Thmdy, Januaty 27, 1966

More Than Knowing Theory Involved

A WOMAN SCORNED!

In little more than a week voters of the First District will decide whether Sen. Walter Jones of Farmville or Dr. John East of Greenville will be their next Confirressman.

We are firmly of the opinion that Sen. Jones is by far the better qualified to represent the people of this district in Congress.

The practical legislative experience Sen. Jones has gained by four terms in the General Assembly of North Carolina gives him firm foundation upon which to build as he moves into the Con^ss. His record of legislative accomplishment during those four terms in the State House in Raleigh clearly indicate that he has a practical and first-hand knowledge of how to get things done in a legislative body.

It is also evident from his record in public of-

Moore Leans On Treasurer Gil

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES GILLThe book-lined office of the State Treasurer is only a few st^ from the door o/l the foveniors office in the Cayilol in Raleigh.

It baa not been the case in some previous administra-tioDS, but probably no man hi shde government today is ckecr to the present occupant of the governors office, Dan K. Moore, than the sdiolarly, veteran state treasurer Edwin GilL TUs ooBies about because GUI, who has been in politics and public life for more thn 25 years, was one of the eaiHest and mo^ ardent supporters of Dan Moore for fovtrnor in 1963-64. His wide collects and political knowledge meant mocfa to tba Moure campaign and Gill faehied shape campaign strategy which led to a landslide aecond primary victory for fha meuntain man.

WILLIAM

SHIRKS

Bach had complaints about the other as to conduct of the state banking department, but these did not involve major policy matters nor broad administration of the state banking laws.

fice that Sen. Jones has not hesitated to choose his own direction of action even in the face of opposition from the administration and the normal power structure of the legislature. He has been positive in his approach to problems which affect the people of the area he represented. He has not been a dissenter just for the sake of dissenting; but neither has he shied away from taking issue with administration or party leaders when their viewpoint on matters differed from his.

Dr. East, while he may be a capable and highly educated man in the academic field of government and political science, cannot match the practical experience in government and politics of Sen. Jones. And while he may be conscientious in seeking to meet the needs of the people of the First District, his first hand knowledge of the district, its people or their needs falls far short of that of Sen. Jones.

The new Congressman sent to Washington by voters of the First District will lack the important seniority to which the district has become accustomed in recent years. In addition to other qualifications of the man chosen by this district for Congress, it is essential that he be equipped from the standpoint of practical experience and political knowhow to move as quickly as possible into effectively representing the people of this district.

When voters of the district go to the polls on February 5, we trust they will elect Walter Jones to fill the seat in Washington left vacant by the death of the late Herbert Bonner.

Than Official Vanity

INFLUENCE-It is natural that Moore now leans heavily on Gills advice and oounsel and turns to him frequently on matters of both policy and politics.

This perhaps explains in part why maiqr obsorers feel that Gill now holds as much political influeoce as any man in state govonment.

It may also explain why some sources insist that the man behind the scenes in the recent csotroveraial ouster of State Banidiig Commissioner F. Sbdly Oillom was Edwin GUL As state treasurer, Gill is tSm ehafarmaii of the State Bankiiw GoramissioiL

STRAINED It is true that realtioas between Gill and Culhnn had become strained hi reeent montlis. The two wouM not answer the others telephoqe calls.

Ottl was cool toward Col-

lom tad was critical of hfan on certain occariooi, but their differencee appeared more in the natura a personality conflict and personal views than on state btokhig policy.

To this extent, Gill prob- _ . v.

^ly influenced the goveraoris jy|Qf 0 lUlDOriQIlt ItfimS

decision to ask for CuUoms * ^ ^ avAAAfc ARTURO

resignation for the reason he wanted new leadership in the department. One published report quoted highly reliable sources as tayteig whether Cullom stayed or went was up to Gill, and CuIIom went.

STUDY-It la probably safe to assume, however, that there was no connection between Culloms removal and Moores calling for a new study of the state banking laws by a Banking Commission committee.

It was Gill who proposed such a study and suggested that the governor ask that it be conducted. It is iriso Gill who win name the study committee.

That the Cullom ouster was a separate matter is evideoc-ed by the fact that Cullom himself also felt sudi a study was needed and that certain changes in the state banking code might be helpful.

Both Gill and CoUom had reached the conclusion that the states swiftly riianging, developing econ<ny had reached the point that some streamlining and modernizing of the banking code would be in the interest of state-chartered banks in their day to day operations in relation to national banks.

