Wednesday, November 30, 1966

Headaches From Spending Cutback

OLIVER TWISTS OUR ARM!

A cutback in highway constbuction caused by a cut in federal funds for road construction is certain to cause controversy and a new headache for North Carolinas Highway Commission.

A reduction of $13 million in the amount of federal funds North Carolina will have available for obligation during this fiscal year will mean projects that had been planned will have to be delayed. It will mean that new projects which had been hoped for will be postponed again and put off to a more distant year.

It will also mean that the Highway Commission Vill be faced with its ow*n internal and outride political pressures in allocating priorities to highway prniects affected hr the federal cutback. Com-nb ion Chairm.an Joe Hunt ha=: said that resrhedul-in;' is underway and a list of plans and priorities for the reduced T)ro<rram v ill be made nublic as soon a it has been c'^mrde^ed.

The su^c^P'^ion ^Jat *^e political ^res^ures already are having their effect is indicated by a

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By WILLUM .A. SHIRES

RALEIGHTnere has been a feeling in the inner circle of the Moore administration for some time that it should do something dramatic and triking and soon to eize political initiative.

Now, within a few days after returning from a vacation in Europe, Gov. Dan K. Moore has done just this by calling for a general and broad slashing of state taxes in 1967.

It came as a considerable urprise. But in view of the political background, the Moore philosophy and the urging of his advisors it should not have been too startling. The only real element of surprise perhaps was the timing of Moores announcement Could Have Waited

The governor could have waited until his budget message to the General Assembly next February and it would have been more in keeping with Moores way of doing things.

WILLI.AM

SHIRES

The mountain man governor is not one to act hastily, without study and thought nor doing things purely for dramatic, political effect. At least not usually. It may be assumed that his tax reduction decision had been considered carefully for some time.

Then the question is why he chose to announce it now, nearly three months in advance of his budget message instead of waiting and giving it even more detailed study.

By February, .Moore would have had a clearer picture o economic conditions, a more accurate estimate of the size of a 1965-67 surplus and an idea of what the next Congress may do on taxes.

Timed For Effect One answer is that Moores announcement last week without filling in details

was timed for effect.

.Actually, the governors advisors have been suggesting and Moore has been considering such an action or a statement ever since, and some before^ the Nov. 8 elections. Despite Republican gains on Nov. 8 and certain losses in administration ranks in the legislature, the Moore forces are not greatly upset about the overall election results.

They feel, by and large, that what happened w^as beyond their control i. e.. reaction against Washington policies and that Nov. 8 did much to justify the moderate conservative position insofar as North Carolina voters are concerned.

After the Nov. 8 results were in, they decided the time had arrived to strike a blow for the moderate-conservative position.

Strengthen Moores Hand

The tax cut idea already had been suggested. If feasible and if the governor agreed it appeared ready made for seizing fresh political initiative and strengthening the governors hand in the next legislature.

Of course, the governor himself was out of the state for a time immediately after the elections. As soon as he returned a week ago, there were discussions of the political situation and what had transpired.

Moore was told that the idea of advocating a tax reduction was being mentioned by certain other political leaders and figures and factions.

Idea Mentioned

For example, Lt. Gov. Robert W. (Bob) Scott had come very close to advocating tax reductions in a speech to a tobacco group in Raleigh the previous week. Scott already was on record opposing any increase in state taxes in 19-67 and saying that in view of a surplus estimated at $150 million or more, reducticm might be possible.

Similar views were being expressed by so-called loyal opposition leaders, notably Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles of Greensboro who is newly elected to the legislature. The reinforced Republican contingent in the legislature was talking about cutting taxes.

report from Raleigh that the revi^ed schedule already may have been made by the Department. It

been reported tnat Highway Administrator \V. F. Babcock presented an up-to-date .eport on the state's road building pixigress, plans and priorities at a meeting earlier this month in Florida.

priorities have already been establshed within the Highway Department, they should be made public now rather than several weeks from now as indicated by Chairman Hunt. No good purpose can be sened .^^o far as the people of the state are concerned by having the Highway Commission hide such important deci.^ions from the citizens, even though those decisions are controversial.

M ith the cutback in federal funds, it is evident to everyone that .^ome highway projects are going to have to be delayed. The .ooner the Com.mission makes known its thinking on which these projects will be, the better it will be for the state and its people.

