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Friday, January 2, 1059 * ’ ' . ’
A Dictator Lost But Who Won?
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Who has won the long and bloody civil war in an indefinite period of unrest among its pcopl^ and
Cuba? • instability in its government. The tourist businesii upon
. j Í 1 * '-^which it depends heavily for revenue will not jump
That question may not answered ^ back to lU pre-var proportions overnight. The sugar
even months jet. However, the flight of industry which has been at leaist partially disrupted
Fulgencio Batista wno ha§ ruled by the fighting will not suddenly resume iU normal
century, is fairly conclusive evidence that Batista and Qpufations.
his forces have lost their control. * ,
While the United State.s has assumed a hands-off
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junta which picked the new president of Cuba remains a matter of conjecture. ,
It will take several days at least for the confused situation brought about by Batista’s sudden departure to clarify itself and the remaining opposing forces to effect the courses they will follow under the altered circumstances.
For the sake of Cuba and its people, it is to be hoped the two-year-old civil war will come to an end now that Batista, primary object of the (’astro-led revolt, has fled the country, Even so, it will take Cuba a great deal of time to overcome the losses brough" about by the rebellion.
In addition to the loss of life in actual fighting and the destruction of property, Cuba is at bc.st in for
Oldtimers WiL Hold Most Jobs
By LYNN NiSBFT
REPFSTKRS - Thcrp wUl be a new Snfaker in the House of Kepresenfatives durina the I9J9 session of the General Assembly, but indications are that most o' the other positions will be filled by oldurocrs.
Lieut. Gov. Luther Barnhardt will be pres'ding over the Sen-a*c for the third time in a row. having occupied the chair in the ' r’*i «-jfslon PS elected president v'hfn L'eut. Gou. Luther Hodges moved in'o the Governor's of fice, Judfe Ray Byerly of Sanford rill be back as principal clerk of the Srnafe for his ump-trrntli t rn . Willlern Byrd of L llln'^ton 1.S expeciefl to serve f 1 n? cl'‘rk avain and Her-roan S'’o'.t of Chatham as ser-gf .on’ flt íínus.
R her Addison Hewlett or Carl Vcn'c’s v.’ilJ pre-i'de over the Lot’'''. v'h'"h one reina'ning un-C'- n n r o’orVv un'il n'gh of the CiUCiR, M s G, B <Mlss Ann CO Coo c v ill bo on th« Job fa'pr.nclpal clerk of the House for the ninth coiwecuiive seaa'on, p.id Billy Arthur is exprcled to IT urn as readln" clerk. Joe V/ar-icn of Caswell will serve as ser* I" n* at rrna n Joe ’’PS in Po’c'eh Ih'a week ottrndlng a f-'tmcrs’ lureting and said he Is s.rong for boili candidates for Í ' akf , s *’?e both had to'd him thev would libe for him to come bark as ch ef law enforcement •nd protocol officer,
Tl'f rc will be a number of re-placemf'nta in the clerical staifs, aMioueh many familiar faces will be around. Veteran leglsla-lors like to have experienced cicidi.s, and when conflict arises between the ideas of distributing patronage and retaining experience the choice usually la In favor of the oldtimers.
TRAVELER ~ Governor Hod-ges traveled enough miles during Ih.Vh lo lake him three times around the world over Norlh America and Europe, nearly two-thirds of the distance by air. •'General” Harold Mlnge,s, who has been the official driver for the four lafesi chief executives Cherry, Scott, Umstead and Hodges has kepi a log of all their travels. Governor Hodges gave reporters the 1958 record, showing total mileage traveled at «9»,087 not counting walking. Breakdown shows 18.-78.1 miles bv automobile; ri,,500 miles by ship and 3,450 miles by train. The other 40..374 miles were In the air . 1.5.215 by Air National Guard plane, 1.1.414 by commercial aircraft. 11,420 by pritate plane, and 325 by heli-ctipler.
