Thursday, April fS, 196S

Best Qualified For Important Role

North Carolina voters will make important decisions a week from Saturday when they go to the polls to choose party nominees, and in some cases officials who will hold top state and local officers for the next several years.

In the field of candidates of both parties for the states top office, there is one man who seems best qualified to lead the state during the four years which lie ahead. He is a man of youth, yet a man of experience in government. He is a man who has dealt first-hand with many of the states most weighty and difficult problems, and yet he is a man in close touch with the rank and file citizens all across North Carolina.

Of the candidate for the poet of governor. Bob Scott is by far the better qualified to lead North Carolina in the next four years. Under the guidance of Bob Scott as its chief executive, North Carolina

!Meutrality Has

Had its biiects

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

Reflector Raleigh Bureau

RALEIGH Quiet, firm neutrality observed by Gov. Dan K. Moore and his -idniin istration leaders nas had a marked effect upon the tone of primary political campaigning this Spring.

Undoubtedly it h^s been a contributing factor in keeping down the usual clam o r and cry, the hurling or I o u d charges and countercharges by candidates and bitter feuding between Democratic party factions in the state.

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Because this sort of thing has been at a minimum, political observers agre: it has been a strange, unusual primary campaign period. They wonder if such a state of calmness and politeness either can arouse the voters or will continue during the time remaining before the May 4 voting.

Capital Is Quiet

Actually, the calmness and strangeness is sensed more in Raleigh perhaps than in other cities and other parts of the state.

Apparently there is more energetic political activity elsewhere than in Raleigh. Presumably this is beca use state administration officials, party workers and many state employes who normally leap into the thick of primar^/ political contests are follow i n g Gov. Moores lead and his admonition against certain types of political activity.

For ie most part, this is being observed strictly to the extent that it is difficult to find a state official or employe who will state his preference for governor, or most any other major )ffice.

Who b Undecided?

This results in a conclusion on the part of some that there is a large undecided element, or that there is widespread apathy among the voters.

Some conclude that it must

be because there is little to choose between the candidates and that the rank and file voter really doesn't have a strong feeling about who gets the nomination.

More likely, the fact is that most voters have a perference and have made their dioice by now and know who they will vote for on May 4 but are keeping it to themselves. Almost certainly this is true in Raleigh which b a dty which thrives, lives and breathes on state politics day by day. There is no evidence that political interest has disminis-hed along Fayetteville Street nor in the neighborhoods, only that expression of it has changed.

Biimpsr Sticker Rare Where are the buttons? Where are the bumper sticker? Where are the banners? These are questions ask e d by visitors to Raleigh tliese days, incredulous that the states capital city has so few of the trappings and decorations which were everywhere in 1960 and 1964.

There are some big billboards in Raleigh and on its highway approacnes. There are a few posters .here and there. But lapel buttons and bumper stickers are relatively rare on cars with Raleigh city tags. There is a little game of guessing that any car seen with a political bumper tag will prove to be from a city other than Raleign and the guesser usually is right.

Governors Joke The governor himself has told friends jokingly that neither of the candidates wants me to come out for him.

Joking aside, the gov e r nor stated his position of neutrality in his official several months ago, and issued what amounted to an edict to his administration and officials of state agencies to refrain from public political activity which might reflect upon the administration or indicate that it was favwing one or other of the candidates.

The only exceptioa, Moore said, would be when it was necessary to answer criticism or charges against his administration. ITiis has occurred on only one or two occasions the latest involving the State Highway department, ana a reply to charges was given by the Highway Chairman, Joseph M. Hunt Jr.

stands the best chance of reaching its potential of achievement from 1969 through 1972.

In this quiet gubernatorial campaign, there have been few heated words and even fewer head-on clashes between the principal candidates. The primary issue in the campaign has resolved itself simply into a question of which of the candidates will offer North Carolina the most positive, forceful and effective leadership as its next governor. It boils down to a question of which of the candidates at this moment appears best equipped to help North Carolina cope with the difficult problems that confront it-' which of the candidates is best able to unite all the citizens of the state in an effort to meet pressing needs; and which of the candidates has the best understanding of those needs and the most practical means of meeting them.

In each of these areas of consideration. Bob Scott stands at the forefront of the field of gubernatorial candidates.

