FACE POUE

Tuesday, June 6, 961

IHE DAILY REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE. N. C

Why They Call It Commencement

Tuesday, June 6, 1961

Local Budgets Worth Watching

With most attention to budget-making focused for accordingly; or will only those needs be met which

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are of importance to citizens.

. Drenare and adopt the local government's budgets as

Municipal and county governments are ^ow be- citizens of the individual communities

pmning to face the annual problem of preparmg county They are some of the questions which

budgets for the fiscal year begmnmg July 1- ^ matter of budget-preparation for local gov-

Questions that are natural to budget-making al- ^ fficuit task. , ,

ways arise: , Officials usually are just as reluctant to see local

Will the budgets reflect adequate planning and j^y^mment taxes increase as are the other citizens appropriations for meeting the needs of the community higher taxes. At the same time the

and the county in the year ahead? officials are just as reluctant to see local needs go un-

Will it be necessary for a tax increase? because of budget restrictions as are the other

Will the needs of the community or county be^v- of the community or county.

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first consideration and the tax revenues provided

Open Season In Field Of Judges

By LYNN NISBET JUDGES-Thi \ open sea-

R^nf*Svelopments indi- middle governments, and it is their responsibility to provide

ificatlons hi* residence at Chapel Hill h* been too brief to qualify him^ i* a repreeentative of the

As the officials of Pitt County and the various municipalities of the county set about their task of preparing budgets which will chart the course of our local governments during the next year, we trust will be, conscious of the growing needs brought about by our growing communities. We hope they will not be unmindful of new needs which have been generally recognized in the period since the ^^udgets for the current fiscal year were adopted.

At the same time we trust the officials will be keenly aware of the fact that they are the custodians of the tax dollars which are collected by the local

cate there wl be a dozen or more Judge* to be appointed in this state wltbln the next few month*. ^

The CoofPM* recently authorized one addlttonal Judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals azxi three additional Federal die-trlct Judge* ft- North Carolina. The Oenenl A**mbly authorized appolninient of four addon-al Superior Court *peclal Judges in thi* *tate. By reason of promotion* and ahifttng position* there may be two w" three more judicial vacancies.

circuitThe fourth circuit Court of Appeal* embraces five stateMaryland. West Virginia. Virginia. North Carolina and South Carolina. Presently there are Uiree JudgeChief Judge Simon Sobeloff of Baltimore, lyftl.: Judges Clement F. Haynes-worth Jr.. of Greenville, S. C.. and Herbert S. Boreman of Par-kersbOrg, W. Va. Almost certainly the newly authorized Judge will come from North Carolina or Virginia. It is understood that two or three Virginian* are active candidates for the post. Most frequently mentioned as prospective appointees from North Carolina are State Senator* Prank Ban-zet of Warren and Spencer Bell of Mecklenburg and Judge J. Will Pless. resident Judge of the 2Pth Superior Court district, residing at Marlon.

It Is understood that both NCrth Carolina U.S. Senator* have endoraed Judge Pies*. However, this appointment i* strictly presidential patronage and endorsement* of Senator* and ReiWMentatives have no more prestige than those of any other citiien*. It is expected that the appointment will be made within the next few weeks.

DISTRICT JUDGESThe district Federal court Judges come within the scope of senatorial patronage, *o far aa recommen-daUoo* are concerned, although appointments are made by the PreaidMii of the United Statei upon nomination of the Attor-Zkey General. Senatorial recom-mendatioo* have considerable weight, but technically neither the Attorney General nor the President is bound by them.

Benator* Sam Ervin and Everett Jordan have recommended three men for the three dlatrict poeitions: John D. Larkins Jr.. of Trenton in the eastern district; Malcolm B. Seawell of Chapel HUl in the middle district, and J, Braxton Craven of Morganton In the Western dia-trict.

Some erlUclsm has been voiced of the Larkins recommendar tlon on the grounds he ha* had no judicial experience and the *elecUon w*a based wholly on service to the Democratic party. The Seawell recommendation brought active opposition. It is charged that despite other qual-

vers are backing Superior Court judge Richardson Preyer of Greensboro to replace Seawell. No objection has been heard to the recommendation of Judge craven to the west.

