Thursday, November 5, 1964

Turning From Issues To Challenges

Steady As She Goes

Suffice it to say that the sweeping Democratic victory across the nation clearly reflects the overwhelming preference of the Amrican people for the course offered by President Johnson in contrast with the ultrt-eonservative alternative offered by Sen. Barry Goldwater.

In no other election in modern times has the

dent Lyndon Johnson. It eclipsed even the landslide of 1936 when the late President Franklin Roosevelt garnered some 60 per cent of the votes in defeating Republican Alf Landon.

That file philosophy of Sen. Goldwater is completely out of step with the thinking of the great majority of the American people is clearly indicated

victory of a presidential candidate been so sweeping by the election results. The great wave of Goldin terras of popular vote as that Tuesday by Presi- water conservatism which was predicted by the

, GOP candidate throughout the campaign utterly

* pi fl failed to materialize at the ballot boxes. It was

Tvirii^ vvJl LCl lie 11 1 evident even in broad areas that normally are in

Republican colum that the majority of the voters

D.. cast their votes for President Johnson rather than

i o ^ Republican nominee.

(rjJirilll ^ By contrast it was only in five southern states

xv^^xv>Lxxxx ^normally Democraticthat Goldwater could

gain any significant commanding support. In those

By WILLIAM M. SHIRES

BALEnm Ordins tbs square:

A lady legislator from down East has been busy stirring renewed Interest among state officials and legislative leaders in developing a conopre-henslve trani^wtation system across NorUi Carolina.

The Idea Is bdng pushed by Dr. Rachel Davis of Kinston In letters and craferences with various officials Including Gov. Terry Sanford.

Although she did not seek rs-electlon to the 1965 General Assembly, Dr. Davis nooethe-lees is proposing enactment of a measure she drew up two years ago to establish a com-missic for the study of transportation in the state. This, aha says, is even more hnportant today.

T think, says Dr. Davis,

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**that now is the time not <m-ly to create a transportation commisdon but to use the poverty fund for accessibility of Western North Carolina and use it in such a manner that tt can be the basis for transmountain transportation between North Carolina and the mid-western states. j,

She adds that not until transmountain transportation is established is North Carol 1 n a 'going to have her share of the mldwestem traffic and development of the Wilmington and Morehead City ports to their full potential.

STUDY Dr. Davis trans-portatlm cwnmission bill of 1963 envisioned a comprehensive !*udy with planning for the progress and development of the method of transportat i o n for the greatest benefit to the entire state.

Her bill was based on a research study which showed that the major portion of Ohio River valley shipping is done, not from Norfolk, not from Baltimore. but primarily from Philadelphia, New York and by way of the Great Lakes sod St. Lawrence seaway.

"A great bit erf this could be directed across North Carolina to her ports which are the nearest ports to central Europe. she says.

GRANTS - A Nobel prize winner in medicine, an Italian scientist, has been awarded a first-year grant of 980.070 to study the tobacco habit and the Influence of smoking on mental efficiency.

The grant is to Prof. Daniel Bovet of the University of Sas-sarl in Sardinia and is one of 11 grants for tobacco research being awarded by the American Medical Associations Ed-ncation and Research Foundation.

The grants are part of a long-range program on tobacco and health authoiiasd by the AMA last December. First year grants for the 11 projects amount to $504,3^.

Prof. Bovet received the No

bel prize in 196/ fw his irfon-eer woiic mi biologically active amines which culminated in the first effective antihistamine.

Other projects for* which the AMA tobacco - health research grants were made include studies on smdclng and coupling, the persmiality of smtrfcers. effects (rf cigarette sm(rfdng mi the respiratory system, effect of smoking mi the lungs, effect of certain cigarette particles on chromosomes, effects of dgar and pipe smoking on blood lipids, ability of tobacco virus to multiply in cells, the role of nicotine te muscle contraction and the natural tendency the body to neutralize tobacco virus.

