Ifon'day, January 28, 1963

Not Exactly Making Love

Petty Crime: And The Juveniles

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JUST PITCHING WU '

Police, juvenile and welfare officials as well RS other citizens of Greenville must face up to the seemingly simple, yet complex problem of how to stop the w^ave of purse-lifting that has been going on here in recent months.

The pocketbook thefts are attributed to youngsters who spy conveniently located purses in automobiles, easily accessible buildings or even homes. Injsbme instances the culprits have taken the pocket-books, and in others they have gone through them and taken only money.

Local police record show no less than 26 con;* plaints of such thefts during the past three months. There were 13 complaints in November, seven in December and so far six have been registered with the police this month. The records show a total of $660 stolen by the pocketbook thieves.

Local police, juvenile and welfare authoriti^ apparently have been able to do little to cope with the situation. With youngsters involved in the thefts the police find themselves confronted with dealing with juveniles. Wnen suspects are apprehended and irned over to welfare or juvenile authorities, these Suthorities appear handicapped in dealing effectively with the offenders because of the lack of adequate machinery and facilities to meet the

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problems at hand.

The longer the purse-lifting goes unchecked in Greenville, the more profitable this petty crime will become for the youngsters who arfe participating in it. Not only will they continue, but other youngsters may likewise be misguided into trying their, hand at purse-lifting.

The time has come for concerted action by police, juvenile and welfare officials to deal effectively with the problem. If there are public steps which need to be taken, the public should be told. If the basic problem lies in inadequate facilities or machinery to deal with such situations, the public should be informed by the officials.

It is not enough for the matter to be shAigged off with the assertion it is just one of those things . . . little can be done about. . '

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Pearsall

Proposals By Committee

-By WnXIAM A. SHIRES

RALEIGHReporters fiotc-^k:

-Governor Sanford again &ose to ignore political con- ^ deration when he singled out Guilford County for criticism about its attitude toward ProJ-Ct Impact.

-It widened the political gulf between the Sanford adminis-l^on and the populous upper aedmont county.

-Sanford and 0011101x1 County have never been friendly, and the governor certainly recognized that what he said would not enhance his popularity in Guilford.

Im. sorry you asked that

Question, Sanford told reporters who asked if the statistical results of Project Impact were uniform throughout the six par-ticliwhig counties.

*Tm going to answer It, Sanford said, and the answer Is going to get me in trouble.

GUILPORD The resulte bowing improvement in traffic safety statistics over the statewide average were iairly uniform In five of the six counties.

, In one=^county, it was not successful, Sanford said, pointedly.

In that county, he said, the pe<)le got all excited about location of asphalt traffic islands and in the resvQting furor that county got off the track.

After this, Sanford said, there was not a constructive attitude toward Project Impact in Gu-ford County and the experiment did not. get the proper public response even though the traffic Island dispute was Ironed out and corrected.

It was the only county, he said, in which this lack of public support and response prevailed.

ANSWER The answer to the question of uniformity in results was contained in a Project Impact accident summary attached to the governors statement on the unique, six-months traffic safety experiment.

Sanford of course might have declined to answer the question and let the summary speak for itself. In that way, the governor might have avoidd singling out Guilford, and sidestepped any comment on reasons behind Guilfords results in the phoject. He did not choose to do 60.

He further brushed off a question immediately following his criticism of Guilfoixi as to whether political implications were Involved. Not on his part, Sanford said. He spoke with some feeling.

Traffic accidents, he said, are nijp-partLsan, and they dont

check party affiliation before they happen.

SUMMARYTlie Project Impact accident summary showed that rates of all traffic accidents. fatal accWente, Injury accidents and persons injured increased in Guilford County above the statewide rate during the six months period.

There were increases in one or two' categories in the other Impact counties but the summary was clear in that the Guilford record was the (Mily one with a consistent upward pattern.

For example, the Guilford accident rate jumped 9.7 percent while the only other increase in an Impact County was 3.3 percent In Forsyth. The statewide accident rate for the period rose by six percent over 1961 while in the six Impact counties the rate registered an average drop of .1 percent.

There was a drop in fatal accident rates in four of the Impact counties, with Increases registered in Guilford, up 23.1 percent, and in Cumberland, up 150 percent. Statewide, fatal ac-cicent rates were up 6.5 percent. Overall, fop the six Impact counties the rate was down by 15 percent.

