Monday, May W,

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Legislative Pace Far Behind Hope

There is genuine con^rn in many parts of North Carolinaand justifiable concern, we think about the lack of major legislation so far concluded by the current session of the General Assembly.

A few major issues have been resolved. The higher education bill has been enacted, one or two highway safety measures have been written into law and a few other major matters have been resolved.

By comparison with the list of major items which have been on the legislative agenda these past few months, however, major issues that have been resolved have been few.

Legislators have consistently talked in terms of adjournment in early June. That means only a few weeks remain to conclude action on such items as the budget, which in itself will take several days unless the recommendations of the joint committees are to be cut and dried before they reach the floor of the two houses. Changes in the minimum wage law are yet to be made. Proposed changes in the

Old East-West Issue Re-Raisec.

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

RALEIGH Political notebook:

The matter of east - west rotation of the governorship has come up again and some Tar Heel Democrats are wondering whether now is the right time to try to break with this long-established tradition.

Some are predicting that within the next 12 months one or more Democratic candidates for governor may emerge in the east, ignoring the old east-west alignment.

But not all of the states Democrats by any means are willing even to discuss the question.

Supporters of such unannounced candidates as Bert Benneit of Win.rton - Salem and Dr. Henry Jordan of Cedar Falls and most of the other most - discussed possibilities are perfectly satisfied.

Their men are westerners under definition of the east-ve.st rotation understanding which says that the next Democratic nominee for governor comes from the west.

ROTATION - Gov. Terry Sanford, from Fayetteville, is considered an easterner. He followed a westerner, Luther H. Hodges of Leaksville.

Hodges took office following the death in 1954 of an east-emer. William B. Um.stead of Durham, and Umstead had followed a westerner. W. Kerr Scott. Scott. Incidentally, made a stab at breaking the east-west undei'standing when he supported judge Hubert Olive of Lexington against Umstead.

The ea.st-west rotation is an understanding, a sort of unwritten agreement among North Carolina Democrats than when one governor is from the east, the next should come from the west.

The dividing line is not clearly defined, but suppo.sedly the axis is along a line that splits Person, Oranse. Chatham, Lee, Moore and Richmond counties almost In half, give or take a few miles.

DIVIDE Many of those who strongly favor the eajst - west rotation system are easterners. These eastern Democrats believe the system works to the advantage of the east and fear that if the tradition is broken, the less - populous east will lose chances to elect future governors on a fairly regular basis.

Nevertheless, question about the rotation system arises in the speculation about Democratic candidates for governor. What Is its effect? Would rank-and-file Democrats react to its being broken, or. bent, and under what circumstances?

Some Democrats are saying the statewide political situation now is such that the old rotation system is outdated and that strict observance of it puts the party at a disadvantage.

DARK HORSES Bennett, the current state party chair

man. apparently Is the leader in the pre-announcement Jockeying for next years campaign. Others prominent at this stage are Dr. Jordan and Dr. I. Beverly Lake of Raleigh.

But no one can discount the flock of darkhorse possibilities. The latest darkhorse boom in Raleigh is for Dan K. Moore of Sylva, a man from the far west. Moore has picked up considerable support and encouragement in the past month.

The darkhorse list Is a long one, including such names as Robert Scott of Haw River, former Gov. Luther Hodges. Thomas J. Peaj-sall of Rocky Mount, Voit Gilmore of Southern Pines, Archie K. Davis of Winston-Salem, Sen. W. Lunsford Crew of Halifax. Sen. Robert Morgan of Shelby. Arthur Kirkman of High Point and others.

Bennett, in a speech this week, said the party can no longer afford bitter piimaries. but there are some who feci there may be six or eight candidates in the May, 1964, primary for the gubernatorial nomination.

RESULTS Results of municipal elections across the state are being studied closely by both Democrats and Republicans.

Democrats frankly were dismayed by the GOP sweep in High Point, considered a key test in the pivotal Piedmont. But on the other hand. Democrats and particularly Bennett supporters were encouraged by the results in Winston - Salem.

These were the tw'o municipal elections which came under closest scrutiny this week. There are several others scheduled around the state later In May in w'hich results will be weighed.

BRIEFS Republican sources concede that the a.ssump-tion that Rep. Charles B. Jonas will consent to be the GOP standard-bearer for governor in 1964 may be premature.

These sources say Jonas has made no definite decision about making the race. Democratic strategy, however, is based on the premise that Jonas will be the man.

