Saturday, February 24, 1962

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Thafd Be the Limit!

Fuily aware of it or not, the United States found itself committed to the point it felt it must appears to be moving into a situation in South throw its troops into action against the aggressors. Vietnam where it could find itself itvolved in a At any moment, the Chinese communists could military action similar to that in Korea a decade throw divisions of their owm troops into the battle ago. between the communist forces of North Vietnam

In the support of the government of South and the goverhment forces in the South being aided Vietnam against communist aggression, the United by the United States. Already the commupists have States has committed a considerable amount of-afforded the arms and other equipment which has equipment and arms to that Asian country. It is made possible the aggression of the Northern Viet-now sending advisory teams into action wdth South namese troops against South Vietnam. It is not out Vietnamese troops along with pilots and other of the realm of possibility that the communists in technicians. In shoft, the United States is affording China or in Russia might decided to act in Vietnam support,not only in rriilitary equipment and training just as they did in Korea.

personnel, but in men who are in the zones of con- We understand the possition of President flict if not actually taking part in the shooting. Kennedy in not wanting to make public the entire The situation w^as similar in Korea in the last U.S. position on South Vietnam for fear of giving decade when the South Korean government was the communists valuable information on which to battling communist elements from the North, base future moves. At the same time we believe it Suddenly with the appearance of Chinese Com- is important that the American people recognize munist troops in the battlelines, the United States

A One-Day Trip To Wilminaton

the possibilities of another conflict similar to that in Korea growing out of the present situation in Vietnam.

Underscores Need For Careful Inspections

By L^'NN MSBET

ONE DAY Your reporter and Mrs. NLsbet took off" Wednesday for a %1sit to the Wilmington area. Immediate occasion wai^ the annual banquet of the South Eastern North Carolina Beach Association, but several other important Items were crowded into the day's experience.

One was a quickie visit to Moores Creek Battleground Park, scene of a minor but significant battle between two groups of North Carolinians at outbreak of the War of the Revolution. For lack of better designation the groups are called "loyalists" and "patriots. good names both. The loyalists maintained allegiance to the British crown and its repre-senatatlves delegated to administer government in the colony. The patriots were those who felt the time had come to resist what they regarded as unjust Impositions by a foreign ruler. The patriots wwi that little battle in February of 1776 and the victory is credited with considerable influence on the Halifax convention in April instructing North Carolina delegates to the Continental Congress to vote for Independence.

The park has been administered by the National Park Service since 19^ W'hen the land was deeded by the State to the Federal government. It contains 50 beautifully landscaped acres around a visitors center and museum and spotted with monuments and historic markers. It is located on N. C. 210 three miles off S421 about 20 miles northwest of Wilmington. Hundreds of times Ive passed by and promised myself to stop and visit the park on the next trip. Wednesday w-as the first visit. It was time well spent.

DIVERSITYNext stop was lunch on Fergus Ark., the floating restaurant In the Cape Fear near the U. S. Customs houseand the only restaurant in the world known to have been rammed by a submarine and a battleship. Old stuff for me, but an interesting new experience for the lady. Prom the restaurant window we looked directly across the river at the majestic USS North Carolina tied up in her permanent berth. To get to the ship it was necessary to go back through town, drive a couple miles up the river, cross two bridges the North Blast and Cape Fear. But we found it well worth the effort.

The story Is well known of how the great battleship, known to the navy as showboat", won the war in the Pacific, was put in storage at Bayonne, then consigned to an ignoble fate in an Atlantic ocean graveyard, from which it was saved by voluntary contributions of North Carolinians, and brought to Wilmington for a permanent memorial. The idea for the memorial originated with James Craig, a Wilming-

The near-tragedy which occurred when a portion of the ceiling in Greenvilles junior high school fell Thursday night is the sort of accident which causes grave concern among both school officials and citizens.

It is the kind of accident which re-emphasizes the need for careful and consistent inspection of school buildings, and particularly those buildings w'hich have been in use for considerable time.