SUPERIOR COURT So far as effect upon North Carolina politic* is concerned the opening* tor appointment of Judges on the Superior Court bench are more important than the Federal positions. Certainly there will be four special Judges to name under the 1961 act If Judge Pies* should be named to the circuit court, there will be regular resident Judge to appoint in hi* place. And if Judge Braxton Craven 1* appointed to Federal disUict court, there will have to be a replacement for him in the special Judgeship ranks, PROSPECTSDespite the fact that nearly every lawyer aspires to be a Judge, there are limitations as to eUgible appointees. First is the Implied requirement that one of the new appointees must come from each of the four Judicial divisions, and the less potentbut still Implied provision that no two Judges would be named from the same county. After these general requirements arc met there comes me question of eligibility by reason of affinity with the political philosophy of the Governor.

Bandying around names of men suggeeted for appointment to such positions, without good reason based on Information as to their chances or their personal desires, can often do them harm. However, a few names have been so frequently mentioned further use canrtot hurt them.

It has been understoo< for months that William Copeland of Hertford. Governor. Sanfohds legislative counsel and many times sute Senator, can have any position In the Sanford administration he wants. He la a logical choice for the first divisin judgeship until something more permanent opens up.

Jumping to the western fourth division, it is believed that H. L'. (Chick) Riddle Jr.. of Morganton is definitely in line for a good appointment. And Oovero-or Sanford I* indebted to Rep. Leonard Lloyd of Graham county for valiant service in hla primary and election campaign* last year.

Judicial appointment* have been used tfannigh the years aa poUtical pay-off for supporters of the Oovenior. It Is significant that very few such appointments have ever been questioned as to propriety and efficiency. A further fact Is that while North Carolinians have insisted upon the prerogative of electing their Judges, a majority (rf members of the Supreme and Superior Court benches first came to their office* by appointment.

in exchange for those dollars the most efficient and the most progressive local governments possible.

The decisions reached by the officials of Pitt County and its several municipalities in preparing budgets in the next few weeks will in a large measure determine how well the municipal and county needs will be met during the coming year, and the amount of progress that will be made by these local governments.

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The Duly Reflector

INCORPORATED PublSahtd Every Afternoon Except Sunday EsUblished 1882 DAVID JUUAN WHICHARD, Publiter Bstemd at Post Otfloa. OrwovUte, N. O, a* saoood daa matt*g.

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy is doing well in the field he knows bestpolitics and Congress. But he cant be Judged yet on his ability in foreign affairs, an area in which he has had the least experience.

His domestic proposals so far have received very agreeable treatment in Congress where Republicans and conservative Democrats could do him damage any time they wanted to team up, Kennedy has handled Congress in just about the way his vke president, Lyndon B. Johnson oi Texas, nght have been expected to operate If he had been the prwident.

Johnson, when he was leader of the Senate Democrats. foUow-ed a very moderate course in the leglalatlon he sought to get through. Kennedy has done the same. Both men avoid personal quarrels and work hard behind the scene*.

In all way* except the last they operate much as former President Eisenhower did. His behind-the-scenes work was not as expert cs theirs, but then he seemed to have an inclination to keep hands off Congress.

But it is in the foreign field that Kennedy is still a rather unknown quantity His meetings these past few days with French President De Gaulle in Parri* and Soviet Premier Khrualwhev in Vienna didnt reveal much except that Kennedy and De Gaulle seemed to get along well and Kennedys relations with Khi'ushchev appeared amiable.

Perhap.s the fact that Kennedy got a chance to size up De Gaulle and Khrushchev at first hand, and they him, will help their future relations. This may have be^n the main accomplishment of his Journey.

The three men seem to have settied nothingjudging by the communiques Issued after the Paris and Vienna meetingsbut, since they werent expected to. there can be no disappointment in this.

The Kennedy-DeGauUe communique said they agreed on defending Berlin against a Communist effort to isolate it or take it over. But they were agreed on that before handit was Amerl-can-French policy.

The Kennedy-Khrushchev communique was Just a little differentif a difference can be read into it.

This said that, while the two men discussed a number of problems, they reaffirmed their supfK)rt for a neutral Laotian government and recognized the importance of an effective ceasefire.

This could meanbut dont bet on it-4hat the two sides will now work out some agreement for bringing peace to the Southeastern Aslan country where the Russian-backed rebels have Uken over most of the territory.

Otherwise the communique was skimpy on information. This gap was filled in a bit by so-called*thoroughly qualified diplomatic source*' which, translat-ed into everyday English, must mean American officials authorized by Kennedy to give reporters more Information than the communique contained.

It can be boiled down to this; They talked about a number of things, got each other's views, which they already knew anyway. and left the question of settlement, if any. to the future.

Prom now on as Congress draws closer to winding up its businessKennedy will be drawn deeper Into foreign affairs where the decisions he makes will provide a.realistic yardstick for judging him.

