Friday, Dacembar 13, 1968

Cabinet Choices Appear Promising

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President-elect Nixon's Mbinet, while it brings to the fore names hot entirely familar to all the American public, it also ijncludes names which have been heard of several years in various sectors of political and public life.

The men Mr. Nixon has selected as his top executive officers in his new administration appear to be a capable, experienced and proven group although many of them will' find their new cabinet responsbilities different from their responsibilities in the past

The fact that the president-elect chose as his top executives men from his own political party should not be surprising. This is usually what is done be,cause a president is more closely associated with those of his own rather than another political party. The fact that he chose for key positons several men with whom he has worked closely in the past should strengthen both the fibre and the effectiveness of the cabinet.

Most of those named by Mr. Nixon to cabinet ^ posts have had experience in the particular fields for which they will be responsible as head of executive departments. All have had previous execu-

Burden Left To

ocai Leaders

By WILLIAM A. SfHRBS Reflector Raleigh Bureaa RALEIGH ~ A green light to tax tobacco and Increase gasoline taxes captured the headlines. But to many the most significant part of the new Tax Study Commission report Is that affecting local taxes.

To a large (tent, what the eommisslon recommends would shift the brunt of political pressure for additi(Mial

local taxes from the legislature to the localities themselves.

It is well known that for many years local government has endured slow fiscal atrangulation and has been crying for relief. The reason a zealously-guarded citra-lization of taxing power on the state level, to the handa of the legislature. The criea have been directed at the legislature.

Now, this tight grip may be relped. But if so, it wiU be the' local political leadon who most bear the stigma of increasing taxes at the local level not the legislature. The state lawmakers simply would give localitiee the authority and after that It would be up to them.

Open New Sovroei

The fact that local governments are atowet entirely dependent upon the general property tax for revenue is recognized once again by the Currie Commission.

And not only does the commission brand the property tax inequitable, difficult to administer and biB*den8Qine, It proceeds to say flatly that counties and municipalities be

given authority to levey new taxes that new sources be opoied to them.

What new aources? A local countywide sales and use tax.

A local Individual income tax. An increase in local motor vehicle license costs from $1 to not more than $5 per year.

On Own Action

Among the most interesting facets of the commissions re-commendatjcms on local levies is that they may be levied by county boards of commissions on their own action, at their own initiative.

This means the.se proposed or suggested new local taxes ^ would beor could be bele-vied at the local level, without going to the legislature or without submitting it to the voters in a local referendum.

The recommendations also provide that the proposals could be submitted to a referendum upon a petition by IS per cent of the countys qualified voters.

Piggyback Income Tax

The suggestion that loc a 1 governments might impose a piggyback local income tax was a surprise.

The Currie Commission, which conducted its meetings In deep secrecy, had not leaked news of this Idea. The reason is that It almost certainly will bring strong protest from taxpayers.

The commission said, however, it believes local governments should have as wide a choice of revenue sources as possible. It felt e local optioo, piggyback income tax is w^ suited to the needs of many local governments.

It said there are a number of counties In which large numbers of residents are employed outside the county and do their shopping outside the county and that mese counties would be better served by an individual income tax than by a sales tax.

The choice. It said, should be left to the people to the county.

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tive responsibilities which should stand them and the new admnistration in good stead as they take the helm of large government departments.

It is certain that those men who serve in Mr. Nixons cabinet will be subject to criticism in the future. There have been few cabinet members who .have not At the outset, however, the new cabinet looks as promising as any in recent years. It appears to bring to the administration a balance of vigor and experience that should be an asset to any gova-emment.

Take Time For Safety In This Hectic Season

In these final days before Christmas everyones pace of activity increases. There are more shoppers in the stores, more people on the streets, more cars looking for parking spaces and more people going everywhere in a hurry.

Under these circumstances extra precautions must be taken by pedestrians and motorists alike to avoid accidents which otherwise will occur. There wll be far too many accidents even under the best conditions. Under these more hectic conditions of the last days of the pre-Christmas rush, more than the usual amount of care must be taken if the number and seriousness of accidents are to be kept In check.

It is of utmost importance to everyone to get all the thing.s done that need to be done before Christmas. But it is of even greater importance that accidents do not mar an otherwise happy season.