'I he 1058 mileage wa.s 50 per cnil more than that 44,02t» nille.s traveled in 10.5.5, hUs first y«'»r in office. Chances are tiie 10.50 milrar.e will fall ron.Hlcleiably below la.st year, because the fii.st half of the year will find the Governor, slicking chjse to his office *|ecplng tab.s on the Legls-lature.
Whether the Advisory Budget
Commission will req«y the recommendation that the State pur* cisase a pl.^.ne for general officl-at use cannot be learned. The item was included two year* ago but not pressed. The Governor, as commander in chief of the N C. National Guard, has authority to requisition ANO equipment and Governor Hodges has exercised that power Itberally. " In one sense this is “free” transportation because most of the exwnse is borne by the Federal government and the guardsmen ne^d to make flying time. It Is still true that the Governor’s orders frequenliy interfere with roii-t*ne scheduled training flights, Mcny people ”1in v>oro irlv opposed the idea for a State-owned official u.sq pinne when it was first p opened by th»^ late S~n. -Jack Blythe l^n yc.-^rs ago now believe it would be a good thing.
HOLT CASK - The Fnuith Circuit Court of Appeals will sit in Charlotte Monday to consider the appeal of Joseph Hiram Holt Jr., fiom a decis'on of Judge Fdwin Fianlev in U. S. District Court In Raleigh last summer, surla'n ng the Raleigh school board In refusing to enroll the Negro lad in an sll-v.hile school In addition to aUorn^ws for the Negro bov and the RaleWh schopr board, Attorney Gene’ al Malcolm B. Senwell and ''s*'’sian' attorney General Ralph Moody will be on hand to represent the State of North Ca-ollna.
!iv Kthe multiplied fhou.sand.s of Words said and written about this case and the pjoblem It re-piT.senlfi, the concliid.nc paragraph of the brief prepared by Sea well and Moodv seems a clear pre.sentat'on of North Carolina’s po.iU'on. It reads:
“The Attorney General of North Carolina again repeats that this State hr.s adopted a reasonable and moderate rourre when confronted with this proWem. and this Court in its discretion and considering its powers of inter* preiation rhould no str ke dow'n tlie decision of the District Court hut rather should affirm the decree of the District Court and assist this State in lt,s slo"' nnd painful course towards adjustment to the Brown decision. The
viceh in an effort to end the fiifhting in Cuba and help that country get back on its feet.
Although Cuba ia a small nation in the Western Hemisphere, its strategic location makes the welfare of its people of primary concern to this and other Fan American countries.
The Big Celebration Has Already Sounded
Alaska officially becomes the 49th state in the Union Saturday» but official recognition of the fir.st new state in 46 years will come as an anti-climax to Congre.s.HÍonal approval of Alaska’s admittance to the Union several months ago. ^ „
Officially speaking, the nation gets a new state and a «new flag on Saturday when President Eisenhower signs the proclaimation making Alaska the 40th state. The new flag, which probably will contain 13 stripes and seven rows of seven stars, becomes official on July 4,
The official part of the new state notwithstanding, it is unlikely that celebrations throughout Alaska at noon Saturday ivill come close to ^comparing with the spontaneous street dancing, whistle-blowing and general rejoicing that swept through the nation’s north- p p», -r -y. A PXTf^T n ern-mo.st province when Congress passed the bill pav- Py -t511-íi-«»T AaJNULU ing the way for Alaska to become a state. Neither will the people of other states experience the thrill they received when it became certain that the first state .since 1912 would fie admitted to the Union.
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An Authority Has Spoken
More than anything else, the official ceremonies i sHtlns in one of the in Washington Saturday will mark the beginning of town’s three eateries open for a new relation.ohip between Aia.ska and the re.st-of ¿‘siness on main street on New the nation . . . the relation.-hip that will come with nL
“official” i-tatus of a state for the sprawling Alaskan territory.
