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Better Transportation Would Help

One cannot^look at the development potential of state. As it does so, affording an easier access to this

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Eastern North Carolina without being aware that a greater effort toward developing better transportation facilities could bring many benefits to this section.

That is not to say that Eastern Carolina does not have good transportation facilities now. It does. But these facilities could be greatly improved. Compared^ w'ith the Piedmont section of the stateparticularly*" in terms of major highways and commercial air serviceEastern Carolina could stand a great deal of improvement.

Where Eastern Carolina has very few major highways which channel large volumes of traffic through this area from other states, the more industrialized and ^ more populated Piedmont section has a considerable number. Where four-lane highways stretch for miles through the Piedmont in various directions, they are relatively few and far between in this section of the

area for tourists and for commercial vehicles, it will enhance the development potential of the area. But it will do so only if adequate measures are taken to see that after the old bottleneck is brokep north of the "Virginia line, a new one does not develop ,on the North Carolina side of the line.

Generally recognized in this section is the lack of commercial air service in thi section of the state. Many communities find themselves far removed from airports served by commercial airlines, while ^in the Piedmont section airports with commercial service seem to be more plentiful and their service more adequate. And of course Eastern Carolina has the built-in potential for water transportationwhich the Piedmont will never have^that could contribute greatly to the economic development of the area if the potential were only exploited.

Progress #n all these fields of transportation has

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The opening of the new tunnel system south of been made in Eastern Carolina in recent years, but we Norfolk in the near future has been heralded by many seriously question whether tie rate of progress has people as a highway link which will considerably in- been in keeping with the needs of the section. Eastern crease the flow of traffic through this section of the Carolina communities, individually and collectively

Observations 3y The Governor

By LYNN MSBET

GOVERNOR Governor Sanford used his weekly news conference as a forum to get off a number of quasi-personal observations, but about subjects in which there is lively public interest.

Por one thing, he sees no point in talking about a special session of the Senate in order to elect a president Just so there could be established a line of succession to the Governors office. "I have no intention of allowing a vacancy to occur in the Governors office, be said. So it doesnt matter whether there Is a fixed order of succession at thii time. He added that in event a vacancy did occur there is machinery for filling itbut 50 far as he ii concerned he is not going to encourage the thought that he might not complete his term.

In another area, he definitely put to rest rumored suggestions that he might set up in his office a sort of over-lordshlp control over public relations activities of all State agencies and departments. Implication in the rumors was that this would constitute censorship.

Tne Governor was emphatic in denial of any such intent. To the contrary, he said, he wanted every agency to afford free access to all information, and he urged the reporters to dig in for facts a little deeper than the departmental handouts covered.

CENTRALr-The rumor of a proposed central censorship office on State news needed killing fast. A similar rumor gained currency about the time the Department of Administration was being established during the Hodges regime. Then and now, the idea was probably expanded from the practical suggestion that there should be some central point around Capitol Square w'here newsmen could pick up departmental releases for tips and as basis for further checking.

'TRAVElrBn response to a Question from a reporter about who would be in position to take over control of State government, if such take-over became necessary, while the Governor is out of the state, he launched into a detail di-scussion of his travel programand the tight rein he keeps on hLs office. Adverting to crlticliRf^hat he should stay closer home and "keep store. he said the critics failed to recognize the modern facilities for communication, and the btis-Iness-like organization of the Governors office.

Even when he is in Raleigh, he said, details of office management were handled by assignments. When away from Raleigh, whether in or out of the state, he maintains constant communication with the office by telephoneand he assumes full responsibility for its operations.

He concedes that there are cer

tain functions of the office required by the constitution which he cannot perform when beyond the borders of the state. This does not preclude announcement of what will be done when he gets inside North Carolina, and has no bearing on general statements of opinion or policy emanating from his office.

PROGRESS Regardless of merit in criticism of Governors Hodges and Sanford for spending too much time traveling away from the captol at Raleigh, and particularly excessive out of state travel, the fact is that conditions now are greatly different from tho.se maintaining when the constitutional prohibition against out of state exercise of authority was written into the law books.

Some oldtimeri will recall that as late as 1931 Governor Max Gardner was afraid to leave the state for fear the Lieutenant Governor Dick Fountain would take over the administration.

NATIONAL GUARD Announcement that Maj. Gen. Edward P. Griffin Is retiring as commander of the 30th National Guard Division and Is being replaced by Brig. Gen. Weston H-Willi.s, occasioned the question of whether this change involved the alleged 'arrangement as to succession in this post which was publicized several years ago. The Governor insisted It doe.s not. He thinks there was a lot of misunderstanding about that alleged "deal.

