Mayor West, The Driving Force

IT WONT BE QUITE THE SAME!

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For ten of the pa^t dozen years, S. Eugene West has served as mayor of Greenvie. Since today marked the transition to a new mayor for the city, we feel it is fitting to comment on the tenure of office of former Mayor West.

During the five terms Gene West served as mayor of Greenville, he was the central figure in the cityts municipal affairs. Much of that time he was in the center of controversy which stemmed from his insistence that Greenville move forward with public housing and urban renewal programs. In spite of the controversy, and in spite of the fact that he was defeated for re-election last week as he was once before, the period in which he served as mayor of this city is one marked with significant "progress.

It has been a period in which Greenville has moved forward in every phase of its municipal government. It has been a period in which local government has taken a new, broader and deener look at its responsibilities to its citizens and to the futm*'' this community.

Public housing,, one of the most controversial

Amendments Are Comina Ud

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES Reflector Raleigh Bureau R.ALEIGH It is expected iat legislative cpmmitt e e s shortly will stamp approval on a series of proposed amendments to the state constitution and pave the way for the people to decide upon them.

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Committee approval does not. of course, guarantee adoption of the propo sed amendments. In fact, several of the more controversial proposals may stir prolonged and heated floor debate and whether they gain necessary support remains to be seen.

It should also be hoted that proposed amendments to the ccwistitution must be adopted by a three - fifths vote in both House and Senate.

Those that are approved by the General Assembly must then be put on the ballot at the next statewide gener a 1 election for approval or disapproval of the voters.

Subcommittees Reporting

The package of constitutional amendment proposals has been before respective committees headed by Sen. Julian Allsbrook of Halifax and Rep. Ike Andrews of Chatham. In both cases, the chairm e n took the report of a state consitutional study convmis-aion as a starting point but made clear that other recommended constitutional changes might be submitted, and would receive all due consideration.

As more and more proposed amendments were introduced, the procedure was to refer them to subcommitte e s for careful study. The first lubcommittee reported favorably last week on a general

rewTiting of the centyr - od constitution.

Other subcommittees are reported to be well along with their work on other, more specific proposed amendments and most of these will get favorable reports too.

Govemmeut Reorganization

The others include giv i n g the governor veto power and the right to successive terms, making the lieutenant governor a member of the Council of State, making certain present Council of State pos t s appointive instead of elective, altering the makeup of the Council of State and directing a large scale overhaul and reorganization of the executive branch of state government.

It is likely that the public will be hearing and reading about state government reorganization for a long time after the 1969 General Asselbly adjourns.

This is because it is expected to win legislative approval, and then because it will take four to fiveyears to be accomplished. The amendment itself sets a deadline of 1975 for implementing a plan to reduce the number of state agencies and departme n t s frc.m the present 200 or more to no more than 25.

The idea is to consolidate and streamline the prese n t system to make it more efficient and to save both time, money and burdensame paperwork.

At present, the administrative heads of all state agencies and departments report directly to the governor. By way of contrast, more administrative heads report to the governor of North Carolina than do to the president of the United States.

Three former governors, Luther H. Hodges, Terry Sanford and Dan Moore, all testified before the legislative committees that they believe reorganization and streamlining would lead to greater efficiency and would be beneficial.

issues in city government in Greenville in decades, now woviues adequate Housing for several nnred families wno otherwise woula be living in noveis. Urban renewal which has transformeu one of the citys former slum areas into a budding business area, has added a new dimension of growth and development for several older parts of the city. The Central Business District renew^al program now in the final planning stages promises to revitalize the vital heart of the citys business area.

While these programs will be remembered as the cornerstones of the West years in city government, there has also been significant progress in other areas as well. Considerable attention has been given particularly to the ecomically deprived areas of the city in terms of paving, recreation facilities, neighborhood improvement programs. Housing inspection has become meaningful. Zoning ordinances have been updated and patterned in keeping with long range planning for the city. Subdivision ordinances have been improved, assuring proper de-\^iopment of new areas being added to the city.

AH of those associated with Greenvilles municipal government in recent years have had a hand in bringing about these improvements for the city. There can be no question, however, that former Mayor West has been a primary driving force behind many of these forwani steps.

As he departs from office, w^e commend him on the oiitsfpi-idiner n^blic service he has rendered this community; and its citizens over a period of vears.

