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Clouds Do Have A Silver Lining

Waiting In The Wings

Any advice to look on the bright side of the coin in our turbulant world is apt to be greeted with a sneer this day and age. The world is a seething cauldron with countless trouble spots.

But if we care to pick up the coin, we nearly alwavs find that the other side is a little brighter.

The United States today finds itself faced with problems which give the future a rather gloomy outlook. Theres the Bomb of course, always hanging over us, ready at any time to annihilate us. There is Cuba, a constant hotfoot at our 'very heels, a reminder at our backdoor that Communism is a threat to our entire hemisphere.

Finally there is our racial problem, a smouldering thing which threatens frequently to burst into flames and consume our nation in hatred.

Never before has a nation faced such problems.

But lift the coin. There is a brighter side. The threat of The Bomb hangs over us, but it has yet to have annihilated the world. It is almost a sure bet that if the nuclear weapons had not been developed, the world would have, by now, been at World War III. There is no guarantee that we have made war so terrible that men will never fight again, but if we havent, the time may never come.

And how about Communist Cuba, an embarrassing thing to this hemisphere which has lived so long under the Monroe Doctrine? Fidel Castro has awakened us to the threat of communist infiltration among the poverty stricken of South America. Most important, he has awakened the leaders of these countries, themselves. Tnus we

Adiournment Is

Cominq Up Fas

By WnXlAM A. SHIRES

SESSION Adjournment of the 1963 General Assembly appears likely this week with or without redistiicting of the Senate.

If sine die adjoiuTtment of the regular session comes with re-districting left undone and unresolved. a special session will be called swiftly.

Gov. Terry Sanford has issued word that he will call the lauTnakers back to Raleigh after about 10 days or two weeks. The special session would begin about July 1 and no later than July 8.

It would deal specifically with Senate redistricting. the issue that has lived up to all advance predictions that it would be the most difficult to deal with.

FAVOR It appeared over the past w'eekend that most legislators now prefer the special session method of dealing with redi.stricting, provided of course that no agreement can be reached in a tightly - drawn House-Senate conference committee.

There is support, especially In the Senate, for staying in regular session indefinitely to act on redistricting.

But the mood in the House favors a special session. And it has been the House which has taken the lead on Senate redistricting all session and which has tried repeatedly to prod the upper chamber into action acceptable to both houses.

The Senate has refused and now stands very finnly on the proposition that it can do nothing about redistricting without a constitutional amendment.

PROGRESS Progress to-W'ard adjournment has been unhurried, almost leisurely, up to this point because of the uncertainty about redistricting.

Barring some sign of a dramatic breakthrough and unexpected agreement in the conference committee, leaders may decide early this week that a special session is inevitable.

This would have the effect of hurrying things along and the pace would pick up considerable speed. Members w'ould want to adjouni quickly in order to spend as much time as possible at h(MTie before returning to the struggle.

The machinery leading to adjournment has been In motion for a couple of weeks. Committee acti(m has been at a minimum, which most Senate committees already disbanded. All new bills have been going to calendar committee and quite

a few old ones also have been referred into these for weeding out.

The House has been wrestling for several weeks with a lengthy, burdensome calendar but House leaders believe this can be cleared up in three or four days.

ISSUES The redistricting stalemate is the big issue, of course, and the one with major political repercussions.

But there are other controversial items and possible stumbling blocks nearing the debate stage in both houses. These include utilities law changes, revenue act revisions and .suRple-mentai-y appropriations bills. In addition there is a good deal of general legislation remaining.

Committee work is about completed on the broad big utilities bill, a task that has required almost constant attention for four months. Some legislators are saying that more work and study has gone into this bill than any other during the session, including appropriations and redistricting.

Another bill about w^hich there is sharp division is a measure to repeal the states inventory tax and make up the loss to localities from the general fund. Repeal of the inventory tax is the chief legislative goal of the slates commerce and industry division.

STUDIES The list of carryover items to be studied by the newly - created interim legislative council between sessions of the General Assembly is growing.

The biggest and possibly most controversial assignment thus far is a study of the states compulsory automobile liability hisurance law. This statute withstood attacks during this session, and attempts to repeal it or w'eaken it.

