Friday., June 15, 19|^2.

Repercussions May Be-Expected

YWouldnt Kid Me, Wouldja?

While the brother of the President and the nephew of the Speaker of the House were battling for endorsement of the Massachusetts Democratic convention as the partys candidate for senator, there were firm assertions that the political skirmish would in no way be influenced from Washington.

ntost certainly other close associates of the Kennedy family may lend a helping hand to young Edwards campaign, f

Now that the convention has spoken, and the candidates will take the matter directly Massachusetts voters in the party primary, the situation must be evaluated in a new light. And its implications are more far reaching than was-.the case when the battle was for convention endorsement.

The outcome of the campaign is of utmost importance to Massachusetts. But the aftermath of the campaign probably will be of considerablv more importance to the Democratic party and the natipir. Blows that are certain to be struck during' the campaigji will leave scars that will be seen in Washington in the future.

The announcement by Speaker McCormack that he will actively campaign for his nephew in the Democratic primary in his home statcTs a challenge that is not likely to go unnoticed by tht Kennedy clan. It is doubtful that the President himself will set out on a .stumping tour in behalf of hi.-brothers candida.cy 4^ t^ nomination for

Senate. It is not unlikely, however, that the Attorney General may^mvc-wto the campaign, and al-

If the Speaker of the House takes his cue from the tone of his nephews earlier campaign, he will attack the admin-istration and the influence of the Presidents offiee^->for assisting the Presidents brother to a high elective office. It will be a unique position for a DemocraticSpeaker of the House of Representatives serving under a Democratic President. It will almost certainly open old wounds from earlier Kennedy-iMcCormack battles for do-mination of the party in Massachusetts. .

Probable Points.

As we see the situation, it cannot help but have sxrrrotis repercuipions between the administration and the partys leadership in the House in the months immediately ahead.

Of OoDosition

Something Did Give, And It Is Just As Well

By Wll.lJAM A SHIRE.S

COI^EGES-^It is likely that oppo.sition will aiise on a number of points in plans to establish new two-year community colleges across North Carolina.

Those community or com- . munity-type colleges already established are about to outgrow the status projected for them. And the success or failure of the entire concept may now depend on how carefully the groundwork is laid for 14 additional ones proposed to be established by 1965. Some sister states with similar plans have reported troubles.

The reports and recommendations to be made by the \ ar-ious boards and commissions charged with planning the proj-ect will, of course, be open to debate in the legislature. Local . reaction to the preliminary data now, being disclosed will be a key factor.'

Basically, the' community college concept of an extension of public education into at least the fisrt two years of the college level, making college training and facilities available to a larger percentage of the college-age population. It is one answer to the anticipated tremendous Increase in potential college enrollments within the next eight to 10 years.

PHILOSOPHYThis two-fold ' philosophy of the place and Importance of community colleges was outlined at recent meetings by Dr. William C. Archie. director of higher education for the State Board of Higher Education.

Archie's study committees which are planning the com- munity colleges said the proposed additional colleges, designed to serve students within a 30-mile radius of the campus, would do much to democratize educational opportunity in North Carolina. . .

It added the belief that they will be of vital assistance to existing institutions, public and private, in meeting the post-high school and higher educational demands for the future."

Questions have been raised and will be raised again as to what a proper balance between public and private education hould be, and where lines ahould be drawn.

There was some reassurance given heads of private and church colleges at a meeting In Raleigh last week that the community coUege plan will not conflict with the growth and development of private and church schools. The Archie committee said that it would recommend a policy that there be no such community colleges established in areas which support private and church colleges unless studies show that there is a definite need for both.

FINANCINGFinancing and college credit are other areas In which further study may be

necessary because of questions or objections already raised.

The executive secretary of the State Association for County Commissioners. Alex McMahon. reported opposition on the part of some county officials to the recommmendation that counties in which the new community colleges are located pay 15 percent of the operating cast.

This continuing item, McMa-;hon said, would require Increasing the property tax rates in most of the counties, affected.

He said there is a feeling this Is unfair in that some areas liave schools supported entirely by state funds.

' Tentatively Slate and federal fluids would support 65 percent of the operating budgets of the colleges which would have enrollments of approximately 400 studentswth tuitions and fees scaled to keep them within the reach of moderate or low income groups, and to provide 20 percent of the operating cost of the instiiuuon.

LNTEGPvATIONThe slightest reaction thus far. at least on the surface, has been or. tlie matter of racial policy. There was no mention in the report of the community colleges sub-cornmittee of race and creed in adrmssions policy until the subject was raised by Dr, Alfonso Elder, president of .North Carolina CoHege in Durham.

