Frldiy, Septmber 18, 1964

Tall In The Saddle

Reasons For Sales Holiday Disturb

Another sales holiday on llue-curea looacco is lu - ,

markets will not set well with many farmers and have long-range effects upon tobacco .

warehousemen, but more disturbing than the holi- other segments of the industry uag

day itself is the reason it is necessary. most part the large volume of

Throughout the flue-cured area in recent days gone to stabilization in recent days is ^ from

an unusually large volume of tobacco has been go- tips from the current crop Stabilization s take ir

ing to the Stabilization Corp. under the federal sales on the Eastern on

price suport system. The volume of leaf going to to more than 40 per cent of the entire offerings on

Stabilization has been so great that the redrying the belt on certain days. imnns^ible

planU processing for Stabilization has not been ^ ^ot nly does StabUization find it ^ able to handle the quantity. There was no realistic to handle such a volume of tobacco m alternative to the committees of the Bright Belt facilities available to it but there is the more seri

Warehouse A.'^sociation except to order the three- <jue.stion of what i.s eventually going to CC day sales holiday next week and the subsequent this tobacco. If there is *'ttle demand for it hnrter sales week thereafter. among the purcha.sing companies, can it reasonao y

The sales holiday is of immediate consequence be expected that Stabilization wftl find sales for i n to the tobacco farmers and other segments of the the future at any where near ^e support price.

The surplus of tobacco has become an increasingly difficult problem in recent years. One principal reason for this is that a great part of the tobacco held by stabilization is of the quality that m little demand at the stipulated prices. The net effect of this surplus of poor quality tobacco has been to cast a shadow over the entire tobacco crop from year to year.

It Is understandable that many individuals m various phases of the tobacco industry will concern themselves with the new sales holiday, but it seems to us more important that their concern and attention be directed more fully at solving the basic problem which has made this new sales holiday necessary.

industry. The fact that such a large volume of leaf

Sanford Wants

A Continuation

Bv WII.LIAM A. SHIRES

DESIRE Gov. Terry Sanford, now preparing to wind up his four years in office, has a burning desire to see programs of his administration carried on and new ones established for the good of the elate.

Popular or unpopular, he is proud of the achievements of his administration in almost every ^rea of state government. He believes there has been a great deal of progress. And he feels just as strongly that there is much more to be done.

Sanford says the ambition of any governor of North Carolina ought to be that the state forge ahead and set an example for the rest of the nation.

There's no reason why it cant be done, he says. We have the potential to lead and Ret the best example of any Rtate. If we dont do it. some other state wUl. Why cant we set this example?

THEME The governor has been plugging this theme

WILLIAM

SHIRES

In a series of breakfast meetings at the mansion for representatives of mass news and editorial media, daily and weekly newspapers, radio and television.

He urged continued constructive thinking and criticism, sajing there is no more creative force than the press.

And, he said, the most valuable thing for a governor is a good idea. He asked for vision. imagination and ideas on how the sUte can do more things better.

In effect. Sanford asked for help in keeping sound programs going, and in originating new ones after he leaves office.

TOPICS In frank, informal fashion, the governor expressed h views on a wide range of subjects.

He talked about housing in' North Carolina, about the anti-poverty program, about the Learning Institute of North Carolina (LINCL about |he states potential for leadership, about the Good Neighbor Council, the North Carolina Fund, taxes and the state budget and needs of Institutions.

He talked about education, the Nov, 3 $100 million statewide school bond issue, about local and state taxation, and about a proposed radical approach to the problem of highway safety.

In addition, the governor talked about politics.

HOUSING Sanford cited housing as an example of a situation about which something needs to be done.

A recent report that North Carolina lags behind the South and the nation in housing standards obviously was on the governors mind. The report by a University of North Carolina researcher said that more than two million people in the state,

44 per cent of the states population, live in substandard homes.

The governor described rows of tenant shacks and said -something is wrong somewhere when we allow that kind of housing to continue. "It is one example of an enduring, continuing problem, he said.

