Riofihg, Killing Not The Way

^ track eventi at Kent State University MeBday mutt kave us all wondering just what our ntioo it coming to.

Four students dead, two of tiiem coeds, as erupted wfaiie National guardsmen moved in on an unruly student demonstration.

FoBowing such a terrible event it is inevitable start s^rching for someone to blame. Studw ssmipathisers immediately see it as the E^bhahment shooting down unarmed young peo^Thote who oppose what the students have Md^ on the Kent State campus will feel that ovenunent was doing what had to be done if any symMance of order was to be preserved.

As always, the truth lies in between. Somehow roweyoung people on die Kent State campus were mp^ iq) into a frenzy so that the accepted bounds of dissent were exceeded. As had often hap^^ in recent years, the National Guard was alM in to rmtore order. Guardsmen, however, are kw^y civilians. Th^r are young, too, just like the face and they know that when they are

calW out it is M a last resort to preserve order.

Somehow in the confusion the shots were fired and four young people died needlessly.

We must learn from this, and other recent ^ts, ^t dissent is essential in a democracy. Destruction and outright defiance of our laws is the cancer that will destroy democracy.

^ere are bounds, which have been carefully spelled out by the courts, for registering dissent.

Talks Are Hurt By Cambodia

By WILLIAM L. RYAN AP %cclal CbrretpmdeBt

Because of Cambodia, hopes for meaningful talks between the two superpowers have taken a bad beating.

g Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosjrgins words Monday ware a barometer of feitre weathek, Presklint Nixons pfofoeeed goal of an "era of negotiation" has been ievwaly aet back not only with regard fo Indochina, but in such other enormously important areas as the Middle East and SAi;r, the strategic arma limitation taikt now going on in Vienna.

On 0ie SALT aesslons, for example, Praaldent Nixon , has skid (hat the Amaricans are ditirfliined to try to "reach agraMMfioU that will not only protect our national security, but actually enhance it." What does Kosygin say now?

"Our delegation," the Soviet leader told correspondents, "went to Vienna to have serious negotiations. Of coirse all negotiatiooa are based on a spirit of trust between par-tiee. But when treaties are flouted, elementary stan* dardsof intematiooal law are violated, this does not in-creaae trust, the trust without which it is difficult to conduct negotiations."

Ihat seemed to mean that while the Russians woald make no move to break off the talks, they have little expectation of significant Orogress in \^enna.

On Indochina and the Vietnam talks in Paris, (Resident Nixon said a few days ago the Iftiited States would continue trying to end the war at that negotiating table "rather than through more fighting on the battle-fidd." But it looks, at best, like a long, muggy summer for the Paris talks uliich began two years ago. In fact, the new bombing of North Vietnam offers an excuse to Hanoi to boycott or end the talks if it chooses. On this matter, Kosygin said there were "no grounds to bdieve the Ikiited States came to the peace talks in the spirit of good will."

What about the chances for a new Geneva conference on kidochina? The Soviet Uhion is cochairman with Britain of what conference. ITte Uiited States and Britain have bem prodding Moscow to call a new meeting.

But, said Kosygin, the Unitad States it already "flouting m Geneva agreements of 1IS4 and on Indochina. Ituis, tew should repeated statementi of the U S. President on paaeing frdih an era of oonfirontation to an era of negotiation be understood?"

On matters such aa the Middle fiaat and tensions in general, President Mxen has cxpreaaed cbnfidence that mgeri eoild be ttAm by pdtient eCforta to recendl conflicting intereata. In the Biddle Eaat,hehia said, "we have a common into^ in avoiding direct confrontation," and thus the administration has urged limitation of the shipments of arms to bdligerents.

That seems out the window for the moment. Kosygin suggests its none of the Americans business what his pilots and specialists are doing in Egypt. Ihe Russians have shipped new equipment to the Arabs, and the Americans are considering new planes for Israel.

Ihe Kosygin statements indicated that Soviet p(Xitical leaders were enormously angry with Presjdent Nixon. Kosygin was telling him that American-Soviet relations were dangerously low and that it was Nixons fault.

The developments, of course, also cause difficulties for Moscow. Red China has jumped into the new Indochina situation by arranging a summit conference of the leftist leaders of fodochina and by seeking to display itself as the real friend and ix'otecter of Asian communism. This probably has moved the Russians to do something more than wringing hands and de|dor-ing. Thus Kosygins statements are accompanied a promise of yet more sophisticated military hardware for North Vietnam.

