Saturday, April 7, 1962 . . ^

More Than Tax Oh Food Involved

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There are growing indications that the three North Carolina should not be expended, they have per cent sales tax on food, enacted by the 1961 the obligation to be forthright and express such , General Assembly, will be a major issue in the feelings.

Democratic primary this spring and in the state It is not enough for candidates to talk about

general election this fall. reducing taxes without putting forth some concr,ete

It is altogether proper, we feel, that the ques- recdmmendations for reducing expenditures. It is tion of tax be an election issue. It is a matter of not enough for*them to demand repeal of a particu-imporUnce to the people of North Carolina and it lar tax without either recommending specific re-has a direct effect upon everv citizen of the state, ductions in state spending or proposing alternate It would be difficult to find an- issue that would '' ays of obtaining necessary revenues if expendi-have a more direct hearing on the life of a larger ^nres are to continue at their present rate, percentage of the popnlation of North Carolina. ^Vhen itconyes to affairs of government

At the same time, however, care should be whether it bejocal, state or national^tax revenues taken to see thkt the sajes tax on food is an election and government spending of necessity must be con-issue and not a political football kicked around for sidered as a whale. Any adjustments made in either the *=iole purpose of winning votes. l^ns a direct effect upon the others.

- Those who chose to attack this particular tax The citizens of the state in the 1960 guberna-

in the coming campaign, it seems to us, have an torial election indicated their preference for a proobligation to the people of the state to offer some irrani of enriching public education of the state. The alternate means of securing a like amount of revenue legislature in 1961 implemented this mandate and

chose the avenue of a sales tax on food to provide

the necessary revenue to carry out the. school im-

^provement program. *

A campaign issue centered around the sales

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Probation Heac. Obtains Results

By LITVN NISBET PROBATION Here is fur-thur testimony to truth of the old adage that "It Pays to Advertise." Several weeks ago Charles Cohoon, new director of probation, had published in

Norfolk, and South Carolinians have put US 17 as far north as Georgetoam in prst class condition, with an adequate road continuing on to Myrtle Beach. Why. argue the people in these other states, should

nearly all the big state papers- - we spend our money on roads

a feature article on the value of the probation system, and how North Carolina was suffering great loss both in money and In human rehabilitation by Inadequate use of the service. He urged judges to give more consideration to probation in

that benefit only North Carolina. when there is such great need throughout our own state.

And yet unless the bottlenecks just across the borders can be unstopped, that part of US 17 traversing North Carolina wl get little benefit from

tax on food will automatically involve the question of whether the school improvement program will be continued, and what sources will produce the necesvsary revenues'if the program is to continue and the sales tax on food discontinued.

If candidates are goi^ to make a campaign issue of any segment of this overall situation, in fairness to the people of the state they .should discuss more than just the tax on food. Considerably more than just the tax on food is involved.

A Very Tough Nut For The Foes Of Change

-BUTTHEAr/f SURVIVAL T$T$" THEV VE BEEN PTTIN6 ME THROUGH mi YEAR HAVENT BEEN V any PICNlCtr^

Res-^MANNIN

Reorganization of established military set-ups ^ tt a t pnVT T? has been often proposed and seldom accomplished, f^y hlAL<

It invariably becomes entangled wii politics, and

i^t S^ndiote,

'dwriiBf wtth fifst and youthful.- the Increased jraffic when the in the politicaj arena ouy militat^ brass usually offenders. Result of the publl- bridge-tunnel fbute Is bp3""^jjj themselves overmatched.

cation (rf that article was a boom In number of persons put Ml probation during March, the number reaching an all time record. Cohoon estimates it costs less than wie-third as much to maintain a probationer as to keep a prisoner, and that the State saves a lot of money through use of the plan. The greatest saving, however. Is in the maintenance of self-respect and self support and the rehabilitation to useful and productive citizenship of the individuals.

HIGHWAYS-The State of North Carolina is anxious to spend the dollars available for highway construction and maintenance In such manner as to serve the Interests of the most people in North Carolina. The highway authorities in South Carolina and Virginia have exactly the same attitude with respect to spending tax mcmey collected frran their citizens. Sometimes difficulties arise in coordinating the activities of the several states. There are two or three illustrations iof that situation in the current news.

North Carolina, especially the coastal area, is very much Interested in capitalizing on the bridge-tunnel route across the Chesapeake Bay bringing traffic from the northeast into the Norf(^ area. To that end efforts are being made to have US-17, Uie Ocean Highway, developed to standards that will handle the- expected traffic. This road is very Important to North Carolina. The, hitch

across the border.

