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Wednesday, November 7, 1962

Fountains Forward-Looking Step

1 Hope You Realize

A proposal from fountain that its elementary units can be worked out by the two school Khool be merged with the Farmville school system committees in conjunction with the County Board fa a positive rtep by Fountain citizens in providing of Education. The proposal is an important move better educational opportunities for their youngster, toward better educational opportunities for at least It is a unique situation in which citizens of one a portion of the youngsters of the county, and as coinmunity are coming forward to propose consoli- such should be of importance to all people of the dation of their school with that of a larger communi- county.

ty because they feel it will be in the educational Where educational opportunities are concern-interest of their children to do so. More often, un- ed, it is apparent that Fountain citizens have put

foi^nately, the very mention of the word consolidation* brings immediate and adverse response many small communities.

In the case of the parents of Fountain, they have placed the benefit of better educational ofpportunities for their children before blind com-

the welfare of their youngsters in proper place at the top of the list. If a school system is to produce the best possible results, first consideration must be given the educational opportunities for youngsters, the calibre of program provided for them, and the benefits they may receive from their years in public

munity pride which would oppose consolidation in school. This, it seems to us, is what the citizens of any circumstance. Fountain are seeking through their commendable

The advantages of the proposal to the young- P^posal to the Pitt Board of Education, sters of both the Farmville and Fountain areas r

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should be apparent. By having more students in a combined unitrather than in two unitsthere will be a greater flexibility of teachers and lees likelihood that possible loss of a few^ students would seriously affect the number of teachers assigned the combined unit. It is also likely that the calibre of program that can be carried on in a combined unit will prove superior in the long run to the calibre program that Fountain alone could provide for its youngsters.

The proposal from Fountain has been referred by the County Board of Education to the Farmville School Committee for recommendation. It is to be hoped that a satisfactory means for combining the

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By WIU.1AM A. SHIRES

PEAKPolitical campaigning reaches a crescendo wi elec-tiOR eve. It has been building to a peak for a week or so and then there ia one final boom

Apparently the louder the better.

There is still some handshaking to be done and public appearances to be made. A candidate rarely goes into seclusion on election eve.

He has to appear before the public, especially in the heavy-voUng precincts or in those which may be in doubt.

The candidates appearance on election even also must make a fine and, he hopes, a lasting tnpresalon.

He predicts victory. He must not appear weary or resigned nor betray being bone-tired. He must appear fresh and smiling, vigorous and confident.

BLOWSCandidates usually try to get in a few last licks at their oppmients on election eve and apparently feel that these final blows are important.

There should be a statement or two for the press, brief but in broad terms. If a reporter wc*t buy it. it can be run in a paid political advertisement.

Any serious Issues should be glossed over because these, of course, have been dealt with in depth during the campaign.

Every(e knows where 1 stand.* the candidate must say. "My record speaks for Itself." '

DAYThen when election day dawns, a candidate must experience a terrible letdown.

Ita all over then, and the outcome is in the hands of the voters and on that day theres very little a candidate can do about it. His h(H>es, his dreams, his political ambition Is wrapped up in what going on at the polls.

R may be scmiething like an athletic contest in which a man has prepared himwlf. practiced and worked hard getting ready but when the game begins hes chi the sidelines and cant do a thing about the outcome. He cant even coach, because at that time no candidate would presume to dictate to the voters.

About all he can do is go out and cast his ovn vote. Research indicates that at least 99.99 percent of political candidates .vote for themselves.

There are very few. even

those running for constable, who can do as former president Truman did back in 1948 and go to bed to sleep peacefully without knowing the (Hitcome.

The candidates get returns from a variety of sources, but usually depend on the fastest, most dependable methods of vote countingthose of the wire services and newspapers.

Its relatively rare that a trend doesnt develop in the first hour or so of the hectic job of vote-counting. The final outcome, however, may not be known for several more hours or even the next day, depending upwi the size of the vote and the time it takes to count and report it.

DAY-AFTER-The result finally comes so quickly, in the midst of such hectic excitement and work, that it is almost an anti-clima.'^ to it all.

