Wednesday, September 6,

Campus Traffic Neeis Attention

rRCnjBLE WITH THE FLIGHT PLANl

With the vanguard of East Carolina University students already in Greenville for the beginning of the fall quarter, it is apparent that automobile and pedestrian traffic in the vicinity of the campus will be heavier this year than ever before.

The reason, of course, is that there will be more, studejitsenrollment of nearly 10,000 anticipated and ^ with' the students more automobiles. Then too, with its continued growth, the university requires a larger faculty and staff and this too increases the on-campus popiriation and traffic. Although the university and the city have

done some joint planning in recent years to cope with this traffic problem, the congestion becomes more critical with each passing year. There are too few parking spaces on the ECU campus in spite of the fact that some additional parking spaces are added each year. The number of new spaces hardly keeps up with the increasing number of au- T 7"

tomobiles, and no headway is made tow^ard over- \ / coming the long-standing shortage of parking. With V heavier traffic on city streets in the vicinity of the campus, it has been necessary to reduce on-street parking in a w'ider radius around the campus."The overflow of automobiles is forced to seek on-street parking farther from the campus and traffic flow i.s restricted on other streets as a result.

There is no quick way to alleviate the traffic and parking problem in the vicinity of ECU. If the Tenth Street improvement could be expedited, the

traffic flow would be helped considerably. Beyond that, however, the university and the city need to do some long range planning to cope with the increasingly difficult situation. The university must deal with the problem in a more realistic manner by providing considerably more on-campus parking. The city must give consideration to more off-street parking in the vicinity of the campus and to more efficient handling of the heavier traUic voiume in the area of the campus.

The sooner the city and the university get down to specific planning and action to cope with the problem, the better off both will be.

oint Chiefs Do Criticism

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By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

Reflector Raleigh Bureau

RALEIGH - With four new members recently appointed by the governor, a reshuffling of the working committees of the State Board of Conservation and Development appears to be in the offing.

In fact, a sweeping reorgan-bation of the present C&D committee set - up is being considered. One idea is to reduce the number of committees from eight to four and expand membership of each fi'om three to six.

A decision on whether committee consolidation is feasible apparently rests with C&D board chairman J. W. (Willie) York of Raleigh who makes committee assignments.

New C&D Appointments

York is expected to announce new committee assignments and possibly a realignment of committees and their functions prior to the Fall meeting of the C&D board in Atlantic Beach early next month.

The time is ripe for such a step. Gov. Dan K. Moore has just replaced four retiring C&-D board member.s, and his new appointees will serve four year terms-expiring June 30. 1071 when a neW governor will be iii office and after two regular legislative sessions.

Moores new appointees are Grady Stott of Gastonia, Woody R. Hampton of Sylva, E. Pat Hall of Charlotte and W. Trent Ragland Jr. of Raleigh, At the same time, the governor reappointed eight board members whose terms expired last June 30.

Role Of C&D

Tlie idea of consolidating ind streamlining the C&D board's committees has been under study for some time. Last Spring, Lt. Gov. Robert W. (Bob) Scott suggested the possibility of separating the diverse functions of the present C&D department and creating two new depart-

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ments, one concerned with conservation of natural resources and the other with development.

York said at that time that such a step was already under consideration.

Subsequently, the legislature enacted Senate Bill 177 authored by Senate C&D chairman Ashley B. Futreli of Beaufort County creating a study commission to examipe and report on possible "eor-ganization of conservation and development activities.

At present, the department one of the biggest in state government is under policy control of a 24-member boaro, its members named by t h e

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governor for staggered terms.

The board meets regularjy four times a year to set policy for its eight major divisions and other sections. Administrative control is by a fulltime dii-ector and division heads.

Various Phases

C&D's divisions inc 1 u d e Commerce and Industry, Forestry, Parks, Mineral Re- * ^

sources. Geodetic Survey, Tra- Z.. )

vel and Promotion, Commun-ity Planning and Fisheries.

In addition, there are ooz- A

ens of other state agencies, boards and commissions which are related in conservation and development activity but not under the C&D board and its department.

Presumably the legislative study commission will also consider consolidating certain of these agencies and commissions in one or the other of the proposed new departments.

By BOB HORTON

WASHINGTON (AP) - The man who challenges his boss firmly and openly over the way the office is being run takes the risk of getting fired.

Yet the Joint Chiefs of Staff can speak out against their legally established superiors, policy over the limited bombing of North Vietnam with little fear anybody will get a pink slip.

