W^dnesdajr, Fb]rQary 28, 1962

Good News For .Tobacco Producers

The first tobacco allotment increase in 11 years two-thirds of all the flue-cured tobacco grown an-for flue-cured tobacco producers represents good nually in the United States, has a major interest in news for all of North Carolina as it does for the this acreage.for the crop. Pitt County, which pro-t^er flue<cured tobacco areas in this section of the duces the largest tobacco acreage in the state, like-nation. wise has a major stake in the increase for this year.

Although the acreage increase is relatively . While the immediate benefits of the acreage small at 4.S per cent; it is expected to produce ap- increase are apparent, the long-range benefits per-proximately $25 million in additional income for to- haps are of even greater importance to the flue-bacco farmers in North Carolina this year if prices cure^ tobacco sections. The increased production and yields equal those of last year. Moreover, the should put American producers in a better position increase rever^ the trend of reducing flue-cured to fill the demands of their foreign customers and allotments which began in 1953 and continued more effectively compete for their business in the through 1957. During this relatively short period world market T{ie tiierease may mean the difference flue-cured allotments were subjected to reductions between keeping traditional American customers in of eight per cent in 1953, five per cent in 1955, 12 overseas markets and losing them to flue-cured proper cent in 1956 and 20 per cent in 1957. ducers in' other parts of the world.

The current increase in allotments provides the Overall, it is a step which will strengthen the second major move for the flue-cured tobacco in- entire tobacco industry which is so important to dust^ that the Department of Agriculture has made the economy of North Carolina, and which is also within the past month. The first w^as .approval of an important segment of the agricultural economy the sale of certain inferior tobaccos held by stabili- of the nation, zation at reduced prices to make it possible for these

Be Careful Who You Stop For!

stocks to move into the world market. Now this acreage increase will place flue-cured growers in a better position to fill demands of their overseas customers and perhaps reverse the declining trend .which American flue-cured tobacco has experienced "In the world market in recent years.

North Carolina, which produces approximately

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!Mew Interest In Political.

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By LYNN NISBET

YOTINO The activity Shown at recent county and con* tresslana] district Republican ralUes throughout the state, and the recOTd-breaklng attendance ft most of the Democratic rallies, testify to the growing interest In partisan politics. The ofOdal Democratic party meet-tafs do not come al<mg until In May. Advanc InformatlOT is they will be better attended than In many years. It has been a kf time since there was as much Interest as shown this year In Republican meetings throughout the eartero part of the.state. Western Republicans also have shown more disposl-tkn to attend meetings and perform their duty as citizens and partisans, rather than leave the machinery entirely in the hands of a few self-appointed engineers.

Tradltiimally the Republican eoDgresslonal district meetings have picked the candidates for Congress. That prartice was followed in majOTtty of the districts this year. In Bt least two, the 9th and 11th, the issue will be decided in the primary May SB. Tbe fourth district named a committee composed of one member from each county to pick a candidate before close of filing time on March 16.

R has been conceded by Democrats that tbe 9th and 11th districts will be real battlegrounds next fan. Tbe Rejaiblicn leaders n^MLrently felt it Would be safer for them to have candidates named by a majority in the primary rather than hand-picted by a few mai at tbe eoevoitiaQ.

As bad been expected the eighth district Republicans nominated Charles R. Jmias, incumbent rewesentative from the 10th district, but whose home county ot Lincoln and strong aunxMTting county of Mecklenburg were put into the revamped eighth district.

KEY POINT In many respects the eighth district is regarded a key point in indicating Republican strength or trends in North Carolina. There are many observers in both parties who regard tbe 9th and 11th as more significant, because although they have not had Republicans in CiHigress for a great many years, the chances are better this time for tbe Republicans to win.

Republican Jonas win face in Kpvcmber either Paul Kltchin. Incumbent congressman of the old eighth district, or John Kennedy of Chari<^, who is

challenging Kltchin for the Democratic nomination. On basis of voting in the past two elec-tions, the Democrats have an advantage of scnne 8,000 votes in the district. Questions now being asked are whether a primary contest will stimulate interest and insure a full Democratic vote, or if the friction likely to be caused by a heated primary fight wl tend to reduce the November vote.

