos'tto and this legUlature does not y: He signed a pUtion

the history of the two schools. And aside from num. bUib^ control on interstate appe_^^ tneltned to pass enabling lng_federalj;ss^toeejn a S^e^ CdC a

bers, the scholastic records achieved by the members ^^ne^^^eral government has Now Governor Hodges had a

of these two graciuating classes reflects credit not only ^ bonus arrangement for states veed cure that would not be

upon the students themselves, but also upon the facul- that comply , a vr. u_________trol billboarc

with efforts to con-

ties and staffs which are responsible for the opera- 'feSbi^uscomes

desirable. We are for voluntary regulation. If this does not come the federal government may adopt more direct means of control, or charge the billboard owners for the benefits they are

tions of >the local school system. serving the beauty of the coun-

Tf 151 also ft tribute we think, to the students and tryside. In fact the federal gov-

. d V *u \ oo* AAA in anV>nli-chin5j for future ernment should not have to pay owners for the benefits they are

teachers that some $22,000 in scholarships tor tuture ^ premium for the states to receiving, Mr. Hodges said.

studies were awarded to members of the graduating prevent loading the highways This would be compuisoir reg- business. -

with signs. ulation, and as desiraj>le as finally became po-

North Carolina is now looking

oping an industrial project to help the economy of his area. He was a leader in a move to get a new federal building, and went,to Washington to ask the gQvemment to build a great power dam so the area could get cheap electricity. And he also arranged to get specif tax write-off benefits for his

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is highway protection and beautification we hope it is not forced upon us.

It is also hard to understand the attitude of the legislature. We know that the blboard boys

classes.

Now that their 12 years of public school are be- j3

hind them, these young graduates will face new prop- main topics of the

lems, more important decisions and greater responsi- legislature right now. pe gov-

bilitics than have ever before confronted them. Jhe Temper .............------ -

guidance and instruction they have had during their total highway cost are hard at work. But they are

vears in the public schools will in a large measure de- to the states cooperating with not be^g properly suuiuu uavc uccu uetu yetiio ui tiic tf,,o+,r,r,o fVioxr the billboard control plan. from the highways. They are

in March than in June does not- termine how they cope With the new situations they expires in June, but .......

depreciate the right of citizens face. the President has asked for an

- . Jo heard on matters affect- manv of the graduates there are still years extension, as well as an increase

tie in common w'ith Granville. Ing theu* welfare. On that point Kafnvr fPov lav aaiHe their formal in the payment to one per cent,

in common with Granville. Guil- Chairman Ed Kemp and the of schooling ahead before they lay aside tneir lormai doubling the

ford folks conceded that none of House committee Is showing education for other pursuits. For others in this years ijgnus.

the redistricting proposals af- more consideration for the rank atine- class commencement night marked the end BUlboards can be put up but

fecta them, since the 4-county and file of citizenship than did rin/vofnn anH thpv will now seek their they must comply to the regu-

Durham. Orange, Alamance. Chairman Robert Morgan and of formal education, and tney will now seeK ineir require certain

Guilfordtotrict is now disturb- the Senate committee. Even if place in this or some other community. distances from the highway and

ed. But they have seen Repubh-, they dont get anything else. Whatever their future undertakings, we wish for regulate the size. As former

c.n strvPith increase in their' the people at leant can feel they success. In the hands of many of them. ww

in all probability, the future of this city will come to

ot multiplying and when they do

areas during recent years part- have had a day in court.

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New Insigh . S. Policy

Bv JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy, to no ones surprise, so far in his ParLs visit has given no new insights Into hLs thinking dn foreign policy He wa.snt expecting to. Nor Ls he likely to In his remaining talks with President De Gaulle or later, in Vienna. In his meetings with Premier Khrushchev.

His meeting with De Gaulle has been given far more attention for what they did and where they went than for anything they-said which, ap-psre*itly-, hft.snt been much.

They went through all thd ceremonial fo1-de-rol which has become customary when one head of state visits another; Exposure to crowds, airport bands, wreath-laying, graveiide bands, banquets, speeches^

In a short visit like Kennedys, with a maxi he had never conferred with before, all the time spent on pomp and circumstance might have been much more profitably used in conversation between the twO men.

What Kennedy has told' De Gaulle so far as is knownand why theres nothing new in it can be summed up like this;

1, He pledged America to stand with Its NATO allies, particularly France and West Germany against any Commu^' nlst attempt to take it over or shut it off from the West.

But tHLs was American policy before Kennedy became President. Hes simply reaffirming it.

2. He .said the future of the backward countries in the southern half of the world Ls the re-sponsbility of the Western allies.

This Ls no revelation. For year.s the United State.s realized the responsibility and has been trying to help the backward areas. Further. It has been needling its allies to do more of the same.

3. He pledged the United States to the defense of Western Eiii'oi. But thats exactly why the United States joined NATO In the first place a dozen years ago. So Kenhedy is simply restating long-established American policy.

And later this week when Kennedy meets Khrushchev, since he Ls not going to make any commitments behind the backs of American allies, there may be some understandings but' hardly any settlements.

Once again the events surrounding the Kennedy-Khrush-chev conference rather than what they say or accomplish is apt to get the attention and provide the color.

In short, up to this point in his presidency, except for wanting 10 give backward areas aid (Continued on page six)

they can turn a perfectly beautiful stretch of road into a causeway of commercial blight.

