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THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Saturday, June 17, 1961

Saturday, June 17, 1961

Speaking of Trades, Fidel-

No Longer Anxious To Make Deal

I K, ..bl. Ir..l FM CJ, dlbplwrf t.r J "f fbTS

newsman and visiting teactor J treat Again this can do their caiise no good in the

no relation to his thinking on the in.bai proposal, to ^fgaim s ,

trade humans for machinery. The Tractors-for-Freedom Committee had handi- '

Terms laid down for release of 1,167 pawms cap- aplenty before having its hopes jolted during the

tured ip the aborUve invasion attempt would indicate, negotiations. National organizations relying on

To set a price of $28 million worth of tractors ^ framework, twenty-eight millions of dollars is

(plus shipping costs; did he say?) for release of Lm impossible for^ many groups of long standing to Drisoners, is unreasonable and may be^presumed to j^^hievie. . j v

" * proprietry of such a committee, in dealing

have been so intended. Certainly, the Castro government was given a black eye by suggestion of holding prisoners Sot ransom, and the act of freeing fh^e men on payment of any sum would have been an

other blowat the facade of morality they claim. By demandin? a near - impossible amount ot

Sanfords Cal

with a foreign government, is also open to question. Nor has the idea of paying ransom money to Castro irinped the imagination of the bulk of American people There would be, we suspect, more interest in public contributions to financing another exped-tion by Cuban patriots against their hated regime

in Havana .

Our Congratulations

'^For SUCJQ6StipnS to An Honored citizen

iiv IWN NlSBET - deTeloptnent, and that C^vtnor COOPpATON -^ ^tl^J'^stead terr

day of thia week Governor Terry Sanford sent to county DeratK cratic chairmen and distributed among members of the General Assembly a list of several hundred appoirtoents he must make this year. The list incliKled pames of incumben^ mcipb**^ of the various boards and commissions and designated thosa whose terms expire this year." He asked for recommendations for these positions.

- At his news conference Thursday morning the Governor unveiled a program to expand and develop agricultural opportunities in North Carolina, which had been worked out by the N. C. Board of Farm Organizations and Agricultural Agencies. In presenting that program the Govermir said his concept of progress In North Carolina called for coUtoeral development of agricultural, educational, industrial and ^ other resources. He pledged full support his office in all such endeavors.

At that same news conference Governor Sanford endorsed Uie pending proposals to give members of the Council of SUte expense allowances few travel, and subsistence to be spent at their discretion, rather than limiting these high elective officers to the per diem allowances of sute employees and requiring itemized accounting of every dime spent.

This is not a direct quote, but it is the essence of what he said; I see no reason why these men, elected by all the people in the same way the Governor is elected, should be put -under the thumb of the Governor with respectlo their necessary official expenses. The fact that the people elected them indicates they can be trusted with a few dollars of expense money. Especially since constitutional limitations prevent any increase in their salaries comparable to increases provided by legislative act for most other officials and employees of _ the State.

It is a notable occasion for any community to claim a^itizen who earns a statewide distinction; and Greenvillites who know, or know of, gr* Andrew A. Best are very much aware the Old North State Medical Society could not have chosen a more fitting recipient f their Doctor of The Year award.

The Daily Reflector has, in its regular pursuit of reporting the new's, followed Ihe course of Dr.

Bests work to instill lessons of health, hygiene and citizenship among pupils in city and county school^

His work in the field was watched by many, and when it became clear this was no passing fancy of

the doctor, the demand for just such a program as ______

he was carrving out became widespread. Eventually, gy HENRY HOWARD it is hoped, the work begun here in Pitt County will ,

reach all over the state . . . and perhaps beyond. 7\ ^"KY/^

This phase ofvhis professional work would alone I ^ | I [ .If

suffice to bring him the well-deserved tribute bestow- x ^

ed by the medical society. But there Being niinbered among those

able number of people in Greenville who profess to be pipe-smokers,

Best lives the role of gcfhd citizenship to the hilt. naturally perked up our ears

His generosity in the giving of time and labors to community efforts are well known and a^ppreciated ^^at sought to describe

bv those who share a common interest in building a pipe^moJcera. bkter Greenville and a better Pitt County. The most The clan of smokers that burn

reee~nt of his extracurricular- Sftif steSStooiied

ance of appointment to the' city s new Housing ^ psycho-

Anthnritv analyzed by the very fact that

rd h.. zn.de it Clear A native ot Kinston, and coming here about tS ?e{^rpS^cular