By the time a National Guard officer reaches the rank which makes him eligible to command a division, he is close to retirement age anyhow. Policy is not to keep one man in the top post longer than two or three years.

Incidentally, retirement of General Griffin as commander of the 30th National Guard division does not in the slightest degree affect his status as Director of Civil Defense for North Carolina.

BATTLESHIPIn answer to questions by reporters about probability of Contingen,cy and Emergency funds for getting the battleship USS North Carolina into its permanent berth at Wilmington, the Governor said he didnt think such money would be available. Facetiously he quipped that if the battleship geUs stock, maybe we can charge 1.5 cents "admLssion for folks to look at itand raise nough money to get it loose.

LOST DAY Governor Sanford was 18 minutes late for his news conference Thursday. Meantime 20 reporters and technicians. several thousand dollars w'orth of camera, radio and television equipment idly waited-That adds up to just about one full day work time for one person wasted.

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could do a great deal more toward the development of better transportation facilities if they would set their minds to the problem.

To be sure, as we develop economically in this section better transportation facilities will be provided.

But conversely, if we provide ourselves with better transportation facilities, these facilities will increase the pace of economic development of the area.

Seeing School Bus Is Retninder Of Caution

Remember a few months ago in the early mornings and mid-afternoons when those large yellow school buses were traveling the highways of this and By JOY STILLEY every other county of the state?

They have been gone from the highways since late May, but they will return tow'ard the end of next week as the schools open for another term. They will be carrying each day a portion of the most precious

cargo North Carolina has ... its youngsters. And ______

the youngsters in the mornings will be hurrying to electronic computer" to take to board their buses for school; in the afternoons hurry- the supermarket along with the ing to leave the buses to get about their chores or their grocery list.

pl^y^ Failing this, she should at

For the drivers of Pitt and every other county of the state the return of the school buses to the highways for another nine months should be the signal for exercising extra caution. Although most of the youngsters who ride the buses are well trained, one occa-

A ComDuter Would Hein

NEW YORK AP) Every

housewife needs a purse-size

least have a masters degree in higher mathematios if she hopes to make her mohey go to its stretchiest limits.

Arrayed on the shelves are cans, packages and boxes in all

sionally will dart from the bu.s across the highway. tiiTolgh'^^ddirslzed'oL^

And although the school bus drivers of the state have on up to great big ones. And an impressive record, one occasionally wdll be involved in a traffic accident. Either of these situations could result in tragedy.

North Carolinas school children collectively will travel millions of miles to and from school on th^diuge yellow buses during the next nine months. The motorists share the responsibility of seeking that these daily trips are safe trips for the youngsters.

its up to Mamma Bear to decide just which one wdll provide most dinner for her dollar.

For Imstancel two packages of cheese sit cnummily side by side. But Mammas frugal eye notes that one is 29 cents and the other 35 cents.

"Six pennies saved is six pennies earned, she mutters hap

pily to herself as she tosses the cheaper one into her basket.

But its not that easy. The two brands look just alike but there may be more to this than meets the ejre. How about seeing if they weigh the same, a thrifty inner voice cautions.

Aha: Just as she thought. TTit 29-cent package contains six ounces, but the 35-cent kind boasts a full eight ounces.

Now poor Mamma, long sine having forgiten her multiplica^ tion tables, to say nothing of her division tables, must somehow figure out which is the better buy.

By adding to 35, multiplying by 16 and dividing by the number of holes in the cheese, she comes out with a headache and a four-ounce can of grated cheese.

Everything comes in the large economy-slze tube, jar, box,

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list How 1 ougn other Editors Saying Mr Kennedy Judges Are Costly

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) After seven months in office there is still a major unknown about President Kennedy; Just how-tough is he?

Headaches piled up on him after he became president, forcing him to look and operate in 10 different directions at once. But this is how hes been:

1. With CongressMild and not tough-talking at all, although three of his most important programs were slaughtered.

Question; Is this how hell deal with Congress th^ next three years?

2. In foreign affairsGenerally restrained but tough-talking with the Soviets when they pushed him into it on Berlin. Theres a difference between tough talk and tough action.

Question: How tough will he be in a showdown? Judging from the way the Soviets have been probing and testing him, they want to know the answer too.