As Lieutenant Governor for the past four years. Bob Scott has brought that office to new prominence. Far more than any other lieutenant governor before him, he has made the office one of full time concern for the people of this state. During his time in the states second highest office, he has evidenced a genuine understanding of the diverse problems which confront our people. As the presiding officer of the Senate of this state, he clearly showed sound leadership in the handling of difficult matters and a thorough knowledge of the workings of the government of this state.

Bob Scott will also bring to the governors office a sound knowledge of the goals and aspirations of the citizens of the state gathered during two decades of active interest in the public affairs of the people of North Carolina.

North Carolina needs in the governors office in the next four years the best qualified candidate for that high office and great responsibility.

That man is Bob Scott.

Great Potential For Dare County Program

By JAMES KILPATRICK

Anarj of Doves, Hiwki^ a Lame Dur k and oi Caantf a Bn-Bvd.

East Carolina University has shown that it plans to move along with an extension program at Manteo with the appointment of William C.

Morri.sette as director. ,, ,

rin to be- that S la<^ wenf

gin building the new campus, having served as dean Hickory HiU, home of the of Chowan College.

East Carolina University already has a campus at Manteo in the form of a 90 acre tract of land given to the ECU Foundation by the people of Dare County.

^ In addition, the Economic Development Administration has granted $50,000 for a utilitizzation study.

There should be great potential for the Dare County program. The area is rich in history and unique from a recreational standpoint. The Dare campus will be able to draw from strong drama, music, are, history, physical education and other pro-

3ut What About Pandit?

Robert F. Kennedys. Most of the wives didnt really want to go, which was why a thousand of them lined up 35 minutes early, dressed to the teeth and fighting to get oc the first bus. Their husbands, in town to attend sessions of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, heard a report that night Well, we got o<it there about 4 oclock, I guess it

which have already been developed here at

We expect to see a rapid development of the Dare campus and we believe that all North Carolina will share in the benefits.

Delay Adds To Ones Problems

Chris Kennedy was hustling around. Hes four, you know, and had on blue pants. So we came up the walk, and they had name tags all ready for us, but it took too long, finding our names and all and there was Ethel waiting

on the steps with Pandit.

With who?

Pandit, stupid. Hes the dog. She was wearing a green sheath, sort of un the shifty side, and looked real good, mean real good. Anyhow, she said scrub the name tag bit and some of the girls were a little sore because they wanted Ethel to know who they were, see, but any-how we ail streamed in. Well, the house was just beaufiful. You never saw so many flowersroses, daisies, lilies, iris, and silver fiames. Ori the tables, I mean. Pboti^raphs, that is. Autographed. It must take mai^ to keeo them polished.

What did Pandit say? Who? Oh, I forgot How could I forget? Pierre was in the main hallway, right in the main hallway with a big

Kennedy button

and he

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By CARL P. LEUBSDORF

WASHINGTON (AP)Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York are em-ploj^ the same political tactic in delaying formal declarations of candidacy. But the effect on their presidential chances is notably different.

For Humphrey, the delay has been beneficial; for Rockefeller, it has complicated his already considerable problems.

Hmnphr^ supporters are pleased with the way things have gone since President Johnson withdrew from t h e race and it became evident the vice president would challenge Sens. Robert F. Kennedy and Eugene J. McCarthy for the Democratic nomination.

Since there is no doubt Humphrey intends to run hes expected to announce that Saturday his back e r s have been setting up a national campaign organizatior and rounding up convention support. Meanwhile, their candidate goes about his business as vice president, making appearances around the country.

Their situation has been ^eatly simplified because filing deadlines for m(wt presidential primaries had passed by the time Johnson with <kew, freeing them to concentrate on nonfimary stat e s which elect most convention delegates.

Rockefeller's supp o r t e rs are not entirely satisfied with the way things are going despite their optimistic statements about the su{^rt the draft-Rockefeller movement is getting around the country.

Although its known Rockefeller wants the GOP presidential nomination and intends to fight former Vice President Richard M. Nixon for it, many politicians have told the Rockefeller camp they cannot support the New Yorker unless he makes his candidacy publicly clear.

Hiis was the dom i n a n t theme of a strategy sess i o n last week between key leaders in the Rockefeller camp and such uncommitted GOP leaders as Gov. George Rom-ney of Michigan. To a man, they felt Rockefeller must make a formal statement soon

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Other Editors Saying Curfew Kept Peace

(East CarOUnian April 18)

An ability to react to danger swiftly is a primary requirement of those holding important positions in society.

