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Tlrarsdfty, July 6* 1961

THE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, Nf C

Well Protect You, Little One

A Realistic Look Fully Justified

^ iirowiag conce^ in the United Statesboth

In official circT und among private' citizensover the Situation to be faced in West Berlin by year-end appears completely justified.

of all the ramifications the Berlin situation contain* and tiie poesible solutions which may exist there looms the possibility that the United States must in the final analysis risk war over West Berlin, or back'down from its assertions that it will not aban-ddn the city to communism. ^

The stark reality of this latter possible alternative is beginning to have its impact upon the Amencan public. The prospect of going to war over West Beriin is fay from the desire of the American people. Yet there is the growing feeling that if the United States backs down from its position in West Berlin the nation's prestige will reach a new low, and the move will be taken as an open invitation for communist aggression on every international front.

To some extent, we think, this feeling is due to the fact that the Kennedy administrstion has not been as decisive in the face of international crisis as was expected. Firm statements were issued by the Kennedy administration at the beginning of the crisis in Laos, but in spite of its assertions, the United States did not back up its words with decisive action. Though talk of a neutral Laotian government is still heard, it is generally conceded that this tiny Asiatic nation has BOW been lost to communism. The United States talked while the communist acted with force in Laos; and in the world of today, action still speaks louder than

Spending Plans On Agriculture

By AUBORA DOLLEY

AORICULTUREP-Over fifteen and one-third million dollars will spent in the next two years for sfrlcnltoral pursuits, as re-aentty aathorlaed by the State Lei^Uaiure. , ^ ^

Purchase of the 'Raleigh Farmen* Market for $500.000 pe^pe wae the subject of the moat heated argumwts in the field of agriculture, but the General Assembly finally approved of the States purchase.

The Parmers Market has been wonderful for farmers all ever eastern North Carolina", declares Agriculture Department spokesman Mrs. Pauline De-Costa. "It would have been a erlme if they hadnt purchased it", she adds.

MARKETING RESEARCH -11 is felt that the Market has stimulated vegetable production In addition to furnishing another basis for market research studies.

According to Mrs. DeCosta, the biggest need In agricultural research today 1 in Uie field of marketing.

In North Carolina, as well as In other states, the primary emphasis in the past has been on production, and research combined with seientifio findings put to use have resulted in an excellent job in prodxictlon. In fact, what is kermed "surplus" is proof of this.

BiU marketing research has, in the mesntime, been lagging. Demonstrations of marketing practices and scientifie studies aloof mis line are badly needed to keep pace with expanded pmduetion.

Western fanners will doubtless be Interested in the fact that there is a possibUity of setting up a Fanners' Market in this regloo; locatkm of another In the pledmottt would be conMder-ed an asset there, too.

CONIDMPTION - Prom the eonsomers stani^otni, recentar i4>proved legislativa calling for compulsory meat and poultry inspMiit ranks high on the list of agricultural achievements. Many plants over the state are DOW participating in a program ef voluntary liopecUon, and the Dew regulatlODS wlB probiU}ly be aimlltr to the pnsently soccess-fuU voluntary pn^ram.

The Department of Agriculture and others interested in having these InspectKHi bills passed did an extraordinary job of convincing the General Assembly of the merlte of the plans. Most

of the lawmakers admitted afterwards that a short fiim which they had been shown about some of the unsanitary conditions in present slaughter houses in the State did the trick and ^took their appetites at the same time.

This ie not, however, to intimate that movies were always successful during the past session of persuading the legislators, Highway safety films advocating chemical tests for in-toxicatiMi and motor vehicle Inspection did not achieve the intended results-

HUMANE SLAUGHTER - A bill proposing humane slaughter regulations did not pass. It did not even get out of the Senate committee to which it had been assigned, though public hearings were held and the measure received widespread attention.

Provisions of the measure would have required that North Carolina methods of slaughter conform generally to those of other states and of federal humane slaughter laws. The

animal could not have been

brought into a slaughtering position by methods causing injury or pain, according to the defeated bill.

COTTON FIBER One of the results 'Of increased legislative appropriations for agricultural research deals with another product cotton, and with

another phase of researchfor manufacturer and for grower

Work of the cotton fiber lab will be expanded. Here cotton fiber is tested for length and

tensile 'strength. Information provided as a result of the tests is forwarded to mills so that the mills will know where cei'-tain t3n?es of cotton which they need can be found, an example of scientific teamwork for the advancement of agriculture in North Carolina'

CHICKEN PEED ~ A bill requlring<. manufacturers and sellers of commercial feedstuffs to register samples of their product before selling it was beheaded like the Thanksgiving turkey. The present law requires this at the time of. Its sale, not beforehand.

