tniuriday, Februuy 8 1968

People Must Be Willing To Pay

Newly Acquired Taste for Blood

There are few people who question the need for additional financial aid to education as outlined by President Kennedy in hia special message to Congress.

The best way to provide this aid, however, is through state school systems rather than under a federal aid to education program as outlined by the President.

President Kennedys proposals submitted to Congress this, week are similar to those he made last year and which were subsequently rejected by Congress. In his proposals this year the President gave top priority to his recommndations for pumping federal monies into public schools and made his proposals for higher education take a back seat to the public schools.

It is well enough that the people throughout the nation be well aware that statistics indicate the number of children in public schools will increase some SOper cent or 14 million by 1970. It is imperative that by their awareness of the need for new schools and. classrooms because of this increase, the people will move to provide the necessary facilities.

?ull Agreemnt

On Basic Facts

By LYNN NISBET

ARGUMENT Lawyers mr* fued the law and Uie constltu-fcioo before the Supreme Court this week <n the questlcm of whether or not an clectkm can be held this ynr to fill the office lieutenant Govenmr. Botii sides agreed up<m the facts, which are essentlilly These;

doyd Philpott, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor, died in August oi 1961. Ques-tUn arose as to wheUier the vacancy could be filled before the regular gubernatorial eleo-tkm in 1964. Co^iizant <rf the fact be pn^bly would have to appoint an interim officer if an earlier election could be had. Governor Sanford asked the At-tormy General for an opinion. The Attorney General ruled that the vacancy could not be filled until 1964. A number of dti-rens. including some eminrat lawym, held different' view.

Last December Sen. hlax Thomas oi Union prepared a notice of candidacy in the 1962 primary and toidered it along with the iU)pnH>riate filing fee to the State Board of Elec-tioos. The board declined too accept it, on the ground ttt the Attorney General Inul ruled no election could be held. Thomas appealed to the Superior Court of Wate County. The matter was heard by Judge WB-11am T. mckett on January 20. Bidcett sustained a demurrer by the Attorney General, and Thomas further appealed to the Supreme Court. The high coaxi acceded to requests of all parties for an Mrly bearing ai^ it was set for the first item when the court convened for the Spring term on Tuesday of this

Chief Justice Wallace Win-bome did not sit with the court. Senior Associate Justice Denny presided. Sitting with him were Associate Justices Hunt Parker, William H.' Bobbitt. Carlisle Hlegins, Wm. B. Rodman and Clifton Moore.

QUESTIONS -> n is hazardous business to attempt forecast of judicial opinion, but questions asked by the Justices as the lawyers were making their appeals ratiicr clearly indicated support of the Attorney General and Judge Bldcett.

Justice Parker asked, if the argument of appellants Is sound, was it not the duty of the Governor to vpoint someone to fill the vacancy. He later asked, again with the "If the argument is sound, would not requirement for an electkm of a Lieutenant Governor also apply to the Governor and require an electicm in case of a vacancy there.

When Assistant Attorney General Ralph Moody aigued that there Is provision for suoces-sl(m to the governorship, the lieutenant governorship and the president of the senate. Justice Rodman asked if. in the event the president of the senate suc

ceeded to the top office as acting Governor would his term In that capacity continue for the duration of the term to which the Governor had be&n elerted, or (nily for the doraticm the time for which be had been elected president oi the senate. It was the first time that point had been raised. Another ques-ti<n for which no answer was forthcoming was whether a senator UD(ter 30 yean oi agt could function as aqting Governor. the constitution required a Govemm* to be 30 years old.

UNIQUE Juctlce Rodman also asked why this question had not been brought to the court bef(, in view of the fact there have been several instances since the constitution of 1868 was adopted in which vacancy occurred in the Lieutenant Governors office by reason of the incumbent moving up to top place upon the death of a Governor.

Time ran out before Attorney Floyd CrcHiae could elaborate on that point. The present situation is different from aH the others in two respects. It Is the first time a vacancy has occurred by death (rf the Lieu-tenai^ Governor instead of by promotion. More significant, it is the first time a vacancy has occurred in time to enter candidates in an election.

Tod Caldwell became Governor in December erf 1870, when W.W. Holden was removed by tmpeachroent. That was after the 1870 etection and at the next election in 1872 a fuU term Lteutenant Governor would be named.

CH. Brogden moved to top place upon the death of Governor Tod Caldwell on July 11, 1874. In that instance the next regular election of a Governor and Lieutenant Governor was to come in 1876. There might have been time to get a candidate in the electi(m of 1874. but no effort was made to do 60.

