Saturday, September 15, 1962

Left No Doubt As To U.S. Intent

I Try To Be Socially Acceptable'

rus ALL THE SOAPS ANP SPRAYS AND RO'.L-ONS

President Kennedy has made a clear and concise statement .on the future United States policy toward a military build-up in <Cuba that should leave no question in the minds of our allies or potential enemies as to the intent of this country.

The statement asserts that the United States does ^not look upon Cuba now as a military threat and it wdll not use military force to intervene in Cuban affairs. It also makes clear that the United States will not hesitate to take military action ayainst Cuba if it becomes an offensive base that threatens the security of the United States or any other nation in the Western Hemisphere. __

As a communist base in the Western Hemisphere, Cuba is a thorn in the side of the United States and other nations of the Americas. Even as a non-military installation for the communists, it represents an important propaganda base for those who seek to make inroads into the free worid natrons.

Thursday will be effective only if the United States is firm in holding the line indicated by the President.

Obviously it opens a neW era of brinkmanshi: for the United States and its allies i dealing with the Cuban situation. There will -be risks involved, but they are risks which must b(^faced and taken rcaristically. To avoid risks by retreating from the stated policy will merely open the doors one-by-one for further comi^unist inroads in this hemisphere.

The Presidentrnew statement of policy toward Cuba as a communist military base was clear and concise. But it will be effective only if its implementation is as clear and concise should future developments demand. The statement by itself will not deter the ambitions of Castro or Moscow from making further probes in the Western Hemisphere. We^may be sure that the policy declaration issued by the President will be tested.

- A.N1> TOOTHPASTES AND NVOUTHWASHES AND HAIR OILS

With all-out support of Castro by the Soviet government, it appears now that the former Cuban plicy of the Kennedy administrationbased on the assumption that the Castro regime would be overthrown from withinis completely outmoded and unrealistic. The U.S. new policy of containment which was sounded in the Presidents statemem.s

At The Bottom . Of Waae Scale

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES SCALE By sheer coincidence perhaps, some significant figures were released on the same day that the state put its new manpower training program into high gear.

The figures were those of the bureau of labor statistics placing North Carolina at the very bottom of the national industrial wage scale.

This sort of statistic comes as a shock, if not a surprise, to the average Tar Heel who knows that North Carolina for several decades has been recognized as the leading industrial state in the South, who knows of the states efforts to achieve further industrial growth and capacity.

Questions as to why this low ranking are natural. And the answers, simply stated, are primarily that higher skills demand higher wages,

MANPOWER - The purpose of the new manpower training ^ program, supplementing voca-tirnial education, Industrial training and apprentice programs, is to furnish North Carolina workers with a higher degree of technical training.

And this has a direct relation to the Industrial vrage the higher skills, the higher degree 0/ technical training command more money.

Going a step further, the greater reservoir of skilled labor there is available the more high-paying Industry will be established and attracted.

' North Carolina at present has a plentiful labor supply, but there is a shortage of skilled labor. It might be called an acute shortage,

A great demand for skilled labor already exists in the state, and this Is increasing. There is not enough skilled labor by far to fUl the demand.

Thus the manpower training program and other existing programs are designed to help meet this demand, both now and in the future,

POINTS One major problem being encounteied, according to officials who explained the program, is to make the public conscicHis of the need, ,and to encourage unskilled workers to take advantage of the training opportunities which are ^bcing offered.

Among the reasons for empha-eis on the importance of the program, according to the governor, are these:

. That there is a critical need for more and better trained personnel in vital occupational categories: that even in periods of high unemploj-ment many employment opportunities re

mained unfilled because of shortages of qualified pei*sonnel: that skills of many workers have become obsolete because of automation and other technol^cal advances.

Other factors presenting em-plojTTient problems in the state, he said, include foreign competition, relocatictti of industry, shifts in market demand, the need to increase productivity, and an anticipated extraordinary growth in the nations labor force in the next decade.

Unless there is adequate preparation. education, training and skills, the officials stressed that emplojTnent opportunities w'ill remain scarce and low paying.

BACKGROUND It is true that North Carolina is a leader in industrialization in the South and, as Sanford puts it. is moving into the maih-stream in the nation.

It is also historically true that North Carolinas eariv industry and its basic industrialization of past decades has been of the home-grown Variety,* with skills and training springing from a fa-ther-to-son system of schoolingin textiles, in furniture making and in tobacco processing.

North Carolina may be dowTi a notch or so on the industrial wage scale, but not in dollars. Actually, its per capita income is increasing. This is attributed to industrial growth, in basic industries, in new, modem technological industries and in some which are low skilled industries.

