-irhe Dally Reflector, Greenville, N.C.TTiursday. March 22, 1973

Democrats Have Grief Enough

SOME SECOND THOUGHTS?

Ever since Gov. Holshouser was elected last fall as the first Republican governor of the century, there has been that thought in the air that the Democratic controlled Legislature could strip him of his appointive powers. With no veto power, of course, the governor could do nothing to halt this erosion of the governors powers.

Responsibility Awes Flaherty

By BRYAN HAISLIP RALEIGHDavid Flaherty came to Raleigh from Boston by way of the furniture industry and politics.

He grew up poor, a kid of Irish immigrant stock in the Democratic bastion of the Massachusetts city. He acquired affulence and a key place in the administration of North Carolinas first Republican governor of the 20th century.

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Flaherty. 44 and a package of good looks, energy and business acumen, holds the reins as Secretary of Human Resources over agencies employing 24,000 people and spending 22 per cent of the state's budget.

Its an awesome responsibility, he said. The department embracing social services, public health and mental health, vocational rehabilitation and other people-oriented programs, is comparable to a major industry, he observed. The difference, added, is that its balance sheet must show human needs met instead of profits.

Impatience outweighs awe in the range of his reactions to three months as a corporate tiger in the thicket of state bureaucracy.

The slowness in which government moves, said Flaherty, is the big contrast between the present j(^ and his previous position as advertising and promotion executive for Broyhill Industries, a Lenoir furniture manufacturer.

Business Moves Faster

In business, you can see a change that needs to- be made, show the justification for it andboom! Its in

effect within a week, he said.

The public and people in human resources are ready for change and know where changes need to be made. Even though all parties are willing, its hard to bring about change.

, He intends to implement business principles in

government practice to take some of the rigidity out of the process. Management by

objective, program ac

countability, personnel training and recruitment are some of the tools which can give businesslike efficiency to the departments operation, he said.

We are not going to be guided by tradition. said

Flaherty. The bureaucratic rules of play-it-safe and dont-rock-the-boat will be ignored, he said, in looking for ways to shape up agencies within his domain.

The result will be savings in tax dollars as well as a higher

level of quality in services, he predicted.

More Savings Predicted Already, Secretary Flaherty has gone to the legislatures appropriations committee to cut the budget request for his department by some $4 million. The action, practically unheard of on the part of an administrative official, was made possible by economies achieved through management, he said.

Phase two of state government reorganization will give a handle to further mold a lean and responsive organization, he said. If enacted as proposed, it will allow the secretary to shift programs among agencies and eliminate overlapping and duplication.

We can cluster programs now fragmented among several agencies so that they complement each other, Flaherty explained. In doing so, the administrative costs of delivering services can be reduced while enhancing the services to people, he said.

It could mean another $5 to $7 million in savings when the next annual budget is presented to the General Assembly in 1974, he added.

Plunge Into Politics Flaherty moved into GOP politics when he came to North Carolina with Broyhill Industries in the late 50s. He served as a state Senator in the l%9and 1971 sessions. He formed a warm friendship with the Representative from Watauga County, James E. Holshouser Jr.

The friends election as governor brought the opportunity for the transition from businessman to bureaucrat. Flaherty took it, against his wifes advice and at a $10,000 cut in salary, because of his keen interest in the fields covered by the human resources department.

I dont think I would have come for any other position, he said.

There are GOP-watchers who think they discern in Flaherty candidate timber for the 1976 campaign to to pick Holshousers successor. Some others question whether Tar Heels are quite ready to elect a governor with a Boston broad-A accent.

Flaherty turns the speculation aside with a disarming smile. Do you know what youll be doing in 1976? he parried the question. If youd asked me seven months ago, I wouldnt have thought Id be where I am today. Mangement has been foremost in his mind for the initial months as human resources secretary. Programs will have priority later in the year.

We will take the initiative in devloping new ways to meet the needs of people, he said. I look for some exciting programs to be ready for the General Assembly when it meets next year.

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More thoughtful leaders in the Democratic party have cautioned against any moves such as this. They recognized that Gov. Holshouser was, after all, elected by popular vote of the peoplethe same people who elect the legislators. The governor was elected to an office with its powers intact. Thus any move to strip Gov. Holshouser of the powers of office the previous Democratic governors had could result in a strong adverse reaction among the voters.