Peking Losing Ground In United Nations Vote

The vote by which Red Chinas latest bid for a U. N. seat was rejected mu.<t be viewed a.< another victory for the United States and a victory which suggests the Chinese communists are losing rather than gaining favor in the world.

It was the 16th time that the United Nations has voted down a pmno.^al that Red China be given the U. N. seat now held by the Chinese Nationalist government. The vote this week was more heavily against the Peking government than was the ca^e a year ago when the matter was before the U. N.

There were ten additional votes again.^t the proposal this year and one le.s vote for it.

Although the United States has split with its ^ ^ ^ ^ ,

allies Britain and France on the que.-tion of seating A y | |

the Red China government in the U. N., it has con- ./li Lti ^ \J 1 sistently had support of a sufficient number of nations to block Red China's entry into the organization.

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B/ ART BUCHWALD

This weeks vote suggests that the increasingly aggressive attitude on the part of Red China, plus its advances in the atomic weapons race have influenced more rather than less natirn.'! to ta^'e a stand against its entr\ into the world organization.

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Remember those days they seem a long way off when President Johnson was running around the White House, turning off the lights to save money?

You dont hear much about that any more. But, things have been going up all over, living costs, wages, prices and even the cost of the war in Viet Nam.

Another four weeks and it will be bell-ringing time, Christmastime. But down on Johnsons Texas ranch, from now until Christmas, it will be handwringing time, usual every year about now, as Johnson sweats to cut spending.

But spending is going up.

President John F. Kennedy's last budget sent to Congress in January 1963 for the 1964 fiscal year, beginning July 1. 1963 and ending June 30, 1964 called for spending $98.802 billion.

This Date-40 Years Ago To(day

By FOY H. DUNC.AN .Nov. 30, 1926 c ^

Sunday School .Meeting Opens Here Tonight

Tonight at 7:30 o'clock the opening session of the Greenville Sunday School Convention will be held in St. Pauls Episcopal Church and continue through Wednesday night....

^^lien Johnson took over the presidency about this time in 1963, he had to tug and tussle with the figures to ready the budget he had to submit to Congress in January 1964, m* fiscal 1965.

W.ASHINGTON - There was a spate of so-called neo-Nazi activity in last week s Bavarian elections in G e r-many and naturally everyone who lived through World War II is slightly nervous.

What the emergence of a new right wing in Germa n y means is hard to say, but it's quite possible that after denying for 20 years that they were Nazis, many for m e r members of the party might feel it politically wise to insist they were.

Herr Schmidt, youve very kind to see me in y 0 u r Bavarian Schloss. There are rumors that you were a member of the Nazi Party.

Vat do you mean rumors? I was a loyal Nazi till the

very' end.

But in your testimony at the Nuremburg trials you denied it.

Lies, all lies. Ask anyone. Ven you thought of Schmidt, you thought of Nazis, and ven you thought of Nazis, you thought of Schmidt.

But surely, sir, you were a minor functionary, a victim of circumstances.

Are you trying to ruin my political career I was Gauleiter in charge of an entire district. Would you like to see my black boots?

But even so, you said at your trial that you didnt know Eichmann.

Vot do you mean I didnt known Eichmann? I was his best friend. Ve worked side

one. He wanted to keep budget lower than Kennedy's, which would be a kind of miracle, if he could. And. by jingo, he did. His budget, S97.9 billion, was just a little less than $1 billion below Ken-nedv's.

JAME

MARLOVf

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by side in the same office. Ve shared the same locker. But isnt it true that you only followed orders?

Vat kind of question is that ? I gave the orders. Vas I some sort of robot who just did what people told me to do?

I guess what has confused me was your testimony at Nuremberg.

I vas in a daze at Nuremberg. I couldnt rememb e r anything. But its all come back to me now. If you dont believe me, read the record. You said you had become disillusioned with Adolph Hitler in 1933 and you only stayed in the party because you were afraid of being put into prison.

ART

BUCHWALD

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Ladies Night Was Enjoyable

Aifair For The Rotarians

Last night was annual Ladies Night with the Greenville Rotary Club, and the occasion was one of the most enjoyable in the ihUury of the club.... W. H. Dail, presiueni 01 the club, was toastniaser and he called upon F. C. Harding for the address of welcome... The response to the address of welcome was given by Mrs. L. A. Stroud and her words made every Rotarinn feel that life was really worthwhile and that he was helping to accomplish a great mission in the affairs of the world...

