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Saturday. May 5, 1962

How Well' Did The Adults Do Job?

l^ithin the next few weeks in this tn'd other economic opportunities were better, where jobs counties of Eastern , North Carolina thousands of were more plentiful and the grass looked greener, boys and girls will be donning their caps and Not only was the East lagging the rest Of the state gowns for the most important event in their young in economic development, it was losing many of its lives . . . graduation from high school. young people, the adults of tomorrow.

Some of fhem be looking forward to the If industries could be attracted to this section, college yeans which he before them, but others will the economy improved, job opportunities made be looking forward to moving into the work-a-day more plentiful, it would benefit the section immedi-world, finding a job and beginning to make a ately and guarantee in the future that the young-living for themselves. sters a decade or so from now wouldn't have to

It was 12 years ago that most of the young- look to other sections when thev were ready to set sters who make up this years high school gradual- out on their own.

ing class entered he first grade to begin their ;vell. the first graders of the Spring of 1950

formal education It ^ about the. same time that ready to put on their caps and gowns, receive

hastern North t ro f concerned ,eir diplomas..They have done their school work

about the lack of balance in years, accomplished the tasks

was beginning Its efforts to lift its economy by com- hu their teaeher. ...H have met the

billing agriculture with industrual development.

Societys Share in Crime'

It was pointed out then, as it is now, that on

set before them by their teachers, and have met the requirements for graduation.

Have the'adults, comparatively speaking, done

port'inities fm employment for young people in well in the past dozen years in their efforts to Lastcrn North Carolina were limited. Young men ,ft the economy of the section, create new jol. and women graduating from hi.rh schools in this opportunities and provide conditions which would scctmn of the state ''Pfe mo\ing into -other parts- eliminate the need for the 1962 graduating class of North Carolina and into other states where the |o look to other parts of North Carolina and to

?ew Attend But Many Complain

By HERBERT O KEEF ^ Editor, Raleigh Times Guest Writer

IMPORTANT Should Mr. Average Tar Heel bother him-fielf with attending the 100 Democratic Party County Conventions on Saturday? (May 12

That's a fair question, and it Is an Important question. And the sad truth is that virtually all Mr. Average Tar Heels wont bother to go. It is just as sad a truth that most of those who wont bother to attend ulU be the ones who uill complain loudest during the next two years about the evils of the Democratic party.

Yet, in not attending their county 'convention, and in not attending the Democratic precinct meetings Saturday, those same Tar Heels were missing their only opportunity to really do something about how party government is handled in North Carolina, and in every other state for that matter.

candidates make the most of it.

The keynote speaker is supposed to be selected from the ranks of those not too closely associated with any particular faction of the party or any particular party. The Idea is that he must be the kind of man who can appeal to all Democrats, who can infuse in them the enthusiasm which wlU be so badly needed In November.

other states for goo(i job opportunities?

Certainly members of the graduating classes of 1962 will find job opportunities in their native Eastern North Carolina better than did their counterparts of a dozen years ago. But how many of this years high school graduates will have to look outside their native area for good job opportunities?

The youngsters are ready now for the jobs that were being planned for them a dozen year.s ago. To how many of them will the adults of Eastern Carolina say this year, Were sorry, but we didnt get our job done quite as quickly as you did yours?

PARTIESThe base of organization of the North Carolina Democratic Partyor the North Carolina Republic Party or any party in any stateis the precinct. At the'Democratic precinct meetings Saturday, each precinct in the State elec-ed its five-member precinct executive committee and its delegates to the county convention. Any precinct which wished to do so also could send to Its county convention any resolution on which it wanted action.

The county conventions will perform a variety of party organization chores. They will elect their delegates to the State Democratic Convention to be held in Raleigh on May 17. They will elect their members of the various party executive committees. They will pass upon any resolutions which are presented to them, and if desirable forw'ard them to the State ConventiMi for action. Each convention will have a keynote speaker, and in the 100 counties the oratory will vary from the very good to the very meaningless.

WHY? Why is it important for a man, or woman, who wishes to have a part in government to attend these.county conventions, and the State Convention next week? The average Democrat will sit silently, will have no chance to talk, will have little or no opportunity to influence the action taken at either convention.

But, the Important thing Is that this is the opportunity to have that influence, and it is in truth the only 'real opportunity the average Democrat can ever have. He can speak if he wants to speak. If he has any particular subject in mind, he can do the groundwork among his fellow delegates ahead of time, winning support for his proposal.

