Saturday, December 14

What Greater Memori*^-

Does Congress Want Economies?

The furor raised in Congress orer the announc- governed by whether it is he or the other fellow who ed closing and curtailment of military bases in 14 is adversely affected.

states raises the question of whether there is a From an objective viewpoint, it is evident that genuine desire on the part of Congress to effect the action taken by the Secretary of Defense is economies where possible in federal operations. sound both from the standpoint of the national de-Many of those members of Congress who have fense structure and from the standpoint of effecting been quick to attack Defense Secretary McNamara economies in the federal operations. It is also evi-for the scheduled closing of some 26 military in- dent that the move had the approval of both Presi-stallations in the United States are the same ones dent Kennedy and-President Johnson, who have repeatedly demanded more economies in The move should also have the approval of the federal government operations. They are drumming vast majority of the members of Congress and the up all sorts of reasons why the proposed reduction vast majority of the American people, in military bases should not take place. In the final It takes more than just lip service to the idea

analysis, however, most of these reasons boil down of more efficient government operations to trans-. to the fact that the proposed reductions adversely form the idea into a reality. This latest move to affect the constituents of the respective members effect such economies provides the acid test for Con-of Congress. gress-and the people.

The reaction in Congress is only a preview of^ . I*!*!

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the reaction that will take place in communities of the 14 states where the bases are located. It will not be surprising if leaders of the communities try to pull every possible political string, bring to bear every possible influence to prevent the closing of the base in which they are particularly interested.

Of Another Tragedy

Steps now being taken by the city of Greenville

And these same community leaders, like many to fill the deep pools that exist at the foot some of the members of Congress, are the same ones who of the citys storm drainage systems will sharply have been indignant over the waste of taxpayers reduce the possibility of another tragedy such as money by the federal government. that on Thanksgiving Day when a nine-year-old boy

If there is to be any economy move in govern- drowned in one of these pools, ment operations, it is bound to adversely affect The filling of the pools, however, should not

sorne groups of people. The viewpoint of the in- looked upon as the permanent solution to the dividual citizen, and the Congressman, is perhaps problem caused by the open drainage ditches at

the end of these storm drainage systems. The city

HaDDened in

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

RALEIGH It happened in North Carolina:

It was 60 years ago on a cold and windy day, Dec. 17, 1903, that many first cwiquer-cd the air.

The resolute brothers from Dayton, Ohio, Orville and Wilbur Wright, after months of disappointment, finally succeeded in the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air machine <m that date.

It was accomplished in a flight (rf imly 120 feet that lasted just 12 seconds on the windswept, sandy dunes at Kitty Hawk, on the Dare County coast.

So the aviati<m world pauses next week to observe this 60th anniversary of the first flight with a two-day program of events at the site of the historic achievement.

western North Carolina.

Artificial snow gims and Mother Nature have combined to provide plenty of snow for the ski resorts at Blowing Rock and Cataloochee. The ski runs are open for the season.

There was a snowfall of three to five inches on the slopes and the snow machines are providing a good additional pack.

A prankster put a grayish, potato-shaped rock in the potato bin at the Goldsboro fire department, to prove that Dan McGrew is good natured and not necessarily dangerous.

The. joke was on cook Dan McGrew, who tried to peel the rock.

The occasion will bring visitors and digitaries from all parts of the state, and from across the nation.

There will be aviation experts and enthusiasts from aU over the world, including . S. astronaut John Glenn who will conduct a seminar on space flight.

The formal program includes presentation of a replica of the Wright brothers rickety first airplane, the placing of memorial wreaths and unveiling of a soaring society plaque.

On the anniversary date itself, there wUl be dedication of the First Plight airport, a new flying facility at Kill De-vU Hills.

A big bobcat was stalking the squirrel that 14 year old Jerry Allman spied in a tree in the Golden Valley section in Rutherford County.

Jerry didnt see the bobcat, but took aim and fired at the squirrel. The squirrel dropped to the ground. The bobcat leaped after it.

When the squirrel hit the ground the bobcat was right on top it it, Jerry said. I didnt know what it was. All I could see Was a big bunch of fur. But I didnt intend for it to get my squirrel.

Jerry aimed again and killed the huge bobcat, a specimen with a heavy and tawny reddish fur pelt.

Glasses will clink and the fire will crackle in a big cheerful fireplace on the eve of the first flight anniversary for the annual meeting to the significance (rf Kitty Hawk in their own way.

The society was founded by a couple of Elizabeth City men. Jack Aulis and Ed North.

