THE DAILY CHOWANIAK, MURFREESBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Democrats Hit Three Directions In
Targets For Presidental Election
By AMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON AP — The
Democrats, like a bunch of cow
boys in a shooting gallery, are
blazing away in three directions
at what wil probably be their
main targets for the whole presi
dential compaign.
1. President Eisenhower—with
the complaint he’s been a poor
leader.
2. His administration-with the
complaint of things left undone.
3. Vice President Richard M.
Nixon—with various charges rang
ing from “quackery” to me-too-
ism.
Trouble is, the Democrats can’t
even guess, this early in the year,
which target may pay off with
the big cigar-in this case the pres-
idency-and which would blow up
in their faces.
Picking on Eisenhower, still e
normously popular after seven
years in the White House, may be
a waste of time if the public con
tinues to hold him in high regard.
Sen. John F. Kennedy D-Mass
frankly looking for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination
opened the attack on Eisenhower
with the statement his administra
tion’s performance, or the lack of
it, is the real campaign issue.
But last Saturday night, at a
big Democratic get-together here,
the emphasis shifted to Nixon who
was tagged as a “juvenile delin
quent” and a “slicker” and the
■‘able, agile, Sir Richard the nim
ble.”
Even attacking Nixon-and be
fore the year is out the Demo
crats will probably be a lot rough
er on him—could backfire by
creating broad public sympathy for
him as a martyr.
If Nixon has any ideas of mak
ing a free-wheeling campaign cfi
it, he is a bit handcuffed. He is
almost certain to get the Repub
lican nomination. He,11 get Eisen
hower’s support.
Because of that support an be
cause he has been part and par-
parcel of he whole administration,
cel of the whole administration,
he’ll hardly be in a position to be
critical or promise anything veryj
different.
This situation may force him in
to premising more of the same.
That might be enough to win for
him if the voters want more of
the same.
It’s possible that Democratic at
tacks on him may so irritate him
that he will lose self-control and
make mistakes through bad tem
per, damaging himself more than
the Democrats could.
Since he knows all the dangers
cian, he has plenty of time to pre
pare himself against temper tan
trums. He doesn’t have to say
much until the campaign starts
anyway.
Democrats
Campaign;
and Republicans Begins
Speeches Getting Good
New Fad Started;
Break Into Prison
WILMINGTON. N. C. AP —
Two youths added a new tw’st
when they broke into a prison
'>am;>.
Delr"^ CaHor ^0, of Charlotte
and Kenneth Edwards, 19, of
they broke niotthetS
Pineville admitted Wednesdav
they broke into the Stanly County
prison camp Jan. 19, looted the
rommisary and then broke out.
Carder had been a prisoner there
and knew the layout,
bound over to the Feb. 29 term
of New Hanover Superior Court
on charges of breaking, entering,
larceny and receiving.
They were arrested last Thurs
day—ending a nine-day spree—
while attempting to break into a
service staiont between Wilming-
on and Wrightsville Beach, offi
cers said.
New Hanover Sheriff Marion
Millis said they told him they
broke into five places in Colum
bia, S. C., six places in Charleston,
seven in Brunswick, Ga., and cs-
ingham, Laurinburg and Lumber-
tablishments in Albemarle, Rock-
ton.
Millis said their cache included
mostly small items and little
money.
Gen. Power Says Soviet Union Will
Have Enough Missiles To Attack U.S.
WASHINGTON AP —It is con-'
ceivabl" that the Soviet Union will
w'thin about two years to permit
a mass:ve missile attack on the
United States, Gen. Thomas S.
Power said today.
■j’he chief of the U.S. Stratgic
Air Command said the only way
t’-e Soviet Union can be deterred
from risking such an onslaught is
fo* an alert force of American
strataegic bombers to be in the air
at all toimes.
Power spoke at a meeting of the
American Legion’s National Secu
rity Commission.
"I am confident that the Soviets
will b? strong'.y deterred from
risking an attack on this country
as !oig as t'lcy know that they
canriot destroy the alert force nor
prevent it from retaliating de
cisively,” he said.
Power said that when the Soviet
Union rcoches the estimated peak
of its missile superiority in about
two years, “we will have no active
defense whatever” against their
ballistic missile. He said the
Urited States will lack a fully
oporationai and tested WEl’ning
syftem which “under all circum-
sances will give SAC enough
warning to get the alert force air
borne before it can be destroyed
on the ground.”
Power said that keeping a por
tion of his strategic bombe s in
the air had been tested throughly
and found to be “entirely feasi
ble.”
