Tuesday, October 2, 1962

Blackening That Date In History

Kiss Me!

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?T which accom- which the self-interest of a relatively few peobls

n Negro James H Meredith mushroomed into a cloud which ci'ashed down with

kT. Mississippi Will not soon be all the wrath of human emotions upon the campus

? Mississippi or,citizens of the Uhiversity-of Mississippi,

of the rest of the nation. If the registrati^^ of Meredith at Ole Miss

There were no victors to come out of the crisis represented a black date on the history of that proud xcept hatred and violence. The open warfare state, the insurrection w'hich occurred on the uni-which svvept through the campus and the usually versity campus put an even blacker mark on that ^let little town of Oxford represented defeat for P&ge of history. Intolerable as Merediths registra-Mi^issippi, for the federal government, for law might have been to many Mississippians, it can-

and order and for top officials both in Washington justify what took place.

and in Jackson. When law and order give way to mob violence

Time may heal most of the deep wounds which ? democratic society, the democracy is shaken were opened by the violence that accompanied foundations. There are many duly con

Merediths aclmission, but no amount of apologie.s^'laws--in a democracy wdth whieh^ manv 01 regret on the part of the participants can bring <^itizens disagree. To seek to tear dowm those laws back the lives of the two men killed in the Sunday through mob violence, however, is,Jo seek to pull night battle. It was a night which made a shambles the very structure of democratic government

of law and order, the responsibility of citizens to itself. . their government and to their fellow citizens. It

Was a night in which members of a supposedly civilized society resorted to the tactics of savages to serve their owm self-interests.

Blame for the Ole Miss situation must be sha**-ed by many persons in places high and low in Mississippi and elsewhere. It w^s a situation in

Surplus Of Funds Has State In Good Shape

Complaints Ge !-irst Attention

By WILLIAM A, SHIRES

COMPLAINTS Complaints about auto liabili^ insurance rates and problems about the ao-called Safe Driver point system prompted Edwin S. Laniers first big jump into his new Job.

The complaints were stacked high on his desk when Lanier moved into the office of state commissioner of insurance on the third floor of the Labor Building barely two moiths ago.

He shucked his coat and dug in. He began asking questions and looldng inte'wclflc cases.' He assigned depaiteent Investigators and rate experts to get other answers tn an intensive Job of spadework.

Then Lanier, in amazingly fast time waded into what he fesu*s may be smelly mess that the legislature may have to act to clean up.

DISCLOSE There already had been numerous complaints, and urgings that the nert legislature consider doing something abotit the auto liability insurance laws.

Lanier came forth with public disclosure of possible questionable practices existing in the business of writing and financing auto liability Insurance. This came In pointed questiMilng by the commissioner in a relatively routine case involving two agents in Burlington and the files of about seven applicants who applied for and bought li-

The specific question l^lv-ed in the hearing was whether there Jiad been improper rating of the policies under the Safe Driver point system.

POINTS In one of the cases, the questi(Hi involved a difference in axmual premium cost ranging from $71 indicated by Information on the policy application and $193 when the policy was rated and issued. Three points under the point system made the difference.

It develops that insurance underwriting firms, as a matter of course and sound undenvriting, do not accept a policy applica-tiai on its face but make an investigation. Information for rating under the point system

the matter of financing premiums. of what Is required to finance premiums, what papers are signed, what interest is charged, whether an applicant must buy a membership in a wrecker or motor club, and whether signing of a power of attorney documwit is required.

Lanier has built a separate file on the matter of premium financing and attendant practices, although he condedes he does not know whether this falls under his departments jurisdic-

_ tion. ......

^One case cited 3uring the hearing showed that an applicant financed $56 basic premium and, at the same time, bought a $30 motor club membership and was charged a $13.-20 discount charge identified as interest.

PRACTICE The applicant also signed a power of attorney document which Lanier said amounted to a signed request to cancel the insurance if payments to the finance company fell in arrears.