The president of East Carolina University and the mayor of the city of Green v i! 1 e found themselves in such a position last weekend, and moved with the utmost haste to divert trouble before it could strike.

The mayor of the city Imposed a curfew on the citizens of Greenville in an effort to keep people off the streets in the wake jf disturbances occurring all over the nation after the asassination of Dr. Martin Luther King a little more than a week ago.

Dr. Leo Jenkins followed up the curfew announcement with a statement early Monday morning that all cla.sses would end at eleven Monday,

allowing students to leave the campus for the Elaster break early.

Several incidents broke the peace in Greenville during the three days of trouble that marred most of the major cities in the state and nation, but all in all things were reasonably quiet m the immediate area

The prompt action taken by the city and college administrations must be one of the keys to the relative peace of Greenville during the crisis. People were kept off the streets, and most of the students on campus took advantage of the unexpected holiday to head for home ahead of time.

It is true that the curfew made hardships on most of the people in the area, but such hardships are much easier to bear than the damages of racial strife.

3v tMitton on, shook hands with ever>one. Hes lost weight Besides, hes wearing his sideburns very long. I thought be was a little too hale and hearty, but Millie thought he w.'^s darling. He kept saying, Oh, hows your husbanJ^'

What kind of a dog is Pandit, anyhow?

Hes a shccpdc^, silly. Dont you know anything about the Kennedys? So we stood around ir^ide for a while, and people were tnitching matches like mad. They were pale blue. MiUie snitched four. I saw her I didnt snitch but one. They re going to have to replace the tiles around the swimming pool. Its in the middle of boxwood. So is the wa d i n g pond. MiUie says hey're ^ ing to have trouble with scale, but it looked pretty healthy to me.

Pandit looked healthy? The boxwood, idiot I tell you, she had really gone to a lot of trouble lor us. And clean! You never taw a cleaner bouse in your life. 1 taw one of the rl->he didnt know I saw her, but 1 did-nmning her glova across the ^ of a framed proclamation, and there wasnt a speck of dust Not a speck. And there were two butlers and a couple of bartenders and I forget how many maids, and tennis courts and stables, and a rooster in a tree. The booze was on the big porch. Did I mention the juke box? You were telling me about the sheepdog.

Oh, him. The thing wu, there was nothing tacky anywhere. I went in the laundry room. They have contemporary paintings in the laundry room! Did you ever? There were five white fiuffy rugs on top of the dryer, and about 30 wet bathing suits. Every room has two wdte phones, with about six but-(Continued On Page I)

Hubert

Holling In Cash

By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON - A coalition of millionaire businessmen led by card - jarrying members of Lyndon B. Johnsons $l,000-a-head Presidents Club plans to raise a minimum H million kitty for Vice President Hubert Humphreys Presidential bid.

The $4 million target will undoubtedly reach far higher before the Democratic convention in Chicago next August. But the remarkable fact is that, for the first time in tiis long political career, poor boy Hubert Humphry is guaranteed virtually unlimited financing. His threadbare primary election campaign of 1960 against John F. Kennedy will not be repeated.

The majw factor behind this sudden beneficence of big mon^ on behalf of the Vice President, which may include such prominent Republrans as Hiry F*d, Jr., and U. S. Steels Roger Blough, is the absolute determination to itop Sen. Robert F. Kennedys drive for the Presidency Huberts been promi.>ed the last farthing in one of Manhattans largest fortunes to stop Bobby, a New York financier with impeccable Ke-publican credentials fod us.

The root of this intense desire to stop Kennedy is fear and distrust of the Senator in the business community n o t felt about any major party politician since New Deal days. Humphrey, no longer reg.ard-ed by business as the ADA bomb thrower of years past, is tiie logical Democratic alternative.

The story begins on the evening of April 2, when some 2S0 well - heeled businessmen, many of them advertisers in IxxA Magazine, dined in Manhattans Waldoii Astoria as guest of publisher Gard n e r (Mike) Cowless annual off-the record dinner party. Featured speaker was Humphrey, who the past three years often faced these aanne men in private mcetiiw to explain Johnson admimstration policies.