The study by the Legislative Council came after a late - session move in the Senate Insurance committee to scrap the present law and replace it with a so-called Virginia plan for an uninsured motorists fund.

Other items ticketed for interim legislative coimcil study include the commercial money order business and its regulation, the acquisition of historic sites by municipalities, and the program schedules of the states educational television stations.

A 15-member study commission composed of eight legislators and seven appointees by tlie governor will study the rnat-ter of abolishing capital punishment in North Carolina._

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perhaps enjoy better relations with South Americans than in many a year.

How can our racial problem, which has been made known throughout the world, become an asset? Well, we see among our own Negro neighbors the stirrings of freedom which are sweeping African nations and other areas of the world. If we heed this insight we have giveii we can establish world friendship which can endure through the ages. Finally the plight of the American Negro is improving, significantly now through his own efforts. Thus the world is coming to see that Americas racial problems are, indeed, not insolvable.

^0 when things look gloomy, flip the coin over. Theres nearly always a brighter side.

Merger Promises To Boost Effectiveness

Merger of the Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce of Greenville into one organization'is a move which promises to add greater strength to the communitys efforts toward development, promotion and retail trade.

After several months of consideration the boards of directors and members of the two organizations have agreed to the merger. In all probability it will be some time yet before the merger is fully effected and the new combined organization begins full-scale operations.

There is no getting around the fact that the functions of the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association ar^vital to the future welfare of Greenville. The more effective the job done by the new combined organization, the greater benefits will accrue not only to those businesses which hold memberships in the organization, but all the citizens of Greenville.

It is also evident to anyone who considers the matter that the effectiveness of the job the new organization can do for the city will depend to a large extent upon the support, financial and other-wi.'je which will be forthcoming from businessmen, large and small, and other citizens of Greenville.

The merger of the two organizations, in our opinion, is a forward step that will benefit Greenville and its citizens.

By ROGER BABSON

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,S. Tax Rates

By GEORGE HAGEDORN

There is a peculiarity in the stincture of our present system of personal income tax rates that Is not widely understood by the general public. Certainly, every'one realizes that we have high tax rates on personal income. It is also generally understood that rates of tax are steeply graduated, rising from 20 per cent on the lowest layer of taxable income to 91 percent on taxable income above $200,-000.

What has not been emphasized in public discussion is the high degree to which the progressive rise in rates is compressed into the lower range of the taxable income scale. Over the entire range up to $200,000 the tax rate increases with the increase in income, but it increases the fastest as the taxpayer moves through the lower and middle graduated inc o m e brac|tets. As he gets above this hump his tax rate continues to rise, but at a gentler gradient.

This is the result of two factors. First, the brackets are narrower near the bottom. Second, the rise in rate from one bracket to the next tends to be greatest in the first ten brackets and then to taper off gradually as income rises.

The combined effect is that as taxable Income rises from zero to $20,000 the applicable rate increases from 20 per cent to 56 per cent a total spread of 36 percentage points. From there on It takes a further increase of $180,000 for the rate to ri.se another 35 points, in other words about half the rise in rates occurs In the fii'st 10 percent of the Income scale.

Our system of graduated personal tax rates is oitcn described as a ladder, up which the individual must struggle as he works and takes risks to improve his economic well - being. But it is a strange kind of ladder, curved and steepest at the bottom. As the climber reaches the higher rungs he finds the ladder still inclined upward but the slope somewhat easier.

This .schedule of tax rates has been regarded as one designed to soak the rich. But, whether by design or accident, it also has the effect of imposing a dis-couragingly steep rise in rates on those who are attempting to climb through the lower and middle brackets.

Congress is at pre.sent studying tax revision. Let us hope

that they will enact a plan which lowers the general burden of personal income taxes. Let us hope also that they will reduce the overall graduation of the tax system as measured by the spread between the lowest and highest rates.

But let us not deceive ourselves into believing that these steps are all that needs to be done to relieve the growth-inhibiting effects of high and steeply graduated rates. Something should also be done to straighten out the curvature in the ladder.

ODinions

'n Brief

The way things are going, it won't be long before we lobby for a bill to protect the equal rights of man. We even have a slogan, which .should prove catchy, Vive la difference!, it says. The Tulsa Tribune.

