Friday, March 29, 1963

The Opportunities Closer At Hand

Nothing Wrong With Ameificans, Understand

Pitt Countys approach to economic improve-*' mcnt has been much like that of most other counties of the state with emphasis being placed on attracting, new enterprises to boost enfployment and payrolls. '

At times it appears that too little emphasis is placed on further d,evelopment of economic opportunities already present in the area. Pitt, of course, has moved forward gradually with the development of home-grown industries here and there, It has noted continued progress in its agricultural economy which continues the mainstay of the countys economic structure.

i For the most part, however, this progress is taken in stride without concerted effort of a great many people being devoted to bringing it about.

dn competition for attracting new industry, every community must devote con.siderable attention to this phase of its economic development if it expects results. In the case of Pitt, it is generally recognized that the county needs more industrial jobs and larger industrial payrolls to give a better balance to its economy as well as to lift it to a higher level. A great deal of time and effort on the part *of many people is required if the goal to be reached. '

In competing for new industries from other areas, however, the county should not overlook

Arrest Quota

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By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

ARRESTS Whether State troopers are expected under present Highway Patrol policy to meet an arrest quota each week is an elusive and rather tantalizing question facing a legislative committee.

It Is a question which, whether answered or not, has a psychological impact.

Jt will be difficult to pin down ah answer as to whether such a policy actusdly exists, w hjo follows it. whether it is on paper, whether it is implied, understood or whether it exists merely in the minds of critics of the present patrol set - up.

It Is a charge which officials of both the Highway Patrol and Department of Motor Vehicles have branded as rumor and without foundation.

INJECTThe arrest quota charge leaped recently from the rumor stage Into the newspapers. It brought prompt denials.

Now, still in dispute, it has been Injected Into a fight to divorce the State Highway Patrol from Commissioner Ed Scheldts Department of Motor Vehicles. And at this stage, according to Rep. George Uzzell of Rowan County, it is not so much whether it is true or false but what the public believes that is important.

The fact that arrest records are kept on individual troopers Is ffdrlV well estahllshPd. and is psychological in itself. Uzzell concedes that arrest records do not necessarily mean a set quota. But even in rumor stage made publicly and in print an much less in recent charges arrest quota is an ugly term In the publics view of law enforcement

EFFECT Uzzell, a leader In the move to establish a separate Department of Highway Safety and Patrol, told the Committee he hesitated to mention the arrest quota question.

But In view of publicity about It, he said, he felt the Committee should consider its effect whether true or false, whether express or Implied on such things as Highway Patrol morale, upon promotions, assignments, salary Increases and patrol personnel policy.

These questions are being asked by members of the Highway Patrol he said, and Ive found that the morale among the patrolmen is aAr^very low ebb. ^

CASE Uzzell cited a case In which he called on Commis-eloner Scheldt on behalf of a trooper who had resigned rather than accept transfer to another station and later sought

reinstatement.

During the conversation, he said, Scheldt mentioned that the troopers number of arrests was far below average for the troop. Uzzell said I thocght that did-Uzzell said I thought that did-it.

It doesnt, Scheldt said. I just mentioned it.

But, Uzzell insisted, somewhere, somebody is saying that the number of arrests does have something to do with it. The matter of arrest quota is being talked about, and joked about, Uzzell said. Troopers are saying that they did not receive merit pay increases because they did not make a sufficient number of arrests. PATROL The bUl introduced by Uzzell, by Reps. Clyde Harrlss of Rowan and I.C. Crawford of Buncombe would separate the Highway Patrol from DMV, without changing its law enforcement duties, and place it under a Commanding Officer appointed by the Governor and subject to removal by the Governor at his discretion.

At present, the Patrol Commander is appointed by Scheldt who serves as Chief of the DMV at the pleasure of the Governor. Present Patrol Commander is Veteran career man. Col. D. T. Lambert.

It would, in effect, shear the law enforcement arm represented by the Patrol-from DMV. Scheldt and Goy. Terry Sanford are opposed to the move.

DUTIES But Uzzell said the legislature expected the Highway Patrol to patrol i*e Highways of North Carolina. He charged that too many Patrolmen are now in effect errand boys for DMV, serving driver license suspension notices, collecting tags, collecting bad checks for the DMV. . .going hither and yon.

We want Patrolmen to be on the Highways, where the people expect them to be, he ssild.

He charged that in drivers license suspensions and other cases, under the present setup, DMV acts as arresting officer, judge and jury and that it is not having the best effect. ARGUE Uzzell listed low morale on the patrol and lack of public support as reasons for his bill. We are not seeking to dethrone Ed Scheldt, he said.

