Tutiday, Nbruary 9, 1965

ECCs Future Needs Our Interest

T1.1. I. thml Mcond of two-part Editorial addition to the faculty would have allowed the

As we discussed here yesterday, Last Carolina to the state, . * j

College received fair treatment from the Advisory addition bills are expected to be introduced

Budget Commission in its budget recommendations, during the current session dealing with various This, however, does not mean that there is not phases of the colleges program. If these bills are work to^ Le^ done in the Legislature* 4^ pass^4t wUl t^ke grassrook

First, of course, tiie college supporters must state. It will rhean that East Carolina College

see that no efforts are made to cut the appropria- supporters must tell their legislators that they tions recommended by the commission. Second, if ^^^nt them to support ECCs program, it becomes apparent that additional funds are * Perhaps the most important of these will be a available, efforts should be made to restore some hill to be introduced to establish a two-year medical of the badly needed projects that were not gchool at East Carolina College. It has been shown recommended. , , , that such a school would in no way interfere with

More classroom space is urgentlv needed for the four year school at Chapel Hill. In fact it wOUla Instance, as well additional funds tor improving he complementary t<o Chapel Hill, as well as Duke faculty salaries. One item cut by the commis.sion wai Bowman Gray.

Its benefits to the state as a whole and to the

East in particular cannot even be imagined at this point. Suffice it to say it will open for East Carolina a whole new field of service.

But if the public does not show that they want It, this extremely important project could fall by the wayside.

There is much to be done on the states budget. Hearings will be held; funds will be shifted and legi.slator.s will wrack their brains looking for new sources of revenues.

East Carolina College supporters, both among the public and among the legislators, should be constantly alert for additional ways the institution can be of service to the state of North Carolina.

Some Consolation In Langston> Departure

During his tour of duty as head of the breen-ville Police Department Chief Guy Langston has

uiiuiauBuuii Huiucu ,..c la.s- ^exccllent job for the city and its citizens.

It is with regret that we see him resign this posijmn get in i^t.ate history, a total of to accept other employment.

Chief Lang.ston has given the city a well organized, well trained and efficient law enforcement akency. There are few cities of comparable size in Nbifh Carolina which have enjoyed the benefits of the ckll^e police, that Greenville has had under Chief LangstiHis direction.

There is some consolation in the fact that Chief Langston will continue in the field of training law enforcement officers in the new position he has

funds for six additional economic professors. Their

Governor Faces Sharp Figuring

By WILLIAM A. SHIRES

FIGURING What comes next for Gov. Dan K. Moore And his fiscal advliers is somi harp figuring.

The new governor has presented the Qenersl Assembly with A chAllenflng. far-reaching legislative program which may require $100 million additional from the states general fund.

The lawmakers, while favorably Impressed, need to know now how Moore proposes that the state pay for All the things be asked.

Moores program obviously wont fit into the framework of A tight, $2 billion biennial bud-

Budget Commission and t h e Sanford administration. It is evident then that Moore w ill want this budget overhauled.

What comes next before the overhauling process can b'^pin mu c be specific budget prnpos-Als and exact

effect, will represent Moores OW'n .separate budget. He has promised that this will be forthcoming within a "'v week.s.

GAMBLE - te

similar to that in 1!:01 when newly-inaugurated Gjv. T?rry Sanford asked the General Assembly to break billion budget submit^^d bv former Gov. Luthr H. Hodges.

However, observers see signs that Moore is ready to gamble on putting hi.s pm?ram through without increa.sing taxes whereas Sanford would not risk it.

VILLIAM

far be may go in counting on

increased revenue derived from the expanding wconomy.

CONCEDED ^ It is coiMsed-ed In state fiscal circles that Gov. Sanford might have taken the same sort of gamble and won. There was enough Increase in General Fund ivven-ues In 1961-63 to have provided for his 1961 "quality education program without new taxes.

But without the 1961 tax program there would not have been enough for education and for other things Sanfords administration provided.