BABSON PARK, Mass.Last week I wrote about owning forest lands or pasture lands. This would be in terms of at least 100 acres, and presumably not less than 250 acres. RULES FOR BUYING IN A SUBDIVISION I like to have my readers buy real estate in general, such as house lots, and to buy It near the city in which this article appears. Certainly one should not buy house lots in some distant state, or in fact anj'W'here, without seeing the property. I am a great believer in Florida land. But I hate to see people buy house lots in Florida from maps which they are looking at hundreds of miles away. When I am ask

ed what Is the best fertilizer for an orange grove, I reply, The footprints of the ox^ti-er. ThLs applies also to house lots, especially in subdivisions of some northern city. Now let me give some simple rules regarding the purchase of such house lots. They are based on careful experience and apply w'hether you are speculating or buying for the purpose of settling on the land and some day bringing up a family.

Every city has its best growth in some one direction, whether to the north, west, east, or south. Often the direction is toward the land highest in elevation. This is especially true if it is to the west facing the sunsets. Remember, too.

Other Editors Saying... With Some Misgivings

Tf you are 15 or 16 year.s old and someone tells you that you are headed for extinction, your reaction probably will be one of utter disbelief. Yet the label, Man of Extinction, has been placed on many youngsters who are failing to complete their high school education. Wichita Falls (Tex.) Times.

When the matriculating college freshman of next fall graduates four years hence, his degree will be, in many areas of work, a minimum .standard of employment. The Charlotte N.C.) News.

The best news for the Negro community will be when it makes no news as the Negro community." Raleigh News and Observer.

Rocky Mount Telegram)

The latest developments In the nuclear test ban negotiations may well have great significance for the West in the near future. Premier Khnish-chev has agreed to new East-West talks on a possible nuclear test ban. Such an agreement does not mean w'e can expect success on the problem. Khrushchev may have an ulterior motive for agreeing to more negotiations on the matter. For example, his agreement to talk may be primarily for propaganda purposes.

The disturbing thing about President Kennedys approach to these talks is the possibility of more concessions on our part in an effort to gain a treaty of some sort. Sen. Henry Jackson, a Democrat who has helped Kennedy on numerous occasions, has misgivings about the administration handling of the test ban negotiations. He differs with Kennedys view that any test ban agreement is better than none. The logic of this position, said Jackson, is to go on making we concession after another, regardless of whether there is matching evidence of a spirit of reasonable compromise by the other side and regardle.ss of whether the end result is an enforceable agreement.

It is quite possible ^.he U. S. will offer new concessions at the talks. Kennedy has just named Undersecretary of State W. Averell Haniman as chief U. S. negotiator for the upcoming talks with the Soviet Union. Harrimans record in the diplomatic field isn't such that one can be absolutely sure we will adopt a firm stand during the talks to be held in Moscow in July.

When news reports early in

May revealed that Khrushchev had agreed to Harrimans plea for a cease-fire and re-establishment of a coalition government In Laos, it came as no great surprise to those whose memories go back as much m a year. The reas<xi: Harrimans proposals for a Laotian solution followed those originally set forth by Khrushchev as part of the Soviet design to commu-nize all Southeast Asia.

It was almost exclusively through Harrimans efforts that the pro-Westem Laotian government last year was forced to surrender to a Communist-dominated coalition headed by Khrushchevs hand - picked choice as ruler. Souvanna Ph-ouma. Protests at the time that the move would inevitably lead to a complete Red takeover were pooh-poohed by the administration. Events since then have shown the protests to be justified.

Haniman, as chairman of a U. S. mission to Russia in 1941 and as ambassador to Russia from 1943 to 1946 was intimately Involved in the Teheran and Yalta agreements with Stalin which were later blamed by John F. Kennedy, then a congressman, for the loss of China. Haniman also gave his support to other phases of these agreements which set up coalition governments in Poland in Roumanla, and In Czechosolvakia. All of these countries now are behind the Iron Curtain.

It is with some uneasy feelings that we will watch the proceedings in Moscow next month as Harriman meets the Russians to talk about a nuclear test ban. If anything In the way of agreement does come out of those talks, some one had better read the fine print.

that subdivisions which are near tenement districts or railroad tracks may not be as attractive as others. Personally, I made a mistake in buying land in Wellesley fifteen miles from Boston under the direct route of the airplanes leaving Boston for New York and elsewhere. I made this mistake many years ago. but those looking for subdivisions now should take this problem into conslderatloo.