P01NTSDespite widespread speculation, it is unlikely that the forthcoming study will be aimed at scrapping a convenience and necessity clause written into the banking laws on branching and mergers in 1963.

This clause, requiring applicants for new branch banks to riiow need, was put back into the state law in an effort to restrain unbridled ex-panskio and branching by the states big chain banks which had raacfaed a peak in 1961 and 1261 GUI and most if not an of the present Banking Conmiarion members feel it haa worked will and has been beneficial.

Gin is more concerned about restrictloQS and restraints on bankiag services to the public in toe banking code than on competition for new branches and bnildng offices.

By ART BUCHWALD

Official vanity rathe rthan valid reasoningr seem to have precipitated an argrument in Raleigh over T ^ rTlI T *111

which state offices will move where under a pro- t C ITT

gram to rearrange office locations. J. L O a. J. 1\Z^ I il I I IL J J, 1 JLiJ. xVJ O

It would appear that a tug-og-war may be de- ^

veloping between the State Treasurers office and After it was announced that the Secretary of States office to see which can out- Marvin Watson bad bera put maneuver the other to remain closest to the govern- m charge security at the ors office for the longest period of time. Executive Mansion and was

Tentative plans are being made for a new $3 everyones telephone

million state office building in Raleigh. In the new reporters began to re-

office arrangement, the old Capitol which now houses the offices of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the State Treasurer ultimately will house only the offices of the governor. The other two will be moved elsewhere.

The controversy apparently centers around which of the two offices should be the first to move

from under the same roof with the governor. It , ...

would seem to us that two such high state officials cording to Mr. B1 Moyers, should have things of greater consequence to the ihe Honse expects to people of North Carolina to worry about. save |6,000 a month in tele-

The controversy apparently centers around charges,

which of the two offices should be the firet to move special assistants had

from under the same roof with the governor *

Often we wish top state officials would worry had got no calls at

esB about their own pe^ rivalries and more about the major problems which concern the people of North Carolina.

fer to tl^ White House as Stelag 1600.

The excuse given for checking calls was that a special study was being made to see how many telepbcHie lines the White House really needs.

Well, it turns out that the survey is over and now, ac-

jabor Upset By Wage Guideline

their telephones taken away from them altogether.

As a matter of fact, the day after the economies were put into effect, the President called in Marvin Watson and said:

Marv, 1 cant seem to get Jack on the phone.

He doesnt have a phone anymore, sir. We found out during the survey be got exactly three calls: two were from Ms wife asking Mm when he was going to be home and one was from his wife saying she was leaving home.

Well, how do 1 get in touch with him? the President asked.

We have these pigeons, sir. You just write a message and attach it to a leg. Jack will get it within the hour. Thats a good idea, Marv. m tell Bill to announce it at the briefmg. His lines busy.

Bill has only one line now, Mr. President. It appears every newspaperman in the world was calling Mm up and we figured it might discourage them If they couldnt get through.

What happens if I need

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By NEIL BILBRIDE WASHINGTON (AP) -President Johnson, fighting to stave off the threat of inflation, wont provide an expected boost in White House w^e guideline in his economic message to Congress Thursday.

Although the laJ)or movement doesnt lijte it, Johnson wont budge from the four-year-old 3.2 per cent guideline despite booming industrial production figures.

The guideline means that wage increases up to 3.2 per

This Date-40 Years Ago Today

By JOHN G. DUNCAN January 27, 192$

Tobacco Board Trade Ex-pre$$es Thanks For Sign Water and light Commissioner thanked all for the splendid electric signs on all the main roads leading into Greenville, advertising Greenville, the best Tobacco Market in the State!

The Bethel Banking and Trnst Company Has Prosperous Year

The 22nd annual meeting of the stockholders of the Bethel Banking and Trust Company, at Bethel was held in the basement of the Bethel Methodist Church on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 11, a.m. The report of the cashier showing that the bank had an earning for toe stockholders over 20 per cent.

Womans Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church Holds All Day Meet The Woman$ Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church held an all day mission study class Monday at toe home of Mrs. R. C. Deal on Eight Street. Miss Kate Lewis, Sec. of Foreign Missions was leader of the class.

Mrs. B. F. McLemore left yesterday for New York to xiy spring merchandise and ladies ready to wear for McKay, Washington Company.

cent per year are noninfla-tionary and okay with the WMte House, luis, und e r the formula, a worker making $3 per hour could get a 9.6cent hourly hike without incurring Johnsons displeasure.

