FACE FOURfm DAILY REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C

Friday, Aufutt 4, 1961

Friday, August 4, 1961

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Ports Authority Has Unused Asset

Reorganization of the State Ports Authority and efforts of this body to improve the flow of goods through the states deep water ports should afford an opportunity for anothhr look at the potential of smaller inland ports in Eastern North Carolina.

The Ports Authority has developed a multi-million dollar expansion for the ports at Morehead City and Wilmington which is designed to provide additional facilities to handle a greater quantity and a greater quantity and a greater variety of cargo through these two ports. According to their assertions, the expenditure of the proposed funds, financed through a bond issue, will largely be repaid through additional business attracted to the deep water ports.

We recognize the fact that it may not be practical for the state to undertake the development of inland ports as it has done with the facilities at More-head City and Wilmington; but as a part of the program to develop more tonnage for these facilities, encouraging the development of inland ports in North Carolina could be most beneficial.

North Carolina has long recognized the value of its inland waters as avenues for transportation, but from the standpoint of the state, little has been done to encourage the development of inland ports for greater utilization of these inland waters. Considerable traffic follows the inland waterway through North Carolina north and south, but for most traffic

Chairmen Are

the cargo that moves through these waters originates and is discharged at ports either to the north or south of the state.

The State Ports Authority, we feel, could be rendering an important service to its deep water porte and to commerce generally in North Carolina if it would devote more attention to helping communities and counties develop their own inland porte, and likewise help these local governments obtain cargo to move through these ports. It stands to reason that the greater the amount of cargo which moves by water, into and out of North Carolina, the greater the amounts, that will move tl^rough the states deep water port^.

The Eastern section of the state has many rivers stretching inland from the coast which are navigat-able for shallow draft cargo barges, or which could be made navigable with a minimum amount of work. It also has a number of communities in this section of the state which from time to time expressed interest in developing small inland ports as an adjunct to the transportation facilities they already have. With more encburagemeht and" more assistance from the State Ports Authority, we believe a number of inland ports could be developed along the rivers of this section of the state. We believe they could be financed without looking to the state/or funds and without taking any funds away from the deep water facilities at Morehead City and Wilmington.

The presence of these inland ports would enhance the economic position of the state, increase the industrial potential of the Eastern section, and further the development of the states two seaports.

From Th6 W6St some Blame Castro

By LYNN NISBET

CHAIRMEN Comi^ainU of tome eattemen that aU the offt* clal poisiUoDt in the Democratic party are going to the west. Euggested a little research into history of the state chairmen-The record shows that for 20 years most of them have come from the p<H)ulous Piedmont, with only one accredited to the real west and only one to the deep east. There will be argu> ment over that statement, because nobody knows just where the east and the west meet.

Of the eleven chairmen who have served since 1940, only Monroe Redden of Hendersonville came from west of the Blue Ridge and only John Larkins of Trenton came from east of Raleigh. Here is the record:

In 1940 Governor Broughton nominated his campaign manager, Emery B. Denny of Gaston, and be was elected chairman. When he was appointed to the Supreme Court early in 1942. Monroe Redden of Henderson county was named in his place.

When Governor Cherry was elected in 1944 he named his campaign manager, WUUam B. Umstead of Durham, who served through the 1944 and 1946 campaigns. Umstead was appointed to the Senate upon the death of Sen. J.W. Bailey, resigned as state chairman in 1947 and was succeeded by W. P. Horton of Chatham. -

Upon his election In 1948 Governor Scott nominated his manager. Capus Wajnick ol Guilford, who resigned in 1950 to become ambassador to Nicaragua, and was succeeded by Everett Jordan of Alamance. Jordan handled the campaigns of 1950 and 1952.

A switch in the summer of 1954 moved Jordan to the post of national committeeman and John D. Larkins Jr., of Jones was named chairman.

Larkins served through the general election campaigns of 1954 and 1956. when another switch made him national committeeman and Woodrow J(mes of Rutherford was named chairman. Jones served through the 1958 election campaign and until Bert Bennett of Forsyth was named by Governor Sanford in 1960. Bennett bad managed Sanfords campaign in the primary*

It is true that all of the present officers of the Democratic party organisation live west of Raleigh, which is just about the boundanr of the eastern third of the state. And all of them ex

cept newly named Secretary Gudger lived east of Statesville, which is just about the boundary of the western third of the state. So what Majority of the people and the voters also live In that middle third of the states area.

