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EvenJ>eeper Into The Era Of Space

The repeated use of the **space a^re' phrase in recent years has made assertions that are now living in the space age seem trite.

To be sure we have put men into orbit, sent vehicles past Venus to orbit around the sun and be-flore long probably will have men landing on the moon. But for most of us, we still take for granted the space age is for the future, for our children or grandchildren. We live in the age of high-powered automobiles and jet airplanes.

Or do we?

Each year the portion of the national budget clevofed to research and development' of space projects increases at a steep rat. Private industry is putting a larger share of its effort into projects designed for the space age. When 1963 gets here in a few more days, we will find ourselves giving more of our dollars and more of our attention to the space age than we have these last 12 months.

Aside from the monetary considerations, there are other signs that we indeed already are living in the space age. Take a look at what is happening to our human resources. For a couple of decades now most people have taken for granted that the production of steel and the manufacture of automobiles were the largest industries in the countrJ^ No

Something Wit. Have To Give

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

- FURORThe furor over the It>po6ed changing oi Uie name of NorUi Carolina State College luis grown to such pr(^rti(xis In the past few weeks that it appears something has to give.

It was hoped that this would be a minor storm and one that would blow over quickly, but It has now developed into a major issue.

It was reported in this col-mnn in early November Uiat there might be a few diehards who would hold wit for preserving at least part of the name, but that it appeared more likely that the Raleigh branch would become the University of North Candna at Raleigh than North Carolina State Univer-aity

This assessment now has changed, and on tiie basis (g pure weight and sentiment there anteara more than a 50-50 chance ttiat it will become North Carolina State University.

arguedIt was expected that it would be argued, perhaps successfully, that a name diange would be a small con-for achieving a major objectivethat of attaining Uni-versi^ status and undergraduate liberal arts program in the curriculum.

But the matter of name-changing and controversy surround it is now overshadowing and peiiiaps obscuring other points cmitained in the broad program for higher education outlined in the Carlyle Commls-akm report.

CAMPAIGNAn Intense pressure campaign is being conducted by (Hi^xments of the name change proposal. Trustees and legislators and others of influence and prestige are being contacted and beseiged.

Those interested in resolving and smoothing ove the side conflicts are hopeful that such issues as the name change may be settled before the General Assembly convenes, and that such a question will not provoke a fight in ttie legislature. If it should reach the legisla-, ture, it is feared that it would' result in a serious split. Some even iwedict that consequences. Of such a figni would carry over into the 1964 political campaigns.

OPPOSEThe opposition to changing the name of North Carolina State to UNCR Is not confined to State College alumni. students and allied groups either. There Is opposition to it at Chiq>el Hill, and among influential UNC alumni and is the (^position to it at Chapel groups.

Not yet as widely publicized Is the opposition to it at Chapel Hill, and amwig influential UNC

alumni and groups.

Not yet as widely publicized is the opposition to changing the name of Womans College to the University (rf North Carolma at Greensboro. But this too Is substantial and its effect will be felt before a final decision is reached.

DECISIONDeclsiwis on various matters concerning the Consolidated University the one University concept, the new prograiiK and expansionare to be made in the next few months.

The next expected step is a report of a special committee of the University trustees headed by Thomas J. Pearsall of Rocky Mount.

The Pearsall committee had hw>ed to submit its report before ChristmasIn time to allow it to be studied over the holidays before a special meeting of the full trustees in early January. But, after it was on the verge of making a report-some sources say the committee already had met and voted to approve a reportit was decided that In view of the name-change controversy more time was needed and that there should be further cwislderation.

Prom the Pearsall committee, the decision-making moves to the University trustees themselves and then to the legislature.

REASON-One of the chief reaswis behind the prw?oeu unified name recommendatiwi Is the matter of futuie expan-siwi of the University, specifi-csJly the establishing of a branch in Charlotte.

Ths Is (me of the points on which the Pearsall (ioramittee Is to make a recommendation, and it Is expected to be in the form of a timetable for Charlotte College to achieve University status. If this Is approved. then the matter of integrating Charlotte into the University system must Include a suitable name. The most logical thing, of course, >yould be University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

STATUSNow there Is the question of what happens if the trustees or the legislature, or both, decide that the names of the present three branches should be held inviolate. Proponents of the major educational objectives of the Carlyle Commission report wonder if it would be worth risking a terrific fight on the issue of names.