The sewing trades, the states rapidly-growing garment industry, for ekample, does little for the industrial w^age scale but. Sanford pointed out, does a tremendous good for the small tottTis, for the individual families and for providing actual job opportunities for otherwise unemployed housewives or people leaving the farms.

MOVE The state, however, also plans to move for a greater share of skilled industry. The best way to get this, the officials believe, is to provide the skilled labor.

Ninety-five per cent of the efforts of the jSommerce and^ Industry division. Sanford estimated, are presently directed toward attracting higher - paying industry which requires higher skUls among the labor force.

The manpower training act, these officials believe, is a vastly important step. For example Underemployed farm workers, those making less than $1.200 net family income annually, are eligible for the training qualifying them for jobs that are waiting when they are ready.

A Healthy Increase For N.C. Business

The level of business activity in North Carolina during the month of August this year compared with the corresponding month last year, shows a healthy increase as reflected by state sales and income t^x collections.

^ Sales taxes and income taxesbarometers'* personal income and retail saleswere up sharplv in the state during August 1962 compared with a year ago. Although revenue increases were reflected in other tax caterogies, these two registered the greatest gains.

When tax revenues move up in comparativ# periods even though the rate of taxation remains the same, they reflect progress toward higher economic levels for the area concerned. Such whs the case for North Carolina in August this year as compared with a year ago.

Th^'ncrease in income tax collections reflects higher income by businesses and individuals in the state. The -increase in sales taxes point to larger retail salesgreater spending by purchasersthan fcr the corresponding month a year ago. The figures show that 12.26 percent more money in North Carolina went for state taxes during August of this year than in August of last year. But this also means that a more vigorous economic pace was being set in the state for August this year than was the case *a year ago.

North Carolina, which has put great emphask on its economic progress during the past decade, has made consideiable strides. Fluctuations.in busi ness conditions have caused ups and downs in the economic situation in North Carolina, but the overall economic curve for the state has continued .steadily upward. It reflects economic progress being made in North Carolina and its individual sections.

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By HAL BOYLE

inside, Find A Thin Man

Tresident Left

NEW YORK (AP) - One of the most fascinating possibilities life affords a man. is ^he ownership of a large stomach.

It opens all doors.

It silently says, Im your buddy. You can trust me.

There are the starved few w ho go through life celebrating the virtues of the counted calorie and the slender wnist.

These lonely rigors they can have, and welcome to them. To me the possession of a large stomach has more advantages.

To begin with, a man with a large stomach Ls a major investor.

Fl^sh costs money. If you figure a dollar to the calorie and 3,500 calories of the pound, a man wiih a 40-pound pot oVer and under his solar plexus is toting around the equivalent of

$140,000.

Yet a large stomach combines safely the double pleasures of capitalism and socialism.

You have the feeling it belongs to you, but everyone you meet feels It also belongs to them although they dont go to the trouble of carrjlng it.

That is probably the most striking thing about having a large stomach the sense of mutuality it engenders to others.

Girls in the office cant keep their hands off It. They love to pat it. Children like to play in the shade of It on hot. sunny days. Old men like to lean on it with their elbows while they tell you their troubles.

Everyone you know takes a personal interest in it, and usually greets you with such remarks

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WASHINGTON (APPresi

dent Kennedy gave Fidel Castro cold comfort when he said this country sees no immediate need for American military action against Communist-run Cuba. ^

The President left the 'door wide open for actiondirect or indirect by Cuban refugees with American help. Peace in the Caribbean looks a long way off.

Kennedy at his news conference Thursday warned Russia and Castro this country w1U move in militarily if Cuba gets aggressive toward the United States or any W''esteni Hemi-sphe.e country.

As of now. the President saidexplaining Cuba is under our most careful surveillance Communist supplies and technicians being supplied Ca.stro do not justify or require direct American military intervention.

Then near the end of his prepared statement the President threw^ in a single sentence which is bound to keep Castro edgy and undoubtedly was intended to;

We. shall continue to work with Cuban refugee leaders who are dedicated as W'e are to that nation's^ future return to freedom.

It was Cuban refugees who made a disastrous invasion at-trinpt on tiipir homeland in thr spiing of 1961 at the Bay of Pig.s. It was disastrous becau.sc they got no back-up American military support.

From Kennedy's words It seems sen.^ible to conclude this country will help the jcfiigees recapture Cuba from commu-ni.mi. Left unsad was how or vlien. The mooth.s ahead. slio'Ud shq},v what Kennedy meant.

Perbap.s the Kennedy statement will put an end for a while to w1iat ha.s become a kinrl of inteniational shoutiii" inetch be-twrrn him and riemirr Khni.-I)-ch'^v.

