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Saturday March 24, 1962 ^

Congressional Reaction Awaited

Fate of the administrations new farm program in an unrelistic position in its attempt to help agri-appears to hinge on Congressional reaction to ac- culture maintain its relative place in the economy cepting or rejecting price supports and production of the nation.

. controls as a package deal. What the administration is now proposing is a

The administration, in our opinion, has taken plan for most commodities similar to that which a realistic approach to the basic problem which has has worked so well for tobacco for more than two faced American agriculture for the past 15 years:, decades. Tobacco ^ farmers have received guaran-the problem of tremendous production and artificial- teed basic prices for their production, but in return ly high prices. they have abided by production quotas set by the

Lnder the proposed legislation, producers of Department of Agriculture. The program has been individual categories of commodities w^ould have the of tremendous benefit to tobacco farmers, and at choices of government support prices along with the same time...it has not cost the government a governmentx regulated production controls, or no great deal of .money. The cost has been negligible controls and no support prices. * compared to the amunt spent on other farm com-

To a great degree in recent years, the govern- modifies operated under different programs, ment has offered subsidies to many farm commodi- Obviously there must be some control on proties without any controls on production. This has duction of farm commodities, either in the market resulted in gigantic surpluses which have been cost- place or by government regulation. For some com-ly, not only in initial pay-out to farmers, Hut like- modifies in recent years, neither Of these has been wise in storage fees. It has, we think, proved an brought to bear and the result has been a constant unreali.stic approach to the economic problems of buHd-up of costly surpluses.

agriculture. Certainly it has placed the^government * The program for agriculture presented by the

administration has sufficient merit to warrant support by members of Congress.

I T T members of Congress.

.iiGturninQ^ HomG Highway Promoters

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By LYNN MSBET HOME AGAIN-Getting back Into daily routine after an absence of two weeks during which the Isolation from North Carolina news was almost complete, is both difficult and f>ea-sant. Some wise man has said that the best part of any trip Is coming home.

/ This was our first time to cross the border into another country where the Stars and Stripes do not fly with authority. Differences In practices and llting conditions were obvious Immediately after going into Mexico, but there was not the sensation some travelers have said they felt of being in an alien land.^ That probably was because our daughter met us at Brownsville and was constantly with us for more than a thousand miles of driving and served as a guide in many of the historic places visited.

Prom time to time we will give you stories about the things we did and saw. and impressions gathered of customs and conditions. One thing was particularly noticeable, that while the contrast between the fabulously rich and the very poor is striking, the gap is narrowing. The ratio of literacy and of gainfully employed among the poorer classes is rising rapidly. It is the determined policy of the Mexican national government that every child shall be able to read and write and do simple sums by age twelve. Approximately 40 percent of the Mexican Federal budget goes for education. The other 60 percent goes for national defense, public improvements roads and utilities, and all other functions of government. That is about the ratio for education spent by North Carolina, but far more than spent by the United States government.

For the present we will get back on the job reporting North Carolina news.

CANDIDATES Fewer contests developed by the close of filing time for participation in the primary than had been expected. Although a United States Senator, two ^Supreme Court Justices, and a whole flock of Superior Court Judges and solicitors are to be elected this year, there will not be a single statewide conte.st among Democrats. Republicans will have to choose between two candidates for the United States Senate the first time since the primary was instituted as the official method of nomination that Republicans have had it all to themselves.

There will be primary contests for many district officesCongress and solicitor, and by time the books close for legislative, county and township fUings on April 13 it is expected that there wlll be a contest In every county.

Republican Chairman William E. Cobb has served notice on the several County boards of

election that If there is no local Democratic primary race in any county, he will demand that all precinct election officials ^be named from the Republican party. Chances are slim that more than half a dozen counties will be affected, and it doubted the prearranged organization wdll be changed in them. At any rate, the recommendation for precinct officials must come from the county chairman of the party not from the state chairman. And not less than three nor more than five names shall be submitted for consideration by the county board. Theres another litUe hitch. The statute requires that recommendations for precinct officials must be made to the county board on or before the seventh Saturday before election, but candidates may file any time before noon of the sixth Saturday before the election. For these reasons there appears little prospect of all Republican officials

rany county.

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STATE BOARD The election laws give to the chairmen of each political party the right to nominate members of the various county board of elections which are appointed by the State board. The laws also allow county party chairmen to nominate precinct officials appointed by the county boards. But appointment of the State Board of Elections is the sole prerogative of the Governor, and he is limited only by the restriction that not more than three of the five members shall come from the same political party. Because there are only two recognized parties in North Cirolina. and Democratic Govcrrors have been in office since the election law's were written, that means three Democrats and two Republicans on the State board. There is no requirement for the Governor to seek or honor or respect advice as to these appointments. as is the case with county and precinct appointments.