Moving Further Into Wage, Price Controls hal boyle

7he Art Of Double-Talk

NEW YORK (AP) Its time we had another brush-up drill on double talk, the modem art of saying one thing while youre

The Kennedy administration in recent weeks has moved much closer to instituting wage and price .controls in some of the nations largest industries than any administration since World War II.

President Kennedys role in the steel industry settlement and the resulting controversy - over a proposed price increase is still a topic of wide con- thinking^nothen

versation. On ,the. heels of that has come the report Double-talk has one great so-

of a public boards recommendation concerning the vial advantage: it enables you

settlement of a wage dispute involving the nations S^atUme railroads and some 450,000 non-operating employes, without getting yourself into While the President has not endorsed the settlement recommendation put forth b.v the public board, he has asserted it was within the economic

PURPOSE The chief purpose of the county convention is to whoop up party solidarity for the November general election. The conventions are held during the closing days of the primary campaigns, and are designed to help heal any breeches being made in .party ranks by the primaries. If possible, the healing is done at the very time the breech is being made, which is a neat political trick and which is accomplished in an amazing percentage of cases.

Each county convention will draw all the candidates within the county. It is a golden op

portunity to shake hands with the working Democrats, and the trtct executive committee.

EXAMPLES There are many examples of why it is so very important for the average Democrat to have his hand in helping select the party machinery.

At the county ^ conventions, the members oif * the various Democratic party Executive

Committees, with the exception of the county committee which was selected at the precinct meetings, will be picked, niose committees include the State Executive Committee, the Congressional District executive committees, judicial district

committees, state senatorial

district committees and soUcl-torial district committees.

Those various executive committees have the very important jobs of nominating persons for vacancies which occur too late to be filled In th primary. The State Committee this year will nominate two candidates for the State Supreme Court, for example.

A favorite example of the power these executive committees have can be found in 1938, when the .Sixth Congressional District Democratic Executive Committee had to nominate a man for Congress. It nominated Carl Durham, then a relatively little kno(Ti Chapel^ Hill pharmacist. Mr. Durham* was elected, and reelected every time he ran and became one of the countrys best* congressmen. Yet he was originally picked by a handful of men, Superior Court Judge W. Y. Bickett of Wake was originally nominated by this judicial dis-

Oh, what a lovely new mink stole: (Those poor rabbits sure dyed in vain.)

Mother says she never worries about |Tie when Im out with you, John. (Mother would rather havfe me bored to death than thrilled to pieces.)

Theres no doubt of it that boy of yours really has a head on him. (Too bad he doesnt have another one just like it; then he could at least count on steady work with a carnival.)

Dont tell me you made that pretty dress all by yourself: (Id swear nobody could turn out anything awful with only 10 thumbs.)

It must have been a terrible blow to you when your dear aunt died. (Particularly when you read the will, and found out the old girl left her money to her other niece.) '

trouble.

Only the very young or the very old ordinaiily have either

guides laid down by the administration. He has also say atZlfTiZrexSy^what asserted it is now the responsibility of the railroads they mean. The rest of us must and the unions to reach a responsible and non-in- temper our conversational valor

flationary settlement in their own and in the arely 1 w *mtadl

public interest. mutter.

It is significant that spokesmen for both rail- For those wishing to polish roads and for the union have denounced the pro- their sk^ in double-talk,

posed settlement as unrealistic, if not going so far Huowed byTheir Si as to say it is unacceptable. meanings:

The board recommended a wage increase of approximately 10.2 cents an hour as contrasted to

the union demand for a 25c per hour increase. The V^LjlSi IIjCIIIOI OUy lily . * . recommendation would cost the railroads about $100 .

million a year in additional expenses, or more than _ ^ . T^ f

25 per cent of the net income of all U.S. railroads A JNauseating Keirain

President Kennedy has asserted as late as this (Greensboro Daily News) week that his administration does not intend to con- The old refrain about the an-trol wages and prices, but at the same time he in- ti-inteilectualism of the South sists that wage and price levels be kept non-infla-

tionary. Obviously the administration has definite comes iromZe pen of writers ideas about what wage price changes are ^n-in- like Editof John Fischer of Har-flationary and it ha.=? indicated it use its lamthori- Magazine, who ought to

t yto keep wage.s and prices within tho.se limit.s. Editor's Easy Chair"

Ihe outcome of the railroad settlement, coupled piece Fischer goes on at length with the recent administration in the steel settle- about the anti-intellectuali.sm of ment, should give a picture of what may be expect- Air Force, a point .which ed from the administration in the way of unoffi validity:

cial wage and price controls.

