Thursday, March 8, 1962

Full Approval Of Powers CoUduct

before the cleared

AiMrtions by members of the Senate Armed that he hdped Powers appearance salees Committee and the director of the Central Senate Armed Services Committee

U-2 pilot_ Francis Gary -up any cloud that may have been hanging over him

c w eflects the confidence of CIA officials in the action

the Soviete should be reassuring to the Uken by Powers following his capture. The further

J ^ ^ . Powers will continue with the CIA is fur-

!? o downing of Powers ther indication of the confidence thee officials have

ITa a u o almost two years ago, in his loyalty to his country and the service he has

and during his trial in Soviet courts, there was con- rendered and will be able to render in the future public speculaGon in this country that There are, of course, many questions about Powers may not have lived up to what was expected Powers capture and his actions during his captivity Of him by his superiors in the highly^ secret CIA. which.remaiir^answered in the public mind This fcven since his return to this country a few wrecks is understandable, however, when one considers the ago, there have been renewed suggestions that he high degree of ecrecy which surrounds operations was too cooperative with his captors and that he of the CIA. Many of these questions probably would

gave too freely to the Soviets secret information to be answered satisfactorily if the CIA would make

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By LYNN NISBET

PROFIT PRODUCERS According to the American Automobile Association, a vacationing couple traveling 300 miles by car spends approximately $29 a day. This Includes $10.50 for meals, $9.50 for lodging, $7 for car expense and $2 for miscellaneous.

This is based aa use of high grade accommodaticms, and Is the key to why the travel industry in this state grossed over $800 million last year to rank as North Carolina's third largest Industry.

But by no means all tourists nowadays sleep regularly In hotels and motels, or take all t^eir meals In restaurants. Camping Is Increasing in popularity by leaps and bounds. Son% vaca-tlmlsts take to it for reasons <rf ecOTomy. Others because they like roughing it.

Both types,of tourists are attracted to North Carolina by essentially the same thing our natural resources that they can enjoy free in the form of mountain scenery, the rolling hiUs and lakes and waterways of the Piedmait, and the coastal beaches all connected by highways used by tax-paying vehicles.

The main difference is that the camper and picnicker will spend less (hi the average in taking advantages of our public parks, parkways and forests and the government maintained facilities CMmected with them. Virtually every one of then. however, brings new money into the States economy through purchases of gasoline, the things they buy at retail stores, and admissions they pay to attractions.

The hunters and fishermen, while preferring camping, may spend up to or more than the tourist average oti supplies, transportation and meals and lodging en route.

Therefore government, both state and national, justify investments of tax monies in development of public recreational areas not only as a general welfare asset, but b^ause they produce profitable business which in turn yields more tax reviue.

Examples are the Blue Ridge Parkway, toll free, which last year attracted over five million visitors, and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which has no admission fee. The millicms of visitors who came to enjoy free attractkms spit millions of dollars with accommodations and attractions operated by private enterprise.

MIDDLE CLASS North Carolina Is unique among states which count travel as a major economic aaset. Our Variety Vacationland has few plcsh resorts, and our nationally famous places like Pinehurst and Grove Park Inn are around half a century old. Nothing like them Is being built any more. The backbone of our travel cc-(Miomy is over a thousand medium sized and priced hotels and motels and thousands of eating places, ome in cities with

French chefs and many specializing in hamburgers along our more than 70,000 miles of highways. You can, if you are willing to go Spartan and work hard at it, travel in North Carolina for less than the highly touted $10-a-day offered Europeans in the Danizer plan ~ or you can easily spend over $50 a day at a golf resort. ^

Literally North Carolinas variety of accommodatlwis can be fitted into almost any t>i3e vacation budget, and if they werent here to take care of the people attracted by our natural scenery, our government parks and seashore and our magnificent state highways, there wouldnt be anything like the more than 25 million visitors who came to North Carolina last year.

NEW LURES - The travel business is so big t^t government as well as private industry is constantly seeking new tourist lures. Access through better roads and bridges is essential but not sufficient. The simple setting aside of public larHs for recreational use is not sufficient, thugh a good guide to needs along this line is contained in the report just made to the President and the Congress by the U. S. Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission.