Certainly this would be of concern to Democratic party leaders who are trying to bring their party back closer to the people. The party is already saddled with power groups who have tenacious holds on certain boards and commissions and who seem in some cases bent on defying public need. Add to that a raw attempt to weaken the governors office because a Republican now occupies it and the potential for disaster is obvious.

Well, along comes a bill in the General Assembly which would take away the governors power to appoint the State Board of Elections. The bill provides instead that the state party with the highest registration would appoint the State Board of Elections. Since this is the Democratic Party, that would mean a state board controlled by Democrats. This would reflect on down to county boards where Democratic control would be maintained.

Of course, such a bill can be passed in the Democratic controlled Legislature, but we believe that the legislators should resist the pressure to vote for such a bill.

The Democratic Party has enough problems now convincing the public that it is responsive to the peoples wishes. Anything that looks like an effort to strip away gubernatorial powers is just going to compound party problems.

Jim Hunt Sees Lots Of Work

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By JOHN KILGO

RALEIGH - Lt. Gov. Jim Hunt says hes pleased with what the Tar Heel Legislature has accomplished thus far, but he adds: Now weve got to start looking towards that May adjournment date and theres still a tremendous amount of work to be done.

Hunt also told me in an interview that most of the mail arriving at the Legislature is from people wanting the soft-drink and tobacco taxes to stay as they are; he thinks Gov. Jim Holshouser is doing a commendable job; and he feels the Democrats will once again control the Legislature in 1974.

Heres the way my talk with Hunt went:

Question; Are you pleased with the progress the Legislature has mad^ thus far?

Hunt: Yes. Weve talked about having a good beginning and I think we did. But theres a tremendous amount of work yet to be done and we must be rigorous in our work habits. If were going to annual sessions, and it appears we are, then in reality this is our first annual session. Ive been told by people with legislative epxerience that this is the hardest working Legislature that has been in Raleigh. Question: What is the Legislature going to do with the soft-drink and tobacco taxes?

Hunt; Its hard to say what will happen. Most of the people writing legislators dont want those taxes repealed, ^strange as that may sound. Theres some substantial commitment to taking off thesoft-drink tax, but I dont think its from the average person. But it may happen.

Question; Ive heard the Democrats are upset about rumors that Gov. Jim Holshouser might go on a firing binge. Would the Democrats do anything to keep that from happening?

Hunt: It depends on what the Governor does and

whether he acts with some reason. If there are mass firings of capable people, for reasons none other than politics, then you might see the Legislature react, in accordance with the wishes of many North Carolinians. The Governor is expected to put his own people in policymaking positions, and he says hes eliminating some jobs. As long as he sticks to that, I foresee no problem.

Question: How do you think Gov. Holshouser is handling his job?

Hunt: I think he's doing a commendable job in most respectjs. I havent agreed with everything hes proposed. Im concerned about the action of one of his secretaries for calling all the probation officers in the state in and berating them and greatly demoralizing them, in terms of attitude towards their work, because most of them are doing a very good job. Many of them were threatened with their jobs, if they didnt do this, that and the other. By and large, I think Gov. Holshouser is doing a commendable job. I think at this point he gets a good rating.

Question: Youre working with a Republican Governor and a Democratic Legislature. Any major problems in that regard?

Hunt: The problems are "there, but Ive been gratified with my relationship with the Legislature. I had some new and fresh ideas when I came here and some of those are being implemented. Ive had no major involvement in the executive branch of state government thus far. I might be more involved in that area when the Legislature adjourns.

Question: Do you see any major problems developing between the Democrats and Republicans?

Hunt: Not as long as we act like mature adults. You get bad results when people act petty, for partisan purposes...when people get little, then we get into trouble. But these people up here want to (Continued on page 5)

Strength For Today

PEACE AND SACRIFICE

Peace is something which has to be made. We do not get it merely by talk, or by teaching, or by exhortation. Christ made peace by his final sacrifice, namely the cross.

What is true in the case of Christ is true in the case of ourselves. We have peace only when we make it, and we make it only through sacrifice. Peace always comes where we would least expect it to emerge, namely at the point of sacrifice. The world is ready to believe that the teachings of Christ will at last lead men into world peace. But this can take

By JJ. KILPATRICK

A Land Agamemnon Saw

PHAISTOS, Crete Coming to Greece, for any Western man, is coming home. The journey is a pilgrimage, not of the heart, but of the mind, an intellectual experience at once humbling and exalting.' Here in Crete, in the womb of these great mountains, the whole umbilical cord began.

