Wednesday, Januaiy 29, 1964

Mrs. Smith Compares Very Well

The United States may or may not be The fact that Sen. Smith is a "Mrs." instead of

ready for a female President^ but veteran Senator a "Mr." will not be overlooked by political lead-Hargaret Chaae Smith, Maine, has started the ers or by the rank and fire party members. Even in wheels turning to find out. this modem age when women are moving into

By entering the New Hampshire presi- many positions that formerly were considered "for dential primary, she becoines the first woman to men only", the odds against a woman gaining the make a serious bid for the top position on a na- presidentialor even the vice presidential nom-tional party ticket. She has announced ahe will'ac- ination of one of the major parties must be con-tively seek the Republican nomination that already sidered as an uphill fight.

is being eyed by at least a half dozen political But if the matter of sex could be overlooked,

hopefuls of national stature. Sen. Smith would stack up well on the qualifica-

Some political observers have said that Sen. tion list with many of the others who are'considered Smith is really seeking the vice presidential spot on strong contenders for nominations. For more than the GOP ticket this yer, and the bid for the two decades now she has served as a member of presidential nomination is being used as a step- Congress, playing more than just a passive role in ping stone. This, Sen. Smith denies. Most political major legislation. Her votegetting record in her observers also say that Sen. Smith has little chance home state is far above avevrage, as evidenced by of getting the presidential nomination of her party, the fact she served in the House of Representatives but to this Sen. Smith replies that time aloiiewill tell, from 1940 until 1949 when she became the second

woman elected to the . S. Senate. In more than 20 years she ha.s never lost an election.

If one wanted to look further, it could be pointed out that less than 15 of the present members of the Senate have served longer in that body than Sen. Smith. And her experience in Senate committee work includes such assignments as ap^ propriations, armed services, aeronautical and space sciences.

Because of her sex. Sen. Smith may be looked upon as a very dark horse in the nominations sweepstakes. But if one looks at her political record, they may have-new thoughts about the senior Senator from Maine and her possibilities on a national ticket.

Castro Influence

!!^reyer Rally.

A Huge Success

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES RALLY The tumultuous Preyer-for-govemor campaign aend-oif in Greensboro was clearly a huge auccess froi the standpoint of Preyer strategists swne of whom werent altogether sure it would be.

It w'as s(wnething new under the North Carolina political sun a far cry from the old country-style barbecue and bruns-wlck stew suppers and Saturday speechmaking on the courthouse lawn.

It was a technique borrowed from the big cities, Boston, Philadelphia and the boroughs of New York, with trappings from noisy and stirring demonstrations staged at national political conventions.

Put to work in present-day North Carolina to spotlight L. Richardson Preyer as a statewide candidate for governor, it worked like heady wine.

EXCEEDED - It exceeded .expectations even of those who were in charge of staging the rally. The good attendance and enthusiasm generated a surge of confidence and put happy smiles on the faces of those backing Preyer.

Getting the desired results took quite a bit of doin. It was not a simple thing. Staging such a rallv at a certain city in North Carolina, drawing supporters from across the state, presented difficulties not encountered In a blc city or at a national convention.

But planning and organization overcame these difficulties. This was evidence in Itself of the organizational efficiency of the Preyer campaign.

ATTENDANCE The private, pre-rally estimate by Preyer strategists was that the rally would attract about 4,200.

It almost doubled that figure. Throngs totaling 7,433 persons went through the Greensboro Coliseum turnstiles to participate.

The attendance Included de-Iegati(ms which came by bus and automobile caravan from all parts of the state. Almost every county was represented. Good roads helped. The Preyer organization gathered groups of supporters in each county early Saturday morning for the trip to Greensboro despite cloudy. overcast skies and rain in tome areas.

It was believed to be the largest rally ever held In one place for a candidate for state office in North Carolina. It was also believed to be probably the first time that one of the big coliseums of the states larger cities has been put to such use.

RESULTS Preyers top aides, even those wiio had held some dcwbt, were cheered Immensely by the results.

The desired results included these: Projecting Preyer into the forefront in the current campaign and, In effect, identifying im as the man to beat. Stamping Preyer a.s a popular, statewide choice of the peo-

pie. Creating of a bandwagon effect.

Preysff supporters felt the rally went a long way toward achieving these results and much of the credit was that of Richardson Preyer himself. Preyers rally speech was the climax.

PREYER Preyer himself threuout the challenge to his opponents predicting that he will win the nomination in the finst primary.

