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Wcdacsday, June 28, 1961THE DAILY RCiHLECTOR, GREENVILLE,

Wednesday, June 28, 1961

Appeal Should Not Fall Qn Deaf Ears

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iS, ?o colleee ** East Carolina College grows, so does

K h^th^oeoDle of th Greenville grow. For the coming fall quarter at the

It sh^ulfbfa matter of genuine concern to the college however the sue of enrollment of *tden^ 1 Ir r-^nrille that the college faces the pros- over that for which dormitory space is available and people of Gjeon^'le * aonlicants for the number of off-campus rooms which are normally

peet of can be found available to college student^will be largely deter-

iu" in homes in Greenville mined by how many rooms in private homes are made

S'^s..h7a rkrTn. C tre- available for college students.

Alth^h Ea^ C decade this year has There can be no getting around the fact that the

mendous growtt duri^ Greenville have an obligation to lend a

brought* a Lining hand to the college by helping insofar as

"s th nliT^hi* of new^tudents applying for ad- possible to meet this demand for rooms by prospective Already the , addMonal applies- students. And certainly there is no getting around the

mission IS fact that Greenville will be helping iteelf if it is able

tions are still being re - erowth to provide of|-campus rooms for these additional stu-

^Greenvil e has taken^eat P ^ ^ An addi-

of East Carolina College and justifiably so. me cuy . . -nrolled at East Carolina

We Will Bury You

New Years Day State Govmt

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By LYNN NISBET YEAR'S END - Next Monday W1 be New Years Day for the State goveniment agencies and for many counties and municipalities. The States fiscal year ends on June 90 and this time the ending is more significant because it is the end of the biennium for which the 1958 Legislature made appropriations. Beginning Monday, State agencies and departments and tax-pavera go on the new schedulea written into law by the 1961 General Assembly.

Department heads and fiscal clficcrs arc busy getting accounts in order for the transfer. The changeover is more significant than usual, even for the

spects the C&D board is more important than the highway commission. Activities of that department covw a much wider range, affect the personal and business lives of the citizens in more ways, and the board is less hamstrung by Federal regulations in setting up a program.

But CiiD has never established the personal relationship with citizens that the highway department had maintained from its inception until four years ago. A return to closer contacts has been promised, with more attention to local needs and wishes, implied promise of more county road improvements at a time when highway revenue is shrinking. The highway commission cannot perform mira-

tional 800 or more students enrolled at East Carolina College this fall would have a consideraba economic impact upon Greenville.

Aside from the economic importance of these 800 additional students to the community, however, is the fact that these students from all parts of North Carolina want to come to East Carolina College to further their education. If the people of this city can provide living quarters for them they will not only be helping their own community and the college, but they will also be making a very real contribution to these young people and to the state as a whole. In a real sense they will be helping to make it possible for these students to attend college.

There have been relatively few occasions in the more than half century East Carolina College has been a part of Greenville in which the college has appealed to the people of this city for a helping hand. The appeal which President Jenkins has made to the people of Greenville offers the city an opportunity to show in a tangible way how much it appreciates the college and that it is willing to come to its aid in a time of need.

We trust that the people of Greenville who are PATRICIA MOORE in a position to do so wNll respond promptly and posi- ^

!3iinc.

Si'^,^Tf'nrw'aSln^ Sf V 'S, SuS tively to President J^kin appeal to nik^ roms ,

Mnri rhanees were Knt thAr avfliinVtIp fnr thp overflow of students who are seeking

tnttion. More changes were authorized in the personnel of boards and commissions than aver before. ^Daily routine of departmenUl acttvity has not been greatly disturbed, but there has been some unavoidable delay and slow-down in normal planning.

The present seven - member highway commission, tor example, goes out of office next week and W1 be succeeded by a 19-member board, selected on different basis and with subsUn-tlaUy different functions. Obviously the incumbents could not do anymore than was necessary io keep the wheels turning, because advance arrangements not only would have been pre-aumptuous but very likely would have been wasted effort. The new board has the right and the responsibility to make its own plans. ^

Same thing is true of the Board ot Conservation and De-velopmit. TM^ present 18 member were legislated out of office and provision made for a new 2S member board to be appointed by the Governor. If some of the same persons are itt>pointed. it still will be a new board not a continuing one.

