Monday, December 9, 1968

And What Can I Do For You?

Logical Means Of Representation

Opponents of the constitutional amendment which would revamp the system of representation In the North Carolina legislature are seeking to defeat the proposal by attaching to it degrading labels.

In^ Guilford County the name rotten borough system has been attached to the constitutional amendment. It is termed a measure by which sparsely populated areas of the state would dominate the states General Assembly for all time. It is called a maneuver by which the small counties of the state hope to prevent large counties from having their rightful proportion of representation in the state legislature.

All of these things, of course, are aimed at rallying votes in opposition to the constitutional amendment on January 14. How effective this approach by opponents of the measure will be remains to be ^seen when the ballots are counted.

Voters of the state should not base their opinion of the amendment on slogans that may be attached to the issue by those on either side. They should base their opinion on a careful evaluation of the amendment and what it has to offer North Carolina and its legislative branch of government.

North Carolina is a large and diverse state in every respect. It has its counties with great concen-

One Of States

Sig Assets Gone

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

PARKER Charies J. Par-ker was a man dev(^ to pro> moUng and about North

Carolina. He did It we.

It was widely recognlz e d that Charlie Parker was a man whose mind, talents, and energies wem in themselves among the states biggest assets and advantages.

His death last week removed from the big cluttered, friendly offices in the Education BuUding a man who had pushed and promoted North Carolina as a good place to live, work and play, a place to Invest in business, and Industry, a place to grow and learn, a place to visit and travel and a place to retire.

He had done this for 20 years, solidly and effectively, and was doing it when he was stricken with a heart attack at the age of 63.

WORK Charlie Parker was a quiet, unassuming, p i p e-smoklng man with a twinkle in his eye.^good common sense and a persuasive manner.

There was nothing flashy or artificial about Charlie Parkers woi^ boosting North Carolina and its cities, town, geography, history, scenery, attractions, facilities and places of interest.

He used the soft seU. worked hard and got things done. He was cme of the veteran divisi(Hi heads in the department of Conservation and Development, an old pro at newspapering, public reactions and advertising. He was a career man whose advice and counsel was valued by everyone in state government.

More than any one pers(i. he was responsible for the growth of tourism that North Carolina has aijoyed.' said Hargrove W. Bowles, chairman of the C&D b(Hird.

IDEAS -- Parker traveled widely across the state and elsewhere. He had just returned from a trip to Alaska, having realized an ambition to vi-tit all (tf the SO states.

He was an ally and associate of every chamber of commerce nd local and regional promotion group and organization in the state, attending their meetings, offering ideas and suggestions and cooperation of his office. As head of the state advertising division in C&D, his ideas and interests were many and varied. He usually carried a sheet of nt^paper to jot down ideas and to <^er story suggestlcais and tips to reporters.

His office Issued brochures, pamphlets, maps, news releas

es, publicity, displays, photographs and motion pictures and handled the states advertising budget. It was Parker who coined phrases and slogans such as Variety Vacation land and Coastal History-land.

CAREERParger had worked for a number of years on newspapers in Raleigh. He became manager of the State News Bureau, a section of the advertising divisicm. in 1940 and was assistant state director of civil defense in 1942. He served in the Army in World War H and served as a special assistant to Army Secretary Kenneth Royall of Goldsboro.

In 1948, Paiicer handled publicity for the campaign of the late Gov. W. Kerr Scott and became state advertising chief in 1949. He served under Govs. Scott, Umstead, Hodges and Sanford.

Sanford said Parker spread the North Carolina story across the nation and to the four comers of the world. On behalf of all the citizens of North Carolina, I acknowledge our states appreciation for his work.

REPORT - Dr. J. L. Stuck-ey. veteran state geologist, has reported on an extensive survey of phosphate dcpos 11 s underlying the Pamlico region in Eastern North Carolina.

Stuckey calls these deposits one of the most exciting geo-li^ical discoveries in North Carolinas history. Miniqg of the phMphate, he says, will mean more to the economy of the area than we can easib^ imagine.

Stuckey says he has been advised by at least two companies that the question of mining the rich phosphate deposits has been resolved.

SURVEY - The $30.000 sur-very financed by federal, state and local funds was conducted over the past 18 months and dealth with the quantity, qua-Uty and locatira of the pbos- -phate.

A 227-page report has been Issued, It shows. Studcey says, that the deposits are of better quality and in greater quantity than we ever Imagined.