On the other hand, legislators looked favorably uf)On two State College programs, giving a total ef almost $10 1-3 million to the Agricultural Experimental Station and the Co-op Agricultural Extenslon Service,

The emphasis Is being put also. It seems, on qusllty" agriculture.

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Perhaps the experience of the communists In Laos has influenced the Berlin situation. It may have had a bearing Upon the decision of Soviet Premier Khrushchev to announce that he would conclude a peace treaty with the East German government by the end of the year, thus making Berlin a major point of international crisis.

If the United States abandons Berlin in the face of these or subsequent communist threats we will have lost a great deal more than a relatively small area and acouple of million people dedicated to freedom and democracy.

We will have given the world cause to seriously questionAwhether the United States is willing to fight for the principles in which it says it believes, or is willing to sacrifice these principles rather than to fight to defend them. "

The fact that the United States is moving forward with plans to defend West Beriin with force if necessary and to overcome any blockade of the city that may be invoked, should indicate the firm intention of this nation to stand by its commitments. Even so, it must be recognized tht the Soviets may not interpret correctly our intentions and will push us to fight to defend the free section of the city.

These are not pleasant prospects to ponder, but every American should look realistically at the Berlin situation and the alternatives the United States and the free world may well face before the end of the. year. What happens in West Berlin in the next six months may well determine whether freedom or communism holds sway in the world for generations to come.

Water Fatalities On Holiday Are Growing

The four-day July Fourth holiday this year was a happy occasion for millions of American families, but it was also a tragic occasion for a record number of other American families.

The fact that accidental deaths during the period set a new recorcT for any holiday period suggests that greater attention needs to be given to the prevention of accidents of all kinds ... not to highway accidents alone. .

As u^l traffic accidents claimed the largest number of Uves with the toll rising to more than 500. Next came drownings which claimed more than 200 lives and boating accidents which took more than 60 live.s.

These deaths connected with water point up again the need fdr greater stress on water safety throughout the country. We would hazard a guess that from the standpoint of the number of people on the|highways during the holiday and the number of people enjoying swimming or boating during the holiday, the water accidents claimed more lives percentagewise than the traffic accidents.

Were it not for the higher figure of traffic accidents during the holiday period, the number of lives lost by drowning and in boating accidents would make a much greater impression upon the public than will be the case.

With a total of more than 400 people meeting deaths in accidents other than traffic accidents during the holiday period, it is clear that greater attention needs to be given to prevention of all kinds of accidents.

Moscow-PeDna

Is Evident

By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON (AP)-top U-S officiala are reported convinced that a aerlous dUpute has broken out again between the leaders of the two greatest Communist powers. Russia and Red China

They argument could have a profound Impact on Soviet handling of East-West crisis issues. particularly Berlin and Laos-

Western authorities are trying to get at the real facts of the controversy and thus establish a basis for Judging what its effect on future Sino-Soviet policies may be.

The most authentic evidence of the quarrel known to U.S. State Department experts is the fact that the Soviet leadership sent a liigh-level delegation to Ulan Bator la.st week to represent Moscow at the 14th annntversary of the Mongolian Communist party. But Soviet Premier Khrushchev, at the same time, virtually ignored the far more Important 40th anniversary of the Chinese Communist party.

This snub, U.S. experts say, is unmistakable proof of very severe differences between Moscow and Peiping. The cause of the current argument is not known, but U is assumed to be along the familiar lints of recent yearsthe Red Chinese favoring tough, expansionist policies for IntemaUonal Communism, with a risk of nuclear war; the Russians favoring a more cautious policy under the label of "pMice-* nil co-existence."

Strength For Today

By EXBL L. DOUGLASS WHO KNOWS?

A minister friend of mine who presided over a church located on the edge a crime-ridden ecUoo of the city, wss once asked by a godly mother to have the funeral senrleee (or her son who had fanen into bad ways and had become a member of a ftng. As my friend looked down oo "the moumets" be realised that fulhr mse-ttfitlie of them were boodioins and gangsters. Re deoided. therefore, not just to read the funeral 180100 but to preach a strong evaagf Us-Uc sermon.