The fight has been promised. It might be avoided by either dropping the uniform name proposal now, or postponing the issue for a couple of years or l(mger when perhaps a solution might present itself. _

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more. Already in size and number of empleyees, the space industry is as great as the steel and auto -industries combined. And, admittedly, we have just begun to scratch surface.

May people wj^ saw the lumbering bi-planes of World War I or^rilled to word of Lindbergs safe landing in Paris a decade later never thought they would live to see the jet powered giants that criss-cross our skies daily now. Even some who listened to the beep beep signal of Sputnik I a few years ago harbored the conviction that manned* flight in space was decades in the future rather than only a few years.

In terms of economicsdollars being spent and man-hours being expendedwe already are living in the space age. And we are plunging deeper into this new era with each passing day.

Christmas Is History, Something To Recall

Christmas 1962 is history now, but like other Christmases it will linger in memories long after the debris has been cleared away, the tree taken down and decorations returned to their accustomed place in the attic.

Now comes the tapering off period after the mad rush of getting ready. Most mothers and fathers breathed a tired sign of relief after the kids were finally tucked in bed last night The big day of the year had come and gone. The kids had been lip since dawn and going like fire engines all day. The house may look a shambles, but it will hold itself together even if it takes mother a few days to get things tidy again.

After a few days to recuperate. Dad will get around to taking down the tree, even over protests of youngsters who can't understand why it cant stay up until July 4th. A few more days and mother will pack the youngsters off to school again in the loving custody of their teachers.

The tired and swollen feet of store clerks will gradually return to normal and many a shopper will make the firm, perennial resolve, Im not going to wait until the last minute next year. ,

But with it all, memories of the Big Day will linger. It will become the Christmas Junior got his first bike, or Susie got her first doll from Santa.

Before long well all find ourselves wondering how it came and went so fast. And well find ourselveslike the kidsanxiously looking forward to next Christmas.

By JOHN ABNEY

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By RALPH ROBEY

Shortly before the election, Secretary of Labor Wirtz issued a statement on employment and imemplojnnent. It was widely criticized at the time as an attempt to influence the approaching vote. This was not true in so far as timing was concerned, because it had been anpounced at the beginning of the year on just which dates the new data would be released. But it Is now known that the comparison of the October figures with those of January 1961 were to use the Secretarys own adjective, invalid.

The invalidity arose because the Secretary failed to use seasonally adjusted data, and there is a significant seasonal factor between January and October, The upshot was that the Secretarys comparison was much more favorable than it would have been had he used seasouiilly corrected figures.

As a long-time member of the Business Research Advisory Council to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we necessarily are quite familiar with the manner in which the unemployment and employment statistics are developed. The raw figures are collected by the Census Bureau on the basis of a scientifically selected sp.mple of families. These figures are then passed to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which processes them for the actual release. We believe the definition of unemployment is too broad it is the most liberal in use in any major countrybut we are confident that the bureau is absolutely honest in the processing of the figures. It perhaps should also be repeated that neither the bureau nor the Department of Labor determines the definition. That is done by a committee composed of many representatives, and before a change is made it is checked with private economists,

until the Kennedy administration took office the release not only was prepared by the Bureau of Labor statistics, but also issued by the bureau. That no longer is the case. The actual issuance is now handled by others, and it may be that this was the reason for the unfortunate statement of the Secretary.

Why was It an unfortunate

statement?

First, the unemployment figures have been under severe attack by outsiders for years. This got so bad that the President appointed a special committee of private experts to study the problem and give him a report. This report was issued a few months ago, and while it made a long list of recommendations for improving the methods used in handling the figures, it gave the Bureau of Labor statistics an absolutely clean bill of health in so far as honesty and integrity are concerned.

Second, it would have been hard to find two months when the normal seasonal variations are greater. On employment the difference was from 4,500,-000, which is the figure used by Secretary Wirtz, to 1,224,-000 on a seasonally adjusted basis. On unemployment the Secretarys statement was that there had been a decline of

2.000.000 since January, 1961. The seasonally adjusted figures reveal a drop of only

784.000.

Third, if the American public ever decides that the Administration is using its statistics for political purposes, it will destroy the present confidence in the integrity of government figures. This is not to say that such misuse has not happened in the past. But we do mean to say that every misuseno matter how great the temptationis serious beyond words, and must be guarded against at any cost.