At home two things may have been a psychological handicap to him, giving him the feeling he didnt have a so-called mandate to get roui?h with Con-gre.ss:

1 The narrow margin by which he squeaked through in the 1%!) election.

2, While his Drmocratil' ouf-numlx'ied Republicans 65-35 in the Senate and 2H;s-74 in the Hoiuse, the margin is thinner than It looks. I

Any time, the Southern Demo-crat.s in either holise get mad at him, they can team up with Republicans to frustrate him.

Thisfear of angering the Southernersmay explain why he failed to make good on his campaign pronu.se to hand Con-gre.ss civil rights bill very early in 1961.

To get what he wanted from Congrss he ha.s u.sed rca.son, pcr-sua.sion an White House pressure- He ha.s aides who specialize In working on vongre.ss.

So he has operated with Con-gre.s.s. .strictly a.s a ixiliticinn dealing with polltlcian.s. Congress responded by putting through for him a number of programs he asked for. In large

measure they were noncontro-versial.

But on the highly controversial oneslike medical care for the aged, foreign aid, federal aid to educationhe got .sunk.

The medical care bill seems completely dead for this year. Any aid to education he gets will be a drastically sawed-off version of what he said he wanted. Almost certainly any foreign bill finally pas.sed will provide much less than he said is needed.

If Kennedy operate.s the next three years a.s he did in. his fu'st oneparticularly in not carrying his case to the peoplethe record probably will not be impressive.

All this raises an old que.s-tion: Should a president, not backed up by overwhelming majorities in Congress, try to play it soft and compromise or should he assert a vigorous, tough, outspoken leadership to get what he want.s in full?

Kennedy got off to a bad start in foreign affairs by approving the anti-Castro invasion, by Cuban exiles, which fell flat on its face. The invasion was poorly thought out, was unsupported and never should have been permitted unles.s the United States meant business all the wav

This embarrassed Kennedy, and may have shaken his self-confidence a bit. undoubtedly made him cautious about any qther direct action he might \iant to take anywhere. But he accepted full re.sponsibility for the decision.

He knew he faced a showdown on Berlin, of some kind. Pre-m i e r Khrushchev threaitened that before Kennedy was even a presidential candidate. Khru.v cliev became increasingly belligerent. began piushing his luck.

Under the circum.stance.s since direct action might have meant warKennedy did the b(st he could: He talked tough to Khrushchev and about Berlin.

So far this hasn't discouraeed the Soviets. Theyre still pushing. In the end talk may not be enough.

(Hertford County Herald)

How one of the states high-salaried Superior Court judges helped to impede the justice he is being paid to dispense promptly and impartiallyand at a cost to the public of $40 per hour is the subject of a critical editorial in the New's of Orange County.

There are criminal cases on the docket in Orange County, in which the University of North Carolina and its Institute of Government are located, that are eight years old and the newly-appointed district solicitor announced during the first day of court that he was going to seek an extra special term of court in which to get the cases tried, the newspaper points out. But at this same opening day of court, the judge who w'as to preside was two hours late in showing up on the job. While jurors, witnesses, police officers, and other court officials sat around in the summer heat, the jurors and witnesses summoned by legal order to attend and sub->ject to penalty at the will of the judge should they fail to be in place at the appointed hour for the court opening, the judge showed at 11:00 oclock, just two hours late, the editorial relates.

Figuring the cost of jurors (who in Orange are paid only $6 per day) and other costs of operating the court that are paid out of public funds, but not counting the lost time of witnesses, the newspaper came up with the estimate that it costs $40 per hour in county funds to operate its Superior Court. The newspaper asks the pertinent question of how it can be expected that cases will be tried

at a special term, at heavy additional public expense, if the judi does not show up to perform the duty for which he is paid. The newspaper suggests that the Orange County Commissioners should ascertain from the proper authorities the assurance that the court is going to function properly before a .special session should be sought, stating reasonably that *At a cost of $40 an hour Orange County cannot afford to pay for a court that is not in session. And the public should not tolerate such contempt for Its convenience and necessity.

And. this brings up the question oTwho the authorities are to whom the officials of a county may look to be assured that Superior Court judges perform their duties efficiently and with proper respect for their obligation to the public who pay their salaries. Hertford County has had similar experience with judges who have been late for their work and who have appeared to operate the courts according to personal convenience rather than in consideration of fairness and Justice to the public the courts are established to serve. It is not Infrequent that judges from the bench instruct grand juries to make critical reports of the performance of county commissioners. There are some cases when grand juries should reverse the process and bring in reports crical of <the work performance of the judge. This business of being late for work is one of those cases. Judges are paid too well not to be required to set an example for the lesser hird hands of government.

can, package or bottle nowadays. But by a lot of fancy figuring a math-minded shopper often discovers its more economical to buy two of the uneccaiomlcal sizes than one of the economy sizes.