Scott Strength Shown In Committee s Action

The House Finance Commtitee action Tuesday approving the two cents gas tax increase and an increase in license fees is an indication of Gov. Scotts strength in the Legislature.

The committee voted overwhelmingly, 33-11, to approve the recommendations. This means that Gov. Scotts men in the Legislature have done their work well.

Some of his proposals to the Legislature may yet hit snags, but the odds are good now that most of w^hat the governor has asked of the Legislature, he will get. Of course, the tobacco tax proposal is still highly controversial and could possibly be defeated. Present signs, how^ever, point to all of the governors tax proposals coming through unscathed.

A governor dealing with the first Legislature after his election is always at the peak of his power. It appears that Gov. Scott is particularly skilled in use of this power.

A Free

ART BUCHWALD

Waterloo Of The SDS

ets Upset A Sleep Schedule

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) have urged their members to get their hair cut, shave off their beards and sideburns and infiltrate the business community this summer. The idea is to foment revolution off the campus.

Some businessmen are fearful of the results of such an infiltration. But I think the SDS is taking a big g e r chance than business. Its one thing to stick to your ideals on a campus with 50 or 60 other students giving your support, but its another to go off all alone into the busine s s world and keep from being

corrupted.

Bearing in mind that most members of SDS are usually the brighter students, lets go to the Flipper Departm e n t Store where Barney L o n g-street, an SDS leader, has managed to get a job as a trainee in the mens clothing department. For a start, Barney has been sticking pictures of Che Guevara in the suits hanging on the racks a small thing, but as Mao Tse-tung says, A revolution a r y must work in the pocket of most resistance.

Barney does this early in the morning. Since he is always the first one there, the

mens clothing buyer is very impressed with him and one day announces that he is elevating Barney from his trainee positiOTi to ftill salesman.

This surprise appointment leaves Barney unsettled, as

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NEW YORK (AP) - The magic oft he jetliner may have brought any country of the world within an easy days journey, but it can push the Land of of Nod clear out of sight.

On a quick trip aro u n d the world, I found only the Indians claimed ability to keep their sleeping clocks in order as time zones chan g e. But their solutions did not work for me.

I left New York at noon and in six hours arrived in what London clocks said was midnight. Suddenly it was neces^ sary to rise at what my watch said was 1 a. m. and remain awake until 5 p- m.

Just when I was beginning to get into step with London, another nine hours by jet took me to New Delhi. A 11 progress made in London was lost. It was impossible to sleep at what my system said was noon or rise cheerfully at what seemed midnight.

An Indian with whom I had come to discuss business suggested the trouble was that I was asking too much in our negotiations.

T can SUMMON sleep whenever I wish, the man said, making it sound as if summon was spelled in capital letters.

I can sleep in a car, in an airplane or even standing up. Anyone who has a clear conscience can SUMMON sleep.

I summoned sleep that evening with a clear conscience but it did not come until I met the same man for more negotiations. I then felt drowsy but still out of step.

More advice came from a reporter who also has a reputation as a Hindu philosopher.

Its all a matter of conditioning the mind, he said.

You lie down, close your eyes, then, limb by limb, order your body to sleep. The reporter flopped on a couch anci commanded, Right leg, go to sleep:

Similar commands went out to his left leg, wa i s t, stomach, shoulders and head.

When he reached his head, his body seemed totally relaxed and he apparently was asleep. .

I tried this system after dinner, but it worked no better than the summons. My right leg did not sleep until 4 a.m.

On a flight which in eight hours moved from 2:30 p- m. in Tokyo to 6:30 a. m. in San Francisco, I asked the airline stewardess how she lived with the problem.

Thats what Id like to know, she said with a yawn I have been on this run for months and I can never get to sleep at the right time. On the flight from San Francisco to New York, I remembered advice received years earliest from the late Prime Minister Nehru of India. His (Continued On Page 5)

Other Editors Say

Disavowal Needed

(The Raleigh Times)

The House acted wisely in disavowing a 1965 North Carolina resolution which called for a national constitutional convention to upset the one-man-one-vote ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate should follow the Houses good example and complete General Assembly action on the disavowal resolution.

