Wednesday, October 4, 1967

Then There Are Disappearing Jobs

10T UP!

Each year for the past several years North Carolina has been able to show an impressive number of new jobs and an impressive figure for new payrolls generated through new and expanded industry.

These figures point to continued economic growth of the state and its various areas. Without some study, however, the figures could give a mistaken impression of just how rapidly the economy is moving.

Not nearly as widely circulated, for example, are figures on the number of jobs which disappear each year from the states economy. In the East, by way of illustration, the number of agricultural jobs has declined steadily over a number of years. In this as in other areas, jobs disappear as business close and give way to new enterprises. Trades disappear as the demand for them tapers off with the changing times. New jobs are created, to be sure, their number does not necessarily represent a net increase in employment in a community or in a state.

So it is that the net gain in employment in North Carolina from one year to the next is not nearly as'substantial a figure as the number of new

Sanfords Book Due October 16

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES Reflector Raleigh Bureau RALEIGH People in politics:

Former Gov. Terry Sanfords latest book, Storm Over the States, will be published Oct. 16 acceding to a publishers announcement.

The bocdc deals with findings f a two year project, A Study of Amerioan States, which Sanford conducted at Duke University under grants by the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corp. and the subject matter will be (julte different from an arlier Sanford-authored work.

His first book, But What About the People? was pub-li^ed in 1965 shortly after Sanford left the governors office. It dealt with his quality education program, efforts to improve pKiblic educa-ti<m during his 1961-65 admin-litrati<i and various education

innovations and experiments.

The new book is based on a study of state governmental structure and its relationship with the federal system.

Taylor Not Running StaU Rep. Nelson Taylor of Carteret County isnt planning lo seek re-election.

Tbe younger of two representatives from the Carteret-Craven district, Taylor says demands of his law practice in Mordiead City have proved too much.

I find I just cant take off six months every other year, he says.

Another Post Mentioned A ftreshman in the 1%7 session, Taylor was regarded as n vigorous and promsing new

legislator. In addition, as the first Democrat elected to ihe House from Careteret in several sessions he was more warmly accepted by the legislative leadersliip. House Spei-ker Earl Vaughn appointed Taylor to the Legislative Research Commission.

Sources say Taylor is bei.ig mentioned for a new post as legal counsel or executive secretary for the N. C. Fisheries Assn. which will look after legislative and other interests of the states commercial fishermen.

The organization, headqu;ir-tered at Morehead City, is scheduled to approve establishing such a full - time post for the first time in a referendum this winter.

Godwin Drops Hint The other House mem b e r from the district, R. C. Godwin of Craven, has hinted strongly that he intends to seek re - election.

Godwin, also a Democrat, brought chuckles at a well-attended fisheries meeting in New Bern the other night by saying he hoped those present would remember my name next Spring and Fall.

Bowles Makes Headlines Hargrove (Skipper) Bowles Jr. made headlines back in his hometown of Mo.iroe the other day with emphasis on hi.s gubernatorial aspirations.

Bowles, of course, is now a successful and wealthy Greensboro businessman, former state C&D chairman - director and a legislator.

But the Monroe Enquirer-Journal took a hometown view in a front page story headlined. Former Monr o e Boy Has Gubernatorial Eye. After Bowles paid a visit to address a Monroe civic club on non - political subjects, the newspaper said It can be stated without any violation of off - the - cuff confidences that Bowles had a frank and unconcealed aspiration to serve his state as governor as he talked with old friends in Union Countv.

jobs created in business and industry. Certainly the total employment tigure in the state has moved up steadily, but not as i'asl the number of new jobs created.

North Carolina, and particularly the East, mus continue to give emphasis to the generation of new jobs in business as well as industry. It is a foregone conclusion that within the next few years as tobacco farming goes through a revolutionary mechanization proce.ss, the number of people required on the farms will see another sharp decline. If the area is to provide other means of livelihood for those people who are forced off the farms, new jobs must be created to replace those which disappear.

The Eastern Region of North Carolina 'will have to generate several thousand non-farm jobs in the next few years just to maintain its present level of employment. It will have to create far more jobs if it is to see its economy continue to move upward at a rate comparable with that of the rest of the state.

Going A Long Way To Make Smoking Out

Now the head of New Yorks health department wants to rule out .smoking by heroes on childrens television and radio programs.

It is another step in the effort to making smoking the out thing to do, as the health director explained.