The campaign, Preyer said, "will end five months from now on primary day. And I do mean May 30, There'll be no need for any runoff election this year.

Preyers speech drew special plaudits from his supporters in Ite presentation, context and phrasing. He pictured North Carolina a.s a leader of the South and called for Wt-Ing the state from a "cyme of poverty into a "cycle o hope. Preyer enthusia.sts said the candidates speech dispelled any doubts about his having a popular touch and winning personality and that the seriousness of it removed any aura of carnival atmosphere from the rally.

QUESTION - Following the Preyer rally and the Greensboro candidates prediction of first primary victory, new assessment of the campaign picture was In order.

Political observers were quick to raise questions about whether a first primary victory will be possible, by Preyer or any other of the three major Democratic cand-date.s. This has not been generally regarded as likely. Gov. Terry Sanford was unable to win in the first primary in 1960 against three opponents one of which was Dr. I, Beverly Lake, one of the 1964 candidates.

The Preyer rally served to e.stablish that his campaign strategy Is aimes at winning in the first primary. the rally Itself was wi elaborate effort to build momentum in that direction. The (^her candidates are gaining momentum too, with their organizations getting into high gear and the tempo of the campaign quickening noticeably.

SEND - OFF Preyer supporter on hand at the Greensboro send-off Included former state Democratic chairman Bert Bennett Jr. of Winston Salem who was Governor Sanfords 1960 campaign manager and a number of Sanford Administration stalwarts Conservation and Development director Robert L. Stallings Jr.. Highw'ay Commission aide wid former legislator Roger Jackson. Dave Coltrane of Raleigh. Mate prisons director George Randall. Irving Carlyle of Winston Salem, former Charlotte mayor and C & D director Ben Douglas and a number of present and former Mate legislators.

Court Reform Chore Is Not An Easy One

'RtS'lVWiKia By HAL BYLB

McNuif ht Syndkitw Im

Thinas Learned In Mai'.

Upon the shoulders of the states special study commission on courts rests the responsibility of devising: the means by which the lower courts of North Carolina will be reorganizzed into a better system

than the hodge-podge which now exists. york (AP) - Things

The court reform measure approved by the columnist might never know state a couple of years ago was left to the 1963 if he didnt open his mail: legislature for the first phase of its implementation. favorite card game of

The legislature, in turn, turned.the matter over to

a special commission to bring back specific recom- speaker John w. McCormack, mendations to the next session of the General next in line of presidential suo-Assembly. cession, prefers poker.

That commission has been at work for several an^^Mer^ lUs^^^liard ^^ork. months now, wrestling with the maze of possibili- Some years ago Japanese ties for setting the' course which court reform in i^nowers succeeded in stimula-North Carolina should follow At the same time Irlf eS b

it has been trying to cope with the multitude of then had to quit. The hopped-problems which arise with each of the possible np oysters either died or pro-courses of action.

Within t^he next 12 month.s the commission must EgS^he people Lere^tean-come up with a firm plan for at least the first phase shaven but worshipped beard-of the reform program. If it fails to do so, there is ed gods. On state occasions little likelihood that the legislature will act in 1065 Hatshepsut wore a false

to implement any meaningful reforms in the exLst- o go as a sign a,

ing lower courts of the state. That would mean, .of Ti I O'

course,, another two years delay before implemen- C jt r.nltOP^ SnVITirT

tation of the court reform mea.sure begins. W LiiOl O y ii J.'J . .

It is not an easy task which faces the special j commission in the next 12 months, but it is one which must be accomplished in the interest of

North Carolina, its people and its lower court

system. Even with specific recommendations from the commission, there is no assurance that reform

measures will be agreed upon in the legislature, ing was being cited by Town Without specific recommendations from the com- of Ahoskie officials as basis mission it is almost a certainty that legislature ^XTentw Mill not be able to agiee on measures to revamp c. League of Municipalities they the lower court system.

like all Pharaohs, she was of divine origin.

Cold weather tip: If you suffer frostbitten fingers or toes, dont rub them with snow. Thats old-fashioned. Doctors now recommend caref u 11 y washing the frigid digits with warm water and soap, i Our quotable notables: "Amiable, ignorant, bovine w'omen make much better mot hers than neurotic college graduates. Pearl Buck.

