Tuesday, August 10, 1965

Budget Estimates Do Miss Mark

E.stimatlng state revenues foi* any given period week before the end of the fiscal year. At the same of time is a delicate matter as indicated by the com- time, the fact that the estimate was several million fortable surplus North Carolina had at the beginning off just a week before the end of the fiscal year of its fiscal year July 1. emphasizes the hazards that are encountered in at-

The official figures have just been released tempting to estimate state revenues over a two-year which show that the state began the new fiscal year period.

\vith a surplus of $87.6 million. As late as June 24 As finally enacted'by the 1965 General Assem-

budget officials had estimated that the states sur- bly. the biennial budget for the 1965-67 fiscal year

plus on June .*10 would reach only $83.9 million. indicates a surplus of $900,000. If experience of the

Tar Heels and their state officials should find >>tate during this biennium follows the trend of re-satisfaction in the fact that the actual .surplus is cent years, the states surplus at the end of the two-$.3.7 million higher than was estimated only one year period will be much higher than the present

estimate. If, on the other hand, economic factors run contrary to what was expected in framing the official budget estimates. North Carolina could find itself faced with a deficit rather than a surplus two years from now. ^

The fact that budget estimaters were $3.7 million off on their anticipated surplus figures just

a week before the end of the fiscal year vividly

points up the fact that estimates for two years from now could be extremely wide for the mark.

More Light On

Coming

Ry WILLIAM A. .SHIRK.S

STUDY - Additional light is now being shed on a forth* coniftut .'Study by the U.S. Office of Education in the area of educational <g>portunlty for tU.

Nineteen of the 169 local public school units In North Carolina have been selected for saunpling in this study called few In provlslor of the 1964 Civil Rights act. Ques* tiona arose almost immediately aa to how and why these particular unit* were chosen by federal (tfflclals and aa to the exact purpose of the study.

Dr. Charles P. Carroll, the states superintendent of public instruction, said the 19 school ystems did not represent a true cross-section and that a study confined to them would not reflect an accurate picture (g edticatlonal oppor-tunity, or lack of it. in North Carolina.

Dr. Carroll and other offlc-iala said they had *no quarrel'* with a study of availabiU-ty of equal educational opportunity for Individuals regard-^ of race, c<gor, religion or national origin as silled out In the a<^. But the officials wanted to know more about what was contemplated.

*TILL1AM

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QUESTIONS - The officials. both state and local, raised questions not only about selection of the units but about what the study would involve, its specific purpovsee and what procedures and criteria would be followed.

At the outset, federal officials remained vague and noncommittal on most (g the

questions.

After questlonhig whether an effort was being made to survey c<mdltions rei'esento-tlve ot the (Bate as a whole. Dr. Carroll was told the study was not Intended to reflect aU the conditions" in North Carcha,

SELECTION - First reports out of Washington indicated ttmt the achool ayttems selected had been chosen at rand(an.

Later information disclosed, however, that this was not the case. The study is to be aimed piimarUy at comparing educational oppmtunities availaUe to minority groups and the localities were selected with this in mind. Officials in Raleigh were told that countlea and localities having both a high and low percentage of mlnortty groups were chosen.

Federal offldala added that

Study

the conipartwMi is Intended to be on s naticmal level and broken down wily Into regional" findings without identifying individual states. Nevertheless, state officials pointed out that the 39 schools in the 12 counties chosen in North Carolina Include a much greater percentage of Negro schools and Negro teachers than applies to the state as a whole.

THEORIES There are many intere.stlng theories be--ing expounded in Raleigh these days as to how the wand of political appointment cor.ics to touch some and passes over others In the new state administratlwi.

And there are equally intriguing theories as to why some veteran state officials who engaged in political activity last year are axed and others are kept on.

There are apparently well-founded reports that the recent appointment of George Willoughby as secondary roads director resulted from insistence by Gov. Dan K. Moore that the Job be as far removed from politics as possible.

State highway chairman Joseph M. Hunt Jr. had a list of at least half a dozen highly qualified candidates for the $l5,ooo-a-year post, several of whww Were active In the Moore campaign for governor. He finally decided on Willoughby who is a young career man in the department.