There is about 25 miles of US 17 between Norfolk and the North Carolina line that is of very little importance to Virginia, but which W'ould require a good deal of money to nut In desired condition for the main line. Mast Virginians want to spend their tax money on roads leading from Norfolk we.stward into Virginia.

The same situation is found In South Carolina. The approximate 25 miles between-.Ihe North Carolina line and Myrtle Beach does not serve South Carolina. Virginians have built good roads from the north to

late next year. >

Somewhat similar but less serious problems have arisen in locating Interstate 77 north of Mount Airy and Interstate 26 south of Hendersonville.

COMPLACENCY The city and the people of New Bern were shocked early this week by announcement that St. Lukes hospital would be closed in a very short time. Operated by an order of Catholic Sisters it is the only hospital for white people in New^ Bern. A city-county hospital is under construction, but ^111 not be ready for about a year. New Bemians are taking almost frantic steps to keep St. Lukes open.

Not long ago there was much publicity about the plight of the tovm of Highlands up in Jackson county, faced with the epidemic and no doctor. A doctor had promised to come, but could not get clearance through the State board of examiners until June. The community appealed to Governor Sanford, who interceded with the medical board to have an exception made to the rules and give the out of state doctor an examination ahead of schedule.

Numerous communities throughout the state have been disturbed by announcements of funeral homes that they re discontinuing ambulance service. This has been a money losing proposition all along and the funeral directors got tired carrving the load. In several places where private business men undertooj^ to carry on they found the operating loss to -sustaiTn---------------------

These several instances aTe cited to illu.strate how ea.sily the American public accepts conveniences and services and quickly a.ssume them to be rights rather than privileges for which somebody mu.st pay. A great many people have a.s-sumed that a doctor ie as close as the telephone, a hospital bed available ta need and ambulance on call to transport the patient tot he ho,spital. All this without much thought a.s to who was paying for these services. It may be somewhat rude, but it is whole.some. that the people are being aw'akened to the facts.

The' White Collar Perils

This is Tiot ahv;ays B.bd thing. It is ndt always

a good thing. yobk AP> - Science

However, circumstances and a magic name in has done considerable research background invite speculation that if there is ever on the that ^^t the

going to be a thinning out National Giiard and Arrd\ Reserve units, it will be accomplished in the net future . . . regrettable as it must appear on many home fronts.

Circumstances?

(1) Addition of two new Regular Army divisions and maintaining them Trf a state of combat readiness;

(2) Recent experiences with unready and un-military personnel in ranks of the .standby forces;

(3) Creating a ready force of six prime Guard divisions and flexible brigades, fit for quick call-up;

(4) Assumption that if the big bombs fall, the war would be fought chiefly with forces in being; and if they dont fall, there will be ample time for whatever buildup is needed;

(5) A growing feeling among many seer that the whole pattern of warfare is moving into

revoluUonary era. Gieat OppOrtUnitV

ground: Robert McNamara. He has the capacity to

convince even reluctant lawmakers that his avail- (Washington Daily News)

health of Hottentot and Eskimo.

But apparently it has overlooked some of the health problems facing one of the true pillars of our civilization and society the great American white collar worker.

This is too bad because, medically speaking, the average office employe has far more interesting ailments than those that afflict the happy flea- and louse-bitten sons of nature who inhabit >tropical jungles or polar igloos.

Recently. I made a tentative list of strange illnesses found among the office coffee-break

set.

Well, It appears I barely scratched the surface. There seems no real limit to the weird and unusual diseases that plague the . S. white collar worker.

Office employes from all over the country wrote in to de-.scribe other startling or obscure occupational ailments they had noted among their fellow workers.

Here are a few:

Alimentary doloroso Symptoms: Afternoon lassitude, heavy dull feeling in stomach. Cause: Too many four-martini, three-hour luncheons. Rarely found in bookkeepers. Strikes most often among sales execu-

rs Other Editors Saying ...

able evidence and conclusions cannot be pushed ityTojlctTround VrnTte aside. - people of Washington and Beau-

The circum.?tance.s of the times, coupled with fort county ought to rally, the

the McNamara logic, comprise a very tough nut cou^TereT

tor the foes of change to crack. , ,

When we realize that Ea.st Carolina college right now has more than 3,000 applications for next Septembers Freshman cla.ss, and more than 4,500 are expected, we can begin understand the educational tragedy facing us. When we have to tell our boys and girls that

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ceed $2,400 per year, this one-year college school can be ours.