Piscatorial prowess: Maryland survey once found that 10 per cent of the fisherman caught 46 per cent of the fish, 53 per cent of the fishermen caught the remaining 54 per cent of the fish, and the remaining 37 per cent of the fishermen lied about the big ones that got away.

eague Can Be Wrong

(Hertford County Herald)

It was with a degree of satisfaction to note last week that an atorney generals rul-

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) The Red Chinese are either backing dowm on their resistance to a "two-China policy or they are going to try to use American Allies and friend.s, and even neutrals, to put this country in a box.

The problem of Red China promises to make 1964 a mixed up, goofy, and turbulent year. It started Monday when France recognized the Red Chinese, meaning it recognized then as the legitimate rulers of all mainland China.

France did this against the expressed wishes of its American ally w'hlch backs C^lang Kai - shek who clain^ his Nationalist government on Formosa is the only legitimate government both of Formosa and the mainland.

From a realistic standpoint this is a fiction and has been for years. The United States got throwTi Into It and then got stuck with it.

The Reds defeated Chiang and his armies and drove him from the malnlain to Formosa 1(X) mile offshore in 1949 after this country had given up helping him because his government was corrupt and u.seles.s.

He has been on Formosa ever since and could never get back to the mainland without American help, which isnt being given him, although this country is pledgt'd to defend him from a Red Chinese invasion.

The Reds not only control the mainland, with its 700 million pt'ople, but show absolutely no sign of losing control. There are 11 million people on Formosa.

When Chiang first fled to Formosa. the United States w^ash-fed its hand of him. said it wouldnt defend him from Red Chinese attack. It made him an ally, and agreed to defend him. only after the Korean war began.

Now comes the odd part, the only point on which Chiang and the Reds agree. Both insist Formosa and the mainland are not two separate ChlnTas but just two parts of one China.

Both claim to be the legitimate rulers of the one big China. Everything gets murky

after that.

The Reds until now have Insisted they wanted no recognition of their right to boss ihe mianland from any country recognizing the sovereignty of Chiang's government over Formosa. _______

Chiang has insisted on the same thing, but the other way around. To do othenvise, both argue, would be to admit there are two Chinas Instead of one.

Forty-eight countries now recognize the Red Chinese, including some of this countrys North'Atlantic Treaty Organization allies: Britain, Norway. Denmark, the Netherlands. Now suddenly there appears to be a switch.

Red China Is accepting recognition from Prance which also rec(nizes Chiangs government. It may be they hope outraged Chiang will disown the French recognition, although this country insists he must not.

If such a hope Is not the real basis for the Reds, acceptance of the dual French recognition, then the Communists seem to be abandoning their long-stated policy against the "tw'o-China recognition.

What could they hope to gain? If crther countries flock behind Prance, particularly American allies, in recognizing Red Clilna It should w'eaken this countrys anti-Conununist China position and cause trouble with friends. '

For years this country has failed in trying to isolate the Red Chinese from the rest of the world, diplomatically and econlmically. Why the American attitude?

Several reasons: Anger over Red Chinas part in the Korean war; hastility of ^ Red China to this country, particularly because of American support and defense of Chiang: the fear that the more Influential and respectable Red China becomes, the more Southeast Asian countries will lo.se their will to resist communism.

The Red Chli)ee have said they want no dealings with this country until it abandons Chiang. Thus the two countries, the United States and*' Red China, are in one of the *' (Continued On Page 6)

could not do.

At issue was w'hether town money could be used in support of the community rescue squad. The League said no, the Attorney General said yes and his yes won out. It had seemed all along that a town could help support a rescue squad, if it wanted to. If it could not, then there was a limitation on the basic responsibility of government at all levels to provide in a changing world as best it can and sees fit for items coming under the broad concept of the general welfare. If the Leagues ruling had been allowed to stand, this would have been the same as saying that a town or city with a municipal swimming pool could not provide a life guard In an attempt to prevent drownings. Giving artificial respiration Is exactly the same as getting ' the victim of a traffic accident medical help in time, one of the chief functions of resuce squads.

The part of the reversal of Ahoskies earlier position, based on its league ruling, that was pleasing, w'as that the town's officials were willing to admit that on an issue bidding fair to becoming a political hot potato, the League could wrong. This Ls quite an admission and one that ought not to be forgot.

For too long and in too many

Instances, North Carolina towns Ahoskie is by no means the only example have used rulings from the League of Municipalities to prove points that the elected and professitmal officials have wanted proved. Often these rulings have been used to give an aura of final word type legality to questions which were in fact just as questionable after the ruling as before.