It came as something of a surprise when Hunt handed this appointment plum to the 33 year old Willoughby who had worked as an administrative assistant and later as assistant director in secondary mads. It was a purely non-polltlcal choice, but one which the Moore-appointed Highway Commij*5ion received enthusiastically. Hunt said the governor concurred wholeheartedly with the decision.

CAREER - Willoughby Is not the first career man to be tapped for a t(p, previously political post in the administration and perhaps not the last. Moore earlier chose career man I.L. Clayton Jr. to step up to the job of State Revenue commissioner.

Also last week, career law enforcement officer Victor Aldridge received word that he will be replaced Sept. 1 as director of the State ABC board, presumably because of his political activity in 1964. The governor told newsmen it Is in the tradition of state government for governors to choose their appointees and that he has "other replacements" in mind.

ALLEN Meanwhile, there is a theory that former State personnel director John Allen, a Preyer supporter in 1964. was given a post as Highway Cwnmisslon comptroller because of Allens support of Moores legislative program, particularly a 1 per cent across-the-boaixl pay increase for state employes. In addition, Moore and Hunt felt Allen was exceptionally well qualified for the highway post.

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Not An Ideal Choice For Use As Offices

We look with some question on the states decision to purchase a motel in Raleigh for use as a government office building.

We cannot quarrel with the price paid for the property$350,000not knowing the value of land in that particular location and the condition of the building. However, it does seem that with a little advance planning the state could have obtained more for the publics money by constructing a building fully planned for office use.

_Our recollection of motel rooms is that they are not ideally designed for offices. We have no doubt that the rooms in this particular motel can be converted to offices. Still there are bound to be fixtures and equipment acquired in the transaction which the state will be unable to put to use. Not the least of these is kitchen equipment and a swimming pool.

It is our hope that state planners will look little further ahead in the future and anticipate the states office building needs. We suspect that funds gy WICK TEMPLE spent purchasing motels can just as well be spent designing and constructing entirely new office buildings.

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By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright. 1965, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

The House of Representatives vote to repeal the "right-to - work section 14 (B) of the Taft - Hartley Act went by a margin of ighteen, which means tht nine votes were crucial. It is a fair guess that some 0 the nine in favor of repeal must Grertainly have gone against their individual consciences as the result of log - rolling trades between Midwestern farm state Congressmen and the city labor bloc.

Although it is hardly statesmanship, this bit of log-rolling may pay off for the farm communities when it come to exacting the price from city Congressmen in the forthcoming tests of Administration agricultural legislation. But the trading of votes could, conceivably hurt a number of the farm state legislators involved when election day of 1966 rolls around. It could even hurt legislators who have voted deepest convictions.

JOHN

Ilsy-Iiitsy, Teeiiie-Vi^ eeiiie Latest Gallii|) Poll Bikini^'

Negro Vote To Change

Never Again

se Power

South

By JAMES MARIX)W

WASHINGTON (AFl-The South will never be the same

ag44n.

The voting Rights Act of

1965, throwing the door open for additional thousands of

Southern Negroes to vote, should create a political revolution if followed up by Negroes themselves.

Immediately after President Johnson signed the act last Friday his administration got busy to make it work.

The estimated number of

whites of voting age in 11

Southern state outnum b e r Negroes four to one roughly 20 million to 5 million but In some sections Negroes outnumber whites.

by both races.

A few figures (w the 1964 elections taken from a compilation by the U. S. Civil Rights Commlsslcm which gathered them from official and unofficial sources give an insight into what lies ahead;

In 11 Southern states only 38 per cent of the estimated number of Negroes of voting age or 1,907,279 out of S'.OOO,-376 were registered to vote.

In the same states, 67 per cent of the estimated number of whites of voting age were registered, or 13,688.899 out of 20,032,661.

There were some tremendous differences in the number (Continued on page 5)

ST. LOUIS. Mo. (AP) -Some of us are bom under a curious star which endows us with an ability to select the finest dogs in the world.

