PAGE POURTMB DAILY REFLECTOIL GREENVILLE. N. C

Thursday. July 27, 1961

-

Thursday, July !27, 1961 ^ i '

Gravity Of Situation Dramatized

President Kennedys statement to the American for further military build-up, both in terms of man-people and to the world Tuesday evening set forth power and material, may be needed from time to time clearly the fact that this nation will fight if necessary as the international situation changes, to protect West Berlin and other territory it is com- Por those who may think the President painted mitted to protect from communism. And further that too dark a picture of the growing crisis between East the nation will boost its military strength immediately and West, we would point to the complete lack of disto be in a position to meet force with force if necessary, senting opinion among members of Congress with re-

The President's call for an additional 217,000 gard to the Presidents request. Whkt appears to be men in the nations armed forces and an immediate in- complete unity among both Democrats and Republi-crease of $3.5 billion in military spending brought cans that the Presidents requests must be fulfilled home sharply to many American citizens the serious- immediately bespeaks the fact that members of the ness with which our high officials view the world situa- legislative branch of government share the Presidents tion. Furthermore, the American peopleand those of viewpoint.

other nations as wellshould not overlook the fact The fact that our major Western Allies have given that the President made it clear that this boost in mili- their approval to the blunt words of the President re-tary preparedness may be just the beginning. Requests garding Berlin, and further have praised his move to

bolster Ameri(in military strength likewise reflects

When I Take Thb Positionu # /

Big Range Anc. Scooe For C&D

By LYNN NISBET

C & DThe meeting of the board of conservation and development at Wrightsville Beach this weekend inaugurated a new plan for operating the department^but nothing new in the subject matter with which the board will deal- While the ed-ministration of a Governor begins on January 1 after hi* election, actually his program cannot get underway until July 1 when the new appropriations become effective.

Although Governor Sanford as chairman and Hargrove Bowles as director attended the spring meeting of the old board at Banford. the 'meeting this week was really the first of their regime. The- membership had been increased from 18 to 28 and 24 of them w^ere sitting for the first time. The 28-member board Is believed to be the biggest administrative or policymaking board in state history, except for the l(K)-member board of trustees of the Consolidated University.

several new members confessed amazement at the range and scope of C&D activities as enumerated by career men who ' head up the several divisions. These men devoted much more time than usual in presenting their reports. Each man traced the history q{ his own dlvl.;lons work from beginning of the C&D departmentand in several Instances for many years before that.

HISTORYFor example. Dr. J. L. Stuckey, State geologist and chlet if the mineral resources section, noted that the State was interested in developing mineral resourc^es 100 years before the C&D^ department was formed. He traced the problem which had plagued his predeceaaora through the years and came up with conclusion that there is still a lot to be learned about North Carolina mineraIsand also great need for publlahlng some of the information already collected.

Sheriff* Oehrman Holland, head of commercial fisheries, traced his division back to the 1880g and reported It was one of the major components which went into the C&D organization in 1928. His problems, too, are very similar in 1961 to those which confronted his predecessors 75 years ago.

Col. Fred Clarldge. reporting for the Forestry division, had more news" than most of the others. Ttve attitude with respect to trees has greatly changed In the past century. One of the prime functions of his division Is control of forest fires. He noted that the earliest forest fire control legislation was designed not to save the trees from burning, but to protect the hogs and other livestock which roamed at large through the woods,

CONTINUITY-These historic reviews designed primarily to inform new members about the Job facing them, had the further virtue of proving the continuity of governmental effort In North Carolina. It is a big

ger board than ever, more new members than ever, and a modernistic business approach to administrative policies through "channels" of additional executives. But it is not a new challenge. The career staff men who have seen Governors and board members cmne and go, legislatures suggest different approaches to solution of problem* and emphasis twitched from time to time among the diverse activities, know and told the story about how there is continuity Is basic effort. Nearly all of the plans for this year and next are based on experience gain in meeting very similar problems a century or half a century or ten years ago.