In this case, Lanier said, the applicant needed $56 and obligated herself for $92.50. to be paid for in six payments of $13.75 each.

Lanier wanted to know whether the club memberships which provided towing service, bail bonds, accident insurance and other items were compulsory, and was told they were not. However, six of tiw! seyen

showed such memberships.

Lanier also questioned witnesses closely about the power of attorney documents and financing charges.

REACTION Lanier told a reporter that he had many, many cwnplaints but does not know how widespread various practices involved in the business may be. I dont know all the answers, but we are going to find out. We are going to continue investigating.

The N. C. Rate office feels that upder the present law between 80 and 90 per cent of North Carolina drivers may qualify this year for a 10 per cent reductiwi in liability insur

Fiscal condition of North Carolinas gfoverninert during the cupent biennium has supported contentions heard in the last legislature that 1961s tax revisions would put the state in a position to meet future needs witftQut increasing tax levies every two years.

So far during the biennium the state has built up a tidy surplus of funds. Revenue produced by the revised tax structure has exceeded even the optimistic estimates of legislators when the required balanced budget was prepared. ,

On the basis of revenue performances in the past 15 months, Gov. Sanford has more than once expressed the opinion the state will not have to increase taxes during the coming biennium in order By ALs^lN TAYLOK to meet higher expenditures throughout the government structure. In spite of the fact that some citizens are still disgruntled by the sales tax on food, the prospect of a tax structure that will continue to meet future state needs without increasing levies is most encouraging.

With. -th^^T- tax 'Structoi^ elosely tied to'-^thc^'tron satwday economy of the state, and with the economy on an took a first half batter-

upward trend, North Carolina should have sufficient

Minow

Ideas

Sounc.

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Notes Fresh Off A Cuff

A lonely Catawba supporter .sat in the reversed seat sec-

Relieve them of the ballf

.Thats a .^pretty but I doubt if it will catch on.

revenues to meet its needs during the corfting bien- *^hen later in the second

nium without further inerease-s in tax levies. It may il? Jaw rot be able to meet all the requests for .spending He must he ,r i h that state departments have submitted, but it should major, this lone supiorter . have no trouble maintaining the present level of cause when his team broke cpi-trioo onrl i.'-i -----1 through the Pirate line on a

service and meeting new essential needs.

3arnett Rode

crucial play he yelled excitedly: Repel them, repel them.

Traffic Was extremely heavy on Greenvilles business streets Saturday. Maybe it was the crisp, autumn air or more money in circulation or the excitement of a big football weekend. Perhaps it was combination of them all.

The fact remains that there was a real glut of cars on the

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citys streets,and in the muni-. ,cipal parking, - lo ts, -,

Harrassed police went to work moving traffic through Five Points and other busy intersections. But it was almost a losing battle as other vehicles moved in behind those that were directed through.

It all serve.s as a reminder that Greenville is a growing city. This is healthy for the communitys economy.

Rolitical Wine.

Ownership Statement

may from the Departments^ ance vate tmder Safe Driv-f

of Motor Vehicles which has its own accumulated point system, from credit reports and even, 1. some cases, detective agencies.

The question involved m the Burlington cases was simply whether the points had been assessed correctly, and on what basis they were assessed. Lanier said the hearing was called to determine these qustions and whether the licenses of the two agents should be revoked or suspended.

QUESTIONS But Lanier ranged further and delved into

er Reward plan. "The exact figures wont be knowTi for some time.

There was a rate insurance for liability insurance of approximately 18 per cent last year, so the full effect of the 10 per cent reward reductions this year was not reflected in premium costs. Most of the troubles and complaints apparently arose from the charging of points to the drivers who did not quality for the safe driver reward. Points can mean up to a 150 per cent boost in the basic premium rate.

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (API - Mississippis Gov. Ross R. Bainett, while doing himself no end of political, gottod at home with^ his.-deftance; didnt have to tbik hard to figure how the federal government could box him in.