For example, it is generally overlooked that the Sanford administration provided the larg-

$131 million, in 1983-65. The voters in 1961 rejected $67 million in bond issues for badly-needed permjancnt improvements but in 1963 a surplus built, up from the new tax pro-gi^aw en8ble4 the tegislanire to annrnn'-jate funds to catch up on of the needs,

Tooji-. - .Sanford somehow must be secretly pleased by th tu^'h ef events In Moores approach to he co^^servative-1968-67 budget, and esn'>ci'>v bv Moores emphasis on education and further ed-enrichment.

S fr - ftnanclnn such a pro-

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accepted. His work in the future, as in the past, should provide benefits not only to Greenville through the training of police officers, but to other comm unities throughout this area of the state. As city officials begin their search for another cram. R-^nford .suecc^ts Moore nian to fill the position being vacated by Chief

find th- mnn^y the way he did Langston, care must be taken to see that Greenville

obtains the services of the best possible police ad

ministrator within its means. The law enforcement agency of any community is one of its most important arms of government. And almost without exception. the calibre of department that a community has is dependent upon the support it receives from city officials, and the calibre of leadership provided it by its chief.

The odds in favor of Moore bringing off a budget expan-skm without new taxes or revenue sources do appear better than at the same point in Sanfords administration.

For one thing, Moore believes the states economy is growing and expanding rapidly enough to bring in most of the increased revenue his program will require. A recent economic reports and indicators have been favorable.

When Sanford took office, the state had been through two rather severe periods of recession. Now there has been no more than slight, almost unnoticed setbacks in nearly five years and in recent months the states economy has been galloping.

There Is still an element or two of risk involved, and Moore is not yet decided how

by looking,

Sanford said frequently that because of the 1961 tax program. North Carolina, for the first time In Its history, has a tax base broad enough and fruitful enough to afford the public programs and services the people need. He feels it Is up to succeeding governors to make the best use of this tax base.

Not all of the 1963-65 permanent Improvements program involved tax monev. It Included about $45 million in self-liquidating and other funds. The 1963 General Assembly also issued $22 million in legislative bonds.

Moreover, when new. enrichment programs were needed, Sanford had an uncanny talent for obtaining grants, foundation funds and money from private sources.

STATUS Status of major legislation in the General As-sembly:

Budget appjopriations bills Introduced Feb. 3. Before House and Senate Appropriations committees.

Increasing state Income tax dependency exemptionsBe

fore House and Senate Finance committees.

To reinstate continuing contracts for teachers and principals Before Senate Education committee.

To change name of North Carolina State Before House Higher Education committee.

Not long ago I read a book called "Only You Dick Daring, by Merle Miller, \ hich was an expose on the television business, and the problems of getting a television pilot made, I thought It was an exaggeration until I got an idea for a television show myself and tried to get somebody interested.

My idea was to do a show called Frontier Pedd 1 e r" which was to be a series based (Ml the peddlers who travel

ed through the West selling their wares on hersebiick. My hero, whom I wanted played by Edward G. Robinson, would haVe one thing going for him. Although his clothes were grotesque and he looked like a poor peddler, he was, in fact, a very fast man with a gun he had to be to stay alive. But he had no reputation as. a fast gun because no one wanted to admit they could be taken by a peddler.

In the meantime, he goes

Downhill Story

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Other Editors Saying.. Certainties In Budget

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States has been in some gruesome and embarrass! n g spots since Word War II but what is happening now in South Viet Nam is In a cass by it-sef.

Twice within the past four months Communist guerrilas from North "Viet Nam have attacked American bases, killing Americans and destroying planes on the ground.

In a raid last Nov. 1, they killed four Americans, wounded more than 70. In a raid over the weekend they killed eight Americans, woun d e d more than 100.

The second attack came while this country was trying to get the South Vietnamese leaders to bury their differences and form a government capable of fighting the North Vietnamese Reds.

