Satoday, August 4, 1962

No Surprise

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In Budget Priorities

Bending Under The Bens

It shouldnt be surprising to the people of North Carolina or to the Advisory Budget Commission that most state institutions are putting high on their priority list for capital improvements items that were in the bond issue defeated Jast November.

The bond issue items, voted down by the people of the state, to^ed more than $60 million. They were items for which the legislature did not appropriate funds during its 1961 sesrion* but rather put into a package bond issue to submit to the people of the state, A

With this two-year-old backlog of requests totaling more than $60 million now showing up in

are similarly inclined, the logical place to begin is w ith the bond issue items that was submitted to the voters last November.

No one can say for sure whether the defeat of the bond issue was a mandate from the people not to make the capital improvements requested by the institutions and included in the bond issue. Rather, it seems that the bond issue defeat reflected a vote not against the expansion of institution^ but against issuance of the bonds that might cause another tax hike in the biennium which begins next July. With funds on hand to finance the proposed capital improvements needed by the institutions, it is our

new budget requeststogether with new requests opinion the legislators would find the people of the

for the coming bienniumit is not surprising that state generally in favor of using the surplus for

the capital improvement spending proposed by most catching up the lagging capital outlay program of

institutions is considerably higher than in the past, institutions.

It should be remembered, how'ever, that these items were requested by the institutions two years ag^^, just as they are being requested now. The institutions felt two years ago that the facilities were needed, and certainly the need for them is more acute now than in 1960 when the initial requests were submitted.

This' situation, together with the general concensus that the state may have a surplus of some $70 million at the end of the current biennium, is directing more attention to the possibility of using the expected surplus of state funds to finance these lagging capital outlay items.

Normally in the past, the state has used its surplus funds from one biennium to another to finance

Such a move by the legislature next year would be a major factor in the efforts of state institutions to make up for the lag in providing them with facilities necessary to do the job the people of the state expect of them.

Last Major Hurdle For A Great Industry

Approval of phosphate mining lease options in the Pamlico and Pungo rivers by the governor and Council of State clear the last major hurdles

non-recurring expense items. If the 1963 legislators beginning of an important industry in Beau

fort County.

A Retreat Over

! Budget Advisor

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

RETREIAT The about-face In which the governors spwial budget advisor, D. S. Coltrane, resigned as chairman of the Advisory Budget Commission is considered something of a retreat, sUntegic or otherwise, for the Sanford administration.

Rep. Thomas Woodard of Wilson and quite a few others influential in the legislature and in fiscal and political matters had <H>P06ed. (HI principle. Coltranes beo^nlng chairman of the budget conunissioa.

This feeling was expressed (H>enly and Woodard voted against Coltrane. 'The opposi-ti( grew even as the budget commission began its biennial summer tour of state agencies and instituti(xis across the state.

It took only a few days for Sanford aides and the governor himself to discern the way in which the political wind was blowing.

STRATEGIC The issue, over the matter of having the governors hand-picked $10,000-a-year budget watchdog sitting as chairman of the advisory budget commission, was one in which a strategic*retreat could be made without embarrassment.' It was no crucial issue.

It was an issue which could have caused considerable trouble later, and (xie which could have been a cOTtinuing thorn in the side oi the administration in dealing with legislators.

When Coltrane stepped out it was, in effect, bowing to Woodards wishes and feelings.

Sanford readily endorsed Woodard as the man to take over the chairmanship, and Woodard did so with unanimous agreement.

Strategically, it was a wise thing inasmuch as it removed ground for future controversy, ill wUl and discord.

This could have cropped up at a m(Mt inopportune time the seamd legislature of a governors administration is traditionally the toughest. The issue about chairmanship of the advisory budget commission could have provoked resentment and wranglhig when the administration submits its spending proposals.

TOUGH This appears now to have been smoothed over without too much ruffling of feathers and feelings.

A top Sanford aide. Bill White, is traveling with the Ad

visory Budget Commission ostensibly tb become familiar with the budget-making process and the woiidngs of the budget com-missi(Hi. White is State Purchase and Contract director and assistant director of the department of Administration. Coltrane. a veteran budget official in many administrations, had been director of administrati(Hi until his retirement and appointment as special budget advisor to the governor.

With White alcmg, the Sanford administration is keeping its finger close to both the fiscal pulse and preparation of the 1963-65 budget recommendations, but also that of the political climaie around the state.