The fact that the plastering on the ceiling of the junior high gym was about to fall perhaps could not have been detected in a normal inspection of building. Even so, it is reasonable to suppose who**":iWed^M* the that ^the defect had been present for some time and By DON SCHLIENZ

tleship during the war and is that the plaster could have fallen most any time. It

was just by chance that the plaster fell while the T

ton veteran, rapidly caught fire all over the state and was carried out by group under leadership of Hugh Morton. Though still in the rough so far as wails, floors and firing equipment are concerned, the ship has been \1sited by some 25,000 pa\lng customers in the few weeks it has been partially open. Midweek attendance is expected too be light, and Wednesday was a gloomy, rainy afternoon. But during the fairly short time we were there some 25 others came to see the boat. Admiral William S. Max-

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now superintendent of the memorial, is so enthusiastic about its potentials as a tourist attraction, an educational museum, and an activated living i?) memorial to all service men, he is almost like a kid talking about Santa Claus in mid-December.

FISH - The South Eastern North Carolina Beach Association (SENCBA) is concerned with overall development of area, but a major activity is the annual fishing rodeo. High spot of the banquet program is awarding of prizes to catchers of the biggest fish in a dozen or more categories. Awards were given the other night to 20 people for catches ranging from a 94 ounce pigfish to a 3824 pound blue marlin and including a 128 pound tuna, first of record to be caught in this area.

COLLEGE}Between the battleship and the banquet we took a fast drive to the beach so the boss ladywho loves the ocean as much as I love the mountainscould get a look at the old Atlantic. With a UtUe time left there was a drive around the new Wilmington College campus. By then dark was approaching and it was still raining, so we did not get out of the car. There is a story all by itself in the development of the community colleges at Asheville, Charlotte, and Wilmington to dateand the almost unlimited opportunities ahead.

TOUR - This one half-day, with its diverse appeal of history and prospective future development, and in which only a small part of the interesting features were considered, suggests the idea of short planned tours of the area around Wilmington (and the same goes for many other communities) that would be of interest and value to home folks and visitors alike. Within 200 miles of driving distance a party can visit Moores Creek, scene of an early Revolutionary w^ar battle: Fort Fisher, scene of a key battle in the Civil War; Old BrunswicktowTi and Orton Plantation and ultra modem Sunny Point munitions depot: Battleship USS North Carolina and the almost fantastic contrast in Wilmington between the Bellamy House and the Corawallis House and new Wachovia Bank building.

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players were at the opposite end of the court from that where the ceiling fell.

a few da\s in the time the plaster fell could have ture wonders. Is very much in made the difference between no injurieswhich the popular mind. No getting fortunately was the caseand many injuries and

perhaps some fatalities. S^t^^Sdes. ^

Like most other communities, Greenville has But come to think of it, the in use several school buildings which were construct- generation saw a lot of ed many years ago. It has renovated these buildings "marvels become commonplace: from time to time and it Carrie., out an inspection

program in an effect to make sure these buildings es than we. it was a terrific are safe for U^e at all times. half-century immediately be-

at the inntrhi^h'lihl?" ^dent such as the one .^stance, my father saw

at the junior high school occurs, it raises the ques- development of the automotive

tion of whether the current in.spection program pro- age from its infancy. He saw vides sufficient safeguards against possible tratre- tremendous growth of com-dies in school buildings. ^ munication devices (telephone.

radio, television) from their primitive inceptions to sophfeti-cated systems we take for granted.

During his lifetime the airplane and air travel graduated from the di-eam of a few daredevils to the commonplace: and the invasion of space had already begun, with serious talk of going to the moon and beyond.

He saw the creation of man-made fibres, plastics and their adaptation to general use: new metals and uses of metals, the Introduction of innumerable household items. . .all changes in his lifetime that far and away surpass those in my mem-

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Other Editors Saying... ;i^ural Vote Speaks

(Asheville Citizen-Times)

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - His own Democrats wrecked any chance for President Kennedy to make a political Issue out of the ruination of his plan for a new department of urban affairs and housing.

The far-outnumbered Republicans in the House were against it but helpless to stop it without Democratic help. They got it in abundance, particularly from Southern Democrats.

This doesnt leave Kennedy room for telling city voters in this years congressional elections the Republicans did him in. The most he can say is that he was for it. That can't help his party much.

The Republicans opposition was based on the.4irgument that a new department would only make the government that much bigger and, since it would be concerned with cities, It would interfere with the rights of states to be concerned with cities.

It became clear that the bulk of Southern Democrats would oppose the measure after Kennedy announced that he would appoint Robert C. Weaver, a Negro, to his Cabinet to head the new agency If the department were created.

