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Cuba

Break!

ina rK^^ t alleviat- Cuba. The beginning of removal of missile base

! * tt s*t*'on offers encouragement in Cuba by the Soviets suggests Moscow is carrvine'

tat te major military powem have moved back out this important part of its offer. Agreement by

themsLlve^""^ i^peXn handled

themwlves - by the Intemaonal Red Cross rather than the U.S.

in spite of the progress, there remain little dis- n^vy reduces somewhat the possibility of dangerous

cussed issues which could seriously impede a major results from direct confrontation by warships of the

settlement over Cuba. There is the matter of on-site two powers. Persistent efforts by U.N. Secretary-

inspections in Cuba to assure that offensive missile General U Thant to effect a negotiated truce over

bases have been removed. There is the demand of Cuba have so far produced hopeful if not specular

Castrolargely ignored officially by both Wash- results. * .

ington and Moscow ^that the United States abandon Encouraging as developments of recent da vs Jvf ^^"tanamo: There is the demand that have been, the crisis over Cuba is far from ended

the United States guarantee no attack on Cuba There has been no reducton in U.S, forcerconce^ either by its own or other forces. trated in Florida at the peak of thHrLs? This

These serious questions have been relegated suggests official Washington is still on its guard for

n S^ln^d thP^Snvi^fn ^ promise that the a decisive military move on short notice should that

U.S. and the Soviet Union can come ito terms over be necessary,

Moscow has not yet made clear whether it will support Castro's deinand for the U.S. to abandon Jts major naval base in Cuba. The U.S. has not made clear whether it "will-force on site inspection of -Cuba to assure removal of missile bases if U.N. inspection is denied.

All of these matters must be resolved before the tension over Cuba will disappear. Any one of them might prove the stumbling block which could quickly reverse the present trend toward negotiated settlement.

Tangible progress appears to have been made toward resolving the Cuban crisis which threatened World peace, but many potentially explosive aspects of the crisis remain to be neutralized.

We can breathe easier today than w^e could a week ago, the Cuban crisis is still very real.

New Momentum Consolidation

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES PRISONS A coisolidati(xi program Is gaining momentum within North Carolinas far-flung state prison system.

The effect thus far has been to achieve eccmomies jrhicfa oth-

department also will be o special interest to the legislature and the administration in a study of the cost of prison labor to the State Highatay Cotn-missido. The Highway'^nmls-sion is anxious to get "Hus cost

erwise might have cost tax^ on a more realistic basis payers nearly one million dol- LABELrA story in the New

lars in the 1963-65 budget. York Times of Oct. 21 from

Five prison camps, all of Jackson, Miss., ccmtained a par-

thcm small, relatively ineffic-seraph which caught the eye lent and outmoded units, have and immediate attention <rf offi-

been closed this year. Ttese- clals of the N. C. Department

were unite in Northmnpton, Cra- <rf Cooservatioo and Develop-

voi, Chatham, (hislow and Lee counties.

If these cami had remained open, prison officials estimate that needed repairs gnd renovatiais would have averaged about $140,000 to $150.000 for each unit. TTius cost was a primary factor in the decision to close the camps.

When you get into renovating an outmoded prison unit, it is an expensive proposition, says State Pismis director George Randall.

EFFICIENCY Other factors in the consolidation program include efficiency, rehab-UttatioB programs and the states declining prison peculation.

The trmd is toward building and equipping larger, more ef-flcent prison unite with faciU-

ment.

The ^ry said Mississippi faces an uncertain future in its efforts to balance its traditional cotton econmny with industry. The reason cited violence at Oxford, Miss., over the admissiim of a Negro student. James Meredith, to the University of Mississippi.

But what struck the North Carolina officials was the report that shortly after the Oxford violence representatives for a company that- has a plant in Mississippi and several other states met in Jackson and directed the Mississippi plant to put made in North Carolina labels on its goods.

REFLECT C&D officials Interpret this as a favorable reflection upon North Carolinas industrial climate, its race re-

More Non-Voters Than Voters Could Result

By GEORGE SOKOLSKY

If tomorrow is like many other election day^ the number of eligible voters who don't bother to go to the polls may outnumber the ones who cast their ballots.