And. when he did get boxed, he said what must have been obvious to him from the start: that the power of the federal government was too much for him.

Barnett had only one long chance of winning m his defiance of a U. S. court order that James H. Meredith. 29-year-old Negro and a Korean War veteran, must be enrolled as a student at the University of Mississippi.

The chance too far-fetched to be considered seriously by anyone who understands American history and government ~

.. Kejmedy, , might chicken out and fail to back up the federal court.

Kennedy wasnt the first president to run into defiance from a state or a governor. What they could do, he could do, and he did, which is what practically everybody outside of Mississippi must have expected him to do.

President Jackson got a sharp taste of this defiance before the Civil War when South Carolina, because it di.sllkcd a certain tariff act. decided It wouldnt let federal officials collect the duties in that state.

This was the so-called doctrine of nullification sometimes called interposition in which state assumes the right to decide when to. and when not to. obey a law or consider it constitutional.

Then in 1957 Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Paubus tried interposition without directly saying so.

In fact, he was pretty oblique aboil* his whole performance Although a federal court had ordered Negro children admitted to a Little Rock high .school. Faubus called up the Atkan.sas National Guard.

He avoided direct defiance of the court ordePb.v .saving he had called out the Guard to keep order. But the pffect was the same. The trod| kept the children out of school.

Fai'bus backtracked ia.st when Prc;sident Eisenhower .s<'iu in federal tioo;).s and, to lake control of the Guard from Faubu.'-

called the state troops into national service.

With these two examples of interposition and others

STATEMENT REQUIRED B Y N C

THE ACT OP AUGUST 24. 1912, S. L. Bridgers. GreenvUle, N.C AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS 3. The known bondholders OF MARCH 3, 1933, AND JULY mortgagees, and other security 2, 1946 AND JUNE 11, 1960 (74 holders owning or holding 1 per

One local store has come up with sealed cans of good Irish air. Thats right. The cans are presumably sealed in Ireland with only air inside. They can be bought for one buck, opened and inhaled for whatever benefits may ensue.

And how does such a thing sell? The store operator tells

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT Copyright, 1962, King Peaturef Indicate, Inc.

I like to see Perry Maa<m on Saturday nights. I have been late to dinner; I have had my dessert and tea watching Perry Mastm which sharpens the mind despite the fact that he" always *^s. it uised to tie a good combination, Perry Mastm first and then The Defenders, Suddenly I am told that this show is to be shifted to another night. Did the tele-visltm company hold aplebiscite on the subject? Did they ask the viewers what they liked? Not at all. This is a take it or leave it business.

The other night, I sat in the dismantled living room of my house in the Berkshires, listening to the remarkable performance of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Leonard Bernstein and a massed chorus trained by Hugh Ross. I was indeed grateful to the Columbia Broadcasting .System for this special service. But I did not appreciate the commercials of the Coming Glass Company. They were an lnterrupti(m. Without accompanying music, they might have been passable. The ccmamercial music clashed. It was like putting a hurdy-gurdy in the orchestra pit of the Metropolitan.

I suppose the Philharmonlo had to have this to get the tele^ vision time and business is business. Newton Minow, head of the Federal Communications Commission (PCC), is in a battle with television producers and the owners of stations as to how the airwaveswhich are, by law, the property of the United Statesshould be used.

His basic idea is sound. Ho *says'ln'a^^*Look'* artlcler'

I think the viewers have the basic responsibility to what they like or dont like what they want and what they dont want. For example, many people are not aware that. In discussions of controversial issues by broadcasters, which we encourage, a broadcaster has an obligation to present alternar tive points of view. More listeners should take advantage of that opportunity to have oppoiS-ing views heard.

We get some tough ones once in a while. We had serious complaints about two programs on the networks. Biography of a Bookie Joint on CBS and The Battle of Newburgh on NBC. Our judgement, after analyzing the facts, was that the networks and stations had done

STAT. 208) SHOWING THE OWN- cent or more of total amount of store operator tells networks and stations had done

ERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND bonds, mortgages, or other securi- originating company a responsible Md fair job. pre-

compMely

credited in American life, Barnett neverthele.ss tried his own brand of interposition.

ERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND bonds, mortgages, or other secun CIRCULATION OF The Daily Re- ties are: Security Life and Trust flectpr. published evjexy evening. Co... Winston-Salem., N.C*

can t keep up with orders

ejected and uoumr. puousne^ evcxy evening, cn Winston Salem. N.C* American life Rar- 4 Faiagraphs 2 and rihclue

North Carolina for October 1st. in ca.ses where the stockholder or ^^2. security holder appears upon the

It must have been plain to ^he names and addresses of books of the company as trustee

im Kennedy could do no less PublLsher, editor, managing or in any other fiduciary relation,

editor, and business managers the name of the person or cor-

poration for whom such trustee PublisherDavid Julian Which- is acting; also the statements in ard, Greenville, N.C. the two paragraphs show the af-

EditorDavid Jordan Whichaid. fiants full knowledge and belief

Opinions

him Kennedy could do no less than Eisenhower if he pushed his defiance too hard. He pushed, even further than Faubus.

He directly defied the court

In

3rief

order to let Meredith register GreenvUl^ N C

af nift A/ficc Htr Cireenvui6, In.l.

at Ole Miss by personally blocking him. The court then found Barnett guilty of contempt.

It gave him until Tuesday moming to clear himself by letting Meredith in or face a fine of $10,000 a day for every day he blocked the Negro, plus being locked up.

as to the circumstances and con-

There are many ways to talk. Ships, at sea, talk with fog-horns, bells, and signal flags. Auto drivers talk uatn

iia marshals. prepared' to " in troops, and, like Eisenhower, called the Mississippi National Guard into federal service to take it from under control of the governor.

Thus Barnett got himself

Managing editorDavid Jordan ditions under which stockholders Whichard. GreenvUle, N,C, and security holders who do not Xt;'

Business managers John S, appear upon the books of the Kir horn.s, their

Whichard, David Jordan Which- company as trustees, hold stock ard, Greenville, N.C. and securities in a capacity other

2. The owner Ls; (If owned by than that of a bona fide owner, a corporation, its name and ad- 5. The average number of copies dress must be stated and also of each issue of this publication mimediately thereunde* the names sold or distributed, through the

sub-

' j,-. *r t-v.. txLULMJK-ia- '<PlSr

01 total amount of stock. If not ceding the date shown above owned by a corpioration the names was: (This information is requir

Meantime, although he was ^ ^ inereunde* the names sold or distributed, through th

.slow in doing it, Kenhedv sent ^ addresses of stockholders own- mails or otherwise, to paid sut iii marshals. prepsred''tO" S^( PL owwo i^iribeirs during the..i.2. months pre

stoplights and their directional flashes. Some drivers signal for a right turn and then wheel recklessly left. That is a kind of careless talk that kills p e o p 1 e. Norwich

(N.Y.) Chenango Union.

Everything comes to him t lo who hustles while he waits.

and addresses of the individual ed by the Act of June U. I960, Thomas Edison.

owners niust be given. If owned to be Included in all statements -

by a partnership or other un- regardless of frequency of issue.)

incorporated firm, its name and

caught between thp pmirf anrt address, as well as that of each Se PreslSut a box from >vhich there could be no escape since, if necessary, the troops

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r2urhrXrdSS;ll 3vT|u"af whfchard, Gmen.

Barnett for the court.

Barnett had to know this was

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As long as people live, there .will undoubtedly be those who will shirk from accepting freedom as their own responsibility. Miles City (Mont.) Daily Star.

DAVID JULIAN WHICHARD Swoi^ to and subscribed before

exactly the box hed get into. He is not a novice in law or history. He is a lawyer himself and has an attorney general to tell him about the law if he has any doubts.

So the Mississippi governor finally conceded he was o u t-matched. But as an aftermath of Barnetts performance men were shot in rioting on the school campus Sunday night and others were hurt.