All these years the young.sters of the nation have sun ived seeing the heroes and bad men belly up to the bar in their favorite Western. The kids are sufficiently sophisticated to know the stuff in the little glass is not sarsaparilla. Yet few people By ART BUCHWALD have raised a howl. The Surgeon General hasnt ^ ^

suggested putting on bottles the warning that liquor * may be dangerous to ones health. The head of New Yorks health departnient hasnt suggested the hero change his appitite for liquids.

The kids have seen the hero and the villain alike gun down victims sometimes innocent,

Third Largest Industry

WASHINGTON One of the

ways to solve acute problems in the United States is to study

sometimes not and there has been little expressed ^here are

concern about how it would affect the attitudes anjj nmhablv more fommittpes habits of the youngsters in later years. making more studies of more

The hero can drink, gamble, commit mayhem, problems than at any time in engage in occasional larceiiy, and even keep com- our history, pany with a beauty of questionable morals. But Prof. Heinrich Applebaum now, say the experts, he must avoid at all costs al- has just completed a study on lowing the youngsters see him engage in the newly people who make studies, and unpardonable sin of lighting a cigarette. the results are fascinating.

We wonder if cigarettes could really be as Prof. Applebaum said, I harmful to the younger generation as those other discovered that the aver a g e

things?

Marshall Won The Ooen Door

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)Monday, when Thurgood Marshall took his seat on the LI. S. Supreme Court, would have seemed tremendous at s o m e other time, for Marshall is the son of a sleeping - car porter and great - grandson of a slave.

Just 14 years ago it is unlikely any president wou 1 d have dared to name a Negro to tlie court which then still clung to its 1896 ruling that segregation, making Negroes second - class citizens, was constitutional.

But 13 years ago there would have been no T-eason for a president to lie.sitate. It was on May 17, 19.54 tliat the court abandoned its old opinion and declared that segregation is by its very nature unconstitutional.

It was Mar.^^hall. more than any single man in .\merica, who made possible this victory, which threw open the gates of the nation lor the Negroes, although the gates are still far from wide open.

If at that time Marshall had been appointed (o the court no doubt Negroes all over America would have looked up o n him as a saint, the hero of their race. But those 13 vears

person making a study today has had five years of college, is married, has 1.6 children, earns $15,000 a year, Uves in the suburbs, plays tennis or golf on weekends and believes in God.

Thats truly amazing.

He will spend an average 8.9 months working on a study, 2.6 months discussing it in committee, 3.9 months writing a report which will be typed up by 5.6 secretaries and then it will be printed up and distributed to 1,250 persons

who will read it in its entirety.

That isnt too many people,

Its a lot considering that only one out of every 23.6 reports is ever acted upon. What happens to the rest of them?

Theyre filed away and used as reference for other people who will be asked to make future study on the same subject.

That sounds rather discou-ragining.

On the contrary. The main purpose of a study is not to solve a problem, but to postpone the solution of it in hopes that it will go away. If it doesnt go away, at least people will have forgotten about it by the time the report comes out.

Could you give me an example?

Well, at the moment the riots in Detroit are under study. A blue - ribbon panel of

politicians appointed by the President is making a report which will probably be delivered sometime in 1968. By then some other city will probably be burned down, and nobody will give a damn what happened in Detroit. Theyll demand to know what happened in Philadelphia or Cleveland or whatever city blows up next. The President will then appoint another commission to study that riot, and by the time they get their report in, the President will have to appoint another committee to study what went wrong in Washington. D. C., or Oakland, Calif.

Problem Of Plenty

have been a long time in Negro America.

Marshall is a man dedicated to reason and justice u n d er law which is no longer enough for the Negro extremists who

screaming violence and preac- Other Editors Saying

hing Black Power without ever saying what they have in mind.

This American society, often hypocritical about democracy while preaching and proclaiming it, has had to melt its religious and racial bigotry a step at a time.

The nation was 47 years old before the first CatholicRoger B. Taney, who later became a chief justice was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1836. Five more Catholics have been on the court since.

The nation was 127 years old before the first Jew, Louis B. Brandis, was made a justice in 1916. Since then four ctlier Jews have been appointed to the court.

And Monday, with the country 178 years old, Mars h a 11 was llie first Negro given a seat beside the other eight justices.