Big labor, from ALF-CIO President George Meany on down, never has accepted the guideline, so what do union chieftains have to be mad about?

They think Johnson has abandoned the rules in failing to hike the wage guideline to 3.4 or possibly 3.6 per cent on the basis of the governments own economic figures.

Theyre just grabbing 3.2 per cent out of th^ air with-<wt any economic justification at all, said one high union official.

The theory of the guideline is that productivity the amount of goods a worker produces per hourhas been rising 3.2 per cent a year. So industry can grant that much in wage increases without boostiiig prices.

Labor, and many economists, had expected an in-CTease because the nation industrial productimi r o se more rapidly than expected in 1965.

One member of the Presidents Economic Adv i s o ry formulated the wage-price guidelines, hinted strongly months ago toat an increase to at least 3.4 per cent might be in the cards this year.

White House economists reportedly now argue that any boost in the wage guideline would have an inflationary ef-fwt, even if government figures do indicate some justification for an increase.

Even more worrisome to top labor leadersbriefed in advance of Johnsons economic messageis that the hint of w^e controls if signs of inflation increase.

The economic message will purpose no such cont r o 1 s, but high administration officials mentioned the subject at the briefing.

We do not believe there is any immediate threat of Inflation so scrioiA as to warrant extraordinary measures, Meany sajd after the session.

To The Editor,

This world never ceases to amaze me. Walter Jones, the phantom candidate has finally said something in public othern than I stand on my legislative record. However, there seenos to be some vast disagreement between what Walter Jones says and what Walter Jones does, or fails to do. Every politician from the Dog Catcher of Ocean Isle (Pop. 5) to the next Republican candidate for President can charge invasion of federal government into state functions, but I feel that Walter Jones standing on his legislative record cannot cite the federal court ordered reapportionment in North Carolina as an invasion of the national gov^ment.

To elucidate I quote from the state Democratic platform of 1964, the platform on which Walter Jones ran for the State Senate. These are principles wMch our party can proi^y and confidently submit to the citizens of North Carolina. Speaking of the members of the General Assembly under the section entitled Legislature they arc ever mindful

of the importance of the individual as well as the continued progress of the state . . . continue its efforts to keep pace with the shifts in population and to reflect toese needs in fair and just representation. And in compliance with Section 24 of Article n Constitution of the State of North Carolina, Walter Jones took a solemn oath to uphold that Constitution. In this Constitution Sections 4 and 5 of Aricle II deal with the districting for Senators and apportionment of Representatives. . .

The legislative record of Walter Jones does not indicate any, even the slightest action on his part to carry out the mandates of the platform on which he ran, or the Constitution, which he took on oath to uphold. Therefore, I submit that the federal court order to reapportion the state; which Walter Jones cites as an invasion, does not represent national interference. TMs is the result of A suit that was filed because of the inability or failure of Walter Jones (and others) to faithfully discharge his duty. J. P. Normandeau

Bin in a burry? toe President said.

Were installing a drum, in your office. You beat on it and as each office al(mg the way hears the signal theyll pass it on and Mr. Moyers will eventually hear it and come running. He can also beat out a message to you when he has somrihing on his mind.

That makes sense. What is this I hear about the telephones being taken out of the War Room?

They never got any calls down there, sir, and I figured we could save $600. What happens in an emergency?

We have a bonfire ready to go at anytime in the rose garden. When you wave this flag, an Indian with a blanket will be alerted to send out smoke signals. Another Indian stationed in the War Room will be able to reply. Its absolutely foolproof.

Good boy, Marv. I notice you took out all the phones in the East Wing of the White House. How do we keep in touch with them?

We have a Pony Express rider stationed right outside the West Wing door. He will deliver a pouch back and forth |hree times a day.

That makes sense, the President said. What if Lady Bird wants to speak to me? The Army engineers have built this system. You see, these are two ordinary soup cans. There is a waxed string attached to each end. When you talk in one end, Mrs. Johnson can hear you and she can reply the same way. Ill be darned, the President said.

Just then Luci walked in. What happened to my phone? she demanded.

The President looked at Mr. Watson. Marv, you didnt take her phone away, too? You said to take out anything but the Hot Line.

Give Luci her phone back and, Marv, take out the Hot Line instead.