A note about women in the business world. Fifteen year old Beverly Joyner carries a paper route for the Rocky Mount Evening Telegram.

The thief who stole a new shotgun, a box of shells and a bunting coat from a pickup truck at Adamsville got something oi a bonus, too.

The owner of the hunt in g equipment, Earl Paries, told officers there were four plump rabbits in the game bag of the hunting coat. *

Judge Robert Sides of t h e Rocky Mount Juvenile Court spoke to newspaper carriers at a Christmas party banquet this week, -describing them as young businessmen getti n g an early start in life. . .leam-Ine and building character. He said they work fbr the most powerful organization in the world the free press of the United States and put the news before the people.

Theres good skiing ahead in

The big Odum Prison farm down on the Roanoke River is referred to by convicts in the prison system as the Ponderosa. And prisons director George Randall says the camp director has acquired the new nickname. Hoss.

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should do some positive planning toward the da;^ when these open drainage ditches will be eliminated altogether.

As a temporary measure, the decision to fill these deep holes with broken concrete is to be com-mien^ed. Obviou^TjT THe^^ HcisorT to falce pdsiBve action was reached with dispatch after the Thanksgiving Day tragedy. But the filling of the deep holes does not eliminate entirely the hazard which exists because of unfinished ends to the storm drain age system.

Some hazard will continue to exist until such time as the city undertakes the costly job of tilting the ditches. The cost of such an undertaking may demand that it be done over a period of several years as municipal funds are available. But attention to this hazardas well as to others which may existshould not end with the temporary measure

By" ART . BCHWALU

Suffrage In Washington

now being taken.

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A Rouah

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Game

By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) Time w^as a big difference between Presidents Johnson and Truman when they suddenly had to move up from the vice presidency.

Because it was, Truman made a lot of changes fast to get ready for the long haul. Johnson, pressed for time, will probably try to made do as best he can with some of the top men he inherited from President Kennedy.

When President Roosev e 11 died in 1945, Truman had almost a full four-year term ahead of him. He prepared for it quickly.

Within three months he had made five changes in his Cabinet. By the time he was elected to his own full term in 1948 none of the Cabinet he inherited remained.

But when Johnson succeeded Kennedy he had less than 14 months left out of his predecessor's four-year term. And thats the end for him, unless like Truman he gets elected on his own.

He will almost certainly seek such election. This means, in addition to the ususal problems of the presidency, he must spend a lot of time campaigning. It will probably be to his advantage to keep the Kennedy Cabinet.

Replacements would need breaking in on the job. This doesnt mean Johnson will simply rock along in the Kennedy boat. Hell make changes, although maybe not at the very top. Hes too restless not to.

But highly respected mn like Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and Secretary of State Dean Dean Rusk seem sure to stay.

Johnson, who has his own strong opinions about people and the way to get things done, had and used the opportunity to size up Kennedy appointments. tactics and p r o-grams abroad and at home. He said he backs the programs. But he will probably try to improve them and make-changes in personnel below the very top level. He has to make

his own record to run on in 1964, So he has to be a man in a hurry.

Some of his observations as vice president may be turning into acti(Hi now.

The administration announced Thursday plans to close or reduce about 26 military bases in 14 states to economize, with thousands out of jobs.- Anguished cries came from some Congress members whose states will be affected.

But Congress has also said it wants some evidence of economy from the President if he hopes to get the tax cut bill through.

McNamara had been working on the elimination of bases under Kennedy.

It isnt clear whether Kennedy, had he lived, would have gone through with this, or whether the tough decision was made by Johnson. Kennedy, with his mild approach to Congress. never liked to antagonize the members.

And Congress repaid him by ignoring his pleas for passage of two of his major programs: civil rights and the tax cut.

Johnson watched this. He may have decided two can play at the game of being tough for Thursday It was also announced even more bases may be shut down.

This disclosure could well be taken by some members of Congress as a warning to cooperate with the President on his programs.

Meanwhile, the political anii-Istice the Republicans declared after Kennedys death just for a while ~ seems to be starting to disappear.

Rep. H. R. Gross, R-Iowa, Thursday called for an investigation of the radio and television operations of President and Mrs. Johnson, This is getting rough,

Kennedy sought to preserve *a political tranquility, even when he was getting nowhere with Congress. Johnson is pressed by time to make a record. In politics he has been considered smooth but not necessarily an apastle of tranquility.

As many people are probably aware, anyone who lives in Washington, D. C., has not been allowed to vote in a n y election. But in 1964, for the first time in history, the citizens of the District of Columbia will be allowed to vote for the President and Vice President of the United States.