A Difference In The Two Gases

In the early days it (the Air Force) attracted a bunch of raunchy, rebellious kids the sort who _Qan:t live without noise, excitement and fast action. As one old-timer put it, You had to be a little crazy to climb into one of the can-vas-and-piano wire contraptions we flew in those days. <To-

ronment didnt help much cither. Most of the early air bases were located in> the South, where the weather is good for flying the year round, but where the intellectual climate is not invariably stimulating. (Even today the men at the Air University depend for their daily news on the Montgomery, Alabama, papers which are still petulantly defending the Confederacy. and cover events In the outside world with notable myopia.) Naturally, too, many air cadets married Southern girls. As we all know, the Southern belle has a great many dazzling qualities: but a dedication to the life of the mind is not usually one of them.

Come, come, Mr. Fischer. Does the South really differ so

day the same kind of youngster much from the environs of West

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By JA.MES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - Even President Kennedy himself has stepped gingerly around his own emergency board's recommendation Thursday night that railway workers get a pay boost of about 10 cents an hour.

This railway case vividly Illustrates the complex nature of the American free enterprise system and the task of the Kennedy administratiin is trying to prevent what it considers inflationary' contracts.

The recommendation comes just a few weeks after the crisis in the steel industry where .about the same number of workers, 450,000, got about the .same amount of increase in the contract they signed.

Under the boards propo.sal the railway workers the nonoperating people who ' service and maintain the trains v^buld get a flat pay ,l)oost. The steelworkers got their increa.se not in dirt'ct pay but iii various' beneiils.

To make up for the boo.st in their cosi.s the major .steel companies tried to raise prices, only to back down under pressure from Kennedy and after some of their smader competitors refused to,go along. (

Last week the American Association of Railroads put out a .statement indicating that any wage increa.se for railway workers would force .some roads to raise their lates.

The statement said an in-crez'-e of onlv i cent an hour would (Dost $10 million a year. By that reasoning the boards recommendation oi cent*: an hour would cost $IC0 million.

ait there is a difference be tween the steel Industry and railroads when It comes to rais Ing prices or rates. The gre oni-menfc has no cmitrol over steel PfiCes. It does ovpr railroad rates.

The steel industry therefore could have defied Kennedy and let Its price increase stand. If

the railroads tried to raise rates, the Interstate Commerce Commission could stop them.

It could, on the other hand, let a rate raise stand. The ICC, an independent agency, doesnt necessarily have to follow the Presidents economic thinking.

Kennedy, in a very cautiously worded White House statement, avoided giving his ow'n flat endorsement to the recommendation of the three-man board he appointed March 3.

The boards purpose was to try to find some solution to the dispute going on since Septcm-bi^r between U unions and the nation's railroads. Neither the unions nor the railrqad.s hove to accept the board's propo.s-al.s.

Kennedy said simply the boards report represents a diligent effort to .settle the<lis-pute.

He even carefully did not say the board's recommendation Ifalks within the .so-called guide lines for wage-price increa.se,s laid down la--t January in the animal repoi-f of his Council of Economic Adviser.s,

Tn.stead. he said lie was gro.te-fu! to note (lie Ixiarcl say.s that its lecommendulion falls wiili-in the gukieiines of his council.

The unions, which wanted 25 cenl.s an hour more, prote.k 10 cents an hour is much too little and unfait. . I

Prom a tactical standpoint. 'W hether 10 cnnts an hour i.s too much or too little, by picturing themselves a.s ma'tyrs the iin-ion.s could try to pul the com-pajiies - which .seem certain to protest the board's recom mendation is unfair and too much - on the defen.sive before th^ public. , .

But the companies could hardly do* dtlierwise than protest in view of their indicated threat to boost rates if there is an increa.sr if tei ward they hoped to get ICC approval lof a rate lncrea.se.

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has to settle for a motorcycle and a black leather jacket.)

They werent thoughtful types; and the Army didnt encourage them to do much thinking. The prewar brass candidly regardetf fliers as irresponsible upstarts, who had no place in the councils concerned with strategy and military policy. When General Billy Mitchell made a nuisance of himself with his new-fangled ideas about aerial bombardment, he promptly got slapped with a court-martial All the Army expected from its airmen, in those days, was raw courage and quick reflexes.

