jytofiday, August 27, 1962

Sometimes Seeing Other Extremes

Race To The Moon

Legislative action, often slow and seemingly committee, headed by Sen. Kefauver, that waa look-cluttered with endless hearings, debates 'nd con- ing into the high cost of drugs and medicines. The siderations of many kinds, can easily swing to the long delayed bill had been virtually stripped to a other extreme when a wave of public sentiment skeleton of its original form by the Senate Judiciary sweeps the nation apparently demanding some Committee and was given little chance of survival, action. Then came the great cry over thalidomide and the

A Case in point is the drug control bill which biji quickly was revived and reconsidered in com-last week passed the Senate without a single oppo-j- mittee, then on the floor of the Senate. A compan-ing vote. ion measure awaits action in the House.

The bill swept through the Senate on the heels ^he measure is designed now to strengthen of national concern resulting from the great disturb- safeguards against the marketing of dangerous or ance over the sedave thalidomide and its effect ineffective drugi. Riding the crest of public senti-upon unborn children. Surprisingly enough, how- "^nt, members of the Senate quickly climbed on the

band wagon to enact some sort of additional "protective* legislation in the wake of the thalidomide episode.

Originally this particular piece of legislation . effective this measure will be in the

grew out of an investigation by an anti-trust sub- If.u '"leeture. If the measure

was unacceptable to the Senate and its committees

ever, the bill passed by the Senate last w^eek isnt new. It has been kicking around the Senate and its committees for almost two years.

Scenic Road On

eisurely Route

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

SOMEWHERE IN TENNESSEE A brimming mill pond spills over a low stone dam and the shallow, amber stream overflows the state road at a low place back in the hills.

The road winds Uirough rural countryside, off the beaten tourist track, in the pretty hills and shady woods south of. Nash-ville, through the tiny towns of Shining Rock and Triune, Tenn., across Stones River and toward the Duck. *

It is a narrow strip of road for 60 mes or so, paved alwig the dusty country lanes of yesteryear which ran from farm to farm In the horse-and-lwggy days. In a time when speed was not important. B is tagged with a state highway number now, but still wanders along beside a ctear stream rippling over the rocks, across little one-lane bridges and past a country church or two.

SCENIC This is the scenic route, not for those in a great hurry. The pace is leisurely, but traffic is light and it is a refreshing change frtmi the high speeds tm the busy U. S. routes, from the billboards and the ne<m signs, from c(mgesti(Hi, ndse and heat and rush-hour., traffic jams in the cities.

And the traveter may find, to his surprise, that if the mileage is about the same tie driving time may also be close to equal that he spends going through the larger cities.

This, of course, may be changed when the interstate highway S3^m is c(nplete in another decade. Already the back roads are infrequently traveled, normally used only by those who live along them.

ROADS Intrnate highway construction poses q;>ecial problons in Tennessee as it does in North Carolina. Rugged terrain, the expmse of bridging broad rivers, and in bypassing the larger cities and oUaining right-of-way In expensive land develomnent areas are among the difficulties.

Tennessee thus far has rnily 79 miles of interstate highway open for use, out (tf a total of 1,048 miles to be built eventually. Design engineering and right of way woik has not been started on much more than half of this 80 a great deal remains to be d(me.

It might be of special interest to North Carolina to report, too, that few if any signs have been erected <m the 79 miles opened interstate road in Tennessee. A few poles are up and an occasimal exit sign, but that is about afl.

More than half of this open Interstate mileage is a 40-mile stretch just west of Knoxville, ending abruptly at the Tennessee river and TVAs King^n steam plant at Kingstm. at the east end of the Cumberland Plateau.

Some of the big cities, Memphis. Chattanooga. Nashville and Knoxvle, have interstate bypasses, expressways and belt lines on the drawing boards. Some of this Is In ccmstruction. Little of it is finished or opened, however.

POLITICS Politics always is turbulent in Tennessee, and much of the state still is in turmoil from me ^ the toughest primaries in recent years.

Tennessee has no provision for run-offs, and former Gov. Prank Clement was Wie winner of the Democratic nomination for another four-year term as governor with a minority of the vote cast.

.Clement polled 309,393 votes out of a total of 727,232 cast. F\)ur other candidates received 417,8.39, and of this 414,605 went to the two princhpal Clement (^ponents. There were two minor candidates with a tiny, token vote.

But Clement cairied 70 of the states 95 counties and out-distanced his closest rival. Mayor P. R. Ogliati of Chattanooga, by more than 97,000 votes. Ogliati received 211,812 and Memphis city cwnmissioner William W. Parris, who ran third, polled 202,793 su-Ugn be carried only eight counties.