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Fitting Awards For Outstonding Service

The Crusaders of York Memorial AME Zion Church htmored Dr. Robert Lee Humb^ and John Taylor for their outstanding wrark as co chairmen of the Citizens Awareness Committee.

The chairmen were presented engraved plaques and certificates of appreciation were presented to citizens of the committee.

This committee and the co - chairmen per^ formed a great service to the dty during the time of crisis at Rose High.

We feel that the good they accomplished will be lasting and it will lead to oustanding race relatione in the city. The honors accorded to them were w^ deserved.

Nixon Decision

Believed Right

ByJ.J. KILPATRICK

It was six oclock on a sunny afternoon, out here on the Coast, when Nixon made his speech on the Cambodian operation. I listened to it in a motel room listened in pride and sadness and elation and after a while I went down to Fresnos handsome municipal auditorium to speak to a town forum on current events.

Ite decision was right, I said; but when a series of hoitile questions came floating up from the flora*, I sensed anew the bitter truth of Santayanas famous maxim. Iliose who fail to foam from history must take their lessons again. How can one teach history in an hour?

the next five months, the enemy increased its pressure in Vietnam. Nixon made no response. Two weeks ago, in a speech announcing his commitment to further tr(^ withdrawals, he repeated his warning. But these were words. Were they empty words? 'The enemy resumed its developing pattern with the classic inevitability of a Bach fugue: New

provocations in Laos, new pressures in Cambodia.

tWtat Hava thb Presidvnts critics learhed from the hiitory of Communist

aggfaasion ovar tha past thirty yari? More deeply, what have they learned from the history of Western civilization? Surely they should have learned at least this much that the enemy retreats from a positive show of force, and advances at every sign of softness. And we should have learned this, too, that there is no finite point in the fight to preserve mens freedoms; this fight goes on forever.

This was, all over again, point counterpoint, the closing of access to Berlin; it

was the deployment of missiles in Cuba. It was a short move and a long move, a test of Nixon and a test of America. It was a raise in the pot, chips down, and let the ribbon cforks get out of the game. Nixon had to ill. Two warnings were enough.

It is therefore an exercise in definitions to ask, when will the war end? Which war? The historical impudence known as Vietnam? Or the vastly more difficult war, the war that has no end? If the Cambodian operation is to be understood at all, it has to be understood in both contexts; and in both contexts the Presidents decision is courageous, necessary and wise.

Most of these con

siderations go to the long war, the war that has no end. Nixons decision was sound for the short run also. For at least four years, our most experienced military leaders have been pleading for action against the Cambodian sanctuaries. Their appeals cb-opped out of sight in the down pillow of a no-win policy. In fairness, the Sihanouk government {N'esented obstacles also. But every reporter who ever got briefed by a general, in Saigon or Honolulu or Washington, heard the same off-the-record frustration expressed. How could the city of Washington be defended, to borrow Nixons analogy, if an enemy command at Baltimore could never be attacked?

On November 3, the President gave warning: "Hanoir could make no greater mistake," he said, "than to assume that an increase in violence will be to its advantage. If I craiclude that increased enemy action jeopardizes our remaining forces in Vietnam, I shall not hesitate to take strong and effective measures to deal with that situation."

The question in Hanoi, in Moscow, in Peking, was: Did Nixon mean it? Or was he bluffing? Little by litUe, for

Well. Senator Aiken says the decision is tragic, and Senator Hatfield finds it unbelievable, and Senator Goodell is aghast. But it may be that their reaction of Friday morning, like the hostile questions here Thursday night, fails to reflect the instinctive understanding of wiser but less articulate Americans. My guess is that the people know, better than the politicians, when a risk ought to be taken. And they will not love they will rather despite the timid leader who fails his people when the hour comes.

Strength For Today

TEMPTATION The statement in the Lords Prayer. "Lead us not into temptation," has baffled many. God does not Himself tempt us (James 1:13-15). He permits us to be tempted in order that we be tested and ma<fo strong. Even Jesus went through the experrax of temptation. In the First Epistle to the Corinthians (Chapter 10) we are assured that God "will with the tranptation alao make a way to escape that we may be able to bear it."

The best way to deal with temptation is to get out of its way if possible. We can avoid most temptations if we will. We are usually tempted because of the company we keep, the aituatfone in which wixifow fMMlMi tobecome toeeived. It is not cowardice ^(betefliptatfoo. It is folly if

we have a chance to avoid temptation and fail to do so. This does not need to be spelled out for any of us. We know the things that tempt us, the people that tempt us. Many years ago a man of splendid Oiristian character used to declare that although he had never taken a drink in his life the af^rance o liquor constituted for him a tremendous temptation to drink. He was a member of a family in which there was much heavy drinking with disastrous results.

