Saturdiy, April 14. 1962

Emphasizing Presidential Powers

1 Brought the Checkerboard

President Kennedys complete victory over the major steel companies that announced price increases this week emphasizes the power the administration can weild even upon the biggest business in a bare4cnucklc fight.

The rolling back of steel prices late yesterday was a smashing triumph for the administration in its effort to hold the line against inflation. Collapse of big steel attempts to make the higher price level stick. came as almost as much a surprise to the public as did the earlier announcement of major companies that they were hiking their prices by |6 per ton.

Net effect of the rapid developments in the price battle between the government and the big steel companies will be to indicate to the public, to management and to organized labor in basic industries that the Kennedy administration will do more than just talk w^hen it comes to maintaining a stable level of prices and wages. Certainly the impact of rolling back steel prices will have its effect upon every other basic industry in the country and will be reflected in a slowdown of inflationar\' influences which might otherwise move into the foreground.

The steps taken by the administration in recent days against the steel *pce increase are the most far-reaching by any recent administration to control the level of prices and w^ages in the national' ^economy. If the administration steps short of actual

!Mew Titles For Two Officials.

By LYNN NISBET

. NEW TITLES Changes an*

BouHced this week by Governor Sanford in the organizatitmal structure of the Department of Administration give new titles to two officials but without seriously affecting their duties as heretofore performed. Hugh CanncHi, who has been director of administration for several months, becomes also the States chief budget officer. William A. TVhite, director of purchase and COTtract for the past year, has added title of assistant director of administration. This adjustment makes it unnecessary to vac^d by Charles HoUomtn, w^Tr~r-aigning as budget officer to enter private business. No immediate raise in salaries for Cansn and White is proposed.

In practtee ever since the Department 0 Administration was created In 1957 the director has had the final say-so on all budgetary matters as well as many ether fovemmental activities. A high salaried budget c^ficer has been sort fifth wheel In the mechanism. The division of purchase and contract is an Im-pertaat part of the overall department to which the top man also had the ftoal word. Mak-tof the chief of the purchase di-vlsioa assistant director of administration brings^ the opera-tloB eloeer together and should eliminate same lost motlai.

flo tar as the persons are con-otmed. this adjustment mskea Hugh Cannon without question the most powerful figure In State government next to the Gtovemer. Never before has one man had so much authority. Last year when BUI White was^ hrougto to purchase and contract Governor flanford indicated he wanted him to "straighten out" that agency and then would use hto as a trouble shooter in other departmenU. Apparently he is set for permanent tenure where he Is.

doUaix a month less than the director of CAD. Admittedly his place will be hard to fill at that salary. Before .announcement was made of his leaving but after the top officials knew about it several prospects were contacted. In every instance the men contacted Were making more where they are.

BOWLES Rumors have been current for months that Hargrove Bowles, C&D director, would leave the State job for private business. He and a group of associates had been tentatively awarded rights to a television channel at High Point and it was expected he would take over personal management ~ihirmterpfise. iPhis week the FCC reversed decLsion of its hearing officer and awarded the channel rights to a Winston-Salem group. This development may mean that "Skipper Bowles will continue in his State post for some time.

All that raises further Interesting question of whether he may pcreonally take over direction of the industry hunting phase of his departments far flung activlUes. The pattern for such operation was set by development in the Department of Administration earlier this week when the director of the department took over also the portfolio of the chief State budget officer.

c. s d:'-^ impoTOt pers^-' Bel changes are being made in the Department of Conservation and Development. William R. Henderson has resigned as chief of the commerce-industry division to go into private business. He has bought controlling Interest in' Bennett Advertising Cwnpany with home offices in High Point, the agency which has handled the State advertising account for several years. As the chief industry hunter for the State, Henderson drew onT of tte highest salaries on .^the State board $14,928. just six OBSBBBBBBKBBaaaBSBS

SAFER HIGHWAYS Mod-em expressways with full control of access are about three times as safe for the motorist as the old ccmventimal highways.^ according to James S. Burch and James R. Zook of the Planning Department of the N. C. State Highway Commission.

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wage-price dictation were successful with one of the largest industries in the country, there can be little doubt that the administration can use similar influence with other segments of the industrial complex.