He argued that a separate Highway Patrol would be in the best interest of the people and do more than any one thing to correct the situation that exists. He pleaded with the Committee to let i. go to the floor of the House.

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opportunities closer at hand. More emphasis should be placed on more profitable utilization of the cropland and timberland within Pitt. If new sources o agricultural income could be developed, This would ' add to boosting the local economy. If industries, large or small, already operating in Pitt county be expanded these would provide another source for additional jobs "and payrolls. If tourist attractions coul(i be developed, or rriore of the tourists who pass through this section of North Carolina could bt persuaded to spend even a short time and a few dollars in Pitt County, this also would contribute to boosting the economic level.

In searching for economic^ opportunities, Pitt must not overlook those which already await development in its own backyard.

Danger In Any Action,

More Risk In Inaction

The United States must take^ positive action to show Cuba and the Soviet Union it will not tolerate armed attacks on its vessels'^ in the Caribbean or the re-introduction of offensive weapons into Cuba.

Should the Soviets move to place, long range bombers in Cuba, the United States should not hesitate to move swiftly and positively to prevent their arrival in Cuba. In the meantime there can be no equivocation by the United States in demanding that attacks on or harrassment of American shippinpi bv Cuba be halted. ' .

It should be obvious to Castro, to the Soviets and to the rest of the world that the United States will not ignore indefinitely repeated provocations by the Castro regime. Indeed, there are many

Americans who seriously question whether their QPTJI TTP'M'7

government has acted wisely in letting the situation cy L'VJiN

^continue^so long without firmer action against j ----

Castro.

There is, of corse, danger in any action which might be taken by the United States against Cuba.

It must be recognized, however, there is also grave ive^said it before, but its

danger in failure of the United States to respond worth saying again: the Armys

more ioreefuUy then with words to the serious

provocations by Castro. j^y over the past weekend

It is time for the firm position taken by the when a friend, John Trotman, vice to), the answer is at hand.

U.S. in I'egard to Cuba to be backed up by firmer whos training at Fort Jackson, Send the high school grads to

action on the part of the United States government.

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The Means'Are At Hanc.

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mys basic training.

If physical fitness is important (and all the enthusiasts say it is), and if we want it (which points most of us give lip ser-

Kind Of Ritual On Foreian Aic.

mibhcatlon date.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP)A kind of national ritual has developed around foreign aid.

Every year a president asks so much for it. Every year Congress immediately gets out its economy ax and chops.

Since this is routine, a president can hardly expect to get what he asks. His problem is to keep the chops from cutting too deep.

For this reason the recommendation of President Kennedys 10-man committee on foreign aidthat it be cutwas not exactly a hardship.

But the committees vag:ue-ness oh how much should be cut may cause him some trouble in Congress. Its fresh encouragement to economy zealots.

When Kennedy three months ago created this citizens com-* mittee, headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, five of the 10 members were big businessmen.

This almost assured an economy recommendation, and when it came it apparently satisfied Kennedy, judging from a couple of things that happened.

He gave the committee warm thanks and his foreign aid director, David Bell, endorsed the idea of reducing the amount of aid.

. It could hardly have been otherwise. At a time like this, when Kennedy is urging Con-gi-ess to cut taxes, he couldnt very well ask for higher aid

Last year he asked $4.9 billion, got $3.9 billion from Congress. This year, just as if nothing had happened last year, he again asked $4.9 billion.

Now, in view of the Clay report and what Bell s^d, Kennedy may reduce his request

bit when he sends his foreign aid message to Congress next week.

Then the struggle will be to get something between that maximum figure and whatever he considers the absolute minimum.

But. w^e the vaguenss of the rep(irt may give Kennedy some grief with Congress, it could be a convenience in dealing \nth other countries.

Clay said he discussed with Bell what countries specifically should receive less or no foreign aid.

And. since Bell helped CHay and the committee gather the

lnformati(Hi on which the report was based, they probably wound up seeing eye to eye.

Thats why it was no wonder that Bell, instead of waiting to give his views to Congress, this week in a speech predicted:

The end of aid to Greece, Israel and Nationalist China in three or four years and to Libya, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela after that.

So whatever Kennedy now does in cutting aid to those six or to any others unmentioned in the committee report, neither the President nor American foreign policy in general can be blamed for careless or arbitrary unkindness. .