Suddenly, the campaign is over. The decision is in. It doesnt seem possible that after weeks and months, sometimes years, of work and campaigning. or political oratory, planning, strategy, of handshaking that its all over. But thats the way it is and, win or lose, a candidate is entitled to sleep late the next day. Very often a candidate will try to slip away for a vacation after election day for some rest and relaxation.

But that doesnt end the job either. Whether win or lose, there are many other things that must be^. done, a lot of people to thank, a lot of bills to pay, and further plans must be made. It's almost an adage is that a losing candidate is a lonely man after election day. For the winners there is a flush of victory and a challenge ahead.

POLITICS Politics doesn't end the day after election either. In one sense, it just begins.

Many a candidate has said that his next camoaign begins the day after the election. And it is not unprecedented for a losing candidate to make a comeback successfully next time.

For those W'ho love politics, the day after election signals the start of a busy timethat of analyzing the returns, of trying to determine what happened to make the election turn out as it did. of whit heljied and what didnt.

Political campaigns hardly ever die.

To Reach Pitts Goal

Reports from Pitt Countys United Fund Campaign indicate some $80,000 so far has been collected in the effort to reach this years campaign goal of $95,000.

The figure means, of course, that another $15,000 must be forthcoming from residents of Pitt in the very near future if the goal is to be realized and agencies provided with the full amount provided for them in this years UF budget.

It is important to every citizen of Pitt County that the United Fund Campaign be successful, for the work of the agencies which make up the United Fund is important to every citizen of the county.

Several thousand Pitt citizens and business firms already hav^e contributed generously to the current United Fund campaign. There remain, however, jgy HEMRY HOWARD thousands of other citizens of the county who so *

far have not made any contribution to the current campaign. In Lome instances, individuals may not have been contacted by a volunteer worker for the United Fund. In other instances they have been called on, but have asked workers to come back at a later time.

The Reflector urges those people who have not been contacted to mail their contributions directly to the United Fund office in Greenville. We urge those who have put off solicitors to contact those solicitors and make their contributions now to the annual county-wide effort.

Pitt citizens can ill afford to do without the worthwhile programs provided by the major agencies can carry out their programs during the coming year only if citizens of the county provide them with the necessary money through the United Fundto finance the work.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) Tuesday was the day the Russians were going to be nice about. Then everything got mixed up, including the Russians, and the day turned out nicer than they seemed to have in mind.

For four years they had been trying to get the Allies out of Berlin and even put up a wall to keep them out oi half of it. Then on Sept. 13 they stuck their neck out. They issued a statement. It was a beaut.

They suggested Americans get so worked up over politics they were willing to wait until after Election Day for a showdown on BerUn. But, to show how earnest they were, they said they should not delay the showdown indefinitely.

Tills would have been real neighborly if they had Just stopped there. And they would have been happier right now if they had stopped. But they threw in some stuff on Cuba.

First, they warned the United States that an attack (m Cuba would be the beginning of a war that might turn into a world nuclear war.

Second, they said they were sending weapons to Cuba but <a) they were not establishing a base there and (b) the weapons were purely defensive.

Third, they added a final touch which must make them wish now they had never thought of it. They said they, didnt have to put missiles In Cuba because the missiles in Riussia could reach anywhere.

Then the egg broke about a month later.

The United States discovered the Russians were building Cuban missile bases which weren't defensive; President Kennedy warned the Russians to break up the bases and get the missUes out: and the Russians, who had lied about the missiles right up to the last, backed down in the face of a possible American attack on Cuba and began demol-iBhing the bases.

All of which brings the story back in very ominous fashion to what looked on Sept. 13 like a very decent Soviet gesture in offering to delay a Berlin settlement until after

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OFFICIALS. When they steal a few official moments for off-the-cuff discussion of far - removed issues, often run the risk of uncovering stimulating and Interesting, if impractical, notions and ideas.

The risk .wax run in grand fashion Monday during the regular meeting of the Pitt County Commissioners, official custodians of Pitt citizens govem-mentkl affairs not already ribboned out to Raleigh and Washington.

A combination of factors general election eve, increasing super-highway mileage conspicuous in Piedmont, North Carolina. multiplying Republican Party strength in that area, continued faith of the ruling Democrats in heavy Eastern majorities gave vent to the notion.