^ There was no issue involved, and Dr. Elder explained merely that he felt, it would be desirable" to have a statement to the effect that there would be no restriction in admissions because of race or religion. If we included it in the .subcommittee report, it would be more likely to be included in the general committee's report later, and more likely to be stated as a general policy. Dr. Elder said.

He said the c|ear .statement of general policy should be included becauvse this is an entirely new project He said he would encourage adoption of such a statement .as a general policy not only for the 14 Pi'o* pased new community colleges but also for all which subsequently are e.stablished.

Dr. Elder, in an interview 8aid his suggestion also included a provision regarding elimination of race or religion as a factor in employment of teach-, CIS and faculty for such colleges.

My feeling is that we are writing a document now v.lich may not be rewiilten in 25 or 3) years. .It. is ver> Lnpoitant that we establi.sh basic principled that will stand untouched for 25 years. The time is here, and we are ready to do it.

He said such clear understanding and piinciples ^ould, along with the colleges themselves, be of great benefit in good race relations.

Well, maybe just a.s av^II that there was a total collapse of "Somethings Got to Give.

The world has gotten along very well in recent years without a film sequence of Marilyn Monroe in a nude bathing scene, and its our guess it will continue to :ot along well without it. From the accompanying publicity about the movie' in recent months we liave gained the impression that ^

the particular .scene was the primary purpose of By DON SCHLIENZ the movie anyway.

.Synili?e*e. Inc.

Wonder whatever ever happened to the industry slogan of a few years back Movies Are Better than Ever.?

Congress Gives A Rough Ride

By J.AME.S .MARLOW

W.ASHLNGTON uAPi It earn be said ihat CongiTss has taken over the reins from President Kennedy, but it is certainly bouncing him around in the driver's seat.

a Senate committee where, perhaps, It may be massacred.

Ln the 1960 presidential campaign he said a do-nothing party will not do. Four more .vi'ars or a Republican President biockmg action by a Demoorat-ic Congress will not do. ,

And there aie things he left unsaid ^ Last year he made a big pitch for aid to public schocris but seems so much to have given up hope for it that, while* it s still lying around, he has stopped talking of it.

tthat we need, what we seek, what this campaign is intended to brmg. is action instead of drift-leadership. not salesmanshipand dedication in place of mediocrity."

He asked Congre.ss to pass a law banning literacy test.s in voting but the Senate killed that. He wanted a new department of urban affairs and housing but the House slaughtered ih^t one.

The picture has changed and now a Democratic President is being blocked by a Democratic Congress, where Democrats far outnumber Republicans, hi one field after another.

Kennedy wants ^ raise the public debt limit from $300 billion to S308 billion. This is being kicked around in the House where there seems to be a .strong mood to limit an increase to $306 billion or not raise it at all.

Major programs have been killed, abandoned, or bottled up. And most lately the House and Senate have -frustrated him a bit ^ foreign policy. Even his right arm in the Senate, Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana, has called for a re-examination of Keniie-.dys Southeast Asia policy.

Last week both House and Senate, carried along by their anti-Communist fervor, took actions ' which were contraiT to Kennedys wishes and will make life a little tougher for him in trj'ing to encourage Yugoslavia and Poland to become increasingly independent of Moscow.

Kennedy has deluged Congress with proposalstoo many as it turns outfor many will be thrust aside as members of both House and Senate hurry to get home early for this fall s congressional elections.

And w hile Kennedy has promised to ask Congress to cut everybody's taxes as of next Jan. 1the powerful chairman of the same Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Wilbur Mills. D-Ark.. says he doesn't sup-poit the idea.

He himself admits Congress will not try to pass all the legislation he sent up.

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Take a look at what has been happening to just these few major items he mentioned:

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His medical care bill looks so lost in the House Ways and Means Committeewhere Democrats outnumber Republicans 15 to 10that the Kennedy administration is willing to compromise now' to save some fragments of it.

His youth employment opportunities bill is still in a House, oommittcp.

His propo.sal to aid higher education has passed both Houses but in different form and can t become law until the difiercnc-es are ironed out.

Tlie hi.story of Laos in the past eight years, where it has not been made by the su.spi-cions of outside great powers, has dragged on because of internal political suspicions with neither side prepared to disband its military .support until Its su.spicions w'ere allayed. A neutralist army quite as much as a neutrali.ct government will be the real guarantee for the ,future peace of Lao.'i. The Times (London, Great Britain.)