Never underestimate the power of parents and the P T.A.

As the result of P.T.A. backing, summer kindergarten programs have been established at elementary schools here for children who will enter school this fall and who have not had previous kindergarten experience.

Perhaps the most human thing about the establishment of these programs Is the equipmentgiven. built and salvaged by interested parents for the kindergarten.

We went to the Third Street

School kindergarten about registration time yesterday morning and took some pictures. But the time we finished and went to take a look at the students and their play equipment, the children had acquainted themselves and were then beginning to become acquainted with the toys-

One child was wailing away, but the teachers had him playing with a turtle by the time we left, and he seemed quite content.

In one corner was a play sink, with a curtain across the front and a real faucet (which is not

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When people ask for trouble, they usually get it. The freedom riders are no exception. Instead pi quietly taking their ride through the South, the people apparently set out with the intention of creating a disturbance by flagrantly violating the Customs and regulations which are practiced in the southern part of the country. Somerset (Pa.) American.

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StatUtics have shown over and over again that the growth and prosperity of Just about every town or small city is geared directly to the growth of the newspaper. Without the continuous promotion and booet-ing given to local business mt-Uvities. Scout*. Red Cross. 4-H Clubs, local schools and churches, and the many other services provided by the local newspaper. a town will gradually decline.* Harmony (Minn.) News.

(Richmond News Leader)

Last year, when the United States government finally decided to do something about Castro, it took the eminently expedient step of withdrawing recognition from the Dominican Republic of Rafael Trujillo. The idea was to win friends in Latin America among Trujillos numerous foes. At the time, commentators remarked that the thirty - year reign of Trujillo was now doomed. The prediction has come true; and the Trujillo forces will not be able to rally under the assault of world opinion, American meddling, and Communist intrigue. This tough and tyrannical old man was the prime target for Communist, activity in the Caribbean. It is the sad and silly truth that he was also- the prime target for many marksmen in the American State Department.

No one would ever have given Trujillo a halo, though many wise men. in his country and in ours, will deeply regret hi* going. For thirty years this man had ruled with iron nerve and Intellect and fist. And it took all three of these to draw the Dominican Republic into some form of order. In the seventy-two years between 1844 and 1916, that country had forty-three presidents. In one stretch, thirty-nine coups detat in .a row succeeded. The only thing that interfupted this bloody carnival of chaos was U. S. Intervention. From 1916 to 1924, the American* tried to bring order to the one partially stable element in the country, the army. But the President who was left in the country when the American military establishment withdrew tried to defy the native army.

It was at this point that Trujillo pulled th*e mUltary together behind the new government that

he initiated. The next years saw a continual tale of growth,. achievement, and repression. In order to force progress on his daydreaming nation,-Trujillo had ^ to make the country a safe place for investment, where some profit could be made. But in the Latin American mythology, businessmen are ogres of oppression, and a man who leads his country out of stagnation will be criticized by Communists, by American dogooders. and by all the forces of rebellion in Latin America.

Trujillo' did not bend under tjti* a#aa'lt; as it stiffened, he hardened his own iron rule. The man was finally disowned by the American nation that had helped set up his military machine. Obstentatiously, we dre^ our clean skirt* away from this hard customer, and invited agrarian reformers, Fidels from the hills, and assorted favorites of assorted Liberals to take over the Job of running a nation against all the odds. We thus acted on our longstanding policy, demnding an impossible imitation of our own nation from every country that would like the privilege of helping us fight Communists.

Strange to say. this policy Is known as the encouragement of self-determination. Any nation that determines not to be a carbon copy.of America Is simply not determining hard enough. Trujillo would not conform; he was not acceptable to those who denounce conformity. Months before the assassins bullets struck him on Tuesday, the cheerlessly self-righteous policies of our own government had laid Trujillo low. In the struggle for power to be expected In the Dominican Republic, we wUl be fortunate to emerge with a friend one-half so good.

connected with the plumbing. Incidentally). A parent had the faucet left overand it obviously found its home with the play sink. Play dishes, a sponge and ' a dish rack graced the sinks sides.

A little girl whizzed by with a baby carriage and a doll. In another comer hung doll clothe* a new mother would en\T. Book shelves and tables with chairs and books were in the middle of the room, with a small-sized card table and chairs, presuipably for tea time also gi^ed the room. And shelves with pint-sized dishes Hke we had when we were a bit younger.

