Friday, December 8, 1961

Plowshare Captures Imagination

Don StcwvQuixote

Major Decision For Our Tobacco Growers

Ones imagination can hardly help but be cap- to believe that the mor powerful nucler explosives tured by the. underground nuclear blast to be set off cannot also be harnessed to produce constructively for by American scientists tomorrow , . . the first nu- mankind even though until now nuclear explosions clear blast expressly for the purpose of finding peace- have been thought of only in terms of destroying cities, ful uses for' such explosions. - * * ^ wiping out countless thousands of people, and perhaps

While possible peaceful uses of atomic enegry as instruments that could wreck civilization as we have come as by-products of previous nuclear explo- know it. . '

sions, never before have scientists deliberately design- The underground nuclear explosion in New Mexi-

ed and set off a blast to explore peaceful purposes co tomorrow could open many new doors for putting for which the released ener^ might be used. Previ- this powerful^source of energy to work building rather ously tests of nuclear explosions have been to deter- than destroying. mine the destructive value of this recently found source of energy.

This test scheduled for tomorrow will be for the purpose of determining constructive uses to which the tremendous energy of such an explosion might be used.

While the experiment will in itself contribute considerable additional scientific knowledge, it is like- _ . .

wise significant that on the heels of Soviet nuclear ,, Tobacco growers of this and other counties wm

tests, obviously to intimidate people throughout the collectively decide at the polls Jjheth

world. American efforts are in part being directed to "arketing quotas and the government supp^^^^^ finding additional peaceful uses for nuclear energy, ram for flue-cured tobacco will be connued for

a The destructive power of conventional explosives another three years.

It IS s decision 10 wHlch eveiy tobacco grower over a long period of years played a major part not . a u a; un^a

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economic future df tobacco growers as well as that of many other residents of the tobacco producing regions.

The Reflector has previously urged tobacco growers of this county to vote in favor of continuing the marketing quotas which have meant so much to the economy of this area, and to the economy so far as growers are concerned throughout the tobacco producing region. We aTsdliFge~eirefr farmer-^ is eligj-ble to vote in the referendum to take time to cast a ballot in Tuesdays referendum. In order for^ the marketing quotas to be continued for another three-year periad, two-thirds of those casting ballots in the referendum must approve tlie proposition.

Because of the importance of this decision to each individual tobacco farmer, he should not leave it to

Preparing New ;3emocrat Plan

By LYNN NISBET

DEMCXiRA-nC PLAN-Judge J. B. Phipps of Chapel HUl is putting.the final touches on language and arrangement of the proposed new text of the Plan of Organization for the Democrats Party in North Carolina. The'committee, of which Secretary of State Thad Eure is chairman, and top level party officials visions in party procedure. When have approved the general terms, involving some major revisions in party procedure. When Judge Phipps completes his cod-tfleation the text will come back to the committee for final approval. expected to be a purely perfunctory process. Prom then on the suggested routing of the document is somewhat confusing.

Heretofore changes proposed In the plan were considered by the State executive committee. Action of the committee was deemed aa controlling on the party, and such rules as were adopted were applied to party caucuses, precinct meetings and conventions. The currently proposed revision is more drastic than any since 1918, and many party leaders have insisted that the new text be submitted and approved by the full state convention before becoming effective^ The architects of the new plxn and top officials agreed to thxt, and It was announced that the matter would be on the agenda of the convention when it meets next spring almost certainly around the middle of May.

Last week announcement was made that the plan would be submitted to the executive committee at Its meeting early in March, and if approved Its provisions would govern the selection of delegates and voting allocations in the next state convention. That presents an unusual situation.

AUTHORITY-If the execuve committee has- authority, as It has been assumed through the years it does have to adopt the rules of procedure, why the gesture of submitting them to the convention? If full convention approval Is necessary before they become effective, the action of the committee would be of no moment. Suppose, for example, the convention declines to approve the plan as adopted by the committee. Then, if It Is true that validating authority rests In the convention, the new plan is void and the old order maintains- That in turn would mean that the convention was illegally constituted, therefore not competent to pass upon the plan. Andi since the right of the executive committee to make the rules has not been challenged before, in all probability approval of the committee would be accepted.

