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Thursday, May 9, 1968

High Time For Voting Machines

If any convincing: was needed that Pitt County this. The public has come to expect quick returns ehould run its elections with voting machines, then following an election and there is no method more last Saturday's primary should have been the clinch- rapid that voting machines. All the poll holder has er, to do is unlock the machine at the end of the day

Voters were faced with one of the longest bal- and read the totals, lots ever and poll holders at the end of the voting day The county will also find it is less difficult to

were faced with the awesome task of counting the find competent people to man the polling places,

huge number of ballots. once the poll holders do not have to spend the night

It was far into the night before any significant counting paper ballots, trends were established in Pitt County, simply be- The county commissioners should begin immedi-cause so few precincts had reported. In some cases ately acquiring voting machines. This matter has the poll holders saw the crack of dawn before the been shunted aside for too long. Pitt needs to adopt final count was completed. modern voting methods and now is the time to begin.

In the election bureau headquarters at Raleigh where state wide races are compiled, there were _ _ _ _ _ __

only sparse results from Pitt, at the time when more fi|11A H 1V F/*! OOC

populous counties were nearly complete. The very ^v4v* j A VAwwO

obvious reason for this was that these counties had been preparing for such an election by installing TV|^ KT^vf

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It is time for Pitts county commissioners to do what they should have done some years ago

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and that is to begin equipping the polling places with voting machines. It could be done by installing them in the precincts with heavy voting first and later equipping the smaller precincts.

Modern voting and tabulation methods demand

Rough Decision ?or Broughton

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES Reflector Raleigh Bureau RALEIGH - J. Melv i 11 e Broughtons decision abo u t whether to call for a second primary June 1, whatever it is, was not an easy nor simple one.

But by the nature of Mel Broughton himself and of his organization it was his alone to make. In a sense, although he was surrounded by aides and advisors and in touch with hundreds of others, it was a lonely task.

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The process of making such a decision with all its implications, and in light of last Saturdays statewide Democratic primary results, posed a dilemma.

On one hand there was encouragement and urging by still confident campaign workers and supporters. Stacks of teli^ams,and telephone messages, postcards and letters poured into Broughton headquarters, mostly favorable about a run-off. Cki the other were problems and difficulties which to many appeared insurmountable.

Careful Thought Whatever the decision, Broughton gave it careful thought. He sought advice. He and his campaign lieutenants talked personally with his organizations county managers, the people campaign manager Jim Mason called the troops in the field.

On Tuesday after noon, Broughtons top aides were saying frankly, I dont know what the decision will be. But knowing and having been associated v/ith the candidate they felt it would not be a snap judgment.

Organization Contacted

Mason and other Broughton aides, weary from long hours of post election work, indicated they felt there was a strong possibility that a run-off would be called. But they emphasized that Broughton himself would make the final decision.

The feeling that Broughton himself would demand a second primary and stand a good chance of winning was dampened however by several factors.

One was illustrated by a map of North Carolina on the wajl of the headquariers with only nine of the 100 counties those Broughton carried May 4marked in red. Another was th^ columns of vote totals which gave Lt. Gov. Bob Scott 48 per cent of the vote against Broughtons ^ per

The

ly was in the vote which went to Dr. Reginald Hawkins, a Negrobut in addition there were factors such as geogrpahy, rural-urban vote, the relatively light turnout on Saturday as against what had been expected, and possibly new issues which might be rised before June 1. And another highly important factor was necessary financing.

Mason Is Proud We are proud of our organization,. said Mason. It was put together in a comparatively short time, but it was loyal, enthusiastic and hard working.

We wanted this organization to take part in and share in considering everythingthat has to go into making a decision like this, Mason said. He added that the sheer mechanics of this would delay Broughtons making up his mind.

All I can say is that it will be made as rapidly as possible, Mason said. It was pointed out that historically some successful run-off candidates in past years waited longersome to almost the last minutebefore calling for a second primary.

A practical as well as an emotional hurdle already looms for the county school system next term.

In brief, only 134 Negro students have requested assignment to predominately white schools for the coming year ... about the same number as last year.

It wasnt enough last year ... so officials assigned an additional 345 Negroes to the predominately white units. Judging from the number of requested assignments for next term, the 1967-68 assignees took a generally dim view of the school boards action.