Somebody had given a steering wheel an(J. that, too, found an appropriate home in a little machine being used as a fire engine by two young men wearing play firemen hats. Another toy was a rocking apparatus, being used gaily by another youth.

There was a sand box with little toys, in addition to the fish and turtles. And other, other things which we couldnt take in at once.

The parents had washed stuffed animals which were as good as new, made the toys and used money which had been donated to acquire other things.

Consequently, their children seemed to be having a wonderful first-day adjustment to school and to each other.

And W the time fall comes, theyll be better prepared for the first grade, which is the whole purpose of the summer kindergarten program. Their happy attitudes in the world created by parents and teachers started the whole day off right.

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The Senate is giving attention to monopolistic price-fixing ln the electrical industry.- It ought to, for the practice is reprehensible, indefensible and just plain wrong. But Rep. Bruce Alger. R-Tex, wl get no action on an anti-trust measure he recently introduced because it would apply to monopolistic labor unions.

For an Inexplicable reason, anti-trust and anti-monopoly action Is applied by our laws against electrical and other companies but not against union bosses and their dictatorships. If monopoly in re.stralnt of trade is wrong, it ought to be wrong for everybody. Chattanooga News-Free Press.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY .

Copyright. 196.1, King Featui-es Syndicate, Inc.

I do not know much about womens clothes and care less. Presumably clothes are designed to cover the hody. to provide warmth and to be decorative.

It is possible to devote so much time and attention to clothes as to be all consuming. This is a matter of taste, to which one Is entitled under the pursuit of happiness clause. The hair-do, I presume, is equally significant and there was a time when the coiffure was a lady'a total pride.

The Queen of Great Britain who is the highest positioned ^ lady In all this world druses " rather modestly. At any rate, no one makes a fuss abouf her clothes which are usually made by British dressmakers to keep the home fires burning. In fact. Queen Elizabeth sets an excellent example f<w* all women by her devotion to duty, by her recognition of the responsibUi-tles of her singular position and by the simplicity of her life.

But tiien. she was to the mann^ bom and another spangle in i way affects her position or the esteem in which she is held. Actually, her mothers clothe* seem dowdy compared to thosA of American women who bri^ their things into the country $1,000 or $2,000 a skirt. Her grandmother was notorious for the simplicity of her dress but famous for her sacrifices for her country.

Dressmakers are both female and male, as their drivers* license* can prove- But the fact is that it is the absorption of women with dress and style and hair-dos that keeps a great industry going and surely David Dubinsky, who dominates both labor and capital in such matter*. is happy that we live ia an dera- when women look upoA dresses as of equal importance with the national defense. It keeps the sewing machines going and the designers active. And when it comes to equality of opportunity. Seventh Avenue, in New York. batUes against the dressmakers in Paris.

Neither Mrs. Herbert Hoover nor Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was much concerned about her

clothe*. They had other things to think about. In fact, Mrs. Roosevelt has developed into

such a great personality since she has been widowed that one wonders whether It may not be possible that she was more shrewd than her husband. Cerig, talnly she has made a i^ce fo^_ herself. Irrespective of her late^'^ husband, and whether onq;^

adores her, as many do. or flouts her, as some do, no one can ignore her.

Of,Mrs. Harry Truman it can - be said that she was true to her character and did not permit the Presidency to affect her.

She remained Mrs. Harry Truman and was not given any unconstitutional titles. She eschewed prominence, undoubtedly feeling that it was boA enough to have one such in the famy. How^ever, when daughter Marga^ ret grew up, she took to singing and everytiody sympathized with her except a nasty critic or two who spoke l of her efforts. Margaret behaved modestly juid did not abuse her White Hoso.; prerogatives. She came tnrougli the ordeal of being a Presidents daughter without in any way lessening the peoples respect for her. She married properly, an American newspaperman, which Is indeed a noble, profession. They are living happily ever after and avoid being noted in the gossip columns which naturally a sound newspaperman would do.

Of Mrs. Mamie Elsenhower It can be said that she took the Job of being the Presidents wife , seriously and did as well as he,. poor health and her husband*-* aments permitted. To the puV" ^ lie, she appeared to be an affectionate daughter and a loyal wife and grandmother. Neither Mamie nor her daughtcr-in-iaw bothered much about clothes and hair-dos or even about lur- -nlture. Both ladies came out of the White House well-thought of by the people of their country , who knew nothing of them unt Ike became President and may know less hereafter as they appear to be shy people who disdain publicity.

