PAGE FOURniB DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Fridy, July 28, 1961

Economic Strength To ^Be Guarded

Quickr Than the Eye

^As Congress and the people of the United States contemplate tjhe obviously essential increases in military spending proposed by President Kennedy, it should be apparent that efforts must be bnt to retaining a strong and sound economic position in the country while military strength is being bolstered.

Added to the budget proposals already made by the administration, the additional $3.5 billion in military" spending would boost the officially anticipated federal deficit for the fiscal year to five billion dollars. Conceivably, say officials, this rate of expenditure mightliot require a tax increase early next year if the economy of the nation continues on its upward movement. Even so, it should be remembered that the current increase in military spending is not a one-shot thing. It could well continue over a period of several years, depending on the international situation.

Since the beginning of his administration in Janu-ary. President Kennedy has proposed to Congress many pump-priming measures that admittedly are designed to pull the country out of the recession that was in effect when his term of office began. In recent months, however, the economy of the country has taken a decided upturn, and although trouble spots

ustices For An Advisory

By LYNN NISBET

ADVISORYThe Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court have been asked for an advisory' opinion on the question of whether the constitutional amendments proposed by the recent Legislature can be voted upon at the election called this fall on the issuance ,of $61 million State capital Improvement bonds-

Attorney General Wade Bruton has ruled out the amendments vote, on the ground that the constitution requires amendments to be submitted at the next general election" after the Legislature proposing them, and the 1961 Legislature failed to designate Uie bond plebiscite as a general election" and also prohibited use of absentee ballots.

It is generally understood that majority of the legislators who voted to submit the amendments believed they could be voted upon this fall. Apparently Governor Sanford held that opinion. Preliminary steps were taken to iorm a "selling organization" to promote the bonds and the amendments. When the Attorney General ruled against the amendments vote, Governor Sanford requested the advisory opinion from the members of the Supreme Court.

The Judges dont like the idea. The late Chief Justice Stacy spoke for all his colleagues when he protested that the advisory tends to put the Individual justices In embarrassing situation. In that they are asked to state an opinion on a major issue which opinion they will be expected to back up In formal court decisionswithout having the benefit of briefs or oral ar-

Sument discussing the Issues. It i recognized that the advisory opinion is not legally binding upon the justices, but they dislike to be put in position of changing conclusions. They do not respect a request for advisories, except from heads of the other two collateral branches of State government.

HISTORIC HistorlcaUy significant use of the advisory involved the elsctlons on the question of calllnf a convention to pass upon repeal of the Federal 18th amendment and submission of constitutional amandments, both ordered by the General Assembly of 1933.

The Legislature enacted a bill calling for the convention issue to be voted upon at a general election" to be held on Tuesday after the first Mondy In November. 1933. The authority of the General Assembly to designate a general election at any date other than the regular biennial election of members of the General Assembly was questioned. On March 29. 1933. Lieuten

ant Governor A.H. Graham as President of the Senate, and R. L. Harris, Speaker of the House, formally requested an advisory. Chief Justice Stacy and Associate Justices Adams, Connor and Brogden wrote individual

opinions upholding the general election. Associate Justice Clarkson dissented. The election was held, although by the time the question was moot, enough States having already acted to repeal the 18th amendment-The 1933 Legislature also submitted major revisions in the State constitution, based on the Brookings Institute recommendations and exhaustive study by a constitutional amendment commission. The act .submitting these amendments carried the usual provision that the vote would be at the next general election. Elaborate plaJis were made for a real campaign to put over the new constitution at the 1934 regular -flection. Then question wa.s raised whether the vote could be held, .since that would not be the first general election.

On October 15. 1934, Governor Ehringhaus called upon the justices foo another advisory-Meantime, Justice W.J. Adams had died and been .succeeded by Justice Michael Schenck. Opinion of the justices was unanimous that the 1933 election was general and therefore the amendments could not be submitted at the subsequent 1934 election.