How so?

The key is the forum the generals and admirals use in order to be blunt even critical, about national policy.

In the case of the air war. the chiefs, platform was the Senate defense prepardness subcommittee which has been examining civilian limitations on the bombing.

The chiefs, testimony in closed session led Chairman John C. Stennis, D-Miss., to conclude a clear and direct conflict existed be t w e e n them and Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara.

While little is known about what was said in secret, the chiefs, public statemens of-ier good clues as to the tenor.

On the surface, Gen. John P. McConnell, Air F'orce chief of staff, was the most outspoken. He stated, in effect, that the bombing has been worth an additional 800,000 U. S. troops and $75 billion in additional spending for Southeast Asia.

Conflict: McNamara has

said repeatedly there is no way to accurately asses the value of the bombing although he acknowledges it has hurt the enemy and should continue.

Gen. Harold K. Johnson, the soft-spoken Army chief of staff, emerged from a subcommittee session to say m answer to questions that he told the senator.s the -mi--litary considers Haiphong Port a valuable facility for the Vietnamese and feel it should

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By FOY H. DUNCAN Sept. 6, 1927 Two Persons Injured When Plane Crashed To Earth Here Yesterday Two persons are confined in a local hospital today suffering from injuries sustained late yesterday afternoon, when an airplane in which they were riding, crashed to the earth in a field just south of the country golf course. .... Miss Almeta Mallison, Greenville young woman, sustained a broken jawbone the loss of several teeth, lacerations on lower limbs and many bruises. Jack Bellamy, pilot of the plane, received a sprained ankle and several bruises. . The plane was completely demolished. . .The accident occurred following a flight over the city. The pilot was making the last turn preparatory to descend, when for some unaccountable reason^ the plane went into a tail spin at an altitude estimated at about 500 feet, and dropped to earth. The terrific impact almost completely flattened the plane out, spinning the occupants beneath the wreckage. . . .

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Rotary Will Meet Weekly

From now on the Greenville Rotary Club will meet once a week instead of twice monthly. . . .

Miss Bruce Tucker left yesterday for High Point, where she will teach in the city schools.

Dr. and Mrs. T. G. Basnight of Stokes were here yesterday.

Miss Elizabeth Jones left a few days ago for Kin ton where she will teach. ,

Marvin D. Sugg left yesterday for Chapel Hill to attend early seiison football practice.

Misses Frances Carraway and Mary Emma Gaskins have returned from a visit in New Bern.

Jake Stauffepihas f-eturned from Norfolk, Va.

be bombed.

Conflict: McNamara maintains the North Vietnamese use the port primarily as a matter of convience and that knocking it out would not halt seaborne imports of war supplies.

Adm. U. S. Grant Siarp, Pacific commander in chief, said pressure should be increasedthe best way to persuade the ruling element in North Vietnam to stop the aggression is. . . to make the consequences of not stopping readily and painfully apparent.

Conflict: McNamara says he sees no evidence that would lead me to believe that a less selective bombing campaign wonld change ^ resolve of North Vietnam's leaders.

How can such seemingly upstart performances be tolerated by a firm-handed defense chief and a President often depicted as sensitive to criti-

First, the disagreements Cism?

arent as deep and dramatic as might appearand furthermore they arent new.

Second, the chiefs have been making their case for broadened bombing in accepted, semiofficial fashion.

The debate over the value of hitting certain targets Haiphong among thembegan almost with the inception of the bombing against the North in 1965. Even then the chiefs wanted to neutralize the port by bombardment or mining.

McNamara maintains h i s differences with the military are very, very narrow and deal primarily with operating details, not over-all strategy.

By ART BUCHWALD

A PuFDose In Hearinas

WASHINGTON - Many people are under the impression that congressional committee hearings are held to get information on which our legislators can act in passing laws. This, of course, is ridiculous.

Most congressional committee chairmen, both in the Senate and the House, make up their minds before they hold a hearing and then select witnesses who will agree with them. Occasionally a witness may testify in opposition to the thoughts of the chairman and then hes in for a rough time.

But by and large, witnesses dont have to do much testifying because the senator.s and congressmen not only ask the questions but give the answers as well. This is how it goes.

Now, Mr. Jpipklb, isnt it true that the more money we put into termite control the more termites show up?

Yes, senator.

And isnt it true that government funds set aside for

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termites have been spent on other wood-boring pests that have nothing to do with the termite family?

Thats correct.