A vivid memory to this newspaper was the seeming willingness of Ahoskie officialdom last year to accept as gosp>el the Leagues language in the draft for a revised towm charter which would have in fact endorsed* and legalized closed meetings of town council. Fortunately, after several public discussions, the offending pass- age was rewritten and the charter revisl(Mi adopted does not sanction executive sessions.

It should never be forgotten that the League of Municipalities is a creature of, pressure group and lobbyest for. the towTi and city administrations it serves. Its rulings are not law; it has an ax to grind and a point of view to represent. This it does admirably and well. Nonetheless it is not infallible. Its opinions most often reflect the point of view Its members w'ant expressed. We are thankful that Ahoskie for one has rec(nized that it neither needs to be limited by nor forced to do what the League alone says. Whenever the greater good would be better served by some other solution to a question than the Leagues, some other authority ought to be consulted.

Nose guard: Your sense of smell is your best protection against the deadly food poisoning called botulism. If an item of food smells spoiled, dont eat it.

Main drag: Manhattan brags about its "Broadway but has no monopoly on the name. At least 57 U. S. towns and some 1,700 villages have a main thoroughfare cal 1 e d Broadway.

Nature notes: A kangaroo Is bom with its eyes closed and its mouth open. The chimpanzee, which pound for pound Is several times stronger than man, seldom lives longer than 15 years in captivity. The common garden .snail has 14,175 teeth arranged in 135 rows, each containing 105 teeth so wouldnt you hate to be a snail'is dentist?

Folklore: If a girl finds a bent pin, she should throw It away, for if she keeps it shell end up an old maid. In preparing a cup of coffee, put the sugar in before you do the milk or cream otherw i s e youll be crossed in love.

History lesson: The first time a U. S. president left the country while still in office was in 1907 when Theod ore Roosevelt visited the Panama Canal site. He backed the canal because it saved vessels plying between the Atlantic and Pacific an 8,000 mile taipp around South America.

Peaceful neighbors: Mexi

cos 1964 budget of slightly more than $1.25 billion allots $325 million for education only $90 million for all military Items.

Quickies: Only one out of 10,000 American learns even the rudiments of ventriloquism. Eight of every nine teenage girls wants to become a housewife although nine out of nine seem to hate to help mom do the dishes.

It was Mark Twain who observed, "Nothing so needs reforming as other peoples habits.

Opiniorib; Briet

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"One thing about Americans: Theyre choosy about who they associate with, but theyll sell to anyone.Russell (Kans.) News.

"There should be no conflict at all between a high-type athletic program and a high-type academic program. The Raleigh Times.

3arry

Scares

J: nenas

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1964, King Feature Syndicate, Inc.

Some of Barry Goldwater most fervent supporters ar worried that be may be sea ing pecle. If be does actually scare anybody, its because he hasnt yet tumbled to the trick and its only a trick of beginning, like Mark Antony, with a word of praise for an <H>ponents position (or peace, prosperity, or the "honorable intentions of Brqtu when he murdered Caesar) before going (Bi to do an effective job of demolition.

T^e, for example, his rie-marks on breaking diplomatic relations with &)viet Rus. sla. If Mark Antony had been at Barrys elbow to advise him, he would have counselled an entirely different approach. Ho would have told Goldwter to say. "I c(npletely agree that we should have better relations with Soviet Russia. If Khrushchev would only give in to his better nature as an an-tl-Stalinlst, we might yet liquidate the Cold War. However, if the Russians really want a detente with the western world, why do they keep on training guerillas in Cuba for export to Panama, Venezuela and Zanzibar? If they keep on doing this sort of thing, we might yet have to counter with some support of wars of liberation on our own. We might, heaven forbid, be driven to the pass where we would be compelled to threatert Moscow with withdrawal of recognitl(Hi.

Okay? Does thls'sort of approach scare you? It wtnildnt scare me, and I am pretty much of a mouse when It comes to war. The odd thing about it Is that Goldwater Intends to say no more than Just this. Where he made his tactical mistake was In putting th bit about withdrawal of reo ognltion from Russia Hrst, Again, there is the brouhaha about what Goldwater did or did not say about the progre.v sive income tax. Were Mark Antony at his elbow, he would tell Goldwater to quote liberally from the published works of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Walter Heller about the burden of excessive Income taxation and the desirability of taking some of th steepness out of the progressive rates in exchange for closing a few rich mens loopholes. Once you have established the point that even your enemies agree with you on the principle that the progressive Income tax can tmpoverLsh the nation if It is overdone, then you are in good position to go your opponent one better when it comes to detailing your stand.

