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Tuesday, July 80, 1968

Blame For Failure Rest On Each

Oklahoma faced much the same problem witli regard to its legislative redistricting as is faced in North Carolina. It U natural for Tar Heels to feel that the discrepancies in legislative representation in our state are not as pronounced as in Oklahoma or some other states. But most Tar Heels agree, nevertheless, that Senate redistricting Is needed and must take place.

In Oklahoma the legislature couldnt come to terms with itself in the matter of legislative redistricting. It debated, procrastinated and finally left the job unfinished. The story is familiar to everyone. Now the courts have written a new chapter by ordering redistricting strictly on a population basi^ . . . much to the chingrin of many residents of that state.

Two years ago North Carolinas legislature belatedly reapportioned its House of Representatives, shifting the extra 20 seats to the most populous counties of the state. But on the matter of redistricting the Senate, it hit an impasse.

This year. In one of the longest legislative ses

sions on record, the General Assembly debated the redistricting issue only to declare it couldnt reach agreement without a special session.

That special sessiontentatively planned for early Septemberis just about a month away now. From all outward appearances there is little indication that legislative attitudes have changed on points at which the redistricting issue became stale-mated.

It is not a good sign for the legislature, for the state or for the people.

Apportioning legislative representation Is the responsibility of the General Assembly in North Carolina. The General Assembly must not again default in its responsibility in this special session. If the issue is not resolved in the September session, there is little doubt it will be resolved in the courts. The blame*for such an eventuality would have ^o be placed squarely at the feet of every member of the General Assembly . . . not just a few members. Each of the legislators, after all, must share the responsibility for the General Assembly doingor not doingits job.

Mice And The CatA Fable

THE MICE BECANkE ^0 TAKGLED IK M THEiR OWN PROBLEA^-

Sleeper Could it isnt Perfect, But

Stir Ud Action Than Nothing

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By WIU.IAM A. SHIRES SLEEPER Republican legislators have prepared a 'leeper aenate redistricting bllle which Juat might be Introduced In the forthcoming apect-ai aeaalon of the General Aasem-blymainly for effect,

A purpose ol introdudns the biU would be to demonstrate theoretically bow to rediatrict the State Senate strictly accord-Ing to tlw coiurtltutlon. foUow-hif exactly the provision that districts be drawn as near as may be possible** according to popidation.

A hoped-for effect would be Moatematlon among Demcrata, brought about by realisation that unless the leglalature Itoda an acceptable redistricting plan the federal courts could do it this way.

BILL This "sleeper" bill, of course, would have no chance of enactment. It may not be Introduced at all depending upon what progress is made prior to the special session toward solving the redistricting Impasse.

The bill was authored by William Leonard, turveryor, mathematician, occasional contributor of newspaper artlclea and Republican state representative from Transylvania County.

Lemiard began woriclng on It before adjournment of the I'e-fidar eeasion doing the necessary calculations as a "brain teaser" and following the sped-flc provisions of the state constitution.

PROVISIONS The result Is a pn^Kwal which would provide for 50 senatorial dldrlcts Instead of the present 33. There would be one senator per district. ellmlnating all oi the present two-senator districts.

It would cut districts tlcmg township lines .within counties, apportioning them exactly by population. In ocw caae hi Mecklenburg County a major highway would be the dividing Une between smiatorlal d 1 s-tricts. Guilford County would have two.

A GOP spokesman says "the su)st Interesting thing Is the theory. R proves that redistricting can be done according to the constitution on a strict population basis and done as nearly as may be possible.

REDISTRICT - Result of the recent Oklahoma redistricting by federal court order has been to Increase conviction of North Carolina Democrale that the legislature will redlstrlct the senate during the special session.

They now feel that redistricting by the legislature is Imperative and can be put off no longer.

Governor Sanford has not yet named a special group to attempt to find a satlsfa^ry plan of redistricting prlOT to the special group to attraopt to find a satisfactory plan of redliArict-Ing prior to the special session.

but said be Is "working on* It membership. He hopes to name the group within the next few weeks.

Administrathm sources believe the legislature will be able to enact two bills, separately. One would redlstrlct now, along present coosUtutlimal lines. The other would propose amending the constitution to take care of future redistricting of the Senate,

OOP Republican officials gearing for next year's state political campaigns report they are making organizational progress In Esstern North Carolina.

But at the same time they admit frankly that they have a long way to go.

The eastern part of the state has been traditionally solidly Democratic for more than 60 years. There have been no Republican organizations st all In many Eastern counties. One of these is Nash County, a Democratic strong-hold and home of veteran Rep. Harold Cooley. The Republicans now have es-^tabilshed a "full fledged" county organization in Nash.