There looms now" the question of whether the administration will attempt to call all the shots so far as wages and prices are concerned. Have we moved in recent days into a new era in which, for all practical purposes, there will be wage and price controls by the federal government? Have we come to the beginning of an era in which government economists rather than top leaders in industry and labor organizations will decide what is to be done with wages and prices?

Certainly the administration by its actiSfl in the steel situation has nipped in the bud any infla-tionar>" spiral which may have threatened at this time. The effects of the outcome of the steel price dispute w ill be felt throughout the nations economy and will have long-range effects upon wages, prices, and the stability of dollar purchasing power.

Accustomed To Lack Of Year Round Jobs

Although North Carolina for the most part has not considered itself one of those states hard-hit by unemployment, it is apparent from the March report of the Employment Security Commission that this state has a severe unemployment problem.

The report covering the month of March showed that an average of 47,700 checks a week were written for jobless workers in this state eligible to ,collect unemployment insurance in any given week there are other jobless workers whci for one reason or another are not eligible for such payments. The figure of 47,700 would represent only a portion of North Carolinas unemployed.

During the month the ratio of unemployment to the total number, of workers covered by unemployment insurance was 5.3 per cent. While this ratio is not favorable, there has been no great to-do in the state about unemployment in recent months.

Perhaps one contributing factor to the seeming lack of public concern over the matter is that North Carolina has become accustomed to high unemployment at some seasons of the year. Because of seasonal employment w'hich is so much a part of the economic picture in specific sections of the state, there are also high and low levels of unem-. ployment. ^ l ^ J

The situation reflected in the unemployment figures for March constitutes one of the major economic problems North Carolina faces. The need for more year-round jobs is acute in many communities. Although the unemployment figures for the state may not fluctuate sharply from one year to the next in any given month, they do change sharply from one season of the year to the next.

North Carolina will never realize its economic potential until it finds a w-ay to eliminate much of the seasonal unemployment w'hich now plagues many areas of the state.

Where Is The ComDetition?

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) If you and your neighbors were selling eggs and you raised your prices, you wouldnt stay in business long unless you cut your prices back to his levl.

That seems simple, enough. It would be in keeping with the ancient spirit often observ^ed more in talk than in practice - ttf fret; cumpetith;^ eirter-' prise.

But tha^Isnt the way the steel indu|if7 plays it.

This week when the U. S. Steel Corp. boosted prices Its^ competitors might have clean-' ed up by not raising prices, too. Instead, most of them followed U. S. Steel like sheep. Within three days eight companies had put in raises.

This was asking for a fight with President Kennedy who., because of the special circum-' stances surrounding this situation. couldnt take it lying down. And he didnt.

His brother. Atty. Gen, Robert F. Kennedy, is going after the steel Industry. A federal grand jury will now investigate this round of price Increases.

Kennedy said his department Is checking into two questions:

1. Did the Steel companies get together to raise prices? If Jthey did, he said, it would be a vloliUlon of law.

2. Should the U. S. Steel Corp. be broken up because its too big? Kennedy said it should if it's so big it ^(Hitrols Industry prices.

Big Steel walked into this fight with its eyes open. It well knows the Kennedy administration has been taking action against price-fixing and monopoly in many directions.

Only last year one of the biggest scandals in American in-

dustriaJ history rolled to a sordid end.

After government prosecution for price-fixing and bid-rigging 29 giant electric equipment companies were fined, seven of their executives were Jailed, and 45 others were fined. This was initiated during the Elsenhower administration.

The President, who wgntedlha IndUslFy the Steelworkers Union to sign a noninflationary contract, thought thats what had been done. So did the rest of the country because there was no hint or suggestion from the steel industry it had a price increase in mind.

But at least U, S. Steel must have been preparing for It. The union agreed to a contract which provided some benefits but no pay raise. Within five ..^days U. S. Steel boosted prices. -By Thursday night, so had seven other companies. But not II did.

This explains why the President attacked the steel Industry with so much anger Wednesday.

Thursday Roger Blough, chairman of the board of U. S. Steel, was reminded by reporters that two large steel companies have not yet raised prices.

He was asked how long his company could stick to its price increase if these two kept their pHce where It. was. He said: "It would certainly affect us. And I dont know how long we can maintain our position."