Governor Sanford made it quite clear this week that he accepts responsibility for filling a vacancy expected to be created by resignation of Republican Dan Judd of Asheville with a genuine Republican, but one of his own choosing. Judd had .said he w'ould re.sign as soon as Chairman Bill Cobb had picked a replacement for him. Governor Sanford scoffed the idea, said he would not tolerate dictation as to the appointment from any .source, would not consult Cobb or any other Republican but would grant them audience if they requested a conference, without any implied obligation to accept their suggestions. He ade^ed with emphasis that he would make no deals in advance and he manifested resentment at the officiousness of Cobb and Judd in intimating they could select the board member.

Can Benefit The Area

Organization of a U.S. Highway 13 Association is a move which could mean important benefits to Greenville and other cities and towms along the route of this relatively new North-South highway.

In past years other organizations of this type have proved extremely effective in promoting specific highway routes throughout the country. To a large extent much of the traffic which plies many of the major highivay routes can be attributed to promotional efforts of communities located all along those highways.

Individually such communities are limited in Rv HAT T^OYT F what they can do to promote the popularity of a ^

particular route with the motoring public. Collectively, however, these communities can accomplish a variety of things. Not the least of the.se are combined efforts to sell the public on the idea of using a particular route becai^e of certain advantages new York (ap) Would

it offers over other routes. Collective efforts are a job that enabled you

also much more effective in bringing about neded Kh'Tme^'orthe 7orwl impro\ements along the highway route in order to most glamorous women and make it more attractive to motorists. PaW you money for doing it?

U.S. Highway 13 will become an increasingly Diningand sometimes win-

concerted etforts of communities along the writing a daily new'spaper coi-

route through an associated can play a major role ^min. in promoting both the use and improvement of the Imagine getting paid for lis highway route.

Robbed Of Their Charm

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principles ror GOP Solons

tening to all those gorgeous dames. is the envious remark a columnist hears most often from other men. ^

Id be glad to do it for nothing. Tell me, what are they

really like?

Well. In the last 18 years I have met dozens of the most famous feminine stars of stage and screenjust about all except Brigitte Bardot. Elizabeth Taylor and Lassie. They range from Natalie Wood and Joanne Woodward to Mae West and the late Ethel Barrymore.

And what w'ere they like? Frankly, most of these lady celebrities were just like ordinary w'omenexcept more so.

The feeling I have most often after leaving them Is one of pity for their husbandsand relief that I am not married

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (API - The Republicansat least the Republicans in Congressare still trying to figure out where they stand and for w'hat. Theyre working on a set of principles.

These are to be ready some time in June for use in this years congressional elections, a field in which they havent been having much luck.

Theyve won control of Congress only twice in the 15 elections since 1932. Their national chairman, William E. Miller, tried to pep them up by predicting victory and telling them not to be defeatist.

But. as Sen. Barry Goldwat-er of Arizona remarked, getting Republicans to agree on a catalog of principles wont be easy.

Then Goldwater, the highly conservative Republican who seems to be makings more speeches than anyone eLse in his pg,^y. uttered a thought which. If it came to pass, might Spread more confusion than cohesion.

What I would like to see. he said, would be a statement of basic principles from which individual members can go where they want.

The congressional Republicans created a 12-man committee of them.selves to recorr>-mend the principles. Before the 12 do that, theyll hat-e to agree on the principles.

Then they hope theyll get agreement from the flepublican National Committee and approval from all the Republicans in Congress. Meanwhile, they are a.sklng for recommendations frorh Republicans all o^-er the country.

Their list of almo.st 400 people includes former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Vice President Richard M, Nixon. New York's Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller and all the Republican govcmons.

And. for a very simple i*ea-son. this .should be quite a list of recommendation.s:

The Republicans, like the Democrats, talk of them.selves as a .single political party, a condition odd enough to frenzy a non-American trying to understand how a party cancall itself a party when the conservatives iii Ixith parlies join for-. ces to defeat the liU'ral.s In Ijoth parties, and vice versa.

which Is what they do.

If anyone doubts it. he wl have to contend with Goldwater whose idea of Republican principles Is not likely to be a duplicate of Rockefellers. ' Goldwater recently told Republicans: If it is fair to

claim that the Democratic party is schizoid, tom by internal dissensions, struggling to find a middle way between the extremes of Hubert Humphrey and Han-y Byrd. It Is also fair to say the Republican party hjas failed to present to this nation a solid pqHtical organization unequivocally committed to an easily definable political philosophy.