PLEASED Eastern North Carolina, which often feels It is overlooked and neglected in the matter of new industry. Is pleaseo with the naming ol Robert L. Stallings of New Bern as director of Conservation and Development.

StaHhigs becomes the first C &D director from Extern North Carolina since Bruce Etheridge of Dare County stepped down in 1949 after 18 years in the post through the depression and World War n and postwar years.

BOWLES Hargrove W. fSkipper) Bowles Jr. of Goldsboro, C&D dirfector for the past 18 months, will maintain offices in Raleigh as new C&D board chairman, succeeding Governor Sanford.

Bowles told newsmen he wants a place to woric while in Raleigh and it is clear that Bowles plans to continue very active in C&D and will be the real power in the department.

Front offices in C&D will be occupied by Bowles, Stallings, assistant director Roy Wilder Jr. and John Allen, assistant to the director.

POLITICAL Craven County, Stallings home base, went nearly fouj to one for John Larkins of Trentori in the first primary in 1960. Sanford polled onlv 1,611 Craven votes in the first primary, running almost neck and neck with Dr. I. Beverly Lake who received 1,112. Lake then edged Sanford in the second primary in Craven, 4,532 to 3,603.

The Stallings appointment may serve to bolster the Sanford popularity in Craven, most populous of the middle coastal counties.

Action by the Governor and the Council of State paved the way for the development of this important new industry, and at the same time provided adequate safeguards to prevent damage of the two rivers in which mining will take place. The decision is one which recognizes the importance of protecting w^ater and other natural resources of the state, and at the same time reconciles this with the need for developing the resources which the state has.

Under conditions of the approval the Stream Sanitation Committee has been given the right to constantly inspect the river mining operations and to halt operations that pollute the rivers in violation

Change

in Views

By HAL BOYLE

A Monkey Of Yoursel::

NEW YORK AP) Once upon a time a family named

of the stream sanitation regulations. This provision fSuibs^'S^ door*'to^a niSy

should insure that the rivers will not be harmed named Jones,

by the mining operations. It will impose additional NaturaUy, since they moved

duties on the Stream Sanitation Committee, but at

the same time it wall allow the mining operations to never spoke to one another, move ahead rather than being delayed indefinitely. 'Their houses to a passing eye Action taken by the governor and the Council of State in this matter is in the best interest of the state as a whole, and certainly it is in the best interest of Beaufort County and Eastern North Carolina.

wen Today, Not A Quiet "Worlc.

would seem as alike as two bubbles in beer foam, but one day Mrs. Smith thought she detected a deeper green in her neighbors grass.

That night she told her husband:

Chir lawn is positively shabby. Youll have to do something about it. After all, we have to keep up with the Joneses.

That weekend Mr. Smith could be seen tossing grass seed from a five-pound bag. The fol-loling weekend Mr. Jones was observed heaving grass seed

from a 10-pound bag.

Soon Mrs. Smith decided the family next door had a shinier power lawnmower.

We cant hold our heads up in this neighborhood unless we keep up with the Joneses, she told her husband.

Mr. Smith bought her a two-seated lawnmower marked His and Hers.

The following week the Joneses and their child were cutting their grass in a spanking new three-seated lawnmower marked His, Hers and Ours.

A friend of Jones gave him a used playground swing which he put in his backyard.

Mrs. Smith noticed this at once and told her husband: Our child is underprivileged. Well have to put a swimming pool in our backyard. We cant let the Joneses get ahead of

us.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - Its hardly a quiet world even though there's no war at the moment except in South Viet Nam.

People around the earth have been fighting, rioting, marching, protesting, picketing, demonstrating and even filibustering for something or against something.

Russia itself complained it got some of the protest treatment from Americans visiting the Soviet Union. And demonstrators who lie down are as much of a handful for police as demonstrators who stand up and march.

Some of the ideas at stake in these struggles will melt away, some, like the desire for peace and fair treatment, never will. Not all the ideas for which these people protest will prevail.

Some will. And in some cases the desired impact on the public and governmental mind will be made. Some of the demonstrators fight what they look on as a hateful thought. Some want to stir the conscience of mankind.

Some are concerned only with what's in it for them.