Public housing is not anywhere near the answer. Sanford said. He disclosed that at least a small start has been made in a study of sound, low cost housing construction to be undertaken by the Research Triangle and Board of Science Technology.

What this study wl try to do. he said, is find a way to build a three bedroom house with bath for $2,000.

PROGRAMS The states anti-poverty program buttressed by newly-enacted fed eral legislation is now very broadly based. Sanford said. He said this can have far-reaching effects.

The Learning Institute of North Carolina, he said, may be one of the most lasting accomplishments of this administration in its research f o r ways to improve educational methods. He said the state's Good Neighbor Councils arfi proving effective tools to dea with individual situations and promote racial peace, harmony and understanding.

He said he felt these and similar programs will endure because of their own momentum and merit and because the people want them. We had in mind when we set up these things that we did not want them to be political, and rise and fall because of political changes.

HIGHWAY SAFETY - If there has been a glaring failure in his administration. Sanford said it has been in highway safety.

Dspite vigorous and determined efforts, he said, this program has been a cwnplete failure, a total flop.

He said the highway safety situation has degenerated into what he called total disrespect for traffic laws and predicted that a radical approach may be necessary. , One suggested approach, he said, is the previously - discussed idea of-removing traffic violations from the criminal code and dealing with violations on an administrative basis, rather than through the courts and criminal law procedures. The deterrent in this case would be .suspension end revocation of driver's licenses.

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By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER

WASHINGTON (AP) - Soviet Premier Khrushchev possesses a notable power to agitate and alarm the Western allies. He needs only to issue a murky claim to the invention of some monstrous new weapon to set off a vast search for clues that could throw light on his dark secret. Whether he similarly arouses the apprehensions of the Chinese Communists is a question.

The conflict between two closed systems like those of the Soviet Union and Red China, w-here whole peoples exist in such secrecy as their leaders decree, is different from a conflict between the Soviet Union and the Western allies.

In the West, interested citizens join in open discussion of foreign policy issues. Their leaders are more or less responsive to demands for information. Even Khrushchev has sometimes showm a talkative awareness of public opinion in the Western countries. ,

The most fateful confrontation of powers since the U.S.

Soviet showdown over Cuba in October 1962 now seems to be building up between the Soviet Union and Communist China. But so little is known outside their two ruling groups about the real nature and extent of this quarrell that its future course and possible flash point are extremely difficult to chart.

Much more would be known in the outside world if Khni-shchev and the Red Chinese leader. Mao Tze-tung, felt any compulsion to keep their own people closely informed. Their practice, however, throughout the five years the conflict has been growing, has been to employ public pronouncement only as weapons in the fight.

Much of the struggle, therefore, is for practical purposes secret and even the im p a c t and significance of those moves which are made In the open are extremely difficult for the rest of the world to j ^ measure. So it is with the " maneuver made this week by Khrushchev, although in t h e judgment of many Washington officials his words had a warlike ring.

Speaking to a Japanese parliamentary delegation. Klunish-chev attacked Chinese claims to 5(X),000 square miles of Soviet territory. He said Soviet borders are sacred, and he asserted that the Soviet Union has developed a new weapon capable of wiping out life on earth.

His statement instantly raised the question whether the Soviet Union has gained a jump on the United States in the perfection of some instrument of mass destruction a cobalt bomb, a bigger hydrogen bomb, or some kind of mysterious new weapon like a massive death ray device.

American officials familiar With military and diplomatic Intelligence on affairs in the Soviet Union say there are speculative possibilities but that to the best of their knowledge the Russians have not produced any fantastic new weapon. They concede, however. that prudence requires the United States now to find out whether Khrushchev meant literally what he said.

But Khrushchevs weapon-brandishing remark was not aimed as a threat against this or any other Western country and in the view of experts here an exclusive preoccupation with the weapons angle would obscure Its real significance.