It bubbled to the surface after the Commissioners had leaned back from the long oaken table to mull over the statewide system of installing and over-hauling the highway network.

Bruce Strickland seized upon the extra-agenda topic, reiterated the generally-recognized absence of super-highway n e t-works in the East, and wondered aloud to his mates: Well-looka-here. I there anything we could do about getting more attention down this way?

Replies at first were nothing more than a few silent moments.

Then Bob Martin, with a finality that suggested he had assembled the varl-colored picture and produced something of

a balanced equation, had an answer:

You want more attention In Raleigh for our roads? Do it the way the PledmiMit Boys did . , .Stir up enough Republican opposition to wrinkle some eyebrows In Raleigh. . .Then youll see some road-building going wi around here."

Election Day.

By delaying the showdown until sometime later in November or December provided Cuban bases hadnt been discovered the Russians would have had time to get their missiles in place and cocked toward America.

Then, In a showdown on Berlin later this year if the United States still balked at a settlement, Premier Khrushchev eould have unveiled the plot he had been cooking up with missiles right against the American temple.

He could have told the United States It was too late to get tough about Berlin because the long-range Soviet missiles in Russia and the shorter-range ones In Cuba could demolish the United States.

The United States, faced with that, would have been in a desperate box. But it didnt work out that way.

Now its doubtful the Russians who admitted they were lying when they meeklv agreed to take back missiles which they said werent there will try for a Berlin crisis this year.

So Election Day in the United States turned out to be a nice day after all.

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Maybe if consumers do yell loud enough and stick together closely enough, they will be heeded." St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times.

(Washington Daily News)

We agree wholeheartedly with the action of the Bcrd of Trustees of East Carolina college when it voted unanimously not to become a part of the Greater University of North Carolina system.

Of course the Eu:tlon of the trustees in this matter is not the final word of itself. Perhaps if the powers that want East Carolina college to become a part of the Greater university, perhaps ECC can be forced into that status. We do not know, but when the board says that it believes the best interests of higher education can be served by staying out of the university system, We believe that observation contains much wisdom.

There are many state supported colleges and universities in North Carolina. In Western North Carolina there are Western Carolina Teachers college and Appalachian college. East Carolina college has become the third largest state supported institution in North Carolina. It now has a student body in excess of 8,(WO students.

If a move is made to place ECC within the framework of the greater university, and rumors . have been current for somstime that .such might be the case, it would appear that because ECC has shown exceptional growth, has reached a i-ung on the ladder not attained by some of the other state supported schools, and has begun to assert itself as an Independent state school, that the time has ccxne to take it under the protective wings of the Greater university.

To our way of thinking, such an argument does not hold water. If ECC is to be taken into the Greater university system, it would appear to us that the effort is to curtain not help East Carolina college. And this college has meant too much to the people of Eastern North Carolina to fence it in now.

East Carolina college is not fighting the University of North Carolina. There Is no fight whatsoever on the part of ECC. If the university powers or the political powers of North Carolina feel that such is the case, then we feel that they are absolutely wrong. Bast Carolina college has made its mark in the educational worked through dedication, determination, and appeal. It has done these things without the help and support of the Greater university. What now could the Greater university possibly give to ECC or do for ECC?

Let ECC ever become a part of the Greater University system and well see decisions affecting the college made elsewhere, and often times they could be decisions which so many of us living In Eastern North Carolina would feel are not in the best Interests of the Ea.stem North Carolina community.

We truly believe that if East Carolina college Is to be given the full opportunity to continue growth, continue service, and continue with a higher set of educational values, it must be done as a separate unit and not as a part of the Greater university system.

PRACTICALITY of Bob Martins comment may or may not be an open question. What is not open to argument, however, is the fact that citizens and officials alike cwitlnually reven-tilate the absence of super-highways in the Eastern state network.

Stimulation of dual - party warfare In the lair of the states Democratic stronghold may. In the oplnlMi of some, fasten to the Eastern nd of the high-way-allocati<Mi scales more powerful strings. Still, this Is wily one of several possible answers.

With each session for rehashing the scarcity of multilane, intercity avenues in the East, the crux of the issue Inevitably boils down to the same ponderous question:

Do superhighways serve as an entrance for modernization or is their logical role an exit for its productivity?