If we stop a moment and realize that over the years many boys and girls from our area have attended college because ECC Is close at hand, then we might also realize that even the proximity of ECC has not been enough for some others to attend.

Officials at East Carolina college are fairly certain that we will have many boys and girls seeking admission to this school.

The directors of the Cham-ponderosa Known-

tlves.

Romeo dermatitis Itchy feeling ' in fingers felt by romantic elderly vice presidents whenever the pretty new girl in the stenographic pool passes by. No known cure, and victim rarely seeks one.

Inner Sanctum Knee-Knock A vibrating weakness of the legs that afflicts any mouselike male employe who. at his wifes urging, invades the boss office to ask for a salary hike. Symptom, usually disappears when the employe voluntarily asks to take'20 percent pay cut after the boss explains times are so bad the firm may have to go out of business.

Cranial ExpansusAn insufferable, at least to others, enlargement of the head that occurs in young business trainees when the wily personnel director tells them, "Actually we regard you as junior executives."

Pedal PallorThe numb sensation one gets from sitting so long with his feet on the desk that the blood drains out of them.

Neurosis MinorThis hits the office efficiency expert when he finds^ some of the girls are throwing away carbon paper after using it only once.

Neurosis MajorA condition that reduces the same guy to gibbering frustrktion when he discovers the office used 12 more paper clips this month than it did during the same month a year ago.

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Bv JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON . (AP) It wa.s 17 years ago that the. United Nations was created in San Franci.sco. Its been a big disappointment to a lot of people. It shouldn't have been.

Its not perfect. It could get worse. Its still the only one of its kind. None better is in sight. It might improve.

And this.^week the Senate, despite all the griping and cm-plaining by some members as it debated how to help the United Nations .w ith American money, never even remotely considered pulling out.

At the .start of the, San Francisco conference, ju.st as the war in Europe was ending, there was a sen.se of a new world being boni.

Before the conference ended anyone able to recognize reality knew it was the same old world. There were several rea-.vons but one is enough:

The United States and Ru.s-sia, allies in the war ending, were not allies in the new world coming because they didnt tt1st each other. They didnt then anL thny havent .since.

Each, to protect it.'=elf. wanted to be able to veto the other in the Security Council Swhich, starting out, was the main U. N. organ, dominated by the big powers.

The General Assembly was .secondary. There each nation

sia used the veto so often ih the council that the veto and the council both became absurdities.

After enough of this the United States led the way in upgrading the assembly, enabling it to recommend action w'hich Russia, before, could have vetoed in the -council.

The idealLsts, who thought in terms of an orderly and cooperative United Nations, overlooked something felse in 194.5. This was the possibility of pro4 found changes through the addition of new nations.

At that, with a starting U.N. membership of 51, the w'orld seemed fairly orderly. There was a limited number of nations on earth, a number W'hich hadnt changed much in generations.

But the big European colnoi-al powers, through impoverishment, had to disgorge themselves of their ancient colonics, which became new nations in swarms and flocked to the United -Nations. Now it has 104 members.

These new nations can vote

for you," we are telling them that we are not on their side in their search for greatness.

EaslNl^arolina college proposes to establish this one-year college training course in Washington. Many boys and girls who might be turned away from ECC itself in Greenville can still get a years college education right here at home. If they are successful with this first year, they can enter ECC the following September as full fledged sophomores.

Is not this Idea the fulfillment of a dream long nurtured in the breasts of so many of us who long ago realized what is about to happen in our educational story right here at home?

Is there any reason why all our people cannot get behind this project and give it our complete and enthusiastic endorsement? We know of none.

Of course, it is going to cost a little moneyvery little. The people of Washington and Beaufort county mu.st fumish classroom space, lights, water, heat, janitorial services, and needed re.search books for the library. We do not know what the total co.st would be, but our guess i.s

ton are so enthusiastic about the praspects for the future that they are already talking In terms of a local foundation to raise the needed money to guarantee its success.

ECC officials say that the proposed school is not in conflict with any other proposed schools for this countyincluding the ..proposed Industrial education unit now being investigated.

As we view the proposal, it becoms not a matter of do we w^ant it or do we not want it?" It becomes a matter simply of taking the necessary steps to Insure it.

The proposed school would t

colloquially as middle - age spread. This is commonly found among 25-year swivel chair veterans and secretaries with a fondness for sweets. The symptoms are obvious even to the untrained eye.

When you consider all the health perils that threaten the w'hite collar worker, you cant help but wonder why he doesnt ask for extra pay for risking life and limb in a real danger zone.