On that evening Humphrey had far from dedded to run. He was uncertain and uneasy about his future. President Johnsons no second - term announcenaent had come only two days earlier. But in private hu(klks around the room, Humphrey learned that many of the businessmen pres e n t wanted him to run and were willing to stake him to the race.

Covdes himwlf, in introducing Humphrey for his off-the-record talk, said he regarded Humphrey as the best qualified politician in the C'jun-try to be President The af-flni^ between Hump h r e v and Cowless other d * n n er guests, one participant told us, was the same as though the party had been given for itbor leaders Humphrey s patrons In politics instead of business moguls.

Afterwards, Humphrey and several money - men, including Sidney J. Weinberg, th e Wan Street financier airi onetime Republican kingmaker, discussed the campaign and how to finance it until 2 a m. in an upstairs suite.

The events that evening confirmed the judgment of Humphrey advisers that he must run for the nomination Humphrey himself, who had been brooding over the Presidents (Continued On Page S)

A Subsidy In 'Tax-Forgiveness

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By EARL L DOUGLASS WE NEED TO FACE IT It has been said tiiat gas kills lots of people every year, A few inhale it. Some light it, but most just step on it. It seems to be the determination of such people that if t h e y cant win themselves, they will make the fellow ahead break a record.

More than a hundred and fifty persons die on the highways of the United States every day because of automobile accidents. Some of these are unavoidable and due in no way to the neglect or fault of the person or persons who suffer. But this fearul daily tragedy could be greatly reduced if people would not try to mix gas and alcohol, would not try to make the brief run of a few miles an attempt to see

how fast they could make the car go and get away with it.

We need always bear in mind that we can get away with things just so long. The day of reckoning comes at last. It is a matter of indescribable tragedy when lives are lost under these conditions of folly and recklessness. The few minutes saved in a dash of speed may be lengthened out to weeks and montiu spent in a hospital bed. We do not need to crawl along at a snails pact, but we should always be very sure that we are in command of our own powers and definitely in command of the huge and dangerous machine we are driving.

Certainly we have br a i n s enought to change this horrifying situation if we will only do so.

By ELMER HOESSNER

Roy M. Goodman, who resigned his $35,000-a-year position as New York City finance commissioner to run for state Senator at $15,000 a year, told city officials at the Municipal Forum in Washington last week that tax forgiveness practices of cities were subsidies to the benefitted organizations, including the federal government.

Its amazing that Mr. Goodman thought it necessary to tell those facts of life to other municipal officials, and that those officdals had to be told those facts.

They should be taught to every school child in the sixth grade.

If You Went Fishing

In case you played hookey the day that lesson was taught, or in case your city fathers excised it from the curriculum so you wouldn't be aware of what they were doing with your parents money, here, is the lesson in

capsule form:

Tax forgiveness is a subsidy for the beneficiaries.

The subsidy comes out of the pockets and sox of other taxpayers.

When a city, county or state ^ants tax exemptions to new industries, other taxpayers must pay the costs of police, fire and health protecticm and the hundreds of other services the industry gets from the government.

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When a city, county or state grants tax exemption to re-religious eleempsynary, educational institutions and to oth

er do-good organisations, it subsidizes them, and requires other taxpayers to pay for the services they enjoy. Were AH Ecumencial Taxpayers

Because the law prohibits local governments from taxing the federal government, these local governments pay for services given all federal establishments. Cities also pay for services given by state governments.

So the ordintry taxpayer is helping to sup^t churches of many conflicting orthodoxies, even If he is an atheist; supporting tax-exempt housing, colleges and museums, many of which he is barred from entering, and paying a hidden tribute to the federal government.

He pays heavily. Mr. Goodman declared that approximately one-third of New York City realty was tax exempt Therefore, New York City property taxes could be cut by a third if all the exempt

organizations paid for their municipal services.

Federal Subsidies

But this system of forcing taxpayers to contribute to new busine.sses, cburdies, synagogues, humane iocieties, charities, etc., does ncKt stop at city or state lines.

The federal government is even worse.

It not only exempts these holy and beneficial organizations, including busybody foundations, from paying income taxes, thereby givng them the subsidy of government protection and services free, but subsidizes them further in granting tax deductions to those who contribute.

In this manner the federal government gives billions of dollars of subsidies to various organizations and institutions. If it did not, your income taxes might be reduced by, say, 15 per cent.

Class dismissed.