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Alternatives^ For Tobacco Growers

Tobacco farmers havo two alternatives in the answer to aU the problems which tace tobacco forthcoming' rafarendum on acreage-poundage producers and the tobacco industry. All things controls. considered, however, it is a much sounder program

They may auppoft the proposal and thus pave of production controls than the acreage systenn the way for tobacco to work out of the serious now in effect. It provides av*^asonable means of problems that now face that industry; ^ . overcoming the problem of too ihnch tobacco and

Or they may reject the proposal anNi^see their too much inferior leaf that has dogged the heels oi primary souree of income face increasingly difficult the Industry in recent years. ^

situations in both domestic and foreign markeU. It is late in the year now to change from one

The acreage-poundage system of controls method of producon controls to another. approved by Congress is not to the liking of every farmers must make the choice now on trying the tobacco farmer. It will not provide the whole new controls for the next three years, or not trying

"You Somo.Kind Of A Nut Or Sumpfhln'? THArS LAST MONTH'S!"

!i^eform Effort _ In Final Phase

WILLIAM A. SHIREfl

COURTS ~ When Rep. Dir-id M. Britt of Robeeon County arose In the Rouse obaxnber. in the early afternoon of a rainy April day, the long, te^oue struggle to enact court reform In North Carolina entered Its final phase.

Legislation to pot Into motion a detailed, far-reaching etep by step plan for revamp-teg and modehiiatng the state's ho^podge system of lower eourte had finally reached the floor of the General Assembly.

It wu. Biitt said, a day that had been long awaited. After Ix years, it had come full cycle.

He recalled a slmll&r day when he was a freshman lawmaker in the sessitm of IflSP that champions o( court reform failed to muster the necessary two thirds majority to sulxnlt a constltuticmal amendment to the people.

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They aMtted it sadly, he aald, and that bill died. "And a wave of disappointment was felt across the state.

STRUGGLE But the struggle to find a satisfactory solu-tton and a practical, woilcable plan was renewed and carried m.

The bin before the House, HB 102, was the result of that long, haid struggle. Britt said.

After the setback in 1958. a new constitutional amendment was drawn and approved Ijy the Oeneral Assembly of 1961. This was submitted to the people and adopted In statewide voting in the PaU of 19.

The next step was implementation by the Oeneral Assembly and this required two years more.

"No bin has ever come before the Oeneral Assembly of North Carolina that has had longer, more careful study, more painstaking worit devoted to It." Britt said.

A 15 member courts commission authorized by the 1983 legislature spent between 600 and 900 man days in preparing the recommendations contained In the plan. In contrast, he said, the cosUtutlonal article on which the present Judicial system Is based was hammered out In Just three days.

IMPORTANT - That, Britt aid, was nearly a century ego - in a state constitutional convtntloD held In Raleigh In 1868.

He noted that, if enacted, the bulk of the provisions oi the five year court reform plan would go Into effect in 1968 or-exactly 100 years after the pre-sent system was written.

That system, Britt said, has become completely out-_<^ated. completely outmoded and

In dire need of an overhaul.** "This, he told members of the House. to my mind is without doubt the most important ideoe of legislation that wfil eome before ttiis session.^ SPEAK -> Britt, who served cm the Courts Commission under chairmanship oi Sen. lind-aay Warrra Jr. of Wayne, proceeded to explain provlaimis of the court reform bfll.'

Re spcAe from a thm^ugh, working knowledge of the measure which has been bef o r e his Courts and Judicial Districts committee for five weeks, and he spoke without a prepared address and with only a few notes.

After half an hour prescribed for speakinf wi a bill, the House suspended its rules to permit Britt to continue.

And an hour and a half later, after questioning, debate and unsuccessful attempts to tack new amendments onto the bill, the House passed it over-whelmlnglv on crucial second reading. There were only five dissenting votes.

BILLS - Additional bills to carry out specifics of Gov. Dan K. Moores highway safety program were introduced early tn tl week, along with an expecte^measure to allow the establishment of legal liquor distilleries In North Carlina. The latter bill was taken . up for discussion in the Senate ProTX)sUlons and Grlevan c e s committee the momlnv after It was Introduced by Sen. Ruffin Bailey of Wake.

