,Wtdnsdy. August 25, 1965 .

The Big Pay-Off Is Starting Today

This is the sUirt of the pay-off. bacco market contioue.s singularly strong. Its eight

Montks of labor and anticipation, expensive warehouses, five .sets of buyers and wealth of ex-investments in lime and money, all reach the cli- perience make it a pace-setter for the entire belt mactic stage with the opening of tobacco markets on The Farmville tobacco market adds greatly to the giant Eastern Belt. , the convenience and service Pitt leaf growers have

Prices on markets to the south have been studied come to expect, by experienced eye.* and quality of our areas to- And, of course, launching of the tobacco market-bacco crop has been closely analysed. ing season here mean employment for hundreds of

Uid Someone Ask, 'Should We Continue?'" VV^OF iC

The outhjok is good.

Cigarette .sales are increa.sing; leaf production has been curtailed to help assure better prices; Stabilization holdings are .selling. All combine to lend optimism over the health of the tobacco economy.

Moving into its 75th .year, the Greenville to-

^Denials Postee. Association

By

Ry WILLIAM A. .SHIREX BREEP The Southern Afl-MciatioQ of CoUeges and Schools, althoufh deeply involved in the atatcs present speaker ban - accreditat i o n crisis, has denied that it is doing business in any corporate, legal aanae in North Carolina.

It denies alao that It aet-up-la such that would bring it under laws of North Canfina either requiring it to d(ne8tl-eate as a foreign corporation or to asidfB a resident process agent In this state.

The deoiale are contained in a fwrnal legal brief filed quietly with the state attorney generals offtoe a few days ago. According to the brief, drawn up by association lawyers in Atlanta, its status is one of a voluntary membcrMjlp association of a^uiemic Institutions concerned entirely with self-hmprovemeot through establishing ci ^andarda and self study.

ACdtEDITlNQ The association. with a present tnem-herahlp f 274 eenior institutions of higher learning in 11 tatee, is one of six regl(Hial education accrediting bodies in the United States.

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n was the executive council cf the associations eo turn issioti on colleges which i.o(i-flDd North Carolina ofBdals Ja^t Spring that continued accreditation of state sspport-cd colleges and universities is in jeopardy because of the slates 1963 speaker ban law.

And it was this development which brought on the present crisis, resulting in aiH>olni-of a special speaker* ban study commission which 1 now hold-kig public hearings. The first witnesses to testify rere officials of the association and its commission on colleges.

VIOLATION They test-fied that the eiecutlve council has found that the speaker ban law constitutes 'political interference with governing boards of the institutions and Vidales aocrediting standards.

The chairman d the commission on cdleges, Dr> Em-fineu Helds, said the bitter pectade of the speaker ban controvsriy has had damaging effect on higher educatton, and added that further action on the matter of accreditation will be taken at a meeting of the commissioa in November.

INQUIRY ~ Meanwhile, almost as soon as ttw accreditation qusftkm was raised by association officials. Socretary of State Thad Eure asked the attorney generals office to

look into the legal status of the accrediting body itself.

He made the request in June and an opinion in reply to Eure's inquiry is now being prepared by deputy attorney general RaU>h Moody. It was Moody who received the asso-ciatioas brief for considera-tl<K) in drafting his opinion.

Moody now says h expects the opinlnon to be ready in about a week.

ATTACaC Eure, however, took occasion lost weekend to deliver a blistering attack on the Southern Auociaton, its legal ftUstus in North Carolina and its powers of Kocreditation.

The veteran Secretary of State, who authored the speaker ban law; suggested that North Carcdina could fonn its own accrediting agency. This, he said, would be preferable to being dictated to by a group which has no legal status In North Caiplhia but which, apparently, has far - reaching power and authority affecting institutions which re pres millions of dollars in investment for educational cllitles and facultr-

Eure questioned whether the accrediting agency which has threatened loss of accreditation of the state's institution may lawfully exercise such au-troiity in North "Carolina.