As we are all aware, however, the powers-that-be have ruled desegregation of schools must grow progressively; and they have the financial lever that makes heeding their wishes mandatory.

To accomodate these wishes it is expectable school boards will have to assign considerably more than the 345 pupils than was done last year.

This is most ironic.

While Pitt County has never been a hotbed of forces demanding instant change in its school racial patterns, one would anticipate a much more widespread interest in the doors opened by the freedom of choice" plan.

It has been long presumed the greatest stumbling block to desegregating schools would be posed by white patrons. Now were beginning to wonder.

Kennedy Rollec. A Juggernaut

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By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK (AP) -- Bob Hope, who is only a short putt from being 65, has already set a goal for his 100th birthday.

Id still like to b around then, he said, and playing in a show on the moon."

That isnt just tne of the blithe-spirited comedians five million catalogued joxes. He has a good chance of making history as the first professional laugh-man to become a centenarian.

My grandfather lived to be a month short of 100, he remarked, and I have <i couple of uncles who are about 90 and still hale.

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Obscurity On Obscenity

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The Koonedy men, money and mystique were simp 1 y too much for Sen Eugene J. McCarthy and Gov. Roger D. Branigin in the Indiana Democratic presidential primary Tuesday.

While he didnt get a majority, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy emerged as the winner of the three-man joust with 42 per cent of the vote.

But McCarthy remained politically alive in defeat to fight another day and perhaps on more favorable ground, although his New Hampshire and Wiscon s i n primaries victories were dimmed by his third-place finish. He got 27 per cent of the vote.

For Branigin, an uncommitted favorite son who ran second, there was the consolation that he might yet save some of the states 63 convention nominating votes. If he did, it was presumed that they eventually might find their way into the roll call column of Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey.

Branigin got 31 per cent of the total Democratic vote and won in two congressional districts. McCart h ys percentage was 27. He led in no congressional districts.

It was something ofa juggernaut that Kennedy mounted in Indiana. He saturated the state with advance men, organizers and follow-up operatives. He spent money liberally to transport himself, his retinue, his relatives and corners of the state. He his big name friends to ai: overwhelmed his opponen t s with television time.

Against this McCart h y's l^gely volunteer organization, which had worked so well in previous primaries, couldnt muster crowds or

stir up interest io rival that of the Kennedy road siiow. Branigiu ^peftding primaniy on the state patronage organization to deliver for him.

The boyish-looking millionaire with the shaggy hair whose shoes and, cufflinks were snatched joyousiy for souveniers in milling crowds, had a message for Negro and blue collar workers that they seemed to understand.

They apparently tormed the solid backbone of his support at the polls, These voters helped him to win the larger cities, such as Indiana pclis, Gary, Fort Wayne, Richmond and Terre Haute.

But that didnt explain it all. He carried the majority of Indiana farm counties, although McCarthy said he was the only real farmer in the race and Branigins ba s i c strength had been in those areas in the past.

If all of this began to make Kennedy look somewhat invincible as a candidate for the nomination, there were ahead primaries in Nebraska, Oregon, California and South Dakota where he would be called upon to duplicate his performance without a loss that would dim his winning luster.

Beyond that there stood Humphrey, risking nothing in the primaries but busy harvesting delegate votes in the states where they are chosen by conventions.

The Supreme Court of the United States, doomed to grapple with obscemty law, wrestled once more on April 22 with its own unhappy confusion. Confusion, as usual, won.

Nearly 11 years have passed since the courts landmark decision of June, 1957, in the famous Roth case. Since that time, as Mr. Justice Harlan has observed, the couit has undertaken a full - scale review in 13 major cashes of ol?-.

scenity law. In those 13 cases, members of ths court have turned out no fewer than 55 separate opinions. The subject of obscenity, said Harlan, has produced a variety of views among the members of the court unmatched in any other course of constitutional a j judication. The two cases decided last month offer little to improve the chaotic record. In the first of them, Ginsberg v. New Ynrk,tJje court voted 6 3 Jo

Other * Editors Saying Pretty Words Misleac.