Over the years there has been in our famUy a procession of brllUant, noble animals. There was Leroy, the golden retriever, who retrieved nothing but other peoples newspapers and doormats 17 by actual count.

There was Orval, named for the governor of Arkansas because he wouldnt stop running: Jigger, a dog who Uked beer,

and collected beer cans.

And now DUfarb.

Dllfarb doesnt collect anything but trouble. He is part wire - haired terrier and part cocker, the dog pound said. I tell my wife this is the reason he is twice as big as either of those breeds. He looks like a sheep, soimds like a bull elephant, smells like a pig and acts like a donkey.

He has acquainted us with every cop in our suburb. Theyve either brought him home, looked for him, or borne cwnplaJnts.

Dilfarbs eyebrows aim o s t

Other Editors Saying

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Must Win The Peace

Eventually it can be expect- f-n-i . ed that In those areas, at hlQ I fO

least, Negroes will be sending 1 JLllO J-yV-4.LC^ representatives to state legis

latures and to Congress, As >4\7 more of them vote white poll- 11 J Y ticians will have to cater to ^

Ago Today

them andt heir needs.

JAMEA

MARLOVT

By JOHN G. DUNCAN August 10, 1925 PRESIDENT ASKS 20,000,000 CUT APPROPRIATIONS

Indications are that A.my and Navy wl bear brunt of mductions in next years budget.

And the number of white Southern segi-egatlonists in (Congress should decmase aa more Negroes go to the polls because in many places they may hold the balance of power.

No douW the picture of the South in the years ahead will undergo many changes.

For one thing, many whites eligible to vote but indifferent about doing so until now will surely start going to the polls to offset the tncreaie in Negro voters.

For a while, at least, many white Southerners, traditionally Democrats, will probably turn to the Republicon party while Negroes will cling to the Democrats since Johnson has made a big impression on them.

In time, because of candidates' issues and circumstances and relaticxiships in Southern life, party alifmments may get fuMcd -up-by-

llave Narrow Escape When Lightning Strikes Several persons experienced a narrow escape Saturday afternoon when lightning struck the golf shop at the Greenville (Country Cflub. Mrs. E. Buck-helster who was standing behind the counter in the shop at the time, was badly shocked and Professor J. H. Rose who was on the other side of the counter and just beneath the flue where the lightning entered the house experienced a miraculous escape. Mrs. L. A. Newhem who was standing in the doorway of the house at the time the bolt struck was thrown to the ground and Messrs. L. A. Newnhem and L, H. Bolling together with several others just outside the door felt the effects of the shock.

(The Wilson Times)

The same arguments are entering the discussions on the War in Viet Nam that you heard on the Korean War. This is causing honest doubts and possibly dapening patriotism to a degree. You read that the President requests $1.7 billion more for Viet Nam. You reod where 250,000 Amer i c a n soldiers will be in Viet Nam by next year. And more may be needed.

Then you know every available avenue is being explored for a basis for comprcanise. You also read there has been a holdtag back on the bombing of Hanoi and other strategic points in North Viet Nam.

All the while the Preeident talks of liberating the South Vietnamese and America s committment to win. So there looms in the mhids of Americans the picture of another Korea. where today,little has been settled and no peace treaty has yet been signed.

If the President would go all out to win, the American public w(Hd have more confidence in the conflict. For Americans want this nation to win in South Viet Nam, now that It has taken a stand. We do not want a negotiated peace, one that follows the Korean and Loos pattern.

The people should know of the atrocities oi the Viet Cong. And these have been going on fr years. H those who oppose

Americas positiwi in Viet Nam knew of the brutal killings of thousands of peaceful people, the tortures, mutilations by Viet CXmg, Americans would understand the real facts about this war. And we are certain the opposition would fade in the distance.

You read of the successes of the Viet Cong. You do not read of the constant flow of refugees from the Viet Cong areas into government held territory. And this is not a two way street as no one wants to travel the route to the Viet C<mg territory. Pull knowledge of the Viet Cong recognition of the weakness of the central government in South Viet Nam, and that this government only this year began to participate significantly in the fighting, puts the picture into focus.

