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Thurtday, November 28, 1963

This Day Of Special Meanings

This day of Thanksgiving, more than most ; others in recent years, should have special meaning for every American.

It is a time for reflection, a time for counting blessings, as an individual, as a nation. It is a time i for pausing in the whirl of activity that surrounds - our daily lives and our national life. It is a one-day respite set aside by tradition for the nation and its citizens to give thanks to the Almighty tor the , blessings of another year.

Out of the gloom of recent events, tragic as they were, there are many things for which this nation should be thankful. The structure of the na-i:()n and its government did not collapse when the b r'dcr was suddenly struck down. Collectively, the ritizens of this nation were able to weather a crisis ihe like of which has seldom confronted the United States.

We should be thankful for the life of a man, a great leader, even though the life seemingly was snuffed out in its prime. We should be thankful that another capable leader was ready to step into the void and restore confidence where the crack of a rifle had created chaos. We should be thankful

Story Of Generation

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

COVERAGEIt is unlikely that all history there has betn such total and unrestricted, detailed and graphic news coverage as that of the dramatic events that spanned the four days between the assassination of President Kennedy and his burial in Arlington Memorial Cemetery.

It was continuous, complete, around-the-clock outpouring of facts in words and pictures fining the pages of black-bordered newspapers and millions of television screens.

And the public demanded more. On the day of the funeral, editions of all morning newspapers in Washington were sold out. The news racks were empty of newspapers and vendors waited at the pressroom dooi's for more w'hile the funeral cortege formed at the Capitol.

The crowds waiting In Washingtons clear, crisp 40-degree cold throngs estimated by police at one million people carried transistor radios to Usten in on what they could not see.

JOB Providing such news coverage for a waiting world was a tremendous job. An army of reporters, writers and technicians worked tirelessly. Washington was festooned with cameras and microphones and m-'ile units along the routes cf the procession.

A couple of blocks from the

V h House, the National Press nr'idhg at 14th and F streets

V the tingling, exciting nerve cncr from which nixllions 0 w ords and thousands of pictures went out. Typewriters, teletype machines and transmitters clattered and hummed constantly in the offices that

cram the building. The same "vras true in scores of other ' new'5 rooms, news bureaus and studios throughout the city and in offices of Washingtons newspapers.

There was one except ion. The typewriters, teleprinters and telephones fell silent for one full minute at noon on Monday. the hour of the funeral. It w^as the newspaper worlds lilent tribute.

If one looked after that sixty seconds w'as over, there was a band of black on the picture receivers.

LOVED The Washington news corps, toughest and hardest in the world, was touched and moved.

These perceptive newsm e n, the sensitive craftsmen they arc, recognized the tribute to John F. Kennedy and his family not only as the biggest story of a generation but as an outpouring of respect and love from the hearts of millions Including their owm.

It was plain to see that this polyglot city loved the Kenne-dys as their own.

It was plain to see that this polyglot city, symbol of broad America and of free men everywhere loved the Kennedy s.

Washington was mute and sorrowing. Pictures of the fallen president were everywhere, with wreaths, roses and black crepe in store window's. With the exception of a few restaurants. the citys places of business were closed. Most remained closed all day on Monday. Many streets were deserted. After the funeral process! o n passed, a few sightseers went to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and some to Ford's Theater on 10th street and the house across the street where Abraham Lincoln died.

STATE The hearts of North Carolinians attending the funeral went out to the brave wife, bearing her grief In proud dignity, and to the children of the President in their blue topcoats.

Gov. and Mrs. Terry Sanford were the official representatives as invited guests, along with former Gov. Luther H. Hodges, a member of the Kennedy cabinet and North Carolinas members of Congre.'^s. There were others, too. from the Tar Heel state. A delegation of 38 state officials and Democratic party officials w'atched in groups in front of the White House and near the cathedral watching as Mrs. Kennedy walked behind the flag-draped caisson, preceded by Kilted pipers of Scotlands Black Watch. Royal Highland regiment, and followed by heads of state from 54 nations including President Charles De Gaulle of France in olive drab uniform of a brigadier general. King Badouin of Belgium with a lavender sash, Queen Freder-icka of Greece, in black fur coat and Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, his black uniform trimmed in green and gold.