This comprehensive report indicated that 90 per cent of all Americans 18 or over participated in some form of outdoor r^reation in 1960. Pleasure driving, walking, sw'imming and picnicking topped the list of these activities. Water-based recreation was very, popular. Pishing was among the top ten activities.

The study cited ui^ent need for applying these outdoor recreational opportunities for America of the future. Relatively these need not be expensive. In North Carolina they can take the form of damning a mile-high trout lake at a site already known along the Blue Ridge Parkway, or developing ski slopes on Mt. Mitchell, and providing more boat launching ramps, not to mention expanding camping and picnicking grounds in areas already in the public domain.

These things are refinements of our already fine state and national park, forest and roadside rest area development. They are extras needed in this competitive age to serve the dual purpose of providing new and striking attractlwis for tJie state to advertise, as well as recreational assets for its residents and tourists to enjoy bolster our economy in doing so.

The things cited in the report of the Outdoor Recreatimj Resources Review Commission are.for the most part for free enjoyment, but it cannot be overlooked that they can be the bait to attract more payipg customers for wir travel accommodations, more people seeking retirement homes, and more industrialists seeking plant sites In close proximity to outdoor recreational advantages.

public specific details of the reasoning which brought them to the conclusion that Powers had done his job and done it well even during the time he was held prisoner by the Soviets. To do this, however, the CIA would be giving to the Soviets secret in^?4*mation which may be of considerable value to them.

The fact that Powers* actions and his detailed report of those actions have apparently received full approval of the CIA by which he was employed and the Senate Armed Services Committee which heard his testimony should suffice to remove any doubt which remained in the mind of the American public.

Office Of Economic Importance To Area

Whether it is an industry, a business or an office, a new establishment in a community which creates greater employment must be regarded as another step in boosting the economic level of the community and enhancing its growth potential.

In these terms, another step will be taken in Greenville Monday when the new district Social Security office begins operations here with its staff By PATRICIA MOORE of 18 people. While this number of new" jobs in Greenville might seem small compared with several D -

hundred jobs normally associated with the estab- j| | C S v" M

lishment of a new industry, they should not be ig-nored in the long-term growth pattern of the community.

With its geographic location in the heart of a

broad area of Eastern Carolina, Greenville already

is recognized as the hiib for many business and other

activities. With a new" office here which will serve .!

most of an eight-county -area in matters relating

to the Social Security program, another asset is

afforded Greenville.

It is sound to assume, we believe, that the new

district Social Security office has potential for

growth in terms of its number of employes over the m

xroQT-c W+U Ai. mx:: 30 jiiinutes for them

years. With the growth of the number of employes to completely clean the shrub

and its grow th in service to people of this area of ot every one of the red berries.

Eastern North Carolina, the new office will likewise cleared the surround-

grow in economic importance to this particular com- ad m unity.

McNtught Sritdiest^ Im.

We had been waiting and watching for several months. . . the time finally came.

It was 7:02 a.m. and the as-

began. The birds came in droves, landed in the shrub and ate. And ate, A passing car made them fly for the nearest tall tree, where they perched until the coast was clear then back they went.

this week talking to the police chief who Is a big person. The small number of arrests made during the preceding week prompted us to kid him about being so tough people were scared to break the law.

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no, he said. Youre We Questioned him and

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a parking place Into traffic. She went one car length and started backing into another parking place.

We got out of the way.

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^i^omance Taken Out Of Spying

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON AP) - Francis Gary Powers case takes romance out of spying like knocking the air out of a parachute that hit ground and gives It a big business look.

Its big business for the CIA, Americas super-spy organization, which spends perhaps $l billion a year although the exact amount is hidden from all but a few people In government.

And it was good business for the short, trim, 32-year-o 1 d Powers himself who was paid $30.000 a year by the CIA for becoming a specialist In flying U2 spy planes after quitting the Air Force.

He sovmded far more Uke a technician than an espionage agent Tuesday in his first public appearance since he was brought down in his U2 plane over Russia In 1960.

