PACE FOURTHE DAILY REFLECTOR, GREEffYlLLE, H. C

Wednesday, August 2, 1961

Two Gan Play

The Plus Factor' In Development

Economic development, so far as a community h concerned, is primarily dependent upon the effort which ttie community puts forth in its owiu behalf and the work the community does to make itself attractive

and receptive to development. ., ^ i ^

There are, of course^ many factors which influence the economic development of a town or county. Its geographic location, its natural advantages, its suitability for the purposes of particular business or industzy* and the influence upon it by other development which is going on within its immediate area.

For the most part, however, the community which piepares itself for development is the one which usually realizes a greater portion of its potential than those who merely drift along until something happhs.

For lack of a better term, this plus factor which gome communities have may be termed their development posture. A community which is on the move and seeking to improve its lot and that of its people is naturally more attractive to a prospective industry than one which is merely biding its time. The community or county which is constantly seeking to make the most of what it already has in the way of natural advantages is more likely to generate interest from outsiders than those which give the impression of indifference to their situation.

It has also been evident in this era of economic

!E!levation Made

development of many communities throughout North Carolina, that those who in advance put themOlves in a position to take advantages of opportunities that are presented usually are the ones which have the greatest number of opportunities to enhance their economic position.

The communities of Pitt County, and the county as a whole, should evaluate their development posture as it appears to those from other areas who may be interested in casting their lot with a forward-moving area.^

Are we moving forward of our own volition, taking advantage of that which we already have and seeking to improve our lot without having to be prodded? Would outsiders looking at our county and communities consider Pitt an area which is interested in its own develof>ment, or one which is indifferent and willing to drift with the tide? Have we done sufficient planning and preparatory work to be in a position to take advantage quickly of opportunities as they present themselves?

In short, how is the development posture of Pitt County and its communities compared with other counties and communities in North Carolina?

The people of Pitt County should evaluate the position of their communities and their county very critically and carefully in this respect, for we may be sure that those whose job it is to find good locations for economic or industrial projects will do the same.

Notable Achievement

EEF VOO t>0 Norr GEEVE MVE ALL THE v Atl> t AGK FOR

A New Vacancy By a Notable Group

By LYNN NI8BBT

JUDGES Governor Sanford has named the four atkilUonal pedal supnior court judges authorised by the 1961 General Assembly. Meantime another va-eancy hai occurred by eleva* tlon of Judge Braxton Craven of Morganton to the Federal bench.

Prior to 195S the apecial judges were requtred to be appointed on basis of residence in the judicial divisions. The 1955 Legislature increased the number of divlslcms from two to four and eihnioated the residence riQuire-ment for special judges. So fajas the statute le concerned all the special judges could come from one county. Justifkatiou for that policy rests in the fact that special Judges are subject to roving assignments all over the state, and while they have equal authority with regular Judges while holding court they have no official status as a resident judge.

In making his original appointments under the 1955 act Governor Hodges bypassed the second division. He named George Fountain of Edgecombe from the first division; Susie Sharp of Rockingham and Leland Mac-Keithen of Moore from the third, and Braxton Craven of Burke from the fourth. In subaequent appointments the second divisin had Reid Thompson of Chatham and Jack Hooks of Johnston.

In his original appointments Governor Sanford also by-passed the second division. He named william Copeland o Hertford from the first; Hal Hammer Walker of Randolpfa and John McConnell of Moore from the * third and H. L. Riddle Jr. of Burke from the fourth. The replacement for Judge Craven can legally come from anywhwe in the state, but eome preeeure is being put upon the Governor to name a man from tha second

division. _

GEOGRAPHYGovernor Sanford has given more reoogniUon to ge(raphy In his essiffzunente ~ of duty to appoitttaee tluui moet of his in-edecesaors. He has said that in his capacity as chairman of the board of conservation and developmeot he expects to assign each of the 28 members of that board to apeclfic territorial areas for primary reaponsi-bility in industrial development. The act aetting up the board does not recognise geography, but epeclflea that members shotSd be aelected with a view to the diversified economic In-tereets of the state.

The plan to deelgnate local areas of activity for CAD folka has drawn aome editorial erUl-

elsm, on the ground that this particular agency ebould maintain a comjH-ehenaive statewide viewpoint.

Parenthetically, aome of the CAD members who w*e disappointed 1^ committee assignments and at being given two-year instead of four-year terms, have nothing to worry about. It is a favorite device of executives naming members to stag-gned tenure boards to give best Bendf the short term. The current four-year terms give the incumbent executive a chance to reappolht for a total of six years, instead of four.

