Wednesday, November 6, 1965

Seems No Alternative For Crop

Drfinilio-HoiMigned By A Coininittee

Farmers and agricultural officials alike are taking a serious look at tobacco surpluses on hand at the end of this selling season, and there seems no alternative to a reduction in next year's production. i

Major questions at the moment are how much the crop should be reduced next year, and what method should be used to achieve that goal.

There has been in recent weeks another flurry of conversation about a possible acreage-poundage combination allotment for the 1964 crop. But the general idea of poundage controls has been discussed for a number of years without any really promising - formula being o^ered It is not likely that one will be found in the few, weeks remaining before the Secretary of Agriculture is required to announce the tobacco allotment for next year.

The question of the method of reducing prod^-tlon therefore appears settled. It will have tt be on the acreage allotment basis that has been used so successfully in the tobacco program.

As to the amount of acreage reduction, we take, serious issue with those who assert that should be

a 25 to 30 per cent reduction in tobacco allptmonts next year. It would be far too drastic a cut for tobacco farmers, for the tobacco industry generally, and furthermore such a cut is not justified on the basis of stocks now on hand.

It appears to us that a much more reasonable acreage reduction would be somewhere in the eight to 12 per cent bracket. This reduction should bring next year's quantity of tobacco somewhere in line with the anticipated demand,, and at the same time It would not be sufficiently drastic to force farmers to abandon quality production in an effort to make up for lost poundage.

Although there ia alwaya a reluctance to reduce

tobacco acreage allotments, ^hich almost certainly will curtail farm income in North Carolina, it is necessary to look at the long-term benefits of keeping supply of tobacco stocks in line with demand. Through the system of strict acreage control, the tobacco program has operated much more success fully over a long period of years than the program for any other agricultural ^commodity.

If the situation this ye^ is viewed realistically, there does not appear an lternative to a reduction in acreage for the comiftg season.

One Lesson Learned

For Its Work ' in Giving U.S. Aid

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The insurance committee of the new state Legislative Council was commended by the Council Friday for its work In negotiating agreement with the insurance industry to continue use of FS-4 notification forms on a voluntary basis.

At the same meeting the Council decided to frown in the future on such independent act* Iona by its committees or subcommittees. Chairman Hugh Jolmson explained this did not imply a rebuke or displeasure with the action by Rep. Sam L. Whitehursts insurance committee. Johnson said the insurance committee action was taken in an emergency sltuatiim.

The Tbte of thanks was extended on motion by Rep. Gordon Greenwood of Buncombe after Whitehurst reported the FS-4 discussions were completed In sasfactory manner.

Whitehurst said continuing, use of FS-4 notifications to the Department of Motor Vehicles In any and all cancellation of compulsory auto liability policies was cMisidered imperative* to the liability insurance program. The 1963 General Assembly in action to abolish the PS-1 pnxrf of insurance requirement had left a loophole In the FS-4 law. It is not mandatory under the law that companies notify DMV of policy cancellations exceiH when the company cancels.

Under suggestion of the insurance commKltee) however, the Industry screed'voluntarily to continue PS-4 notification in all cases and Whitehurst said he understand there Is 99 per cent compliance.

The action of the Insurance committee o nPS-4 forms occurred between the Councils first meeting in July and its secmid meeting Friday. The new PS-4 law became effective Oct. 1.

Whitehurst said hla committee went ahead and acted independently in the Interest of time tod on grounds that it teehni-eally had Council approval. His committee tndodes seven members of the 13-member Council and tlM unanimous action constituted a majority of the Coun-ciL

ther atttdTc^

The only absentees at the second regular meeting of the Legislative Council were Senate president darenee Stone and Sen. Thomas J, White Jr. of Lenoir. There was full House representation. There were only three senators, Sens. Irwin Belk, R. E. BranUey and Staton WUliams. until Sen. Cicero Yow of Wilmington arrived about half an hour late.

Council chairman Hugh Johnson of Duplin urged Council members to give careful study to a provision in the law establishing the Legislative Council which says it shall provide legislative research facilities, staff and perscmnel not only for the Council but for all members of the General Asembly.

Johnson said this could be extremely far-reaching and warranted careful study and consideration.

This could go as far as having a staff for bill-drafting, he said.

Gubernatorial candidate L. Richardson Preyer, fresh from a two-day campaign swing In Chark)tte and Mecklenb u r g County, breezed into Raleigh fw a series of conferences and meetings with his advance campaign staff in Raleigh. Then Preyer headed back to Charlotte for further campaigning at the State YDC ccmclave over the weekend.