The United States, which is trying to win the friendship of Africans and other colored people around the world and keep them froi^^iommunism, be-come.s an international spectacle of bloody racism.

But. .since Barnett had the .support of a lot. perhaps most, white Mississippians where the Negro vote doe.^nt count for much, he .should have a very succe.ssful political career for .some time. Faubus in Arkansas got him.self re-elected handsomely after only a half-hearled show of defiance.

Virgmia S. Whichard Greenville, me this 29th day of September. N.C.; i9tj2.

David Jordan Whichard. Green- MINNIE A. MANNING viUe. N.C.; (My commission expires July 30,

John S. Whichard, Greenville, 1963.)

Average Paid Daily Circulation of

THE DAILY REFLECTOR

For Week Ending Sept, 29, 1962

9,364

senting the different sides of

the issues. _______

One of 'the '

Ion has been the ratings. It is like the poll-taking in politics. For instance, when a pollster counts 802 persons and says that that represents the opinion of more than 5,712,000 voters, ha is guessing. So-called sampling is an inexpensive method of hitting at an approximately correct answer by the wrong method. Minow says about ratings: Im certainly startled that the broadcasters will use half a dozen families in a whole state as a sample, and say thats a fair reflection of what the people in that state want. But Irrespective of that, you cant go only by ratings when youre trying to serve the entire public. Eighteen million people may prefer to' siee- partiriilar gram, rather than one 12 million people would like to see, but 12 mjllion people must not be brushed aside. We need a wider range of choice to serve everyone.

This Is a tough problem for the network and individual stations. It Is also a problem for those who sell cigarettes, detergents and human odor destroy-ei*s, 'What market do they all want to reach? No one can answer that question accurately. The advertisers go by ratings and by their sales reports.

I once sat through a night listening only to commercials.

I heard that suds are good and suds are bad; I heard that a roll-on lasts, that a roll-on does not last. I learned some commercial tunes and whistled them. I saw shapely girls in all forms of dress and undress. I listened to mother and daughter comrhercials where the daughter looked more like the mother than she should have, taking into account a difference of at least 20 years. In one case, the look of the two women caused me to wonder whether the daughter was bom when the (Continued on Page B)

THE UNITED WAY

Save On Taxes In Sweepstaks

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otrongin rpr loQoyTif;

By EARL L. DOL GL.VS.S PUT THE ( IHLDKKN FIR,ST

There arc certain .solemn words of Jcsu.s recorded in the' eig|iteenlh chapter of Matthew: Sec that yc de.spise not one of thc.sc little ones; for I sa;y unto you, Uial in lieailbM their angels do always b*hold tlie face of my Father who I- in heav en Also we are told that 11 we offend agaln.st one of iJjpfc littif' onc.s ii. were for

us that a miil stone hang rd about om neck.s aid that we were clrnwiH'd in the depths of the .va'* 'Luke IV:*

Juvenile dellnqnencv is a heart rniding realit.v not onl.y be cause the Juveniles rob, piiind-er. and .sometime.s kill, bift hr cap.sc of wdiat the.^e pathetic chilclren arc missjng in the way of true life. Many ar ihe pro-

duct.s of broken homes. Some of di-unken. homes. A few of criminal homes. Occa.sionally there is a well bom juvenile deli quent. but not often. Most of these poor, young unfortunates . tiuggle against ci purastance.s \iih the creation of which thr.. had i;odiiriv to do.

Wi ove ni'icii rc.'.pon.slblllty to our eoiintr.v, rndch to our cliurch. .rnncli 14^ a cordial cir-clf of friends But we owe mo'^t of all to our - cliilclren,, Their hir-, aif in our hands, Tlie way tl eu tii'n out will be due

to a eombjnalion of circumttanc-*' . .OP'e V liirli are under our coiilroi, oiher.s of which are lie .vond Jiir controi. ,

Let us be .struck with the terrible .solemnity as we read the waniiiiR words of Jesu.s - better a mill .stone. Let us put the children finst.

