f1|he Dafly Reflector,

iville, N.C.Hiirtday. December S, St7t

^ A reshuffling ot mgh officials su(l that how going oh in the ixon administration is bound to bring yelps of anguish and cries of delight The abrupt dismissal of Interior Secretai^

fil firing of Secretalry Hickel. On the other hand there were those who nodded approval at the departure of the cabinet member, who more than any other, has seemed to be out (tf step with the

now to be a series of shifts in key administration posts. Many arch conservationists cried in pain at

Deciding The.

By BRYAN HAISLIP RALEIGH Decisions affecting the 72 style of Tar Heel p<^tics will be on the agenda for the State ITnicrlc ' Executive

delegation to the National Democratic Convention reasonably -reflect the

restored voters of the party as to sex, age and ethnic background?

Item two: should there be a presidential preferential primary for North

Candinians to express their

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choice am<Mig"candidates for the nomination?

Recommendations answering, Yes, on both scores are before the committee from the study commission on party reorganization.

Governor Bob Scott, who will miss the committee's session due to a Chicago trip to accept a national 4-H Qub award, has signified to party

titude. Thus, adoption is a foregmie exclusion; what remains to be seen is the tenor and extent of discuson before the vote is takm.

Simmons At The Helm

Running the show will be Party Chairman Eugene Simmons, who mil jn-eside, and Executive Director Chuck Barbour. A healthy attendance from the some 280 committee members, in person and by laroxy, is expected. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the State Highway Building.

A formality will be rounding out the cast of state vice chairmen called for by reorganization one for wrnnen, one fr blacks, and one for young people imder 30.

Chairman Simmons will recommend that Mrs. Margaret S. Harper of Southport continue as vice chairman for women, and that Maymr Howard Lee of Chapel Ifill serve as minority vice chairman.

To fill the youth spot, he is expected to propose State YDC President Charles Winberry of Wilson. The present occupant, L.D. Hyde of Asheville^ has aged out by virtue of passing his 30th birthday.

Placing the YDC president in die top echelon'of senior party leadership would reci^ize the contributimi of young people and encouraged didrcmitinued activity.

James B. Hunt, Jr., of Wilson, chairman oL Ah-^ reorga^^ grth^

will be iMresent to explahi its recommendations.

Divmiiic 72 Prospecto^

The combination of a

[X'esidential primary and a National Convention delegation strongly flavwed by women,- young people and blacks could make for a lively season " for f ar Heel

emocrats H presidential yeafT" For example, it could mean North Carolina votes at the Convention for a candidate of more liberal persuasion than has been favored by the states party leaders in the past,

Without question, it will mean a 72 .State Conventitm even more dramatic than the '70 version.

Of course, the Statr Democratic Executive Committee can only give its endorsement to the ix*esidential primary idea. Actual implementation is up to the General Assembfy.

While he has ex{Mressed a personal preference for the (ximary. Governor Scott has indicated he is willing to leave it to the legislature. In short, it wont be a top {xiority, arm-twisting issue as far as the Governors office is concerned.

GOP leadership already has urged legislation to make possible a preferential primary, so any move in the General Assembly likely

sui^rt.

Ihe study group recommended that results of a primary be binding upon the delegation to the Naticmal Convention at least through the first roll call vote, and that votes for candidates be apportioned on the basis of votes received in the primary.

Facing ReaUties The new method for selection of National Cwi-venti(Hi delegates takes into account the realities of the situation: a delegation which does not adequately represent women, young people, and blacks will have trouble getting seated.

. Congressional ^District conventions would' elect 75 per cent of the delegation. The remaining 25 per cent would be elected at the State Convention. Nominations would be sutaiitted by a Delegate Nominating Committee. Each Congressional District Convention would elect one person to serve on the committee. Members so diosm would elected six more memb^, widi a view to the balance of age, sex and ethnic background.

The State Qiairman would -^air the committee without the privilege of voting. Its slate would be made public in advance of actim by the State Convention.

b> the past, the Governor has submitted nominatims for 30 to 40 per cent of the delegation. While the proposed metj)iod of seteedon^ would take this authority out of his hands, he undoubtedly would continue as a practical

It is evident that after two years in office President Nixon has finally reached the decision to surround himsdf with key officials who at least will not take public issUe with his decisions eve iftlKy offer opposing views before final decisions are reached. It is a step wh|ch should strengthen the

executive department lx>th in government and in (tie nation as a whole If there has been a weakness in the Nixon administration and ttre obvioi^ly have been a number one key weakness has been the lack unity of leadership at the top administrative level. In his first two years in office President Nixon has

haslS^rcOTfelslirip administrative levels off important policy matters, and confusion on down the line over what the President wanted done and how it should be accomplished.