Romance knows no political boundaries.

The son of gubernatorial candidate Dan K. Moore. Dan Moore Jr.. is engaged to Miss Elaine Brock of Wadcsboro. Young Moore is assisting in his fattiers campaign. Miss Brock, meanwhile, is the niece of Alex Brock of Xlaleigh, chairman of the Raleigh-based Lake for governor committee.

The L^dalatlve Council, representing a legislative body which deals with billion dollar budgets, came to grips with queslion oi whether to buy an electric typewriter.

The oouDoil at present has one emidoye. secretary Joyce Browing. She presented cost figures on typewriters and the question was whether purchase would be cheaper than rental.

Actkm was deferred for fur-

They're unofficial, of course, but the announced candidates for governor have chosen campaign colors.

Judge Dan K. Mo<e, first in the rac, is using balloons of Carolina blue, a light, sky blue, and white. Bumper stickers for Judge L. Richardson Preyer appeared this week in red and white.

Editor J. P. Huskins 6f the Statesville Record and Land-cark believes that former senator and former state GOP chairman William E. Cobb of Morganton would make one of the toughest campaigners the Republicans could pick.** Huskins doubts that. In light of subsequent developments, disclosure of Cobbs **double life meant his political suicide.

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The Bwift and violent change in South Viet Nam^ government lait week-end apparently found the United States in a much better position to deal with new rulers of the country than has been the case in many similar instances in the past.

. Although the United States strongly supported the Diem government in its war against the communists, it was able to keep itself sufficiently divorced from Diem domestic policies to maintain respect of the Vietnamese who hated their own rulers. In far too many similar instances in the past, the U.S. has been identified closely with the image of tyrrany in small countries. When the government of the country fell, the United States found itself in hot water also.

Perhaps in recent years, the State Department and military officials of the United States have learned a valuable lesson in providing military and other assistance to allied countries. At least in South Viet Nam they apparently were able to help the country without being tied inseparably to Diem government and unpopular policies decreed by that government.

If the secret of achieving this position has at la.st been learned by high officials responsibility for our international policies, it will prove invaluable to the United States and the unity of the free world in the years ahead.

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By FRANK WILSON

Good Grief No Treats

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now Jroreign Aid Is Handlec.

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It was last Thursday, October 31, and my twentieth Halloween night was in the making.

Except this Halloween was going to be different from the other. Yes indeed, it certainly was.

For the firet time In my life, I was gotag to have ghosts, goblins and UNICEPers knocking at my door.

Boy, am* I going to get my chuckles tcmight, 1 thought Thursday morning.

Seeing ail those kids with their witch outfits and scary masks might even bring back memories of when I used to go trick-or treating. And It has only been about seven or eight years ago when I can remember coming home with a sack full of goodies for the following week.

Also, I had heard about the

new type costumes being used for Halloween. . .those patterned after TV stars. Understand some children dress up like Matt Dillon, Dr. Kildare and Red Skelton.

Just couldn't wait to see them.

The boys and girls working for the worthy cai^e of UNICEF wmild be a familiar sight. I worked during the campaign aU through high school.

Remembering the Halloweens I enjoyed while in college, I would be careful to park my car inside the garage for the evening.

Being in a new town and equally new neighborhood, I asked neighbors for advice about how many children to expect

Borrowing two dollars at lunchtime Thursday, I went down to pick up some treats.

(I was in such a good mood that Im glad the grocery store didnt sell tricks. . .Id have brought a couple of packages of those too.)

Spending only $1.50 (m candy and carefully saving 50 cents for the UNICEF container, I headed home for the enjoyable night.

I put the candy in dishes on a table next to the door and placed a 50 cent piece beside the dishes.

on the porch - light

BY JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) - Its like a gloomy class in arithmetic: subtract, add a litUe. subtract, subtract. This is the way Congress handles foreign aid, as it did in the past and is doing now.

One thing is sure: The President gets less than he asked. Hostility to the program grows yearly, in and out of Congress, as It has since it started in 1947. Its worse now. The aid in 16 years has gone over $100 billion.

Tactics and figures tell the mood and the story.

Last year President Kennedy asked almost $5 billion. The House, always quicker with the clippers than the Senate, cut it fiercely. The alarmed Senate voted more than the House although less than eKnnedy requested.

Because the two houses differed, they had to reach a compromise. The result; Congress voted roughly $2.8 billion, or, again roughly, $200 million below Kennedys figure Of almost $5 billion.

But and this Is an Important but this was only the starting point. This was just Congress v(rtlng its authorization on how much could be spent. It was the ceiling. Congress still had to vote the first dime.