Of critical Importance, In the view of U.S. officials, is the fact that for the first time, so far as they could recall, Khrushchev has implicitly threatened his Chinese neighbors still technically his allies with massive destruction if they ever start en-croashing on Soviet territory.

To Western experts, his maneuver suggests that the Si-no-Soviet conflict is not only deep and irreversible, but that it may be moving into a new and more dangerous phase. The one possible modification in what he is reported by the Japanese to have said is that he could claim, if he wished, at some future time, that he was misunderstood, or that his views were misrepresented.

Before making a final judgment. U. S. analysts were waiting to see what. If anything, the Soviet press would say about his remarks to the Japanese.

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By ART BUCHWALD

Atlantic City Re-Play

Every year we vow never to watch the Miss America show on television aain, and every year we seem to get sucked in. Last Saturday eve

ning we tried to keep the vow, but as 10 oclock rolled around we said to our wife, Ill just watch it for a few moments, and then well turn It off.

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If we are truthful with ourselves and with each other, the one issue that appeals to so many voters over the South in regard to Senator Barry Goldwaters candidacy for president is his vote against the civil rights bill.

The very fact that this one issue has become so predominant in the minds of so jnany people has tended to cause people to overlook the other issue in the campaign.

It Is quite clear now that the Democrats of North Carolina, particularly in the agricultural regions, are going to point a most critical finger at the farm program stand taken by Senator Goldwater. The GOP presidential nominee has been against and is still against the farm program.

It is quite clear now that the Democrats of North Carolina, particularly in the agricultural regions, are going to point a most critical finger at the farm program stand taken by Senator Goldwater. The GOP presidential nominee has been against and is still against the farm program.

We possiWy can agree that the civil rights issue is an emotional one. And emotions and prejudices do play a big part in the voting habits of a people. We realize that fact full well.

At the same time we who live in an area where our economy is based on agriculture must realize that without the farm program we would be in deep trouble. If today with our tobacco program, we had no supports, we might be seeing 10 cent tobacco again. When we go to a tobacco mar

ket anywhere in North Carolina today and see the amount of tobacco being bought by the Stabilization corporation, we begin to realize that the government is the best friend the tobacco farmer has today in this business of selling tobacco.

If supports on tobacco are stopped, then we can imagine what will happen to tobacco prices and to the economy of this area.

We agree that civil rights is and remains a burning issue in this part of the country. It very likely will remain a burning issue for a long time to come. People who have been bom and reared in a social climate which separates the races will not be apt to accept changes without a fight to the last ditch.

Besides the civil rights Issue and the farm program there are other issues involved, all of which seem to have taken a back seat. Foreign policy keeping the peace is and should be one of the most dynamic and important matters before the American public. The conservatism of Mr. Goldwater and the middle of the road philosophy of Mr. Johnson are issues too.

Let us look at all the issues Involved in the campaign. Let us look at both men. Let us weigh carefully what we dislike against what we like.

We admit frankly that the civil rights Issue w'elghs heavily against Mr. Johnson and Mr. Humphrey. Docs this one issue outweigh all others in our consideration of the man best qualified to lead America for the next four years?

We shall make our decision known on November 3.

Two hours later we were still staring at the set, watching one of the dullest shows put on the air this year. Since it came from Atlantic City, the thought occurred to us that you could probably make the Miss America show much more Interesting if you could cover it like a political convention.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This is Bert Parks speaking to you from the anchor booth here in Atlantic City where in a few hours Miss America will be elected. Lets go down to the floor now where I see Sandy Vanocur talking to Miss Alaska.

Miss Alaska, theres a rumor that a deal has been made between you and Miss Texas, and youre going to throw your votes to her in exchange for being made Miss Rheingold of 1%5.

I havent made any deals with Miss Texas or anyone else. Im in this to the bitter end. Im Alaskas favorite daughter and were holding fast.

Thank you. Now back to Bert Parks in the booth.