We stand, silent, in the ruins. This was once a summer palace, we are told, used by the kings of Minoa as respite from the seering heat along the islands edge. It is a dark and brooding day, the

clouds bruised, the wind keen. Among the stones, anemones are bravely bending snow-white, blood-red, royal purple. As far as one can see, the terraced hills are garrisoned by olive trees, old men with silvered hair, and in between the trees the grapevines grow.

The imagination builds upon these mute, abiding stones. The very flowers spring to life. Eyes closed, one sees the court of Radamanthus, son of Zeus, a retipue of soldiers, servants, queens and maids and ar-

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To the Editor:

MiKih is being said about the prices of food today.

Even though it takes only 16 per cent of our take Iwme pay To feed our families a balanced diet.

While the prices of cars, boats, and clbthes have Gone out of sight.

We could live without many of these things.

But without food, with no food, even a bird cant sing.

People in America will never go hungry; I hear you say But it takes work to grow food, theres no other way.

Congress may legislate a free loaf of bread For every American, oh yes I The people must be fed.

But the wheat must be planted, harvested and milled into flour. And my friend, that takes work and workers must be paid by the hour.

Few angry housewives know the cost of the production of meat. They buy to feed their families week after week.

And many of them insist that the government lower prices right now.

But it cant be done. Farmers must have their share Of the National income, for the work that they do.

Any thinking person knows this is true.

Someone has said,AS AGRICULTURE GOES, SO GOES A NATION.

Are we really aware of our situation.

The average age of the American farmer is 58 years.

We must wake up America and voice our fears.

Very few young men are farming today.

Other jobs are much better and so is the pay.

Nevertheless I would encourage young men of great zeal To learn to be farmers; its a wide open field.

Therell be plenty of work twelve months in the year.

No forty hour weeks or paid vacations here.

Then too youll need to make your retirement plan.

And to be a successful farmer you must be a man.

Alma B. Worthington

tisans. They once were here, 4,000 years ago, caparisoned in gold and crimson, and now they move again among the olive trees, up and down the stately steps, holding court, dispensing justice, worshipping their gods. A guide has picked some red anemones; he lays them on a wall: Slain princesses, with diadems of daisies in their hair. In silhouette against the sullen sky, the cypresses stand as sentinels have always stood.

The stage empties. Only the stones remain, only the wind and flowers. We hear, somewhere close at hand, the sad, sweet music of a sheirfierds flute. It is an old man, with a bark-brown face and a bark-brown cap, come to sell a pipe as a tourists souvenir. His nimble fingers form a plaintive shepherds tune. Were these the songs that Radamanthus heard?

We go to ancient Knossos next, outside Heraklion, and spend a sunny morning recapturing the life of Minos, greatest of the kings. Here was a city, so the guidebooks say, of a hundred thousand persons and at least a thousand legends. Here in this palatial maze. Theseus slew the minotaur, and Dedalus, who built the maze, escaped on artificial wings.

The realities of Minoa are more impressive than the myths. This was a civilization, two thousand years before Christ, that valued beauty, grace and manners. The potters could have left their massiye jars in common clay; they painted them in rich designs instead. The builders could have left the walls untouched, but not in Minoa; they summoned artists to the royal rooms, and left us frescoes of blue dolphins leaping.

We spend another day, back in mainland Greece, seeing the land that Agamemnon saw. It is raining this day, off and on, and the stone steps to the great lion gate are glistening wet, but the climb is worth the effort. One struggles up (Continued On Page 5)

Where

Angels

Fear

By JEFFREY D. ALDERMAN Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Wallace Hind is going ahead with the SST on his own. ^

I got tired of waiting for the country to change its mind, Hind told this reporter during an interview in Hinds backyard in Sapawitchy, Vt.So I took five hundred bucks outa my savings and voila ...

Hind was pointing proudly at a pile of scrap metal recently [Hirchased from a local junk dealer.

It was a tossup whether I would continue the Apollo program or this, declared Hind, a middle-aged brewery em-ploye.T finally decided the Apollo program was a bit too ambitious.

