rriday, April 5, 1963 "

Reform, In True Sense, Is Needed

If tt la the Intent of leeislalive commixes fa of eannot be fulfilled by a

Raleigh to dilute the proposed leeialature that is unwilling to placp stringent 9011-

form to the point it is ineffective in bringing ^ absentee ballot. It cannot be ful-

refom, there is litUe purpose fa eonnuing with unwil^

the farce. , . , s. +v.* xTr,*.- realistic reforms in the present absentee ballot law.

Depending on how the legislature this yea. watered-down version of the reform mea-

acte on the matter, North Carolina will have an ab^ sure apor^d by a of the House

sentee ballot law which leaves little room for mis- PP committee, falls far short of filling

use of the instrument in elections, or a .. ,j,i,e substitute should be rejected by the

will perpetuate the absentee ballot misuse which TTniise Committee and approval given the

has been so prevalent in a few counes of the recLmended by the Stat-

**There is no justification whatever i""fc/erifag wth its present absentee ballot law' absentee ballot law as it now is North Ca^ namlina needs reform in the true S(

f "IhisHintsMeMoreThanltDoesyonr P0C6S

sense.

----- u 11 4. <oQfoat Nothing constructive will be accomplished for the

ing use of the absentee ballot, it is the . rewriting the law to continue old misuses

single cause of election disputes and election frajfa state ^ Xn bein made of the absentee ballot

ifaa^Bra^e o*f ing use of single cause

in the state. . .. u 4.

If there is to be continued use of the absentee _ OVm.

ballot in elections, the legislature has the responsi- T QrjQ StrUCIQrl DllClpGS -bmty to all citizens of the state to make every r

possible effort to see that y r - - ut. ^*r-i-rv>TViiiTlir!tr!

used for the purpose it is intended. It has the r^y AlHOUQ V^OIHIHIUIISTS snonsibility to close the loopholes in the law which ^ r , ^

will as nearly as possible guarantee voters of the ideological differences between communist state that elections will not be determined by misuse Moscow and Peiping appear shaping into

a long struggle for the undisputed role of leadership of world communism.

It has been evident during the past week that top men in each of the communist capitals have been unwilling to yield to the other for a conference supposedly to settle these differences. Invitations for conferences have been exchanged, but it ed that each knew the other would not or could not

accept the invitation. ,

Moscow will not go to Peiping and Peiping will not go to Moscow. For either to give in and For example, a man comes + invitation of the other would give some

fadfaation rsuperior position to the one whose invitation was accepted.

The ideological differences, though they are real, amount to differences in means of achieving the same goal . * . world domination. It is becom-

Highway Patrol Grows Mature

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES AGE It cOTies out as an 00 the matter of morale that North Carolina's state highway patrol Is getting some age on it collectively and Indlvid-bally.

In case you havent looked there are more and more troopers with handsome and distinguished - looking graying hair.

And there are relatively fewer brash young rookies those with the high number on their license plate and an eager gleam In their eye. ^ u

They arent all graybeards by any means, nor are any of them doddering and decrepit, but it is a fact that the average age of state troopers is increasing.

For practical purposes, 1 must put in more than 20 years unless he is disabled.

he Is still five to 10 years away from eligible retirement age and much further away from being eligible to draw social security. Because the retirement benefits are low but increase somewhat with length of service, there Is incentive to stay on beywid 50. For these reasons there a few patrol retirements. , .

REACT Senate Rules chairman Ralph H. Scott of Alamance was one legislative leader who

ing increasingly evident that Red China is no longer

willing to play, second fiddle to the Soviet Union in PATRICIA MOORE

the communist world. It is also evident, however, V ^

that neither Red China nor the Soviet Union is alter- ^

ing its position toward the West. 1 1 Tn - A 1 C 0S lUI i

Although the struggle for leadership of the JL ULi i 1 IJ^v^ULL k--/ L

. rpnnrt that commuuist world may expected to continue for some far this S"i^stSS^8^up of ichwl timc, therc is little reason to hope that the struggle what with all the racket go-

to^rinlThenew LegU- will cause one or the other of these nations to side about^cha^g Will present a prpblem to be lative Budding was P^ with the West. In spite of their differences of gigh* a state alumnus -

faced in ajew more n^ion to go on the second achieve world domination, both Red gggted something (Mf

Soviet Union are still bent upon bringing the West to its knees.

turnover It comes about this way, explained by Motor Vehicles commlsslwier Ed Scheldt- "The highway patrol has an extremely low turnover In personnel the lowest turnover to state government.

