Wednesday, January 8, 1964 *

A Fighting Chance If All Vote

The powers that be in the state, political leaden age their neighbors to do sothe amendment can from the large counties, party spokesmen, large be passed. , *

city newspapers among others, say that the proposed It is not logical to assume that all voters in constitutional amendment hasn't a chance of pass* the smaller counties will support the amendment, ing in the referendum next Tuesday. But neither is it logical to assume that all voters in

Their argument is, that the large counties of the heavily populated areas of the state will vote the state have the potential vote to kill the amend- against the amendment. ^

ment and at the polls can overwhelm the vote of the The proposal has tremendous meril for North

less populous counties of the state. Carolina now and in the future. It provides for an

This argument on the outcome of the referen- arrangement wherby geographic as well as pop-dum, of course, is different from that which has ulation factors will be given proper weight in the been used against the amendment. Out of one side make-up of the state legislature. It will assure that of their mouths the big-county leaders have insisted North Carolina's legislature will not become dom-it is not a fight between the large and small coun- inated by a rMatively few counties of the state* ties of the state. Out of the other they now say the that the economic, social and other problems of large counties have the vote and they are going to this large and aivcrse state will be approached in see that the amendment is killed. the future wiWout the. deck being stacked for one

Statistically, perhaps they are correct, the lajrge section and gainst others. cOiipCies do have the potential vote,' and efforts in North Carolina, in spite of the attention given to these large counties have been directed toward get- its metropolitan counties, is still a state in which ting these votes in the box next Tuesday. But the more than 60 per cent of the people live in rural potential vote and the actual vote are different areas or communities with less than 2,500 pop-things. The votes that will count next Tuesday are ulation. The proposed amendment offers a plan by the ones that go into the ballot boxes. > which a better balance of legislative representation

If citizens of the less populous areas of the of the entire state and its people can be assured state are willing to sit back and let themselves be in future years. It deserves the support of citizens outvoted, they will be. If, on the other hand, they throughout the state.

assume the individual responsibility of getting to In spite of the opposition to the amendment the polls to support the amendment-and encour- evidenced from the top of political party organizations and from the large counties of the state, it is * the responsibility of each citizen to weigh carefully the proposed amendment and vote bis own conviction on January 14.

We trust that voters in Pitt and surrounding counties will discharge their responsibility to themselves and to tHeir fellow citizens by participating in the referendum. We urge their support for this im-' portant and. far-reaching amendment to the state's constitution.

And After'All That Dieting

lOng Aware O::

Scott Interes

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

SCOTT Robert W. (Bob) ScoU reached his long-awaited deciaion over the past weekend and promptly said he will disclose this week whether he will run for governor in 1964.

He has set a tentative midweek date to reveal his intentions a week to 10 days ahead of his post-Chrtstm a s timetable. Scott .said a few days ago he would make a decision no later than about Jan. 15.

Then he chose an earl 1 e r date probably Jan. 8 or 9 to eay. Those vitally interested in whether Scott will or Wont run sought to fathom this develt^ent and determine in advance what it meant. This was not too successful.

It probably meant merely that Scott had reached a decision a few days sooner than expected. R furnished no real indicatkm nor clues as to what the decision might be.

EXAMINE Because (A the Interest Involved, the sltuatloii was examined closely.

It was known that Scott wante and has planned all along to announce his dec!-fiicm at the earliest possible date. He feels he has an obligation to do this, not to the other aheady-annmmced candidates for governor but in fairness to his friends and supporters.

Scotts interest in the 1964 primary campaign has been known for months, but his indecision has held many people <Mi the fence. He has been receiving an Increasing stream inquiries,~many of them tnx

study all of the factors Involved before making up his mind.

WHITEHURST - Veteran state representative Sam L. Whitehurst of Craven County has decided to run for the State Senate this Spring. His announcement of candidacy for one of two seats in the Fifth Senatorial district Is expected In the next day or so.

Whitehurst, of New Bern, has represented Craven County In the House since 1953 serving six consecutive terms. It will be his first try for a seat in the Senate.

The Fifth district, under the

Good Opportunity For By alvin taylor

Another Major Step Whole Storv In A Wink

Tnii ariAr*1i>1 ofofo cfurlir *

The special state study of industrial opportu^-ties in Pitt and 10 other counties offers Pitt an Two local lassies (single) excellent opportunity to take another major step occasion to dine in a Ra-forward in its economic development.

ine 11 counties included in the study were eral young clergymen, perhaps^

_________________ ______ ____ selected because, in the words of Gov. Sanford, students. They wore the cleri-

1983 r^lstrlctlng act. Is made they are areas in which additional employment op-

nn /I....... .... ... . . I * Now thcse Were smart girls

turned back, Theyre Episcopalian.