Of course the overlapping tenure is fictitious. The next Governor can have his first Legislature to terminate all appointive terms and . start over, Just^as,. Governor Sanford had all continuing terms of C&D, Highway, Wildlife and other board memberships ended this year. There was nothing unusual in that procedure. Governors Scott, Um-stead and Hodges did the same thing, and they were following precedent established by their precedessors.

SUB ROSAGetting back to the Judges, and the pressure being put on the Governor in behalf of this or that individual. There is a sort of sub-rosa campaign being quietly waged to have a judicial appointment given to one of Jewish ancestry and faith. It has been a long time in fact, some resesrchers are having difficulty finding an Instanceaince a member of that sect. served on the judiciary In North Carolina. There are many eminent lawyers of that faith in North Carolina and their compatriots have contributed sub-itantlally to the Federal judiciary, from the Supremem Court down. The campaign* now underway does not ask for special consideration because a prospective appointee is a Jew. The request is only that such status should not be counted against him.

UNIQUH-Oos other UtUe Item about the judgeship distribution. For the first time in history the three counties which comprise tl Roanoke-Chowan area, the Uitle triangle between the Roanoke and Chowan rivers and the Virginia line, each has a superior court judge. Joseph W. Parker, reeldent regular judge of the sixth district; Hertford county has Judge William Cope-lio. reoently a^ted special judge; and Northampton has Judge Suromer Burgwyn, with the statue of emergency judge but wtio Is ts active as any member of the superior court beach.

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The impact of active servica organizations on a community cannot be measured. We know that the good they do is a great asset; just as we know that stagnation among them reflects the tenor of their community.

Greenville and Pitt County have long been fortunate in the quality of their civic groups. Their accomplishments over the years have been a source of local pride.

Yesterday it was the turn of the Greenville-Moose to shine with the arrival of a plaque won in international competition In the field of community service. Such an honor as this represents is an accomplishment of no small magnitude.

It is all the more impressive because the Loyal Order of Moose was not founded with a primary goal of community service. This latter facet just grew like Toiisy. Today that spirit is strongest among the strongest lodges of the fraternity ... a point upon which observers might well find a moral.

The extent of local Moose activities in the community life of Pitt Countians is a matter of record; a matter of pride among the membership; and an example of what can be accomplished by harnessing ideals, ideas and work in a common effort.

Congratulations are certainly in order for the honors won by Lodge 885, together with best wishes for the undertakings that lie before them in the year ahead.

Wednesday, August 2, 1961

Cuban

By ALVIN TAYLOR

Wasnt His Nightmare

Jim Boykin, parole officer in Oreenville, tells of the time before his married days when he and a friend took an auto trip.

Their route took them through the mountains and, having limited funds, the two bedded down for the night in the auto.

To make sure the car didnt take off down the steep mountain, however, they carefully set the emergency brake and chocked the wheels with big rocks.

Peeling secure, they soon were off to dream land, one in the front seat and one in the back. It was a peaceful night and Jim recalls he slept peacefully until the wee hours of the morning. Then he awoke with a start.

Were rolling down the mountain!* his friend was screaming. Were rolling down the moun

tain! <'i

Now wide awake Jim could envision the steep hill and the drop into nothingness. He grabbed the door handle and dived out of the car. Jim landed with a thud. As the dust settled he looked back at the car, which by now should have been careening crazily down the mountain.

But it wasnt. It sat beside Jim. Its wheels were chocked and the brake was still set. In short, the vehicle hadnt moved an inch.

Jims friend was simply the victim of a nightmare.

Ronnie Tripp a pharmacy student at UNC is working at Bls-settes this summer. He recalls attending a dance in Virginia once.

On leaving, dressed in his best suit, he came upon a wreck on

the highway. Ronnie says It was raining cats and dogs but ha rolled up his pants lags and set out to offer assistance.

Having had some first aid Instruction, Ronnie decided to do his best by the injured persons.

He shouted instructions to others at the scene.

Who are you? (ot of them asked. ^ -

Ronnie explained that he was a pharmacy student and had had first aid training.

Well. Im a doctor, replied the man.

Ronnie, a six-footer, shrunk to a few inches. And it wasnt the rain that did it.

ine Jrorce ina Can Bring Unity

Other Editors Savings... Soviets New Principles

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) That simple symbol of rtwvivalthe almighty buckmay do more to bring the people of Western Europe together than aU the philosophers, kings, .wars and oratory in history.