Scheldt estimates the patrol turnover rate at 2.9 per year, as compared with an average * turnover among all state employees of about 11 per

*^The DMV boss told the House Highway Safety committee, c(m-sidering a bill to divorce the patrol from DMV, that the low turnover in itself speaks well for patrol morale and esprit de

OLDEIR But Scheldt said, "because of an older and older highway patrol in the future, the General Assembly is going to have to take a look at the retirement system, and is going to have to deal with this problem of older men.

He felt the answer will be a fairly simple one, making re-tirement more attractive.

At present, retirement is not a pleasant nor very practical prospect for a veteran highway patrolman. And there is no compulsory retirement age.

Benefits are paid, based on length of service, from the law enforcement (rfficers retirement fund and to qualify for this a patrolman or patrol officer must have 20 years service on the highway patrol and have reached the age of 50.

VETERANS There are quite a few veterans wi the highway patrol at present. Six officers Including the present commander, Col. D. T. Lambert and executive officer Maj. W. B. Lentz, were amwig the 30 member original highway patrol force established in 1929 34 years ago.

But in a sense, the present retirement restrictions are not practical in enabling a man to retire after 20 years service.

floor.

Scott demanded to know who.

If anycHie. had refused the group permission, and by what authority.

He questioned Senate aides, building guides, pages and Legislative Biillding receptionist Sue Stephenson. Most of these like Scott expressed surprise, and disclaimed knowledge of any group being refused permission.

Scott made it clear that there is no rule barring anyone from the second floor, and that if permission had been denied someone had just assumed that for various reasons the group should not go there. As a matter of custom and practice, tours of the new building by the groups of school children do not include the second floor. But anyone who asks to see the chapel, or get a close peek at the legislative chambers when House or Senate are n(^ In session may do so.

One idde explained that the tours do not include second floor because there is plenty to be seen elsewhere in the building, and that the public galleries and exhibits are on the third floor. The grand stairs lead directly to the third floor.

PROJECTS Gov. Terry Sanford wrote letters to at least two legislators last week informing them that the Highway Commission would, on April 4, approve pet highway projects for their localities.

The Governor notified Rep. Thomas Woodard of Wilson that approval would be given for a bridge spanning a present railroad grade crossing in the city of Wilson, an initial project In Wilsons boulevard loop plan.

And Sen. Lin HoUowell of Gaston was notified that the Highway Commission would approve relocation and four - laning of 13 miles of U.S. 321 from Gastonia to the Lincoln County line, as a bypass mi N.C. 150 around Cherryville.

As Usual Jabs On Both Sides

has sug-different.

He says we ought to change the name of THE university Itself to North Carolina State, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The fact that we presented this matter at all. In print, is a shining example of objective and unbiased journalism. We are quite aware that this suggestion will succeed in making

the people from "the hill a little perturbed.

We even thought It was a little funny at first, but being a loyal alumna, we have realized we dwit want the name of the University changed. Certainly not to N. C. State!

Naturally our reasoning in the matter is very valid. We fear it might make our nice sheepskin d^Ioma invalid!

Though life In the N. C. General Assembly is spirited these days, it seems that common-

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedy isnt going to get into any squabbles with Congress, if he can help it. But at his news conference Wednesday he did get a little stiff with former President Eisenhower.

There was nothing new about this. If it looked unusual, its only because the occasional hassles between the two men have b^n spaced well enough apart to be almost overlooked.

At a time when the President, who is also a politician, is hoping Congress will give him the tax cut he wants and be kind to foreign aid, he defended the legislators against a charge of dragging their feet.

But Kennedy is also acutely concerned about the fate of his $98.8-billion budget which the Republicans in Congress want to hsick. And suddenly Eisenhower himself took a swipe at it, thus helping his party.

He volunteered the suggestion the budget could be cut by about $13 billion.

He gave his views, he said, without a trace of partisanship. But, since he admitted he couldnt give details on where the cuts should come. Democrats could hardly escape the feeling his views were more political than fiscal.

He ridiculed and this wasnt new, either the money Kennedy wants to spend <m space. He suggested the Kennedy administration think less about reaching the moon and more about what he called fiscal soundness.