(Washington Daily News)

When a group of students was asked to approve or disapprove a statement and comment upon it, some amazing answers came forth. ~

The question m general was each should contribute according to his own ability and .each should share according to his own need. While these might not be the exact words, the fact is that about two-thirds of the students app: -

ed the statement. And in the comments it was general for the youngsters to point out how well phrased the thought was and how appealing it seemed to be.

But the fact is that it was taken directly from the Marx doctrine of communism. It is a cornerstone of communism. That statement alone just about covers the communist concept of government.

The words do not say so, but when we analyze ne statement we find that if o n e shares according to his own needs, then this would imply a division of the wealth.

Suppose that in America today the wealth were divided up and that each individual in this land should be given the same share! What would hap-pe?

Unless there should be a continuing division or unless there should be some method devised to keep it equal, then within a short time we suspect that the same crowd ow

ning the wealth of this nation now would have it back. Of course, if this nation shou 1 d turn to pure communism, it might keep the division to the extent that it exists in communistic nations today.

One might express great .surprise at what the students said and how they approved of the statement. Yet, it is not so surprising in some respects. In fairness to them, they did not associate the statement with communism. They read it, and it sounded good.

Now had they been told it was a communistic doctrine, their reactions would have been much different. We believe that even in a day when so often riots and demonstrations are said to be communist inspired.

We agree that every individual American should contribute to the American picture to the fullest of his ability to do so. Every American should share in the responsbilJy of keeping this nation fre/ and strong to the fullest of h i s ability so to do. Both democracy and communism or any other form of go\emment would have the right to expect that. But when it comes to sharing equally in the weath, then and there such factors as inspiration, ambition, and individual success go down the drain.

Pretty words neve; made an ugly doctrine more palatable.

sustain a New York law prohibiting the sale of girlie magazines to minors. But in the second, Interstate Circuit V. Dallas, the court voted 8-1 to void a Dallas ordinance prohibiting the exhibition of unsuitable movies to children.

The two opinions cannot be reconciled by any rational view of the law but there is nothing rational in the co^ts_treatmept .nf obsceni : ty ases. About all thai emerges from the most recent obfuscation is that the States and localities validly may enforce a double standard in the field of obscene magazines and movies one standard for adults, another for minors. By sheer luck, or by divine inspiration. New York managed to draft a law that met the high courts approval.

Dallas was not so fortunate. The Dallas ordinance was drafted to meet every imaginable rule of the Supreme Court in the field of motion picture censorship. The law provided for prompt judicial review of any unsuitable classification imposed by the nine - man Dallas board. Yet the ordinance failed to define sexual promiscuity. It co.n-tained such words as profitable, desirable, acceptable, respectable, praiseworthy, or commonly accepted. The Supreme Court professed not to understand what these terms could mean. The ordinance was therefore too vague. Out to the scrap heap with it.

The Supreme Court is wasting entirely too much time on these petty cases. In any tolerant view of our federal system, there was nothing wrong with the Dallas ordinance. On the same day that the court held the Dallas law void for vagueness, the court sustained a Mississippi statute forbidding pickets from unreasonably interfering with access to a courthouse. In still another case that day, the court sustained a Federal law saying that a valuable mineral deposit must be of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence wouM be

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Keeping physically ft has also been a lifelong part of his philosophy. He holds his weignt around a trim 175 pounds by regular golf sessions, long walks, and daily stretching exercises.

Over a luncheon of scrambled eggs, apple pie and black coffee, Hope complained mildly that recent reports of his wealth had been greatly exaggerated.

Lord, I got rich all of a sudden, he said. One magazine hinted I was worth about half a billion dollars, and then Fortune Magazine lists me in the $150-to-$200-million bracket Now Im waituQg for. Readers^ Digest to come out and t me hbw much I really have.

Then, I suppose, Ill have to get in touch with that lady as= trologer in Washington and find out where it all is. Everybody thinks youve got it in your golf pants. Its murder.

Bob paused reflectively. Then, referring again to the $150-to-$200-million estimate of his fortune, he said:

If I could sell all the property I have at the value I place on it myself, it would come ta about a third of that.

Hope, who rarely carries more than $50 in cash, owns a piece of the Cleveland Indians, an Ohio dairy, and has extensive other financial and real estate interests, including a 5,000-acre property in Southern California where he plans to produce his own pictures.