MEIETINGS It was necessary for the retiring board to select a date and place for the summer meeting. reQuired by statute to be held in July. That meeting has been set for Wrightsville Beach on July 23-S4-25. UsuaQy dates and places for C8tD meetings are fixed months in advance. This time tte schedule for the fall meeting was heft open for the new board to determine. Effort is being made to have it scheduled for Winston-Salem on October 1-3-3, In conjunction wiUi the Travel CouncU of North CaroUna and dedication of the new $30 million RicynoldB cigarette factory at Whitaker Park.

Although formal announcement of new appointments to the boards will not be made until Governor Sanford returns from his Hawaiian trip, most of them have been decided upon and in many cases the appointees have been notified.

TOUGH The highway commissioners Immediately face a tough situation. In many re-

Board of Education, but there is some evidence that anything less than miracles will not be 'satisfactory.

MUSICAL CHAIRS The new year changes also require George Cherrys general services division to brush up on rules for the old time game of musical chairs or fruit basket turnover. The late Legislature, following tradition, debated the setting up of new agencies and increasing old ones, and then nonchalently added that "The general services division shall provide office space for the new activities.

In many Instances it was also required that the State Auditor shall annually audit the accounts but often there was no provision for extra auditors to do the job, or extra appropriation for general services to provide space.)

The board room in the highway building, for example, was designed for ten members. When Governor Umstcad increased the number to 14, the extra seats could be added without muco trouble. Then the Hodges seven-member board looked lonesome around the big table. When the 18 members (plus a chairman) have to be accommodated, quarters will be a bit crowded. But they can get along. If the commission has too much company for public hearings in the board room, they can move

downstairs to the auditorium.

The C&D board room was

designed for 15 members. Hodges added three, and now Sanford has almost doubled the original number to 28. The Education Building, which houses C8iD. has several board and

committee rooms but no auditorium with capacity of mire than 40 to 50 people. On occasions when groups of citizens

want to appear before the C&D board, the meeting will have to be moved to the Agriculture or Highway building auditoriums.

That doesnt impose too much of a probljem, because although the agriculture and highway folks feel some proprietary ownership of the space in their buildings, actually It is all under control of the General Services Division in the Department of Administration.

available for the overflow of students who are seeking admission to East Carolina this fall.

Theres A Leak Up There

Jury Inequities Not Commissioners Fault

We are issuing a call for a plumber. Its like this, somebody left a faucet leaking, and the farmers are getting rather worried about it, since the faucet has been dripping into their tobacco and corn fields.

Its getting to the point that

The conclusion of the Pitt County Grand Jury that -v,

little can be done to obtain a more dtrtribu^ ^ 10S*

tion of jury service among citizens of the county un- ^ driving out to the

less and until the state's jury law is changed clearly country, absolves the County Commissioners of responsibility for any inequities in jury service which may have occurred in the county.

nt had that much. But it is still pretty wet.

Things are getting pretty warm inside for mothers, however, with the children at'loose ends for entertainment. At any rate, the weatherman promised some relief in the cloudiness today and said rain would be less. He has reneged and it is raining as much as ever. There is a rumor going around that we will have

All this rain. Just a few of those very warm

One man in Griiton, K. E- days this whole summer. A week

Price Sr. who has been keep- ago. that might have been Just

?a in me county. ing weather tnformaon for some a rumor, but nowwe are ^gm-

It was the conclusion of the Pitt Grand Jury which years. esUmates the'past weeks ning to believe there might be

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If you arc tired of staying

has been considering the jup- seiection system for the L

past six months that inequities it had previously POint- course, in Greenville we havc-ed to in its report are built-in-inequities created bjr the law which provides for selection by chance.

Obviously any change in the state law concern- V^InGl EjQILvJI O OUyiliy in*g the selection of jurors will have to be made by the legislature, and that cannot be done at least for another two years, if then. It is also obvious that until such time that the state law governing the selection of persons for jury duty is changed, the County Commissioners have no choice but to follow the procedure --

prescribed by the law in making jury selections for fh.fSortll

inside and watching summer television reruns, we have discovered an entertaining substitute:: monopoly.

This was the day we were going to advance the advantages of bicycle riding during the pleasant summer days. Bike pilots have been urged to do their most cautious riding this year on the fourth of July weekend, we are told. That day is one to be especially cautious, since both auto drivers and bike drivers will be out in dMves.

These bike drivers are urged to avoid main arteries of traffic and use less traveled roads.