How can you tell? her companion asked.

I winked and one of them winked back, her friend replied sweetly.

Whitehurst Is a former chairman of the House Insurance committee, chairman of the committee mi veterans legislation in 1963, chairman of the Insurance committee of the Legislative Council and was a leader in the fight in 1968 to retain the name North Carolina State for the Raleigh branch of the University of North Carolina. He has been active In recent weeks In behalf of the Itttle federal amendment on legislative representation, mak-

Next Vonday and Tues day the Greenville Jaycees will be spcmsorlng a two - day Blood-mobile visit in an effort to collect 437 pints of blood.

Since the quota is normally 120 per one day visit you would think that such a feat would put Pitt County well ahead in its blood bank standing.

Alas, it Is just not so. The

SronTd portunitie, are badly needed. The fact that theV anTUTcoSdTht?K

The component of the district selected for the project indicates the young men were Episcopalian

were represented in 1963 by .special concern of the stab egovernment for the marry and might

aArruth^H'liSun s development of their economy, and thia in itself ia

Carteret. asset. ^ ^ they couldnt marry and would-

Whlte is now expected to seek It would be a grave mi.stake, however, for the interested.

lid' SMteut.'nh Tf'"" "ar^Eptecopanan'."

governor. Judge Hamilton has ptudy as magicians who will automatically bring new girl mused.

indicated he will retire from industries with them. The study is expected to bring The other looked at the

the General Assembly. to light possibilities for expanding existing indue- ^ moment and then

tries and developing new products for new Indus-

tries in the individual counties. What the undertak- ^

ing means to the counties in terms of new or ex- '-J-O 111^

panded industries in the future, however, will de- -r .

pend largely on what each county does on its own SP\71P'\7\7

to carry out the recommendation.s that result from ^ 1V VV :

the study. , - , (The Raleigh Times)

In short, each of the 11 counties may expect to The people of North Carolina

benefit from the undertaking in direct propd^ion to every one of them, includ-

the effort and interest its own citizens put into the cannot af-

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of - ing a number of speeches in ' ommendations are ignored, a county may find it- every opportunity provided by

X- favor of the amendment which self with no additional job opportunities in the fu- protect that life. Yet.

Is to be voted on Jan. 14. ture. If people of the countv are content to leave the ^ lu iioiHc lu xmw cuver. ILLITERACY North Car- nmblom AnfiVoltr 4-^ *. i ^ mans life in the gas nioi-vc awi me cuuauieuv;-

WAIT It is also known that olinas neighbor to the South proDlem entirely to the visiting experts, assuming chamber here next Friday be- os and the pocketbooks of all

Scott has been urged itrongly is also girding for a renewed *^(^ responsibility on their own for the development of fore he has that last oppor- the people of North Carolina,

not to run not to muddy the asiault on Illiteracy - an ef- their countys economy, it is doubtful that much conscience

fort that will Involve spending benefit will be realized. tnan isnt much as man- ^ -

lous and urgent, at his office and home in Haw River.

fend the case in the state courts cannot reasonably be expected to pay those consid* erabel costs out of his own pocket, and neither should he be expected to give the large amount of his time w h 1 c h would be required in an appeal to the federal court*. This is a matter for the conscienc-

waters and not to risk defeat in 1964 when his chances of being elected would be much greater In 1968. He has been told that entering the 1964 race

would certainiy alienate the ment laM week that his state i " W *'1^ rnned and killed an eiaht-vear-

future political support of many will be the first in the union operation in making the study and in carrying out ofd^chiw. Yet,^ he^^^^a hi^an

already committed to one or to begta special classes under the recommendation that result from the study. being and in taking his life

another of the candldatee al- the federal manpower and de- The Overall economic development of the f North

$5.6 million over the next 18 months.

