Tuesday, December 26, 19l

iilready Receiving Some Bnefits

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If school superintendents have accurately evalu- public school education might not show up for several ated changes in public education in the state since last years even If the program he advocated were accepted l^ptember, North Carolina is already receiving bene- by the legislature and the people of the state. ^

fite from the quality education program lynched . If, during the first few months of the first school

by the legislature early this year. year ander the new program for quality education.

According *to Gov. Sanford, superintendents cited the superintendents have been able to see the im-improvement -in. the' efforts, attitude and interest prqvements they cited to Gov. Sanford, there can be among 'teachers in public schools throughout the state no doubt that progress is being achieved. If the super-this year. An improvement was also'noted in the qual- intendenta had merely cited the fact that both stu-rty of applicants 'for teaching jobs throughout the dents and teachers were taking their respective tasks state. . ' xj more seriously than in past years, it would have been

The superintendents said they also detected this clear that the fir^ dividanch were being received, from year more serious study by students on the whole, more fbe additional millions North Carolina will spend on concentration on instruction during school hours, less its public school program this year, ektra-curricula activities and also a reduction in the It will be interesting to see" if the superintendents, size dt classes. . ' ^ at the end of the current school year, will be able to

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first part. If so, we ma^^ be sure that the factors cited by the superintendents were not just immediate reactions to the new program, but rather lasting reac

tions that will continue as the state moves forward to enrich its public schools.

On the basis of this first consolidation of reports by school superintendents all over the state, the better school program undertaken by North Carolina is already beginning to pay off. *

The Glorious Victory

lina has reached the quality of education it desires in its public schools, they indicate that the state has moved out on the right path to bring about a considerable improvement in public education. Even in his most aggressive advocation of the program of quality education. Gov. Sanford asserted it would take years to achieve an acceptable goal. He also pointed out that tangible signs of improvement inthe level of

Democrats Big Money-Raiser r

By LYNN NISBET J-J DINNER The 1962 Jef-ferson-Jackson Dinner will be staged on MarCh 31 in the JvS. Dorton Arena at the State fair-groundSj. This is the big money-raising event on the calendar of the North Carolina Democratic party organization. Funds raised from the sale of $50 tickets will go mostly into the national party war chest and^ the dinner is really spons<ed by the national committeeman and committeewoman from this state, although the machinery and clerical staff of the organization is drafted fory of the detail work.

The Aycock-Vance dinner at Asheville, held for the first time this fall, but declared to be an annual affair, is the principal money-taising event for the state organization.

The present Jefferson-Jsckson dinner grew out of an original Jackson Day dinner. In early days the dinner was held on January 8, anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, or on March 15, Andrew Jacksons birthday. When it became increasingly difficult to arrange for hotel accommodations and obtain a desired speaker on one of these specific dates, the scope of the project was broadened to honor dornas Jefferson as well as Andrew Jackson, and dates are set each year at sometime between January 1 and May 1 when facilities are most readily avaU-able. Until last year the dinner, bad .always be^n held in the Hotel Sir Walter. Capacity of the dining rooms there is a maxium of 660and almost half that number had to be seated In a room where the speaker could not be seen. The 1960 dinner in fairgrounds arena lacked many of the attractions of the hotel dinners, but the plan did permit equality of entertainment and service for more than a thousand guests.

GET-TOGETHER The big , value of these dinner occasions does not lie in the dinner, or ven in the big speech delivered by some outstanding national figure in the Democratic party. The value 1s in the opportunity afforded for Democrats from all over the state to mix together, swap gossip and political news and maintain "family relations among themselves. The party leaders figure that what they lose in luxury by switching from the hotel to the fairgrounds they more than make up in the larger number of Democrats accommodated.

k.vDATE The date fixed, much later than usual, puts the dinner well into the primar> campaign.

It will be two weeks after the books close for filing notice of candidacy for stale or district office, and two weeks before the

lists close for members of the General Assembly and county offices. (State and district filing closes at noon Friday, March 16; county filing closes at noon on Friday. April 13.) Meantime, also, the date for the State convention will have been set, and there will be some question whether it will be held under rules which have mainUUned for many years or under new rules expected to be adopted by the executive committee early in March. There will be plenty for the Democrats to talk about when they get togetehr.

Underlying all the talk will be recognition of the fact that the Democratic party must strengthen and tighten its organization "^and put forth more effort than in many years if It hopes to retain its dominant place in North Carolina govemmentar affairs. Party officers and candidates for public office will be selected not so much on basis of honoring them as on what they can add to party strength.