Furthermore, a state GOP spokesman says "We are getting other new county organizations with chairman In counties where we never had a county chairman before." Ane of these Is Warren County. A full time County Republican headquarters has been opened In Cumberland County recently.

SECRETT State treasurer Edwin OU aay he doubts that the Banking Commission will adopt a policy of holding closed meetings. GUI, who Is chairman of the Banking Commission, has opposed closed meetings and the Banking Commls-sl(i has gone Into executive session only once during GUIs 10 years as chairman. On that one occasion, in 1961 the commission voted for executive seasion over GUIs protest.

E. D. Gasklna of Monroe, a newly-appcrfnted member of the Banking Ccmimlssion. referred to the matter of members getting together privately for dls-cusslim and ^"to get to know each other better." GUI says he does not think Gaskins proposed to hold regular Commission meetings behind closed doors.

Law requires that such meetings be closed when solvency of the bank and character of man-agment are under discussion.

MEMBERS ~ Oaths of office were administered to Gaskins and Lewis (Snow) Holding of Charlotte as new members of the Banking Ccanmlsslon and to Charles Johnson of Raleigh, reappointed by Gov. Terry Sanford. There was a separate cere-money for another reappointed member, Edwin Brown ol Murfreesboro.

Brown, a Quaker, was affirmed and the others were sworn by Chief Justice E. B. Denny of the State Supreme Court.

The nuclear test ban treaty now awaiting approval by the Senate falls short in many respects of being the kind of >guarantee the United States would like to have that the Soviets will not renew nuclear testing.

Be that as it may, the very fact that the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union have now been able to agree on at least a reasonable nuclear test agreement deserves the approval of Congress.

It will not be difficult for members of Congress or other citizens to find flaws in the wording of the proposed treaty. It is not difficult to point out shortcomings or possible loop-holes in the treaty that dilute any guarantee that no- further nuclear tests will be held. Ana there is always the realistic danger that the Soviets may choose a time to their liking and advantage to suddenly break the treaty as they have broken other commitments in the past.

All of these things considered, however, the nuclear test ban treaty now tentatively agreed to is far better than no treaty at all. With the treaty officially in effect- it may be possible through further negotiations to include in it refinements that are needed. It also may lead to further agreements that will lessen world tension without jeopardizing the .position of the United States or its free world allies.

For all its shortcomings, the proposed treaty between the big three nuclear powers banning nuclear testing contains sufficient merit to justify approval of Congress. It is by no means perfect, but it offer.s a far better position for both East and West than the present situation where no official agf-eement on banning nuclear testing is in effect.

Cool Air Ploys A Growing Role

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By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK, Mass. I have always been extremely Interested In air conditioning, and the summers first real hot spell promiAs me to look again at this Industry. Some years ago I wrote an article on air condl-tlailng In which I said that merchants would have to universally adopt cooling systems during the summer in order to hold their trade. This now seenw just about a fact accomplished.

I do happen to know one department store not far from Babson Park that for some reason atm has no air conditioning; but it Is easy to see on a hot afternoon that customers dash into buy what they want and then da.sh right out. I believe sales totals would be double what they are If the store were air conditioned. This likewlM applies to churches and all public buildings.

COOL AIR FOR HOMES

As air conditioning Is now a commonplace In business establishments of all types. It seems to be gradually becoming a necessity In our houses and auto-mobllea. Only a short time ago it was cwsldered a luxury, but those days aie already gone. Contractors In climates where the summers are Inclined to be warm and muggy usuaUy Include a cooling system In original consti-uctlon plans, as a matter of course.

You can have air cwiditlonlng Installed In your own home at a eonsldertbly lower price than was the case a few years ago. Por a medium - size house an efficient system can be put in for $1.500-$2.000. In connectiwi with this matter, I should warn ycHi that the proper size of the system is important. Too large a unit wiU chm the interior too quickly, then shut off and permit the accumulation of humidity. Naturally, this means too a high cost of operation for your system. So avoid oversized units.

COMPACT COOLING SYSTEMS

-Even for those who cant afford a completely air * conditioned home, there are Inexpensive units that can make a room or two quite comfortable during the sweltering weather. They may be hitched to a window to reduce the temperature nicely In a kitchen, a living room, or a bedroom. Mo.st are sufficiently powerful to cool at least a couple of small rooms. Generations to come will want their homes entirely air conditioned; it will be considered one of the necessities of everyday living.

