Tuesday, May 1, 1962

A Day Suited For A Free Society

Today the Communist world is going through

By out\^rd appearance of the two celebra-

its May Day celebration with giant parades, dis- lions one might get the idea that communism and plays of (military machinery and long speeches by May Day mean considerably more to those who the favored few of the party all pointed to showing under the hammer and sickle than does Law ^ '

the might of the Communist system. Day and the laws of the land do to those who live ^

In the United States today, by contrast. Law '"'ever, it is a day

Day is being obserxed much less elaborately. There f''

will be no huge parades.- no three-day holiday for

the occasion. Some short speeches, perhaps in '"ir o those who ^yrlte th^^

courtrooms around the country, at civic club meet- Jlf'', * administration. In a free society

ings and at a few other public gatherings, plus r?"

statements issued by state and national officiaUT y?

Dig man.

Whiie each individual in a free society has equal rights under the law, his citizenship likewise imposes upon him a responsibility to see that the laws are upheld and that the affairs of his community, state and nation are conducted in accordance with the law. He shares with his fellow citizen.s the responsibility, for seeing that justice under the law shqws no partiality among the people of the land.

In other countriesand indeed in a few communities in ,our own nation from time to time there has appeared to be a complete breakdown of

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?lowers, Shrubs

Bv JACK RILEY Carolina Power k Light Company Cfuest Writer

The long Easter weekend tended to substantiate a pet theory 0 mine regarding a new economic opportunity for agriculture in'*Eastern North Carolina. That Is: Ornamental and flowering shrubs constitute a cash crop of enormous potential.

Proof of this is seen not on-, ly In the established nurseries* and roadside stands that are becoming ^ more numerous throughout the state, but groceries and supermarkets are adding to the evidence. Five and ten cent stores and other variety shops also stock all manner of plants, balled-ln-bur-lap trees and flowering shrubs for sale throughout the spring and fall planting seasons.

With most other establishments closed during the Easter Mcmday holidayand with the weather conducive to out door workthe nurseries were literally crawling \i1th customers eager to purchase anything and everything to take home and plant according to their own home-grown ideas of landscape gardening.

The speed with which huge stocks of plants move in grocery stores Indicates the demand for ornamentals. Flower shows and seascHial festivals stimulate this urge to plant be-y(Hid normal proportions. Wil-

that would not seen be restrict* ed by acreage and productiMi controls.

Such a new cash crop might

well replace the revenues lost the legal system and the syst^ of justice. When y the curtaUment of tobacco these situations have occurred almost without ex

acreage.

In mentioning tobacco and shrubs in the same breath, it ma.v be appropriate to mention that tobaccoexcept the relatively slight percentage that finds its way into refined nico-

ception it has been because the citizenry as a tvhole did not throw its support beHind the laws with firm demands that they be properly enforced. Responsibility for adherence to the law and the ad- _ ____________ _____ ministration of justice under it cannot be left en

tineis a plant that appeafs tirely to the courts, to the lawyers or to an.v other purely to the ^nses. In other small group of citizens. The entire citizenry must

wo^, it does nrt supply hare the responsibility.

sustenance to the user but u a ^

merely satisfies one or more One of the basic strengths of a free and demo-

of his purely physical senses, -cratic people is not what is* done to emphasize the

The same is true of flowering importance of the laws on one particular day of

each .vear, but ratl:er what individual citizens do

each day throughout 'the year to emphasize their

support for a system of fair laws and equal justice

for all people.

shrubvs; they satisfy the aesthetic, which makes 4heir appeal far more universal than that of tobacco. They appeal to all ages and classes, and do not necessarily have to be owned personally to be enjoyed.

Just as specific events and exhibits have stimulated specific plantings camellias, azaleas. roses so other planned promotions could develop other demands. These would have to

Appointing Coltrane Stirred Controversy

By ALVIN TAYLOR

The Gun In Car

be anticipated with cwitractual arrangements with Tar Heel

Your columnist was indeed proud to receive a letter as a result of last weeks column.

demand.

It is a challenging prospect which might well whet the Imagination and initiative of some agricultural agency-rthe State Department of Agricul-

he enjoyed my columns. This, only a columnist can know how to appreciate.