Which raises a question the federal grand jury will probably want an answer to:

If all the other steel companies had refused to go along with U. S. Steel in raising prices, how long, ih view of what Blough said, would the giant of the Industry dared to have kept , new price?

By EARL L. DOUGLASS HATRED PUNISHES ITSELF -

Hatrt^flTnot Only an evil

It is a ^hurtful and devastating evil. Singularly enough it damages the person "*/ho entertains the hate more than it does the object of that hatred. The human beings who set out to hate another human being end up by gathering to themselves a tremendous amount of misery- No matter if their hatred results In "success, the price they have to pay for the fulfillment of their desire has been too great. They have injured themselves more than they can possibly haveinjured anyone else.

What is true in the case of individuals is likewise true Internationally, One of the most inspiring circumstances in world affairs is that there is neither a gun. a fortress, nor a'

soldier along the border separating the United States and Canada. Not the slightest fear ever croAses the mind of an American or a Canadian that the people on the other side of the line will somehow or someday assault them. We have lived so long in peace and amity with this neighbor that we know there can be between us nothing Ixit friendship and good will.

How many streets would be 'happier if the people who lived along those streets could learn the lesson that hate defeats its own ends, that it has a terrific kick-back, that it damages the hater worse than his victim.

The God who made us' Ls a God of love. We, , His children, are only happy if our lives jjrtake o His naturg.

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By BILL RAWLINS

Te-Enacting Big Chase

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) One of the Souths most famous locomotives is to retrace the route of one of the Civil Wars most colorful episodes the great chase through north Georgia.

Public

TO IHE EDITOR: '

I have followed the accounts of the most worthy P.T.A. committee in their attempts to purl-* fy the newsstands of the city. As a teacher engaged in the education of our youths (not in Greenville) I am not surprised at this type of rldlculosity stemming from this organization.

I am not a fan of the P.T.A., but I am a member as all teachers are expected to be. It never fails that P.T.A.s over the country begin to Indulge in affairs outside the jurisdiction of thq schools, and. indeed. Injurious to the school. Here we teachers strive to lead students into creative and discriminatory thinking while lauding the freedom of the press, and our freedom to choose, only to be thwarted by self-styled critics. In the name of education, trying to place all sorts of restrictions upon us.

Nor do I claim to be a staunch church-member. I do not hold with many teachings of local churches: therefore, why should I claim otherwise.

I do consider my philosophy a Christian one and would cite the parable of the fig tree in which Christ eheeth^ irifei for his un-fruitfulness, In a democratic society we must be willing to face the fact that not all fruit is good, but who is to say what is and what is not. If these pious critics were as creative as the people whom they seek to silence, then pornography would perish.

If our people were to be taught to think creatively and philosophically, in our schools, then discretion would deal the death blow to trash. The committee might win merit for itself if it would ^ help fight the mediocrity of our television, radio, etc., but I imagine if we looked very far, we would find little other than mediocrity in most of these committees.

It is unfair to point'a critical finger at a fine man such as Mr. Young. Let us take the mote from our own eyes before we remove the beam from our neighbor, and let me congratulate the city council on Its wise and fair declslom-Let the twist, be replaced by ballet; rock and roll, by Beethoven symphonies; and prejudice by academic hon-

The General is the famous wood-bumlng locomotive which was stolen 100 years ago by 22 Union spies. They raced It at speeds up to 72 miles an hour toward Chattanoogawith Confederate crewmen In hot pur-

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esty. It will happen only when we teach our people to choose the best and then make it available to them.

Donald W. Roebuck Stokes, N, C.

TO THE EDITOIU-

I regularly read letters to the editors In the various papers that I read in my travels. I would like to commend that of Mr, John G. Clark, Jr.. of the 11th in The Reflector as being the best written such letter I have ever read.

This is my first visit to Greenville, and I have no background knowledge of your P. T. A.s efforts concerning obscene literature.

As a traveling salesman in town with nothing to do, tonight I strolled through your town and without premeditation came to a book and magazine store. I browsed through, and at the back of the store I came on a rack of books and magazines tha| quite obviously is providing the background for your controversy.