The latest example: British Prime Minister Macmillan Monday hemmed and hawed and hes-istated but managed to murmur hed like to take Britain into Europes Common Market.

He wasnt talking out of an Impulse toware humanitarlanism or nobility. Britain is hurting in the pocketbook. The history behind his wish and the Common Market had its roots in humility and desolaron.

For generations the West Europeans lived like tomcats on the prowl for real estate or trade, even If it meant war, which it often did. In the end they fought one war too many, the last one.

It left them broke and second-rate in a new world dominated by the United States and Russia. In their moment of disaster they suddenly showed a common sense which had been unthinkable when they had muscle.

Soon after the war a French economist. Jean Monnet. had an idea. Prance and West Germany both had coal and iron ore. Why not pool their resources? Besides, it would bridge some of that ancient gulf between them.

It would certainly help, economically. The idea appealed, too. to Italy, the Netherlands. Belgium. Luxembourg, So the six nations signed a treaty creating the European Coal and Steel Conununity (ECSC).

Another Frenchman, Premier Rene Pleven, got another thought. Instead of having separate European armiee glaring at

each other as in the past, why not unify them in one army, including Germany, which then would be an ally and not an enemy?

The French Parliament, still afraid of a rearmed Germany, killed this notion. But the idea of cooperation among the six-called the Inner 8ixwas just starting.

In 1957 they signed another treaty, called the European Economic Community or Common Market.

The six would trade freely Among themselves, wiping out tariffs on each others goods. A man in Rome could buy a German car for the same price hed pay In Bonn.

With this start, it was thought, the Inner Six could go on to over greater cooperation, perhaps tome to a omnmon citizenship. Collectively they would achieve far greater strength in coping with the United States and Russia than they could ever hope for singly.

But Britain, with its long lone-wolf history of staying out of continental entanglements and playing one power off against another. w(Hil(mt Join.

It created a rival trading group of its own called the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in 1960. It had seven members-known as the Outer Seven Britain, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Denmark.

But while the purpose of ths Inner-Six was to eliminate tariff barriers against their own goods they also arranged to create a uniform tariff wall against the goods from any other country.

This begain to hurt British trade. Ths Inner Six nations have 160 mUlion people. The (Omitloued on pege five)

(Rocky Mount Telegram)

An important and historic document of vital interest to the West has been announced as new Communist policy by the Soviet Union. Its importance is made all the more clear when it is realized that the document could set the pattern for Communist behavior for years to come. An example of this Is found in its main theme; tiiat capitalism Is doomed anyway so Communists are urged to sui^ort the Leninist principle of peaceful coexistence.

A conclusion to be immediately drawn is that the Soviet Union has indeed won a key ideological victory over the Chinese Communists. Last December in a meeting of Red leaders from 81 countries Red Chinas theory that war with capitalism is inevitable lost out to Nikita Khrushchevs line that communism will triumph over the West without resort to war.

Many ctf the points in the new program have been mentioned by Khrushchev and it appears that he clearly was the guidr ing spirit behind this new statement of principles. This in turn means he still bolds the upper hand in the Marxist struggle for world leadership between himself and Mao Tse-tung.

If that is true it holds great slgnifrcance for the West. For, while the Soviet Union still poses a threat to the West, the peril is in no wise as immediate as it would be if the Chinese Reds ware in the ascendancy. Sudden, ruthless war would be the result of leadership by China. For that we can at least be thankful, if such a negative condition can justify thanks.

The key to the new program

appears to be this statement: Socialism (which Is communism) inevitably will take over from capitalism everjrwhere. Such is the objective law of the develojHuent of societyi It is difficult to understand how the masses can swallow this line when they often go hungry, never get clothes and other necessities in quantities sufficient to justify calling socialism the ultimate paradise.

While promises of greater things for the people were made in the new line, these {Hromises were immediately qualified with the warning that ipcmipUcaUons in the internati(mal situation and a necessary increase In the strength of the armed forces can delay realization of the plans for improving the peoples matwlal welfare. The point is that these excuses are always handy for use whenever the Reds see they are failing in another five-year plan to iHit bread on the table.