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Before the Senates Armed Services Committee. In a jam-packed room, he talked matter-of-factly and without drama about his Moscow trial and how he got loose from a plane disintegrating 12 miles high ovei Russia.

Even the report the CIA Issued, clearing Powers of any failure to carry out his job, sounded like a letter^ to the stockholders from a bank board after checking on one of its cashiers.

It said he had follower instructions and lived up tolhis contract and therefore wasf entitled to the money due him. It has been estimated hell get $50,000 in salary which plied up for him while he was in a Soviet prison.

On May 1, 1960, Powers plane spun out of control and fell apart he couldnt say exactly why 1,200 mile Inside Sovietland.

The Russians quizzed him for weeks, tried him, sentenced him

to 10 years and. after he had been jailed 21 months, exchanged him for Col. Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy caught here and sentenced to 30 years.

From the moment of his release until he appeared before the committee, the CIA had kept Powers out of circulation and examined him on every detail of his disaster,

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The committee hearing might have been colorful and exciting except for this:

1. The CIA made the hearing as unnecessary as two tails on a horse by releasing its clean-bill-of-health for Powers two hours before the hearing started. That left the senators with little to ask.

2. Powers himself, a relaxed kind of man, is neither exciting nor excitable. From the way he talked he didnt even seem excited when his plane was falling to pieces. ,

Ever since his plane went down questions have been raised about his performance in the plane and at his trial. Some of the people who seemed to take a dim view of him probably expected more of him than they might be willing to do under similar circumstances.

Some of the questions: Why didnt he kill himself with the poison needle he had? Why didnt he blow up the plane to keep the Russians from getting it? Why did he admit his spying so frankly at his trial.

The CIA answered them. He was not under instructions to destroy either himself or h i s plane. He was instructed, if captured, to talk frankly to the Russians except for certain specifications about the plane.

As for the poison needle, that was for him to decide on If he was tortured. If the pain became too much, he could use It or not use. He was Instructed to suit himself.

Then they left.

Last year we had heard the story of the birds and the pyra-cantha, but couldnt believe they worked so fast; last year they came during lunch this year at breakfast. It had taken considerable figuring and remembering about birds before we labeled them cedar wax-wings, not so commonly observed here all the time.

The waiting and watching is over until next year.

I noticed a car the other day parked so that it was taking up two parking places, and the parking situation was crowded.

So since it was in front of a beauty parlor, I went in and asked if anyone there owned the particular car.

This lady came flying out of the hair dryer with all those things on her head and moved the car. She really gave me a look.

We never could find out if the lady actually said anything to the big chif, but he obviously was more abashed of her than she was of the law.

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Folks ideas are changing so fast nowadays. One fellow described the situation by saying Everything that w^ nailed down Is coming loose. Amarillo Olobe-Times.

Observation on the Economic Status; Twenty years ago a lot of people dreamed of earning the salary they wont be able to get along on In 1962. Greenville (S. C.) Piedmont,

We were in a neighboring town

And speaking of women drivers, we were proceeding up Third Street one day this week when a woman looked at us coming, then darted right out of

The fact that figures dont lie is a good reason to stick to a diet. Waterloo (Iowa) Courier.

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Most Americans are vitally interested in the solution of space problems especially parking and closet. The Flame, Phoenix, Ariz.

TO THE EDITOR:

A few years ago when pas-toring in the Elizabeth City area. I took part in the National Brotherhood Week observance: a program promoted by the National Conference of Christians ahd Jews.

This program is observed in February, seven days of nationwide emphasis on the necessity for and value of brotherhood between races and religions. It is indeed sad to think that this program is confined to only seven days, even in this modem Christian age.

Among my news clippings*I found this dictionary of torms by Joseph T. Shipley, to me they point up the vital role that brotherhood must play in this life, if we would inherit this earth., >*

I quote:

Kin applies to all of us. Words, like human beings, are related. Kinship is a fellow-feeling that should underlie our thoughts cf other folks.

Humanity means both human kind and human kindness. Kindness should be as wide.spread as our kindmankind.