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By WÍI.LI A M F. A R BOG A ST
WASHINGTON ( A P ) — A serle.i of huddle» centering aroimri House Speaker Sam Rayburn «D-Tex» was expected today to .stamp nut a budding leyoU «"atnsi the power of the Hou.se Rule* Committee.
The revolt i» led by a sizable Kiotip of »elf-Rtylpd liberals, the Rules Gommtttee now 1» dominated by a roalUlon of He-publkans and Southern Democrats.
The liberals seek to limit the r iimmitteea power to bottle up IrgLslation, They would do tin.» eitJier by a change in House rules or by the addition of a liberal üenuícrat to the (omrnlt-tee, now eonipof-ed of eight Demócrata and four Republl-
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Rayburn returned late Thursday irom his Texa.s raacli, where he has Ijcen vacationing since Congre.ss adjourned la.st summer
He wouldn’t comment on the rules propo<>alH, but there were
1______ wt....*,. ' ihcni He apparently was quiet
ly .sizing up the situation and lining up hi.» tones lor a show-
born and reared in North Cnio Una and know.» the people and the local, sltuaMon. Hi» ftndhiKs. viewpoint and Interpretation» ahould not be dU^^cardcd and set aside lightly. It la hoped and urged that this Court will a«-»!»t and siwialn the people of fhia State In wotking out what 1» believed to tw' a inodetate ami sincere approach lo thta problem whlcit ha.» been tnade in good faith This State wants to pie,serve II.» public .schools and bclleve.s that if this gradual approach l.s sustained It can do eu with eventual 'huI ul"nia,e falrnea.s to all race.s and groups. The Atlornev General a.ska this Court to approve this Inte’-nrela-t on of a North Cat olio» Dtstrtcl Judge.” !
down H> the Deniociaiic caiicu.s next Tue.'^day morning I.eHOPts of tiie liberal group repuiieti priv.itely that Rayburn Hheady has wtx>ed away imu ii of the..support they had counted on. Telephone call- even IxTore Rayburn left Texa^i they said, ron-vlnced them that the ;>peHkcr
was dead set against changing the rule.».
Republican Leader Jo.seph W. Martin Jr. 'Mass) has told newsmen he has an agreement with Rayburn which would leave the Rules Committee lineup unchanged. There are tw'o Republican vacancies, and they arc »lot-ed to go to Reps. Edgar Cheno-weth (R-Coio) and Carroll Reece R-Tenn> if they want them.
If the liberal.» lose in Tuesday’.» Democratic caucus, they probably will try again Wcdne.s-day when the Hou.se convene.» formally and adopt» rules for the new .sessio^i.
They «re pe.s.slmlsttc about their rtiances, e.»peclally since they concede they haye been unable to obtain strong Re publican support.
There appeared little Itkeli-Tiood. too, that efforts of some nberrls to deny a seat to Dale Alford of Arkansas would succeed, Alford, a profeaaed Democrat. W'as elected to the house a.s an independent from the Little Rock district. A leading «egregallonl.st, he defeated incumbent Brook-s Hay«, a Democrat who ha.s followed a moderate approach to integration.
Hays haa not contested Alford's. election, but a »t>edal House committee ha.s recommended that Alford not l>e seated until there has be’en a full probe of hi» write-in campaign. The iHousf will determine next Wedne.sday „ whether to allow Alford to take his seat.
was falling. .Now and then a car w'ould pass outside but the streets were virtually empty.
There- were only two or three people in the place and one of them was talking loudly. The television account of one of the day's bowl games could be heard in the back but nobody was paying much attention to It.
The man who was doing the talking was short, dressed in a brown shirt and brown-and-black tie and a tweed sports coat. He had steel-grey hair clipped short. He seemed to be talking to no one in particular. Some fellow who vas eating in a booth several feet away kept nodding but he didn't look real interested. A waitress who had little else to do leaned against the counter and listened.
The fellow said, "People who
have cars—half the people—who have cars today haven’t got a bit of sensé.”