On the basis that Secretary Wirtz himself selected the word invalid in describing the comparisons he had made, we assume that he did not fully realize the errors he was making when he issued the release. We also assume that those responsible for the error have adequately bawled out. And we cannot bring ourselves to believe that another such error will be permitted to occur.

'MEXICO CITY One of the few places where female wiles are useless Is In the buUrlng. And this is admitted by a Canadian lady who stands five feet two and weighs in at 104 pounds dripping wet.

The reason Miss Carolyn Hayward of Torcmto knows about such things is that she fights bulls for a living.

For a while, the bullfight industry was being Invaded by ladies from the United States. Now Canada has stepped in.

Miss Hayward contends bulls (Cannot tell the difference between men and women after the opening bulge blows. If a lady should meet a bull anywhere else, the chances are he would be as polite as the next person and tip his hat and say, Howdy, maam.

Fool around with bulls in a ring and it Is something else.

The bull does not study figul-e contours nor check the hair-do.

He comes out with his blood pressure up around 25Q and goes, for whatever is foolish enough to stand there.

And all Miss Hayward has hi* the way of wiles is a piece of flannel as red as a firemans long underwear.

Naturally, you have to know a good bit of bull psychology and how to operate the cape. Otherwise, the bull might peek around the other side and say. Well, well, well when he sees what is there.

Miss Hayward learned about these things in Madrid when she was going to school there five years ago. But she Is not permitted to work in Spain because the Spainards consider It improper for ladies to go around stabbing bulls.

The ladies are supposed to wear beautiful shawls mid sit In the stands and fling carnations at the men fighters after each load of sirloin is skillfully

Other Editors Saying... Grounds For Controversy

(Washington Daily News)

The recommendati(Mis of the State General Statutes commission regarding the State Utilities commissi(m regulatory laws is going to be a subject of much controversy.

It is our opinion at first glance that very little in the way of helpful recommendations has come from this study commission. It would appear offhand that the group might have done just as well to have stayed at home.

It appears to us that the Study, commission has fallen into the same rut as the Utilities commission itselfthat is, thinking in terms of what is best for the utilities companies and bypassing what Is best for the people of North Carolina.

Among several opportunities offered to this study commission, Including that of changing the present system of rate fixing from that of a fair return on a fair value of company property to (me more streamlined, the study c(nmlssion went so far as to offer a proposal which would give the Utilities commission authority to set up territories for both cooperatives and for privately owned power companies.

If we understand this latter recommendati(m correctly, then it would mean that in future years a city such as Washington will be at the mercy of whatever power c(Mnpany whose territory we find ourselves located.

For Instance, today right here in Beaufort county the dividing line Seems to be the Pamlico river. On the North side of the river or in the city of Wash-

ingt(m, Virginia Electric and Power company serves. On the South side of the river, Carolina Power and Light company serves.

If the Utilities conunission should take it upon itself to define territories, in all probability it would mean that the city of Washington will be directly at the mercy of VEPCO in future years.

We would like to see the city of Washlngtim have the opportunity of asking for bids for power from both VEPCO and C. P. & L. when the present contract with VEPCO expires. There will hardly be any basis for negotiation if we can (mly deal with one company, that company being VEPCO, a company which has shown little or no Interest in the development industrially of this part of the state.

Where competiti(m is feasible and practical, such as it is here In Beaufort county, then we ought to have the advantage of It. After all, C. P & L. power rates are much cheaper than those of VEPCO.

The city of Washington could mtce as much profit out of electricity and sell it much cheaper by buying fr(xn C. P. & L, The electric users of Washington and vicinity would be given a real break.

We are sadly disappointed with the recommendations made because we feel that the Study commission has not begun to get at the root of the evils which exist today in this matter of power rates in our state, particularly in this Eastern North Carolina area.

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' However, -Miss Carolyn docs not see eye-to-eye with this type of philosophy so she came back to the New World and set up shop for herself.

For* five years, she has been In combat all over South and Central America without so much as a tiny horn punctm-e. Now she is In Mexico picking up ovatiiHis everywhere she appears.

And Miss Carolyn says the bulls in Mexico are very easy compared to the nasty tempered ones you run Into in Peru.

Obviously, the Mexican bulls are tremendously polite. They come charging Into the ring and take a look and say, Gee, what a pretty little girl. She must of fell off the balcony somewhere.

By the time they discover who Is flapping the flannel at them, the sun has set.

Naturally, everybody wonders what goes on in the mind of a petite young lady when she squares off with several hundred pounds of steak on the hoof.