South Carolina Oov. Donald Russell made the announcement lart week that his state

A a PUf *..,...4. u - t- AL X kind goes. He must be about

As for Pitt County s part, it is our hope that as low a human being as it

as many citizens as possible will take a direct and is possible to be," since he

personal interest in the project, offering their co- convicted of having

ready in the race. He has been velopment training act. Class- pnnnfv oil xu n u Carolina takes the ultimate

told that Jumping Into the 1964 es wUl Include basic subjects after all, ha^s a direct bearing on the well be- gj.pp ^ punishment. That ulti-

govemors ^race at the age of .such as reading and writing U)g Ol every resident of the county. mate step should not be tak-

ohnson

All The Angles

34 would be risking his political future.

Scott only a week earlier ack-- knowledged pressures for him to stay out of the campaign, but also reported a great deal of encouragement.

He said he hai not found anything to be gained by staying out. nor reasons for waiting, but added that he w'anted

to sit dowm and assess and

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along with teaching of vocational skills.

Russell expressed belief that the program would strengthen his states economic base, reduce unemployment and Increase individual earning capacity.

In North Carolina. Gov. Terry Sanford is studying steps for a broad program of efforts to wipe out functional Illiteracy.

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By JAMES MARLOW -

WASHINGTON (AP) ~ Pres-' ident Johnson isn't missing many angles in proposing programs with the broadest popular appeal.

In one form or another his State of the Union message to Congress Is expected to contain proposals that have something for practically everybody.

The message Is going to represent a combination of three presidents programs: Roosevelt. Kennedy and Johnson,

Roosevelt or Kennedy would have been just about unbeatable, if either was running in the 1964 presidential race. So carrying the banners of his two popular predecessors should be a big help to Johnson.

He has endorsed the big Kcn-nedj programs still stymied in Congress. He will propose some of his own. reflecting views of his Idol, Roosevelt.

Sen. Mike Mansfield of M(hi-tana, Democratic leader in the Senate, says Johnson will outline specific proposals attacking poverty and pi-obably will call for increased spending on domestic programs.

Programs for the poor are in the direct Roosevelt tradition. Kennedy offered them, too.

In his State of the Union message last year Kennedy noted ^that 32 million Americans still 'live on the outskirts of poverty

There were 13 million unemployed when Roosevelt took office in 1922 and he noted that one-third of the nation was Ill-fed, ill-clothed, and lU-housed.

area* In Pennsylvania where unemployed miners are being retrainecl for new jobs under a government project.

Johnson is for a tax cut, which should be popular with practically everybody, rich and poor except budget-balanccrs.

He Is for a civil rights program. which Is what Negroes want, although Southern Democrats In Congress are ready to try to block one.

But white people In the South would benefit by other p r o-grams in Johnson's kit.

He is for medical care for the aged, meaning those over 6.5. of whom there are 17 million In the natl<m, all of voting age.

jHe is for federal aid to education. a Kennedy prc^ram which would exclude Catholic -schools.

While this might anger some Catholics it would hardly be unpopular with most parents whose children are In public schools.

Still hanging fire in Congress Is a Kennedy program of youth training and employment.

While unskilled jobs are dwindling. new jobs are requiring more training and higher skills. About 42 per cent of students drop out before finishing high school.

But. while such programs have a kind of universal appeal because so many different interests wpuld benefit, offering such a broad dose of them at this session of Congress is optimistic. to put It mildly.

Just last Sunday both Mans-

en until every legal protection is afforded this man, criminal and low' and mean and brutish through he may be.

This mans case has already been reviewed by the State Supreme Court, and no error ws found in it. No doubt the federal courts would find, too, that there was no error, that the law should have Its final punishment from this wretched creature.

But, unless some money is forthcoming, there will be no ^atement from the federal courts, no appeal to this court of last resort for this condemned man. The mans attorney was appointed by the court, and his fees were paid by the people of North Carolina to fight the case in the state courts.

It costs money to take a case into the federal courts, money legitimately required for preparation of briefs, court records, appeal documents. The lawyer appointed to de-

and the pocketbook of one citizen of North Carolina.

Neither should the raising of money for an appeal to the

federal courts be the respwi-sibility of one man or any

small group of men who op

pose capital punishment. This matter of money Is still the

responsibility of all the people, not just the few people whose consciences have stirred them to seek help for this man. ...

North Carolina very wisely provides for automatic review by its Supreme Court of every case In which a mans life is at stake. This Is entirely proper, and as long as this State insists that it must have S life for a Hie, there must'

be this process of automaUo - We are to remember that there

review by our highest state

court.

Now It ia past time when the State should provide the funds needed to take such death cases into the federal courts, there to provide a condemned man with the last forum which could help him If there is in his case any Item of legal error that should stay his execution.

