Mt)nday,. April 15, 1965

The Rising Cost Can Be Harmful

And So, Far Into. The Nighf^

As North Carolina moves to meet the need for additional college'facilities, it must avoid the pitfall of pricing higher education out of the reach of many young people who desire a college education.

The Advisory Budget Commission leaned heavily to the avenue of self-liquidating loans for state colleges in order to meet the rfiost pressing capital improvement needs at theSe institutions. It recommended that the colleges rely too much on self-liquidating loans and too little on direct state appropriations to meet their need for new facilities.

Most state supported institutions of higher learning have used extensively in fecent years the self-liquidating method for acquiring new facilities. Dormitory rents and student fees have risen rather sharply because of the amount required annually to amortize these loans. Additional loans of this type, to the degree proposed by the Advisory Budget Commission, would likely mean further Hicreases in fees and rents that colleges would have to charge their students. -

As the legislature moves to act on capital improvement appropriations for colleges, it should

Compromise In 'ile-Districting?

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

REDISTRICTING - What finally comes forth from committee in the way of acceptable Senate redlstricting legislation may be a compromise - type bill.

This would be a proposal combining features of two or more of the seven redlstricting bills introduced thus far. Those who favor this approach explain it this way;

First, offer a bill which would redistrlct the Senate under the present constitutional formula. Two or three of the redlstricting bills would do this, and the one sources say is being looked on with most favor is that by Sen. Claude Currie of Durham.

Secondly, put this in a package with a constitutional amendment to be voted on in a later referendum. This would determine Whether the people w^ant to change the present'constitutional formula.

APPROACH The Senate Re-dLstricting committee headed by Sen ^ Staton. Williajps . oI, Stahiyi met this week to study and decide on procedure, and Williams presented three alternatives.

He felt the committee should decide whether it wants to c(m-sider a bUl requiring a constitutional amendment there are three of these, by Sens. Robert Lee Humber, W. Lunsford Crew and by Wilbur Jolly and Dave Clark whether it w^ants to consider a bill entirely within the framework of the present constitution, or thirdly redis-tricting within the present constitution and submitting an amendment.

Williams explained that he feels such an amendment would let the people decide whether to separate more clearly the factors of area and population in makeup of the General Assembly.

NEXT Williams told newsmen that after deciding on procedure, the next step would be to decide whether the full committee wanted to tackle the Job of working out a bill, or hand It over to a subcommittee.

Williams condeded frankly that were not moving as rapidly and quickly on redistrict-Ing as I w'ould like On the other hand, he said while theres urgency involved, we dont want to stampede Into something.

We w'ant to get out a bill that will be acceptable, and one that will stand up under a court test.

PLANES Rep. I. C. Crawford of Buncombi? County has picked up support on the Senate side of the General Assembly for ts bill to ground the air force of the State Highway patrol.

Sen. H. J. (Dogglei Hatcher of Buiice, former commander of the Highway patrol and Senate

Highwtty safety chairman, says he sees no justificati(Hi for highway patrol planes.

Crawfords bill, already assured of substantial House backmg, would prohibit the highway patrol from using airplanes in law enforcement activity. He contends that this practice isnt effective, that it complicates legal actions and makes a conviction difficult, ana that it is too costly.

TEST Crawford also views hLs bill as a test of the power and influence of the Department of Motor Vehicles and patrol bosses in the legislature.

I thik its a clear - cut test of how far afield the General A.ssembly is willing to let it (the patrol) go, Crawford said. Theres a great deal of support for this bUl. Theres no ulterior motive. All it would do Is say W'e want the highway patrol on the highways.

Hatcher adds, Ill be for the bill if it gets to the Senate, if it gets that far.

BONDS Senate Finance chairman James V. Johnson * of Iredell sas it will be 10 days to tw 0 weeks before his committee can take up the $200 million highway bwid Issue bill.