The C&D board, however, is not hamstrung by tradition. The two newest divisionscommunity planning, about six years old, and the geodetic survey In its second yearevidence willingness to take on new duties to meet conditions,

IMPORTANTGovernor Sanford in his off-cuff remark.s to the board and In a prepared speech for the banquet session emphasized the Importance of the C&D department in the overall economy of the state. He said he Is looking to this board to get the pace and to furnish leadership in every phase of advancement.

BIBLES It was Sunday night, offices and stores on Wrlghtflvlile Beach all closed and communication handicapped, whi it suddenly occurred to somebody that there would be need for enough Bibles so that of the 28 C&D board members could touch one when being sworn-ln early Monday morning. Hurried conferences and inquiries resulted in putting the bee on John Allen, newly named assistant to the director. The order: Have eight or ten or a dozen Bibles at the Surf Club by 7:30 Monday. The Bibles were there.

Allen appealed to hla friend. Police Chief Williamson, for help. The chief called one of his local preacher friends. A little more telephoning and a police car was dispatched to the church to collect the Bibles.

Old timers could not recall another instance when a State government agency appealed to a local police department to temporarily confscate" a lot of Bibles. The as.sortment that showed up on the table Monday morning was Interesting. There were copies of old and much-used volumes of the King James version, some with morocco binding and gold-edged India paper. There were copies of the American Revised and the Standard Revised versions in variety of bindings members of the board present each was able left hand on the "Book and hold up the right hand to take the oath.

Bernard Stein of Fayetteville, only adherent of Judaism ever named to the C&D board, was out of the country and will take his oath later on whatever version of the Bible he prefers.

a unity of opinion within'the Western World. It indicates the determination of the Alijes to stand unified against any Soviet threat in BerUn, or elsewhere.

There can be no question about the Presidents new program of preparedness affecting the life of the nation, and the lives of its citizens individually. There is no escaping the fact that a war between East and Westwhich has been precariously avoided for the past decadelooms as a possibility. On the other hand this nation has at last been called upon by the President to face up to the reality that it cannot continue to retreat from its commitments around the globe in the face of threats from communism. The nation is not looking for a fight, but neither will it run away from a fight where principles and rights are involved.

Too many Americans, we believe, have formed the opinion in recent years that one crisis after another would develop in various parts of the world, but that somehow war would be avoided. The Presidents address should have shaken the people into the realization that war may not be avoided unless we are willing to surrender; and that, the American people are not willing to do.

The gravenes-s of the situation faced by the people By HAL BOYLE of this nation at this moment must not be minimized.

Either the United States stands up for what it believes regardless of the priceor it will sacrifice its beliefs rather than pay the required price.

We have again reached a point in history where the future of the nationand indeed the future of the worlddepends upon the strength of the American

nion ! Dues In irolitics

Too Good To Be True

people and their determination to stand their ground and risk a fight rather than retreat in the face of another bluff.

Eastern Carolina Eyes Georgia Leaf Market

Today marks the beginning of the period when Eastern Carolina tobacco farmers really begin thinking about the prices their leaf is going to bring when marJtets open in this section a few weeks from now.

. Prices paid today on opening sales of the Georgia markets already are a subject of conversation, and they will continue to be for some time. Over the years the opening of tobacco markets in the southern-most belt has been regarded as a sort of barometer that indicates what might be expected in the way of prices on tobacco markets on Eastern Carolina. O

On a comparative basis, considering quantity and V^tflSr tiClltOrS OQVIIIQS quality of the crop this year with other years, the de-

mand by purchasers, the relative qualities of the crop TrsrrT ^ o

in Georgia with that in Eastern Carolina, the factors JLj VSi V iO lOSCOiiClS

NEW YORK AP)Once upon a time there was a man who set out to be popular and well-liked.

Hla ame was Mortimer Witherspoon Thrope.