North Carolina stands ready, in the name of all her people, to take this mans life from him. It should not do that until it has taken this persons case Into federal court for that last-resort review.

1neory

. By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN .Copyright. 1964. King Feature*. ^' 0 Syndicate, Itic.

It begins to look as though Parkinsons Law works for money as well as for people.

Applied to the perswinel on any public payroll, Parkinsons Law lays it down as axiomatic that a given amount of necessary work will diffus itself among iheenumber of people and hours that are available to dof It. In plain English, no bureaucrat really needs two aides.

For mcmey, it Is reverse English that Is neected to explain the adaptatl(Hi of . Paiklnsons Law to the business of foreign aid. All through 1963 there were enough tears wept over Impending foreign aid cuts to float at least a few hundred thousand crocodiles off the sandbars of a dry' River Nile. But now that Terrible Otto Passman, the watchd( of foreign aid, has had his way and the $1.5 billion cut la funds has become a reality, the AID (Agency for International De-velomnent) people have suddenly discovered that they won't have to cut back appreciably on our overseas projects any-way. The reason: there is almost $700 million left over In the pipelines fr(mi pa.st appropriations that have never been spent.

So we can restate Parkinsons Law as applied to public money this way: work that must be done can ususally be financed by whatever sum a bureaucracy already has In hand to do it.

We may be 'sophistical In stretching Parkinsons Law to cover money as well as men, for obviously the Law of Compressibility as applied to Bureaucratic Effort cannot be pushed to the logical absurdity of supposing that a single man could run the foreign aid pro-for the visit, describes the sit- ^ gram on a $l-a-year salary.

But then, Parkinsons Law was never meant to be precise, anyway. It w'as only supposed to be suggestive.

Just to keep Parkinsonian suggestivility percolating, our own political platform for 1964 would urge that Congress set up a system which would let any domestic government agency keep ten percent of its savings on its annual appropriation for distribution among Its own personnel as a year-end-tax-free gift. This Idea, I be-live, was offered some years ago to Senator Harry Byrd of Virginina by a dogged Yankee from Farmington. Conn., named Ed Hall. Nothing came of It then, but if Senator John J. Williams of Delaware and Congressman H. R. Gross of Iowa were to take the Idea up now. it might get some renewed mileage. The U. S. Congress has never yet learned to ham ess human cupidity to good Parkinsonian uses.

By rewarding people for saving on government expenses, Parkinsons Law as applied to money might, paradoxically, even negate the worklngs of the famous Law as applied to men.

In any event, theres nothing like forcing a make-do attitude on men and nations. Ive been delving a bit into the history of Haiti, where, In years gone by, U. S. government funds have been used to build roads. These roads are at present hardly operat 1 v e, for they have succumbed to the same fearful erosion that has been washing Haitian soil into the sea. The point is that if a very small amount of money had originally been spent teaching Haitians good land practices, the local farmers might have become sufficiently prosperous to pay for . their own roads through taxes.

In Cambodia, visiting U, S. Congressmen were flabbergasted to see a magnificent new highway built W'ith U. S. funds reverting to swampland. The money might better have been spent on something the Cambodians actually needed. Dont ask me what. Probably the Cambodians didnt need anything at all.

Our Educational Policies Commission, which Is Jointly sponsored by the National Education Association and the American Association of School . Administrators, Is urging that two more years of free education after high school should be added to our present pro-(Continued On Page 5)

Jaycee* want to collect 437 pints because that is how far the county is behind in the Tidewater Regional Blood program.

Joe Clark, Jaycee chairman

uation as critical. It has been said over and over as the county dropped behind In the blbod program, but it will be disastrous if Pitt loses out.

Instead of blood being readily available for the sick and injured who need it, their families will have to scout around to find donors at the spur of the moment. Or they will have to buy the blood outright.

Pitt has been a participant (Continued.on Page 5)

Strength !^or Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS TENSION

The word tension comes from a Latin word w'hich pieans to stretch. Anything under tension is being stretched or strained. Hence mental strain 1 that intensity of feeling or effort, that discontent or anxiety, which appears When one confronts difficult or baffling circumstances. It invariably arises as the result of our daily efforts, but there can be no doubt that frequently we permit or encourage tension to such an extent that our peace of mind Is destroyed and our efforts frustrated.