There has been some confusion about this sudden suffrage and many people are ringing doorbells in the district trying to educate other people on w^hat to do. We volunteered to do some doorbell ringing ourself and we were surprised at some of the reactions when we tried to tell the people about their voting rights.

We came to a house In Cleveland Park and a man answered the door. Sir, Id like to inform you about your right to vote in 1964.

Im sorry we dont want

any, he said.

Im not selling anything, we said before he could slam the door. I thought you would like to know about your voting rights.

Whats a voting right? It means you can vote for the candidate of your choice. I never heard of that, and Ive been living in the District 40 years.

Thats just It. You couldnt vote before, but now Congress has made it possible. Thats fine, he said. How much is it going to cost me? Nothing. we said, Its your Constitutional right. Let me ask you something. If I have a right to vote, can I have a say in what goes on in the schools of the District? Of course not, we said. That right Is reserved for Congress.

Can I have a say on how

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D. S. Coltrane, chairman of the North Carolina Good Neighbor Council, has put his finger squarely on the area in which North Carolina must now show greatest concern in Improving its human relations. Talking at a meeting in Charlotte yesterday, Coltrane said:

Winning .the right to eat at a desergregated lunch counter is small consolation to men who cannot afford the cost of the mean ... I grant that integration of restaurants, motels, hotels and other public facilities are important questions. It is also important to be called sir rather than boy. But more basic than any of these are education and employment. The great mass of Negroes are more concerned with where they work than where they eat. Fortunately, the State of North Carolina has taken steps in the directions outlined by Chairman Coltrane. The State, as an employer, no longer discriminates in employment solely because of race. That step Is not simply a promise, It is a fact and there are Negroes now working every day in jobs which only a few months ago were considered private preserves for whites only. There have been major steps in many private industries, too, toward hiring only on a basis of ability.

The matter of providing qualified Negroes for these job opportunities is the major 6on-cem now. One Negro educator has warned that the level of training in high school and college must be Improved for Negroes. He said, for example.

that college officials must be prepared to give Negroes six years of training in the four-year college period.

That is a big order,, but it is an order which must be filled. The filling cannot be done alone by Negro leaders, but can be accomplished only by full cooperation on the part of all the people of the State.

As more and more fully qualified Negroes are able to enter the States employment picture in the better jobs, all the State will benefit. Tbe Individual Negro will benefit because he will be doin^^adlled work for which he islqualified and will be drawing the high pay for that work. His higher pay will mean that he will be able to spend more in our stores, will be able to have better housing, will be able to save more, will be able to provide his children with the kind of home which will send them out better able to make their way in the world. In addition, the Negro receiving the higher pay will have to pay more taxes, and that will benefit -the whole state.

North Carolina Is mak 1 n g progrss In improving its human relatlais. To many people, the steps being taken are too much change in too short a period of time. Just as surely, to other people the steps are too short and too frequent. But, no one can deny that steps have been taken, and that the state could be on the way to constantly Improving opportunities for all qualified people.

We cannot afford to relax our efforts In that direction.

Opinions In Brief

Dancing is a wonderful training for girls; its the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. Christopher (111.) Progress.

Scientists are undecided as to the speed of light. The layman has a rough idea. To him, it comes too early in the morning.' Franklin (N.C.) Press.

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they spend my taxes? Thats a stupid question, we said angrily. The House District Committee dec ides that.

Will I be able to voice an opinion on the Police Department and the Fire Department and the Sanitation Department?

Youre being very difficult, sir. All were letting you vote for is the President of the United States.

Can I say whether I want a subway system or a highway system or a bus system?

You cannot and you know it. Congress dictates what you can do. After all, they know the problems of Washington better than anyone who lives here all year around.

Can I elect someone to represent me 1 housing problems and welfare projects?

No. you cant, we said-Where do you think youre living? Youre lucky Congress will let you vote for the President. They didnt have to, you know,

Can I vote for a better sewage system or a library system or a cultural center? he demanded.

No, no, no, we shouted. How greedy can you get? We let you vote for one office and all of a sudden you want to act like an American citizen. Its time you understood that Congress is in charge of this city, and you couldnt be In better hands.

Suppose I dont like the way the Congressmen are runn I n g this town? he said.

You have nothing to say about it. Only the people who elected the Congresanen and Senators have anj^hing to say about them.

But those voters dont care about what is happening to us In Washington. he cried.

We cant let you vote for everybody. Isnt the President enough?