DIFFERENT the current situation is different from that in 1934. It also is different from 19.56 when several constitutional amendments were approved and an odd-date general election. In both those instances.the General Assembly specifically designated a general election and fixed the date in the act-The act submitting the amendments this year simply says they shall be voted at the next general election. The act authorizing the bonds says they shall be voted on a date to be fixed by the Governor, and that the election shall be according to general laws except no absentee ballots will be permitted. The Attorney General suggested that

{irovlslon took the election out of he general election class. Chief Justice Wlnborne has asked for detailed information on the acts this year and the previous years, and is polling his colleaguesall of whom are on summer vacation. An answer is expected in a few days-Majority opinion Around Capitol Square is that the Judges will concur In the Attorney Generals opinion, and the amendments will have to wait until November of 1962 unless a special ses.sion should re-enact the bills submitting them and call a general election on a day certain.

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still remain, a general recession no longer prevails. A number of the pump-priming programs proposed by the President would have no impact upon the economy of the nation until many months from now even if they were approved by Congress. And by that time they may serve only to increase the possibility of inflation.

It must also be realized that the additional military spending of $3.5 billions requested by the President this week will in themselves increase activities in many industries, thus stimulating the economy.

As the President pointed out this week, this move he calls for is not for the expected Berlin crisis alone. It is for the long pull to assure that the United States will be able to negotiate from a position of strength in easing international tension, and will be able to meet force with force if that becomes necessary. It is essential that the country remain on a sound financial footing, for in the past this, plus its economic strength and vitality have been important factors in sustaining tahis nation and its allies.

As Congress and the administration move to implement the military build-up, there should be a corresponding movewith an equal degree of unity trim earlier pump-priming proposals by at least an equal amount. The United States can ill afford to weaken its basic economy in the face of crisis by creating a heavicr-than necessary tax burden, and by injecting into the economy too many elements that tehd to bring about inflation.

It would be just as foolish for this country to undermine its economic strength with non-essential spending*at this time as it would be for us to ignore the need for improving our military position.

We trust that the President as well as members of Cfjfl^re.ss will see to it that the economic strength of the nation is not ignored as they move to increase the military strength.

Area Development Planning Holds Hope

The idea of area planning and development approved by representatives from 19 Eastern counties this week is not new, and yet it holds considerable promise for counties with common problems and common interests.

As a part of the .states program to help Eastern Carolina counties cope with the economic problems they are facing, the idea of area groups concerned with overall area development should provide an important .supplement to county and community efforts toward economic development.

Several years ago a similar approach to area problems was undertaken in this part of the state, but the final aligjiment of counties involved proved too large to be practical. The effort died before it got off the ground. Thi.s time the program appears on a sounder footing, and the various area groups are small enough for close coordination of efforts by the individual ^countfe^, and yet sufficiently large to give an area approach to problems.

It is our hope that Pitt County will enter into the program with vigor and that other counties likewise will make a sincere effort to develop an organization that will be mutually beneficial to the counties individually and to Eastern Carolina as a whole.

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A Happy Treat And Beat

For th# age group whose happy memories go back to 1938-44, television holds a happy treat (and beat) on Monday night.

The looking-and-listening audience is caught up in 30 minutes of reminiscence as the music of Glenn Miller literally lives again.

Its all there, the onetime classics of the ballrooms and recording industry: the same disciplined precision: the same styling in harmony and rhythm.

Ray McKinley, leader of the band and onetime arranger in the Miller organization, has revived the musical spirit of a great era. The camera work is excellent, settings simple, and the shows emphasis is properly on music and musicians.

I particularly appreciate that because the great bik bands were as businesslike as General Motors and the big men of the day made a fetish of discipline and teamwork, Glenn Miller was a prototype of the breed.

There was no cuteness, a minimum of vacant grinning; and ca

per-cutting was done only by specialists in the field.

The televised program of Glenn Miller has its flaws, chief among which is an overly-large portion of phony dialogue and vapid conversation. One might add, too, that viewers have to bear up to more toothy grins than youll find In three magazines full of toothpaste ads.

There is also room to wonder if the show was put together as a backdrop for vocalist-and-mas-ter-of-ceremonies Johnny Desmond, or if he was added to strengthen the entertainment value of the presumed stellar attraction; Millers music.

Irregardless, there are more strong points than weak ones; and I might add, its live, and it comes from New York". . . which is something rare these summer days.

Another voice, less-happily related to the pre-World War II years, appears to be gaining strength.

Berlin Troubles Are Long Range

Other Editors Sayings Latin Cant Be Buriec.

Opinions In Brief

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON <AP) -Short of an explosion, youd better get used to an angry Berlin problem which will boll up again and again for years.

