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For The Most Selfish Of Reasons

We uphold the right of any individual or groups in the United States to criticize policies of the admin* istration, whether those policies be domestic of foreign.

However, some of the criticism of American policy regarding Viet Nam has reached the point of down right hysteria. This becomes obvious because those doing the criticizing offer no concrete alternatives to the present course being pursued by the United States in Viet Nam.

Nobody likes being in Viet Nam. It is a dirty, frustrating war, with little of the glamor, sven, that mankind has often associated with war. Ameri-sans die theYe daily.

But critics brush quickly over our reasons for

being there. Few of them actually advocate simple to do the job.

Critics seem to forget that we have been at war with communism for decades. The Berlin Airlift, Korea and other occurances are part of this con* tiiiuing war. It is not a pleasant existance, But it is far better than all-out war of the World War I and II typeor worse, full scale nuclear war.

Viet Nam is but another battle in this war which may last decades more. The situation the^ will be settled someday if Americans are determined to see it through. Even so, we can expect other Viet Nams in the years to come and it will oe the job of the United States to aid free countries as best it can. If this burden is depressing to individual Americans, we will simply have to make the best of it. There is no other country strong enough

withdrawal to let the situation take care of itself. Even the most naive know what this would mean a complete communist takeover of the country.

They only weakly recommend that we negotiate. Negotiate with whom? Apparently we have yet to find anybody in North Viet Nam or Peking who is willing to negotiate.

In the final analysis we do it for the most selfish of reasons. We have built the most prosperous nation the world has ever known. And to protect it we are bound to protect the remainder of the free world.

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Nothing To Indicate Respect For The Law

If federal officials are going to pay no more attention to new laws designed to govern political

By WILUAM A. SHIRES INCUMBENTS - It comes as no great surprise that the Spring primaries took a heavier toll than usual of incumbents ki the General Assembly.

That quite a few w o u 1 d fall from legislative ran k s had been clear ever since the filing deadline six weeks before the May 31 primaries. That the 1967 General Assembly would have a new look in the way of newcomers and absence of oldtimers in legislative service was dictated by one man - one vote redistricting last January.

Reshuffling of both House and Senate districts affected a large percentage of the 170 state legislative seats, and in many cases fore e d incumbents either to run against each other or choose

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not to run.

VETERANS - Some veteran legislators chose not to run for their former seats for various reasons.

One notable case is that of Rep. Nick Galiafinakis of Durham who is bidding for a seat in Congress. In several cases, members of the lower House tossed, in their hats for Senate seats and in at least one case. Sen. Roy Rowe of Pender, a 1965 senator ran for a House seat.

And, of course, some of the 1965 incumbents fell victim to the normal risks of politics at the ballot box. One of these was the lone Republican in the 1965 Senate, Boon Harding of Yadkin.

SENATE Other members of the 1965 State Senate to fall at the primary ballot box include J. Emmett Winslow of Perquimans, Joe . Sink of Davidson, L. B. Hol-lowell of Gaston, and Oral L.

Yates of Haywood.

In each case, legislati v e redistricting was involved.

Reasons other than r u n-ning in realigned districts meant that l^ns. Sam Bason of Caswell, Irwin Belk of Mecklenburg, Dr. Dennis Cook of Caldwell, Frank Forsyth of Cherokee, Gordon Hanes of Forsyth, Russell Kirby of Wilson, Jimmy Johnson of Iredell, Carl Meares of Columbus, C. O. Ridings of Rutherford, Fred Royster of Vance, Carl Venters of Onslow, Stewart Warren of Sampson, Cam Weeks of Edgecombe and Bill Wood of Forsyth wont be coming back in 1967.

In most of these cases, the incumbents honored rotation agreements. Several including Belk, Hanes, Johnson and Meares simply chose not to run this year.

Wood, like Galiafinakis, sought nomination for a seat in Congress and un 1 i k e Galiafinakis missed in the first primary.