So why all the ballyhoo about letting the full membership of the convention pass upon the

new plan before Its effectiveness?

COMPROMISE Althoiigh some of the changes in the new plan are drastic and very Important, the''whole new text Is essentially a compromise of widely divergent ideas. The ex-' tent to which party practices will be changed will depend more upon the degree to which committee members exert their influence than upon the way the text reads. The present plan requires far more equality of representation among men and women than has ever been practiced. The present plan also has some disciplinary provisions which have been rather generally ignored.

The next text spells out more clearly the recognition of women and affords some machinery for enforcing discipline against defecting party officers.

MAIN CHANGES-The main changes in party rules suggested in the new plan are these: Mandatory equal' representation of men and women on county executive committees; elimination of prpxy voting'in all party conventions: a'campaign committee composed bf one man and one woman from each congressional district, elected by state convention delegates from each congressional district, elected by state convention delegates from that district, in 'place of the presently authorized advisory committee appointed by the chairman; and deflnite procedure for removing from office any committee member or chairman, upon evidence duly presented and supported, that the committeeman or official has not been* loyal to the Democratic party.

There Is no remote suggestion for reading out of the party any registered Democrat. There has been through the years growing belief that there ought* to be some way to divest defecting partisans from their official positions. There have been instances when members of county or state committees of the Democratic party have openly campaigned for can-dldates for Governor or President nominated by the other partyand there was no redress.

Until six or eight years ago it didnt make much difference.

It was sort of ludicrous and laughable for a Democratic chairman to be wearing a Republican emblem. Lately the election mirglns have been reduced and it is no longer laughable. It is getting to be deadly serious business.

ROUTINE? - As of now It looks like the new revision of the Plan of Organization will go through the executive committee meeting without much controversy. and that it will be reported to the state convention as the new plan already adopted. rather than submitted for original approval.

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hirfrrendi, and nei^h^rrio renTr the with- By HENRY HOWARD

out his participation. It is a question on which every eligible farmer should make his wishes known by seeing that his ballot is placed in the box "Tuesday.

New Programs

f-or Lawmakers

Birthday Memoria'.

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - In about a month Congress returns, and President Kennedy already is laying down some programs he wants approved in the 1962 election year which will mean a lot to him.

He has passed the word to his legislative leaders that he will fight foramong others medical care for the aged, federal aid to education, and a lowering of tariffs on foreign imports.

All three are In the angry area where opponents with strong feelings will do all they can to stop him.

He came into office with a conservative Congress, even though his own Democrats were in a majority. In the 1962 congressional elections next November all House seats and one-third of the Senate seats are at stake.

Victory for the Republicans, giving them control of Congress, could take some of the snap out of his leadership which, on the whole, has bei pretty conservative, too.

His own record in the presidency could be affected and, therefore, his chances for re-election in 1964.

So In 1962 hell have extra reason to fight for what he proposes since the record he and his Democrats make next year wlil be a major point in the elections.

In the 1960 presidential race he promised quick action on civil rights if he defeated Vic President Richard M. Nixon. He offered no civil rights program at all.

He can hardly fail to do something* in this field next year if only because his own Civil Rights Commission this year, in five studied volumes, called for a number of steps US be taken.

In addition, some Decocrats and Republicans will want ao-* tion. But the test of his determination to get what he asks for will in this, as in his other programs, show up in the kind oT fight he makes. -He's far from being an all-out fighter for everything he suggests to Congress, as he showed on medical care for the aged and federal aid to education.

In addition to wrestling wHh Congress next year hell almost surely have to deal with Russia on Berlin.

Its a good guess that he will put up a truly strenuous battle for lowering tariffs on imports.

State Sen. Robert Lee Humber I has urged Pitts County Commtfi^ioners to consider rounding up funds to erect a permanent memorial to the 200th birthday 'of the county.

. His request that the commis: sioners launch an investigation to determine the particulars of obtaining a statue of Sir William Pitt was first on the official boards agenda Monday.

The senator, long a noted cul-turist and manifestly a genius

at tracking down and acquiring superb works of art, was asked by the commissioners to begin a study of the best ways and means to obtain and erect a memorial to the noted British statesman whose name Pitt

County bears.

