Thursday, February 9, 1967

Fast Start On A Dr^wn-Out Debate

It is not Furprisinf? that one of the first measures Introduced in the new session of the legislature is one which would revise the present liquor laws of the state.

It will be surprising, however, if the legislature is able to quickly resblve the question of how to revise the existing liquor laws.

The measure introduced by Sen. John Burney of New Hanover would legalize the practice of taking bottles of whiskey in brown bags into public places. While it sounds simple to say that the state will legalize w'hat had been the general practice before the recent Supreme Court ruling, it is likely to prove difficult to spell out in a new law exactly

States Budaet

Has To Grow

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

RALEIGH - The states budget grows and grows, becoming fatter and fatter, year after year.

It virtually has to grow as the states population and economy expands, as more needs arise and the amount and level of state services increases to keep pace.

For the present biennium, 1965-67, it reached a ^and total of more than $2 billion for the first time in history. And the new budget for 1967-69 to be enacted by the General As-iembly is likely to be even bigger. Almost certainly it will be.

How much bigger is to be answered, at least in part, when Gov. Dan K. Moore presents his administration's budget proposals to the legislature next week.

Budget-Making Process

Moore already has outlined a boldly ambitious legislative program for the last half of Ills four year term. How he proposes to finance such a program will be .spelled out in the budget nietssage next week.

WILLIAM

SHIRES

Here are some thiifgs which should be kept in mind when this new budget, expected to be the biggest in state history, is made public.

First, it has been prepared according to a carefully defined process. This is prescribed by the states Executive Budget Act, a law dating from depression days, requiring a balanced budget' and forbidding deficit spending.

The law diarges the governor and the Advisory Bu^ct Commission with responsibility for preparing detailed, line-by-line item budget proposals for the General Assembly.

This must be based upon

officials begin the task ovm* again almost as soon as any given budget is enacted into law.

The process begins with es-t i m a t e s or approximations which are made more exact as the biennium draws nearer its close. Then the budget bureau and Advisory Budget Commission begin determining needs and receiving budget requests from all state agencies, departments and institutions.

Once each biennium, the Advisory Budget Commission goes on tour across the state, visiting each Institution and agency for an on-the-scene inspection and hearing.

When this Is completed, the commissionraade up of our legislators, the chairmen of the money committees in each house, and two members appointed by the governor, actually begin putting figures on paper.

Has Several Parts

The state budget is a document divided and subdivided. Its major divisions are the General Fund for general government activities, t h e Highway and Agriculture Funds are derived from special sources such as the gasoline tax and motor vehicles use taxes which go into the Highway Fund.

Also included in the grand totaling are federal funds and other non-tax agency funds. For 1965-67, this grand total amounted to $2,156,598,009 (b). And of this, the big General Fund budget was $1,188,864,-906.

The budget is also subdi vided by funds into three parts according to the purpose for wliich the money is to be used.

For example, within the General Fund there Is an A budget, a B budget and a C budget.

Purposes Arc Described

The A budget comes first. It is necessary to maintain state services and operations at existing levels, and always shows certain built-in increases. TTie B budget is the so-called enrichment or improvements budget, providing Tor expansion of services, new personnel and new programs.

In the budget process, it has becom.e customary to combine the A and B bud-

what those practices were and shall be.

Sen. Burneys l^ill is certain to be followed by other proposals for altering the present liquor laws. There will be other proposals for a new brown bagging law, and there will be measures which would provide for the sale of liquor by the drink in North Carolina.

While this issue needs to be resolved at the earliest possible date, there is little doubt that the legislature will not find itself quickly coming to agreement on what revisions will be made. The liquor by the drink forces may be expected to make a determined attempt to bring about this change in the state laws. Those favoring the brown bagging practice will be equally determined, and probably more numerous in the legislature. And there will be some who insist that the existing laws are adequate and should not be altered.

A law to legalize brown bagging, it seems to us, is the most practical solution to the problem North Carolina faces. In drawing such a law, however, the legislature should exercise great care. It should not hastily pass legislation just to be rid of this controversial issue.

Only As Effective As The Board Makes It

The move by Pitt Countys Commissioners to cope with the growing garbage problem in rural areas is going to be only as effective as the Commissioners decide to make it.