HOUSING The Research Triangle Institute has reported that enough information exists about Immtived building design and methods to Justify further study of how to make a livable. S-bedroom home costing only 12,000 to $3.000 a reality.

What led to this report were findings by RTIs Operations Research and Economics division analysts that there is a large amount ot information already available. But the facts derived from separate studies have never been brought together into a central cleartnghouse of Infonnatlon available to all interest e d groups.

Work In the field has been done by home builders associations, housing specialists, foundations, materials Aippli'-ers, architects, universities, her of federal agencies.

Gov. Terry Saaitord 8Ugge8^ ed last March that M Initial study be undertaken by RTI, an independent scientific research center. The problem centers \ ground substandard housing occupied by more than two milUtti North Carolinians, approximately 44 per cent of the p<H>ulation (rf the state.

The Initial report by RTI recommended careful study of advances in construction technology. It said that hous 1 n g costs are not likely to be reduced appreciably without minimizing the amount of onsite labor involved.

COLUMNS A column being written by Charles Clay of the University of North Carolina news bureau staff about doings at the University in Chapel Hill la entitled Around the Old Wen.

Clay is a former Raleigh newspaperman. His column is being distributed to newspapers throughout the state.

Associated Press columnist Hal Boyle recently wrote about exotic foods and meals In var-loas lands and recalled havtng feasted tts chitteilings. spelled chltnns, with UB. troope somewhere In Germtny back in 1944 or 194B oourtest of Lt. Roy WUder of North Carolina. R was the same Roy WUder who is chairman of the N.C. Seashore Commiisloa and a former newspaperman, too, from Spring Hope. N.C.. WUd-cr recalls having carried a quart of Nash County chitlins alouf when his outfit went into Nazi-held Europe, and saving them for a special occasion which Boyle hippened to attend.

tates, quite obviously, the Goldwater posture on the racial issue, together with his vote against the recent civil rights legislation, was the sole key to his success.

The nation now turns from the issues which divide its people during an election campaign to the challenges which face the nation. There will and should remain differences of opinion on how best to meet these challenges and cope with the problems which lie ahead. But with the election of President Johnson for a full four-year term, the nation is assured of strong, and we think, sound leadership for successfully meeting these problems and challenges.

Larger Precincts In Need Of Streamlining

It will be about a year and a half before another county-wide election is held in Pitt, and during that time serious consideration should be given to streamlining the voting procedure in several of the countys largest precincts.

In Tuesdays general election there was one precinct in the county which voted more than 2,100 people. In two other precincts more than 1,500 voters went to the polls., and there were three others which were called on to handle more than 1,000 voters each. ^

With the present method of paper ballots and By ART BUCHWALD hand counting used in elections in Pitt, these larger precincts are faced with an increasingly difficult situation on each election day. They are required to handle too many voters for the methods being used. Particularly is this true when there are several ballots involved and a long list of candidates.

The county should seriously consider either dividing these larger precincts, thus making new precincts and reducing the size of the present ones; or provide them with machines which would facili-> tate the handling of voters and the counting of ballots after the polls are closed.

Because of their locations, it is reasonable to expect the number of voters in each of these larger precincts of the county will continue to increase.

Unless some positive action is taken by the county to alleviate congestion at these polling places, the situation at these larger precinct polling places will grow worse each election year.

Well, That s Friendship

When Barry Goldwater spoke in Greensburg, Pa., last Thursday, he said, T have served in the United States Senate for the last 12 years and 1 have had some of the most halr-pulllng debates I ever want to have with Hubert Humphrey, but I dont think two people In this country are closer togettier as friends. And with Lyndon Johns(m I have argued, fought, and debated on the floor, in his office and my

office, but we can still call each other friends. It is only when we allow disagreement to over-run and over-rule good judgment that we forget our basic goodness and decency in this country.

This statement came as a surprise to many people who said this was one of the roughest, dirtiest campaigns In American history. If we are to believe Mr. Goldwater, this is what could probably ham>en a

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Barry Goldwater dug his political grave before he ever l(mally got Into the presidential race. After that be sealed it.