Rouse Speaker H. P. fPat) Taylor Jr. appointed a select committee of interested legislators and appropriate committee chairmen to consider the thick package bill to rewrite the state's fisheries and fisheries - conservation *law. Rep. Hugh Ragsdale of Onslow. chairman of the fisheries study commission and Introdu-cer of the bffl, was named chairman of the select committee.

Also forthcoming was a blD. ostensfbly with administratloii blessing to reorganize the Wlld-Hfe Resources Commis s 1 o n, providing for appointment by the governor of one commlslon-er from each of 12 geoegraphlc districts and also requlr i n g that each member be an ex-

them at all. It would be far better. In our opinion, k A A to endure th Inconvenience that may be cauaed thia p ^ ^ year than to reject the program and jeopardize hope for any sort of tobacco program three years from now.

Pitt, as the county which produces more bright leaf tobacco than any other, has a major stake in the referendum on May 4. Its tobacco farmers, which have assumed leadership in shaping workable farm programs for years, should not hesitate to move forthrightly In support of this new acreage-poundage system of production controls.

Adoption of this acreage-poundage system is in the best long range interest of tobacco producers and the tobacco industrj% It is therefore in the best interest of Pitt where tobacco is the major agricultural product and a most Important factor in the overall economy.

If tobacco farmers neglect this opportunity to move to a more realistic system for production controls in the interest of their primary crop, they may find they have missed their last opportunity to do so.

Worth More Than A Hundred Dollars Fine

Gov. Moores suggestion that a couple of days in jail may be more impressive to a traffic violator than a hundred - dollars in fines is worth serious consideration by the State Legislature.

We believe the governor is correct.

Among his traffic safety recoinmendations,

Gov. Moore suggested a law that would require By ART BUCHWALD imprisonment of not less than two days or more than 90 days for persons convicted of driving after their Dperators licenses have been revoked. A bill to implement that suggestion has been introduced in the Senate.

North Carolinas jails stay fairly full as it Is, word ha come to ila Teas,

and certainly there will be objections to increasing the Soviet news agency, that the occupancy rate by incarcerating traffic violatora.

On the other hand, many of the state s hospital been hearing from outer space beds are occupied by victims of traffic violators, are being sent by "rational be-Perhaps using the jails a bit more for^punishing distant

traffic violators will mean less demand for hospital ^ question that Its

beds for victims of traffic accidents. possible. The only question la,

In many lower courts, judges have found sus- "What are they trying to tell

pension of drivers licenses for minor affic viola-

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tions much more meaningful than small fines. We

would guess the requirement of even a short jail

stay for conviction of driving after ones license

has beenT^voked wou dissuade many who liow

get behind the wheel after they have lost their

license.

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which the emissions are broadcast is being listened to with much interest and, while it will probably, be denied, the ftirt

program from the consteBtp tion Pegasus has been monitored and decoded. ____________

It went like this:

"Hello, Earthmen. This Is Pegasus Rose and Im speaking to you tmlght to tell you that your explorations into space are provocative and dangerous. The rational beings of Pegasus do not intend to sit idly by while the people on Earth colonize the entire planetary system.

"We have been watching you for some time and we must warn you that 1,000 billl(m free*

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farmer or biologist, ly Informed on wildlife conservation and restoration problems. . ,

SCHOOL - A bUl by Rep. W. V. Coover of Robblns-vUle would repeal a 1961 local act which gives Graham County the distinction of being the only county In the state In which members of the board of education must have at least a high school education.

This present requirement Is the result of a local bill introduced by former Graham Rep. Leonard Lloyd. A companion bin by Cooper will fix four year terms beginning in 1966 and provide that three members o the county board, who may reside anywhere in the county, be nominated in the primaries and that the one receiving the highest vote total be nominee for chairman.

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By JAMES MARLOW

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lyndon B. Johnson has now served the first three montha of his full presidential term and it hasnt been long enough to get a rounded picture of him. only part of the iceberg, has been visible so far. His poll-Icies and tactics at home are clear enough. His foreign policy isnt.

His success at home, at least with Congress, has been astonishing.

In foreign policy he could wind up being the toughest president in years.