By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

Rositive Stand I

NOT BACKWARD The people of Mecklenburg county have jus^ voted $8.4 million for school construction bonds. The vote was not quite two to,, one,' but was better than three to two in favor of the bonds. This was the eighth bond issue for education voted by Mecklenburgers since World War II. The aggregate amount of the bonds authorized by these votes was in excess of million.

Voter participation was disappointingly lowas is the case in almost every bond election, but there was enough Interest to prove that Mecklenburgers want better schools and are willing to pay for them. The taxes the people of the county will pay to carry these bonds will be substantially . more than the Mecklenburg people would have had to pay on the recently proposed State bondswhich they and most of the rest of the state voted against. This is testimony to the fact that they are

no backward or stingy or lack

ing in appreciation of the better things.' They knew what they were voting for in the county, and knew they would have some voice ,ln how the money would be spent. The need was explained to them In detail, not Just

in general terms of "we need so many millione for good purposes, and we have decided what these purposes will be, so , qome along and give us the

money.

Where responsibility for failure of the State bond issue really rest, the Mecklenburg elections and other throughout the state prove conclusively it cannot be charged to a backward or stingy attitude on part of the people.

Helped City Through Pre-Christmas Rush

Looking back over the rush of'the pre-Christmas business activity in* downtown Greenville, we have a most favorable impre.sion of the manner in which local police officers handled the unprecedented volume of pedestrian and automobile traffic.

During the busy weeks just prior to Christmas, there were few times when traffic was snarled, few times when the officers did not keep it moving at a rather even pace. There was congestion, to be sure, and parking space was at a premium. But the local traffic officers were obviously on the job throughout the day. ' -

Perhaps what impressed us most was the fact Copyright, 1961, King Features

that the officers seemed to know just when the volume j recelv^^f mJtihoughtM

of traffic was too great to be handled by the traffic letter from Robert G. Kelsey of

lights in the center of the business section. The offk- Freehold, New Jersey, 'who is

ers didnt hesitate to move into the centers of inter-

sections and u.se their initiative to keep the traffic .the idea that, although

movihg when the lights were causing congestion. there hajs been vast changes, j , ... . \ ,, both economic and social in this

It seemed to us quite an improvement ovei the rountry since 1914. these chang-

traffic situation in downtown Greenville in other 4s were not necessarily in the

Christmas rush seasons, and it proved a benefit to interests of the country, and

citizens w'ho were busy gettingjheir shopping and es[ of the^MvWual. . ^ other chores done before Christmas. Those of us who are conserv-

To the Greenville Police Department and to it's become revolu-

traffic officers, we say Thanks for helping the busi- w^fg^ore r^ifty! wlf may be-ness sectionand the-residents of Greenvillethrough' come irrational. Granted that the pre-Christmas rush. .many of the changes that were

introduced by the New Deal are hateful, what effect would their - rejection in 1961 have upon economic and social conditions in 1961?

Let us take as an example the exppansion of labor unionism

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since 1936. The trend has been not only to increase collective bargaining but to reorganize the social relationships between management and labor, to divide wages into two parts, cash payment and social payment; the fWTner controlled by agreements between management and the union, the latter determined by acts of Congress, decisions of various government agencies. Also, the trend has been to establish a single industrial union in a company rather than a large number of separate and 'Independent unions.

In 1936 and 1937, I opposed this trend as did many conservatives, but in 1961, the consequences of attempting to drop this system and to substitute for it the open shop, conflicting unions, no government control would be dangerous. The practical question is whether it is possible to revert 4o pre-1936 conditions. ^

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By RALPH ROBEY

When President Kennedy addressed the annual meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers, he was insistent that costs of production and prices be held down, and he said that on the following day he was going to tell labor the same thing. He did mention the same subject at the annual meeting of the AFL-CIO the next day, but he was much less firm, and his Secrqjtry of Labor Goldberg pretty well wiped out even this mild advice within the next 24 hours when he told the same group that there was plenty of room for higher wages.

Secretary Goldberg, In a letter to the Washington Post, says that this is s distortion of what he said, and that actually all he advised was that within the limits of Increase of output per manhour, there is room for a rise of wages. Regardless of whether this is what he meant to say, the AFL-CIO refused to accept even this soft restraint and before the convertion adjourned passed resolunons embodying this rcJecUon. The resolutions, to. were passed without a dissenting vote.

