Friday, March itl, 1968

Austerity Yet To Become A Fact

THE WAY THEY PLANNED IT

Austerity I

It is almost as if a new word has come into official use in the United States.

Before President Johnson used the word this week, how long had it been since an American pres-.dent had used it in connection with federal fiscal policies? Certainly not within recent administrations, Democratic or Republican.

The word has been used by European leaders from time to time as their respective nations found it necessary to face up to the reality of living within their means. But the word was almost dropped from American vocabularies for lack of use.

But there it is, and directly out of the mouth of President Lyndon Johnson: . . . a program of national austerity to return soundness to the economy and finish the tasks which must be accomplished.

Officials Glum Over Failures

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES Reflector Raleigb Bureau

RALEIGH - Aside from the deep personal tragedy and grief suffered by family and friends, death on the highways in North Carolina dismays and distresses state officials from the governor on down.

It is always ugly hurtful and heartbreaking. Certainly the families ^nd friends suffer most when someone is killed, maimed or crippled in a smash - up and becomes a statistic on the records and the subject of a few inches in the obituary columns.

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SHIRES

The snuffing out of a life is the ultimate human loss and little can be done to console it. But this sense of loss, o failure to protect, is not confined to that relativelv small circle which suffers the greatest grief. It has become a public problem and responsibility, felt keenly by public oficiis who are charged with this responsibility.

A Hard Blow Headlines repon.ng that 29 persons were killed in highway accidents in Nortn Carolina last weekend hit tne.se officials like a blow lo the solar plexus.

It was the worst weekend toll of the year thus far despite a stepped - up effort by the Highway Patrol in enforcement tactics.

Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ralph Howland was glum and could not smile. We re disappointed, Howland said. Very disappwinted.

Also Disappointed The governors office was disappointed too, and equahy as glum.

Every day without fail the governor receives a report on highway fatalities along with a comparison of the toll with that of the previous year. The governor, Dan K. Moore, studies these figures hoping to see results of his administrations all - out war on highwav accidents. Occasionally there

is a glimmer of hope but iK)t last weekend. The death# of 29 persons over the veek-end of March 16-17 was the bloodiest toll for a .similar period in almost a year.

It shot the 1968 nighw'ay fatality toll to 317, or nearly 40 more than for the corresponding period in 1967.

What Happened?

The question, of course, is why? What happened? With increased enforcement, new highway patrol tactics concentrations of paiTol wch-packs in areas cf high accident frequency hew did the plan fail?

A young woman orove from Rutherford County to Raleigh on last Sunday and reported she saw at least 22 state highwav patrol cars activev patrolling the roads she traveled. She did not see a single accident.

Yet in perhaps isolated incidents six persons were killed on an interstate highway, 1-95, near Benson, and six others died in a collision near Scotland Neck in Halifax County.

Neither of these accidents occurred in a 'wolfpack patrolled area. Responsibility for each remains to be fixed.

Wolfpack* Areas

In the patrols selected wolfpack areas those of proven high accident frequency the accident rate declined sharply. In six countiesWake, Randolph, Mecklenburg, Pitt, Buncome and Cumberland counties troopers made 613 arrests and stopped and warned at least twice that many more drivers. The troopers patrolled main highways and rural roads, using speed clock devices and other new equipment.

It was estimated thai tne patrols strength in these selected counties was at five times the normal complement for a weekend.

Wake County around Raleigh is notorious a: this time. It has the wor.st record of any county in the state, having recorded more than 80 traffic fatalities during 1966 and almost as many last year despite increased enforcement efforts.

But the multiple fatality accidents occurred where t h e patrol apparently was then thin in Johnston and Halifax Counties.

We look forward to the administration coming forth with solid proposals to effect the austerity in government of which the President spoke. And we look forward to Congress, which has long called for reductipn in federal spending, to do a little belt-tightening of its own even in home districts if necessary to squeeze unnecessary blubber out of federal spending.

Admittedly, it is difficult to conceive of an austerity program coming out of Washington these days. But the very use of the word has in itself bolstered public confidence that something is going to be done to trim the federal spending spiral.

One point should not be lost to public view, however. If there is in reality a national austerity program, the entire impact will not all be on the other fellow. Every citizen is likely to feel the pinch that is certain to be a part of any meaningful effort to bring federal spending into line and generate sufficient revenues to provide a balanced budget.