There are about 27 million bikes in the hands of the American public now, Bike News says, with some 53 million bike (.Continued on page six)

The Voting Picture Strength

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the county..

This the Pitt County Commissioners have been doing and we are confident they will continue to do.

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By AURORA DOLLEY

RALEIGHThough the Senate and House chambers are forever silent to future complete sessions of the General Assembly, there are whispers and echoes which will never fade away.

Desks are cleared, but still there is the space used by Sen. Jim Hoyle of Lee for the almost waist-high stack of legal volumes used daily by the Sanford attorney known as the c<m.science of the Senate. Sen. Hoyle can still almost be heard turning pages in search of a legal ruling, and Lt. Gov. Philpott and Wake County Sen. John Jordan can still be heard commending the Senator from Lee for hla hard work. . .

Burlingtons Sen. Ralph Scott, undoubtedly checking into business matters at his Melville Dairy which he left for nearly five months, is remembered for checking into everything pertaining to his special love in the Senate, the Education Committee which he headed. . .

Listening now to the silence of these HalLs. a reporter can also hear yesterday^ voices, for the Scotland County Senator. Jennings King, rang out again and again In defense of the po* man, and every time anyone mentioned a Board of Some-thlng-or-Other, up rase colorful Sen. Clarence Stone to remind everyone he was again' boards of all kinds. . .

Speeches from Caldwells Sen. Dennis Cook and Cabarrus' Sen. Carlyle Rqtledge were Infrequent. but always effecUve. In a few concise words, these two

made the points desired, ioid changed the already made - up minds of some of their colleagues with their forceful-ness. . . . ,

The pleasant manner of Rocky Mounts Sen. Dal Alford still lingers on one side of the Senate, and the droll humor from the other Rocky Mount Senator, Henry Shelton, drifts yet across from the opposite side of the great room. . .

In another far comer of the chamber the wisdom and untiring efforts of Sen. Robert Lee Humber of Pitt have become a part of North Carolinas history. . .

The impish grins of Randolphs Sen./Sam Burrow. Jr., and Iredells Sen. Jimmy Johnson helped their colleagues over

many a rough Jolt and cannot be forgotten. . . .

Never heard uttering a growl, but heard making footsteps near nearly everyone, the powerful lion of Beaufort. Sen. Lindsay Warren, still haunts the empty room, at least in the memory of those who were there. .

The - twinkle in Lenoir Sen. Tom Whites eye as he knew he was getting the best of a colleague in a verbal duel will never dim. . .the flush of color signaling the anger felt by Robesons Sen. Cutlar Moore (when he saw his highway safety measures getting a rough time) still bums bright. . .

A tourist visiting the Capitol now may never hear the bas tones of Spencer Bell, Mecklenburg senator never at a loss for words, but who in the last sessions can forget? And, too, will come the memory of the clipped. well-chosen phrases uttered by Wilsons Sen. Joe Eagles. . .

The emptiness of the chamber is almost a mockery of the activity of the recent weeks, but if the room remembers the busy Senator from Halifax, Lunsford Crew President Pro Tern, and the others, perhaps it feels in need of a well-deserved rest-

Opinions In Brief

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves, in their separate and Individual capacities. In all that people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere. Abraham Lincoln.

shows that here in Eastern North Carolina our voting picture is vastly different from that of the mountainous counties of Western North Carolina.

in the 1960 general election, held last November, in Beaufort county only 43.4 percent of the people 21 years of age and over went to the polls to cast ballots. In Pitt county exactly 43 percent of the adult citizenship voted. In Nash county the percentage was 42.9. In Hyde county it was exactly 50 percent.

Taking a look at counties in Western North Carolina, we find that In Swain county 99.9 percent of all adults there voted. In Madison county 98.6 percent of the adults voted. In Clay county 98.4 percent voted. In Alleghany county the vote was 9L7 percent. In Graham county it was 92.1 percent. In Watauga county it was 90 8 percent.

Two factors stand out here in Eastern North Carolina. The first is that we have many people 21 years of age and beyond who are not registered. The second factor is that we have many registered voters who never bother to go to the polls and cast bal-lots.