NEW EGYPTIAN PYRAMID!

Now we ere exceetfing those bounds, other peoples Rsedoms ere eficted end ultimetely tregedieB such et the one et Kent State result

All Americans should Item from this that rioting, burning end killing ere not the way to change things in a democracy. The route we are taking will only destroy our liberties; and as surely as such things continue our rights are going to be abridged.

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Right at this present moment there is a woman whose marriage was broken iq> by her husbands drinking. She has wisely counselled the one child of that mairiage never to gtoftartad, aadlwis in his early fifties aad to date has met all tests.

Gout Victims Males

By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (AP) -Jumping to concluskms:

Mneteen out of 20 victims of gout are male, and those who have never had this painful affilication think it is funny. But if the situation were reversed and 10 out of 20 of its victims were female, nobody would laugh at gout. Ihis is because any disease which chronically affects women is always treated with great sympathy and respect.

After-dinner speakers are borne, not made.

A thrifty wife is one who can use her discarded miniskirts to make her husband some of those newfangled wide ties.

By JOHN CUNNIPP

Harsh Measures Ahead?

Ifo matter how mighty man becomes, there is always something to keep him humble. Fbr example, he can construct machines that will take him to the moon and backbut still cant take two wire coat hangers off a closet rack without getting them entangled.

NEW YORK (AP) - After consistently rejecting suggestions that voluntary wage-price guideposts be reinstated to help in the battle against inflation, the Nixon administration could be forced to use even harsher measures.

These measures could include rigid controls on wages, prices and credit, such as have been used in wartime. The White House hasnt said so but pressures that could force such a move seem to be growing relentlessly.

Among the forces: wages, prices and interest rates craitin-ue to rise; the hopes of a budget surplus have diminished so as to barely exist anymore; the increase of military activity in Southeast Asia could mean more military spending.

events which are forcing the government to become a prime contributor to inflation

At any rate, the very determined administration efforts to re-establish economic stability show few clearcut results. Moreover, with the econrany showing signs of perking up again, the biggest test still could be ahead.

facts? After a determined psychological, fiscal and monetary battle since the beginning of 1969, is the economy really in a confused mess, as claimed by some critics?

When you make a friend after 40, its usually because you share his weaknesses rather than admire his abilities.

"The monetary and fiscal authorities thus face perhaps the most difficult period in the fight against inflation," Chase Manhattan Bank comments. It adds:

While independent economists seem to grow more critical as the anti-inflation prc^ram fails to produce predicted results, the administrations men stoutly defend their measures and urge patience.

If all the childless couples in America were forced to accept a three-month divorce, three out of four would immediately remarry at the end of that period. But if the divorce were for two years, only half would.

"Now and for the next few months they must walk a tightrope between the excessive ti^itness that could produce a bad recession and premature case that could reinvigorate inflation."

The economy, they say, is in a lot better shape than is apparent. Short-term results may not be so obvious, they explain, but the foundation is being built for a healthier economy later this year and in 1971.

Whats in a name? Women used to slap it on a plate and call it hash; now they cook it in a dish and call it a casserole. But you still have to gamble on \diat the contents are.

Lionel D. Edie k Co., economic consultant to industiy, puts it this way in a letter to its clients:

"The intentions oi mraietary and fiscal authorities are being undermined by uncontrollable

Pierre Rinfret puts it more bluntly. Recently he told his industrial clients: "We have polluted our economic environment as badly as our physical environment.

Is this a true statement of the

Investors, at least, arent buy-ii the explanation. In fact, rather than restoring confidence in the market, the Presidents statement that he would buy stocks if he had the cash is being interpreted as evidence that the White House really doesnt know how bad things are.

One of the annoying things about wives is that they wont believe a husband evrai if he " swears on the Bible, but will take as gospd truth anything a $5 fortuie teller or tea leaf reader tells them.

About the most helpful thing a young man can learn early in life is never to lend more than $10 to a guy who wears dice cufflinks. Hell usually cop out.

Public Forums

To the Editor:

We are striving v7 hard to have a clean city.

There was a time when you could travel around the city and you could tell uten you were in an all-Negro community by the rubbish on the sidewalks. However, that is not so now. I wish you would send your news reporter to the comer (rf Pitt and West Third Streets and see the garbage cans on the sidewalk.

0. James Rooks

To the Editor:

(ki Friday, May 1, an announcement, paid by a group known as the Good Government Cbuncil, appeared in the Daily Reflech* whidi used, witiiout our knowledge ra* consent, the name of the League of Women Voters of Pitt Oounty.