President Johnson denied in a news conference last Friday there is any major civilian- V-yLxlCJti military split over t.ie bcmib-ingT-tbere*s no deep division.

There are no quarrels, no antagonisms.

Differences over the value of certain targets exist. John-^on acknowledged but he added the.se have been blown out of proportion.

Editors Saying A Drone Society

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS INSECURITY NOT BAD

Securitythat's all I want, security. Let me be sure that 1 will not be set upon by violent people, that I will retire with enough social security and savings to take care of me in old age, that I will have peace of mind and not too mapy responsibilities to handle.

You are asking for something that even God Himself finds hard to confer upon anyone. He did not confer security on his only begotton Son who was slain because of his goodness after being betrayed by a colleague and deserted by all his friends.

The labor unions speak of fringe benefits. Security is a fringe benefit in life. If we do not have it, then we just have to get. along as best we can without it. What securiiy does one have if he owes ten times more than he can ever pay? What health securitjccbn we have when we know that there are only biding their time before they start eating us up? What about the atomic and hydrogen bombs? It may well be that the smallest nation on earth may some day blast the whole of the human race,off the planet.

Security? Stop such foolish talk. It may seem cruel to say so, but insecurity is one of the things that promotes growth and courage in our hearts.

We don't have to be secure to be happywe just have to be courageous and have faith.

(The Wilson Times)

Are some of the leaders in Congress becoming aware of the dangers of a drone society, subsidized by productive, tax-paying citizens? Rep. Wilbur D. Mills, (D-Ark.) chairman oi the House Ways and Means committee, has evidently read of the lavish welfare schemes proposed. He is out spoken in warnings to the public, of the dangers.

In his speech on a proposed increase in social security benefits he asked the question, Is it in the public interest for welfare to become a way of life?

Mr, Mills would tighten regulations on federal assistance to programs for aiding parents with dependent children. He says welfare is a way of life to one element in our population. As we are carrying the third consecutive generation of reliefers. He thinks this kind of dependence has to be stopped.

Mr. Mills must have read of the grand strategy program, as it is called, t h e welfarists are now mapping. This includes a guaranteed job with the government for anyone who cant find work elsewhere. Only Sunday we heard a manufacturer from a

nearby town say his indu.stry could not find common labor unskilled and what was attainable did not want to work. Such a suggested program as the above does not encourage the desire to work.

Another provision of the strategy mappers is an annual income for anyone who can't or shouldnt work. Another; improved income dis-ti ibution that would take more money out of the pockets of those who produce by ihcreas-ing the federal income tax iate.s.

The most dangerous of all for it changes the entire concept of social security, is the .social security benefits for the young, financed out of general treasury revenues.

These are only a few of the specific goals of an army of welfare warriors, as they are called. The ^ goal is high sounding, for it llrto eliminate poverty, the means toward that end demand investigation.

Congressman Mills, in an effort to curb welfare careerism, wants the states to meet certain requiremerrts by creating work and training programs so that unemployed parents must submit to a test of their ability to hold down a job.

And isnt it further true that our federal termite control program has encouraged Jermite exterminators to raise their fees, so, in effect, t h e more termites they can dig up, the more work they can get? I would say that, senator. So in your candid opinion the administration has made a mess of our termite control program and millions of dollars of the taxpayers money have been wasted on a worthless, needless and unproductive program that never should have been started in the first place?

Uh huh.

Now, Mr. Pipkin, as an expert on termite control, is it not your feeling that the best way to attack termites is through strong measures on a local level, without interference from Washington bureaucrats who wouldn't know a termile'^if they saw one? Yup.

Before dismissing you, Mr. Pipkin, I would like to say as chairman of this committee I have never seen a more forthright witness. You have contributed to the enlightenment of these hearings, and I would like to thank you for your able and knowledgeable testimony.

Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, one of the other senators says, I would like to call a witness in favor of the federal termite control program, Mr. Arnaud Carter. The chairman says, We dont have much time. All right, Carter, sit down, but make it short.

I would like to read a statement.

Were not interested in your statements. Say what you have to say.

Well, in regard to termites.

If you dont mind. Carter, just answer yes or np.

Yes or no what?

Are you holding this committee in contempt?

No. Im just trying to testify in favor of a strong federal termite control bill.

Well, get on with it then, In the housing industry alone.

Lets not go into the housing industry. Just stick with the facts.

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON - In a tactic carefully kept from public view, President Johnson is now using some 50 top-level lobbyists from throughout the Federal government as his personal political scouts on Capitol Hill.