MEET There were others from North Carolina in the massed crowds, one group bumped into White House aide Henry Hall Wilson of Monroe upon arrival m Washing! o n. Others found Rep. Roy Taylor of Black Mountain near the cathedral. Rep. Horace Koren-gay, returning to Greensboro, to take his children home after the funeral, stoppped at a roadside restaurant at Fredericksburg, Va., and found a busload from Raleigh having supper there.

In Raleigh, at the hour of the funeral, the entire Council of State knelt together in memorial service.s at the Church of the Good Shepherd a block from the state captol.

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for the feeling of compassion, love and loyalty that poured forth from the people even if a sprinkling of hale among the populace set the stage for

tragedy.

We should be thankful that the nation has been able to endure another dark hour in its history, and its people have emerged strengthened rather than weakened by the experience.

There are these things and many others for which the American people should be thankful on this special day. ^

There are as many different lists of blessings as there arc Americans. There should be on this day across the land as many bowed heads as there are Americans as each individual sets aside a special moment on this special day for Thanksgiving meditation.

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Psalm 30

I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou has lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

0 Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou has brought up my soul from the grave: Thou ha.st kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

For his anger endureth but a moment: in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

Lord, by thy favor thou has made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

1 cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.

What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.

Thou has turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be .silent. 0 Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

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We Are Thankful

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-FOR ANATIOM AND A PEOPLE UNA*iHAN\ED TO WEEP, STRONG ENOUGH TO 60 ON; -FOR A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT WHICH CAN BRING FORTH

new leaders^

WITHOUT TAKING AWAY

OLD freedoms;

-FOR THE BLESSED PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN AMER.ICAN.

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By ART BUCHWALD

A Man With Humor

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON <AP> H President Dwight D. Eisenhowers record with Congress looked good at all in getting things done and programs through he owed a lot of thanks to Lyndon B. Johnson, the new President.

For six of Eisenho w e rs eight White House years t h e Democrats ran Congress and Johnson, a man o tremendous drive, ran the Senate. This tall Texan was the most effective Senate leader in the century, probably in history.

It was not the result of personality. He lacked the immediate chann of President John F. Kennedy. He was not a distinguished speaker. But he did his homework and did it prodigiously.

Because he is that kind of man, he will work enormously at the presidency. Any mistakes w'ill be mistakes of judgment. They wont come from lack of trying.

He was a master of detail. He knew w'here every senator stood on every issue and, before voting time where every senator was or was going to be. He befriended all of them when he could and thus was able to expect their support w'hen he needed it.

His egotism, and he has a lot of it, didnt stand in the way of his accomplishment. Because the egotism is a natural part of him, he carries it into the White House with him.

Just because of his egotism

because It makes success necessary for him he will be hard-driven to succeed. When he is in charge, there is never any doubt who Is boss. He showed this in the Senate.

While It was resented by some of his fellow-Democrats

particularly the liberals it was one of the keys to his effectiveness. He cant leave this part of his nature behind him at the White House door, either.

Johnson, sen.sitive to criticism will now', like any other president, get a lot of it. His Senate years prepared him for it, although he may not take it lying down.

JohJnson proved himself a master of politics and of han-, dling men in his Senate years. But handling foreign affairs has been outside his experience. He faces here a new challenge In which to prove himself.

Of all the leadership arts he used In the Senate a place full of prima donnts with strong feelings on many Is

sues the one Johnson used most visibly was compromise, like grease to get a bill through even though both sides were less than pleased with the result. For example: It happened once in a struggle between Southern Democrats and Northern liberals.

At the end the captain of the Southerners, Ben. Richard Russell, D-Ga., said it was a sad day. The captain of the liberals, Sen. Paul Douglas. D-Ill., called it a victory for the South.

But it was Johnson and no one but Johnson could have done it w'ho steered through the Senate the first two civil rights bills since Reconstruction days in the 19th century. They werent much, but they opened the door to stronger measures later.

Kennedy this year wanted a stronger one. Johnson .supported him. Since he is no longer in the Senate, one of the first big step.s of his presidency will come on the civil rights issue.

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Last resort for segregationists: Let Congress establish

integration as a national religious policy, so the Supreme Court can declare it unconstitutional. Lumberton (N. C.) Robesonian.

EVERY GOOD GUY

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GIVES THE UNITED WAY

Strength For Today

BY EAKL L. DOUGLASS GIVE THANKS

For life.