For weet', the .^meiican public was being ilfornr d throujli

its newspapers that Castro was getting Soviet help in military supplies and technicians. Then Kb:ushchev thought it appropriate to make a .statement about it.

His reason seemed obvious enough: to iiritate and embarrass the United States, since Cuba is only 90 miles away, in Americas backyard.

On Sept. 2 a joint Russian-Cuban statement in Moscow' said the supplies and men were going to Castro. Members of Congress, inflamed by the statement which only repeated what was already known,, called on Kennedy for action.

The President acted In* a statement of his own. This said the Cuban military buildup wasnt of the kind that could be u.s-ed for aggression outside Cuba but if it ever takes that turn the most serious consequences will follow.

Those consequences, of course, could take various foiTns. like invading Cuba or blockading Soviet ships bilnging it supplies. Kennedy also asked Congress for approval to call up 1.50,000 t*'oops. If needed.

This in turn seemed to irritate and embarrass Khrush-clwv. So Khmshchev, who us-nallv uses his head but has a tendency to toss off spine-tinel-Ing ,<;tatements like a big .spender throwing money around, issued another.

This time the Russian pronouncement. long enough to take up almost a full paee of newspaper type, said that if this country attacks Cuba or Soviet ships bound for Cuba it will mean war.

Kennedy retumed the compliment with Thursdays statement short)V after the Senate cave him aonroval on the troops. This now fToPS to thp House w'here fa'-t .nation is also expectnd.

the end of two week' of nowei-f'l statorpont'' on bn*i .ides the soore i.= stMl no hits, no run.s. no nior.s. But this is one hall came which is jiust beginning.

(Henderson Times-News)

A problem of ctMisiderable magnitude that is facing Henderson County agriculture, especially in the production of truck crops, was stated recently by B. M. CantrelL a county producer-shipper, in an open letter to N. C. Commissioner of Agriculture Ballentine.

This is the problem of ship-pmg Henderson County produce to other states and having the shipments refused-or sent back because of regulations impased in those states.

There are, as we 'understand it, federal regulations governing, the movement of agricultural products from state to state. These regulations are designed, at least in part, to govern the movement of agricultural products from areas where there is insect infestation or plant disease into areas where there may or may not be infestation or disease.

As a part of this program, according to our information, it is necessary to have federal inspection of such products and such inspections have been made here for several years by representatives of the federal government with the local grower bearing the cost of the in.spection.

In addition to the federal regulations, many of the individual states and even some of the Individual marketing areas have also established regulations and, presumably, enforce these regulfions even after there has been federal inspection.

The authority-of thi .se states

and marketing areas to make and enforce regulations is not denied, although there would seem to us to be some conflict with the federal regulations. Examination of some of the individual cases w'here produce . has been rejected, how'ever, creates at least the suspicion that the regulations can be used to give the produce of those areas a marketing advantage or to provide a protected market to some degree.

Over the years there have been many instances of inter-state wars over inspections, licenses and other restrictions r, on the free inter-state' movement of farm products. Henderson County beans have been rejected under quarantine regulations in areas that are also beetle infested.

We believe such policies are short-sighted. There are few states or market areas Whlch produce all the fruits, vegetables. poultry or other farm products which are needed at all times. The free movement of farm products is necessary if the needs and desires of peqi-pie are to be met. And suSh actions usually result in retaliation which Is harmful to all.

Mr. Cantrell suggests that Commit sloiier Ballentine come to Henderson County and confer with local producers about the problem. This seems a reasonable request and .such a conference might also consider the place of federal regulations in the picture because the federal regulations w'ould seem to be thw'arted under some of the present local regulations.

^as. Well, it aint getting any smaller, is it?

I, guess w'hen you get, right down to It^ a large stomach is the pleasantest of all forms of. wealth. Your friends would rather see It on you than on them.

They dont consciously envy you.

It works the other W'ay. Unconsciously, they admire you. In their secret little minds your king-sized tummy becomes a symbol of plenty, a father image, an everlasting surety In a' dubious time.

Thats why you cant afford to lose w'eight. It hurts the safety of your friends their belief in something bigger and finer than themselves.

It has ben said that Inside every fat*man is a thin man trying to get out. There Is some truth to this remark on some days particularly when a fat man Is confronted with a long flight of stairs.

But it could be said with probably equal truth that Inside every fat man is a thin man enjoying himself.

His blubber serves as a protective sheath against the shocks of a rude world.

In a crowd, most people instinctively realize a fat man needs more space and they give it to him. Even if they push against him it is only his fat they crow'd. Inside him there Is his thin shapely uncrowded self, laughing at life. He wears a portable wall against all outside importunity, a barrier of being. Fat doesnt wound easily.