Its a mixed-up and, in a sense, an ironic mess. Even President Kennedy isnt expressing hope for a permanent Berlin solution now.

He said In hU TV talk Tuesday night there is "no quick and easy solution." Before he was President he said the dilemma would not be solved for years.

This is whats likely to happen If theres no war now: Temporary arrangements to reduce the heat and then another flare-up.

Nothing shows better what a mes.x it is than Kennedys .statement Tuesday night: Berlin is not a -part of East Germany, but a separate territory under control of the Allied powers. Thus our rights are clear and firmly rooted,

Those rights may be clear in the Western mind but not necessarily clear In the thinking of the Rusisians or the Enst German Communists.

Berlin lies 110 miles inside Communist East Germany, over and through which lie all the supply routes to Berlin. But Berlin itself is two cities, not one.

East Berlin is under East Communist control. In West Berlin, whose almost 24 million peoples sympathies are with West Germany, the United States. Britain and Franca hava almost 11,000 troops as a symbol of Western support for them.

It's easy to Imagine how Americans would feel if, say, Kansas City, in the heart of the United States, was a Communist-run

town whose links were with Russia and whose supplies and visitors came from there.

What then does Kennedy mean by saying the West has rights" to Berlin? The U.8. government argues this way:

In agreements made with Russia during and after World War II Allied troops were to stay in Berlin until the victors in the war signed a peace treaty with a new German government.

The Soviets say, in effect, all this is now out of date and its about time a peace treaty was finally signed.

But the trouble is there are two Germanics: the West German government of Chancellor Adenauer, allied to the West; and the East German Communist government which is actually a Russian puppet.

Adenauer Insists no peace treaty with East Germany should be signed because this would mean the Allies agreed there could be two Oennanies. He wants, and the United States backs him up, just one single German government for all Germany.

In short; A peace treaty with East Germany would mean and legalize the indefinita division of Germany, So long aa the Allies do not sign with East Germany. Adenauer can hope for a single, united Germany some day.

How thBh--cdiild the two Oer-manles be united? This country suggests, and Russia wants no part of it. that the people in the two Germanies be allowed tree and open elections to chooee a new, single German government (Continued on paga ala)

(New York Herald Tribune)

Professor Gilbert Higbet of Columbia remarked the other day that the academic year just ended had been an excellent one for the study of Latin, and indeed, enrollment in both high school and college Latin courses has increased steadily in the last few years. Latin, so often "buried by the curriculum theorists, seems to be having a comeback.

Of course Latin can never be buried. Its decline in the schools was merely another example of why children should not be allowed to decide what they learn. For the first two or three years at least, no child likes Latin. What is the use of,< it?" cry the piping voices in the classrooms as they have always cVied over the years, only to provide their own inevitable echo; It is no use. It is dead.

NOWADAYS IN matters of ed- , ucation, what Johnny doesnt like Johnny usually doesnt have to learn. So the educators" proclaim sententiously that Latin is out of date, mentally narrowing, and a waste of time better spent in citlzensnlI^mlrse8. This is the entire case oPthe anti-Latinists.

What Is to be said in Latins favor? A great deal and on two different levels. First, Latin is the mortar of our culture as Greek Is its foundation, and no person who aspires to real education ought to ignore or dismiss it.

Latin is the influential expres

sion of many schools, of philosophy and of Christian liturgy. It is indispensable to medicine and. science. It is deeply embedded in jurisprudence. Its literature created not only masterpieces in its own right but dominated European literature for centuries afterward.

BUT THERE are immediately practical reasons too for the study of Latin in secondary schools, Latin is the key to English grammar, and to other grammars, because it is the only language (except Greek) which is still taught from a purely grammatical point of view. It is the chief source of French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and one of the chief sources of English. So that even if we discount the possibility of pupils ever putting Latin to direct use by reading Horace or Virgil, for example, it is capable of imposing on their minds a concept of order through the discipline of language that is as important as any concept they ever acquire in academic training.

The answer. thqihto the common complaint tht Latin "didnt do me any good" or that I dont remember anything about it" is to ask what "good came from those hours of plane geometry or algebra, or even of deep-breathing exercises. The people who attempt to discredit Latin, whether from conviction or from the thirst for frivolous publicity one Is uncertain in which category to place Harvards dumping of Latin diplomaswould do well to consider this question.