Respect is rooted In self-respect. When a man has a ba.sic assurance of hLs own worth, he does hot have to feel

superior, he has no need of looking down on others so that he may look up at himself. A man who has self-respect, respects others.

Humility is bred of true self-respect, for it enables one to look at the whole responsive world with neither superiority nor inferiority but with the warm equality of neighbor and friend.

Consideration, regard for others. and esteem, follow in this train.

Understanding of oneself increases ones understanding of others. This may bring down the self-estimate of the unthinking: it will bring nearer the scene of the equal worth of all human spirits.

Democracy rests upon belief in the worth of man. This means the worth of all men. The champions of democracy must therefore be armed not merely with pride but with humility: with a sense of responsibility of brotherhood and human equality.

BROTHERHOOD SHOULD BE NOT MERELY A WORD BUT AN ATTITUDE.

Yours for Kingdom Building. Rev. K. T. Hall, Minister Emmanuel Temple Ind.

Methodist Church

Lots of girls without naturally curly hair get married: girls without jobs find the pickings slimmer. Asheville (N.C.) Citlzen-Times.

Childhood is that wonderful time when all you have to do to lose weight is to bathe. The Schoodic Scoop, Winter Harbor, Me,

REMEMBER THOSE YOU LOVED WITH A MEMORIAL GIFT TO THE

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

Admiral H. G. Rlckover not (Mily builds atomic submarines but battles to bring American education up to the highest standards. The highest standards are measured not by degrees but by knowledge, and when a Ph. D. knows very little outside his field of discipline, he Is no more an educated man than one who never went beyond high school Often this attribute is regarded as Intellectual snobbishness, but it is nothing of the sort. It is a plain statement oi fact and represents a criticism of the waste of time and money In the young years when one should be preparing for usefulness. It will surprise many par- ents to discover that their sons In the armed services have better opportunities for education than those who waste their time attempting to be big wheels on college campuses.

Admiral Rlckover has already made significant studies of Russian schooling. His present volume deals with Swiss Schools and Ours: Why Theirs Are Better. He says:

Money and time invested In schooling buys less genuine education than in other advanced latlons; less than it bought here before the life-adjusters took over.

Admiral Rickovers Intellectual virtue Is that he usually hits the bulls eye. Who is important In a school, from the kindergarten to graduate schools in the university? It is, of course, the teacher. If the teachers *re not qualifle<J. are not devoted, what can be expected of the pupils? Yet in this era, we have come somehow to disregard the teacher and to look up to the managers. Admiral Rlckover says It this way:

Because we have always been much more impressed with practical than with learned men, we habitually subor--dlnate the latter to the former, even In enterprises devoted to learning. We elevate the housekeeping. office and personnel work that must be done in educational establishments above the work of the teacher. Though he alone gives purpose* to the whole enterprise, we accord him a position subordinate to the school administrator who as often as not can lay no claim to scholarship, superior Intelligence or higher education, and may not have had experience in classroom teaching. Ex-athletlc coaches are often made school principals, on... occasion even college presidents, incredible as this may seem.

The best equipped and able men and women leave the schools to find a better livelihood and to be more respected in private enterprise, in -government positions, in jobs with foundations, or they devote themselves to the endless task of research and to the writing of repetitive books to pay for babys shoes. Swiss schools have been famous and to them parents of many countries send their children. The work Is hard; the hours are long; the school year is longer than ours; the results are better.

A study of the Swiss system, explains why first the American high school diploma and then the B. A. degree have lost their standing. It also explains why the college life of Americans at present must run about seven years to accomplish little more than Is achieved in most European universities in four or five. It also explains why so many Americans hold college degrees who have no basic education, no mowledge of literature, philosophy or history.

Admiral Rickovers book contains numerous examples of work done by students which perhaps explains why a small country like Switzerland, which is about the size of Maine, has managed to make .ts schools so important, but what amused me most is a comment of a Swiss teacher who visited model American schools and reached this conclusion The children are charming and so poised; they speak with much greater ease than our youngsters who arent voluble, you know, and who still fight to overcome shyness. We let them talk for the first five school years, just to get them used to expressing their opin-(Continued on page five

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS KEEP ON LOOKING

Some, time ago one of my grandchildren sent me a comid postcard. It showed the picture of a funny little animal, presumed in this case to be the grandchild, and above were the .words, I dont know what you ^ in me, but keep on looking.