Johnson, an administration stalwart, voiced Sanford administration views in opposing the road bond issue in the Senate Roads committee, and is opposed to it personally. He concedes, however, the possibility that it may reach the floor later In the session.

We wont delay it unduly. Johnson says. It will get fair and impartial consideration. Those who support it are as sincere about it as I am. We have a stack of bills backed up and it will be 10 days at the earliest before we can get to it.

GILL The interest cost involved in floating a $200 miUion road bond issue took a $16 million nosedive in estimates computed by State Treasurer Edwin Gill when the bond bill came up for a Senate Roads vote.

Gill explains that-he computed the interest on such a bond issue last September at a straight three per cent, and considering that all the bonds would be sold at the same time. This put the figure at $70 million which Gill says was a maximum estimate.

Now. at the request of the bond bill sponsors, he recomputed the interest at a more favorable 2.78 per cent and on the basis that bonds would be sold as needed calculates the cost at approximately $.54 million.

Interest on the Scott bond issue of 1949-51 w'ill run about $36 million.

Gill adds that the bond market has become more favorable since he originally calculated the probable interest cost for the bond financing plan last September.

guard against too little use of state funds for these purposes and too heavy a dependency upon self-liquidating loans.

It is important that additional facilities be provided to care for the increasing number of young people Who want to go to college. It is also important in providing for these new facilities the state I does not set up economic barriers that would prohibit many young Tar Heels from attending state colleges.

'The higher the price of a college education ri.ses in state supported institutions, the larger the number of qualified potentialcollege students who are eliminated from acquiring a college education which will be of benefit to them, and in the long run of benefit to North Carolina.

Policy Should Apply To Govmt Officials

Perhaps it is a sign of the times that the government has made a basic shift in its attitude toward the expense account" and business entertainment.

Under the old rules those expenses for entertainment and expense accounts could be deducted as a matter of routine as long as they pertained ta business. Under the new rules each expense must be justified on its own merits and the government has imposed strict regulations on what may be justifiable.

This shift in policy is certain to hit the restaurant and hotel industry, particularly those parts which have depended upon lavish expense accounts to pour money into their coffers. It could well be that, as one offcial of the restaurant and hotel industry estimated, this industry will suffer a billion dollar loss in revenues during the current year because of the new rules.

The basic shift in government policy, however, could reach far beyond the normal activities in business and into the practices of government officials. Implementation of the new policies on expense accounts in business is certain to level more critical eyes at the expense accounts being enjoyed by many government officials. Particularly, we think, should greater attention be given to congressional junkets in which taxpayers funds by the millions are spent freelv on trips that appear more in the interest of individual pleasure than vital government business.

If the busine.ssman now has to justify his expenses for entertainment and travel according to strict terms set forth by the government, jperhaps^ gOVefnhiFnl'^ofncals'sh'ind^Ts<rhe required to meet the same rules. If the government is to realize additional millions in taxes by not allowing mapy business expenses for entertainment it has allowed in the past, it can also save millions by putting government officials under the same restrictions that now apply to businesses.

By JOHN ABNEY

Not For The Rich, Alone

Discoveries For Seed Business

MEXICO CITY - People who claim to know about such things say that If a man doesnt have a mUll(xi dollars he shouldn't own a race horse.

Therefore it Is a mystery how a grim - faced, nickle - nursing Irishman like Bill Shanahan (who edits the Mexico City News in his ^are time) could support thoroughbreds.

Mr. Shanahan not only owns what he unblushingly caUs the finest three - horse stable south of the border" but he now has become an accidental breeder.

. This business started when- -Mr. Shanahan was a lad hi Georgia plucking cottwi for a dime per hundred pounds. And a hundred pounds of anything was so heavy that he switched to cleaning stables in Sumpter, South Carolina, where race horses set up w'inter quarters.

Mr. Shanahan says he talked a trainer into letting him gallop a stallion one day. When the

trainer boosted him up by wie leg, Mr. Shanahan went clear over the horse and fell in love with it.