ISSUE Republican candidates in Guilford County made the Project Impact traffic engineering islands something of a political issue last Fall, but GOP sources did not feel that this was a dominant factor in their upset victories in legislative and county elections.

One source said that Republican candidates were miffed more than anything else when Sanford and state highway officials came to Guilford during the height of the traffic island dispute and invited Democratic candidates to make a grand tour with them to hear complaints from property owners and businessmen.

PROGRAMIn this report on Project Impact, Sanford in effect came out for a strong highway safety program in the 1963 General Assembly.

He called the $1 million expenditure for traffic engineering improvements a good investment and one that will have a continuing effect. While the cost of Project Impact was placed at $1,041,000, he said it prevented a calculated economic loss of $3,420,000 for a net saving of $2,380,000.

We dont like to measure it (highway safety* in dollars and cents, he said, but we can jusUfy it on this basis. Lessons learned In saving lives, preventing accidents and making the public safety conscious will be applied across the state, he said.

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The Pearsall Committees five-point plan to strengthen consolidation of the three branches of the states Greater University offers sound and positive proposals with which the state can move forward with this program.

While name changes recommended by the committee may get first attention from alumni and friends of three institutions, this is but minor point in the recommendations. The real meat of the proposal is contained in the other recommendations.

The manner in which they are carried out will determine whether the worthwhile goals of a greater, stronger university system for the state are achieved.

They should not be relegated to a secondary position while factional groups vie to get their name, preferences attached to the three branches of the

institution. By JOHN ABNEY

The recommendations to make Womans College co-educational,' to authorize the Raleigh T branch to offer a liberal arts Degree, to establish a statutory definition of the purpose of the Univers'-ty system, and to provide for establishment of additional branches in the future are all logical steps which should be taken. Not only will these strength en the present svstem, they will also give a clearer ing are not sonic booms but delineation of purpose of scope between the _ uni-

versity system and the other state supportea insti - 100,000 new persons a day.

tutions of higher learning. This latter point will also At the present time, this pave the wav''for other state institutions to move pamphlet says, nobody knows forward with better planning to meet the total Ju^t how many inhabitants we

higher education needs of the state.

In its coming session the legislature should move positively to implement the sound recommendations than have been made by the committee, with such reasonable refinements that it deems necessary. The recommendations offer a forthright and forward-looking program that will give higher education in North Carolina additional strength to meet the needs of the state. ---

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The Gro wina Po pulation

MEXICO CITYA scienfic pamphlet published here says the loud booms you keep hear-

Predictions By Administration

have beause so many people have put their minds on things other than work that it is a matter of speculation.

Mexico has one of the fastest growing populations in the world and to illustrate a point, the writer of this article says that a pair of pedigreed fish put into a pond will start a very curious process of multi-{^ication. They double their numbers each year.

The article says that in the simple case of 2x2x2 etc. for 50 years, the pond winds up

with more than one quintillion fish. And it says if the fish were sparrows that weighed one ounce each, you woula have 35 billion tons of spar rows.

About the only thing I can see that this proves is you would need a barn 100 miles long and a mile and a half wide to house 35 billion tons of sparrows. It would need very strong rafters and would have a pretty untidy floor.

Where is the population boom taking us? the writer asks.

I cannot answer for the fish and sparrow problems. But I can give the gentlemen some information on the boom around the Abney household.

The latest little explosion is a five months-old contribution to professional football. At this fragile age, Mr. Jim prefers to make txis own de-

By RALPH ROBEY

Under the law it Is required that the Chief Executive make three reports in the early days of each session of the Congress. These are the State of the Union. The Budget Message, and the Economic Report. Every administration is always optimistic In its forecast. This is true under both Democratic and Republican administrations. The only question is the degree of upturn which is predicted.

Last year the Kennedy Administration was too optimistic on each of its quantitative predictions. For example, it estimated that for the year as a whole the total value of all goods and services, or gross national product, would be $570 billion. The actual figure was $554 billion.

The President now says. In his economic report, I do not expect a fifth postwar recession to interrupt our progress in 1963, but the upturn is expected to be moderate. Four specific reasons are cited:

1. Business investment will rise at least modestly as a result of the tax credit enacted in 1962, the change in depreciation schedules, and the proposed tax reduction of this year.

