Tuesday, November 10> 1964

Growers Need Display Of Unity"Oh Please! . . MUST You Be A Die-Hardr

In t spite of broad differences among farmers with respect to future changes in tobacco production controls, it is in the best interest of all tobacco growers that they show unity in favor of continuing the acreage allotment system for the 1965 season.

There is no possibility of-any alternate production control program system being adopted early enough to be put into effect next year. Therefore when farmers go to the polls in referenda on price supports and-production controls next month, they will decide whether to continue the present program or do away with controls and price supports altogether. To choose the latter would plunge the tobacco industry into even,greater chaos, and in our opinion, spell economic disaster for many tobacco producers.

It is well that farmers give serious consideration to changes that might be made in the future in the production control program for tobacco. There are many indications that some refinements must be made in the present acreage allotment

Suspect Some Vote Confusion

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

CX)NFUSE:D There may be DO <^ficial protests nor complaints and it wont change the results but there is suspicion in Raleigh political circles that there was widespread confusion in the use ol voting machines in North Carolina (m Nov. t.

This would be difficult if not impossible to prove. Pew voters are wwt to admit publicly that they failed to read and understand instructions on proper use of the voting machines and that they probably made a mistake in tte booth.

But quite a few voters are admitting it privately, and since vote machines are used principally in the heaviest-voting areas there may have been unintentional mistakes oa thousands of individual ballots.

If this was the case, It is too late now to correct them.

BUSPiaONS Those harboring the suspicion recognize that there is nothing that can be done about it in the elec-

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Hem just past. They are hopeful. however, that Uie public will realize that such mistakes can happi and that it Is the duty of the vota* to be careful and understand clearly how to (HKrate a voting machine.

Officials say it is unlikely that it could be shown that confusioi about voting machines Nov. 3, if It existed, actually altered the outcome (rf a specific (XHitest. There is no argument about this.

It would, of course, have had an effect i the margin of victory or defeat in the various contests and it is on this basis that the suspici(xi arises.

According to the unofficial returns, there was considerable variation in total vote cast in different races for example in total vote cast for president and for governor, and in tte contests for lieutenant governor, for C<mgreB8 and members of the CouncU of State in comparisai with toe presidential vote total.

REASONS Most sources believe this variation is the result of a comfainatlan of factors, with voter error only one of them.

But some sources say they have checked indvately In a number of counties using vote machines and believe that con-fusiOQ involving toe pulling

of levers may have cost oer^ tain candidates thousands at intended votes.

A principal point of c<mius> ion they rep<nted centered on the erroneous belief that a voter had to pull Just (me lever to vote a straight party Ucket, Involving all national, state and local candidates.

When this misconception existed, toe voter pulled the single lever that to vote for president and vice president and neglected to pull a separate straight ticket lever provided all state and local offices.

This separate lever was opposite the boitmn Unes on the voting machines. Most maehine-uslng voters had a lever to pull to vote on the state school c<-struction bond issue at the top, then another lever for president and vice president and a third to vote a straight ticket for state, district and local races.

POINTS The reported confusion concerned some other points too.

For example, if the straight ticket lever was pulled the voter could not then split his vote on the unusually large number of contests on the botUmn line ranging all the way from governor and lieutenant governor. Congress and Council of State to legislative races and local school board seats.

If toe straight ticket lever was not pulled, the voter could split his vote am(g these ctm-tests, crossing party lines as he pleased. But the spot checking in voting machine precincts Indicated many voters neglected to pull levers in all of toe races either intentionally or unintentionally. In such cases, no vote was cast in that I^rtlcular contest.

DETERMINE R is assumed of course that voters Inten-tionidly did not cast ballots in some of the ctmtests.

Political experts say for example that it is normal and expected that m(jre votes are cast in a presidential election contest than in other contests aa the same ballot simply because there Is a greater degree of Interest in the presidency.