Right now the various government agencies dealing with housing are grouped under one main unit, the Hou.sing and Home Finance Acency.

Weaver is head of that. But both he and the HHFA lacked the prestige and influence which go with a department. The idea for creating .such a department has been bouncing around for # years.

It has been examined inside and out by congre.crional committees. Kennedy recommended it last year in a message to Congress, In effect, he has .said the urobleras of cities and their people are .so big they need a department.

He backed a bill to set it up. But the bill never got out of

According to a University of Virginia study, a rural vote in Senate and Hou.se committees North Carolina counts for near-

to the floor of either house for a vote. The whole business began moving toward a fast climax last Jan. 24.

Tw things happened that day;

1, The House Rules Committee voted against letting the bUl qome up on the floor. Southern Democrats and Republicans have dominated that committee, perhaps the most conservative in Congress.

Although the Democrats outnumber the Republicans in the committee 10 to 5. the vote against the bill was 9 to 6. Four Southern Democrats joined the five Republicans in throttling the measure.

2. Kennedy decided to take a step w'hlch didnt require committee action at all. He told a news conference he was sending (Congress, under his reorganization powers, a plan to set up a new housing department.

This meant the plan would go into effect in 60 days unless the House or Senate disapproved. That would require a wide, open vote on the floor so everyone could know who was for or against.

It was at this conference that he announced, in answer to a question, that he would name Weaver to head the department. Then he played a little politics.

He blasted those five Repub-lican.s on the Rules Committee who voted against the new department bil Iwithout mentioning the fact that, being outnumbered two to one, they couldnt have done anything to block the bill unless those four Southern Democrats joined them.

As the days pa.s.sed the Republicans repeated the arguments again.st a new department, mentioned above, and It became plain Southern Democrats were going to vote against the reorganization plan, too.

The vote in the House Wed-ne-sday was 264 against the Ken-(Continued on Page C>

ly twice as much as an urban vote. North Carolinas situation is, moreoever, part of a nationwide pattern that is seriously impeding the democratic process.

The Virginia study, which was made prior to the reapportionment of the N. C. House by the 1961 legislature, showed that eight h\g city counties hi North Carolina, with a population of approximately 1.4 million people, had 23 representatives and nine senators. On the other hand 40 predominantly rural counties, with 570,000 people, had 40 representatives and nine senators. The reapportionment of House seats by the 1961 General Assembly helped equalize this situation, but since even the smallest county still keeps one representative, the rural voter continues to exert disproportionate influence. No change at all was made in North Carolinas senatorial districts.

The case In many other states is far worse. In Vermont the population disparity between state legislative districts is as high as 676 to 1. In New Hampshire the inequality is as much as 136 to 1; in Florida it reaches 75 to 1. Approximately half of the state legislatures have not been reapportioned for 25 years; several have been unchanged for 50.

One result of this undue power of the rural vote is that state legislatures ignore the

needs of cities. Many U, S. cities by-pass their state governments and turn directly to Washington for aid on urban renewal, housing, etc.

The most serious effect, however and one that is noticeable in the present Congress is that rural-dominated state legislatures maintain Congressional district that give disproportionate influence to the rural vote. This results in a national House of Representatives that is dominated by rural interests at a time w hen the population of America is moving at a faster rate than ever out of the country into the suburbs and the big cities. It is essentially undemocratic.

With the dwindling of economic prospects of agriculture, this population movement will continue and probably even accelerate. Unless state legislatures can work out their own reapportionment which appears highly doubtfulthe present unequal representation will become more unequal.

The only other alternative Is action by federal courts to require legislative reapportionment. A Tennessee reapportionment case is now pending before the Supreme Court, If it should be decided in favor of cour-ordered reapportionment, a log-jam of such procedures could be started moving. This appears to be the only practical way to get the job done, and the sooner it comes the better. Continuation could have far-reaching national and even international consequences at a time w'hen American democracy above all needs to work.

ory (and Im no longer a newcomer to the terrestial scene). To match his generation, ours has a long way to go.

A friend and I were ruminating on this, and came to a tentative conclusion that there might be a new trend in scientific advances underway. . .that refinements of past and present fields would continue (transportation, communications and comforts, etc.): but we thought we could see some changes.