Cans are the biggest problem. These require a special algebraic formula to arrive at the price per ounce of avoirdupois.

If A equals the No. 803 can and B equals the buffet-size can and C equals the No. 2 can and the buffet-size can Is really 227 grams, whereas the 8-ounce can serves 1 to 2, what can we have for sup^r tonight that the whole family will like?

It might be easier at that just to count the number of peas.

Strength For To(day

By EARL L. DOU<p.ASS

SIGNIFICANCE OF RESURRECTION

Every Sunday is Easter Sunday, In fact, we set this one day aside b^ause we wish to remind ourselves that on the first day of the week Christ arose from the dead. Yet in midsummer months people very seldom think about the resurrection. They assume that this is only a spring festival. It is a great day when the churches are filled and overflowing and everybody tries to have a new dress or hat or both, and the pictures of the high-and-mighty walking up and down Fifth Avenue. New York, are devoured by people all over the country, and probably the world.

But Christ as the ever-pressed resurrected Spirit and Saviour this We find hard to think about after the actual Easter season is passed. Yet if we only think about it' for a moment we are aware that if the resurrection has the spiritual signi-fipance we claim it has, as we sing and praise and listen with approval to the sermon on Easter Sunday, then that saving power operates every day of the year, every year of the century, every century of the age.

"Christ Is risen. That is as true and significant at this season of the year as it is at the Easter season. Our Lord has never really left the world. Cosmic geography is something beyond human knowledge. How Christ can be in heaven and on-earth at the same time we do not know, but we are assured that he is both there in glory and here to the comfort and strengthening of our hearts.

Every Sunday Is resurreoUon day for the Christian.

Canada Aisks A ?rienc.

By GEORGE E. SOKOUn

Copyright. 1961, King Featvrta S^dicste, 2dc.

Th CanadUn aiilt io Oiit>a makes no sense. The busioeM is not large enough to jostify the inevitable loss of Amerlcfi^ friendship. To most American, it looks like and spite is cheap, no matter why it is done or by whom.

The Cubans are. of eoerse, taking every advantage of the Canadians because they assume that the Canadians are greedy and are willing to make any sa> rifice to get business. The best example is the use of Cubans hired Canadian planes rather than shipping on Canadiae freight planes.

I quote an Instance from The Financial Post of Toronto;

One airline W(w*ld-'Wide Airways Inc. of Montreal holds an Air Transport Board license to airlift freight from Canada to Cuba.

Company complains ita not getting any business, and a DO 4 sits idle at Montreal airport.

"Another alrlin International Airfreighters Ltd. of Edmonton bought a North Star plane from Trans-Canada Air Lines in May, assembled Canadian airmen, and dry leased* the plane and crew to Cubana (the Cuban airline.)

This ccMTipany has been moving practically all of the Canadian aircargo to and from Cuba, and the owners say they are making money.

What the Canadians expected of the Cubans is hard to say. Cuba is a Communist State and hke all Communists, assume that the capitalists will do anything to get income; that capitalists have no sense of honor or patriotism and that therefore all that is necessary is to hold a carrot in front of a eapitalist and he rushes forward even into a cesspool. The Communist assume that the capittsts will kill each other off economically and that will result in a bloodless victory for World Marxism.

The Air Industrie and Transport Association of Canada hat urged the Canadian government "act, immediately, to withdraw permission for further Cuban flights until such time as th Cuban government agrees to live up to a firm understanding.

The Canadians thought they had a 50-30 deal with the Cubans but they now discover that they have been done In. There are always selfish businessmen who adopt the attitude that a sale is a sale and it does not matter to whom or what for. They are like some American companies who situate branches in European countries so that they can sell to Soviet Russia, in absolute betrayal of their Own country. On Sunday, 1,500 American boys risked their lives by riding into West Berlin along a 110-mile lane of peril; they might have been shot down by steel manufactured by American-owned plant situated In European countries. This nobody seems to think about these day when the competition for the dollar in all markets is becoming so serious.

The Chibans, bei^ Marxists, figure on that attitude on the part of Canadian sellers of chicks and pigs and other foodstuff which are flown from Canada to Cuba. Sell anything to any buyer is a good rule unless the buyer turns around to kill the customer. This has been happening with astonishing regularity during the past 40 years. Americans may have forgotten that when this country was short of steel and iron scrap, the Sixth Avenue railroad scrap, an enormous amount, was sold to Japan which shortly thereafter went to war agralnst us.