This announcement focuKd on the absence of Cbngressman Walter Jones from a public "Meet the Candidates" forum presented by the Provisional League of Women Voters of Greenville Pitt County April 24. Although Congressman Jones previously planned to attend, he found he was unaUe to come and telegraphed his regrets and reason. This fact was annomced at the forum.

Ihe League of Women Voters is non - partisan and does not endorse or oppose any candidate or party. Never does it lend its name to any group or person who supports, opposes, or takes to task a candidate or party. Sincerely yours,

Mrs. PhiUp Clark President, Provisional League of Women Voters of Greenville-Pitt County

Opinions In Brief

Motto for 1970 college students: "Count that day lost whose setting twilight sun, sees no (dd riot finished or no new riot begun.

"When you have accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake." Victor Hugo.

"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in, craitinue firm and constant - Socrates.

Signs of the times: A major landmark of inflation has passed here practically unnoticed. A major hotel now charges 35 cents to check your hat or coatand it is payable in advance.

No one feris mra*e that God is against him than a fellow who misses winning the first prize in a church raffle because his ticket had every digit ri^texc^t the last one.

An ambitious thief is one who tried to steal an office dock in the blind hope that it isnt being watched.

AMKABCABCEBSOaiTY

Ibe situation in Wall Street is so dismal that some smart brokers are reported quietly lining up the best comers there to set up apple selling booths.

Inflation Fight Not Kilroy's

By ELMER ROESSNER The fight against inflation is not for Mike Kilroy. Like H. Allen Smith, he is the low man on the totran pole.

Kilroy, like a million other Americans, wants a hrane of his own. But he finds out that

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The reason, Kilrt^ finds out, is that corporations, although they may have to pay 10 per cent to borrow money to expand their operations, have to pay only half as much for their borrowings, because their interest is tax deductible and corporate tax rates are more than 50 per cent.

to save his money. There must be a lot of Kilroys; the rate of home building as fallen sharply; few people can afford to buy homes; even Richard Nixon is worried about the situation.

the mortgage will coat him at least 8V4 per cent, which is calculated to be the average. Actually, with points, extras and finders feet, it may coat him 10V4 per cent.

But Kilroy is a courageous guyhe was there in World War II, you rememberand is not easily licked. He determines to go ahead and buy a plot of ground. Then be cant find a builder. Alf the builders he sees in the yellow pages are off on corporation jobs. And If there are Ai who are nsf, they caat foie raso. Ctff sgatliM Advsalagti

In one way, Kilroy has it good. He may have to pay 8, 10 per cent or more on the money he borrows and his interest payments are tax deductible just at cor-poratkms are. But whUe a corporation gets about a 50 per cent tax saving, Kilroy does not because he is in a lower bracket.

But even if he saves his money Kilroy is at a disadvantage. If he puts it in a savings bank, he can get only 5 per cent, unless he signs it away for a year or more, or has to.OOO or $100,000 to deposit without privilege <rf withdrawal.

York State and New York City taxpayers.

, But even if Kilroy can buy $5,000 worth of these bonds, he can get the equivalent of only a little more than 7.10 per cent on his money. The best he can probably do is get 5 per cent bank interest on his money, less what he pays in income taxes on that 5 per cent. Hie bank, however, can earn the equivalent of 14.31 per cent on the money Kilroy and others deposit.

If he wants to put it into Treasury bills, he also has to have it in $10,000 or more chunks. Those Treasury bill rates are high, but only for the ridi.

Kilroy ought to ask for a deferment in the war on inflation.

So hit saving, per-centagewiae or in doUara, ia much less than that of cor-poratiais. Furthermore, he cant afford to attract a contractor or to hire one away from a corporatfon Job. Savtop Disadvatoagei Uadar theaa dr-

cumatanctt, Kil^ may dedde not to buUd a heutot but

A current ad by Bankers Trust Co., New York, offers New York State Dormitory Authority (City University) 7.10 per cent bonds at 100, in IS,000 doninationt. This the f advertiaement saya, is eqidvafont to taxable yfoU for oaporattona af 14 Jl par coht, aadtegltofiipilvalaiit yfoidi wenid appfy to New

New Weight Umita Set On Ah* Baggage The old days when airplane passengrars had to payand pay through the nose for bagging exceeding 40 pounds are gone. The Civil Aeronautics Board has approved an agreement among domestic airlines that each PMsenger May check two

bap weighing up to 70 pounds oach, plus a limited bag carriad on board, without tra chaife. 1

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