Then he drifted down to Mexico and was working as a sports scribe covering the Hipdromo de las Americas when he discovered it was possible to pick up a steed for as little as a thousand dollars.

At that time, he had nothing but ambition and 250. But being a staunch Rtmian Catholic he went out and talked three Mormons into putting up 250 each te purchase ar haybumer with-him.

After casting around for a bit. Mr. Shanahan picked up a mount named Whi2zing Saint and Irish luck did the rest.

My Mexican wife always referred to the horse as Wheezing Saint and I couldnt figure whether It was her Spanish accent or opiniwi of the project," he stated. But the combina-

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By ROBER BABSON

BABSON PARK, Mass..As earlier stated, I believe that the two industries which now have the greatest future are electronics and sjnthetics. Of course, another discovery may at any time occur which will put some other industry in a class with them; but I do not see much on the horizon at present unless It is in connection with seeds.

WATCH THE BOTANLSTS We hear today only of the wonders of chemistry, electronics. and space travelincluding going to the moon. But we must not forget the work of humble botanists and biologists. We may now be on the verge of the discovery of an artificial origin of life cells without any human or sex contact. The elements that may very well accomplish this are referred to as DNA and RNA, about which I have previously written.

Experiments in this field often go unnoticed by the public. But scientists are working with these chemicals which have such miraculous possibilities. One of the greatest mysteries Is the effect of sunlight in turning the leaves and the grass green; this process is known as photosynthesis. When its secret is discovered, this w^ill be very revolutionary and will form the basis for many neW fortunes, THE STUDY OF BLTBS: VEGETABLE. FLOWER AND OTHER SEEDS There are several concerns which today specialize In breeding. improving, and selling .seeds. T have just bought a little stock in the Asgrow Seed Company of New Haven, Connecticut. It has been working in its seed laboratories for over 100 years. This company has made slow but continual progress in improving the quality of certain vegetable seeds.

I do not expect anything spectacular of the stock of any seed

company for some years to come. They all are what the stock brokers call sleepers. Those who are seriously interested In the above should subscribe to the Seed Trade News, published by Joseph C. Gregory, Editor, 222 W. Adam Street, Chicago 6, Illinois.

MAKE YOUR OWN TESTS

Go to a hardware store and buy a 35-cent paper envelope of onion, mustard, carrot, petunia, or snapdragon seedwhich is what I play with. Empty the paper envelopes Into separate salvers andeven with a microscope, and the help of the bees see if you can tell the difference between these five seeds.

Yet, given the same soil, the same water, and the same sunshine. one of these seeds will grow an onion or a carrot, while another will grow a beautiful snapdragon. But this Is not all when two snapdragon seeds are planted, one may produce a beautiful blue flower and another a beautiful red flower. I have ten colors In my garden. But note the following; Each tiny seed Is full of revolving atoms.

WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

Biologists are now using animals to make experiments as to to the effect of radiation and certain chemicals on the chromosomes that determine our heredity. I understand that the Atomic Energy Commission Is using seeds of vegetables to study the same effects. When their results are released, the laboratories of the imnortant seed companies may discover how some of their seeds will develop entirely different vegetables or fniits and many valuable vegetables or flowers.

When this discovery is made, the stocks of the alert seed companies could suddenly rise greatly In price. Therefore, I urge readers of this column to read elementary books on botany and biology and ^^her-(Contlnued on page 8)

(Richmond News Leader)

Representative Dan Flood of Pennsylvania is the Houses expert cm the Panama Canal Zone. He has just introduced a resolution that will catch many Americans by surprise; It says that the U.S. should not give up any sovereignty over the Canal. It is astonishing that such a resoluticHi would be necessary. But the State Department is even now acquiescing in the Panamanian revolutionaries plan to take over the Canal.