But the restless actor thrives on activity. He recently completed his 57th film, The Private Navy of Sgt. OFarrell, in which he plays an Army topkick who captures a Japanese submarine singlehanded. Next hell team with Jackie Gleason in How to Commit Marriage.

The chores of film making rest lightly on him.

Im geared to it, and I still enjoy performing, he said. If I didnt, Id quit The only real labor Is in having to get out of bed so early. After that, somebody just has to point you toward the studio.

Bob, who is as self-made as a man can be, came to Cleveland from his native England at the age of four. As a boy he sold newspapers and worked in a shoe store, a drug store and a meat market before starting a career in show business that has won him some 750 awards tor his performing skill and philanthropic zeal.

And, If Peace Should Break Out

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS

RIGHT USE OF ANGER

Anger is not necessarily a vice. There is such a thing as righteous indignation. Anger would seem to be the emotion with which the Creator endowed his creatures so that they react vehemently against evil and injustice, against selfishness in themselves and others, against insincerity and dishonestly, against ttioeghtlesshess. We can be and often ought to be thoroughly angry over certain things that take place. If we allow evil to go unchallenged and injustice unrebuked then we are fast becoming a degenerate people. The person of keen conscience is capable of anger. The normal, person frequently spi 11 s over into a high emotion of angi^ and makes no apology for w doing.

It is only when anger be

comes selfish that it becomes evil. As long as anger is protecting against wrongdoing iq ourselves or others, crying out against injustice, pointing the accusing finger at individuals who attempt to corrupt or mislead their contemporaries, then anger is a good thing. Je- sus was frequently angry. On one occasion he overturned the tables of the money-changers, many of whom were jast plain crooks, scraping a little silver or gold from every coin that went through their hands. Jesus was also vehemently angry at the lack of love and sincerity he encountered in the religious leaders of his day.

So dont condemn anger. Use it to the betterment of your own life and the correction of evils round about you. Anger is a divine endowment and is expected to be ufied for high purpose.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The big question on Main Street and Wall Street today is: What will happen if peace breaks out?

It breaks down into these parts: Will the end of government war orders result in unemployment and a recession? Will the end of military waste lead to greater prosperity than ever?

Most opinion is fairly optimr istic. Observers poin' out:

1. The cost of the war in Vietnam is smaller in terms of the gross national product than either the Korean War or World War II.

2. The displacement, of manpower has been far smaller. The number of men involved is fewer and the length of service is shorter.

3. There has been far less dislocation of the economy. There has been no curtailment of production of civilian goods; in fact there have been notable increases in many lines.

But No Pent-Up Demand

The third factor will have a double effect. On one hand, we will have a smooth-running civilian economy when peace comes. On the other, there will be no enormous civilian demand for scarce products as there was after World War II and, to a lesser extent, after the Korean to-do.

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During World War II it was freely predicted that peace would bring a depression, with eight million or more unemployed. Instead, the demand for cars, homes, appliances and other goods carried the economy to a tigher peak

than it had been in the past.

Another factor will have an effect how. The return o a half million men to civilian life will intensify current demands for more government paternalism.

The United States is now on the world's greatest welf are kick. Never before in history has a central governm e n t done so much for the lesser of its people. Never before in history have demands for government largesse been so high.

Getting Begets Gimme

It may be observed that the more the government increases aid to the poor, the distressed. the unemployed and the victims of prejudice, the greater are the demands for more aid. At times it seems as if a democracy is competing with communism by giving its people more communism than the communists. It may even be argued that in the U. S. more is being taken from each ^cording to his abiliti

es, and given to each according to his needs than is done in Soviet Russia.

When pcoce comes, there will surely be a surge in demands that the governm e n t take the money and energies it has been using to fight the war and use them for welfare. In fact, it is reported that the government has such plans already drawn up.

This program will probably involve made work, which will reduce unemployment, job training, more paid schooling and other proje^'ts. All of this will mean pouring more money into the civilian economy. The money, of course, will come from taxes and bor*. rowir^f, which will mean roora inflation.

And that will heighten the biggest postwar problem of them all: the straightening out of the American financial mess, ending inflation and rest(Ming the dollar in world markets.