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me proposea scnooi wouia t -p\

meet four nights each w'eek. *p)

Qualified t e^ c h e r s ob- J-a J- -L-' A

had one vote and no one had a f week in efforts by individual veto. In the cold wi^r years Ru.s- Continued on Page 6

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In bloe.s when It suits their com- that for an amount not to ex-mon interests, which may not be American interest.s.

This in iUself has cau.sed some American frustration and disillusionment, particularly since this country pays such a big part of the U N. freight.

It .showed up vividly t h 1 s '

Qualified tained through or from Ea.st Carolina college would do the teaching. The students would pay eight dollars per quarter hour for each course taken.

This is a great opportunity for us. Let us not falter in our efforts. Let us not be indifferent to its possibilities. Let us stand together now to the end that many of our boys and girls can get a one-year college curriculum right here at home. Let us be about our work.

"Once upon a time it was said no man is so deaf that he cannot hear the rustle of a petticoat. The fellow who made that remark, if he is still around, has probably eaten his words by now. With the women wearing those skintight skirts, there isnt room for a petticoat to whisper, much le.ss rustle.Anderson SC.) Independent,^"^ *

All-Out

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Pennies

By GEORGE E. S0K0U5KY Copyright, 1962, King Featurei Syndicate, Inc.

It appears that the Treasury has gone mad in its search for more pennies. The proposal to put a ^withholding tax m interest on savings and on dividends may look like a schema to soak the rich, to get after the tax-dodger. In fact, it will be a hardship on the widow and orphans, on those who have inherited small amounts and have to live on interest and dividends.

The idea that the persons will be able to get the money back at the end of the year is nonsense. What will she live on in the meantime? The rich can spend their money to Switzerland or Invest in European businesses. The widow and orphan, the child who Is dependent upon this kind of money to go to college, they cannot go to tax-havens. They are stuck.

The only thing to do should this law be passed is to take the money out of savings banks and buy bonds or some such equity and hide it under the < mattress. This could produce a financial panic but it would be of the Treasurys making. The idea of collect first and refund later will miake the tax collectors even more hateful than they .are now.

It Is about time that the Congress restudied the entire question of taxes.' Obviously the graduated income tax makes the rich richer and the poor poorer; it destroys Incentive and initiative; it impoverishes the spirit of pmn;. 4t Js actiiaUy lowering the living standard of our people because a lower quality of goods is substituted.

True, the government needs money in our war against Soviet Russia, but there are better ways of finding the money than the graduated income tax which actually produces a flight of capital. While the poor are being impoverished by taxes and every year the Treasury seeks new ways of depriving Americans of their livelihood and while phony high wages, only part of which the W'orker gets, outprice our goods in world markets, no one bothers to find a more honest and more equable way of collecting revenue.

The most satisfactory tax, used in many countries, is the transaction tax, sometimes called by other names. This is a tax on every commercial trans-' action that actually takes place. It has the advantage of cutting out the take-first-and-re-fund-later device: it has nothing to do with deductions, with all the mish-mash about expens accounts. Just as we now pay taxes aU the time, so under the transaction tax, we shall be paying taxes all the time but it will be on actual transactions, not on taking the cream off the top. And it would be possible to get'^ rid of the horde of tax investigators who fall upon the American people like^ jocusts.

Furthermore, it Is morally wrong for the Treasury to employ stool-pigeons, informers, spies to go about seeking for information. These creatures, to get their percentage r pry into the private affairs, of - 4^ impersonate government agents, and it is reported, although I cannot prove it, some of them act as double agents, doing a little blackmail on the side.

The income tax on interest on savings banks accounts is particularly nasty and should be opposed actively, I. for one, will vote for no Senator or Representative who votes in favor of such an act. no matter which party he belongs to. I hope that all my readers will adopt the same attitude and will tell their Senators and Representatives so. This is something to be angry about because it strikes directr ly at those who do not have much money. If they want to soak the rich, why dont ()?ey go after the numbered accounts in Swiss banks? Why do we not tell Switzerland that unless they cooperate, we shall break off all relations with that country? Extreme?

Nothing is more extreme than the proposed withholding tax on interest and dividends. If those In charge of our financial af-* fairs cannot think" better than that, we must protect ourselves from them.

Our people have become so' '^ (Continued on Page B)

Not All Unions Like Steel Deal

IHK DOOR By EARL L. DOK.I-ASS

Jesus described himself ard his mission by a niflnl^er of vivid fiemes. "I am the way, ' he .said, "the truth and the life. I am the light of the world." "I am the good shepherd. "I am' the door; by me^^ If any inan entef in, be shall be, saved.