The Clay report and the economy mood in Congress are convenient evidence of a national desire to reduce aid and toughen up on those still getting it.

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Private Trotman finishes up his basic today, then he has a few months of more advanced training before resuming civilian life and attending Reserve meetings.

Those weeks at Fort Jackson have changed him. He now weighs about 25 pounds less than when he left Greenville: his waistline has shrunk a good three Inches, his face is thinner, harder and sunburned.

I remarked at the time that he was looking good, and John said (with emphasis) Im feeling good, too.

He is probably m the best physical condition of his young life; and it set me to thinking.

Weve had a lot of talk about physical fitness, and heres the answer exemplified by the Ar-

three months of basic training.

After such a period of rigorous training, the razor-h o n e d youngsters could be shipped home to continue their educa- tion, or find work, or answer their .selective service summons, or go into that remodeled Conserv'ation Corps we occasionally hear talk about.

There could be fitness camps on the seashore, in the mountains. in the deserts, in the great forest areas. And. aside from the standpoint of physical health, one can visualize absorption of new values and interests and knowledge at such sites.

Sure its a dream.

I can already hear a chorus of objections running from economically impractical, to I dont want my son exposed, to association with all the young hoods it would involve. And I know state legislatures would

They might even be called ^ not read beyond the first para-

back after a two-year interval for a refurbishing job. (At that time one has a lot of time to prepare for their future.) s One problem, of course, w'ould be in handling the swarm of high school grads. . .aU the athletes and the athletically inept, the scholars and the indifferent students, the boys with plans and the boys with no plans. It would be a hodge-podge, but so is our world.

graph if such a measure before dropping it like a hot potato. And Congress wouldnt even give it a passing glance.

But the point Ls: if the public really wants a physical fitness program, the armed services have a system that w^orks.

Fifty-mile hikes would no Icmg-er be out of the ordinary.

So mu(;h for Schlienz on remaking the world.

: .Other E(ditors Saying.. Small Potatoes

n Brief

A Washington reporter wrote that Rockefeller has election problems. Not as many, though, as hell have a year from now. Raleigh Times.

It is important to learn that money isnt easily made by those who share the opportunities and headaches of private business. Tulsa Tribune. ~

Through* more attention to vocational training more people will be ready for jobs when the jobs are ready for them. Christian Science' Monitor.

etters

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(The ChowaJi Herald)

If Merrill Evans, chairman of the State Highway Commission, was properly quoted in the dai- . ly press, he must have had a change of heart or else took the advantage of a womans prerogative to change her mind.

According to newspaper stories, Mr. Evans last week managed to sidetrack a move long long advocated by towns along Route U. 17 when he told his board rhembers that the effort would harm his home town of Ahoskie.

Three members of the Commission, Gilliam Wood of Eden-ton, Graham Elliott of Washington and Buddy Phillips of Jacksonville requested the Commission to approve a proposal to renumber . S. 17 through North Carolina to U. S. 5. The trio pointed out that moves are under way in other states to apply the highway number U. S. 5 to the. Ocean Hlway from the Canadian border to Florida.

However, according to a newspaper report, Mr. Evans quickly that he was not sold on the idea, saying that it just so happens I live on 13 and if we act on this today, if the State of North Carolina initiates it, it will be highly embarrassing to me, but you can do anything yoh want.

Many people weU remember when Mr. Evans was the principal speaker at the official opening of Seabrook Corporation in December. 1960. At that time

he was very outspoken about the importance of U. S. 17 especially in connection with the forthcoming Chesapeake Bay bridge-tunnel which, he admitted, w'ould greatly increase traffic. He stressed the importance of improvements to Highway 17 and pledged his suppod;.

Renumbering U. S. 17 to U, S. 5 would, of course, tend to further increase traffic oyer the present U. S. 17 which would naturally benefit all towns along the route. But, if Mr. Evans was properly quoted, he apparently objects because it would harm his home town of Ahoskie and because he lives on 13. I

This, it seems to us, is rather small potatoes, for any public official should be iflore interested In what benefits his town, county, or state as a whole rather than what might benefit hini' personally or his own home town to the detriment of a much larger segment of the population which he represents.

If renumbering U. S. 17 to No. 5 benefits so many more towns and people, one man should not have the authority to block the progress of a very important segment of North Carolina. This being true, it fs hoped the other members of the Highway Commission continue to press their claims despite the objection of their chairman, to the end that traffic may In-crea.se over a highway which is adequate and which will attract many more travelers.

Perfectionism is often a bore. It's the element of the unexpected. the off-key note that excites the imagination aiid enthusiasm..