On (xscasion. however, it haimens that Interest in a state or local race wiH reach such hitensity that it will be the leading column in total vote.

One veteran Raleigh political observer says it Is virtually Impossible to anal3^ the reasons behind an individual voters choice on a ballot involving a large number of races. And the more races, the more Impossible the task.

The Important tolng, this of-flcial saj^, Is to make it as simple and as easy as possible for the individual voter to be sure he casts his ballot toe way he wants to cast it.

system if efficient production controls are to be realized and further huge surpluses of tobacco stocks be avoided. But this is not the immediate problem that faces the tobacco producing regions of North Carolina and other southern states. The immediate problem is whether controls and price supports will be continued on their present basis for another year.

Between now and the time farmers are required to vote on the programs for next year, the Secretary of Agriculture will announce acreage allotments for next year. An anticipated reduction of 20 per cent or more in Allotments would be a serious blow for many faiS^ers. But such a reduction appears necessary to prevent an already record surplus of leaf from going even higher. It would be far better for farmers of the tobacco producing areas to give their strong support to continuing the present programeven with the sharp acreage reductionthan for them to do away altogether with the production control, price support system which has meant so much to tobacco producers for almost two decades.

By giving their unified support to continuing the present program for another year, tobacco farmers will strengthen their position for making refinements "needed in the program for future years. Should they choose to do away with controls for the coming year, they will seriously jeopardize the chance of getting any sort of price support and production control program in future years.

A Sound Two-Party System Is Necessity

One thing we have noticed amid the debacle which beset the Republican party under the leadership of Sen. Gold water; nobody seems to relish the situation.

We find this true throughout the Democratic party from top to bottom. It is certainly particularly true among the Republican moderates, many of whom secretly or openly wanted a Goldwater repudiation.

We believe that the great mass of voters, who gave Pres. Johnson such an overwhelming majority, wanted to express their dislike of Goldwater polices, rather than condemn the Republican Party, as such, to obscurity.

Thinking Democrats, while they hugely enjoyed the crushing victory, at the same time recognize that a sound two-party system is absolutely essential to our political well being.

Having-opposition in politics is so completely natural that it is inconceivable to think of this country in any other concept.

As we in the southern states where one party has been dominant so long well know, two factions merely build up within that one party and they fight it out in primaries just as if they were in two parties.

We believe that Republican moderates will regain control of their party and within four years it will be a force to be reckoned with. If they fail in this, the only alternative would be a party split. This could lead to other splits and a multi-party system which would greatly weaken our political structure.

ohnson Again May Get Wish

By ART BUCHWALD

Our Heart He's Right

There has been a great deal of soul - searching and name-calling am(gst Republicans since last Tuesdays Presidential election. Dean Burch, of the Republican National Committee, Barry Goldwater, and Bill Miller all have come under heavy attack for the campaign they waged and moderate Republicans have demanded their ouster.

Strangely enough, the <ly people who seem to be defending the Goldwater (campaign are the Democrats. We were having lunch at the National Democratic Club the other day

and one of the leaders of the Democratic party told us, I think Dean Burch has been unfairly attacked for the campaign he waged. We believe he did a great job and we hope he stays in for another four years.

But didnt be make a lot of mistakes?

None that we can think of. We were very satisfied with everytUng he did. Of course, we were sorry to lose those five states In toe South, but we cant hold Burch resp<mi-ble for that.

What about Barry Goldwa-

Other Editors Saying... Whos A Menace?

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Once again it looks as though Congress might do something for President Johnson that it didnt do for President John F. Kennedy.

The word at the Capitol today was that Johnson, if he asks for it, can get congressional approval of a new Cabinet department to handle urban affairs and housing.

Congress had refused to go along with Kennedys plan for the department. Similarly, it didnt pass the civil rights law he asked, nor a Social Security link for medical care for the aged.

But Johnson got the civil rights bill through this year, and is all set to push in the new Congress for medical care. He may not have to work nearly so hard to get the new Cabinet department for urban affairs.

