Monday, November 18, 1961 - _ *

For-Reacl^g Impact In Bonds Vote

Whatever the cause of the overwhelming defeat tional expenses, of North Carolinas $61.5. million bond issue last week, , The impact could-well go far beyond the question there can be no doubt that the outcome of the referen- of capital improvements -and reach over into all t)ther dum will have considerable effect upon the state for areas of the states fiscal policies.

the next several years, , , , , , There are some who say a major issue in defeat of

Literally thousands of words already have been the bond proposals was a matter of-timing . , , they written speculating on the underlying reasons for de- came too close on the heels of approval of a record feat of the bond issues which most people expected budget for the state. If that is true, it might be expect-to be approved. ed that in another year or soafter a wait-and-see

Obviously the result of the vote was a.severe set- period for evaluating, spending programs already in back for the Sanford administration and its program effectthe people of the state may have an attitude for a New Day in North Carolina. If the vote is re- toward more capital improvements different from that garded as a rejection of the program Gov. Sanford exhibited in the referendum.

has proposed for the state, it cannot be separated Although time alone will tell exactly what effect from the popularity of Sanford as the states chief the referendum has upon the future of the state it executive. It will have a bearing'on the future course appears certain that the effect will be considerably of his administration, and perhaps on the political more far-reaching than the items immediately involved future of Sanford after he leaves the governors n the bond issues, mansion. And if it has a bearing on Sanfords political

future, it will also affect the political future of those TJT* If j.1^ 1 j.

most closely associated with 1^ administration. 1\CS3 HlCTu /^IaXIGIGS

The defeat of the bond proposalswhich received almost unanimous endorsement by members of the

1961 General Assemblywill likewise have an impact AJVXHl V\r XXOuOa

upon both the attitude and perhaps the membership

of the 1961 General Assembly. Schools Phantoms are* to be highly

If a cause of the bond issues defeat wasas many ^^oniniended for winning the Northeastern Conference have saidwidespread resentment of the sales tax on ^championship and bringing to the schools athletic food and medicinemovement for repeal of these P**o^arn another high honor.

measures may be major issues in the 1962 legislative This is the first year that a Greenville High School

campaigns and in the 1963 legislative session. football team has copped a conference championship.

If defeat of the bond issue was caused by a wide- hut throughout tbe season the football players under spread feeling that the state is spending too much ^he direction of Coach Bud Phillips have played like money, there could be a powerful move for an austeri- champions. Thefr^ne loss to Tarboro during the regu-ty program in state government^by 1963 wu'th regard season play threatened to knock them out of the

both to capital improvements and to recurring opera- conference title which most football fans throughout

this area agreed Greenville ^liould have this year. With determination the local players roared back from the

defeat to win the remainder of the games and gain

undisputed control of the title.

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By LYNN NISBET

* JRENDS Some weeks ago 4t was written here that the result of the bond election would have material Influence on the t>T>e' of candidates who might ^ have good prospects for State offices in 1962 and 1964. It was . stated that if the bonds were approved" by a substantial margin. or even by a narrow margin in a heavy vote, the atmosphere would be favorable for liberal candidates out of the Sanford faction of the Demo-.cratic party. If the bonds were defeated, or if approved by a very narrow margin in a light vote, the prestige of the San-tprd faction would suffer- The bonds were defeated by a wide margin in a vote much heavier than anybody had forecast. And for the several days since the election there has been almost frantic efforts to realign potential strength.

Governor Sanford admitted en election night that the result was a keen disappointment io him. and to some degree a political setback, but. he very properly declined to accept it as a repudiation of his entire program. It was nothing of the kind, and many folks who voted against some if not all the bond Issues are just as ardent supporters of the Governors educational and economic development program as ever. In fact, there is some evidence that a few business men are more enthusiastic in support of the basic Ideas since some of the fat has been trimmed off. They can now elwt a few specific fields in which to work without being distracted by a panorama of diverse objectives.

TOO MUCH TOO QUICK One mans comment on that point was significant. If this bond election proved to Terry Sanford. he said, that he cannot remake the whole State of North Carolina during the two first years of his administration. Ihe rebuff which he suffered will have paid dividends

There have been efforts to revamp the Democratic party s well as State government more rapidly than some old-timers think wise. The desperate weed for party reorganization bas been admitted, and reorganization means always new blood, new faces, new names. In the key positions. When the

reorganization process Is thorough enough to throw out all the experienced counselors it means trouble.

