fridfty. Nov*mbr 2, 1202

Plants And Products Go Together

World's Most Worthless Currency

Eftstfrn North Carolina, in its quest for plants to procoss agricultural products, has faced a di lemma not unlike that posed by the old question of which comes first the chicken or the egg.

There is one group which says give us the pro* cessing plants and will provide the product? to keep it busy. There is another group which says if the products are produced in sufficient "quantity and of acceptable quality, the processing plants wiil seek locations in the East.

Past experience leads tb^the conclusion thaf neither group is entirely correct in its position. Traditionally this section of the state has been the primary area "for producing several products that are shipped elsewhere to be processed. Efforts to attract processing plants into the area for these product* have made little headway,,There are also examples of procei^ing plants for other commodities that have located in the area and find they cannot operate at capacity because of the shortage of products being produced on the farms of the area.

An example of this latter situation was pointed out by Agriculture Commissioner L. Y, Ballcntine in an address in Farmville this week. He asserted that slaughter plante of this area remain idle about SO per cent of the Pme because of the shortage of

Close Vote On Court Reform?'

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

PREDICT There loe very few flat predictipns of victory being made for the much - debated court reform amendment In next Tuesdays general election.

And neither at this point are there very many outright statements that It is goiog to be defeated.

Statements on either side are cautious and guarded, and m'hat happens at the polls is going to be very interesting politically.

No one apparently feel* certain or sure about the fate of this far-reaching proposal. Most sources sgy there are too many factors involved to gauge the outcome accurately.

AGREE Supporters of the Court reform do say they are making rapid gains. They cla m that statewide sentiment is in favor of establishing a uniform system of lower courts and eliminating the fee system. They contend that the odds arfe on their side.

Approval of the courts amendment would not be surprising, especially in view of the nature of its support. This includes the governor, most of the members of the Council of State, apparently a majority of the states superior mrt judges and a blue-ribbon list of politi-caiiy - powerful figures and statewide and local orgahl^-

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wo'ild not be classed as a shocking upset if this amendment proposal is defeated.

About the nearest thing to general agreement that can be found is that the vote probably Will be close.

FACTORS One factor that has political observers guessing is whether there has been strong feeling itlrred up, whether the issue is hot or lukewarm.

If there has been a great deal

strong feeling one way or another it has been largely disguised.

There arc those who feel the campaign on behalf of this amendment has not been vigorous enoiigh In terms^^)/ its being made a statewide issue .?V>n -the other-hand, opposition to the court reform proposal has been largely unorganized, hut conducted on a personal, local basis.

Some observers believe that the vote on the amendment will be on a patchwork basis, revealing satisfaction with the existing lower courts system in some areas and dissatisfaction In others.

Some feel that the vote returns will disclose an apprehension ( the part of some local, non - county seat communities that they will lose their lo-

cal..^mr^Jaa to some cases apprehensiwi thaf the local gov-emment will lose a needed source of mvenue.

On the other hand, supporters argue that the automobile age has eliminated the need for a court at every crossroads, that justice CWinot be dispensed on the basis of geography and that Justice must not be administered with a price tag.

HELP There is a definite feeling am(ig court reform supportere in the final week before the voting that Associate Justice R. Hunt Paricer of the State Supreme Cwrt added effective help to their cause.

Parker, of Roanoke Rapids, came out last week favoring the court improvement amend->ment. And Parkers endorse-mcn*^^ carried ccmsiderable weight.

ParlKU* is not only head of the Judicial CouncU of North Carolina. but is widely known and respected as a careful, conservative thnker. Sources believe that P?.r!jers endorsement, as much as anything thus far in the campaien, helped sway many who we*e othenvise undecided about how they would vote.

PRIOR A previous heavy-artilery endorsement was one by former State Sen. Lindsay Warren of Beaufort County.

It was Warren who led the opposition in the 19.59 legisla-

commission headed by former State Sen. Spencer Bell of Charlotte. Defeat of the Bell plan w'as resounding.

The Bell plan contained numerous sharply - caitroversial feature.^, such as appointment of a numbe of Superior Court judges. The Democratic party platform, for example, recognized the unpopularity of this proposal and Included a plank favoring continued election of Judges.