ART

BUCHWALD

Weve just had a bulletin that Miss New Yorit has accused Miss Arizona of seeking support of the extremist groups here at the convention, who advocate the use of bikinis against Miss Russia in the Miss Universe contest. Lets see If Frank McGee has some more information on this.

Bert. I've been talking to Miss New York and she says if Miss Arizona supports a bikini bathing suit shes going to walk out.

What does Miss Arizona have to say about this?

She says she was misquoted (Continued on page 9)

By JOHN CHAMBERLOiC

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Its time to talk abouDlfie double standard in socii^ fgd political criticism again Im assuming, from -wttit Ive read In the papers, that Robert Welch, the founder oC niE John Birch Society, actu-aUy called Ike Eisenhowej* a part of the Communist conspiracy. Knowing that such a view of Ike Is completely Indefensible, Barry Goldwater, long before he became the Republican nominee -for President, told the Bircbers that they had better get themselves a new

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GoMwaiers clear dissociation of himself from Robert Welchs views, however, has never gotten through to the liberals. They are still Insisting that the Republicans must repudiate the Birch Society as extremists.

Well, let us assume for the sake of argument that the Birchers must suffer for their association with a leader who has said a nasty thing about a beloved ex-President. No doubt there Is a certain rough Justice in attacking an organization that puts up with ah officer who is intemperate in his language. But. by the same token, the liberals should now be demanding that the Democratic Party disown the support of George Meanys AFLr CIO, the Reverend Martin Luther Kings Southern Christian Leadership Conferen<5t, and the Arkansas political machine that keeps returning J . William Pulhright to the U.S. Senate. For George Meany, Martin Luther King and Senator Pulbright have all uttered libels In recent days on Goldwater and the Republicans that are absoutely identical In qua^ llty and spirit with Robert Welchs alleged condemnation of Ike Eisenhower.

Meany. speaking to the lithographers and photoengravem in New York City, said there was a parallel between the rise of Goldwater and that of Adolf Hitler meaning that Goldwater was moving his country and party toward Fs-cism. Martin Luther King, talking to Germans in Berlin, said he saw danger signs of Hitlerism in Goldwaters candidacy. And Senator Pulbright, In Washington, called * Barry Goldwaters Republicanism the closest thing in American politics to Russian Stalinism.

To put it conservatively, this Is the dirtiest sort of poUticil

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pool. If it is wrong fro Robert Welch to imply that Eisenhower is a Communist, it is just as reprehensible for Meany and Martin Luther King to insinuate that Goldwater is a Fascist. And it is even more reprehensible for Senator Pulbright to Uken Republiciuis of any hue to Stalinists, for Pulbright has had the benefit of a double-dome education and was once head of a collGj^e, To substantiate the charges of Fascism Meany and Martin Luther King should be asked to cite the Instances where,Gpld-water has ever advocated such things as dictatorship, or a one-party state, or storm troopers, or concentration camps, or murdering Jews or half-Jews. And where can Pulbright find any Republicans who would be willing to hire a ganster to poleaxe Lyndon Johnson as the Stalinists did to get rid of Leon TrotvSky? If the lack proof that Goldwater hAS ever favored any Fascist or Stalinist methods or ends, Meany, Martlng Luther King and Pulbright should be declared by the liberals to be precisely on (Continued on page 9)

Housina Boom Has Lost Its Zoom

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Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS CHILL WINDS A.ND COLOR ^ An old gardener worked incessantly to bring to his sweet peas a certain distinctivecoloring. Years passed and he was unsuccessful. One night there was a hail storm and much of the gla.ss in his greenhouse was broken. The cold night air laishcd in on his delicate flowers, and behold when he went to the greenhouse the next morning, his sweet peas had that hue which he had dreamed about for many years but had ) never been able to produce. Jwhat the tender care of the-i^ot-housc could not bring forth, the cold blast of a wintry night did bring forth..

it I so in ou* lives. If we could appoint the days for our

selves and for our loved ones, they would all be days of plea-saniness and .^unshine. And certainly it seems that everything ought to grow better and stronger if it gets a good chance to do nothing but grow. But this is not the case. Coned in growth. It takes the' olved in growth. It takes the stormy night, the windswept days, the bleak winters, to give strength to the growth which sunny days have produced.