What is happening now in the Nixon administration is not unique. It happens in most administrations after a year or two. And usually the result is a stronger and mwe effective leadership for the country as a whole.

^ We trust the same will be true with the Nixon administration in the two years ahead.

matter to have a deciding word in the selection.

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Something Everyone Con Do, Write Letter

Something that every American can do, regardless of his feelings on the Vietnam war, is write a letter to North Vietnam requesting the return of the U.S. prisoners they hold

Those who have .most strongly opposed the war, as well as those wh5 have supported it, can unite in this common cause.

The men now being held in North Vietnam were carrying out their duties as military men. Some have been held since the beginning of the United States involvement in the war. They should suffer no more. U.S. and world opinion should determine that they be returned to their homes and loved ones.

Appeals can be sent to: Ton Due Thang, President, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Hanoi, North Vietnam.

Jenkins Run? About 50-50

At Life

NEW YORK (AP) Jumping to conclusions:

Ibere is nothing that makes a man look older than trying too hard to look young.

1 have never yet heard any-hDi^|Mfaise=e<rffee wfafle drink-ingit friwn-u^pi^HMF^ plartic

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You are twice as likely to be refused a loan by a bank if you show up wearing a rakish camel

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.. Bui, on Ihe other hand, however

By JAMES KXPATRICK

The Idea Of Excellence

hair poio coat.

The only thing more boring than working for money is sitting around waiting to inherit it.

Some psychologists say that yawning is a sign you are^inter-ested in what you are doing, but no wife believes that wiien her husband stiffles a yawn while bending to kiss her.

Many a bald man finds he is growing new hair aftier 50-but most of it sprouts in his ears.

A man can be pretty sure a woman isnt interested in him if, after an hour4(mg monologue about herself, she looks up and says, Now tell me about ^ou.

By J.J. KILPATRICK It is part of the natural perversity of man, like tiie natural perversity of the cow, tiiat causes a Washington-

the story the dethroning of excellence has ai^lication far beyond the Potomac.

The capital of our country at one time had a tolerably

ByJOHNKILGO Greenville chances are about 50-50 that East Carolina University President Leo Jenkins will run for Governor of North Carolina in 1972and when he talks about the possibilities of such a race, his Marine-toughened countenance breaks into a sli^t sinile and he says: IUke.fomn.

The EC President loves politics, is unafraid of the pushing and shoving that goes on in political battles, and says it isnt unusual for a man in his position to be politically motivated.

I tell our students and the members of our faculty to get involved in pditics, Dr. Jenkins says. This is their land, their country, and politics is their business. If I bdieve this to be true, and I do, then Id look rather silly if I said that just because Im a University president, I think politics is beneath my dignity.

Dr. Jenkins is sending up trial balloons to get a reading of any chances he mi^t have in the Governors race. Like a half dozenothmr politicians in the State, polls have been taken to test Ms strength with thepeofde.Rim^ to learn that one poll circulating North Carolina shows Leo Jenkins to be

very strong name in the East.

^me observers believe that Dr . Jenkins is^ making noises about the Governors race to strengthen his hand in

the 1971 Legislature, where he plans to win a medical school for East, Carol^a. Ther might be a touch of truth to that, but it isnt the whole story. Jenkins, honest-to-goodness, Aunt Virginia, is seriously thinking of running for Governor.

He went to Charlotte for the Davidson-East Carolina football game, arriving there last Thurs^y. On Friday he held a series of news cm-fereices and spent some time on the telephone talking with friends. Right now. Dr. Jenkins is concerned about money, because its figured that it will take $1 million or more to run for Governor in 1972.

Im.going to address myself to that situation as times goes on, Dr. Joikins says. North Cardina should be a pioneo* ^te, to take a stand and say we want no part of a kinnaker. like it or pot, as things are going now, a man must be a millionaire or have access to a million or more dollars before he can hold high office. Thats a sad situation and it takes us far away from Jdfefspnian Democracy. I have not asked anyone for any money and dont intend^ to; r lann fd prserit^^^

credentials, to say this is how Ive paid my dues, and let the people decide.

t^effwmspondentlbwrile^ very little of Washington itsdf. Honeysuckle always looks more interesting somewhere else. Thus most of us have passed ovct the latest chapter in the sad story of the District of Columbia schools, and it merits a moment of your time.