There is a final advantage to having a large stomach. At buffet dinners it provides an ample shelf to eat a meal frwn. .Though doctors may cajole him into dieting it away, he always remembers it with fondness the time when he cast a bigger shadow.

Opinions In Brief

Psychiatrists say Ifs not good for a man to keep too much to himself. The Department of Internal Revenue says the same thing. Arcadia Wis.i^ News-Leader.

It relieves a person so much to complain that wed think the telephone companies, in the interest of better mental poise and of not bothering other p>eople, would arrange some number you could dial and get it off your chest to; This is a recording. Whats on your mind this time? Roseville 4Calif.) Press-Tribune.

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By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT Copyright. 1962, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

President Kennedy Is faced by the solemn fact that Khrushchev has established two military fnmts against the United States and that we have to battle on both fronts, as we did In World War n. The two fronts are Berlin and Cuba. East Berlin Is a Russian province, as much 80 as the Ukraine or Crimea; CuImi Is fast beccmilng a Russian province. It would appear that Khrushchevs strategy has reverted to Stalinist tac-. tics; that is, to keep the United States hopping and jumping.

The poet, Robert Frost, who. In his old age, seems to have become recognized as the Presidents Poet Laureate, recratly visited Nikita Klmushchev and proposed horse-trading as a solution to current Russo-American problems.

Diplomacy must have a specific goal. Such mwiumental personalities as Talleyrand, Disraeli or Bismarck always knew their targets and dealt accordingly. The United States has. In the past, known some brilliant minds in this field Benjamin Franklin, John Quln-, cy Adams,. John Hay, EUhu Root, Charles Evans Hughes to mention a few names. But each generation must deal with the talent it possesses.

The Cuban policy has b^h ill'

* error throughout the Eisenhower and Kennedy Administrations. The fault apparently rests with the Fourth Floor of the State Department, the CIA and the New York Times, which, In a measure, exercises a veto power over the younger men in the State Department who fear it. The policy originally stems from a theory developed during the Roosevelt regime that there are good and bad dictators. Stalin w'as a good dictator; Franco was a bad one. The yardstick was not friendship for the United States but the directiwi of the dictator toward socialism which has become equated in the minds of these policy-makers with democracy. Thus Trujillo was evil and Castro good. Yet Trujillo did the United States no harm but Castro is our enemy.

The Kennedy Administration Inherited froip the Eisenhower Administration the policy, the personnel to Implement it and the consequences. The Eisenhower Administration Inherited much from the Roosevelt Administration, Thus, there has been a continuity of policy with many side effects.

This second front Is particularly offensive to the United States because it is a violation of the Monroe Doctrine which Is fundamental in American history. Although the Monroe Doctrine was abrogated by the United States along with the Platt Amendments as they affect Cuba, the sentiment of the America people is favorable to their reinstatement. The President can do that by a simple declaration.

But that does not end the story. He has to calculate what the enemy will do. Will he retaliate on our other front? Wl he retaliate from Cuba? Will he do nothing or will he cause a diversion by an upsurge throughout Asia by his discontented ally, Red China? A President has to calculate all the factors. It is Impossible to decide for suie what an opponent will do. Were that possible, there would never be any wars. For instance, we have just established a Polaris submarine base at Guam; that means that we can handle Red China from the Pacific. We may fill Berlin with American troops and there is no question but that we have bombing bases that can strike at Russian cities immediately.

We have to be sure how we move because the next major move we make will probably be climactic. There Is no use kidding ourselves; now, It Is war or a negotiated peace.

What stands in the way of a negotiated peace? Perhaps one may say that it is public opinion in the United States and pride in Soviet Russia. The road to peace is paved with political obstacles for both sides. Red China wants war, as the only way out of economic failure resulting in starvation. The history of China is replete with revolutions and dynastic changes as a result of starvation. If one (Continued on page six)

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By EAKI. L. DOUGI.ASS

A KISIVG TIDE OF EVIL

Wo load a ttroat deal today about the dangers of alcohollsni, but low people lealize how great that danger i.s. One out of every ten pqrson.s who start.s to drink end.s up either an alcoholic or a problem drinker. There l<; no frightful disease ii> the world which threatens people witli .such a high rate of fatality a.s does alcoholism. Fivp million persons in the Unii-rri states are praclically di.s abled bfcati.se of tliis disease, if indeed it can he called a cli-sea;se, Th. aleolinlie.'- equal in mnnber the pop'ilalion of quite a mnnber of the nio.st important eilies In (be United State's.