His foreign trade bill, with additional power to cut tariffs, is out of the Ways and Means' Committee which handled it but with*changes which must have jolted him.

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li.v IARl- I. DOlGl.ASS WHAT GOD HAIll .lOl.VKD TOilKTIIER

The Taj Mahal Is one of the artistic masterpieces of the world.' It was built by a Mo'tul Emperor asoarTiTnTb'Ttjr' hls'Tv who died in childbirth. So devol ed was the Emperor to his w ife tliat he was said to have remained unmarried the rest of his life. When at last he died, he was buried bc.sidc her.

Thus is ngt necessarily a pat tern of procedure but it is an inspiring example of wedded dr\'otion In a land where polygamy was prevalent, (his man chosr Jo have one wife, and after her death to have no other.This ceitaiiiJy does not mean that persons brrrft of their spouses should nt marry

av.ain. Oitcn in fact ti.suaHy rtmairiayc i. cleail.v iiulicalcd. .Someone has jested that ;-cc-o:al majriayc.^ con.stitute (he t.iumpli of hope over expcri-(nu.c but on tjug_whok.' second

mrrige-s following the death of a maic, have proved their wisdom. They usually mean the joining together of persons who have some maturity of yeans and for this reason, if for no other, are likely to prove stic-ccssfiil and happy.

Fidelity in marriage, such as the Mo'ad, Emperor had for his wife, is* the clrnient which alone makes marriage succc.s.St. fu!. The casual marriage fails. Fidelity, drvorino. sacrifice these a'rF the elements which jn'u Gives logeUier iinperish-ably.

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Sometimes I think our girl-child likes weddings better than television.

and there was an utterly charming catch in her voice when she said Im so happy! ,

Last Sunday was her third close-up look at nuptials, and she chattered Incessantly and knowingly before and after.

At all times she was craning her neck to see everyThing. For the rest of the afternoon and evening she was crooning to herself Here comes the bride.

As$he years roll ajong. Its .my observation tlmt bildes and grooms are becoming progressively younger. But we all know' that rests in the eyes of the beholdbr.

of humor both broad and subtle, a surprise ending...all woven together in a comfortable plot which the viewer knew would have a happy ending.

There were familiar faces and familiar v'oices, like old home W'eek. It was a most satisfying hour of entertainment: and that Is w'hat the business is all about.

Being but five, her parents hope there will be a respectable inteiw'al before Mary Jane strolls down an aisle; but this precocious dLstraclion with things matrimonial can be w'orrisome. I'm told she has been "engaged several times in the past year.

Every so often one of the old movies on late television strikes a responsive chord. Movies like this,* I tell myself, w'ould be boxoffice today. How did Hollywood ever get away from the format which used to spell success in dollar .signs and satisfied customers?

There are limes in every life when it seemus as though the world is watching you. Presumably the circumstances vary with the individual, but my horror Is In facing up to a lock car with the key inside.

A.S for Sunday's bride...like all. brides she was neVbr lovelier;

A One such, seen recently, in-fuded a large helping of mystery, .some music that plea.sed. a brief chase scene, a sprinkling

This particular hiisadventure has happened to me three . time.s in a ten-year period, the most recent was a matter of days ago. '

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A Milestone For *Tec.

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Edward (Ted) Kennedy's victory over Massachusetts Atty. Gen. Edward McCormack for the Democratic convention endorsement for U. S. .senator could have political repercus-sion.s for his brother in the White Hou.se. For example, while John F. Is popular and Is very well entrenched with his political organization.s, there is a limit'to which he can feed the public various members of his family. Somewhere along the line the voting citizenry might decide to draw the line.

It is true that Ted Kennedy might well have won the nomination on the strength of his own personality and qualities. Had he not been the brother of the President his political goals would have never been quc.stioned. As things are now, there are lots of people saying he is trying to ride in on the coattail of his brother.

Then there is the matter of another brother, Robert F., who 1s the attorney general. Two Kennedys in the administration i.s conceivable to mo.st voters. Three Kennedys perhaps could be too much for others.

Of coiirsc. young Ted hasnt won the election. He mu.st face a formidable opponent in November in the person of either George Lodge, son of the former U. N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, or Rep. Laurence Curtis, whichever wins the Republican convention nomination next week.

But that is not all. The loser, McCormack, has- already announced he will take his case to the voters. That means that even if McCormack lost the convention nod he will fight Kennedy again the September primaries. a right he has under Ma.s.sachusetts law'.