Nothing demonstrates Mr. Johnsons own awareness of the deep political trouble he now confronts than this quiet attempt to enlist the huge Congressional liaisonthat is, lobbyiststaff of the Federal bureaucracy to probe beneath Capitol Hills surface and find out what plagues the Great Society.

On Presidential orders, each of the Federal lobbyist -many of whom rank as Assistant Secretary in their departmentshave picked half a dozen of their closest Democratic friends in the Senate and House. They are using these Congressmen as basic source material on such questions as why the President is slumping so badly, why some parts of the Great Society are In such deep trouble, and iipw Democratic party discip-linV^and morale can be tightened up.

In private tilks >%ith their Congressional targets the lobbyists are seeking new answers to these old questions. The answers are then conveyed, mostly in long memoranda, to the President, who puts them into his night reading folder and studies them late at night.

There is nothing either cynical or underhanded in making this novel use of the government officials whose main job is to drive White House legislation through Congress. The idea was the Presidents own, and it came to him one day last month when, in the White House Fish Room, the lobbyists were having a routine meeting with the White House staff.

Suddenly the door burst opened and in walked the President. He slouched into a chair, signalled that the meeting should go on as before, and intently listened.

The discussions continued, slightly encumbered with embarrassment from the presence of the boss, until Mr. .JohiTson interrupted.

He was very worried about the general political position or the Democratic party, he said, and about difficulties his Administration was having in Congress. He wanted to set up a better method of contact with Congress to know more about the views of individuals there, to understand the thinking of recalcitrant committee chairmen, and to get answers to the decline of his own and the partys popularity.

Then he asked each of the departmental lobbyists to sub- mit a list of their closest friends in Congress to Barefoot Sanders, the Texan who now runs the Presidents own lobby stable in the White House. Sanders, Presidenti.il Appointments Secretary W. Marvin Watson, Jr., and other White House staffers then a.s-signed five or six Democratic Congressmen to each of the lobbyists.

For instance, one departmental lobbyist set up an appointment with the first name on his list, a liberal Democratic Senator. He next sat in the Senators office for two hours listening to a torrent criticism about the war in Vietnam and the FYesidents tax bill that ended with a flat prediction that the whole Democratic party would go down to disastrous defeat (Continued On Page 8)

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Any man who thinks he is going to be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him should lake a close look at the American Indian."-Alamo (Tex.) News.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Now that almost| all of America's urban and suburban drinking water is spiked with chlorine and much of it with florides, the chemical industry is trying to find other products it can sell to cities and water districts.

(Horine, of course, kills a wide variety of bacteria and, e;^cept for the fact that, it tuj'ns some people to beer, is probably good for the public. And fluorides give Americans stranger, though not necessarily prettier, teeth.

One thing that might be added to drinking water on a wholesale scale i.s aspirin. Adding aspirin at the reservoirs could produce a nation with fewer hangovers and less arthritic pain.

Lots Of Excitement

One delightful thing about a

proposal to add aspirin to all the American drinking water would be that it would stir a lulu of a fight. The fluoridation proposal caused only a moderate row. It was generally agreed that the state had a right to chlorinate drinking water to protect the public to improve its health when failing to do so would not afflict other people.

One argument that has been largely overlooked is that fluoridation tends to be expensive and hence increases taxes, which is unfair to people without teeth. Perhaps this is because babies cant vote and old people dont call attention to the fact that they have lost their teeth.

The aspirin plan would provoke much lustier disagreements. Not only would there be a row over medication by

the state, but there would be quarrels over whether brand-name or generic - name aspirin should be used. Some would argue that since aspirin dulls pain, it would make many people less sensitive to hurts and aches, possibly delaying treatments for the causes rather than the symptoms. And the argument would be raised that since headaches are a divine punishment for overindulgence m drinking or eating, the state has no right to interfere.

And Why Not Tranquilizers?

An even more interesting proposal might be to add tranquilizers to tap water. That could bring about a nation of happy contented people, with less desire to quarrel and fight. The div. rce r; te might go down, crime might be reduced and there might be few

er complaints about the President. However, the effect on autolsts would be uncertain. Some tranquilized drivers might be less eager to cut in and out and pass other cars, but others might jus not give a damn and smash into light poles and other autos.

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But if it worked, we could send U-2 planes over China to drop tranquilizers in the lakes and rivers, thereby reducing tensions in the world.