The inenaee of thinking ha.s never Item so great as it is right now. Thi.s is ehiefly be-cau.se of the fact that liquor has

Ijoen brought into the home. In the old days a definite line was drawn with liquor on one side and homt influences on the other. That line is now era.sed. Tlie changed .status of womanhood has also contributed to in-crea.sed drinking.

Let us not try to con.sole our.sclve.s with the assurance [hat this situation will stabilize itself at la.'t and we shall, eo along pleasantly and without too nrnr* fa-'alit'c.s. Evils never rta bilize fliom. elve.. Alcoholii. Anonymous dors a fine piece of uork. hut church and .school coinmiinications .s.vsiems. v l iters and .state.smrn will haVe to unite in opposing thl.s rising tidp of f\il or it will eventual l.v .-ubnieice n.s and de.stroy ns Here k a sidiat^nn which eall.s 01 actioii and plenty of action.

By EL.MER KOES.SNFU

Here are more business look-ahead.s, based on analyses of developing trends and some advance information:

More anti-recession spending; The Administration cannot in-cfi ase total expenditlifes ihuch, but it can u.se more of the money appropriated and it can .spend it in areas where * unemployment is highest. And that is just What is being planned now. Expect a sharp Increase in Dt'-fen.se contracts and civilian commitments where it can do most good, economically and poetically.

New frig ad themes: ' Consumer Reports magazines has bla.sted manufacturers methods of calculating cubic capacity Pl refrigerators, and offered eM(ience that .some frig.s had four cubic feet le.ss than the ad-\ertLrd space. Members of the ri'frieerai.or committee of the National Electrical Mannfadur-pi'.s Association arc eoiisidering a r.lmnge in ratine. Notf; If tlw NEMA switrhe.s frig rating.s to pouud.s, a.s done by .some five/,-rr eompanjr.s. |hr piihlic may lie mniT nl.'^led than ever. MAW Cl CKENCIES

TOTTEKINt;

More devaluations: Despite

the world-wide aura of prosperity, many nations may devalue thejr currencies.- Dr, Franz Pick, in Picks Cunen-cy Year book, says that of 94 currehCies*JO are candidates for new devaluation. Hypnotized by the political dogma of economic growth, their goveni-mcnts constantly pile up debts while continuing to debase the purchasing power of their national currencies. he warned.

Better plastics: Scientists at this weeks meeting of the American Chemical Society at Atlantic City gave this tip; new techniques point to tougher plastics. Note: Even a .small increase in the toghness and life of plastics could double the market for them.

1M.\GINE THE KENNEDV.S

embarr.^.^tent:

New demands for eqtialit.v:

While the Kennedy Administration. especially the Pre.sldent and Boly lias been figlitlng for racial equality, behind their hacks' has been building un a campaign for .'ex Tlie

government itself j.s e.specially vulnerable. It lias plenty of

stenos, of course, but few female judges, administrators and one less Cabinet member than President Elsenhower had.

New furniture trend: There are early indications that furniture Is becoming more ornate and the theme may become a trend at the January furniture shows. One reason may be the new packing-case school of architecture: families living In the jail - house type of apartments want more frills and decoration In the rooms Inside.

Costlier Thanksgiving: The Thanksgiving dinner may cost a bit more this year. One big reason: because of low prices for .several years, turkey growers have cut production back 15 per cent below last years record crop.

No-wlH water; Bottled water especially for cut flow^ers may soon appear on the market. Tests show that flowers last much longer in demlnerallzed water.

New status symbol; Now that the Cadillac and the 35-foot boat are no longer the mark of* un-hotinded affluence In America, a .mall groiip will try to e.stab-ll.sh 4he Finnish .sauna a.s the ' iportant sLab> svrohAi. Home

Furnishings Dally reports that the grueling steam bath Is now being offered on the American market.

OI.D PROMOTER READS AN AD TO CHILL NIKITA Speaking of the affluent age, the Old Promoter remarked as he dropped in today, let me read you a New York apartment-for-rent want ad: 20-story apartment residence, one of New Yorks fastest renting apts, just completed, 3 to 5, also 6 to 7 rooms. Rentals start at $190 for one-bedroom apartment to four bedrooms, 2 baths, $370. . . . Luxury liv* ing, 24-hour telephone switchboard, answering service, 24-hour reception desk, Muzak in all apartments, terraces, rooftop solarium, centrally air-conditioned, service elevator.s, carpeted corridors, color-co-ordinated kitchens, G-E appliances, 2-door refrigerators, with freezer, dishwasher. "You read beautifully. I remarked.

'Its an outrage, the Old One said. Ignoring my jape and getting his In. Imagine pajing $19(1 a month and having to furnish your own maid!