The original action was taken at a time when emotions were running high because of the redistricting brought on by the Courts ruling. Since then, legislative redistricting of the House has been completed, and the end of the world didnt come with it. Instead, North Carolina now has a system under which the vote of every citizen for legislators is approximately equal to the vote of every other citizen.

The major reason for the disavowal resolution is a solid one. Thirty-three states have memorialized Congress for a national constitutional convention on this subject. If cme more state should seek this convention. It presumably would have to be called, and would become the first in history

Though the convention os

tensibly would be convened just to abrogate the one-man one-vote ruling, it presumably could take up any other subjectand that would cover a vast range. It seems safe to guess that every frantic group in America would be on hand with proposals, from the KKK and John Birch Society at one end of the scale to the wildest hippy groups at the other end. As some legislators here have observed, this could be a real disaster.

It is true that any amendments proposed by the convention would have to be approved by the people before becoming eff e c t i v e But, whats the reason for taking such a chance? Its sort of like tying a very heavy weight around the neck of a man wading around in unknown waters and saying that all is well because he wouldnt drown unless he should step in a deep hole.

The best way to safeguard the man is to make it unnecessary for him to have to have a weight around his neck or to have to wade around in unknown waters.

The North Carolina Senate can do lUst that by approving the disavwal resolution which already has House approval.

he wants to pursue the life of the lowliest employ to get the feel of what it is like to be exploited by the capitalist system. Rather than reveal his true identity, Barney accepts the promotion.

His chances of fomenting revolution among the employes are limited to lunch and smoking breaks, and when Barney tells the employes what a lousy deal they have at Flippers, he attracts a large audience.

The vice president of per-S(xinel, who has no idea what Barney is talking to the other employes about, feels that if he can attract such large audiences he must have executive potential and, therefore, he makes him a floor manager at a healthy salary increase.

Stricken with fear that he is selling out, Barney hands in a list of reforms which he says the store must agree to before he takes the job. These include Flippers Department Store getting involved in the community, donating part of its profits to the employes and setting up an Afro-American clothing boutique.

These demands are sent up to the president of Flippers, and after reading them he says, Why didnt we think pf this first? I dont want Long-street working as floor manager. Hes too valuable to waste there. Bring him up to the executives offices.

Barney is now in real trouble because, thanks to his demands, profits of Flippers are up 30 percent, and he is (Continued Cn Page 5)

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By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK

WASHINGTON - John J. Crooker, Jr., chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), accepted a free ride three weeks ago in a plane owned by a controversial principal in the messy, multi-billion - dollar 'Transpacific case now before him for final decision.

On April 18, Crooker accepted a ride from Washington to his home in Houston aboard a company plane of Ling -Temco - Vought, the giant conglomerate. LTV contr o 1 s Braniff International Airways, the Texas - based carr i e r whose future is in the hands of Crooker and the CAB in the Transpacific case.

This indiscretion by Crooker, a clear conflict of interest, can only deepen public suspicion over the case which has brought confidence in the CAB to a new low.

In the Transpacific route case, Braniff was barr e d from any new routes by recommendations of the CABS examiner. However, the full CAB awarded Braniff a highly lucrative route from Southern cities to Hawaii via Mexico City and Acapulco.

Rich east - west routes for Braniff primarily a north-south carrier, pointed Washingtons attention to the fact that Braniffs officials and employees included Texas politicians close to President Johnson.

Moreover, Oooker, himself a onetime political fund - raiser in Texas, was named chairman of the CAB by President Johnson late last year, after the Senate confirmed him for a new eight - year term well before the expiration of his old term.

In reviewing the Transpacific case. President Nixon cancelled the two Mexico stop-offs on Braniffs new Hawaiian route. The domestic part of the route mainland U. S. to Hawaii is now under review by Crookers CAB itself and beyond reach of the White House. The CAB must act by June 6.

It is against that background that Crookers free ride by LTV must be judged. Crookers father v^s ill in Houston, and the trio^was actually arranged by Mrs. Crooker and Mrs. Forbes Mann, wh o s e husband is president of LTVs Vought Aeronautics Division. The Oookers and Manns are old friends.

Mann told us the LTV plane was scheduled to fly to Houston with only two company officials aboard and it was only natural to offer Crooker a ride to see his ailing father.

