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DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, II. C

Thursday, August 3, 1931

ThturBday,Auga8t 8, 1961

Impressions of Cuba

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Benefits Get Away From Fanners

and middle-men associated with this segment of the economy are becoming a matter of increasing concern in agricultural and non-agricultural areas of the nation alike. , 1. u

It is common knowledge that there has been- increasing sentiment against many phases of the agricultural program from urban and non-agricultural areas within the nation. It is also common knowledge that this sentiment has been fanned by instances in which it has appeared that considerable financial gain has been realized by a relatively few people through certain parts of the agricultural program.

What is not recognized generally in non-agricui-tural sections, is that by and large the agricultural program means the difference between financial success and failure for many small fanners. Although there may be a small number of large operators who -seem to get a disproportionate share of benefit from -the agricultural program whether they need it or not, there are literally thousands of small farmers who could not make ends meet without the programs. In-

Demo Leaders Plan 'Organize'

By LYNN NISBET , ORGANIZATION Evidence accumulates that the presently dominant group in Democratic party circles in North Carolina is determined to build a cohesive and working organization. That the nucleus o this organization will consist of men and women who have not heretofore been very active in ixiUtl-cal affairs does not mean there will be lack of popular participation. The contrary is true. Witness the Interest manifested last week In the selection of a secretary of the executive committeea post which in the past ha been of minor importance in the party scheme.

Under the existing plan of organization the secretary Is appointed by. the chairman, and his duties have been clerical and perfunctory. When Chairman Bert Bennett of WiiiMon-Salem named Lamar Gudger of Asheville, a number of old time easterner aquawked about all the party positions going to the west. East-west rivalry is as old as state history. It was much in evidence .when residents of the Albemarle and Pamlico sections complained about western towns like Fayetteville and Raleigh getting too uppity. There are still people In the Elizabeth City, Washington and New Bern areas who think any point beyond Raleigh is In the western ouUandsso far as political consideration la concerned. That is true although the geographic center the state Is some 50 miles west of Raleigh, the population and voting center nearly 100 miles west.

The young folks who are now running the party at least are reaUsUc In their approach to a statewide concept of organizar tlMi control.

NEW PLANNorth Carolina )s one of veiy few states with a written Plan if Organization, or eonstituUon, for Its political partiesDemocrac and Republican. Paul Butler, former national chairman, and several of his predecessors, have commended the idea of a formal planalthough vigorously opposing some of Its iM'Ovlslons. The Plan has been amended many times, almost every two years in fact, since the present text was written .in 1918. It is now underfoing a complete revision, ilie first in more than 40 years-

The committee assigned that task Is headed by Secretary of State ThMd Eure, veteran of many political wars, ranking elected State official, and a party organization man without apol(^. On the committee is Attorney General Wade Bruton, another veteran, who served as chairman of the revision committee two years ago. The others are younger in years and exper-

ience, with new Ideas and the courage to fight for them.

The committee has completed its basic work and the text of its report is being prepared by Judge L.J. Phipps of Chapel Hill and John Warren of Charlotte. When the report is put in shape it will be submitted to the full revision group and then to the executive committee at a special meeting for adoption.

STREAMLINEDEnough information has been obtained to make sure that the new Plan will call for a streamlined or-ganization. It will start with the precinct, whereas the old plan began with the state committee. The powerful executive committee will be composed primarily of the 100 county chairmen, elected in the counties, contrasted with the old cumbersome scheme of more than 225 members elected by the state convention. Other changes-include elimination of proxy voting at conventions and clarification of the succession process in case of absence of chairmen.

CONTROLDuring the two first decades of this century control of the Democratic party in this state was vested in Senator Purnifold M. Simmons and a small clique around him, by authority of assumption of control rather than any plan of organization, In the early 1920s some of the Simmons lieutenants deflected, and the Senator was defeated In 1930 by a former associate, J.W. Bailey, By that time the Plan of Organization. rather than a personal boss,, technically controlled the party.

Max Gardner moved to the front as a dominant figure, but he was never able to assert the control which Simmons bad exercised in his balmy days. Since Gardners death In 1947 the party has not had a recognized leader. The cold-typed Plan of Organization was its law. And from 1940 through 1956 there has been a steady decline in the Democratic margin of votes for President, and a leas marked but noticeable drop In percentage majoriUes for Democratic Governors.