By asking that Pitt be included under the general statute which makes county governments responsible for designating garbage sites in rural areas, the County Commissioners have taken the first step. If the program is to be really effective, however, it will be up to the commissioners to provide an adequate number of adequately located garbage sites in rural areas. And once this is done, it will be the responsibility of the county government to see that regulations are enforced to prevent roadsides and unauthorized places from becoming sites for trash disposal.

The goal of the commissioners in preventing indiscriminate dumping of garbage and trash oil farms or along roads is a commendable one. It is, nevertheless, one which will require considerable effort, and in the long run some expenditure on the part of the county. It will also require that the Commissioners continue to provide the initiative in developing a workable program to achieve the goal that has been set.

?ost-Revolution Convulsion

If Fill Reminded That Its the Year of the Goat One More Time,

So Help Me Til BleaU*^

By HAL BOYLE

How Youth Should Live

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) -The Soviets and the Chinese Communists each took about 17 years to digest their revolutions, and then they had convulsions. For another 19 years, the Soviets were in Doctor Stalins sickbed.

Tlie Chinese may recover sooner because of the difference in age between Stalin and Doctor Mao Tse - tung at the time of the convulsions. Mao is an old man. Therein lies, perhaps, the Wests best hope for the future.

The murder of a party friend in 1934 - 17 vears after

This Date-'

realistic and reasonably accu- _____ ____

rate estimates of anticipated gets for a preceding biennium

state revenues, the credit ba- into simply the A budget 1 d-vJLl o

lance or carryover at the end for the next.

Finally, the C budget is that providing for capital improvements, physical assets and permanent investments such as land, buildings and equipment.

the Bolshevik revolution gave Stalin the take - off point for wiping out any possible op-positioii in the bloody purges of the 1930s. -v,.

He was 55 when the purges began and he remained in total control another 19 years until his death in 1953, although his energy^ and ambitions were distracted and much consumed by World War II.

If there had been no war, the U. S. S. R. might have been different now, and the world also. Certainly if Stalin had lasted longer, the Soviets would have been slower turning toward more moderation.

He had one policy; Progress for the U.S.S.R. And it made (Continued On Page 6)

Strength

NEW YORK (AP) Now hear this, young man.

One of the chores of a columnist is to tell youth how to live.

No one knows just why columnists are entitled to this privilege, but if they dont exercise it at least once a year they are likely to have their licenses revoked.

So, young fellow, here is my free advice for 1967 on how to wrest the best from life and avoid the pitfalls of a trap-filled world:

If you are idealistic and yearn to improve the human race, try to get the job done by the time your are 25. If you havent, then concentrate on improving yourself.

Sleep on a firm bed. Half the people who wake up tired do so because their bed is too soft.

The other chief source of fatigue is boredom? To avoid boredom make change a routine thing in your life. Never spend two days in a row exactly alike, even if you only eat in a different restaurant or go home by a different route.

If you are unable for one reason or another to marry your employers daughter, marry a girl with a merry mind and a responsible heart. These qualities endure long after beauty does.

Never drink anything except milk or water at lunch until

youth 60th birthday. Avoid drinking hard liquor be f o r e dusk or after midnight.

If you play golf play it on weekends. The young fellows who sneak out to the country club during the week usually wind up bums.

Ask for a pay rise every 18 months whether you need it or not. There is no surer way to find out how you stand with the firm. If you get turned down twice, better look for another job.

HAL

BOYLE

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By FOY H. DUNCAN Feb. 9, 1027 Teachers College May Get Increase In Appropriations

State Capitol, Raleigh, Doc. 9 Reports that the Appropriations Committee will recommend $380,000 for East Carolina Teachers College. . . .

Stage All Set For Close Of Contest Saturday Night Everything is all set for the close of the Daily Reflector subscription and prize contest on Saturday night at eight oclock. The judges are J. C. Lanier, Mayor; J. C. Gaskins, Registry of Deeds: C. B. Rowlette, secretary of Merchants Association. Their duties will consist of counting the votes found in the ballot box on the last day and add to each workers last published list. . . .

New Manager For The Charles Stores Mr. R. C. Gaber of Winston-Salem^ who has been in charge of the Charles Stores there, has arrived to take charge of the Greenville store and Mr. John Weddell, who has been in charge of the Greenville store, will go to Winston-Salem to take over the store there.