He went to the public library and read a book on how to become successful.

The way to be popular is to be normal," the book said. Just act as a normal, balanced civilized individual should act and you're bound to be well-liked."

So Thorpe faithfully followed the books advice. He decided to become the most normal individual in his community.

Mortimer married a girl who was neither homely nor pretty-just average.

They had three children, all of whom got medium grades in school.

Mortimer bought a standardsized house with a standard-sized mortgage in a standard neighborhood.

He drove a medium-sized car

neither too dull nor too flashy and traded it in on a new one every three years.

He joined the Elks, the PTA, and the American Legion. He was glad to serve on committees but always declined to run for office in any of these organizations.

Oh, there must be someone else better qualified," he said, modestly.

He subscribed to a book club, but carefully avoided reading any of the selectionsUBless they hit the best seller list.

Mortimer alwaysor almost alwaysgot up to give his seat to an old jywly on the bus, particularly if anyone from his neighborhood was on the bus, too.

He always arrived on the job punctually at 9 aun., and left promptly at 5:30. "I get paid for doing a full days workand I like to give It to them, he said.

When the boss told a joke in

By GEORGE E. 80K0LSKT Copyright. 1961, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Years ago, when the Taft-Hartley Bill first came up for discussion, one of the arguments was that a union member ought to control the use of his dues for political purposes. For instance, a Republican member of a union ought not to be required to contribute to the Democratic Party by order of the union officials. As a matter of fact, some unions have gained enormcus power by the use of union funds for campaign contributions. In effect, this is a form of political peonage and therefore is intolerable In a free society.

So, after all these years, the Supreme Court has come to the rescue of individual opinion and dignity by deciding that a man who is compelled to Join a union because he - works under closed shop conditions may veto the use of his dues for such political purposes as displease him. He remains master of his money. This is essential in a free political system where each Individual possesses freedom of choice to decide his own course of action.

Although as the decision now stands, it is limited to the Railway Labor Act it can and undoubtedly will be applied to other thlin this industry. If its application is general, it can have a serious influence on our poltcal system.

The central problem Is that It costs so much to be elected to public office. In these days of Mark Hanna, a Republican could be sure of getting his contributions from corporations; today, corporate ccmtrlbutions a conference, Mortimer was the ^are limited. The income tax

The Daily Reflector

INCORPORATED Published Every Afternoon Except Sundij Bstoblished 1882 DAVID JUUAN WHICHARD, Publiiher

mtcred at Post Offtoe. OrssovtUt, M. 0 as asoood elaM OMI mattar.

#

3UBSCR1PT10N RATES By Cmrrfor (In Tcnms) Week SOe

By Carrier (Motor Routes) Week 35c

BY MAIL, Payeble In Adwanoe OfMmlUa Past Office Pitt Oousty, RobsraenvlUa. Vanoaeoca Wishtngu and Ohooowlzilty

lliree Months .............................. $ .

Sbr Months .................................. f jOO

One Tsar ................................

North Carolina (oth&t than tlsCad ahovs)

Thrsa Months ............................... $ jOI

8tx Months ..................... TJe

Ons Year .... MjOS

AH Other Ootslds (forth Chmcdlna

Tbi Montha .............................. Jl

81s Montha ..... teo

Ons Tstr ............................ um

MlMltni AMOCUTtD PRIM Ihs Assoflstsrt Prsss Is seehtslvsly entlited to use tor publieatloc all eses 8Mpstihts ersdltad to it or not otherwise ersdltod to this ptnv and also tha local nses pabllshed herein All rights ol puiheetfOB of fpeeiy ikpatdies btrt art alto rteerved

UTIONAL ADVBBTieiNG BXPR8NTATIV88

Tbtmm y daili Co., Inc. Nee Tor|. Chkago, Atlanta Memhsr Aadit Bureas oi OUcnlstioo.