When Americans sec the Viet Cong for what they are, and represent, American action In this nation will be fully supported. 'Hils is, if the government shows a will to win rather than to negotiate. For negotiations from victory will be quite different than negotiations from compromise.

There is much at stake in Viet Nam. If America does not accomplish its purpose, which is to give the people the right to goveni themselves, Thailand is next on the C<nnmunist time table. Then the communist goal of-control of southeast Asia will be on the way to realization.

blind him and hes always running into things. He ran into the landlords grandson, knocked the kid down, and while licking the boys wounds, Dil-farb scratched him.

The next day a cop appeared at the door.

"Bowel, said Dilfarb. Its a kind of cross between a bark and a growl.

"What did he say? the cop asked.

"Bowel, bowel! said Dllfarb authoritatively.

"You keep that dog in there, buddy, said the cop.

The upshot was that Dilfarb was quarantined in the house for 10 days to make sure he wasnt rabid. No back yard, no walks.

Now, as I said, Dilfai-b is a very large and emotional dog. His bushy hair has a way of shedding. Hes young and friendly. He comes up behind you and bites you behind the knee.

But he has character. Thats what I kept telling my wife for the first week when she had to put up with Dilfarbs hairysnout in the spaghetti.

On the eighth day, I came home to find my wife in the back yard. She was ironing. Dinner was cooking on the barbecue grill. The television set was in the back yard, thanks to an extension cord.

I rather hated to ask what was going on. I knew.

"If he gets the house, she said, I get the back yard."

He wasnt rabid we knew that all along and at the end of 10 days we moved back into the house and Dilfarb moved out.

Its rather pleasant now, relaxing in the evening, listening to the screams as Dilfarb terrorizes the neighborhood.

And you know? Shes going to let me keep him, on the condition that 1 never again use the power that makes me a judge of the nobility of a dog.

GREET THE BLOODMOBII

ETCHED ARM

CHAItffiERLA

In the state of Iowa, lor instance, the question of what the voters really want is very very far from being settled. The Iowa State Legislature is presently controlled by the Democrats. Yet these same Democrats, when put to the test locally, failed to repeal the Iowa State right - to - work law. Presumably they knew how their constituents felt about the matter.

During the Washington debate over 14 (B) repeal, the lone Iowa Republican C o n-gressman, H. R. Gross, took issue with his fellow Representative, Democrat Neal Smith. According to Congress man Gross, the people of Iowa are still in favor of retaining the Taft - Hartley section wh i c h supports state right . to-work laws. Gross mentioned a local Iowa pro . right - to - work poll and commended the Iowa Legislature for its vote to continue the states iH*ohibitGn of of compulsory unionism.

Democrat Smiths ans w e r was that the Iowa State Legislature, even though it went Democratic in the Lyndon Johnson landslide, does not accurately represent the voters of Iowa. It could be that Congressman Smith is right. In any case, there are plenty Of people in Iowa who think the politicians have been derelict for a long time in th^ legal duty to reapportion the state on a one - man - one-vote basis. This quarrel over state reapportionment long antedates the recent Supre m e Court - dictated order to reapportion.

But if Cixigressman Smith is on sound ground in his assumption that the Iowa Legislature does not correctly represent the people of the State Insofar as sheer numbers are concerned, he could still be emphatically wrong in thinking that a true one - man -one-vote dispensation In Iowa would produce a legislature that would be in favor of voting for compulsory unionism in any form.

The questicm, in 1966, Is whether the Midwest farming communities will be grateful to their Washington Repreeen-tatives for giving grmind to the AFL-CTO in exchange for a promised support of high e r farm price guarantees. It could be that, however happy they may be to get cdty votes despite city enmity to the so-called "bread tax, the farmers might allow their historic animus agsdnet compuls o r y unionism to come to the fore again in the Congressional elections. In which case, some men who rode Into Congress on the anti - Goldwater sweep may find themselves returned to'private Ufe in 1966. (Continued From Page S)

ManDower Shortaae Will Grow

Mrs. C. B. Whichard, Miss Stella Whichard and Masters Clarence and James Whichard left this morning for Vande-

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Strength For Toiday

By EARL L. DOUGiJtSS BASIC -AimiORITlES .