Bernard Shaw says mothers should be paid for having children and add. I vnould not have a baby for less than $10,000. He underestimates it.

If he were a woman, with only a mMs courage, and had had a mans courage, and had had one baby, he wouldnt have another one for a million dollars.

fFrom TODAY by Arthur Brisbane).

By EARL L. DOUGLASS FACE THESE FACTS

There are many mysterious things about the life and teaching of Jesus, but to some of us it has always appeared that the most mysterious thing is this: a humble carpenter is the despised town of Nazareth two thousand years ago was able in a brief ministry of three years to change the moral thinking of the world and has so affected its life that time is dated from his birth.

The only explanation for Jesus and his significance is the explanation given in the New Tekament. This Jesus must have been something vastly more than he appeared to be. His ministry was glorious, llis words had in them the ring of tlie eternal. His miracles were of unprecedented wonder. Ye all this did not and does not explain him. The only explanation for Christ and his significance is that he was indeed a Divine Being, He was the only begotten Son of the Most High God sent into the world in human form and flesh to minister to every aspect of bur lives.

'This Jesus was what he claimed to be. His resurrection was the confirmation of h i s genuineness. The carpenter of Nazareth became the Crucified Lord. The humble servant of his generation became the Saviour of the world. Jesus is just too mysterious to understand unless we take the New Testament at its face value. He w'as a man, but he was much more than a man. He was God incarnate in human flesh for a season that we might know Gods will concerning us and have faith to follow it .

(Christian Science Monitor)

We dont believe a word of it. When Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois tells us that he would welcome electronic amplification in the Senate chamber because his own voice has become squeaky, we wont accept his reasoning.

There have, over the more than a century and a half of its life, been many remarkable voices heard within the United States Senate. There was the cutting Yankee twang of Daniel Webster, as he defended the Union and Massachusetts. There was the sharp and bitter voice of John C. Calhoun as he rose to speak for the mighty antebellum South. There was the roar of Minnesotas Magnavox Johnson, the boom of Alabamas Tom Tom Heflin and the persuasion of Nebraskas George Norris.

But unique, in their orotund, euphonic mellifluousness are

the accents of one of the greatest showmen America has ever produced. When Senator Dirksen speaks, friend and foe alike sit back and let the rolling sentences, the rhythm>j cadences, the dramatic pauses, the ringing emphasis, the masterly perorations flow like great waves over and about them.

Many have lamented the decline In oratory in America. The Fourth of July celebration, the summer revival meeting, the political hustings, debate within Congress, all of these, it is sadly said, no longer reverberate to the soothing or stirring emmeleia of the born orator. Yet, even as they say this, they pause, their eyes light up, and they add, but, then, theres still Senator Dirksen. Indeed, there is. And we want no electronic amplification to rob his tones of that masterful and mellow melodiousness.

Dont quit a good job, however, just because you are piqued with your boss. The chances are fairly good that in time he will retire, get fired himself or be sidelined by an ulcer.

Take as little medicine as possible. Too much medicine probably keeps as many people sick as it makes well.

If you learn early that you are inept at handling money, let your wife handle the family Income. Then, if you both wind up in the poorhouse, youll at least have someone besides yourself to blame.

Have at least two children, or adopt a couple. And keep a pet cat, dog, or goldfish in the home. Children and pets do more than anything to keep a household sane and in an uproar.

If you must gamble, bet on the one thing you cant afford to lose yourself. It Is foolish to bet on a race horse that could have no possible inter-(Continued On Page 6)

Jroe is

Reeling

Strain

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON - New signs of friction between Hanoi and the National Liberation Front (NLF), the political arm of the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas in South Vietnam, are being studied with avid interest by President Johnsons diplomatic policymakers.

Officials, it should be stressed, are loath to jump to hard conclusions. In the first place, the official U. S. position for years has been that Hanoi controls, lock, stock, and barrel, botii the guerrilla movement and the NLF. In the second place, there are many uncertainties and little hard infoi> matlon.

I But within those obvious limitations, top administration oN ficials now suspect that the irresistible pressures of the U.S. war machine are putting a growing strain on relations between Hanoi and the NLF.