For it is a sad story. The poor kids! And the point of

good system of puhltc^ schools. True enough, these were segregated schools, prior to the fall of 1954, but they are remembered as reasonably happy and productive schools in uhich teachers taught and ixipils learned and violence rarely stalked the halls.

With the coming of desegregation, the picture

began to change. The school population, which had been roughly fif^^ty, btock and uhite, grew steadily blacker. Today the process of

Marriage never seems more like slavery than in the case of a husband vhose wife always shows up in tiie office toi payday to collect his check before he can cash it himself.

Leo Jenkins is 57 years old but looks 10 years younger. HHtes a hferine Major and in World War II he fought at Continued on page 8)

Other Editors Say Campaign Costs

(Henderson Dispatch)

Qmgress has beei in a hassle over a proposal to limit spending in political campaigns. Toan extent it still is.

Purpose of l^islatiim that has been offered is to restrict radio and television spoiding. It is claimed that only those who are well heeled financially are capable of meeting the costs. The Democrats are interested in imposing the restrictions because their bank accounts are not as fat as the RepuUicans, thus giving the advantage to the latter under present procedures.

But all the laws that may be enacted will not be foolproof. No (me knows or can kimw all the money that is poured into political campaigns, since there is little chance of detmnining outlays 1^ individuals, and to an extent organizations as well. Friends of candidates coidd still spend money without authorities discovering all of it in every instance.

In recent times, it has been common belief that cmly the rich, or those uho have rich friends, can finance a bid for high office. That is true in varying degree also of those seeking public favor at lower levels. B is claimed that many well qualified men andw(Mnen aredenied public service for this reas(m. There is an element of truth in that theory.

Legislaticm passed by Oongress would naturally place some restrictions (m c{anpaign spending,Tnit it win hardy put file clamps on office-seekors ccmipletely because of loofdioles that coulii scarcely be reached by any sort of law.

At the same time, it has come to be ridiculous in the extreme as to theoosta oi running for office, hi most instances, salaries invidved would not cover election costs, ii some instances, offices are sought for the prominence and prestige involved, hi <Xhar eii, it to bdiewKi, candiM^ those who

have motives of their own by way of benefits of one sort or another that would be expected.

The time has l(mg since gene when, in most instances, a qidified^psw coidcLann^^ his candidacy aiid the public

ritoegregation is virtually" complete. The Districts schools are M percmit black, six percent wtte.

During the transition period, in a desperate effort to retain some concept of excellence, the then superintendent instituted a track system but the system was challenged in Federal court and the series of disasters began.

The worst tt the disastem came in the person of Judge J. Skelly Wright. He is one of that godlike kind of men, c transplanted Southern Uberal; and Uke the CathoUc convert who becomes m('e Catholic than the Pope, Judge Wright proved to be a greater integrationist than Thaddeus Stevens. In an arrogant and doctrinaire opinion, he destroyed the track system; he decreed a ruthless egalitarianism, filled with illusion tiut empty of reas(m; and he succeeded in wrecking the system as a iriiole. The superintendent departed, leaving Judge Wright triumphant astride the ruins.

Meanwhile, the District acquired an elected school board; the teachors vaoa came (m strong; the white exodus continued, and things *got worse. Members d the school board quarreled with one another and with a new superintendent, unffa man, who came and suffer^ and went. Finally, in a valiant effort to make a fresh start, the board last winter retained Dr. Kenneth Oark to come iqt with a plqo.

He cmne up with shocker. He proposed that the pupils be taught how to read. t . Clark is a leading sociologist

"IWiil dbddling during a long phone call, do you draw a series of small boxes? That may mean you subconsciously feel fenced in and need more excitnent in your life.

If you could inspect the office day(h*eams of the highest-paid executive and the lowest-paid employe, you would find them remarkably alikeparticularly at the moment a pretty stenog-riqiher passes by.

Everybody likes to play doctor now and then, and there are two things practically all fed they have surefire cures for hiccups and warts.

We are surrounded hy the beauty of nature, but the average man lives out his' life irifiioiit being able to identify on sight 10 kinds of birds, 10 kinds of flowers, 10 kinds of trees, and 10 kinds of growing crops.