The long-term concept is the only sensible method of spending foreign economic aid funds efficiently, but doing it this way would deprive the appropriations committees of the House and Senate of the annual opportunity to cut beck Administration requests. The attitude of the committees does reflect, of course, the grassroots distrust of foreign economic aid (give-away) and resentment at being called upon to continue it indefinitely. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

We in the United States usually assume that if we carry democracy to another country the people will welcome it with open arms, make it work effectively and resist the temptations w'hich threaten to destroy it. This is not always true. Democracy must be earned and it must be both desired by the people and understood by them. Mt. pleasant (Pa.) Journal.

"There just isnt enough money in the big or even the middle income categories to operate a $90 billion a year government. So the lower Income people must pay the bill.Industrial News Review.

The fight today is with dollars not men. The sounder the nation is financially, the louder it can speak to Its world neighbors.Horton (Kans.) Head-'Itght

Remember Gerald L. K. Smith, who briefly strutted across the national scene at the time a certain German paper-hanger was at the height of his power?

Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of t?ar against Nazi Germany sank" Smith and his followers.

But he seems to have picked up some new supporters and new financing . . .enough anyhow, to permit adding The Reflector to his publicatipns free mailing list.

The second such copy crossed my desk last week ... a 32

page magazine devoted to ultranationalism, anti-Jew writings, anti-Communist articles, anti-Administration (past and present). . . .all flavored with sensationalism.

Our mail covers the spectrum from hate material to more ethereal matters. Pile 13 can accommodate even Gerald Smith, so theres no problem involved.' Im just sorry this evidence of growing appeal (however slight) has come to light.

Is Low

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When did the State Department begin to be unpopular? Certainly it was not unpopular when John Hay or Ellhu Root or Charles Evan Hughes was Secretary of State. The degradation commenced when Woodrow Wilson appointed WUliam Jennings Bryan to this ^Ition. Bryan was not only unsuited for this office but he was antagonistic to the President and his policies.

When Robert Lansing took over, the State Department was run solely by the ITesident who not only decided foreign policy y but conducted it out of the Whit House. At the Paris Conference, after World War I, men like Herbert Hoover and Bernard Baruch were more significant than tha Secretary of State.

,, Then came the four term regime of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who managed the State Department as an adjunct of the Whit House. The Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, hardly knew what was going on. He was not included in any of the major conferences. He did not have a* much to do with formulating policy as Harry Hopkins or a dozen other men who can be mention- ed. The State Department came to be managed by an Under Secretary of State and often was not managed at all. is now called the Fourth Floor of the 'State Department, consisting of minor officials, th Deslonen. emerged to primary significance. .

There are some who put th blame on the bad reputation of the State Department on Senator Joe McCarthy which is nonsense. Senator McCarthy went after the State Department because there was something there to go mfter. The so-called American underground" within the State Department was leaking to th r Senator about- CJommunists, 'f pro - Communists, homosexuals, and blabber mouths. Also the Senator discovered that during the Administration of Harry Truman, Dean Acheson, who was an extraordinarily able Secretary of State, was apparently unable to free his department of the wrong personnel and therefore got a bad reputation for himself. I know that when Herbert Hoover Jr.. was Under Secretary of State, he was also unable to get rid of undesirable personnel.

During the Eisenhower Administration, John Poster Dulles managed the State Department out of his vest pocket. It was strictly personal management. The R-esident played w-comparatively small role in the conduct of policy, largely because Dulles was a superior person InteUectually and by experience.

It was during the Eisenhower Administration that the State Department permitted the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to exercise an influence never Intended for this office. Whereas John Poster Dulles gained in stature in the eyes of the public, the State Department, which he headed, lost public support.

Public opinion is not readily definable. Putdic relations experts are never sure that what they say vill make a profound impression on the public. They , gamble. They throw a balloon ~ into the air, hoping it will not burst. The State Department and the CIA, during the Eisenhower regime, suffered too many failures. The public wondered why they knew so-littlewhy they let Nixon go to South America to be spit upon, why they let Jim Hageity go to Tokyo to be treated as an enemy; why they let Eisenhower be placed in an umbrageous position regarding his visit to Japan; why (Continued on page six)

Round-Ua Of Odd Business Items

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLAS LORD OF ALL The Lord is very merciful to his creature*. It la a good thing for u* that He 1*. If He gave us what we deserve, the going would be pretty grim. God in bis mercy treats us better than we deserve to be treated.