In his remarks to the commissioners, Sen. Humber noted that Pitt is the only county among the 3,000 In the United States which adopted William Pitts name.

He pointed out that Pitt is generally agreed to have been one of the most capable statesmen in Englands long history. In addition, the senator said. Pitt and two more 18th century British officials were among the American colonists closest Crown-connected friends when Pitt County was born in 1761.

The idea of erecting a statue (to be created by an eminent artist, according to Humbers suggestion) seems indeed a much

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS

VIGILANCE AND FIRMNESS A scientist who defected from communism recently said that his decision to do so had arisen from the fact that the communists had ordered himto stop his cancer research. Although the newspaper article did not say so, the reason probably was that communist authorities wanted all scientific effort to go into the making of bombs. Under such a philosophy the thing to be destroyed Is not cancer but capitalism. Let people me of cancer, reason Llje coni-munLsts. but destroy the t>urdent who have .set up businesses, practice nrofeSslons. and pursue employments which give ,them some economic stature. The communlslR regard such people as criminals. Rid the world of the prudent and heaven will be established on the earth, they

say. Let the heavy hand of communism put less than one hundred men in charge of the world and all Injustice will cease.

This column consistently takes the position that communism is not a government, but a criminal conspiracy. No'<?zar in recent centuries has exercised more absolute power than have certain communist leaders in recent decades. No ancient tyranny has been greater than the modem tyranny of communism.

Let us be completely unrelenting in our attitude toward this ghastly evil. We cannot grow soft and sentimental In our dealing with it. Wehave to be real-Lstic and ruthless when we come upon a nest of rattlesnakes. We must deal with communism in the same manner and with the same vigor.

War? We devoutly hope not. But firmness, yes-eternal vigilance and firmne.ss.

(Henderson Dispatch)

Make no mistake about it. local self-government, or home rule as it is otherwise sometimes known, is gradually vanishing from the American scene. And with it Is disappearing some of the boasted liberties with which citizens of this country have traditionally been blessed.

Municipal and county government is giving In to the State and the State to centralized control from 'Washington. Who Is responsible? All of us are who assent to these inroads of power hungry bureaucrats. When ultimately Washington gets the noose around our necks, there will be little difference from what they have in Soviet Russia and elsewhere. Along with these restraints will come, too, the tyrannies of rule from above, not from the grass roots.

Only this week there was an example here of this encroachment upon local authority. The Vance Board of County Commissioners has decided to discontinue Its operation of the county home, and has had plans drawn for remodeling the building on the eastern outskirts of town that has been used for that purpose for some thirty years or more. The property is to be leased for a private nursing home.

Before the county can turn a tap toward proceeding, the plans must and have been approved by the State Department of Health. 'The State Insurance Department, the State Department of Public Welfare and the State Sanitation Engineering Division. The nursing section of the health department learned of what was going on and has informed the comrliissioners that approval must be given by that agency as well.

All this, too, mind you. despite the fact that not a dime of the original investment nor

of the cost of the proposed remodeling comes from State sources, nor any other save the county only.

How naive can we become in assuming, if we do, that there are dividends to be received from this surrender of local authority?

We are not stupid enough to be unmindful of the arguments that accompany these procedures. The health people have certain standards which they claim are essential for the security of patients. The Insurance Department passes upon fire hazards and precautions taken against them. The welfare people have been granted authority by the Legislature to license private nursing homes, and tried in the last session to tighten the restrictions with greater veto powers. The sanitary group presumes to establish absolute cleanliness for the patients. What the nursing section of the^ health department would do other than implement controls of health, welfare and sanitation is difficult to imagine.

Bit by bit and step by step State bureaucracy has wangled Increasing powers of control from the Legislature, and craves even more.

By the same token. Washington Is encrt aching upon the States. Labor Secretis Goldberg predicts that Congress next year wUl establish a new Federal department with cabinet status that will move in upon cities and towns to regulate many of their functions Communities which accept such Federal service will, of course, be subservient to government, and that means a loss of freedom of action and surrender of control of local affairs to that extent.