He gave them the best he had. The gang of ruffians gave the minister the stony stare Quite evldentbr not a single crook amoncrt them was the least bit

By HENRY HOWARD

Only One Is Well-Grayed

Robert Little, chairman of the Pitt County Commissioners, was the object of some hearty ribbing the other day at the official county boards meeting.

Just before the session was called to order for consideration of the countys business, one of the commissioners took Robert to task about something the Reflector said he had said several days ago.

This commissioner wanted to know; "What was that you said in that interview for the paper the other day about old, gray-headed men?"

Blushing slightly, Robert waded through a rather elaborate explanation of how his statements in print just didnt

carry the original meaning of what he had to say particularly about old, gray-headed men.

Confronted in a jovial manner by his fellow commissioner, he explained that he had meant to say that a governing boa*;^, and In particular, the board of commissioners should make room for young men with progressive ideas.

"What I said was, insisted Robert, that there should be some gray (gray-headed men) on such a board, but not all gray.

The newspaper account said in part: " . .while Little does not approve of all young boards, neither does he believe a board should be made up

Other Editors Sayings... The 'Real' Rebel Yell

entirely of old, gray-headed men. . .but should be mixed.

The ribbing commissioner said he assumed the statement at-tri^ted to the board chairman wite in reference to the county --iwmmissioners.

And that would have been well and goM. But there is only <me member of the board who boasts completely gray hair. He said it was natural that he would notice quite prominently the statement about "old grayheaded men."

Commissioner J. Vance Per^ kins, the member of the board with all-gray hair, instituted the ribbing and rounded but the Jovial discussion by declaring: "It may be gray, but at least Ive got it, as Robert and commissioner Bruce Strickland, both noticeably balding, grinned broadly but sorta silently.

(The Raleigh Times)

It was inevitable that somebody would say solemnly just about now that the "rebel yell delivered by modern Southerners is but a pallid echo of the real thing. Somebody says that

Top Kennedy administration officials were deeply interested in an article published In the Times in London last Sunday. This article by Isaac Deutscher. a longtime student of Soviet if* fairs, reported that Khrushchev had circulated among foreign Communist parties a letter denouncing Red Chinese policies.

In Deutscher8 article, it was reported that Khrushchev had accused the Red Chinese Communists under Mao Tse-tung of violating an international Communist agreement, made last November at Moscow, which represented a compromise on expansionist policies between Soviet and Red Chinese attitudiM-

Highly placed officials said today the United States had no Independent evidence to confirm the existence of such a Khrushchev message. Obviously efforts are being made to obtain a copy of the document if it exists, officials, said. But in high quarters here there was considerable skepticism today about the reported document.

There was no doubt, however, that deep differences do exist between Moscow and Peiping Possibly one of the fundamental aspects on these differences is that the Soviet Union is a nuclear power and Red China is not- The evidence available to Western leaders is tbat the Russians have refused all Red Chinese efforts to get help in buiki-iiig their own nuclear military capacity. This, in itself, would (OonttnoM oo Paaa t)

Mondays session of the commissioners was the "loudest* of

hollerer Is defended from i

Yankee stock anyway. While there were no figurative

It has been a long, long time fireworks to celebrate the

about now mat me "reDei yeu ^ Fourth, the afternoon session

delivered by modern Southerners started off with a bang - in

is but a pallid echo of the real Jliink that some few straggtei^s fact, a series of bangs,

thins Somebody says that from Wheeler s cavalry might The 2 p.m. arrival of a new

oeriodically and it was about have sounded an authentic jury box was the cause of all

due even without considering the whoop or two on Fayetteville the noise. Amos Evans, authoria-

lact that Street as they retreated before ed to construct the new box,

thina about the Civil War Just Shermans advancing men in showed up with it, but the last-

now^ercoSideSle April of 1865. minute finishl^ touches had to

due to the centennial. But, according to Raleigh folk- be applied in the Commissioners

ir* nri^Hv t.n nrnvp that genuine Rebel yell Rootn.

anv refc^l yelf given by any was given here quite a few years So Evans men worked for a

any reoei yen y sometime around few minutes on the item

southerner now must be a palhd a^r me wa^ ^eirae^ou^^ prescribed by the Grand Jury

^ hS' tte under tti; to 'update the county, method

real rebel yeU. Some of us who of The*'Sated iam-blammihi

are now older than we d like scfr^ to diath of the hammers was a sharp

Sm% ^'toe'Sdliato've* by ToZtm eL or hemg contrast to

some or me conieaeraie vet- ^ ^ sessions of the commissioners.