On basis of registration of voters the Democrats have an over-whelming majority. Even in MeckJenbui'g, where the vote has gone Republican by large majority the registration books show nearly twice as many Democrats.

New rules adopted by the Democrats at the recent executive committee meeting will make it slightly more difficult in some instances for registered Democrats to vote Republican, but the effect of these rules will be slight because they apply only to holders of office in the party organization, not to the rank and file voter.

LOYALTY OATH - The folks who were writing the new draft of the Plan of Organization, which included provision lor disciplinary action against party officials, were very careful to steer away from anything like a loyalty oath for the rank and file voter. A recent interpretation of an old statute by Attorney General Wade Bruton indicates that such requirement has been on the law books for a long time covering some of the situations Involved.

When a voter registers for the first time be Is required to state his party affiliation Democratic. Republican or Independent. He does not have to take an oath to support the nominees of any party. But if later on a registered Democrat wants to change to Republican. or vice versa, he must take an oath to support his new party's nominee. The question posed to General Bruton was whether a party registrant could oimge to Independent and then later go to the other party without taking the oath to support its nominees. The Attorney General says be cannot, because he cannot do legally by indirection what is forbidden for direct action.

It still is not ai^rent why a man or woman can register for the first time without sweartog to vote like somebody else suggests. but if they decide later to cross tte road they must take an oath to go all the way with their new party.

Those who have pressed so diligently for this forward step deserve commendation for the success of their endeavors.

Speculation Based On Wishful Thinking

We get the impression sometime that speculation that something has happened to this high communist official or that is based more on wishful thinking than on fairly logical grounds.

Every now and then a story comes out of Moscow or somewhere in the Soviet Union suggesting perhaps Premier Khrushchev or some other high official has lost his position because he hasnt _ ^

made a public appearance for a few days or a few By AliVLN TAYLOR weeks. The story moves along these lines for a day or two until the official shows up at an official function or is discovered at some resort. The story is iihmediately forgotten.

If there had been only one such incident, per- Newspapers have undergone haps it sWould have been marked off as just a mis- changes in style and con-

take on someones part. But there have been many loSk l^kXfUes of many years such stories involving many officials in recent years, ago knows.

1 past few days there have been stories a ^re m^era'lTOk.?te^5tyfe

along this line about Premier Castro of Cuba, sug- of writing is perhaps less folksy gesting he has been removed from power because, ot course, the camera Is among other things, he hasnt been seen lately in ^

public. Reading some of the articles, one might This last was not always so. never expect to see or hear of the fiery Fidel again. Many years ago before the art But in all probability hell show up again soon just of reproducing engravings from as have most other officials about whom there has Photographs for printing pur-

been similar speculation. STpIc^sT n"ewZrs:'^-

power will suddenly be forgotten . . . until the next drawings to illustrate the news time he disappears from the public eye for a few of the day. days.

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Years Brought Changes

Such was the case with The Illustrated Police News a paper published in Boston In bygone years. Your columnist happened to come in possession of a copy of this paper dated Dec.

21, 1878.

On its front Is such an engraving showing Sarah Bernhardt in her coffin. The drawing depicts a photographer ot the day taking a picture of the deceased lady.

In side are two full pages or such engravings. One shows a man hanging from a log after he had gone over a water tall The captiwi reads: Horrible situation and remarkable rescue of Henry Green, at Otis, Mass. hanging over a dam by his clothes catching on a chance spike in a log.

A second reads, Another school maam outraged by trampstwo miscreants, near Rockport, 111., violate the person of Miss Carrie Tully and leave her tied to a tree.

The engraving shows a woman, presumable Miss Tully, securely fastened to a tree. Two men arc disappearing in the

Fresh Jolts To

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)Now that the nation has honored astronaut John H. Olenn Jr. and itself through hi^nit had better get ready for some fresh jolts to its ego.

Glenns journey gave the nations morale a needed boost, since this countrys prestige and self-confidence had been somewhat fractured by Soviet achievements in space. So his success was nationally shared.

Its a good bet new Jolts will come from Russia which is still ahead In manned space shots, including Olenns triple orbit.