MOVING - Members of the 1965 House who won nomination in bids to move over to the State Senate include Rep. George M. Wood of Camden, James C. Green of Bladen and Mrs. Mary Faye Brumby of Cherokee. Dr. Elmer Garing-er of Mecklenburg made such an attempt and failed in the primary. So did Rep. Charles R. Crawford of Swain,

TOLL While the primary toll of incumbents was heavy in the 50 member Senate, it was even heavier in the House. And it was in the House that legislative redistricting had its most drastic effect upon incumbent lawmakers.

House members who fell by the wayr 1e ii the primarle;? i icluded Archie T. Lane of Perquimans, Milburn Sa/-yer of Currituck, W. M. (Dick) Lupton of Hyde, Arthur Williamson of Columbus, Wilton R. Drake of Warren, Joe A. Watkins of Granville.

Also, Carson Gregory of Harnett, Joel Lambert of Cumberland, Robert Z. Falls of Cleveland, Marvin Lee Ritch of Mecklenburg, W. R. Land of Richmond and Rem Vance Choate of Ashe. *

campaign financing than they do to the existing j laws there is little purpose inOongress considering *

the presidential proposal.

Certainly there has been nothing to indicate that either the President or members of Congress have tried to abide by the existing campaign financing laws during their political carreers. When they have been engaged in election campaigns their goal has been winning the election, not complying with Jaws limiting contributions and expenlitures by candidates.

Although it may sound good for the President to suggest that a $100 income tax deduction for political contributions would encourage millions of more Americans to take an interest in politics, we seriously doubt it. The primary aim, it appears to us, is to give politicians and political parties more funds with which to carry out campaigns. It would, in our opinion, increase rather than decrease the possibility that a candidate may be obligated to a few major contributors.

The existing campaign contribution and expenditure laws have been made inadequate not by changing times alone. They have been rendered inadequate not by the unwillingness of officials to abide by them in their quest for elective office.

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By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyright, 1966, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

The Foreign Minister of Ruritania was talking about his cousins, the Rumanians. When a Rumanian speak'*.- he said, Im never sure whether there is more than meets the ear in what he is saying, or whether there is less. It's impossible to make out just what is going on between Bucharest and Moscow at the moment. On the one hand, it looks like a bona fide Rumanian rebellion against Soviet domination. On the other hand, the Soviets seem remarkably permissive in their handling of the situation. Maybe Brezhnev has ulterior motives in wanti^ it to appear to the Rumanians that be'is an indulgent parent.

What I cant get out of my head, so the Foreign Minister continued, is this remarkable parallelism between French Guallism and Rumanian GauUism. The coincidental timing of the French objections to Nato and the Rumanian quibbles about the Warsaw Pact is too pat to be anything but suspicious. The only trouble is ttiat I dont

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.eaders Avoic. Gasoline Cans

Judge Charles W h e d b e e didnt know whether to be pleased or insulted by a young lady who walked up to him the other day.

You know, she said, I think youre a rhinestone in the rough.

Oh well, judge, its not diamonds, but itll do.

get through the ceremony for some years without rain.

It is held in Ficklen Stadium and before that was built, in old College Stadium.

What is the alternate plan in case of rain? There just isnt any. No building on the campus is large enough to hold the 7,500 people who turned out.

Gould earns $200,000 per year through Tracy and Coron-

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) -The extremist Buddhist leaders in Viet Nam stay away from the gasoline can themselves. Its the minor, unheard - of Buddhists who are committing suicide by setting themselves afire.

There can be no doubt that the reported suicides in the past few days were committed with the approval of the leadership.

Unknown is this part of what happened: did these people volunteer to kill themselves or were they asked to?

These deaths, intended to force the overthrow of the military government led by Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, are aimed at world opinion but particularly at American opinion. The United States has supported Kys regime.

But such self-immolation by the Buddhists is based on a plea for pity to see things the Buddhists, way and give them what they want and

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not on an appeal to reason or what is right.

The hope is that the suicides will so horrify President Johnson and the American government or so shame them before the world that the United States will abandon Ky.

But its a plea for pity mixed with blackmail aggressive masochism for Tam Chau, chairman of the Buddhist Institute, warned of more suicides unless Ky steps down and lets a civilian government take over.