Thomas J. Jarvis became Governor in February of 1879. with the next electicm in November of 1880 being the regular time to elect a Lieutenant Governor.

Thomas M. Holt moved to the Governors office In April, 1891, and again the next elec-tiCHi in 1892 was the regular time to elect a Governor and Lieutenant Governor.

Luther Hodges went to the highest office upon the death of Governor William Umstead in November of 1954, after the general election of that year and the next regular election In 1956 being the time for full term election of State officers.

Cloyd Phllpotts death during the first year of his term and well more than a year before the next regular etection, which was ncrf the time for election of State officers, puts this situation in different situation.

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It is also important, we think, that the responsibility of providing these facilities, together with salaries for the additional teachers remain at the state and local level rather than beihg assumed by the federal government.

Some of the wealthier states would put considerably more into the federal aid to education programs through taxes than they would get back for their schools in terms of financial assistance. Many others^^and North Carolina probably would be included in this groupwould gain more in the way of financial assistance for schools than they paid in additional-.lfideral taxes. Even so, the poorer states probably could do a considerable school improvement job on their own if their proportionate cost share of the overall federal aid to education" program were funneled directly by the state into its own schools.

The depletion of each tax dollar would be considerably less if the money were collected and spent by the states than if it is collected by the federal government, then doled bapk to the states for paying teachers and building schools.

In spite of the needs of public education throughout the country, and in spite of the high cost of meting these needs in the years ahead, it is our opinion that the needs can best be met and the schools best administered from the state level rather than from the federal level.

The needs cannot be met, however, if the people themselves are not willing to pay the cost of providing adequately for the education of the youngsters.

A Time To Show We Appreciate Scouting

For many years the Boy Scout program has played an important part in the life of .Pitt County and its communities. Through the program, literally thousands of youngstersmany of them adult citizens of the county todayhave learned Scout crafts and skills, and have also learned the basic rules of good citizenship.

On Saturday some 28 Scout units of Pitt County Including cubs, scouts and explorers, will put on one of the most ambitious expositions undertaken here. A seven-hour program has been planned in connection with the exposition which is desighed to show the public the kind of work being done by the various scout units and the kind of training being received by the youngsters through the Scout organization in Pitt County.

It is an exposition which should prove well worth the time of those who visit it The Greenville Kiwanis Club which is sponsoring the exposition, the Scout leaders and youngsters who have prepared the program for the exposition are to be commended for affording the public of this county such an exposition.

There could be a no better way for the citizens of the county to show their appreciation for Scouting and what it has meant to Pitt than to attend the exposition here on Saturday.

Full Of Respect For Each Other

Second. oNone

By HENRY HOWARD

As Colors Go. Its OK

A question arose In the newsroom yesterday that reflected the development of what I regard as a very grave situation.

It all started when I made a special request of our news editor. Don Schllenz (who does our

headline writing around here), to Inject into a spedfle headline for Wednesdays edition the use of "Red Carpet.

In the traditi(mal sense (rf the term, there was no (juestion about whether the two words were called for. "Red Carpet

!r^ublic Forum

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)-There are times, and this is one of them, when President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev look very considerate of each other.

Theyre like two heavyweights determined to go the distance but so full of respect for each others Sunday punch they feel things are tough enough with(Mit getting pers<Mi-al about it.

AlxMit this time last year, when Kennedy was new in his job and up to his neck in problems with Congress, Khmsh-chev caused him practically no trouble at all. At least, no extra ti-oubte.

This changed later, about the time Kennedy was finishing up with Ckxigress. Khrushchev suddenly began building a crisis on Berlin. He began talking tough. So did Kennedy. This lasted all summer.

Khrushchev climaxed his temporary unpleasantness by building a widl around East Berlin and abruptly cutting off talks on banning nuclear tests jn order to start Soviet nuclear tests.

All through this period Kennedy and Khrushchev batted the ball back and forth. It was a tense and unhappy period for everybody Including them. It turned out to be their climax for the year with each other.

Came mid-autumn and there was a change in Khrushchev. It was his turn to get up to his neck In problems with a congress, In his case the Ck)mmu-nist party congress. He said a settlement on Berlin could wait.

He denounced Sialln and his tactics and. in so doing, rammed heads with the old Stalinists and 80 irked the Red Chinese that they quit the congress meeting. To the hard-nosed Chinese, Khrushchev was too soft.

He wasnt being completely

soft, of course. It was in this period that he set off Russias super-super bomb and put the heat on Finland to soften her up and perhaps, through Finland, all Scandinavia.