A bill will be introduced shortly in the legislature by a western lawmaker to amend the statutes on voting machines, providing that polling places using voting machines also be supplied with paper ballots which may be used under regulations prescribed by the State Board of Elections.

This bill, while introduced by westerners, actually has 11 s roots in the Guilford County election of last November. Guilford. the scene of a surprising Republican sweep, uses voting machines almost entirely and long lines of voters had to wait at the polling places. There were Democratic claims of confusion about the voting machine listings and procedure In that election.

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states utilities law still await final action, Senate redistricting is yet to be resolved, implementation of the uniform court amendment passed last year still is to be dealt with. These are only a few of the more important matters that are expected to be acted upon by the legislature before it adjourns.

It means, of course, that a log-jam of major items is building up for action in the last few weeks before adjournment. When this happens to the extent that it appears to be happening this year, a number of needed bills are expected to be lost in the rush toward adjournment. Bills that are controversial, for which compromises cannot be quickly effected, are often put aside and left for the next legislature to deal with.

The record of accomplishment of the 1963 General Assembly cannot be accurately written until after the session adjourns. Unless there is a decided change of pace in the legislative session within the next week or two, however, the record of accomplishment will not nearly measure up to what had been hoped at the outset of the session.

The leadership of the legislature, as well as the individual members, should insist that greater progress be made in the next few days in finishing work on at least some of the major items that are yet to be resolved.

Stiffer Requirements Are Facing Graduates

In a few weeks members of high school senior classes in this area will be donning their caps and gowns, receiving their diplomas and moving into a new phase of their lives.

Many of these young people will be looking forward to entering college to continue their studies. By ROGER BABSON Many others, who will not 'go to college, will be looking for jobs in their own communities, seeking gainful employment and the means of a livelihood.

Members of each of these groups will face problems. Those going to college will be confronted by stiffer entrance requirements that have come with the greater demand for college educations.

Those looking for jobs will be confronted with greater competition for the jobs that are available today, increased employer demands for special skills among the people they hire.

With the increased trend of youngsters continuing their education in college, there has been considerable emphasis in recent years to improve the academic level of high schools in order to better prepare youngsters for college study. There has, in our opinion, been a conspicuous lack of a similar emphasis on adequate training in high schools for those youngsters who will enter the labor market upon graduation from public schools.

Some progress in this field has been made. But it has by no means measured up to the needs of the youngsters. Less than half the high school graduates in North Carolina this year will go on to college.

How well equipped will these youngsters be to seek gainful employment?

North Carolina and its individual school systems must improve the calibre of academic work, but at the same time they must also devote more attention to training for those youngsters who will not go to college. Particularly in the Eastern part of the state we face the two-fold problem of providing jobs for these young people, and providing them with skills 1 iiliiy O which will enable them to compete effectively in

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Davi Rockefeller, head of the CMe Manhattan Bank, issued Jringlng caU the other day foihe . S. business com-munltylo get in there and pitch 4h some good advice to thosA charge of Latin American programs under the AUiancebr Progress. The Rockefeller^ has evoked a ra-ther deafclng silence. It.s not that bustss men aie unwilling to h^ but they are manifestly tlM of being kicked around a exploiters when they polil out that investors are tlmldVbout risking funds in countrii where Marxist parties are o^e rise.

The casiof CMe, where a Marxist elticm victory is freely predict^ la a particularly interesting be, for here is a temperate 4e land with great natural endienta that should be attractlii more and more private capU from abroad. Indeed, Chillas already done very well fobtself simply because Intektional copper companies UMAnaconda, Ken-necott and tli French Soclete Miniere et atallurglque de Penarroya areiere. If the Chileans, unlike peoples in Latin Amerlcahave a middle class, it is duA the foreign exploiters of J natural resource that woiihave remained useless in IW hands.

The Chilean ^fatsts. muttering nineteenth itury cliches about Imperial^. speak of copper exports a if they had brought nothing nthe country. And the intemikial copper

BABSON PARK. Mass.. I remember, when I was a youth, what great news it was when Marconi the Italian inventor sent a signal acr(8 the Atlantic Oceanto Newfoundland, This was followed by the use of the Morse Code, and later by the radio voice direct.

The radio was then the Invention of the century and its development marked the beginning of a great new industry. No one then imagined that TV would come along and develop Into such a great business as it has become. Sometimes when I watch TV I wonder whether it Is doing more haim than good; but the American people will make only good broadcasts pay in the end. TV will have the same ups and downs as the movies have had. Both must greatly improve to be permanently successful.