ODinions

More tlian 17 million Americans now own stock in Ameritan corporations. A large and growing proportion of these shareholders are employes of the firms in which they hold stock. This economic democracy and strength on the employe level are effective answers to the false and alien propaganda against alleged Wall Street domination of American Industry." Dallas Morning News.

It seems singular that in just six years the governments outlay of taxpayer money for public assistance has doubled. The same policy should apply in this field as in any other area of government spending no dollar should be spent which does not serve a necessary purpose."Memphis Press-Scimi-tar.

Now it is becoming increasingly apparent that one of the most significant factors in wage rises is the cost of fringe benefits. And these costs have been rising at an astonihing clip."Wall Street Journal.

Climax Near In Struggle

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

In the McCarthy era. It was possible for the conservatives to devote themselves to fighting Communists with the United States. There was es-plwiage, IniiltrMion, and other vicious activities. What was done in those days was on the whole beneficial.

But today the task Is broader and more difficult because the Cold War Is reaching a climax. We must be preyed either to go to war with Soviet Russia or to negotiate a peace. If anywie wishes to ct^ the Cold War an alternative, it could be continued indefinitely. But I doubt that that la possiUe.

It Is difficult for anyone politician, official or writer to talk about war, but we need to be realistic and face what there Is. The really central fact at thls'm(nent is that Red China Is off cm an Imperialistic Jaunt which includes Cuba. We are given plentiful Information about the Russians In Cuba but nothing is said about the largo number of Red Chinese who are Involved In the Cuban adventure. These Red Chinese are in no manner bound by any decisions of Moscow and would encourage Castro to risk war with the United States because It has been a consistent and constant aim of Red China to risk an armed conflict with the United States, Red China sitting back to pick up the spoils.

However, as things have gone, Red China could not wait and went into India. Then Khrushchev capitulated to President Kennedy, preferring a capitalist to a Communist country. Mao Tze-tung has been attacking Khrushchev as soft" on the West and there Is a growing sensitivity on the subject among Communists.

Nevertheless, Khrushchev has to be realistic, too. His alternatives are not numerous. He can make war on the United States; or, he can negotiate a peace with the United States; or, he can seek means to prolong the Cold War. His major difficulty Is economic and unless he can find better means to produce food and fibres, so that the Russian people can raise their standard of living, he is in for trouble.

Peace Is essential for Soviet Russia, but Russias foreign relationships are so complicated that peace cannot come about without the consent of the United States.

So far as Soviet Russia la concerned, Great Britain does not matter at all. From a Russian standpoint. Great Britain must be regarded as a dependent upon the United States. Sta^ lin foresaw this at Yalta (1945) and tried to establish a two-power deal between himself and Franklin D. Roosevelt. '

He ignored Chiang Kai-shek and DeGaulle altogether and ho tried to ignore Winston Church-111. It Is all in the record. Roosevelt was not antagonistic to this concept, but he died and the war ended and Stalin pushed into his imperialistic course. Neither at Potsdam nor subsequently did the United States show any evidence of understanding Stalin, not until the conquest of China and the Berlin air-lift.

Russia can now make terms with any country if it strengthens Russia. That does not mean that Marxism has been abandoned by the Russians; it does mean that they are moro concerned with self-preservation, expansion, and survival than they are with the concepts of Marx and Lenin. If they survive, they will return to thoso concepts. Communism has become a technique for power rather than an Ideal for life.

This we need to recognize in our current dealings with Khrushchev concerning Cuba. I should imagine that Khrushchev is more worried that the Red Chinese will impel the Cubans to create a Pearl Harbor situation in Cuba. What has Castro to lose? HLs situation Is that both the Americans who established him in Chiba and the Russians who sustained him must abandon him. He can turn to the Red Chinese as a last hope or he can blow off a missile if the (Continued on Page 7)

Car Dealer Is Old Horse Trader

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

THEORY AND PRACTICE

A minister friend of mine is in the habit of reading at the breakfast table each morning a little devotional book which has been prepared for children. One day he was reading about cov-etouaness. Ample explanation was made of the meaning of the tertp. several passages of scripture were read forbidding covetouKiess, one effective illustration was given, and then a erie.s of questions. My friend asked the queiUont and was pleased to find that his children thoroughly understood the meaning of the evil of covetousness.. There Was not the slightest doubt about their understanding of it. Then father

bowed his head to lead in prayer. Halfway through he opened hla eyes to see that one of the boys was swiping his sisters piece of toast.