But at least he had pulled back a bit from the Berlin furnace. like a man who figured he had made some progress and didnt want to push his luck.

Meanwhile, communism and the West were still locking horns around the world: ^ in Berlin. Laos, South Viet Nam, the United Nations. Latin America.

That was par for the course* and had been for years. It was just the Kennedy-Khrushchev relationship which had become more gentlemanly.

Gradually Khrushchev, as his differences with the Red Chinese deepened into what the West hoped would be a fervent split, talked less and less on foreign affairs. In fact, he talked so little it caused speculation he might be lU. One Paris newspaper even guessed he might have suffered a stroke.

Kennedy did nothing in his public statements to embarrass Khrushchev at a time when embarrassment might have strengthened his enemies in Red China or at home.

Khrushchev even sent his newspaperman son-in-law over here to interview Kennedyan interview which was published in Russiaand let his son-in-law come back last week for lunch with the President.

Now once again, because its that time of year, Kennedy is fully busy with Congress. Khrushchev, Just as last year, isnt adding anything extra to his problems.

All the problems remain, of course. Nothing has been solved. Neither Berlin, nor Laos, nor Viet Nam. nor nuclear test-(Continued on page five)

To The Editor:

I would appreciate a little space in your column to say something about the Urban (e) development that is being discussed right al<mg In Greenville. I have tried to consider tWs matter from both sides, pro and con and I find myself on the con side of it. I am unable to see the Justice in taking away homes from their rightful owners, unless they wish to dispose of them and can get a suitable price for their homes.

I grant that quite a few houses In the area from Second Street to the river could be Improved on, but so could a lot of houses in other sections of Greenville. Right Is right, and it is not right to turn anyone out of a place that has been home to them for years, there they have spent their happiest days, where they have raised their families, and which have become shrines to them.

I, personally, cant see where this face lifting project would bring a great deal of prosperity to Greenville. It would give woric in the building up of the area, both to the woikmen cm the job and to the contractors, but all this would have to be paid for by the Taxpayers and I doubt if It would be worth it. If Greenville was not in debt and had the money to do this work (after buying at a fair or satisfactory price the homes that would have to be tom down,) and had money left over, I would be In favor, but cant go al(xig with buying all this (m credit, even if the residents of the area were willing to sell.

I bought a lot on credit once, and borrowed the money to put a house on it. In that way I found out that the man who Invented interest was the greatest inventor that the United States has ever known. Even if the property was clear I would not be in favor of issuing bonds or borrowing the money to put new buildings on it, and otherwise pretty It up. Greenville has gotten along for a lot of years with this section like it is, and it is not right to ask the folks who own property and live in that area to give up their homes and get out so Greenville* can have a "face

lifting program. I wonder what percentage of the folks who are in favor oi this movement would be willing to give up their homes for a program of this kind, or any other kind, for that matter. Speaking for myself, I would not, certainly If someone else was empowered to set the price, and Id be required to accept that.

I wonder what a vote of the residents of the area in (jues-tioQ would show for and against the proposal. After all, they are the folks most vttaUy affected and the ones who deserve conslderatlcm in the matter. This pn^ram would make that sectl(Ki look much more pretentious and make the town look more prosperous, but would it be worth what it would cost the town? I have no rental property in Greenville, or elsewhere, but I dont like the idea of seeing Greenville go into the rental business, nor do I like the idea of the Federal Government going into the real estate business in Greenville.

Greenville does not need a shopping center in that area. If it did, why cant some in-' dividual or firm buy up some property and when they have acquired enough, then build a shopping center? Raleigh and other towns In North Carolina have done this. In my book, It bolls down to two Issues that of taking away homes from folks who own them and want to keep them, and the tremendous amount oi money that this project would cost. You can buy and pay for a house and lot but Is there any price you can pay a fatir or mother for a home, that would be ample to take care of the loss the average parent would feel in leaving a place that has t^n home for years?

There are a lot of folks in Greenville for this project and a lot of folks against it. If private enterprise couldnt woric out of this situation. I do not feel that our town should undertake it.

I understand that a graveyard in the proposed area will not be disturbed. Are the sacred rights of the dead more sacred than the rights of the living?

Very truly,

8am A. Haskins

C(veyed the pn^r ^meaning.

It seemed to be Dcmt considered opinion (merely for the sake of creating a mock issue) that using the word "Red could have Communist connotations. ru admit he had a very good point. Particularly was this true since the "Red Carpet would be Used In c(mnec-tion with an old institution.