There Is still the que.stion: How much influence did Ted s relationship with the Pre.sident have on the Democratic convention delegates? It Is quite possible some delegates considered it wise to go along With the faction in power. No doubt that is precisely what some of the delegates decided.

Kennedy insists that the people of Ma.ssachusetts will vindicate the conventions choice In the September primaries. He might be right: the people of Massachusetts think much of the Kennedy family. But their choice of Ted does not mean the U. S. a.s a whole w'ill accept him. Thus, their choice might serve to backfire against the Kennedy regime In later elections.

Young Kennedy has not had much political experience. He has had a great deal of experience at campaigning, having done some intensive w'ork for John F. during the presidential campaign. No doubt this experience, along with the Kennedy organization, paid off at the convention la.st week. Now It remains to be seen how well he fares with the voters of his state.

The public has had sufficient experience to be suspicious of anyone trying to get into a locked car. Thats the way cars are looted. Thats the way cars are stolen. And with everyoiie conscience-bound to protect private property, the poor soul trying to hook a door latch with a bent coat-hanger Is a self-conscious sitting duck.

So It was on a late afternoon ...me. the sitting duck, fishing for a latch witli a bit of wire. Inwardly I was braced for a suspicious voice, a heavy hand on my shoulder, a crowd of righteous vigilantes clo.sing in.

But nothing happened.

A stranger passing by. smiled uhdcrstandingly and called Having troubles?: another*

shook his head in mock dismay: a family group passed and paid me no attention; a car slowed, and the driver a.sked if he could help. It was unbelievable."

But I still dread the probability of-again someday inadvertently slamming the door locked-shut with my keys inside.

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Have you noticed when you hear a fellow claim he's willing to trust the people, hes always a politician, never a grocer?Greenville (S.C.) Piedmont.

If you wish for reputation and fame in the world and success during your lifetime, you are right to take every opportunity of advertising yourself.Oscar Wilde.

An.. Era

Of Rea

Strains

By GEORGE E. SOKOIJSKT Copyrtght. 1962, King Featnref Syndicate, ,Inc.

Richard Nixons victory In the California primaries keeps him In the frame of Republican candidates for President. He has one more hurdle: the general election in which he must defeat Pat Brown. Should he defeat Governor Brown, he will undoubtedly be the Republican candidate for President. Should he be defeated by Governor Brown, he will be out of the picture altogether.

Should Nixon remain a candidate for the Presidency, hs will undoubtedly be nominated. His only serious opponent could be Nelson Rockefeller who Is no longer as potent a factor In the affairs of the Party as he was a year ago. He seems to be fading away as a political force. Should Nixon fail In California, the Rockefeller effort may revive.

Both Nixon and Rockefeller may go slow In seeking the nomination in 1964. expecting that President Kennedy will get a second term. Their objective will be to see If President Kennedy falls on his face politically before they commit them selves Irrevocably. Each is young enough to wait until 1968 without damage.

The Republican Party Is now at the stage when it can no longer opportunistically hope that the Kennedy Administra/* tion will slip. Thus far, the Republicans have brought two charges against the Kennedys:

1. That a dynasty is being established;

2. That the Executive Is seek-^ Ing more power than the^ Constitution provides for.

Point one Is meaningless. A dynasty would mean that the .succe.sslon to the Presidency would cease to be Constitutional but would be by a process of birth. In a word. John, an Infant, would be expected to succeed his father dynastically, probably with a regent.

What those who refer to as a dyntLsty is altogether something different. They want to make an is.sue tliat there are: too many Kennedys In the Administration. Let us look at the facts: before he was elected President. Jack was a United States Senator. Before Jack was elected President, Robert T^as nsel to a Congressional Committee. Both have seen long sendee in government. The only additional Kennedy relative, now in the government is Sargent Shrlver, head of tha Peace Corps. Ted Kennedy Is seeking the Senatorship from Massachusetts and mgy or may not be elected. As the record stand.s at the moment only one has been added, namely Shrlver.

Point two. most of the additional pow'ers came to the Presidency during Franklin D. Roosevelts Pre.sidency. The Issue that has arisen in the Kennedy Administration la one of stand-by powers. If w*e are realistic about the Cold War and the prospect of our economic defeat, largely due to over-production and out-prlclng ourselves in world markets, it may be necessary to give the President stand-by powers. This is a moot question over whlch there should be an Intelligent debate. If there were no war situation, the expan.sion of Executive authority could not be tolerated. We face an attack on our economy by both Soviet Russia and the Common Market. The Pre.sldent mu.st not only be vigilant, but must be able to act Immediately.