Se^f s^eldS eight years ago, the doctor has proven a most

notice. Were always interested

the authority and responsibity able addition to Greenville. One could say with good m finding out what kind of folks

Inherent in his office He will Kinstons loss was our gain. ^ says he be-

iSl de5torSeSSucy ot hia The Reflector adds its own congratulations to -pipe-amoker* amoke pipea

administraUon. He will demand those the Doctor of The .Year has already received, rather than other forms

and we wish him well for the future.

to the four Jturs of his own increased that emphasis on industry. It is no secret that re-iaons between- Governor Hodges and Commissioner of Agriculture BaUcntinp and other agricultural leaders often were strained because the farm folks felt their interests were being sidetracked.

All those familiar with con-ditions around captol square knew that relations between Governor Hodfes and members of the Council of State were less cOTdial and friendly than had been the case for many years. There was no open break, (Nearest approach to that came when functions long performed by-the State Auditor were transferred to the Department of Administration, and Auditor Henry Bridges office was moved out of the captol.) Feeling was prevalent among Council of State members that the Governors office was trying to take over control of their departments. Whether soundly based or not, that feeling did not contribute to cordiality.

RESPONSIBILITY In Ms request for suggestions about appointments and policy Gov-

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tobaccp-consumption (consumption, thats a good word for it) because theyre introverts.

Theyre sorta withdrawn from society in general, he says, cause they just sit around with their lips tightly pursed and take short, leetle puffs from their leetle round baccy bowls.

At first, we became a leetle worried bout being a pipe-smoking introvert. We never like to consider ourselves the type that likes to cringe quietly into the background, now do we? Well, at least, I (iont.

But, like we said, we were w'orried slightly at the very first. So we did the usual with our worries. We have a way of

taking our troubles home to cool the warmth of the hearth...

So I says to the B. H-, Honey, guess what? 'Course she couldnt guess, so I explained W'hat Id learned that day. (She always told me Id learn something every day.)

She raised a quizzical brow at me when I told her how much of an introvert I was turning out to be.

That so? she said, quite unperturbed. Well, its news to me.

That ended that. And I adhere to the pipe in spite of the psychoanalist.

CONTRAST Governor Sanford did not by implication or indirection say anything that could be construed as criticism of his predecessors. Yet there is striking contrast In all these matters with the attitude of former Governor Hodges.

Officials of the Democratic party orgsmization, and to less degree members of the General Assembly, openly resented the fact that Governor Hodges seldom consulted them or even advised them about appointments which he was required to make. He was charged by speakers in a conference of Democratic chairman with completely ignoring the organization and appointing many mavericks to places of honor and emolument.

It Is common knowledge that Governor William Umstead began his administration with heavy emphasis on industrial

recognition as head of State gov ernment. regardless of how many other officials may have been elected. The main difference between his approach and that of the previous Gov emor is that he very subtly emphasizes responsibility rather than authority. Maybe a distinction rather than a differnce but it is important In maintaining cordial relations with all departments and ^divisions of government, and especially with the. Democratic party organization throughout the state.

REBUILDING There is recognized immediate need for rebuHdiiig the Democratic party organization. One. question that bothers some loyal Democrats is whether the party organization can be restored to a place of dominance and control of .State government without at the same time building a more or less personal rnachine to direct its activities. Fear has been openly expressed that the Sanford - Bennett - Hyde team might be headed in that direction.

The fear has not been entirely dispelled, but obviously it is lessened by developments of the past week full cooperation with all segments of the economy for toUl development; recognition of the local Democratic organization, and acceptance of the inherent rights of other elected statewide officials to a degree of independence in the conduct of their departments.

;A Repetition Of i Soviet Dmands

Other E(ditors Saying Capital Punishment

By JAMES MARLOW

two weeks ago In

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The world for months to come will go through a repetition of Premier Khrushchev's deisjands, first made in 1958 and continued on and off ever since, for a settlement on West Berlin.

He started this on Thanksgiving Day. 1958, and grew uglier about it as the weeks melted into 1959. West Berlin,, whose ties are with West Germany, lies 110 miles inside Communist East Germany.