‘‘Whatta you mean?” asked the waitress.
“People buy these damn big cars. Everybody wants a big car. And they don’t ' need them. That’s why the country is broke right now.”
He waited for somebody to agree with him. Nobody did.
“Most people don't need a big car,. They don*t go anywhere. Eight or nine thousand, miles a year is all. What they need is one of them small cars.”
"Unh hunh,” said the man In the booth.
“I know a man who bought a Chrysler three years ago,. He bought it when his wife was alive. She’s dead now. I know he’s got at least g4200 in it. At least that much.
“My boy's the same way. He had an old car. I gave him an 88 Olds when he got married. First
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Today we are told that In America there are 175,000,000 people. We are also told that by late in the nineteen «Ixtiea, America will have a population of 208,-000.000 people.
Social experta point to the fact that several years ago it became an established trend in America for a family to have two children. These same expert* today say the trend has„ definitely changed and instead of two children per family, most parents today want three children. That will mean a 20 per cent increase in population.
And with such a 20 percent increase in population, if we accept the íact'thát there is going I to be this 20 percent Increase, the picture means moré than merely more people.
In the matter of merchandising, it will mean the sale of more children's clothing, more toys, more medicines, more haircuts, and more of many items. It wlli also mean that whereas many famine.» in recent years have been building two bedroom or three bedroom homes, an extra bedroom will be added. That will mean larger homes at a greater cost
And when wiss^o into the matter of home builakig, we must consider the bu.»ines» man in several fields. The lumber man, the heat man. the plumber, the gl«.»s man. the furniture dealer, the con-
thing I gave him. He went to hi* gfife’s family’s home over the holiday*. When he came back he called me and said. ‘ come here and look at my new car< I got a new car.”'
He paused a minute. Nobody said anything.
"He4^d got a 98 Olds. I said, "You a int got any more business with a 98 than I got with an airplane,’ He don't need a big car. He drives it around town and maybe takes three trips a years. That’s all. He hadn't got any more sense than the rest of them,”
The fellow In the booth said, "There’s a lot of those little cars around. Man told me the country’s full of 'em up around Pennsylvania.”
“That’s what they need.” said the man at the counter.
He paused. Nobody said anything. He stood up.
The rain fell noiselessly outside. Somebody passed by outside, huddled in an overcoat. The television chattered away in the back and nobody listened or watched. The waitress walked off. The man in the booth was looking at a WHISPER magazine and wiping his mouth.
The ieUow at the counter said, •'Well, happy new year. How much I owe you? Lesee. . fifteen, twenty-five, and a nickle. . . coffee. . . forty-five—forty-seven cents.”
He paid the waitress at the cash register. She didn’t say anything.
“Well, happy new year,' said and left.
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tractor, and many others will each have a part to play and a profit to make.
Already these experts are looking ahead and calling the 10-year era belonging to the decade as the “Soaring Sixties”
There is no end to the manner in Which larger families will affect the overall economy of America We could look at entertainment, at the food bill, at the clothing costs, and regardless of how we figure the costs, we must realize that the larger the family the more money it will take to keep up the standard of living.
Mbre and more educational space requiring more facilities will be requUed from the kindergarten through the college period, .^oney lost when they went on
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'The largest union in the free world, the Metal Workers Union of West Oermaiiy, has been ordered to pay employers for
There wül be more young people to educate than ever before.
Disruption* could play havoc with the trend. War and ruin could change the picture radically in the years ahead. New trends could be established which in time will change the picture.
But as of now the experts tell us that the larger family trend has definitely been established in America and that we can except an expansion in business.
01 course, that expansion will be a gradual thing. It Just doesn’t happen overnight. It will be 80 gradual that ‘many people will not realize that it is happening.