Some people will say that the two party system which the counties of Western Northxaro-llna have played a big part in getting out a heavy registration and a heavy vote. Perhaps the two party system does have an effect on the voter total. We say that because here in our own area of North Carolina we are-so heaVy Democratic that we tend all to often to take the

have come to realize that the Democratic majorities piled up here in Eastern North Carolina are vital in offsetting the Republican majorities piled up nationally in the mountain counties. , ^

The big mistake we make here in Eastern North Carolina is not getting out the full vote of those registered When half the registered voters go to the polls in our area,'we often talk in terms of a heavy vote. In Swain county practically every registered voter goes to the polls and votes-The same picture appes to most of the Western counties. When we realize that ip the past general election the present Twelfth Ctongressional district saw more than 90 percent of the registered voters cast ballots, we begin to understand that here in Eastern North Carolina we are not serious enough about getting our folks out to vote.

Last November in Wayne county only 29.4 percent of the adults voted. In our neighboring Craven county only 33 3 percent of the adults voted.

Thfe picture presents us a real challenge here in Eastern North Carolina. We talk of revitalizing the Democratic party. We ought to talk also in terms of stressing the importance of voting among those registered to vote.

The people of Eastern North Carolina ought to meet the challenge. If the registered voters of Eastern North Carolina will only go to the polls on election days and vote, then the tremendous Democratic majorities normally piled up here will keep the state hcavy Democratic In the years ahead.

By EARL L. DOUGLASS FAITH HEALLNG Do you believe in faith healing?

Oh yes, said a man In my hearing recently. There are lots of people who think they are sick. They have aches and pains which can be cured by a little sympathy and kindly suggestion. If that is what you mean by faith healing. I believe in It. If you mean actually curing definitely diagnosed disease, no, I dont believe that is possible. Why not? People were healed by faith in our Lords day. They have been healed by faith in every succeeding century. Many are being healed by faith today. This does not mean that doctors, medicine, and hospitals are superfluous. It only means that in recovering from illness there are certain factors which are beyond the capacity of human beings to treat with any show of success. Every doctor will confess that he has had patients recover when every ' indication pointed to the certainity of their death. It is the contention of those who believe in healing that faith on the part of the sick person and Incalculable power on the part of God often bring recovery.

Not all sick people ,,are destined to recover. We must all die sometime. But there cannot be the slightest doubt that all sick people arc helped by faith and that some arc actually cured by faith.

Dont dismiss your doctor, but remember that there is a Great Physician who Is above us all doctors and patients alike.

io ine

Danger

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY

Copyright. 1961. King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Professor Henry Steele Com-imger is an historian who has supported the New Deal and who believes:

Sometimes we forget how close the Nazis and the Fascists and the war lords of Japan .

with .all their inhumanity, their hatr^ of lifecame to victory.

If Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt had not formed their grand alliance; If Adolf Hitler had not committed the in- --credible folly of attacking Rus- ^ sia before he had disposed of Britain; if men of good will and of courage everywhere had not batUed gallantly for freedom, . there would be no point now in discussing advance. The black clouds of tyranny and superstition would have settled alike over all the past glories and future hopes of mankind.

In 1961, this particular paragraph is startling because as a result of our inability to recognize in 1939 the peril of up-porting Soviet Russia, we are in maj<M* difficulties for which there seem to be no imminent solution.

MankiBd then was given a new lease on life.

What kind of a new lease of life was the world given? Since 1945, the world has been disturbed by constant war, by revolution, by upset social and economic conditions everywhere. It is impossible to believe that World War H saved the world from disorder. World War II destroyed a thousand years of history, but it opened a new era the era of the emergence of the masses under the leadership and guidance of an intellectual ete. In vast areas^of the Earth, Marxism has ben si^tituted for Christianity; Soclapsra has has been substituted for private ownership: materialism has been_ substituted for idealism.

None of thi^ jusUfication for ignoring the enors in Judgement and in policy during the past 30 years which resulted in the United States reaching the position of universal leader and then losing this position In the shortest time, in a conflict with Soviet Russia. It is easy to say that had Hitler not been defeated. he would have attacked the United States. It is easier to say from the available facts that beginning with Stalin and running through the whole of the Khrushchev regime, the United States has been in the peril of war and has had to devote its budget to warlike preparations. The new era is a continuation of war by aU sorts of frightful devices.

Actually mankind has not been given a new lease on life but has suffered the calamities of permanent revolution and disturbance. We are at this moment in a more dangerous position than we ever have been In before and every person feels it in the disturbances not only in his economy but in social relationships, some of which are startling, particularly as between parents and children.