CHARGES But it was not Clements victory that created such furor, but rather the widespread charges of vote fraud, illegal use at^ntee balloting and other irregularities in various other cmtests.

Most of these were local elections, conducted every other August in Tennessee. One of them Involves the capital of the state, Nashville, in the Fifth Congressional district race Rep. J. Carltm Loser, a con-, servative Democrat, trailed liberal former state senator Richard Fulton by 133 votes until 296 absentee ballots cast in Nashvilles 2nd ward were challenged and a recount was made. This resulted in a 72-vote lead for Loser. The dispute is raging and will have to be settled by the State Democratic Executive Cwnmiteee.

ERUPT The vote counting on electi<m night was painfuHy slow, even in cities using voting machines. Then charges of vote irregularities erupted in cities using voting machines. Then charges of vote irregularities erupted in both cities and in rural areas. The newspapers are full of these stores, charges a d countercharges.

One big county, for example, was still conducting a recount three weeks after the election and changed enough votes to give the county to Farris Instead of Clement, by an eight vote margin.

Farris had led on election night in Rutherford County by 35 votes, but the primary board certified returns giving the county to Clement by 72 votes. Then the county primary board at Murfreesboro recertified the final count saying a study showed clearly that someone changed the total vote in two precincts.

One of the places embroiled in bitter absentee ballot charges Ls tiny Turtletown in the East Tennessee mountains, in Polk County where ballot boxes were seized and gunfire broke out after an election in 1946. Bloodshed in political feuds Is common in Polk.

prior to the recent stir over drugs, has it been changed sufficiently to do the intended job now? Is legislation that was designed two years ago primarily to hold down the prices of drugs and medicines adequate to afford the public protection from distribution of drugs and medicines which may be dangerous or ineffective?

The sudden change in the Senates feeling toward this legislation gives us an uneasy feeling. It raises the question of whether it is one of those do-something-quickly measures that was passed as much as a matter of expediency as it was on the basis of its merits and the benefits it will proviae for the public.

The measure, fortunately,^ still awaits action in the House. We trust members of that body will give it careful consideration on the basis of its merits, rather than rushing headlong into passing a measure without first determining whether it meets needs they have in mind.

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School'Openin^s Mean By george sokolsky

More Driver Safety ThG FgI Of T0Chnology

Copyright, 1962, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Free Inquiry is the task of

Thoise huge yellow buses will be back on the

highways of Pitt and other counties this week

after a three-month absence.

The opening of schools for another term means centu^ in every country.

MILU 1 .U u 1 1* XI So much is coming before us

that the buses will be back on the job hauling their that no one can know every-

prescious cargo of youngsters on daily round trips thing or put our knowledge to

from rural homes to the classrooms. gether into a system. Such phil-

For the average motorist, it is a time to exer- id

cise more than the^normal amount of caution. There ably be helpless before the will be first-graders, not yet accustomed to the ^i^ss of new material that is

school bus routine, who will be waiting for the.r *S%ewm''and I930's we

buses during the early morning hours and eager attacked Soviet Russia on the

to get off at the end of the afternoon trip. Some of ground that production could on-

these may, in their impatience to get to school or ^ possible on a large scale XU u X X u j _x XU u if the incentives of capitalism

in their haste returning home, dart across the higri- to produce.Un the

way without looking. ^1960 s we find, to our dismay

With the buses off the highways during th<i chagrin, that the Soviet

summer vacation period, some motorists may forget

bloc of countries is producing mightily and in certain extraordinarily complex fields is doing better than we do or is equal to us. This forces us to revalue our ^system to attempt to discover why we fall behind. In a matter of 45 years, the "Soviet nations have equalled us iri the fields of physics, astrophysics, mathematics and metallurgy.

This our experts know to be true eveii if some die-hards decline to believe it. There are still those who ask, Did Sputnik I really climb the skies? There is no time to bother with such inquiries. We need to get on with our work, which is the survival of this nation and while

for a moment the requirement that all cars stop'^^^^^EC OFS SCiyin.^

for a stopped school bus. They may momentarily

overlook the additional hazards that are present -jr . . -n

when the children are going to school in the mom- A 1 7" i \ (

ings and back home in the afternoons. ixll V 1 Vs,/! ^

Like the highways, some city streets also pre- (Washington Dally News)

sent new hazards wmen a new school term begins. The CivB Aeronautics Board

In the vicinity of schools, more youngsters are walk- has ordered an investigation in-ing, more bikes are being used by the kids for trans-

portation, and the number of automobiles greatly Eastern North Carolina.