But today I wish to forecast that we are on the verge of great new developments in TV. Just now we are using these same radio smd television waves to transmit not only sound but

picturesall in action of the most remarkable kind. Furthermore, we do not need even an outdoor antenna, as these waves (which giv>e us talking and action in pictures) will pass through the walls of our houses. In fact, these waves have been passing through the walls of our houses and the w-alls of every castle in Europe and Asia for thousands of years, without being used.

WHAT.S COMING .AHEAD?

Just stop for a moment and think what wonderful things radio waves are and realize our debt to Marconi for discovering them for us. In this column I am now mentioning only one more TV development; there are many more to follow. This <Mie is the prospect of being able to press buttons and throw light or heat into our rooms. For some time I have been taking pictures of the sun. Someday, I believe, great TV camerascombined with large magnifying glasses will transmit heat and-or light directly Into our homes. This will surely require a new chem-

the labor market for good jobs which are available. Might

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By GEORGE HAGEDORN

One of the bases for the current wave of economic optimism Is the release by the Department of Commerce of gross nar tlonal product figures for the first quarter of 1963. These turned out to be higher than expected, and show'ed a substantial rise over the final quarter of 1962. Specifically, the gross national product was reported as running at an annual rate of $572 bllUon - $8.5 billion higher than in the preceding quarter.

The bulk of the iiicrease $5.5 billion was accounted for by a step-up in consumer spending. The remainder of the in-crea.se occurred in the area of government spending. Neither domestic investment expenditures nor net exports showed any rise.

Those w'ho are concerned with short - term changes in the rate of economic activity can take some satisfaction in these developments. There is no doubt that, given the present circumstances of the economy, consumer spending and government spending can lead to economic activity which would not otherwise take place. The question which remains to bother us is whether they can lead to the long-term growth which we hope for and need.

The rise in consumers spending was in part the product of a reduction in their rate of saving out of current Income. In the first quarter of this year only 6.0 percent of after - tax personal income was saved

the lowest savings rate since the early part of 1960.

Perhaps this particular figure should not be taken too seriously, since there are many questions which might be raised as to methods used in its calculation. Whether it is right or not, it is still appropriate to ask whether saving is a vice or a virtue from the point of view of the nations economic progress.

From a short - term point of view a fall in saving means a corresponding rise In the demand for consumer goods and services. But from a broader perspective it is a reduction in the rate of accumulation of capital on which job - creating and efficiency - improving business investment depends.

Distortions in the relationship between costs and prices have create a profit squeeze which has kept economic activity below' ideal levels. This kind of problem is alleviated, although not solved, through the stimulation of spending by consumers or goverament.

But the road to long - term growth lies in a different direction. We cannot grow merely through keeping existing productive facilities busy. If we are to increase the nations productive potential, it must be through capital formation and that requires saving.

Current developments, although momentarily 'cheering, do not encourage the belief that we are making much progress tow'ard solving the longer-range problem of barriers to saving and investment.

By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) - Things a columnist might never know if he didnt open his mail:

Its no wonder parking places are so hard to find. The United States has turned out more than 200 million motor vehicles since 1896.

Some 63 per cent of metropolitan workers and 74 per cent of suburbanites ride to and from their jobs by car.

Men, dont throw your o 1 d double - breasted suits away. Designers predict they'll be back In style next fall.

Tired of reading modem fiction? Maybe youd like to cuddle up with a government booklet entitled. A Method for the Dynamic Determination of the Electric, Dielectric and Piezoelectric Constants of Quartz. Sign over Chinese bar in Westchester: Please try to make your problems original.

Mans life expectancy 2,000 years ago was only 18 years. Scientists are hopeful that in the next century a life span of 120 years wont be unu.sual.

If you wanted to buy all the privately owmed real estate in America today, it would cost you more thsin a trillion dollars.

If you encounter a shark while bathing, experts say one of the best w'ays to frighten it away is to stick your head under water and shout as loud as you can.

Whether you're a genius or

a dolt, your brain make.s up' only about 2 per cent of your body weight.

In ancient times women hardly regarded the birth of twins as a blessed event. Early medical science held that twins couldnt be the offspring of the same father!

keres why teachers are bitter about the size of their paychecks: The average income of all college graduates Is better than $10,000 a year. But the average pay of public school teachers and supeiwisors most of whom hold college degrees is only $5,215 annually.