Thre are .indications since the bond election that the new folks may be moving a bit more cautiously. It had been pretty generally believed for some weeks that State Chairman Bert Bennett had given up the idea of running against Sen. Sam Ervin for the U- S. Senate seat next yearbut it was not until Thursday of this week that he definitely removed himself from that setup. He has not entirely abandoned the project or running for Governor in 1964. but says he will give careful thought to that idea.

There is evidence of missionary work on part of adherents of the Sanford group in seeking to stimulate interest in races for Congress in several districts. The strategy seems to be to build several district or regional organizations to gain experience next year and then he brought together in a statewide all-out effort in 1964.

Within the past few days there had been indication that the piTospective candidates will come from more conservative areas than seemed likely sometime ago.

LEGISLATURE Another Indirect and long range effect of the bond voting may be to bring control of the next General Assembly back to the niore conservative group. Influence of men like Claude Currie of Durham. Joe Eagles of Wilson. Carlyle Rutledge of Cabarrus and W. B. Shuford on Catawba was not nearly so effective in the 1961 Senate as it has been in prior sessions. Whether these same individuals come back for the 1963 session, it seems quite likely men of that ilk will exercise a lot of influence.

The subtle change in atmosphere may affect selection of a president protem in the Senate and a Speaker in the House, since some of the appeals for the liberal viewpoint have lost potency.

One thing seems certain: There will be less flamboyant and public activity during the next few weeks, but a lot more quiet soul-searching and 5-trategyforming sessions b e-hind closed doors than seemed likely early this fall.

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Xennedy Must Be Right

The Rose High Phantoms this year have their stars and outstanding players, but the building of a By GEORGE SOKOLSKY championship team is not accomplished with one outstanding player or a handful. Greenvilles champion-ship this year has in the truest sense been brought about by ateam effort by all the members of the football squad.

Friday night in'College Stadium here the Phan- moment of wrl^, the Therefm U l not

r XU 11 X Russians have detonated more Russians to contend that

toms \j ill test their football prowess again.st the Rox- than 30 major bombs, one of tit-for-tat explosions are need-

boro High School team which ha.s won the 3-A champ- them the largest ever detonated "ed. Furthermore, the United

ionship in the District Three Conference. Certainly ^

h>* had-

excellent support from townspeople throughout this purpose although it was sus-season deserves the support of local citizens at the for a time, that Khru-

game Friday night. shchev was using the bomb for

I Greenville citizens will fill Col- rt*TI.S5> o^r ^

lege Stadium here Friday night as a tribute to the local l<Jng a period of time to be mere-

high school players who have brought a football terroristic propaganda. There

championship to Greenville. ^ Ptirposes.

The Russian bombs have been

rtigner Profits Are Necessary

In I960 were a little lower than

Other Editors Saying

of all types and kinds, Including an underwater bomb and possibly the anti-missile, neutron bomb. The Russian excuse that they need to explode as many bombs as all the NATO powers is nonsense. An experimental test discloses all its data to the scientists of all countries.

States have not been exploding bombs.

The Russian effort is undoubtedly designed to develop antimissile bombs and to develop nuclear war-heads for long-range rockets which could damage our missile sites. More than anything, the Russians fear our Polaris fleet. The submarine nuclear weapons which we have, the Russians have not yet equalled. But they are apparently working on anti-missile defense bombe which they hope to use against us.

Obviously Soviet Russia and the United States are at war, but the mean of conducting the war are different from anything we have heretofore known. When

By RALPH ROBEY

Not long ago this space was devoted to reporting the views from a dinner of private business economists upon the outlook. Also Included were a few opinions of the Secretary of Commerce, who made projections for the remainder of the year. In both there was a brief reference to business profits.

Specifically, it was stated that over-all profits today are increasing but the total is still too low for the growing volume of business, and making a profit is getting more and more difficult. But to Secretary Hodges the profit picture is highly favorable and he predicts that by the end of the year we shall be at or above $50 billion, which would mean a new all-time high. Then we went ahead to say: such a growth of profits would necessitate higher prices in many directions. . . .Costs of production are continuing to rise in many instances and not too much more can be done in getting greater output per manhour. The inevitable choice, thus, becomes higher prices or lower and lower profits. Our conclusion was: This is one of the reasons that there is growing fear of inflation.

We give these complete quotations because in the Oct. 20 issue of the Labor Herald there is an article by C. S. Bernstein under the heading, Less Profits Will Prevent Inflation. which completely distorts what we said. According to Bernstein our point of view is that business can take less and less profits and thus prevent inflation. He goes ahead to say that this is strongly at variance with the daily cry of the NAM that, in business, high wages, alone, bring inflation.

He concludes It should be repeated. that in sequence. Robey finds profits are growing, which is inflationary'; and that less profits will prevent inflation.