Miss Hayward says It Is emotional and chaJdenging.

And as soon as the bull comes into the ring like the 3:39 express, Miss Hayward immediately notices his eyes. Bulls have beautiful dark brown eyes with long lashes,

I have never heard a male matador make such comments and any man who might say something like this would be apt to get an odd reputation.

With lady fighters, there Is no telling because they think the same way as just plain ladies. And not even a clever fighting bull can figure what a lady will do next.

For Instance, Miss Hayward says the bulls are her only friends. Out comes a big cus-_tomer with long, sharp hOms and she says (or at least thinks) Oh, what beautiful dark brown eyes with long lashes you have, my old friend.

Then she gives him the cape and the knife and waits around for the next one to come get It.

Men arent safe anywhere these days.

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Government publicity advises us that 100 years ago the first U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue had a staff of only one clerk, and personally read all letters from the taxpayers.Today, the IRS is the worlds biggest bookkeeper and forms processor. Now, Mr. Citizen, arent jrou just bustin wdth pride in our progress? Tallahasse (Fla.) Democrat.

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyrlgtat, 1962, King Feature Ssmdlcate, Inc.

Dear Dtorothy Sdudsky:

Since King Features Syndlcata has done me the honor to consider that I might possibly be the man to carry on in the space formerly occupied by George Sokolskya ccdunm, I think that I eh(Nild begin by telling about my relations with George. And I would like it to be an open letter to you, his wife for so many stirrtng years.

You could have knocked me,ii over with a feather when Frank MteLeam, George sood friend at Khig Features, caUed me up and asked tC Id like to tackle the Job. You see, I had always thought of Georg as indestructible. True enough, X had heard of his heart attacks his diabetes, and the cancer to which he had lost a kidney. But his ability to carry on In the face of physical aiOlctloa , had become legendary. In the saga that went the rounds after one of his operaUoos, be was represented as dictating a column ten minutes after be had c(nne out of the ^her. (Of bhn you could say even more aptly than of the Post Office, Nettb-er snow nor rain n(MT heat nor gloom of night stays this eour-ler from the swift completion cC his appointed rounds.)

I have no way o knowing how much George aivroved ol me as a writer. But I like to think he would have accompanied the choice with a benevo-lent laying on of hands. For , George had a great effect on a chapter in the history of the C(mservative revival in this (XMmtry hi which I happened to play a mui. and I know that he once approved o me as an editor.

Back in the early Nineteen Fifties George was one of the , few voices speaking up for . Americas traditi(mal freed(Hns.

He had his column, and, since he had the prophetic touch, he was in great demand as a speaker. But he knew that a move- . ment, to be successful, had to consist of-more than a few scattered individuals. George want^ ed to see a magazine estabUsb-ed to attract young thinkers to his own standards of value and to provide a forum for their woris. He was, as one o the obituary editorials said of him, an advo(^ate of the dec^t things of life, the ancient and honorable verities, and he wanted to see young people In this (;(MiDtiy talking In terms of those verities.

So George threw himself into the deliberations and the monr ey-raislng that resulted in the creation of a magazine called The Freeman, edited by Henry Hazlitt, Suzanne La Pollette and myself. As a friend of Herbert Hoover, whom he called the Chief, George carried the battle to sustain our little magazine into high places. Though George was busy enough writing six newspwer columns a week, he was represented in our first issue with a characteristic essay, Preed(n a Struggle. He used to drop into out cramped office (Xi Madison Avenue to see how we were getting on and to ask how he could help us.

It soon developed that he was helping us far beyond the call of duty. When President Truman fired General Douglas Mac-Arthur, George was properly outraged. He came into our office frequently to outline possible ways of vindicating MacArthur, and when a committee of the U. S. Senate held an Inquiry Into the dismissal of the great Pacific pro-c(isul-n hniuiry that resulted in some million of words of testimonyGeorge suggested that The Freeman* get out a supplement based on MacArthurs own response to his in(]U5itors. We tried to find someone who would be willing, for the pittance we could pay, to go through the five volume of the testimony, but no one would take on tlM formidable assignment.

So George, burdened though he was with work that must have kept him busy for sixteen hours out of every twenty-four, volunteered to reduce minions of words to an effective supplement. m tinae he delivered his manuscript, a succinct abridgment of evidence that will forever have historic value. Here it is, he said as he threw the manuscript down on Miss La PoUettes desk, do (Oontlnusd on page 13)

Quote Commuters Costs Are Rising

The Americanization of Europe proceeds apace, and the time is coming w'hen Venice, for example, except for its waterways, wall be Indistinguishable from Atlantic City.Washington Post.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS DAY AFTER

Oh! Oh! Oh! Look at this mess boxes, wrapping paper, pine needles on the floor!