2. Home construction will continue at about the 1962 level.

3. Total government spending federal, state and localwl rise by about $8 billion.

4. Consumer buying will go up in harmony with rises in government and business activity.

From the budget message we get some quantitative predictions. Gross national product is forecast to ilse $24 billion to ^78 billion. Personal income is to go up $19 billion to $459 bUlion. And corporate profits before taxes will advance by $2.1 billion to $53 billion. Each of these Ls a smaller dollar increase than took place between 1961 and 1962. It is assumed, of course, that the proposed tax bill, or something

close to It. will be passed by the Congress during this session.

One of the most interesting facets of the Administrations views on the business outlook is the continued rise in government expenditures. It is proposed in the budget to spend $98.8 billion, which is an Increase of $4.5 billion over this year. Thirty years ago, the total spending by the federal government was $6.5 billion. That was in 1935, and the public debt at that time was $28.7 billion. The estimated debt in June 30, 1964, is $315.6 billion.

From 1931 to 1946, inclusive, w^e had a federal deficit every year, and we have had a deficit in 12 of the 18 years since then, including the one that clearly is ahead for 1964. The greatest federal spending in any previous year was $98.3 billion in 1945, which was a reflection of World War n, and the largest peacetime deficit in our history was in 1959. That deficit was caused by a heavy Increase in expenditures in an attempt to prevent a recession.

The currently proposed de-cit Is of quite a different character. The Administration does not anticipate a recession, but believes the great volume of spending is desirable, and necessary, in order to get the nation to increase its rate of growth.

The upcoming tax bill Is designed for the same purpose. But there is a curious quirk in the reasoning back of this thesis. It is that our basic trouble today is a lack of purchasing power. If this is increased, it is reasoned, business investment will grow, profits will rise, and everything wUl be Improved. One cannot say that there is nothing to this theory, because obviously business will not Invest unless it can see the possibility of selling the product. But it is the opportunity, or hope, of making a profit which causes investmentnot merely that the products can be sold.

Other Editors So'ying... Council Was Needed

(Goldsboro News-Argus)

If poor, isolated Caswell County had had a Good Neighbor Council the shooting incident on the day the schools were integrated might have been prevented. Governor Sanford has formed a state Gocxi Neighbor Council adn asked couties and cities to do likewise. The Councils would serve as an interchange of discussion between races.

Everybody is shocked and surprised at the Caswell Incident. A Negro father enrolled his four children in schools previously all white. The children were among the 16 children Integrated in the countys several schools by court orders. The case came as a result of long litigatiwi and it had apparently been carried out with routine fashiwi.

So far as was known there was no bitterness or feeling developed In the court cases. But If a Good Neighbor Council had been working the county would have been alerted to prevent elements of the population from causing trcwble.

What actually happened is not quite clear as this is written. The Negro father said he was followed by a number of whites in cars as he left the school area. He claimed his car was bumped and he admitted firing his pistol at the group. Two were wounded, one superficially, the other not seriously. Fate was kind for the shots might have done critical wounds or even killed.

Caswell is a have - not county. It is on the verge of the Piedmonts Golden Crescent and borders an Virginia, It was founded from Orange Ciwnty in 1777 and is primarily rural with very little industry. It was in Caswell that the cultivation of flue-cured tobacco on a large scale was first started. The 'county today has the remains of many fine old plantation mansions which grew fnwn the days of slavery and the aristocratic plantation tradition.

Now the old places are disappearing. Farmers with small holdings and small capital for machinery fight with hopelessness against the changes w'hich a new day has brought, Poi>-ulation of the county dwindled between 1950 and 1960. The people are cut off from the forces which have made for educational and cultural advance. The county Is under a heavy burden with its relatively small taxable value to meet the demand which todays standards and laws require.

Where there Is poverty and little learning we are more likely to have incidents at obeying the law which cwifllcts with tradition and habit. Those who would in the end profit most by granting equal (>porUmity to all are most likely to lead in in resentment and opposition. They know not that actually they injure themselves and their children in the mere matter of eating bread.

We are sad over the Caswell Incident. Let us all learn from it.

clsions and his thinking is unswayed by finger - pointing threats of violence.

It is not my fault. He takes after his mother, a flighty lady who w'ill plant a rignt cross on my chops if she ever reads this.

The rest of the family spoils Mr. Jim and they sabotage my efforts to bring him up properly.

It is a well known fact that five-months-old people like to have their way in everything and this is what I wish to avoid. For instance, Mr. Jim lies around his bed thinking of things to do.