increases a.s many parents drive their children to such an airport is not a lux-

and from schools. School crossing signsignored it is a necessity, and

x .X X 1 XU XU u when the various peoples of

to some extent during the summer monthsbecome Eastern North Carolina can

of vital importance when i^hool resumes. stop bickering with each other

It may take the motorists a few days to readjust make a genuine effor to

to traffic conditions which prevail while school is \he*'bustaessT re"li^

ill session. The period of readjustment calls for mg such an airport, extreme caution by drivers and youngsters alike. ^ According to the CAB, a decision will be made regarding

Quick Tax Cut No

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By RALPH ROBEY

As expected. President Kennedy has announced that he will not propose a quick tax reduction for this year. He also has said that he will outline a program for a general lowering of taxes before the adjournment of the Congress, such lowering to take place as of next January 1, but not to be enacted until next year. Both of these statements were made, of course, in the special nationwide broadcast of the Chief Executive on Monday, August 13.

Although it was widely knovro for some time before this address that this was the decision of President Kennedy, many persons were disappointed. Even W'ithin his own official family there were several high-level advisors who believed we need an immediate tax cut to help the economic trend. The head of the APL-CIO. Georee Meany, Ls firmly convinced that only by a reduction of the tax burden among those in the lower fn-com- brackot.s can we nrevent a reaeasion. The' pre.sident of the U.S. Chatnbei- of Commerce was di.sajjpointed. And many

economists, with wdth in and without government, felt that there was no time for the delay in reducing the tax burden.

The President explained his decision against a quick tax cut in simple terms. The economy as a whole, he said, is still moving ahead. The rise is not as rapid as it should be, or as he would like, but there is no evidence of a downturn which would justify hasty action on taxes. Foreign holders of funds in this country might misunderstand why we were taking the action, and hence it would start a flow of balances from this nation. Finally, although the President did not mention this, it would be impossible to get a quick tax reduction bill through Congre.ss. It would be impo.ssible becau.se too many members of the Congress do not believe such an increase In the deficit is warranted, and they think the majority of the public agrfe.s with them.

We belong among those, who think a quick tax cut Is not justified, either now or at anv otlier time. But we are equal-(Centinued on puye ten

an airport to serve Rocky Mount, Wilson, Kinston, Goldsboro, and Greenville. As we sit here looking at the map of this area, we see readily how such an airport would be of tremendous value to all of Eastern North Carolina and not merely to the imaginary circle drawn about these five cities.

Yet. when the CAB tries to arrive at a just decision, it is go-, ing to find it w'ell nigh impos- .sible to satisfy people of all five communities.

Looking at the map, the area around Walstonburg seems to be about in the center of that Imaginary circle. Yet, placing an airport in the Walstonburg vicinity to serve these five primary areas might draw serious objectlcms from Rocky Mount and Kinston than it does from the other three cities.

Our interest here Is in Eastern North Carolina and its future development. If we are to experience more industrial development, then air lines must traverse the area and an air .stop adjacent to all these areas must be found.

Not one of the cities mentioned above can alone support a commercial airport today. But together, if they could get together. a fine airport could be built, and it should prove a real boon to each community.

Outside of the benefits wrhich w'ould accrue to each of the above listed communities, there would be tremendous benefits accruing to many other communities such as Washington, Tarboro, Parmville, Roberson-ville. Snow Hill, Ayden, Wil-liamston, and scores of smaller communities.

It could truly be an Eastern North Carolina airport. The time is ripe now for the various primary communities Involved to seek with the same enthusiasm and dedication common groimd that have been used heretofore to delay and thwart previous efforts in the fight to realize an airport.

It would be much better for the communities themselves to agree than it would be for the CAB to select the area.

We feel that the more cooperation between the various communities, the bigger will be the airport and the more service will be available for all the people of Eastern North Carolina.

When it comes to this matter of discussion, let us have plenty of it. When It comes to bickering, let us have less of it. The time has arrived when we need to get together for the common good of all.

There Ls a definite need for an ENC airport. We should be about our work. Where this airport is located is of less importance than the airport itself.

It Is possible In good times to suffer fools, these are not good times. '

The biggest change is jieither political nor economic. It is in the field 6f technology. The Russians, casting aside traditional impediments, have moved into the fields of technology mobilizing entire nations. They turned out engineers as we used to turn out lawyers and ministers. It may be true that their young people prefer Upton Sinclair to John Milton, but the fact remains that they are also turning out violinists and dancers and perhaps philosophers and historians. The last great philosophers of the West, Einstein, Bergson, and .Whitehead, are not of.our generation.