All soverttslng oopy muet be reostrsd at least ona day batofe yRRaitlon data

to the experienced tobacco growersall form a pattern which at least gives some suggestion as to

what might be expected when markets up here open, port from'^FBi ofrcctor x E^ar It is understandable, therefore, that the opening Hoover provide a stunning com-of the tobacco markets-in Georgia creates a certain mentary on a sickness that per-kind of excitement and anticipation in the tobacco area reconi^'^^^^ of Eastern Carolina, Last year lawlessness reached

Todays opening sales in Georgia cannot be con- new peak* in the United States.

Ridered a pattern that will be followed through the SSteaTsew rtoustS

entire season in that belt, but for the next several in i960, fourteen per cent higher days, at lea.st there will be a great deal of interest in than in 1959, and a dismaying

this area in what is going on in Georgia. crime in

* * 1950. Lajst year saw a murder

every 58 minutes, a forcible rape every 34 minutes, and an aggravated assault every four minutes. Every 15 seconds, on the average, a serious crime was committed.

Every category of crime is on the rise; and though conditions are worst on the Pacific coast, no section of the country is spared. Virginia had a crime rate last year of 823 offbnses per

100.000 population, considerably below the national average of 1,038 offenses, but the record is nothing to be proud of. The crime rate in the Richmond metropolitan area was 1,696 offenses per

100.000 population, considerably worse than crime rates in Phila-deli^ia, New York, and Washington.

The FBI report becomes all the more shocking as one looks beyond the summary flgiures. Between 1955 and 1960, juvenile population (those under 18) increased by only 35 per cent. Juvenile crime soared by 48 per cent. Children under the age of 15 accounted for nearly 216,000 arrests; nearly 4,000 were for sex offenses.

versions in jr r-v -i -i -

a" A Psychological Effect Involvec.

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON AP)It was clear in President Kennedy's address to the nation Tuesday night that he sought a psycho-* logical effect. But It wasn't clear what practical effect, can there be in increasing the arm-forces by only 217.000 men.

At least he indicated the United States may have reached s turning point.

For years now this country has simply been reacting to Russian actions, dancing when the Russians called th tune. Judging from Kennedys talk, the United Slates will now tart showing some initiative in dealing with the Soviets.

But his address, tough as it was in warning the Russians they cant take Berlin without a fight, still left the door wide open for a conference with them to settle the dispute peacefully.

At one point Kennedy even indicated the West might be willing to make conceasionsbut not major onesto avoid conflict. Just how far he Is willing to go with concessionsor being toughis for the future.

But there could be no doubt he had three targets and three psvchologlcal alms:

1. The American people to prepare them perhaps for rougher things to come by telling them the administration intends to take a firm stand on Berlin, even if it means a military showdown with Russia.

a. The Ruasiansto let them know, it they think the allies lack the will to fight and that threats can care and split them, that they have war on their hands if they push too hard,

I. The alliesto stiffen their backbone, bv putting the United States firmly beside them, and at the ame time needle them, even embarraaa them, into doing more for their own defense

by increasing their own military preparations.

With all this said, the question remaln.s:

Are the Russians going to be Impressed by Kennedys announcement he is adding 217.000 men to the armed forcesparticularly when he didnt say hes sending them to Europe where the Russians far outnumber the allies in ground forces?

If they are impressed It will probably be more by Kennedys expres.sed determination not to be pushed out of Berlin, leaving It up to them to guess what kind of force tht United States would use to stop them. 1

In any showdown it is unlikely Kennedy would try to stop the Soviets with ground troops.

Two year* agowhich was the last time the Russians threatened BerlinPresident Eisenhower rejected arguments of his critics that the United Btates should make a big ground-force buildup in Europe to chill Russias blood.

He said March 11. 1969 that such a build-up was unnecessary because "we sre certainly not going to fight a ground war in Europe." This could be inter-,* preted as meaning that if war came it would have to be a nuclear one.