We have good news for beatniks today: A London firm has developed a new brush specially designed to remove stubborn knots and birds nests from mustaches and beards.

Every day U. 8. Industry develops 25 new consumer productsbut only one becomes a sales success.

Emotional tension affects vLs-slon. It is literally possible for you to become temporarily blind with rage.

The Romans are credited with inventing the roadside motel. No charge for parking chariots overnight, free water for the horses.

It W'as Samuel Butler who observed. You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it.

leal, and perhaps special new broadcasting stations for each community. These heat and light TV broadcasts wUl not be interrupted by advertising. The cost will be added to our gas or electric bill. Special eyeglasses may be needed to use in rooms so heated or lighted; but I will not discuss such details now.

INDUSTRIES?

Of course, such new developments nmy have tremendous implications. They would almost surely create new corporations that would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Establishment of these corporations would result in intense speculation. Many of the new corporations would pass through bankruptcy, but the stocks of a few would become very valuable. We should remember that there were once 200 different automobile companies in the U.S.A., which have finally been reduced to only about five. I well remember when Henry Ford took took ten years to raise his first $100.-000: but when he got started he buUt 15,000,000 Tin Lizzies and put the horses, buggies, and wagons out of business.

Edison's incandescent light bulb made obsolete the kerosene lamps such as my mother used to trim and clean every morning. Think what the du Fonts did to the silk worms of Japan and the Orient, manufac-tuiing synthetic materials from a few chemicals. Charles Hall, a poor chemistry teacher at 0I> erlin College in Ohio, discovered a way of making aluminum from clay, and sparked the present blUlon-doUar aluminum industry which now manufactures goods used in every household. Then along came Dr. Einstein, unlocking the great power of the atom which unfortunately Is not being u.sed extensively for peacetime purposes. In order to get this atomic power we are now using the mineral uranium which was considered worthless 50 years ago.

FREE POWER FROM THE SUN OR SEA WATER Nojv furUier developments are on the way and it may be safe to say that anything could happen. The two biggest events will be securing power direct from the sun, and getting it from sea water by breaking this water up into its components, hydrogen and oxygen. This latter is surely coming some day. The earth is now three-fifths surrounded by free water. What then will happen to the price of gasoline? But greater than all is the power of sane religion to change the hearts of men and women of all nations, races, and creeds. Oh, I wish I were a young student today!

companies dont bare argue back, for If they they would be accused of ma% self-serving statements or ying to interfere with loci\ elections. Standing mute, tl^ let tha case go by default^

But it shouldnt iWrmittcd to go by default, fthe first place, the Chilean keniment does very well by Wlf from the taxes cm cwp exports, taking two-thirds ancore of the profits on minli operations for ita own usek would hardly do better if mines were nationalized, fori would stand to lose more \ inefficiency than it would gh from total seizure of the ^uct. The dlsUlusiiming expemce of Pemex. the Mexican VtloraJ oil monopoly whose ^olb* are clogged with adhei^ of the majority political pib', la Instructive here.

This is not the maintolnt, however. The real benefl ao-cruing to a country likeliille from the prc.scnce of soiled imperlall.su Is that fuign companies breed domestic m-panles. In an cver-wdddng complex that helps turn a P|n-itlve economy Into a mo^m one. If a foreign mining c|i-pany in Chile wants constc-tion done, it has to enlist help of companies like Neut V> tour or Ingccil; if it needs sU\, it goes to Cap or Compac I well as the Chilean branch ( Armco; If It wants ounci work. It relies on Fundicin I bertad,' Carburo y Metalurgic or Electrometalurgica: if it In the market for more electrl power, it applies to Endesa which is the national elctrica authority; if It requires fue. oil. it must t? Enap, the government oil monopoly. The foreigner thus builds up organizations with reassuring local names, personnel and ownership, which ts another way of saying that he helps create an affluent and progressive middle class that differs considerably from the traditional land-owning aristocracy that sends it wealth to Switzerland for safekeeping.

Meanwhile, standards of health and education rise. In Chilean mining communities the infant mortality rate i 35 per thousand births, which, if not marvelous, is better than the 37 per thousand figure for the North American state of Mi.ss-issippi. The foreigners gives laboratories to local universities, and even helps pay for the Installation of an educational TV station at the Catholic University in Valparaiso. He helps establish the first industrial hygiene and safety curriculum at the University of Concepcion. Local people are sent abroad by the foreigner to study industrial relations, medicine, teaching, management, engin-(Continued on Page )

All Business Signs Read Go

Strength For To(day

By EARL L. DOUGLASS SOLVE YOUR OWN PROBLEMS FIRST Cast out first, . .