COMPROMISE - What came forth after the crushing defeat of the Bell plan was the study which produced the present court reform proposal, affecting only the lower courts Recorders Courts and<f justices of the Peeee. It was agreed'upon in the legtsmiflfe as an' acceptable compromise and was approved in both houses with cwi-ly two di&senting votes. ^ Opponents, of course, contend that the legislative vote did not constitute such ovenv'belming endorsement by the legislature but rather virtually unanimous agreement that after seven years of study and debate the plan was the least controversial that had any chance of getting through the legislature and onto the balled for the people to have a say-so about.

nimaif offered them to proetM. In gpitt of, or maybe because of this situation, North Carolina im porta some |200 million worth of baaf and pork aach year.

While it may lack processing plants to handle many of its native products, Eastern* Carolina does have sufficient meat procesiing capacity to handle far more beef and pork than is now being produced. It has also been shown that beef and pork can b produced profitably on the farms of-this section of the state. Although greater production of beef and pork has been urged for several years by agricui* tural leaders, the supply available in this area still falls considerably short of demand.

As various countries of the state review possU bilities for improving their agricultural and industry economies, they should carefully look at both sides of the coin. Too often the emphasis is placed on securing plants to process available products, rather than emphasizing the economic actvantages of keeping an adequate supply of products flowing to the processing plants already located in the area.

Peace-Moker's Robes Poorly Fit Khrushchev

Soviet propaganda in recent days has garbed Premier Khrushchev in ill-fitting peace-maker robes ibat so often are pulled from a handy closet by th^j communists.

In spite of their efforts, however, it is not likel.v that even the naive citizens of the world will give credence to the picture of Khrushchev the great peace-maker Soviet propagandists are seeking t) paint.

On what do they base the title?

In simpliest terms, it is because the Soviet leader hurriedly backed away from an indefensible situation which had been created on his orders. The Cuban crisis was created because the Soviet leader gave the order to establish offensive missile bases in Cuba. But the Russian propagandists have completely overlooked this fact in casting Khrushchev in the role of peace-maker.

It is not likely the fact has been overlooked by the peoples of the world.

It is hardly fitting to ascribe the title of peacemaker to a person who deliberately creates a crisis to seive his own purposes and then retreats because he suddenly realizes the odds are against 1^,

The Soviet propagandists will continue to hammer the theme that Khrushchevs action at the height of the Cuban crisis prevented further deterioration of international relations. This hammering, however, will not erase the fact that the crisis :n the first place stemmed from orders sent out by the Kremlin.

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By PATRICIA MKE

Halloween Post Mortem

Pieces Missino

The Associifcd press reported that Halloween party pUuis of some Kansas City teenagers were terminated when police caught them to an abandoned quarry brewing pumpkin moonshine.

And to another section of the country, some youngsters got more of a treat than they were supposed to. A housewife reached to a bag to drop some treats and also deposited her diamond ring. She hasnt gotten it back.

In Muskegon. Mich., there was a report of three youngsters being killed whUe out trick or treating. Two brothers, ages n and 7, were struck by a car about a mile from their home. The third youngster, an 8-yearH)id boy, alao was struck

by a car while out with his twin brother and a sister.

Back to Greenville, things were considerably quieter.

One parent said his children w^ere bitterly disappointed when the rain kept them from their annual trick or treat campaign. But, children being like they are, the young man of the family came up with another idea a Halloween party at home. Which worked out happily for all concerned, the parent said.

Two local houses four blocks apart had a different kind of Halloween evening? one reported at least 25 calls by children wanting treats or else; the other had one call all night, didnt treat and didnt get tricked.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - Three ^ pieces missing from the infor-' mation made public so far on Cuba may contain the seeds of fresh trouble.

There's an unpublished letter, a question of understanc^g. and a problem of jet bombers.

1. Did President Kennedy take too much for granted when Premier Khrushchev agreed to let the United' Nations supervise dismantling of Soviet missile bases in (hiba and the return of the missiles to Russia?

2. Has there been an understanding or a great lack of understanding between Khrushchev and Cubas Pldel Cas-tro on th^ dtomantling of^ the missiles and the U. N. super-vision of thr rembvil?

3 Why has nothing been said publicly about the removal also of those Soviet jet bombers which, Kennedy said in his broadcast a week ago, are capable of carrying nuclear weap-

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That theres a misunderstanding some place showed up Wednesday night when U Thant, acting . N. secretary - general, returned from Cuba apparently after failure to get Castro to agree on U. N. supervisin on the missile removal.

The published exchange of letters last week between Kennedy and Khrushchev nowhere .spelled out clearly what kind of supervision the U. S. should exercise. There is where one of the missing pieces comes in.