Naturally our (Uscu88i(m was all in fun. As a matter of record, (mr headlines have on numerous occasions made use of the word "Red and the term "Red (Carpet in connection with stories not even remotely associated with the Commies.

Ideally, the Communists should have been branded with another color, and preferably a word not describing any portion of the mwctrum.

There are simply too many words in this world to waste the values inherent in the traditional use of tiie term "Red. And when I say "traditional. in the traditional use of "Red that overwhelmingly outdates the Communists soK^alled traditional use of it.

We could go on and on in this vein. But to get to the vital (luestion:

Should we abandon the use of "Red in its intended sense to free ourselves from association with the Commies: or, should we increase the use of the most colorful term we have to such a degree that the Communist association with "Red would be burled by a profusion of the terms true color?

To answer this question, we need to know something about bow the Communists adopted "Red. (^e versicm has it that the Bolshevik Revolution boys rallied 'round a "Red rag or flag. Later, when the Communists took over (after the 1917 revolution was successful) they t(x* the rallying flag and added to it the hammer and sickle. Thus the Communist "Red was bom.

It goes without saying that the Russian Revolutionaries selected "Red for the color of their rallying flag not at all.by chance. They certainly recognized, the value of the richest of all colors.

As far as Im concerned, it would be an utter shame for us to surrender the word completely without a struggle. Granted, the C^ommunists have a secure grip on a use for "Red that rings a note of fear in souls of men the world over.

My contentic is that the intended meaning of "Red must be maintained in our free society. Its meaning as the most brilliant color in the spectrum (Continued on Page 5)

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright, 1962. King Features Ihmdicate. Inc.

Real^ to know a man. Ii to watch him work. For 20 years or more. I have watched Richard Burgin at woit. I had never spoke to him. Bs'is a fiddler and my specialty anumg human beings has not been flddlers. although I claimed, pride, the fiiendshlp of the greatest of all. Fritz Krdster. Summer after Sumner, however, I have sat. hour alter hour, under many conductors, watching Richard Burgin act as a Sergeuit-Major, or as the musicians prefer to say It. Concert-Master of the Boston S^plMoy. than which there ii no superior. ^ ^

And now, Richard Burgin Is partially to separate himself from the Boston and he will be c<mducting orchestras as a guest which is apparently what so many musicians find a delightful occupation. He will no l<mg-er be given orders but will lead the men to glory. The Boston is to be taken over by Erich Leinsdorf, who astounded lovers of Wagner this Winter by his conducting of the Ring at the Metropolitan Opera House.

The skill of a concert-master lies in Ids ability to build an orchestra into a unit so that the conductor can lead it in-terpretatively. You have noticed, if you go to concerts, that soloists, after they have done their part, shake the hand of the first violinist. That is not (H^ to show respe<d; for the entire orchestra -which he represents, but also as recognition of his skill in keeping the string section t(ether which means that the entire orchestra has a foundation.

I once witnessed an orchestra fall apart. The conductor was not a leader of men although an excellent musician, and I witnessed the unusual scene of the concert-master pulling tt together with his elbow. When I tell this to musicologists, ttey do not believe it possible, but it did happen. Richard Burglns string section never fell apart in all the 20 years that I taye sat at his feet, no matter who conducted, Koussevttzky, Munch. Monteux, Bernstein, Copland, and a dozen others.

Richard Burgin was bora In Warsaw, a town that has some memories for me, for there my father manled his first wife and there some of my numerous brothers and sisters were bora. The Polish atmosphere is very different frwn the Russian. Warsaw was once a gay city and its people were among the most cheerful in Europe. Burgin studied under Joachim and Auer. An entire generation of violinists studied under Auer and among them, Burgin is known not only as a violinist and a conductor but also as a teacher. In Boston, he is the Chairman of the String Department of the New England Conservatory and then, during the Summer, he heads the Chamber Music Department at Tan-glewood. Undoubtedly, he will continue in both positions. Whoever leads a Department at Tanglewood is an acknowledged master musician.

More happens In this world than politics and economics. The realm of music is expanding in this country beyimd anjfthlng that could have been expected half a century ago. American leadership is expressing itself in every field and in that Tanglewood pla3TS the unusual role of combining a Festival and a school, a rare opportunity for young Americans to live, during the Summer weeks, in a rich musical atmosphere. Although Tanglewood is young, it already has its traditions and its memories and personalities. Among them Richard Burgin is one of the most beloved musicians and it is to be hoped that he will continue at Tanglewood wtere an American school of music is developing.