It is incorporated under the laws Georgia, bavbig filed a charter there leveraL years ago. he said, but is not authorized to do business in this state. It doesnt pay a penny tax here, It has no legal status here."

EXCEPTION - Secretary Eure's sharp attack is in contrast to the position being taken publicly by most state official in the speaker ban controversy.

Prom Gov. Dan K. Moore (HI down. aln:ost every elected officiai in state government Eure being the exception 1 treading softly and saying as little as possible wMle the study otHnmlssion conducts Its investigation.

Privately, most of these officials are hoping that a compromise solution can be worked out or brought about, either by recommendations of the study CKHnmlssion or through a test case of the speaker bans coostJltutkwaUty. They would, like to see the far - reaching political imidications of the controveiay removed as quickly as possible.

Some capital sources are speculating about whether m the event the present speaker ban k held uncccistitutional the General Assembly would enact another 'Imilar law. There are indications that many legislators have misgivings about the speaker ban and its possible conaequences, but having voted for the ban In 1963 are now committed to it polltlcally. The sources point out ttuit Alabama's legislature avoided bec(Hning politically committed simply by dodging a ndl call vote on a proposed speaker ban ttiere last week.

men and women who, in many css, have had little or no work since the warehouse and local processing nlanta finished up the 1964 season load.

To them, to merchants, to the farmer . , . the opening of an auspicious season on the tobacco market i.s a happy occaaion.

We trust no one will be disappointed.

An Old Trick That No One Buys Any More,

Demands by North Viet Nam that United States force. withdraw form South Viet Nam before negotiations can begin seem hollow\

This is particularly true since the North Viets have little control over their destiny at this point anyway. North Viet Nam is caught betw'een two communlst giantsRed China and the Soviet Union and they in turn are at odds over the little countrys future.

It is obvious at this point that the North Viets do not have complete control of the situation and, even if they chose, they could not guarantee that the status Quo would be maintained while negotiations were underway.

Beyond that it is an old diplomatic trick to call for^withdrawal pf troops in a disputed area during so called negotiations. Then while the talks * are underway the area is grabbed off and there is nothing to negotiate. Nothing, that is, until the next trouble spot erupts.

America since World War II, at least, has done its negotiating with the communist world from a position of strength. 'This is a policy that has served us well and we feel that it is the policy fo follow in any Viet Nam peace talks.

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By JOHN chamberlain

C2opyrigM. 1965, King Fettures Syndicate, inc. i It would be presumptuous to pontificate (m the riots in Loj Angeles from New York c ty at the other end of the con. nent. But if It Is, true, as h been conjectured by many coin mentators, that the prime cause of the California v<o-lencc was frustration because economic benefits for the Ne-groes have not magically materialized from the passage of the Voting Rights Act, ttien a few (juestions are in or<r The fact is that the farmers of California have been cry. Ing for labor to replace the Mexican braceros who have been penned up on their own side of the border ever, since Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz decreed last Jatiuarj that domestic workers ahould get first whack at such things as picking lemons, fertiliz i n g date paJms, harvesting cants-loupes, and planting tomatoes. The respfxise to the call foj American citizens to get the crops in at a going wage has been poor, and the Department of Labor has had to recruit high school students, athletes ! for the most part, la an attempt to save lettuce, berries and mel(is before the aun ahri-vels them up. These high school students have done some good work, but thy have not In the nature of things been aUe to supply the expertise of the braceros.

JOHN

By ALVIN TAYLOk

Our Rains via Telstar?

By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) -Rep. Geral(| R. Ford has a job on his hands, but he asked for It. What he wants to do is clear enough, but not how he's going about it.

The 52-ycar-old Pwd of Michigan asked his fellow House Republicans last January to make him their leader. They did and, in the process, threw out their old Jeader, IhdJanas Charles A. HaJleck. who still has a lot of friends in the House,

Ford said there were very minor differences philosophically between him and Hallecfc. Both arc conservatives. But there is hardly total unity behind Ford. There are v arious shades of minor differences among the Republican.