It is unfortunate that in this greatest of all democratic nations the percentage of voters who regularly exercise their priceless right to vote is

lower than in other democracies. In an off-year ..... ..= a ,e

election such as this, it is not uncommon for less questions. He is making a sur

than half the registered voters to cast their ballots, worid^ihnt^ ^

campaigns to bring out voters in vey, particularly by telephone!

this particular area tomorrow, it is supposed that ^ se soap with

the vote in Pitt and nearby counties will be litrht ^ middle. I

There are, however, six important constitutionJ bX."wiuT votejS issues on the ballot which will have far-reachinc running for congress?

Those Phone Polls

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So I am sitting at my desk, minding my own business and a busybody telephones to say that he wants to ask me a few

wiMi luuuaiiuu cuxiulie, 115 rac6 re- me fjaiiyjf, wiiiLii will iiavc lar-reacning ^ luiumjg lor v;ongress

ties for approximately 500 pri- Mons and its reputation na- effects on the future of North Carolina Annrovnl ^ Joe Jerk

tionallv for srood covpmmpnt. J . * I will vote for Mortimpr

oners.

One such new prlsai unit was opened in Harnett County and Randall reported that per-pri-aoner coste were reduced sharply.

Randall also feels that such unite, with facilities for more prisoners and modem equipment helps measurably in the prison rehabilitation program.

CLASSIFY Not all of the smaller and older unite in the prisons system will be closed under the ccmttnuing c(xisolida-tion progmm. Many of these are entirely ccertable and can be used for various purposes.

Along with consolidation, there Is also a program of reclassi-ficathn of various uidte.

All of it is long range. For example, several unite may be reclassified when a new vocational training center for youthful offenders is completed at Camp Polk Prison farm near Raleigh.

Randall indk^ated that a felony camp for young offenders In Catawba County would be reclassified if and when most of its present group can be transferred to Camp Polk, probably sometime in 1963. 'The Catawba camp would not be abcmdon-edf Randall said: Instd, It ^ may be used as a wortr-release center if prison officials are successful In efforts to expand the work-release program. Indications are that this program is working well.

REPORTS Reports on the work-release program wUl be furnished to the governor and the General Assembly. These reporte may have a bearing on whether the program cap or will be expanded.

The consolidation and c o s t-cuttlng program in the Prisons

tionally for good government and progressiveness.

Copies of the newspaper article were distributed immediately to members of the C&D board.

The company was not identified, nor was it learned whether It has a plant in North Carolina.

ERROR An error was discovered on the ballot being used in voting machines in heavy-voting Guilford County In the Nov. 6 electi<Mi one that classed the six cistitutional amendment proposals under the general heading of straight Democratic or straight Republican ticket.

Actually the amendments are bipartisan issues, without party label.

The error was contained In Instructions of voting a straight ticket, stating "to vote the straight Democratic (or Republican) Ticket, pull the large levers at the top and on the right of EACH of the four (4) columns desi^ated. .

There are only three columns of Democratic and three col-lumns of Republican candidates and the fourth column on -th^ ballot is devoted en-t tirely io the amenjments^. ^ EIcti(Hi officials said that the straight vote lever over the amendment column would be locked, however, and it would not be possible to pull a single lever and vote on all six of the amendments. A small lever to the side of each proposition must.be flipped.

The error occurred w^hen a 1960 ballot was used as a pattern for drafting the 1962 general election ballot. Officials said they had no plans to correct the enor in instructlon.s.

we feelT wifri;Fn LTi'w^h my

tne best interest of the citizens and the state. meal? No! I dont ever wash

Whatever the feeling of the individual vot#r ^eth. I put them in a glass

on the matters, he should make a sincere effort to ^fity T P"drive'my

express his opinion at the polls. He has an obliga- car? NoI I am a plutocrat and

tion, as a good citizen, to his go^rnm^nt and to iiis ^ chauffeur,

fellow citizens to participate ^ the election and help make the decisions.

We urge every eligible voter in Pitt to make a genuine effort to get to the polls tomorrow and cast his ballot in the general election.

What does this guy want of me? Ever since I got a copy of Louis Harriss confidential poll to Mayor Robert Wagner. I do not answer pollsters. I like a boiler-shop better. At

least It is what It Is.

So this fellow says he Is making a survey in my neighborhood about automobiles. I interrupt him as rudely as my nature will permit. My main point is that I pay the telephone company for the use of the telephone but not for it to be a nuisance, to be used by surveyors to keep me from my work or my leisure. How does he know what he may be interrupting?,.

Of course, I have two gals here to protect me from the worst, but they are gentle and young and they let surveyors and pollsters get past them. I am sure that those who do get past, need a tranquilizer afterwards. The most that one of them said was; I got to live too. This is a job. I told him that he might go on relief and eat the taxpayers out of house and home.