For daily bread.

For protection from harm.

For guidance amid darknf t

For the privilege of living ni a free country.

For the good fortune to have been born in the middle of the tw'cntieth century.

For the fight of medical and scientific discoveries that alleviate pain.

For the growing convictiOTi that we must help our fellow man and love our neighbors as ourself.

For the revelation God has made to us through seer and prophet, and siipreinely througli Je.siis Christ.

For in.slght and courage that we may pit Into operation In this tumultuous age the mes.s-agc of love which the Bible proclaims.

For Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh, who dwelt among us fill of grace and truth and has through the centuries been leading believers into paths of creativene.ss and love.

When the Pilgrim Fathers instituted Thanksgiving after a sea.son of trial and providential care they probably little realized what an important contribution they were making to the life of the N?w World, They had come to this continent only to escape persecution and be able to worship after the dictates of their con.science.

We are eager to a.sk God to help us. and .should lie. Rut let us remember that we are engaged In a two-way enter-prlse we a.sk, (lod gites. Thanksgiving is often a neglected duty and privilege.

This is a day to remember our obligalioiis.

Among the many qualities of the late President Kennedy was his magnificent sense of humor. He had the timing and touch of a master comedian and when he was on a program with professionals he always put on a better show than they did.

John F. Kennedy had great humor about himself.

One of his famous lines was delivered at a Gridii'on Dinner when he was still a Senator in 1958. He read.a telegram from his father which said, Dear Jack dont buy a single vote more than necessary Ill be damned if Im going to pay for a landslide.

Another famous line had to do with the criticism of his brother, Bobby Kennedy, whom he appointed Attorney General. I was criticized about appointing my brother Attorney General but I dont see whats wrong with giving him a little experience before he goes out to practice law.

He kidded about his religion. He said at his last Gridiron Dinner, I asked our Chief Justice of the Supreme Court whether he thought our new educational bill was Constitutional, and he said, Its clearly Constitutional it hasnt got a prayer.

Mr. Kennedy was most at home joking about politics. He delighted in kidding those w'ho opposed him.

Once in Columbus, Ohio, he received a rousing ovation at a dinner and when it finally died down he said, "There isnt a town in America where I get a bigger hand a a smaller vote than Columbus, Ohio. During the campaign in 1%0 he spoke at an A1 Amith dinner given by Cardinal Spellman. In his opening remarks he said, Cardinal Spellman is the only man so widely respected in American politics that he could bring together amicably, at the same banquet table, for the first time In this campaign, two political leaders who are Increasingly apprehensive about the November election, w'ho have long eyed each other suspiciously, and who have disagreed so strongly, both publicly and privately Vice President Nixon and Gov. Rockefeller,

At a fund raising luncheon, I could say Im deeply touched, but not as deeply touched as you have been coming to this luncheon.

When ex-President Tmman suggested the Republicans could go to hell and Vice President

Public Forum

TO THE EDITOR;

An Open Letter to the People of Pitt County

On this Thanksgiving Day, the officers and directors of the Pitt County United Fund send greetings to you. This year, Thanksgiving has special meaning to us in the sadness of this nation. We are all con fronted w'ith the problem of searching our hearts and consciences to find wherein our society has failed when it produces characters like Lee Harvey Oswald. It makes us more conscious of our resi>onsibili-ty to see that our mission through agencies like the United Fund is accomplished.

Had Lee Harvey O.swald during his lifetime, come under the guidance of the right scoutmaster or the right Salvation Army worker or the right worker of any of the agencies we support, his t o r y might w'ell have been different. This deed was not the act of a crazy man. but of a person consumed with hate and resentment. The cure for these evils cannot be purchased in the market place but can come only through Chrit i a n love, service and understanding.

We of the United Fund are proud that we are supporting organizations dedicated to the

principles of Christian love and service. This recent occurrence has brought home to us the great importance of every individual who needs the services of our United Fund organizations.

The family of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy has requested that, in lieu of flowers or other expressions of sympathy, a gift be made to some charity organization. Appropriate notification w'Ul be sent to the late Presidents family of persons making gifts for this memorial.

So far, we have raised approximately one - half of our budget. We therefore urge you to H) if you have not contributed or pledged, please do so; (2) increase your gift to the United Fund, if you have already contributed for this memorial: i3) if you are a United Fund Solicitor, please handle your cards promptly.