The Russians not cmly put the first man into orbit, a once-around Journey, but a second one went around 17 times.

It may be 1063 before the United States can orbit a man that oft^ This country hopes to fly five orbital missions this year, the last one to go the Russians one better with 18 orbits.

The United States has done better with satellites.

Although the Russians were the first to send a satellite around the earthSputnik I this country has more than caught up with them in total numbers in the satellite field.

So far the United States has sent 63 scientific satellite into earth orbit and three around the sun. The Russians have put 13 satellites into eartfi orbit, two around the sun. and hit the moon with another.

As a result this country has collected far more scientific information about what goes on in space than the Russians.

Still, that first Sputnik, the first man-shot, and the first moon-shot got more attention and propaganda mileage than

the more useful and numerous American satellites.

Since the Russians last manned space .shot with Maj. Gherman S. Titov was last Augustwhen he orbited 17 timesthey seem overdue for another sensation.

And, because theyre ahead, it seems likely they would hit the moon w^ith a man before the United States can. The Russians, who like space spectaculars, would score their blggMit with a man on the moon.

That Olenn has excited and stimulated the nation to greater efforts was clear from the extremely enthusiastic greeting given him by the President, Congress, the Supreme Court, and people lining the streets for Mondays big Washington welcome.

The two giants in this contest in space and national prestige could accomplish a lot more if they pooled their space efforts. President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev said pooling is a fine idea.

But both sides will have had time to build bicycle factories on the moon before they ever agree to cooperate if they have as much trouble agreeing on this as they have had on disarmament and nuclear testing.

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Voltaire, the 18th century French philosopher, once said that by 1950 the Bible would be a forgotten book. His former home in Geneva is now occupied by the Bible Society and the office Is doing a thriving business. Mattoon (HI.) Journal-Gazette.

(Washington Dally News)

The eternal search for justice goes on every day. At this very minute in America hundreds of courts are wrestling with problems for which there seem to be no just answers.

We often look at these problems and ask ourselves where does justice lie? We search, we study, and we hesitate, because justice for one man might mean injustice to his family.

Every so often we read about a case of a man being sent to the roads for a year or so. That man might have several children, and outside of whatever criminal activity he might be guilty of, the fact remains that sending the father the roads also means that the family breadwinner will be gone. That sounds cruel and Inhuman in one sense, but In most cases it is the father himself who has brought thetroubles about himself and his family.

Just recently we were talking with a man about a case very similar to the one above. It seems that this man is the father of 11 children. He today Is looking prison squarely in the face. If and when he Is sent away, it means that these 11 children and tteir mother are thrown upon society as wards of the Welfare department. Perhaps in some ways they will be better off being cared for by a welfare agency. In other ways the home, whatever that home might mean to tlie mother and chlldrwi, is broken.

Where does Justice lie in such a case? If the man deserves punishment and if he should be

sent to prison, then which becomes more Important. . .punishment for him or punishment for those 11 children?

We do not have the answer, and we doubt that in all of America today there Is any just answer. America just does not know how to handle such a case, and despite the great attention being given to problems like this one, who Is to say where justice lies?

Juries can convict defendants. and Judges can mete out sentences, and society might somehow look at the picture and say Justice has been done. But has it really? Not all men who hold the position of father are worthy of that title. And not all fathers are men of honor, responsibility, and sincerity.

Despite a mans criminal tendencies, If he Is providing the semblance of a home for his family, if he Is supporting it to the best of his ability and if outwardly he is doing normal things a father is expected to do, sending him to prison could bring a greater injustice to those It hurts most than the justice meted out to the defendant as an individual. ^

Mistakes are made In justice, and they wl continue to be made so long as human beings judge other human beings. Thus the search for justice goes on. It will continue always, because there is a fine line betwen justice and true Injustice.

In the final analysis all we can hope for and expect Is the best Judgment society has to offer.

darimess.

Another engraving shows a teacher twisting a students ear as her class looks on in horror. The caption reads: A school maam at Lowell. Mass., on a spree. She appears in her school room intoxicated and has to be carried home in a carriage by a committee-man.,

Still another engraving shows an ostrich grasping a womans skirt. The caption reads: An ostrich at Portland, Me., who is on the pickuphe manifests an appetite for feminine dry goods, and very rudely and improperly endeavors to devour a young ladys dress.