There are massive deposits underlying a 700 square mile area extending through eastern Beaufort County, under the PamUco river and along the ^hingo and extending into Tyrrell and Hyde counties. The phsophate belt lies deep within the earth in a generally northeast to southwest band. Preparation for commercial mining of the phosphate mi approved leases has been in progress for some time

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trations of population and its counties that have few people. It has its industrial areas and its agricultural areas. It has its high economic income areas and its low income areas. And the problems of the people of North Carolina vary from section to section and even county to county.

The proposed amendment, in our opinion, provides the most logical way to assure in the future that the legislature of the state will not be dominated by any particular area or sectional interest in future years. It provides for a permanent balance of representation in the legislature which can best represent the diverse interests throughout North Carolina and provide people of the state with a legislature that will be sensitive to problems of every area and all of the citizens of the state.

Under the amendment each of the 100 counties would have one member in the House of Representatives. This house would thus give consideration to. geographic, economic and other factors in the makeup of North Carolina. The Senate would be composed of members from districts allocated strictly on a population basis throughout the state. This would mean, of course, that the more heavily populated areas and counties of the statein addition to their representation in the Housewould expect to exercise greatel* influence in the Senate.

The proposed constitutional amendment, in our opinion, provides a sounder long-range method of allocating seats in the General Assembly than the present system. It will, in our opinion, serve the best interest of all the people of the state if it is approved by Tar Heel voters on January 14.

U.S. Must Not Pay

Role Of Hapless Pawn

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- The government of the United States should move forcefully and positively to bring an end to the renewal of the use of its officials captive pawns in i^ower struggles between factions in Latin American countries;

In Venezuela more than a week ago an American military officer was kidnaped and held captive by communists as part of their effort to create a wave of terror to stop a ^nation-wide electidn.

More recency in Bolivia three U.S. government officials were among several people seized by antigovernment miners to be held as hostages for the release of three communist labor leaders in that country.

Obviously it is the responsibility of the government of the country involved to afford protection for American citizens as well as other foreign nations there on official government business. But when such protection is not effectiveas has been the case with these incidents in Bolivia and Venezuelasomething more needs to be done.

The United States can ill afford to sit by calmly and see such incidents grow into a limitless series in which Americans are used as hostages in domestic political struggles in other countries. Unless action is taken in some quarter the number of incidents could multiply rapidly, and those who are held hostages not always be released unharmed.

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By WINFRED L. GODtSaN

Kennedy And Education

A great President Is tragically dead, and even as the nation searches its mind and oonscience about the event, John Kennedys life and prq/si-dency hold clear and special meaning for American education.

The meaning ranges beyond his own brilliance, beyond his own reliance on universities to supply close and trusted advisors. It is far more than his efforts to extend educational opportunity for all and to gain needed new support for schools and colleges.

More important than all these things, President Kennedy exalted educations role in producing enlightened citizens and in so doing, he restored the essential meaning of excellence in education.

One has to return to Thomas Jefferson to find a president who so stressed the contribution of the educated man, the enlightened individual in a democracy.

On tw(> Southern campuses President Kennedy made clear his own abiding faith in education.

Shortly after becoming President, he came to the University of North Carolina to urge educated men and women to recognize their special contribution to Intellectual and political leadership in these difficult days, when the problems are infinitely more complicated and come with increasing speed than a century ago when so many gifted men dominated our political life.

nderstanding !3eains In Home

Other Editors Saying.., '.[[ Will Take Work

By ROGER BABSON

BABSON PARK. Mass..

The M>palUng explosion of personal hatreds that recently schocked Dallas, the nation, and the world has set me and mlUiMis of others as well to thinking of how we caA help change the atmosphere that could produce such a chain-reaction o murder and vengeance. It has been said by some usually sound thinkers that we are all to blame to some extent for the climate that breeds such violence. I agree with this.

WHERE DO WE START?

But, how do we start to clear the air of this poison? What, exactly, do we do first? It seems to me that the very first step is self-appraisal, an objective and Immediate analysis of our social, morl, ethical and religious attitudes and standards. If we would have the atmosphere of America healthy, adaptable, and conducive to friendly relations, each one of us must make our personal contribution. Tolerance and understanding must start at home inside each of ui^.

Since the fabric of our moral lives depends upon our religious faith and conviction, our., first consideration must be our church and our relation to it.