Just a few months after that Kennedyon Dec. 9, 1959, while he was still a senatorwas asked if the United States was in a poeition to fight any kind of war for BerUn except a nuclear one. He said no.

Ita poesible he has changed his mind, for he said Tuesday night we intend to have a wider choice than humlllttlon or all-out nuclear action."

But if he knows how the allies. tremendously outnumbered on the ground, could hope to slop the Russians short of nuclear war he didnt explain tltat.

It would be comforting to explain away some of these figures by saying that reporting techniques have improvedthat crimes unreported to the FBI in other years are being reported now. One might also rationalize about improved police procedures. These frail speculations cannot affect the picture materially. When a serious crime is reported every 15 seconds, something approaching a national breakdown in morality is close at hand.

What is to blame for this appalling condition? How is it to be set right?

There is plenty of blame to go aiound. The great communications media can take a part of it, in their constant exaltation of sex and violence. Schools can share in it; what sense of discipline have they inculcated in their pupils? Churches are not blameless; how far have they drifted from effective moral inspiration? Society as a whole, in its easy view of the welfaie state, has created an atmosphere in which tax evasion, unearned subsidies, and the acceptance of something for nothing are the order of the day.

The bleak picture Mr. Hoover paints is not to be remedied merely by harsher punishment of offenders, or by the employment of additional police. A remedy has to begin in deeper areas, in a deliberate redcdication to old ideals of discipline, integrity, and honesty. If this can be achieved in the home, it can in time be manifested in government; but the hour la late and Mr. Hoovers implacable clock is ticking on.

second employe to start chuckling and the next to the last to quit laughing.

At cocktail parties Mortimer got high but never loaded, and never bragged about himself.

Tell me about yourselfyou must have had an interesting life, he urged those he met.

After 15 years of exemplary living, Mortimer suddenly awoke to the fact that instead of being widely popular, he was being avoided, even by old acquaintances. They seemed uneasy in his presence.

So Mortimer hired a public relations man to find out why. This individual made a secret survey of Mortimers neighborhood and office and came back with his report.

They think ywire too good to be true, Mr. Thrope, They'dont trust you. They think you must be bidding something.

Moral: If you want to be popular, be different. Everyone suspects anycme who acts too normal.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS MEASURE OF A MAN

What is man?

The Bible does not answer that question explicitly, but Is says that God has made man a little lower than the angels, that He has crowned him with glory and honor and has set him over the works of creation.

There is about man an infinite nobility and also the capacity for infinite evil. We read every day of crimes which exceed in their evil anything we can imagine. We find good men and women sometimes slipping into s dishonest or corrupting practice. The persons we call criminals are simply people who are suffering from the unrelieved disease of evil thought and action.

Yet, on the other hand, we see men and women rising at times until they touch the very hem of angels garments. We find people in humble position doing things of such noble character that those who lead and rule the world would be proud if theycould emulate them. Man seems at all times to be walking a ridge that has only the width of a razor blade. Sometimes he falls over on one side and again on the other. V

But he is only a little lower than the angels. The Bible assures us that God has done for him more than He has done for the angels. The angels are messengers of mercy. Man is a being designed to have fellowship with God, and he is fit to do so if he holds fast those values which are eternal.

He is but Uttle lower than the angels.

has had the effect of putting a ceiling on pttP;^ expenditures with the zesull'that one has to be very rich indeed, either by inherited wealth or by free money, that is, money that is hidden and untaxed, to make a sizable contribution to a candidate. The use of free money" is illegal because no tax has been paid on it. In a word, it is cash mcmey that is paid "under the table," as the expression goes.

A candidate must either be rich like President Kennedy or Governor Rockefeller or he may have some racketeer friends who can get him plenty of "free money," hoping that nobody wdll ever know about it or he can go to a labor leader and get a slzaj^ d(^tlori. it is the latter kind of money which is most practical and therefore smart politicians stand in right with certain labor officials who have large funds for educational" purposes or to propagate trade unionism or who hand out their largess as an under the table contribution.