What he did in foreign affairs between the time he succeeded President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22,1963, and when he was sworn in on his own last Jan. 20 cant be taken as e yardstick.

JAMBS

MARLOW

In that period be played It cool, quiet and cautious. He had no real crisis, there was an election coming, and he wasnt about to supply the ^opposition with ammunition.

Then, within a month after beginning his own four year term, he made a very tough decision.

This was his order last Feb.

7 to bomb Cwnmunlst North Viet Nam. And, refusing to yield to criticism, he has kept the bombing going ever since, even though it could lead to conflict with the Soviet Union and Red China.

Since no other problem in the past three months has required such drastic action, this one example is not enough evidence on which to build a case for a hardnosed man In the White House.

Its hard to say whether he was being tough or Just rough in the way he recently handled the prime minister of India and the president of Pakistan, both of whom were to visit here soon.

He canceled their visits sd abruptly that The Assoclat e d Press reported from India that the prime minister was deemed publicly disgraced. The reason?

The White Housc said Johnson was going to be too busy' with Viet Nam and Congress to receive the two visitors who are next door neighbors in Asia, but not friendly ones.

But The AP reported from India it is generally believed there that Johnson did what he did to show his displeasure with India and Pakistan.

Johnsons action undoubtedly reflects the feelings of many Americans who are getting fed up seeing the United St a t e s lambasted by countries which have had their hands out for U.S. help.

History may decide that the United States, in playing meek nursemaid to countries it hoped to keep away from communism with American aid, pur-(Continued on page 5)

(Christian Science Monitor)

Inexormbly, the magnitude of the internal problems facing the United States grows. The steadily rising population will pass the 200,000,(XX) mark in a .vear or so, ^ast urban conglp. merations spread over the landscape like seeping water. The crime rate soars. Education falls needlessly short of preparing millions of you n g people for the world they will ive in. The air one breathes grows fouler. Natural beauty disappears.

Will America, In the third of a century left it before the year 2,0(X), find an answer to these and other similar problems? Or will the 20th century go down as the hundred years in which the United States and many anot her country was swamped by matters which it did not recognize early enough and which it did not tackle boldly enough? If leas than adequate action is taken, these problems will reach monumental proportions before the century is out.

It is for such considerations as these that we view hopefully President Johnsons decision to call four major parleys hi Washington this summer. They will diseuaa education, civil rights, beautification and health. Each of these Is a topic which is now tn t h e forefront of national thinking, but a topic upon which much more thinking is urgently needed. Anything which can stimulate constructive thought on

these wjbjects can greatly serve national well - being.

But the thoughts given at these conferences must be constructive. They must be fresh, stimulating anc penetrating, else they will provide no better answers than those which have already iwovcn themselves inadequate.

Most important of all, we feel, can be the White House conference on education. Indeed, no country is likely in this day and age to solve its other problems if that of education is not solved first.

And central to the whole question of education is that of providing worthwhile schooling to children from what may be termed the "nonacademic homes In the great and middle - s^d cities. To give but a single "^example: reportedly

there are today in Philadelphia alone 30,000 Negro youths between the ages of 18 and 25 who are school dropouts and have never held a Job. Regardless of the social, racial, economic, and regional c o m-plexltles surrounding such a situation. there can be no blinking the fact that at some point education failed, and failed cruelly.

What is so desperately needed in the field of education, as in so many other problem fields, is new Ideas and new inspiration. Mans progress so far shows that such ideas and iTisplration are available in abundant measure. But they must be seized and utilized.

dotmloving g^axkto wtft repulse any Invasion from your planet, even if it means all-

out war in space.

"Our constellation is made up of peace-loving planets committed to raising the standard of living for reasonable beings everywhere. But we will not allow foreign intervention, which, in the name of science, Is nothing more than a plan of aggression by Earthmen to change the Pegasus way of life.

"Our revered leader, Astro storm XII, said in a speech to 10,000 moving stars last night that if Earth continues its efforts to explore space he will be forced to escalate and will send 2 billion volunteers to defend the planetary system.