In his ministry Jesus was constantly using the words It is written." His opponents demanded that he furnish them authority in suppori of what he was saying and doing, and he accepted the challenge. His wonderful teachings were not just draw'n out (>f his Imaginxr tion or even his fertile mind. They were moral declrions which had been known by his people for centuries and had been tested by use.

There was a way in which Jesus was a great revolutlon-ai-y. yet In another way h? was a greid conservative for He always built on foundations which had been laid down by other men. Hp-lad a profound respect for the past for past wisdom and fidclU}. "it

is written," He would rep 1 ly quietly to his opponents. "This is n(A Just my idea this comes out of the word of God and dowTi out of heaven from the wisdom of' God.

Hiere is ultimate authority in the universe. We live on an insignificant little planet. We have five quite inadequate enset with which-to apprehend reality and aiHP^ truth to our dally needs. If what we know can be represented by a plnpt^t, then what there Is to know would theotfore have to be represented by an area the size of a continent.

The Bible, the CJonstiUitiw. the flndlngi of science, the promptings of our conscience ~ here we encounter the sou ice of those different authorities that must guUle our lives.

By ELMER ROESSNER Every employer today faces the critical necessity of re-exainlning ids tnan-p inv r needs. Any one who looks at government figures and thinks there are no problems ahead because the unemployment rate is around 5 per cent is living ki a statlslUcal dream world.

The grim fact is that the United States is short of manpower and that it will be shorter as Ume goes on.

There are about 3.6 million unemployed, according to the ikpartment of Labor. But papers all over the United States print columns and columns of help . wanted ads.

If you read them, youll see employers largely want trained, skilled workers. Some seek household workers and handymen, but who wants jobs like that, with Cemgressmah jAme Roosevelt plugging for a 11.75 ap - hour minimum for everybody?

THE REAL SHORTAGE Of the 3JS million unemployed, some between jobs. A few are on strike. Some have

highly specialized skills that are not in demand. A few have reptures and alergies that will not aHow wm to take- any but the most special job. But most of them simply havent the skills needed to fill jobs that are open.

J3o, from a realistic view, there Is little unempl o y e d available.

EI.MER

serves, many of whom are . Tiainlng young recruits to holding key positions in busi- handle skilled Jobs,

ness in industnr, _ ^ Keeitog jp touch with the

. The probably call - up of Job Corps iiTffir which gra-

National Guardsmen, who have duates can fit Into skilled op-

ROBSSNER

Increased draft quota.* are about equal to the number of young people entering the labor market. So the pool of unemployed if it is a pool and not a swamp ~ isn't going to increase.

Yet in the future, there arc;

. The probable call-up of re-

similarly important jobs.

. Tlw rise of 81.7 in government spending for new weapons, which will attract more men, mostly at higher wage rates, into defense industries. WHENCE THE REPLACEMENTS?

These factom will Increase the shortage o labor in other industries.

Despite those fat unemployment figures, there wont be enough workers to go around. There may be enough unskilled warm bodies, but the individuals who can turn out work may be scarcer than ever.

The private employer, e>e-cially one without govmment contracts to finance raids on the labor market, faces-4he necessity ot doing what he can in the curious market, and doing it in the probability that other employers will be snatching his best men.

Among his counteratta c k s aie;

enings.

. Training present employees for more skilled work.

. Canvassing retirees to find out who will be willing and able to come back, perhaps on part - time bases.

. CJaqvassing women who have quit for marriage and other reasons to find out who will be willing to return. Some, of course, would be retreads,^ but others max be trainable for more sklTl e d jobs.

. Ai^ present employees to recommend relatives and friends who may be available for employment.

. Set up training programs by which present employee.s, dropouts and other recruits i>e taught the skUls needed for immediate production.

In fact, with a little more bluster In Viet Nam, we may be able to do without the Job Corps. :*