The nation is trying to attract tourist trade. Sufficient signs will be allowed to give directions, to point out places of interest and to give information that tourists need as to where road accommodations are available and the like. But you have noticed, that if one sign is put up on a highway, others follow as .thick as they can be placed.

not to be allowed to abuse the highways. The right of ways would be protected and the signs put back a speci|d distance from the road.

Try to recall the turnpikfes you have been on. or the parkways. You do not remember a labyrinth of highway signs. You do recall well kept parkways, green grass, trees, accommodations wisely spaced and beauty as you ride along.

All this North Carolina should want for the highways. And with the billboard control comes money for building the highways. As it is the federal government pays so much toward building federal roads, and the states so much. From the state amount comes the bonus.

As our Secretary of Commerce said. We hope that all. or at least a majority of the states, including North Carolina, will take advantage of the federal law.

litically conscious, and one day he sat down and wrote a letter to his Congressman.

He aid, "T wish to protest these excessive governmental expenditures and high taxes. I believe in rugged individualism. I think people should stand on their own feet without expecting handouts.

Thats all.

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"It is a questionable exercise of governmental authority, to say the least, to tell a private employer whom he can and cannot hire, whether the qualification involves imion membership, color, religion or age. And when It comes to enforcement, who is to determine whether a man Is rejected because of the church he attends, the country of his origin, the years he has attained, or because he is personally unsatisfactory for quite sufficient reasons.The Wheeling Intelligencer.

like a housewife handling a check-book. No business could survive such accounting methods.

The assets of the United States Government are enormous and could if properly audited and accounted for, provide ample coverage for the American dollar. This government owns, for example, an enormous quantity of real estate, some of it of great value. No acicounts are kept of these assets. They are rather dealt with only on the basis of erection and maintenance expenditures. The United States Government owns^ more than half a hun<tred corporations, some of which could by proper accounting, be established as profitable. They are either assets or liabilities. These ciMporations are emnro-ous properties, as for Instance, TVA. They are carried on the books as decisioDS of Congress rather than as'assets or liabilities.

If Congressman Multer means that the American dollar should be protected by the assets of the United States GovemiTient, -then he has to arrange that our federal bookkeeping system be revised. That would be an extremely constructive measure. It -might prove embarrassing to some officials who dislike auditing as the devil hates holy water, but itmight even encourage the sale of some government assets, the funds to be used to reduce the national debt.

I fear that the legislator is emotional about the virtue of the dollar. He says;

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odges. Says R&D 'Our Secret'

By ELMER ROESSNER

Research and development is the most important weapon in long-term efforts of American business to increase Its share of foreign markets, according to Luther H. Hodges, the Kennedy Secretary ot Commerce.

R&D. the business shorthand for the process of devising better techniques and products. Is. he said, our only* hope oui* only way to maintain our high

standard of living . In the face of rising wor!

orld competition.

The Secretary, a genial mixture of politician, businessman and North Carolina gentleman, is realistic in recognizing., the (difficulties of the United States m the world market at present.

While he has been stressing the need for salesmanship to sell American products abroad, he told me in an interview that he knew fhat was not the complete answer, although it was an Important part.

He conceded that the high level of American wages made it difficult tO'compete In many foreign markets. *W'e cant compete with the ^ cheap, mass-

produced items, he said. "But we can compete with our specialties. with quality and with different and more advanced products.

He was ready with examples. On his recent trip to Europe, he said, he was surprised to see American steel being used in a * Mercedes Benz auto factory, They told me they could buy German steel cheaper, but they could not get the very fine steel they required for certain operations except In the United States. he .'laid.

OTHER EXAMPLES He said he discovered German companies using American machine tools- Managers explained they could get better tools in Germany, but they could get the U. S, tools immediately on order. And, he said, American coal was being sold In Germany at less than German coal could be dug there, because mechanized coal mining here was cheaper than* German methods,

Wc are in a tough, challeng-Irg situation. hp said. But I believe a great opportunity for selling exports lies ahead. To

realize this opportunity, we must produce better goods, provide faster deliveries, and then sell our products.

He pointed out that he was asking Congress for an Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology, to, increase and coordinate American industrys effort to speed R&D.

As a Cabinet member, Secretary Hodges said he realized the importance of stopping and reversing the flow of American gold reserves abroad. The first three steps, he said, were:

1. Sell more American goods abroad.

2. Increase foreign spending here by travelers.

3. Bring in more foreign capital by the encouragement of more investment in the United States.

To Implement the first step, he pointed out. Congress has instituted a mother hen pro-gram, whereby leading corporations in manufacturing centers are being urged to encourage smaller manufacturers to develop the export market, and to help the small producers with

paper work, suggestions and guidance,

It shocked me to learn that of 300,000 manufacturers In the United States less than 4 per cent are engaged In exports, he said- Of a gross national product of $503 billion last year, only $19.5 billion was exported.

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POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS ITEMS The world (outside of Soviet blop) had a pretty good walnut crop last year, the Foreign Agricultural Service reports A National Industrial

Conference Board survey shows that business Is losing Interest in surveys of employees attitudes unless they are ready to do something about them, . . . Company cafeterias, which usually lose money, are giving way to coin-operated food-vend-ing machines, which can show a profit. . . .A hollow steel tube with an outside diameter of .00073 of an Inch has been made In England. A slightly larger tube Is used for artificial insemination of beet.