Moscow Radio reported 11 Americans at a youth camp in the Crimea were reprimanded for passing out anti-Soviet pamphlets,

In Finland there were four nights of riots against the Communist-sponsored Wond Youth Festival in Helsinki. Mounted police, perhaps sympathetic with those they w'ere trying to dispense. used clubs.

In France young fanners, behind a .slogan of farm land for farmers, blocked roads and attacked property of non-farmer investors moving in to buy land.

There were three brawling nights in Londons East End whi- rioters broke up meet-l.igs of Sir Oswald Mo.seley the pe-\var fa.;ci.st leader. He was knocked down and got his face marked up.

In a Birmingham .suburb of England there were .jiiam-au

And in Argentina there were rioi.s in a 4H-hour anti-govern-inont stiike called by the labor

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federation which is dominated by followers of the exiled dictator. Juan Peron.

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students demonstrated against the American decision to resume nuclear tests. And in London 25,000 ban-the-bomb marchers protested against it.

Their leader was 90-year-old British philosopher Sir Bertrand Russell, still spry and as full of indignation as when he opposed World War I,

Over the weekend 50 pickets marched outside the White House to protest the arrest In Albany, Ga., of The Rev. Martin Luther King, leader there of a peaceful Negro protest against segregation.

In that Georgia city hundreds of Negroes have been arrested in their demonstrations to get city officials to listen to their plea for integration of public facilities.

Their prolonged efforts didnt go unnoticed. The attention of the nation Was fastened on them.

And this week President Kennedy said he thought it inexplicable that the city commissioners refused to sit down with the citizens of Albany.

And even in the U. S. Senate a group of liberals put on their owm demonstrations called a filibuster r- to stop passage of a bill they didnt like.

Their complaint: That the

measure would hand over control of the newly developed space communications system to private monopoly. They won their point, if only temporarily. Action on the bill was delayed a W'hile. j

(Henderson Dispatch)

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Approximately seventy million Americans were employed on regular jobs in July for an all-time record high. Unemployment dropped by 445,(X)0 during the month, or to 5.3 percent of the labor force, and the low'-est in two years. The gap is due in part to the fact that more people are available for work. Likewise there are more jobs.

At the same time, the Labor Department's formula for calculating the number of idle may be at fault and thus swell the figure by hundreds of thousands. Wives accustomed to working but who may be idle, temporarily or otherwise, and those who by choice are not employed, but are chiseling on unemployment insurance benefits, and others contribute to the overall figure when by rights they should not be counted.

Speculation in Washington, following Secretary Goldbergs announcement Wednesday, is that the greatly improved picture may further delay any tax cut as a means of relieving hardships and as a lift to the economy.

In that connection there is the remark of a U. S. senator who on Wednesday belittled those who are urging a reduction in Federal spending to balance off any tax reduction. He called such a demand nothing^ less than nonsense. The .senator, of course, had his cart before his horse. He is one of the liberals in Congress, W'ho seem

to give little thought to the necessity for safeguarding national solvency, which cannot but be threatened by the relentless increase in the public debt and deficit financing. Men of his calibre in positions of influence are among the greatest threats to a sound currency. How any man of a rational mind can consider it nonsense to balance the Federal budget is one of the disconcerting phases of the reckless fiscal policies of the government.

With a gain of 445,000 in the number of employed, it is logical to assume that the annual revival of activity in most lines of business in the autumn should bring about even better conditions. It is folly to suppose that there will ever be a time when there will be absolutely no unemployment in the United States. At least so long as the government pursues a policy of , paying people not to work there will be those who will take advantage of these visits of Santa Claus every month, and who will never work so long as such gratuities continue.

People who would like to w'ork and cannot find jobs for w'hich they are qualified are w'orthy of sympathy and of assistance where It can be provided. But seventy million persons on jobs is a record that merits optimism and is a credit to the American economy, even though it may be languishing in a sort of calm at this time, with no great or sudden upsurge or an equivalent drop in employables.

Mr. Smith, who loved his wife and had normal pride, ordered the swimming pool built.

The first day he swam in it he saw workmen next door building a larger swimming pool there and putting an addition on the garage. Mrs. Jones had ordered an extra car.

Well, Mrs. Smith ordered another car, too, and decided her cozy home was too small and had another room built to make it look more impressive.

It was shortly after that when Mrs. Jones started having a maid come in twice a week. And it was shortly after that when Mrs. Smith found life wasnt worth living unless she could have a maid in every day.