JAMBA

MARLOW

American efforts In South Viet Nam have been all down hill. The war Is being lost. The Red guerrillas are ma k i n g steady progress. South Vietna-mc.?e are quarrelingo n g themselves.

American lives are being lo.st there more than 360 killed, more than 1,650 wounded and American aid, spread

over years and in the billions, is going down the drain.

True, this time the United States hit back. On President Johnsons orders 49 planes from American carriers off the Asian coast bombed Red bases In North Viet Nam.

But, as if this hadnt happened, it was followed by another Red guerrilla raid on another American alrbase. Fifteen heavy mortar shells were slammed at It but fell short.

While the American retaliation risks bringing the Soviet Union or Red China Into the war, one way or another, there is no assurance this American action will encourage the dilapidated South Vietnamese leadership to put up a solid front.

Yet. If the United States pulls out Its a cinch the North Vietnamese Reds will take over all of Viet Nam, probably to be taken over In turn by Red China which will then have the rest of Southeast Asia to nibble on.

And at this point the United States cant be sure that the South Vietnamese, if their government disintegrates any further. woi^t ask all AmericAna to get out anyway.

If this happens it will be unique among the embarrassments the United States has suffered since the war, although some were overcome.

Seventeen years ago Communists took over free Czech-loslovakla^ It was deep behind the Iron (Xirtain, Ific United States did nothing, 9^ Stalin completed the subji^tloti of all Eastern Europe. I

That same year. 1948, Stalin (Continued On Page 5)

(Kinston Free Press)

The proposed $2,071,000.000 budget for North Carolina for the next biennium contains few certainties, even though it is billed as a hold-the-line chart of the States basic needs for the next two years.

It indicates that the State has arrived at the blllion-a-year outlay status and is not likely to return to any cheaper form of state government any time in the foreseeable future. It contains some 44 cents per tax dollar for education, and if Governor Moores Thursd a y address to the General Assembly can be taken as a valid criteria, that figure is not likely to be reduced substantially now or in the future. It is far more Ukely that It will be increased.

The budget does not contain any recommendation for a 10 per cent hike in pay for state employees, hence this Issue will be one of the first to be analyzed for inclusion by the Moore Administration. Gov. Moore made a solemn campaign pledge (Ml that issue, which he is not likely to overlook despite the money problems that already are piling up before the 1965 Assembly.

The budget was compiled by the Advisory Budget Commission, with the approval of former Governor Sanford. It was

presented to Governor Moore ahead of its publication Wednesday, but the new chief executive did not discuss it publicly.

The major purpose Oi this budget from a retiring administration is to assure continuity of essential services and programs. It is made with the full knowledge that it may be changed. But the States programs cannot wait until after the General Assembly acts. They have to be carried on the first six months of every new administration, just as conscientiously as they have been for the previous biennium.

The budget can be helpful to the lawmakers and the Governor as they begin the detailed evaluations of new programs and new proposals. It Is not going to be easy to change the fiscal chart to any drastic degree until the Moore Administrations program has been fully outlined and legislated.

In this respect wed say the certainties are: 1. It will be the biggest outlay on record. 2. It will be changed in many respects. 3. That North Carolina has reached the point In Its development where a billion dollars yearly ts not only available from the taxpayers, but Ls-expected In education, better roads and other services by the people.

through the series doing good to everybody, savbig people!* homes, making chicken soup for sick children, shooting bad men, and bringing joy and philosophy to the world*

As soon as I developed the idea, I immediately took it to my agent, who got terribly enthused. "Its great. I can see Dick Van Dyke playing the peddler.

4T was thinking more of Edward G. Robinson.

"Edward G. Robinson? You must be crazy. You have to have a young peddler, someone the audience can identify with.

"Yeah, I guess youre right, I said.

"Ill set up an appointment with one of the major studies. Two days later we met with the head of one of the studios.