It had to do this in the next step: its appropriation biD.

Some more pulling and hauling between the two houses, another comprwnlse, and finally Ccm-gress voted about $4 billl(m, or $1 billion less than Kennedys figure.

This year the same problem but with complications because Kennedy meanwhile had appointed a committee of dlstlii-quished citizens, headed by Gen. Lucius D. Clay, to examine the whole foreign aid program and make recommenda^ tlons.

Last January Kennedy asked $4.9 billion, or almost as much as the year before. But then the Clay committee came in with its report which seemed to suggest, although this all got confused, Kennedy could do with

$4.4 billion.

One of the most constant critics of foreign aid in Congress met this suggestion with some derision. This was Rep. Otto Passman, D-La. He said the committee suggestion was absolutely meaningless.

He observed that Congress cuts the Presidents foreign aid request an average of $1 billion each year anyway.

Kennedy, repeatedly quick to compromise when he runs into trouble in Congress, compromised. Bowing to the Clay proposal. he said that instead of asking $4.9 billion he would settle for $4.5 billion. The House got to work.

Other Editors Saying.. Inclined To Believe

(Washington Daily News)

On Aug. 25 House Republicans and Southern Democrats made Passman a good prophet by voting only $3.5 billion, or $1 billicm less than Kennedy asked.

Kennedy, as he has before when his own Democrats teamed up with Republicans to give him a drubbing, denounced the Republicans and called the House action shortsighted, Irrespcmsible. and dangerously partisan.

Even Clay came to his rescue and said such a cut could badly damage the U. S. position in the free ^rold.

This criticism, in view of what foUowed, may have taken some of the economy out of the Republicans although, besides some outright* opposition, there is a chilling coldness in the Senate to foreign aid.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee rejected the House figure of $3.5 billion the bU-Uon - dollar cut and decided cm $4.2 billion, which Is $300 million less than Kennedy aske^ but $700 million more than the House thought right.

But then the committees, bill went to the full Senate floor where a fight has been going on for days to chop the committees figure. Finally Democratic and Republican leaders got together and decided:

What the House approved was too little but what Kennedy and the Foreign Relatlcms Commit-(Continued on Page 5)

When Richard Nixon says, I am not a candidate for the Republican nomination for president, we are now inclined to believe that he means what he says. However, we want to point out that he has not said that he will not accept the nomination.

Mr. Nixon realizes fiiJl well that the task of beating John F. Kennedy is well nigh an impossible one regardless of whom the Republican party might nominate. And having been beaten three years ago, Mr. Nixon. He is, in the true ing another beating in 1964.

The two leading Republican candidates today, Senator Bai^ ry Goldwaiter and Governor Nelson Rockefeller, are political extremes. Mr. Goldwater is considered an ultraliberal. Somewhere between the political philosophies of these two rests the poUUcal philosophy of Mr. Noxon. He is, In the true political sense, what we might a mlddle-of-the-roader.

We believe Mr. Nixon more for anoWier reason, however. He is still a young man, and he perhaps reasons that In 1968 the Republican will have a real good chance of capturing the White House. If either Senator Goldwater or Governor Rockefeller grabs off the nom-Inatiwi next Summer, whichever one it might be will be for all practical purposes eliminated when the 1968 GOP coo vention meets to select a lEle-publican standard-bearer. Mr. Nixon himself, we feel, would like very much to be that nominee in 1968. Then he might have^ a much better chance of winning than he would have^ln

1964.

We also point out this political fact. H the 1964 Republican convention should deadlock and neither Senator Goldwater nor Governor Rockefeller has enough strength to get the nomination. the logical compromise candidate would be Mr. Nixon. He would hardly say no under such circumstances. But we believe he is hoping that no .such stalemate develops.

A lot has been said over the years for and against Mr. Nixon. He has often been called tricky Dick, and from his early political beginnings, he was considered to be a man who would go with the winds. He often has been charged with taking whatever position In politics that would be politically advantageous to him.

If Mr. Nixon should be the compromise GOP presidential candidate in 1964. he would be faced again with defeat. And a second defeat would entity eliminate him from cqpslder-ation In 1968.

So he probably prefers to wait untU 1968 to make another vbid for the presidency, figuring that his chances of election Will be greatly enhanced by that time. Right now he might be content merely to keep his name before the pubUc, making whatever political observations he deems wise In order to attain that status of leading Republican.

Come 1968 and in all probability he will be a fighting Nixon in that he will be again actively fighting for the nomination.

After all Is said and done.