Obviously the inanimate plan was not adequate."'It had to be animated and strengthened by human relationship. Terry Sanford, Bert Bennett. Wallace Hyde and their new-comer associates, aided by the counsel of oldtlmers like Eure and Bruton, jMopose to give the Democratic party that essential animation. The lackadaisical days that were so comfortable from the middle thirties to the middle fifties are Just fond memorise.

The new rule Is that If you're gonna be a Democrat j^uve got to work at the Joband not Just on electicm day.

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deed, many of them' have difficulty doing this even with the programs now in effect.

Certainly the' agricultural program should not degenerate into give-away program to either small farhiers or large operators. Neither should it be ren-dere<i an ineffective hodge-podge of rules and regulations which would be of no benefit to agriculture by those who, lacking understanding of the needs and problems of farmers, fail to appreciate what kind of programs can be both practicijj for the nation and beneficial to the agricultural economy.

It is important that the farmers of the nation recognize the growing sentiment in many quarters against comprehensive farm legislation. It is likewi^ important that the farmers realize that much of this is brought about by misunderstanding of the agricul-tufal programs and by isolated examples of operators who have engaged in profiteering'* t taxpayers' expense because of the farm programs.

If the economy of the nation is to remain strong, there must be a strong agricultural economy as a part of the overall picture. And as we have learned through painful trial and error over the past few decades, a practical and comprehensive program for agriculture is essential.

Unless the farmers themselves diligently seek to prevent a disproportionate share of the benefits qrf agricultural programs from flowing away from the family farms, they may soon find adverse sentiment thwarting their efforts toward positive, effective and reasonable farm legislation.

Pep Talks Still Dont Change The Weather

It was to be expected.

A few hot daysaand warm nights, strung together like beads, and we have complaints already.

People squint reproachfully at Old Sol, and their thoughts, spoken and unspoken, are summed up by one word

Whew!

Greetings on chance encounter invariably include the dubious query Is it hot enough for you?'', and the complaint Boy, but its hot echo from one street to the next.

So we should have snow in early August maybe?

Leave us not forget the very recent complaints on the cold of winter and delayed springtime ... the snow, the slush, the cold nose and hacking cough; the gray days and frost-ridden nights. ------------

Then thoughts turned longingly toward remembered days of scorching sun nd perspiring labors. Great deeds were recalled as having been done in summer heat, and . . .

O brother! This is no day for work. Pep talks notwithstanding, the most appealing thought on days like this involves much idleness, a shady spot where cool breezes blow, a pitcher of lemonade within easy reach, and the .sound of duty's call muffled by distance.

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By HAL BOYLE

Demember Those Days?

'-uture To Hole.

World Turmoi..

NEW YORK TAP) - Lets have another look back at the calmer times when people could go to sleep without worrying over whether the next morning theyd have to face a fresh world crisis.

Sometimes its a blessing to have these days to recall. Its a compensation tor growing old-er. i

So. count yourself among the lucky ones if you can still remember when

Anybody who bought a $10.-000 house was considered well-to-do.

If you got a $50 weekly'sal-ary, that was the amount they put in your pay envelope. There were no such things as deductions.

When you went to the store for a gallon of coal oil, the grocer always stuck a raw potato on the spout to keep the can from leaking.

Babe Ruth earned almost as much for knocking 60 home runs in a year as many 16-year-old kids now get for singing as bonus players.

If you gave a child a penny, he didnt look up and ask, Whats It good for?

It was regarded as a national disaster when movie stars Doug Fairbanks and Mary Pick-ford got a divorce.

You stepped on a running board before entering an automobile, and there was no such thing as a gasoline tax.

Ministers denounced the rumble seat as the greatest threat to the morals of the younger generation.

You could impress the neighbors with a $200 funeral.

A fountain pen was advertised as a lifetime investment.

The most popular indoor hobby in America was making home brew in the basement.

A draft was a breeze that seep

ed through a windownot an order Issued from Washington.

A good pool player had a wider circle of admirers than a fellow who beat par on a golf course, and any man over 20 who still played tennis was put down as a sissy.

A wife was Judged by the skill with which she could darn her husbands socks.

There was only one wonder drugaspirinand nobody had heard of a virus.

If you were sick, the doctor came to see you; you didnt have to go to see him.

Only mothers and old folks used rocking chairs.

Teen-agers took orders instead of giving themand usually asked permission before using the telephone.