POSTCARDSThe Greensboro Record gets in an editorial plug In favor of vacationers sending back messages to homefolks, and for homefolks to respond by going somewhere even if the trip is not long. Here is the story:

As the postcards come in from friends away on vacation, the stay-at-home begins to feel an occasional stirring of discontent. That train whistle dimly heard above the night sounds at home brings thoughts of travel, while a neighbor looks skyward with similar longingat the winking lights of a high flying plane.

That train is going somewhere faraway, somewhere new and exciting. So is the plane< It may be going to Mexico. The train isnt going that far, but given a set of. timetables and good eyesight, you could make connections. perhaps, fm* even such a trip as that.

After all. though, It Isnt necessary to go to Mexico, although that would be a handsome remove from the dally grind. Venturing down the byways of the Old North State can furnish some surprises too.

Over in Wlnstan-Salem. the Journals Chester Davis left his readers mouth watering this week with a piece on mountain meals. He even named names: Shatley Springs and Healing Springs near West Jefferson on Highway 16; the Weld House at Altamount: Nu-Wray Inn at

Burnsville; among othersall of which can translate groaning and savory tables into groaning and happily satisfied guests

For those with an appetite for history, there are many sites among them nearby Alamance Battlefield, only recently equipped with a museum and additional markers.

The desire to hop aboard that evening train for New Orleans or New York is still strong, but until there ia world enough and time for that, there is much to aee and do within easy range of Greensboro. In fact a postcard from Jefferson can

stir wanderlust as deeply as can one from Heldelburgat least It can in those long days before vacation comes.

For Every Little Thing

The hijacking of airliners threatens to become a habit rather than an infrequent occurance.

And the fact that such acts predominately involve the United States and Cuba, understandably puts an edge on tempers. But to blame Fidel Castro for an organized campaign of taking over airliners is a bit too much of a good thing.

It is worth recalling that a rather large percentage of hijackings were performed by Cubans fleeing Cuba; and a very few U. S. planes have been divert-ed to landing in Cuba by admirers of the Castro regime. Not so long ago, the Cuban government was so perturbed by aerial hijackings, and subsequent loss of the planes through court action, there was talk of posting armed guards aboard all their big planes.

In Thursdays attempted hijacking, there appears to be no connection between the Cuban regime and the gunmen who attempted to take over a jet airliner. As of this writing, it was apparently just a harebrained operation with no political overtones.

But our more sensitive lawmakers immediately cried foul. This is folly, too.

Diplomacy In A Monotonous

By DON SCHLIENZ

An Oversight By OCDIV!

And how about you?

Is there a fall-out shelter in your future?

As was to be expected, the field of civil defense is getting Increased attention since the Presidents fireside chat* dealing with our times of international tension. _____

Newspapers, magazines, radio and television are ail telling the story of public reaction to the move for preparedness. (One local recruiter was telling me the other day his business was up by about 40 per cent.) Draft-age males are very conscious of a feeling they could be called in the near future; and reservists are reminding themselves that the oply reason they are in reserve is to be ready -^n case of emergencies.

But the general civilian population is also in the story. They were jolted into awareness that

it Is really up to the individual to look out for himself and his family if the big trouble should, come. My guess is that a lot of people are giving the subject some deep thought.

Fall-out shelters . . . their planning and construction ... are on peoples minds. Exchange newspapers we get ht e at the office have carried several stories of individuals who have built them; and of course, OCDM is promoting the shelter idea to everyone who can hear or read.

Which is partly why the Missus and I have been looking over some pamphlets, making mental notes of emergency supplies it would be good to have around, and studying shelter plans.

Weve even gone so far as to sketch a layout, meeting CD standards, of a shelter presumed

Other Editors Sayings , rO What Of Today? Mr, K

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) A thousand years from now historians, rummaging around in the East-West diplomacy of our .day, may conclude: "What a dreary, monotonous, unimaginative time that was.

For almost three years there has been endless jabber-jabber over Berlin, with neither side coming up with a really new idea except perhaps some skimpy concession which neither pleased nor placated anyone.

Now the whole thing is to be done over again, and probably with the same result.