President Kennedy twice tried to get Congress to let him wrap up dty affairs and housing in one department. Pirst, a proposed law got blocked in a House committee. Then, when he sent his plan to Congress in the form (rf a government reorganization. the House vetoed It.

However, a good many of those who voted against Kennedys plan were defeated for reelection. The Democra 11 e makxity in the House was increased by approximately 40 seats, a formidable bloc.

One (rf the reasons Kennedy lost was that he announced be

forehand that if Congress approved the new department, he would pick a Negro to head it. This displeased many Southerners and set off Republican protests that Kennedy was

The Negro then in line for the Job was Robert C. Weaver, federal housing and home finance administrator. Whether Johnson would appoint him remains to be seen.

Weaver has called for creation of the new department as symbolic recognition of the right of toe 73 per cent of toe people of the nation living in urban areas to be represented at the Cabinet level.

The National Association of Real Estate Boards threw its weight against Kennedys idea on the grounds that it was a grand derign to elevate housing to the Cabinet level. It said the problems of urban areas extended all through American life and the government could not effectively (xncen-trate those problems in one department.

The Chamber (rf OHnmerce of the United States has taken toe position that toe proposed department would lead to big federal subsidies that would discourage c(xnmunities from taking care of themselves.

There has been agltatiim for the new departinent for a dozen years. There have been bills in Congress calling for It every year since 1956. Backers say the problems of cities and their populations are now so gigantic they re<]uire handling (Continued on page 5)

(DallM, Tex., Morning News)

A favorite target of the llfe-Is-dull-Ufe-is-hollow school of social critics in recent years has been Madison Avenue. Madison Avenue, for many of these protest peddlers, has almost replaced Wall Street as the via of vlUians in their view of C(Hitcmporary society. The gray-flannel set is accused (rf brahiwashlng the public, insulting its intelligence and distracting it from the finer things of culture.

The harried admen, who thought they had enough to worry about with clients, sales charts and rival agencies with designs on their accounts, had to defend themselves not long ago against charges that they were a menace to society. The charges, somehow, seem rather unfair. For one thing, these defenders of the public have overlocAed the fact that the public does not want to be defended from advertising; in many cases it* actively seeks more Informatkm oa products and services.

This fact was underlined by a recent report ( the ups and (lowns of the New York Worlds Pair. The big fair had its troubles attendance was below that predicted, three big musicals folded and several restau

rants and concessions went in the red. But the fair also had its successes, and among the biggest were industrial exhibits put up by American corporar tions. These concrete commercials for automobiles, hair dye and soft drinks presented their messages with such imagination that toe Industrial promenades bustled with business. While toe professionals in show business l(K>ked in vain for customers. it was standlng-room-(xily at many of the industrial buildings.

Critics of advertising Ignore the fact that effective advertising is the sine qua non of mass production and the low-cost, high-quality products it provides. It is undeniable that the consumer wants to know more about products and services available to him. Mr. and Mrs. Consumer are discriminating. They are not easily, or permanently, fooled. Also undeniable Is the power of the ad. Proof? We have the highest standard of living in the world, and this year the gross national product will reach nearly 640 billi(m dollars. All of which means mass acceptance, and such acceptance is based on the salesmanship and persuasion of American advertising.

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Here again, we feel people are being too critical. Mr. Goldwater made a great contribution to the Democratic party and I know hell be remembered for it for many years to C(nne.

Is that true of Bill Miller, too?

It certainly Is. Bill Miller is one (rf our favorites, and since the election is over, I havent heard one Democrat utter A harsh word against him.

Then you think Gov. Rockefeller was wrong in criticizing the campaign toe two Republican candidates waged?

I cant speak for Rockefeller. All I can say is that as far as the Democrats are concerned toe Republicans couldnt have picked two better men than Goldwater and Miller.

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By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyright, 1964, King Peatures Syndicate. Inc.