More Important, City Will Gain In Beauty

In a matter of days Greenvilles thousands of dogwoods will burst into bloom and the city will have on its prettiest dress of the year for a couple of weeks.

Many of those dogw^oods which now bloom in Greenville were planted some 15 or more^ears ago by local Jaycees who undertook the project of selling and planting dogwmods as a long-range beautification program for the community.

Another generation of Greenville Jaycees is now in the midst of a similar project. Last Saturday they sold more than 600 dogwmods to local residents. Tomorrow they will be selling dogwoods again in varius parts of the city.

The project may add a few dollai*s to the Jay-cee treasury, but much more important, the additional dogwoods will add to the beauty of Greenville in future years and enhance the communitys appearance.

Budget-Cutting Still Befoaaec.

ART BUCHWALD

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WASHLNGTON (AP) -The White House trial balloon of a $9 billion budget cut never soared very high in the estimation of congressicmal leaders demanding deeper reductions as the price of a tax increase.

And now it seems to have fallen flat. No specific reductions have been sent to Capitol HiU, formally or mform-ally, and the indications are that none will be ready for some time.

Congressional economize r s are showing irritation. Some are suggesting that the $9 billion reduction talk last weekend by high administration sources was really intended more for the ears of the international monetary authorities meeting to stem the gold rush than for consideration by Congress.

k genuine fear that speculators against the dollar might win gave a strong impetus last week to the lagging discussions between the executive and legislative branches of an economy-tax combination to reduce the prospective $20 billion deficit and bolster the U. S. international position. The momentum has slackened since then.

There was a point at which key congressmen w'ere talking of an every steeper increase than the 10 per cent income tax surcharge Johnson is asking. Some suggested restoring the regular income-tax bracket rates, except in the lowest brackets, as they were before the massive 1964 tax re

duction instead of merely adding a surcharge.

Such a rollback would yield an estimated $14 billion increases in revenues instead of the $10 billion plus which the surcharge is supposed to bring in.

But the asking pnce was a budget reduction in the range of $15 billionmeaning an actual spending cut of about $6 billioninstead of the $9 billion budget tr i m that would mean about $4 bii-Ijon in actual spending.

There was no meeting of minds on an economy move of these dimensions.

It would require dropping, postponing indefinitely or at least drastically scaling down some whole domestic programs.

This is exactly the course some economizers are advwa-ting. They say the build-in expansion of these programs over the next five years or more will cost more than the present revenue structure can provideeven if tlie economy maintains a healthy growth.

.As the dialogue between the executive and the legislative branches falters, conferences within Congress on the possibility of a legislatively dictated cutdown on domestic spending continue. These now cross party lines, bringing in Republican leaders as well as the economy-minded Democratic cha i r-men of the taxing and spending committess. If they agree, the administration may find itself fighting budget cuts it had no hand in preparing.

-orty Years Ago

By FOY H. DUNCAN March 22, 1928 Local Boy Chosen In All-State Orchestra

Bruce Sugg of the Greenville High School orchestra went to Raleigh yesterday af-ternocm. He was chosen as a member of the all - state orchestra of one hundred boys and girls. This all - state orchestra will play in Raleigh tonight, tomorrow, and tomorrow night, at the meeting of the North Carolina state teachers assembly, . .The Greenville High School is proud of the fact that one of its members has been chosen for this honor. Bruce plays the flute in the local high school orchestra and under the direction of Mr. E, T. Roberson has mastered the flute in an tini^ual manner.

see the operetta. The theme of the story was a delightful one and the audience showed its deep appreciation of the work of the children and teachers time and time again by generous applause, . .

Do you know what The Hoodoo is? WeU, by all means, see the senior play. Its worth your while and, by the way, it is a rollicking good comedy. Admission 35 and 50 cents.

Red Bird

As 1 was sitting in a swing, I heard a red bird in a tree. He flitted about and began to sing Pretty songs to me.

(By James K. Taylor. Cannon Swamp School, Third Grade)

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Robin

One morning^very early.

A robin flew upon the window sill;

I said. Little Bird, sing for me.

He replied, I will, I will, I will.

(By Victor Cole, Cannon Swamp School, Second Grade;

As They Tell It In Hanoi

W.ASHINGTON -li you think people in this country are confused about what is happening on the American political scene, you can imagine how conf'j.sea they are in Hanoi.