But it was worth it. There is a joy which comes down upon the world at Christmas time that- nothing can equal. It is family joy. It is giving job. It is singing joy. The carols rang out on Christmas Eve, but they will be silenced for the rest of the year, and sometimes it almost seems as if w^e have a great fling of heavenly joy on Christmas and then lapse back into our anxieties again, our pessimism, our hopelessnciss until the next Christmas season comes around. \

At ,some Inspired hour the

Cliurch decided to mark and celebrate the birth of Christ. The dissolute Roman feast of Saturnalia was turned into the beautiful observance of the birth of Christ. God rave His great gift on that day, and we give our little gifts to one another today. A Babe came. Suffer the little children to come unto me. cried that Babe grown to manhood, and forbid them not. for of such Is the kingdom of heaven (Matt. 19:14).

Get out the broom and vacuum cleaner, and as you use them let these words ring through your mind: Blessing, and honour. and glory, and power, be unto him that is upon the throne, and unto the Lainb for ever and ever (Rev. 5:13).

By ELMER ROESSNER

All over the country, cities are dlstuibed by the fact that it is costing suburban employees more to get Into downtown areas. Equally distuibed, of course, are the commuters who migrate from and to Suburbia each day.

The amazing thing about all this Ls that the cities their mayors, their councUmen, their plaiuiers want to insure an inflow of commuters.

New York is considering permission for buses to run on the expressways to enable commuters to come in quickly and more cheaply than if by private car. Los Angeles"^ San Francisco, Atlanta, Cleveland. Washington, 'Philadelphia and Boston are all woriclng on* plans to make It easier f6r suburbanites to come into the city to w'ork or spend,

TAPPING UNCLES TILL

Most of the plans involve asking the Federal government for financial assistance. The logic Is this: the citie.s simply cannot afford to subsidize suburban rail

and bus lines and additional freeways for commuters. It is to Uncle Sams interest that these commuters sweep In every moniing and rumble out every night. Who knows, one may invent a rocket to the moon? Therefore, the Federal government should subsidize these transportation channels.

At least one Congressman and many other city folk and commuters have come up with the proposal that commuting costs be deductible in computing taxes. That would be the equivalent to a Federal subsidy of trains, buses and autos used In going to work.

However, the basic idea of subsidlzhig the suburbanite to go to work in the big city is as nutty as the contents of a Christmas stocking.

WHY SO SQUIRRELY

First, there Is no need to pay part of the suburbanites travel expenses, either by .subsidizing transportation or giving him a tax deduction. .

When a salaried man moved to the suburbs, he knew it

would cost him more. He knew that, for the advantage of fresh air and lebensraum for crab grass, he would have to pay higher commutation fares. So why. at this date, should he become an object of charity, nudging the lest of us away from the trough?

Sec(Hid, there is no need for a city to encouraye suburbanites to come in and work. They come because they have valued jobs. If commuting costs were dpubled, theyd still be there. (Even ''If barriers were erected at city lines, they would find helicopters to bring them in. City jobs are their subsistence and they will get to those jobs regardless of costs. If they dont, their children will go hungry.

HE COSTS!

Third, bringing in suburbanit-es is even more costly than it might seem by cutting the costs of his commutation.

The Auslander p^ys almost no urban taxes. He may get clipped for a few pennies in sales tax or a parking fine, which Is

more of a tax than a penalty for law-breaking. But he doe not pay the heavy property, and sometimes in<x)mt taxes, to the city.

The city must provide him with police, fire, health and scores of other services while he Is within the limits, yet he pays almost none of the cost. He can be slugged, carted to a hospital, treated and revived without paying a cent. That is on the city, to the support of which he contributes naught.

Cities would do well to urge suburbanites to stay out, to go find jobs checking groceries in shopping centers, unless they are willing to pay their own cost of getting into the city, and pay a share of the cost of keeping them protected from crooiks and autos, and for keeping sidewalks and streets clean for their walking.

Why should Tony, living in a run-dowij section, pay taxes so that Anthony, living in the suburbs, can ri(le in on fares subsidized by Tony so that he can try to get Tony's job?

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