-Guess I will exercise ihy

lungs, he mutters to himself. And Mr. Jim has very powerful lungs. Things are a little quiet so maybe we should put some life into the party YE-E-E-0-0W|^

'The rest of^he clan pays no attention to this shouting. If an adult stands around bellowing in such a fashion he is arrested for disturbing the peace and the law makes him pay a fine.

The same thing should apply to small persons because it is not good to let them get away with screeching just because they happen to like screeching.

So on these occasions I override the objections of the family and put a firm fist on the table so they understand punishment WILL BE dealt out and the head of the family tolerates no monkey business.

Since Mr. Jim has no money to pay a fine I grasp him firmly and take him to a torture device known as the Rocking Chair. And I rock him into a state of unconsciousness.

Let them protest that it is too severe for such a small party. One thing he is going to learn at an early age is that he cannot lie there shouting just because he feels like it.

I dont know about the rest of the planets new Inhabitants but nobody is going to spoil my child.

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We can plan intelligently for the future only If we understand the present. We can fully understand the present only in the light of the past, Charleston (S.C.) News Courier.

The right person at the right place makes moonlight, roses, breezes and music superfluous.St. Cloud (Fla.) Nws.

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Outlook

By ROGER BABSON BABSON PARK, Mass., I have been criticized for forecasting a moderate decline in 1963. I admit that mofit of the forecasts by (rtbers have been for good business at least as good and probably much better in 1963. I sincerely hope that they are right and 1 am wrcMig.

My wise father many time aid to me, Roger, it is wrong for you to mislead others who really have ciHifldence in you. Tell them that you do not know if you wish; but when you make a statement be sure you have the reasais therefor. Hence this week I will give you two reasons for my doubta about 1963:

(1) Unemplojonent is sure to increase during 1963; those employed, (who, statistics show, should be more numerous In 1963) will not get overtime work. This means they wl not have so much take-home pay. The government figures for em-plojTnent and unemployment are very tricky. Actually, the government should make only OTie computation in this whole areanamely, the total take-home pay oi all wageworker.

(2) An Important second reason is that employers do not know how President Kennedy really feels toward the nations business leaders. We know he Is surrounded by a group of very liberal advisers,mostly college professors who have been dependent on endowed funds for their salaries. Very few of them have evef* been obliged to earn a living as most readers have. Furthermore, the Prerf-dent himself Is a very rich man enjoying trust funds set up by his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, who is said to be worth over $300.(X)0,000. In additi(. ha President knows that business leaders are in the great mlnor-1th in terms of prospectiva votes; wageworkers not in business for themselves represent the big majority.

IMPORTANCE OF LARGER EXPORTS The government is constantly urging manufacturers to install new machinery and increase production. With tha present excess of commodities. this means we must develop more foreign trade. To do this efficiently our manufacturers sluld be encouraged to combine to form trade asso-ciatimis. They now do not dara to do this for fear that tha Presidents brcAher Robert, who is Attorney General, wl prosecute them under the Anti-Trust laws. These outdated laws should either be relaxed to meet present f(welgn-trada needs or else be amended so that they will apply also to labor unions.

Europes Common Maricet not only encourages the manufacturers of (xie Industry to work together, but also thosa of several different countries. Labor unions are encouraged, but are treated as these other associations are treated. Tha Conunon Market was created to encourage co-<eratlonin direct ccmtrast to what our Ad-mlnistiTition at Washington la now doing. Readers should nota what Governor Romney of Michigan, formerly President of American Motors (Ramblar Co.). said In his inaugural address.

LOOK AT THE RECORD

When President Kennedy took office, the Dow-Jones Industrial Average was arcHmd 650. Then it was manipulated to over 700. after which came the big break of May 28, 1962. The market had gone up from around 275-300 during the Elisenhower Administration. With the Presidents father Old Joe now putting his money into real estate (which is much better tax-wise for Trusts), most businessmen feel that both the stock market and genaral business W1 decline In 1963.

Without doubt the Cobsn situation helped the President last year. I believe he is sure to ba a shrewd enough politician to keep Cuba in the news until after the election in 1964. This, along with a tax cut wMch Congress will probably pass in 196S to take effect January 1. 1964, should re-elect President Kenned in November 1964. But this Is no time to talk about 1964. My Interest today Is In dlscosa-ing business in 1963 and my (Continued on paga llva)

Prices Will ContinueQTo I

Strength For Today

By EARL L. IM)UGLASS MOST FAMOUS OF PSAI.MS

The twenty-third Psalm containing six short verses and only a little more than 100 words has become through the ages the most famous and precious of all sacred writings. It has been called the nightingale of the psalms. It sounds music in a world full of clamor. It brings light into a world shrouded in darkness. It is the song of hope which millions have sung softly to themselves in the daik-est hours of night and of life.