I guess so. he said. Though frankly. Id rather vote for a city councilman Instead.

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright, 1963, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

A report inxn Havana has it that Fidel Castro, feeling vag-, ucly menaced by the posslblll-' ty that the L^don Jc^xuon Administration may not feel kindly toward him because of Lee Harvey Oswalds relation with the Pair Play for Cuba C(xnmittee, is trying to mend his ideolofidcal fences vls-a-vls Soviet Russia, i^ce Khriish-cbev has risked his prestige and spent large sums (tf mra-ey in support o the Cuban Revolution. It is quite likely that he will permit Castro to play the role of prodigal scm. But I like to think that there Is at least an off-chance that Fld^ has been a double-crosser (mce too often.

The dictator of Cuba has been a dissembler from the< start of his revolutionary ca:' reer. During the last days ot Batista, when the ragged Cas-troite guerillas were hiding.in the Sierra Maestra In eastern Cuba, Fidel promised faithful* ly that his movement would work to reiM;ore the la8t legitimate Constitution of Cuba, which had guaranteed all of the rights that are traditicmal^ with western democracies, li* was this promise that result-^ ed in a coalitioB of all the am^ ti-Batlsta forces, ^t Pldel how did he ever get thaf naniet was busy playing both ends against the middle even in those Sierra Maestra days. He was surrounded by Communists, and acute journalists such as Alice Leone Moats, who had access to sources of information In Mexico, had written articles about his secret Marxist proclivities long before the anti - Batista revolution was a success.

The Cuban middle classes were the first victims of a> Castro double - cross. And the evidence now piles up that Fidel has been playing fast and= loose with Khrushchev, who was apparently slated to be the seccMid sacrifice to the (Castro, delusions of omnipotence.

One big reason for bellev-. tag that Fidel has been thinking of undercutting Khrushchev goes back to the warm welcome which was accorded, last summer to the fifty-nine young Americans who, in defiance of U. S. passport reg-, ulations. made a tour of Cuba. While there are still some mysteries about the origins of the tour, It was supported by members of the Progressive Labor Movement, a dissident Marxist organization whlCh was formed In the U. S. by Communists who follow the Albanian, or Mao Tse - tung, line.

In welcoming students sent* to Cuba by a group whose leaders had been expelled from the orthodox Community Party on charges of heresy, Fidel Castro almost certainly betrayed the drift of his own thinking. Certainly he put himself out to make things pleasant for a number of young American leftists who had gone over to several varieties of Maoism and Trotskyism.

One of the students brought his own political orientat ion brazenly into the open during the tour by asking, Why cant the Trotskyites print and sell their own paper? Fidels Man Friday, Che Guevara, fielded that one by blandly remarking that if the Trotskyites were al- lowed a paper ta Cuba, the same privilege would have tcki be accorded Democrats and Catholics. There was no con- demnation by Guevara of Trotskyism as such.

The Pr(ressive Labor Movement has condemned Khrushchevs crude treatment trf the Ctaban regime during the-^ 1962 missile crisis. According to one 'Of the Movements official publications, the Marxist-Leninist Quarterly, Khrushchev dealt a serious blow to the principle of proletarian Internationalism when he backed down in the eyeball to eyeball confrontation w 11 U President Kennedy. The Khrushchev pull - out, so the ProT gressive Labor Movement tho* oreticlans have alleged, playing into the hands of those who have been slandering the Citi' bans as Soviet lackejrs.

. Maybe Khrushchev will prove himself willing to overlook Fidel Castros flirtation with representatives of the splinter Progressive Labor (Continued on Page 5)

Strength For Today

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3usiness Worlc.

BY EARL L. DOUGLASS

WE MUST PAY ATTENTION

Before me as I write is the picture of a little child, and the caption beside the picture is Hunger is all she has ever known. This youngster in a far-away Asian community has never had a square meal in her life. Nobody has ever baih-ed her or lifted her up on a friendly knee and talked to her in cheerful tones. The picture was in connection with an appeal fo rfund-s to help her and others like her.

This youngster is slowly dying of malnutrition. In America we eat almost five pounds of food a day per person and throw away enough garbage to feed a family of six ta India. The average dog in America has a higher protein diet than millions of people in Asia.

This planet of ours is teeming with fertility and every factor de.signed to make life comfortable and significant, yet one half the population of the world lies down hungry evoj-y

night.