I have l(Mig urged people to make their church their second home, a place exactly as Important in the development of themselves and their children as is their family home. Anybody who thinks of his church simply as a refuge during times of trial is not truly religious. For many years I have warned that only through a spiritual rebirth can the pitfalls of our world be avoided.

Again I say . . .support your

church!

MISUNDERSTANDING CAUSE.

OF TROUBLE

Ones church regardless of the denomination Is always ready to serve as a guide and a support in times of confusion and strife. Spritual advisers are trained to help rid us of misunderstanding, which is the cause of 4^ great pkrt of our trouble. Misunderstanding. I am convinced, is the wont offender In breeding disagreement and ill will between Individuals and .between nati o n s. How do we go about reducing

and perhaps eventually eliminating misunderstnading?

I have felt for a great many years that openmindedness is essential for the creatlcxi of a world of friendship and peace. Without this, there are bound to be bitter conflicts between family members, political, groups, churches, nations. We must think always of how something lo(*s from anothers point of view. We murt know the real facts and all the facts

before we can form an opinion. Since it is usually impossible for us 0 know th exact facts that dictate anottiers attitude, we must remain always tolerant and adaptable. Our minds must be open at all times.

CLOSED MINDS ARE TRAPS

You will find that any man who keeps his mind closed against the viewpoints and opinions (rf all others turns into a kind of machine, with the little that he does know churning endlessly about Inside him. He is caught in the trip of his own mind, and he will always believe exactly what he now (C<mtinued on Page 8)

(Wilson Times)

The drive against the Little Federal plan, to be voted on next month is stepping-up its pace. Those who beUeve in this plan, where representation is based on both population and gec^raphy, have no time to lose.

Mecklenburg county, with more representatives in both the House and Senate than has any other county, is fighting hard to keep this powerful legislative authority. The county is putting on an intensive drive to get the people to register. It has provided $8,370 to finance the drive. This, to say the least, is unusual. And although the county commissioners deny any tie-in with the fight to kUl the Little Federal proposal it Is hard to prove.

Under the Little Federal plan the county would have three senators and one representative in the House. The plan, to be voted on gives every county one representative and divides the senators on a population basis. Mecklenburg would c(Kitinue to haVe more representatives than any other county but she would lose four H(wse memters.

Hie county commissioners are defending their position of appropriating money to put cm a registration drive, with the expected positUm that the county commissioners want the people to vote. The commissioners have gone on record as opposing the amendment. ,

It would be hard to convince anyone that the money was appropriated, at this

time, for any other purpose than to defeat the Little Federal plan. The tie-in between those and the campaign to defeat the amendment Is too strong to disguise.

At any rate such organizing should put us cm our toes. For this battle will not be wcm unless every person in the smaller counties vote. Because the ccwntles that make up the Piedmont section of the State can carry any elec-tiwi. And if the Little Federal plan is defeated the Piedmont section of the state will control the legislature.

So look into all sides of this question. Do not be lulled by such arguments that the counties with the population should have the representation. This is not as the federal government cMisiders the matter. Here the smaller states have the same representation in the Senate as the larger states. It is in the House where representation Is based cm population. And do not be misled by the idea that the counties can be done away with or changed.

We would like to meet the man who could change county lines, now that they have been fixed *r~long as they have.

The President expressed the hope that the University would hew to the Old line of the responsibility that its graduates owe to the community at large. I hope that in your time, you win be willing to give the state and country a portlcm of your lives, all of ycHir knowledge, and all of our loyalty.

What thto country needs are those who lo(^, as the motto of your state says, at things as they are and not at things as they seem to be.

If we can have citizens with such ability, he concluded, and if we can do our duty undeterred by fanatics or frenzy at home or abroad, then surely peace and freedom can prevail. We shall be neither red nor dead, but alive and free. At Vanderbilt University but a few months ago John Kennedy reminded us that liberty without learning is always in peril and learning with liberty is always In vain.

He said the educated citt-zen knows that only an educated and informed people will be a free people, that the ignorance of Mie voter in a democracy Impairs the security of all and that if we can, as JeffersMi put it, enlighten the people generally, tyranny and oppressions of mind and body wl vanish, like evil spirits at the dawn of day. And therefore of many special obligations of the educated citizen, none are more out* standing, he said, than the obligatiMi to the pursuit of learning, the obllgatiim to serve the public and ths obligatl(Hi to uphold the law.