I am a mild-tempered person who rarely speaks an unkind word even to dopes, mo-

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By RALPH ROBEY October 22 through October 28 will go down as a week of crisis in the history of the United States. With President Kennedys declaration of a military naval blockade of Cuba on Monday evening, Oct. 22. we were the closest to World War rn that we have, .ever FbeenO

not last long enough to cause business to get beyond the talking stage. In general there is no reason why inventories should be built up as a result of the Cuban trouble. We have no significant shortages at the moment. This does not mean that certain Individual Items might) not become scai^, bht

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by day until the following Sunday when Premier Khrushchev backed down and offered to withdraw the missiles from Cuba. That relieved some of the pressure, but as we go to preas It still is an open question as to whether the difficulty really Is over. In any event the trouble has had obvious effects up-(Mi the business trend.

According to the government there has been no evidence of consumer scare buying. But individual reports indicate that there has been at least some such bujing. For example, in Washington, D. C., some of the supermarkets sold almtxst all their canned goods, and probably the same thing happened at various other places in the natjon. The aggregate of such purchases, however, may not be sufficient to make an appreciable change in the total of retail trade.

More important, potentially, was whether business management decided it had better increase inventories. There are no statistics on this as yet. The chances are that the crisis did

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What we experienced In World War n.

It would not be comparable because at that time we were just coming out of a long depression when millions of persons did not have the money with which to .buy what they wanted, and then with the prosperity that came with the war, there was rationing pretty well across the board. It was about the same with the Korean War. But by around 1958, or a little later, this great backlog of both business and consumer demands had been filled.

One further fact needs to be mentioned In connection with the lack of any necessity for scare buying. This is that in aU our major industries we have unused capacity. Accordingly, each of these could step up its output substantially with present equipment. Steel provides a perfect example. At present the estimate is that we shall produce this year about 98 million tons. The capacity oi that Industry is about fifty per cent above this figure. It is In-

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(Rocky Mount Telegram) Regardless of how one looks at It, Soviet Premier Khrushchev faces tough times ahead at home. Its not because of anything he has done; rather, it is something he has not done. Aggressive policy is necessary for a dictatorship such as that in Russia or China. Anything less could prove fatal. Khrushchevs sin is to advocate a policy of co-existence with < -West, bosetf on the theory that -interiiational Commusm dh ultimately win the deadly struggle with capitalism.

There are plenty of party bigwigs in Moscow, who do not buy this line of reasoning. They go aJ(Mig with Peiping on the hard - line policy against the the West, even war if necessary. Now there is some speculation that Khrushchev has got himself out on the end of the limb because of pressure "from more militant segments of the Soviet official family.

No one in the West can be sure, but it has been speculated that Khrushchev was pushed into those Cuban missile bases by his military advisers and that he had to nmnd up all his forces for a return to co-existence. But since the Soviet Union was obviously not prepared to risk the ultimate in military results, the evidence still seems to point to the whole thing as a political action, and Khrushchev is still the Soviet political prophet.

It seems very likely that he acted against rather than with the better judgment of the pragmatic military. It Is hardly believable that a sane mllitaiy man would have endorsed such a risky adventure for anything except political purposes in

which a line of retreat was kept open.

That retreat occurred quickly w'hen it became certain the Kremlin political mind had underestimated the politial mind and military determination of the U. S. How much depends on whether Khrushchev, made the original gambit strictly as a probing action and in an effort to inject a new factor into

rons or candidates. But this business of attempting to determine public opinion or consumers opinion by the telephone, reminds me of a pal who told a Japanese check-point officer that he was' in Manchuria to sell battle-axes to the Chinese. The Japiuiese officer carefully noted his reply and reported to his superiors who decided that it was a joke.

So the best way to trick these pollsters and surveyors is not to get angry and shut down the telephone, but to tell thm just the opposite. For instance, if one Is going to vote for Nixon, he says Brown; or if for Rockefeller, he says Mohgenthau. Then the poll gets aU mixed up and the pollster loses his customers. Or maybe that is what the pollster does anyhow.

It is like campaign expense accounts which never include the under-the-table sums. So you read a report on how much w^as spent. If you multiply by three, you will come near to the truth. Do you know what an under-the-table contribution is? Well, a fellow wants to give a candidate a little pocket money but for many reasons, none of them legitimate or honorable. he wants that nobody should know he gave the dough. So he gives the candidate the money in cash. There is no check. Nothing goes through a bank. There is no report. No Internal Revenue Inspector has a look at it. It is done by the best of candidates, although W'hen they get the envelope r they become suddenly deaf, dumb and blind.