Is this our fault? Only paitly 80 if so at all. But certainly it is our responsibility. Whether these agonizing people in Asia have befen reduced to these dire straights by false religion, or political tyranny, or ignorance, the fact remains that something will have to be done about the situation. We simply cannot afford in the rich North American countries to allow the rest of the world to starve while tens of thousands of our citizens drop dead every year from heart disease induced by eating too much food.

To say this is not to wave a magic wand over a terrible situation. Neither does it mean that our law-makers are remiss or that the church is remiss in its ministry. What it means is that here Is a desperate situation, and the best brains of the world will have to be put to work trying to find a solution.

God will not Ix complacent if we laii do our utmost.

By ELMER ROESSNRR

For wives and sweethearts of businessmen, here is a run down on new books that, as Christmas gifts, may show the little lady is Interested in their next miUion:

Profitable Corset & Brassiere Merchandising, by Jean Gordon Goldman; 52 pages.

vestors therein.

The New World of the Wall Street Journal, by C h a r 1 e s Preston; 381 pages, Simon & Schuster, $6.95. Reprints of outstanding articles, cartoons and poems from this great secular newspaper.

The Relations Explosion, by William Satire; 249 pages,

Fairchild, $.85. Not for a boyv^ Macmillan, $4.95. A public refriend ta nuts and bolts. lations man te

Massee's Guide to Ifeting and Drinking in Europe, by William E. Massee: 219 pages, McGraw-Hill. $4.95. Only if he is willing to take you abroad for a first or second honeymoon, and then only if he is undernourished.

Modem Supermarket Operation, by Dr. Edward A. Brand: 262 pages, Fairchild. $15. Almost a blble for super operators. but not for a boyfriend in corsets and brasslere.s. SHOPPING CENTER GUIDE

The Dollars and Cents of Shopping Centers, by Urban Land Institute; 96 pages plus many appendices, by the Institute. 1200 18th St.. N. W., Wa.sh-ington, D. C.j. price on application. A study of shopping cen-

lations man tells whats wrong-with present public-influencing techniques and offers a. way to convert them into a science.

Getting Through to People, by Jesse S. Nlrenberg; 211 pages. Prentice-Hall. $4.95. How to persuade other people. Nothing revolutionary, but the application of accepted psychological techniques.

MORE ON TAX LOOPHOLES

Taxes, Loopholes & Morals, by Jerome K. Hellerstein; 246 pages, McGraw-Hill.' $5.59. Pro-fesvsor Hellerstein covers the taxation waterfront, completely. analytically and calmly. But Hellerstein Is no heller; he is no Cameron Hawley. With Hawley's seething indignation and Hellerstetas great understanding, there could be a great

that Salesmen Make and How to Correct Them, by George N. Kahn; 224 pages, Prentice-Hall, $5.59, This is an expan-sitm of The Ten Biggest Mistakes Salesmen Make. Just the thing if your husband is a salesman who makes mistakes, and which one doesnt?

Granvilles New Key to Stock Market Profits, by Joseph E. Granville; 224 pages. Prentice-Hall. $12.50. This is the seventh book by a Wall Street advisor and it is intended to fill the forecasting gaps left by the Dow theory. If your husband has been losing steadily in the market, this may or may not reverse his trend.

. Middle Market Directory, with 15.000 company listings, $98,50; Million Dollar DlrecU ory, 25,000 llsttags, $98.50, by Dun & Bradstreet. Tw'o massive directories for mall order firms, advertisers sales departments. research companies, marketing consultants,, government agencies and so on.

How to Sell Pumitui^e. by Stanley H. Slom: 37 pages, Fairchild. $2.75. Not for the man ters of much importance to in-

who sells corsets and brassier^ es.

HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT AN. ULCER

Tension Ccmtrol fcM* Bustaes-men, by Edmund Jacobsen, M. D.; 226 pages, McGraw-Hill, $5.95. For businessm e n who are endangeatag their hearts and encouraging their ulcers.

Corporations to Crisis, by Richard Austin Smith; 214 pages, Doubleday. $4.50. Case hls-tbries of crises In Olin Mathie-s<m, RKO, General Dynamics. General' Electric, . 8. Steel ^d Boeing vs. General Dypt mics-Grumman competltioo, V

Successful Labor Rela*' tions, by Noel Arnold Levin; ' 240 pages, PairchUd, $7.50. Lai^ gely about how managem e n ,t can cse the law in Its deaUngs with labor.

Patent Procurement and Exploitation. by various auth; ors; 346 pages. Bureau of Na^ tlonal Affairs, Washington, D, . C. 7, $14.75, A series of lectures on protecting Intellectual rights.

book. But this Isnt it.

The 36 Biggest Mistake