To spur the Souths development, we have often stressed the eccMKnnic value of advanced learning to individual and society, and we have expected universities to (xmduct ex

tensive research. Both are proper, but the basic mission of our Southern campuses, and their only road to excellence, is to produce more enlightened citizens.

So we come back to our original argument. Our county commissioners are not going to appropriate money for a voter-re-gistration drive. They have gone on record as favoring the amendment. This is excellent. But it is also going to require a grass-roots campaign to make the amendment ^Igw.

Enlightened citizens apply factual knowledge^ the solution of problems. Enlightened citizens are compassionate, tolerant and understanding, receptive to new ideas, and sensitive to needs of community and country. They reflect the real meaning and purpose of education in their every day lives. They are truly liberated, free men.

President Kennedy saw clearly that this is what all learning is really about. God grant that more of us In the South and the nation will see it, too.

pY JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1963, King Featuree ' Syndicate, Ing,

Before the death ai John F. Kennedy, anti-Castro Cubans who were dissatisfied with being kept on a short leash were making rather extensive plans to form a Cubans for Gold-water group. The plans even extended frcxn Florida to New York City, where it wa hoped that many Puerto Ricank might be enlisted In a move desig^ ed to bring pressure for prompt actlMi against Fidel Castro.

Now of course, the plans are in disarray, or at least in abeyance, The anti-Castro Chi-bans are waiting for President Lyndon Johnosn to Indicate his own particular approach to the Cuban question.

In all of the pundltlng about what Johnson may be expected to do, hardly anything has been said about Cuba. Liberal and labor cMTimentators have tar ken great heart from the fact that the new President,, as early as the first Sunday after the Dallas nightmare,, was putting through telephone calls to Walter Reuther. David Du-binsky, George Meany and other key northern labiwr leaders. He was also on the phone with James Parmer, director of the Congress of Racial Equa-Mty (CORE), and WMtney -, Young, the executive director of the Urban League.

To balance this, Johns( Has had phone conversations with Robert Anderson who served In Eisenhowers cabinet, and with Dave Samoff, the conservative symbol of power ln<^e broadcasting world.

So Johnson, as the shrewd political tactician that he is. has been laying his lines to get the broadest possible consensus behind him. But, as these words are being written, he has been slow to tip his hand on Cuba, save, perhaps, for the U. S. offer to help patrol the Caribbean to prevent Cas-trolte arms frixn being smuggled into Venezuela.

An enigmatic r^pcmse to the Cuban questi(m, (Hie sulsnits, could be the weak cWnk in Johnsons very formidable armor If he fails to do something positive about it. For the Cuban business is festering in the American psyche, particularly in states like Florida and Texas, which Johnson will need in 1964. Cuban refugees dont vote In the U. S., but a Cubans for Goldwater movement could so(Hi leap the traces to become a Goldwater^

Ites for the Cubans campaign, and this would multiply into many vsotes.

The Cuban question will continue to fester, not because Fidel Castro is any particular menace to the U. S. or to the western hemisphere as long as he limits his ranting and blustering to his own island, but because he cant keep his hands off other Latin American lands. Castroite terrorism will remain a terrible threat In such places as Venezuela, BriW ,lsh Guiana, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala as long as Fidel is the power in Cuba itself.

This particular fact represents President Johnsons greatest danger and also hit greatest opportunity. There 1 endless rumination now going on in all important dcxnesUe power groups about what Johnson must Mo the elec

tion In 1964. The northern liberals say he must go further to the Left than John F. Kennedy In order to prove himself. The conservatives say that he must solve the balance of payments problem, let money rates rise, give a jolt to the export trade, and so forth and so on, if he Is to get necessary financial support for his campaigning. The southerners say he must seek a compromise on the civil rights issue as it affects the property rights of boarding house keepers, small shop owners, and small business men. if he is to hold the southern states in line.

When all the claims are ad-ded up, it is easy to foresee considerable divisiveness arising from the struggle of various groups that would like to claim Lyndwi Johnson for their own (Continued On Page I)

New White House Influences

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS

LIFE AT ITS BEST

A police officer told me recently that some of the Keenest minds with which he has ever come in contact are the minds of robbers and sufeak theives. Ostensibly they are working for an easy dollar. As a matter of fact, they put more thought into evil schemes, they work harder to steal, devastate and destroy than other men do at honest jobs. If the average thelf who relies upon has lawlessness for support were to put hts keen mind and his untiring diligence into the dcAng of some honest task, he would probably stand high In the business and industrial world.