Specifically, it ws stated: "In collective bargaining in the period ahead, AFL-CIO affiliated unions will press for wage ad-vance.s as a vital means of Increasing Inadequate consumer purchasing power. The reasoning back of this was put in this manner: "Purchasing power

must catch up and keep pace with fast rising national productive power so as to help stimulate and sustain an Increased rate of national economic growth."

Unions were urged to bargain for higher wages, more fringe benefits, and .shorter hours with no loss of pay. Most industries, it was maintained, could grant all this and still lower price.s In a few It might be necessary to lift prices, but for the economy as a whole the price level

"can remain reasonably stable.

The convention also called for increased government spending, or as labor terms It "an expansionary federal budget policy, and it said that tax reduction might have to be postponed if Washington spends the amount it should.

Now there is nothing new in any of this from the viewpoint of labor. It has been recomt mending exactly the same things for years. The reasons for emphasizing this program at this time arer

1. Consumer income in this nation is the highest in history, and continues to climb month by month and quarter by quarter. It is not lack of money that t holding back our economy. It is that prices are too high from the point of view of potential purchasers.

2. Both internally and internationally. competition is getting stronger almost .by the day, and business is finding it increas-Inglv difficult to equal even the profits of last year, which was a period of recession. We need lower, not higher, prices, and wages are the most important over-all cost of production.

3. Our international balance of payments If becoming more and more unfavorable and this calls for larger exports. We cannot increase our exports appreciably without lowering prices, and we cannot lower prices if wages continue to rise year after year. On out International deficit nothing less than our standing as a world leader depends. and this must not be taken lightly.

4. Every dollar that Is available for an increase of wages Ls also available for a reduction of prices. Higher wages benefit only those who get the raise; lower prices benefit everyone, and help the nation in its international relations.

In a word, this Ls a time for mature thinking. The resolutions of the AFL-CIO convention reflect no such maturity.

Other Editors Saying... No Way To Atone

(Washington Daily News)

The life of Adolph Eichmann Is relatively unimportant to the world. The manner in which he must die is very important.

The Israel court has said he must die for "a crime of unparalleled enormity. He is today standing alone in' a world which has seen so much trouble. He stands there convicted of trying to wipe out the Jewish race in Europe.

As an individual there is hardly an American who disagrees with the death sentence. But as a matter of law, attorneys express.& great deal of doubt that his trial, his sentence, and his probable future hanging meet the legal standards generally expected in a court of Justice.

It is true that the court in Israel has bent over backwards to make it appear that this mitn has received every bit of protection a- court could offer. But the man was tried long before he entered the court room. He was convicted a long time ago, and the court faced only the formality of meeting the red tape necessary to carry out the sentence.

We have no respect for Eichmann none whatsoever. Somehow we can find little room for, sympathy. But when nations can kidnap a man in one country, whisk him to another, try him, and kill him, then we wonder if that type of Justice within itself does not destroy Justice to some extent.

Millions of Jews died in the Hitler regime. No one man is guilty of all the drimes '^against humanity. Some have already died for their part. Now one man lives, bpt life is short. There Ls no way to atone for the indignities, or the murders, for the brutal savagery thrust upon a people by the Hitlerites.

The death of Eichmann cannot atone for what was done. Indeed a life for a life is not -e .cijmplete measure of atone-ment\And no one suggests today thaV a Gei^an should have been killM..fter World War n for every Jew killed before and during the war.

Eichmann today might stand as a symbol of the worst of the Hitler nuichine. He has forfeited his right to live in decent society. But has the decision been arrived at in an atmosphere of impartiality, of "fairness, and of Justice? That question bothers us greatly.

Some people might ask this question. Why was he ever tried in the first place? Why was he not killed on the spot? Then invariably many will say "he Ls not worth a trial.

We agree that he is not worth a trial as a human being. But Eichmann is less than a human being, but yet he is a monster symbol of the worst in modern living. He deserves to be dead already. But we must not kill the art of Justice in the effort to kill a man who should not have lived this long in the first place.

Merely to say that a conservative dislikes Roosevelt provides no guidance for conduct in 1961 when we are at war, when our dollar is shamefully inflated, when our bankers have ceased to think in economic terms beyond that of a teller.

are still a free people, abler under the law, .to express our opinions and to vote for what we believe to be true. But, if we assume that war does not change economic and social conditions, we do not grasp our situatidn.

Kelsey says:

"You spend only , what you have.' This statement is obvious. As I have read in your own column, Mr. Sokolsky, there is a limit to the deficiency any one or any natiori can stand. Ignoring the limitation can bring bankruptcy.

' Of course, there is a limit to what a nation can spend. In time .of peace that limit is controlled by the law of supply and demand, by prudence, by our competence to maintain order under mass opix)sition to government conduct.