Also, some candidates collect

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"dr both American and Kremlin pressures.

Khrushchev has backed and filled so many times during periods of crisis that Washington now figures things could be a lot worse in international affairs with someone else at the helm of the Soviet government. Khrushchev is in trouble on domestic affairs as well as in foreign policy. He has permitted the raising of questions about Soviet dogma, economic practice and social conditions within the Soviet Union. These are issues the hardcore Communists would never permit to be publicly raised.

Khrushchev has tried more than any other Communist to array the Soviet peoples on his own poUtical side, but there remains among his associates a vast contempt for people and for anyone who caters 10^ them except for the purpose of keeping them ignorantly mobilized to be used as needed for the new imperialism.

Khrushchev, therefore, is assuredly mider great pressure to re-establish himself at home and throughout the Communist sphere as an expander and builder of the revolutlHi. The world has a very great stake in the methods he may choose.

nobody is supposed to know them and where nobody can passible vote for them. A luncheon is given at some big restaurant like 21" or Toots Shor and everybody feels good and a couple of speeches are made along the line, Well never forget what you do today, and the saps fork over.

Of course, some politicians possess an instinct for Ingratitude. It is a patriotic quality, because if every contributor had to be paid off, the national debt would be doubled. Ingratitude is a politicians defense against betraying his country. However, there is always an election around the comer and one must be grateful not to lose too many friends.

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To the Editor:

We hope that all of the citizens in the .^mailer towns of North Carolina who have a Recorders Court will realize what they will lose if the Court ^Reform Bill te pas.sed. Our lofe.s of the Recorders Court will be far greater than our gain.

The proponents for Court Reform say some counpes may have more than one district court. That may be true, but where will they be? The True Fact of the Court -Refbrmi.st say that the General Assembly will decide how many additional seats there should be in a county and where they sl)0uld be establLshed. This will turn into a political force unparalleled In the history of ' our state.

It .seem.s' that the proponents of Court Reform are dwelling a great deal on unifying court co.st. We agree, maybe court co.st should be unified, but let the General As.sembly unify the court co.st ithey already have thf? authority to do thb) and continue the present form

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Signs In Buying

By ROGER BABj^N

BABSON PARK,- Maas.-Wlth the upcoming ccmgrestional elections sparking political dls-cussicms throughout the natkm, one of tbe parties has been stressing- the bad points In the business situation. One charge . hurled against the Ins* is that our economy Is going sour, and that Christmas trade will be disappointing this year. This the Kenncsdy Administration denies. Frankly, I think such pessimistic predicti(Mis are wnmg. I think this is going to be a good Christmas for quite a number of reasons. For one thing, pessimistic newsboth national and internationalshould make people more anxious to spend money for permanent toings rather than for speculation. The stock market action of the rec-reatl(Hi stocks illustrates this point.

HOPEFUL BUSINESS BAROMETERS The Gross National Product of the U. S. for the first three quarters of 1962 shows a gain of 7 percent over the same period a year ago. While this is not a very spectacular advance for a period of economic recovery,

X expect to see some further moderate rise between now and the end of the year. This should stimulate retail trade to some extent. I anticipate at least a normal seasonal rise In employment and some decline In unemployment totals between now and December 31st. There will undoubtedly be further small gains in the factory work week, resulting In at least a mild expansion of overtime wages to supplement regular salaries and other Income for many families.

A bright spot, too. Is pers(Hi-al income, now topping a year ago by somewhat more than 5 percent. Between now and years end I look for continued increases in personal. Income, probably widening the favorable margin over year-earlier figures. In spite of a heavy tax burden and other large fixed payments, disposable income will also keep on rising at least through the rest of this year. YOUR BUYING STARTS ITS OWN CYCLE There is a lot more to Christmas Holiday buying than is immediately evident. When you make a purchase, for example^ you start a business cycle In miniature. You not only give pleasure to the one receiving the gift, but you also help the retailer, providing him with . the money to conduct his important distribution operations. Keep in mind that you not only give the retailer his percentage of profit, but you also help to send along their small cute to many other worthy people. These include the retail clerks, the landlord, advertisers, and others either directly or indirectly involved. This means more people employed all along the line, and hence more wage earners to keep the cycle in healthy motion.