All the Supply routes from the West to Berlin go through East Germany. Khrushchev threatened to turn control of these routes - now handled by the Russians over to the East Germans,

He threatened war if once the East Germans had control and they tried to shut off the supply routes - the West battered its way In. And he set a six-month deadline for a settlement. -

What he really did was bulldoze his way throughbecause otherwise there was always the danger of catastrophe to a meeting with President Eisenhower at Camp David in the fall of 1959.

The two men * discu.ssed Berlin. As a result the United Slates. Britain and France agreed to a summit conference with ifhrushchev in the spring of 1960. His rough talk quieted down.

Then, two we#4is before the summit, the Russians shot down an American U2 spyplane over their territory. Because of this Khrushchev wrecked the summit meeting In Paris, Insulted Elsenhower.

^ So there was no Berlin settlement. But instead of re.suming hls' threats. Khrushchev said hed hold off until he could meet with Eisenhowers successor. This he did with President

Kennedy Vienna. ^

They, too, discussed Berlin.

But from the accouifts both gave afterward^ neither yielded an inch.

Then last Sunday Khrushchev issued a statement outlining Russian demands for a settlement on the city. They were essentially the same as those he made on that Thanksgiving Day in 1958.

On that day he called for the Allies to gt their troops out of Berlin. The Allies always have contended those troops are there by right of agreements made with Russia at the end of World War II. Khrushchev says all that is outdated, now.

Now, just as in the past. Khrushchev says Russia would go to the help of the Communist East Germans if the AUies tried to force their way through to the city over East German restrictions.

Its almost 31 months since that Thanksgiving Day declaration. But Thursday, in a fireside chat beamed at the Russian people but meant for the world, he went over the same ground.

And Thursday, just as he did before, he set a six-month deadline. He didnt quite make it that brutal. He put it this way: There must be a settlement before the end of 1961, which hap-to be about six months

pens

away. .

This time the fire hes building may not be extinguished so easily as it was in 1958 when Eisenhower agreed to meet him. Khrushchev aliready has -met with Kennedy and is beginning to sound as tough as he did before. ;

Perhaps he has in mmci another summit conference. If .so, he has not flatly mentioned it. Perhaps he will later. Still, he cant go on talking endlessly about a Berlin settlement and do nothing about It without sounding like a bluffer.

(Washington Dally News) Should capital punishment be abolished in-North Carolina? Should the death penalty be exacted an3Twhere in any state?

The North Carolina General assembly has recently made a serious effort to remove the capital punishment law from the books of the sUte. The effort has failed, but the issue remains. We cannot escape the issue because every time some forlorn figure walks into the gas chamber at State penitentiary in Raleigh, a hue and cry is going to go up saying that the state -has become a murderer..

If one listens to the arguments relative to abolishment of capital punishment, he is bound to be impressed. After all, when the sUte takes a life, the victim has no way of ever rehabilitating himself, and there is a real argument as to whether or not he has opportunity for repent-ance-

(}o into a couiTrbom where a jury is being selected to try a defendant on a capital crime charge and hear juror after juror say, I cannot serve because I am against capital punishment. When one hears these words, he might wonder whether the prospective Juror is really against capital punishment or just against sitting on the particular case at hand- However, regardless of how we weigh what is said, we must believe that certain prospective Jurors are thoroughly sincere and are actually opposed to taking a mans life for a crime wMch he had committed.

There is one argument being made in behalf of abolishment with which we disagree. It has

been stated several times In the legislative halls that abolishment of capital punishment has actually served to cut down on serious crimes. We cannot see how such an effect possibly could come about. We say this at a time when law enforcement officers are arguing in exactly the opposite direction. They say. often that abolishing capital punishment could actually mean an increase in serious crime.

Then we look at this matter in another manner. Is it a legal issue or a moral issue? If it is a legal issue, then the courts can handle it in the trials. If it is essentially a moral issue, then perhaps we have not placed enough emphasis on the moral side in the agruments.

For all practical purposes in North Carolina today capital punishment has almost been abolished. Very few defendants go to tiieir deaths any more. The courts, through recommendations from juries of mercy, set the penalties at life in prison. In other cases, the governors office, through recommendations from the prison commission, comnHites a death sentence to Ufe in prison.

Under present- circumstances we must not question the moral side of the issue because morals ought to be stronger than laws in the minds of God-fearing peoples. But we do question the legal wisdom of abolishing the law because it might act as a deterrent in some cases.

There are crimes committed which shock every spark of decency in human beings. The threat of the gas chamber might serve in some cases to deter others of a like criminal mind.