Take kite-flying; Its a timely example.

Those mid - March breezes were calling for kites, and our neighborhood responded In a big w'ay. But locked aw'ay in a shed is a kite like no other.

A home - made affair, with a crossbar lower than the norm, it has soared skyward with the. w inds no more than four or five times in the past two weeks. Each time it was wound in with the novel complaint, its no fun.

By pure accident the kit e-maker achieved a perfect balance. It does not dart, flutter, dive, loop nor waver. Once sky-bome (and it seems almost self-propelled), there is no occasion to nurse it or run with it. The string - holder just stands there, wishing for some excitement to break the mcxiotony.

There is no challenge, there' is no flying skill, there is ncxie of the unexpected. So it Isnt any fun.

After one look at the empty horizOTi of the sea," a beholder promptly loses all interest. But a ship in the distance, a bit of flotsam to mar the otherwise perfect horizon, and attention Is drawn time and again.

And it isnt at all surprising that long flat stretches of straight -highway are often scenes of unexplainable traffic accidents. Motorists do be^ come near mesmerized by the sheer boredom of so much perfection.

Maybe this trait is a compensating factor in human nature. Being imperfect, Mans Interest is stirred by that which Is likewise not perfect.

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1963, King Feature u Syndicate, Inc. , .

A blue-ribbon jury headed by General Lucius D. Clay has given its verdict on the uses and abuses (oh, lots of abuses) ,of U. S. foreign aid, and President Kennedy has solemnly thanked the General for hi committees important ser-, vice. Well, better latebet-ter even ten years latcr-than never. General Qay, the Ijero of the Berlin airlift, is a selfless patriot, always ready and willing to stick his neck out for the salvation of his nations security and self-respect, and it Is pleasant to record that tha recommend^lMis of his commitr tee make sense^ -,

But now that the General, supported by stich unexceptionable citizens as former Secretary of Defense Robert A. Lovett. fohner Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson, former World Bank President Eugene Black, and Harvard economist Edward S. Mason, ha given us the word that wc are wasting at least a half a billion a year In useless or maladroit overseas spending, it I time that justice should be done his predecessors among the critics of foreign aid. There i Representative Otto Passman, Chairman of the House subcommittee (HI foreign aid. for example. Recently I happened to be a member of a panel chosen to discuss foreign aid on television. Nobody among the con-vocati(Mi of supposed expert paid the slightest attention to Passmans recommendation that $1.5 billion be cut from our biUlon annual foreign aid commitments, and amid tha give-and-take of exceedingly high-level discourse I was not sufficicntlj quick-witted to bring it up. After the TV session, however, the name of Passman was mentioned by a couple of the experts with extreme contempt. Yet Passman criticism of foreign aid wastefulness had been based on a personal on-the-spot study of our overseas operations, and the Clay Committees report makes it obvious that the Louisiana Congressman knew whereof l|e spoke.

Long before Passman struck out against waste in our foreign aid expenditures there were others. I remember Henry Haz-- litt. the economist, wearily finding off attacks for being hard-hearted when he insisted that American dollars would not save the world. That was some fifteen years ago. Hazlltt stubbornly stuck to his contention. and now he is being justified. Lots of American dollars went to Yugoslavia, for example, but this did not keep Tito, in the skip-about of politics. from returning to the Kremlin's fold. MiMi(m In direct aid and in bankloans went to . Sukam(^s Indoneia when R was in course of freeing itself from the Netherlands. This aid was accepted to the tune of shrieks from ikamo's sycophants that America was trjlng to bribe the new nation. The more we bribed, the more it seemed to provoke Sukarno into making common cause with the neutralist nations who were neutral in-favor of the Communists. Some bribery!

Then there was Eugene Cas^ tie, a businessman who had made Ws money distributing news films throughout the world. As a traveler Mr. Castle became appalled at the sheer waste that accompanied the spending of Americas billions abroad. Enlisting the help of a first-rate New York journalist. Victor Lasky, Mr. Castle . sought to tell his story. The resulting book, BlUloos, Blunders and Baloney, came out In the mld-Flftles, when It was . considered rlghUst extremism to criticize foreign aid. Yet all Htwt Mr. Castle dlld was to anticipate some of the criticisms made by General Clays Committee.

An expert on non-theatrical films, Mr. Castle made a special Investigation o the film made availableat the U.S. taxpayers expense to Germany. They included such titles as Window Washing to/ the 'Empire State BuHdtog,r Camp* tog for Girl Scouts, and Childrens Zoo at Bronx Park. Another film exported at the taxpayers expense purported to teach French farmers how to (Continued on Page S)

Analyzing Ranks Of Unemploye):.