Chau said we will continue this struggle in the spirit of non - violence of Buddhism. Asked if he considered suicide nonviolence, he said: I see no contradiction, no contradiction whatsoever.

Then he committed a perfect contradiction.

This struggle between the Buddhists and Kys government is political and not at all religious for Ky, a Buddhist himself, is not repressing or persecuting any religious group for religious reasons.

But Chau said, ^We Buddhists are not involved in a political struggle. We are defending our religion.

Dont know how Dr. J e n-kins luck will hold up on this university thing, but it does pretty well on the weather.

Heavy clouds hung over the city all day the Sunday of college graduation and rain appeared certain. Just bef o r e the ceremonies were to begin, the sun broke through. The weather was near p e r-fect.

When Jenkins stood up to introduce the governor, he told the seniors, As I told you yesterday, its not going to rain.

The good weather held up through the ceremonies. Then a heavy black cloud rolled in again.

Volkswagen drivers take all kinds of insults. Thus three teenagers dropped to their knees on the Atlantic Beach bridge Sunday to thumb a ride when a Volkswagon went by. The driver ignored them. He probably laughs all the way to the bank when he figures up the cost of transporation each months.

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You fans who rfead Dick Tracy in the Daily Reflectors Saturday comic section may be interested to know he is now 35 years old. At least he first saw the light of day 35 years ago through his creator Chester Gould. However, even then Tracy was a grown man.

Justice is the insurance we have on our lives, and obedience is the premium wd pay for it. William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.

know whom to suspect.

If it is the Rumanians who are being clever, then they have chosen a moment when they can be sure of getting maximum safety mileage in standing up to Moscow. You may be certain that Brezhnev and Kosygin want things to run smoothly when de Gaulle shows up this coming month for that ten-day visit to the Soviet Union. They will certainly want to encourage de Gaulle in his attempts to weaken Nato and get U.S. troops out of western Europe. So they could hardly crack down on Rumania for suggesting that, as a universal proposition, it might be a good thing if foreign troops were to be removed from all independent countries.

You may have noticed. so the Foreign Minister went on, that Nicolae Ceausescu, the Rumanian Communist chief, took a lot of liberties in that speech he made on the forty-fifth anniversary of his partys founding. He actually denounced the Soviet Com-

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By JOHN G. DUNCAN June 1, 1926 W. C. Monroe to Give Recital At Teachers College

The Alumni Association of East Carolina Teachers College will present Mr. William Cleg Monroe baritone at a recital in the college auditori-um. M^.^Qnroe is ^joative T5FFFITF*Uipoii^^

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To The Editor:

Pitt County has lost i t s State Senator and will go through the next two years at least without a local man representing it. Pitt, being the largest of the counties in the four - county senator i a 1 district, should, and would be represented in Raleigh if it were not for our congressman.

Last January during t h e special session of the legislature when the state was reapportioned, Walter Jones, then state senator from Pitt and Greene counties, sold Pitt County down the river for support in the northern part of the First District.

Jones, having won the De

mocratic Primary on December 18, 1965, and with aspirations of becoming congressman from the First District, saw an opportunity to further his cause by otaying out of a redistricting figi * \ 'h state senators from the northern part of the district he hoped to epresent. So, rather than try to keep Pitt with counties of similar interests, he turned his back on the people who sent him there and let Pitt go unrepresented during the re-cistricting.

You can thank Jones for Pitt County not having a senator and you can express your apftgeciation in November.

C. S. Coggins Greenville, N. C.

By EARL L. DOUGLASS THE PRINCIPLE OF ^ RESERVES

In a small Florida town I was astonished to find that the best-built house was the Fire House, It was built of massive storie.

At first I was mystified, but then it dawned upon me that when storm and hurri cane came, tht fire company and their equipment suddenly became about the most important factors of safety in the community. It was imperative that at all costs this equipment be protected. Otherwise, there would be no organized help in seasons of distress.