The best way to have security in your old age was to raise a family of iO kids-

Remember?

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)You^^can expect world turmoil for the rest of your life. Not big war, maybe, but endless conflict, struggle, revolution around the globe.

It's all spelled out calmly in the Russian Communlit partys program fw the next 30 years, and beyond.

This program, the first laid down in Moscow since 1919, was released Saturday. It fills 64 columns of print in the New York Times.

When Hitler wrote Mein Ksmpfhis blueprint for the wild savagery of Naslism later unfortunately no one took it serlouily.

It looked like the work of a neurotic, and it was.

No doubt many men had a hand in the new Russian Communist party program which has the blessing of Premier Khrushchev. No one is calling this neurotic.

It is frankly and confidently Moscows blueprint for world conquest by communism. This must be taken as seriously as Mein Kampf should have been.

It 1 divided into two main parts. One Is a catalogue of rosy promises of a richer and easier life for the Russian people in the next 30 years.

It was this part of the program which got most attention when it was made public over the weekend.

The other, predicting the ultimate triumph of communism without a timetable, is the blueprint for the long, fierce, unending struggle ahead.

Reading the full text in this

. program makes tne

idea of peaceful coexistence.*

part of Uie

which Khruahcbev preaches, look like an exercise In the Communist lexicon of double-apeak.

It says quite blandly that peaceful coexistence between communism and capitalism Is not only possible but desirable. After all, It explains, this Just

gives communism more time to take over.

It says, for instance: Communists have never held that the road to revolution lies necessarily through wars between countries. The great objective of the working class can be realized without war.

The real chiller is Moscows idea of what should be happening through that long twilight period of peaceful coexistence that everywhere Communists should be trying to take over whatever country theyre In.

The means may vary but the central theme is revolution. The revolution may not necessarily be violent. If, for example. Communists could get elected in enough numbers to control a parliament and thus take over government.

The program sounds a little skeptical that Communists are going to conquw many places without violent revolution. It says: Leninism maintains, and historical experience confirms, that ttie ruling classes do not yield power of their own free wlU.

Thats the polite way of saying youll have to fight for it. boys.

The program emphasizes that-one country after another should be knocked off from withinto* avoid waralthough the sxsot method will vary from country to oountry, depending on how much and what kind of opposition there is.

This advice is given:

The success of the struggle which the working olsss wages for the victory of the revolution will depend on how well the working class and its party maa-ter the use of all forms of struggle-peaceful and non-peaceful. parliamentary and extra-parliamentaryaiul how well they are prepared to replace one form of struffle by another as quickly and unexpeotedly as poaslble.** The Russians are tee practl-(Oontisiiied Oo Pift I)

Other Editors Sayings . Opinions Had We Gone Into Cuba In Brief

(Henderson Dispatch)

Now, days later, it is reported that a number of members of the U.S. Senate were so aggravated by Castros seizure of tn American commercial airliner that they favored sending enough power into Cuba to recover the plane and bring It home. So far as Castro Is concert td, It would have served him right. But there would have been repercussions here and aUoad, and they wouldr.t all have tn favorable.

For one Uring. starting at home, owners of oil refineries and sugar plants and other p.op-erties worth hundreds of millions of dollp-*' ' rebel government has seised would have wanted to know why the government didnt intervene in their behalf. It would have been a legitimate complaint, although the circumstances are not exactly parallel. Hijacking of the plane over American territory, in Florida, was piracy of *the air, and certainly cannot be condoned.

Abroad, there would have been the gulping of leftists, even In so-called friendly countries, against an Invasion. It would have been invasion, to be sure, although not on as large a scale as general landings and launching of a campaign to get rid of an avowed enemy.

TJnder international practices, until recent years at least, the United States would have been Justified in using force to recover the plane. While It was private property, what is the Fed

eral government for if not to protect ts ctizens and their Interests in whatever quarter of the globe?

In the days of Teddy Roosevelt. that Prer :.ciit would most likely have Issued an ult latnm to Castro, coupled with the threat of force, which actually would have be-n used.What is more, he would have gotten away with it.

Senators have been represented ts having submitted to all they kre willing to take at the hands of this peanut dictator. They are said to be unwilling to submit to more insults, thefts, confiscation, and what have you. On the surface that certainly is a logical stand. Soviet Russia would not have submitted to as much as the United States has. The Kremlin did not hesitate to use force in putting down revolts difficult and the more hastrd-Germany in 1953 and in Hungiry 4n 1956.