It is the high cost of campaigning, particularly the cost of television advertising which Is so corruptive in our national life. It forces a candidate to find means for election to compromise his integrity.

In another case the Supreme Court dealt with the same issue in relationship to Integrated bar associations. An integrated bar association is a lawyers society to which all lawyers are required to belong by state law.

The question arises why any bar association should make political contributions. A bar association exist# to police the legal professions, to see to it that lawyers are men of character and decency, to pass on the suitability of candidates for judicial office. Why. should any bar association make a political contribution?

And yet, there has been euch a case before the Supreme (Continued on page five)

they tell

Rie*toSWr (THE MACHINE BEFORE , ADiusme/

wmonw.Fa*M SAfeTTWBK JAY 2S-2f, 1961

They Pay To Know The Dislikes

By ELMER ROESSNER

Paramount Paper Products has pent enough to keep you in bourbon for a year to find out what hou.sewlves don't like about supermarkets. It paid for Interviewi with 12,000 women to learn that most of them want faster and more convenient shopping, more information about products and more personal attention. The fact anyone would spend money to determina the last point hows how much our civUisation teeters.

Of those interviewed, 61 per cent aatd they do not like to shop in supermarkets, and the moat frequent reasons were:

Supermarkets are too crowded. Checkouts take too long, Sm-ployfM are not cheerful or helpful. Product labels are uninformative. Prices are too high for self-service. Frozen foods are not jfrcMsen. it's tiring to Walk through the store; floors are hard. Too wide a variety of products leads to confusion. It

takes too long to shop. Manager is not always Available. It'a like walking around a well-lighted warehouse. Parking facilities are Inadequate. Merchandise is too often sold out.

CONFUSION IS COMPOUNDED

That's what 8,120 women (51 per cent of 12,000) said. Paramount could have obtained approximately the same answers by sending my aunt Edna to a single supermarket. In fact,* my aunt Edna would probably have added one more complaint: supers do not have change on hand for $1.000 bill*, which i* what Edna usually takes when she goes shopping.

On the other hand, if Paramount had sent me scouting. X would have come back with quite a different Hat of reasons why I do not like to Shop in supermarkets. They are:

Mrs. Busby alwgys parks her cart across the aisle while she browses in soups and Jams, preventing others from passing in

either direction.

Mrs. Pilldoo and Mrs. Gus-teady alwavs stop their carts abreast while they discuss Caroline Kennedy, preventing anyone from passing.

The sign says Sirloin Steak, 89 cents." but in the meat counter there is only chuck at 98 cents.

A sign sajrs, Watch jwir meat being chopped through thia window," but the butcher' is always using the machine near the other window.

DISPERSION. DISPERSION

The spaghetti is at the south-eaat corner of the store, tha tomato sauces are at the southwest corner and the chopped meat section is at the north-by north section. And when you get to the south-BOuthwest section, the mushrooms are gone.

You get to like x product, such as a diced corned beef hash, and the market shlfta to a sloppy, mashed brand.

Markets charge more for fancy packaging than for the

contenta. Six ounces of bologna in window packages Is offered at 40 cents, or more than $1 a potmd. This packaging gimmick (are you reading, Paramount) often makes domestic cheese more expensive than Imported.

Check-out boys rush up to lift jMcksges I can damn well carry myself.

Check-out boy* can me "Pop."

Otherwise, supermarkets are a great Inatitutlon.

"DITCHED" PRODUCTS A HELD OF STUDT

Supermarket! art now Intensifying studiea of "ditched" products. Many atx)pper|^ nick up a psckage and. a few atfi'.a later, above it back on a eheif. That's why you may find a can of tuna among the breaklast foods.

If markets and packagera can find out why a shopper Will pick a package and later Jettison It, they may go a long way

In finding out Just what governs shopper# choices.