Red Cross Seal Now On Sale "A seal on evtry letter Helps many to get better I

The. sale of Ret (rtoss Christmas seals is going on to such an extent in Greenville that indications are that the people in Greenville are doing everything possible to relieve the tuberculosis situation.

But everything was inching along.. living costs and all that, just a little up and up, and we were getting a little deeper into the Vietnamese war, which was not inexpensive.

Then came November and December 1964 and Johnson went through the tug-and-tus-sle about his budget for Congress in earlv 1965 for fiscal 1966.

He bustled and battled but it turned out his budget was $99.7 billion, which was just a little below SI billion over Kennedy's last budget, and SI.8 biliion over his own budget of the previous year.

Bui by this time the United States was getting up to its neck in the war.

Once again came that time of the ii^cal Turkish bath the Johnsun rancn .November and December 1965 with the war getting bigger and all the expenses of the CN-cat Societ- program, which Congress had passed earlier in the year, to worry about.

S<j. wn;le John-on may have lost weicht sweating about the spendin. the spending itself got fatter and in January 19-66. when .Johnson submitted hi,< budget for fi^cal 1967, it turned cut to be $112 8 billion.

Now once more Johnson is down at the ranch, getting his budget ready for fiscal 1968. \nd it wont be surprising if the budget doesn't come out at something like S125 billion. There has been talk it might.

.Meanwhile, the economy is in a kind of tantrum wiiich even the ^experts are having a time trying to analyze.

(Selma-Johnstonian)

First, what do you look for when selecting a tree Perhaps the first thing you should look for is freshness. Many trees are cut too soon and transported long distances to Market. Frequently the leaves have dried out and are shedding before you buy it. Such handling lowers both the quality and color of the plant. Fragrance is also reduced.

T\Tiich species do you like best? The Red Cedar has been a favorite for many, many years and still is. It can be grown from the Coastal Plain through the Piedmont. Due to the natural compact habit of growth, it requires little or no shearing. The fragrance is excellent. It should be used fresh as it has a tendency to dry out quickly after cutting probably best adapted for local retail sales.

Other species adapted to North Carolina are: Fraser Fir, White Pine, Scotch Pine and Norway Spruce. Of these species, Fraser Fir and White Pine are. presently, the most important for commercial production in the mountain^ of Western Carolina.

Fraser Fir has good color,

pleasing fragrance, strong branches and excellent needle holding ability. It likes the cool environment provided by the higher elevations and prefers a moist soil.

White Pine is a rapid grower, has good shape, and flexible branches. It requires proper shearing to produce a compact tree. The color is good and the popularity of this species is on the increase.

As I reported to you earlier, the growing of Christmas trees in North Carolina has developed into a fullfledged enterprise, backed by a lively Christmas Tree Association. While the industry is small, in comparison, it has an excellent potential and will grow as our people support it.

According to L. A. Hampton, forest management extension specialist, approximately one million trees are used in North Carolina homes each year, with 80 percent of this number imported Uom Maine and other producing areas.

So you can see the opportunity we have to support a home industry. Ask for North

Carolina grown Christmas trees to brighten the Yule season for you and yours.

Thats ridiculous. I luffed Hitler like a brother. He gave me the Iron Cross and I still have an autographed photo taken with him and Eva Braun. Here it is in my campaign literature.

Then you were not in on the plot to kill Hitler in 19-44?

I vas the one who discovered the plot and savea his life.

You also said at Nuremberg that you never kn e w there were any concentration camps in Germany.

How could I say such a thing ven I built them? I vas the father of the concentration camps.

You certainly seem to be a different man than you were in 1946.

I vas caught up in the emotions of the time. I hope people will judge me now, not by what I said in 1946, but bv what I did in 1939.

Well, thank you. sir.

Tt vas my pleasure, and bv the way, Heil Hitler!

I Now, Bui'.

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK ANNHON DISTRICT, VIET NAM - A few weeks ago. Communist guerrillas attacked the hamlet oi Thanh Lien in this district with most surprising results. Not a single inhabitant fled as the Viet Cong squad moved to the outskirts of the hamlet. Instead, the self - defense force of the hamlet counterattacked, wounding one of the attackers.

What made this all the more significant was that a Revolutionary Development team of 59 pacification experts was in the hamlet at the time, and two members of the team were killed. The wounded attacker left a trail of blood. Two days la^ he was caught He led hda captors to the hideout of tha squad and the squad was la^ er trapped and captured i> masse.