B^ore saying he was a candidate perhaps when he never dreamed of being one in speeches and books he expressed views completely out of the mainstream of Anoeri-csn Ufe tor the past % years.

Once In the race he became vague, hedged on some of his unpopular previous statements. and used up an extraordinary amount of his time insisting be was not irresponsible.

It secois inoredible that a presidential candidate would feel it necessary to protest be was not ''trigger-baiH>y. But be admitted this charge ag-

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ainst him by Democrats was (me of his worst handicaps.

Thus in the slaughter inflicted oo him in Tuesdays elec-tim by President Johnson, the voters who repudiated him in ouch overwhelming numbers had to eonalder two things above all: his vlewa and his judgment.

For a man who imoposed to change the long-accepted view

of American government a big one. with broad responsibility for the general welfare he put on an unimaginative performance. He proposed almost nothing concrete.

His own hand-picked men who ran the party and the campaign for him hia brain trust must share responsibility for the inadequacies of his performance.

He and they were the constant critics of things as they are but were almost totally lacking on the constructive side in the sense of offering specific solutions for what they aid ailed the country.

What they seemed to have in mind, judging from the Uttte they made clear in the campaign and from wha( Oold-water said before he became a candidate, was this: a much diminished central government and the elimlnaticm of many programs, particularly many social welfare programs.

After his shattering defeat Goldwater couldnt h(g>e for another try at the White House.

Of far more importance now to the future of the two-party system In American politics and perhaps to the (nture of the country is what happens to the Republican organization In the four years befMS the next election.

Conservative Ooldwatorltee have control of the party machinery. Will the moderate and liberal Republicana, shunted aeide this year, let them keep cwitrol?

Every Republican hr the country today no matter the shade of hla thlnkhrg (Continued oo Page 8)

(Christian Science Monitor)

The price of steel is a case study In todays American economy. The industry wants po raise its price. Labor, which would share in it, is broadly in agreement. The government is onxMed to an increase. The consumer, if he could find ways to speak out, would prob-al^ like to see the price go down, as long as the industry were well nm and making a fair profit.

The case of the industry sounds reasonable. Steel profits are going up by 29 percent in the first 9 months of tWa year. But they are still between 5 and 9 percent below the nati(mal average. Demand is booming, production is at a record level and there is no letup in sight. Some $1.8 bU-Uon la being spent on new plant and equipment this year and a like amount planned for next. But the tnduatry says it still is not attractive enough as an Investment market and that more modernization is needed.

The government likewise makee an impressive argument. Imports of cheaper foreign steel have risen from 2 to 5 million tons a year and might reach 7 next year. Meanwhile American exports have

declined. Steel is not competing well. There is a net loss of $1 billion in foreign exchange, affecting the delicately balanced balance of payments situar tion. Further price rises would bring in more foreign steel and check further American salea id>road. Since steel is pacesetter, the government hopes to avoid a trend toward pricing the American econcxny out of world markets.

What would a Sol(xnon aayt From where we stand, business ought to remain free to set its own prices and take the consequences, whatever they are, and profit or learn from them. Government caitrol of prices would rapidly extend to wages and production. Yet the balance of payments, the ability of Americans to compete in world markets and the needs of the c(sumer cannot be Ignored.

The best solution Is for government to confine Itself to advise and publicity, which it has done under President Johns(m. and for Industry to make it-

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self responsible for the large Bobby Baker, BllUe S(rf Estes.

economic picture as well as Its own operations which it Is coming to do, The bert private initiative earns the least government Interferenot.

and Matt McCloskey.

Heck, Barry, you didnt have any choice. I never minded that stuff at all. But I had (Continued on page 5i

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few weeks after the electlcm.

Sen. Goldwater enters President Johnsons White House office. The men throw their arms around each other.

Gosh, Its good te see you, Lyndon. Rs been a long time.

Damn right. It has, Barry, and we cant let this happen again.

Mr. Goldwater sits down. Well, hows the old faker you phony?