While not specifically advocating force against Castro, the plain fact is that the longer a showdown Is delayed, and the more the Cuban dictator is allowed to get away with, the more after all, is what counts most^ ous will action in the future be. It is probable that the Kennedy administration would have had the support of the vast bulk of Amerlcin public opinion In enforcing American rights, which, after all, 1 what counts most-or indeed should. Othtr people have run our affairs long enough and too long already.

Shhh. Dont tell a soul. The New York Times says that Maj. John Singleton Mosby was a Republican long befmre he died. President Kennedy couldn't possibly have known this when he leased an estate at Middle-burg, Va., Mosbys 'capital' lor weekend retreats. Yankee Kennedy can be tspected to savor the history of northern Virginia, including the exploits of Msjuh' Mosby's Raiders. After all, the CivU War has been over nearly 100 years. But to expect him to take kindly to the idea that Middleburg's most famous name in history would up as a Republican, is a horse of a different color.* Lee County (Auburn, Ala.) Bulletin.

Certain insects like the bee and the ant seem to have a talent for highly complicated social systems thst keep everybody going in s whirl without getting anywhere; but this Is no proof against atomic destruction. If it wsre. ws could all move to Washington, DC. Dallas Morning News.

The problems of nuclear power generation vary somewhat from place to place. Economically, it is presently most feasible where the costs of generating electricity from conventional fuels is yelattvely high. But very effort is being made to bring costs down, and notable progress has been chalked up.lndutrial News^ Peview.

A Flag Today?

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

A.R. Booker, of North Holly, wood, writes me:

In looking down the block of our Industrial section we observed that only one flag was flying in the entire block. It occurred to us that something has happened to our nationalistlo spirit, which perhaps in a sense is reflected by our national leaders in their dealings with other

nations.

So Booker put an advertisement in the newspaper advocating a flag-pole revival. His ad only brought him two letters. He says:

When considering the placement of this advertisement I contacted the display advertise-ment department of a major Los Angeles newspaper. When I first read the advertisement to him his comment was, 'What are you ti^g to do, sell flag poles or flagi?' It appears that it is our American custom to assume that no one does anything without an angle.*

This is unfortunate, and I assume many persons who read our ad may Mve been under the impression that we sold flags or flag poles. I can assure you we have no relationship with the flags or flag poles, or the steel industry.

Plying the flag or singing the National Anthem is not as popular these days at it was, say in my youth. For instance, up in these parts, where once Longfellow and Bryant. Oliver Wendell Holmes and Nathaniel Hawthorne spent their summers, the Tanglewood concerts do not begin with the playing of the National Anthem and they fly a small flag in the big shed but not In the small theater. Perhaps musicians are not as patriotic as baseball fans whose games always start with the singing of the National Anthem.

Maybe it is all a smaD mat* ter but it is over matters such as this that the nations of the Earth are on the verge of war. Nationalism is not easy to define in S ere; it is so different in different places. The prolifertition of nations has many causes and becomes possible once the strong power that holds a people together has lost Its potency. Sometimes thread of nationalism is no more thaii language, the association of a people by their mode of speech. Sometimes, it is historic memory, a nostalgia for a previ ous contrition oU,,relationships. , In Africa, for ihstahce, It' is difficult to tie nations together either llngulsttcsll^ or his- ^ terically. In fact, many tribes hated each other and where cannibalism prevailed, they att each other. Nevertheless today, they manifest an intense nationalism which represents a negative response to European colonialism. But anti-colonialism is not enough to provide an intense naUonalivn. And an example of modem nationalism is Israel to which men and women, boys and girls givs their lives freely.

The Israeli Army includes women in many ranks and there Europeans labor in the desert not for themselves but for a nr tion which came Into existence as such as recently as 1948. Israel is a startling example of nationalistic Joilfna^. On th# other hand. Red China is m I^pire and a Cantonese remains a Cantonese and thinks in terms of his peoplethe Cantones.