The Canal was created firank-ly by nineteenth-century power politics. The Republic of Panama was created at the same time in the same way. Nevertheless, 'Panamas President Chiari DOW is pursuing a list of sixteen demands, beginning with the flying of the Panamai-an flag over U.S. territory, continuing on down through increasing diplomatic recognition of Panamanian rights," and concluding with acceptance of compulrory jurisdiction fo the World Court over controversies between Panama and the United States. There is little dougt whit the aLst point intends.

Last October, the executive department of the U.S. Government directed that the Panamanian flag be flown hi the Canal Zone alwig side the American flag, despite Congresslwial orders that . S. funds not be used for that purpose. Panamanian citizens now have suits in Panamanian courts requesting the abrogatl(m of the illegal" Hay-Pauncefort Treaty of 1903. On January 10, the State Department announced agreement" on five of President Chiaris sixteen damands, including integration of Panamanian Canal workers into the North Americans forkers pay sched

ule, (with U.S. Solcal Security), use of Panamanian postage in the Zone, flying of the Panamanian flag, and discussion of the need for Panamanian pier facilities in the Zie.

U. S. officials now are engaged in secret discussions to lease the desired piers to Panama and to grant a corridor across the Canal. The corridor concession would enable the masters of Panama to attack the Canal and close it effecitevly in any international dispute.

The current U. S. governor in the Canal Zone makes no secret of his desire to pave the way for increasing Panamanian sovereignty over the U. S. territory. Although all jurisdiction of the Republic of Panama over the Canal Zkme ceased in 1903, Governor Robert J. Fleming told newspapermen on March 16 that he did not believe in blind adherence to a treaty signed 60 years ago." and strictly legalistic Interpretation of its provisions.

The erosion of sovereignty over the vital Canal Zone has been going on for some time. In 19^ Alger Hiss filed an administrative report with the UN which listed Panama as an occupied zone*alcMig with Hawaii and Alaska. This was dwie under article 73 of the UN Charter, which he himself had helped to write at San Francisco with the assistance of Ralph Bunche. In 1948 we gave up our military bases in Panama, In 1955 we gave Panama $25 million worth of property belonging to the U. S.-owned Panama Railroad vithout compensatiMi to the Railroad. Since then, the timetable has speeded up. If the State Department has Its way. we will not be troubled with the Canal much longer.

tion was a natural for the (ath-oUc-Mormon sindcate.

As it turned out. Whizzing Saint wheeed to a number of wins and was relcalmed for a thousand bucks. Ane Mr, Shanahan bought out the Mormon gentlemen and got a couple of Red Heart candidates named Stepkln and Rayo de Sol. They hit home runs and he bought a fast little mare with the unpronounceable name of Djanuba.

Miss Djanuba brought in lots of tortillas until she died of colic a few months later and Mr. Shanahan discovered anotlwr - lady horse by the name of Double Plain.

Now even the trainer was against this idea because Double Plain was up for claiming in a cheap race and he figured she was a dud.-

Mr. Shanahan, being an Irishman, got her anyhow and after the trainer looked the fUly over he said it was mighty puzling. She appeared to be in good shape but a mite lazy.

We finally decided to give her the rabbit test and bless St. Pat if she isnt a little big pregnant, Mr. Shanahan announced. "It looks like I am now improving the breed.

A little checking showed that Double Plain had been bred to Iden. an Argentine stakes winner who had left dust in the face of several cavalry chargers.

And Mrs. Shanahan .says the breed definitely has improved, only it is the human breed. It seems her hu.sband is no longer grumpy and he even puts on a smile when he wakes up In the mornings.

She adds that he has loc^ned up his fist to buy cigars for the blessed event which is a short distance off.

Of course, Mr. Shanahan stoutly denies that he pulled a swlflie buying two horses for the price of one. Anyhow, we asked him what he planned to name the colt he rustled.

And Mr. Shanahan clamped down on his cigar and said, Findere Keepers. Only name it could have.

ODinions

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A bill In the General Assembly would permit trucks to be driven as fast as automobiles on the highways. At least one thing can be said for it: Having the same speed limit would make it less galling when an automobile driven at its top legal speed Is passed by a truck."Lumberton Robe-sonian.