It is my feeling that spending psychology will remain good at least until early 1963. At the end of December you will see my detailed Forecast for 1963 in these pages, in which I will analyze and project major business trends, including whatever changes of atmosphere may show up between .. .. now and then. It is particularly important to note that the stock market declines of 1962 have actually had no serious affect on retail sales, even though the business community generally has perhaps become hesitant and cautious since the Cuban upset.

ANOTHER BANNER CHRISTMAS FOR RETAIL TRADE

I am expecting Christmas bujIng to top last years record by perhaps 2 percent-3 percent; that means another historic high for the holiday season. I should emphasize that this does not represent anything like a boom, but only sui upward nudging on the already elevated plateau. Get reswly for an extraordinarily lively demand in such lines as toys, clothes, greeting cards, and contrary to the forecasts of some observerseven home furnishings. I advise heavy holiday promotions aimed at the enormous upper-teen-age group.

I would be somewhat more encouraged about the approaching holiday buying if It were not for the previously mentioned caution on the part of the general business community, the still sagging stock market, and sharpening Intematlooal hostilities.

of courts.

All the municlpalitie.s that have a Recorders Court will lo.se their court if the Cour Reform Bill i.s pa.ssed. The vast majority of the.se municipalities will not receive a district court in return. Under no circumstances have proponents of this bill plained how these communi-tie.s will cope with the possible increase in crime when a larger portion of their police officers are in their district courts located in another town, .seems the only .solution the municipalities lasing their Recorders Court and not gaining a district court will be to almost double their police force.

^ We, the Ayden Jaycees, be-neve a great deal more can be accomplished if the Court Reform Bill Is defeated and let the Geneial As.sembly establish a unified court cost for our present court system. Board of Directons Aydeti Junior Chamber , of Commerce John Noble, President

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By ELMER ROESSNER The world of business is passing strange. Witness;

Madam Sonia, the gifted healer of Jackson Heights, N. Y offers half-price consultations to those who bring in her handbill. ... I dreamed I went to heaven and found St. Peter in a Sprague and Carleton Captains Chair! Is the headline of page advertisement in Home Furnishings Daily. ... A Wall Street jeweler reports a heavy demand for bull and bear cuff-ijnks. No reque.sts for .shorn lamb-llnks.

Baseball bats* of magnesium alloy c^oated with plastic are now" made.

If Castro has salted away his loot In Swiss francs, he profited on the blockade. It sent the price of francs soaring. . ,Uva ursi leaves from Swiln are commanding prices jlipj-to 16 cents a pound, . JDrng stores have

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captured 6.4 percent of the American leather goods market.

NEW SOMETI!ING-EOR-NOTHING GIMMICK

A new coupon program provides for coupons in or on packaged goods, redeemable by mail from gift centers. Manufacturers pay the costs, . .Coupon . plan is made possible by a new machine that scans 1,500 coupons a minute. , .Canadas dry pea crop is 18 percent below the average of the last five years. Thats sad news for lovers of habitant soup.

More American families own TV sets than phones. But thev can still get Milton Berle on the phone. ' --

If you feel more kindly to the poor than to the government, step up chailty donations before Dec. 31, a tax service advises. , .Premiums can head off the threatening recession, William P, Dunliam, president.

told the Premium Advertising Association of America, . .The United States Imported 787 million pounds of red meat in the first eight months of this year. Thats more than four pounds per person.

DOES YOUR TIE GO AWRY?

The government. Is seeking .someone to license a patent for a device that holds mens ties in shbe through a night of dancing. . .Vassar College was founded by Matthew Vassar who made his money brewing beer and ale. . ^Marketing problems can be .solved with Markov chain analysis says Audits & Surveys Co., New York.

Plastic milk containers cost too much for regular use.

Several million light bulbs a year don't give light; they tenderize steaks, keep food fresh, and detect and prevent disease . . .Poles are smoking more cigarettes. Nervous? ... A bean costs 25 percent more than It

did a year ago in Yugoslavia . . .Guatamala levies a duty of 40.9 cents a pound on canned sausage, plus 30 percent ad valorem,' making Imported sausages one of the costUest dishes of the nation.

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MORE EMPLOYERS ENCOURAGE WORKERS RUN FOR OFFICE

So when Gus in accounting runs for cbunty commissioner, what does the boss think? Chances are he is more pleased with the Idea than he would have been a few years ago.

An American Management Association survey of 148 companies showed that one out of every three encourages employees to run for office, and that only one in 14 frowns oil Gus. More than half encourage employees to run for office and even companies that pretend not to care give candidates time off for canq?algnlng.

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