HTIAT ABOUT HOUSES?

I do not like houses as an investment unless they are duplex houses, where I can live in one half and rent the other half. As an investment I like something that does not need to be shhigled or painted, and that does not have windows that break. Even a new house depreciates fnnn the very day it is cMupleted; but the land, if in a proper neighborhood, gradually increases in value. This is the reason for buying an extra lot adjoining the one Ml which you will live. Also buy the lot to the rear of your house.

When buying houses or land, recognize that all land and all houses are WMth .something, but the price should be considered according to the above .suggestions. R wUl alawys be possible to build and buy new houses. The price will depend upon supply and demand, just as does the price of mortgages. There will sometimes be a shortage of houses, and often a surplus of houses. There, however, will never be any more land on this globe. This Ls something to remember w^hen you read arti<des on t^ coming populatl(Mi explosion.

IMPORTANCE OF WATER

The avaUablllty of fresh water is sMTiething to cMisider when buying house lots. The talk In the papers today regarding the pollution of water is very sound. This refers to the pollution of streams not only by waste fnxn industrial companies, but also frwn the detergents which our' womenfolk use every day and from the deadly chemical pesticides which are being sprayed In such profusion throughout the nation. Tliis latter is the subject of a very popular book entitled "Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. This book should be read especially by those who are thinking of buying land near a stream. Despite this, land adjoining good rivers should always be in demand for homes, farming, and speculation.

I was bom and brought up In Gloucester, Mass.. by the seashore, where the waves from the Atlantic Ocean dash up twice a day. This picture applies to the whole length of both our Atlantic and Pacific Seaboards. There never will be

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By WINFRED L. GDDWlPf

Director, Southern Regional Education Board

Behind every college student parading in cap and gown U commencement this June walki th shadow of another student who entered college at the samt time but dropped out befort graduating.

Only 55 per cent of the students entering a freshman clMi graduate with that class or later. The others end their college careers before receiving a first degree.

These students were 1^ for many reasons financial pressure, mUitary service, poor mo-UvatlMi or marriage, among others. UntU very recently th^ lost intellectual resources stirred up UtUe excitement among the academic or public community.

Today, however, they are the subject of intense scrutiny by universities, national educational associations and social researchers.

There are many questions te be asked about the young peih pie who enter college but dont make It to the commencement stage. How many are there? What are their reasons for dropping out of school? How can better predictions be made, before students are admitted, about who will drop out? And what do the droPrOuts mean about Southern higher education generally?

R. E. Iffert of the United States Office of Education has estimated that some 57 per cent of male freshmen and 52 per cent of female freshmen will subsequently graduate.

Those who do drop out of college are often as qualified in terms of measured ability and high school performance as those who complete their degree course.

However, proportionately more high ability students graduate than do students of lower ability. Current estimates say that as many as 70 per cent of the freshmen entering college from the upper 30 per cent of their high school classes will go on to graduation. Almost 75 per cent of the freshmen ranked In the top 10 per cent oi their class will graduate.

The ones who dont graduate go off in many directions for many reasMis. Men most often leave college to go into the service or because of poor grades, studies say. Other reasons. In the order of their importance, are financial needs, a reluctance to study, or the destre to take (m a full - time job.

Most of the women drop-ouU are lured from college by early marriage. Pull - time jobs and financial shortages in the family are other reasons for many women leaving the campus.

Large numbers of the droiv outs are dissatisfied with college facilities and services and leave school to get away from frustrations. The more able students criticize the quality of teaching and the size of classes, and counseling, guidance and orientation functions of the college also share the blame.

Most dropping . out is done during the freshman year, when a student is making many adjustments. Ifferts study indicates that 27 per cent of all the students enrolled in college for the first time in the fall of dropped out during or at the end of the first year. Public Institutions lost more students than private institutions during the fre.shman year, but drop outs during the second, third and fourth year were about the same in public and private institutions.

A drop - out is a waste for student, college and society. It is to the best onterest of all that a student enters an in.sti-tutlon suited to his needs and is encouraged to stay there until graduation.

any more of It: hence, If possible, it is well to own some land as an Investment on one or the other of these seacoa.st. Let me close by empha.sizinf the importance of diversification. Do not put all your money in any one thingreal estate. stocks, bonds, or bank ao-countsand be especially cautious about Investing in deteriorating houses.