Kennedy took a dig at Eisenhower Wednesday as he did before on exactly the same subject by stating that "we are second in space today because we sterted late.

He indirectly suggested this country was under - defended when he took over frwn Eisenhower. He explained how he had to build it up fast.

Since the two men have poked at each other like this before, their relations unless Elsenhower comes back now with some tart remarks about the Kennedy administration, more tart than before should return to normal.

Normal for them seems to be this:

In a moment of International

crisis Kennedy will seek out Eisenhower for a chat. If this doesnt accomplish anything else, at least it gives the &p-pearance of political solidarity against a foreign foe.

In between times they will blister each others administration and then lapse into prolonged periods of quietude.

Last summer, for instance, Eisenhower said the Kennedy regime was "floundering thrashing aimlessly about and more of the same, like seeing the President in the clutches of the big spenders.

This went on and off over three months, during which Eisenhower banged away, just as he did now, at Kennedys spending on space. And Kennedy answered just about the way he did Wednesday.

Then when the 1962 elections came around Elsenhower derided "callow youth, meaning the Kennedy administration, and said he was tired of the "boastful and brassy words of those "so-called brilliant men. Kennedy complained about the bundle of unfinished business left him by the Eisenhower administration. And Eisenh o w e r said he was "sick and tired of people telling Americans his eight - year administraticm didnt do much.

Through all this there has been no name - calling, no personal attacks.

Neither man figures to gain

Other Editors Saying... School Aid Marks Time

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(Christian Science Monitor) Although President Kennedy sent to Congress at the end of January an nnibus bill on federal aid to various areas of educatiwi, It does not appear that the administration is disposed to push hard for assistance to elementary schools. This has encountered insuperable obstacles for more than a decade. ^ .

It seems more likely that some of the requested legislation, such as extension of the Defense Education Act, loans for Institutions of higher education, and expansion of aid to vocational education, will appear piecemeal. This, if it occurs. will probably leave unsettled the (iuesti(m of federal financial aid to states for support of general elementary and se<J-widary educaticxi.

Opp(Hients of that proposal argue that the people of the United States, through their local communities, have done very well In meeting the crisis of educati(Hial facilities that existed after World War H. Since 1955, according to Ladd Plum-ley, past president of the Chamber of Cconmerce of the United States, the nation has been building 70,000 new classrooms a year, or 10,000 a year more

much_ in these scattered scraps, enough to meet the estl-

Eisenhower can make life a lit- -

tie more difficult for the Kennedy administration, Kennedy can down - grade the memory of Eisenhower.

Since Eisenhower must depend on history for an evaluation of his record and Kennedy Is tryhig to make a record that can be evaluated, their recriminations can only damage their records withwit Improving them.

No wonder they go after each other only in fits and starts.

Quote

"If a nation expects to be both ignorant and free It expects' what never was and never will be.^Thomas Jefferson.

mated ne^ by the end of the 1960*8

In doing this, the municipalities of the country raised more than $7 bilUtm through school bond Issues during the three calendar years from 1960 to 1962 inclusive. However, Jack Ses-siOTis, Ph.D., of the AFL-CIO department of education thinks "most communities are at the danger point in terms oi borrowing for their schools.

Dr. Sessions and other educators have Introduced one mea^ ure of state educational effort which could become useful

when and if a program of federal aid to elementary and secondary education is seriously pressed.

This measure is the pn)or-tion (rf the total incrane of Its citizens which the state commits to the support of educatiim. A state with relatively high Income, such as Massachusetts, manages to pay better than average salaries while spending only 2.7 per cent of its income on schools. Yet a state with relatively low income, such as North Dakota, devotes 5.7 per cent to schools and still raises only a small amount of money.

Among southern states, Louisiana spends more than 5 per cent of its income on public schools but raises less than Massachusetts because the income Is not there. Swne other southern states have done less well in this respect.

Politically the easiest way to get a federal aid bill passed is to promise something to all the states regardless of need. But that would be wastefuUy expensive and still would leave Inequality of educatiixial <H>por-tunity. , , ^

If it Is to the natUmal Interest to raise that level In tbe lowest areas, then a formula should be adopted which channels assistance to those states that are doing most for themselves and still fall farthest short of an average provision per child In their school budgets.

' Presently the most serious obstacles to federal aid for schools are the questions of whether it should include parochial schools and of whether it should be used to hasten racial desegregation. Apart from fhose issues, a realistic distribution formula could make aid less expensive and more effective than a blanket plan.

place things are still happening right here in Greenville.