Jackson said much more money
also should be spent for ballistic
By JAMES MARLOW
WASHINGTON (.JP) — Within
the space of a few days Demo
crats and Republicans have
opened their 1960 c am p a i g n
against each other. It’s been an
unexciting start. But they’ve set
the stage for all that will follow.
The non-inflammatory begin
ning reflects not so much a lack
of energy on the part of the poli
ticians as a lack of burning is
sues that can excite the voters.
If there’s anything unusual
about this campaign, as it gets
under way, it’s the contrast with
the beginning of the 1952 cam
paign when the country was split
by McCarthyism and the Korean
War.
Neither the Eisenhow admin
istration nor the Democrats,
who control Congress, have
shown any fierce zeal for years
in promoting or pushing a n y-
thing more than ordinary
programs.
The reason probably lies in
this: That the American public
seems fairly content. Otherwise,
there would be tremendous pres
sures to get more far-reaching
things done and there would be
a lot of public excitement.
Unless something unforeseen
occurs between now and elec
tion day the mild tone of t h e
Democratic and Republican
campaign openings is likely to
continue.
If so, then the voters in Nov
ember are apt to choose the
next president not so much on
party or party programs as upon
ids individual personality.
Last Saturday night at a big
dinner here the Democratic pres
idential honafuls ganged up to
make a punching bag of Vice
President Richard M. Nixon.
Wednesday night, as a speaker
at one of a series of Republican
dinners across the country,
Nixon had a chance to hit back.
But he reolied in subduced tones,
like a man determined not to let
himself get needled into losing
his temper.
The big speech of the night
came from President Eisenhow
er in Los Angles.
He and Nixon teamed up on
one point: Both replied to Demo
cratic skepticism defenses
Woman Pleased With Public Answer
To Letter Sent To Eisenhower
against a Soviet attack.
Both men said our defenses
are sufficient to discourage the
Soviets from military adventure
against the United States. The
argument on defense will protn
ably continue through the
campaign.
All this can do is leave the
voters fuzzy-headed since only
experts can speak with author
ity on our defense.
But Eisenhower’s speech clear
ly seemed to be stating the
theme the Republicans wiU harp
on from now until election day.
They will make it their main
reason for asking voters to
choose another Republican
president.
This was the theme: Peace
and prosperity. Or to put it an
other way, the Republicans will
be saying Americans never had
it so good, so why change?
And Eisenhower took the op
portunity to restate his philos
ophy of government—as little
government interference as pos
sible—and his philosophy of gov
ernment spending—as little of
that as possible, too.
Cooperativeness
is Cause of Moving
of Business
By ROBERT A. WILLIS
CHARLOTTE W—The presi
dent of the National Assn. of
Manufacturers said today the
“cooperativeness” of the South
ern workers, and not the pros
pect of lower pay scales, seems
to be the prime attraction for
Northern industries to move
South.
Rudolph F. Bannow of Bridge
port, Conn., here to address
North Carolina business and in
dustrial leaders at a luncheon
today, told a press conference:
“One thing that makes manu
facturers want to move is the
feeling, often created by labor
unions, of alienation from their
workers—the feeling that in the
plants they have built, the jobs
they have created are filled by
strangers.”
The other thing that causes in
dustry to move, he continued, is
competition; often not local, but
from abroad, where pay scales
are much lower and where the
foreign laborer has the benefit
of American know-how.
“Industrialists I have talked
to who have moved South have
never told me they did it be
cause of lower wage scales. Al
ways they mentioned the friend
liness and cooperation of the
Southern worker. Elsewhere the
workers are liable to be tied up
By GORDON G. GAUSS
DENVER, Colo. (JP) — A 21-
year-old mother of two children,
Shirley Jean Hevens, was flus
tered—but pleased—when Presi
dent Eisenhower gave a public
answer Wednesday night to a
letter she wrote him.
The President addressed his
speech—on a closed circuit tele
cast to “dinner with Ike” cele
brations in 80 cities—directly to
Mrs. Havens. He explaned why
he thinks she should register as
aR'^publican.
Asked if she plans to follow the
advice, Mrs. Havens gasped, be
wildered, “I don’t know.”
Mrs. Havens and her husband,
Milliam M. Havens also 21, were
fitting onTy a few feet from Ma
mie Eisenhower when they
missiles, Polaris submarines. Army] by work rules they’re afraid to
modernization, and space research, see changed.
Brucker Predicts
Nixon To Win
CHARLOTTE AP — Vice Pres
ident Richard Nixon will get the
Republican nomination and defeat
any Democratic opponent in Nov
ember’s general election. Army
Secretary Wilbur Brucker predict
ed' bore Wednesday night.