Neither was Mr. Smith. All he could remember was his wifes constant complaint, After all, we have to keep up with the J(Hieses.

Well, the whole race for equality collapsed when Mr. Smith had to go into court and declare himself bankrupt. There he was astonished to see his neighbor, Jones, also filling out bankruptcy papers.

What brought you here? he Inquired. And Jones, who was nearsighted and couldnt have told his neighbor from Adam, replied:

We were getting along all right until some spendthrift smart alecs moved in next door to us, and my wife decided we couldnt let them get ahead of us. That was our whole trouble trying to keep up with the Smiths. How about you?

If I told you, sighed Mr. Smith, You wouldnt believe me.

Moral: When you try to ape the other fellow, you always make a monkey of yourself.

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Above all. the Influence of market prices should be reintroduced into subsidized farming. The farmers who earn the greater part of farm income in cattle, poultry, fruit, vegetables, etc. get along In a free market and control their own surpluses. Life.

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Que.stion: Whats ference between a monopoly and a private monopoly

Answer; Government can control a private morijjpoly, letr -'ttrr- peopl " try con-irollriK a federal monopoly, once it j.s e.stabli.shed, and .see liow far they get.Industrial News Review.

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GIVE BLOOD

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BE A DONOR

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Business

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT Copyrlcht* 1962. King Features Syndicate. Inc. PoMtldaim are forced by the clrcumatancee ol their trade to live from day to day. It is the philosopher and the historian who risk forecasting the course of events and who (^n take a stand which opposes the current fashions. Statesmen smne-times gamble on principles, but the politician must deal with what is before him.

Sometimes history and even public opinl( reverse themselves, usually after the politician Is dead and what seemed to be 80 very wrong when It was d(me, may, in later years, prove to have been right. To this, Herbert Hoover Is an ex-cep(m, for he has lived Icmg enough fen* public (pinion to have reversed itself and he who was regarded as a failure as President is now one of the most beloved men. On August 10, he will have a birthday party In West Branch, Iowa, where he was bom and many will come from near and far to do hhn honor.

A figure such as Hilter will be Judged by history a century or more from now very differently from today. However, this much is certain: he was a politician and therefore dealt with Immediate events. He, like most politicians in all of history, lied freely when he needed to and men accepted his lies. So astute a student of political currents In 1933 as Walter Llpp-mann said of a speech that Hitler delivered:

The Chancellor stated that nevertheless no German government will of its own volition break an agreement that cannot be abrogated except by substituting a better one. However, this acknowledgement of the legal 'haracter of such a treaty can only be a general one. Not only the victor has claims to the rights granted therein but also the vancjuished. The right to demand revision of this treaty, however, Is founded on the treaty Itself. As the motif and measure of its demand, Germany desires nothing but the experiences thus far attained, and the undeniable findings of logical, critical reason. Unless I am greatly mistaken, this Is the most definite pledge that has yet been given by any German government that it would pursue its claim for revision within the framework of the Covenant of the League of Nations.

I do not quote this to point to a failing of Walter Lippmann as a prophet. I admire him too much for that. Rather, I cite this as an example of how dangerous it is even for the brightest of men to trust to the words of politicians who always say what they need to say at the moment and change their minds when they need to change their minds.

I make this point as there is a tendency among our people to assume that because a man is in public life, he will lead rather than bend to the common will. As a matter of fact, the theory behind the vote Is that the chosen person should represent those who choose him. We are about to choose candidates for the 1962 Election Governors, U.S. Senators, members of Congress, What do we expect of them? When they run f^ office, they will promise to serve their constituencies and each constituent will assume that he is the one who must be served. This Is, of course, nonsense. No man could pos- sibly serve so many masters. Representative government Is then not an acceptwice of leadership but rather a matter of compromise. In fact, our government Is so organized on a system of checks and balances among the Executive, the Senate and the House of Representatives that compromise is a built-in method. Without such a process we should be standing absolutely still at all times. If the people then assume that because a politician said so-and-so in a campaign, he is to be trusted to hold to that position forever, they are bound to be disappointed, for so adamant and obdurate a person would fail utterly to accomplish anything under our system.