In time of war, none of this is true. Instead of the law of supply and demand, we are governed by victory or defeat. What we need to recognize Is that we now have no effective allies and that weneed to meet w'ar conditions out of our own resources.

One of our principal dangers is that unemployment can bring on revolutionary conditions. Kelsey says:

. . .that you do not legislate charity. Charity is voluntary and legislation is not. . .

If my correspondent meajas that social measures su-e revolutionary, he must, as a practical man, be prepared to shoot dow;^ and kill all the unemployed or the partially employed. If he is not ready to do that, as I am sure he is not, he must be ready either to find work for them or create economic conditions which do increase the number of Jobs available. The law of supply and demand will not protect the worker from the failure to find Jobs under the conditions which today face him.

These are the facts which we face as a result of a devastating depression, three wars, the Russian Revolution and the disorganization of the world economic system by the appearance of new nations and the collapse of ancient empires.

It is unfortunate that so many who are opposed to Marxism reject the essential fact that we are forced to take positive stands to meet Marxism: that we cannot Just say that everything is all wrong but that we have to offer a constructive pro-(Contlnued on page ten;

an !3usiness

By RCXiER BABSON BABSON PARK, Mass., As the last weekly Column which I shall write you before my "BUSINESS and FINANCIAL FORECAST for 1962, appears in this newspaper, I wo.. .0 say an important word to you. In short, your future as an investor or businessn^n, especially as a manuMcturer or retailer depedds_upon certain Intangibles which cannot be reduced to statistics. Let me mention four of these.

PERSONAL RELATIONS AND . DEALING WITH OTHERS From year to year, the labor situation will become more difficult. Firms which do not deal with labor unions will untimately have to come to it, while those which already are dealing with labCKT unions will be subject to more and more demands. In order to be successful, you must be able to deal with employees successfully.

Some people naturally can do this, while others naturally cannot. This means that, you must meet every employee with a smile, and must always take some time to talk with employees personally. It absolutely requires a sunny disi^ition and considerable patience*.

IMPORTANCE OF .JtpG.MENT In studying the history of a corporation in terms of employment or the purchase or sale of Its stock you cannot depend on statistics or on any , of the other guides which I have mentioned in earlier columns. People succeeded and failed in business before there were any such things as statistics, or credit reports, or any other form of printed information. My grandfather actually kept his accounts on his shirtsleeve during the week and they were copied by one of his daughters in a rough notebook on Sundays. The various manuals and financial services now available are of help, but you must determine how they are to be used.

I have great respect for accountants. The President of the Babson Institute is an accountant. The work of the accountant. however, is largely that of a doctor making a "post-mor-, tern examination. Very seldom is an accountant able to forecast the future any more than a doctor can. He compares more to one who dissects or analyzes a man after death. The beginning of each year starts a new life for the SLCCountant.

COURAGE MOST IMPORTANT Going back to the days of Venice and Athens, when trading first started, courage was the main asset a successful man had to have. This applied to trading, by sea in small vessels without chart or compass, and by pack caravans which went oyer the mountains with valuable goods. Courage was indispensable, and it still is.^

Today, the businessman has the advantage of telephones, airplanes, and even stockbrokers tickers: but none of these take the place of courage. The reason is obvious; namely, that all his competitors havet he same advantages, All have telephones; all can use airplanes, all can subscribe to Dun & Bradstreet or Moodys reports or any other business aids. Hence, it all comes down to the fact that it is the one having the best judgment plus the best courage who will be the successful man. RELIGION AND PRAYER By religion. I do not mean theology. It does not interest me how old a denomination is, or how large is its membership. Many religious people do not attend Church, except at Christmas and Easter. Throughout history, people have been religious and non-religious. I even feel that somo who call themselves aUieists may be truly religious.

On the wall surrounding the Great World Globe on the cam-' pus of the Babson Institute are these letters. "FOR WHAT IS A MAN PROFITED. IF HE SHALL GAIN THE WHOLD WORLD AND LOSE HIS OWN SOI51.? The greatest intangible of all is a sane reli'-ion.

A man mav accumuht-' iv n-erty without religion; but he Is succes.sful onlv as he Is happy and his children turn out (Continued on page ten)

More Look-Aheads On Business

Strength For Today

OUR COMMON HERITAGE By KARL L. 1H)UGLAS8

Ge 0 r K p Washington was a guerilla fighter. After his stunning defeat at Long Island it looked a.i If the cause of freedom was at ajt end.