But then he went on: I

Election of David S. Coltrane as chairman of

SSe'o^utv^ Advisory Budget Commission appears to have it7ame'from mh Maoris

SfSlnrt ^ started in earnest, rather than to have settled, the of st. Gabriels Mission in

controversy over whether a right-hand man of the Greenville, governor should also serve as chairman of the im- He started out by telling me portant Advisory Budget Commission.

The controversy does not involve any question z:. thT=on Coltranes qualification for the two positions

val has prompted the planting ricultural experiment stations, he now holds.^Leaders on both sides of the contro-

etc. versy gree that he is well qualified for his job as I'

cS*Xa!?toa'r?u'hl G'- Sanford-k personal watchdog for economy and ' s edi-

crop s expandmg to such an ex- ^

tent that we might be faced efficiency in government and for the top post on

with the prospect of prod^on th^^^ Budget Commission. The question is

cOTtrol! That would iikm ffiat whether one person vshould hold both jobs. It stems,

SSLTnd^t^?s'^d'lSh^ *''*"the Ad- _ _

visory Budget Commission should not be under irate father get into the Ma-undue influence from the executive branch of government since its recommendations concern fiscal policies and matters determined by the legislative branch.

In proposing that Coltrane be named chairman of the Commission, Gov. Sanford expressed the opinion that a person qualified to sen^e as a member of the Commission is also qualified to serve as

chairman of the group. Barring the question of a fieTwhenTt is'^for^^the^^bette^^^ fight for control of the Commission between the it 15 not always clear in legislative and executive branches of the govern-

rlne sergeants car? Your story, had a nice happy endingbut the mystery of that shotgun will have me dazed far Into the night.

office a few days later.

Did you leave your, gun in the car? the marine asked, so I quoted him.

of more azaleas throughout Eastern Ndtth Carolina than all the nursery advertising that has been employed in all media combined. The result has been most rewarding In cmnmunity after community.

Camellia shows are being staged with growing regularity In more and more communities: and as Bugs Barringer of Rocky Mount points out so frequently, the male of the species is particularly susceptible to the camellia fever. Not many years ago. the average man would not be caught dead with a gardening trowel in hand, especially if he were suspected of cultivating flowers. But today a surprising percentage of the prizes at camellia shows and rose shows are hauled home by male exhibitors.

During mid-May and later, the emphasis will swing from camellias and azaleas to roses: and the numerous shows scheduled shortly before and after Mothers Day will send new gardeners scurrying to the nursery for rose bushes potted ones, of course, at this late season for planting.

When the^les begin and the nursery stock moves by the tractor-trailer load, the pity Is that so much of it will be imported into North Carolina from other states. Tar Heels should be producing more of the stock within our out borders.

The state has the climate for it: the public has proven its demand for it: and now the key seems to be a concerted campaign to encourage landowners to put more acres into ornamentals and flowering shrubs. It could considerably boost the states gross agricultural revenue. and it should be a crop

tion of the Reflecmr gave me what I like. However, I do prefer to have my mysteries solved. Now what Im trying to figure out is thishow did the shotgun belonging to the

Father Maurice was referring to the story last week of Marine Recruiter Leo Smiths unhappy experience when calling on a woman marine prospect. Seems her father ap-p>eared at the door, grabbed a shotgun from the' house and sent forth a blast in the direction of Sgt. Smiths truck.

way rights-of-way had bectMnc so covered with ornamental shrubs that the supply threatened to exceed the demand! Wouldn't that be a beautiful state to behold?

Such a prospect might even make the proposition of promoting ornamental shrubs as a cash crop appealing to the Department (rf Conservation and Development. It might add a new dimension to the advertising which already truthfully can call us the Variety Vacatlon-land to be able to advertise the Garden Spot of the Nation,

That day lies a long way dowT the road of the future, but it is time we looked In that direction.

As for the gun-in-the-car, I presume Father Maurice Is referring to the sergeants .statement when the irate man showed up at the recruiting

Remember the sergeant was based in Raleigh, and the father of the girl would have had to driven there. Thus the sergeant was wanting to know if the man had brought his gun along with the idea of taking a second shot at him (the sergeant). The gun was not in the sergeants car but in the girls fathers car . . -.

Oh well

Other Editors Saying. et Well Enough Alone

Now that this Is clear as good old Tar River mud, your cplumnist has a little mystery he wishes someone else would seek to clear up.