For Instance, the discovery and development of hundreds of new drugs within the past decade . affecting multitudes and society in general. Uses of atomic power in peaceful and warlike pursuits. . .affecting all the world to some degree today, and more so tomorrow. And the mere exlstance of a United Nations organization, which Is an accomplishment of worldwide impact, should not be omitted from the picture.

Looking to the promised future of space science, we see a more tightly-knit communications system covering all the peoples of the world: the accomplishment of weather-watching satellites, with potential benefit for not only individuals and Individual nations, but for the world at large.

Even the great adventures of space travel, with unguessed "returns, has yielded scientific knowledge, developed new fields of study and skills. . . promising society-wide implications.

It may well be a stars-in-my-eyes concept, but Im inclined to think the present generation is seeing a new trend in the kinds of discoveries and accomplishments.

Society (there's that word, again) seems to have begun -building upon past achievements' that affected individual lives and is getting into fields of discovery that can and may change the course of all mankind. One might say this attitude has reached intno governments with a .sort of mutual understanding "were all in this together," and strivinng to understand and help one another to a degree history has never witnessed before.

Yessir. The past generation saw some marvels, but the next thirty years ought to produce some startling changes too. I suspect that we today are too close to the trees to see the woods.

Silent

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT

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The advantage of a free coun* try is that no one need be si* lent. When the Left Wing was moving public (H>inlon back In the days of Franklin D. Roosef velt, there were so many splinter groups that neither Karl Marx nor Bakunin would have recognized any of them aa socialistic.

Now there is a Rightist reaction and the same splintering excitement Is making a fierce noise. What Is wrong Is that there are no definitions. A man calls himself a conservative and immediately he is in a Wrangle, principally with other conservatives.

What, for instance, does a member of the John B1 r c b Society stand for? Well, he is opposed to Marxism in any form: he wants to restore what he calls, "Americanism, which leads to confusion because he does not quite mean Jeffersonian Democracy or the inherent equality of man as expressed In the Declaration of Independence, although he is not opposed altogether to either. He believes in the Constitution but not in the authority of the Supreme Court because he does not trust the Chief Justice, Earl Warren. He feels that the people should have freedom of choice, but not to vote for anyone named Kennedy. As one reads the material provided by Bob Welch, he reaches the conclusion that this Is a sincere form of vigilantism.

Dr. Fred Schwarz is apparently a brilliant orator who can stir the emotions of great nriass-es, but whereas the published works of Robert Welch indicate an inclination to study problems, what I have seen of Schw'arzs effort indicates anger, excitement but no philosophic approach to anti-Marxism. It angers Dr. Schwarzs followers to question his intellectual prowess, they beheving that he is the greate.st livig authority on the subject. Although Dr. Schwarz is a Baptist evangelist, reports from Australia indicate that he is of Jewish origin.

In the center stand many groups who may be said to follow the "National Review" and the philosophic concepts of Bill Buckley, Jr. The most notable expression of this group is YAF, a body of students w^ho write, make speeches and are very active in their attack on Communism. Within YAF (Young Americans for Freedom), cliquism has manifested itself as it should, but it is likely that in time, several organizations w'ill derive from this one.

Also in the center stand the ancients, the anti-Communists who have been battling Marxism since 1917 or more recently and who have long strategic and tactical experience in the fight. Many of them are former Communists and, on the whole, they have a clear perception of what the quarrel is about.

Many of the Extreme Rightists unfortunately know the substance neither of Marxism nor anti-Marxism.

Shouting, yelling, booing, mass-meeting, the raising of enormous funds these are not the means for saving the world from the terrorism of revolution: nor will counter

revolution change much in the circumstances of current armaments, nor w'ill vigilantism serve any other purpose than to expose the Right to ridicule and contempt.

What is needed is to rebuild our economy so that the private enterprise system is restored to greater strength. Arresting the trend toward socialism will not be easy when we are forced to spend huge amounts of our national increment for war. but if we do not find a means to achieve that end. there can be no advantage in opposing Marxism,

We must recognize that the basis of our way of life ^iies in the first hundred or so words of the Declaration of Independence, which gives to this nation a philosophy of life ba.sed upon Natural Law. which must mean that all human be-ing.s are created by God equal (Continued on Page 6)

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By EAR!. I.. DOUGLA.SS EMOTION

Some people have the idea that emotion is always wrong. Oh. to i)e sure, there is emotion in every love affair. Boy meets girl, girl meets boy. and of cour.se, falling in love is an emotional experience. But the emotions are meant for more than romantic experiences.