We were gazing out the window the other day, thinking, of course, when we spied (c of lifes dramas.

There was a wtxnan, bravely stepping out on the roof. She removed a screen and then inspected the sloping roof on which she was walking.

A man stcxxi impatiently inside the house, waiting for her to him the screen.

Life around a newspaper is never dull. It was discovered this week that the roof of ^ Dally Reflector building is being used as a junking place for pocketbooks obviously the stolen kind.

Since cleaning off the roof this week, two purses have been found (and subsequently turned over to police).

Looking through the newsletter from the Pitt County Mental Health Association, we found something which sounds typical of some of todays parents:

Chir youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority. They show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercis^ Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They cot-tradict their parents, chatter b^ fore company, gobble up thetf food and tyrannize their teachers. .

The quote is fnwn Socrates, the fifth century B. C. philosopher and teacher.

"Res ipsa loquitur, as the saying goes.

Opinions Brief

in

The American goal is supposed to be freedom, individualism, the dignity and worth of man. Are we worthy of It, and are we pursuing it?industrial News Review.

More dangerous than the press getting the facts to the people is the people's willingness to swallow a government line that distorts truth. Riverton (Wyo.) Ranger.

"Let people manage their own business in their own way, unless the grounds for Interference is very clear. OUver 'Wendell Holmes.

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright, 1963, King Features . Syndicate, Inc. ,

The Job of us profesaioBal commentators, or licensed libertines, as Arthur Krock onoe called (wr breed. Is to siu^gest answers to certain peridexing questions. Well, we try. But there are so many contradictions between official claims and statistics, on the one hand, and the evidence d our senses on the other, that the business be<x>mes almost impossible at times.

For example, there aie the unemployment flguree end the projections therefrom. Automation. 80 it is said, is putting a "hard .core o irreclaimable people out (rf w(Hk. Mas^be this is true. But the other day I started reading'the help wanted columns of a daily newspaper. Having Just been infornv-ed that fifti^ per cent of the unemployed in New England, which happens to be my, section of the country, are women.

I lo<*ed at the female help wanted secjtion first. The results startled me, for, though many of the advertisements called for s<ne kind of training, most of them were asking for a type of schooling or apprenticeship that almost anybody could obtain with ever minimum of get-up-and-go.

How much experience does a woman need in order to act as an attendant in a c(diH>per-ated laundromat, for instance?

Or to becixne a cocktail waitress or a part-time counter girl? Or, given a natural gift of sharp eyes, to mccced as a proofreader? Or, given some previous business life, to tako a crack at managing a snack bar?

These are some d the Jobe that are, at the moment, going begging. And there seem to be scores of openings for typists, and registered nurses, and cleaning women, and dental assistants, and for general office workers, and for waitresses, and for sewing machine operators. Th list of openings for the more (^vious types of trained or semi-trained wixnen went on and on, occasionally interapers-ed with a request ior some more esoteric rtdll. Not many,

I imagine, could meet the requirements demanded d a mortgage girl or a legal secretary or a claims examiner with a knowledge of surgical instruments. But if siKih skills are needed in our economy, surely tiiere are good openings lor teachers who know how to teach them.

The "male help wanted columns seemed to be filled with notes of urgency. Barbers, cooks, automobile mechanics, accountants, adjusters, auto seat cover installers, atawxilzers, concrete masonry workers, countermen, drill press (pera-tors, welders, newsboys, dish , washers, steel warehousemen, rate clerks, registered phanna-cists, salesmen of all types and descriptlwis, porters, plumbers, pressmen, clam and oyster openers, tool and die makers, delivery vehicle drivers, science and mathematics teswhers. commercial artists, service station attendants, naotel managers, linotype operateswell, the list eventually became a drilling bore to read. Some d thes job openings are obviously closed to beginners. BuV again, how much ambition or cash does It take to get some training if you really want a job?