And 80 we have marked the histwy of dressmaking and recent Pr^idents wives. As for (Continued on page fiv)

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m every recorded clvillaa-tlon there has been the con* fUct between conservative and liberal leader*. When conaerva-tives become too ^actionary the pendulum of history swings in the direction of liberalism. When liberal leaders become too radical the pendulum swings to conservatism. McOomb (Miss.) Enter prise-Journal.

iMore Inflation Despite Hopes

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS OUR ONLY HOPE Almost the last words Jesus uttered to his disciples were. A power hath been given to me In heaven and on earth. Cl*istianity is power. If it is not power, It is not Christianity'. Creeds have their place. Certainly Chrtatiao service is mandatory for all believers. But above everything else, faith in Jesus Christ gives men power. It gives them power to surmount their difficultle*. It gives them power of mind so that they see life asHt la. It gives them that dally uplift and sustenance which causes them to walk with a more sure step than those who have no Christian faith.

Illness lays hold upon a be

liever. Even a stoical unbeliever sometimes bears up magnificently under pain and trouble. But tiierc is something about the response of a believer to a difficult situation which $ives It a high and noble quality. The power of Christian^ faith abides fust of all in the security of conviction. Christian faith also leads men and women to pray. In the Gospels we find the words of life.

Greater, however, than anything Jesus Christ said or did was the Man Himself. Christianity Is power -- spiritual

power. Anyone can have , that

power who really wants it and wUl use it. It is the only hope both of the individual and of the world. . (

By ELMER R0ES8NER

There will be more Inflation, despite the outflow of statements from Washington that the problem has been licked.

The Administration is boasting that the Consumer Price Index has remained at present levels for nine months, and so it has. But it will not remain at this level many months more. It will go up later this year and the purchasing power of the dollar will go down. .

The reasons;

The government arms program. upped hefUly, will undoubtedly Involve most deficit spending, which is inflationary.

Wages will rise without corresponding increases in productivity and that, too. is inflationary. A Natlpnal Industrial Conference Board survey shows that 2,-300,000 workers will get deferred increases this year on old contracts. And in addition many million more will get Increases through negotiations this year.

' When these Increases are granted without corresponding rise* in productivity, the results are InflationarJr.

OTHER LOOK-AHEADS

Here are more business forecasts, based on analyses of developing trends: *

Auto bargains: Car production has been cut back even with demand, but sweet bargains are still avaable. A few dealers whose earlier enthusiasm (or avarice) got the better of them are now stuck with heavy inventories. If seeking a new car, try to find one of these dealers. You can buy rare transportation bargains.

Laundry battle: Top New

Yoric courts have upheld the right 0 New York City to restrict hours of self-service laundries and to require attendants after 6 p.m. Service laundries, with many more employees than the self-service laundries, wield heavy Infiuence on city councU-ment. However, operators of self-service establishment* have powerful backing: that of the big corporations making their equipment, They will finance appeals to top U.S. courts and will do so in other cities that try similar ordinances.

More indictment: The Department of Justice has said it will investigate other industries, in which price fixing exists, but would not name those industries. With a little more frankness, it could have mentioned the construction Industry. Federal eyes are already crawling over the books of some construction firms.

POSTAL IlISE BLOCKS

Little posUI change: Opposition to rises in postal rates is winning considerable sympathy in C)on*ess. While some increase may be voted, notably on users of first class mall, who have po lobby In Washington, other rises will be moderate. In fact, busine.ss users may be allowed to offset increases partially by presortlnf mall and using precancelled stamps or postal mstohines.

More beer aalefi A to beer sales Is ahead. Not only will warm weather stir interest to cool quaffs, but the rise m em-^ ployment will give more people drink money. Flirthermore. the slow but steady rise to whiskey

'prices Is limiting many people to cheaper brew.

Apparel boom ahead: RetaU-ers, who are closer to customers than anybody else, appear to believe that there will be a rise In purchases of apparel this fall. Their buyer* are ordering fall garments, for both men and women, in larger volume than they did for this spring.

OLD PROMOTER OFFERS VOODOO-TYPE IDEA When the Old Promoter drop-* ped in today he had that look in his eye that showed he was looking for investment money.

This Is a great idea, he said. *Tt cant miss. I want to finance a maetne that wiU turn out alx-inch ttaUies of Khrushchev. And sell them to the Chinese? we asked.

Some, possibly,** he said. But mostly to Americans. Are you mad? we demanded. ^

No. he said. You sec, with each statue well package six pins, and customers can stick them into the statue.

We told him it was an interest^ tog Ideabut not for our money.