Yet Fords job as leader is to make Republicans look good at the Democrats, expense. when they can in the hope they will recaputre in the 1966 congressional elections some of the seats they lost in the 1%4 disaster.

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ing for a naval blockade of North Viet Nam and a mighty U. ^8.-military air offensive against Communists in North and South Viet Nam. He wanted" Soviet missile bases bombed, although that could mean war with the Soviet Union.

But on July 19 he sahi the American people grow more concerned, more confused by the hour, as the war situation becomes a nWhtmare of speculation.

On July 21 he denounced irresponsible criticism of Johnsons Viet Nam policy, defending those of us who urge that the President act to convince the Commimists of our resolve.

But on July 30, after Johnson announced he .-as sending 50,000 more troop to Viet Nam, Ford said I very much fear that an Increased com-(Continued On Page 5)

The water situation is bad in New York. So bad in fact that Mayor Wagner has sent a team to Southern California to take a look at a rain making machine.

The New Yorkers dont expect much help from the machine. It has been in operation ten days and has yet to produce any rain.

Judging by the wet weather here this summer, we suspect the machines signals must be bouncing off Telstar.

own wells. It is reported that a number of wells have been drilled in the New York area with varying results. The Health Department wont certify the water for drinking, but it is used for filling swimming pools and watering lawns. And that is how one roughs it in the big city.

not sign the Magna Carta. Seems, according to the Indian paper, historians have shown John could not write.

Another result of the water shortage is the development of New Yorkers digging their

Weve come in possession of a number of newspapers from around the world. Includ e d among them is The Statesman from Calcutta, India.

Among the interesting items In this particular edition was the news that King John did

And over in Edinburgh, Scotland, The Scotsman is concerned about the growth of the country.

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Meanwhile, his Republicans are vastly outnumbered by the Democrats who. with the strength, can ram through Joluisons programs. Ford said, nevertheless, the Democrats voting advantage would plague them.

But all in one day he was to say victory in the 196H elections is in the air" and also that he feared the two-party system was in danger. But his performance in relation to President Johnson is puzzling.

On April 9 he said he was confused . . . perplexed over Johnsons Viet Nam policy, complaining the President hadnt Informed him and the GOP Senate leader, Everett M. Dirkstm of niinols. before offering to negotiate peace and proposing a big development plan for Southeast Asia.

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lis Date-40 Years Ago Today

By JOHN C. DUNCAN August 25, 1925 BIG PREPARATIONS NOW UNDERWAY FOR PITT (XIUNTY FAIR Fair This Year To Be Best Ever Staged Here: Dr. J. L. Wooten To Aid Promoters Big preparaticHis are now underway for this years Pitt County Pair which will be held here October 13th to the 16th and indications are the fair will be the best ever held in eastern North Carolina.

GASOLINE PRICES TAKE <?GURTH DROP DURING MONTH

Latest cut brings the tank wagon price to 17 cents a gallon; other companies follow standards cut.

With tobacco factories resuming operations after summer standstill, things are be-ghming to take on new Ufe and the sounds of whisUes is described by some as muMc of the finest variety.

4Christian Science Monitor)

In Its drive to halt the dollar and gold drain the United States has won a battel but ha yet to win the war.

For the first time since 19.57 America has shown a favorable quarterly balance of jpayments. During the Aprll-June period America recieved $132.000,000 more from abroad than it sent out. When compared with the $756,000,000 lost during the Jan-uary-March quarterly and the $1,600,000.000 lost during the October-December period of 1964 the latest surplus Is proof of what a decisive effotr can achieve.

In general this victory, even though perhaps only temoor-ary, is attributed to the willingness of American banking and Industry to fall in with President Johnsons request of last last February that Investments abroad be cut back.

But, while pleased with the Aprll-June showing, American financial expert warn that this was, in fact, only a battle and not the war. Tlie buic problem of how to stem a harmful outflow oi*^money and gold, without at the same time unduly cutting back American Investment and assistance abroad remains unsolved. There are, in fact, signs that whereas America has now succeeded in restoring ctmfidence In the

dollar which had begun to wobble last winter, the ditH) In American dollar investments has already begun to weaken certain foreign currencies, above all the British pound, though internal British problems are also Involved. A pound crisis could in the end give Washington almost as much concern as its own gold trouble.