Over the weekend Khmshchev wrote Kennedy a letter which seems to have agreed not only to removing the missiles but permitting U. N. observers to check on the removal. But the White House never made this Russian letter public.

Kennedys answering letter was released by the White House.

In it Kennedy, referring to Khrushchevs unpublishecl one. said he understood the Russian to say he agreed to remove these weapons and weapons system.s from Cuba under appropriate United Nations observation and supervision.

But what does appropriate mean? Does it mean letting the U. N. observers to to see the actual dismantling and the shipping of the missiles back home? Or does It mean something else which could make Americans deeply uneasy?

In short, does It mean letting a U. N. team in to look around ~ perhaps at dismantled missile bases and then have to take the Russian and Cuban word that the missiles had been sent back to Russia?

Khrushchev answered Kennedys letter with still another of his own. He explained he had instructed Soviet officers to dismantle the missile sites and return^ the weapons^to Russia.

The White House^made this Khrushchev letter public. ^In this letter Khrushchev, referring to the one Kennedy hasnt released, said;

As I informed you. we are prepared to reach agreement to enable representatives of the United Nations to verify the dlsmantllxig of these means missUes and missile sites. Now'here In all this has Khrushchev committed himself to letting U. N. observers into Cuba to watch the dismantling while it was happening.

Therefore, unless the unpublished letter says otherwise, Khrushchev can argue he had In mind only letting U. N. observers, see the empty missile sites. But how then could the observers be sure the missiles were out of Cuba?

If Kennedy had Insisted on having all this spelled out, future trouble and argument niight have been avoided, unless the President feels that dismantling of the bases is enough proof the missiles are gone.

This fogginess may explain why Castro wouldnt agree with the U. N. secretary - general, preferring either to confuse the situation or refusing to let to the obsen'ers at all. As of Wectoes-day night U Thant did not make this clear.

All he did say was that he had been reliably Informed the missile sites would be dismantled by Friday and out of Cuba fContinued on pagt five)

(Christian Science Monitor)

In the high mountatos north of India, as well as on the Cuban plains and seas, communism has been overshooting its maik. It is alerting more and more peoples, more and more clearly, to its expansive nature. It is setting in motion counterforces which ultimately will tighten the restraints ai'ound it.

There are bckh differences and similarities between the Cuban affair and what is happening to the Himalaya. Either wfty the two aggressions are linked.

There is no sign that the Chinese Communists will pull back, as the Soviet leader seems for the moment at least to have done. The Chinese appear a% "mant. There Is no adequate 'strentth to sight ter make their new positions untenable.

But ihe Indian people have been hit by the fuU force of the cold war right where they live. Just as the American people have. It Is no longer a remote affair for either. In both cases the Communist forward push has rung the national alarms as a distant Berlin or Korea or South Viet Nam could not do.

In both cases, the forces arrayed against the marauder have been, or will be. strengthened. In the American case the unanimous support of the Organization of American States was more than anyone had dared hope. In the Indian case, the bid to Moscow for MIGs seems to have been turned down. India for the first time appears to be turning to the often criticized United States for help.

If this is accurate, then for the first time India has sufficiently recognized what the United States and the Western Allies, as the chief bulw'ark against armed aggression, ha^ been up against.

The Chinese Communists can be forced back, Just as their

Soviet rivals have been, but only by superior force. When that happens, they too will cut losses because this is part of Communist strategy. But all this w'ill take time.

It could be that lesser Indian problems will fall into line. War is not to -be welcomed on this account: but given attack, defense is welcome, and Indias constant tension with Pakistan might cwisequently be eased by a common effort ahead. The Indian economy could conceivably be stimulated more than drained with suitable help from the West.

Right now the most curious fact Is the loneliness that Indian officials say Jhey feel. Their comrades of Bandung, the ' hetraiists of their own late type, shun them, much as Latin American countries tended to shun the United States In all but the more recent months and days. Its as if they were preoccupied with their problems at home and unable,, or not permitted by local politics, to look up and see that they all share the same stake in the larger aims of the cold war.

Chinese communism might yet galvanize a common front among the neutrals, just as Cuba brought the Americas ultimately together.

In any event Communists can be counted upon to overplay their hand because that Is the nature of communism. The world, on a world - wdde basis, is slowly being brought by these widespread excesses to see that the defense issue is everywhere one and the same. Just as surely, the issue of what to do with independence and freedom, once they are defended, Is by fortunate contrast a multiple issue op.en to each people to nourish In its own characteristic, individual way.