President Johnstxi chortles. That was a bit rough, you trigger-happy maverick.

Mr. Goldwater slaps his sides. You sure got mileage out of that <me. I swear everyone in the c(Hmtry thought I was going to push the button as soon as I got In.

"I cant say you helped me much when you said I was soft oo eommunism, Mr. Johnson says, wagging his finger.

Heck, Lsmdon, I figured Id run it up the flagpolo and see

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who saluted. And by the way, what was aU this stuff during the campaign about me being against Social Security?

Mr. Johnson roars with laughter. I knew that would get under your skin. You never did have mvKta sense about the old folks vote.

Mr. Goldwater says. Well, you might have thought that was funny, but I didnt see you laughing when I brought up

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright, 1964. King Features Syndicate, Inc.

In Mexico the Partido Revolucionarlo Institucional or the Party of Revolutionary Institutions haslt nice. It permits other parties to function, but the fact tiiat It has institutionalized just about everything in the country allows It to keep a firm control of the vote. The new bourgeoisie goes along with it, because under a succession of officially Leftist but thoroughly lenient Presidents the city enterprisers have been permitted to make money. And It has sewed the countryside up soUd through its recognlti(m that Mexico Is more Indian than Spanish.

The Mexican countryside belongs to the institution of the ejido. This is a system dating back in its form to luv-Spanlsb times. The local community owns the land and parcels It out to Individuals for farming. The land cant be sold without federal permission. And the

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Indians on the land defer p(h litically to the Party of Rev-oluticmary InstituticHis just at they once deferred to the Spanish hacendados, or to the Indian .chiefs before that.

The system makes for placid dity and for a steady harvest of votes. But, as that dissident local student of Mexican affairs, Hugo Salinas Price, points out, it does not make for a progressive agriculture. The Indian doesnt starve, but he doesnt build up any capital either. Whenever he gets hold of any money he uses it up.

Now, it appears, the Mexican countryside is getting a little Jealous of the prosperity of the Mexican cities. In Huara-antla, in the state of Tlaxcals, the members of the local ejido have decided tiiey want to become part of an urban economy. They have offered the land they hold collectively some two thousand acres to two United States corporations, the Monsanto Chemical Company and the Firestone Tire a p d Rubber Company, or to toy other company that is Interested. for a swap that would bring presumably permanent factory jobs to people ho have had a hard time scratching a good living from the soil.

Naturally, the Federal government in Mexico CJlty haa stepped in to kill the offer. The Revolutionary law of 1917 says that only the State has the right to take over and redistribute land. To soften the impact of Its refusal to let the Huamantla ejido officers act on their own, the Federal govqrn-ment has Instructed the Department of Agrarian Affairs to study the idea of expn^rla-tlng and turning land over to the State of Tlaxcala for sale te private manufacturing companies. If this were done, the local ejido workers might quit their own parcelled-out plots to take factory jobs without disrupting the law of 1917.

The interesting thing about all this Is that It repeats a (Continued on Page 5)

Public Forum

To the editor,

It is very heartwarming to note the thoughtfulness and kindness of city employers on election day; many gave em-plo3rees time for voting.

This is as it should beand we are grateful. We are and must be united In our efforts for progress.

Georgs Garrett

Computers Don't Communicate

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLA8 TWO KEYS

It takes two keys to (g>en a safe depslt box. One of these keys Is kept by the bank, the oCber by the person who rents the box. First the bank at-teodent primes the lock with the key held by the bank. Than the person who rents the box uses his key to com-I^eto the process and allow the door to awing open.

Two keys are also needed to open that safe deposit box whsre God keeps His heavenly treasurei. He primes lbs lock with His key. We open it with ours. There is nothing in tids world worth having that does nor come from God. But the reason why so many of us find ourselves short of hap-ptnsM, peace of mind, and a vigorous sense of purpose. Is

that we do not cooperate with God. He has set the lock and all we have to do li to uae our key to open the door and gain His heavenly treaeure.