He loved the whole thing. "Its great and its different. Bu why dont we have two young peddlers Instead of one, and theyre always trying to get each others girl and each week they have to help someone in trouble. I see It as a Western 'Sunset Strip. In fact, w'e could have a third kooky fellow who takes care of their horses. It really has a lot 6f promise. Lets get together witi the network people. Im sure theyll go for It

ART

BUCHWALD

We got together with the network people at least two of them and I could sec I grabbed them from the start. They liked everything about it, except that they had one suggestion.

"Why do they have to be peddlers? one of the execu-r Continued on Page 5)

Scandal

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Curtain

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

.Copyright, 1966. King FeatMrea.

Syndicate, Inc.

They Are whispering about their own special Communist "Profumo Affair In Budapest. And in Moscow such Sov 1 e t pubUcatlons as Pravda are ai ing stories about chronic weekend and |)ost - pay day drunkenness in the Donbas coal fields and elsewhere that sound like sorfieThing out of the warning literature of the old American Prohibition movement.

Nothing much has been made yet of the Hungarian Profumo scandal. But if a communique Issued by the Bucla-pest Police Headquarters bn the "criminal case of Onody and associates is true. wesU ern and "capitalist moral turw pltude isnt In it with the Communist mid - European vari-ety. The scandal that recently rocked England and ultimately drove the Conservative Party out of power was sordid enough, but, after all, it Involved voluntary sinning. Th# ^ girls involved Chris 11 n Keeler, Mandy Rice - Davies were in It for the money, and if their didoes Involved th honor of a cabinet minister It was due to fortuitous circumstances, The scandal would not have pulled down a government if the minister had not chosen to lie about his behavior.

JOHN

CHAMBERLAIN

The Budapest scandal seem* Infinitely worse because It borders on what used to be called white slavery. According to the police report printed in the Hungarian Communist Pa r t y daily, a group of Communist functionaries connected with the State Catering Service and the Central Restau rant Department have been guilty of forcing decent young Hungarian women to take part in "strip orgies as a condition of getting and holding jobs. There are stories of champagne baths and of raffling* Hungarian airline hostesses off for ^he night. It sounds like something out of the gaudier dreams of the Stanford White era in old New York.

The Budapest Police communique points its finger at Lajos Onody, the director of the State Catering Service. Onody evidently had high protection through a relative in the Ministry of Justice, but at some point the whispers about his behavior became too hot to be ignored. Says the police report of Onody, apart from his beautifully furnished Budapest apartment, he also acquired, in the Budapest suburb of God, a two-room apartment in a garden villa. He did not buy t, hie acquired ill In return, he illegally raised the 'Salary of the house owja-er, who was in his employ. . . Onody built a garage on the villa grounds for the Catering Service employees. . .the police found in his apartment funilture bought for 22,000 fdr-Int by the state authorities at the Industrial ejjhibltlon.

The report goes on to "nights when the orgies were held.* It ends with a flourish about the "damage caused by this gang In corrupting and depraving the workers of the Catering Service.

What makes this Interesting is the evidence that the temptations of the flesh have nothing to do with economic or political systems or basic social theories. Lajos Onody Is not a "bourgeois, he Is a Communist functionary who ha.s been caught out. By comparison with Onodys alleged crimes, Profumo seems like a rather Inncxsent babe-ln-t h e-(Contlnued on page 8)

Striding Into New (?) Era

Strength For Today

By EARL L. DOUGI.ASS Sn.VER AAyone who has ooughUmuch .silver knows that there are two important varieties of it: sterling and plated. Sterling silver Is pure, .solid silver silver all the way through. Plated silver has a thin layer of silver over copper or some other metal. After hard u.se the silver sometimes wears off and the copper shows through. But pated silver is cheaper to make, and so stering silver costs more.

Human beingi come in both plated and solid varieties, too. Unfortunately they are not stamped on the back, like silver, so that you can tell at a glancs which U which. But its generally not hard to tell the

plated person. When the first crl.sl.s come.s up. the first test of character, the first situation demanding sacrifice, the. copper 1.S apt to show through pretty quickly.