I "often read Playboy and a few of the other slick magazines that feature quite lovely young girls with ao -ifiothefi n. These I have found entertaining and only mildly shocking. But tonight I came across something that is quite another matter. I read several paragraphs from several of the paperbacks, and one story from a magazine called. I believe, Gayety. Every one of these excerpts described In detail the sex act, but worse yet, each one brought in. some form of sadism, brutality or perversion, and portrayed these acts as being highly gratifying to both parties to the act.

I have read "Lady Chatter-lys Lover and much of the other literature mentioned in your letter, but there is a definite difference. One need not be a literary critic, nor does one have to draw "a thin, firm line" to label these writings obscene. I would invite you to visit this store and read some of this material, and I believe that you will agree.

Very truly yours.

A W,, Martin Jr........

P. 0. Box 72 McBee, South Carolina CC; The President P. T. A.

suit.

. As part of the Civil War Centennial, the General has been reconditioned by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for a 1(X)-mile commemorative trip Saturday.

With appropriate fanfare, hoopla and celebrations by bearded and costumed towns-Jolk at. six stops an >ttte;- Hw Gieneral will huff and puff back to Chattanoogathe city which was its home in retirement for many years.

The story of the General Is the story of the Andrews raid.

It was on April 12, 1862, that 21 members of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry led by professional spy James Andrews stole the General at Big Shanty. Va., just north of Marietta.

Their mission was to bum all railroad bridges and cut all telegraph lines in their wake, to isolate Atlanta.

The plan was foiled .by William A. Puller, young conductor for the Oeorida-owned Western Si Atlantic Railroad. He led his crewmen in pursuit of the stolen Generalfirst on foot, then by handcar and, finally, in a relay of three other locomotives.

The Confederates overtook the General, out of wood, water and oil. near Ringgold,. Ga., just south of Chattanooga. Its crewmen, who didnt have time to bum a bridge, fled into the wood.s and soon were rounded up.,_ja||;ht of 4fceinf tecludlng Andrews himself, were hanged and now lie buried in Chatta* noogs National Cemetery.

Nineteen of the raiders were awarded the nations first Medals of Honor. Had their plan succeeded, some experts say, they would have shortened the war by three years.

The General wont bum wood this trip. It will generate its steam from fuel oil. And it will have brakes, a convenience the General didnt have 100 years ago.

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"Among the first to beat a path to the door of the man who builds a better mousetrap these days, it becomes increasingly evident, are the gentlemen in chary of enforcing the various govenimeht regulations against monopoly. Shreveport (La) Journal.

Dealing

With

Deality

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

Politics are amusing but economics deal with realities. Most persons do not care whether the economies are mercan-tilistlo or capltallstlo or socialistic 80 long as they have work to do. food to eat. clothes to wear and a place to sleep.

When four or five million people are out of jobs, it does not really matter to them too much whether Republicans or Democrats are in power or whether the President is good-looking and well-spoken or silent like CooUdge and homely like Lincoln. They want their chow.

And this is the most pressing Issue before the country today. It explains, to a degree, the sudden emergence of unpopularity for the U. N. It explains the opposition to the give-away programs when Western Europe is relatively more prosperous than we are. It explains the laree number of dissident political sects which are arising throughout the country, many of which are based on gibberish but who geek, nevertheless, to express their discontent.

This needs to be studied and analyzed before it becomes so keen a problem as to be extremely difficult to handle. Were the dissent only expressed by Illiterate crackpots, it would perhaps not matter so much. But the circulare and letters that come to me are often from professlonally-fralned persons, from lawyers, doctors, editors and businessmen whose, objections ought not to be ignored either by the White House or by Congress. Whereas. General Edwin Walker did not make a favorable impression by his testimony, the kinds of words and ideas which he spoke are constantly being repeated all over the country. ,

I wish to make this further point: the dissidents are not all anU-CatholIcs . or anti-Semites. Among my correspondents are many Catholics who speak the aame language ^ discontent. The New Orleans experience is not novel; It is only more articulate.

What are the principal causes of dissent:

Of course, I omit the antl-Cathollc Issue which Is likely to exist In an essentially Protestant country. Nevertheless, it cannot be Ignored. I recently wrote an article about the POAU, the Protestant organization which takes the same position as President Kennedy on using tax-money for parochial schools. The response to my article was quite different from the stated policy of POAU It was a 16th Ontury attack on Catholicism with out-of-context quotations from the Bible to prove a point.