As the 1962 campaign really (Continued on Page 6>

ooKaneaas

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOl GLASS IT ( ITS OFF POWFR

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The opening through which tlie fuel for a diesel engine ha., to pass if very small - so small in fact that it makes a pin-point look as large as the front door of a house, in comparison. The diesel engine is very powerful, and yet a speck of dirt smaller than a pin-point can shut off all this power and render the engine useless.

There is a businessman in this country who has had phenornm-al success and who from the beginning of his career has given ninety per cent of what lie made to religious cause.s and kept ten percent for him.self. He speaks a great deal on re-hgloas themes and he uses thi.s illustration to point out how the smallest imperfection In ones

life can shut off the flow of .spiritual energy by which the soul Jives.

People often \yonder why it is that despite the fact that they apparently live rather upright lives, nevertheless they do not seem to possess spiritual p^-er. There may be many causes for this, but one is that sometime., a hidden fault or sin. so small perhaps that the out-sicle world never notices It and the person afflicted with It may scarcely be conscious of it himself. impedes the flow of di-\ine power from God to the soul.

Any of the following may constitute impeding particles jealousy, envy, pride, lust, ir-reverencr. cynicism, covetousness. It take.s only a little of any of them to spoil a man's relationship with his God.- ,

By FI.MKK ROES.SNER

Here are more look-aheads in business;

Auto Iwoni. The word has been circulated for .some time that the auto models will not

bi* radieally diffe^rent from the current .series. This report, which seems to be reasonably accurate, ha.s done two things; it has maintained .sales volume this year, while some other line.s have diminished, and It has assured sales In the coming year.

When the new models emerge from under canvas later this year, there will be enough changes to keep the advertising cop.vwriters happy, but basically the.\ will be much like current cars.

That means' that prospective buyeVs will not have to wait to .see how new gadgeis work out. how changes prove out under road conditions. The present rate of sales - which is very high " can continu without a break. In fact, some of the backlog now being built up can ma^e autn sales in the latte*' part of thi.s year brimful of profit.s.

ITKEL STRENGTH

SIcel impruvenient: While the

.steel backlog has shrunk, rising demand will improve the market in the third quarfer. Orders from the auto Indu.stry (see above), plant construction, new highways and military re-quii-ement will strengthen the position of the .steel indu.stry.

Demands for shorter hours;. Despite what the Administration does, despite steel and other formulas, organized labor will pre.s.s for the shorter work week. Demands in negotiations later this year will be for 30-and 32-hour weeks, with the objective of the 35-hour week. No matter what your business is. expect shorter hours to be an Important part of your employees demands at next contract negotiation.

Construction rise: Contracts

for constracUon will rise heartily this quarter. Reasons: the slump in the stock market did not lead to many construction cancellations: government

spending for highway and plants has been increased; the faster depreciation for tax purposes is stimulating building; the new Treasury depreciation rates for rpachinery and other equipment is inducing the building of plants

to house them, and state and local spending (financed by tax-free bonds).

LUMBER STEADY, LOWER

Cheaper lumber; The decline in housing starts has weakened the - lumber market. While production has been cut back, .supplies are still high and prices are firming at lower levels.

Higher personal income; Despite the lag in employment, which will continue until autumn at least, and despite strikes, total personal income will continue to rise for most of the months this year and in those mon^s there Is no rise, the declme will be almost insignificant.

More migrations: A few years ago. there w^as a tide of company movements, as corporations moved from high-w age noriheni communities to cheaper labor markets In the south. The next tide will be the flow of companies from states with tight corporation regulations to more free-and-easy .states elsewhere. If you find state law.s unduly hamper your corporate activities, consider relncoiT>ora-ting in Nevada, for instance.

WHAT REMOVED CORN-REMOVER ADS FROM MAGAZINES?

Whatever happened to com cures? the Old Promoter demanded when he burst lnt( my sanctum today.

Oh. they still sell them.*

I replied lamely, seems I bought some a few months well, maybe it was years ago.

They still sell them, he said. Once there were large ads In all the womens magazines. Today you sec only bltsy ads. You can still buy <^m rededles if ytm go Into a drugstore and insist on them. Once they were promoted like swimming pools and mink capes. But youll go a long ways today before you see a balf*page ad for a com remover. *

I agreed that If corns were as big an item as they were when the Old Pnwnoter and I wiwe young, Life magazine would be featuring naked feet on the cover.

I think I have It figured. the Old One said last Shoe salesmen are now giving people their own size shoes.

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