Our Lords observation about the miles of the field is a case in point. They do not grow as someone has said by trying to krow or by working themselves up into a frenzy of endeavour, by anxiety and worry they grow by obeying the laws of their own nature and by absorption from without.

Now our Lords earnest counsel was that we do the same thing. We are to obey the laws of the kingdom within us.

is a God In heaven and that He still controls the world He has made. We must remind ourselves that through the worlds chaos and turmoil the unwavering purpose of God moves and dominates.

At the center of every cyclone Is a point of absolute calm. Out of that calm comes the power of the tornado. Out of the quiet and trust of our Inner life comes that p o w' e r which makes our efforts significant In whe world and makes the power of nations significant in history.

Calmness, purpose, diligence these are key words.

An Industry Few Are Aware O:

About 4 million people are still - field ap^Sen. Everett M. Dirk

unemployed.

Mansfield indicated Joymson will ask Increased spending for unemployment. - .

And the White House has announced that the''Presidents wife, Lady Bird, will make a trip Saturday to Coal Kiglng

sen of Illinois. Republican leader In the Senate, said they didnt expect the record t h 1 a year to be quantitative.

That is a public relations way of saying they didnt expect a ot of pT(^ram to go through (Continued On Page i)

By ELMER ROESS.NEK Theres a multibUUon dollar industry in the United States that few people ever mention. Its the drop-ship Industry.

Some parts of the industry are known under other names. Mail order, direct mail and catalog houses are all in the drop-ship business. But thousands of retailers, big and small, are also In the busi-nass.

Heres how drop ship works: A shopper goes into a store and sees a maple coffee table. I Uke It, he tells the salesman, but I want one a foot longer and a little sturdier. The salesman whip out a catalog. Heres exactly what you described. he says. Same company, same wood, same finish, but 12 inches longer and sturdier. We havent g(^ it in stock, but Ill have it .shipped direct to you, fresh fi;om the factory, with, our guarantee. The sale Is made. A PROFITABIE DEAL \ See what has happened? The retailer has made a" sale at his' regular markup. But he

didnt have to carry the item in stock. He saved Investment in inventory, delivery costs, floor space rental,, uncrat ing charges, retouching charges, perhaps local taxes, floor insurance and possibly a dozen other bites.

Hes made a regular profit, and outside of the salesman's salary and commission, and a spot of bookkeeping, it's aU his.

Many stores rely on drop shipping for their fattest dollars. They may keep only samples on hand If a shopper wants immediate delivery, sha. can often get it if shes flrrp. But she Is told that the floor sample hasnt the freshness of a factory shipment and lots of other pretty things, and she often takes a drop shipment.

OTHERS IN THE GAME

Mall ordec houses, direct mail companies and catalog houses work in a similar manner. Tl)ey take orders at points where they have little or no stock and ship the goods In or have the manufacturer drop

the shipment to the customer.

There are also thous a n d s of handbag- and pocket-catalog sellers. Teachers needing extra mmiey. cops off duty and others sell goods from catalogs, often offering discounts which, in reality, are part of their commissions. Many mail - order companies never see more than a single sample of the thinga they sell; they get the orders, the manufacturers ship the product to the ^uyer.

Why, then. Is so little said about drop shipping? Most manufacturers engaged in it say nothing because it might antagonize regular retailers, who order goods, pay for them, and pay rent and insui-ance until they are sold? And the retailers and marl order sellers say nothing because they dont want buyers to know they do not keep stock on hand, and they dont want buyers to try to order goods direct from manufacturers.

VOLlME MAY\BE $25 Bn.I.ION ^

No company wants to let on to its customens tMt it is

using this method of fillinf orders. But to some extent every consumer outlet does it,'* I was told by Howard O. Schmidt, president of Rutward, Inc., of Columbia Sta 11 o n Ohio, which publishes ths Drop Ship Buyers Guide.

On volume done nationally by drop - ship operators, he said mall order, direct mail and catalog sales amount to $2.5 billion a year. If one add drop shipping by regular retail outlets, the figure would probably be $25 billion.

UNSOLD HOMES INCREASE

$25 BILLION

Home builders are keep 1 n g ahead of home buyera.

The litest figures, for October, showed 49,(X)0 home* wero sold, 2 per cent more tbsn. In September, and 11 per cent-more than in October, 1962. However, at the end of the month there were 265,0(X) homes unsold, 3.5 per cent more than at the end of September, and 36,000 more than at the end of October. 1962.