Anger is a good and necessary emotion when kept within bounds and when directed only against evil and injustice. Pear is a proper emotion when we confront things of real danger. 2}cal knd enthusiasm will get us a long way toward success. So never let us smile at tho.se people who appear always to be bubbling over with plans, projects. and loyalties.

Physically we are built in such

a way that If our emotlon.s get out of balance the body cannot bear them without pain and dLsorder. Well-channeled emo-tion.s fill lite with joy and a .;en.se of puipo.se. Ill-adju.sted emotions, uncontrolled anger, morbid fear, .sensuality in all its forms these first corrupt the soul, then distort the mind, then tear the body apart.

Well-integrated emotions are , not the only thing in the makeup of a satisfactory individual, but there can be no satisfactory life unless the emotions are well integrated. They must be controlled.

The true fommla for joyous living Is the proper channeMiig of cmotloiTs In such a way that our lives glow With lustre, our mind.s see the wqrld as It is, our hearts rest in peace.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Commerce Department is quietly shaping a what-to-do program if Congress grants the President power to lower tariffs to maintain trade with the European Common Market. You can look for;

Industry by industry ad vice. When lower tariff makes competition more difficult for in-du.slries, expect Commerce to send In experts with ideas for making new products, finding new markets and so on. Technical guidance. Commerce will be forewarned of possible tariff changes and it will have .studie.s and technical Information rea(iy to show po.s-.sible opportunities to affected Indu.stries.

Other look-aheads in business: Toy commercial complaints: The Federal Trade Commisaion has evidence that some toy manufacturers did not change pre-Christmas toy commercials so as not to mislead youngsters, A passcl of complaints Is about to be served on manufacturers who did not live up to the code.

r.NCLE SAME EYEING COUPON BOOKS Coupon plans also suspect:

"The FTC is also looking into plans whereby consumers get books of coupons good for discounts on various items. If these mean one price for some dealers and .some customers, but not for others, the FTC will crack down. One company has already been ordered to discontinue Inducing discriminatory price and allowances from suppliers through its book plan.

Knob steering: Detroit Is

w orking on plans to replace the steering w;heel with knobs. They may appear experimentally on one 1%3 model.

Garbage can replacement: Tough, disposable paper bags have been tested in Montclair, N. J., as a substitute for garbage cans. More than 80 per cent of the householders favored them, even In winter weather, Now that acceptance has been proved. Westvaco, the maker, is mapping a high-pressure sales campaign to get cities to approve the system. "SEND BOY TIIROLGII COI-LECiE"

New real estate promotion: Real estate groups are working on a new sales theme; "Buy income-producing real es

tate and assure your childs college education." Income plus rLse in value will Insure costs of a college education in 10 or 1.5 years, they will say. While shady operators may use their technique to unload doubtful property, the fact Is that good property, wisely chosen, can do exactly that,

Higher tufted floor coverings: Higher prices for materi-al.s and higher wage scales will push tufted floor coverings and possible other constructions higher this year.

More thermoelectric cooling: Electric power will soon cool and heat your house, chill your drinking water and keep your food cold.

Efficient thermoelectric devices promise to heat or cool, or do both, at a fraction of present fuel costs, and all large electric appliance companies are trying to be first with the most breath-taking devices. Already heading to market is a room heating-cooling device, an office water cooler, and a compact thermoelectric refrigerator.

It will benefit householders and profit dealers to keep close* watch on thermoelectric pro

ducts, They may give birth to a business surge comparable to the television boom.

OLD PROMOTER DISCOVERS NEW, TRADABLE COLOR

There was filial .old gleam In the Old Promoters eyes when he walked in today, helped himself to wie of my cigars and said,

"Son, I have It made. I havt discovered a new color com-blntlon."

"That makes?" I asked.

"Sure, he said. "Most of the colors, such as green, blue, gold, purple, lavendar and mulberry, have been preempted by trading stamp companies. When A&P got Into the game. It had to use a plaid design.

"Now I have a new design with new colors and Its no polka dot thing, son. Furthermore, the stamps have the feel of newly minted money."

"Never felt any," I said. "What is the design?"

"I tell only the Investors," he said. "If you have $10,(XK) youd like to put into a new trading stamp company"

I'm curious. But not that curious.