In browsing through yesterdays editorial page, we noticed one of our cohorts up here came through with a plug for Beowulf.

It was refreshing indeed to meet agin that courgaeous warrior of them golden, olden days who used to thrill the pure life out of us English m (or was it rV) students in high school.

We never ceased to marvel at the incredible strength of ole Beowulf (we always associated the Danish gentlemans courage -wdth that of some splendid-sized wolf or something) as* he tracked down Grendel and his man and done em in so deftly.

Beowulfs courage and inhuman stamina, while legendary, were held up In the epic marra live as sMning examples of what men would in reality possess themselves ii' they could. f

But, try as they may, theyve never yet been able to swing it. In todays literature, and we use the term loosely, there we examples of extreme capabilities that can be vaguely correlated to the meaning to the ancient Danes of Beowulf s

prowess.

The trouble is: Who wants to kill Grendel and his ma anymore?

We still like ole Beowulf.

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A fellow who alp Brazilian coffee from an English cup while sitting on Danish furniture after coming home in a German car from an Italian movie and writes his Congressman with a Japanese ballpoint pen demanding he do* something about all the gold thats leaving the country, is the definition of an American. Wall Street Journal.

By GEORGE E. OKOLSKT

Copyright, 1961, King Featurei Syndicate. Inc.

It .becomes more clear every day that Khrushchev regarded his Vienna meeting with Preai- dent Kennedy as a means for starting trouble. Although Ken-nedy^did come away from Vienna in a somber mood, -his address to the American people gave the impression that conditions are not ^ bad as they looked. Actually; they are worse. -Khrushchev has used Vienna as a platform to stage a warhot or cold, as you chooseto destroy Germany and he has again Issued a six-months ultimatum.

Khrushchev beyond doubt faces many difficult political problems within the Communist bloc. The cleavage between Soviet Russia and Red China has become a reality and is due to a fundamental difference in view of the eeeential meaning of Marxism-Leninism. Red (3ilna is <rthodox in its attitude. Soviet Russia may be said to be right* est deviationist.

Khrushchevs theory thAt Communism can conquer the world without war, through propagan- da. infiltration, corruption and by other means, is logical. Mao Tze-tung, on the other hand, could make good use of a war.

It would give him an opportunity to move farther into Southeast Asia and he might even test his strength in Japan. Khrushchev is a very practical man who came up through the party organization; Mao Tze-tung was a professor of philosophy in Peking University and is given to theorizing on the nature of war. Khrushchev, if his hands were free, would probably try to make a deal, using Great Britain as an honest broker; Mao Tze-tung does not need a deal to exalt his estate, trusting rather to the fecundity of his pe<H?l and their mobility in Asia. Khrushchev would- lose the opportunity to consolidate Soviet Russias forces should a war occur; Mao Tze-tung does ndt seek to consolidate his power but rather his aim ia to extend his territory and his influence.

Among dictators, the task Is not only to hold on to ones posi- ^ tion but also to hold on to ones authority. The Oommunlst Party has been a cabal of dictators, each one of whom struts in his own area. Khrushchev can bang his shoe on a table in the Unit- ed Nations, but he is very poUte in party conclaves and in conversations with other rulers of_ Communist countries. He is even polite to Tito of Yugoslavia who la u^rly independent of Kremlin authority but who regards himself as a (^mmunist and seeks to be so regarded by other Communists. So Hoxha of Albania, small as his country is, by-passes Soviet Russia and forms an alliance with Red China. So Red CThina Itself sends missionaries to every country in Asia, Africa and Latin American to form a union of pigmented peoples. Ultimately, Soviet Russia will be the principal European nation in a welter of colored Communists.

This then is Khrushchevs problem and he does not know how to handle it. Should he move to the West, he may have a Communist uprising against him in which Mao Tze-tung and Enver Hoxha would oppose him. Tito would join such an ow>osition and even contest its leadership with Mao. The Russians would have to compromise with West Germany to hold their idac in Europe.

if on the oth* hand, Khrushchev decides that the only course left to him is to accept Mao Tze-tungs leadership, it undoubtedly means war with the West. Mao would force Rusrta to fight the Western powers while the Chinese Communists waited for Soviet Russia to fi^w weaker. Then they would come in on the kill. It would be a small maU tor to roll 100,000.000 Chinese into Siberia and Turkestan and thus force upon Wiklta a problem which he would have no way of handling.