We must say things have changed. When we were in the 10th grade in high school we wera spending the first night in a new home. Halloween that night didnt mean a thingto us.

The newness had been one thing when we settled down to bed, but the next hour brought horrors which lived for some time. Coming from our back yard w^ere sounds comparable to tanks moving and crushing everything. There were screams and loud sounds of running, more like a herd of cows stampeding.

It was a few years before we learned the whythe neighbor was th etarget of some teenagers ill will.

When we were much younger, it was customary the morning after Halloween to ride along the streets and see chairs miraculously atop telephone poles or hanging from power lines. Things got to the point

sters were ccmcemed.

They were bound to get better except for the lady who lost her diamond ring.

Ooinions

''n Brief

Short editorial: Kentucky jury throws out suit against principal for spanking an unruly school boy. The foreman commented: Tf discipline is npt carried in the school, Its too late when they gjet over there. He pointed" nfet door to the county Jail. Charlotte Observer.

Something is terribly amiss when the words for free en-ter-prisc arc nearly always apologeticits a nice system when we can afford its inefficiencies and the words for all sorts of state planning are praiseworthy. Wall street Journal.

Ah, what a useful tool, what a mathematical triumph, what a philosophical boon is ^the statistical average! It has all the natural beauty of a greased clothespin sliding at an even rate along a tight wire, we salute the statistic. Vancouver (B.C.) Sun.

Tht truth is that France now has more of a dictatorial regime than French liberals care to admit. Hertford County Herald.

Doing nothing is the most timesome job in the world, because you cant quit and rest. Anderson (S. 0.) Independent.

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.Hikito s ?ower

By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKT

Copyright, 1962, King Features Syndicate. Inc. President Kennedy has estab. llshed three facta:

1. The United States is mighty and ready and will fight if need be:

2. The United SUUes will hot trade under a muzrie;

3. The United States seeks peace and wUl n^otlate with anybody who is sincerely de-irous of peace- .

What comes next?

There i* no key to the cor-respcmdence between President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev' to indicate what will happen next except that disarmament questions are left to the NATO powers and the Warsaw powers which could mean prolcmg-ed conversations. To me that clue means little more than the United States will not act alone and artiltrarily and will consult with its allies.

What about Castro? Is is possible to permit Fidel Castro to remain a nuisance in the Caribbean? Castro was ignored by both the United States and Soviet Russia. His name was not even mentioned. The United States acted as though Cuba were a possesslcm of Soviet Russia; Khrushchev accepted the role of suzerain. Whether he consulted Castro at any point Is not known. Essentially, the Cuban situation remains a Rus-oo-Amerioan affair. But Castro is there. .

The questlim arises to everyones mind why Khrushchev should have reached a decision* which includes an element of humiliation. Perhaps the answer can be found in President Kennedys disinclination to make Cuba an issue for war or peace. We chose Berlin. Khrushchev attempted to divert us from Berlin to Cuba and succeeded to forcing our hand. We established the blockade around Cuba but also exposed our readiness to fight anywhere. We established that the soft' period In our history is over. This applies to Berlin as it does to Cuba. Both President Kennedy and U. N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson emphasized the significance of Barlln. What Is called acc(nnmodati(m is nonsense.

Khrushchevs defeat to Ctoba strengthens our position among the NATO powers and gives courage to both West Germany and Prance cimcemlng Berlin. Just as Mao Tze-tung tested our purpose and strength to the Korean War which we lost, so Khrushchev tested our purpose and strength in Cuba. There we won.

on Inaia nas upset the Communist World. Whereas India is not a satellite of Soviet Russia, It has nevertheless through Krishna Menon, permitted Itself to be closely related to^ Russia so that Nehrus neutralism has become an impediment for a decent settlement of world affairs. Now India is being attacked viciously by Red China and Khrushchev is in serious cuficultles.

If he supports his ally. Red China, he must oppose his friends Nehru and Krishna Menon: if he supports India, he violates the union of Communist countries, including the Warsaw Pact. If he remains neutral, it amounts to indeclsive-ness^and a Violation of the Warsaw Pact. What will Tito do? What will the East Germans do? Khrushchevs power is based upon decisions but he can make no decision with regard to India.