This letter is being written to elicit your support, not only for this years campaign, but for the United Fund in the years ahead. If institutions such &s ours are supported and do survive over the years, then the future of America is secure. We need your help, and society needs the services of our Agencies.

E. Hoover Taft, Jr., President Pitt County United Fund

Nixon objected to the profanity, Mr. Kennedy said he sent Mr. Truman a wire: "Dear Mr. President, I have noted with interest your suggestion a to where those who vote for my opponent should go. While I understand and sympathize with your deep motivation, I think it is important that our side try to refrain from raising the religious issue. President Kennedy was hard put to restrain his humor at his press conferences.

A White House aide told us before every press conference the President made up outrageous answer to some of the questions.

Once the President said, Its very dangerous to have these ideas in the back of my head. At every press conference he managed to call on one or two women reporters to relieve the tension. Once, when he addressed the first meeting of the Presidents Commission on the Status of Women, he said, We have established this commission for two reasons. One is for my own self-protection. Every two or three weeks May Craig (a formidable White House correspondent of the female persuasion) asks me what Im doing for womn.

One of the late Presidents lines which today has lost all its humor was, It has recently been suggested that, whether I serve one or two terms in the Presidency, I will find myself at the end of that period at what might be called an aw'kward age too old to begin a new career, and too young to write my memoirs.

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The first book to be written by a computer is soon to be placed on the market. In fact, it was written by a number of computers, working 40 hours, nonstop. Human authors take note: This computer-written

opus will sell for the introductory price of $500 a set. Not bad for a first opus by a computer. 'Vincennes (Ind.) Sun-Commercial.

A recent private study of the cost of providing one new industrial job reveals that an investment of more than $20,-000 Is required for each man employed. Applying the formula broadly, a community that hopes to attract an industry with a 100-man payroll would have to raise money in the amount of $2,000,000. Riverton (Wyo.) Ranger.

BY JOHN CHAMBERI.AJN

Copyright. 1963, King Features Syndicate, Inc. A This is a Thanksgiving: season that is something of a mockery of the name. But' one thing we can be thankful for: in Lyndon B. John.'on we Ir e an Old Pro with the gift f"r a .steadying hand at the hr ^ of a nation that wos tajeen bv horrifying surprise W'htn assassins bullet hit John Kennedy. Johnson w'as once tne master of the U. S. Senate, and the Senate has always been something to master.

Although I never could deny the charm of Kennedys personality (it worked even on those who were most dubious of his ideas), I could have been called a Johnson man back in 1960 when I was bsy with a commission to write magazine profiles of the five most likely Democratic candidates for President. During the past three years It was hard to know precisely what Johnson was doing, 60 out of sight does a Vice President sink. But the impression of a strong Old Pro has always persisted. Surely a man of Johnsons capacities. which were manifested through a long life in politics of the most taxing kind, cannot have been softened by a relatively short period spent in a largely ceremonial office.

Looking over that 1960 profile of Johnson that I spent a month in doing, I find myself vastly hopeful for the safety of the United States in a world that is menaced, as usual, by the Communists. Let me quote myself, as of the July 2, 1%0 issue of William Buckleys National Review. After listing what appeared to me to be Lyndons draw-backs, such as falling between as falling betw'een two stools on a number of domestic Issues.

I wrote:

Against all these drawbacks one compensating factor looms like the Jungfrau: Lyndon Johnson is a man, not an extension of an IBM machine.

He Was a man to command respect when he said, in Reno. Nevada:

I am not prepared to apologize to Mr. Khrushchev. Are you? I am not prepared to send regrets to Mr. Khrushchev. Are you? This was Johnsons repsonsc to Khushchevs pose of outraged innoccnee which came hard pn the heels of the U-2 incidriT. Alo'e among the Democratic candi-dateg for President at tne time. Johnson had warned Khrash b-ev that he had better siop being sanctimonious ia "making pious protestations of innocence when it came to spvi. g In 1%0 Johnson seemed to me as much of a westerner as he was a southerner, though Kennedy put him on the tic;-et to save the South. He was a man vJn stood a very small distance left of center. Conservatives, I said, who hope to rid America of the handout philosophy shouldnt expect too much of him. But conservatives have less to fear, domestically, from Johnson than from any of the other Democratic candidates.