While the United States must take all steps to maintain it own financial stability, it cannot cease playing the role of the worlds leading international source of development funds. To do so would be to generate severe ecnomic and social crises at many point. Thus these two obligations must be weighed with equal concern and must be harmonized.

In an effort to put all international finance on a firmer footing, the United State has called for a new world monetary conference. A main purpose of the conference would be to establish a new method or a new medium of international exchange. If this were to relieve the pressure on the worlds feadequate gold stock, it might simplify the American task of protecting it own reserves without having to cut back on its international investments.

So the paper has prepared a series of reports on Scottish development. Which goes to prove that everywhere in the world there is a ctmcem with growth and progress.

The Guardian from Manchester. England reports on the international balloon race, won by a 72 year old baloon-

ist.

There was even a picture of the colorful baloons aloft, looking like something out of the 1890s.

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As far as we know, every American institution except a kindergarten has been picketed, and we are looking for that just any minute.Memphis tTenn.) Commercial An-peal.

Young drivers are having at least three times more one-car accidents than their older counterparts. The oft-told tale that young brlns and muscles respond so quickly In clutches that they avoid accidents, simply isnt so.Tulsa (Okla.) Tribune.

When the war on poverty is over, will there be a League of Rations?Plain view Tex.) Herald.

So valuable crops have either perished or .have not been planted. The prices at the gro- i eery stores have taken fonni-dable leaps. The Department o Labor insists that it is the middle man who is reaping the profit from this, and it is all too true that the farmer, who gets only thirty - seven cents of the consumers food dollar in 1965 as compared to forty - two cents a decade ago. has not benefted iMlcewlfie when and if he has crops to sell in a scarcity moiicet. But when the Department of Labor says that it is the middle man, not the banishmimt of the braceros, that is to blame , for the recent price jumps, it betrays a woeftil ign^nce of * the ancient law of suiH>ly and demand.

The lack of volunteers willing to harvest cantaloupes and plant tomatoes in California has been attributed to the fact that city people dont take kindly to rural work. And no doubt many of the Negroes in the Watt district in Los Angeles have become citified over the years. But the thought will not down that scores of young Negro emigrants from the old cotton south have had specifc vo-catioiial training in farm work. I

Many of them have gone to i northern smd western cities. ^ Back in the Thirties, when the Okii^ were pulling up stakes and heading into the sett in I sun, there was no famiHar M-rlcultural work for tiiem to do when they got to California. But today every weH-knowii California politician, from Democratic Governor Pat Brown to Republican Senator Gtart Murphy, is buey telling th* w(H*ld that Calif(Hiila is desperately in need of fannhanda to keep a nation supplied with citrus fruits and ttnoato juica at prices it can afford.

Theres something Wxarra about the situation when people with farm backgrounds jam up in the cities whils the eropa rot in the fields. Tn snoiRh, it takes skill to make a harvest hand who la capable dealing with speclalieed eropa-But if the Deiwrtzneitt of L*' bor had had any foresight, H would faa^e let the J^rmeeros stay on in CoUfonda for a while. Meaftwhtie, It/eouH have established proper agri-' lOonttBued on pate )

With prospects this year for the best fair in years it is well for the farmers to be looking over their wares to ascertain what they have to exhibit. No fair can be better than Its exhibits and county pride should make the farmer want to take part in this annual event.

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By EARL L. DOUGLASS

ROCK SALT IN SUMMER

When the weather is pleasant and the breezes balmy we make it a practice to >ee that we have plenty of rock salt stored away in the kitchen cupboard Why? Because we know that in several of the

winter months the sidewalks

and paths around our house will be covered with ice and dangerously slippery There-fore when the weather is good we get ready for that day when ten pounds of rock salt will have to bt* sir<*wn about

where If wc and our guests

want to be sure of avokUiig injury.