Just the other day. Ho Chi Minhs Cabinet called in North Vietnams expert on American poliUcal affa i r s. He was in chains and two guards threw him to the floor.

All right, Dao Tri. one of the ministers saiii, a r c you going to tell us the truth about American politics or are we going to have to get it out of you same other war?

Honorable ministe-s. Dao Tri cried from the floor. I have told you *he tru.h. I did not make one word of it up.

Well, let us hear it again, another minister snarled. What exactly has happened?

Dao Tri, his head bowed, began: Sen. Robert Kennedy of .New York has decided to run against President Johnson because he (s opposed to President Johnsons policies in Vietnam.

But, said a minister, we thought Sen. McCarthy was running against President Johnson because he oppos e s his policies in Vietnam.

Sen. McCarthy is running against President Johnson. As a matter of fact, he came within 200 votes of beat i n g President Johnson in the province of New Hampshre. Then why is .Sen. Kennedy running against President

Johnson? a minister asked.

Because he says he wants to help Sen. McCarthy defeat President Johnsoci. k minister turned to onr of the guards and said. Hang him up by his thumus.

Dao Tri was hung by h s thumbs. The mini.ster said. Now continue.

Dao Tri, betweei screams.

ART

BUCHWALD

Other Editors Saying Classroom To Stree

(Christian Science .Monitor)

For long centuries in Europe university men were the actual administrators of government. .Able men shuttled back and forth between classrooms and chancelleries, now teaching, now governing. In tho.se days politics and schol-arsnip were closely intertwined.

Of lute, but to a minor degree. the United States has been getting back to this concept. There has come, above al! beginning with the administration of Prcsid e n t FYanklin D. Roosevelt, a tendency on the part of government to turn to the univer-sities for the knowledge and the thinking with which to grapple with the coplcx problems of a modern nation. This has brought many remarkable men into public service.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is now approaching this concept of public service by university men from a new point of view. It has announced that this fall it would send out 12 assistant professors to work to work for a year full time with city officials on urban problems. These are not to be part-

time consultative jobs The assistant proves.sors will act as and be in every sense city employees.

This can be a fruitful experiment for several reasons. The first and most obvious advantage is the benefit to the cities themselves from having the new thoughts and the enthusiasm of those stimulated by coming to actual grips with problems on the street rather than in the classroom. But the benefit will also work the other way. When these assistant professors return to their classrooms. they should be far better teachers and far more authoritative thinkers on urban problems for having had a year of curbside experience.

Such well-known individuals as Prof. Edwin 0. Reischauer and John Kenneth Galbraith of Harvard are, notwithstand-ding the breadth of their earlier knowledge, still greater authorities today for having served as ambassadors to Japan and India respectively. In a world and at a time that needs every excellence, the cross-fertilization between academic thought and practical experience is of the highest importance.

conti.iued Sen McUari h v said he docsn *. neea Sen. Kennedy's suppo-t m his iight against President Johnson but Sen. Kennedy says he's going to support McCar: h v whether he likes it or not.

' Raise him otf the ground a little. a minister said to the guard. Didn't you tell us Sen. Kennedy said he wojid oppose President Jo^uison Dao Tri screamed Ho.w-able ministers, hear me out Kennedy announced it before the primary elections in New Hampshire, because he <-aid he did not want to split the Democratic Partv. .After t h c primary. Sen. Kennedy said the party was split anyway, so he thought he would have a better chance of splitting the Democratic party than Sen. .McCarthy would.

A little higher, a minister ordered the guard. Dao Tris toes were barely touching the ground. Now tell us about the Republican Party."

Former Vice President Nixon won very big in New Hampshire, Dao Tri gasped, so Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of the province of New York, who said he did not want to be President, has decided to run against him.

Why? a minister asked. Because the polls show that Rockefeller could beat President Johns(Mi, but Nixon cant. Therefore, the majority of the Republican delegates are for Nixon and og a i n st (Continued On Page 5)

laxes

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON The gold crisis has breathed new life into the corpse of a 1968 tax increase but in a form radically different from President Johnsons surtax and only if accompanied by twice as much reduced spending as he proposes.

Although the White H ou s e may not fully appreciate it, President Johnsons concession of last Saturday (March 16) for an additional $3 to $4 billion in spending cuts for the next fiscal year scarcely satisfied Congress (and certainly did not, as intimated by Mr. Johnson, have prior Congressional approval).