I must admit that originally I thought cooling units for the interiors of automobiles were a passing fancy and would never last. But I now believe that air conditioning units will be considered accessories in practically all new' models bpfore long.

TNITS PAY FOR

THEM.SELVE.S

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By ALVIN TAYLOR

Detroit Scored Again

Always been a conservative, when It comes to automobiles. None of those traveling palaces of crome, glass and steel for me.

Deluxe steering wheels? Theyre for the suckers. People who order such fancy doodads are poor victims of the slick words which float out of

Public

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Whether for commercial and business establishments or for homes, I am cwivinced that air conditioning more than pays for itself. In a government survey It has been revealed that general office employees turn out

9.5 percent more work, on average, with air conditioning, while absenteeism Is reduced by swne

2.5 percent. On production lines output gains appear to be sometimes nearly 100 percent in cool-ed-off areas. It Is estimated that a saving of only seven minutes a day for each worker will more than make up the cost of air conditlMiing Installation and operation.

In the home it may not be so immediately easy to see how such units can pay for themselves. But the health angle should never be forgotten. Heat is bad for weak hearts, and even strong hearts are not helped any by prolonged hot spells. If your home is temperature-controlled, you will sleep better, eat better, have relief from many allei^les, and be fresh to face each days work. Hot weather breeds fatigue, and fatigue Is the enemy of accomplishment and success.

In closing, lei me remind you that air conditioning means additional boosts for your local electric companies. As usage of this convenience becomes more widespread summer electric power consumptiwi will Increase. I predict that by 1970 peak consumption of electricity may occur In summer, rather than In winter.

Opinions !n Brief

Tar Heel growers, Whose plight deeply Involves our whole economy, may argue all they plea.se about MH-30, production quotas, acreage control and other domestic matters, but they must recognize that sale of their product depends upon meeting the needs, demands and requirements of customers, who look in turn to tastes and wishes of consumers. Greensboro Daily News.

TO THE EDITOR.

I would like to express my views In regard to the law passed by the 1963 Legislature which outlaws Communist speakers using the facilities of tax-supported colleges. Are the opponents of this law trying to tell us that the CJommunists are not attempting to turn our children against our democratic form of government? Are they trying to tell us that Communists operate under the same code of ethics In regard to truth as those who believe In democracy?

The anti-Communist law is a good law. Why should the democratic government of North Carolina help pay for a campaign which is intended to destroy it? Why should the taxpayers of this state pay for an auditorium for speakers who hold In contempt the ethics and morals on which our system of goveniment is based? This newly-enacted law does not infringe on free speech as its opponents (Including the News and Observer) would have us believe. The Communists can hire their own hall or stand on any street corner and preach their "religion at any time they want and as long as they want. The law does not prevent that. It does withdraw the cloak of respectability which Communists have previously enjoyed by being granted an official forum, provided by our colleges and taxpayers.

Those who attack this law say that it is an Insult to our college students and does not let them decide for themselves whether Communism Is good or bad. If the students don't know this already, our public schools and colleges have been doing a poor job. If this law is an insult to our students, then so are our laws against sale of narcotics and habit forming drugs and also rules governing good behavior and morals. If only one student in a hundred becomes addicted to narcotics, and if only one student in a hundred embraced Communism, it would be a tragedy which could change the future of our country and our way of life beyond recall. One student in a hundred is 30,000. Just one in a thousand would be 3,000 young Communist dedicated to destroy democracy and Christianity.

Our students should make up their minds about Communism through courses taught In pub-lib school and college classrooms

....not from Communists, who admittedly have no scruples whatever about twisting facts, and who lie without conscience whenever it serves their cause. If anyone doubts this, let them read the book, "Masters of Deceit, by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. I. This book can be found in any library and on many newstands.

To repeal this law, as advocated by Its opponents, would be a moral tragedy. To do so would grant Communists official approval by the State of North Carolina. Repeal would confer on Communists official respectability, hitherto denied them. Repeal would announce to our children and college students that the State of North Carolina considers Communists no different from law-abiding Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Democrats Republicans, or any non-subversive, loyal American. Our schools and colleges by their nature stand for truth and knowledge. Those who use college classrooms and platforms are under obligation to respect and follow this tradition. It is not hard to understand hof some students would be confused by permitting Communist speakers. After all, the Communists would be speaking from platforms dedicated to truth and knowledge, under the official approval of the State of North Carolina.

Finally, the great state institutions of high education are not the private realms of the college administrators, educators, or the public officials. They are owned by the people of North Carolina. The great majority of people of North Carolina, I believe, approve this law which attempts to put Communist propaganda in its proper place. They. In my opinion, do not want their tax money used to promote Communism.