But the discontent Is principally economic and while President Kennedy remains popular, the attack Is on the men around him, who are accused of being too young, too inexperienced, too many from Harvard "who do not know the rest of the country, too many Keynesian economists, etc., etc. The President's Cabinet does not give him political strength, although it should.

For Instance, the Presidents* trMsportattoir Is and Important. The idea goes way back to when Herbert Hoover was Secretis of Commerce. The duplication In railroading, a product of 19th Century concept of competition, was already beginning to show the signs of social and economic corrosion. The plan to unify railroads went through the House of Representatives but was killed by liberal Republicans in the Senate.

Subsequently, the railroads themselves attempted to solve the problem of waste trackage and the competition not only with each other but with good roads, motor lorries, airplanes and motor busses, and private automobiles. It became a question of cost accounting. The roads became wider, the lorries and busses became larger, the jet planes became costlierthe transportation systerh of the United States, from an economic standpoint, is fsirly cra^. This- was pointed out hv ^ the Hoover Commissions task force dealing with this subject (Continued on page six)

ookaheads In Business Trends

Strength For Today

By ELMER ROESSNER Here are more look-aheads in business, based on analyses of developing trends:

Surge to industrial spending: The new tax bill providing a tax deduction equal to 7 percent of spending for new equipment (but not buildings) is already stimulating spending for Industriid sinews. However, the big surge will come after the bill is passed. (It was planned that way). The tax benefit (it will later be called a loophole) can completely offset a tax liability up to $25,000, one tax service estimates. And the total pudding can be worth $2 billion to business.

Tobacco repercussions: American tobacco stocks and prices of leaf tobacco are under heavy pressure because of the British anti-cigarette campaign. British consumption of tobacco is sliding andwhats worse to American growers ^ and stockholdersthe cancer scare may spread to the continent. PUBLIC POWER FIGHT TO

TOUGHEN ___

A louder outcry against j^ub-lic power is coming- The rea

son is this: many power projects are operating on 50-year Federal licenses, which begin to expire In 1968, and so will give the government an opportunity to take over. In anticipation, private power companies will step up their fight against government power. A publicity windfall has dropped into the prlvate-power companies lap: The Bonneville (Ore.) Power Administration has just shown up with its fourth annual deficit-$15.3 mlUlon.

More' male styte consciousness: Dun Si Bradstreet. Esquire and other authorities see a rising m'ale Interest in fashions. Easter is giving the trend a shove, and so has John F. Kennedys ability to wear clothes well. Retailers expect greater style discrimination^ (and consequent higher turnover) to be a long-term trend In th mens market.

PATENTED PATENT * ISSUING

Automatic patents; Not many Inventors know that the Patent Office is trying tq go automat

ic. When this Is done, the claims for an invention will be coded and fed into an electronic machine that wiU tell IN SECONDS whether the invention infringes on others. This will eliminate months of file-by-file comparisons. The plans are ready, machines are in the making and President Kennedy will soon ask Congress to speed appropriation of necessary funds.

AUlgatorweed relief: AUlgir

torweed is one of the most troublesome pests of Southern waterways. Now the U. S. Department of Agriculture thinks It has found some South American Insects that devour the weed and is experimenting. If things work out, the Insects will wipe out the weed and then die themselves because there is no more food left.

Watch state, h>cal spending: Federal spending ' is rising. But state and local spending Is going up faster. If seeking contracts for goods or services, dojit ignore these close-to-home opportunities. In many csiss* local conventions (tb^s

graft, son) will have to be met, 80 if you are squeamish or honest, forget about it.

OLD PROMOTER PROPOSES SOLUTION TO URBAN JAMS

There was a gleam in the Old Promoters eye when he dropped in today.

I have solved the problem of downtown traffic congestion! he announced. BravoI* I said, "Tell!

"I proposed running electric conveyances down the middle of the streets froih ouflylng settlements to the heart of town. These will carry ten times as many people as private cars can, and twice as many as the busses can. We can eliminate all (rf the autos and most of the busses and rtiU get people to work and home again faster than they can tool through traf-' fic jams today.

"Sounds fine! I said. "And what are you going to call these mass transportation, high speed vehicles?

"Street cars. be said.