Tlieie i.s a parable htr. Do you not see it? In fair weather gel ready for foul weather In good times prepare for depressions. In times of gladness

build up those qualitieaespecially religious faithwhich will sustain you in hours of darkness. One little slip, one fall on icy winter mornings and you can be in bed for several months with a broken limb. Get the rock salt. Put it up in the kitchen cupb(HU-d and when the day come* that you need it. it will be there.

The thing of outstandiiig significance in life is what we call growth. If our lives are truly fruitful we continue growing until the last moment of life. Experience keeps telHug Us thiuj;-' worth kuownln?:.

And there are tiinwi e.spec-iaily the yeare o yuutlj-]- alien we cun and when we need to get ready for tlie ai-restini problems of middle and old-age.

Buy rocJt salt in summer.

By Elmer Roessner

The Americsn public has just been treated to another example of goverament by jawbone."

If memory serves, both the technique and the expression go back to Harold Ickes, the Old Curmudgeon of the Roosevelt administration. During the Depression and the early days of World War n, Ickes issued a number of demands on business and the public. and when he was asked to cite the legal verse and chapter for these demands, he said they were jawbone orders. The people were seeking leadership and he who used his jawtXHie to tell them what to do was obeyed.

Jawbone rule was used by succeeding Presidents, Kennedy. with no more legal backing than his own jawbone, ordered . S. Steel to resci'id a price rise. John.son appears to have u->ied the same technique several times,

And now his a(hnlnln.stratlon has used .jawbone-s to eonvlnce the nebHc that we are winning the batte of the gold drain -which we are not.

SPARKS FRO.M THE

BRAKES The administration assembled Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler, Commerce Secretary John T. Conner, Federal Reserve (Chairman William McChesney Martin and Federal Reserve Boarder James L. Robertson for a press conference at which it announced the first quarterly surplus in transactions with the rest of the world since 1957.

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That sounded as if the gold drain had been plugged.

The cxpert.s said banks' and liidtuslrial corporations cotupliaiKes with Pre.sitlent Jutmsoirs ajHieal of bvti ID was lai-gely re.sp%,asiblf how-ler and CcHinor added that the balance of payments problem was not yet solved, but the general tone was buoyant.

Meanwhile. CtHinor'a own department, in its magazine, International Commerce. had reported, in much calmer tones, that reports in the Jan-uary-June period wire Slightly higher than In the" same period last year, but because the rapid growth of Imports, the export surplus this year was running at an annual rate of $4.5 billion, or $2.1 billion below the rate for 1964. wiirniER TOE BALANCE

On the same day. the Department issued a formal release in which it said that balance of payments showed a significant improvement dur-ng the second quarter."

Then it added. U. S. reserves continued to decline during the secwid quarter, but the decrease of $68 million was small compared with the large decline of $842 million durtag Ue first quarter.

Gold holdings dropped by $590 milliuu, but this amcaiut included $J59 million transferred. . to the InteniatiCMial Monetary Fund and serves to increase our nearly automatic drawing rights by the same a-mount. That looks like a aet

decline of $331 miUi(m to nif< Commerce added that the shipping atiike and other developments caused sMfts between the first and second quarters, the balance for the second quarter is less than S nificant. It did not en^aln that shilling strikes, as well Investments abroad and travelers spending, has long been cause of the gold drain.

There was a tot more explanation, laced with double-talk. But the coodusion seem* to be that despite (iie Jawbones of Messrs. Fowler, Connor. Martin and Robertstm, the drain of gold is continuing. It looks as if it will conque until more stringent action I taken.

POTATOES FATTENlliG? WELL, NOT ALWAYSr The Uiiltod Frish Fnilt and Vegetable Associaticn has issued a chart showing that RW grams of mashed potatoes with milk added has only S5 calorle.s. while fried and drained bacon has 811. It conceiJed that pota-toe chips have 568 calories but that many other things haw more, and that baked potatoes and boiled potatoes have le?** than 100 calories per 100 grams.'i..

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