Marshall went to work for the National Association for (Continued On Page 5)

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DAVID JULIAN WHICHARD Board Chairman

By FOY H. DUNCAN Oct. 4, 1927 Greenville Rotary Club Carries Spirit Of Rotary To Fountain The spirit of Rotary was carried into the Fountain community last night w h en members of the Greenvi'le club held their first friendship meeting of its kind probably ever before conducted >n this part of the state. Numbers of prominent business and professional men of the town of Fountain were guests of the club during the evening and the session proved to bo of value and profit to everyone... Supper was served by )nem-bers of the Parent - Teaciiers .Association of Fountain, alter which a program consisting of songs, speeches, and Rotary stunts held attention of the gathering the remainder of the evening. The outstanding feature in connection with tlie musical program were several song selections presented by a quarette from Greenvilie composed of Rill Lee, W, M. Sellars. E. W. Williams and Mr. Story. . . .President W.H. Rogers presided over the se.s-

sion.

Blth Announcement

Mr. and Mrs. W L.. Nesbitt announce the birch of a daughter on Monday, Oct. 3, 1927 at Pitt Community Hospital.

(Christian Science Monitor) Reports of abundant harvest, many of them record-breaking, which are about to be reaped this year introdijce some much - needed cheer in the worlds news.

It is notable that in countries as far apart in location and farm technology as India and the United States the same trend is recorded. Both are preparing to harvest bumper crops of unprecedented size. But as a result, both have new economic problems. Sudden increases in production are not unmixed blessings, even though they bring joy to a farmers heart.

India, like the United States, is concerned about the effect upon prices of a 20 per cent gain in production. Will prices go so low that they will discourage further investment in farm equipment, fertilizer, and land improvement? Indias price support program may need adjustment. In any case, continued food - aid from other countries will be required to establish minimum food reserves. Good crops are not a panacea; sound governmental policies are still nec

essary.

So it is in the United States. Crop prospects have never been so goo(l. Corn, wheat, soybeans, and some other crops are expected to be way above a recent five year average. Increases run from 25 to 40 percent for the major grain crops. Livestock production holds its own.

But the headlines in farm publications proclaim resulting problems which, like those of India, have to do with farm income. Farmers Urged to Hold Grain for Better Prices. Problems of Bumper Crop Discussed. Special meetings to consider how to prevent a .serious market glut and unduly depressed grain prices at harvest time have been held by Farm Bureau leaders in Midwest states. Other farm organizations are working on the problem.

But it is a good kind of problem. Farmers are doing their part in making the fields yield their increase doing it with remarkable skill. Governments can do iheir part by shaping economic policies that will give farmers a fair return in years of boun^g.

A study groups work is never done.

I should say not. Making studies is now the third largest industry in the United States. Not only are large moni e s spent in making studies, but great sums are spent attacking studies that people dont agree with. Whenevr the Public Health Service issues a report on smoking, the tobacco industry immediately attacks it with a study of its own.

Even the National G u a rd doesnt like to be studies, I said-

Thats the beauty of the business. Every study demands a counter - study to refute its facts.

Prof. Applebaum, your re-jxtrt will make a great contribution to the study of studies. Can you tell me why you decided to do it in the f i r s t place?

I work for a foundation, and everything we wanted to study was being studied by somebody else. This was the only subject left that no one had made a study on.

Has anybody read it?

My wife thinks its the best thing Ive ever dcxie.

ihieu

Given

Word

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

SAIGON With the express consent of U. S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, a liberal Democrat from California conveyed a polite but tough message to President - elect Nguyen Van Thieu shortly after the election here.

The message: broaden your government, Mr. President -elect, and reform your programs, or you take the fatal risk of losing the support of the American people in your war against the North.

The man who delivered this message, Robert Coate, is one of the very few Democratic party officials who has publicly joined a campaign by party liberals to force a peace plank on President Johnson in next years Democratic convention.

The point to note however, is not Coates credentials but the steel in Ambassad o r Bunkers patrician spine. For the big news here this year is that Bunker, pacification chief Robert Komer, and Deputy Ambassador Edwin Locke are trying for the first time to use the full weight of U. S. power to persuade Thieu and his new government (not yet selected) that U. S. patience is not inexhaustible.

Bunker is a subtle diplomat whose serene composur scarcely matches his steely backbone. It was Bunker who, as much as any one, pulled Lyndon Johnsons chestnut out of the Dominican fire in 1965-1966. He knows today that the Vietnamese politicians and generals are less immune to the warnings of a U. S. politician than of a diplomat. U. S. Ambassadors (five in five years) have never yet made credible threats to the Vietnamese government. Their voice is far softer than U. S. opinion polls, as transmitted by . S. politicians.