Representative Red Forbes should be congratulated by the people of Pitt County for his support of this law. Senator Robert Hiuuber and Dr. Leo Jenkins should re-examine their lory-towered opposition, which to me appears unrealistic, and not in the best interests of the colleges, the students, the State of North Carolina, and our democratic form of government.

Yours truly.

Mrs. Marjorie W. Clark 1004 West Third Street GreenvUle, N. C.

Detroit to lure the populace.

And those super high compression, high horse power engines. Dont need all that power. Just wears out tires and encourages speeding on the highways.

Two tone paint, white sidewalls and flashy interiors. They dont make the cars run any better. Anybody who ever looked at a price sticker on a new automobile knows the basic car is reasonably priced. Its aU those extras that run the cost up.

Now me, Ive never joined the hot rodders In those conversations where they brag about the number of seconds it takes to get their vehicle up to 1(X), or which model will outnm the other.

All that talk about four-barrel carburetors, dual exhausts, bucket seats, four speed stick shift transmissions and tachometers (hatever that Is) has been completely lost on me.

And who needs a car which brightens up like a light house every time you open the doors? And in the glove compartment? And in the boot? Useless luxuries. A dollar flashlight will serve the same purpose.

Who needs super deluxe radios that seek out signals and such? Or electric antennas which go up and down at the touch of a button? Or power seats and windows?

What good is carpeting made of nylon? Rubber matting is easier to clean.

Now me, I drove an economical car for five and a half years.

Then the plague hit me. There was this Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 convertible solid white with a sky blue interior. When you run the top back at the push of a button its a beautiful thing to behold.

Lights pop on under the hood, and in the glove compartment and even in the boot. You put on the emergency brake and a little red light comes on. And the engine. Its got power to spare. You ought to hear the deep throated roar of that aluminized muffler.

Well, I'm told that when I saw it, my pupils dilated and steam poured from my ears.

All I know is when I came to my senses Detroit had scored again, I owned a convertible.

But you know, Its not so bad with the top down.

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Many a man marries so hell have someone to talk to about himself. Dawson County (Ga.) Advertiser.

'Peace'

With A

Price?

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1963. King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Not so long ago my "cousin" (actually no relative). Professor Neil W. Chamberlain, of the Yale economics faculty, sent me hte paperback bearing the title of "The West In a World Without War, published by McGraw-Hill. I tossed It to one aide as something that might conceivably be of interest to my grandchdren, but certainly of no particular value to the present nuclear - beset generation. But there tt sat at the back of the table, and as the news from Moscow kept stressing Khrushchevs "Jollity" the title kept poking itself into my consciousness.

Finally, yielding to curiosity under the prod of the'nuclear test ban talk, I stuck my nose into the professor's pages. I got the shock of my Ufe. For the world of western "peace," which Neil Chamberlain thinks Is coming, is projected as the modem equivalent of what prevailed in that ancient England in which the first Germanic comers to a Celtic island paid the "Dangegeld, as tribute and blackmaU. to another hardy race from across the North Sea. And Kiplings words came back to

"Once you have paid him the Danegeld,

Youll never get rid of the Dane." ^ ,

Professor Neil Chamberlain, to be strictly truthful, never once mentions such a thing as the Danegeld. The horrid word blackmail does not sully his pages. But give ear to his argument, you poor citizens of the West who might be under the delusion that a world without war will be a pleasant world, and figure it out for yourself.

The professor, looking at the stockpiles of nuclear bombs which are currently at the disposal of America and the So^ Viet Union, thinks it only a quesr tion of time before other nations wUl have succeeded in joining the nuclear club. With the dangerous stuff proliferating, he envisions all the atomic countries rushing to pool their weapons with the United Nations as a supreme keeper of the peace. War wUl be renounced.

But dorft begin singing halle-lujah'at the prospect. For, by the sheer weight * of their populations, the proletarian nations of the world will dominate the U.N. peace club. World poU-cy will be an Afro - Asian affair. The western countries with the money and the industrial know-how might, like the American c(^on states of the* Eighteen Forties and the Eighteen Fifties, continue to be sovereign within their own borders.

But the power to "interpose, to veto any raids on their treasuries, must break down. The gang in control of the monopolized nuclear weapons will inevitably have the last say. Any attempt to secede from the nuclear . dominated union would be ten times as futile as the effort of the old Confederacy of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, for how could conventional weapons hold out against the massing of atomic rockets in the possession of the . N. "peace keeping army?