But Washington was not one who gave up easily. His spies informed him that the Hessian commander at Trenton was ill prepared to meet an attack. It was Washington's intention to strike on Christmas night, but the difficulty in crossing the ice-choked Delaware kept him from arriving' at 'Trenton until dawn. There on December 26 (186 years ago today) he won a battle which thrilled the world, caused Frederick the Great to term It the most illustrious military achievement of the century, and turned the dispirited eoloniea into a fighUng unit

which In spite of Valley Forge and scores of defeats neverUic-le.ss marched slowly but surely to victory.

Today the English-speaking peoples of the world stand.together with a^ unity that warn.s tyrants and aggressors to beware. We milled about for centuries trying to get our feet firmly planted on the ground, but now we know where we stand Freedom lovers stand together. We face despotism, atheism, tyranny, and the cruelty of oppressiopand we face it together. Tyranny appears often to be elusive yet there is nothing so real in life. There Is nothing so precious as liberty to those of us who have been nurtured amid its benefits. Liberty loving people everywhere are supported by their common heritage of faith and freedom.

By F.LMER ROESSNER

Here are more look-ahead.s in buslnesw, based on analysis of trends now developing:

New discount tactics: De

partment store price competition Is trimming discount*

houses advantage, but discounters have R new potential advantage. Not beirtg tied to loca- tions as many department stores are, many are planning to'.switch to mail-order discounting. Operatin' from low-rent, low-taxed warehouses outside of metropolitan areasoften iree from sales taxes1962 discoun-ter.s will try to -tindersell department, appliance and other discount stores.

More capital outlays: Ex

penditures for plant and equipment will rise during the early part of - 1962. Production ex-pan.se, tooling up for increases in defense orders and replacement of antiquated equipment will Increase capital spending by 6 or more per cent. CONTENT WITH CHEAP DOL-LARH

No dollar rivalry; For many year(^ Cauadians have snickered because the American dollar was worth lesa than theirs. Now

the Canadian dollar is worth around 95 cents in United States moneyand the Canadians are .still snickering. The discount gives them an advantage in labor costs on goods exported to the U.S. An item that costs $1 to produce In the U.S. costs only 95 cents (in American money) In Canada..

Defense step-up: Increa.se in defense is now moving from talk into action stage. No manufacturer. regardless of size, should overlook possibilities of government defen.se contracts, sub-contract.s and sub-sub-con-tracts.

Fewer failures: Indications

are that there will be fewer bankruptcies this month. Business failures will be less because the upsurge in Christmas buying will postpone, if not end, many possible^ failures. And personal bankruptcies which account for the far greater part of all financial failures will be fewer because debtors have been desperately trying to keep up payments to keep going on charges and Instalment base.s until after Christmas. TIGHTER SAL CONTROL

New saving regulations: Th

Administration Ls about to .seek tighter control over savings and loan associations. One control sought Is the protection of depositors when S & L assocla-tlon.s change from mutual to stock companies.

Con.servatlon at home: The

Agriculture Department is about to extend conservation programs to the suburbs; it wants to encourage local governments to prevent the unnecessary uprooting of trees and shrubs by builders. It mav also encourage home owners to conserve organic wastes by digging coffee ground.s, tea leave.s and other roltables into the soil.

More abundant paper: De-

ma'nd for paper and pulp is leveling off and the Increase in paper mill facilities will provide ample ne'"*^prln for some time to come. However, rises in pay may tend to shove prices up slightly.

OLD PROMOTER WOULD SHELTER PETS There was a make-a-buck gleam In the' Old Promoters eye when he called today and he was not long in getting down

to bu.sines.s.

"Yon know about Iter

boom," he began. "I know how you and I cai. get into 1 and make a fort-irt^'

We looked at him, fir; over, then under our rbsi cs.

"I he quick prci.t fellow liave overlooked ,n )rl " he .said. "Dogs and 0 ry pets-

"Arf^" we asked.

"People luv? p-ts." he .aid. "Therefore, provision must be made for them in rhePer.- I am planning to off^r a line of canned pet food, canned waer for pets, bottled oxygen for dogs, parake^'ts, cats and other loved ones, and canned bones with boxes of dirt in which they can be buried."

"Shouldn't there be something to deodorize dogs Jammed in a shelter with you? i .suggested.

"My boy. the old one said! you have Just put the cherry on the frappe'. Your idea makes the whole scheme real. I am going to give you half Intere.st in the plan. Of course, not that the proposal U perfect, I expect you will want to Invest som cash in It

It was somewhere about thert that 1 lost him.