' Richard Nixon Is no poUtical fbol. He is a real pro In this great game of politics.

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at ^iWip.m., I sat down to wait for the initial caller.

By 6:15, I could hear the shrieks and screams of the masked prowlers on the street in front of the house.

I figured any minute I would be dropping a chocolate bar into a nocturnal visitors sack.

To ease the strain of waiting, I picked up a book and started reading. Next thing I knew it was 8:00,

Surely by now I should have had a caller, I surmised. Docs this house have a taboo sign for Halloweeners on the front?

Disappointed, I began chewing on a chocolate bar and thought about how different Halloween is as compared with when I was a goblin.

The World Series is strictly an American affair and its good to see the U.S. still has one thing it can call its own.High Point (N.C.) Enterprise.

"The Vatican Council says it is agreeable to having a fixed date for Easter. Now we wish othey would do something about Christmas; It seems to be coming earlier to downtown every year.Richmond News-Leader?^

Its only a matter of time idel

until Fidel Castro gets shot. Any man who makes speeches three hours long is asking for it."The Craig (Colo.) Em-pire-Gourier.

by JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1963, King Featum Syndicate. Inc.

The Manion Forum of Soutb Bend. Indiana, which apeolal^ Izes in givlQf. voice to good conservaUvei on Ite radio and TV programs, ie very mikh worried 4 about the new fairness doctrine being empbge-ized in a recent ruDng of the mission. Xlie doctrine, so Mr. L. F. Reardon, a vice president of the Manion Fonun. fears, wUl be invoked td badger all sorts of right - wingers and keep them from telling their side of the story in their broadcasts.

Well, its taken long enough for the conservative movement in the United States to make a comeback after the ideological debacle of the Nineteen Thirties, and one can aee why conservaUves should have gotten into the hihlt of looking apprehensively over their shoulders. But just how much does the FCX: fairness rule men ace conservative broadcasters? Cant some swift and effective counter remedy be found?

The new "doctrine, ae Dean Manlons vice president* Reardon puts it, attempta tn an* force an unlawful rulf that equal time be given to those who oppose any point of view expressed over radio or TV. This rule, in practice, has been applied only to craservatives. . left wing extremists ai every ilk are clamoring to answer* our program.

Everything that Mr. Reardon says may be true Insofar aa it applies to hte own predicament. But if the conservatives limit themselves to the defensive In this matter of protesting the fairness directive, which was issued on July 26, they are bound to lose the fight.

It seems to this columnist, who listens sporadically to both TV and radio political programs, that for every conservative on the air, there are at least three liberals, to use the word in its contemporary sense. Now, obviously, if the fairness criterion is to be applied with any fairness by the FCC commissioners, this means that conservatives would have the opportunity to cash in on a ratio that is 3-to-l in their favor.

What they should do to combat any adverse appUcatkm of the equal time policy 1 to organize a domestic monitoring service comparable to the one maintained by Radio Liber^ ty for keeping tabs < what is being said on the air Inside Russia. Every time a conservative individual or organization is mentioned in a derogatory way by a liberal commentator, the monitoring organization could tip somebody to com-plain loudly and at length. The demand for equal time would absolutely swamp the liberals since they have more programs going for them anjrway.

Just think of the ensuing chaos if the fairness doctrine were enforced to the letter of a crazy law. Anytime the Birch-ers are decried by somebody, the chief of the John Birch Society, Robert Welch, could demand the right to answer. The New York Conservative Party, in its effort to field the attacks made on it over the air, would have a 24-hour Job on its hands. But it would also have a 24 - hour opportunity to get its own publicity. And the U. S, Congress, to back up the ruling of the FCC, would have to legislate a change in the cah endar to put forty - eight hours into every offlclal radio or TV day.

The way to have any palpably absurd ruling or law taken off the books is to campaign

The economic and financial success created by freedom, has stirred the greed and avarice of great masses of men who, while they have not produced an abundance themselves. wish to employ the power of the state to bring about a division of the wealth others have created.Santa Ana (Calif.) Register.

for its complete and Impartial

enforcement. If conservatives

One cause of trouble may be in getting out of bed on the wrong sideanother may be that of having spent too little time in it. Ballinger (Tex.) Ledger.

will only get on the baU about this, they can have toe _ FCC sprinting to take cover. If nobody can mention a person or an orgainization on the air without guaranteeing equal tone for reply, how cwild the Messrs. Huntley and Brinkley ever put oh a show? How could Walter Cronkite say anything pertinent? How could Howard Smith operate?