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and catch it? Thats file Papa. E)oes it hold the infant to its bosom with one hand while it tries to butter a piece of bread fast toast with the other? That is the Mama.

Does it keep its old love letters tied in beribboned pack-

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By JAMES KILPATRICIi

A Lesson From Basebol.

By HAL BOYLE

NEW YORK AP) ~ We live in confused times, and tew togs are more confusing ah the sexes themselves.

) It is getting harder to tell them apart as men and women tend to ape each other more in manners, dress and talk. Some say that differences between the sexes arent of much importance any longer anyway. They feel that society is headed towtfd a future in which there will be only one genderunisex.

While such a situation cer-tainlv would end the present puzzlement, there are those among us who are old-fashioned enough to {n*efer a world in which there are two sexes and ways to distinguish them.

There is no doubt it has become too^singly difficult to tell the sexes apart, and it is certainly far m(^ difficult than the traditional task of separating the sheep from the goats, there are means available to do the job in most cases.

For example:

If it is too lazy to scrub out the ring it leaves in the bathtub, It is probably a boy. If it wears more than one ring (Ml its fingers, it is jM-obably a girL

Does it enjoy playing house? It is s little lass. Would it rather scoot aroiuid the floor pulling a toy fire engine? It is a little lad.

Does it wear rubber gloves to protect its hands while doing the dishes? Its a wife. If it moans and groans and says that, after all, washing dishes isnt its line of work, its a hu^and.

Could it dance the ni^t away at a fraternity prcnn and still Hook dewy-fresh nt dawn? Thats a coed. Would it rather, after swinging its partner around the floor once, sneak out and pitch woo in a parked car? Thats Joe Cofiege.

Do the pockets of its slacks bulge with junk it has no real ne^ for? Put it down for a young gentleman. Cant It ever manage to carry even its own pack of cigarettes and matches to its slacks? Put it down to be a young lady.

Does it like to pick up an infant and toss it into the air

ets and like to ttoce them out and have a good cry reading them on rainy days? That is the Mrs. Does it sometimes get in trouble by leaving new love notes crumbled in a suit to be sent to the cleaners? That is the Mr. and hes a rascal be is.

Is it sometimes willing to admit its eiTors and take the blame for them? It is a man. Does it always try to conceal its misttotes and like to be flattered for its faults? It has to be a woman.

Is It a teen-agw? There is o known way for an adult to determine by himself the sex of a teen-ager. They all look and act alike. All you can do is put another teen-ager into the room and wait to see what happens. They seem able to tell each other apartbut just how no one knows.

Opinions In Brie:

Some would find fault with the momtog-red, if they ever got up early enough. The fault-finder will find faults even to Paradise. Henry David Thoreau.

Thera is a lesson to be

drawn, and American conservatives would do well to draw it, in the convulsions of organized baseball. To judge from last weeks meeting in California, major league owners are coming to their senses at last Anyhow, they art giving it serious thought

The melandioly story of baseball is known to every lover of the game. The r e was a day, and every man over 40 can remember it well, when baseball was ths dominating passicm. A boy-child started out at maybe 4 or 5 with a hand-me-down glove. He played pltch-and-catch in alleys and vacant lots. At 7 he graduated to positions of greater importance: He played pigtail to the catcher.

You played ball until twilight in those lost Aprils. You identified with heroes and revealed in their triump h s. Ufe moved at a slower tem

po then, and baseball was suited to the pace. It was the one great game; no other sport came near. Especially to the South, but over most of the country as well, every little hamlet had its hometown team. There were dozens of functioning minor leagues. ,

Mu(^ of that is gone now, blown away by the winds of change. Fewer than a hundred cities, outside the major leagues, are fielding professional teams. You can drive for miles throu^ the neighborhoods of small-town America, on any summer afternoon, and scarcely see a boy with ball or bat. The game isnt dead, to be sure, but its moribund. It sits on an old porch, ro<iking.

What caused the decline? Every pathologist will have his own verdict, but surely this much is true: Much of the trouble lies in the com-

Other Editors Say Postal System Proposa!.

Full of faults America is but when have the young ever had more chance, and more hope, of doing something about correcting them? Antlgo (Wise.) Journal

Strength For Today

(Salisbury Poet)

Tucked in with all the problems the Nixon adminisbra-tion will be inhtoitlng come January will be at least one pending proposal for solving a problem. ^

If for no other reason, it should be welcome as relief from monotony. But there is some cause for hope that the new team In Washington will see more in it than that.