Such an interpretation is beyond comprehension. It reflects either complete ignorance of even elementary economics or an appalling prejudice.

Corporate profits after taxes

and $22.8 billion in 1950. During

Research Funds Needed

creased from $362 biUion to $504

billion. Profit' per dollar of sales, therefore, was lesa In 1960 than It was in 1950, and this Is the profit figure which is of most Importance in thinking of inflation.

FTom official government statistics we know that corporate profits after taxes reached a recent low of $20 billion in the first quarter of this year and in the second three months advanced to $22.8 billion. And from reports in the newspapers It is evident that the total is still rising, but there are many companies doing less well profit-wise than they did in 1960. It also is agreed that for the year as a whole the total will be above that of 1960, and that 1962 will be stUl better. This means nothing more than that the recovery will continue, and if it does there Is no question

NECESSARY (Rocky Mount Telegram)

It would be a tragedy if the recently announced cuts in federal funds for medical research hamper the current research In cancer. Leaders in a drive to help control the dreaded disease by drugs have reported tremendous advances In knowledge in this field and strongly deplored the Kennedy administration plan to whack $60 million from medical research funds.

Certainly if there Is a need for economy it could easily be found in many another area besides this vital research field. There is enough waste and mismanagement in Washington to absorb $60 miUi<Hi. Tightening up In the proper places could compensate for this loss. Certainly vital research in ways and means for combating can-

that the aggregate of profits has cer does not merit reduction.

to increase, or else the number of bankruptcies will grow by leaps and bounds. And to have an increase of profits it is absolutely necessary fw many prices to rise.

In many instances, these price increases will be the direct result of wages rising by more than the increase in output per manhour. uch wage ad-vajices are not the only cause of inflation, and in recent years have been especially significant.

The nation as a whole would be much better off if business profits were substantially higher than they are, or have any real chance of being in the near future. Such profits would help provide the funds necessary to develop new products and to carry out the modernization of our plants which is necessary to pay existing wages and be able to compete with foreign producers. Higher profits, in other words, are of primary Interest to wage earners, as well as to the owners of businesses.

Secretary of Welfare Ribicoff ha replied to such protest by saying there will be no significant reduction in research of cancer project through the announced fund cuts. We hope not. Some cancer specialists have intimated In recent reports that medical science today is close to a possible break-through in fighting cancer. (Cutting funds from such projects could Inflict inestimable harm to such efforts.

It has been estimated that if the proposed fund cuts go

through, clinicians may not be able to use 23, promising new dr\igs which have been tested in the lab stage at the National Institutes of Health. Rep. Fogarty. who opposes the cuts, although he is a Democrat and a Knnedy supporter, noted that Ribicoff, responding to economy pleas from President Kennedy is planning a $102 million cut in the Welfare Department budget.

Fogarty said $60 million of this would come out of health funds, including a $15 million cut in cancer research funds. Drugs alone have produced dramatic results in one t3T>e of rare deadly cancer. Because it Is believed cancer is caused by virus, most specialists believe there will never be such a thing as a single cure-all for all cancer types. There may be many types of cancer.

For this reason, dnig-cancer research may be virtually endless, though successful. And for this type of research lots of funds will be needed. When the research specialists are now on the verge of many new discoveries in the use of drugs in connection with treating cancer, it would be a pity if the work they are doing is suddenly suspended because of a lack of funds at a time when the government is spending billions on agricultural policy that is at best questionable.

Soviet Russia, tor Instance, explodes a 50 megaton bomb, a warlike step has been taken which affects the entire Earth and a point can be reached at which mere explosions of bombs will have the effect of battles won or lost.

The air, the sea. the soil of the entire Northern hemisphere are being polluted. It will not be long before Red China retaliates which can geographically involve the Southern hemisphere, particularly the nations of the Indian Ocean. This body 1 to the Afro-Asian countries what the Mediterranean Ocean is to the European African Aslan countries. The difference, however, is that the countries which lie on the Indian Ocean are ut^ terly defenseless, being among the secondary peoples whose history has been one of long dependence on Europe.

'Soviet Russias effort to establish military supremacy over the United States thus becomes a mathematical equation. If Soviet Russia has more nuclear weapons In greater variety than we have, we can be defeated.

This then is something that the American people need to know In understandable terms. The President has said that we are superior to the Russians In every respect, but the Russians give the impression of being superior.