To talk about the futura of the Republican Party at tUs moment is a futile thing, for everything depends on how Lynd(m Johnson conrtrues hia mandate. The new RepubU-can Party will take form from the oppositk that John^ son generates, and this must wait upon the White House decisions of a strong, wary cbai^ acter who has held out a general promise to sD groupi without really committing himself to much In the way of specific promises to any group.

The election retume might caution LBJ to go slow. Does the Goldwater defeat mean that the country is ready to phmge ahead into a big round of New Deallsm? Since no outsize radical ecou(nnle Issuea were offered to toe electorate, little basis for this Is to bo found in toe votes. Many

You dont think they made political mlrtakes?

Every(ie makes mistakes during a campaign. We would have liked to have seen Goldwater hit the nuclear war issue harder, and perhaps attack the Social Security system with more vigor, but you cant have everything. He did toe best he would with what he had and we wouldnt have changed one word of any at his speeches.

Its nice to hear some kind words about Goldwater and Miller these days.

You wont hear anyone In this club knocking them. A# a matter of fact, we hope they run again in 1968 and were going to do everythkiff we can to see the Republicans dont make any changes. Every De-(Continued < Page 5)

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isessmen went f(xr Johns(Xi on the supposition that he will continue a tax cutting program (excise tax cuts for the next round) and keep the fed e r a 1 budget below $100 billion a year. And the general issue of conservatism versus Big State liberalism got sidetracked in a welter of argument about nuclear deterrent policy. Partly this was the fault (rf Goldwaters oif-the-cuff habit of speaking, partly it was toe fault of toe Rockefeller-Lodge-C h r i a Herter Republicans who mada whopping pre-convention mountains out (rf molehills without regrd to what it would do to the party in the autumn. (Old Joe Martin at San Francisco predicted that toe Republicana would die in November from the self-inflicted wounds (rf May and June). But the main reason for the sidetracking of issues was Johnsons own In-sistenoe that arguments would only cause electlon-day trouble. This deprived the Deim^ crats of any oppbrtunity to dla-cover what toe country might want in terms of specific policy and legislation. '-

The idea that November t offered a referendum on conservatism cannot be squared with the fact that LBJ presented himself to the nation as a symbol of peace and prosperity, which are things that everybody wants without regard to toe ideological spectrum. Aa a matter of fact, the LBJ campaign was practically Idratical with toe one waged by Cod-idge against John W D.avls In 1924. If you are a conservative. and are looking for a hopeful sign, you will take great heart from what happened In New York State, where toe Conservative Partys <kn-didate for Senator, Henry Pao-lucci, got 203.369 votes, a high-water mark for Ids party. The Conservatives figure they might have gone to 400.000 if they had been permitted to put the Goldwater-MlUer electors on toelr party voting machine line. Meanwhile, toe other New York State leverage* group, toe Alex Rose-Dubins-ky Liberal Party, which possessed toe advantage of having the Johnson . Humphrey electors on Its line, polM a disappointing 340,000 votes for Johnson and 270,000 (h: Senator Kennedy.

What all this means, in terms of New York politics, is that the Rockefeller Republicans must reckon with a small but potent leverafipe group whose vote aa endorsement might I make or break a Republican candidate for almost any important State offtce.

Barry Goldwater himself may be through as a Presidential candidate. But the hard (Continued oa Page I)

We May No Longer Buy Autos

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGLASS BEGINNING OR END?

Are we coining to a Golden Age?

There are some who tiilnk we are. Scienoe has made greater advance during the past oraturies than in all previous centuries combined. Or-tainly we know more today than we ever did. Yet side by side with these great advances of knowledge stands the stark fact that we have killed more pe(4?Ie In war during the past fifty years than in all pre-, vious history.

As we think of present-day comforts, the advance in scientific knowledge, the hum a n aspiration to do away with war. we are encouraged to believe that we may be steadily advancing into the briUi ant light of a Golden Age.