40 Years Ago Today

40 Years Ago Today ByGWYNCOGHILL Dec. 3.1930 With only twenty-one shopping days left until Christmas, shoi^pers can be seen flocking to Greenville to participate 4nFrosperity Week. Today has been proclaimed Cow Day. Included in todays events were a harvest of bargains in downtown stores and two hours of entertainment jt a local warehouse.

then left to decide on morits and (ualifications. Legal restraints may help+but they wiU not eliminate the e^ : _

Und educator; he iff incidentally, black. He noted^ (ContiBed-Oii page 8)

- Thievi Greenville. Last night a local clothing store was rcfobed of approximately $350 o (dofiiing.____________________

Open Door To Foreign Imports

STYLESCHANGE Hair and clothes. We see them walking along the street and we wonder how under heaven it has happened that dirt and bare feet and long hippie hair have come into style.

Of course its nothing to get angry about. If thats the way they want to wear their hair, okay. Blit how does it happen that the bottom of the trousm (worn dthLer by boys or ,girls) l(xA always as if 4oro?

fashion.

Alexander the Great learned to his dismay that men wearing beards were often grasped by an enemy andimthr(Hi^ with a spear. Accordingly Alexander aiid his soldiers were clean -diaven. this was probabfy not the reason that he conquered the world (although it may have becm a factor), and certainly it did not account for the fact that the term Great was a(foed to

By ELMER R0E8SNER One of IHe curious paradoxes of the cuiteiit scene is that many labor leaders are supporting legislation now in Congress that would provide for quotas

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for imports of apiwrd and dices.

American dollar was backed WtolgdMMd sfivdr^^^ could get $1 worth of silver for a paper d(dlar or $20 worth of gold for a $20 bill. But since the Depression, paper money can not be mcchanged for gold (except foreign banks) and in the lari few years dollar bills have not been exdiangeable for minted sUvo* dollars. So paper money has become lest valuable all the time.' UboriPart Meanwhile, labor and lots of other people have been taking advantage of soft

his name Hu imi pw*t Labcff Spokesmen say thaf money. AidedJiy ibeJabcr

Now lets be sensible.

Hiere are^emmih divisive fctors in life to make us worry every hour of the day.. Dont let us add hair and crazy riofiiM to factors itf division. Lo the efiier way if you dont like them. Widk briskly and make a big fuss esrer a.friendyou niMt who is Pressed in |a conservative

Indeed^ not just as a soldier, a _^Worid_- conqueror^ _but primarily as one wdio give history a new turn. But he couldnt stay away frcnn the botfie, (x* wdiatever they kept liquor in at thl|it time. Alexander the Great-, won-derfid as indeed he was, died in his early thirties as the result of a drunken brawl.

ByEarlL.Oonglass

(giotas on theseimporto are Mcesjwry toJir^^ the jobs of American workers.

The strange thing about fills is that labor itself is responsiUe f(Mr file situation it (foplores.

Now labor is not entirely to \ blame for inflation. The basic reason is thgt the United Skates butkieii operates on rubber money. Once the

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shortage caused by the in-flatiqnaiy. towm and by laws that give lal^ tiegotiators one wild card In every hand of wage-negotiation poker, unions have pushed up wages.

It is (ihfficult for a union to lose a striim, even today with almost 6 per cent of the labor force idle. Labor has been demandiiM all the traffic

will bear, and remember that was ar expresiTOT^^ devised by a corporation presidmit.

Wage increases have exceeded increases in productivity; wages have increased beycmd the rise in consumer inices. >* And these increases have not only priced American products out of foreign markets but they have opened the way to foreign imports here.

Beyond Competition American wages are so high, and f(weign wages so Jaw, that a foreign nathm.can

And this has led to the \ manirfacturr^ tif^ever- ^ increasing shares of Americas goods abroad. Thats the export of American Jobs, so frequentiy mentioned here.

And now American workers are joining the campaign for quotas on textiles or shoes. If those two industries get those benefits, all other industries in similar positions will demand it.

This will be fcdlowed by demands for higher tariffs; then by demands for pn^ibitive tariffs or even < embargoes. At the same time

make a product better than the cnrreMSionMng American: product, pay freight ciosts to the United States, pay duty and still sell it cheaper than the American product. Asia,' Latin America and Caribbean w8e rie far lower than American. Some have been (xily 10 crats an hour. And even wages in Westom Europe Are below Americas.

U.S. products freed from foreign competition will go up in ^ price and labor will demand new rounds of wage increases. t

Meanwhile, foreign nations, will invoke countermeasures, barring the imports of ^eDcAn goods we will have cut off thOy^w of-diSiars y^ich they need to byy U.S. goods.