The tabloid size paper opens to reveal still more engravings, but on these inside pages details of the stories begin tp appear. Opened again smaller type and still more details are avaU-able to the reader. They are written in the flagrant stjde of the day.

Example: A horrible ad-dent terrible hand car col-at California RaUroad An Intended bride crushed and suffering amputation of both legs.

Such was one newspaper of a bygone era.

Opinions "n Brie::

Casual Observation: 8(nne doctors must feel theyve engaged in socialized medicine for yearsgiving free diagnoses at cocktail parties. Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.

Wheres that 'American optimism? A church group, requesting seed packets for the Congo, specified ANNUAL flowers. Tallahassee (Fla.) Democrat.

Sparky says:

They'll play safe when left with a trained sitter

man :?^arties

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT Copyright, 1962. King Featuref ^dicate. Inc.

Political mechanics develop out of history and tradition 6t a people rather than by planned foresight. NcHbing in the Constitution provides for the two party system or uiy par^ et all.

Nevertheless, political parties did develop In the United States very early and the two party system was well-established by the end of the single term In office of John Adams. It would be false, however, to suggest that throughout American his* tory, only two parties have existed. Actually, there are usually several parties, but none of the minor ones ever receive enough votes to affect the oi> \ ganlzation of the Congress. | Therefore, when we refer to i ours as a two party system, we realistically describe the actual political mechanism which prevails rather than the scheme Intended.

There have been times when the minority party was so small as to give the Impression that It had practically gone out of existence. When Abraham Lincoln was President, all the Southern Democrats withdrew, leaving the Democratic Party a weak limb in Congress. Nevertheless, Lincoln encountered opposition throughout his Presidency, his own party the Unionists who were a combination of Republicans and Northern anti-slave Democrats and radicals splitting with him on many subjects.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, after his first term, encountered a shattered Republican Party which had so little strength that Robsevelt managed the unprecedented feat of being elected four times. So desperate was Republican leadership that they chose a former Democrat, who had once been a Socialist, Wendell Wlkle, to run against Ro<evelt in the hope of bringing new blood Into the party.

In fact, Dwight D. Elsenhower, who, after five Republican fa-ures, finally did manage to be elected, was a military man without political affiliations prior to his nomination.

From the standpoint of political history, the choice of Elsenhower rather than Taft, was an error, because the Republican Party was left without a program and without organic leadership. Eisenhower was what might be called a national President, an anomaly in the two party system. The-party In power was left without leadership after the death of Senator Taft and has remained 80 to this day except for the assertions of Senator Barry Goldwater.

A clear distinction must be made between the assertions of leadership of Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller. (For the moment, I omit Richard Nixon whose potentiality depends upon the California election.) Goldwater stands for m separate and distinct Republican Party which accepts a conservative program and rejects the theory that compromises in principle need be made to win elections. Rockefeller follows the polls of public opinion and competes with the Democrats In seeking to win votes at any cost. Goldwater risks his political future by adhering to a definable political phUosophy; Rockefeller seeks to meet the tide as it flows toward him. Goldwater would rather be right than President; Rockefeller would rather be President.

Out of this conflict of attitudes may develop a new political party of strength. The current opposition to the Kennedy Administration, as demonstrated by the vote on the establishment of the Urban Secretaryship, is princlpaUy within the Democra- * tic Party. However, this is not exclusively a political issue because racial and self-government factors are involved. It is not, for Instance, to be expected that a Democratic Senator from Mississippi wUl favor a Ne- * gro In the Cabinet or that the large cities wUl support the idea of federal control of munl-cipalties.

This proposal from a strictly political standpoint, was as much an error as Roosevelts Court packing plan except that the Negro vote Is becoming so great a factor that politicians of ' both parties wl cater to it.

Some less complex measure

wl needed in Congress to

establish the nature of the two

party system in the Kennedy *

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Spotlight Put On Versatility

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS INVISIBLE LIVING

What odd people we encounter in the world sometimes. I am not speaking now of the social misfit but of that person who appears to have had experiences fantmatically different from anything we ever experienced or ever heard of other people experiencing.