Intellectual understanding of a subject does not necessarily mean that we agree with what we have learned emotionally and morally. Occasionally there are people who believe the Bible from cover to cover yet do not hesitate to cheat In business, gossip maliciously about their neighbors, or perhaps even chisel a little as regards sexual morality.

Jesus once put a question to a scribe and the scribe answered .it correctly in every detail. Thou hpri answered right' .^ald Jei9i;, this do and thou salt live."

By ELMER ROESSNER

The Yankee horse trader of legend has modernized his operation. Today hes moving from one used car auction to another, buying when he spots a good deal and selling when he can turn a profit.

The general public doesnt get an opportunity to observe these horse traders at work. They operate at used car auctions which are open to dealers only.

According to Charles W. French, general manager of Raceway Auto'Auctlwis, Inc., of Westbury, N. Y., the primary purpose of such auctions is to enable dealers to balance their inventories by buying or selling cars.

A dealer may receive as trade-in several autos that he knows will be slow movers in his area. Another dealer may be seeking such cars because they are in demand in^ his community. The two meet to do business through a dealer auction.

However, there is nothing to prevent a dealer from picking

ers who shuttle between Ills auctions, held Thursday at Roosevelt Raceway, and others on different days at Windsor Locks. Conn., Brdenlown, N. Jr, and Caldwell, N. J. Some wheel and deal as much as a dozen cars each week at net profits of frtmi $50 to $200 a car. The traders expenses include transportation for his cars, auction registration fees of about $12 for each car he brings to sell, and title guarantee Insurance.

To appreciate the skUl and quick thinking of these men, you must understand that they are buying and selling to other dealers W'ho are very keen marketeers "themselves, French said. Every dealer at an auction can be classified as an expert on the value of used cars In his area. He has intimate knowledge of the day-to-day flunctuatlons in retail prices and buys or sells accordingly. Amid the chanting of the auctioneers and the general clamor of the auction place, the trader must outthlnk these pro-

up a bargain on a low bid at ... fessionals." one auction and selling it at a ANTENNAS TUNE IN

profit -Ithln a day or two at BARGAINS

another auction. By attending auctions regular-

French knows of several trad- ly, traders are able to detect

locail softness and strength of prices of different makes and models of cars. If one can "steal a certain car with a relatively low bid and hold out for a higher price when he reoffers the car the following day at another auction, his profit is the spread between the two prices.

All you need to be a trader is sufficient liquid capital, many years (rf experience in the used car field, a mind that works like an electronic ccxnputer and good nerves," French observed. "If you fl the bill, the rewards can be very satisfactory.

Auto auctions for dealers

started about 30 years ago. They have become recognized as an important behind - the scenes marketing factor in the last 10 years, according to French. It is not uncommon for more than $500,000 worth of used cars to change hands in a single day.

Significantly, the Internal Revenue Service gathers auto-auction figures to check tax lia-bUIties."

payable to his daughter was told here yesterday. The Intei^ nal Revenue Service said father should pay taxes, at his higher rate, on the $1,300 scholarship, since he had earned it. The father said the daughter, 7, should be assessed since only a person under 18 could receive the prize.

The Tax Court, with seven dissensions, held for the father. It sMd that eamlng means more than creating Income; one must also have the right to receive it, which the father did not have. Karen had to pay the tax, which was very little because she had no other Income. (Tes-chner, 88 TC No. 101.)

daughter, not dad

PAYS TAX ON PRIZE The case of a father who entered a contest and won a prize

COLOR TV SET DEMAND may exceed SUPPLY

If you are planning to give the old goose and the goslings a color TV set, better put in your order now.

While demand is low at the moment, it may shoot up before Christmas. Certainly, those who wait to buy at the last minute may find sold" tags on the sets they wanted most ol aU.