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DAUGLAS OUR CAPACITY FOR THOUGHT

Blaise Parscal, the 17th cen-tiu-y philosopher once remarked that Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature bupjie instincts which astound us as we

He might also have added that man is an animal but a thinking animal. The lower animals instincts which astounl us as we study their habits. But the lower animals are not able to appreciate many higher things that man can appreciate. Beautiful music fills the air, but the lower animals seem unconscious of it. None of the lower animals ever read a book or wrote one. They sometimes appear to have methods of communication a-mongst themselves but they do not speak, although some of them understand very readily when we speak t them.

Man has the gift of reflection. His mind goes over the past and if he has any wisdom at allhe profits by his remembrance both of the triumps and the mistakes which lie In the past. With his mind man examines the present and understands its significance. His mind, even more than his heart, leads him to be kind and to love as well as to project great schemes and carry out vast enterprises. Man is basically an animal, but through divine grace he has become a child of God. We believe that everyone of us has something in us which will make it possible for us to have fellowship with the Most High for all eternity.

Man is a thinking reed. Our capacity for thought lifts us out of any connection we may have with the animal world.

By ELMER ROESSNER

There are many clues to business prospects on the horizon. To spot them:

Look for: A new rousing battle for the American blades market. A year ago a British firm entered the American market with a stainless steel blade, claimed to be sharper and to last longer than the usual carbon-steel blade. Now one American firm has put a stainless steel blade on the market and two other companies are about to Introduce their blades. These companies, and those without new blades, will pour millions into the fight for American shavers money.

I.ook for: A sharp rise in department store sales this month compared with a year ago. Its technical, however. A year ago many investors, battered In the stock market, were ordering wives to stop running up bUls. COMMON MARKET BOYCO'TTS 1.00k for: Violent opposition to Common Market products in

the chicken - raising belts of America. Feeling is high because the six nations are barring most of Americas chickens, just when production here Is at a peak. There may not be any overturning of foreign cars, but there may be considerable opposition to their sale.

Look for: New kinds of detergents. The syndet industry is racing to bring out new compounds before C(mgress cracks down on old ones that are indestructible and keep well water and spring water foaming. Two chemical companies are rushing plants to produce accep-able detergents. Plants are being builty at Lake Charles, La., Baltimore. Texas Oty, Tex., and Institute, W. Va., to produce detergents that eliminate the foaming trouble.

Look for: A further rise In construction. There was a sharp increase in May and all signs point to a further rise this month. Housing construction is strong, despite some tightening of rates of mortgage money. However, since savings are ris

ing, more money at lower rates is likely to be available later this year, lending stimulus to housing construction.

COST OF LIVING TO RISE A LI'TTLE

Look for: A modest increase In the cost of living for the remainder of the year. Wages and taxes are rising, but so is production. In the end, there will be some increases during the last half of this year, but they will not be great.

Look for: A continued rise In personal incomes. There are buUt - in increases in many labor contracts: In federal, state and local civil service pay; In military pay. In fact, all but free-lance poets are expecting rises. Corporate, rental and proprietors Incomes show signs of increasing and transfer p a y-ments, money paid in pensions, for relief and welfare, will c(xj-tlnue their regular rises.

Look for: Still more rises In consumer credit totals. Buyers owed, as of April 30, almost $49 billion, $5 billion more than a year ago. Since there are no

aM>arent fears of a recession. It is likely that consumers will add $3 billion more, to their Indebtedness In the last half of this year when the new auto models ai^ar and Christmaa giving increases credit - buying and aiKither $2 billion by thia time next year.

OLD PROMOTER WANTS MEN PAID AS MUCH AS WOMEN

Congress fumbled things when it passed the law requiring employers to pay women aa much as men, the Old Promoter observed as he came visiting today. It also should hava required employers to pay mea as much as it pays women.

Doesnt it?

Not as far as I know. And if It doesnt, as long as soma boss is paying a woman mora for doing the same Job soma man is, thai the law is discriminatory and probably ii^ constitutional.

I told him Id call up my attorney 1 ever I find a womaa rtntng my Job foF more.