This Is more and better than a laugh. It is a good phil-sophy of life. Sometimes we encounter people whom we are Inclined to dislike on first sight. Even more .often we meet people who are drab and uninteresting. It is hard for any of us, of course, to endure a braggart. We are all Inclined to form our opinion of people on our first

meeting of them. We are not wU-ling to keep on looking.

But if we do keep on looking, we frequently find qualities which amaze us and please us. That person of drab personality has an Interest in life wihich you may find entrancing. That braggart may be a self sacrificing person who for years has carried a heavy personal burden and has been willing to put himself aside for the welfare of somecme else.,

Keep (Ml looking!. Frequently you will encounter some good quality far above anything you ever suspected that person of. possessing. It may be hard to see anything attractive or good in that person - or in that Idea or that movement -i- but keep on looking.,

By ELMER ROESSNER

There is considerable significance to all retailers in the action of the Federal Trade Commission In dismissing a complaint against S. Klein Department Stores, Inc., of New York.

The complaint alleged fictitious pricing and deceptive fiber labeling. That was unimportant. The Importance lies In the fact that when the charges were made, Earl W. Kintner, then PTC chairman, had an-j nounced It was test of FTC.* rights to bring complaints against local advertisers In newspapers.

Previously, the FTC had brought complaints against interstate chains but had never acted against Intrastate bimf-nesses. But under Kintner. the PTC wanted to find out If advertising in Interstate newspapers put local stores Into interstate commerce. The dismissal Ls an indicatloh that the new PTC will not seek to establish jurisdiction, at least for the present.

OTIIER SIGNIFICANT NEWS

The vote of the commissioners was three to two. If one of the majorityall Democrats should later change his mind, the FTC could pursue the matter further, although not in the Klein case.

Here are other news items of significance to business:

There may never be any shortage of Havana cigars, under the present embargo. As the Cigar Manufacturers Association points out, there Is nothing now to prevent Cuba from , exporting leaf to Canada, Mexico, Germany and other cigar-makiog countries, or to prevent those countries from exporting cigars rolled In Havana leaves into this country. The CMA wants President Kennedy to do something about It.

United States Imports of meats and cattle rose sharply last year. Figures now available show Imports of fresh, frozen, canned and cured beef and veal were fif6 million pounds, while Imports of pork, mutton and lamb were 2.30 million pounds, an increase of 23

per cent. Imports of cattle were slightly more than one million head, an Increase of 57 per cent.

THATS WHERE THE MONEY IS

The auto industry pays the highest salaries to corporation presidents and chairmen, followed by the communications and steel Industries, Duns Review reports. It found that the two top men in the nations 200 largest corporations draw an average of $319.000 a year. Lowest paid were airline chairmen at $61,000. a Uttle less than railroad chairmen at $77.000.

A Columbus. Ohio, builder sdld 250 homes In ten months with down payments of $9.95. Thats right: 5 cents less than a sawbuck. This is made possibly by a sweat equity deal, in which the buyer agrees to perform a certain am^nt of work In co-ordination with the builder. It Includes painting exterior and interior suriaces, planting seeds and shrubs, laying stcpp^g stones and other ta.sks reqdirlng modest skills. Mortgages qualify for FHA In

surance.

Two out of every three pieces of upholstered furniture last year were in modem design, Home Furnishings Dally found. The three-piece sectional was the most popular combination. In all styles, sofas selling between $200 and $400 were In greatest demand.

WIII8KEY HELD NOT MERELY LIQUID CHEMICAL

The Interstate Commerce Commission, in its wisdom, has decided that whiskey Is not a chemical. Two haulage companies applied for a license to transport whiskey In tank trucks from Kentucky to eight other states. A cartage company objected, contending that it could handle the business under Its authority to haul liquid chemicals.

The ICC found that whiskey is a potable liquid which has a name, character and use separate and distinct from the general category of liquid chemicals as that term Is understood In transportation i lance.