On the subject of his claims that there is a "missile dependability gap, Barry did "catch Hell from people who could point to the 72 per cent rate of success of the Titan and the 68 per cent performance of the Minuteman. But Goldwater was not really arguing that missiles, once they are in flight, wont land in tha neighborhood of a target. What worries Goldwater is the possibility that the Russian 50-megaton bomb tests have, shown that the electronoc controls of a missile firing system can be so discombobulat-ed by monster explosions that they wouldnt function even for very dependable missiles. And, fearing this, Goldwater Is very much worried about the move to "phase out our big bombers. The virtue of a Strategic Air Command la that It can keep bombers in the air around the clock, and hence out of rea(^h of the sort of dis-combobulation that might wreck a missile firing system.

Stated this way, Goldwaters attack on the "missile dependability gap makes great common sense. It Is not a case against missiles, It Is a case for the air force. But this Is not the way his argument got through to the country. Goldwater made the tactical error of putting the negative finst.

So lets go back to Mark Antony. He came to bury Caesar, not to praise him. He told the Homans but Brutus was a great patriot, and that If Caesar was ambitious It was a grevous fault, Mark Antony didnt .scare anybody. But (Continued oa Page 8)

eaalized Price-Fixina Backfires

By ELMER ROESSNER

By coincidence, a commission appointed by Governor Rockefeller to investigate liquor controls in New York State has delivered a report that amounts to the worst kick in the pants legalized price - fixing has received In many years.

In New York State, liquor distillers and distributors are not only permitted to fix the retail price of their beverages but by law they are required to.

As a consequence, the commission found. New York buyers of packaged liquor are paying $150 million a year more than they would otherwise. ( And you used to think New Yorkers were'so smart and slick! Price - fixing, the investigators found, costs New Yorkers about $l a fifth.

FIGURES TELL STORY

This price maintenance, the commission said, promoted neither temperance nor respect for the law. The com

mission overlooked the fact that the cost to New Yorkers might have been mllllcMis higher if so many New Yorkers did not cross state lines and, with no respect for the law, bring cheaper liquor back into the state. A Connecticut resid e n t recently complained that the parking area around her favorite supermarket was jammed with cars of New Yorkers there to buy cheaper whiskey.

The commission obtiiined liquor prices charged In seven other cities, as reported by large - volume liquor stores, and compared them with the fixed prices in New York. The other cities were Washington, Houston, St. Louis, Miami. Chicago, Omaha and Dallas. Prices were on fifths of 18 of the 20 largest selling brands in the country. The two not checked are now sold in New Ywfc.

The complete comparteon'l too big for reproduction here, but here ar the prices on fifths on the five top brands in four cities:

Brand

Wash

St Louis

Chicago

N.Y.

Seagram 7 Crown .

,... $3.49

$3.79

$4.29

$4.99

Seagram V. O.....

4 99

5.29

6.10

* 6.65

Canadian Club

5.29

5.09

6.55

Old Crow ..........

3.88

3.79

5.45

Imperial ..........

.... 3.18

3.39

3.29

4.50

Prices in the four other cities fell between those in Wash-ingtwi and in New York. STATE TAXES VARY The liquor industry, which finds price fixing very cuddly, protested that state taxes, Iti-bor costs and other fact o r s varied from city to city.

Local excise taxes, per fifth, are Washington, 30 cents; Missouri, 24>cents; Illinois. 31 cents, and New York, 45 cents. Labor costs are probably high in New York City, but lower up-state than In Chicago. St. Lcuis and Washington. The industry also said the Washhig-t<Hi prices were "lose leader prices of big stores' and, besides. Washingtonian Ixmsbt a lot of half - pint bottles, at higher maiic-ups.

But the fact remains that when prices are fixed, they are much higher.

This may be quite embar

rassing for the price-fixing lobby In WashlngKm which 1 trying to get a bill by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (D., Minn.) through Congress. Price fixing used to be euph-emlzed as "fair trade until that fell into disrepute; now. it 1 "quality stabilization on the theory that if manufacturers can get the price they want for their product, they wont have to cut quality.

The day after the New Yorli report wa Issued, Jacob dayman, testifying for the AFL-CIO. said the bill would pick the cuomers pocket (rf from $5 billion to $14 bUlitm a year.

And Oien E. Wesloe. Northwestern University professor, said the bill is "one (rf the most drastic departures from the free enterprise system that has ever been bef ora Ccmgreas.