But there is one thing God will not for a moment tolerate. He will not tolerate a divided allegiance. He has no use for hall a person. Ha must have u* all if He i* to use us, and He must have tha whole of our heart's devotion if .He is to have fellowship with us. It is a matter of His being either Lord of all or not Lord at all.

We all recognize the hideous Character of such sins as tying, stealing, commHtlng adultery, or Indulging in violence. Yet strange

ly enough the Bible and the outstanding teachings of the church have always held that pride, avarice, jealously, selfishness and the like are really sins which devastate the soiu with equal force. We can In a measure avoid the gross sins because practically everyone understands their evil nature. But pride can creep in upon us, avarice can devtstate our souls, jealously can make us unhappy and separate us from Godand all without our knowing it.

Let us ask ourselves before we utter our iraycrs whether or not we are really putting God first. Is He Lord of lU?beesiise if He is not then we can be sure that He is not Lord at all;

The differences here Involved are insignificant to an appailini degree.

By ELMER ROE^NER Heres a round-up of curious items to the business news, some amusing, some only significant:

A moderate housing boom Is under way. Total units started in June were 136,900, compared with 127.300 in May. 1960. However, starts during the first half of this year were 646,000, compared with'654,400 in the first half of 1960.

Fifty mobile auperraarkets now serve half of Mexico Citys population. They consist of Mg. red trailer trucks, with ramps, ah* conditioning and music. Each item is one peso (6 cents). . .A new branch bank on Long Island Is detigned so It may be expanded upward or on either side.*'. .A warehouse at Sioux Falls. 8.D., bM bee'n constructed by spraying urethane foam on the Interior of an air-supported nylon frame.

ONE WAY TO MAKE SALES Reinle Wagner, an American

Oil dealer in Manitowoc. Wl*., built a 45-foot steel tow^ at his service station, climbed to a room on top and announced he would not come down until he had sold 400 tires. He dickered with customQrs via a loud speaker. He sMd the tires in five days, five hours and 40 minutes, then came ^wn.

Delinquency Instalment payments is declining, ths Amsri* can Bankers Association reports ... A new compound makes foam pillows and mattresses smeU like fresh-laundered linen. Chemical Week reports. . .General Dynamics is developloi a small generator to convert gas heat directly Into el^^^lty.

Th Hotel Multnomah in l^ort-land. Or., has ben running sds Ip 8attl newspapers headlined, "8eattle. dlsbaadt Your tax structure it unbelievable." It emphasises ^ fact that Washington ImpodM a 4 percent tax on hotel rents, while Oregon does not. The Multnomah lists

its phone number as CApitalls-tic 8-7411,

BIG BLOW

Chemtron used 220,000 pounds of carbon dioxide to force 2,200,000 cubic feet of sir from a Pennsylvania cave so the cave could be used to store propane gas. . .A Oreek^riest in 219 B.C. invented the first coin-operated vending machines, to dispense holy water, McGraw-Hill researchers found. . . .Census says there were 53.3 million housahoyids in the United States In 5Sarch. 1961a fact to be evaluated by every manufacturer of consumer products.

Many employers have already begun to condition employ* ees to new Social Security deductions starting Jan. 1, 1M3, Rates on employers and employees go up 4 percent each, to 34 percent. The rate on self-employed goes to 4.7 percent.

To get around British price-fixing laws, discount houses lease goods for 21-years instead of selling them. The first pay

ment Is the discount price and the subsequent payments are a penny every uwe months, only if formally demanded. , . Violent protest poured in on a Denver dairy that advertised an-ly delivery customeri might b able to get scarce milk if war broke out over Horllo. . .Mortgage interest rates are lower than a year ago. the United States Savings and Loan League say*.

SELF-LIGHTING CIGARETTE TO BE TRIED AGAIN

For the third time at least hp the last quarter century, a sslf-lighUng cigarette will be introduced. It should be on the market by ChrisUnaa. Th eigarett can be Ignited by gently nibbing the treated end on a tmprefnat-ed surface 0% the package. It thtta glows ivsily without Game, and the ignition system Is said to have no taste. Contineotal Tobacco has been working on the Idea ftn* four years.