The trend in the late Nln^ teenth and early Twentieth cei^ turies was away from nationalism toward unlversalism. Great Britain has throughout favored some form of internationalism because there have been so many components of the British Env pire and of the Commonwealth of Nations that nationalism could Jly mean anti-Brltlsh. Sines ths time of Woodrow Wilson, the United States his moved In the direction of internationalism. perhaps as a means lor establishing a method for shifU Ing responsibility for the smaU.-er and weaker countries npon some international body. Although this country did not Jola the League of Nations which we had initiated, we did join* ttie United Nations to which we have devoted ourselves so ardently that we have actually made eaerlflces of sovereignty to strengthen the United Nations. The- Korean War Is one example of that and our financial support of every activity of ths (Continued on Page 8) ^

How To Find The Replacements

Strength For Today

By EARL. L. DOUGLASS PATRIOTISM

There is a disposltioa on the part of many today to scoff at Uvinx In h new world. The one world** concept reminds us of the unity of the humen rece. In this unity, they claim, there is no place for division of any kind.

The idea of unity is Inmiring It is eound. But the reality of patriotism is sound also. Because a man is loyal to one Wmnan does not mean either that he is a fool or that he is the enemy of womanhood In general. The (act that we put our family first in our elfecUoD and our planning does not men that we have no regard for other^fam-

Ulec. Within the unittee of Ood's unlveree there are many aub-dlvlalone. A man eA be a citi-aen of tha world in tha ftneit tense of that term yet a complete patriot of the particular oountry to whioh he owe# poll-ueel aUegisnoe.

tet us distrust as falae leaders those who would try to make us believe that there la something unworthy. iUoglcsl end araohaio tn patrioUem. Pa-trlotisra le k>ve of oountry. And love of oountry haa is true a pUoe in the life of good men end womn ae love of spouae, love of children, love of Ood.

If we ever cease to be patriotic. we shall have ceased to be either sensible or humane.

By ELMER ROESSNER Replacements for employees about to be drafted or called up in the reserves can be found under orderly procedures by most businesses.

Even if a million young men are called up in the rest of this year, sound business activities can keep the impact mild. For one thing, the rise In the armed forces will be gradual (barring a boom) and business wUl have time in which to prepare:

Here are stepe to be taken in preparation;

U Determine et onoe which employees are liable to drait or calJup. This will provide the 'basis for a recruitment time-te3e.

2. Determine which of these can be deferred because of skills, bteause they are irreplaceable, etc.

PLAN REPLACEMENTS..,

S. Make p^ans for hiring replacements These plans should cover such factors as when spe

cific skills will be needed, where such skills can be found advertisements, piratini. sto), and how the replaeements can be worked into the existinf organization.

4. Confer with unions concerned. to gain cooperation and help in plans for orderly replacement of those called up.

5. Study up-grading and training possibilities. Best replacement talent may be in your own shop or off lot. A program for training up-coming young people miy remove all ths panie rom ths coming oall-ups.

6. Review recent retirements and dlschargea. Some of those retired may be eager to return on a lUnlted basis: half days or three-day weeks. Some of them may ha vs just the talent needed (or training programs. WHERE TO FIND

NEW BLOOD

7. Re-examine sources (or re* placements: private newspaper ads, employment agencies, state

employment agenolss. school and oollsge bureaus, rslatlvas of present employees, etc.

8. Review automation plana, with a view to speeding mtro-duetton.

9. Consider possibilities of ellmlnatiog unprofitable services, needless work, and unnecessary Jobe.

10. Make all plans with full knowledge that the law will require you to rehire aU draftees and resendsu within 90 days after their relasM from active duty. Unltss this ftct is recognixed. you may tod up wtth two men hcudlni the same Job. with no hope of dropping either.

There's one more thing busl-nesamen can do; get out the old World War n Eisenhower Jacket and save food until It fits.

dean company to acquire 100 per cent ownership of a Japanese camera-making faculty. AUas Cine Works, Tokyo. .. . . Despite the overproduotion of meats ih the .U.S.A., imports in the first five months of I960. . India is )ecoming a eoffee-ex-porter nation, adding to the w(wld surplus, . . .The worlds largest use of aluminum in a tingle installation was the building of a S7-mUt traffic barrier on New York Belt Parkway by Terry Industries, New York . . . .When the dock tieked last in I960, thare were 183MI,-009 persons in the U.S.. the Census Bureau aays. Clip out these lines to win hture arguments.

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SHORT AND SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS ITEMS

Mansfield Industries, of Chicago, has become the tint Am-

EXTRA SIREN WINS A CONTRACT When two dealen sutoUtted bids for police prowl cars to Marblehead. Masa, selsottneit. pricei were Identical. But the dealer who offered two Mrena instead of one won the eon* tact.

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