Kennedy says one thing; Khru- benefit not only of our factories

Bdbson ; Doubts A-War

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK. Mass. - At the present time most Americans seem to believe that there will be a nuclear war andHhat Russian missiles may fall on some United States city and absolutely destroy it. To the contrary, I am for the fint time sure there will be no such war. I suppose one reason why the , people are now taking this so seriously is because their brothers and neighbors are being called into the sefvlce and are being transported to Berlin. Every magazine has pictures of our soldiers in Berlin. Naturally, those., with relatives over there study these pictures. Well, here are two main reasons why we should not now expect such A World War HI.

NEED, OF ANP-MISSILE MISSILES We have already made great progress on Nike-Zeus missiles to Intercept and destroy airplanes coming toward us- The faster bombers go only from 1,000 to 2,000 miles an hour, hence it is fairly easy to prepare a 'missile that will ^atch and destroy them. Moreij^Kour country is surroundedl^ji a bank of radar ' feistalMUons. These are supposed to find any Russian planes flying through the radar banks and give our country at least twenty minutes notice of what to expect. The principle is that a Nike-Zeus* would throw a beam into the air, and when it intercepts an Incoming enemy plane it would explode it. The Nike-Zeus* would not need to hit the incoming enemy airplane, the explosion would be enough to make its bomb useless. It would all happen within ^ a few minutes.

The above Nike-Zeus may be able to protect us from Russias fastest bombers, but success has not yet been achieved by any nation to Intercept and destroy intercontinental ballistic missiles (KTBMs). They go too rapidly. Russia will not fire these ICBM missiles until she has a sto<ik of practical sure-hit antimissile missiles. Nations may talk about going to the moon or orbiting the earth, but they are working day and nights to make an anti-missile missile.

SOVIET TESTS IN SIBERIA AND THE ARCTIC The purpose of the present testing by Russia is to make an anti-missile missile. It would be Impossible to make these test underground. The big atomio and hydrogen bombs Khrushchev talks about are only a bluff to take our minds off of what he Is really doing.

Of course, these anti-missile missiles are very expensive. We are supposed to be carrying on our tests in the Pacific Ocean, under the Nike-Hercules defense system. The best offense and defense which the Russians would now have would be to send up a number of decoys, since we would be unable thus far to tell one from the real missile, which could be launched from Poland. RUSSIAS GEORGRPHICAL Russia does not want the United States in ruins; she wishes to capture us as a going concern. TYa is to get the

shchev another. We prefer to believe Kennedy. He is our President and is liable to be for quite a number of years. It makes sense, in a crisis, such as we now face, to support him as one can in conscience do.

On the other hand, confidence must in some manner be established. Until the CXiban fiasco, the American people generally responded to Kennedys youth and enthusiasm amiably. The Cuban fiasco came as a shock from which this nation has not yet recovered. Further, it is difficult to'understand why. if it is our policy to go the limit in defense in Berlin, did we permit the Russians to build the wall between East and West Berlin. It would seem to be as possible to knock that wall down brick by brick, as it is going up. as to fight a major war over it.

These contradictions require explanation. President Kennedy has faced crisis after crisis since be has come into office. None of these crises were exactly of his making but statesmanship requires a recognition of the <Ck)ntinued on Page 6)

but also of our climate and geography. Although Russia is double the area of the United States, yet she has much less land suitable for crops. A very large portion of Russia is too cold, too dry, and too salty for agriculture. Almost all of the Soviet Union is farther north than the Canadian-U. S. border. Russia has no "Florida. Even Yalta Is as far north as Minnesota. All this means that Russia has shorter growing seasons.

RUSSIA BECOMING CAPITALISTIC

Whether the forced organizations into big cooperative^^ has more than offset the ML incentive of the in^Hkd-ent farmer I do not knowf^yijen I was in Russia I was told that In addition to being a part of a big cooperative each farmer is given a little patch for a personal garden. This is another reason why I do not now fear that the Russians will drop any nuclear bomb on the United States.

1 am an optimist. I even believe that the present war scare will Increase consumer buying on the theory: Whats the use (Continued on page five)

Regional Differences In Drink

Strength For Today

Bv EARL L. DOUGI.AivS

THE EVERLASTING ARMS

A young friend of ours was recenty stricken down with en-caphalitis. The physicians warned the parents that her condition was grave and that there was practically nothing they could do to slaken the progress of this awful scourge. The mother of U)e young victim was a particularly religious w'oman and whe asked her friends to pray about this situation, which in

considerable numbers they pro-ceded immediately to do.At present writing tfie girl appears to be out of danger and will

probably retain unimpaired moat of the powers which this di

sease so often destroys.

As the young lady recovered she thanked her physician very earneaiJy. His reply was "Dont thank me, cookie, aH we did

was to furnish you hospital equipment aud to do what little we know to do. You have been saved in the midst of this terrible situation by nothing else than prayer.