C^ote

Dont pity the fellow who must be up and about by the dawnt early light. Hes got what it takes. Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.

Voters Can Be Hearc.

By JDHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copjrright, 1966, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

One way to test the desirability President Johnsons proposal to amend the Constitution to change the terms of House of Representatives memberi from two to four years, and to have the candidates run at the same time as the President, is to ask yourself whether or not you would like to see the 1966 House elections called off.

Personally, I would find it a most unappetizing idea. It would mean that toe people of the United States would be deprived of tbeh* right to express themselves in an effective way on a whole host of questions that have arisen since the Wg LBJ victory over Barry Goldwater. Since 1964 there has been a quan-

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titative as well as a qualitative change in the Vietnamese War. The old problem of unemployment has been replaced -by the threat of inflation owing to a lack of manpower needed to produce both guns and butter. The stress of the anti-poverty crusade has iMfted, for with more people at work because of the increase in the Gross National Product there is a greater temptation to use government anti-poverty funds for selfish political purposes. The trigger happiness issue has given way to fears of a bad peace in toe Far East. In short, our social and political environment is already vastly different from the environment of late 1964 and we may need new men in the House of Representatives to cope with toe change as the voters would have them cope.

Why a President should want to do away with our most reliable political barometer is understandable only in toe light of human frailty. It is in the nature of the human animal to seek surcease from trouble, and if a person doesnt know the possible extent of the storm that is blowing up 1 can remain happy for a little longer. But LBJ should be the last man in the world to scoff at the need for political barometers, wMch are indispensable to the believer in consensus. Johnson has spoken of the need to change to meet the demands of change. To do this, a President must keep his antennae as perceptive as is humanly possible. Mid-term House elections are a main factor in maintaining toe sharpness of a Presidents eyes and ears, which Is something th a t should concern everybody, toe Presidwt included.

It is not so much the length of toe individual House of Representatives term that is important, it is the fact that the balance of House power can be significantly altered at short intervals by the voters in a way that will keep impinging on the Chief Executives critical conscience. If there must be a change in

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3 Second-Hand Market Is Boomina

By ELMER ROESSNER

During the depression of toe 1930s, it was generally assumed that spending for shoe repairs would increase as wearers tried to make do. But, strangely, spending for shoe repairs dropped in the same ratio that spending for new shoes did.

And now in this period of undepression, it might also be assumed toat the secondhand market would be shot to smithereens. Why buy a used mink whn Daddy can afford a new one, vdth mutations?

Equally stranga, it appears that with affluence the market for used personal items is actually more vigorous than ever.

Sales and prices of used merchandise are jumping by leaps and b o u n d s, according to Roes J. Wilhelm, Michigan University business economist.

BIG BUSINESS TODAY

The sale of used merchandise is being taken over by professionals, he report-ted.

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OBMNER

In large cities, new thieves or flea markets are springing up and are attracting thousands of people each time they meet, he reported. In addition, merchants are establishing second-hand stores catering to higher, rather than lower, income groups. And many owners are arranging private sales of their goods.

Furtoermore, Professor Wilhelm finds that well-financed people ara invading

the sidewalk markets of New York and other cities hi their search for used items, and that New York flea market, with a 75-cent admission charge, is doing good.

Garage sales, he said, $re sweeping the country. Most of them are arranged by people preparing to move, but anyone who is running out of storage space can put one on. While antiques are the fastest moving items, he said, china, glassware, rugs, utensils and dolls sell fast.

This suggests that many mercbants m i g ht review toeir policies on taking trade-ins. Some might profit by staging second-hand sales in parking lots, inviting customers to bring in unwanted Items for community sales.

And for some more business ideas:

IDEA; FRINGE IS IN

For reasons not quite clear, fringe is rising in popularli-ly. Fringes on cngs were ama

zingly popular at the recent Chicago markets; fringe on upholstery is taking hold in the public taste; fringes are becoming more popular in apparel fashion.

This is an idea for businessmen to watch. If fringes become more popular, those with toe earliest lines will profit.

IDEA: LOOK AGAIN AT LOSS-LEADERS

Macys New York has proved toat loss-Ieederi donT attract customers. It sold cigarettes pelow cost at stands designed to steer traffic to certain sections. The cigarettes were put in orange-colored bags, so spotters could see where the customers went.

They went right out the door.

David Yunich, president, told a New York state leisla-tive committee that Maeys had learned Its lesson: Loss-leaders dont pay.