It takes longer to tell the

sterling per.son. When you have known him well and seen him in .siicce.Sh, failure, hope, and di.sappointment, if the copper still doesn't show, theii you can begin to be sure. Then you know that this person has sterling character.

And like allver, it costs more to be a sterling person much more in terms of honesty, integrity. patience, and unse-fishncss. But in the end. there 1 no comparison with the cheaper product.

By ELMER ROESSNER One of the most amazing and in most cases unnecessary products has burst upon the market. Its a panty girdle for girls whose rear profiles are deficiehr

Introductory ads say. "If your figure is frankly flat. C curve gives you a full, rounded look. If your derriere Ls average or a little less than, B curve is for you. just a discreet tuck of alry-light polyurethane, . However. If you are already fully endowed behind, you need an A curve to define beautifully, but not flatten.

(These "Fancy That" glrd-le.s are by Nemo Foundations. 200 Madison Ave., at prices from $9 to $12.50.)

In Mona Llsa.s day. the full neck was con.sidered a mark of beauty. In eras before and since, the wa.sp waist has been the symbol, as has the full breasts. In China, tiny feet; In Africa tattoos and pendulous Ups have marked the beaut,y. We may be striding Into new era. You name It.

STATE TAXES GOING UP FOR 218T CONSECUTIVE YEAR

For the twenty first consecutive year, state taxes are going up.

In January, legislature of 42

of the 50 states assembled and promptly started consider 1 n g measures to tax the natives more. Five more legislatures are to assemble later in the year.

Last year states taxed inhabitants a total of $24.2 billion.

This year it wUl be higher, much higher, perhaps $29 billion or $30 billion.

ELMER

ROESSNER

There arc two basic reasons: 1. The people have the money. 2, They are demand 1 n g more .services, more benefits, more hand outs.

No governor, no legislature dares say them nay. Governors and legislatures have no desire to Join lh unemployed. SALES TAXES

Many states are considering Increastng or broadening sales taxes, already the chief source of revenue In 30 of the 50 states

Bales taxes have been crl-tlclicd as ope of the worst tax

es that can be levied. It is Imposed at the point of sale, impeding sales ki an economy largely built on sales. It is frequently evaded. It Is costly to collect, both for sellers and the state.

Sales taxes fall almost as heavily on the poor and the middle class as they do on the rich, which may be an argument for or against them, depending on your pocketb o o k. Sharper taxes on low-inc o m e people might sharpen their Interest In government, eh?

Plans for more spending In New York and California are pushing those states budgets up to $3.5 billion and $4 billion re.spectlvrly.

Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York Is asking for a new 2 per cent state sales tax, exempting food and drugs but not halrcut.s, manicures and beauty trcatmcnU; doubl 1 n g cigarette taxes and auto registration fees The current quip In Gotham: "Nobody can afford to live In New York except a Rockefeller.

IN .SUNNY, TAXABLE CALIFORNIA

In California. Gov. Edmund Brown U asking for an Increase of from 5 to 8 cents tax on cigarettes, a 20 per cent levy on cigars and other tobacco products, higher incomg tax( s and much broader sale*

taxes.

In Massachusetts, a 3 per cent sales tax has been proposed, along with tougher income taxes. In other states, higher taxes have been proposed, but the govemo of Mi chigan. Oklahoma. Pennsylvania and Tennessee have told legislatures that no lncrea.ses are necessary unless the legislators go on a spend 1 n g spree.

There is a greenback lining to all this. As state taxes have risen, so has state spendhig, and swirling out state money will reach another all time high this year.

The $30 billion state; spending, plus $38 billion more in local government spending, will mean a vast rich market and mort and more jobs.

Except for military giwds who peddles A-bomlxs? - slat and local governments are in a position to outbid the federal government for material* and manpower. Many will.

Every buslneasman. laYge or small, may be advised to examine again what his local and state governments are buying and to try to find a market there. Aiid those upemployed or seeking better Job* may profitably keep In touch with local an(l state civil service d-fic*.