The poet has reminded us that more things are wrinight by-prayer than this world dreams of. God expecik us to use the truth and skill which has been revealed in medical science, and to use it to the limit. Prayer makes this technique more effective.

But situations arrive at times before which modem medicine stands hopeless, helpless, and aghast. When this time arrives, remember that only the Power who made life can sustain and protect it. *Th>? Eternal God is our refuge, and undcr-n e a t h are the Everlasting Arms.

By ELMER ROESSNER

A pre-Prohibition toast ran: The Frenchman loves his native wine,- the German loves his beer;- the Englishman loves his arf-and-arf - because it brings good cheer.-The Irishman loves his whisky straight-because it gives him dizziness;-the American has no choice at all-so he drinks the whole blamed bizzi-ness.

That may still be true. But a compilation, by the Bureau of Advertisuig of the American Newspaper Publishers A.ssocia-tlon shows that there are tremendous regional differences in what Americans drink.

The study covers the annual consumption by states and Ihe District of Columbia by the population between 18 and 64. SWIGGING AMERICA

The figures show Nevadans drink five limes as much vodka as the national average; that Kentjupkians buy almost seven times as much bonded whiskey as the average. * and that Wisconsin adults drink ten times as much brandy as the average. In summary:

Vedka: Nevada drinks 428.8 fifths of vodka per 100 population.' compared with the national average of 83. The District of Columbia buys 243.3 fifthi per

100; Alaska. 235.0; Calif(H*nia. 198.4. and New Hampshire, 172.4. Pennsylvania, where vodka Is often regarded as a communist potion, drinks only 31.2 fifths per 100.

Right here lets note that Washington, D. C., is a victim of statistics.

Consumption in this and other studies is measured only by retail sales. But many people who live elsewhere, and who are not counted in the capitals population, have drlnk-s at lunches, dinners, cocketail parties and receptions. Furthermore, because the taxes in the capi-Ul are low. many people living outside buy in the district and take the stuff home.

Straights: The District of Columbia also leads in straight whiskies, with 1..529.6 fifths per 100 persons. Nevada is second wlth 1.331.5 and all other states have less thanhalf that. Maine is lowest with 58.9. The national average is 275.5 fifths per 100 people.

THE STATE WITH BOURBON COUNTY

Bonded whiskey: As might be expected, Kentucky leads with 311.7 flftfii^per 100 adults, compared with the national average of 46.4 fifths per 100. The District of Columbia is second with

159.1 and Nevada third with 121.9. North Dakota is lowest with 5.6.

Blends:New Hampshire leads with 1,057.8 fifths per 100 adults, compared with the national average of 338.8. New Jersey Is second with 800.8. Connecticut third with 749.1. the District of Columbia fourth with 745.0 and Delaware fifth with 714.9. Tennessee is last w'ith 21.5, and there are no figures available for moonshine. ^

Scoirh: This is generally considered a New York drink. But both the District of Columbia, with 589.7 fifths per 100, and Nevada. with 262.7. top New Yorks 243.1. The national average is %.3 fifths and West Virgiqia has the fewest malt drinkers, consuming only 17.5 fifths per 100.

Canadian whiskeys: The District of Columbia leads with an average of 267.1 fifths per hundred. followed by Nevada with 204.0 and Alaska with 180.4. Arkansas. where some, people never beard of Canada, was lowest with just one case per 100 adults. The national average was 59.2 fiftha.

Gin: The District of Columbia leads again, with 389.5 fifths per

Hampshire was second with 234.9, Nevada third with 231.3,

- and South Dakota was low est with ^.5 fifths per 100.

Rum: The District of Columbia also leads in rum. with 90.0 fifths per 100, five times the national average of 18.4. New Hampshire was second with 77 6 and Maine third with 61.5. Arkansas was lowest with 2.8.

Brandy: Wisconsin, which is 48th in bonded whiskeys and 40th in Canadian whiskeys, is first in brandy, with a consumption of 291.4 fifths per 109. almost ten times the national average of 29.7. The District of Columbia is second with 1.54.5, and Connecticut third with 83 8. Alabama is lowest with 16 fifth per 100 persons, ^

Cordials: The District of Columbia leads with 249.2 fifths per 100, compared with the national average of 4f .2. New ^Jersey is second with 101.1 and Maryland third with 89.9.

The study also shows consumption of table wines, champagnes (Washington. D. C., leads), dessert wines and vermouths. The compilers omit Mississippi on the blithe assumption that, since It i a dry

100, almost four times the na-, state, no liquor is consumed Uooal average of 97.4. New thert.