The appealing thing about the man, as it seemed In the pre-convention weeks of 1960, W'as that whenever there has been a crisis Johnson has Instinctively recognized that the only possible way of remaining free in the same world with Soviet Russia is to refuse accommodation to Communist purposes. In the days before the French abdictiwi In Indo-Chi-na Johnson lined up Inltl^ly with Nixon on the desirability of fighting for Dlenblen-

phu. . .In 1955 he supported

the Dulles policy on Quemoy and Matsu. He has opposed the Attempt of Communist China to bully her W'ay Into the United Nations; he has refused to sanction aid to Nasser as long as the Suez Canal is dosed to ships which touch at Israeli ports; he has been for

a greater reliance on priitate investment In bringing aid to underdeveloped regions; he is for channelling military aid through Lie Defense Department. . .he didnt like the Khru; 9hchev visit to the U. S.; and he has announce himself to be no great friend of Summitry, (Continued on Page 6)

Reasons Aaainst More Trade

By ELMER ROESSNER

There are many arguments on both sides of the debate as to whether the United States should increase its trade with Russia and its satellites. Reasons for more trade were outlined here yesterday. Here are the reasons against:

1. Sales of produce and goods of ^d nations strengthen them for the inevitable showdown with the West.

2. Supplying them w'lth food reduces chances of revolt by the people. Most revolutions are caused by hunger and. bm-tal though it may be, denying food to the communist masses may keep them from revolting against their commissars.

3. Supplying the central core of communist nations enables them to spare more food and goods to win over neutral nations.

A BOON TO CUBA

4. Supplying the Red nations will enable them tn strengthen Cuba, giving a tx>on te Ca.stix) and threatening a bomli for us.

5. Selling material to Rus.sia will snatch away our most potent propaganda weapon. The U. S has been crying to the

world that communism wont work and now. at the moment we can prove it is not working, we may give the Reds the moterials to believe our arguments.

6. In selling Russia grains at bargain prices and offering them oils at low prices, we are giving the Soviets the same help we have been giving our allies and neutral nations, such as the Indians, various Africans, the Siamese, and .so on. In short, we are supplying both sides of the 'Cold war which is a chilling madness. OPENING THE DOORS

7. More trade with Iron Curtain countries will lead to more espionage. Trade delegations and other negoWators, inspectors and controllers and other Russian workcr.? will have

, to lie admitted to the U, S, .some to critical area.s. And these will include the usual complement of spies. We will have to step up counterespionage or suffer the consequences.

8. Making deals with Ihe Red nations will be putting our beads in nooses. At any time

they can default on payments or shift to other sources, leaving the U. S. without uncollectable debts or unsalable products. They can close factories, tie up ships. This Is a tight noose; the Russians could upset our economy at any time.

9. Selling our surpluses to Russia may drain our reserves. If Russia can have a crop failure on a 6,(K)0 - mile front, the United States may have another drought on a 3,000 mile front. If there is a cat-

C astrophic crop failure next year, wUl the Russians sell us grain and oil?

MORE SURPLUSES POSSIBLE

10. On the other hand, sale? to the Russians may increase the surpluses here. If agricultural producers conclude that surpliLse.s can readily be disposed of. they will lie tempted to Increase production even more. Intensifying a problem that already has us play 1 n g footsie with the Communists.

11. Before we got Into World War II. there were many Americans who kept saying. We can do businw with Httler.

History proved them tragically wrong. Those who today say We can do business with Khrushchev, may some day find themselves even more tragically wrong, if they are alive to realize it.

ARE VITAMIN PILLS A MEDICAL DEDUCTION?

Q; I find I have spent quite a bit for vitamin pills this year. Is the cost deductible as a medical expense on my U. S. tax report? B. A. B., Chicago.

A: Yes, but only If tliey are prescribed or reconunended by your doctor. So are aspirin pill under the same ciraun-stances.

N.Y. FINANCIAL HOUSE ACCEPTS WOODEN,

MONEY Typefounder ^ of Phoenix, Ariz., pays its bills in wooden money. It chck are printed on thin, check size piece of wood. Properly led out and signed, they are accepted everywhere, even by the A.J. Armstnmg Co., giani New Yark Imum.