But in addition to politicians like Coate and Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel, also of California, who saw Thieu in September, the Bunker-Kom-er team has made solid gains in the campaign to compel the Saigon government to chape up. It is an open secret here, for example, that two province police chiefs are now under intensive investigation by Prime Minister Nguyen Kao Ky to the delight of the Americans. The province chief of a key coastal region in the midlan(Js is being allowed to resign because Prem i e r Ky correctly decided he had become a liability.

This is the barest start of a house cleaning that is far, far overdue, and it would be foolish to expect too much.

Beyond that, however, the Bunker - Komer team is quietly pressing for a quite different kind of reform which could have dramatic effects on the caliber of officials in the central, provincial, and district governments. This is the long-overdue reform of pay scales.

A province chief makes 17,-000 piastres a month ($142) for a job roughly equal to a U.S. Governor, and it costs him 1.-000 piastres each to send his children to high school. Onlr three kinds of men can afford those all - important jobs the rich, the dishonest, or the wholly dedicated, and there seem to be too few of the latter.

Thus Bunker, as chief U.S. spokesman, and Komer, whose work in pacification interlocks with the province and district chiefs at every level, are pushing for higher pay (Continued On Page 5)

Creenina Inflation Bad, Too

Stage Set For Showing Minstrel At Whites

. . , .The chorus of 80 boys and girls, Mr. Story says, is the best he has ever heard at a minstrel. A Dark Secret first Act, with Tige Gardner, Tom Foley, Soup Porter, Dal Cox, Miss Virgin i a King, the old favorite on the stage. Whos Who quartette with a thousand pounds of harmony, composed of Ed Williams. W. W. Lee. Manly Sellars, and Lefty Story. Out in the front, with Miss Rose Hadley and Miss Virginia Ki n g. The Little High Steppers, the best of its kind. Miss Mary Luper. The dancers of the evening, Miss Virginia King and Cleo Summrell. The theatregoers will also have an opportunity to hear Miss Louise Phelps ancl Miss Edna Reid Summrell sing which will open the eyes of the public....

By ELMER ROESSNER

Creeping inflation has charm, seductive charm. Its a delusion, but such a delightful delusion. It affords an apparently easy way out of so many of the daily difficulties that confront us.

Creeping inflation sends up prices on the securities mar-

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ROESSNER

kets, farmers wishing to sell out get fancy prices for their farms, businessmen find it easier to make profits that come from inventory appreciation and higher selling pric

es, and workers get higher

wages.

The prosperity doesnt ring true, but it rings the cash registers because there is more money around. People on fixed incomes do not share in the additional money unless they own a share or two of stock, in which case they get a whiff of prosperity.

Creeping inflation is a monetary patent medicine, an economic elixir. It is a soothing compound containing syrup sweet to the taste, and alcohol to dull the senses.^ Looks Like Prosperity

Because creeping inflation wears a false face of prosperity, many people are easily fooled by it. First, it is tolerated, then it is accepted, and finally it is rationalized.

We are told that the country is confronted with a t Re of three evils. We must

accept enough unemployment to keep labor costs from rising, or impose direct government controls over wages and prices, or embrace creeping inflation. 'The first is socially undesirable, the second is politically impossible in times of peace which leaves creeping inflation as the least of the three evils. So goes the .argument.

It has not been proven that the solution to heavy unemployment is ever-rising prices. On the contrary, if inflation, is allowed to run its course we may ultimately precipitate unemplo^^ment of really serious proportions. The Pickpocket Of Prosperity

Simply because all our business reckoning is done in dollars, :t is so easy to fall for the fallacy that more dollars bring more prosperity. The essence of gjposperity is not

more dollars, but more goods and services.

We can consume only what we produce. If we want to consume more, we must produce more and there is no money magic that will enable us to consumer more than we produce.

Suppose the government were to adopt a policy of creeping inflation, say, 3 per cent a year so frequently advocated. Consider the factory worker, head of a family, making $6,000 a year. Knowing that the cost of living will rise 3 per cent each year, he will demand an escalator clause so that his wages will go up automatically with the rising cost of living. By so doing he contbutes to further inflation because contracts of this kind cause price increases to spread far and wide.