This is part of the statement Jesus made about casting the beam out of our own eyes before we get so excited about the mote that is in our brothers eye.

A mote is a small particle a tiny splinter; a beam is a building beam. Jesus loved to use extreme and sometimes im-pos.siblc figures to set forth truth. The picture is that of a man with a building beam sticking in his eye which is of coui-se utterly fantastic worrying about the tiny splinter in his neighbors e.ve and saying Let me cast out the mote out

of thine eye. Jesus said, Cast out first the beam out of thine own eye: and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye.

The figure is fantastic but the idea Is not. The Important word in our Lords statement is first. Get your own moral life straightened out, he said, and then you will be in condition properly to appraise the moral condition of others and to help them. This does not mean that one has to be perfect before he can render moral assistance to a brother. But it does mean that he must attack his own moral problems earnestly and achieve some measures of success In handling them before be can help others.

By ELMER ROESSNER All signs are go for business for the rest of this year.

Prospects are rosy. There will be no Kennedy recession after all. But the boom will be limited. There will be no run-away expansion, which is good; it will reduce the chances of a sharp contraction next year Heres the run-down:

. Treasury Secretary Dillon told the U. S. Chamber of Commerce that Federal revenues for fiscal 1964 may be $1 billion more than predicted earlier because of the business upturn.

. Congressional leaders are counting on the business rise to cut the impending deficit by $5()0 million.

CLEAR GAIN

. Business has moved up In recent w'eeks, the First National City Bank reports in its May Economic Letter. To be sure, part of the advance represents bunching of buslrtess deferred from past months because ^ strikes or uncommonly cold weather, It observed. Some of the activitybuilding of protective inventories against over-, hanging strike threatsis b(?r-rowing from the future. Never-tlieless, much of the improve

ment is clear gain.

. New orders received by manufacturers in March reached a new high of $34.8 billion, Commerce Department reported. However, much of the Increase was due to a buildup In steel Inventories

, Housing starts Increased sharply in March, rising 17 per cent above the February level and 4 per cent above those of March, 1962.

. A plentiful supply of money in the nations savings and loan associations is encouraging them to offer more money in the mortgage field, according to the U. S. Savings and Loan League.

GENERAL IMPROVEMENT SEEN

. Substantially improved business conditions in AprU were reported by the National Association of Purchasing Agents.

. General business during the rest of the year wUl average higher than a year ago, stated A.W. Zelomek, an economist who ha almost never been found wrong. He added; The gain will be somewhat more marked during the latter par t of the year than the ear

lier part. . .Business, consumer and government spending will continue to provide stimulus during the rest of the year.

. Sales of farm equipment are rising and the Farm Equipment Institute thinks that this may be the second best year in history.

. Net income of 1,026 leading corporations in the first quarter were 4 per cent above the same quarter last year. First National City Bank reported. However, they were 12 per cent under income in the last 1%2 quarter, which was boosted by seasonal conditions.

CAR SALES GO LIKE 60

. Auto sales continue vigor-ish. A plus factor is that high spring demand has enabled dealers to reduce stocks, putting them in shape to handle heavy shipments of 1964 models.

. Mothers Day appears to be swelling retail sales more than usual; a new record may be set this year.

On the other hand, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said, Despite favorable signs, some caution is necessary In Interpreting recent develop

ments. It added that actual outlays for new plant and e4ulp-ment were lagging behind recent predictions, and that unemployment is still high. However, It observed that early returns for April suggest further advances In production and a continued high level of consumer spending.

OLD PROMOTER WOULD AMEND JUDGE- EMPLOYMENT BILL I see my old friend Congressman Emanuel Celler (D., N.Y.) has introduced a bill to prohibit Federal Judges from outside profit-making activities, the Old Promoter observed on his visit today.

I think thats too severe, he went on. Of course, Judges shouldnt go to work for big corporations or other possible UUgants. But I think the law should permit a Judge to babysit once in a while, or to umpire a few ball games. I dcml think a Judge would be corrupted by mtluDC a few bucks a a strolling acoordl(Hilst at a Washlngtim party.

I dont think so either. But the White House ought to be out of bounds.