One source of Intelligence backing up this conclusion are vast amounts of recently accumulated enemy documents captured In the past few months.

'These documents, along with prisoner Interrogations, paint a picture of conflict and friction (in the words of U. S. officials) between commanders of Viet Cong units and their counterparts in the regular North Vietnamese army. The Northerners are portrayed as superior and arrogant, throwing their weight around and belittling the Southern Viet* Cong.

Another piece of evidence, now under study at the highest State Department levels, was an interview given a left-wing British reporter by a member of the Central Committee of the NLF named Nguyen Vai Hieu.

In the Interview, Hieu stated that the NLF would undertake talks with the U. S. with or without a cessation of bombing in the north and with no prior condition of U. S. withdrawal of its mighty armed power In the south. This is exactly opposite to Hanois demand that all bombing cease before any talks start

When this interview was published in London several days ago, the official NLF radio in Hanoi repudiated It But meticulous investigation has convinced the U.S. that the Interview did in fact take place and that Hieu did say what he was reported to have laid.

U. S. diptomats, moreover, are fascinated by one portion of the interview claiming that powerful figures in the NLF want a neutralized South Vietnam, not tied, as is North Vietnam today, either to Communist China or the Soviet Union.

Although this is taken with several grains of salt here, high officials emphasize that this kind of talk by a leading figure in the NLF, however unreliable, would have been unthinkable a year ago. The change is simply one more indication of the irresistible pressures of the U. S. military campaign.

Furthermore, it Is now regarded js entirely possible that the NLF and its .Viet Cong military arm would like to make a serious gesture toward some kind of settlement prior to the election of a new civilian government In South Vietnam.

With the new constitution likely to come into play by the end of the next month, the first election of a South Vietnamese president and an assembly Is (Continued On Page 0)

Count On More Inflation In 67

By ELMER ROESSNER Settle back and count on more inflation this year.

New - economy spokesmen say there really is no Inflation, that the rise in price of goods, services and labor only reflect the increase in productivity. President Johnson has declared he will fight inflation and has a$ked business to hold price lines, which business wont because it cant.

And, at the same time, the President relaxed his wage guidelines when he and his Council of Economic Advisors approved wage settlements providing for increases of more than 3.2 per cent increases.

Labor has i^oi-ed that 3.2 per cent ever since it was proclaimed. Instead of a ceiling, it has become a floor. No labor leader dared to return to his union with a 3.2 per cent increase. He wbuld be

told, Thats what the President gave us; we want more. The Lesson

In fact, thtf may be ^ h e great lesson the President learned in domestic economics in the last year or so: That when someone sets a jawbone limit on wage increases, whether it be 3.2 per cent, 5 per cent or 49 per cent, that limit instantly becomes a goal. No upion member will be satisfied with less; most union leaders will try to win a little bit more just to prove their toughness.

Now that the lid has been blown off, it will let a lot higii-er demands loose. The New York Mailers Union, for example, is demanding wage increases of $30 a week for day siiift workere, $50 for men on night shifts. Other unions have asked, or are planning to ask, wage increases of from 5 to 8 per cent

And when thats the union range, it is certain that more will press for 8 per cent rises than those who ask 5 per cent.

ELMKR

ROESSNER

Higher Costs, Prices

Tbe cost of living rose about 2 per cent last year, when the 3.2 per cent wage guideline existed in an airy-faiiy sort of way. At that rate, if wages go up 7 per cent this year, the cost of living may rise about 4 per cent.

Eight days ago the minimum wage went up for $1.25 to $1.40, creating the curious spectacle

of the government trying to hold wage increases down, perhaps as low as 3.2 per cent, while at the same time, by Congressional order, increasing some wages 12 per cent

Because of that and coming union demands, wage costs are certain to rise considerably during the year'.

The President has suggested corporations meet wage increases out of profits. K is true corporation profits are large, larger than they ever have been. It is also true that corporation profits will be cut 3 per cent if the proposed 6 per cent tax surcharge is voted. That and wage rises will create pressure for ,h i g h e r prices, no matter what the President says.

So it look as if there are wage increases and price increases ahead. And if that isnt more inflation, It will do until the tigher spiral begins.