Addressing a $1000-a-plate din
ner he told North Carolina Repub
licans that the victory would not
be by an overwhelming majority.
However, Brucker added, the pub
lic has begun to see Nixon “as a
mature man whose firmness and
statesmanship make him an ap
pealing figure to Mr. American.”
Brucker alsotol d the broup that
he hoped Rep. Charles Raper
oJnas, North Carolina’s only GOP
congressman, would "make up his
mind to run again” in the state’s
10th District. Jonas, who attended
he dinner, has indicated he might
not run for reelection.
The group heard President Ei-
seenhower and Vice President Nix
on speak via a closed circuit tele
vision hookup.
heard the President’s message.
Mrs. Eisenhower arrived in
Denver less than eight hours
earlier to visit h3r ailiig mot'ner,
Mrs. John S. Doud. Sha accom
panied the President from Wash
ington as far as Denver on his
trip to Los Angeles, where he de
livered his talk.
Mrs. Eisenhower arrived at
the dinner 15 minutes before the
closed circuit telecast. She was
given a standing ovation.
Mrs. Havens and her husband
were guests at t h e dinner of
Aksel Nielsen, Denver business
man and friend of the President.
Several days ago, she said, Niel
sen called upon her to find out
if she had been sincere when
she wrote the President last
■November asking what political
party she should join.
Nielsen returned last Thurs
day, Sliirley Jean explained,
with a letter from the President
whichsaid he would give her a
more complete answer later.
Mrs. Havens and her husband
live in a trailer home in subur
ban Arvada. Their two children
are WilUam M. Jr., 4 years old,
and Cinthia, 2%. Havens is em
ployed by a plumbing firm.
Havens described himself to
reporters as a Republican, but
said neither he nor his wife have
yet registered to vote.
Buried Treasure
In Own Home
NEW YORK AP —Would you
like to search for buried treasure?
Well, don’t overlook your own
attic, basement, or bam loft. There
may be a small fortune hidden
there in the form of old books
bought long ago by your great—
grandfather.
The hunting is likely to be par
ticularly good if you are the mem
ber of a pack-rat family that sen
timentally clings to it possessions
for several generations.
“There is a real boom in the
rare book market today, particu
larly in Americana,” said Van Al
lan Bradley, 46, literay editor of
the Chicago Daily News.
In a volume of his own titled
“Gold in Your Attic,’’ Bradley
lists some 2,000 scarce books
worth $25 to $25,000.
The $25,000 item is for a paper-
bound first edition of Edgar Allen
Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue
Morgue,” which sold for only a
few cents when it was originally
published in 1845.
“The chan | > ot your finding
such a book in your attic is ex
tremely remote,” Bradley said,
■‘but now and then it does happen.”
None of his readers has stum
bled upon a $20,000 book, but a
number have found books worth
$1,000 or more, and many have
turned up books worth hundreds
of dollars.
Magazines State Kennedy Would Be
Subject To Catholic Church
Highway Tally
RALEIGH AP — The Motor
Vehicles Department’s report of
highway deaths and injuries for
the 24 hours ending at 10 a. m. to
day:
Killed 2
Injured rural 19
Killed this year C4
Killed to date last year 96
Inj&red to Nov. 1, 1959 20-129
Injured to Nov. 1, 1959 17,253
NEW YORK {JP)—^Two major
Protestant magazines say they
believe Sen. John F. Kennedy
D-Mass, if elected president,
would be subject to restrictions
of the Roman Catholic Church.
The magazines. The Christian
Century and The Lutheran, said
Wednesday they base their view
on the fact that Kennedy had
withdrawn in 1951 from partici
pation in an interfaith chapel
service in Philadelphia. The
magazines said the withdrawal
was made at the suggestion of
the Catholic Archdiocese there.
‘The chapel is a memorial to
four chaplains who lost their
lives in the torpedoing of a troop
ship off Greenland during World
War II.
The Christian Century said
Kennedy had declined to attend
the service on the ground that
he felt he had “no credentials”
because the Philadelphia Arch-
idocese was unable to support
the chapel built in the lower
floor of a Protestant chruch.
The Christian Century said
that “if Mr. Kennedy were pres
ident he would be subject to the
same kind of discipline that he
acknowledges as senator.”
The Lutheran said editorially
that if Kennedy became the
Demtocratic presidential nomi
nee, the religious debate would
“follow him into the White
House if he should t>e elected.”
“HiHs chruch could properly
admonish him . . . because it
does not reconize that there is
any true religion other than its
own.”