By this iHocess home rule is vanishing, and will at some time virtually disappear if the trend Is not halted.

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY O^yright. 1961, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

At every convention of the American Medical Association, the question of socialized medicine arises, tbe doctors protesting that Congress is trying to pass legislation which will enslave the medical profession. President Le(mard W. Larson of the American Medical Association on November-27 said:

I^We are for a tree prctfe-skm. not an enslaved one. We are for the preservatioir- of>.our constitutional republic; we are opposed to a welfare state. We . are' for the right of our citizens to N;>end their own doUars in their own way, not for Washington authorttatians to tmend their money for them. Our philosophy is wholly positive.

The oMXMitkm is to tbe Kingw Anderson Bill which Dr. Larson describes as follows:

The proponents of Klng-.^ derson type legislation have cleverly proonoted tbe fake idea that earmarked payroll and employer taxes would be vokin-tary prepasrments against ths cost of health care benefits received subsequenUy In retirement. The fact is that tbe King bill levies a compulsory tax on young workers and their employers to pay for a federal program . of health benefits for older people. millions of whom are self-reliant and solvent. The King-Anderson program does not provide Insurance or prepayment of any type, but compels one segment of our popuktlon to, underwrite a socialized program of health care for another, regardless of need..

Whereas socialized medicine, in any form, deprives the medical profession of a free wage for its services, it must be admitted that a ^larp public opinion is expressing itself against disorderly and unethical conduct In this profession, whether such conduct is widespread or is limited to a few scoun^ls.

The entire question of medical charges requires study by the medical profession and by Congress. For instance. It is very difficult to decide whether an operation is necessary or Is a fraud to produce a large, fee. The responsibility is with hospitals to a degree. That is. a decent, well-managed hospital will not tolerate improper practices^

This raises another question: the hospitals have limited beds and cannot accept all doctors who would care to serve. What is to become of the so-called unaffillatcd doctor? The public does not quite understand this (luestion but It Is very important to a physician or a surgec^i '

A young man gets out of a medical school and his immediate problem Is to become an IntOTje and In time a resident. This means that he cannot earn a living for a period but does have an apprentices wage. The next st^ is to be admitted to. the staff of an outstanding hospital. This has Its numerical limitations and the young doctor who is unable to get on the staff of a hospital is unaffiliated. If be gts a patient, be has to find an affiliated doctor, who may be a specialist, who will get his patient into a properly managed hospital or if he is in a large dty he might make connections with a privately-owned hospital which may or may not be a properly managed institution. Some of the private hospitals are unfit for any purpose except perhaps as a nursing home. There ought to be some way of formally and legally designating tbe unsuitable hospital.

The layman has no way of knowing. He wants to go Into a hospital. He finds that every hospital Is overcrowded and that he must accept a bed in a ward. He declines to accept a bed in a ward. His doctor sends hdm to a private hospital which may be owned by doctors or by real estate brokers. The private hospital may have a proper or an unsuitable discipline. The patient will not know tt. but his doctor, physician or surgeon, has limited contacts with other physicians and sunreons and that the specialist will not come at the (ioctors call. Some doctors win only work In their own hospital which wlH not accept the

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more practical one than the expensive staging of a bi-centennial pageant or some other elaborate birthday celebration that is materially gone forever when the final curtain falls.

Humber pointed out some neighboring counties have appropriated sizeable amounts for glittering celebrations of their milestone birthdays. Pitt has not seen, fit to undertake such a project.

And while I may be ignorant (which is perhaps more prob-' able than possible), it seems that so far no great stir has actually been made in the county over' its bi-centennial year.* As far as I know, a quite outstanding exhibit at the - Greenville Art Center was the highlight to date of Pitts 200th birthday party.

As Sen. Humber says, the Investment of funds in erecting an image of Sir William would seem Indeed a worthwhile .contribution to the wealth of culture in a county so rich in-heritage. .

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There was a time when experts predicted television would reduce traffic accidents by keeping people home on Sundays.Greenville (SC.) Piedmont.

Mother Nature is a wonderful woman, but she is no acrobat. She still cant jump from summer to winter without a fall or from winter to summer without a spring. Carlsbad Current-Argus.