During about three decades of its existence, Tanglewood has already added much to the story of American music In the developing of such composers and conductors as Copland, Bernstein, Schlppers and Diamond. Only last week did 1 discover who dreamed up the original Idea of Tanglewood-on-Panute which has been somewhat ruined in recent yeux but which in its beginning was so organised as to conceive of a musical festival as thoroughly American as a football game.

(Continued on page five) J

Surprising Drop In 1961 Soles

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS DIPLOMAS EM THE SKY

Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the medical missionary In Africa whose consecrated life has called forth the wonder and admiration of the world, was said one day to have thrown up his hands in despair and groaned out: "What a blockhead I was to come out here to Africa to doctor savages like these! Whereupon one of the doctors African assistants remarked. "Yes, doctor, here on earth you are a great blockhead, but not In heaven.

Do you have any diplomas on your walls? Perhap.s you have friends who have them hung up everywhere. But what do diplomas signify? Simply that a person has finished certain academic raqulmnents or has

done things of a useful degree. But let it never be forgotten that these diplomas do not represent wisdom, and even If they did it would be earthly wisdom.

There are some poor folks who never got through grammar school but who wlU have a big diploma In a gold frame awaiting them In the world be-f yond. Why? Because they have heavenly wisdom. They thought in terms of God and His purposes. Their main object in life was to live according to Gods wljl and to be as helpful as they could amid human need. Some of them may have appeared blockheads to their worldly associates, but we can be pretty sure that In heaven they have a good, big diploma and a grade card there that would make your eyes pop out.

By ELMER ROESSNER Total retaU sales in 1961, the first year of the Kennedy boom were less than in 1960, a year many Democrats called the Eisenhower recession.

, According to the Department of Commerce, which keeps on turning out imperfect but still the best national statistics in the world, total retail sales last year were $219,145 million, compared with $219,529 million In 1960.

Since prices generally rose during 1961, and since the number of consumers also rose, the average person got considerable less of the nations goods last year than they did In the last year of the Eisenhower administration.

SURPRISE The final results for 1961 came as a surprise to the Department of Commerce, as It acknowledged. They probably shocked Luther H. Hodges, the Secretary of Commerce. And they embarrassed me, because I seem to recall predicting that retail sales would

set a new high.

In fact, sales volume was running ahead when Thanksgiving arrived, and there was considerable enthusiasm as the biggest shopping seas< of each year began.

But bu3dng did not keep up with the previous period. Sales in December were actually 1 per cent below those of November on a seasonably adjusted basis.

There are hb Inunediate explanations. Perhaps consumers, reading the news about Russia, decided to save some of their money for shelters. Perhaps, because of earlier weakness in profits, Christmas bonuses were lower. Perhaps people doubted that the November upsurge in Income and employment would continue. Perhaps people wanted a second look at autos they planned to buy. Or perhaps merchants, confident of a boom Christmas period, cut back on promotions. Or perhaps each of those reasons and many more worked together to alow sales.

WHERE THE BUCKS FELL Sales by nondurable goods stores Increased almost $3 billion last year, while sales of durables dropped a little more than that amount. Durables are long-lasting products, such as autos, furniture and the like; nondurables are those quickly consumed, such as food, clothing, etc.

Here are some compsuisons oi the more important groups, in millions:

1968 1981

Grocery stores 48,339 49,960

Eating, drink places 16,096 16,423

General merchandise stores 24.007 v 34,932

Dept, stores 13,942 14,489

Oas service stations 17,594 17,962

Drug Se proprietary stores * 7J130 7,713

Apparel stores 13,706 13,699

So far, except for that last

line, we have done pretty good. But now we come to the durable sellers:

Furniture and appUancM 10,to8 10,462

Lumber, hardware, etc. 14,819 14,163,

Automotive 39,509 17,076

The biggest drop was in auto- motive sales. But foreign im*i ports cant be blamed this time. They have fallen off. Could it be the lower-priced^ compacts? No figures yet available have the answer.

MORE PROTEINS COMING FROM DOWN UNIMER Four sbips left Australia In late December and early Jan-. uary with 22,126,720 poundal]^ of beef, 3,380,160 pounds of mutton and 78,400 pounds of lunb for the United States. . Possibly because Frenchmen are suffering from "Algeria nerves, the French mon(H>oly Increased cigarette production 5J per cent during the first nine m(mths of last year. . . Our friends the Japanese have bought 3.7 million bushels of soy beans from Red China for delivery in February, March and April. . .Our frlendrf the Tunisans sold Cuba 1,056 metric tons of olive oil between Nov. 1 and Deo. 19, last year.