Middle age is when you start for home about the time you used to start for somewhere else." Conrad (Iowa) Review.

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

C<H>yright, 1963, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

For years 1 have been walk- < >

Ing or driving past the great glass house of the UN on the East River in New York City without having any impulse to go inside. The decisitms of the nations, it has always been obvious, are made elsewhere, in Moscow, anddefensively in Washlng^n, Paris and London.

But the other day, at the Invi-tatl(Hi of an old friend who ^v-ers the UN. I stepped by glass house for coffee cafeteria. <

It was, in its way, an enchanting experience. For, as the gm- ~ sip and lore of the place were tossed over the c(rffee cups, the whole wide world seemed to be brought down to the dimensions of an exchange over the cracker barrel in an old-fashioned country store.

Adlai Stevenson? Oh, jres. Acl-lal. Hed like to trade his job.of U.S. Ambassador to the UN for Dean Rusks as head of the State Department. But, since ft ' is apparit that this is an ambition beytmd his reach, hell settle for what he has. Oh. no. theyll never force him out, even though certain hatcheteers In Washington would like to see him go. The reason? Hes solid with the Mrs. Roosevelt survivors in the Democratic Party. * This keeps him glued Into place; firing him would create too much bad blood.

So thats the reason for Adlal.

Well, what about U Thants operation in Katanga?

Here the gossip really heat.s up: It seems ttiat Thant; when ~

challenged, speaks of it a.s the United States policy for the Congo. not the UN policy. The U S. wanted It, so the UN bought it.

And why did the U.S. want ?

Here the cracker barrel motif emerges. Washington bought t e antl-Moise Tshombe cru.sade cause of union politics In Michi- gan. Holy cats, you Interject, thats reallj reaching for an cv-planatlon. Well, it may send far-fetched, you are told, but just trace it out a bit. Soapv Williams, who was governor of Mlctgaa before, be hecacae... JFK's ambassador to Africa, is Walter Reuther's man. Adoula. the currently dominant Con^o leader, was a trade unionist, "e was brought up by the Belgian socialists. Tshombe. on the oilier hand, is the son of a capitnl-1st. Unlike most Africans, admires the West because of i s technology and its traditional]v free business system. Well.

Walter Reuthers man Soapy, being a secwid generation and therefore anti-business scion r.f a rich American family, woi^d -naturally Pick Adula over Tshombe. Credit an assist to t ^e UAW-CIO on the play, whether you like it or not, Walter R'^u-thers shadow never grows less.

Or at least so the cracker barrel conversation at the UN Insists.

In a world that Is far gon^ In lunacy, this is as reasonah.e an explanation for our Katanga policy as any. But what about the small nations at the UN? '

Don't they tremble when there "

is any infringement of the ri^ht to self-determination everv-where else. This Is a real in- "

tellectual poser, but when you think it over you begin to see that It makes sense. The Co-slow politicians of the Rhodcr sian highlands to the souUmrf -

Kautanga wanted to see Tshorp- ,

be win because he is a go-slow man himself when it *

comes to cutting ties with Europe and America. Tshombe was the stopper. But now that Tshombe is out. and the Congo has become a centralized State, it means that t he go-fast" boys In the South Central African highlands can push for quick local Independence. Every little whistle stop south of Katanga gets a govenunent of its own.

The questlOTi of UN finances next ccmies up as the coffee cups are replenished. Its not just a question of getting Uncle Sam to pick up tabs. The small nations love the UN because It saves them lots o money on diplomatic ezpeie. The Siiltan of Umbuctoo (lets be fanciful so we wont have to name real names) cant afford to keep ambassadors in every national capital In the world.