Rather, key tax -writers on Capitol Hill whose active support is essential insist, in confidential talks, on these two major policy shifts by the President:

1. The 10 percent surtax that is. 10 percent of the tax normally paid by each individual must be buried entirely. Too many (kingrcss men are (mi record against it, and the very name surtax has taken on a political curse. Instead, the President must agree to a total revision of bracket tax rates to increase revenue. Whats more. Congressional powers believe the over - all extra revenue raised must substantially exceed the $10 billion that the 10 percent surtax would yield

2. Spending reductions must be at least double Mr. Johnson s figures of last Saturday that is. around $7 I n. That would mean pain-1 .eductions in pork-barrel, G.vUt Society, and even some military spending.

Thus, the Ckingressi 0 n a I tax - writers are even more responsive than Mr. Johnson to demands of European central bankers that Washington put its fiscal bouse in order. Those who a few weeks ago were willing to let 1968 pass without Lax action are now talking privately of t h t de.sperate need for austerity. But they regard the surtax and the LBJ spending cut as too little too late and in preference to the Johnson program would rather see nothing done.

Whether the President will bow to this attitude or even understand it is a mystery. From the moment he propo.s-ed a surtax in January, 1967, he has bungled management ui the proposal as no other legislative matter during h 1 s 35 years in Washington.

The latest example ca m e last Saturday when Mr. Johnson, in a personal briefing of reporters at the White House, announced willingness to cut appropriations by $8 or $9 billion, which would boil down to $3 or $4 billion in actual reduced spending. In off-the-record statements, Mr. Johnson also claimed these figures had been cleared with Congressional leaders and, he hinted were approved by Mr. Taxation on Capitol Hill: Rep, Wilbur D. Mills of Arkansas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Actually, the figures had been cleared with nobody. They were news to (kingressi 0 n a 1 leaders. Mills, who has insisted on draconian reductions before he would suppc*! any tax increase, had not even talked to Mr. Johnson for eight days prior to the Saturday briefing.

The Presidents motive was apparent: to show European central bankers, meeting that very afternoon at Washington in emergency sessicm on the

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Hints For A Corporation Wife

By ELMER ROESSNER

A story is told about a large corporation that passed over a man for promotion because at a country club dinner his wife picked up a chicke.i leg with her fingers. Personally, I wouldnt bother with a wife who leaves meat on the bone, but the story illustrates the importance some corporations place on company wives.

And while the social graces of executives wives may have some importance to a corporate image, wives do have greater importance to their husbandss success, according to Charles Chuck Lapp, professor of marketing, Graduate School of Busmess. Washington University.

A helpful and understanding wife, he said, is almost essential to success And for the wife who would b<3 truly helpful, Dr. Laop offered these 24 suggestions nra d e. not by himseli but byt wives

of executives at the graduate school:

Eschew Gossip

1. Dont listen to the wrong things from other people. Always maintain a positive attitude about your husb and and his work.

2. Learn to be a good mixer, completely independent of your husband when necessary, especially with regard to convention trips and business parties.

3. Always be ready to go.

4. Send him off in a good frame of mind in tlie morning.

5. Keep him in the family circle.

6. Dont do everything yourself, but try to be a go^ business manager at home by keeping track of checks, the monthly statement Irom your bank, receipts and other important items.

7. Always show an interest in business affairs, and try to learn something about itm.

Even Walls Have Ears

8. Dont divulge company information to other company wives, but do a cert ain amount of mtertaining of people within the company.

9. Know your husoands associates and notice changes in his organization. But dcnt be

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catty!

10. Keep your home always ready for drop - in guests.

11. Always try to be well groomed, and see thar y 0 ur husband is.

12. Compliment your husband whenever possible.

Build his ego. In his work he needs plenty of aelf-ccnfid-ence.

13. Be able to give h i m constructive criticism, but never in public.

14. Be a wailing wall. When hes worried or frustrated, help him get it out of his system.

15. Watch out for signs of tension and promote some form of recreation to relieve tension.

16. Keep a careful eye on drinking habits. Beware of too much social drinking, either on or off the job.

17. Remember names and details about new contacts.

18. Include some oonbusi-ness groups on your social calendar.

19. When vacations coma along, plan for complete relaxation.

20. If you have children, your husband should have adequate opportunity to enjoy them.