But there is another a

dark and sinister side to the picture. We have already reminded ourselves of toe Incredible scourge of war. There can be no doubt that we are at the present time In the midst of a profound moral decline. Crime is advancing at an alarming rate. Some of our big cities are so unsafe after dark that many people especially women would not think of emerging from tiielr dwellings alone once toe day has ended.

~ It might also be ttutt we are coming to the end of the world. There are groups and individuals who believe this. All we can say is that we must work as if a Golden Age were possible and imminent, yet with toe cautious, realization that evil is abroad, threatening toe very existence of nations and racea.

By ELMER ROESSNER

And it may come to pass that American families will no longer buy autos. Theyll rent them. And almost no businesses will buy trucks. Theyll lease them.

Of course for years crystal-gazers have been saying renting both cars and trucks would eventually reirtace ownership. These predictions have not been taken very seriously so far.

But the ^fct toa^ Ford is plunging into the auto rental business Is signifi(^t. Ford does not make such moves unless it has thoroughly researched the and fully com

puterized the chances of making m(mey.

NEW RENTAL CAR EVERY YEAR

And you can bet that if Ford is getting into toe rental business, General Motors, Chrysler and American Motors are stepping up research into that market. And this may bring closer toe day, l(X)g ago forecast. when the typical family will make a modest down payment on a car and turn it in every Nov. 8, getting a new model in return, meanwhile paying monthly siims that cover Interest, amortization, rental, insurance, taxM and, of

course a bit of profit.

The car rental business Is larger than most persons may guess. It Is far more than Hertz and Avis. There arc hundreds of companies in the auto and truck rental field, some regional, some local and some captives of single corporations. Some companies have found that by setting up sub-aldlaries to supply them with rental equipment they can save on insurance, taxes, liabilities etc.

Some of toe companies In the general rental fleld are fairly large, such as the Kbi-ney Service and Holiday, and some are so small that they own and rent only one truck. MORE TO COME

But in total they rent a lot of cara and trucks and Fords entrance in the field will probably encourage more leasers to enter the field than to discourage them. They know that Ford cloes not enter any but expanding markets.

Ford wUl not, at least tfx toe time being, bid for the ir-port business, which is one of toe fattest fields. Instead, it will help dealers to organize' rental divisions. This should be a boon to dealers. R 'will open a new source of incoma and will provide a new mar>

ket for cars. And It will assure business oontinulty if car renting ever exceeds car purchasing.

Meanwhile. Kinney Service officials say that leasing will some day become as common

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as buying autos. They say their company already offers a brand new oar to anyone for leea than k would cost to ofwn the vehicle. The lease includea maintenance, insurance, provision for major breakdowns, towing coats, a replacement car when needed and license plates.

Kinney reports that many customwrs own one car and lease a second.

WHICH IS CHEAPER

The question of whether tt Is cheaper to lease than to buy is often puzzUqg. Some day in toe future rentals may be easily toe best, but today it depends on freqaenef of usa.

distance traveled and various other factors. A man who wants a car to travel 300 miles to see his mother once a month might find rental cheaper; a family that needs a car for a multitude of short trips to school, market and railroad station may fkid ownership better. Each family must do its own arithmetic.

Truck rental by companies Involves much more: depreciation. amortization. Interest, liability and so on. A compsr ny wondering whether to rent (M- buy trucks, trailers or executive cars must turn to its accountant and seek advice as to which yields toe greatest profit.

BEEF IMPORTS AND EXPORT# KEEP U.S. BUST

Cattle and beef exports in 1965 will continue high next year. Secretary of Agriculture Freeman reports. At the same time, imports of beef and mutton are still high and will probably continvn ao next year.

In September, five ship a left Australia for toe U.S. with 10,617,600 pounds of beef and 288390 pounds (rf mutton.

And back at the ranch, meat production under federal In-spection ran 10 per cent above ''W year ago in September.