Many a life as colorles.s as thr sweet peas grown in a hothouse has taken on hues of real distinction and beauty alter the chill winds of some tragic experience have blown acrots them.

By ELMER ROESSNER

The housing boom has lost much of its power.

Many economists say the boom Is coming to an end. Government figures seem to confirm their belief.

Census figures on nonfarm residential construction put in place;

June. 1964 $2.573.000.000

July 2,551,000.000

August 2.517,000.000

All of those figures are higher than corresponding figures for 1963. However, the d o w n-ward trend is unmistakable In another report. Census said:

Suburbia. U.S.A.. is growing faster than any other populated area in the nation: three times faster than central cities and three times faster than the rest of the country outside metropolitan areas: but the rate ot growth ol suburbia is tapering off. whUe that of the central cltle.s and non-meiiopolllan areas is remaining constant. .SEES SLACKENING RATE In a talk to be delivered to a National Industrial Conference Board mcoting today. Miles L. Colean, economist, .sa.vs, During the past several months, con.struction has been the one element in the total economy where Incipient weak-

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ness was evident. . .Within the total of contracts for new con-strucUon, the slackening of rate is most evident in resident 1 a 1 building, the dollar value of which was only 3 per cent above that of July, 1963. <July. 1963, was the lowest month in the past 14.)

In view of the high volume in the latter part of 1963. It is probable that the 1964 total of resident contracts will be little If any greater than last years.

At the same meeting, Roy Wenzlick, who wrote The Coming Boom In Real Estate In 1936, was to say. In looking over ten reasons why I expected a boom to develop In the 1940.S, it is quite appai-ent that each of these ten reasons cannot be counted upon today to create a similar boom in the period ahead. In fact, each of these factors at the present time would tend to prevent a boom rather than to cause one.

He adds, however, that there are .some elements of strenpth in the rea! estate picture, concluding. "The outlook for real e.siate and constniction diirng ih'' next yen or two will depend primarily on the strength of the general economy. .SURVEY SEES

READJUSTMENT

The Value Line Investment Survey, in a study finds, A readjustment in the residential construction industry is under way. It may extend through most of 1965 and possibly into 1966, but indicates it will not be a particularly severe decline unless it should trigger

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housing starts, since it makes it cheaper to repair an old house than to buy a new one, with new mortgages rang i n g from 6 to 8 per cent.

The Act also has many helps to families with unwieldy mortgages but this again will not help new home-buyers.

ROESSNER

a recession in the nations over-all economic activity.

Just what effect, if any, the new Housing Act will have on home building is still uncertain. One provision, allowing savings and loan associations to invest in public and quasi-public organizations looks as if it were intended to protect the associations from a coming drop in home building. The Act also provides $50 million for loans lor rehabilitation of residential properties, with Interest at no more than 3 per cent. This might tend to slow down new

GREEN stamp COMPANY CHALLENGES R.I. SURVEY

Sperry & Hutchinson is hitting back at two professors who concluded that trad 1 n g stamps add about 67 cents a week to a familys grocery bill. S & H, in passing, also takes a swipe at Rhode Island University.

S & H declares the study covered prices in only one store in one rural town; that it did not audit prices charged before stamps were introduced; that the study covered only dry groceries, ignoring the other half of normal purchases; that the study ivas limited to prices advertised, and that statistic methods were wrong, the professors teach, to "cor-

The stamp company said that it had a.sked R.I.U.. whei 'i the professors teach, to "c(^-i:ect the record," but Hint o-ficials refu.spd. However, if added that it did not qup.slioiv the integrity ot ilic umvptsily, its officials or its faculty.