Why pray? Since Ood knowe everything He knows what we need, so why bother Him with asking? Or wby seek after any moral quality that will give our lives dlstinctlm and bring peace to our hearts? Since God knows everything and can do everything why not turn the matter over to Him and let Him take all responsibility? For the simple reason that the Maker and Ch^ator of the universe demands co(g)erati(xi and reciprocity if He Is to work with us and for us. R takes two keys to give us access to the treasures at the bank and two keys ours and Gods to give us access to heavenly treasure above.

By ELMER ROESfiNER

Olmbels doesnt tell Macys tod apparently an IBM computer wont speak to an RCA computer.

David Bamoff, RCA chairman. has brought to a bead a situation that hM been bothering many computer users and some (Munputer manfacturers. Each pniducers computers use a (Ufferent language. Machines made by one company cant be booked up to machin-ee by another unless, in some instances, a translating unit iitika them.

One of the oontributing reasons why the Japanese lost the war was the fact that its army equipment used screws that turned to the right, going in of course, while the navy used screws turning to the left. Army and navy weapons and parts were not Interchangeable.

United States is ahead of the rest of the world in computers, but this advantage may soon be lost. European nations. moving slowly, are interested in standardization. And in event of war computers are now of utmost importance in warfare they may have a great advantage over us.

TECHNOLOGICAL TOWER OF BABEL

Sarnoff focused attention on the issue in an address to more than 4,000 scientists and

engineers at the Fill Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco a few days ego.

He said the American computer industry now functions in a technological Tower of Babel. adding that there are. by conservative count, more than 1,000 iM*ograming languar ges. And there are languages within languages in one instance, 26 dialects, and in another, 35 dialects.

Standards have not been accepted even for camnmnly used symbols, instruction vo-oabulary, or program development procedure. Words which have currency throughout the industry assume different meanings, depending on whether a man has trained in Pasadena. Poughkeepsie or Camden. We have yet to produce a universally accepted computer glossary.

The methods (rf supplying data to computers differ euf-(tiently from one make 0 equipment to the next so that none can readily accept the product of another, be said. WASTE or TALENT, MONET

The lack of standards, he aaid, has compelled the manufacturer to build optional choices Into periirfieral equipment. . .R has diverted needed engineering and programing talent from the vital work of new product and systems development.

'The burden of Ineompatl-

bility has been even more onerous to the user. R has metot the cost of iHuvldlng hardware and programs to ha-dle the differences between in-compatibile systems, the cost of extra machine time to process data set for another computer, the cost of training people to do things differently, the cost of not being able to do the job Immedistely.

General Samotf forec a s t, presumalrfy after computer oo-ordinaUoii. computers capable (rf storing all the information now in the worlds libraries, r^ieating it in any language at voice command; a global network enabling an individual in

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his own office to get facts frtnn any source; credit carde by which an individual can cbuge things anywhere in the world and have the amount charged egilnst his (mn bank account in seconds; and the emerganoe of television as the major instrument for information, with newspapers pboto-compoeed by computer for

direct display (m waU screen In home or office.

SHORT A SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS REMS

Fifteen million Americans now belong to credit unicms.

i^;>ain is exporting a record amount o cltnis frutte this year.

Two Tampa cigar companies have agreed to obey Federal Trade Commission (Udere to stop saying their cigars are wholly of Cuban tobacco when they are not.

A new contest (by Proctt^ SUex) offers winners real maids. 8 hours a day, once a week for six months.

More than 700,000 motorista have ritizeoe bend radiotole-phonee In their oare. reporte EIOO Electronic Instrument CO. They can phone ahead for hotel and motel reservations if the hotel has a radiotele-Phone too.

Metropolitan Life reporte that 45,000 men between 11 and 64 were killed in accidents last year, moet of them off the job.

Sixty products designed to help smokers give up cigarettes are now on the market, the University of Rochester says.

Twenty-four shoe roaniactuN ere plan to have shoes of Cop-lam on the spring market, nuk king a total of 69 Du Pont reports.