The situation constitutes the setting forth in stone and mortar of the principle of reserves. The people of this village built a solid Fire House so they could be sure they

would have various kinds of help if the hurricane dragged its tail across the roofs of their houses. Likewise, in the recent war we were told that the military forces having the most substantial reserv e s would win.

Investment counselors din into the ears of their clients the necessity of keeping cash reserves against the day when securities can be purchased to an advantage. Industries go to the wall in periods of stress usually because they have no cash reserves.

We may well ask ourselves how we are treating our reserves. Do we have anyreserves of health, reputation? Best of all, spiritual reserves? The hurricane descends upon everyone some time or other. When that day comes, what of reserves?

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White Collar Inflation Victims

Greenville Women Meet In Interest of Jefferson Memorial

Monday afternoon a number of woman meet in the basement auditorium if the Memorial Baptist Church in interest of the Thomas Jefferson iltmorial. Miss Grace Davis of State Headquarters made an inspiring talk or. the foundation, urging every woman of Greenville to Co-operate in every way possible with the local chairman in helping Eastern North Carolina take a worthy part in establishing a lilt lorial to the birth of Iiuie-l>endenca. Immediately after Miss Davis spoke, Mrs. E. W. Harvey was elected chairman.

more suicides unless Johnson dropped his support of Ky. He talked after one of the burnings and, the New York Times reported, was smiling impishly. He had written to Johnson for assistance.

But the ad m i n i s t r a-tion brushed him off this was two weeks ago with a statement by Secretary of State Rusk who said this government wanted all factions to lay aside their differences and pull together nationally.

After two suicides Saturday, a monk warned there would be more on Sunday and still more today.

In view of all this there caii^ be no doubt that these sucides are not spontaneous acts by emotional individuals but are preaiTaiigeii, wilti the blessing of the leaders who let tlie minor people die to further their cau.se.

By ELMER ROESSNER

People tell you things that make business news columns.

Business writers are crying at the wrong funeral, said the mousey little man at the Artist and Writers tavern. When they write about inflation, they keep moaning about the people who live on insurance, savings, pensions and annuities. Now of course those people are hurt when inflation pushes prices up. But at least those on social security have gotten raises better than the increase in the cost of living.

The real sufferers are people like me: the white collar workers who areti't organized. Inflation has cut my wages almost a fifth. But if I demand a raise. I'll be fired and a yoiiiigtT man will he hired In my place, Inflation is bleeding millions of us, including millions of middle-aged wom

en who are struggling to support themselves and families on ever-shrinking pay checks. FATHER OF 10 QUITS

A small businessman told me:

One of the best men in my shop quit yesterday. He was the most reliable man I had; he could do any job in the place; he could run it when I wasnt there. When he told me he was quitting, I offered him any amount to stay. He laughed. Mr. David, he said, Ive been doing some figuring. I have ten children. You just can't afford to pay me as much as Id get on unemployment benefits and home relief,

Another small businessman said, Thats nothing. I asked all the agencie.s for a machinist. The slate employineut service sent a man around who said he was a machinist. I aski^d if he could read blue

prints. He said no, they always puzzled him. I showed him a simple blueprint. He said all those lines running out to (igures confused him. I told 4iim I couldnt use him, and he politely asked me to sign

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a slip showing he had applied for the job, to protect his unemployment benefits.

After he left, my foreman, who had been Watching from a distance, asked if I had hired the man. 1 said no, Hint he couldnt read blueprints.

" (ant read blueprints! he exclaimed. F'ive years

ago he worked for me and he could read blueprints better than any man in the shop. HOW TO OBEY LAW IN NEW YORK

The New York state legislature, to protect the profits of liquor wholesalers and retailers, passed a law prohibiting retailers from advertising liquor prices.

For a year, there were no liquor prices advertised. Suddenly, all of the price-cutting dealers have blossomed with ads saying, Under $4.99 a fifth, Just under $4 48 a fifth and Under $5.99 a quart.

The prices, as shoppers were soon to realize, were just a cent under mentioned prices.

Incidentally, New York State liquor prices are still the highe.st in the nation. Old soaks are convinced that it is a result of a conspiracy between legislators and liquor distributors.