By EI.MER ROESvSNKR

An ingenious way to .save on income taxes on an Irish Sweepstakes winning is sugge.sted by mation, a Prentice-Hall vsletter.

.simply this; before the preliminary drawing takes place, give each of your children w'ritten a.ssigninents of share^ of the ticket.

If you draw a hor.se, you will .share the, prize with the children. And if your horse win a Si'10,000 top prize, the children will get their share of that, too. But you and the children will get much more than you will if .von keep a winning ticket. However, if you win yoiLWill proh-ubly share/'some of your w'hi-ni'V'.'i anyhow.

Even nftor your ticket iium-Iw:- is drawn, it i.s still po.s.sible to split wUli .vour children and ' I' (nxe.'-V a.s Inig .as you do it before the race, information points out. If voii draw a horse and are euar.antoed $3.oon, wdn or lose, you are liable to Fed oral taxes on the $3,(KMt.

The Tax C- rt hn.s insi .said that you can still split the tax

on the other $137,(K)0,' Information explains, citing Braumstein, TC Memo 1962-210/ However, you will still have to give away sliares of the ticketand your liorse will have to be a winner. Even then there may be a gift tax, but a couple.s annual ex-

clu.sions and lifetime exemp^^i.jike this:

HOW TO DO IT

We asked Prentice-Hall tax lawyers just what an assignment must be like. While warning that it's always best to have tax attorneys handle tax matters, they repoi-ted a gift can be made by drawing up a paper

tions will normally wipe out the tax.

U.MLE SAxM, WINNER Prentice-Hall presented a h.v-pothetical case to show the tax saving if a ticket was divided Ixfore the drawing:

If a ticket buyer has a wife add tlirce ehildren and $10.-000 in other income, the $140,-.000 tope prize in the Irish Sweep-stake.s would normally be worth only $50.000 after'(axe.'-.

But if each of the three children are given written assigii-ineiits oi one quarter of the tic-k('t. each $:g,u(mi share will l)o taxed in lowei' brackets, rc'duc;-in the taxes by S.Tl.ooo. if there are more children and per-liap.s .some grandchildren with which to share Uie prospective wliming.s the savings would be even greater.

I, John Q. Taxpayer of 111 Main Street, Middletown. N.Y., do hereby irrevocably transfer to each of my three sons, Robert. Samuel and William, a one-quarter interest in Irish Sweepstakes ticket No. WM-15881, on the rtfce to be. run on (date) and a like Interest in any winnings thereunder.

B> rea.son of this transfer, ownership of the above, ticket i.siield as follow.s: John Q. Taxpayer. 2.5 percent; Robert Taxpayer. 2:5 percent; Samuel Taxpayer. 2.5 percent, and WiUiair. Taxpayer. 25 percent.

You may copy this form if .Voii wish, substituting your name, address, .vour childrens name and''changing the parts and pcroeptages as appropriate. Have your signature notarized and witnessed and give a

copy to each of your children. You can, of course, share your ticket with other relatives or friends, and you dont have to give equal parts. You can glv,e Aunt Jenny, for instance, a mere 10 percent.

There may be reasons to handle the transfer as a gift tn tiiist rather than an outright gift," said Prentice-Hall law-^ yers. For example, you may want to act as trustee for minor children. In such cases, it is better not to try to do it yourself. Consult a lawyer, who will be able to draw up a very simple document that meets all the legal requirements. Just make sure it Is an irrevocable gift. HUGE MEAT SHIPMEPTS ON WAY FROM AUSTRALU

Bet\een August 21 and 27 just as the Wlthholding action by American meat producers got i/nder wayfour ships left Australia with J0:826.456 pounds of beef, 1..577,000 poiuids of muttcm, 80,640 of lamb and 38,(0 pounds of variety meats for the United Statc.s. The ships are arriving (t both Atlantic and Pacific ports.

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