They have also been able to develop a strong sense of patriotism. We used to believe that no people could be patriotic except in freedom. We should have known better, because history, recounts many'instances of patriotism without freedom. Sparta is an example. The China of the Manchus up to the Dowager Empress: Japan before the Meiji Revolution Is another. One can go down the line of a people giving their lives Jsr their own enslavement. We witnessed it in Germany under Hitler.

We face the terrifying fact that the enemy that opposes us and that seeks to bury us. is not only fighting for a world empire but for the dissolution of our form of society. It is as though Attila were at us again.

Even that has happ>ened often before and were it not for Charles Martel and John Sobieski we should all today be Turkish Moslems with four wives a piece and going to Mecca from time to time for the purification of our souls. It Is when men become conscious that their way of life is to be destroyed; that their country is to be taken from them; that their homes and their lands and their women are to be confiscated that they fight back against every odd and often they win.

Our war against Russia Is a technological one. Each Astronaut who goes up outside the Earth is doing more for us than the business men. the labor leaders, the Communists and anti-Communlsts. He is making us technologically the equal of our enemy and maybe we shall surpass the enemy. The boys who In our armed forces are watching various instruments and making scientific data understandable are doing as big a Job as any soldiers in the entire history of man. In a world which gathers data from the very bottom of the sea, when

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By ROGER BABSON BABSON PARK, Mass. - Every community has its own cycle (tf business activities. These usually include:

(1) Some basic Industry of the (dty. such as the noanufacture of textiles, steel, or shoes.

(2) The building industry which depends largely on pcg>-ulation growth.

(3) The m<xiey disblbuted by the State to the unemployed, which is constantly increasing.

(4) The automobile and gasoline businesses, which are ccm-stantly draining numey out of the cUy to support Detroit or Texas.

(5) The liquor business, which does the city no good and perhaps much harm.

Take a menneat-to anali^ your c(nmunity and decide bow your city or town stacks up with neighboring communities.

IS YOUR CITY GOING AHEAD OR FALLING BEHIND?

The answer to this questim depends lately upon the percentage of unemployment over the entire year. If your town needs little unemployment insurance money to depend upon, and if most everyone works, your city is a good one to live in. If, on the other hand, the reverse is true, then you should think of moving elsewhere with your children. Hence the question arises, Are you living in the best state?

The state which has probably the best record is Utah. The Mormon religion teaches everyone to work. During the la^ World War Utah was the only state which asked no Federal Aid. The Mormons believe that if a person cannot get regular employment at some given town, he should go out and work without pay to make a better Utah. I have written many books, but the one which had the lai^est circulation Is Fundamentals of Prosperity. Actually, 80 per cent of these books were purchased by Mormons.

MUTUAL FUNDS GIVE SAFETY Just now many families are moving to Callfomla, which is greatly profiting from the defense industry, including the manufacture of missiles, a 1 r-planes, submarines, and electronics. Of course, we wlU never see full disarmament. As a last resort, people would flght with spears and rocks. Yet I do expect that nuclear warfare will be strictly limited. California could temporarily suffer from such a movement, notwithstanding the fact that It would be good for the nation as a whole.

Fortunate are you readers who live in a city with activities which are fully diversified, that is, not dependent too much on any one industry, The safety of your employment depend.s largely upon diversification, a.s does the safety of your investments. One should' not put too much money in Mutual Funds, though they surely provide protection through sound diversification. No one ever got rich buying Mutual Funds. There is old saying: We cannot eat our cake and have It too. IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES After graduating from high school or college, settle In a section which has great natural resources. This may be a fine harbor, either on the seacoast or on some large river or lake. The center of good agricultural or mineral land always offers opportunities for young people. Big discount houses, shopping centers, and even chain super markets may be temporary fads.

There will always be opportunities for young people of good character who are anxious to work. My experience teaches that poor young people often rise to the top while the well-to-do boys often sink to the bottom. Another favorite saying of my fathers Is: Only three generations from shirt sleeves back to shirt sleeves. The wheel of opportunity keeps slowly levolvlng. The great national fihance corporations tell me that the so-called poor boys are the, best financial risks, if they have good wives. *A woman usually make.s a man or breaks a man.

WHAT SHOULD MY BOY DO?

If your boy Intelligently de-(Continued on page ten)

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By KAKI. I.. 1)01 :L.\S IN THE IMAGE OK GOO

The Bible declares that we are made in the image and after the likeness of God <Gen-e.ris 1:26-27*.