The "SoArlng Sixties" will be upon us before we know it.
strike. The highest court In the country held they violated an agfeement forbidding either side to take ‘militant measures' for five days after a breakdown of negotiations when they took a strike vote one day after. The damage» may run to »6 millions, a per capita fme of $3.4 each for the L760IKX) members.”— Norwalk (Conn.) Hour.
"We never understand the simile ‘a» dreary as a rainy day,’ Nothing in all this mcxrtal life Is to us more lovely than a rainy day, e.specially if we can ,»pend it at home,”—Lumpkin iOa.) Journal.
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By FRANK ECK
PHILADELPHIA CAP) — Max Patkin (baseball age 36) is making the big leagues at 38. It'a not exactly what Maxie wanted but jt’s the next best thing.
Maxie I» touring some of the National Basketball Assn. cities. He always wanted to make the big teagucs in baseball. So during intermissions he goes out on the basketball court and gives various impressions — like how he holds runner on first base or how he puts hknself in the shoes of a pitcher facing the world champion Yankees.
Patkin is so funny that he has been dubbed “the new clown prince of baseball.” A1 Schacht, 66, doesn’t like it because Al isn’t old enough to be called old.
Actually Patkin defies description because once he goes into . his act it’s hard to tell w'netHer he's just arriving or just leaving. Sometimes he looks like a two-headed person. He moves that fast when he mimics.
Connie Mack once called him "the funniest man I have ever seen,” Old Connie saw quite a few, too. including Rube Waddell and Jimmie Dykes.
Incidentally, it was Dykes w'ho discovered Patkin on the Philly sandlots. Dykes was managing the Chicago White Sox and the parent club signed him to a contract in the Wisconsin State League.
“I was a skinny kid, 150 pounds,” says Max. “Not gool looking, but not too ugly, either.
I thought I was doing all right. ° I won 10 games and struck out 185, But I set a league record with 35 wild pitches. I kept the batters loose.”
Bill Beech, as president of the 1947 Cleveland Indians, signed Maxie to a coaching contract in 1947. He was so funny that he drew crowds for a losing team. When the Indians began winning — they finished fourth that year — Beech turned serious and fired Patkin.
In 1953, Patkin visited Army posts in Germany. He was so funny he was asked to return.
“Some years back when I barnstormed for 21 days,” says ex-Yankee pitcher Eddie Lopat, “Patkin went along for laughs. I was always serious about my pitching but after 21 nights with Patkin I laughed just as much the 21st night as I did that first night.
Patkin visited 75 minor league ball parks as an added attraction in 1958. He’ll be back, he says, at most of them in 1959.
That’s why he’s using the basketball courts this winter. The qourt* are his “winter quarters,” where he can work out the kinks in the new wrinkles he plans to use next summer.
"MAN on first, Ootta watch him,” says Max Patkin,
"Child psvt holugv w o u I d doubtlo,.» woik finp if th*> children undei'stoorl it ” — Mnttoon <IU ) Jinirnal-GazPtte.
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Strength For Today
By K.\Rl. L. I)()I GLAN.S IT’S I I» TO I S
Opportunlly! How I wish I had sojne real opportunity to succeed In life ’ ,
What do you consider opportun-It.v, frlrnd':' Would yjau say that money 1» an opportunity? Strange as U may seem, there 1.» pro bahly more real mljifry anmng Ihe rich and more 'anníial .huI-clde.» than among any other cla.».» Do you pria* education highly? You should. Yel aome of the world's greatest leaders have .succeeded without jnnch education. How' would yoi rate social sUuuling and her'dlly'.* Well, if social .standing |L» somelhlng into w hlch we. are born, then it 1» not of value. It limply mean.» that our root* a re. down In the ground and sometime.» people who are proud o( their social standing have mure roots Uiau
fruit*. Heredity’ Cerialnlv ifc- L» a great thing to he well born. But U we .are not. we can do nothing to change that fact biologically. but we can do a Very great deal to change it acuialiy. Gut of the most hutiible clrcum-.stances have arisen'.some of the world's ireate.st leader*.