At such a moment, the United States chooses to expose to the world the Cuban missile build-up and to take warlike measures. It was splendid timing for the United States but very bad for Khrushchev. If he pursued the war with the United States, unless it were settled in a day, Mao Tze-tung would move on Turkestan and Siberia, completing his effort to reach the Chienlung line. From this Khrushchev backed away. The combination of forces was too much. He undoubtedly felt that sound statesmanship required that he live another day.

But there Is more to be said. The Revolution has beyond doubt achieved more in 45 years than Lenin or anyone else expected. An atomic war, whatever it did to the United States, would wipe out the fruits of the Revolution. It would throw Russia back to 1917 and its indus-(Contlnued on Page 5)

More Doiibts If Offered Free

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS FORGETTING GOD

Bishop Sherill, first president of the National Council of Church of Christ, has declared that the great tragedy to the world today is that God la forgotten.

Sometimes we wonder whether sheer atheism itself would do our country as much harm as this widespread forgetfulness of God and His purpose. Many people go living along every day without referring to single circumstance of their lives to a power higher than themselves. They live for the moment. When the day Is through, there must be some sort of relaxing and indulgent pleasure to make them forget their work and prepare them for the next

day. When trouble comes upon them, they regard It as an evidence of bad luck. More often than not. they blame their fail-urea not on their own Ineptitude but on the malice qf others. So they c(itinue to live their little lives in a world of no-God.

These people are not atheiststhey are worae than athe-lats; they have forgotten God. But God has not forgotten them, although when the day of grace la past the door will be shut the account closed out, and adventure of life finished. But to the meantime. tU of us live to a world in which not a spar row falls without Gods notice Jesus graphically describes this divine c^rc by declaring that the hairs of our heads are all numbered.

By ELMER ROESSNER

How free is free? How high

Is up?

The American conscience, as kept by the Federal Trade Commission, appears to be going through some twisting. And, to the end, some businesses may be turned over and paddled.

Previous to World War H, those who advertised things for free operated quite freely. Magazines, newspapers and signs offered buy (Hie and get one free, or send In $1 an(j get youra free.

There were many other dealt. Order a product and persuade four friends to order one each at the same price and you would get yours free. Each friend, by selling four more on the same terms, could get his free, it wat the old pyramid club to reverse, with the manufacturer sitting on the bottom of the py. ramld and no one every reaching the top.

FIRST PHASE

After the war. the Federal Trade Commission, Better Bus-

Incss Bureaus and other honesty - in advertising organizations began a camps^n against these so-called free offers.

Nothing was free, they said, unless it was given with no strings. To be free, something had to be given for nothing. Offers of buy one and get another free were out of bounds because there was a consideration for the free item. There was nothing free to such situations, authorities said. There was always a consideration.

Thinking went beyond that. Some authorities argued that if a prospect had to clip a coupon or had to buy a stamp, whatever he got in return was not free, but was in consideration of the coupon clipping or the postage. This same argument was used to oppose contests that required coupons and postage on the grounds that such requirements were considerations, making the contest illegal lotteries.

I wrote many columns -on this situation to the late 1940s and

early l950s, and there were many articles on the subject la Printers Ink, Advertising Age and other trade magazines. SECOND PHASE

Then the campaign waned. Courts seemed to think that If a company was clear in its statements: that the customer had to buy one beach ball to get a second beach ball free, It deceived no one. Everyone knew that there never was anything free, except the air. and shoppers were not so dumb that they thought something was free if they had to buy scnnethlng else.

The agitation over free died

down or, at least, was related to consumer judgment. If something was called free, It was up to the buyer to determine if it was free, a not difficult problem If the buyer had got through the third grade. Even banks offered toasters and other gadgets free to people who made de-

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TIIIHD PHASE New the Federal Trade Com

mission seems to be of a changing mind.

In mid-1962, the FTC held, in a split decision, that the Mary Carter Paint Co., sales slogan, Buy one, get one free, was ^misleading. If a customer had to buy a quart of paint to get another free, the second quart was simply not free. It held. That even if the stumb-Itogest bum would not be deceived by such an offer, It was of no matter, the majority ruled.

The paint company appealed the ruling to the courts. Undaunted. the FTC ordered the Garland Co., of Cleveland, Ohio, to cease advertising its offer: Buy a gallon of Lady Ann Paint, get a gallon free. This case went a little further; It charged the manufacturer with mLsrepresenttog factory pric Is and that labels were Incorrea.

The PTC has launched several other cases in which It holds that conditions made free offers something less than free. A cycle seems to be nearing compleUoa