All this has a ring of airthen-ticity. But then Fischer pulls a Toymbee and, wanders on into a mia.sma:

Their (the airmens) envi-

Point or Annapolis or Denver, Colo ? And are the newspapers so superior everywhere glse?

We wouldnt deny that certain parts of the South remain barren intellectually and otherwise, but it strains a point to imply thatt he military environment everywhere else Is bubbling over with intellectuallsm and dedication to the life of the mind w'hile the South remains the Sahara of the Beaux Arts,

And 'these Southern belles are they really more vacuous and scatter-brained than their counterparts around Boston, San Francisco or Chicago? Beneath her charm the Southern belle camouflages more brains than she ever intends to reveal. But that. Mr. Fischer, is another story.

How did a child her age ever learn to play the piano like that? (With a hammer, or by wearing roller skates on her hands?)

No, Jim* I could never bring myself to marry a man just for his money, (Not for the kind you make anyway.)

Im not very hungry, Bob. I think Ill just have a club sandwich. (Im starved, but if I order the steak the. cheapskate is likely to faint.)

Frankly, Ive always regarded her as one of my dearest friends. (She doesnt like me either.)

Why Mabel, darling,, your hair looks so lovely. Whatever did you do to it? (Pour molasses over it, and run it through a clbthes dryer?)

Now lets be sure to keep in touch with each other. (Dont call me and I wont call you.)

Strength '.-or To(ddy

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

THE JOY OF SACRIFICE

When the burnt offering began. the song of the Lord began with trumpets (II Chronicles 29:27).

The picture is that of the Jewish people assembled in the temple for w'orship. When the burnt offering is offered up there is a marked response on the part of the people. They do not stand in gloomy silence as if they were doing a hard duty which they w'ould not do if they could help it. When the burst of jubilant music comes, when, the song of ministering priests rises up and with these the sound of trumpets, then the w^orshippers. respond not in a perfunctory manner but with genuine delight. To use the words of an ancient saint, the inward self leaps with job, the soul is completely one with God. The act of sacrifice has culminated in a jubilant spirit. Sacrifice should always lead us to joy. If we sacrifice with a sour countenance, giving up something simply because we have to do so, there is no spiritual reward in it.

If we sacrifice because we love God and our fellow men, because there is some great need to be met. then God is ready with His rewards to pour them bountifully into our hearts.

The sacrifice is offered up. The song begins. The trumpets blast. This is a scene of joy. This is the mood into which sacrifice should lead us and into which it will lead us if we have hearts that are generous and kind.

AgainA wesson 'n Civics

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY Copyright. 1962. King Fteaturei Syndicate. Inc. '

My friend and colleague. Weat-brodc Pegler, wrote a amtence which gives me an opportunity to return to a favorite subject. namely, the increasing lack of preclsl(m in describing our form of government. We have three coeval branches in our government; the Legislative. Executive and Judicial. They are equal in authority, but there is a system of checks and balances in the Constitution which ties them together while simultaneously keeping them apart.

The Executive consists of an elected Administration which includes the President, the Cabinet, the independent agencies and more recently, such war agencies as the National Security Council, the Atomic Energy Commission, etc.

The President is absolute In his authority over the Cabinet. Our Q)nstitutlon makes no pro-vlsior/for independent Cabinet officers. They are all secretaries to the President, assistants to him, the effective servants of his policy. Pegler says:

The Department of Justice was so partial to any administration whose creature it happened to be that the Idea of enforcement of laws against the party'fr own henchmen was ridiculous In a bitter way.

If an Attorney General disagrees with the policies of his President, he is always free to resign and to make a public statement as to the reason for his resignation. In Great Britain, of course, it is different. Each Cabinet Officer Is elected to Parliament and therefore holds office in his own right. He does not resign from Parliament if he leaves the Cabinet. He may defend his course by a speech in Parliament, as a result of which the Government might fall and a new election would have to be held.

One form of government has a long history, preceding the Constitution (1788). Since the Constitution was adopted, there have been 23 Amendments to it: the first ten, generally referred to as the Bill of Rights, are really an Integral part of the original document and some of them appeared earlier In some colonial charters and In the Constitutions of newly-formed states* Without them, the Constitution could not have been adopted.