It might also be fair to sug-ge.st Goldwater* appraisal could be shortened to say: The Republicans are all mixed up.

If they"^ sometimes seem to have /an almost mystical unity in critic^ing President Kennedys pr^^rams, it doesnt by any means exhaust either their acidity or their critical enthusiasms.

Borne of them havent been too happy with themselves, as they demonstrated notably at their Lincoln Day dinners when;

Sen. Margaret Cha.se Smith of Maine suggested the party's potential presidential candidates "Were showing faintheartedness about running against President Kennedy in 1964;

Sen. Jacob K. Javlts of New York scolded Republicans for paying too much attention to the thunder of the right and not enough to the thunder on the cities; '

And Sen. Hiram L. Fong of Haw'aii said its about time Republicans asked themselves w'hether they have lost touch w'ith millions who no longer regard Republicarvs a.s their champions,

In view of all the view'.s that would have to be reconciled to get agreement on a set of principles. the product may not be what politicians like to call a ringing decalon. Javits said he hopes it wont be fuzzy.

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Add .sign.s of the times: A woman in New York saved $48 000 and they had her examined by a p.sychiatri.st Memphis Commercial Appeal.

Other Editors Saying. A Transatlantic Cal.

(Richmond News leader)

When Juan Peron put the telephone back on its cradle Sunday night, he had a right to be pleased. Listening in his Spanish refuge, the exiled dictator of Argentina heard the voice on. the transatlantic wire tell him that the hand-picked Peronista candidates had won a landslide victory. There was talk of returning him from exile, and placing him in power once more.

A few hours later Arturo Frondizi, ^e first freely-elected presioent in Argentinas bleak history of dictatorship, declared a state of military emergency which would prevent the Peronistas from taking office. Frondizis six-year term will be up in two years; he will not be eligible to seek reelection. He hopes to maintain some .semblance of democratic processes until that time, but the wedge of autocratic tradition,,, driven alter-"nately by Peronistas and Communists, will not have it so.

Ironically, At was the same combine that brought Frondizi to the presidency. Peron was exiled in 1955. As minister of labor in 1946 Peron won the support of the working classes with his pro-labor legislation, and soon ran succevssfully for President. A new constitution assured his perpetual re-election and hurried Inationalization of utilities and ilraustry. Under the pressures of inefficient nationalization and fantastic graft, the economy wavered precariously.

In 1953 government-engineered riots in Buenos Aires burned and looted the headquarters of p,i;ery political party except the Communists. The free press was extinguished. Per

ons leftward swing became so pronouncedly antl-Catholic in a Catholic country that he became the first non-Communlst head of state to be excommunicated by the Vatican. Finally, in September of 1955 a military junta seized the government.

The first junta lasted but seven weeks, and still believed in Perons social policies, if not in his personality. A second junta took power and spent two years restoring liberty under the old constitution and preparing for the general elections.

Peron began immediately to exert his enormous influence from exile. He directed his followers to vote for Frondizi, a directive joined by the Communists. Frondizi received 1.1 million votes. But when Pron-dizi failed to respond to the Peronista commands despite a series of nationwide strikes. Peron decreed that his followers must turn in unmarked ballots for the congressional elections in 1960. Voting is compulsory in Argentina. Frondizls party received 500,000 .votes; 861.000 ballots were unniarked.

The grow'ing Peronlsta-Com-munist strength-explains Frondizis hemming and hawing over the expulsion of Chiba from the Organization of American States at Punte del Esta. The winner of the governor's race In populous Buenos Aires Province was Andre Pramani. a labor leader who had never run for office, and who had campaigned on a hancis-off-on-Cu-ba policy. The chief attack was that Frondizi had .sold out to the Alliance for Progress.

With such va.st power over the ma.s.ses of Argentina, Peron neednt pick up his telephone Immediately. There will be another day. and another call.

to them.

The merciless demands of stardom robs many of them of the softer charms of femininity. The struggle to stay on top turns them into monumental egotists, and their egos must be constantly fec^ with praise and lip-service admiration or they turn into raging tigresses.

Their beauty often has a surface, varnished quality that says, Frage dont touch. There Is also a cold and brittle air about their good looks as if they had been chipped out of ice. This repels rather than attracts, and leaves a man with a feeling of uneasiness.