There was an important

bonus. Papers found on tha squad leader contained a minute descriptkn of fta Communist infrastroctnre^ <r political organizadon, ki'ttia An Nhon District Tha aaeret Viet Cong political headqnai^ ters was raided and a very big fish indeed the Communist political boss of An Nhon was seized. This simple chain of events, starting with the decision of the local defense force in the hamlet to stand and fight, tells more about the war here than all the justly celebrated fire-pow-er and mobility of the U. S. Army and Marines. It is a copy - book example of how the war some distant day will be won, or at least can be won, if the U. S. only has the will tp persist.

The case - study of Thanh Lien is vital for an understanding of what the war is really all about here. In territory recently seized from Viet Cong control, Thanh Lien had a population of twenty-five when the pacification team of 59 men arrived to help build a new school, an irrigation dam, a hamlet headquarters. When we were there, the population was 1,200, the Revolutionary Development team had moved on to another hamlet and Thanh Lien had its own security forces.

Perhaps the main reason Thanh Lien was able to make the abrupt change from desolated place ravished by he Viet Cong to thriving hamlet with its new yellow - stucco school house, trimmed in blue, was a squat little Vietname-e named Vu Trong - Hai. Vu Trong - Hai is 30 years old and graduated from the government training school at Vung Tau in September. 1965.

At Vung Tau. Vu Trong-Hai learned about the arts of pacification in just such hamles as Thanh Lien He learned about firing a rifle, building a bridge, making a dam ar.d many other things that have to be done when the government tries to reconstruct a hamlet caught in the cro.'-s-fire of war. Vu Trong - Hai was the cadre chief of the 59-man pacification team that was sent to Thanh Lien and obviously he had done his job well, because when the Viet Cong attacked that night the villagers had confidence in Vu Trong - Hai and did not panic.

We caught up with cadre chief Vu Trong - Hai in an-Thanh, about two miles from (Contmued On Page 6)

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The joint checking account appears to be a device that permits the woman to beat you to the draw.San Francisco Chrooidft.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Buildings tnat "grow up with the organizations they hou.-e are becoming more common.

Not that expandable edifices are new. People have added rooms, wings and whole new buildings to everything from adobe Indian hute m ca.<t)es in Spain. But struclu'ss thiat grow vertically when needed are relatively recent.

Instalment buildings came about because of several factors: improved design and

building techniques, high property costs, new conitruction materials, and the pressing space needs of growth groups.

An example of the last is the Childrens Aid Societv in New York. It built a three-story headquarters building in 1950 which was adequate for its needs and within its budget. Now, 16 years later, four floors are being added.

A six-story municipal garage is Under construction in

.Akron. One day it will be topped with a 30-story office building, a 16-story garage and a convention hall.

ELMER

~ ROESSNER

And a telephone company recently added a total of 11 floors to four overcrowded buildings.

LIKE TOPSY

In another case, the structure grew not once but twice. The original building w6 put up during the Korean War \<hen materials were scarce. Only five stories were constructed.

iieven years later its size was increased more than 50 per cent with the addition of

three floors. Then, alter nn-other five years, the building's height was more than doubled with 13 more floors.

Growth buildings are relatively inexpensive when planned in advance. Steel structural framing accounts for 10 to 25 per cent of a buildings cost. Columns and foundations are 40 per cent of the framing cost.

But columns and footings with reserve strength for eventually doubling the height of a 10-story building, for example, add only about 5 per cent to the total price.

Even a building which was not designed for added weight and stress can sometimes be stretched. In one case a 12-story building was constructed to be just that: 12 stories

BEEFING UP

But engineers fuiind it was possible to remove the concrete and plaster from (he framing and strengthen it with

additional steel so it w'oud support another half dozen floors. They also managed to do it without stopping the use of the first 12 floors.

Another structure, the

three-block-long St. Johns Park Freight Terminal in N' w York, has been converted into a mammoth office building. The owners plan to add another floor to the first three. In this case the structure could take the load because it was designed originally to support 150 railroad freight cars on the second floor.

Instalment structures are favorites with organizations which grow as the surrounding population grows: welfare groups, department stores, utilies and the like. With Big Bruthensin growing apace, add-a-flour buildings sound like a good bet for Federal, state and local governments.