But If he sends a man to the UN in New York, that man can keep in touch wtth representatives of every nation without going outside the delegates* lounge. It's a penny-pinching op-(Contlnued on paga i)

Gains DesDite Fears Of JFK

Strength For To(day

STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS THERE WAS A REASON Have you ever stopped to think what a marvelous thing It was that a simple carpenter living in the obscure town of Nazareth in Palestine should through a niinistiy of three years have changed the course of history and had time dated from his birth*? This man Jesus had only the equivalent of a grade school education. He died when he was about thirty-three, which we would declare today meant he died before his life really got started. There had been \^lse seers win would follow him. but his plain, simple teach-Ines, mo.st.lv in the fonn of parables. surpassed In every way the teachlne of '! the wise nv'n that ever lived VVe Christians believe Jesus

to have been God incarnate, or God coming into life in the form of a man. Surely Jesus must have been such. Nobody could have done what he did had not the spirit of God in fact the very presence of God been ill his life and dominated It.

The meissage which the apostles ' went forth into the world to preach was that this Jesus wro bad been crucified, dead and buried, but had not remained dead. He arose from the grave fellowshlped with his disciples and then in full sight of hundi-eds of people, ascended Into heaven.

Yes. we can believt that with little education and but few CM>-portunities for setting forth his message, he should have changed the whole course of history. He was the Divine Son of God living among men.

By ELMER ROESSNER Despite the fears of a recession this year by President Kennedy and his advisors, business futures continue to look better. Gains made in March and the first part o fApril seem to be gathering momentum and may continue.

Employment appears to be rising, perhaps enough to offset the number of newcomers to the labor market, perhaps enough to diminish unemployment further.

Retail sales have been rising gradually since January 1. Sales of autos keep going strong and the model years, if not the calendar year, may set a new record. Other durables. Including fiumiture and appliances, have been picking up.

NO PIE-IN-SKY SPENDING These gains in sales are remarkable because the prospect of a tax cut seems to keep fading Into the future. The public is not .spending tax savings that exist at present only In wishes.

The gains are even more remarkable since they have continued right through the period preceding the tax deadline, which usually bleeds off a lot of spending power.

Capital expenditures, construction and other heavy outlays continue strong and rising.

The stock market reflects the publics buoyancy, although many issues appear to h a v e been pushed above their tnie value.

Although the Administration is reported to be concentrating on the tax cut legislation above all other proposals, the current blush of prosperity tends to delay it. Some Congressmen will believe the present rise will make the cut unnecessary; others well want lesser cuts and later cuts,

OTHER PROSPECT Here are other look - aheads Ipr business:

More auto models: This auto year has seen around 1,000 auto models and variations. Next

year may see even more. The great choice offered buyers may be a factor in the plentiful sales and no auto manufacturer will reduce the number of choices much while the boom lasts.

U. S. oils exports in trouble: The butter surplus is building up In the European Common Market and members will take further steps to erect barriers against American oils that can be used in cooking or in making margarine.

New unemployment attack:. The counselling methods used by private companies to fit men to jobs will soon be applied to Uie problem of "hard core" unemployed in New Jersey. It may spread with fewer calories than

Low - calorie spread: A new spred with fewer calories than either butter of margarine will soon appear. The American Dairy Association and the state of Oklahoma have been working on it.

Smaller candy bars. The rising price of sugar will soon af

fect candy. Dime bars, whlcl have largely replaced the nickel bars, will be shaved in size ' because consumers may balk at 15-cent prices.

OLD PROMOTER HAS SCHEME TO SOLVE TAX CUT CAPER There was a puckish twinkle in the Old Promoters eye when he dropped In today. *T have a plan to solve the tax cut problems." with the assurance at a man who might remark. * L, have Just landed from Vbin.'*

I sat patiently.

TWa ia it: The govemmenU must organize a giant pool on the day and hour that Congress -passes the Income tax cut," ha' said. It could sell hundreds milU(ms of dollars worth of chances. In fact, the potd might rteld so much money that i, wont be necessary to cut tax> es. Then the government eouldt keep the whole caboodle."

When I Ague that out. IH lei you know.