Father Maurice concluded his letter, "In scriptione tua, bene fecisti,bene facis. Prospere et procede!

(The Henderson Dispatch)

Change at any time is justi-

get along from year to year. Its activities have been deliberately planned and executed, and on every^ hand the results are evident.

No. thats not a run-away Linotype. I think it is L>atin, I Just hope it is complimentary.

^nrif ,c o urdiRiies 1 LHC go\ cm- Change just for the sake H C. and D. can do a bet- i r>t

ment, it is a question with which most people agree, of change does not hold water, ter job, more power to It. But ( ^

The best intere.st of the state demnnH that as a rule. there Ls small room for crlti- XKJ

The best intere.st of the state demand that the as a rule,

executive and legislative branches of government ^Why the state Department of

work closely together though the Advisory Budget nowT'demandtog ov

Commission in setting fiscal policies of the state, development of recreational cen-

IQ riii tho lAti, Much morc good can be accomplished in this man- ^

annual Raleigh Rose Show to than under a procedure where the executive eariler dkton fhaf 11 want"

the Capital City and hundreds and legislative branches would independently arrive ed nothing to do with the proj-

of breath-taking rose displays at proposed fiscal policies and then fight an all-out ct and washed its hands of the

battle to see which will prevail. The Advisory SidS^ntlrS?

rJudget Commission, after all, is as the name im* different management from now,

plies, an advisory group. It makes recommendations of course, and those with new

on expenditures but the final decisions on appro- like to try them

priations are made by the legislature.

will be placed on exhibit. If the visitor asks the grower the source of their plantings, almost 100 percent will answer that the rose bushes came from outside North CarolinaTexas, Oregon, Washington. California, Ohio or New^ Jer.sey. If the visitor asks the exhibitors how much money they invest in the business, he will get another surprise; for the average rosaran in a nursery is inclined to spend money like a seagoing sailor on shore leave.

The time is overdue that we keep more of that money at home in North Carolina.

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Summit

out to determine if they will actually sweep clean.

Or, is this agitation for C. and D. to absorb the Kerr Reservoir Development Commission and make that agency a mere puppet, only part of a move-

there is small room for criticism of the commissions accomplishment. Its work has been carried on by board members serving without pay and dedicated to their responsibilities.

The commission was created by legislative act. No authority exists for circumventing that status. C. and D, also has functioned to the benefit of many sections of the State, but for ail this there is no evident reason to suppose that it could do more for the Kerr Lake area than has been done.

If functions residing In the commission are to be usurped by the larger body, more convincing reasons should be offered than have been thus far.

Brief

As wC get it, the theory behind Long term public improvements is the optimistic view that there will be a long term public. Nashville (Tenn.) Banner.

If the boss is a crank, its probably because there arent many self-starters around. Cochran (Ga ) Journal.

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - Jet planes have taken some of the stuffiness out of summit meetings and President Kennedy and British Pilme Minister Harold Macmillan may try to humanize them a little more.

If they do there should be

more summits with the Russian^ good.

The Kennedy-Macmlllan statement didnt say they would sprint to a summit without preliminary spadework by the ministers, but it also didnt say they would insist on a ministers meeting first.

They said theyd, go if there was an indication It would do

but less of the fanfare which in the past made every summit look like the hinge of history .w'bile the world listened for each creaky sound.

The statement of the two leaders issued after meeting here Sunday, like others in the past, was one of those typical topical things that 'touched a lot of bases but revealed practically nothing.

Their most Interesting point not so much for what is said as for what it may mean in time to come was on .suinmit meetings.

Here they said they reaf-firnied their willingness to con-.sider meetings of heads of gov-eniment whenever there Is ao

Indication is a flexible diplomatic word, nicely adapted to keep the door open for Kennedy and Macmillan to go in or come out as they wish.

They could go directly to a summit, justifying it by saying there was some indication it was worthwhile. Or they cold use It for the opposite reason.

The Kennedy-Macmillan get-to-gether their fifth since the President took office was in a .sense a summit but without any preliminary buildup as a w oi1d-shakei. They had .some problems to di.scuss and they did.

But Kennedy and Macmillan represented friendly powers. Their meetings have all l>een

cratic direction in Raleigh?