If we have the idea that professional theives and robbers are a dull lot of morons, we should get that idea out ^ our heads quickly. Many of these are bright men who have

gone wrong. One of the Greek words for sinning found in Uie New Testament means literally to mise the mark. These men have missed the mark. They have dedicated fine qualities to the pursuit of evil.

But why be honest? We. shoud be h(Hiest for the simple reason that a man is never in truth a man until he Is honest. As long as he is dttiwnest he is a servant of Satan, and he will never know the greatest joy that can come to anyone, namely the joy of living life to its full, unless he becomes a servant of that God who created the universe and who now sustains it.

Good living and happiness go together. Sin may bring temporary satisfaction, but it can never bring happtoees. For happiness consists in being a man. And a man is never a true man until he is honest and sln-oere with himself, with Ws fellows, with God.

By ELMER ROESSNER

Two of the biggest Influences Ml business in the months and year ahead will be Lynda Bird Johnson, 19, and Lucy Baines Johnson, 16.

A third influence will be Lady Bird Johnson, their mother and the wife of the President.

Jacqueline Kennedy, perhaps more than she knows, has exerted a great influence on American business. Helen of Troy, it is said, had a face that launched a thousand s h 1 p s.

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Uy has the face, the grace, the figure and the taste that launched thousands of styles. There is not an enterpriser today in apparel, accessories, antiques, millinery, jew e 1 r y, furniture or 'home furnishings who is not richer, in culture If not in dollars, because Mrs. Kennedy exerted her r a r e, youthful, bouyant taste oa the culture of America.

NEW POWERS PLUGGED IN Mrs. Kennedy will never cease to have influence. As JcMsephine Beauhamals, is Empress Josephine, still exerts Influence (mi the world of fashion and business 200 years after her birth, so will Jacque

line Bouvier Influence fashions, culture and business in the twenty - second century.

But transition has set in.

For two decades America has been wrought up by teens. Now two teens emerge as the charming symbols of America, the Misses J(rtinson. They may inspire the teens erf the nation to change their ways, to end the era of fear of teenagers. But, more Important to this column, is the face that they will undoubtedly exert great Influence on business.

For example, if Lynda and Lucy decide to dress their hair in Dutch cuts, shops insisting on teased hairdos and pony tails will be deserted. If L & L turn the calendar back to middies, the current emphasis (HI sweaters and suedes will end. If the LB girls take a fancy to high - heel cowboy boots, the shoemakers of America will be stuck with several million dollars worth of current styles.

INFLUENCE WILL BE WIDE

A thousand merchants who would die for Jacqueline Kennedy will agree that her influence on fashions was naiv row. She was much younger thkn tbo average American

women who have limitless amounts to spend for clothes. She was older than the fashion - racing teens and twen-les who insist on new ideas. American women In her age bracket, to be blunt, were the young matrons who had neither the money nor time away from growing families to follow her illustrious course in patterns. ^

But the Misses Johnson are in a different bracket. True, the selling price of clothes in the 15-to-19 year age group are low, but the volume Is vast.

These charming girls will have no control over the mar-ket. Ut Lynda put a gold starfish pin on her left elbow, let Lucy wear a red garter below her right knee, and there will be a sudden mlUlon-doUar DAW - up of business In the campus and suburban shops around the ctnintry.

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ad this fact may bring a renewed Interest in fashions ^ong women <rf her years, ^ewed? weU, perhw. -tended.

Like her daughters, she ap-pea to have a stnmg feeling for taste. Her fason choices

will surely influence the fashions for women of her age.

Meanwhile, no fashion designer, no producer of womens wear and accessories, and no retailer can afford to take eyes off the three Johnscm ladles. What they wear will not necessarily be (Mmunand styles, but they wUl have ringhig Influences on the cash registers of America.

SORT k SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEW ITEMS California savings and loan associations, which have lured billiMis of dollars In savings from the East with offers of high dividends, are heading into a period of crisis, Duns Review reports. . .The stock market bubble may burst, but it will be a healthy readjustment, according to Stanford Professor Theodore K r e p t. The stock market is more ov-eroapttallzed at this mommt than at any other time In fl-nanclal history. But if tbers ]g a loss, It win be in paper profits.. . .Ths Pederal Trade Comznlsslon B eaotidering a

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