This psalm sings of Gods bounty and noodness -green pastures: still waters. It tells of that restoratloti which comes when we are ready to collapse and give up. It describes the food that comes when the whole of ones spiritual life is ready

to die of starvation.

There Is al.so a note of solemn firmness in this psalm, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness. Let no one call himself i-eligious who is not at least trying to live a good life. Righteousness and sound religious faith must always go together. But the encouraging thing is that in our quest for righteousness we have a divine Guide. This twenty - third psalm speaks jlso of comfort in the hour of sorrow and the secret of this comfort is Thou are with me. The Lord spreads a feast before us in the midst of our foes. His protection is round about us every moment and will so continue. Goodness and mercy sliall follow me all the days of my life: and I will, dwell In the house of the Lord for ever.

By ELMER ROESSNER Prices of many commodities in the East and South wl continue to rise despite the end of the longshore strike.

Inventories have been used up 'and replacements have been tied up in Atlantic and Gulf, poits, or have been left at piers in Europe, Africa arid South America.

Many cai-goes have deteriorated. Shipments that were sliglit-ly spoed or infested on arrival are now almost worthless.

When demand rises, which it has because of tied-up replacements, and when supplies are tied up or slowed down, which they have because of the shipping strike, prices are certain to rise.

FOR EXAMP1.E-Rubber heads up: Prices of inibber rose because new supplies were tied uo in holds and on piers. Several big users were reported running low. While .shipments are wi the way, the tightness wiU continue for weeks.

Wool prices may rise; The strikes ha$ tied up vast amounts of Australian wo<. However, de

mand is moderate at this time of the year and there has been little pressure to shoot prices up. Theres more wool afloat and, whe there are some price increases ahead, they wUl be mUd.

Cocoa under pressure: WhUe American stodcs are adequate, the future is uncertain because of the uncertainty of supplies from new African nations. WhUe there may be no isharp rise In prices, the market Is sensitive and many fluctuations are probable.

Cotton doldrums to continue: The cotton market Is duU because users are buying only for immediate needs. Most buyers refuse to buy ahead until the Department of Agriculture acts on prices, which many consider unfair. As a consequence, a rising amount of cotton Is being put up as security for Federal loans.

SILVER TO CONTINUE HIGH-HOING

Higher sliver: Recent dips In sUver prices were brushed off as unimportant by ^jlealers. As more uses are developed for the semi - precious metal, demand apd prices continue to go up.

When the price exceeds the silver value of American coins, they AVill start to disappear.

Plenty of money: Bidlcations are that there wUl be plenty of money to borrow by prime risks next year, and that there wUl be vei*y little change in interest rates. The Federal Reserve appears to be maintaln-ilng its straddle policy: no tightness, no looseness.

Since it appears that the Federal government wiU push bU-Uons of dollars of bonds on the maiket to meet the almost certain record deficit, the FED wUl have to provide a responsible market.

Developers* indictment looms: Watch for a Federal Indictment of some of the men behind one of the biggest land promotions in recent years. Their sale of lots to persons approaching the retirement age has not been a shady operation because the desert lands cut up into blocks and lots never see a cloud or tree to cast any shade.

OLD PROMOTER WOULD

beat restrictions on LIST PRICE

There was that old prooMF torlal glint in the Old Promoters eye when he caned his way down the aisle to my desk to- ; day. <

If you have a few thousand dollars, were rich, he said. No, you mean Im rich. Ignoring me, he said. All we need is a little cash to open a store. Well call it the Standard. A lot of refonnenf are cracking down on prfce-oiitters because they advertise Tiefc prices when such things are unreal. , V

But with us in business, they can advertise Bdow Standard prices,* and theyll be safe because they will be bdow our place called the Standard. How W1 we ever edl anything? I demanded.

/'Oh, we wont sell to ordinary, customers, he replied. But the smarties selling stuff Below Standard Prices* will have to come around and buy enough to keep us in bustnese. I told him the wlue Idea schtunk. He helped himself to a couple of cigan and said. You cant blame a man tar tnriog.