"He told them that Pegasus seeks nothing for itself, but it Is obligated to come to the aid of its alliee,. He explained that under the domino theory, if Earth managed to conquer one solar system, another system would fall and then another and before long every galaxy would be .enslaved.

"He called for immediate negotiations with the parties in volved. He said it was essential that the solar systems be neutralized. If the leaders failed to agree, Astrostorm warned it might mean the end ctf the universe as we know it.

"The question is. can Earth be brought to its senses? Youve got a nice little planet down there and everybodys getting along great. Why do you want to invade space? Why are you willing to gamble your future for a bunch of broken-down stare? - -

"Needless to say. Pegasus has the most terrifying weapons ever invented by reasonable beings. Our cosmic bomb can defoliate your Milky Way in less than one year. We have gasses in our system which can destroy not only your planed but every planet In your system.

"I especially appeal to the mothers of Earth to beseech the leader of your planet to stop these foolish adventures that could only bring disaster to everyone,

"This is Pegasus Rose, broadcasting from station CTA - 102 Before signing off. I'd like to play for you our latest hit song, Stardust.

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From ! Pasts

By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Copyright. 1968, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

A eurlouB thing is happening on both aides of the Atlan^ tic"Ocean: two leaders of governments that represent the Lift are busy stealing the clothes of the,conservative op-poslUon. and ere busy making everyone or almost everyone like it. This is a switch on what used to happen in the earlier days of the century, when the Tories in England were hard et work swiping planks from Uoyd Georges liberal platforms and the Republicans in the United States were enacting the proposals of William Jennings Bryan and the western Populists into national law;

The most obvious ease of current theft is that of Harold Wilson, Britains Labor Party Prime NDnlster. who has decided to use methods of defending the British pound that would surely have outraged that departed Laborite firebrand. Aneurln Sevan. Swallowing thdr pride, the members of Mr. Wilsons party have accepted t drastically re-i^ctlve budget and have raised the tax rates on the poor as well as on the rich (who are now relatively poor, anyway). And it is not only the . pound that Mr. Wilson Is defending in a classic way; he has also taken a turn In foreign policy that, however much !t insults the pacifist memory of old George Lansbury. must be highly pleasing to the shades of such staunchly conservative Britons as Disraeli, Rudyard Kipling, and Sir Winston Churehin.

JOHN

CHABIBIBLADI

All of this has come about In London not because Harold Wilson is a secret Rightist, but because, as Ralph Waldo Emerson once put it, when "things are In the saddUe, they ride mankind. If Mr. Wilson had let Indonesias Sukarno take over the neighboring state of Malaysia, which had been promised protection by Britain, he would have been ridden out of office on a rail. And if he had let the pound collapse, the ensuing devaluation would have blown his party to bits.

"Things, on the U. S. side of the Atlantic Ocean, have also been riding Lyndon Johnson, who has been compelled to take a strong line in South Vietnam. Much as he might like to do it, Johnson cant pull the U. S. out of Southeast Asia. Decampment would let Thailand and Burma go down the drain and put an unbearable strain on India. Australia. New Zealand, the Philippines. Taiwan, and Japan to say nothing, of course, of the Malaysia that has forced Harold Wilson to steal an act from Winston Churchill.

Lsmdon Johnsons show of strength in Asia docs not indicate that he is a secret Oold-waterlte. It merely indicates that the logic of the conservatives. in this dangerous latter half of the Twentieth Century, cannot be evaded bv pragmatic leaders any more than the logic of the liberals could be dodged by practical politicians in . the depression-ridden Nineteen Thirties. Johnson and Wilson are both caught up in something that is bigger than ideology, for if they were to follow orthodox Leftist theory they would simply be handing over the entire world outside of Western Europe and North America to Castro-type demagogues who would soon snuff out all vestiges of personal liberty. _____

Having been pushed Into the same comer, Lvndon Johnson and Harold Wilson have naturally turned to each other for both solace and strength. To help protect Malaysia. Mr. Wilson has had to defy the last-ditch Labor Party pacl-(Continued on page I)

CAB Prolongs .Airline Movies

Strength For Today

By ELMER ROESSNER The Civil Aeronautics Board has delivered an uppercut to the International Air Transport Association. In consequenee, international air passengers may see movies longer than expected.