Let us look for a moment on that latter statement. "I am the door; by me. if any man enter in. he shall be saved." The experience of gettinjg to know Jesus Christ means entrance into real life. We .start going places spiritually , when we come, even in small measure, to appreciate who this Man Jesus was and is, and wl at henean

scribing Jesus and. hi.s influence than de.scribing him as a door.

' Static religion i.s dead religion?

True religion ha.s movement to it it Is a procession and a triumphal procession. We start out to achieve certain ends.

There are many patlnvays, but the'great pathway leads to Jes--us Christ, - An^wht*n - ur dives pass through his mind, through his compassion, through his wisdom. through his spiritual discernment, then we come put on ^"ndurfrial the other side'^nd find ourselves money, looking' upon a h^avenly landscape.

Wc have only learned the sig-

By'ELMER ROE.S.SNER

This year, other unions will .Niiow' a rcliiptance to go along with the ,':cttlement of the steel strike fonnula. Some Have already incycated they want more than fnnfee benefits.

In years past, the United Seelworkr.s pact with the steel companies have served as a pattern for other wage settlements Tre, the United Autoworkers have usually tried to top the men in the mills, but the .steelworkers gains have always been a model for many other unions. '

But the settlemgit this, year: -ntr waige ^ rise but -eents an hour in fringe benefits. Is not attractive to other unions. They

Here are more look-aheads in busines.s, based on analyses of developing trends, spiked with a little common sense: Easter shopping surge: Sales from today to Ea.ster will set .some sort of mark. Consumers are confident, buying is increasing and late Easters stimulate sales more than early Easters. Both mens and womens fashions have enough -change to biing about a wave of rejplace-monts.

Publishing boom: Congres

sional changes In the tax law

faced with the fact that the United States can make cars just as small, are cutting back advertising appropriations for the rest of the year.

Tourist bust:' The OAS may

not have kept Algeria French but it Is keeping Paris broke. Just as France has readied itself for a flood of tourist res-eiwations, it is getting a flood of cancellations. Night life is dying, streets are deserted, gendarmes are eveiywhere, theatres are empty and tourists, already there are fleeing

will foim fresh, new markets to other countries. ' .

PuW^rs or .tax martes^ tMc notebooks, ani books to yQ,.(g magazines will cost

Mm that rare ingredients of ' traps. Corrections are

guide the unwary through tax

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harmony, immediately

instant

Alnioiit immediately after tlie' .steel settlement, thfe International As.soclation of Ma-

learned to direct^ its energies toward ^e.sus ChCst as the Object. the Way the T)oor. "By do for us^and for the w'orrld. qie. if, auiy man enter in, he

There is' no better way of de- shaU be saved."

nlficance of life when we have chinlsts turned down a 10-cent

fringe benefit by Republic Avi-ifUon and .struck its huge Long Isiand plant. More strife can be expected.

EVEkyBODY SHOPPING

made in countless galleys today, and they will continue un-.til Congress finally passes the bill, at which presses will roll and the nation will be friutted with books and booklets designed to help, business .fninimize 'taxes.

LESS FORIGN-CAR ADS '^Smaller ads for smaller ears: Jioreign ^ car manufacturers,

more. The recent upheave) t Curtis Publications shows that publishers are becoming less interested in total circulations and more in ^quality. Indica-tion.s are that the most-wanted readers will pay higher prices for the magazines they like. So mags will hike prices, glad to get rid of those who wont meet the Increa.sc^ Note;. Prospects of higher postal rates will s^ed*this process. :

OLD PROMOTER MOVES IN ON KENNEDY BOOM The Old 'Promoter looked affluent when he called today and, when questioned, agreed that his income had increased.

"Im training expense account auditors. he explained. Ive opened a school in a wft next door to the brewery, and Im packing them in. At $50 a head I am teaching them to fcheck expense accounts In light the tax bill now ih Congress.

"I figure almost every cor-poratlim In America' will hav4 to liire at least one expert oh swindle sheets wheiLJLha-bl i -psscIjrTSe this problem: A salesmn invites a prospect out. Can he charge off to expenses (.) a cocktail, (b) a cheese souffle (c) a cheese souffle with Armagnac (d) a ten-spot slipped to a* hostess (e) a phone - call to the prospects wife or (f) a hangover pill? Ill bet my graduates have better answers than the Internal Revenue Service."

' If they do. Mortimer Caplin probab^hlr them.-------

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