But the important thing for the West to remember is that the Kremlin feels the West is doomed anyways and that a peaceful Communist takeover Is preferred. We of course, prefer that the Reds choose the peaceful method. That way, we can be assured there will be no takeover, for not in many a moon will socialism ever prove superior to old-fashioned, energetic enterprise and private initiative. On that basis the West has nothing to fear. It is only when the Soviet wakes up ultimately to the fact that Red China was right that we should worry, for only through force of arms san communism ever overcome democracy. And then only if we lose the battle of determination to survive.

Saturday will be the last day of the week for the world. But 16 years ago on Saturday, this whole potentially trlfying era in -Which we now live was ushered in. It was on Aug. 5, 1945 that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, killing 78,000 people.

It climaxed a fantastic scientific hunt for the ultimate weapon and it served its immediate purpose. The bomb ended World War n.

But though the war ended, the bomb is still with us. In fact since, the far more powerful hydrogen bomb has been perfected.

Even today the question is raised: Was it right for the United States to use tto bomb?

Only time will tell. Perhaps iU terrible power demonstrated to the world that wars must end. Perhaps it set the precedent f<H* future use of the bomb which will eventually destroy the world. At this point, nobody knows.

Opinions In Brief

Crab grass is better left alone, while life is devoted to higher goals, such as watching the 'Saturday afternoon baseball game on television.^Dallas Morning News.

The thinking man says, Only a lunatic would start another war, without realizing how many of them are around. Mattoon (HL) Journal-Oazctte.

Confidence Is that quality that permits an individual to do crossword puralcs with the aid of a fountain pen.Christian Science Monitor.

Next to runaway price*, a shower bath in a strange hotel is the hardest thing to regulate. Winnipeg Tribune.

;i^etolc.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT

Copyright. 1961, King Features Syndicate. Inc,

Although It is now settled that tiie Unllted States wm make its stand against Soviet Russia at Berlin and not in Cuba, the Cuban situation will always raise doubts in the American mind. Have we not lost too much by the consistent poUcy of permitting Castro to get away with

In this c(Hmectlon one has Nathaniel Weyls Red Star Over Cuba, now revised, brought up-to-data aiul issued as a paper-* back.

Nathaniel Weyl is a former C(xnmunist who has turned on the Party and has done yeoman service exposing it. Familiar with Ckimmunist language and Communist techniques, Weyl is not deluded by Soviet propaganda although as a convert from Communism he is ianaUcally anti-Communlst.

Weyl establishes beyond doubt tiie Communist nature of Iho Castro revolution. This may not be necessary for the initiated, although there are^still many in the United States who believe that. Castro is a noble dictator who leads his people to a.better life. They are like the deluded ones who spoke of Mao Tze-tungs Communists as Agrarian Reformers.

Nathaniel Weyl has made as thorough a study as is possible for the layman of the Cuban fi- asco. Apparently he had close contact with primary sources. President Kennedy has issued all kinds of ukazes limiting communication between government officials and the press. Such an attitude never succeeds; It only gives opportunity to the abler newspapermen to demonstrate their talents. Regarding .Cuba many attempts have been made to be secretive; all have failed. During the campaign, ^ohn F. Kenn^ used bold lybich were not implement^ after the Inauguration. The President has never explained this change in attitude, which is unfortunate because it leads people to wonder whether his bite is as sharp as his bark.

The ease of Richard Nixon is different. Weyl says:

As early as April 1959, Nixon had held a three-hour ccmversa-tion with Fidel Castro in Washington. bad reported back to President Eisenhower that he was convineed that Castro was a tool of Communism and had rec< ommided that the United States proceeded forthwith to the traJning and arming oi Cuban freedom figbters. This recommendation was rejected.

However, during the cam-paign. Nixon was yry nld on the CulHUi question, either because he did not wish to embarrass President Eisenhower or attack the CIA. President Kennedy was apparently embarras-ed by being a Democrat because some of the leading personalities in his iMTty were opposed to his taking any action against Castro. This was especially true of Adlai Stevenscm. Weyl says of Stevensons lUtltude:

Adlai E. Stevenson urged a categorical promise that Amer-k:an f<mces would not be used in Cuba. His interest was in being able to Justify U.S. action be-fOTe the United Nations. He was taking a stand in favor of expediency, n(A Intcrnatimial law.

Weyl lUtributes much of the Presidents negative attitude to Adlai Stevenson and has devoted c<Huiiderable space to an effort to proye ti point. The problem, however, was much more complicated. Several of the countries . of Latin America were fearml of the reinstallation of the Monroe Doctrine and ti employment of Marines to maintain a. tfnited States form of government in Central and South America. This would have raised many problems which were not particularly related to (hiba but whidi might have Involved us in many unfortunate situations with some countries.