Turning fnn the difficulty of balancing the help wanted columns against the latest political warnings that chronic unemployment is staring this nation in the face, I tried to naake something of the lament I had heard that "urban sprawl is about to con<juer our ancient wilderness heritage. 1 happen to be for the so-called "wilderness bill, now pending In Congress, that would require the federal government to set aside large tracts of forest and mountain for the delectation of tomorrows generation of <iamp-ers and hunters and hikers. But the stridency of those who would destroy our present Con-gressi(mal committee ssrstem in order to Jam such things as the "wilderness bill through the House of Representatives In a hurry seemed to me a little odd the other night when I reached a Connecticut road after coming h(xne iztnn Washington. Turning a comer, I had to jam on the brakes to keep from hit-thig a possum, a wilderness (Continued on page )

Service Stations Are Moving Up

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

THE POWER ABOVE US

What shall I do? Where shall I turn? Can there be any hope left?

These are the despairing questions which people often shriek out in hours of startling crisis. And let us be sure that crisis occurs in the lives of all. There is no one so high even though he wear a crown, have a title, manage billion dollar corporations who does not at times C(Kifront crises of an agonizing variety.

There are some things, of course, which cannot be righted. The dear one passes on, yet the basic hope of the Christian Is that life never ends and that through memory and in subtle ways beyond our explanation the ,dead continue to linger with u.s. Prienda turn away sometina-

es because d our fault and other times because of theirs. HI health comes down upon us like an avalanche. We cwifront tha end of a series of tragic circumstances which Involve ourselves and our loved ones in serious consequences.

These are only a few of the crises of life. But let us always remember that life was made for triumph not for defeat. There is always a way out. It may not be the way we would have chosen, but It Is a way and it is better than hopelessness and defeat.

Religious faith leads us to the conviction'^-that there are powers above our own upon which we can and must rely in joyful hours that we be restrained. in sad hours that we be comf(Nted and guided.

By ELMER ROESSNER

While department stores and discount houses have been wrestling for the mass market, another competitor has b e e n moving in and may soine (lay be a third big contender for the consumer merchandise dollar.

Two oil companies have created insurance subsidiaries with plans to sell policies through service stations. The othere are probably considering similar plans. And it Is also probaWe that statical owners and distributors are working <ai a thousand new plans to offer new lines d merchandise through the stations. .

Service stations have a bullp in advantage: they are In cm-stant personal contact with the upper 60 per cent of American families that own cars. They need not bother with the poor who go to bodegas 00 foot. NEW BRAND NEW

been pressing distributorships in showrooms and the fact that a service station offers these cars in an implied assurance of a source of repairs.

Meanwhile, coin-in-slot vendors tobacco distributors, soft drink bottlers and others have been working on service star tlons to broaden distribution. Local makers of jams and jellies, pot holders and ther handicrafts have foisted their products on stations.

More recently distributors d boats, outboard motors and other boating accessories have been using service stations as outles.

Many service stations have added lunchrooms, hot dog stands and ice cream parloi^ Now Pure Oil has acquired right to Aunt Jemima Kitchens wd is trying to persuade service stations to add these restaurants. Pure Oil also helps its dealers to establish motels.

bery, seeds, fishing tackle and, In some states, liquor for sale at the statiois.

The next step may be tl additicm of fair - size stores next to service stations, especially those that have or can add ample parking space. In fact, dont be surprised If one of the nati(xial chain starts a series of soft goods outlets in conjunction with service stations from coast to coast.

LOW-COST GROUP TOURS OF AMERICA OFFERED

Now that almost everybody has visited Europe on low-cost group tours, the same kind of service is being offered to An^ ricans at home. The Plying n-ger Line has announced a program of charter flights to take in such places as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York, Washington and Boston,

than in the same 1962 period . . .The American Music Oon-fereace estimated that there ar 34 miiHnn amateur musidans in the U. S... .University of Micb-Igan researchers say jets of ter traveling at three times the rate of sound can cut lumber better than sawa. . .The Value Line hivestmrtit Survey aaya that the demand for capl^ goods this year may surpass all previous years. . ."Califor^ nla raisio bread Is becoming popular in Europe and Japan as a result d efforts of the Call* iomia Raisin Bureau.

service staUw . , f .

lljifs is not new. For ye^ mak- cm And cLlc RetaUs salei In the ^ r

S21a. SS!'acooside..rimd^ week. we 7 per at hl*her

TRACK DINING ROOM IS NOT A CABARET

The Internal Revenue Service has ruled that amounts paid for admlssl(m, refreshments, service or merchandise at a public dining nxxn at a race track from which tto publio may vlw the races, are not subject to the cabaret tax. However, It adds, the amounts paid for admission are subject to the admisslonf tax. '