The FCC ruling Is particularly silly coming in a year when various political parties and personalities are revving up for their campaigns. Before November of 1964 is here everybody will be mentioning everybody. There simply arent enough airwaves or hours to go around to permit a Just en-(Continued on Page 5)

More Lookaheads For Business

By ELMER ROESSNER

Strength For Today

BY EARL L. DOUGLASS GODS LOVE OF THE CREATURES Some months ago I visited the chapel of Saint Francis of As-sissi in Italy. Many people believe that this medieval figure came about as near approxl-ipating the moral stature of Jesus as anyone .who ever lived. He preached the gospel to the poor. He renounced all riches and privileges for himself. He died |?roken in body really of old age before be reached his fiftieth year.

Of course many of the most charming tories told about this wonderful saint iare alx>ut toe fellowship be had with blnSa and animals. It was said that when he went out Into the courtyard of the monastery birds came and flew about his head in large numbers and

lighted upon his shoulders. He was a man who loved the creatures, and the creatures loved him. Dr. Albert Schweitzer of Africa fame, is anotoer person who lays great emphasis on reverence for life.

There is so much Suffering among humans that very often we fall to realize that the so-called dumb animals (although we wwider sometimes if toey are so dumb) need our pity and consideration also. What is more wonderful and loyal than a faithful dog? How attached people bec(ne sometimes to horses! We look upon the birds circling in the twilight and remember our Master's ut-teeance about birds.

The whole of the creation is in God's hands. The whole of it. we can be sure, Ues upon his loving heart.

Here are more look-aheads in business, based on analyses of developing trends:

Shipping boom: Unless Nikita Khrushchev sticks to his threat to cancel the American wheat deal if conditions are applied, toe Russian purchase of grain wUl breathe new life into the American tramp ship owners, Rates for charters have already risen and some observers think charters may enable Manuel E. KulUkundls to salvage some remnants of his financially beset fleet of freighters and tankers. ^ Christmas club hoop-la: Lo(A for more publicity and adve^ tlsing than ever about C3irist-mas club pay-offs this season %nd about signing up for next jrear. Reason: tto chibs pay no interest, and money deposit* ed can earn the biggest revenues since toey were started. DRY WEATHER NOT COSTLY No drought bust: The long dry spell in eastern United ^ wUl have no; serious con

sequences. The largest economic losses resulted frwn forest fires and sales lost by businesses that profited on hunters. Most crops were in. so there were few drought losses; some crops, such as tomatoes, yielded late bonuses because there was no killing frost. The long Indian summer permitted highway and other outdoor construction to continue late, increasing employment and sales of materials.

Soaring cash dividends: Corporation payments are leaping ahead. Dividends for the first nine months of the year were $2,231 milUon, compared with $2,138 mlUion In the first nine njdntha of 1962. High earnlngi /by auto maker, Communications system and others will skyrocket the total for the yeau*.

Market boom: Inhere is Uttle likelihood of any serious stock-market dreg) in toe remainder of the year. New Investors are flocking In, hoping to find bargains in tax-less sales and counting on more investing pow

er, and more returns, on the prospective 1964 tax cut.

AUTO TROUBLE AHEAD

Dip in car ales: While auto sales are running high now, there may be trouble in 1964, The boom in sales now does not guarantee heavy sales for the rest of the model year; the 1965 models are expected to be different and that may result in a lag in sales next fall while buyers wait to see how the new models make out. Note: When the proposed tax cut is signed and sealed, there will be a spurt in auto sales as well as in sales pf homes, appliances, furniture, etc.

More celebrated bankers: The, netting of Commander Alan B. Shepard, the first atronaut, as director of a bank, will not be the first celebrity signed up. Bank and savings profits are running so high that other institutions can afford to offer rich Inducements to admirals, generals, college presid e n t s and others to become officers or directors. Reports are that

promoters are tndng to enlist Negro sports tars as officers of savings institutions and other u organizations to gain the con- * ildence of savers and bivestors of their race.

OLD PROMOTER TELLS WHAT BUSINESS I^fiDS When the Old Promoter moseyed in today, be said, I have been working on a number of inventions that wUl speed up business and make me rich. Do tell! I said, knowing that the telling was Inevitable.

I am woriclng on a dictation machine that electrbnical^ ly corrects spelling, he said. I am also devising a fUing system that chucks out incidental carbons after six months, ^d on the drawing board, I have a device that automatically puts commas and perioda inside quotation marks.

. A wwiderful array, I said. But the first invention should be a secretary who punches in at, 8:59 each momig.

He humphcd end stalked Ut, never saying why.

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