There was also the possibility that Soviet Russia was playing a not unusual Communist trick, namely it would make trouble in Chiba and Laos, diverting American military strength to those areas and thus throwing the United States off focus while Soviet Russia attacked Berlin.

If this was Soviet strategy, the United States should have kept far away from the Chiban situation at the present time.

On the other hand. If we calculated that that was such a program why did the United States encourage Cuban refuge (Continued on pags five)

Personnel Office Firecracker

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS THE CARPENTER ' > OF NAZARETH

Julian, the Apostate, has been one of the foremost vUlalnt In the history of the Christian Cnurch. He was a Roman emperor who first embraced Christianity and later forsook and denounced it. The story is tdd that after be bad flven up his Chris-lan faith, Juuan one day encountered an old man whom he bad known in hie youth. This old mso was a devout Christian. By the way.* said Julian cheerfully. what has become of that carpenter of Nsnareth? And the old man nqilled, The carpenter of Nazareth is very busy theee days making a coffin for you and for the Roman Empire.

Whether it was the shock of

this rebuff no oao knows, but within six months Julian plunged a amor into his own heart. The Carpenter of Nasareth has made many coffins. In one he buried Julian. In another the Roman Empire. He hie been burying false systems, false men. and false philosophies ever since. If we may presume to uee a itmbllnf figure in this connection, the cards are stacked afainst us if we think we can oppoee Christ and get away with It. He. ty whom all things are made, has plans and purposes against which puny little men casts hlmsill to his destruction.

The Oarpenter of Nazareth, through his teachings, his church and his divine enterprises is still making coffins, and the vain and foolish of ihie world should never cesse to remember it.

By ELMER ROE88NEB

When President Kennedy drew a line at the Brandenburg Gate In Berlin he tlso aet off a firecracker, if not a small bomb, in the personnel offioet of almost all businesses in the United States.

Proposals to Increase draft calls and to csU up reservists are upsetting many recmitiRe.

The first Is of minor conee-quences. It simply means Uiat those companies recruiting fresh young blood win have fewer to recruit from, and that those available may hav# pbys-loal or mental defects.

But the call-up of reservists is worrying many employera. DRAFT SXEMPT7 SURE!

Many cagey companies have been asking apphoants ahoiit their draft status and then hiring only thoee who said they were drtft exempt.

Now they are discovering that many of those exempt from the

draft are members of the reserve, They did short hitches and agreed to be on call for six years.

The junior phalanx in many companies consists of young draft exempt men who elected the reeerve routine from one to seven years ago.

In the intervening time, they have been trained and advanced into positions of responsibility. Idany have married and be-gat.

Today these companies face the leas of any part of these men through the call up of reserviits.

Compliminf operationa further. the law saya an employer muat rehire any draftee or reser-viat called to active duty if he appliee for relnstetement within fO days after his r^eaae from active aervice.

PUTS HIBINO IN SUSPENSION

The veteran must be restored to his old job or an equal

one. except in casee of grave disability. Even then, he must be ven another job. And. back on the job. the veteran is entitled to the same eenlority, pay, vacation and other benefits he would have enjoyed if he had been working right along.

This complicates problems for personnel departments. New people being hired must be warned that if U emergency suddenly ends they may be bumped by a returning reservist or draftee. This will make recruiting difficult Ui the immediate future, despite the larger number of unemployed.

The aituatlon will be compounded by the fact that prosperous eompanlea. antioipatini the loee of young men tbrough draft and reserve ceU^ups. will begin hoarding "the beet, draft-free and call-up>free talent. MAY CUT UNEMPLOYMENT

*1116 possibility of calling up from '500,000 to 1.000.000 men

will have a dramatic effect on unemployment. For the last tlx m<mths both government and private elonomists have been conditioning the public to a long-term high rate of unem-ploymert.

Draining off a million of the most desirable workers can reduce unemployment by ev,en larger numbers. Some will need more than one replacenttnt; some employere will be moved to hoarding people.

T-MEN BECOME SPIPT HUNTERS

The Internal Revenue Service has ^wUfled sU regional offices 'to be alert to the fact that splffe are, often overlooked In reporting income taxes.

Spifrs, also called *M)^ush money and pin money. are premiums paid to retail salesmen for seliing otherwiae slow-moving merchandise.