Does God have a body? Does He have hands, feet. eyes, ears, mouth, tongue? There are some who believe He does. For the most part, however, we regard God as a spirit because Jesu.s Christ Indicated Him .so to be. and we believe that spirit and body are differeht.

When God made man in Hi.s image He made man to be like Himself. Furthermore. He embedded in man s nature certain capacities by which through diligence. .self control, wonship and spiritual striving, man could become more and more like the God he worships. Man will nev

er become a.s God Himself, but the fact that he is constantly .striving will lift him above liie s temptations and make his stand out as a committed and u.seful person.

all the creatures known on this planet, man is the only one who .seems to share certain divine qualitie^such as mind, will power, anua seise of moi-al right and, Tong, In the.e ways he resemble.s God. Thu.s are we made in the Image and after the li'jenes.s of the Croa-tor. Human de.stiny, therefore, hecotyies .something .so preclou.s thpf^ we must not nnder any circum.stances trifle with It. It l.s a .sacred leeac.v given us by the Heavenly Father Him.seF.

The ereatest respon.sibility God puts upon u.s Is to grow more and more Into that image and llkcnc.ss.

By ELMER ROE.S.S.NER

Detroit Ls planning more luxury models and fewer economy autos for the 196.3 season. Car buyeis are ordering more high-quality cars, fewer stripped-down compacts. Eager to please, manufacturers are pushing cars^ at the high end of acTi class . There' wOT^ be more ornamentation. more accessories. and higher - powered en-i gines.

This development underscores the fact that the United States is experiencing one of the most i*ma/,ine economie.s of abundance In the history of the world.

And it also shows that, a.s some prophets say. if we are heading into a recession, it is the most topsy-turyy recession on record.

The economy is so bountiful that even those out of work receive more <n benefits than the average woirier received In 1940 (S2.6.20 a wee't' and much moro than the average European re-cei"'es for working a 44-hour wek today.

LOOK ABOIT YOU!

Evidence of the almost Incredible affluence of the current economy abounds. People, (j)er-

hap.s you. complain about high taxe.s, the high cost of living, the high cost of dying and the size of traffic fine.s. But the fact persi.sts that the average person has more of everything more than average people people ever had before. Even King Croesu^ (Lydia, 600-546* with all his Wealth, did not have the abundance that tlic average American has today. In fact, a man drawing unemployment compensation today may be living a more abundant life than John D Rockefeller. SY, enjoyed in Cleveland in his early dajs. I have seen his house. If it .stood in Harlem today, it would be -scheduled for demolition to make way for low income. though luxurious, apartments.

There are, of course, hardships, poverty, .sickness and crime today. The man whose unemployment benefits have run out and whose relief payments have not yet begun will regard this column as a cniel jest. But the facts will bear out the contention that the AVERAGE un* emnloyed man is better off today than the AVERAGE employed man was in 1940.

FASHIONS. TOYS

This abundance is evident In clothing. While utility garments are 'roasonable today, hlgh-iashion clothing sells for prices undreamed of 20 years ago. Mink, once a status symbol. Is now worn by secretaries.

Can you recall a toy store of 20 or 25 years ago? Toys over $2 were special, $10 toys were rare. Today they aro created by top designers, they incorporate the latest In electronics, and prlce.s aie astronomic. A $600 toy is no rarer than a $25 toy was in 1939.

Food despite walls about high prices is more available than ever before. We have become a nation of fatties. Diet books are best sellers. Obesity is a topic for television programs. Overeaters are prospering Vic Tanney opetraitors. Some doctors specialize on iiathlnf Dtii pills to kill appetities and dehydrate bodies.

The chnge In status symbols Ls Indldatlve of abundance. Once, a m^n, who owned an automobile. xven If chain driven, was a niJtable In his community. Later the two-car family was on top. But we have become

so jaded with abundance that autos, even Bentleys, do n<^ imply status.

boats'? everybody has

THEM!

For a while, boats costing over $35.000 Implied considerable status. But today, when your tailor can finance a $50,000 cabin cruiser, a boat symbolizes nothing unless you are Commander in Chief of the Coast Guard.

Duke Rose, head of the Johnson & Murphy shoe company, is, planning top drawer shops in department and specialty shops to offer only luxiury merchandise to men and to wcmen who buy gifts. These shops would offer a complete line of apparel to the luxury trade.

He was stirred to action by the fact that 49.3 per cent of the families in large urban area.s have lnc(Mnes of $6,000 to $15,000 and that 19.4 per cent have incomes of $10,000 and over. He also noted that 30 mUllon families own hi-fi or stereo equipment, that book sales are up 150 per cent since the war, and that the total of personal Income keeps rising, rising, month by month.