The C-A.B. has not been

law very carefully, deold e d that before It gave approval, it would have to allow 60 days for objections, and arranged for publication of this ruling on May 3 and May 13. This means that it could not approve until after July 18 and it means that the April 27

By EARL L. DOUGLASS A VITAL QUESTION Dr. George A. Butterlck, one of the outstanding preachers and religious leaders of today, has a clever way of deal 1 n g with people who profess to be atheists and unbelievers. "You dont believe in God?" inquires Dr. Butterlck, "Tell me about what kind of a God you dont believe In. Maybe I dont believe in Him elthe*.

TTiere is, of course only one God but there Is a variety .of images which men have of God. notions, theories, doctrines Some people regard God as Impersonal force. For others He te a Creator who made the world and then went away and left it. For still others He is an avenging deity who pounces down on th sinner and gives him what is coming to him. For others God is e far-

off. nebulous, hisy Being or perhaps only an idetr- exerting very little Influence on human life and behavior.

The Bible teaches that God is the creator of the heavens and the earth. Furtherm ore. God has continued to manifest Himself and His will through godly men (prophets, psalmists ministers, priests, ratals, world leaders). The Christian holds that Gods (reatest revelation came through Jesus Christ. The 27 books of t h e New Testament constitute an account of how that disclosure took place and what men ki the early centuries thought of it.

Some of us like this definition of God; "God is a Spirit, infinite,etemil, and unchangeable in His being, wlsd o m, power, holiness. Justice, goodness, and truth."

exactly palsy with the I.A.T.A. deadline effectively kills the

The C.AJB. has long held that proposal to end movies,

lower plane fares would develop more passengers and eventually mean more profits.

I A T.A., a cartel of 93 airlines. has not agreed. Lower domesUo 'fares in the United States appear to have greatly increased riders tn the sky.

Last summer I.A.T.A., meeting in Athens, voted a nqw schedule oi air fares. Beceuie they did not provide for tub-tantlal cuts, the C.AB. has refused to approve of them, thus leaving the old rates in effect.

Recently lA.T.A. polled members on a proposal to end in fllgh* movies on September 1. The propoeel provided that it would be void tf the governments concerned did not approve April 27.

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ROESSNER

Since the question appears moot, not many objeotlona are likely to be filed. However, the three major companies supplying c(]uipment for sky-high movlee may object vigorously, since they will not want to see their multimlUlon dol 1 a r market fade away without fighting.

They wont lose all. however. While proposals to end movies Include aiosed circuit televi

sion, they do not call for an end of music through individual headsets.

DOMESTIC AIRLINES NEAR AGREEMENT

Meanwhile, the 11 major domestic airlines are working mi a plan to end movies in the air. While all seem In favor, a plan has not yet been drawn up for C.A.B, approval.

Four of the lines, Trans World, United, American and Continental, show movies and wish they hadnt. They have found that movies do not bring new riders into the sky, although they do lure a limited number of passengers from non . flicker airlines. And the other seven, of course, would 'be delighted to see that competition end.

now syntheeiiing it. This may lead to control of the major cotton pest.

The attractant could be used to bait trape. Or it could be sprinkled on flycatchers and, boy, wouldnt that surprise the moths I

GOVERNMENT USING SEX TO GET ITS WAY

Youd Jurt know that a pa-tornaltetlc government would use sex. as well as taxes and handouts, to control the economy.

The Dtpartrnent of Agriculture has announced that It has Isolated the sex attractant material secreted by the female vlnk bollworm moth, and Is

SHORT * SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS ITEMS A Jesuit mission school at Glennallen. 180 miles northeast of Anchorage, Alaska, has traded 1,800.000 Betty Crocker coupons for a Dodge school but. People In 50 states. Germany, Italy and Turkey collected the eoupons.

"Uni Soya, a margarine made of 80 per cent soybean oil. Is i bit In Japan and may Increase demand for U.S. soybean oil. Most Japanese margarine has large parts of fish and whale oU.

Irish preference for U.S. rice has tripled Importe in three years.

Man IS amarter than machine. Since Jab. 1, be has passed off half a too of washers. slugs and foreign coins on CooneoUout's automated toll booths.