No American can develop much sympathy fcs* any Canadian who lose by hi trading with Cuba. The Canadians went into the Cuban market with the intention of capturing an American market even if to do so meant to hurt the United States. Canada cannot hurt the United State muCh; it can hurt Canada more in the long run. Suffering from false pride and petty nationalism, there are those in Canada who believe that it dows not matter that they damage United States-Canadian relations; that the United States will take anything that comes along. The truth Is that the American people are weary of being abused by countries which depend upon American capital for their development and the American market for their trade.

The Cuban problem has be-eome for us also a Canadian (Continued on Page 6)

Strike That Can Hit Prosperity

Opinions In Brief

*Tts thoughtful of .medical science to lengthen our life fipan, .but with governrntnit also lengthening our mortgages we wont have gained much.The Lynchburg (Va ) News.

theyre graceful and quick, and they are forever washing their hair, and they .smell niceThe Corona (Cal ) Independent.

"Having daughters Is a delight. When you spend money on them for clothes or ehoc.s, you really get something worth looking atnot just a suit and a pair of seize-twelve gunboat.s. And they a.rp pleasant to have around, because they cook things and do dishes, and

"Life is more than oiie thing, after another* these days. The, thlng.s overlap. Hutchinson Kan.sas) New.s.

By ELMER ROESSfiER

The biggest single threat to the rising prosperity in America is a strike of the United Auto Workers. Such a .strike, pos.slble at the end of this month, can cut into the profits of almost every businessman, the Income of many Investors, and the earnings of a considerable number of workers

The United Auto Workers har ser\ed notice ending Its agreement with Chrysler on August 31. Similar contracts will expire with Ford and General Motors the. same day. The American Motors negotiations appear to be proceeding normally.

A strike against one or more of the Big Three on September 1 would throw as. big a sabot into the economic machinery as has been done for some time. This would happen just as the Industry was about to introduce

"High grade* and good manners h^lp make a prodigy of any

youngster, but not quite so sure^e-** its expanded 1962 line, a.s being someones granofe SPREADING EFFEtT childEdmonds (Wasli.t Til- This would have an Imnicdiate bune-Review. slfea on woi^kers in plants sup

plying parts to t!?e auto industry, Thousands would be laid off. It would also cut earnings of auto salesmen and other employees of dealers. It would bring layoffs of truckers and railroad men who move cars from plants to market, and thousancls of satellite Industries and businesses would feel the impact of an auto strike.

The secondary effects would be much greater. The sted industry would suffer a great setback. It has not been prospering much lately. The recession that started last year and now seems to be over caused producers to cut back steel production sharply. Scores of furnaces are now cold .

A pay rise for steel workers becomes effective September 1. Since this is certain to result in a rise in steel prices, big users had been expected to be buying steel heavily now In anticipation, the big steel companies have been firing up cold iuniacc.>>.

But the increase in orders has

been very small, A big reason is that auto companies, in fear of strike, have not been increasing orders. If a strike comes, orders will be suspended. OTHER COMPETITION

The pasltion of the steel Industry has been worsened by foreign competition. Foreseeing another price rise as a consequence of pay increases, foreign producers have been offering bargains. Some steel users have been encouraging foreign companies to ship steel here In the hope that imports will prevent domestic steel companies from increasing prices.

Shipments of 11,0( tons of British tinplate (which is mostly steel) will be landed on the West Coast in October and November. In this way, can companies are warning American steel 4;pmpanie8 that they will do more shopping abroad if steel prices rise here.

This Is another export of jobs" situation. Steel workers demandiqn higher wages than steel con^nles can pay at pres

ent mices (if such is the esse.

which union leaders dispute) are reducing the nmelw jobs available 9m steel-making jobs abroad. Ttukts "exjMMrng jobs.

Other beneftclarles will be foreign manufacturers of small cars. With the exceptUm ol the Volkswagen, sales of foreign cars In America have been sharply cut by the success of the compacts. If manufacture of dome-tic compacts is struck, the market for foreign cars will grow again.

PROPER WAY TO OBSERVE PROPER WAY TO OBSERVE NATIONAL SLEEP MONTH September has been deslgngp ted as Better Sleep Month.

Dont try to celebrate it by taking a sleeping pill. Thats not the idea. The correct w^r te observe it is by buying a new mattress. You see, the month has been invested by the Latex Foam Rubber Council not with the purpose of putting America to 8le,ep (Ill take care of thtU but to sell more mattresses.