Beneath this 'chill exterior you sometimes sense in them a strange and hidden loneU-ness, as if somehow along the way in their fierce struggle for the power, fame and money of stardom they had lost the capacity for simple human joy you can see shining in the face of a housewife content with her man.

Many of these legendary beauties havent had the time to develop other aspects of their nature. Their conversation is about as inspiring as that of a department store mannequin. Their chief subject: Themselves.

If you talk about anything else, you can see the interest djlng in their eyes. They dont want even to talk about another lady star unless her last fUm was a box-office dud.

In discussing their activities and attitudes, they lie like Baron Munchau.sen. They parrot, generaUy, only what is popular or fashionable at the moment. The last thing on earth they want you to know is what they are really likeor how they really feel.

Seldom wUl one give you a frank answer, such as:

Do I like to cook? Listen, palsy, I couldnt even commit suicide in the kitchenI wouldnt know how to turn on the gas,

Opinions In Brief

Note on the times: At this mast critical period in our history, the great American worries seem to be losing five pounds and finding a place to park."Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.

Federal aid to education should start by teaching arjUi-metic in Washington.Carlsn-bad Current-Argus.

Cadocs Song Of

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT

Copyright, 1962, King Features Syndicate, Inc. ' For many years, I have attended the annual dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick the principal Irish eVent of New York City. Usually. I go with Jim Parley, who stls signs his name with green ink. The Society is 178 years old which takes it back to shortly after the American Revolution. The occasion is famous for old-tlrne oratory the kind for which the Irish are particularly famous altlfough there are few these days of the quality of Bourke Cockran or Joe Scott who could make any audience weep over his poor- Irish mother.

The Irish believe that they are difficult to understand which always strikes one who has not a drop of Irish blood In his veins as an Irish paradox of which George Bernard Shaw would be guUty, for every Irishman wears his loves and his sorrows on his sleeve. The fact Is that the Irish find it easy to be political and be It remembered that the Chief Rabbit of Israel, Dr. Herzog, when he lived, was an Irishman, W'hose brogue was the real thing as Mike Quls is not. And whUe the Mayor of Dublin Is a Jew, It Is amazing how these two races of man manig to be such political partners In the amazing metropolis of this wonderful country.

It is often forgotten that the fathers.of Irish freedom, Charles Parnell and Douglas Hyde, were Protestants, but the Irish prefer not to discuss such minor issues. As Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, in a brilliant oration that carried with it the perfume of the peat bogs, said: an Irishman has five great loves; love of country, of religion, of learning, of political freedom, of poetry and song.

Senator Eugene McCarthy Is a Democrat of the liberal persuasion, unlike the other Me- -earthy, who was a Republican of conservative persuasion. But both, each in his way, could fit these categories of affection. Joe is dead but surely not forgotten by friends or foe, of whom there were and are many of both kinds, but Eugene is among us and is characteristic of the new kind of Senator, the scholar who comes into our national legislature out of teaching in school and college. There is Mike Mansfield and Walter Judd; there is J. William Ful-bright who was a college president and a Rhodes Scholar and Paul Douglas who was a professional economist. Eugene McCarthy was a school-teacher, and his oratory is polished, his scholarship delightful, his wit biting. In his Friendly Sons speech, he quoted Cadoc the Wise (first* century) an ancient Celtic monks "Song of ..Hate:

I hate the judge who loves money, and the scribe who loves w'ar, and chiefs who do n 01 guard their subjects, and nations without vigor.

I hate houses without dewl-lers, lands untUled, fields that bear no harvest.

Landless clans, the agents of terror, the oppressors of truth.

I hate him w'ho respects not father or mother, those who make strife among friends.

A country in anarchy, lost learning, and uncertain boundaries.

I hate journeys without safety, families without virtue, lawsuits without reason.

Ambushes and treasons, faults In-counsel and justice unhonored.

I hate a man without a trade, a laborer without freedom, a society without freedom, a society without* teachers, a false witness before a judge, the undeserving exalted to high position.

Fables in place of teaching, knowledge without inspiration.

Sermons without eloquence, and a man without a C(m-science.

The centuries pass but wisdom is eternal and Csuloc'S words fit this day as perhaps never before, and it takes a bit of courage, even for a Minnesota Irishman, to speak out in these days when materialism stalks our land and when men I talk only of the standard of living not the standards of life and what a difference there 1s (CXrntlnued on Page 6)

ookaheads On Business Front

Strength For-Today

By EARL L. DOl'GI.A.S.S (;OI> AM) MAN TOCETHLK

Christianity on ils spiritual side Is the religion of forgiveness. Thei-e are certain things we can never do for ourselves. We cannot effect for ourselves an atoning sacrifice. We cannot bring about the regene.ation of our souls by the Holy Spirit. The.se things are gifts from God and we have nothing w'hatsoev-er to do with their creation.