It was late in 1958 when Premier Khurshchev started the fuzz flying with his demand the West get out of Berlin. What he had, mainly, was a big yeu to take it over. Even this wasnt new. Atalin had tried it 10 years before.

Such a situation, of course, required a meeting of the Western foreign ministers. But they couldnt seem to think of anything more forward looking than not budging. Then they met with the Russian foreign minister and nobody budged.

Khrushchev finally agreed to an intermission when President Elsenhower asked him over for a visit. Out of this eventually came agreement for a summit meeting In Paris in May, 1960.

Such a situation, of course, required a meeting of the Western foreign ministers. The purpose of their session; To decide what the West should do when Khruschchev sat down with Eisenhower, French President De Oaulle, and British Prime Minister Macmillan.

It was a bleak foreign minister's meeting. They didnt seem able to think of anything beyond standing pat. And by late April, 1960, this writer summed up the .total accomplishment after all the talk:

The Western allies, with

months to prepare, apparently, are going to the summit meeting with Russia next month with no new ideas. And Russia, despite some big talk, hasnt produced any new ones, cither.

It was a summit meeting which never came off. Khrushchev wrecked it after the American U2 spy plane was shot down over Russia. But the main factor in what he did may have been this:

The Western diplomats by this time had made the whole prospect of of a summit meeting look so dismal that Khruschev may have felt hed save face by not having the meeting at all.

Now it starts again. Once more Khrushchev has demanded the Allies get out of Berlin, Once more theyve said hed better not try to force them and once more the talking begins.

This weekend the Western foreign ministers meet in Paris to discuss Berlin. It will be extraordinary, in view of the past record. If they come up with anything more original than a communique which says they are firm but willing to discuss.

After they go through this it Is likely there will be a Western summit meetingPresident Kennedy, De Gaulle, Macmillan, West German Chancellor Adenauerto talk perhaps about a summitsummit with Khrushchev later.

Its easy to understand that even if the Westerners did find some new approach they wouldnt tip their hand to Khrushchev before they sat down with him when, in exchange for some concession from them, theyd want one from him.

The only trouble with this reasoningjust remember the 1955 summit meeting, the years of talks on disarmament and the talks on a nuclear test banis that nc^dy budges and new ideas are few.

The WUson Times

You have read the opinions of the 20 year Soviet plan for Russia in the leading newspapers around the world. What we would like to read Is a candid report of the Russin people to the Khrushchev promises.

The majority of the Russians will not be living to see the grandiose Communist plan materialize, which of course it never will. You realize that Khrushchev is talking now of the Communist Utopia. Russia today has a form of socialism, work is rewarded according to ability skill and training. In the Communist world of 20 years hence, all needs will be satisfied. aU class disappears, and all are on the same level. Human nature being what it is, you see that even a dictator needs 20 years away to promise to furnish your needs, a life of ease and to put every one on the same footing.

This promise is for the future. We would think the Russians would be asking What of Today? Families living in one women digging ditches, and the like are unheard of hardships in the capitalistic countries. As to social reforms these are realities, not on a 20 year away agenda.

Then as if to cushion the failure,'* which has come with every five and 10 and now 20 year plan, this life of ease depends on peace. This Is the key to the mandate. The Soviet people fear the Germans, but

they fear war even more. They are now carrying the burden of the huge war machine, that takes a bigger bite out of the nationa resources because of the Berlin crisis.

Is Khrushchev holding out a hope he knows he will not live to see realized? Is he making a big political play to his own people? All the Russians have gained since World War II will be lost in World War III. War today will be playing for keeps and Khruschchev knows this.

The free world wants to know the reaction of the Russian people. The ones who have to live in the one room, shared with another family, the ones who have so little compared to the peoples of the free world. Do they not know the difference?

During the 44 years Russians have lived under Socialism, they have made progress. Will they risk this for war? Will Khrushchev, who is not as entrenched as Stalin, hold out the hope for better living while threatening or justifying war?

These are some of the questions that must be disturbing the Russian people. But they will never see them discussed in print. The people will read what the government wants them to know. The Interpretation will be government inspired.

It Is the free world that has reaped the benefit from the 20 year plan. The leader of Com-funism is offering to the Russian people the hope for a few of the conveniences of life that we take for granted-

A trouble with being a leader is some of the people who follow you. Herald, Danvers, Mass.

suited to our family needs. And I hate to say It, but the Office of Civil Defend Mobilization has goofed.