The Prohibitltm Amendment was cancelled out by the Anti-Prohibition Amendment.^

Of the 23 Amendments, therefore, 12 have not really been amendments. The remaining 11 in no substantial manner altered our form of government, which is today perhaps the most unchanged form of government (Ml Earth. And in it, the Department of Justice Is an office which is part of the Administration and is therefore under the final direction of the President who alone is responsible to the< citizens for It at an election.

A citizen who finds himself enmeshed in a quarrel with the Department of Justice has three possible recourses:

1. He may go into the Courts, and bring a complaint either as to law or equity. The Federal Courts, on the whole, h a v e a long history of jealous independence of the Administration and the Attorney General does not necessarily win his case:

2. He might appeal to a Congressional Committee for an Investigation. This Is a political aet, because Congress is ft political body;

3. The citizen might appeal to the President, to his Senator or Representative, or to the Press.

It is unfortunate that in this generation, even Informed persons speak loosely of our form of government and of the responsibilities of particular officials. Perhaps a reason for this is that as the Executive has grown so enormously and so many personalities emerge Into headlines the centers of authority and responsibility are often obscured.

For Instance, the foreign policy of this country is the responsibility of the President. Ho alone makes final decisions. The Secretary of State is the Presidents assistant in this field. In the Kennedy Administration there are many men of out-(Contlnued on Pagt 6)

A Look Into Business Futures

By KI,MKR ROESSNKR

Itere are more look-aheads in business. ba.sed on analyses of developing trends, sprinkled with a few inside tips: .Stockpiling sensations: The

Senate inve.sLigation of the stockpiling situation, which has been moving along quietly, will .suddenly take a turn to the .sen-.'aiional. Big names and straiige deals will figure in hearings to feme,

Oniv little Indian: First man to leave the Kennedy Cabinet may tte Douglas Dillon, Wall Street Republican. While a maverick in financial circles, he was one of the few men who did not 'jiimp oh Bfg Steel after President Kennedy knocked it down. His failure is regarded as lack of team spirit.

WAR AT r.ONt; RANGE New war concept: The Ad ministration has shown an in-terc.st in training more men for iLinale fightins and In expanding man-4o-man contact In Viet Nam. Actions so far may be diversionary. Note that Defense

Sccretai-y McNamara, in hearings before Congress, showed little interest in undei-writlng the construction of passenger ships that could be used as tioop transports. This suggests that the Administration Ijeliev-es the next real war will '*be settled by intercontinental ballistic ml.s.siles and A bombs. Cheers lor Mother! A quick survey of promotions now In the works indicates that Mothers Day will get the biggest twirl ever this year. The date. May 13, comes just as pre-Easter spenders rtiave recovered from those oiitlays.

Higher steel: Nothing has

happened to change earlier prediction: Steel prices will rise later this year, perhaps first on special shapes- and later fairly generally.

WATERLESS WINDOW WASHING Supersonic window washing: A West Coast company is developing a method by which supersonic waves may be used to clean windows. An Ohio com

pany is working on the same idea. Supersonic dishwashers, as reported before, are passible but not yet practical for home use.

Plastic refrigerators: Plastic

in.sulation has already displaced other kinds from refrigerators, and plastic walls and shelves may soon reduce the amount of steel in them. But steel still dominates the motors!

Safety steering: Also under development is an auto steering wheel of woven wire. It gives In an accident, protecting the driver.

More twist: Dont discount the twist In merchandising, even if youngsters turn to a new dance. Oldsters are just now catching up. in bulk, with the twist, and tw'ist products will appeal to them. Tw'ist styles, twist drinks, and twist games are still on the way.

Just wondering: How long is it since anybody ordered a horses neck? Or a sloe gin fizz?

Time w'as. said the Old Promoter, "when the girls doing the commerciftls on TV were the glamor^ pusses of the nation. We were sitting in Spikes Gingerale Parlor discussing trends and events, and I agreed he was right.

Then the advertising ageno les decided that the ordinary, soap-buying men and w(nen would believe better if the models were more like typical hou.sewives. An ordinary Joe might believe that Zsa 2^ Gabor is ideal for displaying emeralds, but not for demonstrating a washing mactiine. Have you seen any TV lately? -

I allowed that I had.

What dopes they have demonstrating! he exclaimed. If the kind of girls they have showing how soap, refrigerators and garbage disposers work are typical American wives, no wonder the divorce rate is so high.

True. But then every man can't marry Zsa Zsai