But on the ethical side of our faith everything depends upon us. It is What we do that matters. God does certain things for us. but there aiv certain things that nolxrdy can do for us except ourselves, The.se things have to

do with the bi'iglng of the heavenly gills into daily life and putting them into operation. As long as men keep their religion in one compartment of their minds and their standard.s ( daily conduct in another, therr religious pretentions are ridiculous and hypoci'itical. It Ls on ly when men take the fr-eelv proffered gifts of God and by tnrstinp faith iSrepare their hearts to receive them and with a revitalized will set them.soJv-es to make them wor'k, that their lives are sound and pleasing In the sight of God,

The* Creator and the creature mu.st work together. God doe.s for UR what we cannot do for ourselves.

By KL.MER ROESS.VER

Whether giants in the frozen foods and canning industry ai'e unfairly crushing small, specialized companies will soon be subject of a Federal Trade Commission i-epoii,. It may be followed by complaints ai-ainst .some of th' giants accu.sed of smothering competition.

And lieie are inore lookaheads In business;

,lohs fjrr youths: Witile Congress wiU rough up President Kennedy.R program for employment aid for youths, his proposal to give on-the-job training probably will be enacted But plan.s to put others to work in governmental enterprises or-sending them to camps will probably bo voted down ix^-caitse lliev seem .so much like WPA and, CCC programs. Even Kermedy's staunchest .supporter's dont want the Kennedy boom confused with the Icces-slon.

EVE.N JUNK GOES

Boom ill an(iqtie.s; As luo-dieted liere, Jacqueline Keniie-dy'.s inlci'c.st in hl.storical furnishings for the White House is

increasing the sale of Early American furniture. Now the boom is spreading to talce in rui'al heirlooms, antiques and almast-antiques. Some s^m a 11 antique shops ai'e already scant of .stock and having difficulty in replenishing it.

Iinaginat-y set-back: March retail figures will,' on the surface. look as if there was a .sale.s .slump. 'But it will all be Iriiagiiiaiy. Easter was on April 2 last year and will be on April 22 this year'. So Mar'ch sales will he down, but will more than Ix* made up for In April.

Do-it-yourself growing: The horne-impi-ovement part of this mar ket will pull it ahead. More

of detergents will offer $5-off deals: pui'chase of a package will allow the buyer $1 off a brand-name dress, $3 off a famous kind of slacks, and $1 off a $5 famous-brand shirt. This, of course, is a variation of the familiar deal whereby the purchaser of a package of break-fa.st food is invited to send $1 for .some article said to be worth $2. But the detergent promotion w'ill be done with so much imagination and advertising that it will produce a minor trend.

Modest metal price rise:. There is not yet any legal au-thority to liquidate any part of the national stockpile. Never-

normal spring rise, there will be another one, prompted by goveniment aid to cwistructlon.

OLD PROMOTER COMPLAINS GAMBLING BEING OUTLAWED

President Kennedy, the Old Promoter remarked, "i* taking all the fun out o life.

So?" I asked.

He wants a law saying that if a pUl is sold as a welght-reducer, you have to' losa weight; if a cream Is sold as a beauty-Uft, you have to get beautiful, or that if a perfume is advertised as irresistible, you get a mn.

That, to me, takes the fen out of everything. When I shave

horneo confronted with the hT amount Sh a"ShI Iditd -

n-sint! costs of repairs and Im- overhane the market and rmild 2 certain Rind o( razor by provcmenls. will try to do more S' i' numtera, I like to gamble

provements, will try todo more them.selves. Advertising campaigns to sell tools and materials will reach -a peak between now and July,

OLD GIMMKK IN V NEW LOOK

Eresh tie-in surge: A new package deal about to be offered shoppers >vll] stir up competitors and Imitators. A line

be turned having a sobering effect on nonferrous metal prices. Con.sumption of many rpetals is rising or is expected to rise, but prices are slow In following.

Lumber prices to go up: Lumber prices, softened by a tough winter that cut building, are ijnriing and will go higher as buding ilse^, In addition to the

on whether the girls rush me or not. It wouldnt be fun to have one kissing me automatic-like. The next thing you know the kid in the White House will want a law against whiskey un-les-s four drinks buckles your legs."

I dont think the Old Promoter really understands the Kennedy program.