Did you ever try to compress bunks, a table, chairs, cabinets, shelves, a radio and waste receptacles . . . and a playground

r , into a space measuring roughly 12x12x7?

Of course you havent. But one playground (medium size) would be a handy thing to have in a shelter if two small children are going to share the space. Two playgrounds would be better ... but let's keep it easy.

Truth of the matter is, we find it difficult keep our youngsters in reasonably close orbit around our house. They crave the wide open spaces. The wider the better. The Old West would have been moxe to their liking than civilizations barriers of streets and nearby houses.

Prolonged confinement is to them' (and for them) unthinkable.

Those CD pamphlets, suggesting necessary equipment and listing desirable supplies, and explaming to some degree the hazards tu be met, overlooked the problem of living in a tiny cell with two or more small bundles of energy.

Being resourceful, I have added one, more item to the list of supplies that OCDM forgot: tranquilizer pills.

For parents, not children.

Opinions In Brief

Damaging as is the loss of able hands and brains, a counterblockade by the West is too high a price for the East German Government to pay for stopping the exodus. East Germanys vital interest in keeping open the channels of communication with the West will clearly play its part in any n^otia-tions about West Barlin.London Daily Telegraph.

Comment Is often heard that to let so many of our schools stand idle during the summer months is extremely wasteful. There can be little quarrel with that argument, even though summer courses keep some partly in use.New Bern 8un-Journal.

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By GEORGE . SOKOtSKY

Copyright. X961. King ^ Features Bymllcate, ine.

I have received a special T.V. announcement to the effect that Mr. Joseph liewis. President, Free Thinkers of America and author of Am Atheist Manifesto, JThe .Bible Unmasked, The Ten Commandments and many other books on Freethought, as well as Thomat Paine: Author of the Declaration of Independence, will be a panel guest on Betty Furness pri^ram, At Your Beck and Call over Station NTA Monday, July 31st. 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. There will be no restrictions as to questions or answers 4>n the Bible. beUef in God. etc.

A free thinker is suwosed to be a person who regards himself of such superior mentality that 1 docs not believe In a godany god, but he does believe in himself. Lewis philosophy is based on Thomas Paines sentence: Independence is my happiness and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

My country is not the world which in many areas is too barren. My country is the United States which Thomas Paine did not find of great significance, as it did not exist during most of his life. True, he was a Virginian but he was also an Englishman and his quarrel with George III helped to make us free, although it did not make Thomas Paine fully cognizant of what it meant to be an American.

In a free society' an atheist has a right to poke his fist at God, and Betty Furness undoubtedly feels that she is providing this particular atheist with his constitutional right to unm?>sk the Bible and to prove that the 10 Commandments were not revealed to Moses by God but were copied from the Code of Hammurabi who got it all out of his head or from some prior barbarians.

I have never seen a Betty Furness program except during political conventions when she interrupts the proceedings to advertise washing machines and such commodities. I did not know that she went in for theological dialectics. Perhaps we have here hidden behind the television screen an American Isidore of ScUe or a female collapse like Jobs adversaries.

At any rate, one can shout whatever he desires to shout In this country. He does not need to follow anyone but his own conscience and his own mind, if he has one. In fact, he need not have a mind. The Constitution does not make Intelligence a necessity and a morons vote is as good as a prof^ors. Such equality is of-t^n called democracy.

Imagin what would have happened) If the Manhattan Project had been put to a vote! On one side would be Albert Einstein, with perhaps Robert Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves and a dozen other suspicious characters apd on the other side would be some 60.-000,000 adults who would wonder what an atom is and why anyone should want to' split something that cannot even be seen with the naked eye. It would surely have been voted down unless some politicians knew how to create a crisis to scare the wits out of the people. So*called democracies require crises to get moving.

So we have a society where anyone can say anything, where each individual is entitled to his opinion, where daughters sue fathers for the fathers earnings while be is still alive; where politicians rise to discuss great public questions which they do not understand and ghost-writers make a living giving weak minds strong expression. For all this, one can only say, Hooray! let the welkins ring loud with discussion and debate.