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGI.ASS WE MAY WELL BE ANXIOUS

The age in which we live appears to be ill pai*ticular revolt against moral and spiritual laws.

All sorts of excuses are given for this revolt. Some claim that the church is full of hypocrites. which of course is not true as everyone knows who has had any experience with churches and church members. Others insist that we are trying to enforce morality purely by law. Those who favor the modem approach to moral problems urge that we show people how pleasant and profitable it is to ke good. But the trouble with tliat policy as continual and un-deviathig is that righteous living often Involves sacrifice and evil people often grow rich out of their crookedness and have everything' in life smooth and loveiy.

Th? present - day moi*al re

volt would appear to arise from the fact that opportunities for evil today are greater than they have been in the past. Much of the former adult supervision of youth has been abandoned. Young people get in automobiles and betake themselves miles from home. Parents frequently give in to the children and let them do about as they want to do. Unfortunately this generation of parents is not conspicious for the good example it sets its children. They are horrified by drunkenness, yet they set up bars in their living rooms knowing full well that ten per cent of those who start to drink will end up alcoholics. Msurled couples behave toward other married couples In a way that would have scandalized past generations.

Stop blaming anybody. Do .something by way of remedy. Not words but actions. Not hysterics but polic;y.

By ELMER ROESSNER The,major economic problem fading! the' country. President Kennedy has stated, is unemployment. There is no great disputing of this statement. Even those who contend that hjgh taxes and government spending are the major problems include unemployment as a corol-lai-y.

Unemployment is a tragedy in many cases. The middle-aged father of a family for whom no job exists and who has ex-hau.sted unemployment benefit.^ may have to trade his self-respect for relief or charity. Those m^'ried or not covered by any dompensation plan may be e(jually pitiful.

But the unemployed Includes many- others.

ONE FIFTH UNDER 20 Unemployment averaged 4 mUllon la.st year. There were 3,817.0(X) unemployed L. December and the number has risen since then.

Of those unemployed of 1962. accoi-dng to a study by the National Industrial Conference Board, about ojic fifth were

from 14 to 19 years of age. Two out of every 10 jobless persons scarcely belonged on the labor market. The market appears to have been swelled by school drop-out.s.

The Department of Labor maintains statistics on the insured unemployed, which includes only half of those out of work. These show that of 1,967,-600 getting unemployment benefits in December, the largest group, ^,(XX) were imskilled and 544^ ^more were semiskilled.

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The figures also showed that of these 2 million Insured unemployed, 310,130 were under 25 and that 108,000 were over 65. HARD CORE STUDY

The government has just completed a study of the beneficiaries of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Program of 1961-62. Because so many of the unemployed were exhausting state bebe-fits. the government financed an extension of payments.

Tliose^ studied. therefore, were the hard core of the un

employed. All had been in insured employment; all had been out of work for a considerable period. A total of 2.357,-815 persons had exhaiKted benefits in the 15 months of the TEUC program.

This showed that one out of every 8 TUC claimants was under 25 years and one out of 10 was 65 or over.

About half of all claimant.^ were primary earners Uving in multiple-person households, that Ls, major supports of a family.

WORKING WIVES WERE MANY

More than one out of every four claimants were wives of the head of the household. Only one sixth of these reported dependents.

Eleven per cent of the claimants were unmarried secondary earners, that is, sons, daughters or other relatives of the head of the household. Thus, more than 36 per cent of all claimants were wives, children or other relatives of the family heads.

The study also showed that

70 per cent (^ the clalinanU had worked to blue-collar joba and that 56 per cent were unskilled or semiskilled worker.

It also reported that'14 per cent of all claimants were receiving a pension, to most caaes social security benefits.

These TEUC figures. It should be noted, do not apply to all the unemployed or even all tha insured unemployed.

Nevertheless, they do suggest that total unemployment. wtaUa menacing, Is not as tragic as It may seem. The unemployed Include a sizable number (rf ycHiths under 20; persons beyond the Social Security retirement age; wives, many of them childless; and sons, daughters and relieves of heads of famk lies.

They also Include many of the unskilled. And, has been de- veloped In other studies, they Include many who are untrain-able, incompatible with wohIl, mentally disturbed and the just plain lazy. They also include the victims of seasonal env-ployment, people looking for better jobs and strlkera.it