It is with ^ this dilemma in sight that Khrushchev seeks to squeeze another victory out of the West. His assumption is that a victorious leader continues to have strength and power. His greatest victory can be the possession of Berlin which could force West Germany to fight

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Bv EARL L. DOUGLASS MINISTERS ALL

A contention arose one day among the disciples of Je.siis as to which of them wa.s the greatest. The Master rebuked them, saying that this spirit should not prevail among them. But whosoever will be great among you. let them be your minister. . for the Son of man came not to be ministered unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many iMatl. 10:28).

We have come to assocaile the word minister with ordained clergymen. As a matter of fact, every Christian believer is expected to be a minister. The word minister comes from the Latin word minor which

meartf less. A minister is a person who makes hinu>elf of na consequence in order that he may be helpful to others.

The first tent in the, philosophy of the world Is, Look out for Number One. The basic principle in Christian living is. Whosoever will be great among you. let him be your minLster. That is, let him find greatness by putting aside self in the Interest of qthers. Let him make himself little that others may be large. Let him forget himself In his, concern , for others. Let him put the (feslre for personal advancement where it ought to be never first, never anywhere near first.

Whosoever will be truly great must be the servant of all. -

By ELMER ROESSNER

Good business depends on good ideas, and here are some ideas that have been proved good, or can be:

Consider group travel insurance. if your companys executives and representatives travel much. Group rates can be cheaper than reimbursing employees for trip-type Insurance. Group insurance can provide uniform protection on all means of travel and eliminate the possibiliiy that an employe^ may forget or not have time to buy a p-aacy. Your in.surance broker can supply details.

Watch your tongue In discussing former or present employees. A Los Angeles company and two executives are being sued for $900.000 slander damage because the executives were alleged to have told a client an employee was given a leave of absence because he was edgy, tyrannical in the office and hard to deal with.

SELL Both up and down

Use your store elevator. If you have, to push sales, A Jackson vUle, Fla., furniture store finds that lamps- mirrors and

other small pieces used decora-tively in elevators sell fast.

Sell Biblical flowers. Many people will buy certain flowers, pants, shrubs and trees mentioned in the Bible. Theres an excellent, beautifully illustrated roundup of these in the June-July "Natural History magazine published by the American Museum of Natural History. New York 24, at 50 cents.

Learn about Inventions available for manufacture by asking the nearest Small Business Administration office, or SBA, Washington 25, D. C., for its Products List Cii'cular. The current issue describes 143 inventions available for development and distribution through pur-. chase, licensing or other agreement. And If you have an invention that can be profitably manufactured, ask the SBA to list It.

EASING RECRUITMENT ,

, PROBLEMS

Give new employees a break when hiring them for eventual work at a distant plant or of- flee. The Internal Revenue Service has held that the cost of moving an old employee Is tax

deductible, but that a new employee must' pay income taxes on the nioney the company spends to move him to the new job. Recently a company hired a man in Washington, D. and worked him for five v^ks in its office there, then m^oved him to its plant at B^bai^. Calif. The Tax Court ruled the $l,68d moving costa were not income. Ask your tax look up Cavanaugh. 36 TC No. 32. - , ^

Make your show windows sell harder. Some tips on how to do it can be found in Small Marketers Aid No. 63, Making the Most of Your Show Windows, free for writing the SBA, Washington 25, D. C, ^ Avoid unnecessary taxation when giving or bequeathing money and property. Seito 25 cents to Superintendent of Documents, Washington 25, D. C., for A Guide to Federal Estate and Gift Taxation. a summary of Important laws and regulations on the subject.

Consider small concessionaires. if your establishment has room for them; cigarette and . candy vending machines, photo

portrait machlnoa. coffee venders, rides, etc. They brighten life in plants and attract customers to retail establlsi* ments. often yielding very righ returns per square foot. One of the newest, a cotton candirman, yields $100 or more per square foot a year.

IT PAYS TO GWE CUSTOMER HER MONEY! WORTH

Michigans sausage law is the most strict in the nation and perhaps the wtnrld, the Kentucky Grocer reports. It allows only skeletal meats, no organ meats and a minimum off'fats and fillers.

It must make sausage taste better, the magazine comments. Michigan has the highest per capita consumption of sausage in the United States.

79 NOT TOO OLD FOR YOUNG IDEA9 Ben Gerlmah, 79, shines shoes in front of the New York Light-house for the Blind, proffers customers an electric razor so they can shave themselves while getting shoei shined.

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