PerhMM some true believer will ask for equal time, the way politicians do. Then the true beUever will prove that the atheist has nothing to say that is newer than what the true believer has to say. In fact. Rabbi Nelson Olueck Is even now In the Negev discovering that many of the statements In the Bible which free thinkers had questioned can be proved by the most rigid scientific methods to be true. His archeological work in (Continued on page live)

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS BE PATIENT

Parents have someUraes n. understood their children and tried to turn them from careers of holy living and great use-fullnesii. 'The father of St. Francis of Assisi was violent In his anger against his son when the young man turned from a life of gaiety to become a religious ascetic. At the trial In which the father of Francis attempted to bring his son back under his authority. Francis stripped off his clothes in the courtroom, laid them at his fathers feet and declared that henceforth he belonged no longer to an earthly father but to a heavenly. Admiral Petin disinherited his son WlUiam lor joining ths Quakers.

Yet how conclusively has history proved that the parents in both of these cases were wrong and the children were right. The' young folks had visions which the blind eyes of middle-age could not see. We may grow impatient today at many of the attitudes and practices of our young peopltand of many of them wt should grow Impatlent-but we should also remember that it is young people who see vUionswtbat it is the sons and daughm who prophesy. The future U with them, for better or worse. Let us love them, and try to understand them Love never faileth, and understanding persisted In, leads us at last into the ways of light and gladness.

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By ELMER ROESSNER M&ny book publishers were nervous a few years ago when the monstrous eye of the television picture tube began staring into American living rooms.

But despite televisionor perhaps because of it book sales have been Increasing. Sales rose in each of the last eight years. Last year they increased 13 per cent to a total of $1.3 billion, according to the Amerl-csu) Book Publishers Council. Book production this year* has been running 14 per cent ahead* of 1960 and total sales may be close to $1.5 billion.

Two other factors indicate good times:

A number of mergers has resulted in economies and resulting stock offerings have Increased capital financing.

New equipment will permit mass production of books with a minimum of hand labor Still another factor promises a further rise in sales in the i future; School book purchases Jbv been lagging behind the

increase in pupils. When pressures increase to compel school boards to catch up with books, a sharp upturn in this important sector of the publishing is likely.

TEACHING MACHINES COMPETE

However, publishers face considerable competition from the wave of new teaching machines-Many school boards are trying these out and. if they fulfill promisea, more education money will be spent for them, making less funds available for books

Several publishers have hedged bringing out teaching machines or buying companies making them.

There have been a number of spectacular mergers. sHb trade reports say more are under consideration. MoGraw-lll. New-house, Crowell-Collier. Prentlce-Htll and Vision interest figure in these reports, none of which have been confirmed.

One of the biggest recent mergers was the union of Henry Holt A Co., Rindbart dc Co. and J

the John C, Winston Co. into Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Inc. Harcourt, Brace Ac Co. ana World Book Co. became Harcourt, Brace and World, Inc-Random House, Inc., acquired Alfred A. Knopf As Co. and W. L.

Singer Co., a publisher of school

texts.

CrowcU-Collier Publishing Co. took over the Macmillan Co- but is operating it as a separate entity. Several oUier kinds of publishers, including the Time Mirror (newspaper) Co. of Los Angeles, and Meredith (magazine) Publishing Co., have purchased book publishing houses. BOOKS BY AUTOMATION

The new book-making equipment has been developed by Processes Lithographers, Inc., (200 Varlck Street) New York. It is claimed to* reduce publishing costs by 15 to M per cent, a welcome development in an Industry long beset by increasing costs. The first production is expected in October.

Few people realize the extent of the book publishing industry. In tddilioa to fiction and school

texts. It produces medical, sd-entitle. trainMg, business, liv< splrational, seii^ilp and dozens ol other kinds of volumes.

IF YOU GET KILLED,

YOU GET TAXED

Because selling costs and

comnaisfilons are so high, airplane insurance rates are stiff. And now, under an Internal Revenue Service ruling, the proceeds are to be included in the insureds estate, if he should happen to be killed. '

The ruling (Rev. Rul. 61-123) holds that because the insured has a light to change his beneficiary, the money cannot go tax-free to the widow. The idea that a passenger might change his beneficiary while aloft of that he could get off legal not-Iftcation changing a beneficiary, is far-fetched. But that, kiddies, is the law as interpretted hr

ms.

PrenUce-Hall offers a simple solution: Let the insurance ccxn-panies make their policies in* alterable with respect to bens-ticiariaa