As far as I could tell Hinds SST or Supersonic Transport will look a bit different than the one canceled by Congress. A major variance is in the wings. Hinds version doesnt have any.

Who needs em, says Hind contemptuously.

Unlike the French-English SST, the Concorde, Hinds jet will have a nose that points permanently upward and to the right.

I did that for no particular reason other than style, Hind reveals.

Hind plans to call his SST simply The Hind.

Asked if The Hind will produce the feared sonic booms that were predicted for the original SST, Hind says:

I licked that problem early on. Dual exhausts from my 57 Impala and a little American ingenuity will take care of them sonic booms.

How does his wife, Hennrietta Hind, feel about her hubbys project?

I thought he was crazy when he wanted to start a buffalo farm, she says.But that was sane compared to this. Yah want some buffalo cheese? Its not have half bad once you get used to the smell.

Is Hind building his SST all by himself ?

No sir, he says. My son Wilbur has been with me on this right from the start. Was him that came up with the idea of using Farmer Jones broken thresher for the landing gear. What will Hind build after he completes his SST?

I dunno for sure, he says. Been thinking about trying a (Continued on page 5)

40 Years Ago Today

By GWYN COGHILL March 22,1933 East Carolina Teachers College has had many things to be proud of in recent years, but the latest object of pride is the museum setting forth some of the things to be found in North Carolina from the seashore to the mountains. The museum is located in the front hallway of the Science Building erected about three years ago. All of the things on display at this time, Dr. R. J. Slay head of the Department of Science stated, were collected by students in various parts of the state.

Playing this week at ehe State Theatre is I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang starring Paul Muni.

Consumer Behavior Is The Key

place only when these teachings are put into eitect, and this requires sacrifice.

We make peace when we deny our own inclinations and 'put ourselves aside. Peace will come among nations wheif men will sacrifice as much to keep peace as they now sacrifice to keep huge armaments and atomic weapons on hand for use in war.

World peace, like everything else of value, carries a high price tag. Just as Jesus made peace by the blood of his cross, so you and I will have to bear a cross in some manner.

By Earl Douglass

By JOHN CUNNIFF AP Business Analyst

NEW YORK (AP) - One of the more interesting revelations about American consumer behavior will be ix*ovided during the next few months of conflict between food shoppers and the rising cost of sui^lying the body with energy.

This is more than a passing test. It is a watersdied in the affairs of consumers, who for more than 10 years have been feeling their muscles grow and who have been exerting their powers in a variety of ways.

Can they stop food price increases? Their President believes they can, and has declared such faith in them that he has declined to appear in person on the field of battle as he has in so many other economic ccmflicts.

But faith alone wont win

the battle. Aligned against the consumer are all the pressures of professional (X'omotion, advertising, new [xroduct development and the like that have one message: Spend.

TTiere is, moreover, the persistence of habit: Americans have been upgrading their diets since the Great Depression, adding more meat and using less starch. And they have been willing to pay dearly for conveniences, too.

Add to this the ideal of most Americans that life tomorrow will be better in regard to the basics of food, clothing, health and shelter. To lower standards is considered un-American, a violation of fundamental rights.

The consumer, therefore, is unlikely to respond affirmatively to Mrs. Virginia Knauers suggestion that

cheap cuts of meat can be turned into gourmet meals.

But there is a change of rather recent vintage that does put the consumer in a more advantageous position than before. He is better educated, better informed, more aware than in the past.

This awareness, followed by action, already has tx-ought great changes. The spirit is different. Caveat emptor is dated; caveat vinditor, or the seller beware, is widely accepted by regulators and legislators.

There is an attempt to tx-ing the consumer iq) to the [X-ofessional standards of the seller, to make him competent by providing him with the information needed for decision-making.

Writing three years ago in The Nation, the magazine of U.S. Chamber of Commerce, A.Q. Mowbray put

the old standards into perspective :

When General Motors buys material from U.S. Steel, it does not rely on assurances from the steel company that the shipment will be new and improved with twice the active ingredients of shabby old Brand X.

GM says in very hard-headed terms that the steel must meet certain specifications as to strength, hardness, ductility, corrosion resistance, or whatever property is of intercist...

The battle is on. The question is this: Can the consumer, armed with better information and more awareness, fight a professional battle, not only against those trying to sell him something but, in a sense, against his own habits and appetites?