The Kerr Reservoir Commission has done a remarkably .good job during the decade in which it has functioned. Recreation sites have been^^made highly popular with thousands of people. It is difficult to envision how more could have been accomplished with limiteTtmds available with w'hich to work. C. and D. could not be expected to improve upoi the record already established unless it should be able to coerce larger suras from the General As-serahly,^- ;

The Kerr Commission has not attempted to do everything, overnight. Out of necessity or otherwise it has been compelled to

Note to men drivers; Maybe, as you Insist, you are better drivers than women.

heard of a a car because some man on the corner had nice legs. Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.

r-w - ------ and assent to the General As- vnn

ment to concentrate as much sembly should properly be ob-|P power as possible under bureau- tained before any shift is per- .lbt

mitted. There- isnt much point to one group attempting to take over where ^ success has been'achieved when there was refusal at the outset to have anything to do with the program in its incipiency because at that tirne it didnt look verY proftiislngr-No one can answer for all the people in contiguous territory who are concerned, but it is a reasonable assumption that areas around the lake are fairly well satisfied with accomplishments caSfried out ona shoestring, and who would like to have ,some assurance that a change. If made, would actually be for the better. It might be wise to let well enough alone*.

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Its'easy to tell those who have never had much experience in committee work; they always get to the meetings on time.Carlsbad (N.M.) Cur-rent-Argus.

If the U.S. Supreme Court, which has many times skirted the issue but never acted upon It, should decide that the recitation of prayer in a public place is unconstitutional, it would make for a considerable change in the practice of centuries.Portland Oregonian,

Trenas

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT

Copyright, 1942, King Featurea Syndicate, Inc.

When a President moves out of the White House to make room for another President, no very great change takes place. All the obligations and responsibilities of the departing President and of those who preceded him fall to the lot of his successor. The course of events remains unchanged.

For Instance, the Inflation which followed the Truman Administration continued throughout the Elsenhower Administration and Into the Kennedy Administration. Inflation paid no attention to the change of Presidents. Similarly, the effects of the export of our gold reserve continued. The Eisenhower Administration apparently had no understanding of money and of the need for a metal reserve and the Kennedy Administration has not been In office long enough to succeed In arresting this movement.

As a matter of fact, the reversal of a trend of this nature may take years because Involved in the process is not only the United States but friendly and unfriendly nations throughout the world.

Our labor problems have a long history. Even if we start with the 1921-1938 Depression, during which about 10.000.000 were generally unemployed and wages and prices fell low and were artificially raised by government intervention, it must be noted that efforts to stabilize la-bor-management relations tended to reduce the role of own- ership, to expertize manage-' ment, to elevate labor to the middle-class by high wages, fringe benefits, reduction of hours and assertion by their unions to a partial voice In management.

At first, an attempt was mada to regularize labor unlon-man-agement - associations relationships by the N. R. A., which the Supreme Court declared to be unconstitutional. The authority of the labor union was established by the Wagner Act' and the establLshment -of the. National Labor Relations Board which, In effect, monitors the situation. In addition, the authority of the Secretary of Labor has ben expanded so that he or his representatives actually serv'e as participants in discussions.

A wage-prlce pattern developed as far back as the Roosevelt Administration and haa ' been continuous up to President Kennedys intervention in the steel strike. This pattern is that labor strikes, wages are raised, fringe benefits cost more, prices rise. The process halts for about two years while the entire economy adjusts to the change. Then It starts all over againstrikes, wage increases, fringe benefit increases, prices rise, the process halts. This is the process of inflation. What actually happened since 1946 is that the purchasing power of the dollar fell the gold stocks began to fall, taxes rose; American goods were out-priced In world markets.

Whether Nixon or Kennedy was elected in 1960, these ar the conditions which already existed and with which the new President had to deal. If John Doe or Richard Roe were elected. it would have been tht same.

I am omitting the complicating factors of our foreign relations in this discussion but I cannot omit the organization of the Common Market, the shutting off of significant markets In the Soviet 'Universal State; the rapid recovery of West Germany and Jaban; the continued disorder throughout the world because of Soviet Russias insistence upon the permanent revolution and the emergence of the new African and Asiatic nations and the collapse of the European empires.

All of these complications had sharp effects upon the American economic system. The immediate problem that faced President Kennedy was whether to put on such controls as both Wilson and Roosevelt employed or to utilize the moral authority of the Presidential office to persuade the whole American people to co-operate to arrest all inflationary tendencies awito peseue the dollar.