There are some people for Instance, who are corident that they have Uved b#fore. I know a woman of great education and charming, normal personality who makes claims about experiences under condftlcms other than those through which we pass in this present/' world. And aU who hear her wonder how such things can be. Is there an order of life invisible to us but as real as our own order going on round about us

every minute? Are those who have gone before us looking upon us with understanding eyes? Are those who arc to be born a decade or a century from now being prepared for entry into terrestrial life? We know so little about ultimate reality that we can be said to know practl-caUy nothing at aU.

The Bible gives us aU the knowledge we need In order to live upright and happy Uves. But there la reality which is described in no book. There are undoubtedly experiences going on In this vast universe ^bout which we know nothing, and perhaps never know anything.

Live in a sense of expectancy. Keep your mind open as well as your ears and eyea. Be assured that there are truths and realities about which the wisest of our forebearera and contemporaries know nothing.

By ELMER ROESSNER

A device that can serve as a bed in a bomb shelter, a stretcher or If the user doesnt survive a burial unit has been entered in the 1962 Hess Brothers Versatility in Design and Use contest. It can save space in a shelter, allowing a little more room for the kiddies to play on the floor. It was entered by Joseph R. MacDonald. 62 Long Wharf,' Boston.

Other entrees in the contest were less macabre.

The contest was originaUy contrived 11 years ago by press-agent Bert Nevlns to publicize the store, now directed by Max Hess, Jr. And what was started as a gay glmmldk has become an institution. So many entries have poured in for this year that handling entries and Judging wUl cost Hess and Ne-vlna a small fortune.

Prizes are awarded In various categories for products that have two or more uses, to save shoppers money, storage space and trouble.

Among the 1962 entries are:

A tie clasp that holds an emergency key. for men who lose key rings. An electrical appliance that does 78 jobs, ranging from a demothing generator to a hair dryer. A combination indoor TV antenna and pole lamp. An aU-in-one kitchen, consisting of a stove, sink, refrigerator and storage cabinet all in a hardwood unit.

A battery-operated device a steno can use to make erasures or manicure her hands.

A desk-top picture frame that conceals two bottles of liquor and jiggers; caed the Carrie Nation Picture Frame Bar. Placemats that can be used for crayon-coloring by chdren. A rombinatlon hair dryer and electric razor.

BILLY FOR YOU

Two entries are policemens night sticks. One is a blUy that contains a flashlight and includes a section which, when thrown to a swimmer. Inflates to buoy him. The other is a biUy that delivers an electric shock, can be used as a flashlight, and has a hook at one end that can

be used to open beer cans.

A battery-powered device has 14 beauty and health attachments.

A mink coat by Jean Desses, Paris, that can be worn full length, three-quarters length or as a stole. An appliance^hat can be used as a cooker, chafing dish, casserole or brazier. A comblnatlcm storage chest for baby things, a dressing table, with laundry bags and an accessory shelf, which folds into compact size.

VERSATILITY OBSCURE The multiple uses of some entries is not clear. However, here Is a list of some of the more interesting of these:

A car-top tent that opens into a double bed, and includes a canopy and a ladder to get into it. A mans dress hat that can be roUed, folded and packed without damaging the shape. An ashtray that automatically tosses a forgotten cigarette Into the tray. A diaper cover that buzz^ when wet.

A device that converts shank buttons into earrings. A col-

AIR PURIFIERS RULED USELESS FOR ALLERGIES The Food and Drug Administration has ruled that household air fUters sold in retail stores are not effective In preventing or treating allergies, sinus trouble or respiratory ailments. and has warned that Alters so advertised ai-e liable to seizure.

lapslble, 3-wheeI auto that can be stowed on a boat. An electronic gavel which, at a push of a button, gives forth the sound of a wooden gavel beating for P * 4 e r. And a battery-power toothbrush handle Into which each member of a famUy can Insert his or her brush head for electric brushing.

LITTLE FISHIES SWIM AWAY FROM MAINE Only 6,500 cases of sardines have been packed in Maine since December 1, making the season a faure. The 675,000 easel produced in the regular season out and the

price is firming.