But Congress, stirred to fury by the Abe Fortas revelations. wont see it that way. With Crooker sitting as top judge of Braniffs application, his acceptance of LTVs hospitality was a flagrant conflict of interest.

SBA Ironies

The topsy - turvey world of the Small Business Adminis-traton (SBA) under Hilary Sandoval took a new twist last week with the purge of still another key black employee, while one of Sandovals political apDointments charged with trying to shake down a loan applicant remains on the Federal payroll.

Hie newest purge victim is Randolph Tyus, who had done an excellent job as a special ^sistant in charge of recruiting Negro executives for SBA. He was fired last week, with-(Continued On Page 5)

Generations Idol Is, Not Hefner

Strength For Today

DELAY CAN DESTROY

A noted composer in his biography tells how one night there suddenly came to him the melody and structure of a symphony. Its different parts sang through his mind For some reason he was too busy at that time to make any notes. The next day it returned with not quite the vividness of the night before but nevertheless with sufficient clarity that he might well have captured the genius of it. The third day he was ready to go to work on it, but all recollection of it had departed. The golden opportunity had passed.

Parables without number have been written alx>ut tlie necessity ot taking advantage ot opportunity when it arise.^. Nut enough has been written, however, on the per

sistent tendency of human nature to procrastinate and to put off the doing of anything definite until the hour of decision become imperative. The secret of tragic loss under such circumstanes is not that opportunity does not return but that we by our desultory ways are not prepared to make use of it if it does. Probably the symphony was still in the composers mind and heart, but he had'packed so many inconsequential things between the symphony and himself that the power to capture it and write it down had become exhausted.'

Every time we neglect t h e doing of a riglit tljing we in-ciease at ail asluuiidiiig progression tlie ditticulty ot right and wholesome action

EarJ L. Douglas

By ELMER ROESSNER

I confess I do not understand the younger generation.

This is not a diatribe against the minority who demonstrate by breaking into college presidents offices and smashing the plaster busts of Socrates. Rather, it is an exclamation of amazement at their idols and ideals today.

University of Michigan business students, polled by Prof. David L. Lewis, said the living businessman they would most like to be like is Howard Hughes.

Hugh Hefner didnt place or show.

After Hughes came Robert McNamara Lynn Townsend, J. Paul Gtty, George Rom-ney and Jahies Ling.

Also Rans

ALso cited were Aristotle Oiittssis, H. L. Hunt, Hen r y Ford II, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Dr. Edwin Land, R. A. Kroc, Arnold Palmer, a o d

Beatle Paul McCartney. Two girls voted for Betty Furness.

But not Hugl} Hefner.

When I was that age as I recall, our class voted Williams S. Hart and Teddy Roosevelt as the men we would most like to emulate. The girls, I think, voted for Mary Pickford.

But if there had been a Howard Hughes then there was, but he was only 12 years old he certainly wouldnt have won a single vote. But if there has been a Hefner and there wasnt he would have won unanimously, that is if the ballots were secret A Frightful Warning

The Michigan U. poll certainly portends what life will be like in the future. Our leaders will be men moseying around in sneakers, avoiding newspapermen, and making millions. If Las Vegas has already been bought out, theyll buy the Bahamas or build theii owa islands. Or they will

be like the World Banks McNamara and if you stop them in some marble corridor and ask them for a match, theyll pull out a sliderule before they say yes or no.

Onassis, Palmer and Mc-wum

OESSNER

Cartney may be getting some fun out of life but the rest of them, with few exceptions, are damned money - grubbers. Can you imabine tlie fu-tuje being run by Gettys and Hunts?

21st Century Prospects Wouldnt the future be mece

of the pack were Hefner instead of Hugheses? ?

Both started from scratch. Hughes amassed a fortu n e and could buy and sell California, if there was a market for it. But if he gets any fun out of life, he does it in secret

But Hefner has a 42-room apartment in Cliicago with five sunken bathing pools and an airplane with a sunk e n pool and a double bed. His apartment has seven bars, television cameras in the bedroom ceiling and a lot of squealing going on in the back halls.

He has a magazine wi t h some of the prettiest gatefolds you ever saw, and a string of clubs from coast to coast, each one overruniiing wiUi Bunnies, his own television show and he meets the most interesting people you ever heard of.

But the young people want to grow up into a generation of Howard Hugheses