On these two Issues the Republicans cannot fight a campaign. On the ISvSue of foreign aid, foreign trade,, the tariff and the relation.shlp, of dome.s-tlc costs to International prices the opposition Party can raise an issue and fight hard.

The next three years will be bitter ones In American hLs-tory. This is no era of good feeling. It Is a crucial period that will have to deal with the accumulated errors of 30 years and partisan feeling will ride high.

During such an historical era, men with small Ideas and without courage will be hurt politically. We are moving into an era more like that which faced Andrew Jackson rather than (Continued on page five)

Convinced The Economy Sounc.

By Kl.MKR ROE.SSNER

President Kennedy feels the economy i.s basically sound and gnnviijg. When .stock market piiqe.s started going through .*-onu' impres.sivc gyrations he .sri^adfa.^-tly did little except to inurshal his advisors-to the tqie to 1 ea.ssuie the public tlrdt all w as well, and thing.s were going along nicely.

Many e>.pert.s in business and fiiianee oflered various sugges-tion.s on actions the Kennedy Adininisuation miglit take to i\e the economy a shot in the arm 'and lestoie confidence. Among tlie.<e sugge.stions were lower margin refluicements on

.slock purchases and faster depreciation of capital expenditures for tax purposes.

riic administration declined to take such action. But the Pi-esident did do one thing besides speaking words of confidence and make overtures towards better Government relations with busine.ss.

What he did was a master political stroke. He stole a theme that has b.'*on Republican pai ty proprrty for year," and ii.'fd It before (hi y ton Id. He ..railed for a btoarj. grn-eial 'UKonie ax cut fur indi

viduals and business.

A tax cut' a promise the Piesident doesnt dare to go back on anti has no intention of not keeping. Everyone now knows there will be a tax cut bt'cau.se President Kennedy has committed himself to It and nvust it through' And there is I'.ardly a Repie.sentative or Senator (DeiUnerat or Republican who .coultl look a constituent in the eye if he opposed a . euu

But. since there definitely will l;e a tax cut. then wheie is the dancing in the streets? Wh.v aren't the cannoirs thundering ii) celebration? Why afreut the ben.s lingiiig? Why aren't sales way up? Why arent houses .selling like hot cakes? Why Isn t the market soai'ing?

If such a thing had happened in Henry Fords day. he would have had two new production lines tuming out the Model T by the next .morning. . ,

If it had happened in Wool-voith's time, a dozen new five-and-dlmc st^s wbiild . have spnin^ up acro.ss the country within a week. i

The rca.son noOiing happened is that the PiT.*idcnt didn t pinpoint how much the cut will be'and nobody knows how much

more money well have to spend. If a percentage had been mentioned, even 1 or 2 per cent, then there would have been reason for optimism. Companit's would be able to commit that much more for new plants and equipment or to pass it along to stockholders to spend.

For thousand.s of .salaried .Workers, a 1 or ,2 per cent cut in taxe.s would have meant that they now could just .swing that new car or hou.se or'nfaybra piesent for the kids. The retired couple could have stretched this years trfp to see friends in California and maybe dropi>ed by Seattle Jo take in the Worlds Fair.

Or maybe Junior could have conned a little larger allowance out of the old rhan and invested in a few more candy bars, sodas or movies.

But, nobody mentioned any figure for the tax cut. So nothing happened at all.

DISCOUNT HOl'SF.S INCREASE VOLUME

(Discount store sales volume last year was estimated at $4.4 billion in a nationwide survey by Audits and -Survey.s Co. '

More than 12IK) discount operations were covered in the study. Eleven per cent had a sales

volume of more' than $10 million and 62 per cent of the ".stores were over the $1 million mark.

The trend towards more Service.? being offered by the discounter was also confirmed with 51 per cent of the reporting stores offering credit *to customers and 35 per cent offering delivery of merchandise.

IT ( OULI) HAPPEN ONLY IN AMERICA

A St. Louis company has just now (Of all times) come cut with (Of all things) a parlor game based on stock trading. The ,game involves the pur-cJiase of play shares in such noted concerns as Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical. Mopac. Firestone, Polaroid and so forth.

The game, according to the maker'' has stock splits, broker advice cards and n?iws reports. And, it adds, the shrewd investor can (ha ha) even comer the market.

- A first reaction might be that too rnany people already regard investment in securities as some , sort of parlor-game. But, upon rrflectionrrit is probably better to provide this kind of Inves-tor with an Innocent game and keep him from getting hurt la the real thing.

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