Involved are the U. S. mails and a recommenda-tkxi, submitted by a ^le-cial presidential commission, that the Post Office be removed from politics by converting it from a cabinet department into a nonprofit gov-emmoit conxwaticm. The proposed agency would be managed professi(xials, would ^ve consideritole aut(Miomo-us control over its own budget an personnel, areas of aufixxity long jealously held prerogatives of Congress, and would, it is anticipated, eventually pay its own way, eliminating (dironic deficits cur-rmtty running at |1 billion yearly.

As the brainchild of fonn-er Postmaster General Law-ence OBrien, the commission started out with the folessii^ of the J(tonson administration. But its findings ran into the opposition of OBriens successor, Marvin Watson, most of the postal unions and key congressmen on committees dealing with Post Office affairs. Not surprisingly, the cocporat i o n proposal has been gathering dust since last summer.

It should be dusted off and it appears very likely that it will be. Implementing legislation is expected to be introduced in the new Congres. And if President - elect Nixons campaign atatements calling for full consideration of the commissions recommendations are any indication, he is sympathetic.

Thre can be little argument that the mails are in bad shape and badly in need of overhauling. It may turn out that the corporation proposal is not the best way of a(9comp(listiing his but, at the very least, it deserves a hearing.

plactncy and ttubborness of tilt owners, managers and directors of organized ball. Their indifference to the paying customer, and their mossbacked resistance to constructive change, have (friven fans out of the park. They have scarcely had a new idea since they hit on ladies day. Now there is talk of innovation. The pitchers mound if to be lowered and the strike zone reduced, in an effort to aid the flagging hitters. A semi - permanent pinch - hitter may be permitted. The game may be speeded - up by waving a man to first on t^ intenticnal base on balls. A new executive, bold and imaginative, is to replace Connnissioner Eckert Th e r e is even talk of sprucing up the parks. All (rf us who love baseball wiU pray that these and other measures will do the Job that needs to be done.

American conservatives can learn from the sports page. Why dont min-e fans flock to our ballpark?

The irreverent notion will not go away that too many conservative leaders are like too many major league owners. If the people wouldnt buy the programs of Mr. Gold-water, well, sir, there was something wrong with the people. The old rules would do. And if our pdlitical proposals dragged along like a three-hour game, true fans should not object. Everything else might change, but we would stay the same.

Well, they dont play much semi-pro ball in the small towns any more, and conservatism has a hard time in the cities. Our philosophers are so busy whooping it up for lawnorder, most of them, that they give precious little attention to the root causes of juvenile crime. We are so intent upon defending the free enterprise system toat we refuse to acknowledge and correct its fallings. Conservatism traditionally resists higher taxes, in fiie conviction that men should be free to dispose of most of their earnings as they please. In Youngstown, Ohio, the public schools are closed for want of funds to keen them going. This Is a conservative triumph?

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -As President - elect Nixon ! met privately with Republi- , can (Jovemors last week during their winter meeting here, outspoken Gov. Norbert Tie- ^ mann of Nebraska brought into the open what was foremost in their minds.

It is essitial, Tieman politely told Nixon, for the new President to communica t e effectively witii the people. Coiaequently, Tiemann continued, wouldnt it be a good idea if he worked through the 81 Republican Governors to reach the people?

Without making commitments, Nixon nodded agreement. But TTemanns c[ues-tion reflected apprehension about the Presid^t - elect on two levels which was informally but vddely discussed among the Governors here.

On one level, the Governors recognize that Nixon received little pre-convention support from tiiem, never had been dose to them, and might well ignore them from the White House. But on a deeper level, the Governors were worried that Nixons personal isolation from everybody but his intimates during both the campaign and the transition penod might ^ntinue during his Presidency, to his great disadvantage.

Actually, Nixon did much to still these fears when he met all 81 Governors in small groups at the Palm Springs home of Walter Annenber^, publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Nixon promised the G o v-ernors they would have -control of Federal patronage'in their states. He pledged that the often slipshod liaison between statehouses and the White House during the Johnson administration would be improved with Vice Presidentelect Spiro T. Agnew as the go-between. To the puzzlement of some Governors, Nixon told them he plann^ to keep them atoreast of foreign affairs developments.