erana give a thin, piping meble ^ They sat in their swivel chair

during the first showing of The ex^nence. waiting patiently, Inserting brief

Birth A Nation. That yell was At the turn of the century. i^r the new box

juit an echo of a memory, and a really powerful preacher held between Warns.

the- old men must have realized a revival in the First Baptist

It and must have felt just a bit Church, the story goes. Among _

sheepish over how weak and the regular attendants was a iO

timid it must have sounded in Confederate veteran and his UHilLyiio

the safety-of a moving picture family. The preacher made a ~

palace* -i-

Oace.' tremendoua impression on the tn f

The latest expert to dlKJuaa old veteran, who liatened Intent. i-. Kript

a pallidnesa of any modern* Iv every word. ^1,

day rebel yells says he realizea On hla cloaing night, the his charge would raise the ire minister exhorted his, congrega- These days an appi day of aome Southerners who feel tlon noisily to join him in the to keep the doctor away costs

they have pwlected the rebel war against sin and closed his more than a health Insur^ce

yell. Hed probably be surpriaed sermon with a ringing appeal policy.Elbertson (Oa.) Star.

if he knew how few Southerners to the congregation to follow _

care one bit. Many Southerners him in the charge ^ainrt the

Dont worry about finding

like to whoop and holler when enemy. The aroused veteran, **x>n'i worry anour imomg Dixie is played, but it is doubt- hearing the word charge, leaped station In life; somebody

ful If any of them have any to his feet and ripped out a be sure to tell you where

idea^that in their jubilation they genuine Rebel yell from hU ^ _ s^n Francisco

are cresting the 1961 version of post on the front pew. (Cal.) Bulletin.

K- roKa.i 11 A orro m.nv R embsTrassed his family

the Rebel yell. A great many _ .

of them are hollering just be- Immensely that they wouldnt go

cause they feel they are aup- back to church with him for

posed to holler when Dixie is several months,

played, and it ia best in such

.uunuo. V After all. its better to have

.uu .u _____ And alnce that time, no president with a etr^ mind

circumstances to go iJong with genuine Rebel yell has been and a weak ^k than the other

the CTOw!. In many cases, the heard here, around. Atlanta JoumaL

niursday July 6, 1961 ;

Willing 3ut Not

So Able

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT Copyright. 1961. King Features Syndicate, Inc.

One tends to give the benefit of the doubt to those who seek to devote themselves to saving persons, from imprisonment or death. However, it la often the case that persona of good-will become over-enthusiastic about just causes. The attempt to ex- -change tractmrs for human beings was not only absurd but undignified. The device of having a committee of private citizens attempt to do what the government was ashamed to do, fooled nobody. Quite openly the Committee advertised that the President the United States was behind the proposal. Negotiations between the United States and a foreign nation however are best conducted through proper channels.

Castro, of course, made monkeys of the Tractor Committee. He constantly changed the terms. He asked for more. Hit final proposal was so ridiculous that the Tractor Committee had to turn it down ud go out of existence.

What is there to be learned from all this?

More and more it is becoming clear that there are too many volunteers and amateurs in the Kennedy Administration, too many anxious beaveri who want to get into things. The President has much to learn from the Cuban fiasco- which continues to be a fiasco. ^

Surely he has discovered by now that the Marine Corps can do a better commando job than the CTA. The redoubtable Gen^ eral Smedley Butler showed more ability any day of his service than the paramilitary amateurs in the CIA.

Secondly, the President must by now have discovered that an excellent technician does not necessarily have the breadth of view and the imagination to formulate policy. The fourth floor of the State Department represents. on the whole, considerable ability but insufficient maturity. It was the fourth floor of the State Department that made it possible for Castro to take possession of Cuba. It was there that the decision was made that Batista was a bad boy and Castro a good boy.

Thirdly, on the other hand, no President can do without trained experts. These men have the advantage of languages, of knowledge of the history and literature and the personalities of the countries with which they deaL The distinction between a technician and a policy-maker, however, is very great. A President and a Secretary of State can and should utilize technicians where they fit, but policy should be made on a broader plane than the technicians axe capable of grasping.