Let us get this well in mind opportunity i.s something within US, something .under the control of our mind and will. For the most part, we create our own opportunltiea.
Succe,».» or failure I» up to us. The bllmt, deaf, and mule Helen Keller become» one of the great est figure.» of her time. And many a pel .son born with a golden »poon In Ills mouth dies with out ever having done much about It.
Opporlumtle,» do not make ua - )(c make them.
By F.LMER RGF.S.sNF.R he will introduce ft bill to create
Cleaning out his desk for the a Department of Consumers. If year end. your correspondent you want to understand just how came acros» some scribbled notes, silly this is. just imagine some Herr they are. along with what Senator Revu&fek proposing a fie may have been thinking about Department of Nonconsiimers. at the time A Department of Consumers
Tie tack. Seeking a last-minute makes as much sense as Depart-
glft, a woman we know asked a salesman at Tiffany’* to help her select a tie tack. “Certainly not!" he Raid "I do not approve of them and 1 wouldn't be eaughl dead wearimi one!” So she went to Georg Jensen'S farther down Fifth Avenue for assistance, Uninvited guest On their wav to a, c;>cktail party , one couple trie-< to find some drupken stranger and take him along, introducing him as a marquis or counL The coivsequences are truly uii* predictable. Of course, thcv play thl» prank only on hosUs who dl.sllke them, wlrch eveniuaUy Will Include cverylwHly
ON (lA.MRI.I.NCL CONSIMLILS Nonconsumera. Sen. Ke-
Uuvci iD. Tfun.) ha* aiinouiiccd
menus of Sleeping People or of Awake People Everyoody is a consumer; the entire Federal government, Including the Senate.'' ought to be working for all consumers To create a special department-well. let'* stop this before we. loo, get silly.
ON G.WIBLING Chance. America may. be on the verge of a great take a-chance .spree, and Uu* is not wrilten about the Stock Market.
Costs of slate and local govenv-ments are rising .so fast that evten the stiMlRlnesi-laced civic leaders, pushing scruple.'^ to one .side, are coiisideriiu’ srovernmrn-tal loiirrus .H.s n ears (U rai-mg revenue*. ,
If they ever get going, they Will be sucker game* for the
simple. For a state lottery; to prosper, it must keep about 40 per cent of the play for revenue and costs Of the 60 per cent the suckers get back m prizes. Federal, state and city govern-menta will levy Income and other taxes, leaving the winner with •bout 30 per cent of the lake A player can do better than that in a fixed crap. game.
However, there is another factor that charms politicians Government lotteries would require large numbers of employees, making more political Job». The plrty which can institute a lottery at any level of government can *t*y in power, at that level, forever
Gloves. Frank E Clove wriles from San Pedro that since dis-p^vsahle pla.»ttc gloves are iww so v’u-ap. all bmclufs should wear them wtiile pawing over meat A',Teed. So Should hehliid-.'»cene* »t,'prnuarKet emplo>rrs who now leave lingerprlnu» uu packaged chee.ve
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HivSh. Something has happened lo canned corned beef hash. Some, car» now' have so much fat Uiat the contents shrink In half before serving. Some now can't be browned because they stick to pans. And a new brand has such a lean mixture that in honesty U should be called potato hash, corned beef flavored.
Resolution. I firmly resolve that, starting immediately I will use ”1959'* In all my dating and wtII not wait until February before I realize it is no longer 19.58,
AMERICAN EXPORTS HIGHER LN. BRITLSH MARKETS One of the reasons Amencin exports are declining is shown by a short item from the Foreign Ai;rtculliiral Service Landed and dutV'Paid IrtiUed St.» e.» pc.iche' choice h»)\c .
are s.-Uinv tr $5 4;: p- j dozen No. 2*. can.» in the Ur (S Kin*Ht*>nv Identical canned fruit from Au.stiAlia and S u'? c.i i-ro '-riluig at $4.13 to 14.20’ a do.Tu.
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