The professor further says: Impctttant among these was the emerging of the peoples, of Asia and Africa out of centuries or povwty and ignorance and oppression. Here is a revolution as significant as the Renaissance or the discovery of America. But when in tl^ir history, have the people of China or Tibet or the Congo suffered greater oppression than at the present moment? When has Cuba, for instance, had a wwse economy than its present one? When have the Cuban people suffered more oppression than now ?

It is difficult to understand precisely what the purpose of this professorial grandiloquent optimism is supposed to do for us. Are we to believe that all is well, even though taxes remain unconscionably high? Are we to assume that the condition of permanent revolution is a pleasant one and that living, for most human beings, is superior to what it was. say, in 1912?

It is difficult for those who live in books to understand the harm that the very existence of Soviet Russia has done to the younger generation of this and other countries. The fact that much of the world is on a military basis, that young people live under the cloud of being called up, that marriages are either premature or are postponed indefinitely, that inflatiwi (Continued on page six)

Girl In The Office Is

Small businesses are a vital segment of our national economy. While we are campaignlnc for new industries to strengthen our economy, it is important that we not overlook the many small businesses which dally add to our present economic stability. Without them, Newberry could not survive. Newberry (S.C.) Observer.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The Little Girl In the Office, born in 1942, is dead. She was kUled by the Tax Cdurt.

When the country moved into World War II. a host of price and wage regulations were imposed on business. Sometimes it was very profitable to violate these regulations.

When a company was caught, the most frequent explanaUon was. a Uttle girl in the office made a mistake.

The explanation continued:

You know how hard it 1 to get competent help these day. Well, we have some dumb bunnies. And one of these flrlz. In ending out a price Ust (or posting wages or ordering rationed materials), simply copied the wrong figures.

When the government agencies concerned demanded to know Just who this girl In the office was, the answer usually was, Weve had such a parade of incompetents, that theres no way of telling Just which girl did H. SOMETIMES MATERIALlEEp Once in a while a company

could produce The Little Girl In the Officeor at least a girl who would admit she might have made a mistake because he made so many of them, but wasn't quite sure.

After the war ended. The Little Girl In the Office was not mustered out. Real or Imaginary, she was kept on In many offices. When there were questions about violating a Wage and Hours regulation, an export ruling, a Sc-curitle and Exchange order; or when there were pecuUaritiei in accounting for Income tax. ways eemed io be the fault of The Little Girl In the Office.

But now. at the ge of only 19. ahe appear to be dead.

A oorpontion. through a bookkeeping error, undewtated Ita groes income by 20 percent The Intemid Revenue Service audited Its boou and slapped on a 5 per cent negligence penalty. The corporation protested that it was an honest mistake; the IRS replies that it was still negligence. TRAINING HELD E8SENTUL

The Tax Court ruled that It was negligence. As Prentlce-Hall

summarized the situation: A taxpayer wont be penalized if his understatement stems from a mistaken idea of his legal rights (Bennett, 139 F 2d 961) or from reliance on competent legal or accounting advice (Woody, 19 TC 350). But X Corp. chose an incompetent or inexperienced person fo^keep its books and didnt properly train or supervise her. This is negligence.. justifying the 5 percent added tax (Leroy, 36 TC No. 44).

So the LOITO Is gone. Many businesses wUl miss her.

HOW TO GET LICENSE FOR CITIZENS BAND RADIO More readis have asked about licenses for citizens band radios-

In most oases, the dealer who ells the equipment can give the buyer complete guidance for obtaining a license.

The nearest field offices of the Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administra-' tlon can also be helpful.^

Or any citizen over 18 may handle the matter by himself by ask

ing the Federal Communications Commission for five copies of form 505 and a copy of FCC Regulations, Part 19.

The regulations must be studied. Then the application forms should be carefully filled out for a Class D license. In the form. Items 3, 6, 10, 12, 13 and 14 do not apply to Class D licenses and a line should be drawn through those boxes. All other items should be answered clearly. The application should be signed in the presence of a notary and the signature notarized, and all five copies mailed to the PCC, Washington 25, D.C- The set must not be used until a U' cense ii iwceived.

INDIVIDUALS INCOME _ RISES 4 PERCENT IN 19M

Nationil per capita Income was $2,342 last year, a lise of 4 percent over 1959, according to the National Industrial Conference Board. The state averages ranged from $1,200 in Mississippi to almost $3,100 In Delaware.

The national figure was 50 per cent above the 1950 average.