Finally, the uninfOTmed, untrained amateur, whose heart is in the right place and who slobbers over every sentimental cause can be a menace. During World War I and immediately after, the manufacturer of plumbing, Charles R. Crane, a noble citizen, well-intentioned and kindly, set up an organization of wise men whom he seni to various countries on his private payroll to advise foreign governments in various ways. The crane men were supposed to keep their connection aecret, but such things do come out. I encountered aome of them in China in those days and they proved to be a nuisance both to the American and CHiinese officials. Some of them were men-of enormous culture and aome were highly experienced, but they had neither authority nor responsibility and therefore w^e meddlesome Nellys-During the Russian Revolution in 1917, perhaps half a dozen Americans, some of distinction, represented the State DeparU ment, President Wilson privately. the American Red Cross, and George Creels organization. Each man had different instructions. Each one vied with the other in attempting to be Un-pifrtant. I recall that Leon Trotzky, who was worried that certain elements would kidnap the Amalean Ambassador, David FVancea, discussed this question with me. Trotzky had lived in the United States and knew our ways well. He could not understand, however, why tas President kept these competing great men in Petrograd whe they only created the impression of insistent confusion. Apparently, we have had the (Continued on page five)

Good Reason For Having House

influenced.

But what do you think happened? The minister sermon converted the undertaker. lAter the undertaker came to the minister and with eholdas aao-tion said that he wanted to urrendo* his life to the Lord and become a member of the church. The undertaker made good his w(Mrd. He became first a member In a chureh of hie neighborhood, afterwarda as o^ ficer, and (or thirty-five yean after that was one of the most highly revered Christtan Uymeo in that part of the elty.

We never know, we never know. Watch out what you say. when you say It, to whom you aay It. You Just might. . .Who knows?

By ELMER ROESSNER You ahould buy a house, it said here a few days ago.

Many rcasons'Were given. But the biggest reason of all is that we are going to have more inflation. For years both Repuoll-caas and Democrats have been assuring you and me that inflation ia ended. It isnt and poUti-ciana of both parties will continue to despoil the dollar to gain advantage.

Inflation dilutes most forms of aaving. but savings in common tocks and real property tend to rise in dollar value as the dollar ainkt. So putting savings into a house, you are hedging against Inflation.

OniER AOVANTAGR Another advantage is that if you sell your bouse after alx montha. you pay only a capital gains tax on the ^profit.

However. Uiis tax la often unfair. Suppose you pay $10.000 for a houae' today and get $20,-000 f<n: i( In 1971 aolely because

the present 48-cent dollar will then be worth only 24 cents. You will noake no real profit; you will pay taxes on the $10,000 imaginary gain. However, it will be at the capital gains rate.

And whenever you sell a house at a profit, you can save some taxes by accurate accounting of your Investment costs.

GOOD TO LAST DIME

Many homeowners, on selling, overlook or forget the items that go into the cost. But as Prentiee-Hall points out. the costs of im-provwnents. can be added to the original costs. Some of these are!

Installation of permanent storm windows: addition of a room; flifiahing attic or rumpus room; new plumbing, beat^ Ing iqrstem or furnace; installing air conditioning; new roof;, restoration of rundown house, and improvements on land, such aa swimming pool and landscaping expenditures.

Things you can take away with

you.-such as portable swimming pools and movable air conditioners. cant' be deducted. Neither can the cost of ordinary repairs and maintenance.

OTHER SAVINGS Furthermore, the tax smrvice reminds, the following itema can be added to the original cost: Attorney fee; title search and Insurance; late cloeing chargee: coat' of removing cloud on title; broker's commission; mortgage aatiafaction fee; Fedral itampe on deed; survey ami appraisal fees.

In addition, th seller can deduct from the tales price these tamps on deed; aurpey and ap-items; ommissioiia; fedonl stamps on deed; surpey and appraisal fees.

In addition, the seller can deduct from the sales price these Items: CommtssKma; Federal

Stamp tax: attorney fee; title abstract; adwtlsiog and survey, the gain la tax-free.

.Of courae, if you have held

the house lees than six months, the gain is taxed like ordinary Income. It Is only when a bit of real estate is held longer that the profits get by at the capital-galna rate.

^ORT A SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS REPORTS Many magazines are getting off the drculation promotion merry - go round, the Galagher Import says. Publishers are tendti 4ng to promote quality ot readers rather than total numbera . . .Exports of the American broiler Industry rose more than ^ per cent in the first quartor, with Wsst Oemany being the best customer. . .The U4 Department of Aiplculture is ae-isting the eonstructloo of -a plant to remove Strontium 90 from milk. . .The average farm-er could save 80 percent of his time and labor efficiracy by using the ls(daUoQ ayatem of farrowing, a CargillNutrenea study tinda. -