Neil Chamberlain tries to perfume the prospect a bit. He envisions the rich members of the U. N. willingly subjecting themselves to a graduated international Income tax. The West, so he says, will continue to keep the same sort of advantage that a rich citizen of the United States or Britain now has over the poorer citizen. But, like rich citizens, the western countries will not have much to say about the conduct of their own lives. They will be told where to invest their funds. They will have to run their businesses with all sorts of fringe benefits and special levies going to people who dont even work for the company.

It might not be so bad if this were the limit of the price to be paid for putting ones nuclear arms under the control of a central authority dominated by the millions of Asia and Africa, f Naturally, Professor Chamber-lain expects Red China to be in on the deal.) But who should the "proletarian" nations stop there? Why should the ones with the power let the ones with the wealth keep even the slightest sort of advantage? Has nak-(Continued on page 5)

Domestic Sugar Given Imoetus

The Tribune is alarmed at the rise of extremism m America. But the best way to handle extremism is to remove legitimate grlevance.s." The Tulsa Tribune.

"The woro 'politicking Isnt in the dictionary, But its a good, if homely, word Just the same. Its as American as apple pie. It describes something thats going on in this country, in which anyone can run for anything, day In and day out the calendar around The Industrial News Review *

By ELMER ROESSNER

Sugar will get cheaper sontf day. The retail price has been trimmed a bit in recent weeks. R may be trimmed a little more during the rest of the year. It may be whittled dow'n even further next year. But it is unlikely to return to last years prices ever.

Sugar soared to new highs earlier this year largely because of speculators work. The world sugar crop, it became apparent, was short. Fear of shortages hit consumers and industrial users. The latter, it seems, panicked more than Mrs. Doakes. Users started to build up stocks; shrewd dealers took advantage of the scare and bid up prices

Then the Department of Agriculture assured the public that sugar supplies would be adequate and prices melted a bit. MORE BEET SUGAR

Even before the world sugar shortage, the United States beet sugar Industry had embarked (m a program of expansion. Fidel Castro gave it initial impetus When It became apparent that Castro was thoroughly red and the U. S. would embargo Cu-

en though then restricted In acreage, began to increase their facilities.

As a result, the Spreckels Sugar Co. was able to open a new beet sugar refinery in the San Joaquin Valley this month. Meanwhile, the Holly Sugar Corp. Is building a new refinery at Hereford. Texas. And American Crystal Sugar Co, has started a plant at Drayfem, N. D to be completed in 1965. The Utah - Idaho Sugar Co. Is starting a plant in South Dakota, and the Arizona Sungar Beet Committee is planning a plant near Phoenix.

The Department of Agriculture has agreed to Increase the sugar beet acieage in the areas .served by these five plants. Eighteen more groups are asking the Depai tment to increase acreage allotments in territor,-les so that they may attract or help build refineries^ Congress authorized increases in acreages to offset the loss of Cuban sugar.

FURTHER EXPANSION POSSIBLE

Meanwhile, sugar productiwi

ing facilities. More Intensive cultivation can increase production per acreage. Furthermore, the Department of Agriculture has lifted acreage restrictions through 1965 and sugar beets can be grown in almost every state.

Refining facilities have rarely been used to capacity. They can easily be stepped up to handle Increases in beet production this year and next. By that tipie, there may be close to a glut of sugar.

This adds up to a grim jest on Cuba. Even if Russia gives up supporting its Caribbean poorhouse, the United States would have little use for Cuban cane sugar with the rising production of American beet. Thus Castro appears to be guaranteeing poverty long after he Is slain or overthrown.

.SPOOF BOOK THREATENS TO BECOME BEST-SELLER

A booklet on "Handling Expense Accounts" by Dudley V. Carrington has sold almost 150,-(KK) copies, according to Its publishers. Osborne - Kemper - Thomas of Cincinnati. The whole

cartoons with gay cutUnes. A typical cartoon shows two men In a night club with a blonde punching an adding machine. The underlines: Prediction:

More female bookkeepers. Someone w'iU have to be along to take care of the records and there is a feeling that the preference will be pretty girls."

SHORT & SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS ITEMS A study by the University of Miami. Fla., for the Small Business Administration says that large quantities of trash fish now discarded by shrimp boats could be Iced and sold ashore for pet food. . .Fish caught or deer and game shot and given to charitable Institutions constitute Income - tax deductions in their actual worth, Prlntice - Hall reminds vacationists, . June housing starts were at a higher rate than in June, 1962, but sharply lower than in May, 1963, Department of Commerce reports. . .Stephen Greene Pre.ss. BratUeboro, VI., is about to publish a book. How to Build a $20,000 House for $59.000," (sic) by William