Of the two methods, controls are the easier to Implement but they produce a police state. President Kennedy rejected the (Continued on page five)

Business

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7rend Heads Into May

indication that such meetings just friendly, casual summits.

By KI.MER ROESSNER

It seems likely thati the gen-Jle rise in business during April will continue into May. Sea-.sunal factors, of course, will be iniportan,t. Agricultural employment and outdoor construction begin their seasonaL rise. Auto

declined *'more than seasonally in February, held at the same level during March, and perked lip a bit in April. The threat of higher prices for structural steel should speed up activities in May.

The steel indictments should

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would serve - the interest of peace and understanding, and in this respect they took note of the opinion recently expre.ssfd by Chairman Khinshchev.

Khrushchev had always been ready for a summit at the drop of a diplomatic pouch containing an invitation. In a recent interview with American publisher Gardner Cowles, he did a turn around.

In the past, while the West insisted any summit should be preceded by a meeting of foreign ministers to see if the tw o sides could agree on anything, Khrushchev brushed the ministers aside as a waste of time.

> Mej^ngers, he called them. He said only the top men could soh> anything. But now' Cowles said Khrushchev fold him that perhaps it would be bettr for ministers to meet first.

In the We.st, however, there is none of this relaxed approach to a summit with an antagonist. like Russia.

If a different attitude developed - that summits dont necessarily have to solve anything but could be useful in exchanging views there would be more of them, perhaps with benefit to-everyone.

More of them might make more sense ' than the present tiff and stuffy isolation of the world leders from one anoth-er. . ^

A fcw words exchanged among Kennedy, Macmillan and Khrushchev In a room together could be more jeffcctive than for each of them? thousands of miles apart, to be continually sounding off.

The w liole concept of summlt-tContlnued on Page 5)

.sales have bem Mcjeasiiig. pro- ha\;e bt'eii no surprise to eJUier

raising continuing emplbjinrni in that Industry around present levels. ..

St^l users, feartrig a .strike, built lip inventories of about four million tons of finished .steel in the first three months of this year. Ordinarily, aince labor peace is established, this might portend a slack in current orders. However, there is a strong conviction that the steel industry will eventually have to raise prices, notwilh-sfanding White House pressures. Many users, therefore, will keep on fattening Inventories. This," in turn, will .sustain employment in the steel mills. CONSTRUCTION SENSITIVE, TOO

The possibility of higher steel prices is likely to stir other activity during May. Construction

Bifsine.ss or stock inarket operators. After the ^Kennedy boys had taken such a firm stand against the steel price Increase, it ^as inevitable that Attorney General Robert should press for an indictment if supporting evidence was available. Failure to press for ian indictment would create the false Impression that President John F. had either made a deal to ea.se prosecution or that the threat of prosecution had been a sort of blackmail threat to force recision of the steel price rise. The Administration could not afford to let these lmpres.sions become widespread, regardless of their fallacy.

RETAILLNG OUTLOOK (lOOD

Another con.sequenct of the steel price situation will become apparent in May; Industry lea

ders, fearful that" their price Incitases may also be Interdicted by the White House, will try to resist labor demands. And labor, recalling the White House pressure on the steel unions, may soften demands somewhat.

Housing construction Is likely to continue its rise _lp J^X..Af: ter four months of decline.

housing starts turned upward in March and, although the official figures will not be in for

Income which. incidentally, should also continue its steady rise. <How to be a business prophet; keep predicting that inflation and the cost of living will continue to rise. You cant lose.)

Other fields in which greater ..sefl3diyJ2mu. Lfe-.-expected-- 4a May: farm implements; pleasure boating; travel: chemicals, and sporting equipment.

two or three weeks, the rise .PAPER COMPANY ACTS TO

seemed to continue In April.

Increases activity in television manufacture is certain. Many manufacturers have announced Intentions of unveiling n e W models, especially in portables and in big-screen consoles, at the June Music Show In New York, and this will spur, employment and purchasing. '*

Retail sales, after a slow start, are likely to improbe. The lateness of Easter caused many to make heavy apparel purchases in April, taking them out nf open to buy positions early In May. But by the end of the month they will be back in the market, reinforced by pei*sonal

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