Most important wu the image of <piiet confidence he gave. In private conversation over cocktails here some (jO-vemors had expressed fear that Nixoo was afraid of the burdens of the Presidency.

His performance dispelled such worries.

After these meetings Nixon aides slipped out the reassuring word that Governors will play a big role in the Administration. Apart from the appointment of Governors to the Cabinet, they were informed a high post will be found for the defeated Gov. John Chaffee of Rhode Island, immensely popular with his colleagues perhaos as director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). In addition, they were told that outgoing Gov. Nils Boe of South Dakota probably will be named a special liaison officer with the Governors to supplement Agnews efforts.

While leaving Palm Springs less apprehensive than when they arrived, however, the Governors were not fully satisfied. They complained that the President-elect for all his reassurances gave precious little hard information in the meetings at the Annen-berg home. He talked indi-reclyin parables, you might say, one Governor told us.

Moreover, some Govern o ri are still muttering about the Nfaion campaign which, in many states, drained almost all Renublican campaign money. When Governors seeking election pleaded for funds,

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THINK ABOUT FT

A girl recently employed in an office was given a sum of money and a list of stamps of different denominations which she was to purchase. Hours passed and she did not return. At last she shambled into the office almost completely exhausted^ She said she had visited all the drug stores within a radius of a mile and tried all the stamp machines. Hie big laugh was tiiat riie did not realize that the best place to get stamps is at the post office, which was a block or two away.

Many of us are list that ^lupid ov* and over again. We look for the right things in the wrong places. Th*e is enough lic|uor (XKisumed in the countiy every day to float all the ships of the Navy and this because pe o p 1

think they can get happiness by the akxihol route. Drinking is a private matter and one has to settle it yes or no for himseli and avoid judging others, but there are lots of people seiricing happiness aong the alcohol route and on 1 y getting headaches.

Conversation can be stimulating or it can degenerate into chatter and gossip. Television is a marvelous gift to our age, but some normally good lives have turned into television screens. No service to a friend is nKXe precious than a kindly word of advice, but telling everybody how everything must be and when is a wonderful way to make enemies and cause your victims to long for the day when they can read your obituary.

Let us use our heads.

By Eari. L, Douglass

Men Can Today Be Kelly Girls

By ELMER ROESSNER

Men can now be Kelly girls, judging from an advertisement In a Naw Y<H*k paper this week. They can also be airline hostesses, manicurists, housekeepers, barmaids and cocktail ii^itresses.

Advertisements of these positions appeared under help want^ male - female headings.

The New York City Commission on Human Rights has gMie ahead with the guidelines prohibition of the separation of ads by sex unless sex is a bona fide occupational re-c|uirement Apparently employers (M* the New York papers do not think sex is a requirement for being a hostess or a barmaid.

And under this traasvastita

ruling, women appear to be eligible for jobs as foremen and countermen. Such ads appear under the male - female listing.

One Bite Every Four Years

Meanwhile, Fuller brush men are now outnumbered by Fullerette girls. They, like the men, give aiway the handy brush, but most of their sales include perfumes, cosmetics, household cleans e r s, waxes and germicides.

In connection with the Fuller Brush Co.s 50th anniversary, officials, have calculated its salespersons have given away 5(W million brushes as door - openers.

These salesperscxis, it calculates, ring about 140 million doorbells a year, each travel about 800 miles a month by car, walk six miles a day and

suff* an average of one dog bite every four years per seller.

Fuller also points out that Billy Graham and Arthur (Red) Motley, publisher of Parade, were once Fuller

is about to make her debut as a singer on television, and a painter has bad a one - man ^Mw in New Orleans.

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White the Fullerettes have not achieved such heights, a (^fornia college student seller has won several beauty contests, a New England girl

Acts Of God And ms Dasb Hopes For Refund

A dealer bought gasoline to fill a storage tank. A bolt (d lightning the tank and destroyed it He asked the Internal Revenue Service whether be or the gasoline producer could get a refund of the excise tax he paid.

H^l said the IRS. In Rev. Rul. 68^9, the (fode imposes the tax at the time of the sale and makes no provision for any refrmds or credit later.

Presumably ttie dealer can take a casualty loss for the tax, gas and excise, If he has any profits to offset