"^It might be well to remind the administration that Russias government-owned electric industry has been far excelled by Americas privately-owned industry. In the past four years, the United States has added more electric capacity than the entire present total * for R u s s 1 a. San Bernardino (Calif.) Sun.

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;!^ising Number O f Changes Aheac.

Ooinions In Brie:

J. Edgar Hoover reports that fine*, savings and reioverle.s In FBI lnvr.stKHtet raises during the year ending last Junp 30 leached a new peak of $167,654.-C22; a figure which represents a return of $1.34 for every dollar cppropriated for the agency." Corvallla (Ore.)) Herald.

on this one.Asheville Citizen.

When a woman throws in the towel, it usually means it tune for her husband to get busy on the. dishes.Mattoon (111.) Journal Gazette.

Tourism U an amazing Industry. Millions of tourists spend millions of dollars in an effort to avoid other tourists. Vancouver (B C.) Province.

The age of discretion is when you leam that nothing is Important as you once thought it was."'Minneapolis Star.

Deep Uiinkera seem to be divided between those who speculate on whether there Is life on other planeta and those who speculate on how much longer there k going to be aiy

History teaches us the mistakes we are going to make. Marshalltown (Iowa) Tlmes-Republican.

There are few mistakes that can be made by a mother-in-law who la willing to baby-alt.. Elkhorn tWla.) Independent.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The tempo of business increases at this time of the year, revealing a riling number of changes to come. Here are rome. ba<ed on analyses of developing trends:

Look for: Red China to unload more silver on the world market. Communist farming plans have failed and. ms the country approaches winter, mass starvation is imminent. Now that the United Slates has stepped out of the silver market, allowing the price to rise to around $1 an ounce. Red China will export Ita hoards to buy grains for tbe comrades.

Look fsr: trouble among small companies needing financing. The government action In permitting commercial hanks to pay higher interest rates will suck savings Into those depoal-tories, forcing smaller companies to pay hlgbtr ralesor bust. COCOALCM BUTTER

Look for: wide Industrial interest in a new product: a fat similar to cocoa butter developed from cottonseed and .olive oils. It may replace cocoa butter in candies and pharmaceuticalsand make the status of new African nations even more insecure.

. l.ook for: a doorless refrigerator. Oiie is being developed In California. A* curtain of cold air and a way to chill shelves with a stream of cold air will make the frij possible.

Leok for: an officially ap

proved accounting system. Government tax collectors. consUntr b puzzled by new variations in accounting methods, are seeking a standard system, which may be urged on all companies. It may not be mandatory, but the word will go out that compan-ka not using It will get extra scniUny.

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granting Federal Housing Administration loans. The agency Is revamping procedures and faster action is likely.

Look for: An unbalanced 1662* 63 Federal budget. The rise to defense plans and welfare demands, plus a refusal of Congress to Increase tax rates, will mean another deficit budget. And to another campaign promise: requlescat la pace.

Look for: a trend back to traditional home' designs. Both designers and buyers are getting fed up with too-too modem designs. Parents Magazine's 12th annual builders competition k showing a strong lean-Instoward conventional designs. '^"ikORE STEEL BUYING

Look for: steel production to-rtae. While moat induatries have r been cautious since higher wages went into effect, auto makers have DO choice. People are buying more new cars; they have to buy more ateel. And when ted production returns to Oil

wring:

Look for: a rise In ateel prices. Regardless of what the President says and unions do, the industry will have to Increase prices to cover the last buUtp In raise or, like arrudl twaineas, find Itself strapped for fresh capital.

OLD PROMOTER BITES ON ANOTHERS GIMMICK I dont rightly know wrhat crestfallen means, but the Old Promoters hat was shnnped lower on hk puss than ever before when he dropped in today.

rhere ougbta be a law! he muttered. Call the Better Business Bureau! Call thg.FBII

1 aaw an ad sylng, Save on Income taxes like the mil-llooalres do. Pull instructions. Send $1 to Box ssro-sero and so on. I-seot In my bock. And this Is what I got back.

He handed me a thres-by-flvs-inch card. On It was cos word: ftwist